Power is back up to 83mw also.
On 2/18/2020 11:24, Mark L. Hammond via AMSAT-BB wrote:
HI Bob, sounds like they (UW students) commanded it into SAFE mode. Watch the telemetry, it'll tell you...TX off, then TX ON to send a few frames, then OFF a couple minutes....repeat. Sounds like a Fox-family member indeed!
Mark N8MH
On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 1:23 PM Bob via AMSAT-BB [email protected] wrote:
Hi,
Oddly enough, the orbit that began around 18:08 UTC (at least for FN41 in New England) was silent for most of the pass (as in no telemetry).
Around 18:12:40, when the bird was almost at the point of closest approach I heard the beacon turn on, send out perhaps a frame or two, then some sync tones, then the beacon went away. I did listen to the inverting repeater band to see if I heard anyone using the transponder, and it was quiet.
I am assuming someone is commanding the bird from the ground and doing some testing, but it was real odd not to have the beacon on for this pass. What frames I've decoded today are already in the data warehouse.
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