Date: Tue, 26 Jul 94 04:30:25 PDT 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 #206 To: Ham-Space Ham-Space Digest Tue, 26 Jul 94 Volume 94 : Issue 206 Today's Topics: AO-27, UO-11, UO-15, AO-21 questions (2 msgs) Appollo freq's Giant leap via AO-21 (2 msgs) Jupiter Pictures Portable 9600 buad PacSat Station Design UO-sats. 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: 25 Jul 1994 03:46 CDT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.tcu.edu!news.tcu.edu!nntp@network.ucsd.edu Subject: AO-27, UO-11, UO-15, AO-21 questions To: ham-space@ucsd.edu AO-27: I worked AO-27 for the first time tonight and noticed something. Is it usually full of ragchewers that tie up the satellite like they are on 75 meters? Sounded like it was their own personal satellite. Is it on all the time? Seemed like I had to key up a few times and then there was the signal all of a sudden. It was up to 23 degrees before I finally heard it. UO-11, UO-15: What are these birds used for and what modes do they use? Think I heard something digital on 145.825 when UO-11 came over but when UO-15 passed, I heard nothing on 435.120. AO-21: Are all transponders active on this? I only heard a beacon on 145.819 and, of course, the digital repeater. Thanks es 73 myles KG5AI ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 10:21:24 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti.com!sislnews.csc.ti.com!ken_durham.sc.ti.com!ken@network.ucsd.edu Subject: AO-27, UO-11, UO-15, AO-21 questions To: ham-space@ucsd.edu In article <1994Jul25.035610.260@news.tcu.edu> barkman@zeta.is.tcu.edu (Myles Barkman - KG5AI) writes: >> AO-27: >> I worked AO-27 for the first time tonight and noticed something. Is it >> usually full of ragchewers that tie up the satellite like they are on >> 75 meters? Sounded like it was their own personal satellite. Is it on all >> the time? Seemed like I had to key up a few times and then there was the >> signal all of a sudden. It was up to 23 degrees before I finally heard it. >> >> UO-11, UO-15: >> What are these birds used for and what modes do they use? Think I heard >> something digital on 145.825 when UO-11 came over but when UO-15 passed, >> I heard nothing on 435.120. >> >> AO-21: >> Are all transponders active on this? I only heard a beacon on 145.819 >> and, of course, the digital repeater. >> >> Thanks es 73 >> >> myles KG5AI >> Your observation of the type of operation on AO-27 is accurate. I used to work it from my mobile station, but have had to give it up due to the large number of high power base stations with large uplink beams using it for passing recipes etc. On the rare occasions when this satellite is not cluttered, 4 W talkies with rubber duckies can work each other. AO-21 is much worse because it has been around longer. The regulars on this one use 40 el uplink beams and 1 KW plus amplifiers. The downlink is 145.987 Mhz FM and the uplink is 435.016 Mhz FM. For info on the other birds you mightr pick up a copy of "The Satellite Experimenters Handbook". Ken K5MBV ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jul 94 22:02:56 GMT From: panix!198!mgalatz@uunet.uu.net Subject: Appollo freq's To: ham-space@ucsd.edu What frequencies were used during the Appollo missions for voice and video? How long did it take to reach Earth from the Moon? ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jul 1994 03:26 CDT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!convex!news.tcu.edu!news.tcu.edu!nntp@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Giant leap via AO-21 To: ham-space@ucsd.edu In article <30uuo8$reb@aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU>, david@pitvax.xx.rmit.edu.au writes... >Was this to mark the 25th anniversary of the moon landing or was someone >in VK playing tricks? > >David VK3JKP It was not a trick. It is a special message that plays twice in a row during a pass. BTW, does anyone know the schedule for voice/pre-recorded voice/wefax on AO-21? i.e., is there a certain minute that the repeater comes active? myles KG5AI ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 11:16:37 +0000 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!pipex!demon!sectel.com!dave@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Giant leap via AO-21 To: ham-space@ucsd.edu In article <30uuo8$reb@aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU> david@pitvax.xx.rmit.edu.au writes: > I heard an unusual message transmitted by AO-21 on a short, low elevation > pass this weekend, on the 70cm - 2m FM translator output. > > It was unmistakable - Neil Armstrongs immortal words "One small step for > (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." > > Then the satellite went below the horizon and the signal faded into the > noise. > > Was this to mark the 25th anniversary of the moon landing or was someone > in VK playing tricks? > > If the former, then the audio must have been digitally encoded and sent > to the satellite for playback - another amazing function of the onboard > DSP. > It was spouting all sorts of things to do with the 25th anniversary. I heard what sounded like fax and packet as well. Dave -- Dave Hough dave@sectel.com Tel +44 285 655 766 Fax +44 285 655 595 ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jul 94 22:15:00 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: Jupiter Pictures To: ham-space@ucsd.edu carrl@gordon-tsd1.army.mil asks: >Where is best place to download pictures of comets hitting >jupiter? thks, >carrl@gordon-tsd1.army.mil If you have MOSAIC you can get to MEGABYTES of pictures and animated stuff at: http://marvel.stsci.edu/EPA/Comet.html (case sensitive) you ftp the pictures from marvel.stsci.edu Kevin Legal stuff: The above opinions are my own and not necessarily those of the staff, faculty, administration, or lab animals (woof!) of The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio or anyone else who is not me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin R. Muenzler, WB5RUE The University of Texas Health muenzlerk@uthscsa.edu Science Center at San Antonio, Department of Computing Resources ** There is no such thing as a Monkey-Proof Program! ** ** I can prove it! ** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 25 Jul 1994 06:46:30 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!pipex!demon!news@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Portable 9600 buad PacSat Station Design To: ham-space@ucsd.edu In article <775067586.AA01260@afarm.uucp> Ron.Parsons@f40.n382.z1.fidonet.org (Ron Parsons) writes: >>Yes there is a version of the broadcast protocal for the Mac, funnily enough >>it's called "Broadcast." I have version 2 and it was written by IW2CTJ. > >Do you have a location where this file can be downloaded? > >Ron W5RKN > ftp.demon.co.uk /pub/ham/mac Regards. ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jul 1994 12:56 CDT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!galaxy.ucr.edu!library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!news.uh.edu!elroy.uh.edu!st3qi@network.ucsd.edu Subject: UO-sats. To: ham-space@ucsd.edu Does anyone have a FAQ for the OSCARs? I would like to work them but I don't have much literature on them. Thanks. If you have a copy, please end it to st3qi@jetosn.uh.edu. Thanks! -- Brad A. 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