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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Another call for forensic accounting and an inventory
(Michelle Thompson)
2. Re: Another call for forensic accounting and an inventory
(Jeff Johns)
3. Re: Another call for forensic accounting and an inventory
(Joseph Armbruster)
4. Re: Another call for ... (Bob Liddy (K8BL))
5. Another mailing list? (Stephen DeVience)
6. Re: Another call for forensic accounting and an inventory
(73 Bob W7LRD)
7. QUESTION (Rosa & Robert Fitzpatrick)
8. Re: QUESTION (Andrew Glasbrenner)
9. Re: QUESTION (Hans BX2ABT)
10. Re: QUESTION (Mark L. Hammond)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2020 15:53:26 -0700
From: Michelle Thompson <mountain.michelle@?????.???>
To: "H. Stephen Nipper" <stephennipper@?????.???>
Cc: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Another call for forensic accounting and an
inventory
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If AMSAT had regular board meetings, preferably monthly, then things like
this would be taken care of quickly and efficiently.
We would all be reading detailed minutes about all the "boring ordinary"
stuff that should be going on - in the Journal.
However, AMSAT has a majority of the board (5 out of 7) that flatly refuses
to meet. Bylaws require three board members to call a meeting. Or, the
President could call meetings. It's part of his powers to do so.
I think things would go a lot better with Directors that are cooperative,
collaborative, and civil.
Secretly hiring a law firm with member money to attack new Directors and
figure out time-wasting ways to keep new Directors from getting their
graspy little hands on the records is not cooperative, not collaborative,
and not civil. Plastering a badly-written and defamatory "explanation" on
the organization's website (instead of meeting as a board to resolve
the unauthorized expenditures as repeatedly requested) is definitely not
civil.
This is a very bad and very public hill to die on. There was not unanimous
consent to that writing. It was not the result of any official action.
All of this public discussion is directly related to individual officers
publishing that letter here, on this mailing list, instead of meeting in
private to discuss the unauthorized expenses.
Do we want the public discussion to stop? Then that letter needs to be
retracted. Meetings need to start.
Very simple easy things.
I am optimistic that things can and will improve.
-Michelle W5NYV
On Sun, Aug 9, 2020 at 12:04 PM H. Stephen Nipper <stephennipper@?????.???>
wrote:
> All of the things that the FIVE amigos keep addressing, should be done at
> the board level. Doing an inventory should be done at the board level,
> doing an audit should be done at a board level. The general membership
> doesn't need to know this. The general membership needs to know that a
> policy exists to monitor and control property of the organization. If a
> policy doesn't exist in the by-laws add one.
>
> Don't whine. The time to campaign is over.
>
> Stephen Nipper
> N7DJX
>
> On Sun, Aug 9, 2020 at 12:11 PM Michelle Thompson via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
>> Clayton Coleman called for an inventory, and called for specific and
>> reasonable expense reductions, over a year ago on the BoD mailing list.
>>
>> We lost a valuable IP donation from AHA.
>>
>> A Rincon AstroSDR went missing for over a year. It resurfaced after I
>> started asking questions about it.
>>
>> We need a better grip on what we own, where it is, and who has it. This
>> can
>> be done.
>>
>> It's not a bad idea at all to resolve to take inventory as soon as
>> possible
>> and do a better job.
>>
>> Don't get offended at an honest critique paired with proposed actions.
>> Those things lead to better solutions for the organization.
>>
>> -Michelle W5NYV
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 9, 2020 at 8:43 AM Jeff Johns via AMSAT-BB <
>> amsat-bb@?????.???>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I didn?t say anyone stole anything. I haven?t heard anyone say that. The
>> > membership, however, has learned of inappropriate spending by a group of
>> > legacy BoDs. It would be in the best interest of AMSAT, no matter who
>> is in
>> > office, to make the dark cloud of FUD to go away. The only way that will
>> > happen is to have an independent, third-party investigate finances and
>> to
>> > perform an inventory.
>> >
>> > AMSAT is a business. A business is valued by its cash on hand,
>> receivables
>> > and assets. A customer base can also be used as part of the valuation
>> of a
>> > company. All of the information, combined, gives an indication of the
>> > stability of a company (organization).
>> >
>> > The membership deserves to have the FUD removed and there?s only one way
>> > this can occur. Nobody wants to invest in a business that has
>> questionable
>> > finances. In this case members and donors will be less likely to invest
>> in
>> > AMSAT as long as there are questions about the governance of AMSAT and
>> how
>> > that governance handles the organization?s money.
>> >
>> > If I were on the board, I would want to cloud removed to show that I,
>> as a
>> > Board member, was being a good steward of the members? money.
>> >
>> > So, I once again ask that a thorough examination of AMSAT?s finances and
>> > assets take place so that the organization can show members and
>> investors
>> > (future members and donors) that the organization is sound and that
>> money
>> > is appropriately spent.
>> >
>> > This seems like a no-brainer to me. I?m not sure why any reasonable
>> person
>> > would take issue with the membership wanting to know, for sure, that the
>> > organization?s finances are sound.
>> >
>> > Jeff WE4B
>> > http://we4bravo.com
>> >
>> > > On Aug 9, 2020, at 8:45 AM, Jeff Davis via AMSAT-BB <
>> amsat-bb@?????.???>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > ?
>> > >
>> > >>>>> On Aug 9, 2020, at 3:23 AM, Jeff Johns via AMSAT-BB <
>> > amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>> > >> The call to ask them to step-up and help ease the minds of many
>> members
>> > was not answered. Why? It could be a myriad of things but because they
>> will
>> > not (so far) step forward and help promote financial transparency is
>> very
>> > disturbing. If there is nothing astray, then there would be nothing to
>> > worry about other than the cost for a third-party to perform the audit.
>> > >
>> > > Yes. I see the ?plot? clearly now. A few grifters decided the best way
>> > to get ?rich" was to join a ham radio organization. They would lay low
>> for
>> > 10-30 years so as not to arouse suspicion. They would volunteer their
>> time
>> > and efforts for decades to provide an smokescreen so other members
>> wouldn?t
>> > suspect that they would one day steal money and inventory from the
>> coffers
>> > and then refuse to provide a detailed accounting when requested?
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Jeff, KE9V
>> > >
>> > > _______________________________________________
>> > > Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>> > Opinions expressed
>> > > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views
>> of
>> > AMSAT-NA.
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>> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>> Opinions
>> > expressed
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>> > AMSAT-NA.
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>> >
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
>> Opinions expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
>> AMSAT-NA.
>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>>
>
>
> --
> Stephen Nipper
> Boise, Idaho
> N7DJX
>
>
>
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2020 19:07:08 -0500
From: Jeff Johns <jeff30339@?????.???>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Another call for forensic accounting and an
inventory
Message-ID: <8990F8DD-EEBC-4975-A5BC-2FE547EFB4FF@?????.???>
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> If AMSAT had regular board meetings, preferably monthly, then things like
this would be taken care of quickly and efficiently.
>
> We would all be reading detailed minutes about all the "boring ordinary"
stuff that should be going on - in the Journal.
Exactly! A forensic audit may not be simple but I would hope that someone
within AMSAT could produce a list of physical assets which could be checked
to make sure they are still in AMSAT?s control and inventory. Does a list of
assets exist?
It doesn?t matter who wins this election. The dark cloud over AMSAT will
remain until the members and donors are satisfied that their is no
malfeasance that has, or is, taking place within AMSAT. All the members and
donors can see the smoke and there?s no smoke unless there?s a fire.
It saddens me that no legacy BoD member or Officer running against me will
step-up and join me in requesting that a third-party audit AMSAT. Like I
said, there wouldn?t be any smoke if there wasn?t a fire. This leads many
members to wonder what else is being hidden. There may well be nothing being
hidden but enough has been uncovered that a jury of average people would not
be convinced. There?s a simple way to make the bad thoughts that members and
donors have. Allow a full audit and inventory of AMSAT?s finances and
inventory.
Jeff WE4B
http://we4bravo.com
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2020 21:36:55 -0400
From: Joseph Armbruster <josepharmbruster@?????.???>
To: Jeff Johns <jeff30339@?????.???>
Cc: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Another call for forensic accounting and an
inventory
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Jeff,
i'll just say this and end here, because it's getting really old and this
feels like tail chasing at this point with no end. In addition, it's
becoming unproductive and irritating for everyone on the list and needs to
stop, so i'm going to do my part. The bottom line is, it DOES matter who
wins this next AMSAT election, if you still want AMSAT to take their stack
forward, get people to work together and preserve the organizations
relationships.
I don't think anyone wants a continuation of the last two years of --bb
back and forth-ing, he-said-she-said, and legal demands and nonsense... i
got involved with all this on the -bb last month, out of sheer frustration
with what I was hearing team-awesome spout off about AMSAT. Because, that
is not the AMSAT I know. I still maintain relationships with many members,
have regular communications about all sorts of random things, etc... with
guys all over the US. and one observation I have made is that not one...
Not a single one of the names that I know, that ever built anything for
AMSAT, have spoken up about any of this stuff on the-bb or expressed the
least bit of interest in any of it. They still send technical emails, send
stuff out on the development lists, etc... shoot me text messages on and
off... but, literally Nothing about any of this. That speaks volumes to me
personally.
All this talk about smoke and fires, clouds and demands, is to me, just a
lot of smoke and mirrors.
KJ4JIO, clear.
Joseph Armbruster
On Sun, Aug 9, 2020 at 8:14 PM Jeff Johns via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
>
> > If AMSAT had regular board meetings, preferably monthly, then things
> like this would be taken care of quickly and efficiently.
> >
> > We would all be reading detailed minutes about all the "boring ordinary"
> stuff that should be going on - in the Journal.
>
> Exactly! A forensic audit may not be simple but I would hope that someone
> within AMSAT could produce a list of physical assets which could be checked
> to make sure they are still in AMSAT?s control and inventory. Does a list
> of assets exist?
>
> It doesn?t matter who wins this election. The dark cloud over AMSAT will
> remain until the members and donors are satisfied that their is no
> malfeasance that has, or is, taking place within AMSAT. All the members and
> donors can see the smoke and there?s no smoke unless there?s a fire.
>
> It saddens me that no legacy BoD member or Officer running against me will
> step-up and join me in requesting that a third-party audit AMSAT. Like I
> said, there wouldn?t be any smoke if there wasn?t a fire. This leads many
> members to wonder what else is being hidden. There may well be nothing
> being hidden but enough has been uncovered that a jury of average people
> would not be convinced. There?s a simple way to make the bad thoughts that
> members and donors have. Allow a full audit and inventory of AMSAT?s
> finances and inventory.
>
> Jeff WE4B
> http://we4bravo.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 02:48:49 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Bob Liddy (K8BL)" <k8bl@?????????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Another call for ...
Message-ID: <822498618.2354806.1597027729639@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Joe,
It doesn't irritate me one bit. Like many other Members, I've hadthis BB
going to Spam for several weeks. I check it out once a weekjust to see if
the BB still exists. It's rare that I actually read anything.I no longer
watch TV News because of the Political chaos and non-stopsniping and this BB
has fallen into the same abyss. Not worth my timeor blood pressure.? ?
73,? ? ?Bob? K8BL
On Sunday, August 9, 2020, 09:35:40 PM EDT, Joseph Armbruster via
AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
Jeff,
i'll just say this and end here, because it's getting really old and this
feels like tail chasing at this point with no end.? In addition, it's
becoming unproductive and irritating for everyone on the list and needs to
stop, so i'm going to do my part.? The bottom line is, it DOES matter who
wins this next AMSAT election, if you still want AMSAT to take their stack
forward, get people to work together and preserve the organizations
relationships.
I don't think anyone wants a continuation of the last two years of --bb
back and forth-ing, he-said-she-said, and legal demands and nonsense...? i
got involved with all this on the -bb last month, out of sheer frustration
with what I was hearing team-awesome spout off about AMSAT.? Because, that
is not the AMSAT I know.? I still maintain relationships with many members,
have regular communications about all sorts of random things, etc... with
guys all over the US.? and one observation I have made is that not one...
Not a single one of the names that I know, that ever built anything for
AMSAT, have spoken up about any of this stuff on the-bb or expressed the
least bit of interest in any of it.? They still send technical emails, send
stuff out on the development lists, etc... shoot me text messages on and
off... but, literally Nothing about any of this.? That speaks volumes to me
personally.
All this talk about smoke and fires, clouds and demands, is to me, just a
lot of smoke and mirrors.
KJ4JIO, clear.
Joseph Armbruster
On Sun, Aug 9, 2020 at 8:14 PM Jeff Johns via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
>
> > If AMSAT had regular board meetings, preferably monthly, then things
> like this would be taken care of quickly and efficiently.
> >
> > We would all be reading detailed minutes about all the "boring ordinary"
> stuff that should be going on - in the Journal.
>
> Exactly! A forensic audit may not be simple but I would hope that someone
> within AMSAT could produce a list of physical assets which could be checked
> to make sure they are still in AMSAT?s control and inventory. Does a list
> of assets exist?
>
> It doesn?t matter who wins this election. The dark cloud over AMSAT will
> remain until the members and donors are satisfied that their is no
> malfeasance that has, or is, taking place within AMSAT. All the members and
> donors can see the smoke and there?s no smoke unless there?s a fire.
>
> It saddens me that no legacy BoD member or Officer running against me will
> step-up and join me in requesting that a third-party audit AMSAT. Like I
> said, there wouldn?t be any smoke if there wasn?t a fire. This leads many
> members to wonder what else is being hidden. There may well be nothing
> being hidden but enough has been uncovered that a jury of average people
> would not be convinced. There?s a simple way to make the bad thoughts that
> members and donors have. Allow a full audit and inventory of AMSAT?s
> finances and inventory.
>
> Jeff WE4B
> http://we4bravo.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
_______________________________________________
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to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
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AMSAT-NA.
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2020 23:12:54 -0500
From: Stephen DeVience <sjdevience@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Another mailing list?
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I'm trying to figure out what satellite antennas I should build next, so I
ran some simulations of signal strengths for various ground station and
satellite antenna combinations, given a tumbling satellite like the foxes.
It turns out a dipole or whip antenna on the satellite is not so good,
because some fraction of the time is spent in its null (when the long axis
of the antenna is pointed toward ground). It's more reliable to have an
omnidirectional, circularly polarized antenna on the bird, which is why
things like this exist:
https://gomspace.com/shop/subsystems/communication-systems/nanocom-ant430.aspx
It's similar to the design on Lilacsat-2. It would also make your
Lindenblad very happy.
I'll have to write something up for the Journal.
-Stephen, N8URE
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2020 21:38:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: 73 Bob W7LRD <w7lrd@???????.???>
To: Jeff Johns <jeff30339@?????.???>, Jeff Johns via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Another call for forensic accounting and an
inventory
Message-ID: <776833703.63800.1597034325708@???????.???????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Remember those little boxy things that are whipping around the world that we
enjoy and have fun, learn, develop expertise, and just chat with like
people. Please knock off the BS!
73 Bob W7LRD
> On 08/09/2020 5:07 PM Jeff Johns via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>
>
> > If AMSAT had regular board meetings, preferably monthly, then things
like this would be taken care of quickly and efficiently.
> >
> > We would all be reading detailed minutes about all the "boring ordinary"
stuff that should be going on - in the Journal.
>
> Exactly! A forensic audit may not be simple but I would hope that someone
within AMSAT could produce a list of physical assets which could be checked
to make sure they are still in AMSAT?s control and inventory. Does a list of
assets exist?
>
> It doesn?t matter who wins this election. The dark cloud over AMSAT will
remain until the members and donors are satisfied that their is no
malfeasance that has, or is, taking place within AMSAT. All the members and
donors can see the smoke and there?s no smoke unless there?s a fire.
>
> It saddens me that no legacy BoD member or Officer running against me will
step-up and join me in requesting that a third-party audit AMSAT. Like I
said, there wouldn?t be any smoke if there wasn?t a fire. This leads many
members to wonder what else is being hidden. There may well be nothing being
hidden but enough has been uncovered that a jury of average people would not
be convinced. There?s a simple way to make the bad thoughts that members and
donors have. Allow a full audit and inventory of AMSAT?s finances and
inventory.
>
> Jeff WE4B
> http://we4bravo.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 04:44:24 +0000 (UTC)
From: Rosa & Robert Fitzpatrick <lgwn5400@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] QUESTION
Message-ID: <705461297.1689901.1597034664751@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
WHAT GOING ON WITH AO-92 .?I HEAR IT IS IN SAFE MODE.IS THER A PROBLEM WITH
AO-92 ??????BOB/KB5SQG?
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 06:03:28 -0400
From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner@??????????.???>
To: "'Rosa & Robert Fitzpatrick'" <lgwn5400@?????.???>
Cc: 'AMSAT BB' <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] QUESTION
Message-ID: <001101d66efd$7ed46bc0$7c7d4340$@??????????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
AO-92 is currently dropping into safe mode due to low voltage near the end
of eclipse on some orbits. Right now that's the end of the ascending,
evening passes, and it's also dependent on the load the previous orbit. As
soon as the satellite hits illumination again, it automatically comes out of
safe mode. It's unfortunate that this is happening over North America right
now, but it's the control software preventing the batteries from over
discharge, which is a good thing.
Remember you can always check the latest telemetry at
https://www.amsat.org/tlm/leaderboard.php?id=0&db=FOXDB
73, Drew KO4MA
AMSAT VP Operations
-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces@?????.???> On Behalf Of Rosa & Robert
Fitzpatrick via AMSAT-BB
Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 12:44 AM
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] QUESTION
WHAT GOING ON WITH AO-92 . I HEAR IT IS IN SAFE MODE.IS THER A PROBLEM WITH
AO-92 ??????BOB/KB5SQG _______________________________________________
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 22:16:34 +0800
From: Hans BX2ABT <hans.bx2abt@???.?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] QUESTION
Message-ID: <6a84ff2f-7f95-7c68-d463-d5cd1c10629f@???.?????.???>
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Yes, just had it drop into safe-mode towards the end of our nightly
pass, roughly 2 hours after it entered eclipse. --Hans
On 8/10/20 6:03 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> AO-92 is currently dropping into safe mode due to low voltage near the end
of eclipse on some orbits. Right now that's the end of the ascending,
evening passes, and it's also dependent on the load the previous orbit. As
soon as the satellite hits illumination again, it automatically comes out of
safe mode. It's unfortunate that this is happening over North America right
now, but it's the control software preventing the batteries from over
discharge, which is a good thing.
>
> Remember you can always check the latest telemetry at
https://www.amsat.org/tlm/leaderboard.php?id=0&db=FOXDB
>
> 73, Drew KO4MA
> AMSAT VP Operations
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces@?????.???> On Behalf Of Rosa & Robert
Fitzpatrick via AMSAT-BB
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 12:44 AM
> To: amsat-bb@?????.???
> Subject: [amsat-bb] QUESTION
>
> WHAT GOING ON WITH AO-92 . I HEAR IT IS IN SAFE MODE.IS THER A PROBLEM
WITH AO-92 ??????BOB/KB5SQG _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to
all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official
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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2020 11:18:51 -0400
From: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@?????.???>
To: Hans BX2ABT <hans.bx2abt@???.?????.???>
Cc: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] QUESTION
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Hello Hans and the list--
AO-92 is currently experiencing around 35 mins of ellipse and then 60
minutes of sunlight per orbit. I read the "..roughly 2 hours after it
entered eclipse" and that caught my attention and as they say, "made me
look." ;-)
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
AMSAT Director and Command Station
On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 10:18 AM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> Yes, just had it drop into safe-mode towards the end of our nightly
> pass, roughly 2 hours after it entered eclipse. --Hans
>
> On 8/10/20 6:03 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> > AO-92 is currently dropping into safe mode due to low voltage near the
> end of eclipse on some orbits. Right now that's the end of the ascending,
> evening passes, and it's also dependent on the load the previous orbit. As
> soon as the satellite hits illumination again, it automatically comes out
> of safe mode. It's unfortunate that this is happening over North America
> right now, but it's the control software preventing the batteries from over
> discharge, which is a good thing.
> >
> > Remember you can always check the latest telemetry at
> https://www.amsat.org/tlm/leaderboard.php?id=0&db=FOXDB
> >
> > 73, Drew KO4MA
> > AMSAT VP Operations
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces@?????.???> On Behalf Of Rosa & Robert
> Fitzpatrick via AMSAT-BB
> > Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 12:44 AM
> > To: amsat-bb@?????.???
> > Subject: [amsat-bb] QUESTION
> >
> > WHAT GOING ON WITH AO-92 . I HEAR IT IS IN SAFE MODE.IS THER A PROBLEM
> WITH AO-92 ??????BOB/KB5SQG _______________________________________________
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