[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 status on AMSAT.org page

[Scott Armstrong]

Thanks Mark.
 
Clears up that mystery!  Been meaning to ask that question for a few weeks and just  never seem to get around to doing it.
 
73,
Scott AA5AM
 
> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 20:07:58 -0500
> To: aa5am at arrl.net; amsat-bb at amsat.org
> From: marklhammond at gmail.com
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-51 status on AMSAT.org page
> 
> Hi Scott,
> 
> AO-51 has a broad band receiver (think something like an Icom PCR-1000) that can be tuned to 10M. The problem is that the antenna is either one tuned for 2M or 1.2GHz. So---it's very inefficient and not very effective. There have been some short periods of testing, but it's not on the list of "commonly used modes."
> 
> There is no HF transmitter on AO-51. 
> 
> Hope that helps!
> 
> Mark N8MH
> 
> At 06:54 PM 2/1/2011 -0600, Scott Armstrong wrote:
> 
> >Question for the group.
> > 
> >The AO-51 status on the AMSAT.org status page shows AO-51 to have a HF component that is operational. 
> > 
> >Reading about the satellite and some of the related links I found mentioned something about a 10m uplink budget but no additional information. All other references to the satellite make no mention of any HF component.
> > 
> >Does AO51 have a HF uplink or downlink?
> > 
> >Scott AA5AM 
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