The TX will be ON till the Voltage Controller (UVC) decided to switch OFF. Now FO-29 is still in eclipses.
For example, if the TX will be switched on at 2100 UTC on Jan 16, then it will be switched off by UVC at 21:24 UTC due entering the eclipse. I understand it from the chart below. Black boxes are the eclipses. Yellow means sunlight (percent of illumination). You can see that FO-29 is not free of eclipses but they are getting more and more shorter. FO-29 is will be switched on after a eclipse and UVC will switch off if the satellite enters the eclipse (a black box). And you can see the last eclipse will be on Feb 08 at 00:15 UTC -> after then we have no eclipses anymore. You can also use a satellite software like Orbitron to simulate the orbit and the satellite illumination. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/00116f29.jpg Tnx. DK3WN, Mike JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
