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Re: AO-40 Update, 2002-10-07



Just an idea, maybe you could set an attitude the beams more into the 
northern  hemisphere around apogee.  Most people on earth live north of the 
equator, so this should keep more people happy.


At 09:03 PM 10/6/02 -0400, "Stacey E. Mills" <w4sm@cstone.net> wrote:

>The passbands have been turned off for approximately 8-9 days to conserve 
>power as we drift through the worst solar angles.   The beacon will remain 
>active.  The passbands will be re-started when the solar angle 
>improves.  The schedule will then be shifted to begin pre-apogee, as ALON 
>will be drifting past 0 toward 330.
>
>
>N  QST AMSAT AO-40        S2 Downlink               2002-10-07
>                       MA      020   246   020
>  Passband off         ---------7-----0-----7
>  until approx.        MB       |  *  |  *  |
>   2002-10-16          RUDAK    |     |     |
>                       V-Rx     |     |  *  |
>                       U-Rx     |  *  |     |
>                       Passband |     |     |
>
>
>M  QST AMSAT OSCAR-40                              2002 Oct 07
>                         ALON/ALAT = 20/30
>        ** ALON will decrease 20 degs/week due to M.E. **
>             ** Passbands off until ~ 2002-10-16 **
>
>          The AO-40 team would like your telemetry files!
>Please "zip" compress your daily telemetry files and e-mail to:
>                       ao40-archive@amsat.org
>
>
>
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