SB NEWS @ AMSAT $SPC0818 * SpaceNews 18-Aug-97 * BID: $SPC0818 ========= SpaceNews ========= MONDAY AUGUST 18, 1997 SpaceNews originates at KD2BD in Wall Township, New Jersey, USA. It is published every week and is made available for non-commercial use. * RS-12 NEWS * ============== Rusty, NM1K, reports that HK1HHX (Columbia, South America) and YV1DIG (Venezuela) have been on RS12 mostly working CW for the past two weeks. HK1HHX has also been heard on SSB, and some stations have attempted SSB/CW cross-mode contacts, including VY1DIG. K2BSA was also heard on RS12 from the recent Boy Scout Jamboree in Virgina. * 9600 BAUD SATELLITE NEWS * ============================ UoSAT-5/OSCAR-22 is performing well in 9600 baud digital mode carrying a great deal of packet gateway traffic. OSCAR-22 is currently transmitting on a downlink frequency of 435.120 MHz using FSK modulation. Uplinks are on 145.900 MHz and 145.975 MHz FSK. Raw telemetry captured from UO-22 by KD2BD in New Jersey on 13-Aug-97 at 00:01:15 UTC using a homebrew 9600 baud modem reads as follows: UOSAT5-11>TLM: 19 20 49 1C 4D 1C 39 1C 58 1C 52 1C 5D 1C 00 10 00 10 39 1C 40 1C 48 1C 4E 0C 1A 20 06 00 00 00 0D 04 B2 06 55 04 04 06 0F 00 9E 03 1A 06 EC 09 07 0C B9 08 60 07 58 06 28 00 05 00 23 07 3E 08 75 00 00 09 1A FF Frames containing ASCII status information captured from UO-22 on 13-Aug-97 include: UOSAT5>QST: TST: LF=TS970812,C IF=U5IW105A,C TN=0 DASH=UP FR=1468 HC=5 EC=8 MR=8,6 UOSAT5>QST: SCTE : WAITARM. UOSAT5>HITVER: HIT V2.3 SYNC V1.2 UOSAT5>QST: OAKX E:1 M:0 C:1 R:62 P:14 Y:-1364 YR:598 OX:-99 OY:-173 OZ:153 TX:0 TY:0 TZ:0 UOSAT5>SKED: Sked 1.3 file:61be8 next:Wed Aug 13 12:00:00 1997 KITSAT-OSCAR-23 is also performing well in "Pacsat" duty. KO-23 has a 9600 baud FSK downlink on 435.175 MHz, and uplinks on 145.850 MHz and 145.900 MHz. Raw telemetry captured by KD2BD in New Jersey on 14-Aug-97 at 20:44:21 UTC reads as follows: HL01-11>TLM: 2E 20 79 0A 2E 08 00 00 7B 00 7D 0C EC 09 0D 0E 19 0A 04 00 24 08 28 00 67 09 00 00 00 00 48 07 EE 07 02 00 ED 04 00 0E 48 05 08 05 04 05 92 04 18 07 88 07 00 05 00 02 00 02 00 08 00 0E 80 00 00 00 00 0F 00 00 10 D0 Frames containing ASCII status information that were also captured on 14-Aug-97 read as follows: HL01>QST: CPE:<33f36d46> [s4] ExpNo:62 FrameNo:7 HL01>HITVER: HIT V2.17 PBP V2.06 DBP V1.01 HL01>QST: EIS:<33f36e1e> [s4] Timer:0 TxEnable:1 HL01>QST: SPIN9.98X4973.Z4100.H20.K1I1I5M0.L39.5W93.4E-7.52G-11. HL01>QST: DIST:|34|16|16|13|10|6.|2.9|1.4|0.23|5.85e-002|5.85e-002|0.|0.|0.|0. HL01>QST: DASHPRO v1.03 <33f36e2f> S-[00] D-[04] The following birthday announcement was uploaded to KO-23 by HL0ENJ last week: From : HL0ENJ To : All Title : Happy birthday to KO-23!!! ========================================== Hello everyone Yesterday was KO-23 5th birthday (Aug. 11th 1997yr). Though the predicted lifetime of KO-23 is 5 years, her health is good so far!! I congratuate her birthday and hope to be loved from many ham continuously. 73 From HL0ENJ KITSAT-OSCAR-25 is performing well in "Pacsat" duty. KO-25 has a 9600 baud FSK downlink on 436.500 MHz, and an uplink on 145.980 MHz. Raw telemetry captured on 14-Aug-97 at 02:01:15 by KD2BD in New Jersey reads as follows: HL02-11>TLM: 00 20 05 00 6C 08 E4 03 C8 01 B8 06 ED 05 07 04 7D 06 D9 05 E7 0A 78 00 DE 03 BD 06 33 04 0F 20 DE 06 06 00 70 0C 42 04 28 07 9B 06 36 04 73 00 68 0C 84 04 2D AF Other captured frames containing ASCII status information include: HL02>QST: LEED:<33f266f2> Auto:Disabled, Exp.:OFF [s1] ExpNo:0 in Process HL02>QST: SPIN5.73X478.Z3805.H20.K1I1I5M0.L44.W61.8E-1.22G3.86 HL02>QST: DIST:|79|16|4.7|0.|0.|0.|0.|0.|0.|0.|0.|0.|0.|0.|0. HL02>QST: DASHPRO:<33f10ac3> HIT M-[29] Normal:CCD I/F HL02>HITVER: HIT V2.17 PBP V2.06 DBP V1.01 HL02>QST: EIS:<33f2670e> [s4] Timer:0 TxEnable:1 HL02>QST: DASHPRO v1.03 <33f26736> S-[00] D-[04] FUJI-OSCAR-29 was active in Mode JD last week at 9600 baud, but some of the beacon frames transmitted contained partial BBS directory listings. Beacon frames captured last week read as follows: 8J1JCS>BEACON : Total 6 File(s) No. Date UTC To From Size Subject 0013 08/07 23:44 ALL LU1HKO 67 hello !! 0012 08/07 1 8J1JCS>BEACON : back, jas-2!! 8J1JCS>BEACON : JAS-2 '97/08/12 22:55:29 AC 03 63 28 00 F8 00 00 00 00 00 00 93 A0 6C 61 60 93 90 B0 AA 52 A8 01 EF A2 A8 A7 A5 A6 8J1JCS>BEACON : D5 02 00 09 00 00 DA 40 00 00 9C 3D 3E 50 74 AC AF 81 7D 80 00 00 00 98 82 B3 F7 00 00 00 8J1JCS>BEACON : User not connect. * MIR NEWS * ============ Orbital Report On-Line reports that the Soyuz TM26 spacecraft was successfully launched to the Mir space station on August 5 and docked with the station two days later. The two-man crew (Solovyov and Vinogradov), the 24th to take over permanent occupation of Mir, will be in charge of performing an intravehicular activity (IVA) inside the depressurized Spektr module on August 20 to reconnect electric supply cables to restore 70% of the station's electrical power. An extravehicular activity (EVA) is planned on September 3 to examine the exterior of the damaged Spektr module. Possible repair of the breach in the module's hull will be assessed after this EVA but will most probably be performed by Mir's 25th crew. The 23rd crew (Tsibliyev and Lazutkin) safely returned to Earth on August 14. NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis will be launched to Mir on September 27. She will carry a replacement US crewmember (David Wolf) and logistics to Mir. * FEEDBACK/INPUT WELCOMED * =========================== Comments and input for SpaceNews should be directed to the editor (John, KD2BD) via any of the paths listed below: WWW : http://www.njin.net/~magliaco/ PACKET : KD2BD @ KS4HR.NJ.USA.NA INTERNET : kd2bd@amsat.org, magliaco@email.njin.net SATELLITE : AMSAT-OSCAR-16, LUSAT-OSCAR-19 <<=- SpaceNews: The first amateur newsletter read in space! -=>> /EX