From: cowdin@pogo.DEn.mmc.COM (Dave Cowdin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: ANS-326 BULLETINS
Date: 22 Nov 92 21:11:18 GMT
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SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-326.01
KO5I BECOMES G0/KO5I

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 326.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD NOVEMBER 21, 1992   BID:$ANS-326.01
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT

KO5I Accepts A Position At The University of Surrey (UoS)

Doug Loughmiller (KO5I) has accepted an appointment at the University of
Surrey's Spacecraft Engineering Research Unit (UoSAT) offered to him by
its Director, Dr. Martin Sweeting (G3YJO).  As of November 1, 1992, Doug has
begun his duties as the Manager of the Ground Control Station and of Satellite
Mission Operations for both UoS and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL).
SSTL is the commercial satellite group of UoSAT which designs and builds
satellites for professional groups such as the Volunteers In Technical
Assistance (VITA).  VITA makes use of UO-14 for humanitarian purposes on
non-amateur frequencies.  In his new job, Doug will be responsible for the
"day-in-day-out" issues concerning the UoSATs and the ground station at the
UoS.  Some of these important daily tasks include the planning, organizing,
and scheduling of operations on the UoSATs for both the radio amateur
community and professional organizations.  Doug will also act as a liaison
between the amateur radio community and the professional organizations who
utilize UoSAT satellites.  Doug fills an important "niche" at UoSAT/SSTL
because of the increasing number of UoSATs and the demands placed on these
satellites by the professional and amateur users.

KO5I is well known within the amateur space program having been an active
amateur satellite operator since the days of OSCAR-6 in the early '70s.  He
has written many articles for QST on the topic of amateur satellites and
has provided operational support for the OSCARs and during SAREX
missions.  In addition, he has served in a number of positions with AMSAT-
NA since the early '80s.  In 1988 he assumed the position of AMSAT-NA
President, a post he held until 1991.  Beginning in 1989, he also served as
a full time staff member -- first as General Manager and later as Executive
Director.  His tenure with AMSAT-NA continued until May of this year.

KO5I would be very interested to hear from the many users of the UoSAT
satellites.  If you would like to write to him, his address is:

               G0/KO5I
               UoSAT
               Centre for Satellite Engineering Research
               University of Surrey, Guildford
               Surrey GU2 5XH England.

Doug can also be reached via INTERNET at his INTERNET address of
D.Loughmiller@ee.surrey.ac.uk or on CompuServe at the address of 100064,
2616.  Likewise, you can also send your comments to Doug using the BBS on
UO-22.

AMSAT-NA congratulates G0/KO5I and wishes the best for Doug as he begins
his new job at UoSAT.

[The AMSAT News Service (ANS) would like to thank G0/K8KA for this bulletin
item.]

/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-326.02
VE3ONT EME EFFORTS THWARTED

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 326.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD NOVEMBER 21, 1992   BID: $ANS-326.02
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT

Wind Storm & Power Outage Prevent VE3ONT From Making OSCAR-0 Contacts

Last weekend the operators at VE3ONT planned to be active from the
Algonquin Space Institute during the ARRL's Annual Earth-Moon-Earth (EME)
Competition but as it turned out MURPHY WAS NOT GOING TO ALLOW IT!
The operators of VE3ONT had planned to use the 150 ft diameter dish at the
Space Institute's QTH on 432 MHz to provide AO-13 users the opportunity to
make their first OSCAR-0 contact.  But because of a power outage and some
bad weather last weekend, VE3ONT was unable to be operational.  However,
Ray Soifer (W2RS) reported that he heard several AO-13 stations performing
EME contacts with W5UN.  Ray commented that W5UN signals were so strong off
of OSCAR-0 on 144.008 MHz that one could easily hear the signals through a
loud speaker.  W5UN worked several AO-13 stations on 2M EME.  W5UN's
forward antenna gain is about 33.3 dBi and Ray estimates that is equivalent
to a 140 ft diameter dish at 144 MHz.

Mike Owen (W9IP) says that the same group of operators for this EME
Competition are planning to return in the Spring of '93 for another
effort.  And later next year, in the Fall of '93, they are planning a
3-band EME effort on 144 MHz, 432 MHz and 1296 MHz.  Mike expressed his
apologies to all those who listened for VE3ONT last weekend.  But as he
can attest to, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO CONTROL MURPHY!

/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-326.03
RS-15 SET TO FLY IN EARLY '93

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 326.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD NOVEMBER 21, 1992   BID:$ANS-326.03
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT

G3IOR Provides Details About RS-15

Pat Gowen (G3IOR) reports that OSCAR enthusiasts should expect the launch
of RS-15 to happen sometime between Febuary and April of '93.  The expected
orbit will place RS-15 into a 2,300 km circular orbit and, with an orbital
inclination of 63 degrees.  This satellite is basically a clone of RS-10/11
and weighs about 70 kg.  It was built by the same successful team which has
built all previous RS birds.  The team leader for this new RS bird is V.N.
Arbuzov at the NPO of Applied Mechanics in the city of Krashoyarsk.  RS-15
will be a Mode A satellite and will have two telemetry beacons.  Also, RS-15
will have an on-board bulletin board system (BBS) with 2 Mbytes of RAM memory.  The following is a list of frequencies that
RS-15 will utilize:

               Uplink:        145.857 ---> 145.897 MHz
               Downlink:       29.357 --->  29.397 MHz
               Beacon #1       29.398 MHz
               Beacon #2       29.353 MHz

As one can see, the passband is 40 KHz wide and this is a non-inverting
transponder.  RS-15's beacons will send down 64 items of telemetry.  The
transponder's RF downlink power will be around 5 watts and the beacon's RF
output power will be 0.4 watts, but with a command from the ground, the
beacon's output power can be increased to 1.2 watts.  The antennas will be
quarter-wave monopoles for both uplink and downlink.

If you are interested in performing experimental studies with RS-15 and
would like to find out more about RS-15, you are invited to write to:

               Mr. V. S. Yamnikov
               Laboratory of Aero-Cosmic Technology, ROSTO
               ul. Zemlynoi Wal 46/48
               Moscow 103 064, Russia

Also, Dr. Alexander Zaitzev (RW3DZ) is handling all of the Public Relations
efforts for RS-15.  If you would like to contract Dr. Zaitzev, he can be
reached on INTERNET at his INTERNET address of rw3dz@rw3dz.public.su for
more information about RS-15.

[The AMSAT News Service would like to thank Pat Gowen (G3IOR) for the
information which went into this bulletin.]

/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-326.04
AO-21 TO ASSIST MIDSHIPMEN

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 326.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD NOVEMBER 21, 1992   BID:$ANS-326.04
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT

AO-21 Special Packet Event!

At noon EST on Friday, December 4th, Naval Academy Midshipmen will begin
"running" the Army-Navy game football from Annapolis, MD to Philadelphia to
arrive at the stadium by noon Saturday for the game.  The runners and chase
vehicles will be reporting their positions along the route via packet
radio.  A specially outfitted "football" helmet has been configured with a
Gobal Positioning Satellite (GPS) receiver, a TNC, and 2M transmitter for
automatic packet reporting once every 2 minutes.  These beacon frames will
be digipeated by the chase vehicle for further relay by a variety of means
including HF packet and AO-21.  We will announce the HF frequency (MARS)
when it is firm.  Packet enthusiasts all across the country are encouraged
to tune to the HF frequency or to the AO-21 downlink of 145.987 MHz during all
East Coast passes on that day to follow the progress of the "game"
football.

In order for the football signal to have a reasonable chance of getting
through AO-21, North American users are requested to run minimum power
during East Coast passes for that 24 hour period.  HOWEVER, WE DO NOT
REQUEST EXCLUSIVE USE OF THE SATELLITE and other QSO's are expected to
continue, but it should be exciting for all to try to copy our once every
two minute position reports.  The packet will contain LAT and LONG as
follows:

               FBALL>BEACON:$GPGLL,3859.45,N,07629.44,W

Special software for displaying the movement of the football and vehicles
is available by sending an S.A.S.E and formatted 360K disk to John Kohl
(KO4A) at 719 Hilcrest Dr., Annapolis, MD 21401.  A final bulletin will be
distributed the week of Thanksgiving (Nov 28-29) with further details about
this interesting use of amateur radio and AO-21.  For more information about
this exciting event, contact Bob Bruninga (WB4APR) at his packet radio
address of WB4APR @ N3ETI.MD

[The AMSAT News Service (ANS) would like to thank N3KVQ for this bulletin
item.]

/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-326.05
AMSAT OPERATIONS NET SCHEDS

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 326.05 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD NOVEMBER 21, 1992   BID: $ANS-326.05
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT

AMSAT-NA Operations Net Schedule

AMSAT Operations Nets are planned for the following times.  Mode B Nets
are conducted on AO-13 on a downlink frequency of 145.950 MHz and the Mode
J/L Nets on a downlink of 435.970 MHz.

 Date           UTC    Mode     Phs     NCS     Alt

28-Nov-92       1550   B       217      VE2LVC  W9ODI
 6-Dec-92       1400   B       118      N7NQM   W5IU
19-Dec-92       1400   B       185      WB6LLO  W9ODI

Any stations with information on current events would be most welcome.  In
the unlikely event that either the Net Control Station (NCS) or the
alternate do not call on frequency, any participant is invited to act as
the NCS.

Slow Scan Television on AO-13

SSTV sessions will be held on Saturdays and Sundays (UTC).  Mode J on a
downlink of 435.980 MHz, and Mode B immediately after Mode J on 145.960
MHz.  OPS NETS will take priority so look for SSTV activity immediately
after they conclude.

/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-326.06
CURRENT OSCAR STATUS REPORT

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 326.06 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD NOVEMBER 21, 1992   BID: $ANS-326.06
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT

Current OSCAR Status Report: 11/21/92

FO-20: Date: 11/21/92: 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
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.  Look for G4CUO conducting "trans-satellite" contacts between
FO-20 and AO-10, AO-13, and AO-21.  G4CUO has made several successful
"double-hop" satellite contacts! [G3IOR]

AO-21: Date: 11/21/92: FM Transponder in operation for 9 minutes with 400
baud PSK telemetry 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.  New stations are heard daily on AO-21.  G3IOR notes
that signals are poor at low elevations due perhaps to the helical antenna
footprint that is narrower than the 145 MHz downlink antenna.  He recom-
mends Right Hand Circular (RHC) polarization.  Please remember that only
one station can use AO-21 at a time! [G3IOR]

AO-13: Date: 11/21/92: Note the following A0-13 Transponder Schedule:
L G3RUH/DB2OS/VK5AGR  ***  Future AO-13 Transponder Schedule ***
Mode-B  : MA   0 to MA 180 !     from  1992 Nov 23 - Dec 14/21
Mode-S  : MA 180 to MA 190 !<- S transponder; Mode B TRANSPONDER is OFF!
Mode-LS : MA 190 to MA 195 !<- S beacon + L transponder
Mode-JL : MA 195 to MA 210 !        Blon/Blat 210/0
Mode-B  : MA 210 to MA 256 !   Modes J/L/S OFF Dec 14 thru 21
Omnis   : MA 245 to MA  80 !  Move to attitude 130/0, Dec 21
Please don't uplink on Mode B during MA 180-190 because it will interfere
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.

DO-17: Date: 11/21/92: S/W reload continuing.  S-Band transmitter in use.
An intense effort is underway to get the 2M packet beacon running again.
[WD0E]

AO-16: Date: 11/21/92: The Raised Cosine (RC) transponder is in use.  The
downlink frequency is 437.050 MHz.  WD0E suggest users set their antennas
to Right Hand Circular (RHC) polarization.  As of last week AO-16 appears
to be operating normally with the new PB.EXE software. [WH6I]

UO-22: Date: 11/21/92: Operating normally, very busy and one recent Earth
Imaging System (EIS) picture taken just NE of Limerick, Ireland. [WH6I]

KO-23: Date: 11/21/92: Software loading for the bulletin board system (BBS)
continues.  The UoSAT folks are arranging to see that picture downloading
will not be QRMed by BBS operations.  Last week G3IOR heard KO-23 playing
military style music from its DSP experiment.   WH6I reports that KO-23 is
operating normally but there was a note from KAIST indicating that KO-23 is
experiencing power budget problems with recent eclipse periods.  Therefore
further experimentation has been delayed.  There are a new set of images as
noted in last week's status report.  Users should expect a software reset
within the next week as uploading of programs continues. [G3IOR & WH6I]

MIR: Date: 11/21/92: G3IOR reports that U6MIR, Anatoly, has been active on
both voice and packet on 145.550 MHz every evening in Europe.  G3IOR made a
voice QSO with Anatoly last week.  Anatoly speaks very good English.  WB8OTH
heard U6MIR on 145.550 MHz on Saturday 11/14/92 around 18:00 UTC.  WB8OTH
also heard him work 2 stations on Monday 11/15/92 around 18:00 UTC.  Anotoly
told the station operator that he was talking to that he listened everyday
around the 18:00 UTC time frame. [G3IOR & WB8OTH]

LO-19: Date: 11/21/92: The Raised Cosine Transmitter is in use on 437.1255
MHz.  For broadcast downloads, use the PB.EXE version 910509m and for
directory and file uploads, use PG.EXE version 910207r.  On Mondays LO-19
is active for the broadcast bulletin experiments.  [LU8DYF]

RS-10/11: Date: 11/21/92: Activity on RS-10/11 was quite heavy in the
Northeast with many stations working CW and SSB from PA, NH, MA, Ontario,
Quebec, AL, Sweden an the UK.  Due to the relatively short windows on each
pass, QSOs are fast and furious.  The 10M band has been tough lately with
lots of QSB so some QSOs are very made with call signs passed and little
else.  [N1MEN]

RS-12/13: Date: 11/21/92: The Mode K operation is on all day, everyday.
Most stations heard are using 21 MHz for general QSOs instead of for RS-
12/13 contacts.  In November, it is expected that the Maximium Usable
Frequency (MUF) will increase and G3IOR will commence more "sub-horizon"
contacts with many "G" stations, "W" stations, and with ZL3GQ.  Requests
are being made to RS3A to allow G4CUO's experimental "trans-satellite"
contacts to happen by putting RS-12/13 into Mode T or Mode KT.  However,
that hasn't happened yet.  The RS-12 CW beacon can be heard on 29.408 MHz.
[G3IOR & N3KVQ]

AO-10: Date 11/21/92: Signals are excellent at times.  AO-10 is always in
Mode B but there are very few users.  It still goes strong! [G3IOR]

WO-18: Date 11/21/92: Imaging continues as usual. The current transmitter
is still on 437.1040 MHz using the RC TX.  [WA3PSD]

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.

/EX