I worked a number of stations here in Melbourne, Florida during that pass. AO-51 was coming quite good and I didn't even have my 70cm preamp on during the entire pass while working the stations with omni antennas that are not the same. The 70cm downlink was copied using a 2 meter $2.50 homebrew groundplane for the 70cm downlink.
Reid, W4UPD On 1/4/2011 5:59 PM, Mark L. Hammond wrote: > Thanks to our many friends for their posts about AO-51 activity! It is very > helpful. I think our international colleagues are winning by a landslide... > > I must admit a bit of disappointment though that many passes over the East > coast of the US go without a report...*please* consider posting that AO-51 > was active. Just one report is helpful and confirms that the bird remains > active. > > Did anybody work AO-51 during the 4:45pm pass today?? > > Thanks, > > Mark N8MH > > > > > At 03:50 PM 12/30/2010 -0500, Mark L. Hammond wrote: >> Hell All, >> >> The command team could really use your help. If you work AO-51 (or hear it) >> and there isn't a recent entry, please make a report entry here >> http://oscar.dcarr.org/ so we know all is well. >> >> Things are touch-and-go now that we are experiencing eclipses, and reports >> on the OSCAR Status Page that the bird is up and functional are extremely >> helpful. >> >> We do expect the transmitter to go OFF during eclipse, but eclipses are only >> a couple minutes or less at the moment. >> >> Thanks for your help! >> >> >> >> >> 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 > > 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
