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- SB ALL @ AMSAT $ANS-147.01
- RS 12/13 LAUNCH IMMINIENT!
-
- HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 147.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
- SILVER SPRING, MD MAY 27, 1989
- TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
-
- RS 12/13 Is Scheduled To Be Launched In June
-
- AMSAT-NA has learned from Ron Broadbent, G3AAJ, that the launch of RS 12/13 is
- imminient. This information was made available from reliable Russian sources
- familiar with amateur satellite activities in the Soviet Union. It is felt by
- G3AAJ's colleagues in the Soviet Union that the launch of RS 12/13 will occur
- sometime in June.
-
- RS 12/13 will closely resemble RS 10/11 in many ways. It will support modes
- A, K, KA, KT, and T; also RS 12/13 will possess a "robot." Like RS 10/11,
- this new Radio Sputnik "bird" will fly "attached" to a maritime navigational
- satellite. The preliminary orbital characteristics are the following: 1000
- mile circular orbit, 83 degree inclination, and 105 minute nodal period
- [equator-to-equator]. AMSAT-NA urges all OSCAR enthusiasts to monitor the
- planned beacon frequencies of 29.408 MHz for RS 12 and 29.4582 MHz for RS 13.
- The "robot" downlink frequencies for RS 12/13 will be 29.4543 MHz and 29.5043
- MHz, respectively. At the present time it is unknown which beacon and/or
- "robot" will be turned on first after launch. Amateurs wishing to use RS
- 12/13 should look for transmissions on all four frequencies mentioned above.
-
- If you should hear the CW beacon on these frequencies for RS 12/13, please
- contact AMSAT HQ's [(301) 589-6062] so that this information can be passed
- along to AMSAT Net Control Stations for announcement during the many regular
- AMSAT Nets each week. Please include the date, time, frequency, your call,
- and QTH. In the meanwhile, all those who have Amateur Satellite Report (ASR)
- #183 can refer to it for the "preliminary" bandplan information. When the
- exact frequencies are known, AMSAT-NA will publish them as quickly as possible
- in ASR, post them on the AMSAT-NA BBS [(303) 447-3003], and will also make
- them part of the next AMSAT News Service (ANS) Bulletins.
-
- When informed of this, Doug Loughmiller (KO5I), AMSAT-NA President, indicated
- that amateur satellite enthusiasts would be watching the developments with
- great interest and anticipation. Doug also added: "We wish our Russian
- colleagues great success with their latest endeavor."
-
- /EX
- SB ALL @ AMSAT $ANS-147.02
- DOVE DOWNLINK FREQUENCY REVISED
-
- HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 147.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
- SILVER SPRING, MD MAY 27, 1989
- TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
-
- Further Clarification Provided On The Dove Frequency Change To 145.825 MHz
-
- AMSAT-NA regrets thats there were errors in the reporting of this topic in
- AMSAT News Service (ANS) Bulletin ANS-139.02 last week. AMSAT-NA hereby
- provides this further clarification and apologizes for any confusion or
- misconceptions that resulted from our initial report of this topic.
-
- As announced last week in ANS-139.02, BRAMSAT President, Dr. Junior de Castro
- (PY2BJO), has given the "OK" to move the Digital Orbiting Voice Encoder (DOVE)
- downlink frequency to 145.825 MHz. AMSAT-NA, BRAMSAT, and the University of
- Surrey officials would like to further explain the reasons justifying this
- bandplan change. Several months ago, Dr. Martin Sweeting (G3YJO) of the
- University of Surrey initiated a "orbital mechanics" analysis to study the
- potential for mutual interference if both DOVE and UO-11 used the same
- downlink frequency of 145.825 MHz. It was found by studying the AOS and LOS
- times for the projected DOVE orbit and the current UO-11 orbit there would
- only be a few occasions when DOVE and UO-11 would appear simultaneously over
- the same QTH; thus, mutual QRM would be minimal. After careful study of the
- results of this analysis, Martin Sweeting (G3YJO) offered the suggestion that
- DOVE change frequencies to Jan King (W3GEY), AMSAT-NA VP for Engineering and
- MICROSAT Program Manager. It was obvious from a engineering standpoint that
- the only impact this would have was a change in crystals in the DOVE trans-
- mitter and this change could be easily accomodated. After Jan King presented
- this suggestion to BRAMSAT President, Junior de Castro (PY2BJO), Junior agreed
- with this suggestion that DOVE should also utilize this established frequency
- for amateur educational and scientific satellites.
-
- It is hoped that this brief discussion will clear up any misconceptions
- regarding this frequency selection for the DOVE downlink.
-
- /EX
- SB ALL @ AMSAT $ANS-147.03
- N4HY ATTENDS MEETINGS IN PARIS
-
- HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 147.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
- SILVER SPRING, MD MAY 27, 1989
- TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
-
- Bob McGwier (N4HY) Attends Meetings With Arianespace Officials In Paris
-
- Bob McGwier (N4HY), AMSAT-NA Assistant VP for Engineering, met with Ariane-
- space officials to discuss many important topics related with the launch of
- the MICROSATs during his brief trip to Paris on May 10-11th. Also in
- attendence was Dr. Martin Sweeting (G3YJO) representing the University of
- Surrey as well as SPOT-2 payload representatives. This AMSAT News Service
- (ANS) Bulletin will only cover the major points of these very important
- meetings.
-
- The launch of the ARIANE IV carrying SPOT-2, UOSAT D & E, and the MICROSATs
- has now been set for November 9, 1989 at 01:35:27 UTC. The first major pay-
- load separation event occurs after a Mission Elapse Time (MET) of 17 minutes 8
- seconds after launch when the SPOT-2 satellite separates from the 3rd stage of
- the ARIANE IV. After a reorientation maneuver of the 3rd stage is performed,
- at 20 minutes 9 seconds (MET) UOSAT D & E will be released. Next, after
- another reorientation maneuver of the 3rd stage is accomplished, at 21 minutes
- 6 seconds MET all four of the MICROSATs will be separated from the 3rd stage.
- Finally, the 3rd stage will vent any remaining fuel it has left in its tanks
- and simultaneiously perform a "collision avoidance" maneuver. By the end of
- the first day, it is predicted that the MICROSATs will be approximently 1000
- km away from SPOT-2 and anywhere from 70 to 170 km away from UOSAT D & E. The
- MICROSATs, it is predicted, will be separated from each other by distances
- that range from 30 km to 100 km.
-
- On May 11th a fit check was performed with the vibration "test-model" to see
- how well the MICROSATs would mate to the Ariane Small Auxillary Payload (ASAP)
- structure. It was found that except for a small cable that needed to be
- re-routed, the vibration test-mode fitted perfectly in all of the four
- positions where MICROSATs would be mounted on the ASAP structure. The only
- other concern was expressed about the DOVE 2m downlink antenna. A special
- "cup-like" struture will be fabricated to "spiral" that particular antenna
- inside of and hold it there until DOVE separates from the ASAP structure. It
- was felt by the engineers involved that this would allow the "long" 2m
- downlink antenna to uncurl nicely from the spacecraft at separation. The
- major concern was that the tip of the 2m downlink antenna might touch some of
- DOVE solar cells at separation from the ASAP structure.
-
- Bob McGwier (N4HY) indicated that series of meetings with Arianespace
- officials went extremely well. The "fit check" was one of the major
- "milestones" which had to be passed in order to have the MICROSATs "approved"
- for flight aboard the ARIANE IV launch vehicle this November.
-
- /EX
- SB ALL @ AMSAT $ANS-147.04
- LAUNCH SCHEDULE FOR OSCARS
-
- HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 147.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
- SILVER SPRING, MD MAY 27, 1989
- TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
-
- A Summary Of All Planned Amateur Radio Satellite Launches
-
- Last week Tom Clark (W3IWI) had a chance to talk with Eduardo Dias who is the
- manager of a satellite tracking station in Santiago Chile. This was one of the
- tracking stations which supported the launch of the Japanese H-1 rocket that
- carried FO-12. Eduardo mentioned that the next Japanese launch of their H-1
- rocket has been set for January 23, 1990. Eduardo said that he had been
- contacted by the JARL and asked if he could provide amateur radio support
- since JAS-2 will also fly on this mission. JAS-2 will be the "follow-on" to
- FO-12.
-
- At this point AMSAT would like to give a quick "run-down" of all known amateur
- radio satellite launch activies scheduled for next several months.
-
- SATELLITE LAUNCH DATE
- ========= ===========
- RS-12/13 June '89
- PACSAT 11/09/89
- LUSAT 11/09/89
- DOVE 11/09/89
- UOSAT D 11/09/89
- UOSAT E 11/09/89
- JAS-2 01/23/90
-
- /EX
- SB ALL @ AMSAT $ANS-147.05
- U2MIR HAS DINNER AT W4PUJ QTH
-
- HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 147.05 FROM AMSAT HQ
- SILVER SPRING, MD MAY 27, 1989
- TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
-
- Musa Manoroff (U2MIR) Visited W4PUJ And Others For An "Eyeball" QSO
-
- On the evening of May 12, Dick Daniels (W4PUJ) along with Tom Clark (W3IWI),
- John Shew (N4QQ), Martha Saragovitz (XYL of N4QQ), Rich Zwirko (K1HTV), and
- the XLY's of W4PUJ, W3IWI, and K1HTV, all had the privilege of meeting the MIR
- Space Station Cosmonaut Musa Manaroff (U2MIR). Musa was in the US to visit
- with NASA space medicine specialists as a "specimen" to prove that humans can
- survive 366 days in space with no long term ill effects. Through their
- contacts in NASA, W3IWI and W4PUJ were able to arrange a dinner party for Musa
- at W4PUJ's QTH.
-
- During the dinner party, Musa told many humorous anecdotes about his year long
- stay in outer space. He commented about spending "366 times 16" [orbits/day]
- nights away from his wife and children (ages 7 and 8). Musa talked about the
- size of Mir which was about two normal rooms. Musa emphasized that when the
- Yaseu FT-290 tranciever arrived in November of '88, amateur radio operations
- from Mir provided a great deal of enjoyment. Although Musa is an electrical
- engineer, before he was licensed in space aboard Mir, he was only a SWL. Musa
- said that he hopes to remain active in amateur radio and keep his U2MIR call.
-
- Later in the evening Musa had a chance to see W4PUJ's hamshack and enjoyed
- tuning around the 20M band and also listening to the downlink passband of
- AO-13. Tom Clark showed Musa some of the receiver modules he was building for
- the MICROSATs and also the "little" packet unit (Tasco/Heath HK21 TNC) which
- Astronaut Ron Parise (W4SIR) will carry on a future Space Shuttle mission.
-
- In saying "73's" for the evening, W3IWI on behalf of AMSAT, presented Musa an
- honorary "life-membership." Musa also recieved one the new MICROSAT patches.
- In summary, it was a very enjoyable evening for all those who attended this
- "eyeball QSO," and it only proves without a doubt that Amateur Radio certainly
- does promote international goodwill and friendship.
-
- /EX
- SB ALL @ AMSAT $ANS-147.06
- AMSAT SHORT BURSTS
-
- HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 147.06 FROM AMSAT HQ
- SILVER SPRING, MD MAY 27,1989
- TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
-
- AMSAT Short Bursts
-
- The following will be the operating schedules for AMSAT OSCAR-13 for the next
- several months. Please post this in a convenient place in your ham shack for
- quick reference.
-
- M de VK5AGR 14May89: *** AO-13 Transponder Schedule Update ***
- 14May89 to 14Jun89
- Mode-JL from MA 160 to MA 200 ! Mode-B from MA 200 to MA 160
- Also, for a trial period the OMNI-directional 70cm antenna will
- be connected to the Mode-B RCVR from MA 20 to MA 40. These changes
- have been introduced to enable stations who have access around
- perigee to experiment with perigee operation. Mode S unchanged.
- 14May89: BLON/BLAT 212.0/+2.4 with a drift rate of 0.016/-0.061 deg/day,
- respectively.
-
- O S C A R - 1 3
-
- Date : 14Jun89 until 16Aug89 ! 16Aug89 until 16Nov89
- Attitude: 180/0 ! 210/0
- Mode-B : MA 0 to MA 110 ! MA 3 to MA 160
- Mode-JL : MA 110 to MA 145 ! MA 160 to MA 200
- Mode-B : MA 145 to MA 255 ! MA 200 to MA 240
- OFF : % ! MA 240 to MA 3
- Mode-S : MA 150 to MA 160 ! MA 210 to MA 222
-
- Transponders will be in operation during the whole orbit from June 14 until
- Aug 16 due to excellent sunangle and power budget. No perigee operation
- between August and November due to perigee solar eclipses!
-
- In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the American Radio
- Relay League, there will be a commemorative station operation under the
- callsign of W1AW/5 on 2-4 June, 1989. This activity will take place at the
- ARRL National Convention in Arlington, TX. The hours of operation will be
- from 17:00 UTC on Friday, 2 June through 18:00 UTC on Sunday, 4 June. In
- keeping with the convention theme "FROM SPARK...1914-1989...TO SPACE," a
- "deluxe" satellite station will be set up. It is the intention of the station
- planners to operate this station on every pass of every Amateur Radio
- Satellite that comes within view of Arlington, Texas during this operating
- period. All modes of operations will be supported from Mode A, B, J, and L.
- So listen and try to work W1AW/5 on every OSCAR satellite you can. Crank up
- your satellite tracking programs and check for windows "of mutual visability"
- to Arlington, Texas, for 2-4 June,1989. For those with QT4.0 who would like
- to use the "mutual visibility" option, Arlington, TX has the following
- coordinates: Long=97.083W, Lat=32.750N, and Height above sea-level: 210
- Meters.
-
- AMSAT is seeking additional Area Coordinators throughout North America. These
- additional members of the Field Operations organization are needed to support
- the expected inrush of activity and excitement centered about the launch of an
- additional six or seven amateur radio satellites this year. AMSAT-NA is
- seeking those who wish to promote the Amateur Radio Satellite program, and
- primarily, those experienced satellite users who will serve as "Elmers" for
- aspiring satellite enthusiasts. If you are interested in joining this team of
- "make it happen" amateurs, contact the AMSAT VP of Field Operations:
-
- Jack Crabtree, AA0P
- 4327 W. Bellewood Dr.
- Littleton, CO 80123
- (303) 795-7736
-
- Many AO-13 users are unaware that there is an AMSAT Operations Net which is
- conducted on AO-13 several times each month to help answer questions about
- OSCAR satellites and to provide information about the many exciting things
- going on in AMSAT. The following is a list of the times for the Ops Net.
- Please place this list in a convenient place in your OSCAR station so that you
- won't miss out on this interesting net which is offered as a service to all
- AMSAT members.
-
- Here is the Ops Net schedule through June:
-
- Date UTC orb-phs NCS
-
- 28 May 0200 731-105 (27 May local)
- 04 Jun 0300 746-045 (03 Jun local)
- 11 Jun 0000 760-152 (10 Jun local)
- 18 Jun 0100 775-092 W0RPK (17 Jun local)
- 25 Jun 0300 790-055 (24 Jun local)
-
- Nets can be held on B or JL, but if the AO-13 satellite schedule is changed
- such that the Ops Net falls during an "off" period, it will be rescheduled.
- Downlink frequencies are 145.950 MHz and 435.970 MHz for Mode B and JL,
- respectively. All these are for AO-13 but AO-10 is sometimes used when
- available.
-
- The following is the operating schedule for FO-12 for the rest of the month of
- May and for June:
-
- DATE MODE OPERATING PERIOD
- 05/28/89 JD 00:56 UTC until 09:08 UTC
- 06/03/89 JD 05:46 UTC until 00:44 UTC on 06/04/89
- 06/09/89 JA 04:25 UTC until 21:20 UTC
- 06/21/89 JA 01:43 UTC until 18:38 UTC
- 06/24/89 JA 01:03 UTC until 17:58 UTC
- 06/29/89 JA 00:35 UTC until 15:29 UTC
-
- de DB2OS 01May89: *** AO-10 TRANSPONDER SCHEDULE ***
- 01May89 to 13Jul89
-
- Mode-B : from MA 025 to MA 225
- OFF : from MA 226 to MA 024
-
- All radio amateurs who live in the Northern California area are reminded of
- the "Shasta SpaceCon '89" which will be held in Weed, CA on June 17th at the
- Student Center of the College of the Siskiyous. This all day seminar is
- designed to be a "beginners introduction" OSCAR satellites. Many excellent
- speakers from AMSAT-NA and Project OSCAR will be present. For more infor-
- mation about this fine seminar, please contact Bob Dalleske (W6AMW) at (916)
- 964-3154.
-
- /EX
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- THE FOLLOWING ADDED BY AMSAT-NA CBBS at St. Louis (314) 447-3003 24hr 7day
- 300/1200/2400 baud. This section may have additions through the week!
-
- EAST MEETS WEST, 4J1FS ON THE AIR:
-
- Malyj Vysotskij Island active on both HF and OSCAR this past week, see below,
- A brand new country is on the air on Oscar 13, Mode B and Mode J. The operator
- is well known to AMSAT types, it is Chip Margelli (of Yaesu fame). I worked
- him on Mode B and L. He worked the entire orbit after he talked with his wife
- at the QTH of KL7GRF (John Fail).
-
- Good DX
- Bob, N4HY