The AO-27 site has been down for about 2 weeks. I e-mailed Mike Wyrick, but haven't heard anything back yet.
The Java scheduler app will always be accurate to within 2 minutes (the cumulative error in the satellite's clock) as long as a new schedule hasn't been uploaded to the bird itself. I have also asked Mike to let me know if a new schedule is uploaded before the website is back up.
Inasmuch as one cannot download the required data files for the Java app until the website is back up, I have placed the most recent files (May 2011) on the Java scheduler download page http://sites.google.com/site/ao27satellitescheduler
George, KA3HSW
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From: Clint Bradford clintbradford@mac.com To: AMSAT BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wed, September 7, 2011 10:43:32 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-27 Site Down
I was trying to confirm whether or not AO-27 was going to be ON for the 2141UTC pass on Saturday September 10 here
in Southern California. But the AO27.org site has been unavailable. The AO-27 Java app shows OFF at 2037 UTS and not
back ON until 2210 UTC ...
Has the Java app been reliable in its predictions three days out?