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August 10th 04, 01:43 AM

On 9 Aug 2004 09:45:24 -0700, (N2EY) wrote:

(N2EY) wrote in message ...
In article , Robert Casey
writes:

Contests working Earth-Mars contacts should be interesting, when
you remember that speed'o light means that radio signals take
about 5 to 15 minutes one way to make the trip...

If my math is right, the one-way transmission time works out to between 188
seconds at closest approach to 688 seconds maximum.

Well, it's not correct.

Thanks so much - but we figured that out two days ago.......

73 de Jim, N2EY

73, Leo