Hah! I should have tuned aroung 10M more carefully, instead of just listening to the Doppler shift on 70cm!
Andy W5ACM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim - N3TL" <n...@bellsouth.net> To: "'Andy MacAllister'" <w5...@swbell.net>; "'AMSAT BBS'" <amsat-bb@amsat.org> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 5:42 PM Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-7 beacon > Hey Andy, > > No disrespect ... but the Grand Old Girl has been in Mode A. I worked > KC9ELU > this morning and AA5PK after the AO-51 pass you mention in this email, > both > on Mode A. > > Thanks to you for the contact on AO-51. > > Happy New Year, and 73 to all, > > Tim - N3TL > Athens, Ga. - EM84ha > > -----Original Message----- > From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On > Behalf Of Andy MacAllister > Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 6:31 PM > To: 'AMSAT BBS' > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-7 beacon > > David, and other AO-7 watchers, > > I was hoping for Mode B or Mode A, but we got Mode "D" (435.1 MHz beacon > only). > Yes, I guess it just cycled into the 70-cm beacon mode for the last pass > of > SKN 2010! > At least it was a nice strong carrier, and I got in some SKN QSOs via > AO-51 > just a bit earlier. > > TNX to AA5PK, N3TL and K2BMI for the AO-51 SKN contacts! > > 73 de Andy W5ACM > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Giles" <vk...@amsat.org> > To: <amsat-bb@amsat.org> > Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 4:38 PM > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 beacon > > >> Hello and happy new year, >> >> I've just been listening to AO-7. The 10m beacon was off and I couldn't >> raise a signal through the transponder. But I did hear the 70cm beacon >> and it was only transmitting a constant carrier (no RTTY or CW this >> time). >> >> Any of the old hands know what would cause this? >> >> 73 de David VK5DG > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
