ANS-272 AMSAT News Service Bulletins for September 29

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-272

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In this edition:

Experimenter Wednesday Announced for AO-92
The AMSAT Hamfests & Conventions Web Page Updates
2019 37th AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting
2019 AMSAT Symposium On-line Registration Open Until October 11
Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne Moves Another Step Closer to Flight
ARISS Activities & Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
Upcoming Satellite Operations
NASA’s International Space Apps Challenge Coming October 18-20
FO-29 Returns!
AMSAT-DL Memorandum Regarding QO-100 Operation
Satellite Shorts From All Over

Experimenter Wednesday Announced for AO-92

The AO-92 Command Team announces that Experimenter Wednesday will run on UTC Wednesday (begins Tuesday evening in North America) when AO-92 will be commanded to operate in mode L/v for 24 hours. This new schedule will be followed for an as of yet undetermined test period.

The frequencies for AO-92 L/V are:

	AO-92 Mode L/V Operation
Uplink	1267.359 MHz	FM with 67 Hz CTCSS tone for access
Downlink	145.880 MHz	Including DUV telemetry

The mode change is announced by the command team via Twitter (follow @AMSAT). You can view AMSAT tweets without needing an account with Twitter – go to https://twitter.com/AMSAT

The tweets flow through to the AMSAT facebook page and are planned to include amsat-bb. Also current status can be found on the AO-92 health and telemetry page at: http://www.amsat.org/tlm/health.php?id=4&port=

[ANS thanks the AO-92 Command Team for the above information]

Source:AMSAT