SB NEWS @ AMSAT $SPC0214
* SpaceNews 14-Feb-94 *
 
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                        MONDAY FEBRUARY 14, 1994
 
 
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* STS-60/SAREX NEWS *
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Gustavo, LW2DTZ, has provided a copy of the packet transmissions he received
from the SAREX experiment carried on Shuttle missiom STS-60 on 06-Feb-94 at 
06:56 UTC during a pass over Buenos Aires, Argentina:
 
W5RRR-1>QST <UI>:
Greetings from the crew of STS-60!  Our current altitude is 190 nautOTRO
miles above the beautiful Earth that is the home for all of us.  We are
very busy with Spacehab experiments and hopefully today we will deploy
the Wake Shield Facility.
 
W5RRR-1>QST <UI>:
Best wishes and poka!
Privet to MIR crew
Un afectuoso saludo  a todos los radioaficionados hispanoamericanos desde el 
transbordador espacial Discovery. Nuestra mision continua en su tercer dia.
hoy logramos avances importantes en la met
 
W5RRR-1>QST <UI>:
alurgia y la cristalizacion de
proteinas para usos medicos.
 
W5RRR-1>SAREX <UI>:
This is STS-60 SAREX Robot station W5RRR-1
onboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.
 
Those who have heard or worked the STS-60 crew and wish to receive a QSL 
card need to send your signal report and an SASE or an envelope and IRCs to 
the following address:
 
STS-60 QSL
Education Activities Division
ARRL
225 Main St
Newington, CT 06111
U.S.A.
 
In other STS-60 news, Yoshiro Yamada at the Yokohama Science Center in
Japan reported observing STS-60 at a +1 magnitude on 06-Feb-94 at 05:43
JST from Yokohama.  
 
Although several opportunities were available to see the Shuttle during the 
early morning hours from the east coast of the United States, observations 
in some areas were not possible due to thick cloud cover (and heavy snow!).
 
 
* DOVE POSTS FIRST CALLS *
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The first of 300 callsigns of amateurs who sent telemetry data to Junior 
PY2BJO in Brazil when DOVE was brought back on the air in December have 
been posted on the satellite downlink in between engineering data.  The 
following was received by KA3AFY on Friday Feb. 4th, 1994 at 1606 UTC:
 
DOVE-1>BRAMST [00/00/00  02:38:32]:
4th Feb 1994
 
DOVE reports have been received from :
 
AA7WD  AB6BC  AD4FH  CT1DNF  CT1EAT  CT1EEB
CT1ENC CT1ENQ CT1ERC  CT1ETZ CT1EXL  CT1EXT
 
These will change in 4 Days.
 
[vk7zbx]
 
Tune into DOVE to see if your call or the call of someone you know shows up 
on the telemetry being sent on 145.825 MHz.  Telemetry data is no longer 
needed but signal reports, equipment being used to receive DOVE, and DOVE 
being received in classrooms would be appreciated by BRAMSAT and Junior 
PY2BJO owner of DOVE.  Please send reports to:
 
          Dr. Junior Torres De Castro (PY2BJO)
          119 Macaubal
          Sao Palo
          Brazil 01254
 
Thanks to Jim White (WD0E) and the DOVE Team for making the bulletin 
information available.  Consult your favorite tracking program or DOVE 
Watcher for orbit information.  Keep your eyes to the skies!        
 
[Info via Larry Lilly, KA3AFY, "DOVE Watcher"]
 
 
* ITAMSAT BBS OPENS *
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After the software crash occurred on the 7 December, the ITAMSAT (IO-26)
Command team decided to delay the reloading of the code, to improve the 
onboard software and further analyze the Whole Orbit Data dumps, to better
understand the satellite motion and operation.  On 06-Jan-94, the final 
version of the code was validated by the Command team and the BBS re-opened 
to all users.  The housekeeping code (IHT ver 2.1) now has WOD capabilities 
and weekly data dumps will be taken without affecting the BBS operations. 
All users are reminded that the BBS callsign is ITMSAT-11 for Broadcast 
and ITMSAT-12 for uploads, and that the standard PB and PG ground software
is needed for accessing the BBS.  The downlink frequency is 435.867 MHz 
using BPSK at 1200 baud.
 
Enjoy ITAMSAT!
 
[Info via Alberto, I2KBD, of the ITAMSAT Command Team]
 
 
* NEW PICTURE ON AO-21 *
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The AO-21 satellite is transmitting a picture showing the launch of the
satellite three years ago.  The picture is in WEFAX format at 240 lpm.
The current operating schedule is available in 1200 bps AFSK packet radio
format every 10 minutes on the 145.987 MHz RUDAK-II downlink frequency:
 
RUDAK2>BEACON <UI>:
RUDAK-II Schedule: (down 145.987, up 435.016)
min/10  Beacon Mode
 0..4   FM Repeater
 5..7   WEFAX Picture
 8..9   AFSK TLM
 
RUDAK2>BEACON <UI>:
++ Hi, this is the RUDAK-II experiment on AMSAT OSCAR 21 ++
 
[Info via Gustavo, LW2DTZ]
 
 
* OSCAR-13 BANDPASS *
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Ever wonder who is active on AMSAT-OSCAR-13?  Sergio, IK5AAX, in Italy 
provides the following bandpass listing for the curious:
 
OSCAR 13 BANDPASS:
 
SATURDAY 05:
2238-145924 ZY0SK
2245-145915 A22BW
2312-145897 LI2OWG
2333-145912 8P6SM
 
SUNDAY 06:
0036-145899 TI5RLI
1904-145884 K4AK
2330-145888 ZY0SK
 
MONDAY 07:
0018-145899 TU2OJ
0759-145905 Z21HJ
 
[Info via Sergio, IK5AAX]
 
 
* FO-20 OPERATION SCHEDULE *
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The FO-20 operation schedule is follows.  Analog transponder and digital 
transponder will be ON for a week respectively as they were since last 
December.
 
Analog mode:
09-Feb-94 07:15 UTC -to- 16-Feb-94 07:40 UTC
23-Feb-94 08:05 UTC -to- 02-Mar-94 06:40 UTC
09-Mar-94 07:05 UTC -to- 16-Mar-94 07:30 UTC
23-Mar-94 07:52 UTC -to- 30-Mar-94 08:15 UTC
 
Digital mode:
Unless otherwise noted above.
 
[Info via Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK]
 
 
* THANKS! *
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  HS1JAN   KB2OPQ   N2GJ   DL3MFM   AB4U   IK5AAX   VK5THA   WA6LVE   N0TCT
  Dave Bondon
 
 
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