Glad I'm not a cat, because curiosity got the best of me. I looked it up...last restart of AO-51 was July 31, 2011.
That means as of today, we've had 80 days of uptime without a crash or interruption of service. 73, Mark N8MH On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Mark L. Hammond <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] > -- 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
