Fuji-OSCAR 29 has only a couple of weeks of full sunlight left. AMSAT reports that the satellite, launched in 1996 and run by the Japan Amateur Radio League, has been in continuous sun since about May 20, and that should end around mid-November. Its batteries are worn out, so it depends on solar power to work.
FO-29 has an inverting linear transponder: transmit LSB on 145.900 to 146.000 MHz and listen for USB on 435.800 to 435.900 MHz. The CW beacon is on 435.795 MHz. Once eclipses return, JARL may only switch it on at announced times, so now is a good chance to try SSB or CW through it.
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