[amsat-bb] ao7 reliability

["Patrick McGrane" <N2OEQ@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings from Pat N2OEQ

Just a short note to clarify my comment that the older AO-7 technology is reliable after so many years not because the computer and batteries failed, but because the transponders still operate. I love those big old resistors Hi Hi.

73, pat

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