Mike, on the 14:10 pass over the eastern US, I was able to upload the heater off and test beacon commands several times successfully. I also heard confirmation tones several other times during the pass, so others are also able to get into the satellite. I commanded the test beacon several times and got confirmation, but never did hear the beacon come on during the pass. Perhaps because so many people were sending commands at the same time, it just kept resetting a timer. I believe Compass is getting healthier; it certainly seems a LOT more responsive today than it was, say 4 days ago. I think this is encouraging. Hopefully someone can get a beacon out of it this pass. I wlll be listening up for the 15:43 pass and hope to hear a beacon then.
73 de Bob W1ICW
Hi Mike,
Sent commands at 1006 UT at 8 deg el. on the eclipse pass last night and the first three were acknowledged (14, 13, 16) but no further commands were accepted. Tried again at higher elevations later in the pass but no response.
First pass this morning (4.5 deg max el) all commands except the test beacon command were acknowledged. No beacon heard but pass very short.
Alan ZL2BX
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