I've turned it on plenty of times from a western approach. Usually it takes a good 5 second burst of carrier at 74.4 Hz. The only way to tell is to switch back to 67 Hz and send a carrier. If you hear quieting, it's on.
Bryan KL7CN/W6
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On Jul 16, 2015, at 14:50, Neil Smith n5eil@me.com wrote:
Was anyone able to work the 1902 UTC west coast pass? It was coming in from the southeast over the pacific, so I figured it might not be turned on, but I expected to hear some traffic on it by the end of the pass. When it’s off and needs the 74.4hz 2 second tone to reset the timer does so-50 give any feedback to indicate that’s it’s now on?
-Neil N5EIL
On Jul 16, 2015, at 6:40 AM, Bill Dillon bill.g.dillon@gmail.com wrote:
I had no trouble on the following 05:15-05:30 UT pass.
73,
--Bill, KG5FQX
On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Lee Ernstrom lee.ernstrom@rcwilley.com wrote:
On the 0330-0341 pass of SO-50 this evening, Wednesday, I couldn't get it to come to life. Was it just me? Did I lose my pre-amp or was there something wrong with the sat?
Lee (Doc) Ernstrom Syracuse, Utah DN-31
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