AO-51's Second Channel...and PSK31
Good Afternoon everyone!
I wanted to be the first to thank Drew and the AO-51 Command Team in advance for scheduling the Second Channel for September.
It is appreciated, to say the least.
That being said, according to AMSAT.org, AO-51 has the "capability" to do PSK31:
*Mode A/U Digital: Operational* Uplink: 28.1400 MHz PSK 31 BPS Downlink 435.3000 MHz FM 31 BPS
Has this ever been activated? If it is possible, how has it worked out before?
Thanks again!
John KB2HSH
Hi John,
We have tried the PSK 31 mode A/U before without much success.
If you have the AO-51 book, there is a screenshot of PSK-31 in operation on page 34. The major problem is that the 10M uplink has to be received with the 2M whip antenna, not a great match. The signal strengths were low and it didn't prove to be very popular.
73, Gould, WA4SXM
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Marranca, Jr" KB2HSH@amsat.org To: amsat-bb@amsat.org; "Andrew Glasbrenner" glasbrenner@mindspring.com Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 3:23 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51's Second Channel...and PSK31
Good Afternoon everyone!
I wanted to be the first to thank Drew and the AO-51 Command Team in advance for scheduling the Second Channel for September.
It is appreciated, to say the least.
That being said, according to AMSAT.org, AO-51 has the "capability" to do PSK31:
*Mode A/U Digital: Operational* Uplink: 28.1400 MHz PSK 31 BPS Downlink 435.3000 MHz FM 31 BPS
Has this ever been activated? If it is possible, how has it worked out before?
Thanks again!
John KB2HSH
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