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AMATEUR RADIO SATELLITE INFORMATION
ELMERS - These AMSAT Area Coordinators will be glad to help out.
Keith Pugh, W5IU Fort Worth, TX 817-292-5633
Rusty Reeve, KT5U Lucas, TX 214-442-1217
Keith Berglund, WB5ZDP Fort Worth, TX 817-244-5176
Richard Ruhl, WD5GLD Kingfisher, OK 405-375-4843
Roger Ley, WA9PZL/5 Bossier City, LA 318-746-0356
Jack Douglas, KA5DNP Kingwood, TX 713-358-5172
R. G. Maniago, KA5RMT Vernon, TX 817-553-1447
Harold Bulmahn, W5DSG Waco, TX 817-754-2732
Ken Blanton, W5CBT Amarillo, TX 806-355-3234
Bob Douglas, W5GEL Corpus Christi, TX 512-883-5103
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ON THE AIR HELP - News plus technical guidance.
Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex Wed., 8:00 PM CST 146.02/62
Mid American AMSAT Net Tue., 9:00 PM CST 3840 khz
International AMSAT Net Sun., 1900 UTC 14.282 mhz
Novice/Technician Net Sun., 1900 UTC 28.460 mhz
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AMSAT BBS - Satellite Info St. Charles, MO 314-447-3003
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 070.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD MARCH 11, 1989
AO-13 Transponder Schedule Change Planned For March 15, 1989
There will be a AO-13 spacecraft attitude reorientation maneuver
starting on March 15th in order to make adjustments for seasonal
changes in sun angles. As with all attitude readjustments there will
be a transponder operating schedule change which will accompany this
event. Effective March 15, 1989 the Operating Schedule for AO-13 will
be as follows:
Mode B From MA 100 to MA 160
Mode JL From MA 160 to MA 200
Mode B From MA 200 to MA 255
OFF From MA 0 to MA 100
The final Bahn Coordinates for AO-13 after the attitude change will be
as follows: Bahn Longitude=210 degrees, Bahn Latitude=+5 degrees.
Listen to the CW/PSK/RTTY telemetry beacons on AO-13 on a downlink
frequency of 145.812 MHz/435.651 MHz and to AMSAT Nets for the latest
information on any operating schedule changes. The predicted Bahn
Coordinates for March 13th are: Bahn Longitude=179.6 degrees, Bahn
Latitude=-5.8 degrees. The above operating schedule will remain in
effect until May 3, 1989.
MICROSAT Information And Details To Appear In Numerous Magazines Soon
Starting in March there will be a "flood" of information which will be
available to AMSAT members and OSCAR enthusiasts about the new series
of Amateur Radio Satellites which will are currently scheduled to be
launched late this summer aboard a ARIANE IV rocket. To be published
later this month will be the new AMSAT-NA Satellite Journal; the
featured article for this "first edition" will contain a substantial
amount of data about the four MICROSATs which are presently being
assembled by volunteers in the Boulder, CO area. This article is being
authored by Courtney Duncan, N5BF, and Jan King, W3GEY. Also, the May
issue of 73 Magazine will likewise contain an article by Courtney
Duncan about the MICROSATs. The entire May issue of 73 Magazine will
be devoted to OSCAR satellites and will include a wide range of topics
concerning all aspects of assembling, building, operating, and
maintaining a station for amateur radio satellite operation. In the
May and June issue of QST, look for another series of articles about
the MICROSATs which will be authored by Bob McGwier, N4HY, and Doug
Loughmiller, KO5I.
Each of these up coming articles will cover different aspects of the
MICROSATs from their inception, discussions about their "modular"
mechanical design, software, and information about how to operate the
"store-and-forward" packet radio pair, that is, PACSAT/NA and
PACSAT/LU. Also included will be a discussion about the WEBERSAT
MICROSAT which will have the capability to send pictures back from
space! And last but certainly not least, the QST article will also
include a discussion about the educational possibilities of DOVE
(Digital Orbiting Voice Encoder). DOVE will contain a voice-
synthesizer that will possess the capability to speak five different
languages. DOVE is designed to be received on simple 2M receivers or
inexpensive scanners. So be sure to start looking for these articles
because they will contain "everything you ever wanted to know" about
the MICROSATS.
Bill Eitel -- Silent Key
In the March 6, 1989 edition of "Defense News" there was an obituary
notice of the death of William Eitel, age 81, who was a early pioneer
in the Silicon Valley and a long-time amateur radio enthusiast. Bill
Eitel, WA7LRU/W6UF/W6AY, along with a partner, founded the Eitel-Mc-
Cullogh (EIMAC) company. Bill was an early participant in the amateur
radio satellite program; he was active with the Project OSCAR group in
the 1960's, and as Life Member No. 9, provided strong personal and
financial support to AMSAT programs in the 1970's. From 1972 to 1975
he served as chairman of the Amateur Satellite Service Committe (ASSC),
a coordinating body with representation from Project OSCAR, AMSAT, and
the ARRL. In this position, he undertook a number of initiatives aimed
at garnering support for the amateur radio satellite program from the
highest levels in the Government.
Bill was not as active in the past several years due to failing health,
but continued to take a strong interest in AMSAT programs. He will be
missed.
Short Bursts
There will be a AO-13 Operations Net on March 18, 1989 at 16:00 UTC.
Andy MacAlister, WA5ZIB, will be the NCS. The downlink frequency for
this session of the Operations Net will be 145.950 MHz since it is
predicted that AO-13 will be in Mode B. The Operations Net is designed
to give satellite users the latest operational news about all OSCAR
satellites. All are invited to check-in.
If you would like a quicker update to the Keplerian elements of UO-9
than are provided from NASA, you are invited to call the NY0T BBS.
Keith Goobie, NY0T/VE3PDD, an AMSAT-NA Area Coordinator for the
Southern Colorado Area, is a Captain in the Royal Canadian Air Force
who is presently stationed at the North American Air Defense Command
(NORAD) in Colorado Springs, CO. Keith will be putting the "latest and
greatest" elements for UO-9 on his BBS as he receives them from NORAD
each day. So for daily updates for UO-9, call the NY0T BBS at (719)
637-1375.
Mike Parisey, WD0GML, the System Manager for the AMSAT-NA BBS, wants to
request that users avoid using the BBS on Sundays between 17:30 UTC and 19:00
UTC. Mike indicates that RFI from his HF operations of the AMSAT 20
Meter "pre-net warm-up" will throw users off the BBS and make it
impossible to "down-load" the AMSAT News Service Bulletins. Mike has
continued to try and remedy the problem, but the solution continues to
elude him. So Mike suggests at the present time for users to avoid
calling on Sundays during the time period mentioned above. The
AMSAT-NA BBS is open to any interested amateur who would like to find
out the latest information about OSCAR satellites. Except for the
times mentioned above, the BBS is available 24 hours a day, seven days
a week. The phone number is (314) 447-3003.
Joe Holman, KA7LDN, AMSAT-NA Area Coordinator for the Seattle, WA area
wants all AMSAT members who live in the Pacific Northwest to be aware
that his packet radio BBS will contain the latest AMSAT News Service
Bulletins. His station is located in Redmond, WA and the BBS can be
found on a frequency of 144.950 MHz. If you wish to get in touch with
Joe on the "land-line," contact Joe Holman at (206) 882-2949.
HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES FROM W0RPK
INDIANOLA, IOWA MARCH 11, 1989
Satellite: UO-9
Catalog number: 12888
Epoch time: 89065.06540645
Element set: 473
Inclination: 97.5794 deg
RA of node: 113.0487 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0002049
Arg of perigee: 127.8562 deg
Mean anomaly: 232.3110 deg
Mean motion: 15.46358204 rev/day
Decay rate: 4.8703e-04 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 41298
Satellite: AO-10
Catalog number: 14129
Epoch time: 89062.72138113
Element set: 385
Inclination: 26.6140 deg
RA of node: 277.2360 deg
Eccentricity: 0.6061757
Arg of perigee: 22.2090 deg
Mean anomaly: 355.7324 deg
Mean motion: 2.05889934 rev/day
Decay rate: 1e-08 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 4304
Satellite: UO-11
Catalog number: 14781
Epoch time: 89062.60860166
Element set: 414
Inclination: 98.0196 deg
RA of node: 124.4444 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0012356
Arg of perigee: 295.8048 deg
Mean anomaly: 64.1838 deg
Mean motion: 14.63074434 rev/day
Decay rate: 2.486e-05 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 26710
Satellite: FO-12
Catalog number: 16909
Epoch time: 89038.07742442
Element set: 129
Inclination: 50.0179 deg
RA of node: 338.2722 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0011061
Arg of perigee: 13.5524 deg
Mean anomaly: 346.5603 deg
Mean motion: 12.44397497 rev/day
Decay rate: -2.5e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 11320
Satellite: AO-13
Catalog number: 19216
Epoch time: 89040.26552022
Element set: 30
Inclination: 57.3661 deg
RA of node: 220.4414 deg
Eccentricity: 0.6656511
Arg of perigee: 198.6348 deg
Mean anomaly: 115.5647 deg
Mean motion: 2.09697875 rev/day
Decay rate: 1.6e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 505
Satellite: RS-10/11
Catalog number: 18129
Epoch time: 89065.93020051
Element set: 690
Inclination: 82.9294 deg
RA of node: 313.7009 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0011772
Arg of perigee: 343.1119 deg
Mean anomaly: 16.9636 deg
Mean motion: 13.71948898 rev/day
Decay rate: 1.31e-06 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 8537
Satellite: MET-2/16
Catalog number: 18312
Epoch time: 89064.04956588
Element set: 247
Inclination: 82.5573 deg
RA of node: 302.0577 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0012969
Arg of perigee: 123.1953 deg
Mean anomaly: 237.0445 deg
Mean motion: 13.83435929 rev/day
Decay rate: 2.49e-06 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 7811
Satellite: MET-2/17
Catalog number: 18820
Epoch time: 89063.79127606
Element set: 89
Inclination: 82.5431 deg
RA of node: 3.5103 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0015930
Arg of perigee: 198.5135 deg
Mean anomaly: 161.5455 deg
Mean motion: 13.84105086 rev/day
Decay rate: 3.24e-06 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 5524
Satellite: MET-3/2
Catalog number: 19336
Epoch time: 89063.44830983
Element set: 145
Inclination: 82.5363 deg
RA of node: 249.7771 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0017948
Arg of perigee: 82.9781 deg
Mean anomaly: 277.3293 deg
Mean motion: 13.16854286 rev/day
Decay rate: 3.91e-06 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 2912
Satellite: NOAA-9
Catalog number: 15427
Epoch time: 89063.68378243
Element set: 339
Inclination: 99.1351 deg
RA of node: 48.6326 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0014333
Arg of perigee: 246.4287 deg
Mean anomaly: 113.5380 deg
Mean motion: 14.11866355 rev/day
Decay rate: 7.33e-06 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 21770
Satellite: NOAA-10
Catalog number: 16969
Epoch time: 89065.07029446
Element set: 198
Inclination: 98.6494 deg
RA of node: 97.4845 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0013313
Arg of perigee: 185.3337 deg
Mean anomaly: 174.7703 deg
Mean motion: 14.22848821 rev/day
Decay rate: 7.13e-06 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 12927
Satellite: NOAA-11
Catalog number: 19531
Epoch time: 89064.74012887
Element set: 51
Inclination: 98.9286 deg
RA of node: 9.3098 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0012294
Arg of perigee: 159.5045 deg
Mean anomaly: 200.6624 deg
Mean motion: 14.10850883 rev/day
Decay rate: 7.95e-06 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 2288
Satellite: MIR
Catalog number: 16609
Epoch time: 89065.69300504
Element set: 728
Inclination: 51.6258 deg
RA of node: 158.9202 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0011831
Arg of perigee: 88.7649 deg
Mean anomaly: 271.4006 deg
Mean motion: 15.69204247 rev/day
Decay rate: 5.5285e-04 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 17517
Satellite: SALYUT-7
Catalog number: 13138
Epoch time: 89065.66897369
Element set: 464
Inclination: 51.6108 deg
RA of node: 98.2316 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0001978
Arg of perigee: 47.9158 deg
Mean anomaly: 312.1784 deg
Mean motion: 15.38113892 rev/day
Decay rate: 1.4005e-04 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 39239
Satellite: AJISAI
Catalog number: 16908
Epoch time: 89038.17532047
Element set: 117
Inclination: 50.0133 deg
RA of node: 337.7587 deg
Eccentricity: 0.0011308
Arg of perigee: 16.5812 deg
Mean anomaly: 343.5388 deg
Mean motion: 12.44375026 rev/day
Decay rate: -3.3e-07 rev/day^2
Epoch rev: 11322