From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio.amsat
Subject: CURRENT OSCAR STATUS REPORT
Date: 17 Nov 92 02:33:07 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 312.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD NOVEMBER 14, 1992    BID: $ANS-319.04
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT

Current OSCAR Status Report: 11/14/92

       FO-20: Date: 11/14/92: Will be in Mode JA SSB voice mode on
       Wednesdays.  The following is the schedule of Mode JA operations:

             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: 11/14/92: 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.  [WD0HHU]

       AO-13: Date: 11/14/92: 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.  Next ZRO Test: 11/21/92 Mode JL 435.945 MHz 09:05 UTC

       DO-17: Date: 11/14/92: 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: 11/14/92: 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 Nov. 10th,
       AO-16 appears to be operating normally with the new PB.EXE soft-
       ware. [WH6I]

       UO-22: Date: 11/14/92: Operating normally, very busy and no recent
       Earth Imaging System (EIS) pictures. [WH6I]

       KO-23: Date: 11/14/92: G0/K8KA reports that there are several new
       images worth downloading.  One of the images shows the coastline
       of Burma, Laos, Thailand, and Bangladesh.  The "narrow" image is
       well-exposed and cloud free, but difficult to locate exactly.
       These images are named KAIN002B and KAIW002B.  They are certainly
       worth downloading.  [G0/K8KA]

       MIR: Date: 11/14/92: G3IOR reports that MIR is QRV again.  The cos-
       monauts have been very busy with space station attitude control pro-
       blems which has also been giving them problems with their scientific ex-
       periemnts aboard.  Thus, they had been forced toconserve power and turn
       off the packet station.  However, Pat reports that U6MIR-1 is back
       again on its downlink frequency of 145.550 MHz FM. [G3IOR]

       LO-19: Date: 11/14/92: 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: 11/14/92: Andrey Mironov, a long time ground con-
       troller at RS3A reports that RS-10 will always stay in Mode A and
       RS-12 will will always be in Mode K.  Andrey also stated that
       there are no plans to change transponders in the near future.
       [FD1RQH]

       RS-12/13: Date: 11/14/92: The RS-12 CW beacon could be heard on
       29.408 MHz.  The satellite had many users last weekend. [N3KVQ]

       WO-18: Date 11/14/92: 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 INLCUDE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.  The information you provide will
be of value to all OSCAR enthusiasts.

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
dave@esi.COM.AU                ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave
           Disclaimer: "Me, speak for us?"