--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: EDM00006 Date: 09/11/97 From: CHRIS VANDENBERG Time: 02:46pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: MIRNEWS.383 MIRNEWS.383 10 SEPTEMBER 1997 Progress-M35: This old supply-ship has been keeping watch at the aft (Kvant-1) docking port as of 18.08, the day of th e redocking. Due to the well-known priorities the crew has not paid any attention to this ship until 8.09.97. One of t he first tasks of the this day was the opening of the hatch and the inspection of Pr-M35's interior. The main function of the Pr-M35 was the protection of the docking mechanism of Kvant-1 against the sun. The freighter has still room in which garbage and other no longer needed material can be stowed. During the first pass for our position in orb. 65998 (0522UTC) preparations for the opening of the hatch were going on. The crew got permission to open the hatch after t he air seal checks. During the next pass in orb. 65999 ( the Russians consider this orbit to be number 66000) the h atch had already been opened but Solovyov had set this ajar for the smell which came out of the Pr-M35 was far from a 'kurort smell'. The crew however had to cease all activities with the Pr-M35 due to other concerns. Main Computer failure: In the pass in orb. 65999 TsUP wants to discuss the air seal check with Vinogradov. V. interrup ts TsUP with the statement that a few minutes ago (exactly 0700UTC) the Ts.V.M.-1 had shut itself down. After this rep ort followed the usual chain reaction: the SUD (system for movements- or attitude control) stopped and Foale reported that this was also the case with the SUD in Module-D (Kvant-2). Systems like SRV-U (regeneration of water from urine) and Elektron had to be switched off. TsUP gave orders to burn 3 lithium perchlorate cartridges for oxygen generation. (Solovyov stated repeatedly that the delivery of a new supply of those cartridges during mission STS-86 is badly needed .) Foale reported that the angle of the solar panels to the sun was unfavourable, but that the complex though inclini ng a little bit on one side, was stable. In passing TsUP stated that they have a jubilee: the 66000th orbit of MIR's Ba se Block. This statement did not evoke joyful reactions or congratulations. In spite of the complicated situation on board there was some excitement: the 'scapegoats of the space era' ,Tsibliyev and Lazutkin, visited TsUP and had a short conversation with their colleagues in space. Foale, the crewman with a grea t sense of humour, told Tsibliyev that his 'darling' the SUD, again chucked the thing. After a short conversation wi th these 2 poor guys on earth about the fact that they would depart for a vacation, the crew set back to work. About the computer: The crew restarted the computer, but failed to find the cause of the failure. So they switched t he computer off. A specialist told Vinogradov that there must be a spare Ts.M.O. on board which eventually could be u sed to replace the present Ts.M.O. (Central Module for Data exchange). The failure of the Ts.V.M.-1 during the redocki ng operation of the Pr-M35 had probably been caused by a defective Ts.M.O. In the course of the day it was obvious th at the crew had everything under control and that the repair of the computer was successfully proceeding. During the night Solovyov was on duty to keep his eye on the situation and to assist TsUP during the reloading of the repaired computer. In the morning of 9.09 Solovyov was still on duty during the first pass over here in orbit 66013, 0 427UTC. -2- -2- Depending on the state of the SEP (Power supply system) they would power up the rest of the gyrodyna's this day. Durin g the next pass Vinogradov was on duty and Solovyov tried to get some rest in his sleeping bag. Already 6 gyrodyna's were spinning, the Elektron had been switched on, lights were burning and ventilators were buzzing again. Vinogradov re ported about the problems he had met while powering up the computer. He had met the same problems like Lazutkin a few w eeks ago. Stabilization: At the beginning of the next day (10.09) it was obvious that the situation had been stabilising gradual ly. All available gyrodyna's were functioning and the crew could eventually restart experiments. The main activity con sisted of the reanimation of the Module Priroda. The interior of this module will be dried with hot air. To blow this hot air into the module air-hoses are used. Next spacewalk (EVA): After the arrival of Progress-M36 in the beginning of October. Chris Vandenberg, NL-9165/A-UK3202 --- Maximus 2.01 * Origin: Scoop BBS (The Netherlands) +31-33-2996366 (2:500/202) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: EDM00007 Date: 09/12/97 From: WOUTER VAN MARLE Time: 03:51am \/To: HTOM TRITES (Read 0 times) Subj: Mghz And Utc Hello HTom! Quoting you to Tom DelFratte: HT> (There can be long arguments about whether Midnight is 2400 or 0000; it is In NL there is a very simple system in use. No official rule, but everyone uses it this same way. If midnight used at the end of a period: 2400 is used (this is also the end of a day), e.g. noon-midnight is 12:00-24:00 (or 12-24). If midnight is used at the beginning of a period: 00:00 is used (also the beginning of a day). Hence midnight-noon is 00:00-12:00 (or 00-12). Thus sep 11, 24:00 is the same time as sep 12, 00:00. Which one is used depends on the situation. But remeber sep 12, 24:00 is really 24 hours after sep 12, 00:00! Btw, Amsterdam (and the Central European Time, CET) is UTC+1. Wouter. (PGP & PGPServer available) --- * Origin: Medusa, Enschede, still NOT in Holland! +31-53-431-3082 2:283/317) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: EDM00008 Date: 09/13/97 From: HTOM TRITES Time: 11:36pm \/To: WOUTER VAN MARLE (Read 0 times) Subj: Mghz And Utc At 3:51 AM on 12 Sep 97, Wouter van Marle said to HTom Trites: WVM> Quoting you to Tom DelFratte: HT> (There can be long arguments about whether Midnight is HT> 2400 or 0000; it is WVM> In NL there is a very simple system in use. No official WVM> rule, but everyone uses it this same way. WVM> If midnight used at the end of a period: 2400 is used (this is also WVM> the end of a day), e.g. noon-midnight is 12:00-24:00 (or 12-24). WVM> If midnight is used at the beginning of a period: 00:00 is WVM> used (also the beginning of a day). Hence midnight-noon is WVM> 00:00-12:00 (or 00-12). This is very understandable. I'm afraid that it makes too much sense for the advocates of either of the other schemes to allow it, though! -=- htom@spare.tdkt.org -=- Neither a lawyer nor a LEO and not on TV. -=- * Q-Blue 2.1 * --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: Spare (1:282/62) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: EDN00000 Date: 09/17/97 From: CHRIS VANDENBERG Time: 09:39pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: mirnews.384 MIRNEWS.384 16 SEPTEMBER 1997 Priroda: Drying out of this module lasted longer than expected. In the evening of 11.09 Vinogradov collected 8 liters o f condense water. Kristall: This module is dry. This is not the case with the SO (docking compartment) attached at Kristall. The crew supposed that they have to dry out this SO in the same way as they do with Priroda. On 14.09 TsUP asks Vinogradov whether the crew already used condensation for drinking water. Analyses of water samples delivered on earth on 14.08 should justify the potable use of water from condensation. Vinogradov said that they did n ot thusfar, but that they have used this water for the refilling of the Elektron. On 14.09 at 1028UTC the crew got orders to switch off the Ts.V.M.-1 (Main OBC). Telemetry indicated that 2 of the 3 ch annels (possibly interfaces) of that computer produced incorrect data. Due to the better charged accumulators this tim e the usual 'chain-reaction' was not as abrupt as during Ts.V.M.-1 failures in the past. Nevertheless the SUD, the at titude control, switched itself off and the gyrodynes slowed down and stopped. The Elektron, which consumes 1 Kw was switched off. The complex came in the so called 'free drift'. When on 15.09 the station passed over here for the 3d time in orb. 66107 (0509UTC) the cosmonauts had switched on the Ts.V.M.-1 as well as the SUD. This was only for a short period. Later on both systems were 'off'. The cosmonauts got permission to dismantle the computer and to replace some parts and/or accessories. At TsUP considerations were going on about the replacement of this computer by a reserve which has been in stock for a long time if the repairs might fail. At last the decision was taken to have the whole computer replaced and so the crew did. In the evening the cosmonau ts rebooted the 'new' computer. In the night from 15 to 16.09 Solovyov was on duty while experts at TsUP loaded data in the computer. As soon as the c omputer was operational the attitude of the complex could be stabilised. On 16.09 at 02.15.03UTC the orientation was restored in such a manner that recharging of the accumulators could begin. Radiotraffic revealed that the situation was normalizing. A number of systems, among which the Elektron, remained off. For oxygen production the cosmonauts continued to use 'disks' (lithium perchlorate cartridges). The pressure of MIR's atmosphere was 618 mm mercury. More computer news: Progress-M36 has to deliver a brand-new computer in October this year. Chris Vandenberg, NL-9165/A-UK3202 --- Maximus 2.01 * Origin: Scoop BBS (The Netherlands) +31-33-2996366 (2:500/202) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: EDN00001 Date: 09/18/97 From: MATT SMITH Time: 10:55pm \/To: JOHN HENDRICKS (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Freq. JH> Can anyone tell me a few frequencys for me to listen to on my JH> scanner? JH> I'm from around Middlesborough, What state? --- Simplex BBS (v1.07.00Beta [DOS]) * Origin: * The Spirit of '76 * (1:3644/8) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: EDN00002 Date: 09/19/97 From: JOHN MUDD Time: 06:42am \/To: MATT SMITH (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Freq. JH> Can anyone tell me a few frequencys for me to listen to on my JH> scanner? Check out the SCANNER echo (should be available on your local board, or ask your sysop to add it). Super source for that information. There are groups that have frequency lkists from all over the country. Good luck! 73 de KC5GMM John --- Maximus/2 3.01 * Origin: The Politically Incorrect! [OS/2, V34+] (1:106/1010) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: EDR00000 Date: 09/20/97 From: SCOTT CHRISTENSEN Time: 06:07am \/To: MATT SMITH (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Freq. Matt Smith writes in a message to John Hendricks JH> I'm from around Middlesborough, MS> What state? From his origin line - England. You know - the big island north of France. --- COUNTERPoint 2.3 * Origin: MacRefuge * 612-426-6687 * (1:282/24) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: EDR00001 Date: 09/21/97 From: BARRY LAWS, JR. Time: 01:35pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: What's the frequency... I'd like to know the following things... 1) The frequency # for the BBC (British Broadcasting Corp.) 2) Last year I was listening to a shortwave station (I think it was the Canadian Broadcasting Corp) and they did an ad for something called the "Tiny-tenna". What exactly is it? Does it work, and if so, where can I order one? I have a Radio Shack DX-350 receiver, and there is no port for an external antenna, so it probably won't work on mine. --- Telegard v3.02 * Origin: The Steiner Line BBS 910-626-7985 (1:3648/6) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: EDS00000 Date: 09/21/97 From: KEES MIEDEMA Time: 01:30pm \/To: WOUTER VAN MARLE (Read 0 times) Subj: Mghz And Utc 12 Sep 97, Wouter van Marle of 2:283/317 wrote to HTom Trites WvM> Btw, Amsterdam (and the Central European Time, CET) is WvM> UTC+1. I think you are wrong with this one. That is during our Wintertime... At the moment Amsterdam is UTC + 2. CU, Kees Internet: keesdev@worldonline.nl --- MBM v4.10a * Origin: Dizlekd Male Surface Sistum... (2:500/46.2367) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 140 SHORT WAVE Ref: EDT00000 Date: 09/23/97 From: JUERGEN KUBIAK Time: 12:52am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Forward: Arthur T. Cushen 1920-1997 All messages forwarded from internet usegroup rec.radio.shortwave, Juergen Kubiak (JKB) ====== WWDXC - World Wide DX Club, Bad Homburg (Germany) ====== ================================================================= Subject: Arthur T. Cushen 1920-1997 From: malamb@newstand.syr.edu (Marie A. Lamb) Date: 20 Sep 1997 08:36:22 GMT Hello, everyone. This is a relay of some sad news from Bryan Clark of the New Zealand Radio DX League that I found on my e-mail. I don't think he'll find if I pass the news to you. If you would like to get in touch with Bryan by e-mail, the address is clarkb@sparc.org. 73-- Marie Lamb P.S.: If you wish to send Mrs. Cushen cards or letters by snail mail, her address is: Ralda Cushen 212 Earn Street Invercargill New Zealand