Hey, Ben,
According to the status page Bruce Semple shared with us, http://oscar.dcarr.org/index.php it says the TLM-only downlinks have been heard at least for the past few days.
Also, it looks like AO-27 has been OFF when passing over DC today (and longer?) per http://www.ao27.org/ and confirmed by my ears.
We'll keep trying.
FYI, the recent posts have created nice "what did you hear" conversations on the Goddard Amateur Radio Club repeater, WA3NAN/R, in Greenbelt, MD, on 146.835 MHz FM.
Hope to hear more folks on it over the weekend and early next week.
Cheers,
Pat N8PK
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-dc-request@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-dc-request@amsat.org] Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 03:00 PM To: amsat-dc@amsat.org Subject: AMSAT-DC Digest, Vol 6, Issue 15
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AO-27 's FM repeater operates on a schedule -
http://www.ao27.org/AO27/index.shtml Look at the topic "Current TOPR Schedule"
Essentially you only get about 7-8 minutes of talk time - followed by about 1 minute of telemetry transmission --- (during which the repeater function is not available) There are telemetry decoding programs available -- and then the satellite turns off the transmitter for a period of time.
So - if appears not to be on -- be patient -- it will come on during some part of the pass.
Bruce WA3SWJ
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Bruce Semple
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Pat Kilroy