Many thanks to all who responded. The additional references were great! Thanks to all,
John WA4WDL -------------------------------------------------- From: "Alan P. Biddle" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 3:10 PM To: "'jmfranke'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] AO-51 S-Band antenna polarization > John, > > It is linear. You are right that the information exists, but is sometimes > not readily available. A good place to look is the Weekly Satellite > Report > which AMSAT distributes. For many, but not all satellites, that > information > is just below the frequency information. For AO-51 we find: > > Mode and Antenna Polarization: > > V: Linear > U: TX A (usually digital)LHCP > TX B (usually analog) RHCP > L: Linear > S: Linear > > Alan > WA4SCA > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of jmfranke > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 1:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 S-Band antenna polarization > > Does anyone know the polarization of the 2.4 GHz transmissions from AO-51. > Are they circular? If so which polarity, RHCP or LHCP? Are they linear? > If so is there a preferred receiving polarization? I have examined the > AMSAT web site and many references on the Internet, but cannot seem to > find > the answer. > > Thanks, > > John WA4WDL AMSAT member 10211 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
