[amsat-bb] Re: Yes - FUNcube IS Fun!

[Graham Shirville]

Hi Clint,

I am not sure when you made the recording but I can confirm that FO73 was 
transmitting in transponder mode continuously this weekend from around 
2100UTC Friday 18th April until exactly 2059UTC tonight Sunday 20th April.

In transponder mode the BPSK beacon is indeed only transmitting around 30mW

Glad you are enjoying the FUN!

73

Graham
G3VZV

-----Original Message----- 
From: Clint Bradford
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 8:21 PM
To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Yes - FUNcube IS Fun!

What can one hear with just a Yaesu FT-60R and a DIY $15 tape measure beam?

How about AMSAT-UK's AO-73 satellite - with its whopping 300mW signal and 
never
closer to you than about 450 miles?

http://youtu.be/pZHplfdAjtQ

Clint K6LCS

CREDITS:

Also in the video: My 4th gen iPod touch, running PocketSat3 from 
http://www.pocketsat.com -
as well as dog barks courtesy of our newly adopted lab/retriever, Freja, 
from the Mary S.
Roberts Pet Adoption Center in Riverside, CA. (It was actually Freja's first 
sat pass experience!)
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