15 Mar
2007
15 Mar
'07
11:21 p.m.
On 15 Mar 2007 at 4:36, David Bird wrote:
HI AMSATS, SO50 NOT HEARD ON 3/15/07 UTC PASS 03;11 OR PASS 0453. HOPE SO50 WILL BE BACK ON SOON. DE KC7USS.
I was alone on an overhead pass this evening and i suddenly lost the satellite!! I was under the impression that the timer always reset to 0 on each transmission...AND I WAS WRONG. The 10 minutes timer have to be resetted at each end of time with the 74.4 HZ tone. SO-50 came up at 85 deg of elev with a S9 signal but no one was on :(
This could explain why some think the satellite seems to be dead.
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