Gene, Danny:

Here is the time line for the MEX BSR tomorrow (Friday) morning.  This one
should be even simpler than the last -- no FRO!

The X-Band carrier and echo are separated by less than 2 kHz when the
experiment begins; by the end, the echo has drifted about 5 kHz higher. The
spacecraft is near the high point in its orbit, so echoes will be weak -- as
they were last time.  But the RCP and LCP should be almost identical.

My flight arrives at Burbank at 9:50 PM tonight.  I may stop to get something
to eat on the way to Pasadena, but I should be at the front gate shortly
after you arrive.

Dick

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07:30  Begin Pre-cal at DSS 43
       FGAIN = 65 dB (X-RCP)
               60 dB (all channels)
       FRO_X = 0; FRO_S = 0
       Start 4-channel 25 kHz recordings after Step 4
       Stop 25 kHz recording after Step 18

09:30  Begin track (spacecraft is X-Band, telemetry and ranging probably ON)

09:32  S-Band ON

09:47  X-Band telemetry/ranging OFF

09:50  Resume 25 kHz recording (SCHAN 3)

10:13  Begin SLEW #1

10:20  Begin MiniCal #1

10:35  End MiniCal #1 (end of Step 5)

10:42  End SLEW #1

       Begin 4-channel 100 kHz recordings (SCHAN 4)

       Expect echoes in all channels; RCP and LCP roughly equal

11:30  Begin SLEW #2

       End 100 kHz recording (SCHAN 4)

11:35  Begin Minical #2

11:50  End Minical #2

12:00  End SLEW #2

12:15  EOT (15 minutes early)

       Begin Post-Cal

13:30  End Post-cal (if not before)

       End 25 kHz recordings

       End of Activity