Hi Folks,
FUNcube/AO-73 will remain in BEACON mode/Auto Eclipse mode (ie transponder
on when sat is in darkness, full power beacon when in
daylight) this weekend whilst the AMSAT-UK Colloquium is held at the Holiday
Inn in Guildford, Surrey.
73s
Jim G3WGM
(from Ciaran/M0XTD email account!)
Hi Folks,
We are planning to command FUNcube-1 into full time transponder mode on a
suitable pass over the UK on the evening (likely 21:30 UTC) of Friday 4 Apr.
If all goes well, we will leave it in transponder mode until the evening
(likely 20:50 UTC) of Sunday 6 April. If you hear the
An update on the FUNcube-1 (AO-73) transponder test this Saturday can be seen
at
http://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/18/funcube-1-continuous-transponder-test/
Also on the AMSAT-UK site
WRAPS Antenna Rotor System Introduction
http://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/17/wraps-antenna-rotor-system-introduction/
Last weekend FUNcube-1 (AO-73) reached the milestone of having been in space
for 100 days
http://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/06/funcube-1-ao-73-100-days-in-orbit/
OSCAR-11 / UOSAT-2 Celebrates 30 Years in Orbit
http://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/05/oscar-11-uosat-2-celebrates-30-years-in-orbit/
Trevor
Just had my 1st 2way SSB qso via Ao-73 with Keith ZS6TW.
Strong s7-9 without p/amp and excellent SSB audio.
Congrats to the team !
73 - andre ZS2BK
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Dear All,
First of all, thank you all for tracking FUNcube! We have had quite some
FUN seeing all data coming in into the warehouse.
FUNcube-1 is doing just fine and we continue to track it from the RSGB
National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park, and monitor its health.
Please find all updates on
The FUNcube Team are planning to open the transponder for a single orbit on
Saturday, November 23.
http://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/22/funcube-1-transponder-test-nov23/
73 Trevor
M5AKA
AMSAT-UK website http://amsat-uk.org/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/AMSAT-UK/208113275898396
First station in the americas who heard the AO-73 !
Please see here:
http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/fc1.htm#d
73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
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Hi and congratulations again for the FUNCUBE team.
Hi have received AO-73/FUNCUBE with strong signal here in FL11BJ
(Camagüey City, Cuba) around 0350Z of 22/11/2013, that correspond to
orbit #12.
Equipment here is a J-pole 7m height, homebrew LNA (TKS Domenico !!!),
RTL-SDR with Gqrx file