Paul, Thanks for the nice report on your activity at the hamfest on Sunday. I was happy to get up a little early to work you on that FO-29 pass, and you sounded good through the satellite. And a thanks to Steve for leading the forum. Sounds like you two had a great day!
73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 11:15 AM, Paul Stoetzer <n...@arrl.net> wrote: > Good afternoon, > > The demonstrations at the Vienna Wireless Winterfest were quite a success. > We made two QSOs on the 1230Z pass of VO-52 and an outstanding 11 QSOs on > the 1347Z pass of FO-29. > > <snip> > > > > Following the demonstration, Steve, KS1G, presented a great introduction to > AMSAT and satellite operating in a classroom forum with about 20 hams in > attendance. > > After the forum, we went back outside to capture some telemetry from > FUNcube-1 as it passed over at about 1530Z and captured 25 frames with > Steve's FUNcube Dongle, Elk antenna, and a Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet. Only 25 > frames were captured because it was the first time I had used the FUNcube > Dongle and the Dashboard is not quite designed for touchscreen input! We > were able to show the realtime and whole orbit data collected and read > several fitter messages. > > <snip> > _______________________________________________ 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
