[amsat-bb] FUNcube operations

[Burns Fisher]

Graham,

Hope you don't mind that I copied your post to my club's website.  We have
a (growing) number of satellite operators, and I passed the news to them
about AO-73 going off amateur mode a few weeks ago.  We will be having a
special event station at a hamfest this weekend, and it's great to know
there are a few additional satellites available!

On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 8:43 AM, Graham Shirville <graham at shirville.com>
wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> FUNcube-1
>
>    As you will know, AO73/FUNcube-1 has been in full sunlight for over
>    one month and has been transmitting continuously high power
>    telemetry for most of that time. This has now been changed to full
>    time amateur mode so the transponder is once again available. With
>    the more stable on board temperatures being experienced, this means
>    that the transponder frequencies are also now more stable. We expect
>    to leave it in this mode for some weeks so that the team can
>    determine whether or not the currents flowing from the solar panels
>    are having any noticeable effect on the spin period.
>
> FUNcube-2
>
>    The FUNcube-2 transponder on UKube-1 continues to be in full time
>    transponder mode. There are occasional breaks in service for a few
>    seconds when the OBC reboots and the other onboard transmitter sends
>    its CW beacon.
>
> FUNcube -3 on Nayif-1
>
>    EO88/Nayif-1 continues to perform nominally with high power
>    telemetry when in sunlight and amateur mode when in eclipse.
>
> With their slightly different orbital characteristics it is useful that
> AO73 is now the early bird, EO88 comes over in the mid morning and UKube
> provides coverage in the afternoon.
>
> We have been suffering from some network issues in relation to uploading
> the telemetry from the Dashboards to the Data Warehouse over the past
> couple of weeks. Apologies for this, but hopefully everything is now stable
> again. ie fingers are still crossed. Thank you for all the telemetry that
> you upload.
>
> Like many other teams, we are presently waiting for the next Space-X
> launch from Vandenberg which is expected to be carrying a number of new
> amateur payloads, These will provide additional transponder and STEM
> capabilities for the amateur satellite service. Exciting times ahead.
>
> 73
> Graham
> G3VZV
>
>
>
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