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Date: Thu, 17 Feb 94 04:31:21 PST
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Ham-Space Digest            Thu, 17 Feb 94       Volume 94 : Issue   32

Today's Topics:
                                (none)
                 APT-Satellites: Report FEB 14, 1994
                        ARLK006 Keplerian data
                       Cable Before the PreAmp
                     Daily IPS Report - 17 Feb 94
   It's Official: GPS Anti-spoofing Is Now on Continuously (3 msgs)
                      Non-delivery Notification
                          Oscar 13 questions

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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 1994 03:32:19 -0800
From: news.cs.indiana.edu![e-mail]
Subject: (none)
To: [e-mail]

::
subject: Introduction to Blacknet

Introduction to BlackNet


Your name has come to our attention. We have reason to believe you may be
interested in the products and services our new organization, BlackNet, has
to offer.

BlackNet is in the business of buying, selling, trading, and otherwise
dealing with *information* in all its many forms.

We buy and sell information using public key cryptosystems with essentially
perfect security for our customers. Unless you tell us who you are (please
don't!) or inadvertently reveal information which provides clues, we have
no way of identifying you, nor you us.

Our location in physical space is unimportant. Our location in cyberspace
is all that matters. Our primary address is the PGP key location:
"BlackNet<[e-mail]>" and we can be contacted (preferably
through a chain of anonymous remailers) by encrypting a message to our
public key (contained below) and depositing this message in one of the
several locations in cyberspace we monitor. Currently, we monitor the
following location: the "Cypherpunks" mailing list ([e-mail]).

BlackNet is nominally nondideological, but considers nation-states, export
laws, patent laws, national security considerations and the like to be
relics of the pre-cyberspace era. Export and patent laws are often used to
explicity project national power and imperialist, colonialist state
fascism. BlackNet believes it is solely the responsibility of a secret
holder to keep that secret--not the responsibilty of the State, or of us,
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- trade secrets, processes, production methods (esp. in semiconductors)
- nanotechnology and related techniques (esp. the Merkle sleeve bearing)
- chemical manufacturing and rational drug design (esp. fullerines and
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"3DO"?)
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one of the locations listed (more will be added later). Be sure to describe
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of course, a special public key (NOT the one you use in your ordinary
business, of course!) that we can use to get back in touch with you. Then
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(With these remailers, local PGP encryption within the remailers, the use
of special public keys, and the public postings of the encrypted messages,
a secure, two-way, untraceable, and fully anonymous channel has been opened
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A more complete tutorial on using BlackNet will soon appear, in plaintext
form, in certain locations in cyberspace.

Join us in this revolutionary--and profitable--venture.


BlackNet<[e-mail]>


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Date: Tue, 15 Feb 1994 09:12:21 GMT
From: ucsnews!newshub.sdsu.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!gmd.de![e-mail]
Subject: APT-Satellites: Report FEB 14, 1994
To: [e-mail]

Observed at station 50.7 NLat, 7.1 ELon, FEB 14, 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 (weak)

Signal of Meteor 2-21 seems to become a bit stronger,
but remains weak compared to the other APT-Satellites.
Meteor 3-3, -4, -5 and -6 were inactive. The illumination-
conditions over the northern hemisphere slowly become
better, increasing the vis-contrast (exspecially for
NOAA-9). NOAA-11 drifted to late afternoon, passing
northbound roughly one hour west of the terminator at
50 deg NLat, the right parts of vis-images are quite dim.

+------------------------------------------+
|Peter Henne ([e-mail])          |
|            ([e-mail])                |
|German Nat.Research Center.f.Comp.Science |
|D-53754 St.AUGUSTIN, Germany              |
+------------------------------------------+

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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 1994 06:34:38 -0700
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!wupost!gumby!destroyer!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs![e-mail]
Subject: ARLK006 Keplerian data
To: [e-mail]

SB KEP @ ARL $ARLK006
ARLK006 Keplerian data

ZCZC SK73
QST de W1AW
Keplerian Bulletin 6  ARLK006

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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 1994 11:45:57 GMT
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!csd.unb.ca!upei.ca!UPEI.CA![e-mail]
Subject: Cable Before the PreAmp
To: [e-mail]

The system I am currently using has two omni directional antennas for 2
meters and 70 cm. The 70 cm antenna is the M Square egg beater and it is
up about 20 feet - connected to the rig with Beldin 9913 via N connectors.
I do okay on the 9.6 Kb birds:  I can copy from an elevation of about 15
degrees (- can hear the bird at 2 degrees elevation) - but the signal is
rarelyabove S1.5  on the IC475. Fortunately noise and interference is not a
problemhere on the Island. BUT -  as soon as it gets above freezing I plan
to put a landwehr preamp up at the base of the antenna to improve the
stations performance on receive.


My question is this:

What cable/coax should I use for the patch cable between the antenna and
preamp. I would like to make the distance as short as possible - but too
short and even RG213 will not make the turn to get to the preamp input
without distorting the cable's properties. Is a 12 inch run of smaller cable
bad news? Should I use a longer run ofRg 213 or 9913? What would have the
least impact upon the preamp's performance?

I understand that flexible 9913 is used for the system using yagis - but
there the patch cable is probably in excess of 10 feet depending on the
setup. - Is flexi 9913 able to make a decent turn - so that a patch cable
in an omni system is a reasonable size?


Thank you for any information you might be able to provide me on what is
essentially a practical question.

73 David, VY2DCS

Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: 17 Feb 94 00:11:53 GMT
From: munnari.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!sserve!usage!metro!news.ci.com.au!eram![e-mail]
Subject: Daily IPS Report - 17 Feb 94
To: [e-mail]

IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA
Daily Solar And Geophysical Report
Issued at 2330 UT 16 February 1994
Summary for 16 February and Forecast up to 19 February
IPS Warning 05 was issued on 14 Feb and is still current.
-----------------------------------------------------------

1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: very low

Flares: none.

Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 105/054

1B. SOLAR FORECAST
             17 February        18 February        19 February
Activity     Low                Low                Low
Fadeouts     None expected      None expected      None expected

Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 105/054

1C. SOLAR COMMENT
None.
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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : unsettled to active

Estimated Indices : A   K           Observed A Index 15 February
    Learmonth       12  3311 4331
    Fredericksburg  17                          26
    Planetary       18                          18


2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
DATE      Ap    CONDITIONS
17 Feb    15    Unsettled to active.
18 Feb    10    Unsettled.
19 Feb    07    Quiet to unsettled.

2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
None.

3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
16 Feb      normal         normal         fair-normal
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
                LATITUDE BAND
DATE        LOW            MIDDLE         HIGH
17 Feb      normal         normal         fair
18 Feb      normal         normal         fair
19 Feb      normal         normal         normal
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
NONE.

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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUFs at Sydney were near predicted monthly values with spread F
during local night.

T index:  41

4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
DATE   T-index  MUFs
17 Feb    50    Near predicted monthly values.
18 Feb    50    Near predicted monthly values.
19 Feb    45    Near predicted monthly values.

Predicted Monthly T Index for February is 30.

4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
None.
--
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)     VK2KFU @ VK2OP.NSW.AUS.OC     PGP 2.3
[e-mail]           ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave    available

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Date: 16 Feb 1994 07:34:10 -0600
From: pacbell.com!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu![e-mail]
Subject: It's Official: GPS Anti-spoofing Is Now on Continuously
To: [e-mail]

R 112045Z FEB 94
FM 2SOPS FALCON AFB CO//DOAI//
UNCLAS
NOTICE ADVISORY TO NAVSTAR USERS (NANU) 050-94042
SUBJ: ACTIVATION OF ANTI-SPOOFING (A/S)
1. CONDITION: A/S WAS ACTIVATED ON DAY 031 (JAN 31 94) AT 0000 UTC.
DUE TO THE 8 DEC 93 DECLARATION OF INITAL OPERATIONAL CAPABILITY
(IOC) THE P-CODE WILL NOT NORMALLY BE AVAILABLE TO USERS WHO DO NOT
HAVE VALID CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS (IAW FEDERAL RADIONAVIGATION PLAN
1992).
2. POC: CAPT THOMPSON AT [phone] OR DSN 560-6378.
RECEIVED AT USNO 14 FEB 94

===============================================================================
 Richard B. Langley                         Internet: [e-mail] or [e-mail]
 Geodetic Research Laboratory               BITnet:   LANG@UNB or SE@UNB
 Dept. of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering Phone:    [phone]
 University of New Brunswick                FAX:      [phone]
 Fredericton, N.B., Canada  E3B 5A3         Telex:    014-46202
===============================================================================

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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 1994 21:14:49 GMT
From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!emr1![e-mail]
Subject: It's Official: GPS Anti-spoofing Is Now on Continuously
To: [e-mail]

Anti spoofing is a system that degrades the GPS fixes of systems that
are not using the classified military codes for accurate, dynamic
navigation. i.e. to prevent anyone from using GPS as a means
of guiding weapons or aiming them.
Presumably 100 m is greater than the blast radius of a terrorist
bomb!


--
Dave Stephenson
Geological Survey of Canada       *Too much bad arithmetic is not a *
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada           *substitute for not enough good   *
Internet: [e-mail]    *         mathematics             *

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Date: 16 Feb 1994 16:18:53 GMT
From: dockmaster.phantom.com![e-mail]
Subject: It's Official: GPS Anti-spoofing Is Now on Continuously
To: [e-mail]

    Can anyone translate the preceeding so that a mere mortal with
a GPS can understand its meaning???
    ..........Jack

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Date: 16 Feb 94 16:14:54 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Non-delivery Notification
To: [e-mail]

Hi [e-mail] !

this notification concerns your message with

msgid: "<[e-mail]>"

It could not be delivered to the following recipient(s):

  [e-mail]

In most cases, these delivery problems are caused by spelling errors in the
recipient addresses. This often happens when the FAX-Gateway is addressed.
Its correct addressing is:

    X.400:   /X121=9xxxxxxxx/ADMD=arcom/C=ch/
    RFC-822: /X121=9xxxxxxxx/ADMD=arcom/C=ch/@chx400.switch.ch

Other reasons may be:

- non-authorized use of our gateway to ADMD=arcom: It is open for users with
  X.400 addresses "...;PRMD=switch;ADMD=arcom;C=ch" *and*  RFC-822 addresses
  ...@<somedomain>.ch only.

- an incorrectly encoded message envelope: Examples for this are missing
  address attributes from some very old EAN versions.

- incorrect timezones in the header's tracing info:
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  from Solaris 2.3 mailers. Some MTAs (like ADMD=arcom) refuse to accept
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Please contact your local postmaster if you cannot work out the problem
yourself !

    [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 1994 12:29:57 GMT
From: pacbell.com!sgiblab!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!darwin.sura.net!gatekeeper.es.dupont.com!esds01.es.dupont.com![e-mail]
Subject: Oscar 13 questions
To: [e-mail]

Hi All,

As a "newbe" to satellite work, I am in the middle of assembling a
Oscar 13 station. I have enough power/preamps/decent rigs for the 2
meter uplink and 435 downling (and vice versa). One thing I'm lacking
is antennas for this effort. I already have the elevation rotor so I'm
about ready to go. I've been looking into antennas, and need some info
regarding them and circular polarization;

    a) Is switchable polarization really necessary? Is there a
    "standard" polarization setting for the Oscar birds?

    b) I have diagrams to build quagi's for satellite work. What is
    the current prices vs building a quagi like. I saw some ad's for
    KLM antennas, and if I remember correctly, the prices were like
    $150 + each. Even if I had to build a quagi a year, it would take
    me quite a bit of time to use up $150 worth of materials!!

    c) I saw an article in either Jan or Feb QST regarding 2304
    downlinks. Are they used very much? Is it worth the effort and
    cost to install a 2304 downlink? I live in a rather rural area,
    so 2 meter interference isn't really a problem here, but was
    trying to get a idea of the cost vs necessity of getting up on
    2304.

    Thanks and 73,

    Joe KI3B

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Date: (null)
From: (null)
SB KEP ARL ARLK006
ARLK006 Keplerian data

Thanks to NASA, AMSAT and N3FKV for the following Keplerian data.

Decode 2-line elsets with the following key:
1 AAAAAU 00  0  0 BBBBB.BBBBBBBB  .CCCCCCCC  00000-0  00000-0 0  DDDZ
2 AAAAA EEE.EEEE FFF.FFFF GGGGGGG HHH.HHHH III.IIII JJ.JJJJJJJJKKKKKZ
KEY: A-CATALOGNUM B-EPOCHTIME C-DECAY D-ELSETNUM E-INCLINATION F-RAAN
G-ECCENTRICITY H-ARGPERIGEE I-MNANOM J-MNMOTION K-ORBITNUM Z-CHECKSUM

AO-10
1 14129U 83058B   94040.06708801 -.00000148  00000-0  10000-3 0  2607
2 14129  27.2057 342.5166 6022455 153.1354 258.3191  2.05877972 80144
UO-11
1 14781U 84021B   94040.53052044  .00000322  00000-0  62635-4 0  6637
2 14781  97.7907  61.1932 0011408 323.9974  36.0464 14.69140692531560
RS-10/11
1 18129U 87054A   94040.55124186  .00000030  00000-0  16659-4 0  8605
2 18129  82.9210  63.1886 0012804  25.2124 334.9655 13.72330924332409
AO-13
1 19216U 88051B   94040.93964943  .00000390  00000-0  10000-4 0  8755
2 19216  57.8821 268.9522 7208878 334.5703   3.1370  2.09717918 43343
FO-20
1 20480U 90013C   94035.98074861 -.00000022  00000-0  31548-4 0  6561
2 20480  99.0184 212.8744 0540153 279.0888  74.9498 12.83223693187179
AO-21
1 21087U 91006A   94041.01003248  .00000094  00000-0  82657-4 0  4237
2 21087  82.9396 236.8134 0036944  77.6411 282.8874 13.74533854152118
RS-12/13
1 21089U 91007A   94040.58590730  .00000042  00000-0  27829-4 0  6615
2 21089  82.9204 106.0890 0030651 102.2186 258.2406 13.74034795151126
ARSENE
1 22654U 93031B   93338.80803910 -.00000087  00000-0  00000 0 0  2437
2 22654   1.4104 113.5274 2936576 161.9838 210.8642  1.42202044  2990
UO-14
1 20437U 90005B   94037.22619383  .00000077  00000-0  47034-4 0  9612
2 20437  98.5971 123.7526 0010334 214.1893 145.8624 14.29821595210876
AO-16
1 20439U 90005D   94037.21681236  .00000071  00000-0  44536-4 0  7626
2 20439  98.6031 124.8401 0010724 214.1741 145.8750 14.29877371210889
DO-17
1 20440U 90005E   94040.75231196  .00000060  00000-0  40428-4 0  7621
2 20440  98.6061 128.6181 0010852 203.0624 157.0068 14.30016024211408
WO-18
1 20441U 90005F   94037.22688753  .00000066  00000-0  42405-4 0  7628
2 20441  98.6048 125.1409 0011314 214.6745 145.3695 14.29991649210908
LO-19
1 20442U 90005G   94037.21376903  .00000072  00000-0  44757-4 0  7617
2 20442  98.6040 125.3540 0011701 213.9496 146.0939 14.30085714210913
UO-22
1 21575U 91050B   94040.70538846  .00000085  00000-0  43536-4 0  4637
2 21575  98.4469 117.7141 0007501 318.1128  41.9484 14.36888785134771
KO-23
1 22077U 92052B   94041.42783993 -.00000037  00000-0  10000-3 0  3583
2 22077  66.0820 185.3819 0009572 318.8321  41.1977 12.86284604 70485
AO-27
1 22825U 93061C   94037.24428981  .00000055  00000-0  40372-4 0  2598
2 22825  98.6630 114.3002 0008288 227.9109 132.1364 14.27605705 19007
IO-26
1 22826U 93061D   94037.72532850  .00000066  00000-0  44626-4 0  2603
2 22826  98.6651 114.7973 0008457 230.9496 129.0928 14.27708094 19076
KO-25
1 22830U 93061H   94040.70815228  .00000057  00000-0  40495-4 0  2625
2 22830  98.5680 116.3594 0011136 187.2116 172.8898 14.28032363 19500
POSAT
1 22829U 93061G   94037.20759234  .00000070  00000-0  45885-4 0  2520
2 22829  98.6603 114.2924 0009404 217.5862 142.4662 14.28001942 19004
MIR
1 16609U 86017A   94041.42205754  .00011161  00000-0  14078-3 0  1312
2 16609  51.6168 102.3559 0004327 318.6406  41.4259 15.60125914456273

Keplerian bulletins are transmitted twice weekly from W1AW.
The next scheduled transmission of these data will be Tuesday,
February 15, 1994, at 2330z on Baudot and AMTOR.
NNNN
/EX

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