[amsat-bb] AO-51 Signal Strength Post Flip

[John Papay]

It  has been about a month now since AO-51 was commanded back to
its normal orientation.  But many are reporting that they are having more
trouble hearing it now than they did before the first re-orientation.

It does seem to me that some stations that usually hear very well are not
hearing that well now.  This morning's pass (9Feb2010 1045z) of AO-51
seemed to bear that out.  AF6RF, KB1RVT, KE3LB, WD0X?, KJ4CBC,
K5QXJ, WB2IOL and YF6BFE were on the pass and with a few
exceptions, all were not able to hear at some point during the pass.
There are also a few noisy uplink transmissions as well.

The recording can be downloaded at:
http://www.papays.com/AO-51_09Feb2010_104452za.mp3
(there are no signals in the first minute of the recording)

Is anyone else having trouble hearing AO-51 as well as they heard it before
the flip experiment?

73,
John K8YSE