[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 and L/U PacSat BBS Mode

[Mark L. Hammond]

Hello Enzo,

Yes, the 9k6 BBS is operational and working.

Please adjust your uplink freqency (try UP and DOWN in 500 Hz or 1 kHz steps) and see if that helps.  Most users report that a high gain antenna with 10-50 Watts power at the antenna for the L-band uplink results in success.

I find 1268.705 works best for me, sometimes even .708.

Also please check your AO-51 setup in Wisp/Satellite Setup.  Broadcast Callsign must be PECHO-11 and BBS Callsign must be PECHO-12.

There is no other active/functional BBS bird at 9k6, nor any with 1.2 GHz uplinks.

Also---what TNC are you using for 9k6?  I found out many years ago that AO-51 does not like the transmitted signal from my TAPR EVM56k DSP unit, so it rarely if ever heard me.

73,

Mark N8MH 

At 02:52 PM 3/5/2011 +0100, Vincenzo Mone wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>I am trying the bird on:
>9k6 BBS and Telemetry.
>Does it work?
>With the MSPE I can just receive numbers like:
>
>B:44253341
>
>What does it mean?
>I am trying to request the DIR on 1268.700 MHz, but I do not get any
>response.
>On the upper side of the MSPE program often  I can read:
>
> Frames Heard  from PACB-1
>
>I am asking this because I would like to see if my system still works.
>Is there any other Bird that I can use the 1.2 GHz Band?
>Any help will be really appreciated
>Thanks in advance.
>
>73 de Enzo IK8OZV
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