R: [amsat-bb] Oscar 40??

["i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs@xxxxxx>]

Hi Frank K0BLT,

At 03:10 UTC orbit 993 day 29 december 2002 AO40 was at MA 114.7
and probably RUDAK was ON because RUDAK is scheduled from MA 110 to 
MA 126 since december 22

The AO40 transponder is ON from MA 050 to MA 110 and than from
MA 126 to MA 200

RUDAK is ON when under control from USA and at 03:10 AO40 was
over USA.

I hope............all is OK ! !

73" de i8CVS Domenico   


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Frank A Cahoy <k0blt@juno.com>
To: <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 3:57 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Oscar 40??


> 
> Greetings to all,
> 
> I came home from attending church about an hour ago.  Had a bite of
> dinner and went in to check on how AO-40 was doing.  I had just
> experienced a great ragchew with K7KCS a couple of hours previous and the
> bird was in fine shape.  At About 03:10 UTC I could hear no MB nor any
> signals in the bandpass.  I got on the phone and gave my Elmer, K0VTY,
> Joe, a call and sure enough he couldn't hear anything from the bird
> either.  He even has a 2.4 Ghz signal generator and it was received just
> fine!  The MA of 136 had not been reached so RUDAK shouldn't have been
> the cause of the shut down.  Does anyone have a clue?
> 
> Let's all hope that some disaster  has not befallen our bird!!
> 
> 73 and a hopefully Happy New Year to all.....  Frank, K0BLT
> 
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