Today (UTC) is the 20th anniversary of the launch of FO-29. Congratulations to the Japan Amateur Radio League for the success and long life of this satellite. To commemorate FO-29's birthday, I have posted a short article about FO-29 on the AMSAT-NA website.
On a personal note, FO-29 has provided me with many, many hundreds of hours of enjoyment since I made my first QSO via it's linear transponder nearly four years ago. I have made 1,601 QSOs (34% of my total) with 400 different stations in 511 grids, 41 grid fields, 48 states (Hawaii is out of range, but I'd love to work Delaware on it some time!), 7 Canadian call areas, 46 DXCCs, 14 CQ zones, and 4 continents - all using two Yaesu FT-817s, manual Doppler tuning, and an Arrow antenna from here in Washington, DC. The large majority of QSOs were made using 5 watts (as I only became "QRO" with a 30 watt amplifier last November). I always look forward to saying hello to my European satellite friends every couple of months when the apogee is over the Atlantic and trying to stretch the footprint to work new countries. Here's to hopefully many more years of service to the amateur satellite community!
73,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Secretary Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA)
I remember the day well when it came online... 73 Jeff kb2m
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Paul Stoetzer Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:39 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Happy 20th Birthday to FO-29!
Today (UTC) is the 20th anniversary of the launch of FO-29. Congratulations to the Japan Amateur Radio League for the success and long life of this satellite. To commemorate FO-29's birthday, I have posted a short article about FO-29 on the AMSAT-NA website.
On a personal note, FO-29 has provided me with many, many hundreds of hours of enjoyment since I made my first QSO via it's linear transponder nearly four years ago. I have made 1,601 QSOs (34% of my total) with 400 different stations in 511 grids, 41 grid fields, 48 states (Hawaii is out of range, but I'd love to work Delaware on it some time!), 7 Canadian call areas, 46 DXCCs, 14 CQ zones, and 4 continents - all using two Yaesu FT-817s, manual Doppler tuning, and an Arrow antenna from here in Washington, DC. The large majority of QSOs were made using 5 watts (as I only became "QRO" with a 30 watt amplifier last November). I always look forward to saying hello to my European satellite friends every couple of months when the apogee is over the Atlantic and trying to stretch the footprint to work new countries. Here's to hopefully many more years of service to the amateur satellite community!
73,
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Tnx Paul, I to enjoy Fo29 when I can..
Dale, KL7XJ
On 8/16/2016 6:39 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
Today (UTC) is the 20th anniversary of the launch of FO-29. Congratulations to the Japan Amateur Radio League for the success and long life of this satellite. To commemorate FO-29's birthday, I have posted a short article about FO-29 on the AMSAT-NA website.
On a personal note, FO-29 has provided me with many, many hundreds of hours of enjoyment since I made my first QSO via it's linear transponder nearly four years ago. I have made 1,601 QSOs (34% of my total) with 400 different stations in 511 grids, 41 grid fields, 48 states (Hawaii is out of range, but I'd love to work Delaware on it some time!), 7 Canadian call areas, 46 DXCCs, 14 CQ zones, and 4 continents - all using two Yaesu FT-817s, manual Doppler tuning, and an Arrow antenna from here in Washington, DC. The large majority of QSOs were made using 5 watts (as I only became "QRO" with a 30 watt amplifier last November). I always look forward to saying hello to my European satellite friends every couple of months when the apogee is over the Atlantic and trying to stretch the footprint to work new countries. Here's to hopefully many more years of service to the amateur satellite community!
73,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Secretary Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA) _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Happy birthday to my favorite bird!
73, Jim KQ6EA
On 08/17/2016 03:02 AM, daleh wrote:
Tnx Paul, I to enjoy Fo29 when I can..
Dale, KL7XJ
On 8/16/2016 6:39 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
Today (UTC) is the 20th anniversary of the launch of FO-29. Congratulations to the Japan Amateur Radio League for the success and long life of this satellite. To commemorate FO-29's birthday, I have posted a short article about FO-29 on the AMSAT-NA website.
On a personal note, FO-29 has provided me with many, many hundreds of hours of enjoyment since I made my first QSO via it's linear transponder nearly four years ago. I have made 1,601 QSOs (34% of my total) with 400 different stations in 511 grids, 41 grid fields, 48 states (Hawaii is out of range, but I'd love to work Delaware on it some time!), 7 Canadian call areas, 46 DXCCs, 14 CQ zones, and 4 continents - all using two Yaesu FT-817s, manual Doppler tuning, and an Arrow antenna from here in Washington, DC. The large majority of QSOs were made using 5 watts (as I only became "QRO" with a 30 watt amplifier last November). I always look forward to saying hello to my European satellite friends every couple of months when the apogee is over the Atlantic and trying to stretch the footprint to work new countries. Here's to hopefully many more years of service to the amateur satellite community!
73,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Secretary Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA) _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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I've worked Hawaii over FO-29--more than 5000 km from DO33.
During some S-N passes, I've been able to follow it to LOS. From the control software that I use for my IC-910, I determined that it would be somewhere over the Arctic Ocean well north of Siberia when that happens.
Not bad for 5 W into a hand-held Arrow yagi.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
Happy Birthday wishes to Fuji Oscar FO-29, one of the Amateur Radio World's most favorite bird.
Greetings from India !!!
Quoting Paul Stoetzer n8hm@amsat.org:
Today (UTC) is the 20th anniversary of the launch of FO-29. Congratulations to the Japan Amateur Radio League for the success and long life of this satellite. To commemorate FO-29's birthday, I have posted a short article about FO-29 on the AMSAT-NA website.
On a personal note, FO-29 has provided me with many, many hundreds of hours of enjoyment since I made my first QSO via it's linear transponder nearly four years ago. I have made 1,601 QSOs (34% of my total) with 400 different stations in 511 grids, 41 grid fields, 48 states (Hawaii is out of range, but I'd love to work Delaware on it some time!), 7 Canadian call areas,
46
DXCCs, 14 CQ zones, and 4 continents - all using two Yaesu FT-817s,
manual
Doppler tuning, and an Arrow antenna from here in Washington, DC. The large majority of QSOs were made using 5 watts (as I only became "QRO" with a
30
watt amplifier last November). I always look forward to saying hello to
my
European satellite friends every couple of months when the apogee is over the Atlantic and trying to stretch the footprint to work new countries. Here's to hopefully many more years of service to the amateur satellite community!
73,
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Secretary Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA) _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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