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                              SpaceNews
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                       MONDAY JANUARY 2, 1989

SpaceNews originates at KD2BD in Wall Township, NJ, and is available on
packet radio bulletin board stations across the North America and around
the world on the MTTBS telephone BBS at (201) 494-3649, the Unix USENET
News Network, and WangNet.

* ASR IS GONE *
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Reliable sources have indicated that AMSAT-NA's bi-weekly newsletter,
"Amateur Satellite Report", will be phased out shortly and will be replaced
by a new bi-monthly publication dealing with more technical Amateur
satellite communications topics. These publications are sent to to all
members of AMSAT-NA.

For information on joining AMSAT-NA, the Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation of North America, write:

     AMSAT-NA
     Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
     Post Office Box 27
     Washington, DC 20044 USA

* OSCAR-9 NEWS *
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UoSAT-OSCAR 9 Weekly Operating Schedule :

TUE : Diary reload occurs. VHF-FM beacon is OFF the air.
WED : CCD Video transmission - 1200 baud synchronous data.
THU : Digitalker sends telemetry in English until 14:00 UTC.
After 18:00, the Diary will transmit a sequence of TELEMETRY, BULLETIN
and WOD using 1200 baud ASCII until next Tuesday, when a reload occurs.

The 145.825 MHz NBFM General Data Beacon is ON the air according to the
above schedule. In addition, the 14.002 and 21.002 MHz beacons are
currently active sending Morse telemetry and A0 using 100 mW of power. The
2.4 GHz FM beacon is OFF the air.

* RS10/RS11 NEWS *
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Reports indicate that RS11 currently active, and that only its mode A
transponder is in operation at present.

* OSCAR-12 NEWS *
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The current operating schedule for FO-12 is as follows:

Mode      Until
       Date   Time
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JD  : 30Dec : 2254
 D  : 31Dec : 0002
JA  : 03Jan : 2322
 D  : 04Jan : 2228
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Mode  D : All transponders are OFF.
Mode JA : Analog transponder is ON.
Mode JD : Digital transponder is ON.

* OSCAR-13 NEWS *
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This operating schedule should remain in effect until 06Jan89, when a
change in spacecraft attitude will be made.

Mode  Mean Anomaly
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OFF :  240 to 003
 B  :  003 to 100
 L  :  100 to 150 (JL optional)
 B  :  150 to 240
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Bahn coordinates for OSCAR-13 after the 06Jan89 attitude change will be
BLON: 0 degrees, BLAT: 180 degrees.

Scheduled mode S sessions will be announced on OSCAR-13's beacon.

* SpaceNews NEWS *
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Sorry for the delay in this week's and last week's SpaceNews distribution.
I've been busy with a few ham radio projects here, and have not had the
time to put these articles together.

I receive LOTS of mail regarding SpaceNews. I try to respond to each
message individually, but lack of time makes it hard to answer everyone's
questions.

I hope to carry some mini-tutorials on Amateur Satellite operations in the
near future, and answer questions like, "How do you decode EPOCH date and
time into HH:MM:SS", define what Keplerian Elements are and how they are
used in satellite tracking and orbit predictions, and help everyone posted
on this year's planned MicroSat launch.

Oh, and I will continue to keep posting SpaceNews on USENET under the
newsgroups of rec.ham-radio and sci.space.shuttle (sorry, I don't have
access to sci.space here). Thanks for all the comments received.

--- John, KD2BD.

* FEEDBACK WELCOMED *
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Feedback regarding SpaceNews can be directed to me (John) via the following
paths:

UUCP   : ucbvax!rutgers!petsd!tsdiag!ka2qhd!kd2bd
PACKET : KD2BD @ NN2Z

* JOIN THE RANKS! *
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Amateur Satellite operations can be very educational, rewarding and fun,
but in order to communicate through any one of our "OSCAR"s, you must first
have an Amateur Radio license. For information on the requirements for
earning an Amateur Radio license in the U.S., write:

  THE AMERICAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE
  225 MAIN STREET
  NEWINGTON, CONNECTICUT 06111

* SOURCES *
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Some of the news contained in this SpaceNews issue was obtained via
OSCAR-9, OSCAR-11 and the KA2QHD and NN2Z PBBSs.

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