[amsat-bb] Re: so-50 and ao-51 power management

[Andrew Glasbrenner]

On 1/13/2011 5:55 PM, normn3ykf at stny.rr.com wrote:
> Hi all!
> What power management scheme is used for so-50 and ao-51 when the birds are eclipsed?
> thanks,
> Norm n3ykf
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Right now, AO-51 shuts off the transmitters when the battery voltage 
dips below a setpoint, or the panels drop below 14v. It turns back on 
when the battery voltage reaches a separate setpoint.

SO-50 has no power management that I'm aware of, other than the PL tones 
used to activate it. It should be functional in eclipse.

73, Drew KO4MA
AMSAT-NA VP Operations