[amsat-bb] AO-51 on eclipse passes?

Hi all, I'm wondering if it is recommended to work AO-51 during the eclipse passes(early morning) over North America. From what I've heard on this BBS it will be entering a long period of eclipses, and the batteries are getting a bit long in the tooth. I don't want to mess things up. So I thought I'd ask ahead of time. Thanks to all that are monitoring and controlling ECHO. 73 de Doug KA8QCU