[amsat-bb] CO-55 UHF beacon stuck?

Hello,

This is to report that CO-55 seems to be stuck with a 100% duty cycle carrier on 436.825 MHz. The CW beacon was not operational during the 2013-02-22 02:07z pass over Northern California, instead a constant carrier was heard during the entire pass, maximum signal S8.

Receiving station: FT-817ND, AD6IW 25dB 0.3NF preamp, Arrow antenna, Arduino-controlled rotator, Orbitron tracking/doppler software

Not sure if this is a recent issue or not on this satellite. Is anyone from Tokyo Institute of Technology on this list?

73 de Bernard KI6TSF ki6tsf at amsat.org