[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 Off U/S

[n3tl@bellsouth.net]

I didn't hear either pass this morning. The first one was 38 degrees to the east, the second was 18 degrees to the west. 

However ... I know of at least one operator who did hear stations on both passes this morning (i.e., 11:25-ish UTC and 13:05-ish UTC) on the 435.300 downlink, and worked some on the first pass. I telephoned him when I didn't hear anything on the first pass, then used the second to troubleshoot potential problems here. When I didn't hear anything by mid-pass (and even at 18 degrees, I routinely hear any of the satellites clearly here), I switched to AO-7 and copied stations in SSB. I tried that with and without my duplexer, and copied both ways. 

So, it appears as though AO-51 is working, but may not have the transmit power just now we're all used to.

73 to all,

Tim - N3TL


-------------- Original message from David - KG4ZLB <kg4zlb at googlemail.com>: -------------- 


> According to the website, 435.150 is currently the downlink for 1.2 
> uplink on the B side (Mode L/U) - I had a great 80 degree pass last 
> evening which was showing great promise as the bird approached but I 
> assume that it was terminated for telemetry collection reasons! 
> 
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> David 
> KG4ZLB 
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> Luc Leblanc wrote: > On the 1300Z pass over FN36 there was no signal on 435.300mhz but the data 
> channel 435.150mhz was on! 
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