From: ca797@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Robert D. Kliman)
Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
Subject: STS47 SAREX SPACE SHUTTLE INFO
Date: 2 Sep 1992 16:35:47 GMT
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STS-47 SAREX Fact Sheet by Jay Apt, N5QWL
 
What:  STS-47 Space Shuttle Endeavour
 
When:  Mid-September, 1992 for 6 days of 2 meter operations.
 
Where:  Earth Orbit. Alt: 300km, with radio coverage of
latitudes from 70 degrees North to 70 degrees South.
 
Operators: Dr. Jay Apt, N5QWL  and Dr. Mamoru Mohri 7L2NJY.
 
     N5QWL is the flight engineer for STS-47 and will operate
the shuttle systems during the "night" shift, while 7L2NJY will
be one of the scientists performing experiments in a laboratory
in the shuttle's cargo bay during the "day" shift.
 
Modes:
     FM Voice:
        VOICE CALL SIGNS:
        N5QWL and 7L2NJY
 
     Packet:
     Beacons giving daily mission activities by N5QWL daily if I
     get a chance, and
 
     Robot QSOs - Successful connects
     will be issued a contact number by the robot)
        PACKET CALL SIGN:
        W5RRR-1
 
     Frequencies:
     We will operate split. PLEASE DO NOT TRANSMIT ON THE
     DOWNLINK FREQUENCY!
 
     Voice:
     Downlink -145.55MHz
     Uplink -144.95, 144.91, 144.97
(we'll listen on those 3 frequencies to spread out the pileup a
bit.
     Uplink for Europe only: 144.80, 144.75, 144.70
 
Successful QSOs on voice will be facilitated by using standard
international phonetics for your call sign.  We will not answer
any stations using non-standard phonetics.  Use your entire call
sign - we log with an audio tape recorder.  Do not us e our call
sign - passes are very short, and we want to work as many folks
as possible.
 
     Packet:
Downlink - 145.55
Uplink - 144.70 (worldwide)
     If you can, decrease your radio's deviation to 3 KHz (most
are initially set at 5 KHz) and compensate for the Doppler
shift.  If you cannot, wait until a minute or 90 seconds after
we come over your horizon to transmit - that will put you within
our IF.  If a station transmits without following these
suggestions , we just hear what sounds like a noisy carrier.
The above applies to both voice and packet.
 
QSL Information:
QSL via:   N5QWL,
           806 Shorewood Drive,
           Seabrook, Texas
                       77586 USA
Include a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE).
     Non-US stations include a self addressed envelope with
$0.50 of US postage affixed or appropriate IRCs.
 
     Include the Callsign worked, Date, UTC, Mode, and
Frequency.
 
     For packet contacts, include the QSO number issued by the
robot.
 
     SWL QSL's: Include the Callsign heard, Date, UTC, Mode, and
Frequency.
 
     Information during the mission:
AMSAT bulletins, Compuserve, Genie, Prodigy, local packet
bulletin boards, ARRL bulletins, and HF voice from NASA Johnson
Space Center ARC, Houston, Texas, W5RRR, or NASA Goddard
Spaceflight Center ARC,
Greenbelt, Maryland, WA3NAN, frequencies listed below.
 
     W5RRR may be found on or near: 7.215, 14.280, 21.360, and
28.400.
 
     WA3NAN retransmits NASA Select Audio and SAREX bulletins
simultaneously on or near 3.860, 7.185, 14.295, 21.395, and
28.650.
 
     The NASA Info BBS at Johnson Space Center, Houston, will
also carry Keplerian elements and SAREX bulletins.  (713) 483-
2500, 1200 baud,  8-N-1.  At the ENTER NUMBER: prompt, type
62511 <return> and log onto the BBS.  The Keps and bulletins
will be in the welcome message.  Disconnect rapidly to
facilitate access by others.
 
Operations Notes:
N5QWL will be asleep over most USA passes, and 7L2NJY will be
busy with laboratory duties for most US passes, so try us on
packet over the USA.  Remember, our packet call sign is W5RRR-1.
We'll try to work voice (1) when we are not otherwise engaged ,
and (2) at night or when the ground is cloudy (we are generally
busy taking pictures of the Earth during clear daylight passes).
Our orbit will carry us over the Northern
hemisphere in daylight.
 
     We plan to work 6 schools on this mission: 2 in the US, 3
in Australia, and 1 in Europe or Africa.
 
     We do not plan any orbiter maneuvers after the first 6
hours of the flight, so orbital elements obtained early in the
flight ought to be pretty good for the entire flight.  If I can
get to it, I'll activate the SAREX about 3 hours into the
mission; deactivation will occur at about 6 days, 8 hours after
launch.
 
     The orbiter attitude is planned to be tail down, payload
bay south. The SAREX antenna will be in the right forward
window, so most contacts should have a good antenna pattern from
AOS to TCA (time of closest approach).
 
73,
de Jay/N5QWL       12 July 1992
 
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PS-  If you would like me to mail this info to you or your BBS
drop me a note ... rkliman@heartland.freenet.edu 

-- 
Robert Kliman   Internet:  rkliman@heartland.bradley.edu
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