It had some problems, but the ground controllers were able to get it working again. IIRC, it was something to do with the batteries, and being eclipsed. Jim  KQ6EA

--- On Sat, 8/1/09, John Geiger aa5jg@yahoo.com wrote:

From: John Geiger aa5jg@yahoo.com Subject: [amsat-bb] FO29 question To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Saturday, August 1, 2009, 2:28 PM

I have been off the satellites and the amsat reflector for a little over a year, but put up a dualband yagi yesterday and have already been having a blast getting back on the sats.  I am sorry if this question has been covered recently on the reflector.

I had a nice QSO today on FO29. I seem to remember that as of last year, FO29 had been declared dead?  Am I imagining things, or did it recently come back to life?  If so, how long has it been operating again? Glad to see it is back, it has always been one of my favorite satellites.

73s John AA5JG (ex. NE0P) EM04to-Lawton, OK

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