[amsat-bb] AO-7

[Jim Jerzycke]

And as Drew mentioned the other day, if it gets hammered too hard with 
excessive uplink power, it will either flip modes, or reset.

I'm taking my Buddipole and a length of coax for a 10 Meter antenna this 
weekend, "Just In Case"!

73, Jim  KQ6EA


On 06/24/2015 10:27 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
> No. When the satellite powers up after losing power in eclipse, it
> comes up by default in Mode B and pretty much enters Mode A randomly,
> usually when someone transmits with too much power, causing a voltage
> drop that causes the satellite to switch modes.
>
> When the satellite is in constant sunlight, it does switch between
> Mode A and Mode B every 24 hours, but there are never very many users
> of Mode A.
>
> Between October and December of this year, this will be the case and
> Mode A should be available every other day, but after that, AO-7 will
> not be in constant sunlight for many years.
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Joe <nss at mwt.net> wrote:
>> This has peaked my interest in this old bird.
>> Is there a schedule someplace that I can view to know when it will be in
>> mode "A"?
>>
>> Joe WB9SBD
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