I posted the new schedule for August late last night. This time around we had _seven_ specific requests and filled all of them. There are several grid expeditions and cruises that will be on AO-51 in August, both in North America and Europe, that requested "normal" V/U repeater mode. We've also scheduled some L/U and L/S time for the adventurous. Eclipses are getting shorter this month, so expect to see the downlink power move up in response.
Please send your requests for September to ao51-modes@amsat.org for consideration.
Thanks and 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Ops
August 2007 AO-51 (AMSAT Echo) Schedule
August 1 until August 31, subject to modification
August 1 - August 2
FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 Mhz FM, NO PL Tone Downlink: 435.300 Mhz FM
9k6 Digital, Telemetry Only Downlink: 435.150 Mhz FM, 9k6 Telemetry
August 2 - August 5
FM Repeater, L/S Uplink: 1268.700 Mhz FM, NO PL Tone Downlink: 2401.200 Mhz FM
August 5 - August 20
FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 Mhz FM, NO PL Tone Downlink: 435.300 Mhz FM
9k6 Digital, Telemetry Only Downlink: 435.150 Mhz FM, 9k6 Telemetry
August 20 - August 27
FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 Mhz FM, NO PL Tone Downlink: 435.300 Mhz FM
FM Repeater, L/U Uplink: 1268.700 Mhz FM, NO PL Tone Downlink: 435.150 Mhz FM
August 27 - August 31
FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 Mhz FM, NO PL Tone Downlink: 435.300 Mhz FM
9k6 Digital, Telemetry Only Downlink: 435.150 Mhz FM, 9k6 Telemetry