AO-51 in grote problemen en is buitengebruik

[Hanso]

Ter informatie voor alle AO-51 gebruikers.

Bron AMSAT:
"We are having a difficult time trying to restore AO-51 to operation. Currently, the satellite will not retain the upload of the flight software across eclipse. The batteries are in very poor condition. We have a few more things to try, but with eclipses peaking around July at ~27 minutes, the long term situation is grim. There is a brief period around November where eclipses are as short as 16 minutes, but past that it is a long climb to 30 minutes or longer eclipses for many years. We have no expected "return to service" date. If you have 9k6 digital capability, you can listen in on our attempts at recovery on 435.150 on many passes over the US.

Please support AMSAT-NA and the other AMSAT groups around the world, and help us get new satellites into orbit. Projects like Fox, FunCube, P3E, and Kiwisat need your financial support to keep our amateur satellite fleet flying.

73, Drew KO4MA
AMSAT-NA VP Operations "

[PD0MV]

hij is gerapareerd zo goed als en is weer actief, heb vernomen via amsat

73 de PD0MV

[Hanso]

Info AMSAT:

"UPDATE:
The IHU crashes each eclipse, erasing the software needed to operate the repeater automatically. At this time the command team is turning the repeater on and off during some US passes, mainly in the afternoon, and only as available. The repeater is open to all when this happens. The uplink is now 145.880, and the downlink is 435.150. We are working on trying to automate this.

73, Drew KO4MA"

Dus alleen boven US!

[Hanso]

AO-51 is voorlopig ingesteld op QRP gebruik en nu ook in Europa werkbaar

Uplink: 145.8800 MHz FM / Downlink : 435.1500 MHz. +- 10 Khz. i.v.m. dopplereffect.
Geen PL-tone

Ik heb redelijk wat verbindingen kunnen maken en de amsat werkt goed.