Caught a bit of FunCube-2 CW beacon on 145.840 Sunday AM local and it sent:
'UKUBE 1 CALLING MIDORI'
Who is Midori ??
Keith N4ZQ
Well, it's a Scottish satellite and I found this reference on Wikipedia:
"Midori is known in Scotland for being mentioned in the comedy Still Game, in which the character "Big Innes" has violent reactions whenever he drinks the liquor. {Series 3, Episode 4}"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_(liqueur)
Perhaps there's a better explanation!
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Keith O'Brien n4zq@yahoo.com wrote:
Caught a bit of FunCube-2 CW beacon on 145.840 Sunday AM local and it sent:
'UKUBE 1 CALLING MIDORI'
Who is Midori ??
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I can offer a better explanation ;)
It's the daughter of Steve Greenland, the UKube-1 systems engineer. He got to pick the default CW beacon and the AX.25 TO Address when ordering the radio, and picked his daughters name. Midori means green in Japanese If I understand it correctly, which makes it a nice name in combination with her last name Greenland.
73s
Wouter PA3WEG
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Paul Stoetzer n8hm@arrl.net wrote:
Well, it's a Scottish satellite and I found this reference on Wikipedia:
"Midori is known in Scotland for being mentioned in the comedy Still Game, in which the character "Big Innes" has violent reactions whenever he drinks the liquor. {Series 3, Episode 4}"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_(liqueur)
Perhaps there's a better explanation!
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Keith O'Brien n4zq@yahoo.com wrote:
Caught a bit of FunCube-2 CW beacon on 145.840 Sunday AM local and it sent:
'UKUBE 1 CALLING MIDORI'
Who is Midori ??
Keith N4ZQ _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
program!
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