[amsat-bb] Be kind to our old lady AO-7

[Gabriel Zeifman]

It nearly always wakes up into mode B after each eclipse. So since it is currently (and for the foreseeable future) eclipsing every orbit, it will reset once every orbit after re-entering sunlight from eclipse. 

73,
Gabe
NJ7H

> On May 31, 2017, at 8:16 PM, John Geiger <af5cc2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Are there many stations doing Mode A at all?  I haven't worked too many
> people on that mode before, but it is a lot of fun. Once it switches to
> Mode A, what causes it to eventually go back to Mode B?
> 
> 73 John AF5CC
> 
> On Thu, Jun 1, 2017 at 12:04 AM, Ryan Noguchi via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
>> 
>>> Lately, AO-7 has spontaneously switched out of Mode B during passes over
>> the US and probably other places. >...
>> 
>> My understanding is that this is not uncommon.  The first question that
>> comes to my mind:  Are there stations that consistently work AO-7 on Mode A
>> shortly after the satellite resets?
>> 
>> 73, Ryan AI6DO
>> 
>> 
>> 
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