[net.ham-radio] Satellites on 149.985 MHz?

parnass@ihu1h.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) (03/30/85)

                    Satellites on 149.985 MHz?
 
 >  I've been hearing signals that sound like satellite passes, on 149.985 MHz.
 >  I remember discussion on the net some time ago about Russian satellites
 >  on 150 MHz.  Is this the same thing?  (I hear sigs on 149.985 only; I've
 >  checked my calibration.)  Do you have any info on what kind of data is
 >  being transmitted?  Tnx in advance...

How much, if any, Doppler shift is there on the signals you hear? These
records aren't that fresh, but there are non-terrestial stations listed.

 149.9250    call?_____US: Air Force, CAP [USA-wide] (magazines)
 149.9750    call?_____US: Air Force, base & land mobile stations, 16F3 emissio
                               n [Barksdale AFB, LA] (govt recds)
             call?_____US: Air Force, base & land mobile stations, 16F3 emissio
                               n [Richards AFB, MO] (govt recds)
 149.9787    call?_____US: Navy, experimental testing station, 4.94A3 emission 
                               [Laguna Pk, CA] (govt recds)
             call?_____US: Navy, experimental testing station, 4.94A3 emission 
                               [Prospect Harbor, ME] (govt recds)
             call?_____US: Navy, experimental testing station, 4.94A3 emission 
                               [Rosemont, MN] (govt recds)
             call?_____US: Navy, experimental testing station, 4.94A3 emission 
                               [Wahiawa, HI] (govt recds)
             call?_____US: Navy, experimental testing station, 4.94A3 emission 
                               [space, nongeos] (govt recds)
 149.9825    call?_____US: Air Force, base & land mobile stations, 16F3 emissio
                               n [Edwards AFB, CA] (govt recds)
 149.9850    call?_____US: Air Force, base & land mobile stations, 16F3 emissio
                               n [Robbins AFB, GA] (govt recds)
 149.9950    call?_____US: Air Force, land mobile station, 16F3 emission [Aldie
                               , VA] (govt recds)
             call?_____US: Air Force, land mobile station, 16F3 emission [Garde
                               n City, VA] (govt recds)
             call?_____US: Air Force, land mobile station, 16F3 emission [Indpn
                               hll, VA] (govt recds)
             call?_____US: Air Force, land mobile station, 16F3 emission [Silve
                               r Springs, MD] (govt recds)
             call?_____US: Air Force, land mobile station, 16F3 emission [Suitl
                               and, MD] (govt recds)
 150.0000    call?_____Satellites, Russian - telemetry heard about 100 minutes 
                               for approximately 10 minutes duration [space] (B
                               . Parnass)
             call?_____US: Air Force, experimental testing station, 50F9 emissi
                               on [Vandenberg AFB, CA] (govt recds)
             call?_____US: Navy, experimental testing station, 40F9 emission [A
                               tlantic Ocean] (govt recds)
             call?_____US: Navy, experimental testing station, 40F9 emission [P
                               acific Ocean] (govt recds)
             call?_____US: Navy, experimental testing station, 40F9 emission [U
                               SA-wide] (govt recds)
             call?_____US: Navy, experimental testing station, 40F9 emission [s
                               pace, nongeos] (govt recds)
             call?_____non-govt experimental developmental station, 0A0 & 1A1 e
                               missions [Callaghn, TX] (govt recds)
             call?_____non-govt experimental developmental station, 0A0 & 1A1 e
                               missions [Laredo, TX] (govt recds)
             call?_____non-govt experimental developmental station, 0A0 & 1A1 e
                               missions [Waterloo, IA] (govt recds)
             KM2XFK____McDonnell Douglas, non-govt experimental contract statio
                               n, 2A9 emission [Torrance, CA] (govt recds)
 150.0250    call?_____US: Air Force, fixed & land mobile stations, 16F3 emissi
                               on [Niagra Falls, NY] (govt recds)
             call?_____US: Air Force, land & mobile stations, 16F3 emission [Gr
                               and Forks, ND] (govt recds)