kd2bd@ka2qhd.UUCP (John Magliacane) (11/07/90)
SB NEWS @ ALLBBS < KD2BD $UOSAT.105 News From OSCAR-11 06Nov90 * UOSAT-2 OBC STATUS INFORMATION * DIARY OPERATING SYSTEM V3.1 SMH MLJM MSH Today's date is 6 /11 /90 (Tuesday) Time is 14 :18 :25 UTC Auto Mode is selected Spin Period is - 282 Z Mag firings = 0 + SPIN firings = 11 - SPIN firings = 7 SEU count = 132 RAM WASH pointer at 982 WOD commenced 6 /11 /90 at 0 :0 :10 with channels 50 ,51 ,52 ,57 , Last cmnd was 109 to 0 , 0 Attitude control initiated, mode 1 **** UoSAT-OSCAR-11 BULLETIN 06 November 1990 **** UoSAT MISSION CONTROL CENTRE University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 5XH, England ** AO-16 / UO-14 BBSs COMMISSIONED ** The Packet Bulletin Board software which has been running in 'beta test' versions on UoSAT-OSCAR-14 since July has now been loaded to AO-16. This follows a period of intense development by Jeff Ward, G0/K8KA, and Harold Price, NK6K, getting software ready for hundreds of users expected to access AO-16 and UO-14. The programs loaded to the satellites, when combined with several groundstation client programs, implement the PACSAT communications protocols proposed by Jeff and Harold in papers presented at the recent ARRL Amateur Radio Computer Networking Conference. The protocols provide a connected-mode file transfer facility called FTL0 and a standard broadcast mode for bulletins and other items of general interest. When someone is up or downloading in connected mode you will see packets from the FTL0 server callsign: PACSAT-0 (on AO-16) or UOSAT3-12 (on UO-14). Bulletins being broadcast will have source callsigns UOSAT3-11 or PACSAT-11. These packets may contain some ASCII text, although each will begin with a short binary header. The PACSAT protocol suite requires special groundstation software to interpret binary headers and implement protocol handshakes. Papers in the 9th ARRL Networking Conference proceedings describe the protocols in detail. Software for groundstations with IBM-PC type computers will be made available free by UoS through dial-up bulletin boards and on-line information systems. The release of the groundstation software, expected around 8 or 9 November, will mark the official opening of UO-14 and AO-16 for communications by any suitably-equipped, licensed radio amateur. With LO-19 following stortly and FO-20 already providing service, the Amateur Satellite Service will soon have a useful and interesting network of store-and-forward satellites. ** RS-14/RUDAK-2 Reliable sources within the Soviet Union indicate that the launch of RS- 14/RUDAK-2 is now expected to happen on or about November 24, 1990. UA3CR requests the help of radio amateurs all over the world to collect telemetry and send it via packet radio or via a SSB net to him. The first day's worth of telemetry will transmitted via a CW beacon at 20 WPM on 145.822 or on 145.948 MHz SSB and will be vitally important to ground controllers. Later, after ALL systems are working properly on the RUDAK-2 transponder, PSK/BBS/MODE B operations will begin. ** AO-13 The transponder schedule is as follows: Mode B : MA 000-095 Mode-JL: MA 095-125 Mode-LS: MA 125-130 Mode-S : MA 130-135 Mode-BS: MA 135-140 Mode-B : MA 140-256 Omnis : MA 220-040 This schedule is expected to continue through 26 Dec 90. BLON = 180 and BLAT = 0 ** $BID ** Please use BID $UOSAT.105 for PR BBS use. /EX -- John A. Magliacane FAX : (908) 747-7107 Electronics Technology Department AMPR : KD2BD @ NN2Z.NJ.USA.NA Brookdale Community College UUCP : ...!rutgers!ka2qhd!kd2bd Lincroft, NJ 07738 USA VOICE: (908) 842-1900 ext 607