Posted: Sun  Oct 23, 1988   6:10 AM GMT              Msg: MGII-3794-2749
From:   DCOWDIN
To:     IS
Subj:   ANS.297 
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AMSAT SPACE SYMPOSIUM NOV 11,12,13
 
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 297.01 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD OCTOBER 23, 1988
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
 
Sixth Annual AMSAT Space Symposium Scheduled for November 11,12,13
 
AMSAT-NA along with the Atlanta Radio Club (ARC) are putting the
finishing touches on the preparations for the Sixth Annual AMSAT Space
Symposium.  This year there will be an impressive line up of papers to
be presented, and, they are the best ever.  The topics this year
include AMSAT's Phase IV studies, MicroSat/PACSAT, advances in Digital
Signal Processing and what it means for OSCAR users, NOAA-11 Weather
Satellite picture processing, and many more excellent papers.  Also,
the ARC has arranged a tour of the facilities of the Cable News Network
(CNN) for AMSAT Symposium attendees for Friday, November 11 at 5:00 PM
EDT.  For XYL's who wish, the ARC has arranged for them a "Ladies
Shopping Tour" to several shopping malls on Saturday.  For those
attending the AMSAT Banquet Saturday evening, AMSAT is proud to have
as its keynote speaker this year Geoffrey Perry of England's Kettering
Group. The world famous Kettering Group has been quite busy observing
and cataloging man-made space objects for the past three decades.
Also, Leo Labutin, UA3CR, is planning to attend the Symposium and he
will be discussing his experiences during the Polar SKITREK Expedition
which occurred earlier this year. And, as in past years, there will be
door prizes to be given away.  So if you would like to register, please
contact Martha at AMSAT Headquarters at (301) 589-6062.  For additional
information, send a S.A.S.E. to
 
     AMSAT Space Symposium
     Box 29221
     Atlanta, GA
              30359
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SPACE EDUCATION NET (SEN007)
 
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 297.02 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD OCTOBER 23, 1988
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
 
SPACE EDUCATION NET SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER 29, 1988
 
The next session of the Space Education Net (SEN) has been scheduled
for Saturday October 29, 1988.  The Mode L session will run from 22:00
to 23:00 UTC.  The Mode L downlink frequency will be 435.900 MHz.  The
Mode B session will follow from 23:15 to 00:15 UTC (30 OCT).  The down-
link frequency will be 145.960 MHz.  Slow Scan TV experiments will
continue on 145.965 MHz during the SEN session. Additional Net Control
Stations are needed for the SEN (particularly for Mode L).  If you
would like to assist the SEN in this important position, please vol-
unteer 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 participants are invited
for both sessions.
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AO-13 Telemetry Decoding Program Available
 
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 297.03 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD OCTOBER 23, 1988
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
 
AO-13 Telemetry Decoding Program Available

Have you ever wondered what the PSK telemetry from AO-13's General
Beacon was saying?  Well now there is a computer program available from
Project OSCAR which, in conjunction with the G3RUH 400 bps PSK modem,
will let  you decode the telemetry of OSCAR-13.  Thanks to
AMSAT-Australia, they have published P3C.EXE and Telem-13.  P3C.EXE is
for IBM PC compatibles and Telem-13 is for the Commodore C-64 computer.
If you would like to obtain information about program availability, contact:
 
     PROJECT OSCAR
     P.O. BOX 1136
     LOS ALTOS, CA
                94023-1136
 
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Short Burst Items
 
HR AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 297.04 FROM AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD OCTOBER 23, 1988
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS BT
 
Short Burst Items
 
Ross Forbes, WB6GFJ, President of Project OSCAR, is in need of a copy
of the "Proceedings of the ARRL Technical Symposium on Space Communica-
tions," Reston, VA, September 1973 published by ARRL.  Ross is in need
of a original copy because he needs a reference copy for the Project
OSCAR Museum.  If you have a copy of these proceedings and wish to
donate it, please forward it to:
 
     AMSAT/OSCAR Archives
     c/o Project OSCAR, Inc.
         P.O. Box 1136
         Los Altos, CA
                    94023-1136
 
 
Congratulations go to John Biro, K1KSY, who has submitted the closest
prediction for the re-entry of COSMOS 1900 to win the Chicken Little-II
contest.  The official re-entry time was October 2, 1988 at
01:26 UTC.  John wins a GAS FET Preamp.
 
 
AMSAT Technical Journal Editor Bob Diersing, N5AHD reports that the
next edition of the ATJ is now in the production process and will be
available for distribution in a few weeks.

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