Hi Paul,
Are your sure? Or Possibly it is the other way around? Where the PSK is what gets shut off?
Reason asking is My 10 meter side has been no problem, even 5 watts, is enough to activate her. My weak side has been the recv.
But Sunday I put together a 70 cm 9 ele beam and listened and on both passes not only was it full quieting it was FULL SCALE!!
Then at the 00Z pass this evening I was ready for transmit too.
I listened first and heard nothing, about mid way I started transmitting, and nothing at 5 watts, 20,, 50 and even 100 not once did she come awake.
Does this happen?
Joe WB9SBD Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 2/22/2017 5:35 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
The power budget of the satellite is not able to sustain both the digipeater and the PSK31 transponder throughout all parts of the orbit. When the battery voltage drops below a certain threshold, the secondary mission of the satellite, the digipeater, is shut off. The primary mission, the PSK31 transponder, remains operational.
When the eclipse percentage of the orbit drops, one of the command stations will turn the digipeater on again.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 6:30 PM, skristof@etczone.com wrote:
NO-84 seems to have its ears turned off for the few days. Anyone know what's happening there?
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