From: dave@eram.esi.COM.AU (Dave Horsfall)
Newsgroups: aus.radio.amsat
Subject: CURRENT OSCAR STATUS REPORT
Date: 4 Jan 93 00:10:51 GMT
Distribution: aus
Organization: Pacific ESI, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 002.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 2, 1993     BID: $ANS-002.03
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT

Current OSCAR Status Reports: 01/02/93

FO-20: Date: 01/02/93: 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 21:04 UTC 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: 01/02/93: Operating normally.  No images as of 12-Dec-92.
The AMSAT Keps in $ORBS-333 are GOOD for KITSAT as Object #22077.  [WH6I]

AO-16: Date: 01/02/93: Operating normally with the new software.  Using
raised cosine transmitter with a downlink frequency of 437.050 MHz. [WH6I]

LO-19: Date: 01/02/93: Operating normally with broadcast bulletins on
Mondays.  [WH6I]

UO-22: Date: 01/02/93: WH6I reports that UO-22 appears to be operating
normally this past week0.  [WH6I]

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]

AO-21: Date: 01/02/93: Good signals from the the CW beacon on the 22-Dec-92
but no audio or AFSK packet transmission on the 2M downlink frequency of
145.987 MHz.  AL7MK tried to make a voice transmission but without success.
[AL7MK]

RS-10/11: Date: 01/02/93: RS-10/11 is still send its Christmas message on
the CW telemetry channel.  AL7MK reports that he made many contacts with
west coast stations from his QTH in Alaska on this Mode A OSCAR.  [AL7MK]

RS-12/13: Date: 01/02/93: AL7MK worked west coast stations when the band
conditions on 15M were "dead."  Witen 15M is open, too many "incidental"
stations are heard through RS-12/13 because these stations are unaware that
they are in the satellite's uplink passband.  This makes it difficult to
"sort" out who is really on RS-12/13.  [AL7MK]

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 radio 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.

-- 
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU)         VK2KFU @ VK2RWI.NSW.AUS.OC
dave@esi.COM.AU                ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave