[amsat-bb] Re: SRMVU Keps?

[Nick Pugh K5QXJ]

I have been using object D and it does a fair job in keeping up with the
Doppler shift. The signal get up to 6db above the noise with fades in the
noise during the pass. I have a 15 db gain antenna and a system noise figure
about 2 db.

nick 

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Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 8:33 AM
To: Carl Rimmer W8KRF
Cc: Sanjay Srikanth Nekkanti AB3OE; amsat-bb@amsat.org; Dinesh Cyanam KC2YQJ
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SRMVU Keps?

Great to hear from you regrding SRMSAT.

Thanks a lot, it would be great if you provide telemetry data for entire
pass.


73's
KF5HDB
Sandeep Mani Tripathi
Team SRMSAT
Chennai,India
+919884858514


*Life is a Journey.not a Destination. Enjoy the Trip !!!*



On 18 October 2011 18:25, Carl Rimmer W8KRF  wrote:

> This morning I initially used the lastest Keps for Object B and was able
to
> copy the CW telemetry, however, at Object B's LOS, I was still copying the
> signal.  I switched to Object D and was able to copy CW for another minute
> or so before LOS which corresponded with the Object D LOS.  Hopefully, I
> will be home for the next pass and will use Object D for SRMVU.
>
> The telemetry I copied was SRMVU C Z Z P C C at EN91ck for the 0043UTC
> (approx)  7 degree pass.
>
> 73,
> --
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[amsat-bb] Re: KickSat - a personal spacecraft of your own in space

[William Leijenaar]

Hi Steve,

I don't agree that "the more people that get a taste of satellites, the better".
AMSAT will then turn from quality into quantity, with a high risk that it will 
get out of control (RF wise and launch space wise) with so many small sat 
projects.

Now everything is scattered into small satellites (mostly CubeSat) and the big 
satellites that can unite the international AMSAT community are pushed 
backwards into the big crowd.
Every real AMSAT ham still knows about the AO10, AO13, AO40, FO20/29... even 
after they stopped working. I wonder how many will remember all those Cubes... 

I would more like to see that people get interrested in the technology and try 
to get there ham license because of interrest in technology.
Nowadays a license is not really needed, just a dongle and software and you can 
say you are working on satellites.
Nice for students to get "a taste from the small cookies", but not to "have a 
big meal when you get more hungry", as there is not many big food available 
(big satellites).

I really support the idea to help newcommers, but in my opinion it is getting 
out of balance... 
(I believe due to the commercial and publicity value of those Cubes...) 

73 de PE1RAH
William Leijenaar


>>William, I have wondered about this, too.
>>
>>I have come to think of these as seeds.  Seeds that plant the idea of
>>satellites in the heads of people and make them want larger, better
>>(heo) systems.
>>
>>They won't last that long, so the idea of RF pollution isn't really
>>there.  And, if the sat sub-band can have a section devoted to these
>>cube sats such that they aren't everywhere, even better.
>>
>>The more people that get a taste of satellites, the better.
>>
>>--STeve Andre'
>>wb8wsf  en72
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[amsat-bb] Horyu-2

[Mineo Wakita]

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/horyu2jp.htm

JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita


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[amsat-bb] SRMVU Recording 2011_10_19_1221UTC

[Carl Rimmer W8KRF]

Another 7 degree pass at 1221UTC.

73,
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[amsat-bb] SRMVU Recording 10-19-2011 1032UTC

[Carl Rimmer W8KRF]

Recording of SRMVU (Object D) pass on 10-19-2011 1032UTC.  Locator: 
EN91ck  7 degree max elevation pass.


Setup: SatPC32 with LVB Tracker; G-5400B Az/El rotator; Kenwood TS-2000; 
Antenna M^2 436CP30; ARR MSP432VDG-160 Mast Mounted Preamp.


I did notice a change in the change in the Temperature Status during the 
pass.  Initially, it was P but changed to X at approximately the middle 
of the pass.   All other parameters remained constant.


73,
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[amsat-bb] Re: cost HEO

[tosca005]

On Oct 18 2011, Bob- W7LRD wrote:


With the occasional conversations going on with leo, nano sat, GEO, cube 
sat, heo, etc.  Just what does it cost to put these gizzmos up there?  
Who are the major players who do the putting?  More and more countries and 
private companies are developing this capability.  Competition is the cost 
equalizer.  I mean what if North Korea said, "we can do that for for 
cheap".  To save face would say NASA , "step up"?  I, and we in the 
majority do not understand all the ramifications political 
and otherwise to be made in these decisions.  I do know we (AMSAT) have 
some very smart and "well placed" people within the industry.  I hear the 
term, "benevolent benefactor",  "pool our visa cards", "get lottery 
tickets", etc.  I have yet to see a "dig in our heels" concept and make it 
happen.  There is not a specific answer to these questions and ideas.  I 
feel it important to keep this carrot in front of our nose.




Bob:

I'll let someone who knows more about this answer your question as directly 
as possible. In the mean time, I would (sadly) point out that the US has a 
law on the books with the acronym ITAR (International Trafficing in Arms 
Regulations). The people who enforce it believe that satellite technology 
counts as "Arms" (weapons) and so if we built a satellite and shipped it to 
Korea (or even if we shipped it to the United Kingdom for that matter) we 
would be threatened with huge fines and possibly jail time. Case in point, 
AMSAT-NA had to pull out of the Phase 3e project with AMSAT-DL because of 
the crazy way that this law is being enforced. I am especially sickened by 
this fact because when I read the regulations in question, I see explicit 
exceptions to the rule of what constitutes regulated "Arms" that ought to 
apply to us. But I'm not a lawyer so what do I know?


73 John, W0JT

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[amsat-bb] Prospero

[Roger Duthie]

Some of you may have heard that a team in the UK are trying to 
re-contact and old British launched satellite for the anniversary of its 
launch (28th October 1971).


We've been given a licence to transmit and will be testing our 
re-engineered ground-segment in the next fortnight.  The passes we are 
going to concentrate on will be as far out west as possible, as to 
minimise QRM from Europe.  Earth is a lot more EM noisy than it was in 1971.


If anyone in the UK wants to try and tune in to the downlink, you can 
help ID any response we get from the old bird.  The passes are 
summarised here:


https://public.sheet.zoho.com/public/rjaduthie/prospero-passes-in-the-next-fortnight

There are other passes, though these are the ones which are out west.  
We'll see how we do.


-Roger

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m0rja



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[amsat-bb] Re: Prospero

[PE0SAT]

Nice !

I am not in the UK but would like listen for this old bird.

I found the following TLE on space-track

PROSPERO (BLACK ARROW)
1 05580U 71093A   11291.61144574 +.2376 +0-0 +56163-3 0 09176
2 05580 082.0410 258.8711 0544021 299.6964 055.1125 13.90307377003077

What download freq and modulation can we listen for?

73 Jan PE0SAT

On Wed, October 19, 2011 15:29, Roger Duthie wrote:
> Some of you may have heard that a team in the UK are trying to
> re-contact and old British launched satellite for the anniversary of its
> launch (28th October 1971).
>
> We've been given a licence to transmit and will be testing our
> re-engineered ground-segment in the next fortnight.  The passes we are
> going to concentrate on will be as far out west as possible, as to
> minimise QRM from Europe.  Earth is a lot more EM noisy than it was in
> 1971.
>
> If anyone in the UK wants to try and tune in to the downlink, you can
> help ID any response we get from the old bird.  The passes are
> summarised here:
>
> https://public.sheet.zoho.com/public/rjaduthie/prospero-passes-in-the-next-fortnight
>
> There are other passes, though these are the ones which are out west.
> We'll see how we do.
>
> -Roger
>
> --
> ---
> Roger J A Duthie
> m0rja
>


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[amsat-bb] Did something change on AO-51??

[Jeff Lamb]

Is it just me or has something happened to the power level on AO-51 recently? 
Ever since Frank & Clayton (K4FEG & W5PFG) 'broke' it Monday evening on the 
2130Z pass (just kidding guys), my receive audio has been 'scratchy' like I'm 
not getting enough signal into the receiver. Nothing has changed on my end and 
though I usually run mobile, I was sitting in a parking lot for that pass 
instead of driving down the road, I'm just curious if anything got changed 
during the reset.
AO-51 has been my favorite satellite since I got started doing them 2 1/2 years 
ago and I cringe every time she 'goes down' knowing that we may never hear from 
her again.

Jeff Lamb,
NX9B (EM66)

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[amsat-bb] Re: Did something change on AO-51??

[Mark L. Hammond]

Hi Jeff,

I assure you, nobody broke it on Monday :)I simply had it in
telemetry mode in order to grab fresh telemetry (battery voltages,
temperatures, etc.).   The bird never went down; I simply changed from
voice, to digital, back to voice.

No change in the power was made, it's still running just under 1 watt (980 mW).

The crazy thing has been operating without a crash for what---10-12
weeks now?   I've lost track, which is a GREAT thing!  It's a real
surprise that the bird is running on only 4 out of the 6 original
cells in the battery, all the way through eclipse at full smoke.

It won't last forever...so enjoy it while it lasts!

73,

Mark N8MH
AO-51 Command Station



On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Jeff Lamb  wrote:
> Is it just me or has something happened to the power level on AO-51 recently? 
> Ever since Frank & Clayton (K4FEG & W5PFG) 'broke' it Monday evening on the 
> 2130Z pass (just kidding guys), my receive audio has been 'scratchy' like I'm 
> not getting enough signal into the receiver. Nothing has changed on my end 
> and though I usually run mobile, I was sitting in a parking lot for that pass 
> instead of driving down the road, I'm just curious if anything got changed 
> during the reset.
> AO-51 has been my favorite satellite since I got started doing them 2 1/2 
> years ago and I cringe every time she 'goes down' knowing that we may never 
> hear from her again.
>
> Jeff Lamb,
> NX9B (EM66)
>
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-- 
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[amsat-bb] Informal ARISSat-1 Poll

[Clint Bradford]

My informal "poll" of Web site visitors to ...

http://web.me.com/clintbradford/Work-Sat/ARISSat-1.html

... were given a link to an informal ARISSat-1 poll: "Will You be Working 
ARISSat-1?"

Almost 300 responded, able to choose multiple modes ...

YES - Monitoring the FM voice announcements, 249 - 34.16%
YES - SSTV, 132,  - 18.11%
YES - Transponder, linear, inverting - SSB/CW, 114 - 15.64%
YES - Telemetry, 99 - 13.58%
YES - Morse code beacon, BPSK-400, 66 - 9.05%
YES - Morse code beacon, BPSK-1000, 66 - 9.05%

No interest - sorry! - ONE, 0.41%


Clint Bradford, K6LCS

NOTE: The author of this message wishes to point out, in case it was not 
already embarassingly, 
ridiculously obvious, that the "poll" data is in no manner scientific in 
nature. Results are offered 
for entertainment purposes only. 
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[amsat-bb] Re: Did something change on AO-51??

[Clayton Coleman W5PFG]

Just to set the record straight, Frank/K4FEG broke it, not me.  I am
an innocent victim in this sinister plot.  I think he needs to be put
on double-secret-probation under the watchful eye of the other EM55
satellite operators.

If anything, I thought the power was increased after the telemetry.
After speaking with another on that pass who shared the same thought,
I emailed Drew to find out that the power is still set to just under a
watt.  I can't explain why I saw a signal strength "bump" after the
telemetry download, but I know what I saw.  Either way, that bird is
working great!

Kudos to the entire team keeping this satellite usable despite the
battery situation.

73,
Clayton
W5PFG

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Mark L. Hammond
 wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> I assure you, nobody broke it on Monday :)    I simply had it in
> telemetry mode in order to grab fresh telemetry (battery voltages,
> temperatures, etc.).   The bird never went down; I simply changed from
> voice, to digital, back to voice.
>
> No change in the power was made, it's still running just under 1 watt (980 
> mW).
>
> The crazy thing has been operating without a crash for what---10-12
> weeks now?   I've lost track, which is a GREAT thing!  It's a real
> surprise that the bird is running on only 4 out of the 6 original
> cells in the battery, all the way through eclipse at full smoke.
>
> It won't last forever...so enjoy it while it lasts!
>
> 73,
>
> Mark N8MH
> AO-51 Command Station
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Jeff Lamb  wrote:
>> Is it just me or has something happened to the power level on AO-51 
>> recently? Ever since Frank & Clayton (K4FEG & W5PFG) 'broke' it Monday 
>> evening on the 2130Z pass (just kidding guys), my receive audio has been 
>> 'scratchy' like I'm not getting enough signal into the receiver. Nothing has 
>> changed on my end and though I usually run mobile, I was sitting in a 
>> parking lot for that pass instead of driving down the road, I'm just curious 
>> if anything got changed during the reset.
>> AO-51 has been my favorite satellite since I got started doing them 2 1/2 
>> years ago and I cringe every time she 'goes down' knowing that we may never 
>> hear from her again.
>>
>> Jeff Lamb,
>> NX9B (EM66)
>>
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>
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[amsat-bb] Re: Did something change on AO-51??

[Andrew Glasbrenner]

Not that I'm aware of. Ironically, I also have an email asking if the power was 
increased after that short telemetry session.

Every pass now with 51 is a bonus. It should be inoperative by all measures 
with 2 of the 6 cells shorted.

73, Drew KO4MA
AMSAT-NA VP Operations


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>From: Jeff Lamb 
>Sent: Oct 19, 2011 12:23 PM
>To: "amsat-bb@amsat.org" 
>Subject: [amsat-bb] Did something change on AO-51??
>
>Is it just me or has something happened to the power level on AO-51 recently? 
>Ever since Frank & Clayton (K4FEG & W5PFG) 'broke' it Monday evening on the 
>2130Z pass (just kidding guys), my receive audio has been 'scratchy' like I'm 
>not getting enough signal into the receiver. Nothing has changed on my end and 
>though I usually run mobile, I was sitting in a parking lot for that pass 
>instead of driving down the road, I'm just curious if anything got changed 
>during the reset.
>AO-51 has been my favorite satellite since I got started doing them 2 1/2 
>years ago and I cringe every time she 'goes down' knowing that we may never 
>hear from her again.
>
>Jeff Lamb,
>NX9B (EM66)
>
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[amsat-bb] Re: Did something change on AO-51??

[Mark L. Hammond]

Glad I'm not a cat, because curiosity got the best of me.  I looked it
up...last restart of AO-51 was July 31, 2011.

That means as of today, we've had 80 days of uptime without a crash or
interruption of service.

73,

Mark N8MH

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Mark L. Hammond  wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> I assure you, nobody broke it on Monday :)    I simply had it in
> telemetry mode in order to grab fresh telemetry (battery voltages,
> temperatures, etc.).   The bird never went down; I simply changed from
> voice, to digital, back to voice.
>
> No change in the power was made, it's still running just under 1 watt (980 
> mW).
>
> The crazy thing has been operating without a crash for what---10-12
> weeks now?   I've lost track, which is a GREAT thing!  It's a real
> surprise that the bird is running on only 4 out of the 6 original
> cells in the battery, all the way through eclipse at full smoke.
>
> It won't last forever...so enjoy it while it lasts!
>
> 73,
>
> Mark N8MH
> AO-51 Command Station
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Jeff Lamb  wrote:
>> Is it just me or has something happened to the power level on AO-51 
>> recently? Ever since Frank & Clayton (K4FEG & W5PFG) 'broke' it Monday 
>> evening on the 2130Z pass (just kidding guys), my receive audio has been 
>> 'scratchy' like I'm not getting enough signal into the receiver. Nothing has 
>> changed on my end and though I usually run mobile, I was sitting in a 
>> parking lot for that pass instead of driving down the road, I'm just curious 
>> if anything got changed during the reset.
>> AO-51 has been my favorite satellite since I got started doing them 2 1/2 
>> years ago and I cringe every time she 'goes down' knowing that we may never 
>> hear from her again.
>>
>> Jeff Lamb,
>> NX9B (EM66)
>>
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>
>
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[amsat-bb] FO-29 and help with translation

[Andrew Glasbrenner]

Google doesn't do well translating Japanese. Do we have a Japanese speaker who 
could look at http://blog.goo.ne.jp/fo-29 and give us an update on the recovery 
prognosis?

73, Drew KO4MA


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[amsat-bb] Re: KickSat - a personal spacecraft of your own in space

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- Original Message -
From: "William Leijenaar" 
To: 
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:04 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: KickSat - a personal spacecraft of your own in space

< snip>

> Every real AMSAT ham still knows about the AO10, AO13, AO40, FO20/29...
> even after they stopped working. I wonder how many will remember all those
> Cubes...

> 73 de PE1RAH
> William Leijenaar
>
Hi William, PE1RAH

I do remember that when OSCAR-10, OSCAR-13 and AO40 were
alive and well this net on AMSAT-BB was full of technical messages
from W3IWI now K3IO ,G3RUH, G3WDG, ZL1AOX, VK5AGR
and many others from wich it was possible to lern on radio technique
particularly in the field of RF and antennas as you can realize reading
the old AMSAT-BB messages from 1998 all available into the
AMSAT-BB Archives at:

http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/index.html

By the way actually with the prolification of Microsats,Nanosats and so on
the above fellows seems to be not interested on satellite discussions and
they abandoned the net because actually you can work an FM LEO with
an HT and arrow antenna and so you do not need to be technical to do that.

You are correct when you writes:

> Now everything is scattered into small satellites (mostly CubeSat) and the
> big satellites that can unite the international AMSAT community are pushed
> backwards into the big crowd.

And you are also correct writing:

> I would more like to see that people get interrested in the technology and
> try to get there ham license because of interrest in technology.

I believe that the satellite community will increase again the know how
in RF technology only when P3E will be in orbit thanks to AMSAT-DL
efforts and only when P3E will be operational AMSAT will then turn
back to quality and everyone will forget all those Cubes...

In the mean time waiting for the future with P3E  since I like to talk with
a satellite fellow more than for 5 seconds I only work the linear VO-52
thanks to your great job in cooperation with AMSAT India and ISRO.

Best 73" de

i8CVS Domenico

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[amsat-bb] cards from XE3DX went in the US mail today...

[Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)]

Hi!

I received a pouch from David XE3DX with at least 20 stamped envelopes 
addressed to hams in the USA and Canada today.  All of these envelopes
were dropped in the box at my post office as soon as I opened the pouch, 
and should be leaving the Phoenix area tonight.  Not all of those were 
for satellite hams, but I recognized the names/calls on some of the 
envelopes - K8YSE, WA4NVM, ND9M, N8MH, and K4MOA among them.  I also 
had some loose cards for K5OE and a couple of other hams, which I will 
mail tomorrow.  

73!





Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/



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[amsat-bb] Re: Prospero

[John Wright]

At 14:29 19/10/2011, you wrote:
Some of you may have heard that a team in the UK are trying to 
re-contact and old British launched satellite for the anniversary of 
its launch (28th October 1971).


We've been given a licence to transmit and will be testing our 
re-engineered ground-segment in the next fortnight.  The passes we 
are going to concentrate on will be as far out west as possible, as 
to minimise QRM from Europe.  Earth is a lot more EM noisy than it was in 1971.


If anyone in the UK wants to try and tune in to the downlink, you 
can help ID any response we get from the old bird.  The passes are 
summarised here:


The Prospero Satellite was featured in a BBC program called "Coast" 
It was in the program BBC.Coast Series 2 Episode 1 Dover to Isle of White.
It shows an attempt to receive the signals, which appeared to be 
successful, showing the frequencies on the AR2000 ( I think) RX.
I have that episode, and have extracted the section that deals with 
it, you can get it ( 9.5Mb .avi) at 
http://www.taghill.co.uk/dmf/files/prospero.avi


The entire program also deals with the research into the propellants, 
and the launch from Australia, but is far to big to upload!


Let me know if this was useful... 


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[amsat-bb] Short Oscar Locator Video

[Thomas Doyle]

Here is a very short (< 2 min) video demonstrating the difference between
standard tracking program graphical displays and the bright and beautiful
Oscar Locator from the 80's. I actually find it easier to visualize what is
happening with the Oscar Locator.  Apologies to anyone living south of - 30
degrees latitude.

I am very interested in getting a copy of any other vintage tracking maps
anyone might be willing to share.

Be sure to select 480p and full screen to fully appreciate the beauty of the
Oscar Locator.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0QF6UNWWzU

73 W9KE tom ...
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[amsat-bb] Re: FO-29 and help with translation

[Rodney Waln]

 
FO-29 analog repeater stop
2011-10- 313: 12: 14 | Weblog
　The analog repeater of FO-29 has stopped.According to the information from 
JA1CPA 9/2904: That with pass of 59 (UTC) it was operational, it is thing.
　Because shade ratio exceeded 27%, the thing and the consideration where UVC 
operates it is done.Transmitting the command of analog transmitter on with pass 
of the duration of sunshine of 8 day - 10 days, it is the schedule which does 
functional confirmatory test.
 
is this what you were looking for?
hope this helps
kc0zhf
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[amsat-bb] Re: FO-29 and help with translation

[Joseph Armbruster]

Had a friend of mine translate, here tis:


8th Oct
It said PC's command  equipment component list has a problem.
Operation will be stopped on 8th 9th 10th.

4th Oct
Alma? telescope finally opened it eyes.
started first scientific observation.

4th Oct
Attention
1 consider the time lag
2 when the sender became on with first pass, later pass will not send the
command.
3 operation status will be updated in twitter

3rd Oct
Fo 29 analog repeater is stooped. According to  JA1CPA 9/29 04:59 the pass
was working
Probably,  because shadow cover rate surpass 27%, and UVC acted,  We will
send  sender on command  for functioning test by day time pass on 8-10 Oct.

3rd Oct
There is going to the tour at Kyoto University on Oct 15th.



On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner <
glasbren...@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Google doesn't do well translating Japanese. Do we have a Japanese speaker
> who could look at http://blog.goo.ne.jp/fo-29 and give us an update on the
> recovery prognosis?
>
> 73, Drew KO4MA
>
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[amsat-bb] NASA delay in Aubiesat-1 Launch: Now delayed until 28 October

[John Klingelhoeffer]

EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE STATUS REPORT  Oct. 19, 2011
Spacecraft: NPP (NPOESS Preparatory Project) Launch Vehicle: Delta II 7920 
Launch Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Launch Date: Oct. 28, 2011
Launch Window: 2:48:01 a.m. - 2:57:11 a.m. PDT (9 min., 10 sec.) Orbital 
Altitude: 512 miles
The launch of the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft aboard a United 
Launch Alliance Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base has been 
retargeted for Friday, Oct. 28. The postponement for at least 24 hours will 
allow time to complete the necessary engineering review before the payload 
fairing is installed around the spacecraft.


Note:  This is the LV for AubieSat-1 and 4 other microsatellites






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[amsat-bb] SO-50 over DM04 at 0400 UTC

[Bryan Herbert]

I saw SO-50 was doing a pass tonight with a max elevation of 71 degrees 
and decided to give it a shot. Unfortunately I was in an area surrounded 
by buildings and only had a couple of minutes of clear audio but still 
managed to get in on my HT and whip, I would like to say thanks to the 
ham that returned my call, unfortunately it was at the end of my window 
and the only part of your call I could copy was NVF in DM04. On the next 
decent pass I'll be sure to be out in a wide open area like I usually am.


Thanks again and 73,
Bryan, KE6ZGP

--
Bryan Herbert - KE6ZGP
Newhall, CA. DM04RJ USA
http://bryanherbert.com
http://twitter.com/ke6zgp

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