Sputnik temperature was near 50 . I presume high temperature was due to a continuos exposure to the Sun. I tried again on December 31 without success. No signal was heard from Space. My station consists in 2 x 17 elements horizontal polariz.
All system has azimuthal and elevation movement.
Radio used for listen Sputnik was Kenwood TR-751e. Here are images about my shack. Several messages received all over the world have confirmed RS-17 is probably dead. Sputnik ceased transmission at the end of December therefore two months after activation. FM 121 Kb - 11 sec.