Thanks Mark,
I guess I will just ride it out... ;-) I have been through this before, and it has gradually gone away. I would say it was weather related with all of the extremes we have had lately, but that shouldn't affect it.
73!
Zack KD8KSN
-----Original Message----- From: Mark L. Hammond Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2011 5:58 PM To: Zachary Beougher ; [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Weak Signal on AO-51
Hi Zach,
We've gone from 500 mW down to about 460 mW over the last week or thereabouts, so I don't think that would be fully explain what you're seeing...
It's a big difference from when we were running 1-1.5 watts, but we haven't been at that power level since Feb 26th or so.
The bird is spinning pretty slowly, making 1 revolution around every 10 mins or so. If it happens to have a bad attitude (heh) relative to you, it might make one pass better than the other.
73,
Mark N8MH
At 05:33 PM 3/12/2011 -0500, Zachary Beougher wrote:
Hi! The last few AO51 passes I have been on over the last few days have seemed to have a very weak signal. I can usually acquire the bird at about 2-3 degrees when it comes up from the S, but I was having a hard time hearing it at 10. Max elevation of the last pass was 23 degrees, and I could barely hear it then. It seemed like the polarization was all over the place too clear one minute and gone the next. I was wondering if the transmitter power is lower than it has been I have not seen anythinng on the BB regarding any mode change. Hopefully it is not something up with my antenna. 73! Zack KD8KSN _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb