Re: [amsat-bb] AO27 not heard on 1545utc pass over EU!

[<cybo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Hi All
>
> I did not hear AO27 on the 1545utc pass over Europe has anybody heard it
> over the last week or so? The AO27 web page indicates it as operational
> or have I missed some news on the BB?
>
> Regards Robert G8ATE
> ----

Hi Robert,

Yes, AO-27 has been off for the last while or so. This is from the AO-27
page:

Current Time UTC => Sat Mar 26 16:39:43 2005
Schedule Time    => 00:54:17
Current State    => 7
         Mode    => OFF
       Remaining => 00:46:32

Next Event   UTC => Sat Mar 26 17:26:15 2005
        State    => 0
         Mode    => Digital Med

TOPR Epoch      (UTC) = Wed Jan  5 21:50:50 2005
TOPR Epoch    (ctime) = 1104961850
Schedule Period (sec) = 6049.204

State  Start Time  End Time  Duration(sec)  Mode
--------------------------------------------------------
  0     00:00:00   00:00:20       20        Digital Med
  1     00:00:20   00:06:20      360        Analogue Med
  2     00:06:20   00:07:20       60        Digital Med
  3     00:07:20   00:31:29     1449        OFF
  4     00:31:29   00:32:29       60        Digital Med
  5     00:32:29   00:32:49       20        OFF
  6     00:32:49   00:33:09       20        OFF
  7     00:33:09   01:40:49     4060        OFF

Not too sure what they're up to though. Hope that helps...

Stuart VE3SWF
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