SB NEWS @ AMSAT $SPC0101 * SpaceNews 01-Jan-96 * BID: $SPC0101 ========= SpaceNews ========= MONDAY JANUARY 1, 1996 SpaceNews originates at KD2BD in Wall Township, New Jersey, USA. It is published every week and is made available for unlimited free distribution. * SpaceNews NEWS * ================== SpaceNews is a non-commercial electronic journal including articles of interest to Amateur Radio Operators involved in satellite and other advanced areas of telecommunications. It is published every week (as time permits) and is available for unlimited circulation provided no charges are made and no profits are realized from its availability. SpaceNews has been in existance for about 8 years and is available from a variety of different electronic sources. It is widely distributed on the Amateur Packet Radio (AMPR) network through thousands of terrestrial packet bulletin board systems around the world. SpaceNews circulation on packet radio follows normal AMSAT message routing. SpaceNews is also uploaded regularly to the AMSAT-OSCAR-16 digital store-and-forward "Pacsat" satellite in compressed (ZIP) form. In addition to wireless circulation, SpaceNews is also posted to several Usenet newsgroups on the Internet including: rec.radio.info, sci.space.news, and rec.radio.amateur.space. Those with Internet access can obtain the latest issue of SpaceNews by using the Unix "finger" command as follows: finger magliaco@pilot.njin.net Those with e-mail capabilities can receive SpaceNews by sending a blank message to "infobot@infomania.com" with a subject of: #FINGER magliaco@pilot.njin.net Archives of SpaceNews issues from years past are available via anonymous FTP at pilot.njin.net (128.6.7.38). Files are located under the /pub/SpaceNews subdirectory. Archives from 1993, 1994, and 1995 have been compressed into .ZIP files, while issues from 1996 are available individually in ASCII text form. * HAPPY NEW YEAR * ================== ;illllllli; lldE@@d i@dlllllldEEi ildE@ @di;;ll l@ l@; iddEEdE idli; Edi;i@ dl ll dd @@@d; @l i@l ;@i ;@dllEd dl i@ dl ll ;iii@l; ;@ii@i @l dd dd dE EE dl @i dd ll;@ddddd@di@ l@ ;@EEEE@i i@d@; d@i dl El ld lllE lEl@E@d i@i;ilE@; E@l i@d ld dd;ld dlEl i@;;ii dE ;; Ed ld ;EE ld lEEdd dE@; dd ;@i id@iE@@E;i@l d@; iE @@d i@@; El @@@@di dd;@l E@i i@l i@ @@i l@@l lEi@ldd ddi@i d@l ;EE ;@; idddEi d@ d@dE i@l@;dd d@@d d@; l@i @i dEiiEl dl d@E@; @@@ ld ;@E EE dl ld dl dl ii;; d@d lE ;ilE@d ;@l dd i@ ld dd l@l l@ i@EEdE@; l@i lE i@; l@ dd @@E@d ;@l i@; i@ EE E@ l@ ;@i l@ ld i@; lE EE i@i i@; ;E@Edd@d i@; @l i@lid@ l@i;i@l d@ ;@i i@i ;iidl iilld@EE@Eld@@@@@@@@EdEE@@EE@@i @EEdE@dllli ;@@Ell; i@dllilid@ dd ;@il@; ;iil@@@@@i;d@lllld@ dE ilE@i i@; ;@l dl @iEd Ed; i@i @l i@i;@l dE @i lE dd @l@i EEdd@d @li@; @ll@; ;@i Ei ;i Elld @@E i@iildE dddE ; ddEd dd dl iE l@d@ @@l l@dlid@ d@@l d; l@@i ;@i lE ;@d d@@ @@; ;il@E@i i@@; ;@l i@E lE i@; E@i i@@ @E i@i@l ;@d l@E El El @i d@@; lE @i E@@EEd dd di d@@i l; i@; El i@dE l @i i@d;;i; lE i ;@lEd dd dl ;@iEd @i ;ldE@dl i@; i@;lE i@i dd El;El i@i Ed ;@i lE i@i dE l@ lE i@lildd@@dlii; ;@i El El Ediiil@l i@lldE@lidEdllllldlldEEEE dEillld@i lEdddll; ;iilddlli@Edd@@dE@Edd@i ;ii iddlllii lEdli; l@EdllEl i@; @di; @l dEEEEEdddl lEEdddlii E@ild@ i@; dd Ed i@ ;@l;@l ;;;;id@ @E;;iilldEd; i@l ;@ El i@;i@; El lE@@EEllE l@ i@l ii; ;dE l@; d@ i@; Eldd i@; dd El ;El i@;l@i @E@i i@i EE i@d dd i@@; E@ l@dEEE;@i l@E ;@id@ i@i@d i@i;@l E@; ;@i El l@@ ;;; i@dE l@@; EdEd i@i@l i@il@; l@l lE ; ;@E@; i@@d dE@i d@@i l@Ed ;EE EE Ed El d@;@i ;E@EEE@i @d@d l@@i i; id@d;;@@dd@i i@; dd El @l i@ dddi i@E ;l; EE; ;llll @l ld dd @EE@@d ;@l l@d l@; ;EEdE@l dl ld ld ii; dd illli @l d@E Ed Ed l@; ld l@ l@ ;Ed Edldd dd d@@; i@l@i l@; i@ l@ l@dddE@@@Ed ;@i l@ l@ @lEl dEd@lid@l i@i l@ ;lli; i@i l@ i@;;;l@EE@ldEiild@lildli @dE@EEd; lEE@@E@d i@@@EEElil;l@Eddli; * FEEDBACK/INPUT WELCOMED * =========================== Comments and input for SpaceNews should be directed to the editor (John, KD2BD) via any of the paths listed below: FAX : 1-908-747-7107 FTP : pilot.njin.net cd to /pub/SpaceNews WWW : http://www.njin.net/~magliaco/ PACKET : KD2BD @ KS4HR.NJ.USA.NA INTERNET : kd2bd@amsat.org, magliaco@pilot.njin.net SATELLITE : AMSAT-OSCAR-16, LUSAT-OSCAR-19 MAIL : John A. Magliacane, KD2BD Department of Engineering and Technology Advanced Technology Center Brookdale Community College Lincroft, New Jersey 07738 U.S.A. <<=- SpaceNews: The first amateur newsletter read in space! -=>> /EX