[amsat-bb] AO-92 Ops this week

[Chris Thompson]

Don't be discouraged by the last set of hurricane pictures.  We were
unlucky and the spacecraft was unstable.  See my analysis here:
http://www.g0kla.com/workbench/2018-10-07.php

Right now the spacecraft is stable and we *should* get a better set of
pictures.  So if you can copy high speed telemetry, please point your
antennae at AO-92 and try to decode an image line or two.  Any single line
is helpful as we stitch the whole photo back together on the server.

73
Chris
g0kla / ac2cz

On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 12:56 PM Andrew Glasbrenner <
glasbrenner at mindspring.com> wrote:

> Good Afternoon all,
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> This week we will be doing some a few things with AO-92 out of the
> ordinary.
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> First, we will again attempt to image a hurricane (Michael this time) with
> the Virginia Tech camera onboard AO-92. This will take place Wednesday and
> Thursday mornings on the passes over the Gulf of Mexico. When you hear me
> announce the mode change or the command signals on the repeater, please
> stand by. All stations are encouraged to set up FoxTelem to copy the high
> speed data during these passes.
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> Second, at the request of the folks at Microwave Update, we will switch to
> L/v Thursday night for 24 hours. It is my understanding there will be some
> testing of new antennas for the L band uplink at their antenna range
> onsite.
> I don't anticipate to run L/v on Sunday as normal.
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> All this is assuming Hurricane Michael stays on track and doesn't swerve
> east and rearrange or force me to lower my antennas.
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> 73, Drew KO4MA
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Chris E. Thompson
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