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From: zonker@telebit.com (David "Zonker" Harris)
Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle
Subject: Re: Correction to the Press Kit for STS-40 (Forwarded)
Summary: Correcting one of the corrections 8-)
Keywords: Shuttle retransmission Ham frequencies
Message-ID: <1991May16.162526.17195@telebit.com>
Date: 16 May 91 16:25:26 GMT
References: <1991May8.220239.25720@news.arc.nasa.gov> <423@alchemy.UUCP> <1284@telesoft.com>
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In article <1284@telesoft.com> telesoft!garym@ucsd.edu writes:
>In <423@alchemy.UUCP> scanman@alchemy.UUCP (Marshal Perlman) writes:
>
>>Is it true that a 'relay' of the Shuttle Audio will be rerouted to JPL in the 
>>city of Pasadena California, and from there put out on the air on a Ham Radio 
>>Repeater (I believe that repeater is at JPL). 
>
>JPL and GSFC usually retransmit the shuttle audio during flights.  I don't 
>know if they always do it on every flight, but I think so.  
>
>The following stations usually retransmit on these frequencies (in Mhz):
>
>Station   VHF     10m     15m     20m    40m    80m
>------  ------  ------  ------  ------  -----  -----
>WA3NAN  147.46  28.650  21.395  14.295  7.185  3.860
>W6VIO   224.04          21.280  14.282  7.165  3.840
>W6FXN   145.46
>K6MF    145.58                          7.165  3.840
         ^^^^^^x---- Um, close... it's now on 145.585, to better match the
                   2-meter band plan in the S.F. Bay Area.  You would have
                   heard it on 145.58, but the signal wouldn't have been
                   *nearly* as good as on 145.585!

>(using FM on VHF, USB on 10-20m, LSB on 40-80m)
      Another note, the VHF systems are usually continuous-carrier (you'll
   have a signal even when nobody is talking), but the HF systems are
   "usually" run in Voice-Operated (VOX) mode (which means if there isn't
   any audio activity on NASA Select, you'll just have to keep listening
   to the static, and look for it...8-)

>WA3NAN - Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, Maryland.
>W6VIO  - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, California.
>W6FXN  - Los Angeles
>K6MF   - San Francisco
>
>--GaryM
>-- 
>Gary Morris                       Internet: garym@telesoft.com
>KK6YB (was N5QWC)                 UUCP:     ucsd!telesoft!garym
>TeleSoft, San Diego, CA, USA      Phone:    +1 619-457-2700

	A final note, The AMES Amateur Radio Club (K6MF, or Kilo-Six-Moffet
Field) I.D.'er is also soliciting signal reports and postcards from listeners.
[I also believe the group is responsible for the NASA Select retransmission
that shows up on the 2.4 GHz ATV repeater on Black Mountain, up behind
Stanford University, for which I (among others) are very greatful! -D-]
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