Hello Joe & BB,
I am assuming you are being general about the 2300Z pass.
I will be changing the modes of AO-51 tonight (10 Oct) during my 23:20Z pass here in the eastern US. It looks like this pass comes over AK about 2335Z. I hope to complete the change for both transponders and collect telemetry. Some of the commands will be in the blind, so there is a chance that the total change over may not be complete until the 0101Z pass 11 Oct over my QTH. Also since this is a N - S pass for you, someone in Alaska would have to be transmitting a SSTV signal using the 1.2 GHz uplink for you to receive that.
I will try to get the QRP transmitter working first, check the uplink/downlink freqs below.
October 11 - October 12
SSTV Repeater, L/U (ROBOT 36 only, please be courteous!) Uplink: 1268.700 Mhz FM Downlink: 435.300 Mhz FM
QRP FM Repeater, V/U (10 watts and omni or handheld antennas only) Uplink: 145.880 Mhz FM Downlink: 435.150 Mhz FM
73, Gould, WA4SXM AO-51 Command Station
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Seibert" [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 12:02 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] A little help please...
I'm going to be demonstrating satellite operations to a group of six High School students this afternoon. They're all working on their Tech Class licenses and I'm trying to get them interested in satellite operations. We even have the local newspaper's reporter lined up to watch, so their will be some good public relations. We'll be on the 2300 UTC AO-51 pass and would be appreciative if anyone who could contact us. We're pretty far west so it'd be great if stations on the west coast or our Canadian neighbors would give us a try. The call sign will be our club call, AL7YK and grid is AP90ds. We'll be using our club's arrow antenna with a IC 91AD HT. Well also be on AO-7 on most of Sunday's passes who anyone who'd like to work our grid. Thanks.
Joe Seibert- AL1F Bethel, Alaska
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