RAFT and NMARS were deployed at 01:56:49z on 21 December 2006.
They have a very high spin rate. NMARS is spinning at at least 60 RPM and RAFT at maybe half that. This will make getting a complete 1 second packet difficult due to fading on linear antennas.
De WB4APR, Bob
Good telemetry heard by W7KKE in Oregon. Volts are fully charged at 8 volts and RAFT has been runing for 27 minutes.
Bob
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RAFT and NMARS were deployed at 01:56:49z on 21 December 2006.
They have a very high spin rate. NMARS is spinning at at
least
60 RPM and RAFT at maybe half that. This will make getting a complete 1 second packet difficult due to fading on linear antennas.
De WB4APR, Bob
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