I am frequently all by myself on JO-97, the XWs, CAS-4A and B, and EO-88 in the evening. These are great linear sats that are woefully underused.
Happy holidays!
Craig N6RSX
From: Mark Johns, K0JM k0jm.mark@gmail.com Sent: Friday, December 10, 2021 10:49 AM To: John Geiger af5cc2@gmail.com Cc: Bernie and Cheryl hamdan@ix.netcom.com; AMSAT amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [AMSAT-BB] Re: JO-97
Just a reminder that you can always consult (and contribute to) the AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page at: https://www.amsat.org/status/
I see that Bernie contributed a report on JO-97 earlier today, but for others looking for satellites to work, the Status Page is a great resource. -- Mark D. Johns, KØJM AMSAT Ambassador & News Service Editor Brooklyn Park, MN USA EN35hd ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain
On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 12:41 PM John Geiger <af5cc2@gmail.commailto:af5cc2@gmail.com> wrote: JO97 does have a great downlink signal. THanks for the recommendation Bernie. XW-2A seems to be functioning properly also, without turning off every few seconds. If you are on after dark EO88 is another nice Mode B satellite with a great downlink signal. It only functions while in darkness, though.
AO92 had a nice pass this morning, but it was only myself and KB9STR on it. It is alive and well! Come and check it out also!
73 John AF5CC
On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 12:27 PM Bernie and Cheryl <hamdan@ix.netcom.commailto:hamdan@ix.netcom.com> wrote: Dear Folks:
Now that it appears that the XW birds are turning off (for whatever reason), I was looking around this morning for another linear satellite to utilize and found JO-97. I worked a couple of stations on this morning's pass, one of whom happened to mention that there's not much activity on JO-97. So I wanted to post on here that I worked it this morning, and despite some kind of data signal (or some kind of QRM) in the lower part of the passband, the signals were quite good. It looked to me like JO-97 is a good resource for all of us. Hope to see some of you on there.
73 de Bernie, KF0QS
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