AO-51 is back in to it's normal configuration with the 145.920/435.300 repeater at 570 mw and the 1268.700/435.150 9k6 PBBS and Telemetry at 450 mw.
For the month of January we expect to leave the satellite in this configuration. Sometime next week we expect to use the reversible magnet to reorient the spacecraft to the normal polarity favoring the northern hemisphere. This is dependent of the timing of some personal issues including the impending birth of my son :-) . Towards the end of the month I expect we can run some L/U voice on the 435.150 downlink between telemetry collections, but that is not yet reflected on the official schedule.
Please address all AO-51 inquiries to the Operations Committee vi [email protected].
73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Operations