[amsat-bb] Re: AO-7 historic orbit approaching

[n3tl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Somebody just emailed me off the board suggesting that AO-7's "odometer has rolled," and that this is actually orbit No. 156.000!  

She deserves to be busy, I think, and I hope a lot of you agree.

73 to all,

Tim
-------------- Original message from n3tl@bellsouth.net: -------------- 


> Hey everyone, 
> 
> Based on the AO-7 Log Web page, AO-7 is about to begin its 56,000th orbit! 
> The next pass over the USA, which begins for me in Northeast Georgia at roughly 
> 01:12 UTC (8:12 p.m. Eastern Standard Time) will be part of that orbit. 
> I hope somebody might come up and hear a CW signal around 29.445 (the Grand Old 
> Girl is in Mode A). I think it would be awesome to have a contact on orbit 56k! 
> 
> 73 to all, 
> 
> Tim - N3TL 
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