[amsat-bb] Re: drake 2880

At 23:26 23/02/2010, you wrote:

Has any one used the Drake 2880 downconverter on the air.

Not been on the Sats for some time, but when AO40 was alive, I used the drake for the downlink. my experiences are shown at -

http://www.g4dmf.co.uk/dish/antenna.html

From what I gather, AO51 is a magnitude stronger than AO40 ever was. The Drake provided solid copy of Telemetry.

There are links in the article to various pictures I took, including a screen-shot of AO40 data on screen, and links to the mod pages for some of the many modifications done to that downconvertor.

RIP AO40... Praying for a " Battery Event " on that bird too!