[jamsat-news:1029] ANS 045

[Dan James <nn0dj@means.net>]

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE	
ANS 045	

ANS is a free weekly news and information service of AMSAT North
America, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the
activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an
active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating
through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.

AMSAT-NA is pleased to announce that recent and future developments
in amateur radio satellites will be presented in San Diego, California
--October 8-11, 1999-- at the 17th Space Symposium and
AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting. More information is available from
Symposium chair, Duane Naugle, KO6BT, at:

ko6bt@amsat.org

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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-045.01
ARISS MEETINGS SUCCESSFUL (PART 2)

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 045.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, FEBRUARY 14, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-045.01

Last week, in ANS-038, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, ARISS-US Delegation
member, told ANS about a series of extremely successful International
Space Station (ISS) Amateur Radio accommodation meetings held at the
NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Sponsored by NASA and by Energia, the primary objective of the
meeting was to finalize the design development of the 'initial station'
amateur radio hardware for ISS. Representatives from NASA and
Energia along with hardware development teams from the United States,
Russia, Germany and Italy participated in the meetings.

Those in attendance included:

* Sergei Samburov, RV3DR -- representing Energia, AMSAT-Russia
  and ARISS-Russia

* Ron Parise, WA4SIR, and Lou McFadin, W5DID -- representing
  the ARISS-US Hardware Delegation

* Frank Bauer, KA3HDO -- representing NASA, AMSAT-NA, and
  ARISS-US

* Matt Bordelon, KC5BTL -- representing NASA and ARISS-US

* Thomas Kieselbach, DL2MDE -- representing the ARISS-German
  Hardware Delegation

* Alberto Zagni, I2KBD, Fabrizio Bernardini, I0QIT and Luca Bertagnolio,
  IK2OVV -- representing the ARISS-Italian Hardware Delegation

During the meeting, Sergei Samburov, RV3DR, the President of AMSAT
Russia, confirmed his strong desire to work with the ARISS international
partners to develop a single, coordinated amateur radio station on ISS.
NASA has also officially stated that they, too, need a single, international
focal point to coordinate amateur radio development and operations on
ISS if amateur radio on ISS is to have a future.

The ARISS international team was formed over two years ago to provide
this single focal point to the space officials at NASA (U.S.), Energia
(Russia), NASDA (Japan) and ESA (Europe).

In the near future, ANS will provide additional information from these
meetings, including discussions on:

* ARISS Initial Configuration and Delivery Schedule to ISS
* Antenna System Design
* Antenna Locations on Service Module and initial plans for ARISS EVAs
* Meetings with NASA Senior Managers
* Digitalker design
* ARISS Frequencies
* Future installation of an SSTV system
* Express Pallet opportunities

NASA is reporting that the International Space Station modules
continue to fly with no systems problems affecting performance as flight
control teams in Houston and Moscow watch over the orbiting outpost.

Flight controllers continue to test the commanding capability of the Zarya
module through the Early Communications System (ECS) connecting
node. This system was installed and tested by the crew of STS-88 in
December 1998. This testing will continue for the next few weeks.

The next Space Shuttle mission to visit the station is targeted for launch
May 20th. The flight's objectives are to deliver interior supplies and U.S.
and Russian cranes -- to be installed on the station's exterior.

ISS is currently in an orbit with a high point of 259 statute miles and a
low point of 245 statute miles. Its orbital period -- the time it takes the
station to circle the Earth once -- is approximately 92 minutes.

[ANS congratulates the ARISS partners and thanks NASA and Frank
Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT-NA's Vice President for Human Spaceflight
Programs for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-045.02
GOTA SPECIAL EVENT

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 045.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, FEBRUARY 14, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
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Ron Seiler, VE7VVW, informs ANS that the Interior Space and Science
Center, along with the support of the North Okanagan Radio Amateur
Club, are sponsoring 'Girl Guides on the Air' (GOTA) from amateur radio
station VE7ISS in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada.

GOTA began in 1985 to celebrate 75 years of Guiding in Canada, the
United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia. GOTA is a co-sponsored
event between the Canadian Ladies Amateur Radio Association
(CLARA) and Girl Guides of Canada - Guides du Canada.

The 'on-air' event at VE7ISS will run from 18:00 to 24:00 UTC on
February 20, 1999. Satellite operation is scheduled for AO-27, FO-20
and FO-29. In addition, high frequency operation will take place on 10
through 80-meters.

[ANS thanks Ron Seiler, VE7VVW, for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-045.03
PANSAT PO-34 SATELLITE A-OK

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 045.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, FEBRUARY 14, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-045.03

PanSat, developed by the Naval Postgraduate School and launched
from the shuttle Discovery last October, appears alive and well after
several months in space. "It appears to be operating well," according to
PanSat team member Dan Sakoda, KD6DRA. Sakoda did express some
concern about battery life, telling ANS that "basically the temperatures
are a bit lower than we expected, and some of our thinking as far as
battery charging were less than optimistic. The concern is that we really
need to baby the batteries if we're going to have a long mission life."

PanSat --the Petite Amateur Navy Satellite-- carries a spread-spectrum
communication package fabricated by student officers and faculty
members at the Naval Postgraduate School. The spacecraft is set to
provide store-and-forward digital packet communication using direct
sequence spread-spectrum modulation. Amateur radio operators will
soon be able to utilize PANSAT via a bulletin-board type user interface.

Sakoda said now that ground operations are somewhat under control,
"the two main staff engineers here can focus on spread spectrum work
and pushing for user access. All of us are looking forward to amateur
radio involvement with PanSat," he said.

The PO-34 command station is located in Monterey, California.

[ANS thanks Dan Sakoda, KD6DRA, and the ARRL for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-045.04
W1B SPECIAL EVENT A SUCCESS

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 045.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, FEBRUARY 14, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-045.04

Mike Seguin, N1JEZ, tells ANS another 'W1B Special Event' is in the
record books, adding "a big thanks to all the stations that worked us."

N1JEZ said the high point of the event included helping one ham (on
RS-13) finish his Worked All States award by giving him Vermont. Mike
also reports working several new stations on AO-27, including 13-year
old KD5FAV. 

At the W1B operating site, the operating team of N1JEZ and Beau,
N1MJD, received considerable interest in not only the satellite gear,
but in amateur radio itself.

Looking at the log -- exactly 112 contacts were made by W1B. Clean
sweeps were accomplished by K5VAS and VE6EGN, with KF4FDJ and
KB2WQM missing by just one. DX included G4CUO via RS-13.

A certificate confirming contact with W1B will be available in the next
few weeks.

[ANS thanks Mike Seguin, N1JEZ, for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-045.05
ANS IN BRIEF

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 045.05 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, FEBRUARY 14, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-045.05

ANS news in brief this week includes the following:

** Again, the SunSat launch has been delayed. The February 9, 12 and
13 launch dates ended in a scrub. Cliff, K7RR, reports "no doubt you
have already read of the scrub of SunSat/Oersted launch on the morning
of the 13th. The scrub occurred a half hour before launch time with an
indication of a power glitch, discovered in the first stage." AMSAT-NA
President Keith Baker, e-mailed the following to K7RR: "I wanted you to
know your superb efforts day after day (and night after night) are noted
and very much appreciated. On behalf of AMSAT-NA, please
accept and pass along our sincere thanks for all you and your team are
doing to keep the rest of us informed of the SunSat launch status.
I'm convinced all your efforts will (eventually) pay off in a successful
launch at some point, hopefully in the not-to-distant future."
--Cliff, K7RR, Keith, KB1SF

** Bob, WB4APR, reports the APRS/Mir School Club Roundup was very
successful. The object of the test was to get one APRS or UI
packet digipeated by MIR on so that the school kids see you.
N4ZO, N3XPD, N8IGJ and W1YTL were some of the many active
stations. Even the Mir R0MIR crew extended a greeting to all schools.
Bob reports over 10,500 hits on his APRS web site. --Bob, WB4APR

** The AMSAT question of the week comes from Dave D'Epagnier who
asks "are there archives of the AMSAT-BB?" Paul, KB5MU, provides the
answer: "yes, back to July 1998, in daily digest form, at the following
URL: ftp://ftp.amsat.org/archive/amsat-bb-digest/." --AMSAT-BB

** AMSAT Net of the week: The Houston AMSAT Net.
The net meets each Tuesday, 8:00pm Central on the Houston area
147.10 MHz repeater. NCS is Andy, W5ACM. Phone check-ins: Marty,
WD5DZC. Producer/Internet and satellite feed: Bruce, KK5DO.
Satellite feed: Hughes SBS 6, transponder 13b, 6.2 MHz audio. Internet
live Real Audio feed: http://www.amsatnet.com. --ANS

** Russia's Mir space station might be discarded as early as August
because investors who were supposedly planning to fund it have backed
out. The RKK Energia company, which built and runs the 13-year old
station, said in December that it had found a private sponsor to keep Mir
in orbit for another three years. ''It was just wishful thinking,'' Space
Agency director Yuri Koptev said of Energia's statement. ''They have
indeed carried out serious work with an investor who had the money. But
the investor has some problems.'' --Florida Today

** The Planetary Society announced sponsoring three more programs to
search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Previous endeavors have
sought indications of aliens by listening to radio signals. Now searches
will watch for signs in what's called 'optical SETI'. The three projects
-- two at the University of California, Berkeley, and one at Harvard
University and the Smithsonian Observatory in Massachusetts -- will use
photometers to detect short bursts of light from Sun-like stars. --S&T

** ANS has received word that an informal 'warm up' to the summer 2000
EME Conference will take place this August in Syracuse, New York.
Called EME Symposium '99, it will be a beginners workshop aimed at
bringing new blood into this specialized area of amateur radio.
--Newsline

** The Lunar Prospector, which has been in orbit around the
Moon for a full year, completed its primary mission recently -- but the
mission isn't over yet. Recently, the orbit was lowered to an average
altitude of only 30-km. This transfer orbit altitude was selected to provide
additional potential model data to accurately predict final orbit evolution.
The orbit was a decrease of 70-km from the nominal 100-km mission
orbit average. This final altitude provides another significant increase in
instrument sensitivity -- with periapsis altitudes of about 10-12 km above
the lunar terrain. This is about the same altitude that commercial
airliners fly above the Earth! Monthly orbit maintenance maneuvers are
now required to avoid lunar impact at the end of each four week period.
--S&T, NASA

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-045.06
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PT 1

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 045.06 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, FEBRUARY 14, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-045.06

MIR/SAFEX
SAFEX II 70 cm Repeater
Uplink 435.750 MHz FM w/subaudible tone 141.3 Hz	
Downlink 437.950 MHz FM 	
Semi-operational.

SAFEX II 70 cm QSO Mode
Uplink 435.725 MHz FM w/subaudible tone 151.4 Hz	
Downlink 437.925 MHz FM	
Semi-operational.

PMS 
Uplink/Downlink 145.985 MHz FM  1200 Baud AFSK 	
Semi-operational due to SSTV transmissions.

The PBBS is running a Kantronics KPC-9612 + V.8.1 TNC. The
commands are similar to most PBBS and BBS systems.

Dr. Dave Larsen, N6CO, reports recently sending out over 300 Mir
QSL cards.

Rick, KB0VBZ, reports Mir SSTV signals received. Additional reports
were received from N2YAC, F6GRY and IZ2CDP. Bruce, KK5DO, tells
ANS that NCS station W5ACM (during the 2/9 Houston AMSAT Net)
re-transmitted a Mir SSTV picture over the Net satellite and real audio
feed. Decode it at: http://www.amsatnet.com.

MIREX has announced an on-going APRS School Days Test. MIREX is
allowing schools to use APRS for position and status reports via R0MIR.
Non-school stations are asked to refrain from using APRS type
transmissions or beacons via R0MIR.

Scott, WA6LIE, has a set of instructions on how to work the Mir space
station. Copies of the instructions are available from Scott by e-mail at
wa6lie@juno.com, or by packet at wa6lie@wa6lie.#wcca.ca.usa.noam.

[ANS thanks Scott Avery, WA6LIE, and the MIREX team for Mir status
information]

Radio Sport RS-12
Uplink 145.910 to 145.950 MHz CW/SSB 
Uplink   21.210  to  21.250 MHz CW/SSB	
Downlink   29.410  to  29.450 MHz  CW/SSB 
Downlink 145.910 to 145.950 MHz  CW/SSB	
Beacon 29.408 MHz	
Robot   Uplink 21.129 MHz  Downlink 29.454 MHz	
Last reported to be semi-operational, beacon only.

Radio Sport RS-13
Uplink  21.260 MHz to 21.300 MHz CW/SSB 
Uplink  145.960 MHz to 146.000 MHz CW/SSB	
Downlink  29.460 MHz to 29.500 MHz CW/SSB 
Downlink 145.960 to 146.000 MHz CW/SSB	
Beacon 29.504 MHz	
Robot  Uplink 21.140 MHz  Downlink 29.458 MHz	
Last reported in mode KA with a 10-meter downlink and a 15-meter
and 2-meter uplink.

Jim, NU0C, passed along a unique construction idea for a mode A loop.
Jim says to "check with your local CB crowd and see if you can find
anyone with a busted-up 'Moonraker 4' antenna." NU0C reports just
such a collection of aluminum, and the reflector element is a cubical
quad style metal boom bracket with fiberglass spreaders. Jim says it
looks to be fairly rugged and should work well flipped over on it's side as
the framework for a RS-13 style 10-meter loop with a single support
point.

The RS-12/13 satellite has seen many recent changes in operational
status. Modes K, T, KT and now mode KA operation have all been
reported by a number of stations.

No official word from the Russian satellite controllers has been received.
ANS recommends monitoring each satellite carefully to determine the
transponder in operation and which mode it is operating in.

RS-12/13 command is now in the hands of Alex Papkov, in
Kaluga City, Russia.

Radio Sport RS-15
Uplink 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/SSB	
Downlink 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/SSB 	
Beacon  29.352 MHz  (intermittent)	
Semi-operational, mode A, using a 2-meter uplink and a 10-meter
downlink.

Bob, W7LRD, reports the 29.380 MHz 'meeting frequency' used by most
RS-15 operators is showing good results.

Dave, WB6LLO, reports he has prepared a "quick and dirty" set of
operating instructions for RS-15 at the following URL:

http://users.aol.com/dguimont

OSCAR 10  AO-10
Uplink 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB	
Downlink 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB	
Beacon 145.810 MHz (unmodulated carrier)	
Operational, mode B. AO-10 is locked into a 70-cm uplink and a 2-meter
downlink.

W4SM reports AO-10 appears to be entering another sleep period due to
poor solar angle, telling ANS the beacon is quite weak and FMing. If the
past is any indication (and it may not be if AO-10 is attitudinally
unstable), this sleep period will last about 4-6 weeks before gradually
improving over another 4-6 weeks. W4SM also notes downlink signals
are currently too weak for ranging data.

W4SM has more information about the satellite at the following URL:

http://www.cstone.net/~w4sm/AO-10.html

[ANS thanks Stacey Mills, W4SM, for his AO-10 status information and
web site]

AO-27
Uplink     145.850 MHz FM	
Downlink 436.792 MHz FM	
Operational, mode J.

[ANS thanks Michael Wyrick, N4USI, for AO-27 information]

JAS-1b  FO-20
Uplink    145.900 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB	
Downlink 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB	
Operational. FO-20 is in mode JA continuously.

[ANS thanks Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK, for the FO-20 status reports]

JAS-2  FO-29
Voice/CW Mode JA	
Uplink    145.900 to 146.00 MHz CW/LSB	
Downlink 435.80 to 435.90 MHz CW/USB	
Operational, rotated with digital mode and digi-talker. See schedule
below.

Digital Mode JD	
Uplink      145.850   145.870  145.910 MHz FM	
Downlink 435.910 MHz FM 9600 baud BPSK	
Semi-operational, rotated with analog mode and digi-talker. See
schedule below.

The FO-29 command station has announced the following schedule:

Feb 08 - Feb 15     JD1200
Feb 15 - Feb 18     JA
Feb 19 - Feb 22     Digitalker 

Kazu, JJ1WTK, tells ANS that due to 2 bit errors detected in the OBC
February 3rd, the bird will stay in mode JA. The next announcement by
the JARL command team will be February 15th.

[ANS thanks Kazu Sakamoto, JJ1WTK, for this report]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-045.07
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PT 2

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 045.07 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, FEBRUARY 14, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-045.07

KITSAT  KO-23
Uplink     145.900 MHz FM 9600 Baud FSK	
Downlink 435.175 MHz FM	
Not operational. The downlink transmitter has not been operational for
any normal communication.

ANS has learned (from the KO-23 ground command team) that
satellite downlink telemetry shows one of KO-23's battery cells to be very
unstable. The command team is analyzing the relationship between the
battery life cycle and the downlink transmitter problem.

Jim, AA7KC, reports KO-23's transmitter was on very briefly for a part of
the February 7th pass, but did not return for the next pass. The same
operation February 10th allowed a down load of only 245 bits. These
multiple attempts to operate KO-23 have proved unsuccessful -- only
brief transmissions with no useful data.

[ANS thanks Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, and KyungHee Kim, HL0ENJ,
for KO-23 status information]

KITSAT  KO-25
Uplink     145.980 MHz FM 9600 Baud FSK	
Downlink 436.50 MHz FM	
Operational.

KO-25 is absorbing the additional traffic (due to the loss of KO-23) and is
performing very well.

[ANS thanks Jim Weisenberger, AA7KC, for KO-25 status information]

UO-22
Uplink     145.900 or 145.975 MHz FM 9600 Baud FSK	
Downlink 435.120 MHz FM	
Semi-operational.

More information on the satellite is available at the following URL:

http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/EE/CSER/UOSAT/

[Chris Jackson, G7UPN /ZL2TPO, is the Operations Manager of
UO-22]

OSCAR-11
Downlink 145.825 MHz FM, 1200 Baud AFSK	
Beacon    2401.500 MHz	
Operational.

Clive, G3CWV, tells ANS that apart from some ground control activity
during the first week in January, it's been another uneventful month for
OSCAR-11. 

The internal temperatures have fallen slightly, by about one degree C.
They are now 7.6C and 5.8C for battery and telemetry electronics
respectively. The current duration of solar eclipse times has continued to
provide OSCAR-11 with near optimum conditions, maintaining an
adequate power budget while not allowing the internal temperatures to
rise to excessive levels.

The mode-S beacon is ON, transmitting an unmodulated carrier, but
telemetry indicates that it has partially failed, and delivering half
power. This beacon is a useful source for those testing mode-S
converters, prior to the launch of P3-D. The 435.025 MHz beacon is
normally off.

More information about OSCAR 11 can be found at the following URL:

http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/

Beacon reception reports should be sent to g3cwv@amsat.org.

[ANS thanks Clive Wallis, G3CWV, for this information]

PACSAT  AO-16
Uplink 145.90 145.92 145.94 145.86 MHz FM 1200 bps Manchester FSK	
Downlink 437.0513 MHz SSB, 1200 bps  RC-BPSK 1200 Baud PSK	
Beacon 2401.1428 MHz	
Operating normally.

The AO-16 command team has authorized an APRS experiment on
AO-16 to explore the use of the 1200-baud PACSAT for APRS
position/status reporting. Test periods will run each Tuesday from
0000 to 2359 UTC. 

The following list of stations successfully connected with the satellite,
according to the AO-16 log of February 8-12: W4SM, XQ2FOD, WJ9F,
CE2MH, K6IVY, CE5NG, PA0BJE, GM4ULS, KK4XZ, KH6ABA, KG0WL,
KN4WZ, CE3SSA, EA6IC, WD8CDP, KB7KCL, GJ3YLI, LU4JCR,
DG8ABG, N5ZNL, FK8CR, WA5QGD, HB9OMQ, KA1LMX,
ZL1AAN and EA1BCU.

Telemetry is nominal.

Time is Fri Feb 12 23:14:22 1999 uptime is 1608/17:37:25
+10V Bus        10.300 V  	+X (RX) Temp    -5.448 D
RX Temp        10.285 D  	Bat 1 Temp       6.049 D
Bat 2 Temp       6.654 D  	Baseplt Temp     6.049 D
RC PSK BP Temp  -1.817 D  	RC PSK HPA Tmp   0.603 D
+Y Array Temp  -19.970 D  	PSK TX HPA Tmp  -0.607 D
+Z Array Temp  -11.499 D  	RC PSK TX Out    0.818 W
Total Array C= 0.000 Bat Ch Cur=-0.461 Ifb= 0.154 I+10V= 0.327
TX:0109 BCR:1E PWRC:59F BT: A WC:25 EDAC:E0

General information and telemetry WOD files can be found at:
http://www.ctv.es/USERS/ea1bcu

A complete collection of WOD graphics corresponding to the
year of 1998 can be found at:

http://www.ctv.es/USERS/ea1bcu/wod1998.zip

[ANS thanks Miguel Menendez, EA1BCU, for this report]

LUSAT  LO-19
Uplink 145.84  145.86  145.88  145.90 MHz FM  1200 bps Manchester FSK	
Downlink 437.125 MHz SSB  1200 bps RC-BPSK 	
Currently semi-operational.

No BBS service. The OBC (on board computer) reload is reported to be
in progress, however, EA1BCU (and ANS) has not received updated
information for several months. The Digipeater is active.

Telemetry is as follows:

Time is Fri Feb 12 22:52:49 1999 uptime is 196/09:18:11
RC PSK TX Out    0.659 W
Total Array C= 0.008 Bat Ch Cur=-0.298 Ifb= 0.125 I+10V= 0.184
TX:017 BCR:1E PWRC:62D BT:3C WC: 0

General information and telemetry samples can be found at:

http://www.ctv.es/USERS/ea1bcu/lo19.htm

[ANS thanks Miguel Menendez, EA1BCU, for this report]

ITAMSAT  IO-26
Uplink     145.875  145.900  145.925  145.950 MHz  FM 1200 Baud 	
Downlink 435.822 MHz SSB	
Semi-operational.

ANS has not received any recent updates concerning the status 
of IO-26. No additional information is available at this time.

TMSAT-1  TO-31
Uplink     145.925 MHz  9600 baud FSK 
Downlink 436.925 MHz  9600 baud FSK	

TMSAT-1 is now open for general access by Amateur Radio operators
worldwide. Normal access will allow operators to use the store and
forward communications on the spacecraft and also download the
high-resolution multispectral images.

ProcMail V2.00G has been released by G7UPN. This software permits
the processing of image files from TO-31. ProcMail V2.00G is available
for downloading on KO-23 and KO-25. It also has been posted to the
AMSAT-NA FTP site at the following URL:

www.amsat.org/amsat/software/win32/wisp

[ANS thanks Chris Jackson, G7UPN /ZL2TPO, for this report]

TechSat-1B  GO-32
Downlink    435.325    435.225 MHz 	
HDLC telemetry framed so a TNC in KISS mode will decode it 	

The TechSat-1B micro-satellite was successfully launched from the
Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome on July 10, 1998.

ANS has not received any recent updates concerning the current status
of GO-32 and no additional information is available at this time.

The satellite does not have a continuos beacon, but does transmit a
9600-baud burst every 30 seconds (for a continuous 3 seconds in
length), currently on 435.225 MHz.

The TechSat team has also constructed a home page about TechSat.
To view the site, point your web browser to:

http://techsat.internet-zahav.net/

[ANS thanks Shlomo Menuhin, 4X1AS, for this information]

SedSat  SO-33
Downlink 437.910 MHz FM 9600 Baud FSK	
The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions.

SedSat-1, signifying Students for the Exploration and Development of
Space Satellite number one, was successfully launched and placed in
orbit on Saturday, October 24, 1998.

SedSat is continuing to perform as it has since launch, transmitting
telemetry until the batteries are depleted and then going into safe mode
(for about ten hours) and then repeating the process. "The orbital
geometry is such that we have had as much as 120 hours of continuous
operation from the bird before the batteries die," said Dennis, KD4ETA.
Recovery efforts continue.

For more information on SedSat-1, including Version 1.2 of the SedSat
ground station software -- visit the satellite web site at the following URL:

http://www.seds.org/sedsat

[ANS thanks Dr. Mark Maier, KF4YGR, for this information]

PanSat  PO-34
Downlink frequency not established.	
The satellite is not currently available for uplink transmissions.

PanSat, developed by the Naval Postgraduate School, was launched
from the shuttle Discovery. PanSat spread-spectrum digital transponders
will be available to amateur radio operators in the near future along with
software to utilize this technology. The PO-34 command station is
located in Monterey, California.

Dan Sakoda, KD6DRA, PANSAT Project Manager recommends
'The ARRL Spread Spectrum Sourcebook' as a good place to start in
understanding the spread-spectrum scheme.

The PANSAT Team does not expect the satellite to be available to the
Amateur Radio community for another few months.

For more information, visit the official PANSAT web site at:

http://www.sp.nps.navy.mil/pansat/

[ANS thanks Dan Sakoda, KD6DRA, for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-045.08
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PT 3

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 045.08 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, FEBRUARY 14, 1999
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-045.08

THE FOLLOWING SATELLITES ARE IN ORBIT BUT ARE
NON-OPERATIONAL AT THIS TIME:

RS-16
Attempts to command the mode A transponder 'on' have been
unsuccessful to date. At this time the RS-16 transponder is
non-operational. The 435 MHz beacon (only) is operational.

No additional information is available at this time.

DOVE  DO-17
Downlink 145.825 MHz FM   1200 Baud AFSK	
Beacon 2401.220 MHz	
Non-operational.

DOVE stopped transmitting in March 1998. The 145.825 MHz and
2401.220 MHz downlinks are off the air and the satellite has not
responded to ground station control.

QSL cards for receiving DOVE (when the satellite is operating) may
be obtained from:
                                  Dianne White, N0IZO
                                  45777 Rampart Road
                                  Parker, Colorado  80138-4316
                                                                           USA

No additional information is available at this time.

WEBERSAT  WO-18
Downlink 437.104 MHz SSB  1200 Baud PSK AX.25	
Non-operational.

WO-18 is reported to be in MBL mode after a software crash.

No additional information is available at this time.

--ANS END---

Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to
ans-editor@amsat.org

/EX

Daniel  (Dan) James	
AMSAT News Service Bulletin Editor 
AMSAT-NA Vice President/Public Affairs	
Amateur callsign: NN0DJ	
Grid Square EN28iv	
Warroad, Minnesota U.S.A.	
e-mail:  nn0dj@amsat.org	

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