Fo 29 Satellite

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Fo 29 satellite. The downlink is 435 800 to 435 900 mhz. Mode j meaning it uses uhf for the downlink and vhf for the uplink. Going by the golden rule of manually tuning for doppler on the satellites which is always tune the higher frequency fo 29 can be worked with a semi duplex all mode radio. Currently fo 29 is the only ssb mode j satellite.

Fo 29 is also know as jas 2 fuji oscar 29 and have been build in japan. If you don t see your qth symbol submit a pass prediction with the appropriate. It additionally carries a 1k2 9k6 digital bbs that is no longer operational and a digitalker beacon that transmits a digital voice on fm. February 7 1990 launch vehicle.

Satellite tracking for fo 29. Fo 20 fuji oscar 20 fo 29 fuji oscar 29 name. Uplink for the mode v u j inverting linear transponder is from 145 900 to 146 000 mhz ssb or cw. On thursday satellite service provider intelsat announced that one of its communications satellites is now completely lost in orbit above earth rendering the vehicle an unmovable piece of space.

Japanese h i launch location. It orbits the earth in a polar orbit at 1300 km altitude in a time of 112 minutes. Fo 29 carries a 100khz wide ssb cw linear transponder that operates in mode v u. The transmission power of the beacon is 100 mw the transponder 1 watt.

The cw beacon transmits on 435 795 mhz. Fo 29 remains the most widely used linear transponder satellite and an ideal starting point for beginners. They had both gained their us technician licenses equiv uk foundation in february and upgraded to the us general equiv uk intermediate a couple of weeks later. Amateur radio amateur satellite amsat amsat uk aprs ariss arissat 1 ax 25 balloon cubesat cubesats dnepr education es hail 2 esa f 1 fitsat 1 fo 29 fox 1 funcube funcube dongle geostationary hab hackers ham radio hamtv high altitude balloon iaru international space colloquium international space station iss jaxa kicksat lituanicasat 1 lunar.

Her elder sister faith wa4bbc and brother zechariah wx4tvj got to work k4yyl as well. The inclination is 98. Current position of fo 29. In this video youtube user roland zurmely shows communications with the fo 29 amateur satellite using his rtl sdr and a 6 element uhf yagi antenna the fuji oscar 29 fo 29 a k a jas 2 is an amateur radio satellite that allows voice communication via single side band and has a voice downlink frequency of 435 8 mhz and uplink frequency of 145 9 mhz.

The contact with arthur k4yyl via the fo 29 satellite took place on march 11 2015 at 2100 ut.