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Ham-Space Digest Fri, 24 Dec 93 Volume 93 : Issue 120
Today's Topics:
10m rx
MIR QSL Info needed Please!!!!!
Santa in orbit?
Two-Line Element Set Questions
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Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1993 20:23:19 GMT
From: usc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!col.hp.com!srgenprp!news.dtc.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!icon.rose.hp.com!greg@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: 10m rx
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
Eric,
I use my Radio Shack DX440 shortwave receiver. Turn on the BFO and you're
all set. I use a 3/2 wave wire antenna with it. Works fine.
Greg. KD6KGW
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Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1993 17:48:48 GMT
From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!news.bu.edu!inmet!fp11.camb.inmet.com!user@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: MIR QSL Info needed Please!!!!!
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
In article <CIGy7G.LqH@ve6mgs.ampr.ab.ca>, jeff@ve6mgs.ampr.ab.ca (Jeff
Macus) wrote:
>
> Hello All,
> I need the QSL address for Mir! 73 de Jeff
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Date: 23 Dec 1993 17:36:11 GMT
From: illuminati.io.com!indial1.io.com!koffer@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Santa in orbit?
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
According to the satellite tracking program I have, the Hubble Space
Telescope will pass over Austin on Friday, Christmas Eve. It will be
visible from 6:05pm CST to 6:09pm CST, and will track from west to east,
reaching a maximum elevation of 69 degrees (i.e. near overhead) off the
horizon to the south.
It will appear as a bright, star-like object. Parents with small children
may want to show them "Santa-Claus". Tell them heUs gonna make a stop off
in Houston and then back-track after bedtime ;^).
I feel pretty sure about this prediction. I got the December 17th orbital
elements from NORAD off an internet site. During the recent HST repair
mission, the visibility predictions were very accurate.
Residents in Texas and other southern states east of Texas should be able
to see Hubble shortly afterwards. It will be hugging the southern coastline
of the US and pass over northern Florida about 5:11pm PST.
Enjoy!
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Date: 14 Dec 93 01:02:46 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!paladin.american.edu!afterlife!blackbird.afit.af.mil!tkelso@ucbvax.berkeley.edu
Subject: Two-Line Element Set Questions
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
Dave <HARTRUM@delphi.com> writes:
>Your message on two-line element set questions was very informative. Where can
>one find more information about the SGP4 orbital model and algorithms for
>computing satellite positions based on this model?
>---------
>Dave Hartrum
>hartrum@delphi.com or 71664.1743@compuserve.com
>
The most current orbital elements from the NORAD two-line element sets are
carried on the Celestial BBS, (513) 427-0674, and are updated daily (when
possible). Documentation and tracking software are also available on this
system. The Celestial BBS may be accessed 24 hours/day at 300, 1200, 2400,
4800, or 9600 bps using 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity.
Element sets (also updated daily) and some documentation and software are
available via anonymous ftp from archive.afit.af.mil (129.92.1.66) in the
directory pub/space.
--
Dr TS Kelso Assistant Professor of Space Operations
tkelso@afit.af.mil Air Force Institute of Technology
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