We knew that our LUSAT start transmitting again a couple of years ago, but only when illuminated by sun, and was not heard during the night.
On the occasion of testing the application http://amsat.org.ar/sat.htm saw there was a nightly pass, which was tried to listen. Without much hope tuned 437.125 MHz, surprised to hear the usual strong 900mW continuous carrier +/- Doppler, but this time after 22 minutes of being LUSAT in the dark. Commenting locally, several other hams also tried and received LUSAT. It's almost a miracle that after almost 25 years, LUSAT vintage Ni-Cd batteries can receive and hold charge. It seems LUSAT is willing to greet hams on his 'Silver Jubilee' due next Jan-22 thru continuing talking with us from space after its more than 128,000 orbits. The LO-19, next to Oscar-7 and UO-11 is one of the most long-lived active amateur satellites. We have included short report and audio on http://amsat.org.ar/?f=z , Amsat-LU logs. More information on LUSAT (although in Spanish) on http://lusat.org.ar Reports welcomed at info at amsat.org.ar 73, lu7abf, Pedro http://amsat.org.ar https://www.facebook.com/Amsat.LU _______________________________________________ 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
