When I go to the amsat page (the one I found on Google) I click on
Satellite Info, then Current Status. Then I clicked on AO-7, UO-11,
RS-15, LO-19, FO-20. All came up with the Page Not Found error. after
trying 5 I didn't try the rest. Its hard to find out info on the sat if
the link is dead.
After more digging I did find a page that listed the transponder sats,
found 4 (AO7, FO29 VO52 and AO73), I don't count SO-50 as its FM, I'm
only interested in CW (primary) and SSB (secondary).
George - KI4FIA
www.MilAirComms.com
On 2/9/2014 17:24, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
When I was active I did a fair amount of Satellite work, but here again,
we're loosing more satellites than we're gaining. I believe we're down
to only 2 working SSB/CW satellites and 1 is older than I am. AO-7 was
one of my favorites to work.
Right now there are 5 active transponders, 2 launching within 1--2 months, 2 on
orbit awaiting activation as a secondary payload, the ISS, and one FM repeater
satellite. There are DOZENS of other university sats that provide telemetry
only. Sats are FAR from dead.
But there doesn't seem to be any new SSB/CW sats being launched so I
fear that sat ops will also continue to decline.
See above...
I just tried to check the AMSAT website. Even its broke, I clicked on 3
different links and the links didn't work....
www.amsat.org is fine, after being rebuilt after a hacking incident. The old
site however is defunct, although you can still get into it via Google. Go in
the front door and it works fine.
73, Drew KO4MA
AMSAT VP Operations
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