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- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 94 04:30:46 PST
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- Subject: Ham-Space Digest V94 #23
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-
- Ham-Space Digest Wed, 9 Feb 94 Volume 94 : Issue 23
-
- Today's Topics:
- APT-Satellites: Report FEB 05, 1994
- Daily IPS Report - 2 Feb 94
- Daily IPS Report - 8 Feb 94
- INMARSAT-B service provider
- Is a Kenwood TR-9000 any good?
- Please post FAQ
- Rocket Telemetry using Amateur Radio
- SAREX Update 2/7 at 1:30 UTC
- Two-Line Orbital Element Set: Space Shuttle
-
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- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 10:00:36 GMT
- From: library.ucla.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!gmd.de!peter.henne%gmd.de@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: APT-Satellites: Report FEB 05, 1994
- To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
-
- Observed at station 50.7 NLat, 7.1 ELon, FEB 05, 1994
-
- NOAA-9: APT 137.62 On
- NOAA-10: APT 137.50 ON again
- NOAA-11: APT 137.62 On
- NOAA-12: APT 137.50 On
- Meteor 2-21: APT 137.85 On (weak)
- Meteor 3-3: APT *OFF*
- Meteor 3-4: APT *OFF*
- Meteor 3-5: APT *OFF*
- Meteor 3-6: APT *OFF*
-
- Except for the poor Meteor 2-21 there was *NO* APT
- from any other Meteor during all available dayligth-
- passes on Feb 05 and Feb 06 136.00 to 137.99 MHz.
- VHF-conflict NOAA-10/NOAA-12 ended, NOAA-10 is active
- again.
-
- +------------------------------------------+
- |Peter Henne (peter.henne@gmd.de) |
- | (henne@gmd.de) |
- |German Nat.Research Center.f.Comp.Science |
- |D-53757 St.AUGUSTIN, Germany |
- +------------------------------------------+
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 1 Feb 94 23:22:51 GMT
- From: unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!msuinfo!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!merlin!mel.dit.csiro.au!its.csiro.au!dmssyd.syd.dms.@@mvb.saic.com
- Subject: Daily IPS Report - 2 Feb 94
- To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
-
- IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA
- Daily Solar And Geophysical Report
- Issued at 2330 UT 1 February 1994
- Summary for 1 February and Forecast up to 4 February
- No warning is current.
- -----------------------------------------------------------
-
- 1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
- Activity: Very low
-
- Flares: None.
-
- Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 094/040
-
- 1B. SOLAR FORECAST
- 02 February 03 February 04 February
- Activity Very low Very low Very low
- Fadeouts None expected None expected None expected
-
- Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 090/034
-
- 1C. SOLAR COMMENT
- None.
- -----------------------------------------------------------
-
- 2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
- Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : quiet
-
- Estimated Indices : A K Observed A Index 31 January
- Learmonth 06 2222 2212
- Fredericksburg 07 08
- Planetary 08 07
-
-
- 2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
- DATE Ap CONDITIONS
- 02 Feb 05 Quiet.
- 03 Feb 05 Quiet.
- 04 Feb 05 Quiet.
-
- 2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
- None.
-
- 3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
- LATITUDE BAND
- DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH
- 01 Feb normal normal normal
- PCA Event : None.
- 3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
- LATITUDE BAND
- DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH
- 02 Feb normal normal normal
- 03 Feb normal normal normal
- 04 Feb normal normal normal
- 3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
- Sporadic E may affect F layer communications at middle latitudes.
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------
-
- 4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
- MUFs at Sydney were near predicted February values until 09UT, then
- 15-30% enhanced. Sporadic E may have affected F layer communications
- around 17 and 18UT.
-
- T index: 61
-
- 4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
- DATE T-index MUFs
- 02 Feb 70 Near predicted to 30% enhanced.
- 03 Feb 70 Near predicted to 30% enhanced.
- 04 Feb 70 Near predicted to 30% enhanced.
-
- Predicted Monthly T Index for February is 30.
-
- 4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
- F layer communications may be affected by sporadic E at times.
- --
- Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) VK2KFU @ VK2OP.NSW.AUS.OC PGP 2.3
- dave@esi.COM.AU ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave available
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 8 Feb 94 09:59:25 GMT
- From: munnari.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!sserve!usage!metro!news.ci.com.au!eram!dave@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Daily IPS Report - 8 Feb 94
- To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
-
- IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA
- Daily Solar And Geophysical Report
- Issued at 2330 UT 7 February 1994
- Summary for 7 February and Forecast up to 10 February
- IPS Warning 03 was issued on 03 Feb and is current
- for interval 7-11 Feb.
- -----------------------------------------------------------
-
- 1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
- Activity: very low
-
- Flares: none.
-
- Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 096/043
-
- 1B. SOLAR FORECAST
- 08 February 09 February 10 February
- Activity Very low Very low Very low
- Fadeouts None expected None expected None expected
-
- Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 097/044
-
- 1C. SOLAR COMMENT
- None.
- -----------------------------------------------------------
-
- 2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
- Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : storm levels during local night.
-
- Estimated Indices : A K Observed A Index 6 February
- Learmonth 37 4436 6443
- Fredericksburg 43 39
- Planetary 65 57
-
-
- 2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
- DATE Ap CONDITIONS
- 08 Feb 25 Active to minor storm.
- 09 Feb 20 Active.
- 10 Feb 20 Active.
-
- 2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
- Coronal hole induced magnetic activity continues.
-
- 3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
- LATITUDE BAND
- DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH
- 07 Feb fair-normal fair-normal poor-fair
- PCA Event : None.
- 3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
- LATITUDE BAND
- DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH
- 08 Feb fair poor poor
- 09 Feb normal fair poor
- 10 Feb normal fair poor
- 3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
- Magnetic activity continues to degrade HF comms at high
- and mid lats.
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------
-
- 4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
- MUFs at Sydney were 10 to 30% below predicted monthly values
-
- T index: -31
-
- 4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
- DATE T-index MUFs
- 08 Feb 0 About 20% below predicted monthly values.
- 09 Feb 20 About 15% below predicted monthly values.
- 10 Feb 40 About 10% below predicted monthly values.
-
- Predicted Monthly T Index for February is 30.
-
- 4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
- HF comms were degraded on the 7th due to continuing magnetic
- activity. Degraded comms are expected until the 11th.
- Conditions should be improve slightly later today.
- --
- Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) VK2KFU @ VK2OP.NSW.AUS.OC PGP 2.3
- dave@esi.COM.AU ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave available
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 8 Feb 1994 17:45:23 GMT
- From: munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!warwick!str-ccsun!strath-cs!st-and!Aberdeen!mph469@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: INMARSAT-B service provider
- To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
-
- NMARSAT-B space segment service provider needed urgently.
- Please advice.
-
-
- Sooriyajeevan
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 7 Feb 1994 17:33:41 GMT
- From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!olivea!inews.intel.com!scdt!dbraun@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Is a Kenwood TR-9000 any good?
- To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
-
- Hello,
-
- I was looking out for a 2M all-mode rig for possible satellite work,
- and someone had a Kenwood (actually "Trio") TR-9000 rig for sale.
- I know it's an older one, but is this one of the better rigs, or
- is it a dog? What do you think they are worth now?
-
- Thanks,
-
- --
-
- Doug Braun Intel Design Technology
- N1OWU
- 408 765-4279
-
- dbraun@scdt.intel.com
-
- / decwrl \
- | hplabs |
- or maybe: -| oliveb |- !intelca!mipos3!cadev6!dbraun
- | amd |
- \ qantel /
-
-
- "There is no human problem which could not be solved if
- people would simply do as I advise." -- Gore Vidal
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 7 Feb 94 10:14:57 MDT
- From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!ncar!csn!hellgate.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu!sly46@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Please post FAQ
- To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
-
- Please post the FAQs.
-
- Thanx,
- Markus
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: 3 Feb 1994 19:39:08 GMT
- From: mvb.saic.com!unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!nimbus.larc.nasa.gov!watson@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Rocket Telemetry using Amateur Radio
- To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
-
- Has anyone on this newsgroup ever used a transmitter aboard a
- high power model rocket to send telemetry to a ground station?
- The Langley chapter of the National Space Society is going to
- build a high power rocket with one of the local schools and
- we would like to get telemetry from the rocket, i.e., altitude,
- downrange distance, and save the data to a computer file for later
- analysis. We are also going to modify rawinsonde equipment to obtain
- meteorological data from the rocket.
-
- Any information on available boards, antennas, computer software, etc.
- would be greatly appreciated.
-
- Thanks in advance.
-
-
- Catherine Watson, KD4SWF
- watson@nimbus.larc.nasa.gov
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Sun, 6 Feb 1994 19:40:13 -0700
- From: usc!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: SAREX Update 2/7 at 1:30 UTC
- To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
-
- SB SAREX @ AMSAT $STS-60.008
- SAREX Update 2/7 at 01:30 UTC
-
- Since the last update, SAREX has successfully completed another first.
- At 10:42 UTC on February 6, Sergei Krikalev, U5MIR, initiated contact with
- a school group at the House of Science and Technology for Youth in
- Moscow, Russia. This represents the first time a cosmonaut on a U.S.
- space shuttle has communicated with a group in Russia. Leo Lebutin,
- UA3CR and Valery Agabekov, UA6HZ were the prime school group coordinators
- for this contact. During the contact Aleksandr Kaleri, U8MIR, gave Sergei
- greetings from Russia. Six students were able to ask their questions to
- the crew on the Space Shuttle DIscovery. In addition, several cosmonauts
- were on hand to hear the communications. The SAREX contact was also
- broadcast live throughout Russia on HF (80 meters, 40 meters and 20 meters)
- as well as VHF.
-
- The packet robot on the Space Shuttle Discovery has been quite busy today.
- At last report, the QSO sequence number was nearing the 2000 mark. Many
- hams from around the world have reported booming packet radio signals from
- the Shuttle Discovery.
-
- Those of you who have heard or worked the STS-60 crew and wish to receive a QSL
- card need to send your signal report and an SASE or an envelope and IRCs to
- the following address:
-
- STS-60 QSL
- Education Activities Division
- ARRL
- 225 Main St
- Newington, CT 06111
-
-
- The official SAREX element set for today will be GSFC-005. This element
- sent was generated by Ron Parise, WA4SIR of the Goddard Space Flight
- Center. Gil Carman, WA5NOM reports that the predictions using GSFC-005
- differed from GSFC-003 by approximately 2 seconds during orbit 50.
-
- STS-60
- 1 22977U 94006A 94 36.28433526 0.00000141 00000-0 54171-5 0 58
- 2 22977 56.9879 208.1294 0009042 265.9751 94.0283 15.72161107 297
-
- Satellite: STS-60
- Catalog number: 22977
- Epoch time: 94036.28433526 (05 FEB 94 06:49:26.57 UTC)
- Element set: GSFC-005
- Inclination: 56.9879 deg
- RA of node: 208.1294 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-60
- Eccentricity: 0.0009042 Keplerian Elements
- Arg of perigee: 265.9751 deg
- Mean anomaly: 94.0283 deg
- Mean motion: 15.72161107 rev/day Semi-major Axis: 6730.8539 Km
- Decay rate: 0.14E-05 rev/day*2 Apogee Alt: 358.55 Km
- Epoch rev: 29 Perigee Alt: 346.38 Km
-
-
- NOTE - This element set is based on NORAD element set # 005.
- The spacecraft has been propagated to the next ascending
- node, and the orbit number has been adjusted to bring it
- into agreement with the NASA numbering convention.
-
- Submitted by Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO, for the SAREX Working Group
-
- /EX
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 16:31:19 MST
- From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
- Subject: Two-Line Orbital Element Set: Space Shuttle
- To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
-
- The most current orbital elements from the NORAD two-line element sets are
- carried on the Celestial BBS, (513) *253-9767*, and are updated daily (when
- possible). Documentation and tracking software are also available on this
- system. As a service to the satellite user community, the most current
- elements for the current shuttle mission are provided below. The Celestial
- BBS may be accessed 24 hours/day at 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, or 9600 bps using
- 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity.
-
- Element sets (also updated daily), shuttle elements, and some documentation
- and software are also available via anonymous ftp from archive.afit.af.mil
- (129.92.1.66) in the directory pub/space.
-
- STS 60
- 1 22977U 94006A 94038.25000000 .00000289 00000-0 64918-5 0 91
- 2 22977 56.9888 199.2915 0009132 272.8919 56.8375 15.72311414 588
- --
- Dr TS Kelso Assistant Professor of Space Operations
- tkelso@afit.af.mil Air Force Institute of Technology
-
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-
- End of Ham-Space Digest V94 #23
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