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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 025.S1 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, January 25, 2004
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-025.S1
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 01/22/2004:
As noted in the N-block, the schedule for AO-40 has been modified to
have the passbands active from MA =40 to MA = 180. Current ALON/ALAT
is approximately 352 / 0.
The eclipse season has begun again with pre-perigee eclipses. For the
near future these will peak at a little over one hour in length.
QST AMSAT AO-40 SCHEDULE 2004-01-22
MA 002 040 180 002
---------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
From MA002 to MA040 and from MA180 to MA002
S2 Tx and U Rx are ON but not connected through the
matrix. Thus S2 downlink passband is then OFF
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][01252004]
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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
There currently are reports of the Packet station operating in 'simplex'
mode i.e. uplink/downlink on 145.800. Please send any confirmations to
ans-editor@amsat.org.
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][01182004]
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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: Operational
This off the AO-27 webpage:
Current Time UTC => Sat Jan 24 14:50:15 2004
Schedule Time => 01:21:17
Current State => 7
Mode => OFF
Remaining => 00:19:32
Next Event UTC => Sat Jan 24 15:09:47 2004
State => 0
Mode => Digital Med
TOPR Epoch (UTC) = Sat Jan 17 21:50:37 2004
TOPR Epoch (ctime) = 1074376237
Schedule Period (sec) = 6049.475
State Start Time End Time Duration(sec) Mode
--------------------------------------------------------
0 00:00:00 00:00:20 20 Digital Med
1 00:00:20 00:09:20 540 Analogue Med
2 00:09:20 00:10:20 60 Digital Med
3 00:10:20 00:33:00 1360 OFF
4 00:33:00 00:34:00 60 Digital Med
5 00:34:00 00:34:20 20 OFF
6 00:34:20 00:34:40 20 OFF
7 00:34:40 01:40:49 3969 OFF
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 Micheal, N3UC and AMRAD for AO-27 information] [01252004]
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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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