[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 PBBS OPEN !

11 Oct 2007

      Hi Gould,
Thanks for your response. I saw your callsign on both passes.
I will try again when the pass is higher. Seems that 45 degrees is not 
enough from here. Using M2 Yagis with Preamps and polarity switching and 
downlink seems low. Doppler corrected by SatPC32 and antennas rotated by 
G-5500 and GS-232B.
73, Jeff
K7WIN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gould Smith" gouldsmi@bellsouth.net
To: "K7WIN - Jeff" k7win@k7win.net; amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 PBBS OPEN !
...
Hi Jeff,
I was on a couple of passes last night and one this morning.
The U band output power is quite good and I had no problem receiving.
TXA (digital) at 420 mW and TXB (analog) at 550 mW
The L-Band uplink is more difficult, seems to require a little more power 
and very good uplink Doppler correction.
73,
Gould, WA4SXM
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K7WIN - Jeff" k7win@k7win.net
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:02 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 PBBS OPEN !
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AO-51 PBBS was on last evening; however, seemed to be hard to work. On a 
45
degree pass I was receiving about half of the signal level that I 
normally
receive from AO-51 and I was unable to connect using L band and 10 watts 
(22
element M2 yagi). Normally AO-51 is full scale on S-Meter when above 
20-30
degrees. I have polarity switching capability and seemed to be LHCP 
instead
of the normal RHCP. Maybe one of my feedline cables got caught on 
something
and my yagis are pointing in the wrong direction. This has happenned to 
me
before :-)
73 de Jeff, K7WIN
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mineo Wakita" ei7m-wkt@asahi-net.or.jp
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 5:56 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 PBBS OPEN !
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I confirmed that AO-51 PBBS ON now.
...
PACB-1>AMSATN-1 [10/11/07 21:00:47]:
PBBS open with 1268.700 uplink only.
73 de AO-51 Command Team, 10 OCT 2007.
de JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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