AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
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The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites.
The news feed on https://amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat dot org. You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans
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
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