Hi folks,
I keep seeing postings about AO-51 being in an SSB/FM mode, but the Control Op's website and Amsat home page both show FM/FM. Did it just change (so I missed it), or is it still in SSB/FM? If so, when will it change again?
Thanks,
Greg KO6TH
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Hi Greg!
I keep seeing postings about AO-51 being in an SSB/FM mode, but the Control Op's website and Amsat home page both show FM/FM. Did it just change (so I missed it), or is it still in SSB/FM? If so, when will it change again?
On the AMSAT home page it lists the current mode - the normal 145.920/435.300 MHz FM repeater, and the cross-mode 145.880 MHz SSB/435.150 MHz FM repeater. The monthly schedule is available in text form at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php
Sometimes this link is the best way to see the schedule, when there is a mode that is not supported in the chart-style schedule on another page at the AMSAT web site. The current schedule is valid through Sunday (2 November) UTC. By that time, there should be a November schedule posted to that web page and to the AMSAT-BB.
I was on the SSB/FM side of AO-51 for a pass around 0108 UTC tonight. Activity throughout the pass, with at least 6 or 7 stations on. After my short time working the non-FM satellites, it is a lot easier to deal with tuning the SSB uplink to stay within the receiver and sound somewhat normal on the FM downlink.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/
This problem keeps popping up, and I'm still working on a solution. The tools that Emily set up to make the graphic schedule at http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ControlTeam.php are not capable of displaying all the modes we now run, including a 145.88 SSB uplink on TXa, and she is not around to update them. Nor will that system allow me to express special instructions like JOTA only, or SSTV.
The correct and complete story is posted at http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php and usually on the front page (third item down at the moment).
So, until we get this straightened out, it's always best to check the http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php page for the AO-51 schedule.
AMSAT needs lots of help right now and maintaining and developing web content is one of them. Interested members should contact Gould WA4SXM or Rick W2GPS if they can help.
73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Operations
----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg D." ko6th_greg@hotmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 10:35 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 mode?
Hi folks,
I keep seeing postings about AO-51 being in an SSB/FM mode, but the Control Op's website and Amsat home page both show FM/FM. Did it just change (so I missed it), or is it still in SSB/FM? If so, when will it change again?
Thanks,
Greg KO6TH
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