[amsat-bb] Re: AO-27

[Rick - WA4NVM]

Hi Bob,

I think  you are new to the satellites, since I haven't heard you on the 
birds yet.
Welcome to the fun world of sat's.

Now to your question.  AO-27 is on a timer sequence, 20 seconds of digital
 - then 7 minutes of voice - then back to 1 full minute of digital - then 
off.

You may be hearing it switch back to digital mode at the end of the 7 minute
repeater mode.  Just my guess.  There are a number of sites that give you 
the
times for the daily passes.  One of them, 
http://www.ao27.org/AO27/listing.shtml
is currently about ten minutes off. (late)  Another one you may want to 
check out is
http://sites.google.com/site/ao27satellitescheduler/  a program you can 
download
and use on the daily bases.

I hope this helps and we all will look for you in the future.

73,
Rick WA4NVM


> The last couple of passes that I have tried seemed to start well - I hear
> stations using the repeater - but then some sort of digital signal takes
> over and no other voice activity is heard.  Is this some command work 
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> Bob, WA9JDR
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