[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 back into normal configuration

[Ben Jackson]

For one thing, you have a lot less time on the birds. Totally worth it though... Congrats Drew!



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Elan Portnoy wrote:

Congratulations! I had three just a few months ago--changes everything.







--- On Mon, 1/4/10, Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner at mindspring.com> wrote:



> From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner at mindspring.com>

> Subject: [amsat-bb]  AO-51 back into normal configuration

> To: "Amsat-BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>, "AO51 Modes" <ao51-modes at amsatorg>

> Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 6:10 AM

> AO-51 is back in to it's normal

> configuration with the 145.920/435.300 

> repeater at 570 mw and the 1268.700/435.150 9k6 PBBS and

> Telemetry at 

> 450 mw.

> 

> For the month of January we expect to leave the satellite

> in this 

> configuration. Sometime next week we expect to use the

> reversible magnet 

> to reorient the spacecraft to the normal polarity favoring

> the northern 

> hemisphere. This is dependent of the timing of some

> personal issues 

> including the impending birth of my son :-) . Towards the

> end of the 

> month I expect we can run some L/U voice on the 435.150

> downlink between 

> telemetry collections, but that is not yet reflected on the

> official 

> schedule.

> 

> Please address all AO-51 inquiries to the Operations

> Committee vi 

> ao51-modes at amsat.org.

> 

> 73, Drew KO4MA

> AMSAT-NA VP Operations

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