Well, the PL mode is still off. We'll try again this afternoon. 73, Drew KO4MA
Andrew Glasbrenner wrote: > This evening I shut the 435.150 transmitter off and raised 435.300 to > near 2 watts output. Tomorrow morning I plan to turn on the new PL > routine. This improved routine will turn the downlink on with an > unsquelched uplink when it hears a 67 hz tone. I plan on leaving a tail > of several minutes, so the transmitter will stay on without hearing a > tone for an interval of several minutes. > > What does this mean for the user? It would be helpful to program in a 67 > hz PL tone again, but not absolutely required as long as someone else in > the footprint does. It also means if you are the first person in the > footprint (not very likely in North America, Europe, or Japan) you might > not hear the satellite until after it hears 67hz for a few seconds. > > If all goes well, we'll continue this mode through the mode change > Sunday night. Reports from when the downlink turns on or off would be > appreciated. > > 73, Drew KO4MA > AMSAT-NA VP Operations > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. 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
