[amsat-bb] Configuring LUSAT-19 like AO-16???

Good Afternoon, Everyone.

Last month, a question was posed about the possibility of reconfiguring LUSAT/Oscar 19 in the "bent pipe" style that AO-16 is currently in. As I am writing this, both AO-16 and LU-19 are overhead...and both have stellar signals.

Is there any news/update as to whether or not this can be accomplished??

Upon reading the Satellite Handbook, it appears as though 16, 17, 18, and 19 were pretty much similar. If I am wrong, then I will stand as corrected, but if 16 could be converted in such a fashion, what prevents 19?

Wishing for Spring!

John KB2HSH