GPO Box 2141 Adelaide S.A. 5001.
Packet VK5AGR @ VK5WI
VK5AGR Graham is the National Co-ordinator.

A newsletter is published monthly by Graham
and the subscription is $30 within Australia.
Graham has a Bulletin of news at 1000 UTC, or 0900 UTC on Sunday evening
depending on daylight saving/propagation.
Check-ins commence 15 minutes prior to the bulletin.
Frequencies (depending on propagation condition)
Primary on 7.064MHz (summer)
Secondary 3.685MHz (winter)
the frequencies are +/- QRM.

The OSCAR (Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio) satellites
are amateur radio stations designed and built by volunteer hams from all over the world.

The design, construction and maintenance of the satellites
is controlled by AMSAT (The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation),
a group of volunteer amateur satellite enthusiasts with members all over the world.
AMSAT has its headquarters in Washington DC USA.
It provides technical and operating advice through its newsletters.

Australis OSCAR 5 - the 5th amateur satellite
was designed and built at the University of Melbourne
by a group of students mostly under-graduate members
of the Astronautical Society and Radio Club,
it was launched on January 23rd 1970,
by NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration).

There are now ten amateur satellites in space,
since the demise of OSCAR 13 which was launched in June 1988
and ceased to operate in November 1996.

The International Space Station that is being built
should have a permanent Amateur Radio station on board,
it will probably be known as ARISS.
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/sightings/SSapplications/Post/SightingData/Perth.html

From the 'ARRL Satellite Experimenters Handbook'
and 'Amateur Radio' Magazine January 1997 and updated

WIA WA - AR Guide - Satellites

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