[amsat-bb] PSAT Digipeating is turned off

[Paul Stoetzer]

7 is up and running!

It looks like the illumination will get better for NO-84 by late August.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 6:32 AM, Joe <nss at mwt.net> wrote:
> Sad to see this bird sleepy.
> I was the one that was gonna get me back on the birds again. The single
> channel FM birds are not my cup o tea. I miss 6, 7 and the russian birds.
>
> Joe WB9SBD
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> On 7/22/2015 3:56 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote:
>>
>> PSAT digipeater has been turned off.  The spacecraft has entered safe mode
>> now several times due to low power.  So we will keep it off until
>> conditions improve.  Do not use the PSK31 transponder either.
>>
>>
>>
>> We were so accustomed to excess power during the previous full sun period
>> that we had evertyhign on… 95 miunte orbit 100% always in the sun.
>>
>>
>>
>> But now we are in a maximum eclipse period with only 59 minutes in the sun
>> and 36 minutes in the dark.  Cleary that is only 61% of the power we had
>> before!
>>
>>
>>
>> The times of lowest power of course are just before dawn.
>>
>>
>>
>> Bob, WB4APR
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