Date: Tue, 13 Sep 94 04:30:37 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 #253 To: Ham-Space Ham-Space Digest Tue, 13 Sep 94 Volume 94 : Issue 253 Today's Topics: FTP Site for KEPS??? Help! MIR Info MIR INFO REQUESTED (3 msgs) SAREX Info Sheet STS-64 Checkpoint #3 STS-64 Orbital State Vector Rev #46 STS-64 SAREX Mission Begins WISP WX 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: 11 Sep 1994 00:18:57 +0200 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!munnari.oz.au!quagga.ru.ac.za!ucthpx!ticsa.com!cstatd.cstat.co.za!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu Subject: FTP Site for KEPS??? Help! To: ham-space@ucsd.edu Thanks for taking the time to read this note. Due to erratic newsfeeds etc, I am looking for an anonymous FTP site that carries uptodate KEPS for the Amateur interest satellites, STS missions, MIR, Hubbble etc. I would prefer one in the USA, but any site will do. Please include the /pub/ham/... info if possible, it will save me a lot of logon time (and cost!). Please e-mail me, or as a last resort post the replies to this newsgroup. Muchly thanks in advance. Cheerio, Brian ZR5DTS Voice: ++27-31-7011201 (06:00-14:30 UTC) Internet: briane@goofy.iaccess.za Fax: ++27-31-7090813 or 7018315 AX25 Packet: ZR5DTS@ZS5S.NTL.ZAF ICBM's: 29:51:05 S 30:53:59 E ********************************************************************* I am glad I don't know everything, that way life isn't boring - Brian Ellse 94 ......I wonder where STS-64 is now??? Damn outta date KEPS!!!!.............. ********************************************************************* ------------------------------ Date: 12 Sep 1994 11:28:29 -0400 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!nntp.sunbelt.net!udel!news-4.nss.udel.edu!strauss.udel.edu!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu Subject: MIR Info To: ham-space@ucsd.edu Mir is simplex on 145.55. The problem with a verticle is there is little or no signal radiated up. That's what makes a good verticle, a pattern to the horizon. So here's the catch 22. Your signal is best on the horizon when MIR is farthest away, and worse when MIR is closest (when straight overhead). You need to know when MIR comes over the horizon, and try then. I run Traksat with the Keps updated every time I see new ones. The MIR orbit changes. I note the time it comes up and sit and wait. When I hear their signal, I am ready for either packet or voice. When it gets close to being overhead, I loose them. When they pass, I pick them up again. I have to mention this because I see alot of people doing it. When you see MIR on your screen and they're connected to someone else, DO NOT try to connect. They can only do one connect at a time, and you'll only be adding to the QRM. If you interfear with the connected station, it will take longer for them to do their thing and dissconnect. Most of the time this means you'll have to wait for them to "time out" with MIR. By then they'll be gone. Wait untill you see the disconnect message, then try. We would all get much better results using this method. Terry -- Terry Lisansky (lisansky@strauss.udel.edu) Give me a fast ship........ For I intend to go in harms way. ------------------------------ Date: 10 Sep 1994 23:41:29 GMT From: ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!umn.edu!newsdist.tc.umn.edu!urvile.msus.edu!TIGGER.@@ihnp4.ucsd.edu Subject: MIR INFO REQUESTED To: ham-space@ucsd.edu In article <2d.1778.599.0N8510A9@exchange.com>, bob.stanton@exchange.com (Bob Stanton) writes: >From: bob.stanton@exchange.exchange.com >To : all >Subj: MIR INFO REQUESTED > >Hello everyone, > > I have been trying to contact the packet radio station on board > the MIR space station. Can someone tell me if and what I am doing > wrong? Lets start with my hardware: > > Transmitter is a AZDEN PCS-6000H putting out 45 watts. > Antenna is a 2M vertical 8' above my 2nd story roof. > SWR is 1.4:1 > My house is about 20' above sea level with some tall trees in > the front and back yards. > The TNC is a KPC3. > > I am transmitting on 144.49 and receiving on 145.55. I am > listening for and attempting to connect to R8MIR-1. > > I am running a Tandy 2500 SX/25 with PAKET 6.0 running. > >Does anyone have any ideas? > >Thnx & 73 > >de Bob KD4ARD > > > * QMPro 1.0 94-6871 * Eagles may fly but weasels aren't sucked into jets Mir does not run duplex like STS missions do. Set your X-crv to Xmit AND Rcv on 145.55. At least this was the way they were set up last time I tried them, and I have connected once. If they are runing duplex now, sorry for the wrong info. 73 Brad ------------------------------ Date: 10 Sep 1994 23:48:17 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!umn.edu!newsdist.tc.umn.edu!urvile.msus.edu!TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU!JOHANB01@network.ucsd.edu Subject: MIR INFO REQUESTED To: ham-space@ucsd.edu In article <34tg79$rcc@urvile.MSUS.EDU>, johanb01@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU writes: >In article <2d.1778.599.0N8510A9@exchange.com>, bob.stanton@exchange.com (Bob Stanton) writes: >>From: bob.stanton@exchange.exchange.com >>To : all >>Subj: MIR INFO REQUESTED >> >>Hello everyone, >> >> I have been trying to contact the packet radio station on board >> the MIR space station. Can someone tell me if and what I am doing >> wrong? Lets start with my hardware: >> >> Transmitter is a AZDEN PCS-6000H putting out 45 watts. >> Antenna is a 2M vertical 8' above my 2nd story roof. >> SWR is 1.4:1 >> My house is about 20' above sea level with some tall trees in >> the front and back yards. >> The TNC is a KPC3. >> >> I am transmitting on 144.49 and receiving on 145.55. I am >> listening for and attempting to connect to R8MIR-1. >> >> I am running a Tandy 2500 SX/25 with PAKET 6.0 running. >> >>Does anyone have any ideas? >> >>Thnx & 73 >> >>de Bob KD4ARD >> >> >> * QMPro 1.0 94-6871 * Eagles may fly but weasels aren't sucked into jets >Mir does not run duplex like STS missions do. >Set your X-crv to Xmit AND Rcv on 145.55. At least this was the way they >were set up last time I tried them, and I have connected once. >If they are runing duplex now, sorry for the wrong info. >73 >Brad > Sorry the sig line didn't come out on the first reply, here goes again. ---------------SCSU ACS Network Technician---------------- | Brad Johannes KB0HNN KB0HNN@NF0H.#CMN.MN.USA.NOAM | | 13451 Ct.Rd.131 JOHANB01@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU | | Holdingford MN, 56340 (612)746-2452 KB0HNN-1 on 147.555| \_____STANDARD DISCLAMER APPLIES, MY VIEWS ARE MY OWN____/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Sep 94 00:56:00 -0500 From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!emory!metro.atlanta.com!mhv.net!news.sprintlink.net!news.infi.net!grouper.exchange.com!exchange!bob.stanton@ames.arpa Subject: MIR INFO REQUESTED To: ham-space@ucsd.edu From: bob.stanton@exchange.exchange.com To : all Subj: MIR INFO REQUESTED Hello everyone, I have been trying to contact the packet radio station on board the MIR space station. Can someone tell me if and what I am doing wrong? Lets start with my hardware: Transmitter is a AZDEN PCS-6000H putting out 45 watts. Antenna is a 2M vertical 8' above my 2nd story roof. SWR is 1.4:1 My house is about 20' above sea level with some tall trees in the front and back yards. The TNC is a KPC3. I am transmitting on 144.49 and receiving on 145.55. I am listening for and attempting to connect to R8MIR-1. I am running a Tandy 2500 SX/25 with PAKET 6.0 running. Does anyone have any ideas? Thnx & 73 de Bob KD4ARD * QMPro 1.0 94-6871 * Eagles may fly but weasels aren't sucked into jets ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 20:28:09 MDT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!adec23!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu Subject: SAREX Info Sheet To: ham-space@ucsd.edu SB SAREX @ AMSAT $STS-64.002 SAREX Info Sheet STS-64 Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) Information Sheet Mission: STS-64 Space Shuttle Discovery Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE-1) SPARTAN-201 Robot Operated Materials Processing System (ROMPS) Launch: September 9, 1994, 22:22 UTC Orbit: 57 degree inclination Mission Length: 9 days (Nominal) Amateur Radio Operators: Dick Richards, KB5SIW, Commander, Blaine Hammond, KC5HBS, Pilot, and Jerry Linenger, KC5HBR, Mission Specialist Modes: FM Voice Prime callsign: KB5SIW Packet Radio Callsign: W5RRR-1 Frequencies: All operations in split mode. Do not transmit on the downlink frequency. Voice Freqs: Downlink: 145.55 MHz (Worldwide) Uplinks: 144.91, 144.93, 144.95, 144.97, 144.99 MHz (Except Europe) 144.70, 144.75, 144.80 MHz (Europe only) Note: the crew will not favor any specific uplink frequency, so your ability to work the crew will be the "luck of the draw" Packet Freqs: Downlink: 145.55 MHz Uplink: 144.49 MHz Info: Goddard Amateur Radio Club, WA3NAN, Greenbelt Maryland, SAREX Bulletins and Shuttle Retransmissions 3860 KHz, 7185 KHz, 14,295 KHz, 21,395 KHz, 28,650 KHz and 147.45 MHz (FM) ARRL Amateur Radio Station, W1AW, Newington, CT SAREX News Bulletins 3990, 7290, 14,290, 18,160, 21,390, and 28,590 KHz and 147.555 MHz (FM) Also, bulletins available on internet, via AMSAT ANS, Compuserve, and your local PBSS. School Group Participation: 10 school groups will participate in SAREX with pre-scheduled direct and telebridge contacts. These include nine in the U.S., and one in New Zealand. QSLs: ARRL Headquarters SAREX QSL (please indicate flight #, STS-XX) 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 This address must be used for all future missions. In order for the managing process to run smoothly, please include the following information in your QSL or report: Shuttle flight nur (STS-XX), date, time in UTC, frequency and mode (FM voice, packet, sstv or fv). This documents the contact or listener report. In addition, you must also include an SASE using a large, business-sized envelope you wish to receive a card. No cards are distributed without the proper post affixed or sufficient IRCs included. The following clubs have graciously volunteered their service for handling QSL cards for the following missions: STS-58 Connecticut DX Association STS-60 Cowley County Amateur Radio Club, Kansas STS-59 Orange Park Amateur Radio Club, Florida STS-64 Nashua Area Radio Club, New Hampshire Information provided by Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO and Robert Inderbitzen, NQ1R for the SAREX Working Group /EX ------------------------------ Date: 11 Sep 1994 22:20:04 -0400 From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!ucsnews!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!search01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail@network.ucsd.edu Subject: STS-64 Checkpoint #3 To: ham-space@ucsd.edu MacSPOC Users- The enclosed checkpoint reflects tracking following a 2 fps posigrade Trim Burn #4 executed at 1/17:02:43 MET. Allowing for the trim burn's effects, this checkpoint removes 9.1 miles of downtrack error accumulated since the last update. The next Trim Burn #5 opportunity at 3/16:51 MET is currently being evaluated. -Dan Adamo ================ STS64-3.cp ================ Orbit 32 Post-Trim-#4 at 1/22:23 MET 1994 252 ( 9- 9) 22 22 54.947 1994 255 ( 9-12) 1 0 .000 0.244960754235D+07 0.101460755499D+00 3 34 -0.187222543734D+08 -0.517970160057D+07 -0.985672721201D+07 -0.465036743151D+04 -0.173911884863D+05 0.179518363115D+05 1800.2 229431.0 79.00 2.72 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1994 23:31:54 GMT From: netcomsv!netcom.com!astroman@decwrl.dec.com Subject: STS-64 Orbital State Vector Rev #46 To: ham-space@ucsd.edu Vector format = 7 Satellite Name: STS-64 Catalog Number: 23251 94059A Epoch Date/Time: 94255.75008328704 09/12/1994 18:00:07.196 UTC ECI X: 3055.261376 km Y: -2273.440411 km Z: 5436.176000 km Xdot: 5.988102584 km/s Ydot: 4.711679502 km/s Zdot: -1.393765000 km/s ndot/2 (drag): 0.00099631029 rev/day^2 nddt/6: 4.12223E-08 rev/day^3 Bstar: 1.38809E-04 1/Earth Radii Elset #: 8 Rev @ Epoch: 46.28439684860 MSDOS/PC software is available for conversion of OSV to 2 Line Keplerian Elements via ftp to: oak.oakland.edu:/pub/msdos/hamradio/v2l9331.zip and the SIMTEL archives. State Vectors courtesy Ken Ernandes N2WWD SM ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 19:43:43 MDT From: agate!library.ucla.edu!news.mic.ucla.edu!unixg.ubc.ca!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@ames.arpa Subject: STS-64 SAREX Mission Begins To: ham-space@ucsd.edu SB SAREX @ AMSAT $STS-64.001 STS-64 SAREX Liftoff Silver Spring, MD, September 9 1994 at 21:00 EDT The Space Shuttle Discovery roared into the skies of the Kennedy Space Center today initiating the fourth Shuttle Amateur Radio Experient (SAREX) flight this year. The STS-64 mission, delayed by looming showers and clouds, was launched 1 hour 53 minutes later than originally planned. Liftoff of Discovery occurred at 22:22:55 UTC. The six member crew of STS-64 will spend 9 days on-orbit performing and supporting several flight experiments. These include atmospheric studies which will be performed using the LIDAR In-Space Technology Experiment (LITE), deploying and retrieving the Spartan-201-II astronomy satellite, and supporting the Robot Operated Materials Processing System (ROMPS) experiment. Three of the crew members are ham radio operators. They are Shuttle Commander Dick Richards, KB5SIW, Pilot Blaine Hammond, KC5HBS, and Mission Specialist and Jerry Linenger, KC5HBR. The three will operate the SAREX in both voice and packet modes. SAREX is a secondary mid- deck payload that allows ham radio operators and school students the opportunity to talk to the astronauts while they are in orbit. Ten scheduled school group contacts with students in the US and New Zealand are planned. The SAREX Working Group expects the SAREX payload to be configured and operational approximately 22 hours into the flight or at approximately 20:22 UTC on September 10. Please note that Shuttle power conservation measures, required to support an extra (10th) day of flight, is expected to result in the packet radio system being turned on later than what usually occurs in a typical SAREX mission. Listen on the downlink frequency (145.55 MHz) for the packet system BEFORE sending packet connects to the Space Shuttle. The following Keplerian element set, JSC-012, which was developed by Gil Carman, WA5NOM, is the official SAREX element set for today. STS-64 1 23251U 94059A 94253.17923136 .00083204 00000-0 14200-3 0 128 2 23251 57.0058 223.4928 0009244 269.5211 90.4820 16.05202670 52 Satellite: STS-64 Catalog number: 23251 Epoch time: 94253.17923136 = (10 SEP 94 04:18:05.59 UTC) Element set: 012 Inclination: 57.0058 deg RA of node: 223.4928 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-64 Eccentricity: .0009244 Keplerian element set JSC-012 Arg of perigee: 269.5211 deg Launch: 09 SEP 22:22:55 UTC Mean anomaly: 90.4820 deg Mean motion: 16.05202670 rev/day Gil Carman Decay rate: 8.3204e-04 rev/day^2 NASA Johnson Space Center Epoch rev: 5 Checksum: 263 These elements will propagate to match the nominal planned trajectory with respect to Mission elapsed time, and have been adjusted to reflect the actual launch time of 22:22:55. Submitted by Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO for the SAREX Working Group /EX ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Sep 1994 10:59:36 -0600 From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!oakhill!val!afarm!fredmail@ames.arpa Subject: WISP To: ham-space@ucsd.edu WiSP is a Windows satellite pacsat tracking and data upload/download engine, among other things. It is available on DRIG in Dallas. Ron W5RKN ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 12 Sep 1994 13:12:33 GMT From: waikato!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix.gen.nz!mklee@ames.arpa Subject: WX Sats To: ham-space@ucsd.edu In article <94091122585869@scninet.org>, Eddie Manalo wrote: > Can anyone please direct me where I can get informations about receiving > weather satellites? Have you tried the book "Weather Satellite Handbook" by Dr Ralph E Taggart (WB8DQT), 4th edition, published by ARRL. Costs USD20, I believe. I found it very good for general understanding of what could be obtained and what to expect. Regards mklee@actrix.gen.nz Mun-Kong Lee Raumati Beach New Zealand ------------------------------ End of Ham-Space Digest V94 #253 ******************************