[amsat-bb] AO-51 Status

If what I just worked now on AO-51 is deteriorated performance with one dead battery cell and another failing ... Then we have the most magnificent control ops team in the biz. '51 sounded as great as ever here in DM13-land. Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com

[amsat-bb] AO-51 Status

... we'll try using 145.920 as the uplink this weekend ... What frequencies is the control team attempting to load for this week? Clint Bradford, K6LCS ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA

[amsat-bb] AO-51 Status

It is so hard to accept that AO-51 is failing when is sounds SO DARNED GOOD as it is right now over the Western United States. THANK YOU, AO-51 Control Team members. Clint Bradford, K6LCS ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are

[amsat-bb] AO-51 Status

I am not sure if there is a formal alliance 'tween AMSAT, the AO-51 control team, and this Web site ... http://oscar.dcarr.org/ ... but it sure would seem helpful if all signal reports for AO-51 were entered there! Clint, K6LCS ___ Sent via

[amsat-bb] AO-51 status on AMSAT.org page

Question for the group. The AO-51 status on the AMSAT.org status page shows AO-51 to have a HF component that is operational. Reading about the satellite and some of the related links I found mentioned something about a 10m uplink budget but no additional information. All other

[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

[amsat-bb] AO-51 Status and Mode

Hello all! I have not been able to work many passes lately due to schedule at work but the last two early morning passes that were very good I have not been able to pick up the satellite at all. Is the satellite not in V/U mode? I was just wondering if others are seeing the same thing. Thanks to

[amsat-bb] AO-51 status update

I just wanted to give a little status update on AO-51. We are currently running just the normal V/U repeater, with PL enabled, and the power management software running. The power management routine adjusts the power output in three stages based on illumination state and battery voltage.