SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-168.01 1994 AMSAT FD COMPETITION HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 168.01 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD JUNE 18, 1994 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT BID: $ANS-168.01 1994 AMSAT Field Day Competition Announcement Field Day is once again just around the corner on June 25th and 26th, and we are proud to announce the 1994 AMSAT Field Day competition. Last year's effort was very successful and we will be using the same special rules. The AMSAT competition is to encourage the use of all amateur satellites, including the digital satellites. Here are the rules for the 1994 AMSAT Field Day competition. 1. ANALOG TRANSPONDERS Each satellite is considered a separate band. All phone QSO's and all CW QSO's on a given satellite are considered separate bands. All packet/RTTY /ASCII/AMTOR QSO's are counted as CW QSO's. Phone QSO's count for one point and CW QSO's count for two points. Cross-mode contacts are not allowed. The use of more than one transmitter at the same time in a single band is prohibited. 2. DIGITAL TRANSPONDERS Each satellite is considered a separate band. The following uploads/downloads each count as a CW contact (two points): (a) Upload of a Satellite Field Day Greetings file. (b) Download of Satellite Field Day Greetings files posted by other stations. Satellite digipeat QSO's do not count for any score. The use of gateway stations to uplink/downlink is not allowed. SAMPLE SATELLITE FIELD DAY GREETINGS FILE: "Greetings from WA5ZIB Field Day Satellite station near Galveston, Texas with 24 participating members. All the best and 73!" 3. OPERATING CLASS Stations supplied only with emergency power are in a separate operating class from those that utilize commercial power. The Satellite Summary Sheet shown below should be used for submittal of the AMSAT Field Day competition results to Andy MacAllister WA5ZIB, Vice Pres- ident User Services, 14714 Knights Way Drive, Houston, TX 77083-5640. Deadline for submissions is August 1, 1994. Competition was tough in 1993 and should be even tougher in 1994. We hope this competition provides satellite operators with the practice necessary to be able to set up a ground station and effectively operate the satellites in an emergency situation. Remember that Field Day also provides a good opportunity to give some newcomers a chance at operating the satellites. Most of all, it should be a lot of fun for all who participate. GOOD LUCK ON FD! --------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Summary Sheet - 1994 Satellite CW Phone _______________________________________________________________ | | | | |___________________|____________________|_____________________| | | | | |___________________|____________________|_____________________| | | | | |___________________|____________________|_____________________| | | | | |___________________|____________________|_____________________| | | | | |___________________|____________________|_____________________| | | | | |___________________|____________________|_____________________| | | x 2 | x 1 | |___________________|____________________|_____________________| | Totals | | | |___________________|____________________|_____________________| Your Field Day Callsign_______________________________________ Field Day Classification______________________________________ Power Source(s)_______________________________________________ Your name and home call_______________________________________ Home address__________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Comments______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-168.02 AMSAT-NA BOD ANNOUNCEMENT HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 168.02 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD JUNE 18, 1994 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT BID: $ANS-168.02 AMSAT Board of Directors Nominations Announced Martha Saragovitz, AMSAT's Corporate Secretary announced June 16, that six duly executed nominations for the organization's Board of Directors have been received at AMSAT Headquarters by the June 15th deadline mandated in the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation Bylaws. Ms. Saragovitz listed the nominees as: Keith Baker KB1SF, Tom Clark W3IWI, John Hansen WA0PTV, Andy McAllister WA5ZIB, Lou McFadin W5DID and Bob Myers W1XT. The Corporation's Bylaws require that ballots for the Board election be mailed to all current members by July 15. To be counted, the properly marked ballots must be received at Headquarters by September 15. The three persons receiving the most votes will be declared elected to the Board for a two year period. The two receiving the next largest number will become Alternate Board members until next year's Board is seated at its fall 1995 meeting. The current Board members who's terms expire this year are: Tom Clark W3IWI, Joe Kasser G3ZCZ and Andy McAllister WA5ZIB. Four other Board members were elected in 1993 and are scheduled to serve until next year. They are: Junior deCastro PY2BJO, Dick Daniels W4PUJ, Bob Diersing N5AHD and Bill Tynan W3XO. The current Alternate Board member is Joe Holman KA7LDN. /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-168.03 WEEKLY OSCAR STATUS REPORTS HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 168.03 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD JUNE 18, 1994 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT BID: $ANS-168.03 Weekly OSCAR Status Reports: 18-JUN-94 AO-13: Current Transponder Operating Schedule: L QST *** AO-13 TRANSPONDER SCHEDULE *** 1994 May 07-Jul 11 Mode-B : MA 0 to MA 170 | Mode-BS : MA 170 to MA 218 | Mode-S : MA 218 to MA 220 |<- S beacon only Mode-S : MA 220 to MA 230 |<- S transponder; B trsp. is OFF Mode-BS : MA 230 to MA 250 | Alon/Alat 230/-5 Mode-B : MA 250 to MA 256 | Omnis : MA 250 to MA 120 | Move to attitude 180/0, Jul 11 [G3RUH/DB2OS/VK5AGR] KO-25: WH6I reports that at midweek Kitsat B (KO-25) again seemed to be on a different receive frequency. He notes that the BBS was there, but it was impossible to get any data from it. [WH6I] LO-19: LO-19 is on the air but only telemetry is being sent and there are are no BBS functions operational. [WH6I] KO-23: WH6I reports that KO-23 is busy and functioning normally. He notes that the images from last week are now gone. [WH6I] AO-16: AO-16 is running strong, the only 1200 baud bird in operation at the present time. [WH6I] 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