Date: Tue, 29 Mar 94 04:31:02 PST From: Ham-Space Mailing List and Newsgroup Errors-To: Ham-Space-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Ham-Space@UCSD.Edu Precedence: Bulk Subject: Ham-Space Digest V94 #74 To: Ham-Space Ham-Space Digest Tue, 29 Mar 94 Volume 94 : Issue 74 Today's Topics: AMSAT-085 BULLETINS APT and Game ports. ARLK012 Keplerian data DSP2232 and STEP Function On-line satellite schedules? Send Replies or notes for publication to: Send subscription requests to: Problems you can't solve otherwise to brian@ucsd.edu. Archives of past issues of the Ham-Space Digest are available (by FTP only) from UCSD.Edu in directory "mailarchives/ham-space". We trust that readers are intelligent enough to realize that all text herein consists of personal comments and does not represent the official policies or positions of any party. Your mileage may vary. So there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 27 Mar 1994 19:44:50 -0700 From: tribune.usask.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@decwrl.dec.com Subject: AMSAT-085 BULLETINS To: ham-space@ucsd.edu SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-085.01 WEEKLY OSCAR STATUS REPORTS HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 085.05 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD MARCH 26, 1994 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT BID: $ANS-085.01 Weekly OSCAR Status Reports: 26-MAR-94 AO-13: Current Transponder Operating Schedule: M QST *** AO-13 TRANSPONDER SCHEDULE *** 1994 Mar 19-Apr 04 Mode-B : MA 0 to MA 90 | Mode-BS : MA 90 to MA 120 | Mode-S : MA 120 to MA 122 |<- S beacon only Mode-S : MA 122 to MA 145 |<- S transponder; B trsp. is OFF Mode-S : MA 145 to MA 150 |<- S beacon only Mode-BS : MA 150 to MA 180 | Blon/Blat 180/0 Mode-B : MA 180 to MA 256 | Omnis : MA 230 to MA 30 | Move to attitude 235/0, Apr 04 240/0, Apr 04 [G3RUH/DB2OS/VK5AGR] FO-20: The following is the current schedule for transponder operations: ANALOG MODE: 23-Mar-94 7:52 -to- 30-Mar-94 8:15 UTC 6-Apr-94 6:45 -to- 13-Apr-94 7:10 UTC 20-Apr-94 7:35 -to- 27-Apr-94 7:55 UTC 11-May-94 6:54 -to- 18-May-94 7:20 UTC Digital mode: Unless otherwise noted above. [Kazu Sakamoto (JJ1WTK) qga02014@niftyserve.or.jp] MIR: The packet call for MIR is R0MIR-1 and the operating frequency is 145.550 MHz. The crew usually has the Personal Messaging System (PMS) running. If you hear voice operations ask for Victor, Yuri, or Valeri. [VK3DFI] AO-27: AMRAD-OSCAR-27 (AO-27) is up and going, and is said to be working well. It is in popular use in Europe. The 436.800 MHz FM down- link can be heard on a hand-held. Uplink is 145.850 MHz. It is said to be only active in daylight passes. [G3IOR] UFO: We have a UFO on 145.592 MHz sending data. It was first heard by G3JQI at 18:50 UTC "dopplering" down until 18:55 UTC LOS on 16-MAR-94. [G3IOR] The AMSAT NEWS Service (ANS) is looking for volunteers to contribute weekly OSCAR status reports. If you have a favorite OSCAR which you work on a regular basis and would like to contribute to this bulletin, please send your observations to WD0HHU at his CompuServe address of 70524,2272, on INTERNET at wd0hhu@amsat.org, or to his local packet BBS in the Denver, CO area, WD0HHU @ W0LJF.#NECO.CO.USA.NOAM. Also, if you find that the current set of orbital elements are not generating the correct AOS/LOS times at your QTH, PLEASE INCLUDE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL. The information you provide will be of value to all OSCAR enthusiasts. /EX ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 23:58:11 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!ag381@network.ucsd.edu Subject: APT and Game ports. To: ham-space@ucsd.edu I would like to use the ADC on the game port(joystick port) to digitize processed (ie filter and other needed things) APT output with my old humble 386.Any known pitfalls or no no's?? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 26 Mar 1994 17:02:19 -0700 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!utnut!utgpu!utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca!tribune.usask.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@network Subject: ARLK012 Keplerian data To: ham-space@ucsd.edu SB KEP @ ARL $ARLK012 ARLK012 Keplerian data ZCZC SK79 QST de W1AW Keplerian Bulletin 12 ARLK012 ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Mar 1994 10:24:24 -0600 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!val!afarm!fredmail@network.ucsd.edu Subject: DSP2232 and STEP Function To: ham-space@ucsd.edu In reply to your question: "Just a quick question to those who have received the Dec 1993 upgrade for the DSP2232. I was wondering if anyone has received any information with respect to the step funtion for radio frequency control of doppler effect? It seems to me that the funtion is non-operable when using PB ( KISS Mode ) and I wonder if so - what is it's purpose at least for the digital satellites. I would like to hear from anyone who has more information as to the funtion over what is in the manual - esp as to what the numbers signify on the front of the unit. My unit works fine with PB in KISS mode. Remember only modems 13 and 23 (the PSK modems) use the step function. The numbers +/- in the non-KISS display indicate the number of 10Hz steps you are "off". Does your DSP-2232 work with the steps when not in KISS mode? Make sure it does before worrying about KISS mode. Ron W5RKN ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 28 Mar 1994 23:36:34 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!cunews!freenet.carleton.ca!FreeNet.Carleton.CA!ag381@network.ucsd.edu Subject: On-line satellite schedules? To: ham-space@ucsd.edu In a previous article, awoodhull@hamp.hampshire.edu () says: >Is there an on-line source of data about Oscar and RS satellite schedules >of operation? > > Albert S. Woodhull > Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA > awoodhull@hamp.hampshire.edu > Let me know if you find one. Thanks,Herb > ------------------------------ Date: (null) From: (null) SB KEP ARL ARLK012 ARLK012 Keplerian data Thanks to NASA, AMSAT and N3FKV for the following Keplerian data. Decode 2-line elsets with the following key: 1 AAAAAU 00 0 0 BBBBB.BBBBBBBB .CCCCCCCC 00000-0 00000-0 0 DDDZ 2 AAAAA EEE.EEEE FFF.FFFF GGGGGGG HHH.HHHH III.IIII JJ.JJJJJJJJKKKKKZ KEY: A-CATALOGNUM B-EPOCHTIME C-DECAY D-ELSETNUM E-INCLINATION F-RAAN G-ECCENTRICITY H-ARGPERIGEE I-MNANOM J-MNMOTION K-ORBITNUM Z-CHECKSUM AO-10 1 14129U 83058 B 94078.88849305 -.00000143 10000-3 0 2719 2 14129 27.1881 336.3846 6021341 163.5017 230.9609 2.05878514 52971 RS-10/11 1 18129U 87054 A 94083.85950758 0.00000045 32996-4 0 8840 2 18129 82.9237 31.1672 0010089 260.3947 99.6072 13.72333660338341 UO-11 1 14781U 84021 B 94080.50956311 0.00000321 62308-4 0 6756 2 14781 97.7914 99.3260 0011137 186.0140 174.0935 14.69174575537432 RS-12/13 1 21089U 91007 A 94083.91328168 0.00000056 43496-4 0 6749 2 21089 82.9178 73.9474 0029727 346.5394 13.4967 13.74037568157076 AO-13 1 19216U 88051 B 94079.56167208 -.00000427 10000-4 0 8969 2 19216 57.8735 262.2374 7209738 337.3974 2.4979 2.09727288 12654 UO-14 1 20437U 90005 B 94081.17271111 0.00000085 50080-4 0 9756 2 20437 98.5928 167.1239 0011938 85.5805 274.6738 14.29832075217155 AO-16 1 20439U 90005 D 94080.46187457 0.00000059 39719-4 0 7753 2 20439 98.5999 167.5628 0012341 89.1267 271.1308 14.29886627217069 DO-17 1 20440U 90005 E 94080.42475274 0.00000076 46272-4 0 7748 2 20440 98.5973 167.8190 0012406 88.5722 271.6879 14.30025717217077 WO-18 1 20441U 90005 F 94081.23816758 0.00000086 50302-4 0 7767 2 20441 98.6015 168.6325 0013015 86.3234 273.9433 14.30001255217191 LO-19 1 20442U 90005 G 94080.24263321 0.00000078 46967-4 0 7741 2 20442 98.6015 167.8834 0013223 87.9281 272.3415 14.30095566217065 FO-20 1 20480U 90013 C 94080.89109631 -.00000016 34911-4 0 6700 2 20480 99.0243 249.2547 0540894 177.1640 183.2749 12.83224747192930 AO-21 1 21087U 91006 A 94083.81213222 0.00000093 82657-4 0 4470 2 21087 82.9385 205.1317 0035468 321.3795 38.4825 13.74536340157997 UO-22 1 21575U 91050 B 94083.73961308 0.00000092 45779-4 0 4773 2 21575 98.4401 159.9202 0007411 175.9931 184.1314 14.36901806140953 KO-23 1 22077U 92052 B 94080.53661719 -.00000037 10000-3 0 3713 2 22077 66.0814 103.5014 0011679 308.7258 51.2714 12.86285587 75516 KO-25 1 22830U 93061 H 94080.22548462 0.00000089 53029-4 0 2754 2 22830 98.5601 155.1027 0012635 74.3234 285.9328 14.28041738 25144 IO-26 1 22826U 93061 D 94081.10608673 0.00000042 34690-4 0 2727 2 22826 98.6605 157.7921 0009917 100.6730 259.5579 14.27717009 25266 AO-27 1 22825U 93061 C 94081.11877430 0.00000025 28178-4 0 2721 2 22825 98.6600 157.7790 0009554 101.5696 258.6548 14.27613987 25268 PoSat 1 22829U 93061 G 94081.13993678 0.00000098 57325-4 0 2658 2 22829 98.6563 157.8404 0011057 89.9512 270.2938 14.28013136 25275 STS-59 1 99959U 94097.74947238 0.00221188 11303-3 0 76 2 99959 57.0053 276.3038 0009259 269.9963 90.0094 16.19806752 53 Mir 1 16609U 86017 A 94084.22298912 0.00012832 17118-3 0 5390 2 16609 51.6456 247.1587 0015513 70.7148 289.5529 15.58361608 493 Keplerian bulletins are transmitted twice weekly from W1AW. The next scheduled transmission of these data will be Tuesday, March 28, 1994, at 2330z on Baudot and AMTOR. NNNN /EX ------------------------------ End of Ham-Space Digest V94 #74 ******************************