That's true but you would think there would be others on the bird.
73 Matt W5LL
-----Original Message----- From: Rick Tejera [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 11:33 PM To: 'Matt Patterson' Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] SO-50
Matt,
Did you transmit the ON tone? SO-50 is set up so you have to turn it on by transmitting on 145.85 with a PL of 74.4 hz for 2 seconds. This turns it on for 10 minutes (if I recall correctly). Once it's on you transmit on 145.850 with a 67.0hz PL.
Clear Skies
Rick Tejera Editor SACnews, Public Outreach Coordinator Saguaro Astronomy Club Phoenix, Arizona www.saguaroastro.org [email protected] K7TEJ
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt Patterson Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2010 21:09 To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] SO-50
Was listening for the SO-50 pass @ 22:58Z and didn't hear anything. A check of the Oscar status website reveals that it was active a couple hours ago. Did anyone else hear it during the latest pass? I finally got setup to start recording the birds with my computer and was going to use SO-50 as a test.
73 Matt
W5LL
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I was also surprised at how quiet SO-50 was during my initial attempts. I thought there something wrong with my setup. I find the traffic on SO-50 is very light. Don't know why...could be the time of day (or night in my case). I had great help from KC2WQW and W6ZKH. Regardless of anyone else being on, when you can hear myself on the downlink, you know you're getting through. have fun!
73's Peter VE7NGP
That's true but you would think there would be others on the bird.
73 Matt W5LL
... Did you transmit the ON tone? SO-50 is set up so you have to turn it on by ... Rick Tejera
SO-50 is generally quiet during the day for a few reasons. Many people are at work, and it's also a weak bird that is not as easy to hear as AO-51. It also requires a PL to turn it on if it's off, and then another PL to use it.
Also many satellite enthusiasts use the TS-2000 which has a birdie on the downlink which can make it difficult, if not impossible to hear.
But it's a great bird with excellent audio.
73 de W4AS
On Aug 26, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Ng, Peter wrote:
I was also surprised at how quiet SO-50 was during my initial attempts. I thought there something wrong with my setup. I find the traffic on SO-50 is very light. Don't know why...could be the time of day (or night in my case). I had great help from KC2WQW and W6ZKH. Regardless of anyone else being on, when you can hear myself on the downlink, you know you're getting through. have fun!
73's Peter VE7NGP
That's true but you would think there would be others on the bird.
73 Matt W5LL
... Did you transmit the ON tone? SO-50 is set up so you have to turn it on by ... Rick Tejera
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