[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 V/S

Greg,

I know what you mean. I have a low power mode S beacon which I use to verify things are working. There is always something!

The first time I powered it up post-AO-40 for AO-51, I got only the faintest signals. After a bit of checking, I found that the low noise preamp was not drawing power. I inject the DC into the feed line, and the fuse in the injector was blown. An the reason for that was the diode protecting against reverse polarity power was bad. PFM. Incredible signal with a small dish when everything is working.

Alan WA4SCA