In article ,
Harald Kucharek wrote:
...but as far as I know, nobody has
heard from the transmitters since they were turned off along with the
experiments on 30 Sept 1977.

I've heard from the Tidbinbilla guys that they used ALSEP transmitters
for tracking training purposes after that date, until the late 80's, IIRC.

Hmm, could well be. There's no good history of the ALSEPs, and it's not
uncommon for officially-defunct spacecraft to live on for a while as
engineering testbeds and such.
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