[amsat-bb] FUNcube-1

[J. Boyd (JR2TTS)]

On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 22:14:26 +0100, "Graham Shirville"
<g.shirville at btinternet.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> FUNcube-1 is now changing mode autonomously again. In sunlight – 
> Educational Mode and in eclipse – Amateur mode.
> 
> The FUNcube operations team really appreciates the telemetry that we
> continue to receive from stations around the globe. This data is proving
> invaluable in helping us understand exactly what the status is of all
> the on board systems and we are very grateful for everyone’s support. 
> 
> If you have the opportunity to leave a receiver running on the
> 145.935MHz nominal downlink frequency with FUNcube Dashboard running we
> would be very pleased to have the data you receive. Full details of the
> FUNcube Dashboard and the associated Data Warehouse can be found at the
> https://funcube.org.uk/ website.

On a related note, what is the status of UKube-1 as far as the
transponder goes? I am regularly switching back and forth to send
telemetry on both birds using the Dashboard (even though it's not really
optimized for Ukube-1) and hope that one day I can eventually make a
contact or two through it.

73

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