No. When the satellite powers up after losing power in eclipse, it comes up by default in Mode B and pretty much enters Mode A randomly, usually when someone transmits with too much power, causing a voltage drop that causes the satellite to switch modes.
When the satellite is in constant sunlight, it does switch between Mode A and Mode B every 24 hours, but there are never very many users of Mode A.
Between October and December of this year, this will be the case and Mode A should be available every other day, but after that, AO-7 will not be in constant sunlight for many years.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Joe nss@mwt.net wrote:
This has peaked my interest in this old bird. Is there a schedule someplace that I can view to know when it will be in mode "A"?
Joe WB9SBD
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