On 5/8/2011 9:29 PM, Roger Kolakowski wrote:
In the past...like way past...didn't AMSAT keep a satellite alive by
positioning a BAUDOT RTTY loop in Canada to fire up the satellite for
the American continents, at least for declining passes?
Of course the reset code may have been much simpler
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51, on old friend.
Fortunately AO27 is still there when you need it, and has been around for
longer and is still doing nicely. SO67 is nice also when it is turned on
over your area, so there are still FM options.
73s John AA5JG
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From
In the past...like way past...didn't AMSAT keep a satellite alive by
positioning a BAUDOT RTTY loop in Canada to fire up the satellite for
the American continents, at least for declining passes?
Of course the reset code may have been much simpler then, but computers
make automatic timing and
Fortunately AO27 is still there when you need it, and has been around for
longer and is still doing nicely. SO67 is nice also when it is turned on
over your area, so there are still FM options.
73s John AA5JG
- Original Message -
From: Alan P. Biddle apbid...@united.net
To: 'Clint
And SO50 - it may get a little cantankerous, but for the most part it is
very easy to work.
Zack
KD8KSN
-Original Message-
From: John Geiger
Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2011 9:28 AM
To: apbid...@mailaps.org ; 'Clint Bradford' ; 'AMSAT BB'
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51, on old friend
