Can someone please remind me which birds need to be illuminated...
with sunlight in order to function?
AO-7 - yes
AO-16 - ???
AO-27 - no
AO-51- no
FO-29 ???
VO-52 - no
SO-50 - no
SO-67 - ???
Mark Lunday
WD4ELG
Greensboro, NC - FM06be
mailto:wd4elg@arrl.net wd4elg@arrl.net
Mark Lunday wrote:
with sunlight in order to function?
AO-7 - yes
AO-16 - ???
No longer usable under most circumstances, requires constant attention to stay on.
AO-27 - no
AO-51- no
FO-29 ???
Battery issues, requires full or near full illumination for the entire orbit. Not currently operational over the US. May return.
VO-52 - no
SO-50 - no
SO-67 - ???
Currently only scheduled for passes while illuminated.
73, Drew KO4MA
Thanks, I have not been active for several months...was wondering why I was not hearing FO29
Mark Lunday WD4ELG Greensboro, NC - FM06be wd4elg@arrl.net http://wd4elg.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Glasbrenner [mailto:glasbrenner@mindspring.com] Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:30 PM To: Mark Lunday Cc: 'amsat-bb' Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Can someone please remind me which birds need to be illuminated...
Mark Lunday wrote:
with sunlight in order to function?
AO-7 - yes
AO-16 - ???
No longer usable under most circumstances, requires constant attention to stay on.
AO-27 - no
AO-51- no
FO-29 ???
Battery issues, requires full or near full illumination for the entire orbit. Not currently operational over the US. May return.
VO-52 - no
SO-50 - no
SO-67 - ???
Currently only scheduled for passes while illuminated.
73, Drew KO4MA
We're holding out breath and hoping it comes back in January when it emergences from it's long winter night.
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Mark Lunday Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 7:51 PM To: 'Andrew Glasbrenner' Cc: 'amsat-bb' Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Can someone please remind me which birds need to beilluminated...
Thanks, I have not been active for several months...was wondering why I was not hearing FO29
Mark Lunday WD4ELG Greensboro, NC - FM06be wd4elg@arrl.net http://wd4elg.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Glasbrenner [mailto:glasbrenner@mindspring.com] Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:30 PM To: Mark Lunday Cc: 'amsat-bb' Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Can someone please remind me which birds need to be illuminated...
Mark Lunday wrote:
with sunlight in order to function?
AO-7 - yes
AO-16 - ???
No longer usable under most circumstances, requires constant attention to stay on.
AO-27 - no
AO-51- no
FO-29 ???
Battery issues, requires full or near full illumination for the entire orbit. Not currently operational over the US. May return.
VO-52 - no
SO-50 - no
SO-67 - ???
Currently only scheduled for passes while illuminated.
73, Drew KO4MA
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Most definitely! FO-29 is my favorite bird. Jim KQ6EA
--- On Thu, 12/3/09, David Wing david@cdwing.com wrote:
From: David Wing david@cdwing.com Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Can someone please remind me which birds need to beilluminated... To: "'Mark Lunday'" mlunday@nc.rr.com, "'Andrew Glasbrenner'" glasbrenner@mindspring.com Cc: "'amsat-bb'" amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org Date: Thursday, December 3, 2009, 9:40 PM We're holding out breath and hoping it comes back in January when it emergences from it's long winter night.
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Mark Lunday Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 7:51 PM To: 'Andrew Glasbrenner' Cc: 'amsat-bb' Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Can someone please remind me which birds need to beilluminated...
Thanks, I have not been active for several months...was wondering why I was not hearing FO29
Mark Lunday WD4ELG Greensboro, NC - FM06be wd4elg@arrl.net http://wd4elg.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com
-----Original Message----- From: Andrew Glasbrenner [mailto:glasbrenner@mindspring.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 10:30 PM To: Mark Lunday Cc: 'amsat-bb' Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Can someone please remind me which birds need to be illuminated...
Mark Lunday wrote:
with sunlight in order to function?
AO-7 - yes
AO-16 - ???
No longer usable under most circumstances, requires constant attention to stay on.
AO-27 - no
AO-51- no
FO-29 ???
Battery issues, requires full or near full illumination for the entire orbit. Not currently operational over the US. May return.
VO-52 - no
SO-50 - no
SO-67 - ???
Currently only scheduled for passes while illuminated.
73, Drew KO4MA
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On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Mark Lunday mlunday@nc.rr.com wrote:
with sunlight in order to function?
AO-7 - yes
AO-16 - ???
AO-27 - no
AO-51- no
FO-29 ???
VO-52 - no
SO-50 - no
SO-67 - ???
I believe DO-64 should be added to this list as a 'yes'.
I don't believe SO-67 'needs' to be illuminated. Rather, currently the bird is scheduled so that it is 'on' during sunlight.
73, Bruce
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