[amsat-bb] Estonia Gets 3400 MHz Allocation
Estonian Radio Amateurs now have an allocation at 3400-3401 MHz. They can run 20dBW at antenna elevations below 10 degrees and 30dBW at elevations above 10 degrees. This is the same as for their 13cm allocation. This is welcome news and must increase the chances of getting a 3400 MHz Amateur Satellite Service allocation in ITU Region 1. It would be helpful if Amateurs/Societies in Region 1 countries without an existing allocation could press their regulator for access to 3400 MHz. A map of CEPT countries with a 3400 MHz Amateur Radio Service allocation can be seen at: http://www.microwavers.org/3400mhz.htm The Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) in its response to the WRC-12 consultation requested the UK communications regulator Ofcom to consider an allocation of 3400-3410 MHz for the Amateur Satellite Service in ITU Region 1, see http://www.southgatearc.org/news/march2010/rsgb_wrc12_response.htm 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Swiss TIsat-1 and Estonian ESTCube-1
Swiss TIsat-1 ready for launch http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2010/tisat_1.htm Estonian Amateur Radio CubeSat ESTCube-1 http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2010/estonian_cubesat.htm 73 Trevor M5AKA Daily Amateur Radio Email/RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ Email Your News To: editor at southgatearc.org Or Upload Using Form At: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news_1.htm ___ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 power up, PL test tomorrow
Well, the PL mode is still off. We'll try again this afternoon. 73, Drew KO4MA Andrew Glasbrenner wrote: This evening I shut the 435.150 transmitter off and raised 435.300 to near 2 watts output. Tomorrow morning I plan to turn on the new PL routine. This improved routine will turn the downlink on with an unsquelched uplink when it hears a 67 hz tone. I plan on leaving a tail of several minutes, so the transmitter will stay on without hearing a tone for an interval of several minutes. What does this mean for the user? It would be helpful to program in a 67 hz PL tone again, but not absolutely required as long as someone else in the footprint does. It also means if you are the first person in the footprint (not very likely in North America, Europe, or Japan) you might not hear the satellite until after it hears 67hz for a few seconds. If all goes well, we'll continue this mode through the mode change Sunday night. Reports from when the downlink turns on or off would be appreciated. 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Operations ___ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] FT-847 CAT Question
I just got my FT-847 back from Yaesu for repairs due to a lightning strike. The radio powers up and what little I've checked seems to work except for the CAT port. 1. I have tried both SatPC32 and HRD to talk to the radio, but nothing happens. I don't even get the CAT indicator on the radio which, if memory serves, would show up even if I had erroneous settings you just couldn't do anything with the radio / software. 2. I have changed to slower baud rates in the programs and correspondingly, the baud rate in the FT-847. 3. I have changed baud rates in device manager for this COM port. 4. I have changed that COM port flow control from none to Xon/Xoff to hardware with no change. 5. I have changed HRD to use DTR, DTR and RTS, and just RTS. 6. I just tried a reset of all settings on the FT-847 and that still does not solve the issue. 7. I have checked the null-modem cable with an RS-232 tester and it appears good. 8. I just hooked that tester up to the cable with the other end of the cable connected to the radio and pins 2, 3, and 5 lit up. (Strange, I cannot duplicate that test now - nothing lights up on the RS-232 tester.) At this point, I'm pretty sure my CAT port got taken out too (there was no way for me to test this before sending back to Yaesu as the radio would not power up) after the event. However, I'm open to the possibility that I have missed something. I am leaning heavily toward just using it as is. There was a time when I was using an IC-821, that I didn't have CAT control, but I do miss my HRD. :( I would like to add that I am using a Prolific USB-to-serial converter that works flawlessly with my FT-857. Thanks for any help or advice. 73, Joel, W4JBB AMSAT #32589 ___ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] N. Europe AO-7
Real soon at 2040Z I will have a good footprint into N. Europe, maybe even Eric in PA1, around 145952+/- CW 73 Bob W7LRD CN87wk Seattle ___ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] satpc32/moon
Can we get satpc32 to track the moon? 73 Bob W7LRD ___ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: satpc32/moon
Bob, The program SuM that comes with SATPC32 will do that for you. Dave -KB1PVH Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID On Apr 10, 2010 5:04 PM, Bob- W7LRD w7...@comcast.net wrote: Can we get satpc32 to track the moon? 73 Bob W7LRD ___ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 power up, PL test tomorrow
PL is on as of about 2215Z. Before LOS I heard it drop twice for a second or two until it heard a valid tone again. This will happen about every 120 seconds. Reports are welcome, especially from remote users/areas. 73, Drew KO4MA Andrew Glasbrenner wrote: Well, the PL mode is still off. We'll try again this afternoon. 73, Drew KO4MA Andrew Glasbrenner wrote: This evening I shut the 435.150 transmitter off and raised 435.300 to near 2 watts output. Tomorrow morning I plan to turn on the new PL routine. This improved routine will turn the downlink on with an unsquelched uplink when it hears a 67 hz tone. I plan on leaving a tail of several minutes, so the transmitter will stay on without hearing a tone for an interval of several minutes. What does this mean for the user? It would be helpful to program in a 67 hz PL tone again, but not absolutely required as long as someone else in the footprint does. It also means if you are the first person in the footprint (not very likely in North America, Europe, or Japan) you might not hear the satellite until after it hears 67hz for a few seconds. If all goes well, we'll continue this mode through the mode change Sunday night. Reports from when the downlink turns on or off would be appreciated. 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Operations ___ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] usb to serial adapter woes
I hope someone can shed light. I'm using SatPC32, but that does not affect this problem. Awhile back I was forced to recycle both of my older computers that had one built in 9-pin serial port. Then, I connected the built-in port to the GS-232B rotor interface. I also purchased some HL USB-RS232 USB-to-Serial adapters, a cable with USB on one end and a 9 pin RS232 on the other end. I used this gadget to control my transceiver (which is a IC910H). Now I have a new computer which has no (zero) built in serial ports. I'm trying to use two of the USB-to-Serial gadgets and have run into trouble. If I disconnect all grounding back through the power, I can get one of the two to work, either the rotor or the rig-control, but not both at the same time. Without disconnecting grounding, neither work. It does not matter whether I'm plugging the USB ends directly into the computer, using a passive USB hub, or a powered hub--same result. All I have to do to get this to fail...is... Even if the USB ends are not plugged into the computer and the rig control box is powered off and unplugged from power, if I just touch the metal shield on the USB cable going to the rig control onto the shield connection in the computer or hub, that causes the rotor control to fail. When it fails, The azimuth reading on the G-5500 drops all the way to zero. The elevation meter is unaffected. It acts like a ground loop somewhere, but where and how? I've tried disconnecting the coaxes from the transceiver but no change. I'm thinking about scrapping these USB-to-Serial things and going to a 4-Port Keyspan box. HELP!! 73, Larry W7IN - DN27 in Plains, Montana ___ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-101 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-101 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-edi...@amsat.org * The AMSAT team is preparing for the 2010 Dayton Hamvention AMSAT * * Booth and activities. For the latest information go to: * *http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/hamvention/2010/Dayton.php * In this edition: * AO-51 New PL Operation Being Tested * Deadline Approaching To Reserve Rooms in AMSAT Block At Dayton * USSTRATCOM Approves Continued AMSAT TLE Distribution * Ten Hams in Orbit Now * Estonian University Plans Amateur Radio CubeSat * Arecibo on 432 MHz Moon Bounce * ARISS Status - 5 April 2010 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-101.01 AO-51 New PL Operation Being Tested AMSAT News Service Bulletin 101.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. April 11, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-101.01 Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, reports that AO-51's 435.150 transmitter has been turned off and the 435.300 transmitter raised to near 2 watts output. On Saturday, 10 April, the new PL routine was turned on. This improved routine will turn the downlink on with an unsquelched uplink when it hears a 67 hz tone. The plan is to leave a tail of several minutes, so the transmitter will stay on without hearing a tone for an interval of several minutes. What does this mean for the user? It would be helpful to program in a 67 hz PL tone again, but not absolutely required as long as someone else in the footprint does. It also means if you are the first person in the footprint (not very likely in North America, Europe, or Japan) you might not hear the satellite until after it hears 67hz for a few seconds. Reports from when the downlink turns on or off would be appreciated. 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Operations [ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-101.02 Deadline Approaching To Reserve Rooms in AMSAT Block At Dayton AMSAT News Service Bulletin 101.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. April 11, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-101.02 Again a friendly reminder that the cutoff date for the AMSAT block of rooms in Dayton is April 13th. If you are planning to stay with us, please call me at 301-589-6062 to make your reservation. I will need a credit card number to hold the room. [ANS thanks Martha for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-101.03 USSTRATCOM Approves Continued AMSAT TLE Distribution AMSAT News Service Bulletin 101.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. April 11, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-101.03 AMSAT-NA Orbital Data Manager Ray Hoad, WA5QGD said this week, I am pleased to announce that AMSAT NA has received approval to continue re-distribution of Keplerian elements from the USSTRATCOM data source (Space Track website) for the period April 1, 2010 to April 1, 2011. Thanks to the USSTRATCOM team and especially to Mr. Mark Riddle for their help in this process. This means that the AMSAT Keplerian Elements in verbose format and the 2-line format can be freely distributed by those who recieve them from AMSAT. AMSAT's two formats are each considered an AMSAT product and therefore can be freely distributed. AMSAT asks that AMSAT-NA be given credit as the source for your redistribution. [ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-101.04 Ten Hams in Orbit Now AMSAT News Service Bulletin 101.04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. April 11, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-101.04 Six of the seven astronauts on the shuttle Discovery are licensed radio amateurs and will join four radio hams already on the Inter- national Space Station (ISS). The shuttle Discovery (STS131) crew consists of: Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, KE5DAT Stephanie Wilson, KD5DZE Naoko Yamazaki, KE5DAS James P. Dutton, Jr., KE5HOE, Rick Mastracchio, KC5ZTE, Clayton Anderson, KD5PLA Alan Poindexter Already onboard the ISS are radio hams: Tracy Caldwell Dyson, KF5DBF Timothy J. Creamer, KC5WKI Soichi Noguchi, KD5TVP Mikhail Kornienko, RN3BF along with Oleg Kotov and Alexander Skvortsov. [ANS thanks SouthGate ARC and ISS Fan Club for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-101.05 Estonian University Plans Amateur Radio CubeSat AMSAT News Service Bulletin 101.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. April 11, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-101.05 IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination reports the University of Tartu, Estonia, has submitted a frequency coordination application to the IARU for an Amateur Radio CubeSat called ESTCube-1. The proposal
[amsat-bb] Re: BeeSat at 4800 GMSK
Hi Nate, the D-STAR protocol is only GMSK at 4800 bps and they selected a time-bandwidth product of 0.5. 4,800 bps or 4k8 is perhaps not talked about as that IS the standard for D-STAR. So the software there might be adaptable. that is the reason I thought to suggest it. Good luck and 73, Tom n4zpt Nathaniel S. Parsons wrote: Hi Tom, My mind had indeed played a trick on me, and I remembered MFSK as MSK. As far as the DStar group goes, I don't see any mention of 4800 bps or 4k8 kbps on the public page, so if it's not the group's focus, I don't want to have to rely on that solution. Thanks, -Nate KC2SVI ___ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: BeeSat at 4800 GMSK
Well, make that the digital voice part of the protocol. The high speed digital data part is up to 128kbps which was not what I was thinking of. 73, tom n4zpt Tom Azlin N4ZPT wrote: Hi Nate, the D-STAR protocol is only GMSK at 4800 bps and they selected a time-bandwidth product of 0.5. 4,800 bps or 4k8 is perhaps not talked about as that IS the standard for D-STAR. So the software there might be adaptable. that is the reason I thought to suggest it. Good luck and 73, Tom n4zpt Nathaniel S. Parsons wrote: Hi Tom, My mind had indeed played a trick on me, and I remembered MFSK as MSK. As far as the DStar group goes, I don't see any mention of 4800 bps or 4k8 kbps on the public page, so if it's not the group's focus, I don't want to have to rely on that solution. Thanks, -Nate KC2SVI ___ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: BeeSat at 4800 GMSK
Ah, thanks for clarifying. Unfortunately, if I understand you correctly, we would have to talk to our satellite via digital voice, or at 128kbps, which would be great if we could! -Nate On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 10:15 PM, Tom Azlin N4ZPT n4...@cox.net wrote: Well, make that the digital voice part of the protocol. The high speed digital data part is up to 128kbps which was not what I was thinking of. 73, tom n4zpt Tom Azlin N4ZPT wrote: Hi Nate, the D-STAR protocol is only GMSK at 4800 bps and they selected a time-bandwidth product of 0.5. 4,800 bps or 4k8 is perhaps not talked about as that IS the standard for D-STAR. So the software there might be adaptable. that is the reason I thought to suggest it. Good luck and 73, Tom n4zpt Nathaniel S. Parsons wrote: Hi Tom, My mind had indeed played a trick on me, and I remembered MFSK as MSK. As far as the DStar group goes, I don't see any mention of 4800 bps or 4k8 kbps on the public page, so if it's not the group's focus, I don't want to have to rely on that solution. Thanks, -Nate KC2SVI ___ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ 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! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
