Regarding the comments, they could be comply moderated and not posted unless approved like common message board software does. Would still require someone to maintain it but could be a weekly job not a daily chore

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On Wednesday, April 12, 2023, 9:23 AM, Matthew Alberti via AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org wrote:

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 73Barry K6RM -----------------------------------------------------------

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