Clayton, The activity level on the linear sats is very low and does not seem to be getting any better. Not sure why. Perhaps it is cost or complexity or problems putting up outside antennas. It is rather sad working linear sat passes with no one else on them. At least I can hear my own downlink signal and the beacon :-)
Unfortunately this sums it up. AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting Minutes "Satellite Operations Report by Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA " ... The other FM satellites, AO-27 and SO-50, continue to be heavily used. FO-29 when operative, and VO-52 work well, but have very little use." Hope to see you on FO-29. 73 W9KE Tom Doyle On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Clayton Coleman W5PFG <kayakfis...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Tom, > > I would like to understand the reason for your comment about the > future being limited to FM satellites. It seems FUNcube, FOX-2 and > Phase 3E projects would prove otherwise. > > 73 > Clayton > W5PFG > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Thomas Doyle <tomdoyle1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> The future of the hobby is FM sats so this is all probably irrelevant >> but it is still fun and interesting. >> >> tnx & 73 W9KE Tom -- Sent from my computer. tom ... _______________________________________________ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
