Category: Ham Satellite news

I am pleased to announce that I have received the following E-mail from Saudi Arabia.This satellite will require activation on each pass by a designated control operator.

A worldwide network of designated control operators is now being developed so that Radio Amateurs may begin using the satellite immediately. You will note however that a 67.0 Hz tone is required to switch on the satellite when uplinking.

The purpose of this is to try and remove annoying
interference.

You will note that the operational Frequencies are the same as AO-27.

We expect that the satellite will receive an OSCAR Number within a few days.

From Saudi Arabia :-

Dear Mr. Robin Haighton,

We are pleased to inform you that the Space Research
Institute of KACST has successfully launched its third spacecraft, SaudiSat-1C. The launch and separation were accomplished flawlessly on December 20th, 2002, using a
modified SS-18 intercontinental ballistic missile.

SaudiSat-1C carries several experiments, including a new mode J FM amateur repeater experiment operating on 145.850 MHz uplink and 436.800 MHz downlink.

The repeater was activated and tested this past week, and we are pleased to make it available to your members and amateurs worldwide as power permits.

The repeater is accessible using a 67.0 Hertz tone on the uplink, for on-demand activation.

The receive antenna is a single element quarter wave whip on top of the spacecraft, feeding a VHF receiver with -124 dBm sensitivity, while the UHF transmitter is coupled to a quarter wave antenna element on the bottom of the spacecraft, radiating 250mW of RF energy.

We kindly request a new Saudi Oscar designator for our
spacecraft.

Please enjoy the new satellite 73
Robin Haighton VE3FRH
President AMSAT NA

73 de SM7WSJ

Klla: Amsat NA

The FO-29 has been stuck in mode JA.

According to the Fuji(JAS-2) web page of JARL, the FO-29
will be kept in mode JA for a while until next announcement.

73 de SM7WSJ

Klla: Amsat bb

Hej,

Varje sndag kl.10 samlas vi ngra stycken p 3740 kHz fr att ta del av veckans mer eller mindre spnnande nyheter m.m. p satellitomrdet.

Fr dem som inte har mjlighet att delta eller lyssna d fljer hr rubrikerna i dagens bulletin.

Frgor besvaras via e-post.(henry@abc.se)

1. SAFIR-M / RUBIN 2 eller skall den heta AATIS OSCAR-NN?

2. SAFIR-kepler antingen payload A eller C.

3. SAFIR hemsida : http://amend.gmxhome.de

4. AO-40 RUDAK mellan MA 110 och 126.

5. SAUDISAT 1A, 1B och 1C, status.

6. VUSAT p gng.

7. MIR SSTV-bilder fr den nostalgiske: http://www.marex-na.org

8. MP3-filer frn div. satelliter: http://www.wlog2000.com

9. ARIANE-5 upp med ROSETTA i januari.

10. Verksamheten p ISS det kommande ret.

11. Parabol fr 2,4 GHz enl. G6LVB : http://www.g6lvb.com/60cm.htm

12. WX-sat rapport frn Birger Lindholm.

13. Tre nya GLONASS-satelliter i bana.

14. Referat av AMSAT-OZ Journal nr 117.

73 och Gott Nytt r nskar Henry / SK0TX (SM5BVF)

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Varje sndag kl.10 samlas vi ngra stycken p 3740 kHz fr att ta del av veckans mer eller mindre spnnande nyheter m.m. p satellitomrdet.

Fr dem som inte har mjlighet att delta eller lyssna d fljer hr rubrikerna i dagens bulletin.

Frgor besvaras via e-post.

1. SAFIR-M uppe.

2. SAUDISAT 1C uppe.

3. r RS-20 en amatrsatellit?

4. SAPPHIRE-satelliten.

5. Voyager och Pioneer mycket lngt borta

6. ISS en dyr historia.

7. GALILEO fjrr-reparerad

8. VA3LK sker satellit- och VHF-amatrer bosatta norr om 60 gr lat.

9. ARIANE-5 nyo p startrampen.

10. Stora mngder mikroorganismer pvisade p 41 km hjd.

11. Metanmoln p Titan.

12. Robotspindlar fr rymdbruk.

13. Jorden och Saturnus nra varandra.

73 och God Jul nskar Henry / SK0TX (SM5BVF)

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Varje sndag kl.10 samlas vi ngra stycken p 3740 kHz fr att ta del av veckans mer eller mindre spnnande nyheter m.m. p satellitomrdet.

Fr dem som inte har mjlighet att delta eller lyssna d fljer hr rubrikerna i dagens bulletin.
Frgor besvaras via e-post.

1. AO-40 – fungerar bra
2. AO-10 – status
3. AlSAT-1 – staus och funktion
4. ISS – verksamhet ombord senaste veckan.
5. ESA-astronauter 2003 bl.a. Christer Fuglesang i juli med STS-116:
http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/ESAJ6PVTYWC_index_0.html
6. WX-satelliter ( http://www.rig.org.uk )
7. Sea Wind scatterometersatellit
8. THEMIS-bilder frn Mars (themis.la.asu.edu)
9. Bilder tagna av Mars Global Surveyor: http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mgs
10. AMSAT-NA Journal sept/okt m.artiklar om EAGLE och IDEFIX

73 Henry / SK0TX (SM5BVF)

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