[amsat-bb] Re: Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Anniversary

2012-07-20 Thread andy thomas
...is being remembered as we speak by IQ1TW (I have just worked them on HF). I remember my dad waking me up and saying "you must see this, son" - GW1MLA, SK   73 de andy g0sfj ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. N

[amsat-bb] Re: Apollo 12

2011-11-14 Thread Rick Tejera
Burns, I'll have to listen again.. and yes they reset it before TLI. They were quite busy during the parking orbit. Dick Gordon had to realign and reset the guidance platform, no easy task considering he had no reference as he normally would have. Also he had trouble identifying the Alignment Star

[amsat-bb] Re: Apollo

2009-07-20 Thread James R. La Frieda
EE Times - Apollo 7/20/09Bob, Just wanted you to know that a host of engineers, who worked on Apollo for many, many years, couldn't agree more with what you stated in the e-mail that you sent the amsat-bb today. All the Best, Jim (N6MV) Dr. James R. La Frieda ( Ph.D. E.E.) - Original