[HamSat] Fw: [ans] ANS-161 AMSAT Special Bulletin - ECHO Ships

[Timothy Pickett]

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Subject: [ans] ANS-161 AMSAT Special Bulletin - ECHO Ships


> SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-161.01
> ECHO satellite enroute to launch site
> 
> AMSAT News Service Bulletin 161.01 From AMSAT HQ
> SILVER SPRING, MD.  June 9, 2004
> To All RADIO AMATEURS
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> 
> Chuck Green, N0ADI, reporting in from SpaceQuest's facility says,
> "ECHO is in it's shipping container and on its way to the launch 
> sight."  
> 
> As a final check ECHO was placed in the vacuum chamber for an hour 
> and pushed hard with both 70 cm transmitters running full power.  
> Everything that could be tested in this configuration worked well.
> 
> Chuck said, "We also checked the sensitivity of all the 2M 
> receivers and the SQRX (wideband tunable receiver) and they were 
> all very good."  Continuing, he added, "We also characterized the 
> received signal strength indicator (RSSI) and measured the power 
> out of the 70 cm transmitters at various power settings"
> 
> Robin Haighton, VE3FRH, added, "Congratulations on a job well done! 
> A lot of hard work has gone into getting ECHO to this point and 
> we're looking forward to following ECHO's progress through launch".
> 
> More news and information about the final integration activities 
> will be in this week's regular AMSAT News Service bulletin.
> 
> [ANS thanks Robin and Chuck for the above information]
> 
> /EX
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