I agree, THANK YOU very much to the AO-51 team for your efforts. Based on this news, I'll be operating from S7 (LI75rj) on AO-51 tonight/tomorrow on three AO-51 passes, the first at 07/0106utc, at 07/1154utc, and 07/1333utc.
73, Matt Wilbur NM6W / S79RC (through 8nov) On 11/6/2010 8:22 PM, Rick Tejera wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
