I was on the 1153z AO51 pass this morning, and it shut off on me at about 1157z, came back on briefly, went back off, and then it went behind the trees before I ever heard it come back on. I didn't note any projected eclipses on that particular pass. I figured the on/off was just the power fluctuations (is that what it is called????), but I was wondering if anyone else in the Midwest/West was listening to that pass? I was trying out a D7 I got from a friend yesterday, and I couldn't tell if after AO51 shut off, came back on, then went back off if the reason I could not hear anything else was do to my poor receiving behind the trees, or did AO51 stay off for that long period of time (it would have been off all the way to LOS here, which was at 1205z)? Could someone else that was listening to the 1153z AO51 pass tell me if after AO51 went off, on, off at approx. 1157z if it came back on afterward? A recording would always be appreciated if possible.
73! Zack KD8KSN -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Glasbrenner Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 11:49 PM To: Clint Bradford Cc: amsat-bb Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 Status Correct. The shutdowns should only be happening during morning passes (when the eclipses), or if we have the data transmitter on for too long like this afternoon. However, when the repeater is on, it should be very strong, at about 1.5 watts on the downlink. Users can leave the 67Hz tone on and forget about it. If not needed, it won't hurt to be there. No need to think about it after enabling it on your uplink. 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- >From: Clint Bradford <clintbradf...@mac.com> >Sent: Jan 1, 2011 10:19 PM >To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@amsat.org> >Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 Status > >Confirming this "possibly OFF during eclipse periods" is NOT a situation >where we can use a 67.0 tone to turn it ON for two minutes. This is a >"harder-coded" off period - is that correct? > >Clint, K6LCS >_______________________________________________ >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 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
