Thanks, Alan. I wish I could report good successes with 2.5W. I'm still trying to find the right combinations...orientation/attitude of the bird surely fits into the picture.
You have a 2M preamp I suppose?
Mark N8MH
On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 4:12 PM, alancresswell@xtra.co.nz wrote:
Hi Mark,
Well another pass to report. 09-11-15 at AOS 2035, 58 Deg El. As before , No telemetry, no tone required, solid response from transponder. Uplink 2.5w to nominal 15db yagi. Up FMN, down FMN. Downlink crossed 10 el Yagi. Downlink signal pushing my TS-2000 to full scale - S9 + 60db for most of the pass.
Hope that helps. 73 Alan ZL2BX
-----Original Message----- From: Mark L. Hammond Sent: Monday, November 9, 2015 8:32 PM To: Amsat - BBs Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Testing November 8 and 9
Thanks for the report, Alan. The Command Team really appreciates reports like this during our testing....keep the reports coming!
73,
Mark N8MH
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 19:16:42 -0000 From: alancresswell@xtra.co.nz To: "AMSAT-BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Testing November 8 and 9 Message-ID: 5E2C7101606047E89E91998406543C94@SATELLITE2 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="utf-8"; reply-type=original
AO-85 Orbit 461 No telemetry, No tone required for access. Excellent signal from the transponder on the 1855 UT 15 deg pass over ZL this morning.
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