[amsat-bb] Status on re-activating Prospero

2011-11-16 Thread Frank Woolfe
As a WOOMERA Vet that was on site for 13 years and been witness and supported in one way or another many Rocket Launches, I am also interested on the PROSPERO situation.. Regards, Frank H Woolfe; Dip EE,VK5KV. Radio Officer Coast Guard Port Augusta 7 Leahy Street Port Augusta, SA 5700

[amsat-bb] AO-51 Pass@10:30 UTC

2011-11-16 Thread Kevin Deane
I swear I just heard some strange talking on the bird and something that sounded like a submarine pinging underwater. I thought I had Hunt for Red October on the boob tube or somethin. I heard myself on the downlink clear as day, really strong signal. I double checked my freqs and well there

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay

2011-11-16 Thread Mineo Wakita
Hello Jim, N8OQ. Thanks for your very valuable reply. Because it has the effect of the atmosphere density, I think that the re-entry into the earth's atmosphere of ARISSat-1 becomes really earlier than April 9, 2011. I added your this reply under the following my URL,

[amsat-bb] 5 in EM55

2011-11-16 Thread wa4hfn
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[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 Pass@10:30 UTC

2011-11-16 Thread Don Snider
Nothing like that but I did get wiped out on an AO-51 pass by strange up and down oscillations on receive. I couldn't hear a thing over it. I later found out it was an AWAC plane flying down the coast Really weird. 73, Don -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org

[amsat-bb] NASA Twitting Mars Rover Launch

2011-11-16 Thread Clint Bradford
RELEASE: 11-387 NASA INVITES 150 LUCKY TWITTER FOLLOWERS TO LAUNCH OF MARS ROVER WASHINGTON -- NASA has invited 150 followers of the agency's Twitter account to a two-day launch Tweetup on Nov. 23 and 25 at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Tweetup is expected to culminate in

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay

2011-11-16 Thread John Heath
Hi Jim, Thanks for the update on your AMSAT Journal article. There are several people on the bb who are following  this topic and are busy plotting data. Any futher thoughts you have, as we move towards January would, I am sure be of interest. 73 John G7HIA

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 (37772) decay

2011-11-16 Thread Fabio Azzarello
Hello Everybody, I totally agree with you James... the process is a continuous evolution. I did my prediction on October 6th for the Chicken Little Competition and my date was January 23rd 2012. It surprisingly agrees with your prediction done almost one month later, this make me think that my

[amsat-bb] AO-10?

2011-11-16 Thread KG0MW-Chad Phillips
Just wondering if anyone has tried listening for old ao-10. Alway's hoping she will spring back to life... chad kg0mw ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the