Thanks Mark.
Clears up that mystery! Been meaning to ask that question for a few weeks and
just never seem to get around to doing it.
73,
Scott AA5AM
> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 20:07:58 -0500
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-51 status on AMSAT.org page
>
> Hi Scott,
>
> AO-51 has a broad band receiver (think something like an Icom PCR-1000) that
> can be tuned to 10M. The problem is that the antenna is either one tuned for
> 2M or 1.2GHz. So---it's very inefficient and not very effective. There have
> been some short periods of testing, but it's not on the list of "commonly
> used modes."
>
> There is no HF transmitter on AO-51.
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Mark N8MH
>
> At 06:54 PM 2/1/2011 -0600, Scott Armstrong wrote:
>
> >Question for the group.
> >
> >The AO-51 status on the AMSAT.org status page shows AO-51 to have a HF
> >component that is operational.
> >
> >Reading about the satellite and some of the related links I found mentioned
> >something about a 10m uplink budget but no additional information. All other
> >references to the satellite make no mention of any HF component.
> >
> >Does AO51 have a HF uplink or downlink?
> >
> >Scott AA5AM
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