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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 94 04:30:41 PDT
From: Ham-Space Mailing List and Newsgroup <ham-space@ucsd.edu>
Errors-To: Ham-Space-Errors@UCSD.Edu
Reply-To: Ham-Space@UCSD.Edu
Precedence: Bulk
Subject: Ham-Space Digest V94 #169
To: Ham-Space
Ham-Space Digest Mon, 27 Jun 94 Volume 94 : Issue 169
Today's Topics:
ANS-176 BULLETINS
APT-Satellites: Report JUNE 26, 1994
Ham Sats (2 msgs)
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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 20:07:01 MDT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: ANS-176 BULLETINS
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-176.01
PHASE 3-D STATUS REPORT
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 176.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JUNE 25, 1994
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-176.01
WD4FAB & DB2OS Provide Phase 3-D Status Report
The Phase 3-D Project Leader and AMSAT-DL President, Karl Meinzer (DJ4ZC)
hosted six days of meetings, 13-18 June 1994 in Marburg, Germany to assess
the status of a number of major areas of the project. In attendance at
these meetings was Dick Jansson (WD4FAB), AMSAT-NA's Vice-President of
Engineering. As a result of these meetings, the Project has ordered the
solar arrays and is on the verge of ordering the spacecraft batteries. The
selection of the machining contractor for the large aluminum rings for the
2624mm diameter SBS (Spacecraft Bus System) was also discussed and is quite
close to being ordered. The SBS, which will be fabricated at Weber State
University (WSU) in Ogden, UT, is a large cylinder that is part of the load
carrying structure of the Ariane-5 launch vehicle. The Phase 3-D
spacecraft is housed inside of the SBS for the ride into orbit.
Discussions were also held with Danny Orban (ON4AOD) on design refinements
of the Ku Band transmitter (24 GHz) being constructed in Belgium. Some of
these Ku Band transmitter refinements may also be applied to the X Band
transmitter being constructed by the AMSAT-OH group at the Helsinki
University of Technology in Finland.
One day of the meetings was devoted to very detailed discussions with
Bernard LaCoste of the European Space Agency (ESA) regarding the launch
configuration of the AR-502 vehicle and the testing that AMSAT will
need to do inorder to qualify the Phase 3-D spacecraft and the SBS for
their launch on AR-502.
Within the next month, AMSAT will conclude the ordering of the major
components noted above. Also, in this near time period, the "flight"
spaceframe will arrive at the Florida integration facility and start
its final cleaning, paiting and assembly. The integration facility,
located at the Orland Internation Airport, is in the final stages of
being prepared for its mission of providing the specialized environ-
ment for the spacecraft assembly activities.
[The AMSAT News Service (ANS) would like to thank WD4FAB and DB2OS
for this bulletin item. ]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-176.02
WEEKLY OSCAR STATUS REPORTS
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 176.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JUNE 25, 1994
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-176.02
Weekly OSCAR Status Reports: 18-JUN-94
AO-13: Current Transponder Operating Schedule:
L QST *** AO-13 TRANSPONDER SCHEDULE *** 1994 May 07-Jul 11
Mode-B : MA 0 to MA 170 |
Mode-BS : MA 170 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-BS : MA 230 to MA 250 | Alon/Alat 230/-5
Mode-B : MA 250 to MA 256 |
Omnis : MA 250 to MA 120 | Move to attitude 180/0, Jul 11
[G3RUH/DB2OS/VK5AGR]
KO-25: The uplink of the KO-25 spacecraft has been recently switched to
145.870 MHz. In addition, the control station is indicating that a
reset of the On-Board Computer (OBS) is planned for 20-June-94.
[K6OYY]
DO-17: DO-17 still continues to transmit its voice message on a downlink
frequency of 145.825 MHz.
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 @ W0GVT. 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
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Date: 27 Jun 1994 07:05:15 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!nntp.gmd.de!NewsWatcher!user@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: APT-Satellites: Report JUNE 26, 1994
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
Observed at station 50.7 NLat, 7.1 ELon, JUNE 26, 1994
NOAA-9: APT 137.62 On
NOAA-10: APT 137.50 On
NOAA-11: APT 137.62 On
NOAA-12: APT 137.50 On
Meteor 2-21: APT 137.85 On
Meteor 3-5: APT 137.85 On
Nothing unusual. Meteor 2-21 passes early in the morning,
APT-signal remains weak. Meteor 3-5 is ok. NOAA-9 became
a late-morning descender transmitting good illuminated
images. NOAA-11 slowly moves to later afternoon. Good
transmissions from NOAA-10 and NOAA-12.
+------------------------------------------+
|Peter Henne (peter.henne@gmd.de) |
| (henne@gmd.de) |
|German Nat.Research Center.f.Comp.Science |
|D-53754 St.AUGUSTIN, Germany |
+------------------------------------------+
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Date: 26 Jun 94 05:04:00 -0500
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!iat.holonet.net!cjbbs!eddy.salvador@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Ham Sats
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
I'm new into satellite tracking but I have been a ham for some time now.
can anyone tell me what would be a good bird to track, its beacon freq,
time and modes of op and whatever if it can be received with standard
equipment.
Thanks
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Date: Mon, 27 Jun 1994 03:48:12 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!library.ucla.edu!psgrain!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!unixg.ubc.ca!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!gov.nt.ca!ve8ev@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Ham Sats
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
In article <4d5_9406261630@cjbbs.com> eddy.salvador@cjbbs.com (Eddy Salvador) writes:
>
>
>
>I'm new into satellite tracking but I have been a ham for some time now.
>can anyone tell me what would be a good bird to track, its beacon freq,
>time and modes of op and whatever if it can be received with standard
>equipment.
> Thanks
There are several good one to get started on. Here are few easy
ones you can try for:
DO-17 145.825 MHz FM voice and AX.25 1200 baud packet telemetry
AO-21 145.987 MHz FM voice repeater and AX.25 1200 baud telemetry
AO-27 436.800 MHz FM voice repeater
Mir 145.550 MHz FM voice and AX.25 1200 baud packet BBS
All of the above should provide good results with an outside antenna
or from a mobile setup. Note that the frequencies listed will shift
from slightly higher to slightly lower than shown as the satellite
passes over due to the Doppler effect.
Good Luck!
73
John - VE8EV
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John Boudreau VE8EV INTERNET: ve8ev@amsat.org
Inuvik, NWT, CANADA PACKET: VE8EV@KL7GNG.#NAK.AK.USA.NA
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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 22:23:34 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!eff!news.kei.com!ub!csn!springsboard!pat.curtis@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: reader
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
hi alex, i am having some
trouble with my off line reader. it works fine on other bbs and worked
fine here before the big crash of 6-94. HELP!
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End of Ham-Space Digest V94 #169
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