Hi Drew, I worked Ao-51 this morning, and I had a contact with EI8JB portable during 07,33 utc orbit. For me nothing changed, I received from Ao-51 the same strong signal as usual.

My downlink set-up : 738xb cross yagi antenna 38 elements cross yagi sp-7000 preamp. My locator JN54IL I received repeater transponder s.9+20 on RHCP polarization I received telemetry s.9 on LHCP polarization Transceiver TS 790E (only a little bit qsb on both transponder, but normal for me) Ao-51 range = 2650 Km. Max. elevation 8°

Thank you to you and all commander team for your effort, to keep Ao-51 ever on a good shape. 73" Frank IW4DVZ

-----Messaggio originale----- Da: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] Per conto di Andrew Glasbrenner Inviato: giovedì 3 dicembre 2009 0.03 A: Amsat-BB Oggetto: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 magnet reversal tonight

The commands were executed to reverse the magnet, and there did seem to be a change in signal strength by the end of the pass. I'm particularly interested in any signal reports from the Southern Hemisphere. Does AO-51 sound stronger than normal?

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