At 07:52 AM 10/12/2009, John P. Toscano wrote:
Indeed, it would be wonderful if the patient "woke up" from her long sleep like AO-7 did. There's no harm in wishing, even when the odds of success are so slim...
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John,
I have had discussion on this topic with Drew and I believe that periodically commands are transmitted in the off chance that they might be received. I do not recall what band the command is on but I will soon have a very large L-band station (16-foot dish (34.5 dBi gain) and 300w at the feed) that could make some attempts with commanding. This is an eme station, of course. I hope to be QRV by December. I also wonder how good the Keps are for AO-40. My L-band beamwidth is only 2.5 deg.
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