[amsat-bb] Re: 29 May 07 RAFT Eastern pass around 22:00 CDT

[Armour, Randy (ITS)]

Nothing heard from RAFT in EM-66 either.  I listened a good 15 minutes prior to the lastest keps, and 15 minutes after.
 
Randy - KI4LMR

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From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of Dieter Schliemann
Sent: Tue 5/29/2007 10:18 PM
To: Bob Bruninga ; amsat-bb at amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] 29 May 07 RAFT Eastern pass around 22:00 CDT



Hi all

Neither Nick K5QXJ nor I heard any sound coming from RAFT during tonight's
pass around 22:00CDT.  I had my antenna in a fixed position, pointing
towards where RAFT was supposed to come from based on the latest
(07148.59248876) keps that I had.  I had my pre-amp on, the radio on
145.827MHz and the polarization of my 2m cross yagi set to what gave me the
best signal in the past listening to RAFT.  I believe that all was set
correctly at my station, but with the squelch wide open, I heard no sound
from RAFT.

73 de Dieter kx4y





At 23:31 5/28/2007 -0400, Bob Bruninga wrote:

> >Date: 28 May 2007 10:29 GMT
> >From: "Zimmer Harro"
> >Subject: RAFT Decay Prediction
> >
> > The current forecast for # 29661 RAFT with the
> > ELSETS 07147.183... - 07148.164...
> > with SFX 065 and ap 005 shows with the special
> > perturbation method the decay on May 30,
> > 13:33 UTC +/- 06 hours descending over
> > 43.64°N and 214.96°E.
>
>Looks like we get one more shot...
>
>Lets everyone that is interested to park their ground station pointing at
>AOS for RAFT and recording packets.  This is a great opportunity to see
>the heat up of an AMSAT as it re-enters.
>
>Do NOT bother with automatic tracking, since arrival will be much earlier
>than any keps you can get..
>
>If you can APRS-IGate the packets then that is even better, sinec we can
>all see the telemetry then in real time.
>
>Bob, WB4APR
>
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