************************************************************************** * * * THIS IS THE WD0GML-AMSAT-ST.LOUIS BBS 24HR 7DAY AT (314)447-3003 * * 300/1200/2400 BAUD * * Mike Parisey WD0GML SYSOP * * Norm Newman NZ0Z Co-SYSOP * * * ************************************************************************** SB ALL @ AMSAT $ANS-028.01 AMSAT-UK COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULED HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 028.01 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 28, 1989 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium/RSGB Packet Radio Conference Announcement Ron Broadbent, G3AAJ, AMSAT-UK's Secretary, has announced this week that the AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium will be held at the University of Surrey (UoS) on the weekend of July 28-30, 1989. Also, the Radio Society of Great Britian (RSBG) will be holding their Second Annual Packet Radio Symposium at UoS simultaneously. Ron reports that attendees to either of these colloquiums can attend all the seminars. Registration forms will appear in the May issues of the AMSAT-UK "OSCAR News" and the RSGB's publication, "Radio Communications." For further information contact: Ron Broadbent, G3AAJ 94 Herongate Road, Wanstead Park London E12 5EQ England Tel: 01-989 6741 /EX SB ALL @ AMSAT $ANS-028.02 AMSAT-NA HAMFEST SUPPORT HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 028.02 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 28, 1989 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT AMSAT-NA Area Coordinators Will Support Hamfest Activities Jack Crabtree, AA0P, AMSAT-NA's Vice President of Field Operations, wants all radio amateurs and satellite enthusiasts to be aware that if there is a upcoming hamfest planned in your area and you wish to have an AMSAT-NA representative present, to please contact your local AMSAT-NA Area Coordinator and inform him/her about that event. Also, if you wish to have a AMSAT-NA representative give a short talk to your local radio club, once again, contact your local Area Coordinator. If you don't know who your Area Coordinator is, please call AMSAT-NA Head- quarters at (301) 589-6062 for the name and address of the nearest Area Coordinator. Area Coordinators who do receive requests and need logistical support, are asked to forward these request to their AMSAT-NA Regional Coordinators. Every effort will be made to have a AMSAT repesentative present. With six new amateur radio satellites to be launched this year (four MicroSat satellites and UOSAT D and UOSAT E) now is the time to have your local AMSAT-NA Area Coordinator help you be prepared to use these new OSCAR satellites. /EX SB ALL @ AMSAT $ANS-028.03 MICROSAT VOLUNTEERS BEGIN WORK HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 028.03 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 28, 1989 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Enthusiastic Volunteers Begin Construction Efforts on MicroSats Jeff Zerr, AMSAT-NA's Engineer in Charge of MicroSat Mechanical Assembly, was pleased to see ten volunteers come forward last week to help in the construction of the next four AMSAT-NA satellites, the MicroSats. Jeff asked WD0HHU to put out a call for volunteers on the weekly Wednesday night Colorado AMSAT Net. These volunteers live along the "Front Range" of the Rockies, ie., in the Ft. Collins/Boulder/ Denver/Colorado Springs areas. They will be meeting twice a week (Wednesday nights at 7:00 P.M. and on Sundays mornings at 9:00 A.M.) and will be involved in all phases of the mechanical and electrical construction and assembly of the MicroSat satellites. It should be noted that these volunteers come from all "walks of life." Only a few work in the aerospace industry; most are individuals who are motivated to working on a satellite because they are interested in seeing "their" hardware eventually fly in "outer-space." AMSAT-NA wants all interested individuals to know that you don't have to live in Colorado to be a MicroSat volunteer nor do you have to be a skilled aerospace technician. If you have a skill or you just want to be a part of this MicroSat construction team, contact Jeff Zerr at (303) 530-4535. Jeff says that he is in particular need of volunteers who can perform detailed machining of small parts for the MicroSat satellites. /EX SB ALL @ AMSAT $ANS-028.04 SEN 018 SCHEDULE HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 028.04 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 28, 1989 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Space Education Net Schedule (SEN018) The next session of the Space Education Net (SEN) has been scheduled for Saturday, Febuary 4, 1989. The Mode B session will run from 15:15 to 16:15 UTC. The downlink frequency will be 145.960 MHz. No Mode L session has been scheduled because of the lack of a Mode L Net Control Station. Slow Scan TV will be transmitted for approximately the first 10 minutes of the bulletins on 145.965 MHz. After the SEN bulletins, an informal SSTV net will convene on the SSTV downlink frequency of 145.965 MHz. Additional Net Control Stations are needed, particularly those which possess Mode L capability. Also, stations which can act as NCS for the SEN and are located on the west coast of the US are especially needed. If you would like to assist the SEN in this important position please volunteer today. Contact K.O. Learner, K9PVW, at P.O. Box 5006, Kokomo, IN 46904 or via packet @KD9QB with your SEN questions or comments or to volunteer to assist the SEN. Check-ins and particip- ants are invited for both net sessions. /EX SB ALL @ AMSAT $ANS-028.05 Short Burst Items HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 028.05 FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD JANUARY 28, 1989 TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT Short Burst Items AMSAT-NA is looking for additional stations to act as primary and backup Net Control Stations (NCS) for AMSAT HF, VHF, and OSCAR-13 Nets. If you would be interested in being an NCS, please contact AMSAT-NA Headquarters at (301) 589-6062. All satellite enthusiasts are invited to listen for the upcoming AO-13 ZRO Tests. The downlink frequency will continue to be 145.840 MHz. Mode L runs have not yet been scheduled but they will come soon. All transmissions use CW at 10 WPM. No voice operation occurs with the control station on the test frequency. The following dates and times have been carefully chosen for participant convenience and fairness: Saturday February 4, 1989 at 15:30 UTC Saturday February 25, 1989 at 15:00 UTC Saturday March 4, 1989 at 07:00 UTC Any changes will be announced as soon as possible. ZRO brochures which explain the purpose of the test are available from Andy MacAllister, WA5ZIB, 14714 Knightsway, Houston, TX 77083. If you would like to receive your ZRO brochure, send WA5ZIB a s.a.s.e. with two units of postage. Joe Holman, KA7LDN, of Redmond, WA has been appointed an AMSAT Area Coordinator for the Seattle area. AMSAT-NA extends Joe a hearty welcome to the Field Operations Team. /EX FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! THE FOLLOWING ADDED BY WD0GML-AMSAT-ST.LOUIS (314) 447-3003 24hr 7day 300/1200/2400 baud. This section may have additions through the week! THIS BBS: This BBS will be shut down SUNDAYS from about 1730UTC untill 1900UTC due to RFI troubles. I presently help WD0HHU Dave with the 20mtr AMSAT NET during this time period. When I XMIT on HF the board is very eradict and in an effort to prevent disconnections to the users I thought it best to just turn the BBS off. I am sorry for any inconvience to you the users. The 20mtr AMSAT NET conviens at 1730 UTC @ 14.282+/- QRM the first 1 1/2 hrs is informal and you are most welcome to check in to say Hi or field questions. The bulletins will be transmitted at 1900 the first 30min EAST the second WEST. Both Dave and myself look very much forward to meeting you on 20. Thank you 73 Mike WD0GML 73 MAGAZINE SPECIAL SATELLITE ISSUE: Progress on the special satellite issue of "73 Amateur Radio" has been excellent. The final author/article list has been sent to 73's editorial staff. As the submission deadline approaches and the articles come in, it is clear that the May issue of "73" will faithfully represent the many facets of hamsat activity. In fact, it will be a BLOWOUT! No columns and no other types of articles will be in this issue, just satellites. You can expect construction articles, equipment reviews, software reviews, operating tips, satellite descriptions, earth station configurations and much more! Over twenty excellent articles submitted by AMSAT enthusiasts in England, West Germany, South Africa and the United States will make this a really "Super Satellite Issue." This project has been an opportunity to bring the amateur satellite program home to thousands of hams who may have skipped through the OSCAR articles and columns in the past, but won't be able to ignore a whole issue! The May issue of "73" will be out in early April. Watch for it. QST ARTICLE OF INTEREST: You may wish to check my article, "QRP" EME On 144 MHz", which appears on page 28 of February QST. It tells you of something else which you may be able to do with your OSCAR station with only minor improvements/modifications. It will be of particular interest for those living in or planning expeditions to rare countries or U.S. states. Hope you enjoy it. 73, Ray In addition to Ray's fine article in the Feb. 1989 QST, the year 1988 in review prominently features our program and activities that many of you will appreciate. It is nice to know the League thinks our programs are an important part of the year 1988. It has been a good year with many new programs starting up in the engineering bunch and a lot of stuff happening there is mentioned in this article. Check it out and THANKS to the League. Bob N4HY SOVIET SPACE NEWS 09-JAN-89 DEFENSE DAILY and SOVIET AEROSPACE The USSR's Phobos 2 probe to Mars has suffered a "major hardware problem" with its communications, according to both the Defense Daily and the Soviet Aerospace (9 JAN). The main transmitter , a 50 watt unit with high data rate had filed (almost completely) and there is little chance that it can be recovered. This leaves only the 5 watt low data rate back up transmitter, thus little capacity for imaging data of Mars/Phobos. The high data rates system could operate at 4000 bits per second the low power system can only have a rate of about 1/10 of that. The internal storage capacity of Phobos is 30 Megbytes. The good news is that three FREGAT tv cameras and connected spectromet have been repaired after an earlier problem but one of the 10 partical stream instruments has failed. 25-JAN-89 TASS said that soon Phobos would enter Mars orbit. A 200 second burn is skedule for today that would start the braking process of Phobos putting it into 800km by 80,000km orbit around Mars. 26-JAN-89 Vladimir Shatalov in TASS said that the unmanned test flights or Buran will be cut and that the next flight be manned. Two cosmonauts will be involved in the spaceships test flights, but perhaps a crew o four would be more usual in the futher. Up to ten researchers might go into space aboard the Buran spaceship from 7 days to a month. New landing strips are to be built for Buran an other reusable spaceship -- one in the area of Simferopol ( Crimean Black Sea Coast ) and the other in the eastern part of the country. Future international space flights will include a Soviet Austrian flight and a Soviet West German flight by early 1990s. The French have asked form mon-long flights every two years and the British and Malaysians are in negoatiations.