SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-012.01 SKN "BEST FIST" NOMINATIONS DUE HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 331.01 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 12, 1996 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT BID: $ANS-012.01 Amat has already received a number of "Best Fist" nominations from the 24th annual Straight Key Night on OSCAR, held 1 January 1996. If you participated and haven't yet nominated someone you worked for "Best Fist" honors, please take a moment to do so now. Nominations should be addressed as follows: via Internet, to w2rs@amsat.org; via packet radio, to W2RS @ GB7HSN.#32.GBR.EU or W2RS @ WA2SNA.NJ.USA.NA, whichever is closer to you; or via "snail-mail" to W2RS' Callbook address. Thanks to all who participated. ANS thanks Ray W2RS for this bulletin /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-012.02 KO-23/25 PROBLEMS HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 331.01 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 12, 1996 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT BID: $ANS-012.02 KO-23's Tx efficiency has gone down momentarily because of the present orbit configuration. At the present orbit, there is no eclipse period, thus no time to cool down. It seems that this has heated up the satellite. Resulting in a degradation in efficiency. The situation is being monitored and the hope is that all will become normal in two weeks. KO-25 has had some problems with the OBC(software crash) at the end of last year. So far it seems that there is no problem with the OBC or the software. the BBS opening up shortly.. ANS thanks Seorim Lee HL0ENJ, the KO-23/25 ground station, for this item. /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-012.03 W6SP SK: BURIAL AT ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 331.01 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 12, 1996 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT BID: $ANS-012.03 John Browning W6SP's burial will be at Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday, 16Jan96.Persons attending should gather at the Administration Building at ANC at 08:30. Burial services with full military honors commence at 09:00. /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-012.04 1996 AMSAT SYMPOSIUM DATE HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 331.01 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 12, 1996 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT BID: $ANS-012.04 The 1996 AMSAT Symposium is scheduled for November 8 - 10, 1996 at the City Center Holiday Inn in Tucson, Arizona. Plans for the meeting are proceeding on schedule with a planned tour of the Radio Telescopes at near-by Kitt Peak. Contact Larry Brown - NW7N (nw7n@amsat.org ) or Heather Johnson - N7DZU (n7dzu@azstarnet.com) for additional information about the 1996 AMSAT Symposium ANS thanks Larry Brown NW7N for this news item /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-007.01 PHASE 3-D ANTENNA MANUFACTURING HELP NEEDED HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 331.01 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 7, 1996 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT BID: $ANS-007.01 The Phase 3-D International Satellite Project Team has an urgent requirement for someone with the talent, time and tools to manufacture a spun aluminum pan (sized 22.0 inches in diameter and 3.0 inches deep) from 0.050 inch thick sheet aluminum. This will be a straight-sided device with no rim on the open end. This dish will be used to accommodate a design improvement for the flight model 1.2 GHz antenna for Phase 3-D. The new antenna design has a 46% larger area and 1.70dB more gain for L Band. This is also the maximum size dish that we can fit onto the top of the spacecraft for L Band. Anyone who can provide this material should quickly contact Keith Baker at "kb1sf@amsat.org" or Dick Jansson at "wd4fab@amsat.org" via E-mail. You can also fax your proposal(s) directly to Dick Jansson at 407-644-9782. ANS thanks Keith Baker, KB1SF, Executive Vice President AMSAT-North America for this bulletin. /EX