[amsat-bb] Re: AO-40 beacon on at perigee

["Stacey E. Mills" <w4sm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>Hi,
>
>Yesterday, I had AOS at MA 3 yesterday, and was surprised to find the MB on.
>No published change in schedule, so is this a glitch?
>
>
>Alan
>WA4SCA
Current N-blk:

N  QST AMSAT AO-40      SCHEDULE    @=VARIABLE      2003-02-01
     MA      010   040   126   132   140@  156   210   244   010
     ---------7-----1-----6-----4-----3-----2-----5-----0-----7
     S2/K-Tx  |  S  |  S  | S/K |  S  |  S  |  S  |  S  |  S  |
     MB       |  *  |  *  |  *  |  *  |     |  *  |  *  |  *  |
     RUDAK    |     |     |     |     |  *  |     |     |     |
     V/U-Rx   |  U  |  U  |  U  |  U  |  V  |  U  |  U  |  V  |
     Uplink   |     | UL  | UL  | UL  |     | UL  |     |     |

Since 2/1 the beacon has been on during perigee/eclipse.



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