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- Date: Fri, 8 Apr 94 02:38:21 PDT
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- Subject: Info-Hams Digest V94 #387
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-
-
- Info-Hams Digest Fri, 8 Apr 94 Volume 94 : Issue 387
-
- Today's Topics:
- 6Y contest Dxpedition announement
- A novice needs some help!
- ECPA thrown out????
- EME Programs
- FT2400 mic connector pinouts?
- HELP Standard GX3000U
- How phasing SSB Exciters Work (Was: RF and AF speech pr
- How phasing SSB Exciters Work (Was: RF and AF speech processors)
- Operation of Ham radios on planes
- ORBS$098.MICRO.AMSAT
- ORBS$098.OSCAR.AMSAT
- STS-59 SAREX Flight Information
-
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-
- Date: 7 Apr 94 17:15:37 GMT
- From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!eagle.sangamon.edu!kutzko@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
- Subject: 6Y contest Dxpedition announement
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Hello, everybody. I will be operating the CQ WPX CW contest from
- Kingston, Jamacia the last weekend in May. I'll be on the island MAy
- 25-May 30, and am trying to get a special call for the contest period
- (I've asked for 6Y0DX). This will be a single op effort, all-band. I'll
- also be on the air off and on before the contest, with both cw and ssb.
- I'm also going to try some RS-12 activity.
- Any questions, feel free to drop me a line.
- 73, see ya in the pileups-
- Sean Kutzko KF9PL
- Springfield, IL
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 6 Apr 1994 16:16:08 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!sgiblab!wetware!spunky.RedBrick.COM!psinntp!psinntp!arrl.org!zlau@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: A novice needs some help!
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Gary Coffman (gary@ke4zv.atl.ga.us) wrote:
- : In article <940329141512_4@ccm.hf.intel.com> Cecil_A_Moore@ccm.hf.INTel.COM (Cecil A Moore) writes:
- : >>...tell me if I can buy a pair of ham-radios for me and my
- : >>friend in some other country and talk whenever we want?
- : >>Giridhar Tatavarti
-
- : That's because you didn't tune *high* enough Cecil. :-)
-
- : The amateur satellites are extremely predictable, can offer near
- : global communications, don't require maximum legal power, and aren't
- : as much at the whim of the solar cycle. The phone companies quit using
- : high power HF SSB for international circuits years ago. It's time more
- : amateurs learned they don't need that sort of setup either to work
- : stations in other countries.
-
- True, but the poster wanted to communicate according to their
- schedule, not the schedule of some satellite(s). A couple
- of geostationary satellites would do nicely toward filling
- this need, but I don't see the $$$ being available for it
- anytime soon. In fact, I think AMSAT would like to see
- more contributions for the Phase 3D satellite...
-
- Amateur radio is generally a poor way of saving money spent on
- telephone bills. Yes, there have been people that have done it,
- but for each case it which it works, there are numerous examples
- where it won't.
-
-
- --
- Zack Lau KH6CP/1 2 way QRP WAS
- 8 States on 10 GHz
- Internet: zlau@arrl.org 10 grids on 2304 MHz
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 7 Apr 94 17:00:56 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: ECPA thrown out????
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Hi--
-
- I have been hearing quite a few rumors floating around recently that the su
- preme court threw out some, if not all of the Electronic Communications Privacy
- Act. Any heard ??
- Personally I think it would be great..then I can--legally--listen to cellua
- lr phones agn. 73's & thanx.....Gary AA9JS
- email: st1860@siucvmb.siu.edu
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 7 Apr 94 12:57:12 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: EME Programs
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- In response to the recent request for leads to PC programs helpful to EME
- operators, may I suggest "SKYMOON" by W5HN. While I don't operate EME, I've
- seen Dave use it a few times and it looks very nice. The fact that W5HN has
- the first DXCC on 144 MHz shows it con't be TOO bad.
- 73 de Bob w3otc@amsat.org
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 7 Apr 1994 02:24:54 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!moe.ksu.ksu.edu!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu!paperboy.ids.net!anomaly!der@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: FT2400 mic connector pinouts?
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Does anyone know the pinout for the modular connector on the 2400?
- I want to build an 8-pin din adapter for it but didn't get the docs
- with the radio.
-
- Please email replies as I don't get to read news too often.
-
- Thanks,
-
- Dave
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 1994 01:08:14 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!cs.ubc.ca!nebulus!stan@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: HELP Standard GX3000U
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- HELP!
- I have a Standard GX3000U(AA) that I would love to use on the
- Amateur band. Unfortunately, the Standard EPROM burner and software
- don't currently like this freq range.
- Any Ideas?
- Has this been done before?
- If so HOW?
-
-
- Help or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
-
- Thanks...............73......Stan VE7HHk
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 6 Apr 1994 16:27:10 GMT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!sgiblab!wetware!spunky.RedBrick.COM!psinntp!psinntp!arrl.org!jbloom@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: How phasing SSB Exciters Work (Was: RF and AF speech pr
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Alan Bloom (alanb@sr.hp.com) wrote:
- : I have often thought, though, that the Weaver method would be well-suited
- : to implementation in a DSP, since you can get mathematically perfect
- : carrier suppression.
-
- See "A Weaver Method SSB Modulator Using DSP," September, 1993 QEX,
- by Carlos M. Puig, KJ6ST, and "A Simple SSB Receiver Using a Digital
- Down Converter," March, 1994 QEX, by Peter Traneus Anderson, KC1HR
- for examples of DSP-based Weaver-method SSB generation and detection.
-
- --
- Jon Bloom KE3Z jbloom@arrl.org
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 7 Apr 94 17:07:05 GMT
- From: hp-cv!hp-pcd!hpcvsnz!tomb@hplabs.hp.com
- Subject: How phasing SSB Exciters Work (Was: RF and AF speech processors)
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- Wayne Covington (wayne@fc.hp.com) wrote:
-
- : Another interesting case is to start with a conventional elliptic function
- : bandpass response, then proceed to the two networks with flat group delay
- : and 90 degree phase difference, keeping the nice elliptic magnitude response.
- : The finite jw-axis zeros may well wreak havoc -- with the number of poles
- : and zeros (for the same overall tolerances on amplitude and phase errors as
- : you have above) increasing significantly.
-
- If you look at this a little differently, it's easy to see that the number
- of poles & zeros shouldn't be significantly affected. Come up with a
- pair of filters for quadrature phase that you are happy with for
- amplitude and phase matching. Add the same zeros and/or poles to
- both. Then the amplitude and phase matching will be unchanged. However,
- it should be easier to put the frequency shaping outside the quadrature
- phase network, since it can then be guaranteed to be identical for both
- channels. Leave the quadrature network all-pass; if you wish, shape its
- absolute phase to compensate the frequency-shaping filter. At least, that
- is how I'd approach it if I were constrained to do it analog.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Wed, 06 Apr 1994 12:43:34 GMT
- From: agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!news.ysu.edu!malgudi.oar.net!witch!ame!psl@ames.arpa
- Subject: Operation of Ham radios on planes
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- David & Wes,
- In article <1994Apr4.073149.1@matrix.cs.wright.edu>, isoper@matrix.cs.wright.edu (isoper@matrix.cs.wright.edu) writes:
- >>
- >> anyone know where the official rules on this might be found?
- >> the FCC rule book? the FAA's version of a rule book? i'd just
- >> like to be able to point to some "official" document that says
- >> yea, nay, or depends.
- >> --
- >> David Vangerov, KD6WXQ
- >
- >David,
- > I believe you will find reference to this in the Fedaral Aviation
- >Regulations (FAR) published by the FAA. I cannot remeber the exact part
- >number of the FAR it is in but, go to your local general aviation
- >airport and ask the clerk who sell pilot accessories that you wish to
- >purchase a copy of the FAR. I think it might be in part 75 but I am not
- >really sure, and my copy of the FAR is at home. I do know part 135 covers
- >commerical operations so, it might be in that section also.
- >
- >73, Wes WB8CEH
- >
- >ps: It will be the section covering "electronic devices" they do not
- >specifically single out handle helds as a seperate item.
- >
- >
- The exact reference is FAR 91.21. This section prohibits the use
- of all portable electronic devices except voice recorders, hearing
- aids, pacemakers, electric razors, or (and this is the important
- part) "any other portable device that the OPERATOR of the aircraft
- has determined will not cause interference with the navigation or
- communication system of the aircraft on which it is to be used."
- I capitalized operator because most commercial airlines have rules
- regarding operation which take it out of the pilot's hand.
- However, private operations are normally dictated by the
- pilot-in-command (I operate from my aircraft quite often).
-
- It is also important to note that this rule only applies to aircraft
- being operated commercially or on any aircraft being operated IFR
- (instrument flight rules).
-
- Hope this helps. You will see many claims about operating in the
- air on commercial aircraft with "no harm done". In the USA, this
- is ILLEGAL on all of our domestic carriers. Also, taking the
- stance that "it never caused any problem when I did it, so it must
- be ok." is looking the problem with blinders on. Nearby RF
- transmission affects all receivers, if not by direct interference,
- then by desensing the front ends. 99% of the time, there will be
- no harm done, but that 1% can be deadly in an aircraft! Talk to
- an airline pilot about those laptops and CD players that are now
- banned by some airlines during departure and approach. Even the
- low amount of RF from those devices can cause havoc in the cockpit.
-
- By the way, the rule is a FLIGHT rule, therefore there is no
- restriction on operation in and around airports (other than the
- normal interference rules).
-
- Hope this helps.
-
- 73,
- Pete WB0FEW
-
- PS. Cellular phones are illegal to use in the air by FCC
- regulation. There are NO exceptions to that rule in the USA.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 8 Apr 94 05:12:00 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: ORBS$098.MICRO.AMSAT
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-098.D
- Orbital Elements 098.MICROS
-
- HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR THE MICROSATS
- FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX April 8, 1994
- BID: $ORBS-098.D
- TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
-
- Satellite: UO-14
- Catalog number: 20437
- Epoch time: 94094.18864115
- Element set: 978
- Inclination: 98.5904 deg
- RA of node: 179.9647 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0011994
- Arg of perigee: 50.9587 deg
- Mean anomaly: 309.2663 deg
- Mean motion: 14.29834719 rev/day
- Decay rate: 6.3e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 21901
- Checksum: 351
-
- Satellite: AO-16
- Catalog number: 20439
- Epoch time: 94093.26738149
- Element set: 778
- Inclination: 98.6001 deg
- RA of node: 180.2108 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0012270
- Arg of perigee: 53.9212 deg
- Mean anomaly: 306.3104 deg
- Mean motion: 14.29889216 rev/day
- Decay rate: 7.6e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 21889
- Checksum: 309
-
- Satellite: DO-17
- Catalog number: 20440
- Epoch time: 94093.71879587
- Element set: 777
- Inclination: 98.5997 deg
- RA of node: 180.9543 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0012412
- Arg of perigee: 51.3730 deg
- Mean anomaly: 308.8563 deg
- Mean motion: 14.30028150 rev/day
- Decay rate: 5.8e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 21897
- Checksum: 330
-
- Satellite: WO-18
- Catalog number: 20441
- Epoch time: 94094.25256090
- Element set: 779
- Inclination: 98.6007 deg
- RA of node: 181.4888 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0013013
- Arg of perigee: 50.7174 deg
- Mean anomaly: 309.5160 deg
- Mean motion: 14.30003284 rev/day
- Decay rate: 4.9e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 21905
- Checksum: 288
-
- Satellite: LO-19
- Catalog number: 20442
- Epoch time: 94093.74592051
- Element set: 777
- Inclination: 98.6010 deg
- RA of node: 181.2260 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0013246
- Arg of perigee: 51.9430 deg
- Mean anomaly: 308.2937 deg
- Mean motion: 14.30098281 rev/day
- Decay rate: 6.0e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 21899
- Checksum: 297
-
- Satellite: UO-22
- Catalog number: 21575
- Epoch time: 94096.62196308
- Element set: 480
- Inclination: 98.4392 deg
- RA of node: 172.5493 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0008170
- Arg of perigee: 138.1574 deg
- Mean anomaly: 222.0255 deg
- Mean motion: 14.36905377 rev/day
- Decay rate: 1.04e-06 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 14280
- Checksum: 303
-
- Satellite: KO-23
- Catalog number: 22077
- Epoch time: 94093.90979456
- Element set: 374
- Inclination: 66.0795 deg
- RA of node: 75.4986 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0012237
- Arg of perigee: 305.4986 deg
- Mean anomaly: 54.4889 deg
- Mean motion: 12.86285631 rev/day
- Decay rate: -3.7e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 7723
- Checksum: 354
-
- Satellite: AO-27
- Catalog number: 22825
- Epoch time: 94095.20620110
- Element set: 275
- Inclination: 98.6598 deg
- RA of node: 171.7361 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0009638
- Arg of perigee: 62.0236 deg
- Mean anomaly: 298.1903 deg
- Mean motion: 14.27616610 rev/day
- Decay rate: 4.8e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 2727
- Checksum: 304
-
- Satellite: IO-26
- Catalog number: 22826
- Epoch time: 94094.70192756
- Element set: 275
- Inclination: 98.6593 deg
- RA of node: 171.2616 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0010140
- Arg of perigee: 64.2606 deg
- Mean anomaly: 295.9612 deg
- Mean motion: 14.27719595 rev/day
- Decay rate: 5.2e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 2720
- Checksum: 312
-
- Satellite: KO-25
- Catalog number: 22830
- Epoch time: 94093.74818451
- Element set: 278
- Inclination: 98.5599 deg
- RA of node: 168.3571 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0012553
- Arg of perigee: 37.4701 deg
- Mean anomaly: 322.7354 deg
- Mean motion: 14.28044298 rev/day
- Decay rate: 5.9e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 2707
- Checksum: 325
-
- /EX
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 8 Apr 94 05:09:00 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: ORBS$098.OSCAR.AMSAT
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- SB KEPS @ AMSAT $ORBS-098.O
- Orbital Elements 098.OSCAR
-
- HR AMSAT ORBITAL ELEMENTS FOR OSCAR SATELLITES
- FROM WA5QGD FORT WORTH,TX April 8, 1994
- BID: $ORBS-098.O
- TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
-
- Satellite: AO-10
- Catalog number: 14129
- Epoch time: 94093.93015575
- Element set: 273
- Inclination: 27.1781 deg
- RA of node: 334.0078 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.6020533
- Arg of perigee: 167.5108 deg
- Mean anomaly: 219.1680 deg
- Mean motion: 2.05877978 rev/day
- Decay rate: -1.05e-06 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 8125
- Checksum: 301
-
- Satellite: UO-11
- Catalog number: 14781
- Epoch time: 94096.58268703
- Element set: 679
- Inclination: 97.7904 deg
- RA of node: 114.6531 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0012422
- Arg of perigee: 134.3680 deg
- Mean anomaly: 225.8545 deg
- Mean motion: 14.69185628 rev/day
- Decay rate: 3.27e-06 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 53979
- Checksum: 341
-
- Satellite: RS-10/11
- Catalog number: 18129
- Epoch time: 94096.18122248
- Element set: 887
- Inclination: 82.9274 deg
- RA of node: 22.0643 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0010248
- Arg of perigee: 220.6223 deg
- Mean anomaly: 139.4177 deg
- Mean motion: 13.72334834 rev/day
- Decay rate: 6.7e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 34003
- Checksum: 288
-
- Satellite: AO-13
- Catalog number: 19216
- Epoch time: 94091.48205291
- Element set: 898
- Inclination: 57.8647 deg
- RA of node: 260.1651 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.7210810
- Arg of perigee: 338.2200 deg
- Mean anomaly: 2.3008 deg
- Mean motion: 2.09726624 rev/day
- Decay rate: -4.61e-06 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 4440
- Checksum: 282
-
- Satellite: FO-20
- Catalog number: 20480
- Epoch time: 94093.91224327
- Element set: 673
- Inclination: 99.0286 deg
- RA of node: 259.8058 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0541198
- Arg of perigee: 147.6860 deg
- Mean anomaly: 215.8633 deg
- Mean motion: 12.83224718 rev/day
- Decay rate: -4.3e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 19460
- Checksum: 323
-
- Satellite: AO-21
- Catalog number: 21087
- Epoch time: 94096.76922921
- Element set: 451
- Inclination: 82.9460 deg
- RA of node: 195.5516 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0033925
- Arg of perigee: 284.0542 deg
- Mean anomaly: 75.6843 deg
- Mean motion: 13.74537051 rev/day
- Decay rate: 9.3e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 15977
- Checksum: 326
-
- Satellite: RS-12/13
- Catalog number: 21089
- Epoch time: 94095.92841184
- Element set: 677
- Inclination: 82.9188 deg
- RA of node: 65.0333 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.0028619
- Arg of perigee: 312.8771 deg
- Mean anomaly: 46.9979 deg
- Mean motion: 13.74038159 rev/day
- Decay rate: 3.4e-07 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 15872
- Checksum: 348
-
- Satellite: ARSENE
- Catalog number: 22654
- Epoch time: 94089.09349977
- Element set: 248
- Inclination: 1.5156 deg
- RA of node: 104.5135 deg
- Eccentricity: 0.2923641
- Arg of perigee: 175.5080 deg
- Mean anomaly: 188.1427 deg
- Mean motion: 1.42202601 rev/day
- Decay rate: -1.05e-06 rev/day^2
- Epoch rev: 7
- Checksum: 273
-
- /EX
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 7 Apr 94 18:46:29 GMT
- From: news-mail-gateway@ucsd.edu
- Subject: STS-59 SAREX Flight Information
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- SB SAREX @ AMSAT $STS-59.002
- STS-59 SAREX Flt Info
-
- Launch of next SAREX mission imminent
-
- The next Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) mission is ready for
- launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This flight, designated
- STS-59, is scheduled for launch on Friday April 8 at 12:06 UTC. Weather
- conditions could cause the launch to move forward or back by one hour.
- STS-59 will carry Jay Apt, N5QWL and Linda Godwin, N5RAX on a nine day
- mission which will include packet radio and some voice operations. A SAREX
- fact sheet, courtesy of Jay Apt, the ARRL and AMSAT follows. Note that
- during this mission, the JSC ARC, W5RRR, expects to retransmit NASA Select
- audio on AO-13. The planned downlink frequency will be 145.84 MHz. In
- addition the JSC ARC crew in Houston have set up a dial-in BBS which is now
- in operation. Orbital elements will be available on this machine
- throughout the mission. The phone number for the BBS is (713) 244-5625.
- Please use 9600 baud or less.
-
-
- SAREX FACT SHEET - STS-59
-
-
- WHO: Space Shuttle Endeavour crew
-
- WHAT: Talk via Amateur Radio with students and radio amateurs on Earth.
-
- WHERE: Earth Orbit. Altitude 220 kilometers, with radio coverage in
- latitudes from 70 degrees North to 70 degrees South. This flight
- is in one of the lowest altitude orbits ever flown by the shuttle,
- so pass times will be shorter than usual.
-
- OPERATORS: Dr. Jay Apt (N5QWL) and Dr. Linda Godwin N5RAX.
-
- N5QWL is the commander of the Blue Shift aboard Endeavour and will
- operate the shuttle systems during the "night" shift, while
- N5RAX is the Payload Commander, responsible for overall
- operation of three large radars in the shuttle's cargo bay
- during the "day" shift.
-
- WHEN: April 8, 1994 at 12:06 UTC (9 day mission)
-
- WHY: As part of the Shuttle Amateur Radio EXperiment
- (SAREX) component of the STS-59 mission.
-
- SPONSORS: The American Radio Relay League (ARRL), The Radio
- Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) and
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- (NASA).
-
- SAREX MODES: FM Voice and Packet
- VOICE CALL SIGNS: N5QWL and N5RAX
- PACKET CALL SIGN: W5RRR-1
-
-
- SAREX RADIO FREQUENCIES:
- Voice Downlink: (Worldwide) 145.55 MHz
- Voice Uplink: 144.91, 144.93, 144.95, 144.97, 144.99 MHz
- Voice Uplink: (Europe only) 144.70, 144.75, 144.80 MHz
- Packet Downlink: 145.55 MHz
- Packet Uplink: 144.49 MHz
-
- Successful QSOs on voice will be facilitated by using
- standard international phonetics for your call sign.
- The crew not answer any stations using non-standard
- phonetics. Use your entire call sign -- the crew logs with an
- audio tape recorder. Do not use the Shuttle call sign --
- passes are very short, and the crew wants to work as many
- folks as possible.
-
- If you can, decrease your radio's deviation to 3 KHz (most are
- initially set at 5 KHz) and compensate for the Doppler shift. If
- you cannot, wait until a minute or 90 seconds after the Shuttle comes over
- your horizon to transmit -- that will put you within the SAREX IF. The above
- applies to both voice and packet.
-
-
- INFORMATION: Goddard Amateur Radio Club, Greenbelt, MD, WA3NAN. SAREX
- news and NASA Mission audio retransmissions on 3.86, 7.185,
- 14.295, 21.395, and 28.65 MHz and on VHF at 147.45 MHz.
-
- Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club, Houston,TX, W5RRR.
- SAREX news bulletins on HF bands at 3.850, 7.227, 14.280,
- 21.350, and 28.400 MHz and VHF at 146.64 MHz.
- Also 145.84 on AO-13 at times
-
- ARRL, Newington, CT, W1AW.
- SAREX news bulletins (9:45 PM, 12:45 AM EST) on
- HF bands at 3.99, 7.29, 14.29, 18.16, 21.39, 28.59
- and VHF at 147.555 MHz.
-
-
- PARTICIPATING
- SCHOOLS: Ealy Elementary School, West Bloomfield, MI
- Kanawha Elementary School Davisville, WV
- Alcatel Amateur Radio Association and Circle 10 Council-BSA
- Richardson, TX
- Anthony Elementary, Anthony, KS
- St. Bernard High School, Playa Del Rey, CA
- Country Club School, San Ramon, CA 94583
- Deep Creek Middle School, Baltimore, MD 21221
- Paltamo Senior High School, Paltamo Finland
- Ogilvie School, Northampton, Western Australia
-
- OPERATIONS NOTES:
- If you have a packet QSO number issued to you by the
- robot, don't try to get another one! The on-board
- program drops the duplicates anyhow, and all you
- are doing is making it harder for the other folks.
- A QSL card will be issued if you appear in the "heard"
- list on the TNC.
-
- N5QWL will be asleep over most USA passes, and N5RAX will
- be busy with assigned duties for most daylit US passes, so
- if the sun is up, try SAREX on packet. The Shuttle crew
- will try to work voice (1) when we are not otherwise engaged,
- and (2) at night or when the ground is cloudy (we are
- generally busy taking pictures of the Earth during clear
- daylight passes).
-
- If Jay Apt can get to it, he will activate the SAREX about
- 3 hours into the mission.
-
-
- QSL via: ARRL, ATTN: STS-59 QSLs, 225 Main Street, Newington, CT 06111,
- USA. Include a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE). Non-US
- stations include a self addressed envelope with $0.50 of US
- postage affixed or appropriate IRCs. Include the Callsign worked,
- Date, UTC, Mode, and Frequency. For packet contacts, include the
- QSO number issued by the robot. SWL QSL's: Include the Callsign
- heard, Date, UTC, Mode, and Frequency.
-
-
- STS-59 Keplerian elements for a 12:06 UTC launch:
-
- STS-59
- 1 00059U 94098.74878017 .00221188 00000-0 11303-3 0 80
- 2 00059 57.0053 277.0416 0009259 269.9963 90.0094 16.19806752 54
-
- Satellite: STS-59
- Catalog number: 00059
- Epoch time: 94098.74878017 = (08 APR 94 17:58:14.61 UTC)
- Element set: 008
- Inclination: 57.0053 deg
- RA of node: 277.0416 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-59
- Eccentricity: .0009259 Prelaunch Element set JSC-008
- Arg of perigee: 269.9963 deg Launch: 08 APR 94 12:06 UTC
- Mean anomaly: 90.0094 deg
- Mean motion: 16.19806752 rev/day G. L. Carman
- Decay rate: 2.21188e-03 rev/day^2 NASA Johnson Space Center
- Epoch rev: 5
- Checksum: 325
-
- Submitted by Frank Bauer, KA3HDO for the SAREX Working Group
-
- /EX
-
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-
- Date: 7 Apr 94 16:14:04 GMT
- From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!bnr.co.uk!corpgate!nrtpa038!brtph560!nt.com!cmwdr01@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
- To: info-hams@ucsd.edu
-
- References <1994Apr5.222105.9528@newsgate.sps.mot.com>, <CnunKr.6D3@world.std.com>, <1994Apr7.000403.29950@newsgate.sps.mot.com>
- Subject : Need info on creating a Packet Repeater
-
- Looking for information on designing and implementing a
- Packet Repeater (not a digipeater, an actual dual frequency repeater).
- I would also like to hear from anyone who has a packet repeater up and
- running.
- 73 - Dave.
-
-
- ====================================================================
- Dave Redfearn, SR PC LAN Analyst Northern Telecom RTP, NC.
- ph.(919) 992-3925 email: cmwdr01@nt.com qrl? de N4ELM/qrp
-
- All opinions are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of
- my employer, co-workers or any other person, real or imaginary.
-
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