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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE	
ANS 158	

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-158.01
STS-91/MIR MISSION CONTINUES

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 158.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JUNE 7, 1998
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-158.01

The United States began its last flight to the Russian Mir Space Station on 
Tuesday, June 2, 1998, with a flawless, on-time liftoff of the Space 
Shuttle Discovery and a six-member crew. Astronauts aboard Discovery on 
lift-off included Commander Charlie Precourt, Pilot Dominic Gorie and 
Mission Specialists Frankliin Chiang-Diaz, Wendy Lawrence, Janet Kavandi 
and Valery Ryumin, a veteran Russian Space Agency cosmonaut.

The main mission objective is a ride home from Mir for astronaut Andy 
Thomas, who has been aloft since January 22nd.  Thomas is the last of seven 
astronauts who have stayed aboard Mir during the past three and a half 
years, completing a combined total of almost 1,000 days on the Russian 
station.

Discovery's crew began its first full day in orbit on June 3rd with some 
minor problems. Flight controllers noted a problem with transmissions from 
Discovery's KU-band communications system, including television, to the 
ground. Controllers also monitored a water leak in a check valve associated 
with one of Discovery's three fuel cells.

On Thursday, June 4th, for the ninth and final time, an American space 
shuttle successfully docked to the Russian Space Station Mir. Commander 
Charlie Precourt guided Discovery to a textbook docking with Mir, as the 
two spacecraft sailed over the Russian-Kazak border northwest of the 
Caspian Sea. A little more than an hour and a half after docking, the 
hatches between Discovery and Mir swung open and Precourt exchanged 
handshakes and embraces with Mir 25 Commander Talgat Musabayev. Waiting 
nearby was U.S. Astronaut Andy Thomas, who officially became a member of 
Discovery's crew at the moment of hatch opening.

The nine astronauts and cosmonauts aboard Discovery-Mir are hard at work 
during this time of joint operations, continuing the transfer of about four 
tons of logistical supplies and equipment. Much of the docked time will be 
spent transferring water, scientific gear and other hardware between the 
two spacecraft.  Crewmembers have so far transferred five bags of water to 
Mir, with an additional seven or eight bags expected to be transferred by 
the time Discovery undocks on Monday. Also, an in-flight maintenance 
procedure was performed to try and resolve the problem being experienced 
with Discovery's Ku-band communication system.

A significant milestone was achieved when cosmonaut Valery Ryumin marked 
365 days of space flight time on Friday and at the same time  Mission 
Specialist Andy Thomas was less than a week away from ending his four-month 
trip into space.

The Discovery-Mir complex is currently orbiting the Earth at an altitude of 
207 nautical miles, circling the Earth once every 92 minutes.

[ANS thanks NASA for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-158.02
MIR-SCHOOL CONTACTS CONCLUDE

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 158.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JUNE 7, 1998
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-158.02

A special arrangement linking several schools and individuals via telephone 
and Amateur Radio with US astronaut Andy Thomas, KD5CHF, capped a series of 
highly successful Mir-school contacts. The historic, early-morning QSO on 
May 29th very likely marked the last ham radio contact between earthbound 
students and a US astronaut aboard Mir. The Space Amateur Radio EXperiment, 
or SAREX coordinated the contact.

A school that had been scheduled for the time slot at the last minute 
wasn't able to get details coordinated in time. So SAREX representative 
(AMSAT's own) Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, took things in hand. He contacted the 
Burbank School in the Chicago area and Santa Rosa Junior College in 
California. The schools were able to quickly round up students, teachers, 
and mentors who were more than happy to get up before dawn to speak with 
Thomas.

T.J. Bailey, KF6IAO, of Geyserville, California, High School had the honor 
of calling Thomas on the radio and hearing Thomas' Australian-accented 
reply. Outstanding conditions allowed Bauer to begin by thanking Thomas on 
behalf of the SAREX Working Group for touching the lives of thousands of 
students, teachers and parents all over the US in the past 14 weeks.

"It was my pleasure!" Thomas replied. "The students and you all are the 
ones who got up early. You're the ones who should be thanked."

Students and teachers at the various locations then asked questions about 
the crew's sleep schedule, the greatest thing learned during any of the Mir 
missions, how he felt physically, and Mir's safety. Thomas reported that 
Mir is very stable now, and that the hardware is "robust."

Thomas also recently issued a "thank you" message of his own to hams around 
the world that sent messages via the Mir packet system. "I hope it is 
understood that the volume of traffic has made individual responses 
impossible, but we really enjoy your mail," he said in a packet broadcast 
from R0MIR.

Earlier this month, students at schools in Texas, Tennessee, and Australia 
also were successful in speaking with Thomas during SAREX arranged 
contacts. Thomas chatted with students at two schools in his native 
Australia. Bauer reports students at the Schools of the Air --located in 
several remote areas--  were bridged together with VK5AGR using a 
teleconferencing facility for that contact. "When asked what he misses 
most, he said he would love to have a hot shower," Bauer said. He also said 
he was looking forward to being part of the construction of the 
International Space Station. Bauer said students at Australia's Gormandale 
and District School stumped Thomas with the question, "How does a yo-yo 
work in space."

Thomas is due to return to Earth June 12 aboard the shuttle Discovery.

[ANS thanks SAREX, the ARRL, Rosalie White, WA1STO, and Dave Larsen,
N6CO for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-158.03
AMSAT-NA CALL FOR NOMINATION

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 158.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JUNE 7, 1998
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-158.03

AMSAT-NA corporate secretary Martha Saragovitz tells ANS it's time to 
submit nominations for the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors. AMSAT member 
societies or five individual members may make nominations of fellow members 
to serve a two-year term on the board.

Three seats on the seven-member board must be filled this year.

Board members whose terms are due to end include Keith Baker, KB1SF, Tom 
Clark, W3IWI and Andy MacAllister, W5ACM.

Persons who accept nomination must understand that meeting attendance is 
mandatory. There are generally two meetings per year.

Nominations should be marked 'Board of Directors Nomination' and sent to:

AMSAT
850 Sligo Ave #600
Silver Spring MD  20910

Nominations must arrive by June 15, 1998. An election will follow.

[ANS thanks Martha Saragovitz for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-158.04
ARRL AND AMSAT RESPOND TO LMCC 70 CM PROPOSAL

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 158.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JUNE 7, 1998
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-158.04

The ARRL has asked the FCC to immediately dismiss efforts by the Land 
Mobile Communications Council to gain primary access to 420 to 430 MHz and 
440 to 450 MHz as well as other UHF allocations. The LMCC recently 
petitioned the FCC to reallocate the two 70cm segments from the federal 
government to the Private Mobile Radio Service. Amateur Radio enjoys the 
use of 420 to 450 MHz on a secondary basis. In comments filed on RM-9267, 
the League said the LMCC proposed the switch "without establishing 
technical compatibility between PMRS operation and incumbent radio services 
in any of the bands sought."

The League backed up its arguments by citing documents from the National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), which manages 
federal spectrum. "NTIA has made it quite clear that there is no 
possibility of additional sharing of the 420-450 MHz band, and the unique 
relationship between Federal radiolocation uses and the Amateur Service 
cannot be duplicated by PMRS users," the ARRL said.

A copy of the League's comments is available at the following URL:

http://www.arrl.org/news/bandthreat/RM-9267/arrl-cmt.html

The Association of Public Safety Communications Officials International 
(APCO) --an LMCC member-- has come down on the side of Amateur Radio to 
oppose reallocating 420 to 430 and 440 to 450 MHz from the federal 
government to the Private Mobile Radio Service (PMRS). APCO said it 
otherwise supports the rest of the LMCC petition, which sought additional 
spectrum elsewhere.

In comments filed with the FCC June 1, APCO cited "a long history of 
cooperation between public safety agencies and the amateur radio community, 
especially in coordinating disaster relief and other emergency efforts." 
APCO said ham radio "often provides the most effective and reliable 
on-scene and wide-area communications" after an emergency or disaster. 
Adding users to the spectrum would make it less useful for Amateur Radio, 
APCO said.

Meanwhile, the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) also 
respectfully submitted comments opposing the petition filed by the LMCC. In 
the official response to RM-9267, AMSAT-NA President Bill Tynan, W3XO, 
first established AMSAT's background as a not-for-profit corporation 
established in 1969, noting that together with over thirty affiliated 
organizations throughout the world, AMSAT has constructed, launched and 
operated over two dozen satellites in the amateur-satellite service, of 
which many are presently in operation.

Tynan also discussed the Phase 3-D project, noting one of the principal 
frequency bands that Phase 3D will employ is the 435 - 438 MHz segment of 
the 70cm band. In addition, another important project, which is destined to 
make heavy use of 435 - 438 MHz, is amateur radio involvement on the 
International Space Station (ISS).  The AMSAT-NA response explains how 
amateur radio has been accepted as an official payload for ISS, and AMSAT, 
along with amateur groups from a number of countries, is currently actively 
pursuing designs for equipment to go aboard the Station.

In addition to the FCC filing, a copy of the AMSAT text was also forwarded 
to AMSAT-International with a brief introductory statement as to what the 
initial issues are, and why AMSAT-NA has filed these comments with the FCC. 

The complete AMSAT-NA response, citing over 18 examples of current and 
future plans for the 70cm amateur frequencies can be found at the following 
URL:

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/regs/rm9267c1.html

[ANS thanks the ARRL and the AMSAT Board of Directors for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-158.05
WSWSS CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 158.05 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, JUNE 7, 1998
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-158.05

The 50 MHz and Up Group of Northern California, Inc. and the Western States 
Weak Signal Society will be holding the annual WSWSS VHF+ Conference on 
October 3rd, 1998 at the Sunnyvale Hilton in Sunnyvale, California.

The conference will have two presentation paths, one for general interest 
and one for technical specialties. Papers or presentations are being 
accepted at this time. Topics should be of general VHF+ interest or 
detailed technical content.

Those parties interested in participation should submit a paragraph 
outlining content to:

Jim Moss
862 Somerset Drive
Sunnyvale, CA  94087

You may also e-mail your paragraph to:
n9jim@aol.com.

Full papers must be submitted by July 20, 1998 for inclusion in the 
proceedings.

More information is available at the WSWSS '98 web site at the following 
URL:

http://www.qsl.net/wb9ajz/wswss98

[ANS thanks the WSWSS and Jim Moss for this information]

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-158.06
ANS IN BRIEF

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 158.06 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, June 7, 1998
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-158.06

ANS satellite news in brief this week includes the following:

** OSCAR 10 is doing well lately. F6AGR reports making lots of contacts 
between Asia and Europe including JA6BX, JA3DY, JA9LX and HL1MKT. 
Jean-Louis noted "the 15 year old satellite is doing very well! " John, 
KB8TJX, and Scotty, VE6ITV, snagged a rare one on AO-10,  Orlando, PZ1EH, 
in Suriname. KD4ESV also worked PZ1EH, along with LU4JGR and CX6DD. Ramon, 
XE1KK, reports AO-10 is "just like in the good old days" making over 30 
QSO's with Europe including DL, F, OZ, ON, G, T2 and GD0. Waldis, VK1WJ, 
tells of working JA6BX and JA2FGL with only 10 watts output. From Spokane, 
KG7WC reports AO-10 DX, noting "it is very nice to hear Europe coming 
through reasonably well on AO-10. Some fading but quite workable."  John, 
K6YK, also reports working into Europe with new countries and new grids. 
 -AMSAT BB, NN0DJ

** Motorola's Iridium satellites have become popular spacecraft to watch 
streak across the night sky due the brief and predictable -8 magnitude 
'flare' that can be seen when sun angles are just right. The 'flare' occurs 
when an antenna on one of the satellites aligns correctly between a ground 
location and the sun. Several Internet web pages have been developed for 
those interested in Iridium flares. --SpaceNews, AMSAT-BB

** The June copy of Radio & Communications, an Australian publication, had 
a great interview with Andy Thomas on Mir. The story, by Chris Edmondson, 
VK3CE, was spread over 3 pages with "some good photos" as well. - Tony, 
VK5ZAI

** Dave, N6CO, MIREX President, reports 255 Mir QSL cards were recently 
mailed. CT1EAT also reports recently receiving his STS-79 QSL, adding, "I'm 
really thrilled!" -AMSAT BB

** Harlan Technologies announced that they are the new publishers of the  
 OSCAR Satellite Report. Direct any questions to OSR, 5931 Alma Drive, 
Rockford, IL 61108. -AMSAT BB

** F6FAO reports it has been confirmed that the re-entry of RS-17 took 
place on May 21st. -AMSAT-BB

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-158.07
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PT 1

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 158.07 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, June 7, 1998
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-158.07

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 	
Operational.

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

All operations on R0MIR-1 are currently normal, however stations should 
expect periods of non-operation of the amateur radio equipment during the 
current STS-91/Mir flight.

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

RS-12
Uplink 145.910 to 145.950 MHz CW/SSB	
Downlink 29.410 to 29.450 MHz CW/SSB	
Operational, mode KA.

The warbling signals appear to be caused only on 2 meter uplink signals, 
and is thought to be caused by a commercial transponder operating on the 
spacecraft. The 21 MHz uplink and beacon do not appear to be affected. 
Kevin, AC5DK, reports he has been on RS-12 for three years and enjoys RS-12 
operation with 47 states confirmed and almost 100 different grid squares. 
The East Coast US activity on RS-12 has been very light for the past 
several months according to N3DV.

[ANS thanks AC5DK and N3DV for their reports]

RS-15
Uplink 145.858 to 145.898 MHz CW/SSB	
Downlink 29.354 to 29.394 MHz CW/SSB 	
Semi-operational.

Pat, G3IOR, and Dave, G4CUO, report RS-15 has apparently lost its TLM 
beacon. However, the transponder remains on and working. Bob, W7LRD also 
noted the silent RS-15 beacon, but also reports the transponder seems to be 
working ok. CW still appears to be the most successful mode on RS-15.

[ANS thanks G3IOR, G4CUO, W2RS and W7LRD for their RS-15 reports]

RS-16
The 435 MHz beacon (only) is operational. Attempts to command the Mode A 
transponder on have been unsuccessful.

Transponder information on RS-16.
Uplink = 145.915 - 145.948 MHz	
Downlink = 29.415 - 29.448 MHz	
Beacons = 29.408 and 29.451 MHz	
Pwr 29 MHz Down = 1.2W /4W	
	
Beacon 1 = 435.504 MHz	
Beacon 2 = 435.548 MHz	
Pwr 435 MHz Beacons = 1.6W	
	
AO-10
Uplink 435.030 to 435.180 MHz CW/LSB	
Downlink 145.975 to 145.825 MHz CW/USB	
Semi-operational.

Stacey Mills, W4SM, reports AO-10 downlink signals have improved 
considerably in the last two weeks. QSO's are now taking place again and 
the solar illumination should continue to improve.  W4SM reports no problem 
hearing his own downlink at 30,000-km distance. This bodes well for this 
year's field day activities on AO-10 as "the satellite will also be 
orbitally well positioned for field day use this year."

The low point of this illumination cycle appears to have been around late 
March, although the beacon could still be barely heard with deep QSB at 
that time. W4SM has revised the questimated ALON/ALAT to approximately 
100/25 based on these observations.

W4SM has more information about the satellite on his AO-10 web page, using 
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.

AO-27 TEPR States are currently:
    4  = 36 = 18 Minutes
    5  = 72 = 36 Minutes

This means AO-27's transmitter turns on 18 minutes after entering the Sun 
and stays on for 18 minutes. AO-27's transmitter is turned off at all other 
times during the orbit. N4USI reminds stations that this happens on every 
orbit, approximately 14.2 times a day. The current TEPR settings will cause 
the satellite to be on during the daytime at northern latitudes.

[ANS thanks Michael Wyrick, N4USI, AO-27 Control-op for this update]

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

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

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.

Digital Mode JD	
Uplink 145.850   145.870  145.910 MHz FM	
Downlink 435.910 MHz FM 9600 baud BPSK	
Not operational, the satellite is in JA (voice) mode.

Kazu, JJ1WTK, tells ANS that on June 1st, the command station of FO-29 
released a new status report that shows current solar activity apparently 
is causing frequent 2 bit errors in the on-board-computer of FO-29. The 
satellite will stay in mode JA for in order to investigate the frequency of 
these errors.

The FO-29 command station is asking for reports from radio amateurs who can 
confirm the value of channel '2B' in CW telemetry. The position of channel 
'2B' is the 6th item transmitted after 'HI HI'. The value is '00' normally. 
Reports will be appreciated in e-mail addressed to:

 lab@jarl.or.jp.

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

/EX

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-158.08
WEEKLY SATELLITE REPORT PT 2

HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 158.08 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD, June 7, 1998
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
BID: $ANS-158.08

KO-23
Uplink 145.900 MHz FM 9600 Baud FSK	
Downlink 435.175 MHz FM	
Operational.

KO-25
Uplink 145.980 MHz FM 9600 Baud FSK	
Downlink 436.50 MHz FM	
Reported as currently not operational.

ANS has learned that as of June 6, 1998 at 03:35 UTC, KO-25 uplinks are not 
being accepted by the satellite. There is a continuous message being 
transmitted, "We will reboot the OBC S/W of KO-25 for a while."

Bill, N4DH, reports that KO-25 sprung back to life in late May after a 
brief period of non-operation. Richard, G3RWL, concurred, adding "not only 
was KO-25 back, but both uplinks were on."  Directory listings showed that 
the satellite activity logs, LEED surveys, and EIS (Earth Imaging System) 
data collections started up again on 1998-May-25, just three days before 
the satellite became available again for general use.

Stay tuned to ANS for further developments.

[ANS thanks SpaceNews, N4DH and G3RWL for KO-25 information]

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

The recent deep fades that have been experienced on UO-22 are apparently 
due to the reversal of antenna polarity on the downlink. The theory is that 
this is not a strange propagational effect (suggesting a change from RHCP 
to LHCP), but a perfectly natural occurrence.

[ANS thanks G3IOR for this information, and Chris Jackson, G7UPN/ZL2TPO, 
Operations Manager of UO-22]

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

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

In response to many requests for information about methods of decoding 
OSCAR-11 signals, a package of hardware information has been added to the 
satellite web site. The site also contains some software for capturing 
data, decoding ASCII telemetry and WOD information.
The URL is  http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/

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

AMSAT-OSCAR-16 (PACSAT)
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 telemetry is nominal. The S band transmitter is off.

Time is Sat May 30 11:12:46 1998 uptime is 1350/05:40:47	
Array V           21.092 V  +5V Bus            4.905 V  	
+8.5V Bus        9.052 V  +10V Bus         11.650 V  	
+X (RX) Temp 11.495 D  RX Temp         -3.027 D	
Baseplt Temp    1.209 D  RC PSK BP Temp   4.839 D  	
RC PSK HPA Tmp  3.024 D  +Y Array Temp    0.603 D  	
PSK TX HPA Tmp   2.419 D  +Z Array Temp  22.387 D	
RC PSK TX Out   0.518 W	
Total Array C= 0.436 Bat Ch Cur= 0.017 Ifb= 0.031 I+10V= 0.328
TX:010C BCR:88 PWRC:59E BT: A WC:25 EDAC: 2

General information and telemetry WOD files can find it in:

http://www.arrakis.es/~ea1bcu/wod.htm

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

DO-17 (DOVE)
Downlink 145.825 MHz FM   1200 Baud AFSK	
Beacon 2401.220 MHz	
Currently non-operational.

The 145.825 MHz and 2401.220 MHz downlinks are off the air. Command
stations are working on the problem.

[ANS thanks Jim White, WD0E, for this update]

WEBERSAT (WO-18)
Downlink 437.104 MHz SSB  1200 Baud PSK AX.25	
Currently non-operational.

WO-18 is in MBL mode after a software crash. Additional information is not 
available at this time.

[ANS thanks the WO-18 Command Team for this news]

LUSAT-OSCAR-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 	
Operating normally.

The telemetry is nominal.

Time is Sat May 30 11:53:09 1998 uptime is 1074/21:47:59.	
Array V         22.766 V   +5V Bus          4.968 V  	
+8.5V Bus      8.816 V  +10V Bus        11.475 V	
+X (RX) Temp     0.692 D  RX Temp          0.692 D	
Baseplt Temp     0.131 D   RC PSK BP Temp   4.057 D  	
RC PSK HPA Tmp   6.301 D  +Y Array Temp    2.374 D	
PSK TX HPA Tmp   4.618 D   +Z Array Temp    1.813 D	
RC PSK TX Out    0.630 W	
Total Array C= 0.271 Bat Ch Cur= 0.086 Ifb= 0.003 I+10V= 0.148
TX:001 BCR:39 PWRC:42AA BT:42 WC:53

General information and telemetry samples can be found at:

http://www.arrakis.es/~ea1bcu/lo19.htm

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

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

Telemetry is being downloaded on 435.822 MHz at 1200 baud PSK.

[ANS thanks Alberto Zagni, I2KBD, ITAMSAT Mission Director for this
information]

Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to
ans-editor@amsat.org,         or to
ANS Editor, Dan James, NN0DJ, at nn0dj@amsat.org.

/EX

Daniel  (Dan) James	
AMSAT News Service Bulletin Editor	
Amateur callsign: NN0DJ	
Grid Square EN-28iv	
Warroad, Minnesota U.S.A.	
e-mail:  nn0dj@amsat.org