[amsat-bb] [Starcom-bb] AO7

[Joes Ham Mail]

I have been operating W1AW /5 this is Joe N5JF in southeast Louisiana  AO-7 turned off while I was operating yesterday and today I don't own an amplifier and I've only ran under 25 Watts with the TS 2000. I would think the idea of theQRP is a good one

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> On Jun 6, 2014, at 5:10 PM, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm at arrl.net> wrote:
> 
> All stations, please QRP!!!! From everything I've read about the
> behavior and history of the satellite and heard from other operators
> monitoring these passes, stations running excessive uplink power are
> responsible for the recent mode jumping.
> 
> There are AMSAT demonstrations scheduled this weekend that are
> relying, in part, on AO-7 being in Mode B. Please keep your uplink
> power to no more than 100W ERP. If you wish to calculate your ERP,
> please consult this page: http://www.csgnetwork.com/antennaecalc.html
> 
> If you cannot hear your own signals with 100W ERP, please QRT and make
> improvements to your receive setup.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
> 
>> On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 5:59 PM,  <ingejack at cox.net> wrote:
>> Pass at 2155 utc time started on mode B and after approx. 1 minute switched to mode A ! Heard K4FEG and WA4NVM on mode B then all of a sudden it turned off and went into Mode A... Or am I hallucinating again ??   Jack/KC7MG DM42
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