I didn't hear either pass this morning. The first one was 38 degrees to the east, the second was 18 degrees to the west.

However ... I know of at least one operator who did hear stations on both passes this morning (i.e., 11:25-ish UTC and 13:05-ish UTC) on the 435.300 downlink, and worked some on the first pass. I telephoned him when I didn't hear anything on the first pass, then used the second to troubleshoot potential problems here. When I didn't hear anything by mid-pass (and even at 18 degrees, I routinely hear any of the satellites clearly here), I switched to AO-7 and copied stations in SSB. I tried that with and without my duplexer, and copied both ways.

So, it appears as though AO-51 is working, but may not have the transmit power just now we're all used to.

73 to all,

Tim - N3TL

-------------- Original message from David - KG4ZLB kg4zlb@googlemail.com: --------------

According to the website, 435.150 is currently the downlink for 1.2 uplink on the B side (Mode L/U) - I had a great 80 degree pass last evening which was showing great promise as the bird approached but I assume that it was terminated for telemetry collection reasons!

-- David KG4ZLB www.kg4zlb.com

Luc Leblanc wrote: > On the 1300Z pass over FN36 there was no signal on 435.300mhz but the data channel 435.150mhz was on!

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Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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