I don't see anything highlighted or underlined! WILLIAMS MICHAEL wrote: > This is probably the most important email about FO-29. I've high lighted and > underlined the most important parts of the message. I looks like FO-29 will > not be in full operation until the first part of 2010. At this moment it is > only commanded on over Japan as noted in the schedule. With the issue of the > batteries, it seems JAMSAT would consider similiar operations as it is now > doing when FO-29 enters long periods of darkness in the future. This would > possibly allow a longer life for this great bird. > > Thanks to JE9PEL for this important infornation. > > Mike (K9QHO) > AMSAT 33589 > > --- On Wed, 9/9/09, WILLIAMS MICHAEL <k9qho6...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > From: WILLIAMS MICHAEL <k9qho6...@sbcglobal.net> > Subject: FO-29 > Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 11:06 PM > > > > > > > > Start of FO-29 article:----------------------------------------------------- > > FO-29 status in 2009 > > FO-29 launched in August 1996 and has been working 14 years. > > FO-29 is planning to operate the consecutive use with the analog > transponder until the end of August 2009, but it was confirmed that a > transponder stopped on August 25. > > In the later pass, the transponder operation is confirmed when we sent a > command of transponder ON from the control station, but we stopped > transponder temporarily now. > > We had the a similar symptom of stopping the transponder in the spring > of 2007 . > > FO-29 is in the "high shade rate period" now. > Both of the transponder stop in the spring of 2007 and this time are > thought that by this "high shade rate" and by the rise of the internal > resistance of the deterioration of the battery and by the influence of > the temperature of the battery. > > The power control system FO-29 (PCU) watches a terminal voltage of the > battery and turns off the power supply of the transmitter automatically > if it becomes less than the setting voltage. In addition, When FO-29 > enters the sunshine area and it recovers to the setting voltage by sun > battery power, it is designed to turn on a transmitter automatically. > However malfunction occurred for this function in 2007. > > Because of transmitter was not turned on automatically, We made an > operation schedule plan from the summer of 2007 and managed 1-2 times on > in a day. > This management operation worked well. The electricity income and > expenditure restored or it was cured spontaneously.The transponder has > been worked without control command from control station from summer of > 2008. > > The power supply circumstances of current FO-29 is almost same situation > as stop period spring of 2007, scheduled operation period, the > consecutively operative period from the summer of 2008 and it is in a > "high shade rate". This transponder off is supposed to be a similar > situation as when transponder stopped in the spring of 2007. > > ***From this , We decided that we make the operation schedule plan, and > manage the limit of the operative number of times in one day like last > time to keep the electricity income and expenditure untill improve the > "shade rate" which is in January, 2010. > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks control team > > JA1COU Yutaka Murata > > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:25:03 +0900 > From: Mineo Wakita <ei7m-...@asahi-net.or.jp> > Subject: [amsat-bb] FO-29 schedule Sep. and Oct. > To: amsat-bb@amsat.org > Message-ID: <10ca3077029eecei7m-...@asahi-net.or.jp> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > FO-29 still has some trouble. > Therefore it is examination use for a while only over Japan. > We do not yet understand when it recover. > There are the reception report from South America and Europe. > You may listen to CW with luck over your area. > > Control station says that you may be listen in Australia, > South America, North America, and Europe in particular. > > Control station says more as follows. > The transmitter becomes OFF by UVC automatically in the eclipse. > The station confirmed the moment when the transmitter became OFF > please inform it of the date and time at the following address. > > lab (at) jarl.or.jp > > The below * is a predicted pass that command work take time. > And please consent to be a possibility that we cannot turn ON > the transponder by the state of the line. > > ----------------- > September, UTC > 11 21:37 > 12 12:21*, 22:26 > 13 11:30 > 14 22:23 > 15 None > 16 12:15*, 22:20 > 17 None > 18 12:03*, 22:15 > 19 11:15, 21:20 > 20 12:05* > 21 12:55*, 22:58 > 22 10:10, 22:10 > 23 12:50 > 24 None > 25 10:58, 22:50 > 26 11:50*, 21:55 > 27 12:36* > 28 21:50 > 29 12:35*, 22:45 > 30 11:40*, 21:45 > > October, UTC > 1 12:30*, 22:35 > 2 11:35, 21:45 > 3 12:25, 22:28 > 4 11:28 > 5 22:25 > 6 13:08, 21:33 > 7 12:10, 22:23 > 8 13:05, 21:35 > 9 None > 10 11:12, 23:08 > 11 12:05*, 22:12 > 12 11:08 > 13 None > ----------------- > > JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. 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