Re: [amsat-bb] ao40

["Othman Ismail" <shydah@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Domenico,
I am with you and the rest of us who enjoyed a short experience with AO-40.
I hope we will get it back in operation soon.We spent lot of time,effort and
cabbages for this sattelite.
Best 73.
de Osman 9m2ok

----- Original Message -----
From: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs@tin.it>
To: "Peter Guelzow" <peter.guelzow@kourou.de>; "keith" <xyz@123.com>
Cc: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 8:37 AM
Subject: R: [amsat-bb] ao40


> Hi Peter, DB2OS
>
> In my opinion AO40 was the best satellite ever made by AMSAT and we
> hope that some time in the future it will be recovered because we
suddently
> losted all satellite friends around the globe.
>
> In addition many people invested a lot of energies and a lot of money for
> their U-L-S  antennas and equipments.
>
> In waiting for "the future" all the above antennas and equipments for AO40
> must receive periodical and preventional maintenance or they must removed.
>
> P3-E is the only hope for those of us who like CW and SSB and DXing along
> with microwave experimentation and have suffered long  the lost of a
> wonderful satellite like AO40
>
> To be more realistic it would be very important to know when P3-E will
> be operational to seriously restore the Satellite Amateur Service.
>
> TNX and 73" de
>
> i8CVS Domenico
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Peter Guelzow <peter.guelzow@kourou.de>
> To: keith <xyz@123.com>
> Cc: <amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org>
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 10:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ao40
>
>
> > Hi Keith,
> >
> > unfortunately there are no news to report..  Our command stations are
> still
> > continuing to try to recover the bird, including during July, but so far
> > without
> > success.
> >
> > As reported in my P3-E presentation during the AMSAT-UK colloquium,
> > Viktor Kudielka OE1VKW (again) noticed some changes on the Mean Motion
> > of AO-40, which may or may not be related to the battery incident.
> > There is currently not enough data available and further analysis will
> > be necessary
> > before we can even speculate what might have happened.
> >
> > We will keep everyone informed, when there is more data available.
Perhaps
> > at the AMSAT-NA Symposium..
> >
> > 73s Peter, DB2OS
> >
> >
> >
> > keith wrote:
> >
> > >Hi guys,
> > >Stacy wrote
> > >"As the table below demonstrates, the "mystery effect" has
> > > taken A0-40 into highly unfavorable ALON. Attempts at
> > > communication are likely to be futile until conditions
> > > improve in early and mid July. Note that unfortunately
> > > optimum squint in late July corresponds with a very bad
> > > solar angle.
> > > ...stay tuned.
> > >
> > > --W4SM for the AO-40 Command Team "
> > >
> > >Stacy , anything intresting to report?
> > >or does anyone else have anything intresting
> > >to report?
> > >
> > >73
> > >Keith N6ORS
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