Hi Mark, Yes, the dead UHF preamp is still inline, but I was unable to hear AO-51 before I put up the preamp. I added the preamp (a bargain buy on ebay) but the preamp only worked for a few days before going dead. What do you think about an Elk at a fixed elevation on an azimuth only rotator? ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark L. Hammond To: Paul Delaney - K6HR ; [email protected] Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 1:59 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Hearing AO-51
Hi Paul, Do you by chance have a dead preamp inline? I've had some fail that keep any signal from passing...it's worse than no preamp!! Just a thought... Drew's comment about polarity is a good one, too. Mark N8MH At 11:21 AM 10/2/2011 -0700, Paul Delaney - K6HR wrote: >Should I be able to hear AO-51 using an eggbeater with no preamp?. > >I can hear VO-52 just fine but have not heard AO-51at all, so I have to wonder why. I'm listening on 435.15. Perhaps the sat is not active while over DM03? Or am I kidding myself thinking I should be able to hear it without a preamp? I realize the VO-52 downlink is 2m as opposed to the 70cm AO-51 downlink. I'm having my preamps repaired but until then I could use some advice/opinions. > >Paul Delaney - K6HR >http://k6hr.dyndns.org:8080 >_______________________________________________ >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
