Yes it was a big signal last night! I have just gotten a Yaesu FT897D set up on the FM sats and was thinking it had the best receiver I had seen yet on 70cm FM until I read this email.
How long will it be on high power?
73s John AA5JG
--- On Tue, 3/2/10, Mark L. Hammond marklhammond@gmail.com wrote:
From: Mark L. Hammond marklhammond@gmail.com Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 update-running 2.05 Watts To: amsat-bb@amsat.org, ao51-modes@amsat.org Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 5:11 PM Hi all,
AO-51 is now running 435.300 at high power, currently defined as 2.05 Watts (as of 2305utc 2March10). The digital transmitter (435.150) has been turned OFF.
Enjoy the big signal!
73 on behalf of the AO-51 Command Team,
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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