Re: [amsat-bb] A thanks and a question....

[Christopher Maness <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I wouldn't call it severe, but it does have a strong ellipse.  Its perigee
is 4,000km, and its apogee is 35,000km.

Halley's Comet has a severe elliptical orbit :-) (its all relative)...


73's de KQ6UP


On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, BOWEN, SCOTT M. (JSC-CC) wrote:

> I want to thank all the people that replied to my 2 meter antenna questions,
> I finished my 1/2 inch copper tube J-Pole and picked up a SWR meter
> Saturday.
> 
> Saturday night I fired it up and hit a repeater on the south side on Houston
> [I am on the severe North West Side or Houston] with 5 watts and the antenna
> was mounted on a fiberglass rod only 1 ft. off the ground.
> 
> My question is about AO-10, does it have a severe elliptical orbit? 
> 
> Scott Bowen
> 281-244-9669
> 
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