And Lord knows, there are a couple of "regulars" on there that ALWAYS uplink with way too much power, causing the AGC to "pump" on everyone else's signal....
George, KA3HSW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <[email protected]> To: "graham mcphee" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 3:22 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO7 mode B > It's hard to say for sure, but generally any significant drop in power > from the panels can cause the timer to reset. This could be from a too > strong uplink, a partial or full regular orbital eclipse, or even from > passing through the shadow of a solar eclipse. We just recently recorded > the effect of AO-51 passing through the recent partial solar eclipse over > EU. I'll have to look to see if the shift occurred coincident to that on > AO-7 or not. > > 73, Drew KO4Ma > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ 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
