Hi Gould,   thanks for your mail and efforts in switching the satellite in mode L/S. Now AO-51 is in mode L/S and I just had a nice QSO with OZ1MY and IK1SOW.   Thanks   73, Fer IW1DTU

--- On Mon, 1/26/09, Gould Smith gouldsmi@bellsouth.net wrote:

From: Gould Smith gouldsmi@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-51 mode L/S over Europe - no joy To: heliox694-iw1dtu@yahoo.com Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 4:49 PM

Fer,

I sent the command to switch the input to TX B again on my last pass (12 degrees).

Please give L/S a try. Due to the mode configuration, I can't get any feedback on the command reception.

73, Gould, WA4SXM AO-51 command station

----- Original Message ----- From: "Fer IW1DTU" heliox694-iw1dtu@yahoo.com To: "AMSAT" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 1:23 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 mode L/S over Europe - no joy

Probably I am wrong and still sleeping but this early morning A0-51 at 05:30 UTC was not in mode L/S according to the published schedule. Signal in S band was loud and clear as usually but I didn't succeed. According to some particular QRM it could be in mode V/S - Sorry but at present my V/U antenna are inoperative due to servicing so I couldn't check. Any other reports ?

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