John,
I have noticed that over the last couple years. Have had to turn it back on during several passes. I never remember having to do that in the early years of the sat. Maybe it is showing its age.
73, Scott, KA7FVV Director - KBARA. kbara.org Alternate Board of Director - AMSAT amsat.org Co-Owner WA7DRE 443.525 System Fusion Repeater Co-Owner KA7FVV 147.320 KBARA Repeater ka7fvv.net
On Mar 25, 2019, at 08:15, John Brier [email protected] wrote:
This came up on Twitter recently. [1] When I first started using SO-50 I assumed once the transponder was turned on with the 74.4 Hz tone it would stay on as long as it was being used (people are uplinking with a 67 HZ tone), but in fact it turns off every 10 minutes regardless of activity.
If you ever hear it go silent in the middle of a busy pass try sending a 74.4 hz tone to reset the timer/turn the transponder back on.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
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