From: cowdin@pogo.DEn.mmc.COM (Dave Cowdin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: ANS-023 BULLETINS
Date: 24 Jan 93 21:10:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: AMSAT.9301242110.AA17455
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SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-023.01
AMSAT OPERATIONS NET SCHEDULE

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 023.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 23, 1993    BID:$ANS-023.01
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 frequency of 435.970 MHz.

 Date           UTC    Mode     Phs       NCS     Alt

  6-Feb-93       2200   B        45      VE2LVC  W9ODI
 14-Feb-93       0200   J        56      N7NQM   W5IU
 22-Feb-93       0330   B        32      WB6LLO  W9ODI

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

Slow Scan Television on AO-13

SSTV sessions will be held on UTC Saturdays and Sundays at Mean Anomoly
40 until 08-FEB-93.  The downlink frequency on Mode-B is 145.960 MHz.
Starting Saturday 13-FEB-93 they will continue on the following schedule:

         Mode J UTC Saturday and Sunday,         Downlink 435.980 MHz
         Mode B after J UTC Saturday and Sunday, Downlink 145.960 MHz

OPSNETS will take priority, look for SSTV activity immediately after the
net.  SSTVer's are invited to join the Net to make schedules at other
times if desired.

/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-023.02
CURRENT OSCAR STATUS REPORT

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.

/EX
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