[amsat-bb] SO-50

[Bryan Green]

Yes. I always send the tone when it comes from the west.

On Jul 16, 2015, at 16:25, Neil Smith <n5eil at me.com> wrote:

So is it good practice on a west to east approach when the bird breaks horizon and nothing is heard for the first 10 or so degrees in the pass to go ahead and attempt to turn it on? 

-Neil 


> On Jul 16, 2015, at 3:00 PM, Bryan Green <bryan at kl7cn.net> wrote:
> 
> I've turned it on plenty of times from a western approach. Usually it takes a good 5 second burst of carrier at 74.4 Hz. The only way to tell is to switch back to 67 Hz and send a carrier. If you hear quieting, it's on. 
> 
> Bryan KL7CN/W6
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jul 16, 2015, at 14:50, Neil Smith <n5eil at me.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Was anyone able to work the 1902 UTC west coast pass? It was coming in from the southeast over the pacific, so I figured it might not be turned on, but I expected to hear some traffic on it by the end of the pass. When it’s off and needs the 74.4hz 2 second tone to reset the timer does so-50 give any feedback to indicate that’s it’s now on? 
>> 
>> -Neil N5EIL 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 16, 2015, at 6:40 AM, Bill Dillon <bill.g.dillon at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I had no trouble on the following 05:15-05:30 UT pass.
>>> 
>>> 73,
>>> 
>>> --Bill, KG5FQX
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Lee Ernstrom <lee.ernstrom at rcwilley.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On the 0330-0341 pass of SO-50 this evening, Wednesday, I couldn't get it
>>>> to come to life.  Was it just me?  Did I lose my pre-amp or was there
>>>> something wrong with the sat?
>>>> 
>>>> Lee (Doc) Ernstrom
>>>> Syracuse, Utah DN-31
>>>> 
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