[amsat-bb] Has AO-85 finally bit the dust?

[Andrew Glasbrenner]

Ron,

Commands were sent yesterday to re-enable the repeater, with no results.
It's likely the batteries have deteriorated far enough the transmitter will
not work. We'll keep trying for a while before any sort of announcement, but
to be honest, the satellite has been on borrowed time for a while. Please
keep listening to signals and telemetry for the time being.

73, Drew KO4MA
AMSAT VP Operations

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Subject: [amsat-bb] Has AO-85 finally bit the dust?

 Last heard report was almost 2 days ago. Before that, the downlink
frequency was wobbling
 +- 5-10 kHz.

Ron W5RKN
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