Dan,
The horrible noise is the packet burst at the end of it's activation. It sends a packet burst of telemetry at the beginning and end of it's activation window which is typically 7 minutes. For most passes this means it will come on after it rises and shut down before it sets. I call it the 7 minute dash.
73 de Rick K7TEJ
---- KF1BUZ kf1buz@gmail.com wrote:
Just had that a0-27 pass, and made a contact, I could hear a lot of people, so if its in the sun it works,
Then it started to make a horrible noise
Dan
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Zachary Beougher Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 12:15 PM To: Kevin Deane; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-27 Eclipse
If AO27 was on you would hear the carrier. I honestly am not sure about AO27 only working in the sun since whenever I work it it is in the sun, but I don’t think it is ever scheduled to be on during overnight passes anyhow. Someone please correct me if I am wrong. Here is the schedule: http://www.ao27.org/AO27/index.shtml
Zack KD8KSN
From: Kevin Deane Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 10:14 AM To: Zachary Beougher Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] AO-27 Eclipse
Well I thought it only worked in the sunlight? I have tried to talk to myself on it at night time to no avail, so I have been watching it go into shadow wondering if it is working just before that, maybe I was doing something wrong, but I swear I have tried it several times.
Kevin
From: zack.kd8ksn@hotmail.com To: summit496@live.com; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-27 Eclipse Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 09:59:28 -0400
Hi Kevin,
AO27 is usually (if ever) on for morning passes. Did you mean AO51?
73,
Zack KD8KSN
-----Original Message----- From: Kevin Deane Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 6:36 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-27 Eclipse
Please correct me if I am wrong, but it seems to me that the AO-27 is creeping further and farther down into the US before it goes into eclipse. A lot of times at great elevation, with Alaska, Canada and some of the US well inside the footprint.
Of course everyone is asleep at this time, but I was wondering if this will keep getting better and maybe some of the earlybirds would like to try workin it like we do the 51 so early in the morning as we so often do?
Thank's for any input, Kevin KF7MYK
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