AO-51 back into normal configuration
AO-51 is back in to it's normal configuration with the 145.920/435.300 repeater at 570 mw and the 1268.700/435.150 9k6 PBBS and Telemetry at 450 mw.
For the month of January we expect to leave the satellite in this configuration. Sometime next week we expect to use the reversible magnet to reorient the spacecraft to the normal polarity favoring the northern hemisphere. This is dependent of the timing of some personal issues including the impending birth of my son :-) . Towards the end of the month I expect we can run some L/U voice on the 435.150 downlink between telemetry collections, but that is not yet reflected on the official schedule.
Please address all AO-51 inquiries to the Operations Committee vi ao51-modes@amsat.org.
73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Operations
Congratulations! I had three just a few months ago--changes everything.
--- On Mon, 1/4/10, Andrew Glasbrenner glasbrenner@mindspring.com wrote:
From: Andrew Glasbrenner glasbrenner@mindspring.com Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 back into normal configuration To: "Amsat-BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org, "AO51 Modes" ao51-modes@amsat.org Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 6:10 AM AO-51 is back in to it's normal configuration with the 145.920/435.300 repeater at 570 mw and the 1268.700/435.150 9k6 PBBS and Telemetry at 450 mw.
For the month of January we expect to leave the satellite in this configuration. Sometime next week we expect to use the reversible magnet to reorient the spacecraft to the normal polarity favoring the northern hemisphere. This is dependent of the timing of some personal issues including the impending birth of my son :-) . Towards the end of the month I expect we can run some L/U voice on the 435.150 downlink between telemetry collections, but that is not yet reflected on the official schedule.
Please address all AO-51 inquiries to the Operations Committee vi ao51-modes@amsat.org.
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For one thing, you have a lot less time on the birds. Totally worth it though... Congrats Drew!
-- Ben Jackson - bbj@innismir.net - www.innismir.net Sent from my Mobile Device Elan Portnoy wrote:
Congratulations! I had three just a few months ago--changes everything.
--- On Mon, 1/4/10, Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@mindspring.com> wrote:
From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@mindspring.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 back into normal configuration
To: "Amsat-BB" <amsat-bb@amsat.org>, "AO51 Modes" <ao51-modes@amsatorg>
Date: Monday, January 4, 2010, 6:10 AM
AO-51 is back in to it's normal
configuration with the 145.920/435.300
repeater at 570 mw and the 1268.700/435.150 9k6 PBBS and
Telemetry at
450 mw.
For the month of January we expect to leave the satellite
in this
configuration. Sometime next week we expect to use the
reversible magnet
to reorient the spacecraft to the normal polarity favoring
the northern
hemisphere. This is dependent of the timing of some
personal issues
including the impending birth of my son :-) . Towards the
end of the
month I expect we can run some L/U voice on the 435.150
downlink between
telemetry collections, but that is not yet reflected on the
official
schedule.
Please address all AO-51 inquiries to the Operations
Committee vi
ao51-modes@amsat.org.
73, Drew KO4MA
AMSAT-NA VP Operations
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