From: kd2bd@ka2qhd.de.com (John Magliacane)
Subject: * SpaceNews 06-Apr-92 *
To: sci-space-news@rutgers.edu
Followup-To: sci.space
Keywords: SAREX, SOYUZ TM-13, Satellite Logbook
Organization: ka2qhd - Ocean NJ
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 1992 03:45:15 GMT



Subject: * SpaceNews 06-Apr-92 *


SB NEWS @ AMSAT < KD2BD $SPC0406
* SpaceNews 06-Apr-92 *

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                         MONDAY APRIL 6, 1992


SpaceNews originates at KD2BD in Wall Township, New Jersey, USA.  It
is published every week and is made available for unlimited distribution.


* SAREX CONTACT IN BELGIUM *
============================
On Friday March 27, the Amateur Radio Station deployed in the European
Space Center (Redu-Province of Luxemburg-Belgium) by ON4WF-ON4KVI
contacted Dirk Frimout, ON1AFD, aboard the Shuttle Atlantis on orbit 49.

During the contact, 2 young boys and girls questioned Dirk about the
temperature and the speed of the Shuttle.  ON4WF, ON4KVI, and ON1KLH also
spoke with Dirk.  A special telephone link was also established between the
Johnson Space Center and Redu with the good help of ON7LE.

The success of the SAREX contact was captured by several radio and TV
and radio networks on Belgium.

A special thanks to all who kept the downlink frequency (145.550 MHz)
free of interference.

[Info via Renauld, ON4KVI]


* SAREX QSLs *
==============
Stations who either hear the Shuttle or actually make two-way radio
contact with the Shuttle are eligible for SAREX QSLs.  The QSL address
is as follows:

The Sterling Park Amateur Radio Club
P.O. Box 599
Sterling, Virginia  22170
U.S.A.

Include a large (number 10 or larger) self-addressed stamped envelope with
your QSL.  Please mark "STS-45 SWL" for a confirmation of a signal report,
or "STS-45 QSL 2-way" for confirmation of a two-way QSO.  Include the date,
time, and signal report with your QSL.

[Info via WA3NAN @ NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center]


* SATELLITE SWL REPORT *
========================
The following is a list of satellites and corresponding beacon frequencies
which constitute a log of signals received by Lawrence Harris of Plymouth,
England:

Report for February 1992

NOAA 9      Off 137.62 MHz all months during clash with NOAA 11.
NOAA 10     On until the 20th.  Off during clash with NOAA 12.  Back on 29th.
NOAA 11     On 137.62 MHz.  Normal operations all month.
NOAA 12     On 137.50 MHz.  Normal operations all month.
NOAA 13     Not heard.
METEOR 3-3  (89-86A) Off all month.
METEOR 3-4  (91-30A) 137.30 MHz.  Continuous TX all month.  Infrared during
            night part of orbit, then visible during sunlight.  Change from
            visible to infrared is instantaneous for some passes, but on
            others, it changes first to bars only for four minutes, then
            bars and white level for one minute, then normal IR.  No obvious
            correlation with anything.
METEOR 3-5  (91-56A) Off all month.
METEOR 2-19 137.85 MHz.  On from the 11th on southbound orbits (sunlit only).
METEOR 2-20 137.85 MHz.  On until the 11th, in sunlight only.
FENGYUN 1-2 137.80 MHz.  Carrier only.  Heard some passes.
METEOSAT-3  1691 MHz.  Fair signal from its position at 50 degrees west.
METEOSAT-4  1691/1694 MHz.  Normal operations.  See METEOSAT-5.
METEOSAT-5  Used for image collection for several days.  Pictures relayed by
            METEOSAT-4.
GOES-2      1691 MHz.  TX normal, but weak from UK.  Elevation varies from
            one to about 20 degrees.  Unstabilized.
OKEAN 3     137.40 MHz.  No pictures received.
UoSAT-2     (14781) Heard occasionally on 145.825 MHz.
DO-17       Heard on 145.825 MHz.
MOS 1 & -B  Heard regularly on 136.12 MHz.
MIR         TX heard regularly on 143.625 MHz.
MAGION 3    Confirmed on 137.85 MHz (Not APT!).
COSMOS 2100 Heard on 149.97 MHz.
COSMOS 2142 Heard regularly on 150.03 MHz.
COSMOS 2004 Heard regularly on 149.94 MHz.

Transit 5BN 5  Heard regularly on 136.65 MHz.
PROSPERO (X3)  Heard regularly on 137.56 MHz.

Signal (noise?) heard occasionally on 137.15 MHz.
Signal heard on 137.44 MHz heard regularly, but not identified.
Signal on 150.000 heard.  Origin unknown.
Signal on 137.44 heard, but not yet identified.

Lawrence Harris writes the "Info In Orbit" column in the periodical
Short Wave Magazine.


* DECAY NOTICE *
================
NASA has reported that SOYUZ TM-13, object 21735 (1991 069A), decayed in
the Earth's atmosphere on March 25, 1992.


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