[amsat-bb] Re: AO-27 Operation Behavior Question

[Ron Overdrive]

AO-27's schedule basically works as follows: when it turns on it transmits
roughly 30 seconds of data, activates the repeater for 7 or so minutes, then
another 90 seconds of data before shutting off. If it appears to be dead
afterwords (ie you can't hear yourself on the bird with a 2nd radio or in
full duplex) then you caught it on the tail end of the schedule. Goto
AO27.org for the current schedule or download the Scheduler at
http://sites.google.com/site/ao27satellitescheduler/ and generate your own
schedule predictions.

~73, KC2WQW

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Bruce Semple <bruce.semple at verizon.net>wrote:

>
> Is there some sort of IDLE  / switch over / recovery time  after
> AO-27 does it's telemetry dump
> before you can get back into the FM repeater?
>
> I have strong  signals S9+30+ going into the telemetry dump -- and
> then it appears to be dead after it finishes.
>
>
>
> 73,
> Bruce
> WA3SWJ
>
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