Hi Zach, We've gone from 500 mW down to about 460 mW over the last week or thereabouts, so I don't think that would be fully explain what you're seeing...
It's a big difference from when we were running 1-1.5 watts, but we haven't been at that power level since Feb 26th or so. The bird is spinning pretty slowly, making 1 revolution around every 10 mins or so. If it happens to have a bad attitude (heh) relative to you, it might make one pass better than the other. 73, Mark N8MH At 05:33 PM 3/12/2011 -0500, Zachary Beougher wrote: >Hi! The last few AO51 passes I have been on over the last few days have seemed >to have a very weak signal. I can usually acquire the bird at about 2-3 >degrees when it comes up from the S, but I was having a hard time hearing it >at 10. Max elevation of the last pass was 23 degrees, and I could barely hear >it then. It seemed like the polarization was all over the place too clear >one minute and gone the next. I was wondering if the transmitter power is >lower than it has been I have not seen anythinng on the BB regarding any >mode change. Hopefully it is not something up with my antenna. 73! Zack >KD8KSN _______________________________________________ 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
