[amsat-bb] Re: ECHO

[McGrane]

A very hearty thank you sir!
Please find a way to post this from time to time.
thank you, pat




On Fri, 25 Aug 2006, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:

> Just copied last AO-51 pass.
> 
> TXa is .3 watts
> TXb is .4 watts
> tx current draw is 800 mA
> panel output is 15.1 v, 1193.9 mA
> telemetry broadcast rate is every 10 seconds
> 
> All right there in the open for every one who wants to expend a little bit 
> of effort to find.
> 
> 73, Drew KO4MA
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "McGrane" <tmcgrane@suffolk.lib.ny.us>
> To: "Amsat BB" <amsat-bb@amsat.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 9:27 AM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] ECHO
> 
> 
> >
> > greetings
> >
> > I would like to report very poor reception of echo even with an 8 element
> > yagi and an 18 Db preamp. I assume the downlink power is real flea power
> > for battery charging or other testing.
> >
> > After 2 years of pleading with amsat, the downlink power is still a
> > mystery. It is not shown on the colaradosatellite telemetry graphs (TX B)
> > or the amsat website, after repeated requests here and elsewhere I'll
> > assume it is being held secret for some reason.
> >
> > There has been a tremendous lack of technical reporting on ECHO.
> >
> > I realize people are very busy but time should be taken to educate the
> > amsat community.
> >
> > 73, patrick N2OEQ 32323
> >
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