Suitsat Update
 

wrote:
Suitsat is alive and kicking but high gain receiving systems, and a
high orbit pass over your area, are needed for reception.

From the NASA web site you referenced:

2) I would not waste your time on passes below 40 degrees elevation.
SuitSat is too far from your station to receive a reliable signal. We
have found that closest approach provides several seconds of SuitSat
communication with 22 element yagis.

Wow, what an understatement saying that "high gain receiving systems"
are necessary--a 22(!) element Yagi with a mast mounted pre-amp...to get
"several seconds"!!!! Folks, that's a BIG antenna, even at 2 meters and
that's a *weak* signal.

I was trying to hear a high pass this morning (about 70 degrees) and no
luck... :-(

Well, at least I re-discovered the "Orbitron" program (www.stoff.pl) and
it's highly recommended. Great program! (BTW, Suitsat Keps [TLEs] have
been available almost from the second or third orbit. Way to go, NORAD!)

Suitsat Update
 

Somebody will probally make some recordings of Suitsat on CD's and sell
them on ebay.
cuhulin