[amsat-bb] Re: PCSAT

[Patrick Green]

I read that the Z panel needs sun for best operation.  I think that
panel gets the best illumination in the dead of the northern winter.
The Spring and Fall full illuminations.  The northern summer was the
worst.

73 de Pat --- KA9SCF.

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Mike Rupprecht <mail at mike-rupprecht.de> wrote:
> Hi Armando,
>
> yes this is one of the reasons. I tried to activate PCSAT-1 two days ago but
> she didn't survive a entire pass.
>
> 20090324070140 :
> PCSAT-1]BEACON,SGATE,qAR,DK3WN-1:T#005,019,059,055,050,214,00110111,0100,1
>
> 73, Mike
> DK3WN
>
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] Im
> Auftrag von Armando Mercado
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 26. März 2009 00:41
> An: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Betreff: [amsat-bb] PCSAT
>
> Greetings,
> PCSAT is in full sun untill March 30
> according to NOVA but is not coming
> alive as it had in the past.  Maybe sun
> angles are wrong for this season.
>
> Time in UTC.
>
> 25-Mar-09  21:48:54
> W3ADO-1>BEACON,SGATE:T#004,159,159,046,209,214,11111111,0011,1
>
> 73, Armando, N8IGJ
>
>
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