SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-238.01
MIR STATION UPGRADE PLANNED

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 238.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD AUGUST 26, 1995
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-238.01

German Cosmonaut QRV Aboard MIR

German Cosmonaut Thomas Reiter, DF4TR, will be QRV aboard the space
station MIR signing DP0MIR during the ESA EUROMIR 95 mission starting
02-SEPT-95.  He will use the 2M ham radio rig aboard MIR during the 135
days of his flight.  The primary frequencies to be used (preferably in
SPLIT mode operation) are 145.800 MHz, 145.550 MHz, and maybe 145.200 MHz
(as adopted for MIR and SHUTTLE activities at the IARU session of this
year's AMSAT-UK Colloquium).  The QSL information is DP0MIR, and QSLs will
be handled via the usual German DARC QSL bureau.

A new piece of 70CM equipment, called SAFEX II and built by Thomas
Kieselbach, DL2MDE, (who also arranged DF4TR's activity together with
Sergej Samburov, RV3DR), will be installed at the MIR spacecraft per-
manently in the course of future missions later.  This will be primarily
an FM repeater with a downlink at 437.925 MHz, 437.950 MHz, and 437.975 MHz,
and an uplink in the lower part of the 435 MHz space segment.  SAFEX II
will later be improved by adding a 23CM to 13CM transponder, capable of
broad-bandwidth modes (e.g. ATV).

Stay tunned to the AMSAT News Service (ANS) bulletins for further infor-
mation concerning DF4TR's status and this MIR spacestation upgrade.

[The AMSAT News Service (ANS) would like to thank Norbert Notthoff (DF5DP)
 for providing this bulletin item.  Norbert can be reached at his INTERNET
 address of DF5DP@amsat.org or at his CompuServe address of 100114.1050]

/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-238.02
AMSAT-NA SPACE SYMPOSIUM INFO

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 238.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD AUGUST 26, 1995
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-238.02

Martha Saragovitz Urges Making Hotel Reserations For Space Symposium Right Away!

Martha Saragovitz wants to remind all those who are considering attending
the AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium please send in your
registration form without delay.  If you plan to seek hotel lodging at the
Airport Holiday Inn where the Annual Meeting and Space Symposium will be held, 
you are urged to make your reservations with the hotel directly.  The hotel has
reminded Martha that they will hold our AMSAT-NA group of rooms until 13-SEP-95
but that all but a few of the rooms which AMSAT-NA has blocked-out are now gone.
The hotel phone number is 407-851-6400 (9 AM to 6 PM EDT) .  

/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-238.03
QSL BUREAU FOR XR0Y

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 238.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD AUGUST 26, 1995
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-238.03

QSL Manager For Easter Island DXpedition 2-15 September '95 Named

The QSL manager for ALL contacts of the Easter Island DXpedition mentioned
in ANS-231.01 will be Mary Crider, WA3HUP.  Her address is 2485 Lewisberry
Road, York Haven, PA, 17370.  Max Bachi, XE1XA will be operating all the
OSCARs from Easter Island from 2-15 September with the callsign XR0Y.  Max
requests that satellite QSL cards go to WA3HUP and not to him as mentioned
in ANS-231.01.  Max also said that the WA3HUP will receive all of his logs
on a daily basis since they will have a INTERNET connection to Eastern
Island.  As soon as the logs arrive, the QSL cards will be printed and sent
via the bureau.  Thus there is a chance that you will recive the QSL card
while the DXpedition is still in operation!  Max has expressed a great
interest in working stations from Central Europe and Asia on AO-13 and
AO-10.  So hams in those parts of the world are encouraged to look for him.

[The AMSAT News Service (ANS) ould like to thank XE1KK for this bulletin
 item.]

/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT   $ANS-238.04
WEEKLY OSCAR STATUS REPORTS

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 238.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD AUGUST 26, 1995
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-238.04

Weekly OSCAR Status Reports: 26-AUG-95

AO-13: Current Transponder Operating Schedule:
QST *** AO-13 TRANSPONDER SCHEDULE ***  1995 Jul 31 - Oct 30
 Mode-B  : MA   0 to MA 140 |
 Mode-BS : MA 140 to MA 240 |
 Mode-B  : MA 240 to MA 256 |        Alon/Alat 225/0
 Omnis   : MA 250 to MA 140 |  Move to attitude 180/0, Oct 30
 [G3RUH/DB2OS/VK5AGR]

LO-19: KF0QS reports that the LO-19 digital mode was apparently restored
around the first of August.  However, it didn't last very long.  On about
05:30 UTC on August 26th, KF0QS copied a series of CW transmissions from
LO-19 with a good signal strength.  The transmissions varied slightly each
time.  They were sent at slightly less than 11 WPM and were about 40 seconds
in length, with a 20 second silent period between transmissions.  Here is a
one variation KF0QS copied: E LUSAT HI HI UO IVT A64 A4U AB4 AVV AED TTT
AE4.  KF0QS says he doesn't have a clue as to what this means.  [KF0QS]

The AMSAT NEWS Service (ANS) NEEDS YOUR HELP! The ANS looking for volun-
teers to contribute weekly OSCAR status reports.  If you have a favorite
OSCAR which you work on a regular basis and would like to contribute to
this weekly bulletin, please send your observations to WD0HHU at his
CompuServe address of 70524,2272, on INTERNET at wd0hhu@amsat.org, or to
his local packet BBS in the Denver, CO area, WD0HHU @ N0QCU.  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.

/EX