Re: FO-29 Silent since 9 July From: Frank Wiesenmeyer To: Mineo Wakita Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 12:47:31 +0000 Hello Mineo: I am sorry to report that I have not heard FO-29 since 9 July. Untilthis time the telemetry data had been looking very good with normal battery voltage, current and a temperature of 19 deg. Solar array current outputhas been in excess of 1000 mA. However, I have noticed that the satellitehas been in eclipses in recent months and that they have been getting longer with a current duration time of 17 minutes with no sun each orbit. Have the command stations tried to turn FO-29 on? As I remember this problem has happened before several years ago during times of long eclipses. However FO-29 is now 23 years old and I am much more worried about it's condition. I am hoping FO-29 is just "off line" resting until the eclipse times end or are shorter. I will be sending you recent telemetry in afuture email. Any information you can give me would be most welcome as I am very worried about the condition of my favorite satellite and good friend FO-29. Mineo: Here are 3 recent FO-29 Reports. I hope the COMMAND STATIONS can still communicate with FO-29. Here are my most recent telemetry reports from July 8 and 9 up to the lastday FO-29 was transmitting a signal. I hope the COMMAND STATIONS can still communicate with FO-29. There is noinformation anywhere on the condition of FO-29. If you have any information on the health and condition of FO-29, please send it to me as soon as possible. The telemetry looked very good right up until the bird went silent. http://dl.dropbox.com/s/f70ncgqncrwmscp/fo29_k9cis_1.pdf http://dl.dropbox.com/s/3nxsvawtg1zb6hl/fo29_k9cis_2.pdf http://dl.dropbox.com/s/niw50nx3u386f4g/FO29TE07-08-19%401039_W18.pdf http://dl.dropbox.com/s/8tdu1tmt5s950np/FO29TE07-08-19%402147_E83.pdf http://dl.dropbox.com/s/kqwiwxzi10z0ku0/FO29TE07-08-19%402334_NW14.pdf http://dl.dropbox.com/s/tpmk1m4zubrlbcm/FO29TE07-09-19%400942_W44.pdf 73 for now, Frank Wiesenmeyer K9CIS Decatur, IL 300 km Southwest of Chicago ================================================================= I, JE9PEL received a request for the cooperation on FO-29 from JARL as follows. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: About the request of cooperation on Fuji-3 From: JARL To: Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2019 17:52:06 +0900 Currently, we are working to understand the situation and collect information. If you have system status data for Fuji-3 (FO-29), would you like to provide it? We are considering measures with everyone who has been involved in the development of Fuji-3 and so on. We would like to check the data of the system status around July 9, 2019. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation from all over the world. Thank you. From JARL, Fuji-3 (FO-29) ground station. ----------------------------------------------------------------- [amsat-bb] FO-29 quiet Wed Jul 17 03:16:47 UTC 2019 On Mon, Jul 15, 2019, at 3:15 PM, Zach Metzinger via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Satnogs station 335 (ON4LS) heard it, or something that had a > Doppler shift like a satellite, today: Another very strong pass today: http://network.satnogs.org/observations/836915/ Zach, N0ZGO ----------------------------------------------------------------- [amsat-bb] FO-29 quiet Mon Jul 15 21:48:04 UTC 2019 FO-29 State: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/fo29siln.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita ----------------------------------------------------------------- [Interim recovery] FO-29 has been temporarily recovered. The ground control told us to use the transponder yet. http://wakky.asablo.jp/blog/2019/09/12/9152720 http://wakky.asablo.jp/blog/2019/09/14/9153452 http://twitter.com/JA0CAW/status/1172041889052164096 http://www.jarl.org/Japanese/3_Fuji/fuji3-201907.htm Subject: FO-29 status now From: Frank Wiesenmeyer To: Mineo Wakita Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 03:05:54 +0000 Dear Mineo and Ken: We are absolutely thrilled that Fo-29 is back in operation. The bird is working completely normal. The telemetry shows that all readings are very good and normal. I am sending you just one of my many sets of data with raw audio recordingand the decoded data in pdf spreadsheet. Night time data in eclipse also looks very good with battery, Voltage of 13.8 V at battery current 509 mA. Battery temperature 17.3 C. I have much more telemetry data if you need it. Congratulations on a wonderful, successful recovery of our beloved Fuji OSCAR 29. 73 for now, Frank Wiesenmeyer K9CIS http://www.jarl.org/Japanese/3_Fuji/fuji3-201907.htm http://dl.dropbox.com/s/uztave39esovjh6/FO29TE09-29-19%402055_E73.pdf http://dl.dropbox.com/s/gk50yam5dpxrtrc/Fo29E73_9.29.19%402056-2115.mp4 Consideration about the current status of FO29 power supply system JARL 2.Oct.2019