Mark,
In the case where there is an eclipse during part of the pass,
would you prefer to have the report that you heard it, or that you
didn't (signal lost) ?
Frank
KK5XX
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Mark L. Hammond <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks, Reid. One of the challenges for the command stations is that
> sometimes we're working on the digital side of the bird (435.150) and
> therefore can't easily tell what is going on with the 435.300 side. So
> reports are very helpful.
>
> Yes, we figure people will like the 1.47 Watt signals! It spoils
> you...that's up from around 500 mW a few days ago. That's the benefit of
> running one transmitter at a time...there is quite a bit of power available
> when you don't have to share the available current between 2 transmittters :)
>
> Again, thanks for the report.
>
> 73,
>
> Mark N8MH
>
> At 06:13 PM 1/4/2011 -0500, w4upd wrote:
>>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]
>>>>
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>>>
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>
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