As Mak, SV1BSX, pointed out earlier (see below), the footprint of IO-26 has been overlapping that of FO-29 recently.... run a track on both to make sure you're not hearing IO-26's beacon.

George, KA3HSW

Just keep in mind, today IO-26 has about the same FOOTPRINT with FO-29.

The usual TRAP (again)!

So, if you monitoring around 435.795, the strong-carrier is not from FO-29 but IO-26's beacon.

73, Mak SV1BSX

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From: Steve Raas sraas@optonline.net Sent: Apr 30, 2007 1:48 PM To: Amsat-BB@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] FO-29 -- Lets see what happens !

Im not sure if any one has had an intermittent reception of FO-29's Dnlnk other than myself, I plan on trying to see if I can hear the transponder again this afternoon as I have a really high pass from 19:14z to 19:34 z with max el of 71 deg. As per my SatPc32 its either orbit # 52848 or 54849 I will be sending dashes at 40 watts until it reaches about 10 deg ele, then ill go to 2 watt mode. I will try and keep the Downlink freq near 435.850. Unfortunatally I have no way of recording properly.

Listen in from 19:14z - 19:34 again.. if I do hear my Downlink.. and its not on 435.850 I will qsy my uplink to get on frequency.

Steve Raas