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WEEKLY OSCAR STATUS REPORTS

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 085.05 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD MARCH 26, 1994
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
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Weekly OSCAR Status Reports: 26-MAR-94

AO-13: Current Transponder Operating Schedule:
M QST *** AO-13 TRANSPONDER SCHEDULE ***  1994 Mar 19-Apr 04
Mode-B  : MA   0 to MA  90 |
Mode-BS : MA  90 to MA 120 |
Mode-S  : MA 120 to MA 122 |<- S beacon only
Mode-S  : MA 122 to MA 145 |<- S transponder; B trsp. is OFF
Mode-S  : MA 145 to MA 150 |<- S beacon only
Mode-BS : MA 150 to MA 180 |        Blon/Blat 180/0
Mode-B  : MA 180 to MA 256 |
Omnis   : MA 230 to MA  30 | Move to attitude 235/0, Apr 04 240/0, Apr 04
[G3RUH/DB2OS/VK5AGR]

FO-20: The following is the current schedule for transponder operations:
       ANALOG MODE:
      23-Mar-94  7:52 -to- 30-Mar-94 8:15 UTC
      6-Apr-94  6:45 -to- 13-Apr-94 7:10 UTC
      20-Apr-94  7:35 -to- 27-Apr-94 7:55 UTC
      11-May-94  6:54 -to- 18-May-94 7:20 UTC
  Digital mode: Unless otherwise noted above.
  [Kazu Sakamoto (JJ1WTK) qga02014@niftyserve.or.jp]

MIR: The packet call for MIR is R0MIR-1 and the operating frequency is
     145.550 MHz.  The crew usually has the Personal Messaging System
     (PMS) running.  If you hear voice operations ask for Victor, Yuri, or
     Valeri.  [VK3DFI]

AO-27: AMRAD-OSCAR-27 (AO-27) is up and going, and is said to be working
       well.  It is in popular use in Europe.  The 436.800 MHz FM down-
       link can be heard on a hand-held.  Uplink is 145.850 MHz.  It is
       said to be  only active in daylight passes.  [G3IOR]

UFO: We have a UFO on 145.592 MHz sending data. It was first heard by
     G3JQI at 18:50 UTC "dopplering" down until 18:55 UTC LOS on
     16-MAR-94.  [G3IOR]

The AMSAT NEWS Service (ANS) is looking for volunteers 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 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 @ W0LJF.#NECO.CO.USA.NOAM.  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