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Ham-Space Digest Wed, 9 Feb 94 Volume 94 : Issue 23
Today's Topics:
APT-Satellites: Report FEB 05, 1994
Daily IPS Report - 2 Feb 94
Daily IPS Report - 8 Feb 94
INMARSAT-B service provider
Is a Kenwood TR-9000 any good?
Please post FAQ
Rocket Telemetry using Amateur Radio
SAREX Update 2/7 at 1:30 UTC
Two-Line Orbital Element Set: Space Shuttle
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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 10:00:36 GMT
From: library.ucla.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!newsserver.jvnc.net!gmd.de!peter.henne%gmd.de@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: APT-Satellites: Report FEB 05, 1994
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
Observed at station 50.7 NLat, 7.1 ELon, FEB 05, 1994
NOAA-9: APT 137.62 On
NOAA-10: APT 137.50 ON again
NOAA-11: APT 137.62 On
NOAA-12: APT 137.50 On
Meteor 2-21: APT 137.85 On (weak)
Meteor 3-3: APT *OFF*
Meteor 3-4: APT *OFF*
Meteor 3-5: APT *OFF*
Meteor 3-6: APT *OFF*
Except for the poor Meteor 2-21 there was *NO* APT
from any other Meteor during all available dayligth-
passes on Feb 05 and Feb 06 136.00 to 137.99 MHz.
VHF-conflict NOAA-10/NOAA-12 ended, NOAA-10 is active
again.
+------------------------------------------+
|Peter Henne (peter.henne@gmd.de) |
| (henne@gmd.de) |
|German Nat.Research Center.f.Comp.Science |
|D-53757 St.AUGUSTIN, Germany |
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Date: 1 Feb 94 23:22:51 GMT
From: unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!msuinfo!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!merlin!mel.dit.csiro.au!its.csiro.au!dmssyd.syd.dms.@@mvb.saic.com
Subject: Daily IPS Report - 2 Feb 94
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA
Daily Solar And Geophysical Report
Issued at 2330 UT 1 February 1994
Summary for 1 February and Forecast up to 4 February
No warning is current.
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: Very low
Flares: None.
Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 094/040
1B. SOLAR FORECAST
02 February 03 February 04 February
Activity Very low Very low Very low
Fadeouts None expected None expected None expected
Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 090/034
1C. SOLAR COMMENT
None.
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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : quiet
Estimated Indices : A K Observed A Index 31 January
Learmonth 06 2222 2212
Fredericksburg 07 08
Planetary 08 07
2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
DATE Ap CONDITIONS
02 Feb 05 Quiet.
03 Feb 05 Quiet.
04 Feb 05 Quiet.
2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
None.
3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
LATITUDE BAND
DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH
01 Feb normal normal normal
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
LATITUDE BAND
DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH
02 Feb normal normal normal
03 Feb normal normal normal
04 Feb normal normal normal
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
Sporadic E may affect F layer communications at middle latitudes.
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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUFs at Sydney were near predicted February values until 09UT, then
15-30% enhanced. Sporadic E may have affected F layer communications
around 17 and 18UT.
T index: 61
4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
DATE T-index MUFs
02 Feb 70 Near predicted to 30% enhanced.
03 Feb 70 Near predicted to 30% enhanced.
04 Feb 70 Near predicted to 30% enhanced.
Predicted Monthly T Index for February is 30.
4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
F layer communications may be affected by sporadic E at times.
--
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) VK2KFU @ VK2OP.NSW.AUS.OC PGP 2.3
dave@esi.COM.AU ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave available
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Date: 8 Feb 94 09:59:25 GMT
From: munnari.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!sserve!usage!metro!news.ci.com.au!eram!dave@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Daily IPS Report - 8 Feb 94
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
IPS RADIO AND SPACE SERVICES AUSTRALIA
Daily Solar And Geophysical Report
Issued at 2330 UT 7 February 1994
Summary for 7 February and Forecast up to 10 February
IPS Warning 03 was issued on 03 Feb and is current
for interval 7-11 Feb.
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1A. SOLAR SUMMARY
Activity: very low
Flares: none.
Observed 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 096/043
1B. SOLAR FORECAST
08 February 09 February 10 February
Activity Very low Very low Very low
Fadeouts None expected None expected None expected
Forecast 10.7 cm flux/Equivalent Sunspot Number : 097/044
1C. SOLAR COMMENT
None.
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2A. MAGNETIC SUMMARY
Geomagnetic field at Learmonth : storm levels during local night.
Estimated Indices : A K Observed A Index 6 February
Learmonth 37 4436 6443
Fredericksburg 43 39
Planetary 65 57
2B. MAGNETIC FORECAST
DATE Ap CONDITIONS
08 Feb 25 Active to minor storm.
09 Feb 20 Active.
10 Feb 20 Active.
2C. MAGNETIC COMMENT
Coronal hole induced magnetic activity continues.
3A. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION SUMMARY
LATITUDE BAND
DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH
07 Feb fair-normal fair-normal poor-fair
PCA Event : None.
3B. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION FORECAST
LATITUDE BAND
DATE LOW MIDDLE HIGH
08 Feb fair poor poor
09 Feb normal fair poor
10 Feb normal fair poor
3C. GLOBAL HF PROPAGATION COMMENT
Magnetic activity continues to degrade HF comms at high
and mid lats.
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4A. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC SUMMARY
MUFs at Sydney were 10 to 30% below predicted monthly values
T index: -31
4B. AUSTRALIAN REGION IONOSPHERIC FORECAST
DATE T-index MUFs
08 Feb 0 About 20% below predicted monthly values.
09 Feb 20 About 15% below predicted monthly values.
10 Feb 40 About 10% below predicted monthly values.
Predicted Monthly T Index for February is 30.
4C. AUSTRALIAN REGION COMMENT
HF comms were degraded on the 7th due to continuing magnetic
activity. Degraded comms are expected until the 11th.
Conditions should be improve slightly later today.
--
Dave Horsfall (VK2KFU) VK2KFU @ VK2OP.NSW.AUS.OC PGP 2.3
dave@esi.COM.AU ...munnari!esi.COM.AU!dave available
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Date: 8 Feb 1994 17:45:23 GMT
From: munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!warwick!str-ccsun!strath-cs!st-and!Aberdeen!mph469@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: INMARSAT-B service provider
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
NMARSAT-B space segment service provider needed urgently.
Please advice.
Sooriyajeevan
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Date: 7 Feb 1994 17:33:41 GMT
From: library.ucla.edu!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!olivea!inews.intel.com!scdt!dbraun@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Is a Kenwood TR-9000 any good?
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
Hello,
I was looking out for a 2M all-mode rig for possible satellite work,
and someone had a Kenwood (actually "Trio") TR-9000 rig for sale.
I know it's an older one, but is this one of the better rigs, or
is it a dog? What do you think they are worth now?
Thanks,
--
Doug Braun Intel Design Technology
N1OWU
408 765-4279
dbraun@scdt.intel.com
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| hplabs |
or maybe: -| oliveb |- !intelca!mipos3!cadev6!dbraun
| amd |
\ qantel /
"There is no human problem which could not be solved if
people would simply do as I advise." -- Gore Vidal
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Date: 7 Feb 94 10:14:57 MDT
From: ihnp4.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!ncar!csn!hellgate.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu!sly46@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Please post FAQ
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
Please post the FAQs.
Thanx,
Markus
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Date: 3 Feb 1994 19:39:08 GMT
From: mvb.saic.com!unogate!news.service.uci.edu!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!nimbus.larc.nasa.gov!watson@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Rocket Telemetry using Amateur Radio
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
Has anyone on this newsgroup ever used a transmitter aboard a
high power model rocket to send telemetry to a ground station?
The Langley chapter of the National Space Society is going to
build a high power rocket with one of the local schools and
we would like to get telemetry from the rocket, i.e., altitude,
downrange distance, and save the data to a computer file for later
analysis. We are also going to modify rawinsonde equipment to obtain
meteorological data from the rocket.
Any information on available boards, antennas, computer software, etc.
would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Catherine Watson, KD4SWF
watson@nimbus.larc.nasa.gov
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Date: Sun, 6 Feb 1994 19:40:13 -0700
From: usc!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: SAREX Update 2/7 at 1:30 UTC
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
SB SAREX @ AMSAT $STS-60.008
SAREX Update 2/7 at 01:30 UTC
Since the last update, SAREX has successfully completed another first.
At 10:42 UTC on February 6, Sergei Krikalev, U5MIR, initiated contact with
a school group at the House of Science and Technology for Youth in
Moscow, Russia. This represents the first time a cosmonaut on a U.S.
space shuttle has communicated with a group in Russia. Leo Lebutin,
UA3CR and Valery Agabekov, UA6HZ were the prime school group coordinators
for this contact. During the contact Aleksandr Kaleri, U8MIR, gave Sergei
greetings from Russia. Six students were able to ask their questions to
the crew on the Space Shuttle DIscovery. In addition, several cosmonauts
were on hand to hear the communications. The SAREX contact was also
broadcast live throughout Russia on HF (80 meters, 40 meters and 20 meters)
as well as VHF.
The packet robot on the Space Shuttle Discovery has been quite busy today.
At last report, the QSO sequence number was nearing the 2000 mark. Many
hams from around the world have reported booming packet radio signals from
the Shuttle Discovery.
Those of you who have heard or worked the STS-60 crew and wish to receive a QSL
card need to send your signal report and an SASE or an envelope and IRCs to
the following address:
STS-60 QSL
Education Activities Division
ARRL
225 Main St
Newington, CT 06111
The official SAREX element set for today will be GSFC-005. This element
sent was generated by Ron Parise, WA4SIR of the Goddard Space Flight
Center. Gil Carman, WA5NOM reports that the predictions using GSFC-005
differed from GSFC-003 by approximately 2 seconds during orbit 50.
STS-60
1 22977U 94006A 94 36.28433526 0.00000141 00000-0 54171-5 0 58
2 22977 56.9879 208.1294 0009042 265.9751 94.0283 15.72161107 297
Satellite: STS-60
Catalog number: 22977
Epoch time: 94036.28433526 (05 FEB 94 06:49:26.57 UTC)
Element set: GSFC-005
Inclination: 56.9879 deg
RA of node: 208.1294 deg Space Shuttle Flight STS-60
Eccentricity: 0.0009042 Keplerian Elements
Arg of perigee: 265.9751 deg
Mean anomaly: 94.0283 deg
Mean motion: 15.72161107 rev/day Semi-major Axis: 6730.8539 Km
Decay rate: 0.14E-05 rev/day*2 Apogee Alt: 358.55 Km
Epoch rev: 29 Perigee Alt: 346.38 Km
NOTE - This element set is based on NORAD element set # 005.
The spacecraft has been propagated to the next ascending
node, and the orbit number has been adjusted to bring it
into agreement with the NASA numbering convention.
Submitted by Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO, for the SAREX Working Group
/EX
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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 1994 16:31:19 MST
From: agate!howland.reston.ans.net!math.ohio-state.edu!cyber2.cyberstore.ca!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!alberta!ve6mgs!usenet@network.ucsd.edu
Subject: Two-Line Orbital Element Set: Space Shuttle
To: ham-space@ucsd.edu
The most current orbital elements from the NORAD two-line element sets are
carried on the Celestial BBS, (513) *253-9767*, and are updated daily (when
possible). Documentation and tracking software are also available on this
system. As a service to the satellite user community, the most current
elements for the current shuttle mission are provided below. 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), shuttle elements, and some documentation
and software are also available via anonymous ftp from archive.afit.af.mil
(129.92.1.66) in the directory pub/space.
STS 60
1 22977U 94006A 94038.25000000 .00000289 00000-0 64918-5 0 91
2 22977 56.9888 199.2915 0009132 272.8919 56.8375 15.72311414 588
--
Dr TS Kelso Assistant Professor of Space Operations
tkelso@afit.af.mil Air Force Institute of Technology
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