Thanks Bob and all that responded. That sounds like what it was doing during the Saturday AM pass.
Curt, KU8L EN82hi
Bob Bruninga wrote:
How long does NO-44 need to be in sun before it begins to operate normally?
About 15 to 20 minutes, AND, all of that sun must fall on the +Z pannel. Any other situation, and it is unuseable. SO the only time it has a chance of getting that sun on that panel is above a latitude of about 40 degrees and in the winter and during a pass overhead about noon.
So dont expect much from NO-44 until next fall has been our experience. Often you can hear it trying to get out a packet, but it dies on heach one.
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