PCSAT-1 is entering the full sun in the next day or so...
PCSAT-1 is fully recoverable *if* we can just find the right time (and place) to send the commands. For the past 6 years, we have always been able to fully recover PCSAT-1 during a full sun period (during the Fall, Winter and Spring) because of favorable sun angles on the -Z face.
We have never been successful during the Summer full sun periods because the sun is in the Northern Hemisphere and our best solar panel points the other way. In fact, monitoring 145.825 we hear nothing from PCSAT-1 (W3ADO-1) (in the Northeren Hemisphere).
HOWEVER, I just realized that we have never really made an all-out effort to try to revive PCSAT-1 in the Southern Hemisphere, or mid latitudes during the Summer. Where we commmand from can make all the difference since each latitude sees PCSAT-1 at a different orientation during this full sun period. We need to find the right one to get the 2 commands in for a full recovery.
So, we are looking for stations not in the mid Northern Latitudes to *monitor* 145.825 MHz for packets from W3ADO-1 in other parts of the world. If you get any packets, let us know. You might be in the right place. The http://pcsat.aprs.org shows that none of the existing ground stations are hearing W3ADO-1 right now. But then most of our ground stations are in the Northern Hemisphere.
We only get one week to recover PCSAT-1. But if we recover it, it usually last for a month.
All potential recovery passes are in the mid morning in the Southern Hemisphere.
Anyway, just something else to do if you have time... Bob, WB4APR US Naval Academy Satellite Lab