I have been out of the satellite game for awhile, but now am back, after getting the 70cm antenna back up and a second radio to do full duplex with. What is the current status of AO7? The AMSAT page says "non-operational" but I seem to have seen some emails recently that might suggest otherwise. If it is operational, is it always in Mode B now?
73s John AA5JG (ex: W5TD, NE0P) 6M WAS #1275, 6m VUCC #1260 2m VUCC #615, Satellite VUCC #129
John:
AO-7 is alive and well. Just a little differently from what it used to be. It is only operational when in sunlight. Since it only gets power when in the sun, it can come up in one of two modes, somewhat at random.
If you go to http://oscar.dcarr.org, you can get a rough idea as to what it has been doing lately based on reports from others.
Ron KA4KYI AMSAT Area Coordinator - Missouri
John Geiger wrote:
I have been out of the satellite game for awhile, but now am back, after getting the 70cm antenna back up and a second radio to do full duplex with. What is the current status of AO7? The AMSAT page says "non-operational" but I seem to have seen some emails recently that might suggest otherwise. If it is operational, is it always in Mode B now?
73s John AA5JG (ex: W5TD, NE0P) 6M WAS #1275, 6m VUCC #1260 2m VUCC #615, Satellite VUCC #129
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