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May, 2006

 

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Expedition 12 Crew Plus One Return Safely to Earth

After orbiting Earth more than 3000 times during their six months aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur, KC5ACR, and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev returned to the planet on April 8 (UTC). With them was Marcos Pontes, Brazil's first astronaut, who had been the third passenger onboard the Soyuz "taxi flight" that carried Expedition 13 Commander Pavel Vinogradov, RV3BS, and Flight Engineer and NASA Science Officer Jeff Williams, KD5TVQ, to the ISS April 1.

Injured miner Randy McCloy, KC8VKZ, goes home

Randy McCloy, KC8VKZ, the sole survivor of the January 2 Sago Mine disaster in West Virginia, left a rehabilitation center and headed home March 30. "I'd just like to thank everybody for their thoughts and prayers," McCloy remarked on his departure. Neurologist Julian Bailes told reporters that he believes McCloy, 26, has a great potential for "a possibly complete" recovery. On March 2, McCloy's wife Anna told CBS The Early Show co-anchor Hannah Storm that her husband has told her he remembers "bits and pieces" of the mining disaster that left 12 of his co-workers dead of carbon monoxide poisoning. Earlier this month McCloy visited his home in Simpson for the first time since the mine tragedy. Well-wishers have been sending cards and QSLs to McCloy at PO Box 223, Philippi, WV 26435.

Manassas BPL System Still Interfering Despite Claims to the Contrary

Interference persists on Amateur Radio frequencies from the Manassas, Virginia, BPL system, radio amateurs there say. Their reports fly in the face of an April 7 news release from system operator COMTek that a recent engineering survey found "no interference unique to BPL" in the amateur bands. On April 6, COMTek filed a report with the FCC in response to an earlier interference complaint from Dwight Agnew, AI4II. COMTek said it does not believe the Manassas BPL system caused the interference Agnew and other Manassas ham radio operators have heard. Agnew told the ARRL this week that the BPL interference continues.

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