[amsat-bb] PSAT Digipeating is turned off

[Joe]

What are signal levels on 7 like. mode "A" only tho.

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On 7/23/2015 5:43 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
> 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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