Mark, Thanks to you and your team for your efforts at keeping this bird available for all of us to enjoy.
Sent from my iPod Rick Tejera Editor, SACnews Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org K7TEJ On Nov 6, 2010, at 6:32, "Mark L. Hammond" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Thanks to a great team effort, we have the AO-51 repeater back up and > operational. > > It will be several more hours before the PBBS is open for public access, but > we expect it will be open around 2100utc today. > > We usually get asked, "What caused the crash?" We honestly don't know. It > is unlikely to be related to the power budget; it would have just turned a > transmitter OFF in that case. We often suspect the South Atlantic Anomaly > as the cause, and based on the time frame of the crash this time, it is a > plausible hypothesis. > > On behalf of the AO-51 Command Team, > > > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] > > _______________________________________________ > 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
