Hi Drew,
The AO-51 transponder has now been on with very strong downlink signals for three consecutive passes over VK/ZL. AOS at 0340 UTC, 0519 UTC and 0659 UTC. Worked VK on both the later passes with excellent signals. On each pass AO-51 came out of eclipse a few minutes before AOS.
73 Alan ZL2BX
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Glasbrenner Sent: Tuesday, 31 May 2011 00:53 To: Amsat-BB Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 reports needed, especially from within eclipse
AO-51's computer has been running for over 5 hours now. We have left the satellite in repeater mode 145.88/435.15 for the time being, at over 2 watts. We are very surprised by this development to say the least. Without Whole Orbit Data we are flying a bit blind, so would really like to know what the satellite is doing in eclipse. I'm assuming the transmitter is cutting out, but who knows? Cell 3 is reporting 0.0 volts, so it's clear it has shorted completely.
Please, everyone, everywhere, listen to 435.150 the next 24 hours and send your reports to me or to the -bb. Southern hemisphere observations are most very welcome.
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