[amsat-bb] Re: AO40 Hiatus / sunangle

["Stacey E. Mills" <w4sm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>Hi all,
>local scuttlebutt says that ARRL is better informed
>than AMSAT-BB about the state of AO40.
>Read here:
>http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2001/11/29/4/?nc=1
>73 Jens    ZL2TJT
>RE78nv
>AMSAT ZL #218

Come on now Jens, I sure hope you're kidding!!!!

Virtually every important fact in that article has been written about my me 
or Peter within the last couple of months on the amsat-bb. Much of the 
article is word for word from my amsat-bb posts.  Anything that wasn't 
covered in the amsat-bb,  was presented by the AO-40 group at the amsat 
meeting in Atlanta.  The only possible exception is the fact, just 
finalized, that we won't try 3-axis mode prior to the onset of the upcoming 
bad solar angle.  I discussed this possibility in Atlanta.  Given that we 
have a stable, working S/C there is no need to rush this.  This is not big 
news.  In fact, there is considerably more information in the bulletins 
about changes to software, etc., not covered in the article.

Rick Lindquist got  this information from reading the amsat-BB and 
attending the amsat symposium.  I clarified a few minor points for him, and 
he wrote the article. He does go into more detail regarding the 
off-pointing for poor solar angle, but this is old hat to anyone who 
remembers AO-13.  Rest assured that every effort is made to keep the 
amsat-bb readers informed.




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