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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 004.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, January 04, 2004
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
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AO-40 AMSAT OSCAR 40
Catalog number: 26609
Launch Date: November 16, 2000
Uplink V-band 145.840 - 145.990 MHz CW/LSB
U-band 435.550 - 435.800 MHz CW/LSB
L1-band 1269.250 - 1269.500 MHz CW/LSB
L2-band 1268.325 - 1268.575 MHz CW/LSB
S1-band 2400.350 - 2400.600 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: S2-band 2401.225 - 2401.475 MHz CW/USB
K-band 24,048.010 - 24,048.060 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 2401.323, 24,048.035
Status: ACTIVE!!!!
This from Stacey Mills, W4SM:
ALON/ALAT is approximately 337 / 3.
The U,L1 -> S2 passbands are now active from MA 20 to 140
Please run low power and stay well clear of the beacon.
Thanks.
N QST AMSAT AO-40 SCHEDULE 2004-01-03
MA 002 020 140 002
---------7-----1-----5-----7
S2/K-Tx | S | S | S |
MB | * | * | * |
RUDAK | | | |
V/U-Rx | U | U | U |
Uplink | | UL1 | |
-W4SM for the AO-40 Command Team
Ground stations capturing telemetry from AO-40 are asked to ZIP the file and
send a copy of the dat to the AO-40 archive at: ao40-archive@amsat.org.
For the current transponder-operating schedule visit:
http://www.amsat-dl.org/journal/adlj-p3d.htm
[ANS thanks AMSAT-DL and Stacey Mills, W4SM for this information][01042004]
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ARISS - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
Catalog number: 25544
Launch date: November 20, 1998
Worldwide packet uplink: 145.990 MHz FM
Region 1 voice uplink: 145.200 MHz FM
Region 2/3 voice uplink: 144.490 MHz FM
Worldwide downlink: 145.800 MHz FM
Sponsors: AMSAT, ARRL, ARISS
Status: Operational since September, 2000. Digipeater: Active
The current Expedition 8 crew is:
Commnader Mike Foale, KB5UAC
Flight Engineer Alexander Kaleri, U8MIR
This from Bill, VE7WFG on Dec, 28:
Commander Mike Foal was operating voice again this morning from the ISS
on the 12:50 UTC pass. I asked if he would be on again on the next pass
and he reported that this would be the last pass for today as other
activities on the station would require his attention. I heard him work
the following stations before losing the signal over the mountains.
This from ARRL Letter:
Astronaut Mike Foale, KB5UAC, fired up the new Phase 2 Amateur Radio on
the International Space Station (ARISS) equipment December 21 to make a
number of 2-meter contacts with amateurs around the world. The Expedition
8 commander completed QSOs with amateurs in Australia, Europe and North
America from 1100 to approximately 1700 UTC.
"I heard him at approximately 1100 UTC and also on the next pass."
commented Ib Christofferson, OZ1MY, on the SAREX reflector. "He had a
large pileup."
A new Kenwood TM-D700E VHF-UHF dualband transceiver was installed late
last fall in the ISS Zvezda Service Module--the crew's living quarters.
ARISS International Chair Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, said official permission to
use the new gear came December 17. The RS0ISS packet system also is back
in operation.
"This equipment, including antennas, radios, hardware and software were
developed and provided by a diverse set of team members located around the
world," Bauer said in a year-end statement. "This was quite a challenge to
make happen."
Activation of the new gear means a power boost from 5 W to 25 W for the
NA1SS downlink signal. It also means the ISS now has two functional ham
stations. Additional Phase 2 equipment--which could go into space this
month--is to include a slow-scan television (SSTV) system and a Yaesu
FT-100 HF/VHF/UHF transceiver.
"I was able to hear him from as far out as 1200 miles," reported Arthur
Rowe, N1ORC, of Lawrence, Massachusetts. "I guess that the new output
power was helping."
The ISS daily crew schedule can be found at:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/timelines/
Remember that the crew operates on UTC time. Also, all of the time line
is NOT translated from Russian and posted.
U.S. callsign: NA1SS
Russian callsigns: RS0ISS, RZ3DZR
TNC callsign: RS0ISS-1
More information is available at: http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov/ or
http://www.rac.ca/ariss or http://www.marexmg.org/fileshtml/unprotopage.html
or http://www.issfanclub.com
[ANS wishes to thank Bill, VE7WFG and the ARRL Letter][01042004]
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AO-7 AMSAT OSCAR 7
Catalog number: 07530
Launch Date: November 15, 1974
Return to active status: June 21,2002
Uplink: 145.850 to 145.950 MHz CW/USB Mode A
432.125 to 432.175 MHz CW/LSB Mode B
Downlink: 29.400 to 29.500 MHz CW/USB Mode A
145.975 to 145.925 MHz CW/USB Mode B
Beacon: 29.502 MHz, 145.972 MHz, 435.1 MHz, 2304.1 MHz
Status: Semi-operational in sunlight.
Emily, W0EEC has created a website to allow the users of AO-7 to record
contacts, observations and use of the satellite more effectively at
http://www.experthams.net/ao7
This includes the ability to log contacts.
Tim, K3TZ has written a program to decode AO-07 telemetry. The program can
be downloaded at:
http://www.qsl.net/k3tz/files/K3TZ_AO-07_Telemetry_Decoder_0.5.zip
For more AO-7 info: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/ao7.html
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RS-15 RADIO SPORT RS-15
Catalog number: 23439
Launch Date: December 26, 1994
Uplink: 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/USB
Downlink: 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 29.352 MHz (intermittent)
SSB meeting frequency: 29.380 MHz (unofficial)
Status: Semi-operational, mode-A, using a 2-meter uplink and a 10-meter
downlink.
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FO-20 JAS-1b
Catalog number: 20480
Launch Date: February 07, 1990
Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 435.795
Status: Semi-Operational. FO-20 is in mode JA continuously.
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AO-27 AMRAD
Catalog number: 22825
Launched: September 26, 1993
Uplink: 145.850 MHz FM
Downlink: 436.795 MHz FM
Status: Semi-operational, mode J.
The latest information on AO-27 from control operator Michael Wyrick,
N3UC (former N4USI), can be found at: http://www.ao27.org
An AO-27 question-and-answer page is available on the AMSAT-NA web
site, with updates by Ray, W2RS. The URL is:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/intro/ao27faq.html
[ANS thanks AMRAD for AO-27 information]
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FO-29 JAS-2
Catalog number: 24278
Launch Date: August 17, 1996
Voice/CW Mode JA
Uplink: 145.90 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB
Downlink: 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB
Beacon: 435.795 MHz
Digital Mode JD
Uplink: 145.850 145.870 145.910 MHz FM
Downlink: 435.910 MHz 1200-baud BPSK or 9600-baud FSK
Callsign: 8J1JCS
Digitalker: 435.910 MHz
Status: Operational Mode JA.
Mineo, JE9PEL, has an FO-29 satellite telemetry analysis program that
will automatically analyze all digital telemetry from the satellite
(such as current, voltage and temperature). FO29CWTE is available at:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/
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SO-41 SAUDISAT-1A
Launch Date: September 26, 2000
Catalog number: 26545
Uplink: 145.850 MHz
Downlink: 436.775 MHz
Broadcast Callsign: SASAT1-11
BBS: SASAT1-12
Status: Operational
Further information is available at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/sats/n7hpr/so41.html
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SO-50 SAUDISAT-1C
Catalog number: 27607
Launched: December 20, 2002
Uplink: 145.850 MHz (67.0 Hz PL tone)
Downlink: 436.795 MHz
Status: Operational.
SO-50 carries several experiments, including a mode J FM amateur repeater
experiment operating on 145.850 MHz uplink and 436.800 MHz downlink.
The repeater is available to amateurs worldwide as power permits, using a
67.0 Hertz tone on the uplink, for on-demand activation.
[ANS thanks Turki Al-Saud for this information]
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