David, and other AO-7 watchers,

I was hoping for Mode B or Mode A, but we got Mode "D" (435.1 MHz beacon only). Yes, I guess it just cycled into the 70-cm beacon mode for the last pass of SKN 2010! At least it was a nice strong carrier, and I got in some SKN QSOs via AO-51 just a bit earlier.

TNX to AA5PK, N3TL and K2BMI for the AO-51 SKN contacts!

73 de Andy W5ACM

----- Original Message ----- From: "David Giles" [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 4:38 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 beacon

Hello and happy new year,

I've just been listening to AO-7. The 10m beacon was off and I couldn't raise a signal through the transponder. But I did hear the 70cm beacon and it was only transmitting a constant carrier (no RTTY or CW this time).

Any of the old hands know what would cause this?

73 de David VK5DG

Does it ever switch into Mode B now a days?

Thanks, Joe AD7D.

-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim - N3TL Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 3:42 PM To: 'Andy MacAllister'; 'AMSAT BBS' Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-7 beacon

Hey Andy,

No disrespect ... but the Grand Old Girl has been in Mode A. I worked KC9ELU this morning and AA5PK after the AO-51 pass you mention in this email, both on Mode A.

Thanks to you for the contact on AO-51.

Happy New Year, and 73 to all,

Tim - N3TL Athens, Ga. - EM84ha

-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andy MacAllister Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 6:31 PM To: 'AMSAT BBS' Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-7 beacon

David, and other AO-7 watchers,

I was hoping for Mode B or Mode A, but we got Mode "D" (435.1 MHz beacon only). Yes, I guess it just cycled into the 70-cm beacon mode for the last pass of SKN 2010! At least it was a nice strong carrier, and I got in some SKN QSOs via AO-51 just a bit earlier.

TNX to AA5PK, N3TL and K2BMI for the AO-51 SKN contacts!

73 de Andy W5ACM

----- Original Message ----- From: "David Giles" [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 4:38 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 beacon

Hello and happy new year,

I've just been listening to AO-7. The 10m beacon was off and I couldn't raise a signal through the transponder. But I did hear the 70cm beacon and it was only transmitting a constant carrier (no RTTY or CW this time).

Any of the old hands know what would cause this?

73 de David VK5DG

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For what it's worth, I find the AO-7 online log page to be the best source of information on current operating activity for that particular satellite.

You can find it at:

http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/ao7log.php

The oscar.dcarr.org site is a great resource for learning about any number of satellites and their current operations, but it's not as good as the AO-7 site, in my opinion, for information on AO-7.

It also contains some great historical information on the oldest amateur satellite still in operation - with the largest available footprint for amateur operations.

73 to all,

Tim

-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Glasbrenner Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 8:46 PM To: Joseph Holman Cc: 'AMSAT BBS' Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-7 beacon

Joseph Holman wrote:

Does it ever switch into Mode B now a days?

Thanks, Joe AD7D.

Just about every other day currently. Take a look at http://oscar.dcarr.org/ to get an idea of the pattern at a glance.

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