As we progress deeper and deeper in the universe we are always entilted to stumble over new encounters. As a suggestion in the new interstellar probes this video can make a nice visit card. I was for myself involved in a kind of encounter this morning around 0730 UTC on 3780KHZ with a group of stations from UK and Spain that i worked in a row: EI6S, G3LNP, G4OFY, G3UCK, G5LND, GI0VIE, G4PEL, GW4RIB
Few hours prior to theses encounter i worked on AO-51 in L/S-U mode (S on my side ) KE3LB, N2JK, N2VYT, W7GPI, N8RO AA5CK, KC9ELU, KO4MA, K8YSE, WB8OTH
As written by Drew KO4MA "In January AO-51 leaves continuous illumination for many years and many of these modes may not be possible due to power budget and battery condition." Is this mean the above mentioned stations will be the last ones operating on L/S mode on AO-51? Can i refer to this encounter as the "Last L/S encounter in a kind"
Visit card video: http://www.andiesisle.com/creation/magnificent.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/epoxi/epoxi20101102.html
This is going to be interesting as it will be the second comet examined by the Deep Impact spacecraft.
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Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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