rjr@mgweed.UUCP (Bob Roehrig) (10/20/84)
qst de k9eui hr arrl bulletin nr 92 from arrl headquarters newington ct october 17, 1984 to all radio amateurs bt amsat oscar 10 has the following new operating schedule, effective immediately. mean anomaly 0 to 99 will be mode b monday through saturday, mean anomaly 100 to 117 will be mode l monday through saturday, mean anomaly 118 to 218 will be mode b daily, mean anomaly 219 to 234 will be off daily and mean anomaly 235 to 256 will be mode b daily. mean anomaly 0 to 256 is one complete orbit, starting at perigee. apogee would be a mean anomaly of 128, or 1/2 an orbit. one complete orbit is 699.5 minutes ar
rjr@mgweed.UUCP (Bob Roehrig) (10/22/85)
qst de k9eui hr arrl bulletin nr 92 from arrl headquarters newington ct october 21, 1985 to all radio amateurs bt this is a correction to arrl bulletin nr 91. the federal communications commission announces an agreement effective october 14 with the united kingdom department of trade and industry to permit third party communications between amateurs in the united states and special events stations in the uk having the prefix gb only, except that gb3 stations are not included. three conditions apply. (a). communications are limited to conversations or messages of a technical or personal nature too unimportant for a commercial message. (b). no compensation direct or indirect. (c). communications must accord with regulations for amateurs in each country. note that agreement applies only to gb stations other than gb3 ar