[amsat-bb] XW-1 was launched successfully

[Alan Kung]

XW-1 was launched at UTC 02:31 and has successfully gotten into the orbit at 
UTC 02:53. BA7JA, BA7NQ and BA7IA, members of XW-1 launching monitoring team 
reported they received XW-1 beacon in Sanya city Hainan province after the 
satellite deployed.

XW-1 Keplerian data  
1 9U  09349.11987269  .  0-0  0-0 0 6
2 9 100.4859 046.2958 0001760 147.4703 038.6343 13.1526715017

For the satellite test, XW-1 will work on FM and Store-forwared transponder 
mode between UTC 12:52:34 and 13:14:32 today, and will work on linear 
transponder mode between UTC 12:36:31 and 12:58:32 tomorrow. after that we will 
upload new flight program to setup payload schedule.

XW-1 telemetry beacon will keep continue to transmitte.

73
Alan Kung,BA1DU
XW-1 project manger
www.camsat.cn




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[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 was launched successfully

[Mike Rupprecht]

Congratulations!

Here is an interesting article, translated by google

http://translate.google.de/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.sina.com.hk%2Fcgi-b
in%2Fnw%2Fshow.cgi%2F9%2F1%2F1%2F1361318%2F1.html&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&hl=&ie=UTF-
8

73, Mike

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An: Andrew Glasbrenner; Amsat-BB
Betreff: [amsat-bb] XW-1 was launched successfully
Wichtigkeit: Niedrig

XW-1 was launched at UTC 02:31 and has successfully gotten into the orbit at
UTC 02:53. BA7JA, BA7NQ and BA7IA, members of XW-1 launching monitoring team
reported they received XW-1 beacon in Sanya city Hainan province after the
satellite deployed.

XW-1 Keplerian data  
1 9U  09349.11987269  .  0-0  0-0 0 6
2 9 100.4859 046.2958 0001760 147.4703 038.6343 13.1526715017

For the satellite test, XW-1 will work on FM and Store-forwared transponder
mode between UTC 12:52:34 and 13:14:32 today, and will work on linear
transponder mode between UTC 12:36:31 and 12:58:32 tomorrow. after that we
will upload new flight program to setup payload schedule.

XW-1 telemetry beacon will keep continue to transmitte.

73
Alan Kung,BA1DU
XW-1 project manger
www.camsat.cn




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[amsat-bb] Re : XW-1 was launched successfully

[Christian Leloup F1AFZ]

Beacon is active this morning over Europe 08h00 UTC

http://www.f1afz.fr/satellites/XW-1_15_12_09.mp3

73's Christian F1AFZ
http://www.f1afz.fr/satellites/satellites.php
http://www.f1afz.fr
http://www.p3-e.org



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A : Andrew Glasbrenner ; Amsat-BB 

Envoyé le : Mardi, 15 Décembre 2009 8:45
Sujet : [amsat-bb]  XW-1 was launched successfully


XW-1 was launched at UTC 02:31 and has successfully gotten into the 
orbit at UTC
02:53. BA7JA, BA7NQ and BA7IA, members of XW-1 launching monitoring 
team
reported they received XW-1 beacon in Sanya city Hainan province after 
the
satellite deployed.

XW-1 Keplerian data
1 9U  09349.11987269  .  0-0  0-0 0 6
2 9 100.4859 046.2958 0001760 147.4703 038.6343 13.1526715017

For the satellite test, XW-1 will work on FM and Store-forwared 
transponder mode
between UTC 12:52:34 and 13:14:32 today, and will work on linear 
transponder
mode between UTC 12:36:31 and 12:58:32 tomorrow. after that we will 
upload new
flight program to setup payload schedule.

XW-1 telemetry beacon will keep continue to transmitte.

73
Alan Kung,BA1DU
XW-1 project manger
www.camsat.cn




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[amsat-bb] Software for antenna rotators

[codrut buda]

I hope somebody will find usefull the PstRotator program. It can be downloaded 
from
www.qsl.net/yo3dmu/index_Page346.htm
PstRotator handles just about every controllable rotator in common use: 
Prosistel "D" and "C", RT-20 and RT-21 Green Heron, DCU-1 HyGain, RC1 MDS, 
Rotor-EZ Idiom Press, Easy-Rotor-Control, Yaesu Az and Yaesu Az/El GS-232A and 
GS-232B, M2 RC2800, AlfaSpid RAK Az and RAS Az/El, Easycomm, ST3 Fox Delta, 
Endeavour Electronics AutoTracker, ZL1BPU, EGIS, Create RAC825, EA4TX Arswin, 
DL7AOT, LBV Tracker, PrimeSat and VK5DJ.
PstRotator provides automatic tracking for satelites and EME, using for this 
WXtrack, WinOrbit, Orbitron, Nova for Windows, Sat_Explorer, SatPC32, WSJT, 
Z-Track, GJTracker, EME System, Trak_SM, or HRD Satellite Tracker. Also it 
works with some contest loggers like N1MM, TACLog and Win-Test. Other programs 
supported are MixW, DXView and VQLog.
Tracking the moon is easier now using an internal algorithm.
PstRotator supports multiuser remote control over TCP/IP.
73, Codrut - YO3DMU



  
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[amsat-bb] Re: Re : XW-1 was launched successfully

[Mani VU2WMY]

Congratulations to the XW 1 Team. This is going to be a wonderful bird  
for the real satellite DX'ing !

73 de

Mani, VU2WMY
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Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC
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Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017.
Phone:(O)91-80-2508 2054/2192/2537
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isroh...@yahoo.com


Quoting Christian Leloup F1AFZ :

> Beacon is active this morning over Europe 08h00 UTC
>
> http://www.f1afz.fr/satellites/XW-1_15_12_09.mp3
>
> 73's Christian F1AFZ
> http://www.f1afz.fr/satellites/satellites.php
> http://www.f1afz.fr
> http://www.p3-e.org
>
>
>
> -E-mail d'origine-
> De : Alan Kung 
> A : Andrew Glasbrenner ; Amsat-BB
> 
> Envoyé le : Mardi, 15 Décembre 2009 8:45
> Sujet : [amsat-bb]  XW-1 was launched successfully
>
>
> XW-1 was launched at UTC 02:31 and has successfully gotten into the
> orbit at UTC
> 02:53. BA7JA, BA7NQ and BA7IA, members of XW-1 launching monitoring
> team
> reported they received XW-1 beacon in Sanya city Hainan province after
> the
> satellite deployed.
>
> XW-1 Keplerian data
> 1 9U  09349.11987269  .  0-0  0-0 0 6
> 2 9 100.4859 046.2958 0001760 147.4703 038.6343 13.1526715017
>
> For the satellite test, XW-1 will work on FM and Store-forwared
> transponder mode
> between UTC 12:52:34 and 13:14:32 today, and will work on linear
> transponder
> mode between UTC 12:36:31 and 12:58:32 tomorrow. after that we will
> upload new
> flight program to setup payload schedule.
>
> XW-1 telemetry beacon will keep continue to transmitte.
>
> 73
> Alan Kung,BA1DU
> XW-1 project manger
> www.camsat.cn
>
>
>
>
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[amsat-bb] XW-1 heard over Europe again

[OZ1MY]

Hi all,
Can confirm Christians report. CW beacon on.
Had to go down on the downlink frequency. To start with 
- 600 Hz when using USB.
Had to follow down during the pass until TCA, then up again.
Used an additional - 2.1 kHz at TCA.
Keps may be a little off.
Nominel published frequency 435.790 MHz.

Congratulation to AMSAT-China
73 OZ1MY
Ib

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[amsat-bb] XW-1 telemetry

[Mateusz]

http://www.enduro.idl.pl/audio_sat/xw1_telemetry_jo91rr.mp3

Time 9:59 UTC

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[amsat-bb] Re: 2.4GHz patch antenna for a 60cm dish

[n1jez]

Eric,

http://www.jrmiller.demon.co.uk/products/patch.html

73,
Mike, N1JEZ
AMSAT 29649
"A closed mouth gathers no feet"

- Original Message - 
From: "Eric Christensen" 
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2.4GHz patch antenna for a 60cm dish


> Anyone know where I can get a 2.4GHz for a 60cm dish?
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric W4OTN
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[amsat-bb] XW-1 Keplerian data update 20091512

[Alan Kung]

XW-1 
1 9U   09349.11983964  .  0-0   0-0  0 4
2 9 100.4999 046.2127 0015690 067.9387 119.0021 13.1566047313

73
Alan Kung,BA1DU
XW-1 project manger
www.camsat.cn

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[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 heard over Europe again

[Pedro A. Perez]

Hi all:

CW beacon clear 'n strong @ 11:35 UTC pass from AOS in IM78cx (27 deg. max 
elevation) using a TH-F6 handheld and a CJU antenna like this:
http://eb4dka.laserenadigital.com/Imagenes/EA4CYQ_CJU.jpg
Peaking S4 CW in my little handheld station.

Best 73s
Pedro EB4DKA
http://eb4dka.laserenadigital.com


- Original Message - 
From: "OZ1MY" 
To: "AMSAT-BB" 
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:02 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] XW-1 heard over Europe again


> Hi all,
> Can confirm Christians report. CW beacon on.
> Had to go down on the downlink frequency. To start with
> - 600 Hz when using USB.
> Had to follow down during the pass until TCA, then up again.
> Used an additional - 2.1 kHz at TCA.
> Keps may be a little off.
> Nominel published frequency 435.790 MHz.
>
> Congratulation to AMSAT-China
> 73 OZ1MY
> Ib
>
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[amsat-bb] XW-1 CW beacon

[Mineo Wakita]

OBJECT A
1 36121U 09072A   09349.15640464 -.0045  0-0  0+0 019
2 36121 100.5046 046.2483 0006436 232.0630 127.9902 13.1899568700

Beacon is active tonight over Japan, 11:04 UTC, 15 Dec 2009
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/91215xw1.mp3
Recorded by JE9PEL, 435.790MHz

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/xw1_yubi.htm


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[amsat-bb] Re: Software to run a ts-200 and LVB

[Joel Black]

SatPC32.  The money you spend gets donated to AMSAT.

73,
Joel, W4JBB

On 12/14/2009 9:52 PM, racer5039 wrote:
> I am having a really hard time getting HRD to run with Windows 7 or Vista.
> Is there something else out there that will run the 200 and the LVB tracker?
> HRD was working real well til the last couple of updated but I'm ready to try 
> something else.
>
> Thanks
> Marv.
> N0FJP
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[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 heard over Europe again

[Mateusz]

- Original Message - 
From: "Pedro A. Perez" 
To: "AMSAT-BB" 
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 12:55 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 heard over Europe again


> Hi all:
>
> CW beacon clear 'n strong @ 11:35 UTC pass from AOS in IM78cx (27 deg. max
> elevation) using a TH-F6 handheld and a CJU antenna like this:
> http://eb4dka.laserenadigital.com/Imagenes/EA4CYQ_CJU.jpg
> Peaking S4 CW in my little handheld station.
>
> Best 73s
> Pedro EB4DKA
> http://eb4dka.laserenadigital.com


whole pass record:
www.enduro.idl.pl/audio_sat/XW-1_telemetry_1130UTC_15_12_2009_jo91rr.mp3
small file and low quality but good enough to listen, 8kb/s and 11kHz 
sampling fq 

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[amsat-bb] identification for XW-1

[Louis House]

I am updating my SatPC32 files to include the new XW-1 Bird.
Can someone help me with the  5-digit "Identification Number"  and the  
satellite's 8-digit 
"International ; Designator" for the XW-1 SAT.  I can't seem to find these in 
the recently published information.

TNX
Louis, KD5GM
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[amsat-bb] Parabola Calculator

[Bruce]

need to calculate the parabola of a dish and where the focal point is? 
one of those that helped on this program was my friend, edisher, 4l4fn.

http://mscir.tripod.com/parabola/

73...bruce

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[amsat-bb] XW-1 13:20Z pass audible

[Bruce Robertson]

Listening to this pass right now, using Mineo's keps. Quite audible
with very few fades from 5 deg. with a 1/4 wave vertical and a
mast-mounted preamp. Telemetry does have a 5 second period about every
minute or so when it goes off. The keps are not yet suitable for
doppler tuning: I'm tuning up by 2kHz right now. Hooray for the
Chinese amateur community and for those who allowed the launching
hardware to be used for our benefit!

73, Bruce
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[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 CW beacon

[Mika Siira]

>Alkuperäinen viesti
>Lähettäjä: ei7m-...@asahi-net.or.jp
>Päivämäärä: 15.12.2009 14:06
>Vastaanottaja: 
>Aihe: [amsat-bb]  XW-1 CW beacon
>
>OBJECT A
>1 36121U 09072A   09349.15640464 -.0045  0-0  0+0 019
>2 36121 100.5046 046.2483 0006436 232.0630 127.9902 13.1899568700
>
>Beacon is active tonight over Japan, 11:04 UTC, 15 Dec 2009
>http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/91215xw1.mp3
>Recorded by JE9PEL, 435.790MHz
>
>http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/xw1_yubi.htm
>
>

Hello,

Just listened XW-1 beacon, signal clear and strong. I writed down some 
of the telemetry:

BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AUE A4T ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW
BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AUE T6E ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW
BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AUE ABT ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW
BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AUE TBE ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW
BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AUE T6T ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW
BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AUE TNT ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW


Mika, OH8MBN



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[amsat-bb] Re: Software to run a ts-200 and LVB

[David - KG4ZLB]

SatPC32

Don't bother with HRD if all you want it for is satellite work. HRD's 
satellite function is a bolt on to the whole suite; SatPC32 is the tool 
for the job, has the most excellent back-up service from its creator and 
is of benefit to AMSAT.

Nuff said!

- 
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racer5039 wrote:
> I am having a really hard time getting HRD to run with Windows 7 or Vista.
> Is there something else out there that will run the 200 and the LVB tracker?
> HRD was working real well til the last couple of updated but I'm ready to try 
> something else.
>
> Thanks
> Marv.
> N0FJP
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[amsat-bb] Celestial Keps for SatPC32

[Joel I. Kandel]

Has anyone added the Keplerian elements to SatPC32 for the sun and planets? 
Would like to use the tracking software for radio astronomy. Looking for a 
source for the elements and any tipe on adding them.

Thanks,

Joel, KI4T
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[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 CW beacon

[Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

Reported to be Object A.


OBJECT A
1 36121U 09072A   09349.38459140 -.0045  0-0  0+0 024
2 36121 100.5016 046.4765 0008029 038.9946 322.0361 13.1640544733
OBJECT B
1 36122U 09072B   09349.45318224 -.0048  0-0  0+0 023
2 36122 100.4349 046.5264 0157193 027.0374 333.8812 13.4597135740
OBJECT C
1 36123U 09072C   09349.46022965 -.0045  0-0  0+0 026
2 36123 100.5120 046.5562 0007364 047.4998 311.8086 13.1637817920
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[amsat-bb] Re: [VUHams] Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Student Satellite, Pratham

[Gopal Madhavan]

Hello Johny

 

While it is appreciated that you students are planning to make a satellite, I 
would just like to remind you that using amateur radio frequencies by non 
licensed amateurs is just not permitted and WPC will not allocate such 
frequencies unless the users have valid licenses. I am sure that you are 
already aware of this.

 

For your information another university is also planning such a project and 
there faculty and students are busy studying to get their licenses before the 
satellite is built.

 

I would suggest that you also do likewise or request WPC to allocate 
frequencies that are outside the amateur bands, so that licensed amateurs can 
also use their setup to monitor and assist you.

 

This is not to discourage the project but only to caution you on the use of 
allowed frequencies.

 

Best regards

 

Gopal VU2GMN

President Amateur Radio society of India

 

 

From: vuh...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vuh...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mani 
VU2WMY
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 12:32
To: vuh...@yahoogroups.com; Mr Kalyana Sundaram R.
Subject: Re: [VUHams] Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Student Satellite, 
Pratham

 

  

Thank you Kalyan for your kind offer. We'll keep you posted once every thing is 
in place.

 

73 de

Mani VU2WMY

Quoting "Mr Kalyana Sundaram R." :


Dear Mani and Johny

If any help needed from Chennai Kindly let us KNOW.We are with you.

R.Kalyanasundaram

(vu2...@yahoo.com)

Jt.Secratary.

Madras Amatuer Radio Society.

--- On Thu, 10/12/09, Mani VU2WMY  wrote:


From: Mani VU2WMY 
Subject: Re: [VUHams] Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Student Satellite, 
Pratham
To: vuh...@yahoogroups.com, "jhonny jha" 
Cc: vuh...@yahoogroups.com, amsatin...@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, 10 December, 2009, 9:45 PM

Hi Jhonny,

It is nice to see your mail just after the review we had in ISRO Satellite 
Centre. I am sure that more amateur stations from India would participate and 
be useful to augment your mission goals. Looking forward to meet you and your 
entire team during the PDR meet at ISRO. Good luck and wishes.

 

with regards

Mani, VU2WMY
Secretary & Station-In-Charge
Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC
ISRO Satellite Centre
Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017.
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Quoting jhonny jha :

Hello everyone, 

I am Jhonny Jha, student of IIT Bombay, and the project manager of a student 
satellite initiative of the institute. We started the project a year back and 
we are currently entering the detailed designed phase of our satellite. The 
project is an initiative undertaken jointly by the institute and ISRO. Payload 
of this mission is to measure the total electron count of the atmosphere using 
the technique of faraday rotation. In order to implement this, we have two 
monopoles onboard working in VHF and UHF amateur bands and a Groundstation at 
IITB to receive the signals.The total electron cont can be estimated by using a 
simple circuitry after your receiving antennae which gives the polarization of 
the incoming signal. In order to make the mission successful, we have also 
included a social goal in our mission statement, wherein we aim at teaching 
students from across the country the intricacies of antennae designing and 
fabrication. We have already c onducted 2 national workshops for the same. 

We want the amateur radio community to help us in our mission by setting up 
mini groundstations all over the country and measure the polarization of the 
incoming signal. Incase, we have a large number of stations spread across 
India, we would have more datapoints and can even perform ionospheric 
tomography with the data. This would help create a 3D map of electron count 
over India, which we currently do not have. This data can be used in the field 
of GPS correction, incase the country aims for its own GPS system in a few 
years. 

I request wholehearted support from the amsat and Ham community in this project 
of ours. 

Regards, 
Jhonny Jha, 
Project Manager, 
Pratham, IITB Student Satellite, 
IIT Bombay.
www.aero.iitb.   ac.in/pratham

 

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[amsat-bb] Re: identification for XW-1

[Andrew Glasbrenner]

They have not been assigned/sorted yet. XW-1 is either Object A or C of 
the three below:

OBJECT A
1 36121U 09072A   09349.38459140 -.0045  0-0  0+0 024
2 36121 100.5016 046.4765 0008029 038.9946 322.0361 13.1640544733
OBJECT B
1 36122U 09072B   09349.45318224 -.0048  0-0  0+0 023
2 36122 100.4349 046.5264 0157193 027.0374 333.8812 13.4597135740
OBJECT C
1 36123U 09072C   09349.46022965 -.0045  0-0  0+0 026
2 36123 100.5120 046.5562 0007364 047.4998 311.8086 13.1637817920

73, Drew KO4MA

Louis House wrote:
> I am updating my SatPC32 files to include the new XW-1 Bird.
> Can someone help me with the  5-digit "Identification Number"  and the  
> satellite's 8-digit 
> "International ; Designator" for the XW-1 SAT.  I can't seem to find these in 
> the recently published information.
>
> TNX
> Louis, KD5GM
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[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 CW beacon

[Bruce Robertson]

This OBJECT A below seems to me preferable to the one that Mineo
posted above. I found the latter to be a bit 'ahead' of the bird, and
this one is back a bit.

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
 wrote:
> Reported to be Object A.
>
>
> OBJECT A
> 1 36121U 09072A   09349.38459140 -.0045  0-0  0+0 0    24
> 2 36121 100.5016 046.4765 0008029 038.9946 322.0361 13.16405447    33
> OBJECT B
> 1 36122U 09072B   09349.45318224 -.0048  0-0  0+0 0    23
> 2 36122 100.4349 046.5264 0157193 027.0374 333.8812 13.45971357    40
> OBJECT C
> 1 36123U 09072C   09349.46022965 -.0045  0-0  0+0 0    26
> 2 36123 100.5120 046.5562 0007364 047.4998 311.8086 13.16378179    20
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[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 was launched successfully

[Simon HB9DRV]

Congratulations Alan. It's nice to see action rather than a lot of talk, I
hope to hear the CW beacon this evening.

I would like a MEO or HEO for 2012 - we all know you can do it :)

Simon Brown
http://sdr-radio.com


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> From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
> Behalf Of Alan Kung
> Importance: Low
> 
> XW-1 was launched at UTC 02:31 and has successfully gotten into the
> orbit at UTC 02:53. BA7JA, BA7NQ and BA7IA, members of XW-1 launching
> monitoring team reported they received XW-1 beacon in Sanya city Hainan
> province after the satellite deployed.
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[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 Keps

[Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

Here's a newer set.

OBJECT A
1 36121U 09072A   09349.53641119 -.0045  0-0  0+0 031
2 36121 100.5050 046.6267 0007989 035.4736 324.6735 13.1639108550
OBJECT B
1 36122U 09072B   09349.60184596 -.0048  0-0  0+0 034
2 36122 100.4355 046.6836 0157547 026.2661 334.6385 13.4597459266
OBJECT C
1 36123U 09072C   09349.53641470 -.0045  0-0  0+0 033
2 36123 100.5030 046.6262 0008203 039.9377 320.0405 13.1628602635


Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
> Reported to be Object A.
> 
> 
> OBJECT A
> 1 36121U 09072A   09349.38459140 -.0045  0-0  0+0 024
> 2 36121 100.5016 046.4765 0008029 038.9946 322.0361 13.1640544733
> OBJECT B
> 1 36122U 09072B   09349.45318224 -.0048  0-0  0+0 023
> 2 36122 100.4349 046.5264 0157193 027.0374 333.8812 13.4597135740
> OBJECT C
> 1 36123U 09072C   09349.46022965 -.0045  0-0  0+0 026
> 2 36123 100.5120 046.5562 0007364 047.4998 311.8086 13.1637817920
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[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 Keps

[Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

Beacon frequency was aprox 435.790 overhead and 435.780 at LOS horizon.
Must have been strong. I copied it with a 2M J-pole antenna.

Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
> Here's a newer set.
> 
> OBJECT A
> 1 36121U 09072A   09349.53641119 -.0045  0-0  0+0 031
> 2 36121 100.5050 046.6267 0007989 035.4736 324.6735 13.1639108550
> OBJECT B
> 1 36122U 09072B   09349.60184596 -.0048  0-0  0+0 034
> 2 36122 100.4355 046.6836 0157547 026.2661 334.6385 13.4597459266
> OBJECT C
> 1 36123U 09072C   09349.53641470 -.0045  0-0  0+0 033
> 2 36123 100.5030 046.6262 0008203 039.9377 320.0405 13.1628602635
> 

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825 5032
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International #385,
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GCARES, XWARN.

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[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 CW beacon

[Alan P. Biddle]

Just copied a nice pass over the eastern US.  Signal was very loud.  Using
Object A, USB, I had to tune down 1000 Hz.  SATPC32 tracked the signal
throughout the entire pass with no manual tuning required.  AOS and LOS
frequencies were the same, with TCA being about 200 HZ higher. 

Attached are some software copied CW.  The spacing was a bit odd, and some
of the strings of "Ts" are most like "Os."

The high orbit will make this a good one to work if all the transponders
come up.

Congratulations,

Alan
WA4SCA










B J 1 S A X W X W A A A T T T A U V A A E E T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
T T T T T T T T T T X W X W 
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B J 1 S A X W X W A A A T T T A U U A E T E T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
T T T T T T T A T T X W X W E 
-
B 
T T T T T T T T T T T T A T T X W X W E B J 1 S A X W X W A A A T T T A U H
A U T E T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T X W X W B J 1 S
A X W X W A A A T T T A U U T D T E T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
A T T T T T X W X W 
-
B J 1 S A X W X W A A A T T T A U U A V E E T T T T T T T T T T T T T T A T
T T T T T T T T T T W X W E 
-
B J 1 S A X W X W A A A T T T A U U U 6 E E T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
T T T T T T T T T T * W X W 
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B J 1 S A X W X W A A A T T T A U U A B T E T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
T T T T T T T T T T X W X W 
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B J 1 S A X W X W A A A T T T A U U T B T E T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
T T T T T T T T T T X W X W 


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[amsat-bb] XW-1 Over North America 15Dec09 1517Z

[John Papay]

The XW-1 CW Beacon was heard over North America
this morning with an excellent signal and tone
quality.  It sends a long string which changes
a bit on every transmission.

The keps are a bit off since the bird went over
the horizon prior to the prediction.  I lost it
when it was still at 2.7 degrees according to
SatPC32.  The doppler correction is off as well
indicating changing keps.  Hopefully we will get
some better keps soon.  The bird is apparently
ahead of the predicted position.

A recording of XW-1 is on my webserver:

http://www.papays.com/XW-1_15Dec2009_1517z.mp3

At one point the antenna had to turn around.  I had some
copy on this bird while the antennas came around 180 degrees
indicating a strong signal.  I noted that there were polarity
shifts between right and left hand circular.  At one point
I tuned to the packet frequency to see if there was any activity.
I heard none but only listened for a short time before returning
to the beacon frequency.

Congratulations to the Chinese Team that designed, built and
launched this satellite.  It is off to an excellent start.  We
look forward to having it operational soon and for many years
to come.

73,
John K8YSE  EN91dh


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[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 Mode S reports

[Luc Leblanc]

> 
> > AO-51 is currently in Mode V/S on 145.88/2401.200. With our attitude 
> > inverted from normal, I'm interested in any S band reports. The L/S 
> > antenna should be pointed towards the ground now in the southern 
> > hemisphere, and away in the northern. 

0404 EDT pass i was alone signal good S4 S5 start to copy at 12 deg
0612 EDT pass start to copy at 8deg copy was peaking at 20 db over my noise 
floor signal only interrupted by blocking object. It was a 65 
deg elevation pass here. Made QSO with N8BBQ Edward and N8MH Mark

Near the end of the pass a rapid pulsating tone carrier appears it was just at 
the same level as other signal at times.

As per my test S band signal is lower at this attitude on low pass to a point 
to be weak to be received. Depending where the satellite is 
also made a big change in the signal strength when he pass my latitude on one 
occasion the signal increased by 1 s unit
"-"


Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
Skype VE2DWE
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DSTAR urcall VE2DWE
WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

 
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[amsat-bb] Chinese Launch December 15 (UTC)

[Bob Christy]

Yaogan 8 and "Hope 1", details against today's date: 
http://www.zarya.info/Calendar.php

1184 x 1193 km, 100.5 deg inclination
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[amsat-bb] Re: [VUHams] Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Student Satellite, Pratham

[jhonny jha]

Respected Sir,

We were cautioned regarding this by Mr. Mani Sir from ISAC. The license is
issued under name of one of our students who has an amateur license. We are
also planning to give an exam in the coming months to get more licenses so
that we do not have a single person to bank upon for future missions. We
have a HAM club at IIT Bombay which is currently co-ordinating this entire
process.

Thanking You for your advise,
Regards,
Jha Jhonny,
Project Manager, IITB Pratham

2009/12/15 Gopal Madhavan 

>  Hello Johny
>
>
>
> While it is appreciated that you students are planning to make a satellite,
> I would just like to remind you that using amateur radio frequencies by non
> licensed amateurs is just not permitted and WPC will not allocate such
> frequencies unless the users have valid licenses. I am sure that you are
> already aware of this.
>
>
>
> For your information another university is also planning such a project and
> there faculty and students are busy studying to get their licenses before
> the satellite is built.
>
>
>
> I would suggest that you also do likewise or request WPC to allocate
> frequencies that are outside the amateur bands, so that licensed amateurs
> can also use their setup to monitor and assist you.
>
>
>
> This is not to discourage the project but only to caution you on the use of
> allowed frequencies.
>
>
>
> Best regards
>
>
>
> Gopal VU2GMN
>
> President Amateur Radio society of India
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* vuh...@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vuh...@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf
> Of *Mani VU2WMY
> *Sent:* Friday, December 11, 2009 12:32
> *To:* vuh...@yahoogroups.com; Mr Kalyana Sundaram R.
>
> *Subject:* Re: [VUHams] Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Student
> Satellite, Pratham
>
>
>
>
>
> Thank you Kalyan for your kind offer. We'll keep you posted once every
> thing is in place.
>
>
>
> 73 de
>
> Mani VU2WMY
>
> Quoting "Mr Kalyana Sundaram R." :
>
> Dear Mani and Johny
>
> If any help needed from Chennai Kindly let us KNOW.We are with you.
>
> R.Kalyanasundaram
>
> (vu2...@yahoo.com)
>
> Jt.Secratary.
>
> Madras Amatuer Radio Society.
>
> --- On *Thu, 10/12/09, Mani VU2WMY *** wrote:
>
>
> From: Mani VU2WMY 
> Subject: Re: [VUHams] Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Student
> Satellite, Pratham
> To: vuh...@yahoogroups.com, "jhonny jha" 
> Cc: vuh...@yahoogroups.com, amsatin...@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Thursday, 10 December, 2009, 9:45 PM
>
> Hi Jhonny,
>
> It is nice to see your mail just after the review we had in ISRO Satellite
> Centre. I am sure that more amateur stations from India would participate
> and be useful to augment your mission goals. Looking forward to meet you and
> your entire team during the PDR meet at ISRO. Good luck and wishes.
>
>
>
> with regards
>
> Mani, VU2WMY
> Secretary & Station-In-Charge
> Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC
> ISRO Satellite Centre
> Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017.
> Phone:(O)91- 80-2508 2054/2192/2537
> Mobile:  91-80-98803 41456
> E-mail ID: w...@isac.gov. in
>vu2wmy_mani@ yahoo.com
>isroh...@yahoo. com
>
>
>
> Quoting jhonny jha :
>
>   Hello everyone,
>
> I am Jhonny Jha, student of IIT Bombay, and the project manager of a
> student satellite initiative of the institute. We started the project a year
> back and we are currently entering the detailed designed phase of our
> satellite. The project is an initiative undertaken jointly by the institute
> and ISRO. Payload of this mission is to measure the total electron count of
> the atmosphere using the technique of faraday rotation. In order to
> implement this, we have two monopoles onboard working in VHF and UHF amateur
> bands and a Groundstation at IITB to receive the signals.The total electron
> cont can be estimated by using a simple circuitry after your receiving
> antennae which gives the polarization of the incoming signal. In order to
> make the mission successful, we have also included a social goal in our
> mission statement, wherein we aim at teaching students from across the
> country the intricacies of antennae designing and fabrication. We have
> already c onducted 2 national workshops for the same.
>
> We want the amateur radio community to help us in our mission by setting up
> mini groundstations all over the country and measure the polarization of the
> incoming signal. Incase, we have a large number of stations spread across
> India, we would have more datapoints and can even perform ionospheric
> tomography with the data. This would help create a 3D map of electron count
> over India, which we currently do not have. This data can be used in the
> field of GPS correction, incase the country aims for its own GPS system in a
> few years.
>
> I request wholehearted support from the amsat and Ham community in this
> project of ours.
>
> Regards,
> Jhonny Jha,
> Project Manager,
> Pratham, IITB Student Satellite,
> IIT Bombay.
> www.aero.iitb. ac.in/pratham 
>
>
>  ---

[amsat-bb] XW-1 again over Europe

[OZ1MY]

Hi all,
It works great.

Thanks to Nigel for the new keps for Object A:

XW-1
1 36121U 09072A   09349.53641119 -.0045  0-0  0+0 031
2 36121 100.5050 046.6267 0007989 035.4736 324.6735 13.1639108550

I changed the name from Object A to XW-1 :-)

It works on SatPC32 and NOVA for Windows.

On the pass with AOS at 16:45:50 UTC here in Copenhagen the tone did not 
change (to my old ears) over the whole pass.

Used 435.789400 MHz as the center frequency on the IC-910 in USB.
The usual ICOM offset in USB.

Nice 20 minute passes and long range. Looking forward to the transponders.
73 OZ1MY
Ib

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[amsat-bb] XW-1 Western North America 15Dec2009 1702z

[John Papay]

XW-1 was again heard over western North America
with an excellent signal.  The new keps provided
by Nigel G8IFF/W8IFF were used for Object A and
found to be spot on.  I set SatPC32 for automatic
operation with the TS2000 in the CW mode and the
computer clock synchronized with NIST.  I never
touched the radio dial or the antennas during the
entire pass and as you will hear on the recording,
the CW tone never changed.  The TS2000 was updating
the frequency every second.

Again I found polarization shifts but the bird did best
on Left Hand during most of the pass.  This was a 22 degree
pass for me to the west.

One of the three letter code groups changes on every string of CW
starting with BJ1SA XW XW etc and ending with XW XW. For example,
the 3 letter groups for some successive transmissions were:
TNE TDT AAE ATE 4VE A6E TBT 4VE T6E ATE.  Every other code group
in the string stayed the same, at least during this pass.

I started the recording late.  It is much better than my first
recording with the older keps on the amsat webpge.

http://www.papays.com/XW-1_15Dec2009_170842z.mp3

Let's hope we can start using the v/u transponders for voice/cw
soon.

Thanks again to all who were involved with this satellite.
It is operating very well.

73,
John K8YSE EN91dh



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[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 Western North America 15Dec2009 1702z

[David Barber]

Listening to it now in the UK, 18.30utc pass.

Strong little beast isn't it!

Just a shame there is a local PMR station on 437.785MHz. :-(


David
G8OQW



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Behalf Of John Papay
Sent: 15 December 2009 17:42
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] XW-1 Western North America 15Dec2009 1702z

XW-1 was again heard over western North America
with an excellent signal.  The new keps provided
by Nigel G8IFF/W8IFF were used for Object A and
found to be spot on.  I set SatPC32 for automatic
operation with the TS2000 in the CW mode and the
computer clock synchronized with NIST.  I never
touched the radio dial or the antennas during the
entire pass and as you will hear on the recording,
the CW tone never changed.  The TS2000 was updating
the frequency every second.

Again I found polarization shifts but the bird did best
on Left Hand during most of the pass.  This was a 22 degree
pass for me to the west.

One of the three letter code groups changes on every string of CW
starting with BJ1SA XW XW etc and ending with XW XW. For example,
the 3 letter groups for some successive transmissions were:
TNE TDT AAE ATE 4VE A6E TBT 4VE T6E ATE.  Every other code group
in the string stayed the same, at least during this pass.

I started the recording late.  It is much better than my first
recording with the older keps on the amsat webpge.

http://www.papays.com/XW-1_15Dec2009_170842z.mp3

Let's hope we can start using the v/u transponders for voice/cw
soon.

Thanks again to all who were involved with this satellite.
It is operating very well.

73,
John K8YSE EN91dh



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[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 Western North America 15Dec2009 1702z

[David Barber]

Sorry that should have been 435.785 for the errant PMR!


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Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 Western North America 15Dec2009 1702z

Listening to it now in the UK, 18.30utc pass.

Strong little beast isn't it!

Just a shame there is a local PMR station on 437.785MHz. :-(


David
G8OQW



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Subject: [amsat-bb] XW-1 Western North America 15Dec2009 1702z

XW-1 was again heard over western North America
with an excellent signal.  The new keps provided
by Nigel G8IFF/W8IFF were used for Object A and
found to be spot on.  I set SatPC32 for automatic
operation with the TS2000 in the CW mode and the
computer clock synchronized with NIST.  I never
touched the radio dial or the antennas during the
entire pass and as you will hear on the recording,
the CW tone never changed.  The TS2000 was updating
the frequency every second.

Again I found polarization shifts but the bird did best
on Left Hand during most of the pass.  This was a 22 degree
pass for me to the west.

One of the three letter code groups changes on every string of CW
starting with BJ1SA XW XW etc and ending with XW XW. For example,
the 3 letter groups for some successive transmissions were:
TNE TDT AAE ATE 4VE A6E TBT 4VE T6E ATE.  Every other code group
in the string stayed the same, at least during this pass.

I started the recording late.  It is much better than my first
recording with the older keps on the amsat webpge.

http://www.papays.com/XW-1_15Dec2009_170842z.mp3

Let's hope we can start using the v/u transponders for voice/cw
soon.

Thanks again to all who were involved with this satellite.
It is operating very well.

73,
John K8YSE EN91dh



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[amsat-bb] xw-1 great sig over uk

[paul robinson]

nice copy of becon of xw-1 here in England..looking forward to transponder! de 
2E1EUB


  
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[amsat-bb] XW-1 heard during the 19:30 CEST pass (JO21)

[PE0SAT]

Congratulations Camsat,

This satellite is also heard in JO21 and follow the link below to hear
the recording I made :)

http://www.ham.vgnet.nl/downloads/XW-1_14-12-2009_1930CEST.mp3

Please keep us informed regarding schedules so we can experiment further
with this new Amsat Satellite. One other question, is it possible to
give us a website url with an english translation of the www.camsat.cn
website regarding XW-1?


73's

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[amsat-bb] XW-1 FM transponder works great

[Michael Chen]

All,

I managed to operate the special event station BT3WX to work several
E2, BY, VR2, XX9 throughout the evening pass of XW-1 using the FM
transponder. It was the 1st test open of this bird's transponder.
Everything works just great!

Michael Chen, BD5RV/4
Email: michael.bd...@gmail.com
MSN: bd...@jsdxc.org
Skype: michael-bd5rv
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[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 heard during the 19:30 CEST pass (JO21)

[Trevor .]

--- On Tue, 15/12/09, PE0SAT  wrote:
> One other question, is it possible to give us a website url with 
> an english translation of the www.camsat.cn website regarding XW-1?

Google will do it, try this 

http://tinyurl.com/CAMSATeng 

73 Trevor M5AKA



  


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[amsat-bb] Other satellite?

[Robert Bruninga]

What is the other satellite I am hearing on XW-1's freq?
A buzzing downlink.
Both IO-26 and PO-28 are in view.
Are they still emitting?

Bob, WB4APR

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[amsat-bb] Re: Other satellite?

[Andrew Glasbrenner]

Robert Bruninga wrote:
> What is the other satellite I am hearing on XW-1's freq?
> A buzzing downlink.
> Both IO-26 and PO-28 are in view.
> Are they still emitting?
>
> Bob, WB4APR
>   
IO-26 is still transmitting 1200 baud BPSK in MBL mode.

73, Drew KO4MA
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[amsat-bb] XW-1 Footprint

[Jeff Yanko]

If my numbers are correct, this bird is certainly much higher than AO-27 and 
AO-51.  At an orbit 800 miles above earth, this will stretch the footprint a 
bit further east for those needing KH6 on the birds.  Let's hope for more 
activity from KH6!


73,

Jeff  WB3JFS
Las Vegas, NV
DM26



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[amsat-bb] XW-1 Decoded telemetry

[PE0SAT]

Hi,

With the help of www.ham.vgnet.nl/downloads/XW-1_Telemetry_Format.pdf
I decoded the beacon information I received.

The output power is fluctuating, is there any idea why this is happening?

And an other thing, don't we miss a lot of information within the
telemetry? channels 6 to 13 have a value 000?

Maybe my decoding isn't correct and other amateurs have other information.

CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 CH5 CH6 CH7 CH8 CH9 CH10 CH11 CH12 CH13
BJ1SA XW XW 111 000 120 070 500 000 000 000 000 000  000  000  000  XW XW
BJ1SA XW XW 111 000 120 135 500 000 000 000 000 000  000  000  000  XW XW
BJ1SA XW XW 111 000 119 135 500 000 000 000 000 000  000  000  000  XW XW
BJ1SA XW XW 111 000 119 095 500 000 000 000 000 000  000  000  000  XW XW
BJ1SA XW XW 111 000 119 150 500 000 000 000 000 000  000  000  000  XW XW

CH1 PA Output RF Switch Status Status 111=PA2 Works (Beacon only)
CH2 Transponder Working Status Status 000=Beacon only
CH3 Transponder Temperature Data First character =0, T= -N First \
 character=1, T= +Last Two character Celsius
CH4 Beacon RF Output Power Data P=N mW
CH5 Beacon Power Supply Voltage Data 000 999 V=N/100 V



73's



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[amsat-bb] Editing nasa.all file for SatPC32

[Wayne Estes]

I want to manually add XW-1 Keps to my nasa.all file for SatPC32.

The SatPC32 Satellites menu says the file should be in C:\Documents and 
Settings\Wayne Estes\Application Data\SatPC32\Kepler

But the "Application Data" directory doesn't exist.  I searched the 
entire C: drive for "nasa.all", and the file wasn't found.

Where the heck does SatPC32 12.8a put the Keps file in WinXP?

Wayne Estes W9AE
Oakland, Oregon, USA
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[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 Footprint

[Danny Casier]

And EU-NA and EU-AS.

-Oorspronkelijk bericht-
Van: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] Namens Jeff
Yanko
Verzonden: dinsdag 15 december 2009 21:48
Aan: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Onderwerp: [amsat-bb] XW-1 Footprint

If my numbers are correct, this bird is certainly much higher than AO-27 and 
AO-51.  At an orbit 800 miles above earth, this will stretch the footprint a 
bit further east for those needing KH6 on the birds.  Let's hope for more 
activity from KH6!


73,

Jeff  WB3JFS
Las Vegas, NV
DM26



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[amsat-bb] Re: Editing nasa.all file for SatPC32

[Mark L. Hammond]

Hi Wayne,


The folder is hidden, as I recall.  It's here on my WinXP Pro system
using SatPC32 12.8a:

C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\SatPC32\Kepler

You may have to adjust your folder options to show all folders, etc.
under "Tools/Folder Options/View/Show hidden Files and Folders"

Hope that helps!

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Editing nasa.all file for SatPC32



Subject: [amsat-bb] Editing nasa.all file for SatPC32
From: Wayne Estes 
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:09:28 -0800



I want to manually add XW-1 Keps to my nasa.all file for SatPC32.

The SatPC32 Satellites menu says the file should be in C:\Documents and
Settings\Wayne Estes\Application Data\SatPC32\Kepler

But the "Application Data" directory doesn't exist.  I searched the
entire C: drive for "nasa.all", and the file wasn't found.

Where the heck does SatPC32 12.8a put the Keps file in WinXP?

Wayne Estes W9AE
Oakland, Oregon, USA

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[amsat-bb] Re: Editing nasa.all file for SatPC32

[Jeff KB2M]

Wayne I wanted to do the same thing. My

 C:\Documents and Settings\kb2m\Application Data\SatPC32\Kepler

 contains all of the kepler files including the nasa.all file. I'm running
XP..

73 Jeff kb2m


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Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 4:09 PM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Editing nasa.all file for SatPC32

I want to manually add XW-1 Keps to my nasa.all file for SatPC32.

The SatPC32 Satellites menu says the file should be in C:\Documents and 
Settings\Wayne Estes\Application Data\SatPC32\Kepler

But the "Application Data" directory doesn't exist.  I searched the 
entire C: drive for "nasa.all", and the file wasn't found.

Where the heck does SatPC32 12.8a put the Keps file in WinXP?

Wayne Estes W9AE
Oakland, Oregon, USA
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[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 FM transponder works great

[i8cvs]

Hi Michael, Chen BD5RV/4

When do you plan to open the linear transponder for SSB/CW operation ?

Tanks for this information

73" de

i8CVS Domenico

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Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 8:47 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] XW-1 FM transponder works great


> All,
>
> I managed to operate the special event station BT3WX to work several
> E2, BY, VR2, XX9 throughout the evening pass of XW-1 using the FM
> transponder. It was the 1st test open of this bird's transponder.
> Everything works just great!
>
> Michael Chen, BD5RV/4
> Email: michael.bd...@gmail.com
> MSN: bd...@jsdxc.org
> Skype: michael-bd5rv
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[amsat-bb] Italy - NA AO51 common windows V/S mode

[IK2CFR marco]

Hallo all,

I'm interested to try AO51 on V/S mode with NA .

I have these UTC windows for US (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont) and Canadian 
Atlantic coast:

dec 16 18:39 to 18:40
dec 17 08:17 to 08:20
dec 18 18:57 to 18:59
 
Always lower then 4deg over the horizon.

My qth near Milan in JN45PP

Best 73

Marco  IK2CFR 
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[amsat-bb] Re: Editing nasa.all file for SatPC32

[PE0SAT]

> I want to manually add XW-1 Keps to my nasa.all file for SatPC32.

Hi,

Add the following http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt to
your keppler data and select object 2009-072A. When XW-1 is added to the
nasa.all file by the keppler maintainers XW-1 will appear in the list and
the 2009-072A object will disappear.

> Wayne Estes W9AE
> Oakland, Oregon, USA

73's


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[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 Decoded telemetry

[Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

I would geuss those channels are for the transponders that are not on.

PE0SAT wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> With the help of www.ham.vgnet.nl/downloads/XW-1_Telemetry_Format.pdf
> I decoded the beacon information I received.
> 
> The output power is fluctuating, is there any idea why this is happening?
> 
> And an other thing, don't we miss a lot of information within the
> telemetry? channels 6 to 13 have a value 000?
> 
> Maybe my decoding isn't correct and other amateurs have other information.
> 
> CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 CH5 CH6 CH7 CH8 CH9 CH10 CH11 CH12 CH13
> BJ1SA XW XW 111 000 120 070 500 000 000 000 000 000  000  000  000  XW XW
> BJ1SA XW XW 111 000 120 135 500 000 000 000 000 000  000  000  000  XW XW
> BJ1SA XW XW 111 000 119 135 500 000 000 000 000 000  000  000  000  XW XW
> BJ1SA XW XW 111 000 119 095 500 000 000 000 000 000  000  000  000  XW XW
> BJ1SA XW XW 111 000 119 150 500 000 000 000 000 000  000  000  000  XW XW
> 
> CH1 PA Output RF Switch Status Status 111=PA2 Works (Beacon only)
> CH2 Transponder Working Status Status 000=Beacon only
> CH3 Transponder Temperature Data First character =0, T= -N First \
>  character=1, T= +Last Two character Celsius
> CH4 Beacon RF Output Power Data P=N mW
> CH5 Beacon Power Supply Voltage Data 000 999 V=N/100 V
> 
> 
> 
> 73's
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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[amsat-bb] Congratulation to AMSAT-China

[Nader Omer]

 
Congratulation to AMSAT-China . A wounderful gift for the New Year .
Thanks AMSAT-CHINA . 
 
73;st2nh
 
www.st2nh.com
 


  
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[amsat-bb] Re: back to DN71

[Rodney Waln]

hi, and sorry to those that were looking forword to DN71..ect ,
do to snow and wind chillis down to -20 it was not faverable to operate
as i would of liked to (with arrow) :-(
the good news is that when i got home there was a 
UC-4364-328RUW antenna waiting for me :-),
Rodney
kc0zhf


  
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[amsat-bb] Re: Editing nasa.all file for SatPC32

[Wayne Estes]

Mark L. Hammond wrote:

> You may have to adjust your folder options to show all folders, etc.
> under "Tools/Folder Options/View/Show hidden Files and Folders"

Wayne replies:

That it!  "Show hidden files" defaulted to "off" when I recovered from a 
hard disk crash a couple months ago.  Apparently it also prevents the 
search function from showing hidden files.

Wayne Estes W9AE
Oakland, Oregon, USA, Cn83ik
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[amsat-bb] XW1 heard in Holland, keppler comment, and audio recording.

[Cor]

Hello All,

I have heard XW1 sat. with a fine signal.
I've used the folowing kepler data which Mineo Wakita earlier posted
in amsat-bb (please read the comment below!).
1 36121U 09072A   09349.15640464 -.0045  0-0  0+0 019
2 36121 100.5046 046.2483 0006436 232.0630 127.9902 13.1899568700
Keep in mind these keppler data are not accurate because I've heard
XW1  3 minutes longer compared to keppler XW1 LOS on my tracker screen!
Last signal (on my radio) heard at 22:24UTC in locator JO23XE.
Used equipment:
Transceiver: Yaesu FT897 with standard ceramic CW filter and 300Hz inrad filter.
Antenna: M2   436CP30 (45 deg. fixed elevation, I can not move up or down!).

An audio recording is to listen here:
http://iss.ontwikkel.nl/15Dec2009_XW1a_low.mp3

An amateur radio operator in Holland (Jan PDØSDO) also could hear the XW1 on
an little GP antenna (about 60cm length).

Congratulations to all who have worked on the XW1 sat!

73's Cor PDØRKC
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[amsat-bb] XW-1 report over Europe

[i8cvs]

Hi All,

To day December 15 signals from the satellite XW-1 CW beacon during
Rev 9 changing into Rev 10 over Europe were very strong and clear with
only a beacon power of 65 mW into a satellite TX antenna RHCP with gain
of 3.0 dBic

The satellite from AOS at 20:12 UTC and LOS at 20:34 UTC was into
the eclipse (ECL) all the time.

My receiving condition was a 12 dBic RHCP 10 turns Helix  antenna
with a low noise preamplifier antenna mounted NF=0.45 dB and Gain
G = 20 dB

I was using a 434-436 / 28-30 MHz  downconverter in the shack connected
to a HF Drake receiver R4-C tuned to the 10 meters IF interposing in
between a 20 dB attenuator with 1 dB steps

The XW-1 beacon was very constant in signal strenght fading very slowly
changing between 20 dB to 15 dB over the noise floor in about 30 seconds
as measured with the 1 dB step attenuator connected into the 28-30 MHz IF
of my receiving system.

The same was experienced during the following Rev 10 changing into Rev 11
over Europe with AOS at 22:06 UTC and LOS at 22:18 UTC with the satellite
in Eclipse (ECL) all the time.

During the above orbit the Elevation from my QTH in JN70ES was only 8
degrees maximum over the free horizon with no obstructions in direction of
the see.

The following keplerian elements as given by Nigel G8IFF for object A are
extremely correct because I losted the signal over the free horizon just at
elevation of - 0.2 degrees as computed by InstantTrack

XW-1
1 36121U 09072A   09349.53641119 -.0045  0-0  0+0 031
2 36121 100.5050 046.6267 0007989 035.4736 324.6735 13.1639108550

That's all for now

I hope that very soon the linear transponder will be open for general use
and stay in SSB/CW as long as possible for the benefit of many users at the
same time.

73" de

i8CVS Domenico





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[amsat-bb] XW-1 beacon heard in Oz

[vk5alx]

Good signal from the 200mW beacon over Australia at 23:00 UTC December
15
Well done.
Alex VK5ALX


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[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 FM transponder works great

[Bruce Robertson]

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Michael Chen  wrote:
> All,
>
> I managed to operate the special event station BT3WX to work several
> E2, BY, VR2, XX9 throughout the evening pass of XW-1 using the FM
> transponder. It was the 1st test open of this bird's transponder.
> Everything works just great!

This is really exciting, Michael! We're delighted that the FM
transponder is working. With such a big footprint it will be a
remarkable experience for newcomers and oldtimers alike.

For my part, my QTH in Maritime (Eastern) Canada will have a 3 deg.
elevation view to the XW-1 at the same time that Moscow, Russia has a
3 deg. elevation view. Imagine that FM to FM!

73, Bruce

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[amsat-bb] XW-1 over Brazil

[Roland Zurmely]

Good signal from XW-1 beacon !
Spectrogram of CW signal and telemetry decoding here:
 
http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/satelite.htm#xw
 
73 de Roland


  
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[amsat-bb] XW 1 CW Beacon Heard

[Mani VU2WMY]

Hi all,
The beacon was heard over India during 16:45 pass. The max elevation  
was 54 Deg. The beacon was pretty strong and 5-6 VU stations copied  
with no big set up. All the stations copied using "J" and "Slim Jims".

Sure, XW 1 is going to open up a new interest in satellite working and  
truly an amazing "New Year Gift" from AMSAT-CHINA. Thank you guys for  
that wonderful gift.

73 de

Mani, VU2WMY
Secretary & Station-In-Charge
Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC
ISRO Satellite Centre
Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017.
Phone:(O)91-80-2508 2054/2192/2537
Mobile:  91-80-98803 41456
E-mail ID: w...@isac.gov.in
vu2wmy_m...@yahoo.com
isroh...@yahoo.com
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[amsat-bb] XW-1 CW beacon report

[Andrew Glasbrenner]

Very strong signal over -NA this evening, SDR display indicates 20 to 25 
db out of the noise. Receive system here is M2 CP30, LHCP, mast mounted 
SSB preamp, R7000 and SDR-IQ.

73, Drew KO4MA
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[amsat-bb] XW-1 Pass over FN02ox

[John Marranca, Jr]

AWESOME!

We had an amazing 75 degree pass here...and not only could the CW beacon be
heard quite low on the horizon, but it exhibited very little fade.  What's
even more exciting, is that looking ahead, XW-1 promises many TRANS-ATLANTIC
QSOs with Western Europe from the Northeast.

Thank you AMSAT China.  Good job!

John KB2HSH

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[amsat-bb] Mode J filter

[Jabi]

I want to buy one Mode J filter for work  V/U mode.

Please send oferts via mail to this list.

73,s de Jabi, EA2ARU.

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[amsat-bb] AO-51 S BAND REPORT

[Luc Leblanc]

On the 1550 EDT Dec 15) pass i was able to copy from AOS TO LOS if it was not 
the presence of 2 deep fades one of 15 seconds (making signal 
going below my noise level) and the other near 30 seconds (making signal just 
above the noise level) on a +-3 minutes cycle i cannot see 
much difference from the before attitude change but it will have to be 
reevaluated when the sat return back to his previous attitude.


"-"


Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
Skype VE2DWE
www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
DSTAR urcall VE2DWE
WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

 
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[amsat-bb] Re: Other satellite?

[Luc Leblanc]

On 15 Dec 2009 at 15:21, Robert Bruninga wrote:

Date sent:  Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:21:12 -0500
From:   Robert Bruninga 
Subject:[amsat-bb]  Other satellite?
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Send reply to:  bruni...@usna.edu

> What is the other satellite I am hearing on XW-1's freq?
> A buzzing downlink.
> Both IO-26 and PO-28 are in view.
> Are they still emitting?
> 
> Bob, WB4APR

Could be the SC polar orbiting sat? He was supposed to be launch around 
December 24 UTC (23 EDT)? i just remember to have read something on 
the Kodiak launch site about a LEO sat but Google still return nothing.

Anyone having more details on this new sat launch will be welcome my google 
search does not report anything useful yet.


"-"


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Skype VE2DWE
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DSTAR urcall VE2DWE
WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

 
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[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 FM transponder works great

[John Marranca, Jr]

Perhaps this is the "in-between" bird we have been praying for???

John KB2HSH

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[amsat-bb] XW-1 Keps

[Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF]

Here's the latest from SpaceTrack.
I wouldn't trust their naming of the objects yet as objects A or C seem to fit 
XW-1.

YAOGAN 8
1 36121U 09072A   09349.61241651 -.0045  0-0  0+0 048
2 36121 100.4991 046.6982 0008204 030.3561 329.8032 13.1639361567
XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1)
1 36122U 09072B   09349.61246623 -.0045  0-0  0+0 065
2 36122 100.5034 046.7001 0008781 040.4025 319.7738 13.1627987569
CZ-4C R/B
1 36123U 09072C   09349.60184546 -.0048  0-0  0+0 041
2 36123 100.4335 046.6805 0157735 026.1217 334.7744 13.4597364340


Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
> Here's a newer set.
> 
> OBJECT A
> 1 36121U 09072A   09349.53641119 -.0045  0-0  0+0 031
> 2 36121 100.5050 046.6267 0007989 035.4736 324.6735 13.1639108550
> OBJECT B
> 1 36122U 09072B   09349.60184596 -.0048  0-0  0+0 034
> 2 36122 100.4355 046.6836 0157547 026.2661 334.6385 13.4597459266
> OBJECT C
> 1 36123U 09072C   09349.53641470 -.0045  0-0  0+0 033
> 2 36123 100.5030 046.6262 0008203 039.9377 320.0405 13.1628602635
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[amsat-bb] XW-1 Heard over VU

[Nitin Muttin [VU3TYG]]

All,

I heard the beacon of the XW1 during the 16:32 UTC pass on 15th
Dec.VU2BJZ,VU2WMY and VU2GUR also heard the CW beacon. The signals were good
right from AOS to LOS. The CW telemetry said that the beacon RF output power
was 123 mw and the beacon power supply was as 0.65 volts. I used the
telemetry decode application provided by the XW1 team.

Recording of the telemetry signal can be found at
http://vu3tyg.addr.com/XW1/XW1-Beacon.zip and the screen shot of the
decoding application showing the data at
http://vu3tyg.addr.com/XW1/xw-1data.GIF

Congratulations AMSAT China on the successful launch and all the very best
for the testing and activation of the payloads.

73's
Nitin [VU3TYG]
Secretary,AMSAT INDIA
www.amsatindia.org 





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[amsat-bb] XW-1 Beacon collection

[Michael Chen]

Guys,


If possible, please send me the audio record, content, your QTH,
callsign, date/time of the XW-1 beacon you heard by email.

Later, you'll be able to upload it via web. But now, only email works.


Michael Chen, BD5RV/4
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