Date: Sat, 5 Nov 94 04:30:43 PST From: Ham-Space Mailing List and Newsgroup Errors-To: Ham-Space-Errors@UCSD.Edu Reply-To: Ham-Space@UCSD.Edu Precedence: List Subject: Ham-Space Digest V94 #312 To: Ham-Space Ham-Space Digest Sat, 5 Nov 94 Volume 94 : Issue 312 Today's Topics: *** Q: WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ON THE NET ? Getting started Ham Satellite Satellite tracking software needed STS-66 Element Set (94307.894) 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: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 21:35:13 GMT From: wierz@trillian.cad.melpar.esys.com (john wierzbicki ec) Subject: *** Q: WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ON THE NET ? In article <39b58a$d3d@anemone.saclay.cea.fr>, cisitm@albert.cad.cea.fr (Pierre Didierjean) writes: |> I'd like to know what kind of people i find on the net. |> |> Students, Commercials, Adminitrations, Scientifics or what ?? |> |> Is anybody knows that or have statistical results ? |> |> |> What are YOU doing in life ? |> |> I am a system administrator. |> |> |> Thanks for the answers and sorry for my english ..... |> |> |> |> Bye |> |> |> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |> | Pierre DIDIERJEAN | |> | | |> | Administrateur Systeme UNIX | |> | Cisi, Aix-en-Provence | |> | France | |> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |> | email : cisitm@albert.cad.cea.fr | |> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ $TEMPA = 'People who expect to read something about ' $TEMPB = 'in all posts to' TEMPA scanners TEMPB alt.scanner. TEMPA scanners TEMPB rec.radio.scanner. TEMPA country music TEMPB rec.music.country.western. TEMPA radio TEMPB rec.radio.amateur.space. =;^) John L. Wierzbicki --- jwierzbicki@melpar.esys.com ************************************************************************ * "The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains * * evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's * * good." ------- George Washington * * * ************************************************************************ ------------------------------ Date: 4 Nov 1994 22:02:44 GMT From: jls@capedata.iii.net (Jeffery L. Stutzman) Subject: Getting started Just bought a new Yeasu FT-5200 (dualbander 2m/440 fm). Bought it with the intention of getting into pacsat, but I am quickly finding out that I don't have the proper equipment. I have the following: FT-5200 IBM PS2 L40 laptop (386) KPC-3 Instatrak Using Procomm+ for windows for comms 1. What else do I need? 2. Are there FM only satellites using 2m/440? 3. Any helpful tips? Thanks. Jeffery Stutzman/N1LUY Buzzards Bay, Ma. MANU TENERE MARE SUPREMUS ------------------------------ Date: 4 Nov 94 17:54:55 GMT From: jho@xilinx.COM (Jonathan Ho) Subject: Ham Satellite Hi there, I'd like to share some of the thought with you guys on the net about the futhre ham satellites. I always hear from satellite hams say that LEO sat is easy to work and is good for a short contact. OSCAR-13 is good for DX and long QSO and however, it is not easy to work (expensive equipment and tracking etc) and signal is always weak. Since there are a lot of commerical geostationary satellites on the orbits, is it possible that we hams can build reasonable ERP small size transponders placing in the commericial satellites to share some common facilities such as solar panels on the commercial sat platforms? If this can be done, several ham sats can be linked so that a reliable world wide ham sat network can be formed. 73, JOnathan ------------------------------ Date: 4 Nov 1994 11:45 MST From: rargyle@cc.weber.edu (Bob Argyle) Subject: Satellite tracking software needed In article <9411031555.AA38739@dieter.hpcore>, kp40.117917@kodako.kodak.com (Mark Dieter) writes... ;>In article , gkennedy@helix.net (Geoff L. ;>Kennedy) writes: ;>> ;>> I am looking for an MS-DOS based satellite tracking program which ;>> will produce a tabular prediction *text file* output for "visible" ;>> passes. ;>> ;>> There is one hitch.....the output, in addition to AOS/LOS times and ;>> Alt/Az info, *** MUST contain the ORBIT NUMBER for each pass. *** ;>> ;>InstaTrack available from AMSAT should do the trick. I cannot confirm ;>that orbit number is available, but I would be suprised if it weren't. ;>I don't have the phone number, but AMSAT is in Silver Springs MD. Try ;>information. ;> ;> ;>============================================== ;>| Mark Dieter Eastman Kodak Rochester NY | ;>| (716)588-4639 kp40.117917@kodako.kodak.com | ;>============================================== ;> ;> Quicktrack will produce the desired output, InstantTrack does not. Get both. Amsat's number is (301) 589-6062. Bob kb7kcl ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 22:31:16 GMT From: elements-request@alsys.com (Shuttle Elements) Subject: STS-66 Element Set (94307.894) STS-66 1 23340U 94073A 94307.89416744 .00051270 00000-0 16849-3 0 33 2 23340 56.9952 196.9769 0011025 276.3051 83.6778 15.89461684 45 Satellite: STS-66 Catalog number: 23340 Epoch time: 94307.89416744 = (03 NOV 94 21:27:36.06 UTC) Element set: 003 Inclination: 56.9952 deg RA of node: 196.9769 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-66 Eccentricity: .0011025 Keplerian element set JSC-003 Arg of perigee: 276.3051 deg from NASA flight Day 1 vector Mean anomaly: 83.6778 deg Mean motion: 15.89461684 rev/day Gil Carman Decay rate: 5.1270e-04 rev/day^2 NASA Johnson Space Center Epoch rev: 4 This data is also available via the Shuttle Elements Mailing List. For more information about the list and how to subscribe, send a message to with only the command "info elements" in the body of your message to "listserv@alsys.com". -- -- Gary Morris Internet: garym@alsys.com Alsys Inc. Packet: KK6YB @ N0ARY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA San Diego, CA, USA Phone: +1 619-457-2700 x128 (voice/fax) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 21:44:33 GMT From: zlau@arrl.org (Zack Lau (KH6CP)) References <38tpjd$2sns@info2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de>, <6p1kkClgnMSD055yn@helix.net> Subject: Re: Getting Started on Satellites HELP! Geoff L. Kennedy (gkennedy@helix.net) wrote: : One other thing that you will have to keep in mind. The IF bandpass : of most scanners is too narrow (15 KHz?) for NOAA APT work. You need : about 40 KHz to get the best results. This is because the signals are : modulated to about +/- 17 KHz.....add a few KHz for doppler..... A source of inexpensive monolythic filters of this obscure bandwidth is A & A Engineering out in California (I suspect they are a regular at the TRW Swapfests). Phone 714-952-3280. -- Zack Lau KH6CP/1 2 way QRP WAS 8 States on 10 GHz Internet: zlau@arrl.org 10 grids on 2304 MHz ------------------------------ End of Ham-Space Digest V94 #312 ******************************