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DXexpedition till VP2E

Frn ANS-138 hmtar vi fljande fr er som jagar DX:

From May 19th to May 30th, and then again possibly 2 weeks later, Drew, KO4MA, will be in Anguilla for work. He will at the least have an arrow and HT to make QSOs on UO-14, and SO-50 or AO-27 if they are on or still on by the time they get to 18 degrees latitude. A reciprocal license application has been submitted, but since it must be picked up in person, and this is a work trip, the exact date that operations can start as well as the callsign
is unknown at this time.

Drew says, I would like to do AO-40 too, but my luggage allowance is VERY restricted due to work stuff. With the close range and attitude, I may be able to use the UHF half of the arrow and a helix/preamp combo, or line an umbrella with foil when I get there and try that. If it looks like I can fit the gear, and it will work, I ll take the radios to do AO-40 (Yaesu FT-790/817 combo). If I do make AO-40, it will be only in the earliest AM hours before work. I will endeavor to assemble this setup this week and test it before I go.

There is also a chance of an evening pass or 2 from nearby Saint Martin/Maarten (PJ7/FS).

QSL direct only, with an SASE, or SAE and green stamp/euro, to my QRZ.com address.

[ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA, for the above information]

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Nyheter från ANS-138

Active magnetorquing of AO-40 to hold ALON relatively steady and begin to lower ALAT has begun. On 18 May 2003 ALON/ALAT was approximately 329/7. A better determination will be possible now the ALAT has dropped below 15 degs. and the earth enters the camera field of view.

Hopefully passbands will be on soon during the first half of the orbit, if all goes well.

The A-blk message of the day section now includes height, Lon/Lat of the subsatellite point, and ALON/ALAT. All of these values are generated by the IHU-1 software based on its orbital and magnetorquing calculations. ALON/ALAT is also updated from the ground when a new magnetorquing command is issued.

[ANS thanks Stacey, W4SM, for the above information]

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AO-40 nu öppen för trafik

ALON/ALAT is now ~327/11, with ALAT decreasing slowly toward 0.

The passbands will be on starting tomorrow, MA 20-100.

Please remain well clear of the middle beacon as both image downloading and FEC testing will be taking place
intermittently.

— W4SM for the AO-40 Command Team

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AO-40 öppnas inom några dagar

The passbands will be operational again within a few days from approximately MA 20 to 100.

This interval will change as we follow the sun and ALON increases toward 360.

We are awaiting one more good set of images and verification of ALON/ALAT before activating the passbands.

– –W4SM for the AO-40 Command Team

Alon/Alat 18/5 329/7

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FO20 verkar ha problem

FO20 rapporteras fungera otillfrlitligt och vissa passager hrs den inte alls. (den skts upp 1990)

73 Hkan SM7WSJ

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Två radioamatörer ombord på ISS

Frn ANS:

A two ham Expedition 7 crew arrived at the International Space Station on April 28th to replace the crew currently on board.

Two men… cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, RK3DUP and astronaut Ed Lu, KC5WKJ, have arrived…. the first team ever to get to the I S S aboard a Russian spacecraft. They replace 3 men… Commander Ken Bowersox, KD5JBP, Don
Pettit, KD5MDT, and Nikolai Budarin, RV3FB. That team flew back to earth on the third of May.

[ANS thanks Roy Neal, K6DUE Amateur Radio Newsline, for the above information]

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