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Ham-Space Digest            Tue, 19 Apr 94       Volume 94 : Issue   99

Today's Topics:
                       * SpaceNews 18-Apr-94 *
                     On-line satellite schedules?
        Two-Line Orbital Element Set:  Space Shuttle (2 msgs)

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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 10:02:16 MDT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!panix!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs![e-mail]
Subject: * SpaceNews 18-Apr-94 *
To: [e-mail]

SB NEWS @ AMSAT $SPC0418
* SpaceNews 18-Apr-94 *


BID: $SPC0418


                               =========
                               SpaceNews
                               =========


                          MONDAY APRIL 18, 1994


SpaceNews originates at KD2BD in Wall Township, New Jersey, USA.  It is
published every week and is made available for unlimited distribution.


* STS-59 SAREX NEWS *
=====================
The following are some packet frames received from the Space Shuttle
Endeavour by Andy, WA5ZIB:

W5RRR-1>SAREX [04/12/94  10:13:38] <UI>:
This is STS-59 SAREX Robot station W5RRR-1
onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.

W5RRR-1>QST [04/12/94  10:14:01] <I S4 R0>:
Thanks to all of you hams who have connected to our packet station
and worked us on voice!  It really makes us feel closely connected
to the people and places that we are flying over.  On board Endeavour
things are working very well - the scientists are very happy with the
data they are acquiring.  I am very happy to be back in space, and it
all feels very familiar and nice.  Our crew has been very well trained,
and we were able to accomplish all our tasks as scheduled so far.
We have had some spectacular views of Earth - we just flew over Tahiti,
for example.

73, N5QWL
12 April 1994 02:20 UTC

QSLs are available through the ARRL at the following address:

ARRL
ATTN: STS-59 QSLs
225 Main Street
Newington, CT 06111
USA

Include a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) with your QSL.  Non-US
stations should 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 QSLs: Include the callsign heard, date, UTC, mode, and
frequency.


* SOLAR ECLIPSE INFORMATION *
=============================
On 1994 May 10 (Tue), an annular solar eclipse will be visible throughout
North and Central America.  The May issue of "Sky & Telescope" (p 72ff)
details this event, the last of its type visible in the continental US
until 2012 May 20.

Scott, KF9QK, plans to monitor 10-meter beacons for the effect of the
eclipse on radio propagation.  Of interest is a predicted 'bow shock'
effect on ionospheric propagation as the annular eclipse proceeds, so
amateurs should plan observations well ahead and after their astronomical
eyeball brethren.  Observations of any effect on V/UHF propagation are also
of interest.  A log of conditions before, during and after the event would
be most helpful.  "Sky & Telescope" provides the needed planning
information.  Radio observers, of course, need not worry about atmospheric
conditions.

Weather-wise, observers can also expect noticeable shifts in temperature,
pressure and wind during the annular eclipse.  An observer in Indiana has
requested such information, which, if forwarded to KF9QK, will be relayed.
Again, the better the log, the more it's worth.

Scott may be reached via packet radio at: KF9QK @ N9HSI.IL.USA.NOAM

[Info via KF9QK]


* AMSAT PBBS MOVE *
===================
The AMSAT PBBS changed frequency and modes on April 15th at 1600 UTC.
The AMSAT PBBS will be on a Mark frequency of 14.079 MHz, (that's
14.1811 MHz AFSK LSB), using Pactor with the callsign WT0N.  The new
schedule will be as follows: Monday through Saturday from 1600 UTC until
2300 UTC on a Mark freqeuncy of 14.079 MHz.  From 2330 UTC until 0400 UTC
on a Mark freqeuncy of 7.0735 MHz (that's 7.0756 MHz AFSK LSB), using
Pactor.  These changes have been made to better serve AMSAT users with
greater coverage and use of a mode that many of the users have expressed
an interest in.  If anyone would like to use the Mode G-TOR, please let
WT0N know and he will see about setting up a schedule for G-TOR users.
Please send any comments or suggestions to one of the following:

INTERNET: [e-mail]
PACKET: WT0N@WB0GDB.#STP.MN.USA.NOAM
PACTOR: WT0N

The AMSAT PBBS will have updated Keps and AMSAT bulletins, along with
SpaceNews and other satellite related items.

[Info via BJ Arts, WT0N]


* JOHNSON SPACE CENTER BBS INFORMATION *
========================================
The Johnson Space Center Amateur Radio Club has set up a telephone computer
bulletin board (BBS).  The purpose of the BBS is to provide a source of
current Space Shuttle mission Keplerian Elements.

There are limited number of BBS files available for downloading.
Among the current files are:
     o   Current and old element sets for the mission in progress
     o   Current mission information
     o   Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) information
     o   Recent Space Shuttle Mission Schedules and Manifests
     o   Astronaut/Cosmonaut Ham List
     o   Current JSC Amateur Radio Club Newsletter

We ask that no files be uploaded to the BBS.

The telephone number is [phone].  The speed is anything
up to 9600 baud.  The parameters are N-8-1.

The BBS is currently running in ProComm HOST mode, so the log on is very
simple and downloading is easy.

After logging in you will see the Welcome Screen describing the BBS.
Also, the Welcome Screen contains the current and latest element set
number (e.g., JSC008) loaded on the BBS.  Check it against your last set
so you won't waste your time duplicating a set you already have.

Press ENTER to bring up the second page containing the current Space
Shuttle Keplerian Element Set.  If you have a file capture or screen
capture function in your communications software, use it for this page.
That way, you won't have to go through the file download process if all
you wanted was the latest element set.

If you have any comments for the Club or BBS sysop, leave a message and
the sysops will respond.

Dale Martin, KG5U @ KA5KTH.#SETX.TX.USA.NA
Secretary, Johnson Space Center ARC
Houston, Texas


* AMATEUR SPACE SHOT *
======================
With funding from the National Space Society, the Pacific Rocket Society
(PRS) is building a nitric acid/furfuryl alcohol rocket designed to
achieve an altitude of 80 kilometers--the edge of space.

Of interest to the AMSAT folks is the television and data telemetry
payload designed and built by Duncan Cumming, KD6GKE.  (Duncan is a
native of Birmingham England and holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering
from Cambridge University.)  The system transmits video from a small
security camera at 434 MHz and data at 145.75 MHz.

The data channels include GPS, magnetometer, accelerometer, altimeter,
launch detector, engine temperatures and pressures and status switches.
The heart of the system is a Tattletale IV single board 6303 based
computer.

An article on Duncan's telemetry system, co-authored by George Morgan,
WB6ZUV, appears in the April 1994 issue of "High Power Rocketry."

The launch will be from the Pacific Rocket Society test site in the
Mojave Desert later this year.

The PRS meets monthly in the physics classroom of Chaminade College
Preparatory, West Hills, California.  Inquiries about the project can
be sent to PRS president Charles Pooley, KD6HKU at [e-mail] or
to Dave Reeves at [e-mail] or [e-mail].

[Info via Dave Reeves, KF6PJ/WA6BYE]


* FO-20 SCHEDULE *
==================
The FO-20 command station announced that FO-20 will be placed in Mode JA
(Analog transponder mode) during Field Day 1994 (25-Jun-94 18:00 UTC through
26-Jun-94 18:00 UTC).

The current operating schedule is as follows:

Analog mode:
    20-Apr-94 07:35 -to- 27-Apr-94 07:55 UTC
    11-May-94 06:54 -to- 18-May-94 07:20 UTC

Digital mode:
    Unless otherwise noted above.

[Info via Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK]


* THANKS! *
===========
Thanks to all those who sent messages of appreciation to SpaceNews,
especially:

                     N9QKD             WT0N

and Bob, N7PTM, who uploads SpaceNews to the GEnie telephone BBS system.
Bob places SpaceNews in the Radio and Electronics section, and is told
it is available in the Space section as well.


* FEEDBACK/INPUT WELCOMED *
===========================
Mail to SpaceNews should be directed to the editor (John, KD2BD) via any
of the following paths:

FAX      : [phone]
PACKET   : KD2BD @ N2KZH.NJ.USA.NA
INTERNET : [e-mail]  -or- [e-mail]

MAIL     : John A. Magliacane, KD2BD
           Department of Engineering and Technology
           Advanced Technology Center
           Brookdale Community College
           Lincroft, New Jersey  07738
           U.S.A.


       <<=- SpaceNews: The first amateur newsletter read in space! -=>>

/EX

--
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Advanced Technology Center  |/\/\/\| Packet  : KD2BD @ N2KZH.NJ.USA.NA
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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 13:34:48 -0400
From: ncar!asuvax!pitstop.mcd.mot.com!mcdphx!schbbs!mothost!lmpsbbs!NewsWatcher![e-mail]
Subject: On-line satellite schedules?
To: [e-mail]

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(Herb Dieben) wrote:

>
>
> In a previous article, [e-mail] () says:
>
> >Is there an on-line source of data about Oscar and RS satellite schedules
> >of operation?
> >
> >        Albert S. Woodhull
> >        Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, USA
> >        [e-mail]
> >
> Let me know if you find one.
> Thanks,Herb
> >

You are both in the right place. The orbital data appears here regularly,
and
is usually titled $ORBnnn.type, where the "nnn" is a sequentially assigned
number and the "type" may be weather (WX), amateur (OSCAR) or other fairly
easily decoded suffix. You may also see the title containing the word
"KEPS,"
short for Keplerian orbital data.

Recently several folks have been posting their own original works or
duplicates of the ARRL and AMSAT listings into the rec.radio.amateur.misc
newsgroup, which is strongly discouraged. Keep looking here, you'll find
much valuable news here, including SpaceNews, the AMSAT bulletins, and
other
helpful info.

--
Karl Beckman, P.E.           < STUPIDITY is an elemental force for which >
Motorola Comm - Fixed Data   < no earthquake is a match.  --  Karl Kraus >

The statements and opinions expressed here are not those of Motorola Inc.
Motorola paid a marketing firm a huge sum of money to get their opinions;
they have made it clear that they do not wish to share those of employees.

Amateur radio WA8NVW @ K8MR.NEOH.USA.NA         NavyMARS VBH @ NOGBN.NOASI

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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 22:42:45 MDT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!swrinde!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs![e-mail]
Subject: Two-Line Orbital Element Set:  Space Shuttle
To: [e-mail]

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 59
1 23042U 94020A   94107.91666667  .00025849  11135-4  10898-4 0   314
2 23042  56.9922 223.0523 0007875 294.2887 134.4999 16.23816294  1372
--
Dr TS Kelso                           Assistant Professor of Space Operations
[e-mail]                    Air Force Institute of Technology

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Date: Tue, 19 Apr 1994 04:42:29 GMT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!blackbird.afit.af.mil![e-mail]
Subject: Two-Line Orbital Element Set:  Space Shuttle
To: [e-mail]

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 59
1 23042U 94020A   94107.91666667  .00025849  11135-4  10898-4 0   314
2 23042  56.9922 223.0523 0007875 294.2887 134.4999 16.23816294  1372
--
Dr TS Kelso                           Assistant Professor of Space Operations
[e-mail]                    Air Force Institute of Technology

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