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  1. AO-51 back to normal configuration with the 145.92/435.3 repeater at 570mw and the 1268.7/435.15 9k6 PBBS and Telemetry at 450mw
  2. AO51 145.92/435.3 repeater turned on along with 145.88SSB/435.150FM, high power may have been desensing the SSB uplink.
  3. AO-51 mode change completed. Now 145.880 USB up, 435.150 FM down. Full duplex and uplink Doppler tuning required. Output is 1.93 watts.
  4. AO51 1268.7 PBBS and digi uplink on
  5. AO-51 reload complete, and 145.92/435.3 repeater is back operational. PBBS to be opened soon.
  6. AO51 software has crashed, reload in process.
  7. XW-1 FM repeater will be active over SA/NA tonight, UTC 12/21 0153-0228 145.825 PL 67 up, 435.675 down. Listen before transmitting please!
  8. AO51 back in "normal" mode, 145.92/435.3 repeater @ 450mw, and 1268.7/435.15 PBBS and digipeater @ 500mw. Still inverted attitude.
  9. Also http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=116&retURL=/satellites/status.php
  10. XW-1 now in orbit and in commissioning! http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/48hour/msg76499.html
  11. 435.15 is back on at 270mw with 9k6 tlm. V/S is also working now. Reports on S now vs before the magnet reversal to ko4ma@amsat.org please.
  12. AO51 in Mode V/S. 435.15 9k6 telemetry off due to low battery V. Need V/S signal reports to ko4ma@amsat.org please.
  13. AO-51 magnet has been reversed! Looking for observations on signal strength, especially from southern hemisphere. E-mail ko4ma@amsat.org
  14. AO51 back to "normal" mode, V/U rptr at 510mw, L/U BBS at 540mw, digi on. 1st magnet "flip" later in week after WOD collection.
  15. We just enabled the 1268.700/435.150 repeater for the US holiday wkend. Power on the 435.3 transmitter is now 550mw, and 435.15 is 490mw.
  16. AO-51 back in "normal" mode, L/U BBS at 360mw, V/U repeater at 760mw.
  17. AO-51 now in 38k4 packet on 1268.700/435.150 at 2.14 watts. Please submit reports and latest WOD files to ko4ma@amsat.org.
  18. Anticipated AO-51 mode change to 38k4 will be postponed to ~1200Z 16 November.
  19. AO-51 SSTV repeater now on, 145.88/435.15 at 620mw, 145.92/435.3 repeater is on at 640mw. 38k4 starts Monday.
  20. AO-51 145.88/435.15 repeater is on for College Satellite Night