Re: [amsat-bb] ao40

[k_9qh_o@xxxxxxx]

Maybe AO-7 is trying to tell us something here.

It would be nice to command/control a satellite without batteries.


-------------- Original message from wa6fwf <wa6fwf@pacbell.net>: -------------- 


> Hi All, 
> Assuming that AO40 did have a mid-bank short of its main battery pack for 
> the moment, the remaining cells have been overcharging for months now and I'm 
> curious 
> if anyone is still actively trying to command the sat? maybe the batteries have 
> floated up high enough that maybe the relay could switch now? I have no idea if 
> AO40 is 
> even turned correctly at the moment to be commanded. 
> 
> Anyone know? 
> 
> Thanks 73 
> Kevin WA6FWF 
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