Nice story, Andrew, and great work! Kudos to the K5UTD team.
> On Apr 17, 2014, at 2:00 PM, amsat-bb-requ...@amsat.org wrote: > > Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to > amsat-bb@amsat.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > amsat-bb-requ...@amsat.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > amsat-bb-ow...@amsat.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. K5UTD Is On The Air (Andrew Koenig) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:05:57 -0500 > From: Andrew Koenig <ke5...@gmail.com> > To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@amsat.org> > Subject: [amsat-bb] K5UTD Is On The Air > Message-ID: > <CAFingdP=w1w38ql8kk9kn6y_9peupsbvp_dxuuuggr+x_56...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hello Group! > > After about 6 months of work, I'm proud to say that the K5UTD Amateur Radio > Club (University of Texas at Dallas) has finished setting up our satellite > station. Typically it should take a weekend and a case of beer to get the > job done, but this required a little more planning and involvement as we > had to collect the parts from various people and build several components > on our own; not to mention the fact that we get side-tracked like no other > club. For example, an effort to get the rotor controller resulted in moving > about four truckloads worth of gear. > > We're using an FT-847 for our primary radio, and a Kenpro G-5400 for our > rotor system. We've interfaced the G-5400 to the computer using an Arduino. > It works rather well with GPredict. The final bug in the system has to do > with GPredict talking to the '847, but that should be easily fixed with an > update. > > The antennas are on the roof of our Engineering and Computer Science > building, about 20 feet off the roof, 70 feet above ground. Out of luck, we > had a GlenMartin RT-936 and the associated non-penetrating mount just > hanging out in our closet. Carrying the 50 cinder blocks up to the roof for > that mount was not fun though. Coax wise, we have about 20 feet of Davis > Bury-flex for our initial run, which then feeds some very nice ARR preamps. > The final 200 foot run of coax to the shack is 1/2" Heliax. There are a few > jumpers here in the shack too. > > I was able to make a few contacts through SO-50 today, and plan to be more > active. With the help of DK3WN's SatBlog, I've had no trouble picking out > some cubesats and listening to the beacons and telemetry. Telemetry > collection is one of the primary goals for this station. Our other goals > for this station, aside from having fun on the air, are to get club > recognition on campus and to work with the William B. Hanson Center for > Space Sciences on upper atmospheric projects. > > Station photos: http://imgur.com/a/6TGOJ > > Also, if you know a member of the former TI club, give them a hug (or > handshake) on our behalf. None of the current K5UTD projects could have > been possible without them. > > 73! > Andrew Koenig, KE5GDB > Vice President, K5UTD > Research Assistant, Center for Space Sciences > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via amsat-bb@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > End of AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 9, Issue 138 > **************************************** _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
