ad7i@houxp.UUCP (Paul Newland) (11/14/83)
qst de ad7i hr arrl bulletin nr 111 from arrl headquarters newington ct november 11, 1983 to all radio amateurs bt space shuttle sts9 launch is now scheduled for november 28 at 1600 utc. no ham transmissions should be expected from w5lfl before the third day of the mission, wednesday, november 30. astronaut garriotts original operating schedule has changed because a substantial number of spacecraft attitude changes have been caused by the launch delay. though specific times and locations are not yet known, possible times for operation over the u.s. and canada could be from 1300 to 1500 utc along the u.s. east coast, from 0100 to 0300 utc along the u.s. west coast, and on the final full day in orbit, december 6, between 1300 and 0300 utc. more detailed information will be reported as soon as it is released. a recent announcement states that though w5lfl will not be available for hamming while engaged in experimental activities, he will occasionally leave his receiver set on one of the ten preselected frequencies while crossing the u.s. for these ten minutes or so, incoming calls will be tape recorded and played back later on the ground. calls in the blind should be made for no longer than 30 seconds near closest approach to give more hams a chance to be heard. which one of the ten preselected frequencies will be used will not be announced ar