[amsat-bb] AO-85 is still kicking...

[Ed Krome]

Interesting. Doesn’t appear on ISS Detector either. 

Ed Krome K9EK 
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Ed Krome K9EK

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> On Jun 7, 2019, at 6:15 PM, Mark L. Hammond via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
> 
> Burns, Please email the author and ask him to add it back! Same problem here
> 
> 
> Mark N8MH
> 
> On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 5:36 PM Burns Fisher via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> I'm not sure if this has to do with AO-85 being off for so long, but does
>> anyone else using the SatSat iPhone app to track satellites find that AO-85
>> is listed but with no tracking info?  I checked the AMSAT keps page and
>> AO-85 is still there.
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Burns, WB1FJ
>> 
>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 8:20 AM Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB <
>> amsat-bb at amsat.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> AO-85 was commanded on again about 1200Z this morning. Repeater is on,
>> but
>>> so far no DUV telemetry, so IHU must not be working. Also, repeater isn't
>>> dropping between uplinks as it should in this mode. We left it on, feel
>>> free
>>> to use while you can. Reports too please!
>>> 
>>> 73, Drew KO4MA
>>> AMSAT VP Operations
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Andrew
>>> Glasbrenner
>>> via AMSAT-BB
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2019 10:07 PM
>>> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>>> Cc: ans-editor at amsat.org
>>> Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 is still kicking...
>>> 
>>> Mark, N8MH and I did some testing tonight on AO-85 as it is almost back
>> in
>>> full sun. The transmitter and COR repeater came on, but not the
>>> telemetry/IHU. Repeater sounded good but stayed keyed without an uplink
>>> signal. We shut the transmitter back off since that was an unexpected
>>> state.
>>> We'll do some more testing tomorrow.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 73, Drew KO4MA
>>> 
>>> AMSAT VP Operations
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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