RS-15 heard again

Auke de Jong VE6PWN has reported hearing signals on 10 metres from the RS-15 Amateur Radio satellite.

RS-15 was launched over 13 and a half years ago on 26th December 1994. It's 145 to 29 MHz linear transponder has long since ceased operation, however, from time to time the beacon, nominally on 29.3525 MHz +/- doppler, can still be heard.

On the AMSAT Bulletin Board (AMSAT-BB) Auke de Jong VE6PWN, in Edmonton Alberta, has posted this reception report of RS-15 on 29.351 MHz:

"I just copied the beacon on 29.351, after not hearing anything for a long time.

It's sending relatively short duration pulses today...
1 second on, 2 seconds off, give or take... later in the ascending pass (as I write this), times are up to greater-than 4 seconds off /.75 seconds on. Does that mean the spacecraft is warm?"

RS-15 information http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/rs15.html

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