[amsat-bb] correction... Re: Re: BeeSat at 4800 GMSK

2010-04-08 Thread Tom Azlin N4ZPT
OOPs  not identical

Tom Azlin N4ZPT wrote:
> I was not aware MixW had MSK in it but still identical to GMSK. Perhaps 
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[amsat-bb] Re: BeeSat at 4800 GMSK

2010-04-08 Thread Tom Azlin N4ZPT
Hi Nate,

I was not aware MixW had MSK in it but still identical to GMSK. Perhaps 
you are thinking of MFSK? In the MixW program there is MSFK16, a 
multitone frequency shift signal, is supported, but not Minimum Shift 
Keying or Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying signals. And also FSK, aka RTTY.

There is work going on to make a sound card 4800 bps 0.5 time-bandwidth 
product GMSK soundcard modems for use in GMSK DV adapters to use with 
D-STAR radios. Perhaps that could be adapted for your purpose?

http://www.qsl.net/kb9mwr/projects/voip/dstar/G4KLX.html seems to 
describe some of the work.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dstar_development/ and 
ttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcrepeatercontroller/ are where I see the 
discussion underway.

Separate discussion is using an external sound card interface like the 
Rigblaster, to connect a computer and radio.

73, Tom n4zpt

Nathaniel S. Parsons wrote:
> Can I assume MSK=GMSK? I thought they were different, but they are the same,
> and since MixW has MSK, and I could use that with a Rigblaster, etc, right?
> 
> -Nate
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[amsat-bb] FW: Amateur Radio High Altitude Ballooning

2010-04-08 Thread Robert Bruninga
Oops, here is the info on the Colorado Balloon this Saturday:

> ... around ~630 AM MDT (1230UTC) this Saturday (April 10th),
>... going to be attempting to stream the launch and recovery 
> live on the internet
> ... carrying 24 lbs of [student] payloads...
> from Windsor, CO at 0700 MDT. The balloon will ascend to 
> ~102,000 feet, burst, and the payload will then descend 
> under parachute. The current prediction has the landing 
> at ~0915 MDT near the Colorado/Nebraska border, 
> ~90 miles downrange from launch.
>
> The balloon will be carrying an APRS beacon, 
> callsign AE0SS-11, on 144.340 MHz , as well as 
> a CW DF Beacon on 147.555 MHz.  At apogee, both 
> beacons should be copyable throughout Colorado 
> and well into surrounding states.
>
> Links:
> For live video and links to live tracking, visit 
> http://www.eoss.tv or more detailed information:
> http://www.eoss.org

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[amsat-bb] FW: Amateur Radio High Altitude Ballooning

2010-04-08 Thread Robert Bruninga
Tracking two APRS balloons!  (one on the east coast!)

Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: Amateur Radio High Altitude Ballooning

The Vienna Wireless Society (Virginia) is planning our 8th
amateur radio balloon flight on May 1st. Info on previous
flights can be found at
http://www.viennawireless.org/balloon/index.php. WWS-8 is
probably a 1200 gram balloon with 2m and 70cm APRS carried by a
single 2-3 pound payload.

Also:
> if anyone is up and around at ~630 AM MDT (1230UTC) 
> this Saturday (April 10th)... We are going 
> to be launching EOSS' 150th high altitude balloon 
> flight, and are going to be attempting to stream the 
> launch and recovery live on the internet. 

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[amsat-bb] Re: Lithium-Air Batteries

2010-04-08 Thread Clint Bradford
>> ... oxygen is freely available ...

Sorry ... I just thought it was an interesting "general purpose" post ... for 
our land-based projects.

Clint
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[amsat-bb] K4T on YouTube

2010-04-08 Thread Mike
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifoDk36CaWA

 

The next version will have the 127 grids worked on it!  Hope you enjoy.

 

73,

Mike Forsythe, AC2V

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[amsat-bb] Out of the office

2010-04-08 Thread Martha
A reminder that I will be out of the office on Friday and Monday.  Going to
the beach with my family.

-- 
73- Martha
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[amsat-bb] Re: BeeSat at 4800 GMSK

2010-04-08 Thread Nathaniel S. Parsons
Thanks everyone who has responded. If you emailed me personally, I hope I
have gotten back to you already (otherwise, please try to send again in a
way my filter won't catch). For those that cc'd the list:

John - Thanks for the link, I'll look through it as soon as possible.

Henk - Thanks for the dk3wn website, it looks like it has a lot of good
stuff (almost overwhelming).

Can I assume MSK=GMSK? I thought they were different, but they are the same,
and since MixW has MSK, and I could use that with a Rigblaster, etc, right?

-Nate

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 3:17 PM, John B. Stephensen wrote:

> Symek sells modems that can be modified for operation at 4.8-614.4 kbaud (
> http://www.symek.com/g/index-g.html).
>
> 73,
>
> John
> KD6OZH
>
> - Original Message - From: "Nathaniel S. Parsons" <
> ns...@cornell.edu>
> To: "AMSAT-BB" 
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 16:40 UTC
> Subject: [amsat-bb] BeeSat at 4800 GMSK
>
>
>  Hi all,
>>
>> I didn't get a response the last time I asked, so I'll try again, slightly
>> differently.
>>
>> What TNC or TNC-like equipment do I need to listen to BeeSat at 4800 bps?
>> I
>> have a TS-2000, yagi antenna, rotator, and KAM-XL, but the KAM-XL can only
>> do GMSK at 9600 bps.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for your time,
>>
>> Nate KC2SVI
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[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 software crash

2010-04-08 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
> Sometime this afternoon AO-51 had another software crash. Reloading is 
> in progress and we may be back up by tomorrow.
>   
The repeater is back up and open for use.

73, Drew KO4MA
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[amsat-bb] Watch a DNEPR launch on the web this "afternoon"!

2010-04-08 Thread Graham Shirville
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cryosat/SEMILVZNK7G_0.html

CryoSat, ESA's ice mission, is scheduled for launch today at 15:57 CEST (13:57 
UTC). Live web streaming starts at 15:35 CEST (13:35 UTC).
 
CryoSat-2 will be placed into orbit 700 km above the Earth by a Russian Dnepr 
rocket launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The launch operator 
is Kosmotras.
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