[amsat-bb] Sumbandila early operations

Hello all Saw some information being exchanged about Sumbandila. Please note that the Amateur payload will probably not be switched on straight after launch. Commissioning is most likely to be performed from Stellenbosch South Africa only. So telemetry will only be heard whilst in contact wi

[amsat-bb] Kenwood TS-2000 Birdies

Hi all, I am a student on CUSat , one of Cornell University's satellite project teams. You may remember me from my previous call for help to resolve our antenna crises. I don't think I sent a follow-up to the bb, but we were able to recover from that crisis in large part

[amsat-bb] Not everyone is working on ARISSat-1

There are some of us out here who are trying to bring a little order to the chaos and help AMSAT, but we are all not working on ARISSat-1. Our effort lies in the following vectors and scalars: - Change needs to be EVOLUTIONARY not REVOLUTIONARY. - Chaos can be harnessed with the correct applicati

[amsat-bb] Re: Sumbandilasat keps

Subject: SumbandilSat TLE From: Mineo Wakita To: saamsat Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:00:37 +0900 Hello, Do you have an early element of SumbandilSat ? Thank you. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/sumbandi.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita RE: SumbandilSat TLE From: Hans To: Mineo Wakita Date: Tue, 1

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-40 (R.I.P.) query

It's still up there, every once in awhile I throw a little RF to it (sobsob). 73 Bob W7LRD - Original Message - From: "Samudra Haque" To: "Amsat-bb" Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 7:43:28 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [amsat-bb]  AO-40 (R.I.P.) query Hi, I was l

[amsat-bb] AO-40 (R.I.P.) query

Hi, I was looking at some information from the 2005 Edition of the ARRL handbook, which referred to AO-40 in some detail... but of course, AO-40 is non-functional at present. The information I was able to gather from web sources imply there is a "chance" the primary battery may become open-circuit,

[amsat-bb] SatPc32

Thanks for help with SatPc32.Must be a better tracking program! Any suggestions? ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscript

[amsat-bb] Re: Presentation--Introduction to Amateur radio?

"Amateur Radio Today" is a good six-minute video, narrated by Walter Cronkite ... http://www.arrl.org/ARToday/ Clint Bradford 909-241-7666 >> ... Does anybody have an "Introduction to Amateur Radio" PowerPoint presentation ___ Sent via amsat..

[amsat-bb] Re: Beacon tone beeping

hi, all i am also hearing it and i accidentally have done it in the past (Fixed now) is it ATRS or smart beaconing or range beaconing?? even heard some aprs the other night, and some dead carriers with interference,   i had to turn my ATRS off or it will do it when transmitting it was on by defa

[amsat-bb] Re: Kenwood TM D700A Satgate?

  hi, and welcome to the fun world of learning satellites (i am still learning) this will show you the setup in detail with pictures   http://www.aj3u.com/tm-d700-tips/   all credit goes to him (them) i am just passing on the information :-) Rodney kc0zhf _

[amsat-bb] Re: Kenwood TM D700A Satgate

hi, and welcome to the fun world of learning satellites (i am still learning) this will show you the setup in detail with pictures   http://www.aj3u.com/tm-d700-tips/   all credit goes to him (them) i am just passing on the information :-) Rodney kc0zhf

[amsat-bb] Sumbandilasat keps

Hello all, Are there any preliminary keplerians for the Sumbandila Sat? I want to catch it as soon as possible. 73 de sw1ixp, Kostas Ioannidis ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now t

[amsat-bb] Re: (Reporting web pages needing updates)

At the bottom of many pages of the AMSAT web site is a link entitled: "Report a bug on this page" The stuff I found was from 2002 and 2004 - no link there buddy Thats why I asked -- Andrew Rich Airways Technical Officer Grade 4 Surveil

[amsat-bb] Re: ISS

We found a problem with the position of the ISS We have fired the retro rockets to correct it to meet your tracking software. NASA thanks you for pointing this out to us You are indeed correct, the ISS was 20 minutes late This is due to a new female commander on boad Cheers > - Origina

[amsat-bb] Re: Help

Jack, As far as adding new satellites in SatPC32, you must go into Doppler.sqf which is accessible from the "?" menu. Opening the file, you will see several satellites already loaded. Read the instructions in the file on adding a new satellite. It is fairly straight-forward. Remember to sa

[amsat-bb] Re: Beacon tone beeping

I also heard this when the satellite is above Europe. It started a few weeks ago. Eric Knaps Waterstraat 30 B-3980 Tessenderlo Belgium Tel. +32472985876 (mobile) http://www.on4hf.be Ernie schreef: > Perhaps this is from the high power long range cordless telephones? They > keep a carrier up

[amsat-bb] Help

Being some what new to amsat need a little help.  When new SATS are placed in operation how are these loaded into SATPC32 program for tracking such as Sumbandilsat? Is there an easy way to switch from SATPC32 to SATPC32 ISS with out shutting down one to go to the other? Thanks for any help.  Jac

[amsat-bb] Kenwood TM D700A Satgate?

Aloha I have a relatively "new" D700 which I use exclusively for satellite work. The unit operates more as a base station than mobile, but on occasion I will take the Kenwood into the field for low passes in order to "hit" the mainland (Voice). Currently, I seem to be the only operational Satga

[amsat-bb] Re: KH6 on Ao51

Hi Ron! > Aloha from Kauai > > I will be on Ao51 this aftenoon at 4:48 Hawaii time from BL01. (4.48pm Hawaii time = 0248 UTC) If I'm not at work at that hour, I hope to be on for that pass. It will be another pass with a maximum elevation of 4 degrees here in Phoenix, a workable pass (0251-0259

[amsat-bb] Presentation--Introduction to Amateur radio?

Hi all, I'm giving 2 talks in the next 2 weeks to two compeletey different audiences. This Thursday will be to the Johnston Amateur Radio Society, and I hope to do a live demonstration during the ~7pm Eastern pass of AO-51! The point of this email, however, is that the following week I am going

[amsat-bb] Re: Volunteered

Rocky Jones wrote: > >> Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:12:41 + >> From: ni...@ngunn.net >> To: amsat-bb@amsat.org >> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Volunteered >> >> It amazes me that this group does not have an owner/moderator/administrator >> to stop/delete/kill all this worthless >> bitching. >> >

[amsat-bb] Re: Beacon tone beeping

Perhaps this is from the high power long range cordless telephones? They keep a carrier up with a status beep. There are a lot of these in use south of the USA. The FCC shut down a few in the USA before. Ernie W8EH w6...@comcast.net wrote: > This may have been asked in the past, but I cant find

[amsat-bb] Beacon tone beeping

This may have been asked in the past, but I cant find any reference to it, but for several weeks now, on both AO-51 and today on SO-50 passes, I heard beeping tones along with the carriers. These tones sounded just like the Sputnik beeps from years long ago. (yes, I was around for it) No one I'v

[amsat-bb] FW: SumbandilaSat Frequencies

Hello, Yes the SumbandilaSta frequencies are correct. To confirm from the website: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/SumbandilaSat.htm 73 Pirajá, PS8RF From: g0...@aol.com Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:44:55 -0400 Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SumbandilaSat Frequencies To: ps...@hotmail.com; amsat-bb@amsa

[amsat-bb] Re: SumbandilaSat Frequencies

Does anyone have any information on the Very Low Frequency (VLF) radio experiment from the University of KwaZulu-Natal that's on the satellite ? 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not

[amsat-bb] KH6 on Ao51

Aloha from Kauai I will be on Ao51 this aftenoon at 4:48 Hawaii time from BL01. Ron, W6ZQ ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscriptio

[amsat-bb] Re: Volunteered

> Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:12:41 + > From: ni...@ngunn.net > To: amsat-bb@amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Volunteered > > It amazes me that this group does not have an owner/moderator/administrator > to stop/delete/kill all this worthless > bitching. > > Rocky Jones wrote: > > > >

[amsat-bb] REMINDER

Time is running out ! The cut-off date for hotel reservations for the AMSAT Symposium is 9/23/09. The Hotel is the Four Points Sheraton BWI Airport. The phone number is 410-691-9827. The group name is Radio Amateur. Come help us celebrate our 40th Anniversary! -- 73- Martha __

[amsat-bb] Re: ISS and VHF data communications

On 14 Sep 2009 at 0:16, Rocky Jones wrote: Date sent: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:16:20 -0500 From: Rocky Jones Subject:[amsat-bb] ISS and VHF data communications To: Amsat BB > > http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Ship_Tracking_From

[amsat-bb] Euro news

Dutch authorities propose rebanding D-STAR into 70cm satellite band Information received from the Netherlands this week indicated a growing threat to frequencies allocated and used by the Amateur Satellite Service. Worldwide, including the Netherlands, amateur use of frequencies in many port

[amsat-bb] KB9BIT DM86/87

I will plan to make two trips to the DM86/87 grid boundary which is the OK-CO state line about 6 miles north of my current QTH in DM86. This will depend on the weather. I plan to be on: 16 Sept on AO-51 for the 23:57 pass 17 Sept on SO-50 for the 00:47 pass 19 Sept on SO-50 for the 00:05 pas

[amsat-bb] KB9BIT DM86/87

I will plan to make two trips to the DM86/87 grid boundary which is the OK-CO state line about 6 miles north of my current QTH in DM86. This will depend on the weather. I plan to be on: 16 Sept on AO-51 for the 23:57 pass 17 Sept on SO-50 for the 00:47 pass 19 Sept on SO-50 for the 00:05 pas

[amsat-bb] SumbandilaSat launch

Hi all, I have just spotted this link for tomorrow's Sumbandilasat Launch - not sure how well it will work tho! 73 Graham G3VZV Live coverage of this launch will be on September 15th at http://www.tv-tsenki.com/livechoose.php Beginning of this coverage - 14:00 UTC, ending - 17:00 UTC. Launc

[amsat-bb] Re: SumbandilaSat Frequencies

Hi, Drew!! Lots of amateur satellite frequency information is available to everyone. Suggest seeing: http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/ http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/ We have the IARU coordination process to try to work out frequency planning issues, most times before launch!! I ho

[amsat-bb] Re: SumbandilaSat Frequencies

Drew, Interesting, and good to know. The flexibility of AO-51 gives us lots of options if needed. 73s, Alan WA4SCA ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur

[amsat-bb] Re: SumbandilaSat Frequencies

All, A few months ago I corresponded with the AMSAT-SA webmaster about that. I think it is a typo and the correct frequency is 435.350. As far as the 145.880 frequency being the same as the QRP uplink on AO-51, they are correct in using it. AO-51 is not coordinated on 145.880, and they are. If

[amsat-bb] FW: GB> rotor control

-Original Message- From: owner-glowb...@piobaire.mines.uidaho.edu [mailto:owner-glowb...@piobaire.mines.uidaho.edu] On Behalf Of Jerry Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 6:57 PM To: glowb...@piobaire.mines.uidaho.edu Subject: GB> rotor control Help: I,m working on a Yaesu G100

[amsat-bb] Re: SumbandilaSat Frequencies

David, And the uplink is on the "QRP" transponder uplink. Joy. Alan WA4SCA So with all the space on 70cm. The voice beacon is on the same frequency as AO-51. Is that right ? David G0MRF In a message dated 14/09

[amsat-bb] Re: SumbandilaSat Frequencies

So with all the space on 70cm. The voice beacon is on the same frequency as AO-51. Is that right ? David G0MRF In a message dated 14/09/2009 10:21:05 GMT Standard Time, ps...@hotmail.com writes: The SumbandilaSat will be released this week on september 15. Frequencies Mode V

[amsat-bb] SumbandilaSat Frequencies

The SumbandilaSat will be released this week on september 15. Frequencies Mode V/U FM voice Transponder and Parrot 145,880 MHz Uplink 435,350 MHz Downlink Beacon Voice: 435,300 MHz Tone CTCSS: After releasing the satellite into space, the controllers team will inform Tons CTCSS. The Amateur