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The FO-29 satellite is active with a linear transponder. OZ9AEC has posted a nice video over at Youtube where he demonstrates the use of Funcube dongle and GNURADIO for acquiring and demodulating the signal from the satellite.
Posted: June 30th, 2012 under Amateur radio, Satellite.
Tags: FO-29, Funcube dongle, linear transponder, satellite, SSB, video, youtube
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Many radio amateurs find it difficult to find the real-time operational status of amateur satellites. The AMSAT website is not very good at showing real-time status in my personal opinion. If you have been looking for a way of finding the status of the birds like me, head over to http://oscar.dcarr.org/ for a real-time status [...]
Posted: June 30th, 2012 under Amateur radio, Satellite.
Tags: amateur radio, AO-27, FM sat, Oscar, satellite, SO-50, transponder
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