From Jan-Albert Koekemoer via sumbandila.googlegroups.com :
"We've indeed have a long "radio silence" now. Some good news is that we're
reprogramming the command transceiver on the satellite used by the SA-AMSAT
payload (CTR-VU2) tonight. This will hopefully sidestep the issue we've had
with th
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stopped rotation while powered.
I'm really lucky though, the fuse in the control box is undamaged ;-)
Thanks to Dom i8cvs for all the troubleshooting tips below. I will try
my hand at rebuilding this motor and use these tips to verify the work.
Thanks as always for the great informati
i8cvs wrote:
> - Original Message -
> From: "John Meeks"
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 11:22 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] G-5500 Troubleshooting
>
>
>> One more thing... Given that the cable tested OK, what does the open
>> reading from
dismantle the whole rooftop array?
One more thing... Given that the cable tested OK, what does the open
reading from 6 to 4 suggest? My reading of the schematic diagram is
sketchy at best.
Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
John Meeks
KC8ZFN
Many thanks to Amsat China for placing Xwang-1 in such a great orbit. On
the 23:20 Linear xponder pass tonight I had the pleasure of working Paul
2E1EUB and Danny ON5UE. Europe was in my footprint here in northern
Michigan EN75 for a good long time. Heard a good number of US-EU
contacts.on tha
John,
Same observation here. Likewise for the central USA (1514z) pass.
John Meeks
KC8ZFN
On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 8:54 AM, John Papay wrote:
> SO-67 was not heard over the eastern USA as
> scheduled. It could be that there was a problem
> with my receiver but it was working on th
