From: cowdin@pogo.DEn.mmc.COM (Dave Cowdin)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: ANS-361 BULLETINS
Date: 27 Dec 92 03:22:31 GMT
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SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-361.01
AMSAT OPERATIONS NET SCHEDS

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 361.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD DECEMBER 26, 1992   BID: $ANS-361.01
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 of 435.970 MHz.

 Date           UTC    Mode     Phs       NCS     Alt

  3-Jan-93       0200   B        35      WA5ZIB  WJ9F
 11-Jan-93       0400   B        21      W9ODI   N7NQM
 16-Jan-93       2200   B        36      W5IU    WA5ZIB

Any stations with information on current events are especially welcomed
to join the AO-13 Operations Net.  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) at Mean Anomaly
count 50.  The downlink is on Mode B only at 145.960 MHz.  OPSNETS will
take priority so look for SSTV activity immediately after they conclude.

/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-361.02
CURRENT OSCAR STATUS REPORT

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 361.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD DECEMBER 26, 1992   BID: $ANS-361.02
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT

Current OSCAR Status Report: 12/26/92

FO-20: Date: 12/26/92: 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 pass-
band 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.  [G3IOR]

AO-13: Date: 12/26/92: PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM VK5AGR:
L de VK5AGR 25-DEC-92 21:00 UTC - The last session of magnetorquing
to change AO-13's attitude from 134/6 to 130/0 commenced on
25-DEC-92 at 21:04utc i.e. Orbit 3471 MA 237. As the Sun Angle has
been sitting around the -40 to -45 degrees, the Mode-B transponder
operation has had to be restricted to 55 MA units. After the
completion of this 1 perigee magnetorque the Sun Angle will
steadily improve each day so full Mode-B operation will be
reintroduced as soon as possible. In the interim Mode-B will be
switched ON from MA 15 to MA 90 and again from MA 170 to MA 240.
The omnis will be ON from MA 170 through perigee to MA 15. 
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.

KO-23: Date: 12/26/92: G7LAZ reports that during last week's operations
the OBC-186 crashed once due to a software bug.  At the current time  
software engineers are running the software on an "engineering" mock-up      
of the OBC-186 on the ground in order to find the bug.  However, G7LAZ  
reports that KO-23 is healthy. [G7LAZ]

UO-11: Date: 12/26/92: G0/KO5I has uploaded a new bulletin on UO-11 dated   
15-DEC-92. Monitor UO-11's telementry beacon on 145.820 MHz.  [G3IOR]

ARSENE: Date: 12/19/92: F6BVP reports that the launch of this new OSCAR is
scheduled for 20-April-93.  Telementry formats will be published soon.  [G3IOR] 

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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