Alon/Alat 0/0
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VK9X (Christmas Island) and VK9C (Cocos Keeling) on AO40
A DXpedition team of 4 German hams announced that they will be active on AO40 satellite.
Christmas Island October 4-11, 2003. Hams in the Central U.S. will have short windows. Hams on the east coast won t have any windows.
Cocos-Keeling Island October 11-12, 2003. This one is still further west.Hams west of the Mississippi will have short windows.
Wayne Estes W9AE Mundelein, IL, USA
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ALON/ALAT is moving slowly forward and within two orbits should be:ALON/ALAT >350/0
In anticipation of ALON reaching 350 in the next two orbits, the schedule has been lengthened to leave the passband on until MA=220.
Estimated ALON/ALAT for June 28 is 353/0
–W4SM for the AO-40 Command Team
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If you have been following the ALON/ALAT, you ll already know that we have been nearly stuck in place for two weeks.
The perigee eclipses have made advancing ALON a very slow process. We are making small net gains and the conditions will improve in the next few weeks.
We are currently at ALON/ALAT 345/0 and we should be closer to 0/0 by next week.
The passband has been lengthened to MA 180, and will be extended further when we reach ALON = 350.
-W4SM for the AO-40 Command Team
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