Hi Jeff, I assure you, nobody broke it on Monday :) I simply had it in telemetry mode in order to grab fresh telemetry (battery voltages, temperatures, etc.). The bird never went down; I simply changed from voice, to digital, back to voice.
No change in the power was made, it's still running just under 1 watt (980 mW). The crazy thing has been operating without a crash for what---10-12 weeks now? I've lost track, which is a GREAT thing! It's a real surprise that the bird is running on only 4 out of the 6 original cells in the battery, all the way through eclipse at full smoke. It won't last forever...so enjoy it while it lasts! 73, Mark N8MH AO-51 Command Station On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Jeff Lamb <[email protected]> wrote: > Is it just me or has something happened to the power level on AO-51 recently? > Ever since Frank & Clayton (K4FEG & W5PFG) 'broke' it Monday evening on the > 2130Z pass (just kidding guys), my receive audio has been 'scratchy' like I'm > not getting enough signal into the receiver. Nothing has changed on my end > and though I usually run mobile, I was sitting in a parking lot for that pass > instead of driving down the road, I'm just curious if anything got changed > during the reset. > AO-51 has been my favorite satellite since I got started doing them 2 1/2 > years ago and I cringe every time she 'goes down' knowing that we may never > hear from her again. > > Jeff Lamb, > NX9B (EM66) > > Notice: This email message, including any attachments, contains > information belonging to Trinity Industries, Inc. and its business > units. It has been sent solely for the use of the intended > recipients and may be confidential, proprietary, copyrighted, and > legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient, please > advise the sender of the error and permanently delete all copies of > this email, including any copies that may reside in your deleted > box. The unauthorized review, use, disclosure, distribution, or > copying of this email or its contents is strictly prohibited. > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] _______________________________________________ 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
