From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio.amsat
Subject: CURRENT OSCAR STATUS REPORT
Date: 12 Nov 92 03:11:27 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 312.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD NOVEMBER 7, 1992    BID: $ANS-312.04
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT

Current OSCAR Status Report: 11/07/92

       FO-20: Date: 11/07/92:  Will be in Mode JA SSB voice mode on
       Wednesdays.  The following is the schedule of Mode JA operations:

             11-Nov-92 00:40 UTC -to- 12-Nov-92 00:55 UTC
             18-Nov-92 01:05 UTC -to- 19-Nov-92 01:25 UTC
             25-Nov-92 01:30 UTC -to- 26-Nov-92 00:00 UTC

       At all other times the Mode JD BBS will be in operation.
       Mode JA Uplink passband 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.  [JJ1WTK/KD2BD]

AO-21: Date: 10/31/92:  FM Transponder in operation for 9 mindutes with
       400 baud PSK telementry transmissions for 1 minute.  This cycle
       repeats every hour of everyday.  Uplink frequency is 435.016 MHz
       and downlink frequency is 145.987 MHz FM.  G3IOR reports that the
       -12 dB attenuator on the receiver input was switched out this past
       weekend (Nov 7-8th) and the results were quite striking.  However,
       this was only an experiment and the -12 dB attenuator is now
       switched on again.  [G3IOR]


AO-13: Date: 11/07/92: Note the following A0-13 Transponder Schedule:
       M G3RUH/DB2OS/VK5AGR  *** Current AO-13 Transponder Schedule ***
       Mode-B  : MA   0 to MA 130 !     from  1992 Sep 21 - Nov 23
       Mode-S  : MA 130 to MA 140 !<- S transponder; B trsp. is OFF!
       Mode-LS : MA 140 to MA 145 !<- S beacon + L transponder
       Mode-JL : MA 145 to MA 160 !   This schedule operates
       Mode-B  : MA 160 to MA 256 !   every orbit, every day.
       Omnis   : MA 235 to MA  30 !     Blon/Blat 180/0
       Magnetorquing from attitude Blong/Blat 180/0 to 210/0 will commence
       on Nov 21 [Sat] 23:58 UTC, Orbit 3400, MA 224, and will continue for
       4 perigees.  ZRO Test 11/14/92 Mode B 145.840 MHz 15:30 UTC

       DO-17: Date: 11/07/92: S/W reload continuing.  S-Band transmitter
       in use. [WD0E]

       UO-22: Date: 10/31/92: Operating normally and very busy. [WH6I]

       AO-16: Date: 11/07/92: The Raised Cosine (RC) transponder is in use.
       The downlink frequency is 437.050 MHz.  Use the same PB & PG as on
       UO-22 which includes directory broadcast.  Jim White (WD0E) suggests
       user set their antennas to Right Hand Circular polarization. [WD0E]

       MIR: Date: 11/07/92: Nothing heard from U6MIR or U6MIR-1 earlier in
       the week by N4YPP.  However, G3IOR heard U6MIR call CQ over Europe
       Friday evening in the UK (Nov 6th) and heard U6MIR-1 on packet on
       on a downlink frequency of 145.550 MHz on Nov 7th.  G3IOR predicts
       will be increased activity from Mir in the near future.  [N4YPP/
       G3IOR]

       LO-19: Date: 10/31/92: The Raised Cosine Transmitter is in use on
       437.1255 MHz.  For broadcast downloads, use the "old" PB.EXE prog-
       ram for the time being. [LU8DYF]  Also, LO-19 is operating normally
       with bulletin broadcast continuously on Mondays. [WH6I]

       RS-10/11: Date: 11/07/92: Andrey Mironov, a long time ground con-
       troller at RS3A reports that RS-10 will always stay in Mode A and
       RS-13 will will always be in Mode K.  Andrey further stated that
       there are no plans to change transponders in the near future.
       [FD1RQH]

       RS-12/13: Date: 11/07/92: The RS-12 CW beacon could be heard on
       29.408 MHz.  The satellite had many users last weekend. [N3KVQ]

       KO-23: Date: 11/07/92: Early in the week things looked normal, but
       it would not respond to any commands.   Later it was in a "tick"
       mode, and today (Nov 7th) it was back to normal, but there are no
       images to download.
       [WH6I]

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.  The information you provide will be
of value to all OSCAR enthusiasts.

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
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