Hi!
Twice this weekend, AO-92 failed to stay in L/V mode for 24 hours. When it was first commanded into L/V mode at 0138 UTC Sunday (Saturday evening in the USA):
https://twitter.com/AMSAT/status/1081727139974729729
it only stayed in that mode for about 3 hours. By the time AO-92 passed over the USA around 0450 UTC, it had switched back to U/V mode.
Mark N8MH reported on Twitter this morning that AO-92 was put back into L/V mode at 1449 UTC:
https://twitter.com/N8MH/status/1081938639930691584
and it was back to U/V this evening at 0248 UTC:
https://twitter.com/WD9EWK/status/1082107763809873920
Before this weekend, I think there was one previous occasion where AO-92 didn't remain in L/V mode for the full 24 hours. Has something happened to the satellite, where the mode change won't remain in effect for 24 hours?
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/