Date: Wed, 28 Sep 94 04:30:32 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 #272 To: Ham-Space Ham-Space Digest Wed, 28 Sep 94 Volume 94 : Issue 272 Today's Topics: 2-line keps Amateur Static Satellite Tracking AMSAT Newsgroups ANS-267 BULLETINS Mac sat antenna-positioning program ? (2 msgs) Mirage mast mounted preamps Need file x-fer help! NOAA 11 problems ? The HamSat Handbook- has the satellite Freqs ur looking for Two-Line Elements Voyager CD. Where is MacSpoc ? 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: 27 Sep 94 13:30:05 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: 2-line keps To: ham-space@ucsd.edu Howdy! I was wondering if anyone knows where I might anonymous FTP to for up-to-date 2-line keps data. Right now my local PBBS is down, and I had a hunch that maybe they're available on the internet... 73s -- ***************************************************************************** * Talk to ya, Dave Attention all Skydivers: * * Until you've jumped * * Michigan Technological University into pitch blackness * * Where it's too &@#% cold! at 1250 feet with 80 * * dmgillah@mtu.edu pounds of combat gear, * * kb8por@w8yy.upmi.mi.usa.na YOUR STILL A LEG !!! * ***************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: 27 Sep 1994 09:06:50 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!Germany.EU.net!news.dfn.de!scsing.switch.ch!sun.rediris.es!diable.upc.es!caralt@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Amateur Static Satellite Tracking To: ham-space@ucsd.edu ------------------------------ Date: 26 Sep 1994 23:01:08 -0400 From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!swiss.ans.net!newstf01.cr1.aol.com!newsbf01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail@ames.arpa Subject: AMSAT Newsgroups To: ham-space@ucsd.edu Does anyone know of any other newsgroups or mailing lists run by AMSAT? I was only able to find this one and a mailing list specifically for distribution of kep's. Thanks. ...Marty WB9EVH ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 25 Sep 1994 11:43:11 MST From: sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!redstone.interpath.net!ddsw1!godot.cc.duq.edu!newsfeed.pitt.edu!ctc.com!news.mic.ucla.edu!news.bc.net@ihnp4.ucsd.edu Subject: ANS-267 BULLETINS To: ham-space@ucsd.edu SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-267.01 WEEKLY OSCAR STATUS REPORTS HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 260.01 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD SEPTEMBER 24, 1994 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT BID: $ANS-267.01 Weekly OSCAR Status Reports: 24-SEP-94 AO-13: Current Transponder Operating Schedule: N QST *** AO-13 TRANSPONDER SCHEDULE *** 1994 Sep 12 - Dec 19 Mode-B : MA 30 to MA 150 |<- OFF Oct 22 - Nov 07 for eclipses Mode-B : MA 150 to MA 190 | max duration 2h 12m Mode-BS : MA 190 to MA 218 | Mode-S : MA 218 to MA 220 |<- S beacon only Mode-S : MA 220 to MA 230 |<- S transponder; B trsp. is OFF Mode-B : MA 230 to MA 30 | Blon/Blat 230/0 Omnis : MA 250 to MA 140 | Move to attitude 180/0, Dec 19 The battery charge state is of paramount importance during the eclipse seasons. As always the command team may have to have to make temporary changes to the published schedule. In that case we will try to minimize the inconvenience, setting Mode-B OFF from MA 230-256 in the first instance. ========================================================================== [G3RUH/DB2OS/VK5AGR] AO-16: WD0E reports that as of 03:30 UTC 21-SEP-94 the AO-16 File Server is open and returned to general use. The AO-16 Command Team would like to thank everyone for their patience during this important "Preventive Main- tenance" software reload. [WD0E]. 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 @ N0QCU. 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, 26 Sep 1994 22:55:29 GMT From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!demon!betanews.demon.net!news@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Mac sat antenna-positioning program ? To: ham-space@ucsd.edu In article <1994Sep26.021711.1@violet.ccit.arizona.edu>, dpalik@violet.ccit.arizona.edu writes: > > Is there a Macintosh satellite computer-tracking and > antenna-control/positioning program out there anywhere ? > > Thanks, > > Don Palik > dpalik@ccit.arizona.edu Hello Don, Try "OrbiTrack," it's a shareware sat tracking programme for the Mac and includes rotor control using the KR-101 interface. You can download a copy from, ftp.demon.co.uk /pub/ham/mac You'll also find a pretty large selection of other Ham programmes for the Mac in the same directory. Regards, Sean. ------------------------------ Date: 28 Sep 94 04:48:14 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: Mac sat antenna-positioning program ? To: ham-space@ucsd.edu > Is there a Macintosh satellite computer-tracking and > antenna-control/positioning program out there anywhere ? > > Thanks, > > Don Palik > dpalik@ccit.arizona.edu kelly 8% ftp -i oak.oakland.edu Connected to oak.oakland.edu. 220 oak.oakland.edu FTP server (Version wu-2.4(2) Sun Aug 14 14:49:48 EDT 1994) ready. [ much deleted ] ftp> pwd 257 "/pub/hamradio/mac/space" is current directory. ftp> dir 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls. total 1471 -rwxr-xr-x 1 wy1z barc 67086 Mar 29 1994 MACSAT.USERS.GUIDE.HQX -rwxr-xr-x 1 wy1z barc 297011 Mar 29 1994 MACSAT30.DEMO.SIT.HQX -rwxr-xr-x 1 wy1z barc 408059 Mar 17 1994 OrbiTrack-2.1b14-folder.se a.hqx -rwxr-xr-x 1 wy1z barc 97671 Feb 13 1992 dove.hqx -rwxr-xr-x 1 wy1z barc 3976 Feb 13 1992 dove.readme -rwxr-xr-x 1 wy1z barc 75907 Mar 17 1994 galaxy.txt.sea.hqx -rwxr-xr-x 1 wy1z barc 134892 Mar 17 1994 macastro.sea.hqx -rwxr-xr-x 1 wy1z barc 50008 Mar 17 1994 macdove.sea.hqx -rwxr-xr-x 1 wy1z barc 61460 Mar 15 1994 sat-quizzer-03.hqx -rwxr-xr-x 1 wy1z barc 257314 Mar 15 1994 sat-trak-102.hqx 226 Transfer complete. ftp> I've tried sat-trak-102 and OrbiTrack. Couldn't master the Keps for SatTrack without reading the documentation, but had no trouble with OrbiTrack. I don't think either will automatically drive your rotators. 73, David N4HHE dkelly@nebula.tbe.com ------------------------------ Date: 27 Sep 94 13:16:53 GMT From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu Subject: Mirage mast mounted preamps To: ham-space@ucsd.edu Has anyone used the new Mirage mast mounted preamps for OSCAR use? If so, what is your opinion compared with other units? Thanks, Mel W3MR robertsm@jsc.mil ------------------------------ Date: 26 Sep 1994 19:57:27 GMT From: news1.digex.net!world.fx.net!fx.net!coyote@uunet.uu.net Subject: Need file x-fer help! To: ham-space@ucsd.edu I'm having problems with my stsorbit programs. The programs won't read files that I ftp to my local unix machine, and then z-modem to my pc. I can do a screen capture, and after editing out the footers on each page, the programs can find the kelp data ok. I can edit the kelp data so that the files look identical, but the programs can only read the kelp data transfered by the screen capture mode. Anybody know whats happening here? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Till later, Si B. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 12:58:10 GMT From: comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix.gen.nz!mklee@uunet.uu.net Subject: NOAA 11 problems ? To: ham-space@ucsd.edu In article <93.1269.7587.0NFB3223@woodybbs.com> geoff.kennedy@woodybbs.com (Geoff Kennedy) writes: >Subject: NOAA 11 problems ? >From: geoff.kennedy@woodybbs.com (Geoff Kennedy) >Date: Wed, 21 Sep 94 00:48:00 -0500 > NOAA 9 has been re-activated, and NOAA 10's APT (not sure about the >rest of the stuff available) has been turned off, probably because it is >conflicting with NOAA 12. Yes, NOAA 10 & 12 are almost side-by-side now, and only approximately 3 minutes apart. Mun-Kong Lee mklee@actrix.gen.nz Raumati Beach New Zealand ------------------------------ Date: 26 Sep 94 13:53:27 GMT From: fonorola!infoshare!whome!herboid!cattnts!ncrcan!coutts!wwg@uunet.uu.net Subject: The HamSat Handbook- has the satellite Freqs ur looking for To: ham-space@ucsd.edu I've seen many posts over the months requesting satellite frequencies of one satellite or another. I just got my copy of "The HamSat Handbook" by Anthony R. "Tony" Curtis, K3RXK this morning. Flipping through this book I am pleased to see an up to date (Feb 1993) description of all OSCAR satellites, their history etc. Chapter 1 covers the early history, titled "The First Space Satellites". Chapter 2 "The Story of Orbital Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio" discusses the history of all OSCARs to 1993+. Chapter 3 is devoted to modes and frequencies used by the satellites. (This would be the reference material that many are seeking, although chapter 2 also provides a fair bit of good information). Chapters 4 and 5 covers Space stations and SAREX. And finally chapter 6 covers Balloons, meteors and EME etc. To recap, if anyone wants more information on what's available up there, I think that this is one very good source for amateur radio enthusiasts. The HamSat Handbook, (I'm not affiliated, just a satisfied by Tony Curtis K3RXK owner of the book!) ISBN 0-936653-35-3 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ $19.95 U.S., ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Tiare Publications PO Box 493 Lake Geneva, Wisconsin 53147 USA -------------------- Warren W. Gay VE3WWG John Coutts Library Services Limited wwg@coutts.UUCP Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada (or wwg%coutts@uunet.ca, wwg%coutts@uunet.uu.net) ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 13:01:00 GMT From: comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix.gen.nz!mklee@uunet.uu.net Subject: Two-Line Elements To: ham-space@ucsd.edu The last set of two-line elements from Dr T Kelso was #464, which was quite a while ago. Have I been missing out? Mun-Kong Lee mklee@actrix.gen.nz Raumati Beach New Zealand ------------------------------ Date: 26 Sep 1994 20:58:04 -0400 From: newstf01.cr1.aol.com!newsbf01.news.aol.com!not-for-mail@uunet.uu.net Subject: Voyager CD. To: ham-space@ucsd.edu In article <89A8555.01E9000048.uuout@ledge.com>, pat.swovelin@ledge.com (PAT SWOVELIN) writes: >My question is: where can I get an audio copy, preferrably on CD, of the >recording that was placed in the Voyager spacecraft. You might try Tiger Software at 800-238-4437. A catalog I received from them listed such a CD. It is titled Murmers of Earth and comes in DOS and Mac versions for $39.95 plus S&H. I don't work for the folks nor have I ordered anything from them so can't recommend them either way. > Now I know this isn't the NASA store (if one exists) They do in Houston. Had some fun stuff in the store. Good Luck, Terry KJ7F ------------------------------ Date: 27 Sep 94 02:33:05 MST From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!nic-nac.CSU.net!news.Cerritos.edu!news.Arizona.EDU!milori.ccit.arizona.edu!dpalik@network.ucsd.edu Subject: Where is MacSpoc ? To: ham-space@ucsd.edu Where can I find MacSpoc ? Don Palik dpalik@ccit.arizona.edu ------------------------------ End of Ham-Space Digest V94 #272 ******************************