Well I sure miss the early morning passes thats for sure. I can hear it about as well as SO-50 now without the fade like you said John. Thats using a Diamond 10 element 70cm and 9913 coax for receive. Been having a little trouble goin in with 3 watts, thats what my meter says anyway. I did get a easterly Turkey Pass with WA4NVM and AJ5C today at only 4 deg. elevation before I lost it so it is working. Not much left to talk on up there...:( Maybe Opera will buy us one?
Kevin KF7MYK > Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:23:44 -0500 > To: amsat-bb@amsat.org > From: j...@papays.com > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 Signal Strength > > AO-51 is extremely weak now. Normally AO-51 would > produce a signal in excess of .6 uV at the receiver > in the shack. This is from a 40el KLM with a 20' > 9913 pigtail and 50' of 7/8" Heliax. The maximum > signal strength on the 2113z 24Nov pass (38 degree > elevation) was only .22uV. It is down about 7 or 8 > db from just a few days ago. As a comparison, a > SO-50 pass at 2151z (6 degree max) produced .25 uV. > SO-50 continues to fade severely whereas AO-51 does > not exhibit that fading on Left Hand Circular. > > AO51 was in the sun for about 40 minutes before my AOS. > The angle might not have been that great but it wasn't > that close to darkness. > > It's getting harder to hear AO-51 now. Many stations are > heard but don't respond when called. Let's hope it stays > on the air. The data buzz is now heard all the time where > a week ago it only appeared a minute or two before eclipse > on the morning passes and was never apparent on the afternoon > passes. Even with the low power it's still a great satellite. > Use it while it is still working. > > 73, > John K8YSE > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@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-BB@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
