[amsat-bb] FO-29 heard by several European stations

2011-12-31 Thread VK2MAL Yahoo
A few Australians have been using Oscar 29 the last few days. We are lucky to get first dibs here after Japan switches it on. Good signals from her yesterday, didn't get a chance to report on http://oscar.dcarr.org/ as I was in the middle of mowing my lawns when the bird came over. 73's Mal

[amsat-bb] Health of Oscar 7

2012-08-03 Thread VK2MAL Yahoo
Oscar 7 has been sounding rather rough on the edges the last few passes in mode B. Signals were more distorted then sounding FM. All stations here in VK were using low power and there was only one QSO at a time going through the transponder with our usual round table discussion. Don't know if

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 - Lithuanian CubeSat

2014-03-04 Thread VK2MAL yahoo
Hi every one Any updates on the Lithuanian CubeSat? I thought I heard a few seconds of the CW beacon the other night but it went into eclipse soon after the start of the pass. 73s Malcolm Pizzey VK2MAL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expr

[amsat-bb] Re: LituanicaSAT-1 - Lithuanian CubeSat

2014-03-04 Thread VK2MAL yahoo
I am not sure we are talking about the same bird Trevor. Is LituanicaSat-1 the same as LitSat-1. I thought they were 2 different satellites? I was asking about the one built by the Kaunas University of Technology "LituanicaSat-1". This bird is the one that has the FM transponder, FM CW beacon an

[amsat-bb] AO-7

2014-06-16 Thread VK2MAL yahoo
Down here in Australia at times we have experienced it were AO-7 would change modes mid pass during a non eclipse period. This was not due to to many stations but just the 24 hour time kicking in. You could follow the 24 hour period on http://oscar.dcarr.org. We use to take betts on who would b