[amsat-bb] Re: Diffference between high and low power modes on ARRISat-1

[Dave Taylor]

These modes are confusingly named.  The transmit power is the same in  
both; what changes is the power consumption.  Better to think of it as  
high vs low duty cycle.  I don't recall the low power duty cycle for  
sure, but it's something like 40 seconds on/2 minutes off.  This  
happens automatically during eclipse.

-- Dave, W8AAS


On Aug 8, 2011, at 11:09 PM, Mike Ryan wrote:

> Whats the difference between high and low power mode? I know its  
> determined by being in eclipse or not and I believe high power is  
> 0.5 W on SSB and FM. But no luck in finding more info than that on  
> the web about power.
>
> So far, all passes I’ve been able to copy here Eastern US are late  
> at night (11PM-1AM) so I’m assuming I’m getting low power mode.
>
> Mike WB1AAT
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