I'm not sure if this has to do with AO-85 being off for so long, but does anyone else using the SatSat iPhone app to track satellites find that AO-85 is listed but with no tracking info? I checked the AMSAT keps page and AO-85 is still there.
73,
Burns, WB1FJ
On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 8:20 AM Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
AO-85 was commanded on again about 1200Z this morning. Repeater is on, but so far no DUV telemetry, so IHU must not be working. Also, repeater isn't dropping between uplinks as it should in this mode. We left it on, feel free to use while you can. Reports too please!
73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org On Behalf Of Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2019 10:07 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Cc: ans-editor@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 is still kicking...
Mark, N8MH and I did some testing tonight on AO-85 as it is almost back in full sun. The transmitter and COR repeater came on, but not the telemetry/IHU. Repeater sounded good but stayed keyed without an uplink signal. We shut the transmitter back off since that was an unexpected state. We'll do some more testing tomorrow.
73, Drew KO4MA
AMSAT VP Operations
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