kd2bd@ka2qhd.UUCP (John Magliacane) (11/07/90)
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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
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