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27 Sep
2009
27 Sep
'09
5:36 p.m.
On 27 Sep 2009 at 10:42, Robert Bruninga wrote:
AO51 downlink could be 10 times as strong if the transmitter would just drop when not in use...
Bob, WB4APR
This also puzzled me why AO-51 is continuously TX on? Why not configure it like SO-50 only in TX when a carrier (with or without tone) is detected on the uplink? If the purpose for the always on TX is for tracking just make the squelch tail a bit longer.
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