[amsat-bb] Dragon Is In Orbit
Its photovoltaic arrays have been deployed and it's now on its way to the ISS. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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] SpaceX / Falcon 9 Dragon sighting
Hello, Falcon 9/Dragon was sighted from West Michigan. It (they) were about 15 mins behind the ISS. There were 4 objects total, 1 object in front was of steady brightness approximately 1st magitude. This was the Dragon I think. The other three were tumbling shinning from 1 to 4 magitude at about one flash per 3 seconds. One object would be the booster, don't know what the other 2 would be. Everything passed about 3 degrees north of Altair at 0927UTC. Good luck Dragon. Armando, N8IGJ ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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] LVB Tracker
I am looking for a good used LVB Tracker. If anyone is downsizing their station and would like to get rid of a LVB tracker, I am interested in a good, used, operational LVB Tracker, for my antenna system. If anyone has one for sale or any other type of rotor control that will function like the LVB Tracker, please contact me direct at: k4...@k4feg.com Thanks Everyone! Frank K4FEG ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: SpaceX / Falcon 9 Dragon sighting
Solar array covers? http://nasatech.net/ntF9DRAGON-COTS2-3_PAGE.html Tom KJ4EAW On May 22, 2012, at 2:55 AM, Armando Mercado am25...@triton.net wrote: Hello, Falcon 9/Dragon was sighted from West Michigan. It (they) were about 15 mins behind the ISS. There were 4 objects total, 1 object in front was of steady brightness approximately 1st magitude. This was the Dragon I think. The other three were tumbling shinning from 1 to 4 magitude at about one flash per 3 seconds. One object would be the booster, don't know what the other 2 would be. Everything passed about 3 degrees north of Altair at 0927UTC. Good luck Dragon. ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: SpaceX / Falcon 9 Dragon sighting
Hi, Could very well be solar panel covers. At first I thought they were payload fairings, but they were jettisoned long before orbit was achieved. There is also a cover for the navigation suite/ berthing mechanism that gets jettisoned. Looks like SpaceTrak has the Dragon launch catologed as objects 38348 - 38351. No id's on anything yet. 73 Armando, N8IGJ - Original Message - From: Tom Williams tdub20...@yahoo.com To: Armando Mercado am25...@triton.net Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 9:08 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SpaceX / Falcon 9 Dragon sighting Solar array covers? http://nasatech.net/ntF9DRAGON-COTS2-3_PAGE.html Tom KJ4EAW On May 22, 2012, at 2:55 AM, Armando Mercado am25...@triton.net wrote: Hello, Falcon 9/Dragon was sighted from West Michigan. It (they) were about 15 mins behind the ISS. There were 4 objects total, 1 object in front was of steady brightness approximately 1st magitude. This was the Dragon I think. The other three were tumbling shinning from 1 to 4 magitude at about one flash per 3 seconds. One object would be the booster, don't know what the other 2 would be. Everything passed about 3 degrees north of Altair at 0927UTC. Good luck Dragon. ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: WD9EWK @ Indiana/Ohio state line early Saturday (19 May)morning
Zack, After flying home yesterday, I'm able to sit down and get caught up on e-mails and other stuff. The weekend was fun - both at the Hamvention, and my travel around that part of the country before flying home. :-) In addition to Patrick's email, I thought I would throw in my 2 cents of the events on Friday. It was great getting to meet a few new faces including finally getting to meet Patrick, WD9EWK, face-to-face! It was good to meet many who have been on the air in the past couple of years, since my last trip to Dayton. I was a on a plane to Australia during the start of the 2011 Hamvention. I had no interruptions from my office during this trip, which was much better than in 2010 when I missed the banquet due to an issue that kept me on the phone with the office for almost 4 hours! Thank you to the stations that we worked on Friday - the crowd was very attentive during the operations and many showed interest in getting started with satellite operations. I was at the AMSAT demo area all day Friday, and it was nice hearing all of the familiar calls and voices still on the air after my recent absence due to school. Keith, W5IU and Roger, WA9ZPL put a lot of time and effort into these demos, and I know they appreciate the participation. They deserve a nice round of cyber applause for their commitment over the many years. Keith and Roger were very happy to put others on the mic at the demo station. Along with the passes I worked Friday afternoon, I also worked some passes Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. I heard and saw Doug KD8CAO on the mic Saturday morning, and I worked Doug on a VO-52 pass when I was on the Indiana/Ohio state line Saturday morning. If nobody else was around to move the antenna array, Keith or Roger would happily do that. I was told of a ham from southern Indiana (Ken KC9TTR) who visited the Hamvention over the weekend. Ken took interest in the AMSAT booths, saw demonstrations, and decided to give this a try. He bought an Arrow antenna, took it home, and on Sunday he tried SO-50. On one pass at the end of the Hamvention, the crowd (including a couple of people who know him) heard his call come through. Later in the afternoon, he worked me while I was parked on the Indiana/Ohio state line after the Hamvention. He e-mailed me, saying that I was his first satellite contact, and asking how he needed to log the contact in LOTW so he would see the confirmation for both states. Not long after I replied to him and uploaded my QSOs from Sunday, he saw the confirmations in his LOTW account, and two states via satellite toward WAS. AMSAT does a great job with its presence at the Hamventions, with the booth located next to the larger ARRL presence and the demonstration area outside. The Hamvention does a great job of supporting AMSAT. They provide a fenced area for the demos, and give a contribution to AMSAT at each of the last few Hamventions (including this year). 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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] IC-910H SatPC32
I seem to have lost CAT control between the program and the radio. ( I had to do a reset of the radio for another reason ) SatPC says it cannot find COM 3 (where cat control lives) Radio connects fine with HRD and HRD's Sat program..but will not with SatPC Is there a menu in the radio that I have turned off or?? Any help appreciated Ted, K7TRK ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: Dragon Is In Orbit
I could not help but notice the difference between these folks and the studied routine of NASA and USAF controllers. You can tell they are trying hard to be blasé, but once it is in orbit and the solar panels are out, they just can't keep from cheering. And well they should!!! 73s, Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of B J Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 3:03 AM To: amsat-bb Subject: [amsat-bb] Dragon Is In Orbit Its photovoltaic arrays have been deployed and it's now on its way to the ISS. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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-BB@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: IC-910H SatPC32
Probably a baud rate mismatch. I think that the radio defaults to 9600, so if you had SatPC32 set up to use a different baud rate, that could be your issue. George, KA3HSW - Original Message From: Ted k7trkra...@charter.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tue, May 22, 2012 2:55:07 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-910H SatPC32 I seem to have lost CAT control between the program and the radio. ( I had to do a reset of the radio for another reason ) SatPC says it cannot find COM 3 (where cat control lives) Radio connects fine with HRD and HRD's Sat program..but will not with SatPC Is there a menu in the radio that I have turned off or?? Any help appreciated Ted, K7TRK ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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 Rotor Control
Website says it's 100% Yaesu GS-232A compatible, so I would suggest selecting the Yaesu_GS-232 option is SatPC32 Rotor setup and see how that flies. Be sure to read follow Erich's tips under ?, Hints [Rotor], Yaesu_GS232. George, KA3HSW - Original Message From: Fraser Bonnett fraserbonn...@verizon.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Mon, May 21, 2012 11:06:46 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 Rotor Control Has anyone made SatPC32 work with EA4TX's new ARS-USB controller? If so, how? 73, Fraser, W3UTD ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: IC-910H SatPC32
Thanks to those that provided help. Problem solved with change in baud rate in the program 73, Ted K7TRK -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Ted Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:55 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-910H SatPC32 I seem to have lost CAT control between the program and the radio. ( I had to do a reset of the radio for another reason ) SatPC says it cannot find COM 3 (where cat control lives) Radio connects fine with HRD and HRD's Sat program..but will not with SatPC Is there a menu in the radio that I have turned off or?? Any help appreciated Ted, K7TRK ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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-BB@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] videos uploaded from Hamvention demonstrations
Hi! I recorded 3 videos of passes that were worked from the AMSAT demonstration station at last weekend's 2012 Dayton Hamvention. The videos are now available on my YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/va7ewk Two of the 3 videos were from VO-52 passes last Friday (18 May) and Saturday (19 May). Later on Saturday, the third video from an SO-50 pass was recorded. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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
