73, -james W5AOO _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. 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
FITSAT-1 was heard over Texas (EL29) at 1344UTC (7/3/2013) Signal
strength was changing considerably and it seemed the time between CW
bursts was changing. Perhaps the signal strength changing simply caused
me to miss part of the transmission. Maybe the satellite is tumbling.
I updated my Keps but I have a feeling the numbers are changing and I
actually did not have my beam pointed perfectly. I am sure I looked
like a one-armed paper hanger while tuning everything on this pass. I
also forgot to turn on my recorder (or I simply ran out of hands) for
this pass. My next opportunity to hear FITSAT will be later today.
