17 Mar
2009
17 Mar
'09
12:51 a.m.
Hi Michael!
Worked VE3NPC on AO-51 V/s just now. We had the transponder totally to ourselves, and had a nice little chat. I was on this morning around 7:30, by myself. We have V/s all week. This is my favorite configuration, the signals are a LOT stronger on 2401.2 then on 70cm.
What is the TPO and antenna on S band on AO-51?
I forget what the TPO is, that is listed in WA4SXM's AO-51 book. Maybe 2W or 2.5W. Details on the antenna are also in that book, or you can look at page 7 in the PDF at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/OSCAR-E_Status_Report_5.pdf
to see the L/S antenna.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/