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- From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
- Newsgroups: aus.radio.amsat
- Subject: CURRENT OSCAR STATUS REPORT
- Message-ID: <3085@eram.esi.COM.AU>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 23:51:28 GMT
- Distribution: aus
- Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
- Lines: 75
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- HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 023.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
- SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 23, 1993 BID: $ANS-023.02
- TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
-
- Current OSCAR Status Reports: 01/23/93
-
- AO-13: Date: 01/23/93: PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM VK5AGR:
- QST *** AO-13 TRANSPONDER SCHEDULE *** 1992 Dec 21 - Feb 08
- Mode-B : MA 0 to MA 256 !
- Mode-S : MA !
- Mode-LS : MA !
- Mode-JL : MA ! Attitude
- Mode-B : MA ! Jan 21 Blong/Blat=150/0
- Omnis : MA 170 to MA 15 !
- Eclipses: Transponders are OFF from MA 170 to MA 256,
- 28-Jan-93 thru 04-Mar-93
-
- QST *** AO-13 TRANSPONDER SCHEDULE *** 1993 Feb 08 Until Mar 08
- Mode-B : MA 0 to MA 40 !
- Mode-S : MA 40 to MA 50 !<- Mode-S Transponder; Mode-B is OFF!
- Mode-LS : MA 50 to MA 55 !<- Mode-S Beacon + Mode-L Transponder
- Mode-JL : MA 55 to MA 70 ! Blon/Blat=150/0
- Mode-B : MA 70 to MA 256 ! Move to attitude Blong/Blat=180/0 08-Mar-93
- Omnis : MA 170 to MA 15 ! Please don't uplink to Mode-B from MA 40- 50.
- This interferes with Mode-S operations.
- 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.
-
- AO-16: Date: 01/23/93: AO-16's BBS is up and operating normally. [WH6I]
-
- UO-22: Date: 01/23/93: UO-22's BBS is up and operating normally. However,
- expect its operating system to "crash" as ground controllers at the
- University of Surrey trouble shoot a software bug. [WH6I]
-
- LO-19: Date: 01/23/93: Expect more traffic to be diverted to LO-19 due to
- the software bug "plaguing" UO-22 for the time being. [WH6I]
-
- UO-11: Date: 01/23/93: Look for the telemetry beacon on a downlink
- frequency of 145.826 MHz. [KD2BD]
-
- KO-23: Date: 01/23/93: The KITSAT BBS is up and has a lot of mail already.
- There are also a pair of images to download. [WH6I]
-
- FO-20: Date: 01/23/93: Expect FO-20 to be in Mode JA at the following UTC
- times: Jan 26 23:30 --> Jan 27 23:50
- Feb 2 23:57 --> Feb 4 00:16
- Feb 10 00:21 --> Feb 11 00:40
- Feb 17 00:45 --> Feb 17 23:13
- Feb 23 00:49 --> Feb 23 23:18
- At all other times, expect FO-20 will be in the Digital Mode (JD). FO-20's
- analogue telemetry beacon can be heard on a downlink frequency of 435.795
- MHz. [JJ1WTK]
-
- STS-55: 01/23/93: The next Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) mission
- is scheduled to fly 25-FEB-93. PLEASE LOOK FOR NUMEROUS ANS BULLETINS
- ITEMS ABOUT STS-55 NEXT WEEK. [KA3HDO]
-
- AO-21: 01/23/93: AO-21 is back in full operation with transponder, voice
- beacon, music, and 1200 baud packet. Some of the packet is apparently non-
- ascii data. [W5IU]
-
- 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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