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SUBJ: CHNAVMARCORMARS INFO BCST 57-06
1. MARSCOM SATELLITE: THE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY LIFTED OFF ON 9 DEC 2006
ON MISSION STS-116. THE MARSCOM SATELLITE IS CARRIED ON BOARD AND IS
EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED AT APPROXIMATELY 200005Z DEC 2006. BOB,
NNN0APR, ASKS THAT ALL OF US TO 'START LISTENING ON THE DOWNLINNK AT
THAT TIME. AUTOMATIC 1 MINUTE TELEMET Y PACKETS WILL BE ALL THERE IS
UNTIL WE CAN GET IN AND COMMAND HER TO TURN ON THE VOICE TRANSPONDER,
AND I EXPECT THAT IS GOING TO BE HARD TO DO AND TAKE SOME TIME TO GET
TUNED FOR DOPPLER.  IT WOULDN'T SURPRISE ME IF IT TOOK DAYS TO GET IT
ALL FIGURED OUT.' REMEMBER FROM AN EARLIER BROADCAST THAT THE HF SSB
DOWNLINK HAS LOW POWER OUTPUT (MILLIWATTS AS OPPOSED TO THE EXPECTED
2 WATTS). I HAVE THE STATIONS WHO VOLUNTEERED AS: NNN0ATX TN, NNN0AXK
MN, NNN0AYU PA, NNN0EMO MN, NNN0EYD SCA, NNN0EYF PA, NNN0HHO ETX,
NNN0JLQ FL, NNN0OXU OR, NNN0SBK CWY, NNN0SRM WA AND NNN0TKR WA. IF
YOU VOLUNTEERED AND YOUR CALL IS NOT LISTED, PLEASE RESUBMIT VIA YOUR
CHAIN OF COMMAND. KEPLERIAN DATA IS NOT AVAILABLE SO USE THAT OF THE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION FOR NOW.
2. BRAVO ZULU TO THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS FOR THEIR LISTED ACHIEVEMENT:
 NNN0WAS WILLIAM ---------- GA  30 YEARS OF SERVICE
 NNN0SFO WILLIAM ---------- AL   5 YEARS OF SERVICE
3. IT IS WITH DEEP REGRET THAT I ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING SILENT KEYS:
 NNN0JRC WILLIAM ---------- WV  70 YRS OLD, 39 YRS IN MARS
 NNN0TQH JAMES ------------ AZ  86 YRS OLD, 25 YRS IN MARS
4. NAVMARCORMARS: PROUDLY SERVING THOSE WHO SERVE.
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