[amsat-bb] Fitsat-1

2014-01-12 Thread Mike Seguin
I arrived home yesterday and found a rather large package in my mailbox. The return address was from the FITSAT-1 (Niwaka) Team. Enclosed in the package was a document that reported on the two years of research, development, and measurement activities carried out by the FITSAT Project. Although

[amsat-bb] Re: SO-50 Over Europe

2014-01-12 Thread M5AKA
Hi Peter, Single channel FM transponders work best when there aren't many users. As you've noticed over densely populated areas it can be difficult to make a contact during peak times, but persevere, you'll succeed eventually. Back in 2005 Pedro EB4DKA had some contacts via SO-50 running just

[amsat-bb] SO-50 Over Europe

2014-01-12 Thread Peter Wilson
Hi All, I am having great fun and a reasonable amount of success on all the SSB satellites, but not a lot of luck on SO-50. It seems to me that everyone is trying to get in - with little success - leading to very few contacts between anyone made on each pass. Is it me, or is this usual on