[amsat-bb] AO-7 S-band beacon?

Hi All,

accoding to http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=9&retURL=/sa... the* Mode S Beacon of AO-7 is declared as Non-Operational, while the rest is declared as "Semi-Operational" ?

Does it makes sense to try to listen to the S band beacon on *2304.1 MHz ? Some sources say, that this beacon was never turned on when AO-7 was operational?

We could use or 20m dish in Bochum to listen to it, as we are going to do some tests on S-band soon..

73s Peter, DB2OS