I believe AO-7 is now in constant sunlight and therefore the 24 hour counter should work and swap modes accordingly.
Bob N4HY
RaySoifer@cs.com wrote:
Today at 1700 GMT, AO-7 came up in Mode A and stayed there for the entire pass. I had no trouble getting in with approximately 100 W eirp, producing an S7 downlink signal through my very unremarkable 10-meter receiving system: a Ten-Tec Argonaut V and a Hy-Gain AV-640 vertical antenna. The beacon, on 29.502, was at about the same strength.
There was only one problem: mine was the only signal in the passband.
Moral: if you don't find AO-7 on Mode B (U/V), try Mode A. You might be pleasantly surprised!
73,
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