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Re: NO-44 Question
- Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: NO-44 Question
- From: "Bob Bruninga " <bruninga@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:24:06 -0400 (EDT)
> How long does NO-44 need to be in sun
> before it begins to operate normally?
About 15 to 20 minutes, AND, all of that sun must fall on the +Z pannel. Any other situation, and it is unuseable. SO the only time it has a chance of getting that sun on that panel is above a latitude of about 40 degrees and in the winter and during a pass overhead about noon.
So dont expect much from NO-44 until next fall has been our experience. Often you can hear it trying to get out a packet, but it dies on heach one.
Bob, WB4APR
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