I read that the Z panel needs sun for best operation. I think that panel gets the best illumination in the dead of the northern winter. The Spring and Fall full illuminations. The northern summer was the worst.

73 de Pat --- KA9SCF.

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 1:24 AM, Mike Rupprecht mail@mike-rupprecht.de wrote:

Hi Armando,

yes this is one of the reasons. I tried to activate PCSAT-1 two days ago but she didn't survive a entire pass.

20090324070140 : PCSAT-1]BEACON,SGATE,qAR,DK3WN-1:T#005,019,059,055,050,214,00110111,0100,1

73, Mike DK3WN

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] Im Auftrag von Armando Mercado Gesendet: Donnerstag, 26. März 2009 00:41 An: amsat-bb@amsat.org Betreff: [amsat-bb] PCSAT

Greetings, PCSAT is in full sun untill March 30 according to NOVA but is not coming alive as it had in the past.  Maybe sun angles are wrong for this season.

Time in UTC.

25-Mar-09  21:48:54 W3ADO-1>BEACON,SGATE:T#004,159,159,046,209,214,11111111,0011,1

73, Armando, N8IGJ

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