Aloha
Unless someone has set up a strange repeater there is absolutely no doubt AO51 was alive and well as she came out of eclipse moments ago. I was able to hear myself perfectly on the downlink (145.880 up and 435.150 down). Unfortunately, the footprint from here only touched the west coast. Had an Alaska station been on, I am sure there would have been a QSO. The signal was strong the entire pass. (Could I be missing something?).
robert, NH7WN Honolulu, HI
It's still on at 0912utc too! Wow...this is neat.
Robert, could you tell if the trasmitter on was ON during eclipse, or did it come on when it entered sunlight?
Mark N8MH
At 04:15 PM 6/2/2011 -1000, Robert Smith wrote:
Aloha
Unless someone has set up a strange repeater there is absolutely no doubt AO51 was alive and well as she came out of eclipse moments ago. I was able to hear myself perfectly on the downlink (145.880 up and 435.150 down). Unfortunately, the footprint from here only touched the west coast. Had an Alaska station been on, I am sure there would have been a QSO. The signal was strong the entire pass. (Could I be missing something?).
robert, NH7WN Honolulu, HI _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
AO-51 was in great shape as it passed south above the Pacific Ocean this morning (6/3/2011 1410z). No one else was on, but I had a nice S9+ full quieting downlink on my uplink for the entire pass.
The birds footprint was still in daylight when it went LOS, so even though it was 1000mi west of the sun line when it dipped below my horizon, it was still in sunlight at that point.
73 de Dave KB5WIA
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:14 AM, Mark L. Hammond marklhammond@gmail.com wrote:
It's still on at 0912utc too! Wow...this is neat.
Robert, could you tell if the trasmitter on was ON during eclipse, or did it come on when it entered sunlight?
Mark N8MH
At 04:15 PM 6/2/2011 -1000, Robert Smith wrote:
Aloha
Unless someone has set up a strange repeater there is absolutely no doubt AO51 was alive and well as she came out of eclipse moments ago. I was able to hear myself perfectly on the downlink (145.880 up and 435.150 down). Unfortunately, the footprint from here only touched the west coast. Had an Alaska station been on, I am sure there would have been a QSO. The signal was strong the entire pass. (Could I be missing something?).
robert, NH7WN Honolulu, HI _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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