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- From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
- Newsgroups: aus.radio.amsat
- Subject: CURRENT OSCAR STATUS REPORT
- Message-ID: <2963@eram.esi.COM.AU>
- Date: 27 Dec 92 07:46:00 GMT
- Distribution: aus
- Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
- Lines: 52
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- HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 361.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
- SILVER SPRING, MD DECEMBER 26, 1992 BID: $ANS-361.02
- TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
-
- Current OSCAR Status Report: 12/26/92
-
- FO-20: Date: 12/26/92: FO-20 is in Mode JA SSB mode on Wednesdays UTC. At
- all other times the Mode JD BBS will be in operation. Mode JA Uplink pass-
- band is 145.900-146.000 MHz. Downlink passband is 435.900-435.800 MHz.
- Mode JA is an inverting transponder. The Mode JA beacon can be heard at
- 435.795 MHz. [G3IOR]
-
- AO-13: Date: 12/26/92: PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM VK5AGR:
- L de VK5AGR 25-DEC-92 21:00 UTC - The last session of magnetorquing
- to change AO-13's attitude from 134/6 to 130/0 commenced on
- 25-DEC-92 at 21:04utc i.e. Orbit 3471 MA 237. As the Sun Angle has
- been sitting around the -40 to -45 degrees, the Mode-B transponder
- operation has had to be restricted to 55 MA units. After the
- completion of this 1 perigee magnetorque the Sun Angle will
- steadily improve each day so full Mode-B operation will be
- reintroduced as soon as possible. In the interim Mode-B will be
- switched ON from MA 15 to MA 90 and again from MA 170 to MA 240.
- The omnis will be ON from MA 170 through perigee to MA 15.
- Don't rely on gossip and rumor! Continuous up-to-date information
- about AO-13 operations is always available on the beacons, 145.812
- MHz, 435.658 MHz and 2400.646 MHz in CW, RTTY and 400 bps PSK.
-
- KO-23: Date: 12/26/92: G7LAZ reports that during last week's operations
- the OBC-186 crashed once due to a software bug. At the current time
- software engineers are running the software on an "engineering" mock-up
- of the OBC-186 on the ground in order to find the bug. However, G7LAZ
- reports that KO-23 is healthy. [G7LAZ]
-
- UO-11: Date: 12/26/92: G0/KO5I has uploaded a new bulletin on UO-11 dated
- 15-DEC-92. Monitor UO-11's telementry beacon on 145.820 MHz. [G3IOR]
-
- ARSENE: Date: 12/19/92: F6BVP reports that the launch of this new OSCAR is
- scheduled for 20-April-93. Telementry formats will be published soon. [G3IOR]
-
- The AMSAT NEWS Service (ANS) is looking for volunteers to contribute weekly
- OSCAR status reports. If you have a favorite OSCAR which you work
- regularly and would like to contribute to this bulletin, please send in
- 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 @ W0LJF.#NECO.CO.USA.NOAM. 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.
-
- --
- Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
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