From nobody Wed Mar 17 19:24:05 1999 Received: from iss-test.cs.fh-nuernberg.de by inetws06.ai.fh-nuernberg.de (5.65v4.0/1.1.8.2/18Aug95-0936AM) id AA26456; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 19:24:05 +0100 Return-Path: Received: from ns1.qsl.net by iss-test.cs.fh-nuernberg.de with ESMTP for torsten.fechner@student.ai.fh-nuernberg.de; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 19:21:42 +0100 Received: from amsat.org (amsat.org [128.54.16.15]) by ns1.qsl.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA19803; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 11:50:20 -0500 Received: (majordom@localhost) by amsat.org (8.8.8AS/8.6.9) id GAA22761; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 06:50:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from gateway.pictel.com (gateway-gw.pictel.com [140.242.1.1]) by amsat.org (8.8.8AS/8.6.9) with ESMTP id GAA22747; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 06:50:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from pictel.com (roadrunner [140.242.64.4]) by gateway.pictel.com (8.9.2/8.9.2) with SMTP id JAA04911; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 09:49:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from by pictel.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AB26927; Wed, 17 Mar 99 09:49:53 EST Received: by SMTPMail.PicTel.com(Lotus SMTP MTA v4.6.2 (693.3 8-11-1998)) id 85256737.005152AB ; Wed, 17 Mar 1999 09:48:15 -0500 X-Lotus-Fromdomain: PICTEL From: "Miles Mann" To: "Miles Mann" Cc: sarex@AMSAT.Org, mann@pictel.com, "Farrell Winder" , wyman@svs.net, kertesz@swbell.net, hcantrl@premiernet.net, John Langner WB2OSZ , haber@earthlink.net, "Tim Cunningham" , "Wayne Nakata" Message-Id: <85256737.005151FD.00@SMTPMail.PicTel.com> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 09:44:24 -0500 Subject: [sarex] Mir ARS Status March 17, 1999, Hardware Move Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1257 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-SAREX@AMSAT.Org Precedence: bulk Status: RO X-Status: Mir Amateur Radio Status: March 17, 1998 by Miles Mann WF1F, MAREX-NA (Manned Amateur Radio Experiment, North American Division) Mir's Random Radio Schedule: The Mir crew is in the process of moving the Personal Message System (P= MS) and the MAREX-NA SSTV Amateur Radio equipment from the Priroda Module t= o the Mir-Core or Base-Block module. This move will give the crew better access to the Amateur Radio equipme= nt. And it will give us access to the Mir-Core Antenna. The Mir-Core anten= na is a Larsen-Dual band mobile antenna, mounted out side of Mir. The dua= l band antenna will give us access to 2-meters and 70 cm. In the Priroda module, we only had access to the 2-meter antenna. The Priroda Module 2-meter access limitations and the power supply limitati= ons caused a little confusion to the a few hams, who did not understand the= hardware limitations of the project. I still expect all operations, SS= TV and Packet to stay on 145.985 FM simplex, until we are able to run both= projects simultaneously. Since we only have enough power to run one project at a time, there is no reason to use the 70cm band at this time. The Mir Core module is where the crew spends most of their time, this m= eans there will be more opportunity to see and hear the Mir crew from the ne= w location. During the move, we can expect some down time for the Amateur Radio Station. New Mir Crew Members: The current crew consists of: Current Crew SOYUZ TM-29 arrived at Mir on February 20, 1999. Mir Soyuz TM-29 crew consisted of French cosmonaut Jean-Pierre Heignere, Viktor Afanasyev a= nd Slovakian Cosmonaut Ivan Bella On February 28, some of the crew returned to earth, they were: Slovak Ivan Bella and Gennadiy Paldalko. Gennadiys mission lasted approximately 6 months (August 16 1998 =96 Feb= ruary 28 1999) The remaining crew consists of: The French cosmonaut Jean-Pierre Heignere Cosmonaut Viktor Afanasyev Cosmonaut Sergei Avdeyev. Sergei mission began August 16, and is expec= ted to last a total of 9-11 months. This will make the Mir crew 27 a three man crew. Energia informed me th= at the French Cosmonaut Jean-Pierre did receive training on the MAREX-NA S= STV project, and he has already sent a few SSTV images of him self and the = rest of the Mir crew. Current Schedule for Packet PMS and SSTV: No activity last weekend due to the hardware move. The crew will do their best to keep the SSTV system active on weekends = and packet PMS operational on weekdays. Equipment Pictures: I am looking for Pictures of the Amateur Radio equipment currently on t= he Russian Space Station Mir. I have searched a few of the NASA archives, with limited luck. Most of= the equipment shots I have received from other sources. This week I receiv= ed a nice shot from Tony VK5ZAI. The picture shows Astronaut Andy Thomas talking on the 2-meter station from the Pirioda module on Mir. In the = back ground you can see good shot of the MAREX-NA DCI filter. The filter wa= s needed to keep the Mir 143 MHz commercial radio from De-sensing the 2-m= eter station. Current inventory list of amateur radio hardware on Mir: SUFAX II Repeater (Icom) Kenwood TM-733 (for PMS) Kenwood TM-V7A (for SSTV) Packcom TNC (old PMS modem) Kantronics KPC-9612 (current PMS modem) If you do find a good shots taken from Mir of the Amateur radio hardwar= e, please send the JPG or GIF to my E-mail address. The best pictures will= be posted to the MAREX-NA web page. Tracking Mir The best way to track satellites is to get access to a good satellite tracking program. There are numerous programs on the market, both for sale and share ware= . The best place for current satellite position date (Kep=92) data is at = the CelesTrak web page http://celestrak.com/ Copyright 1999 Miles Mann, All Rights Reserved. This document may be freely distributed via the following means - Email (including listserve= rs), Usenet, and WorldWideWeb. It may not be reproduced for profit includin= g, but not limited to, CD ROMs, books, and/or other commercial outlets wit= hout prior written consent from the author. Images received from the MAREX-NA SSTV system on the Russian Space Stat= ion Mir are considered public domain and may be freely distributed, without pri= or permission. Miles WF1F = ---- Via the sarex mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe sarex" to Majordomo@amsat.org