Re: [amsat-bb] AO-40, S1 Tx Testing

["Michael Kingery" <mkingery@xxxxxxx>]

S1 is a winner!  Still working it out to 53,000 km with a Squint of 11
degrees.  Much stronger downlink that on S2.  Stacy, and the rest of the
command team, thanks for turning it on and all the work.

73 KE4AZN
Mike Kingery


>
> Testing of the passbands and beacons on the S1 Tx will begin on Orbit 350.
> The current ALON/ALAT = 338/3.
>
>  From MA =44 to 80 the S1 Tx will be active with passbands ( U/L1 -> S1
> ).  The Engineering beacon or middle beacon, or both may be on as
> well.  Please avoid the middle beacon if it "pops on" in the middle of
your
> QSO.
>
>  From MA=10 to 44 and MA = 80 to 100, the passbands will be U/L1 -> S2 as
> previously (middle beacon active).
>
>
> --
>   _______________________________________________________________________
>   Stacey E. Mills, W4SM    WWW:    http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/ham1.html
>    Charlottesville, VA     PGP key: http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/key
>   _______________________________________________________________________
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