This has been asked before. There is not an updated comprehensive status page. I have suggested adding a "comment" field to the status page that could help with this, but I was told people could abuse it and put offensive or spam messages in it.

Essentially, the community seems to accept that if you want to begin operating sats, you have to ask for advice about what birds to try. I guess this is because the status really is always changing and keeping a web page updated would literally be a daily job.

I still think a comment field in the status page should be added. Maybe require an account to submit comments. That way you can moderate it. Yes that is work to set up but it could help with this obvious frustration that beginners / and people who are coming back after a hiatus, have.

Fwiw my example reason for this is relevant even for experienced/regular ops. The XW sats come in and out of operation and some of them have transponders that are on for a few seconds at a time. The status page only has transponder working or not working, but I don't want to try and work a pass if the transponder is only on intermittently. A comment field could help with this situation.

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Tue, Apr 11, 2023, 11:12 David Spoelstra via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:

Barry-

I wish there was a better up-to-date way to find this info too. But to answer your question, I believe the satellite is not used much because, "issues with the satellite make SSB voice contacts challenging at best". See https://www.amsat.org/ao-109-radfxsat-2-amsat-fox-1e-open-for-amateur-use/

-David, N9KT

On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 11:02 AM Barry Pfeil via AMSAT-BB < amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:

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I've been away from operating satellites for a bit, concentrating instead on EME. But with Field day approaching I want to reconfigure my station (and to some extent, my mind) for satellites so i can again earn that 100-point bonus for my local club on FD this year.

Looking at the AMSAT "Satellite Status" page to see what's working these days, I notice AO-109 shown with only a few "not heard" reports in recent days. When I click on the AO-109 link at the left side of the table it takes me to an AMSAT page from 2016 telling me about the expected 2017 launch of this bird.

When I go to "SATNOGS" I find a green checkmark with the advice that the "Satellite is in orbit and operational". When I go to "Gunter's Space Page" I find similarly dated info. On NY2O.com I find that the satellite is "Active". Nowhere do I find a clue as to WHY the actual status is apparently "not heard".

I'm new at this. Is there a place with real-time info other than the AMSAT "Satellite Status" page?

Thanks and 73 Barry K6RM

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