Re: Satellite status - AO-109, other - AMSAT-BB

12 Apr 2023

      AMSAT BB,
    The AMSAT IT Team does have it on our list of projects, to update the
Satellite Status page. We do want to include the feature that will allow
for comments. There are other ideas like enabling the AMSAT Discord bot to
check the "last heard" info for any given satellite. The initial plan was
to try to open source the code, so that more people could contribute to
make it better. That is still the plan. However, we identified some code
that is pretty dated; and has some security issues. We have to resolve some
of that before we can open source it. That all being said, if people are
interested in contributing their time to this or other AMSAT IT projects,
please e-mail us at IT@amsat.org. We would love to have a couple more
people on the team that have development experience. We are a small team;
and we all have family and full time job commitments. Our AMSAT volunteer
time is largely limited to keeping the lights on, so to speak. We try to
develop new capabilities or improve existing ones as best we can. But if
any of you out there are passionate about this and have some coding
experience, please reach out to us!
Thanks.
- Matt Alberti (KM4EXS), AMSAT IT Team
On Wed, Apr 12, 2023 at 1:54 PM Robert Meade via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb@amsat.org> wrote:
...
AO-109 is a very weak signal bird due to issues on orbit. Most people
without very directional antennas can't hear it a lot of the time. We have
only speculation as to what went wrong with it, but I've only had very
sparing luck with it and that was using FT-4.
On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 9:12 AM 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:
...
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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Re: Satellite status - AO-109, other

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