beekman@utrop1.DEC (10/22/85)
VERON Jubilee Spacelab Propagation Experiment. Introduction. ------------- The flight schedule for the next Space Shuttle with the three astronauts/radio- hams on board is still at 30 October 17.00 UT The dutch VERON propagation experiment,carried out by Wubbo Ockels PE1LFO,is incorporated in the german operational working modes. Experiment in short on 145.575 MHz. ----------------------------------- In a 2 mtr FM propagation experiment,(145.575 MHz),Wubbo Ockels PE1LFO in the Spacelab will transmit an unique series of codewords,with regular intervals, transmitting each 15 sec a new code of three letters from the intern. spelling- alphabet. The position of Spacelab each time,is fixed with spacings of approx. 100 Km. Radio-amateurs on earth will only listen and hopefully they will report as many codewords as they have heard plus their own IARU gridlocator.The elaboration reports will give a picture of the propagation in the used communication- channel. Reports will be confirmed with a special VERON-QSL card. Reporting. ---------- The observation reports of the experiments correspond with the normal reports in the radio-amateurs logbook,but instead of one line per station there is now one line per code. Please report your observation as follows: Nr. Date,Time(UT/GMT),Receiving code,RST,Freq/QRG and remarks. Also of very importance is the data of the receiving station,like call,name, address,receiver description,antenna used and the IARU grid-locator. Please send your logbook to: VERON Space Experiment or Veron Space Experiment B.C. Caron PE0BCC Dutch QSL Bureau Colijnlaan 11 P.O. Box 330 NL 2181 XJ Hillegom NL 6800 AH Arnhem The Netherlands The Netherlands. Trajectory. ---------- We hope, the Veron experiment will be executed once or twice in a 20 minute trajectory from New Foundland,West-Europe,The Netherlands to the Middle East. Another route is Mid Atlantic,Azores,West-Europe,The Netherlands to Russia. The orbits are such that between 09.00 and 20.00 UT,there are six more or less favourable trajectories over Western Europe. The lauch at Cape Kennedy at 17.00 UT corresponds with an equator crossing at 16h 55m 44s UT at 261.269 degrees East. Orbit alt. 324 Km,inclination 57 degrees,period 1h 30m 57.3 sec. More information will be given by: DF0VR Oberpaffenhofen (DL2MDE Thomas Kieselbach) DF0LRK Cologne (DL9MH Horst Ellgering) 18.15 (MET) DF0VR- RTTY on 3.695 MHz 18.30 (MET) DF0VR or DF0LRK phone news on 3.695 MHz Beste '73 B.C. Carom PE0BCC W.M. Beekman PA3AGZ (typing this message)