[amsat-bb] Re: FUNcube-1 launch week has arrived!
Good wishes and Greetings from India to Team FUNcube-1 for a great mission success. All the very best. 73 de Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS] Secretary & Station-In-Charge Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC ISRO Satellite Centre HAL Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. Phone:(O)91-80-25082054/2598/2192 Mobile: 91-80-98803 41456 E-mail ID: w...@isac.gov.in vu2wmy_m...@yahoo.com isroh...@yahoo.com Quoting paul robinson : Thanks for the hard work,and overcoming all the red tape to hopefully give us another usefull satalite,ive got every thing crossed! Ill be keeping an ear out this week for signals off funcube-1 and others...best wishes again Paul 2E1EUB Amsat uk Amsat NA RSGB ___ 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 -- Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. -- ___ 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: FT-736
On 18/11/13 5:40 AM, Tom Worthington wrote: Thanks for all the responses on the FT-736 and the pointers to the pic hardware emulator. Just to be clear, does the N6BIL emulator allow the manual tuning of the FT-736? It would seem that the lack of the ability to tune is a significant problem to making contacts. No, an emulator/translator won't allow the FT-736R to be manually tuned. This is a limitation of the ancient CAT interface on this radio. The only way you could manually tune the 736 would be with an external encoder connected to the translator's micro, so the translator can send the VFO adjustments to the radio and the new frequencies (that were sent to the radio) back to the PC. -- 73 de Tony VK3JED/VK3IRL http://vkradio.com ___ 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: FUNcube-1 launch week has arrived!
Graham and the FunCube team, A huge thankyou to all of you for the hard work and regular updates of progress, I think I first heard about the FunCube satellite when I was made aware of the FunCube Dongle, shortly before it was released for sale. I was very lucky and managed to get serial no. 104 of the very first batch, I've had a great time with this receiving various satellites and terrestrial stations, I'm also very happy Simon Brown added support for this with is SDR console software. I'll have this running for the launch, along with the dashboard software - but will be at work for the day, and a good part of the evening - hoping I can remote in to home to check up on the reception occasionally. We have a busy week with launches - I'll be a happy chap to have some new 'toys in space' to play with. Good luck on the launch, and thank you to everyone involved in the team again for their fantastic work. Matty MD0MAN ___ 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] Remote Satellite SDR station with Raspberry Pi.
I have been experimenting with Raspberry Pi, for streaming SDR and rotator control with Simon Brown's SDR Console V2. I am looking for a way to remotely stream the audio from my FUNCube Dongle (plugged into a Raspberry Pi) and control my rotator (G6LVB type tracker). So far I have been able to use an ethernet connection only (wired) from the controlling PC running SDR console, with the Raspberry Pi, RTL type TV dongle and serial port & rotator controller at the antenna end (eliminating lossy and expensive runs of quality coax). I am running this on the Raspberry Pi as a 'serial console server' http://lesser-evil.com/2013/04/raspberry-pi-ser2net-cheap-nm16a-serial-console-server/ And running VSPM on the main PC:- http://k5fr.com/ddutilwiki/index.php?title=VSPM I have managed to use the DDE server from SDR console, to send data to a virtual comm port on the PC with VSPM, this connects over TCP/IP to the Raspberry Pi and is controlling the rotators hooked up to a G6LVB type tracking interface. I get around 2mhz of I/Q data from the RTL Dongle into the SDR console by running rtl_tcpip on the Raspberry Pi. SDR Console v2 now has DDE rotator support and a satellite tracking module that does automatic doppler correction. So far so good - I'm very pleased with the results, however I would prefer to use the FUNCube dongle for the RF front end, rather than the RTL TV dongle as it has better filtering on-board and is vastly superior. Does anyone know a way of using the rtl_tcpip software with the FUNcube dongle? I'm hoping this is possible. Thanks and regards Matty MD0MAN ___ 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: FT-736
The lack of manual tuning when under computer control is a fundamental limitation of the rig. When it switches to CAT mode, the front panel is disabled. Nothing an external box can do to change this. For the FM sats, full computer control is still possible, since all you need is to stay on the single Doppler-adjusted frequency. It is definitely an annoyance when working the SSB/CW sats, however, but I find that operating the good old fashioned way (manually) still works well enough. Possibly easier than setting up two rigs, depending on your setup. The NORmal and REVerse tracking settings of the SAT mode switch really helps here. All you need to do is find yourself in some quiet part of the transponder passband, then switch to the tracking setting for your particular bird. (I believe they're all Reverse at the present time.) Then you can spin the knob to find a QSO, and join in. You'll remain close to the right tuning for a few minutes (except at TCA), and can adjust real-time once you start talking by taking it out of tracking and over to either Tx or Rx (generally whichever band is higher). Not too hard once you do it a few times. Good luck, and enjoy the rig, Greg KO6TH Tom Worthington wrote: Thanks for all the responses on the FT-736 and the pointers to the pic hardware emulator. Just to be clear, does the N6BIL emulator allow the manual tuning of the FT-736? It would seem that the lack of the ability to tune is a significant problem to making contacts. 73 and Aloha, Tom, NH6 Y ___ 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: FunCube Dashboard under Wine?
Hi Greg, I've installed it on a virtual box running XP and it appears to work ok. Haven't tried it using wine. 73 de David VK5DG On 17/11/13 13:54, Greg D wrote: Hi all, Before I try, does anyone know if the new FunCube Dashboard software will run on Linux under Wine? Except under unusual circumstances, the only windows in the shack are the glass kind... Thanks, Greg KO6TH ___ 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: SatPc32 Cubesat SQF files
Rob, FUNCUBE-1 1 1U 13999A 13325.30956308 -.0106 0-0 0 0 118 2 1 97.7956 38.2570 0059925 198.5190 336.5388 14.7784139415 FUNCUBE-1,145934.0,,USBTLM FUNCUBE-1,145960.0,435140.0,USB,LSB,REV,,, Transponder 73s, Alan WA4SCA PS If you want to get a jump on FOX-1: FOX-1 1 9U 13001A 13115.03159480 . 0 0 0 0 114 2 9 64. 106.4735 020 270. 180. 14.814810 FOX-1,145960,435160,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Preliminary <-Original Message- mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Rob styles 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: FUNcube-1 launch week has arrived!
Thanks for the hard work,and overcoming all the red tape to hopefully give us another usefull satalite,ive got every thing crossed! Ill be keeping an ear out this week for signals off funcube-1 and others...best wishes again Paul 2E1EUB Amsat uk Amsat NA RSGB ___ 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] SatPc32 Cubesat SQF files
Any one had the chance to write up some SatPC32 Sqf (Doppler/AmsatNames.txt. files for the latest Cubesats due to be launched this week. I understand the TLE’s might change. Rob ___ 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] MAVEN Ready For Launch
http://www.americaspace.com/?p=45239 http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av038/131117preview/ http://spaceflightnow.com/atlas/av038/rollout/ 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] Re: FT-736
Tom I read up on that N6BIL emulator box, it appears its' main purpose is to emulate an FT-847 for software that does not support the 736. This won't solve your manual tuning issue. A local buddy that uses a 736 does the manual tuning using the tuning buttons in SATPC32. He is seriously considering using 2 radios for transponder SAT's The 736 for transmit and a another radio for receive. Dave W0DHB -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Tom Worthington Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 11:41 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] FT-736 Thanks for all the responses on the FT-736 and the pointers to the pic hardware emulator. Just to be clear, does the N6BIL emulator allow the manual tuning of the FT-736? It would seem that the lack of the ability to tune is a significant problem to making contacts. 73 and Aloha, Tom, NH6 Y ___ 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] FT-736
Thanks for all the responses on the FT-736 and the pointers to the pic hardware emulator. Just to be clear, does the N6BIL emulator allow the manual tuning of the FT-736? It would seem that the lack of the ability to tune is a significant problem to making contacts. 73 and Aloha, Tom, NH6 Y ___ 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: FUNcube-1 launch week has arrived!
Dear Nitin, Very many thanks for your kind words and thoughts on behalf of AMSAT-India. We are very grateful. We have tried quite hard to develop the project with a wish and intent to make it as "open" as possible and to respect the great support that we have had from many directions. best 73 Graham G3VZV -Original Message- From: Nitin Muttin Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 1:55 PM To: AMSAT BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FUNcube-1 launch week has arrived! Graham, This is a significant accomplishment and the progress was very much visible due to the frequent updates by the project team. On behalf of AMSAT INDIA I thank AMSAT UK and the entire team of Funcube for their hardwork and also wish a successful launch,deployment and activation of the Funcube satellite. 73 Nitin [VU3TYG] Secretary, AMSAT INDIA From: Graham Shirville To: AMSAT BB Sent: Sunday, 17 November 2013 1:40 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube-1 launch week has arrived! Well it has finally arrived. Little did we think, back in 2009 that we would not be launching FUNcube-1 until late 2013 but, at last, we are almost there. The past four years have been spent trying to find a suitable launch opportunity, dealing with many legal and administrative issues, in addition to finalising the technical requirements for the spacecraft. We also then had to convert those requirements and ideas into reality. The core FUNcube team comprises of just about a dozen of us – radio amateurs from the UK and the Netherlands together with software specialists from both countries. A few of us even have skills in both the analogue and digital domains! We have met on numerous occasions for “face to face” meetings over weekends and held weekly Skype chats almost every Sunday evening. We have had highs and lows along the way but the end result – FUNcube-1 our tiny spacecraft, is now sitting in an ISIPOD on the launch vehicle ready to take its chances in space on Thursday. Many hours of evaluation and verification testing of both the Flight Model and also the earlier Engineering Model have been undertaken, so we are as confident as we can be that we have done the best job possible. This mission could not have been carried forward without the efforts of the team members but neither could it have been completed without the tremendous support that it has received from individual radio amateurs and others and other AMSAT groups around the world. Thursday November 21st 2013 is our launch day and most of the team will be assembled at the National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park to man a monitoring station for at least the first two days following the launch.The first signals from FUNcube-1 should be heard in Southern Africa and then in Hawaii and then Alaska. After that, we hope to hear signals in the UK on a very low pass to the east around 08:50 UTC. We are very grateful to the RSGB for their support in allowing the use the NRC facilities which should be perfect for this operation. http://www.nationalradiocentre.com/ Although it is not large enough to be able issue an open invitation to everyone to join us on the day, we will be trying to do our best to keep everyone in touch with what is happening. We will be setting up a webstream from the NRC using the services of the BATC.tv server http://www.batc.tv/ch_live.php?ch=3 This should be available from around 07:00 UTC on Thursday and will keep running for as long as we have something to show. As well as shackcam views it will also have a breaking news “tickertape” and some videos created during the development of the spacecraft. Additionally we will maintain a presence on the #cubesat IRC channel which can be easily accessed by a web client from here: http://webchat.freenode.net/ Of course our own www.funcube.org.uk website will also be kept up to date as possible and updates will be provided here on AMSAT-BB. So all we ask everyone to do now is to, download the FUNcube Dashboard, read the guidance notes, register with the Data Warehouse and hang on for an interesting Thursday. Oh and keep your fingers crossed. Very many thanks for your support! 73 Team FUNcube ___ 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 ___ 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://a
[amsat-bb] Re: FUNcube-1 launch week has arrived!
Graham, My best wishes to you and your team. It will be an exciting week to be sure. Your comments were very nicely put. I'd would also like to commend your team for its "openness" all these years about the project's status. For the life of me I fail to understand why so many Cubesat projects appear to be "cloaked in secrecy" when you try to to get information about their status. I think the teams would do well to get a "PR" person on board along with the analog/digital techies. Your program should be held as the model for them to follow. I know our FOX team is following your lead and perhaps will do even better. Best of success to your team...Bill - N6GHz On 11/17/2013 12:10 AM, Graham Shirville wrote: Well it has finally arrived. Little did we think, back in 2009 that we would not be launching FUNcube-1 until late 2013 but, at last, we are almost there. The past four years have been spent trying to find a suitable launch opportunity, dealing with many legal and administrative issues, in addition to finalising the technical requirements for the spacecraft. We also then had to convert those requirements and ideas into reality. The core FUNcube team comprises of just about a dozen of us – radio amateurs from the UK and the Netherlands together with software specialists from both countries. A few of us even have skills in both the analogue and digital domains! We have met on numerous occasions for “face to face” meetings over weekends and held weekly Skype chats almost every Sunday evening. We have had highs and lows along the way but the end result – FUNcube-1 our tiny spacecraft, is now sitting in an ISIPOD on the launch vehicle ready to take its chances in space on Thursday. Many hours of evaluation and verification testing of both the Flight Model and also the earlier Engineering Model have been undertaken, so we are as confident as we can be that we have done the best job possible. This mission could not have been carried forward without the efforts of the team members but neither could it have been completed without the tremendous support that it has received from individual radio amateurs and others and other AMSAT groups around the world. Thursday November 21st 2013 is our launch day and most of the team will be assembled at the National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park to man a monitoring station for at least the first two days following the launch.The first signals from FUNcube-1 should be heard in Southern Africa and then in Hawaii and then Alaska. After that, we hope to hear signals in the UK on a very low pass to the east around 08:50 UTC. We are very grateful to the RSGB for their support in allowing the use the NRC facilities which should be perfect for this operation. http://www.nationalradiocentre.com/ Although it is not large enough to be able issue an open invitation to everyone to join us on the day, we will be trying to do our best to keep everyone in touch with what is happening. We will be setting up a webstream from the NRC using the services of the BATC.tv server http://www.batc.tv/ch_live.php?ch=3 This should be available from around 07:00 UTC on Thursday and will keep running for as long as we have something to show. As well as shackcam views it will also have a breaking news “tickertape” and some videos created during the development of the spacecraft. Additionally we will maintain a presence on the #cubesat IRC channel which can be easily accessed by a web client from here: http://webchat.freenode.net/ Of course our own www.funcube.org.uk website will also be kept up to date as possible and updates will be provided here on AMSAT-BB. So all we ask everyone to do now is to, download the FUNcube Dashboard, read the guidance notes, register with the Data Warehouse and hang on for an interesting Thursday. Oh and keep your fingers crossed. Very many thanks for your support! 73 Team FUNcube ___ 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: FT-736R Question
Hi all, I can confirm that the translator of Chuck works fine ... as HRD does not support the FT-736 this is an excellent work around. Best regards Matthias www.dd1us.de -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] Im Auftrag von Gregory Beat Gesendet: Sonntag, 17. November 2013 14:48 An: amsat-bb@amsat.org Betreff: [amsat-bb] FT-736R Question N6BIL developed a hardware widget (PIC and USB interface) for the Yaesu FT-736R to work as a FT-847 (Hardware Emulator). That address some issues. http://home.comcast.net/~tinkyr/736/N6BIL%20Hardware%20Emulator.htm Sent from iPad Air ___ 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: FUNcube-1 launch week has arrived!
Graham, This is a significant accomplishment and the progress was very much visible due to the frequent updates by the project team. On behalf of AMSAT INDIA I thank AMSAT UK and the entire team of Funcube for their hardwork and also wish a successful launch,deployment and activation of the Funcube satellite. 73 Nitin [VU3TYG] Secretary, AMSAT INDIA > > From: Graham Shirville >To: AMSAT BB >Sent: Sunday, 17 November 2013 1:40 PM >Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube-1 launch week has arrived! > > >Well it has finally arrived. Little did we think, back in 2009 that we would >not be launching FUNcube-1 until late 2013 but, at last, we are almost there. > >The past four years have been spent trying to find a suitable launch >opportunity, dealing with many legal and administrative issues, in addition to >finalising the technical requirements for the spacecraft. We also then had to >convert those requirements and ideas into reality. > >The core FUNcube team comprises of just about a dozen of us – radio amateurs >from the UK and the Netherlands together with software specialists from both >countries. A few of us even have skills in both the analogue and digital >domains! > >We have met on numerous occasions for “face to face” meetings over weekends >and held weekly Skype chats almost every Sunday evening. We have had highs and >lows along the way but the end result – FUNcube-1 our tiny spacecraft, is now >sitting in an ISIPOD on the launch vehicle ready to take its chances in space >on Thursday. Many hours of evaluation and verification testing of both the >Flight Model and also the earlier Engineering Model have been undertaken, so >we are as confident as we can be that we have done the best job possible. > >This mission could not have been carried forward without the efforts of the >team members but neither could it have been completed without the tremendous >support that it has received from individual radio amateurs and others and >other AMSAT groups around the world. > >Thursday November 21st 2013 is our launch day and most of the team will be >assembled at the National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park to man a monitoring >station for at least the first two days following the launch.The first signals >from FUNcube-1 should be heard in Southern Africa and then in Hawaii and then >Alaska. After that, we hope to hear signals in the UK on a very low pass to >the east around 08:50 UTC. > >We are very grateful to the RSGB for their support in allowing the use the NRC >facilities which should be perfect for this operation. >http://www.nationalradiocentre.com/ Although it is not large enough to be >able issue an open invitation to everyone to join us on the day, we will be >trying to do our best to keep everyone in touch with what is happening. > >We will be setting up a webstream from the NRC using the services of the >BATC.tv server http://www.batc.tv/ch_live.php?ch=3 This should be available >from around 07:00 UTC on Thursday and will keep running for as long as we have >something to show. As well as shackcam views it will also have a breaking news >“tickertape” and some videos created during the development of the spacecraft. > >Additionally we will maintain a presence on the #cubesat IRC channel which can >be easily accessed by a web client from here: http://webchat.freenode.net/ > >Of course our own www.funcube.org.uk website will also be kept up to date as >possible and updates will be provided here on AMSAT-BB. > >So all we ask everyone to do now is to, download the FUNcube Dashboard, read >the guidance notes, register with the Data Warehouse and hang on for an >interesting Thursday. Oh and keep your fingers crossed. > >Very many thanks for your support! > >73 > >Team FUNcube >___ >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] FT-736R Question
N6BIL developed a hardware widget (PIC and USB interface) for the Yaesu FT-736R to work as a FT-847 (Hardware Emulator). That address some issues. http://home.comcast.net/~tinkyr/736/N6BIL%20Hardware%20Emulator.htm Sent from iPad Air ___ 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: FunCube Dashboard under Wine?
Hi Greg, I think the biggest challenge is installing .Net framework 4 The reason is, I tried to install SDR# under wine and wasn't able to get .Net working. But maybe there are amateurs out there that found a way. Try VirtualBox with a Windows version, that will be a lot easier. 73 PE0SAT On 17-11-2013 04:24, Greg D wrote: Hi all, Before I try, does anyone know if the new FunCube Dashboard software will run on Linux under Wine? Except under unusual circumstances, the only windows in the shack are the glass kind... Thanks, Greg KO6TH ___ 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 -- With regards PE0SAT Internet web-page http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/ ___ 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] FUNcube-1 launch week has arrived!
Well it has finally arrived. Little did we think, back in 2009 that we would not be launching FUNcube-1 until late 2013 but, at last, we are almost there. The past four years have been spent trying to find a suitable launch opportunity, dealing with many legal and administrative issues, in addition to finalising the technical requirements for the spacecraft. We also then had to convert those requirements and ideas into reality. The core FUNcube team comprises of just about a dozen of us – radio amateurs from the UK and the Netherlands together with software specialists from both countries. A few of us even have skills in both the analogue and digital domains! We have met on numerous occasions for “face to face” meetings over weekends and held weekly Skype chats almost every Sunday evening. We have had highs and lows along the way but the end result – FUNcube-1 our tiny spacecraft, is now sitting in an ISIPOD on the launch vehicle ready to take its chances in space on Thursday. Many hours of evaluation and verification testing of both the Flight Model and also the earlier Engineering Model have been undertaken, so we are as confident as we can be that we have done the best job possible. This mission could not have been carried forward without the efforts of the team members but neither could it have been completed without the tremendous support that it has received from individual radio amateurs and others and other AMSAT groups around the world. Thursday November 21st 2013 is our launch day and most of the team will be assembled at the National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park to man a monitoring station for at least the first two days following the launch.The first signals from FUNcube-1 should be heard in Southern Africa and then in Hawaii and then Alaska. After that, we hope to hear signals in the UK on a very low pass to the east around 08:50 UTC. We are very grateful to the RSGB for their support in allowing the use the NRC facilities which should be perfect for this operation. http://www.nationalradiocentre.com/ Although it is not large enough to be able issue an open invitation to everyone to join us on the day, we will be trying to do our best to keep everyone in touch with what is happening. We will be setting up a webstream from the NRC using the services of the BATC.tv server http://www.batc.tv/ch_live.php?ch=3 This should be available from around 07:00 UTC on Thursday and will keep running for as long as we have something to show. As well as shackcam views it will also have a breaking news “tickertape” and some videos created during the development of the spacecraft. Additionally we will maintain a presence on the #cubesat IRC channel which can be easily accessed by a web client from here: http://webchat.freenode.net/ Of course our own www.funcube.org.uk website will also be kept up to date as possible and updates will be provided here on AMSAT-BB. So all we ask everyone to do now is to, download the FUNcube Dashboard, read the guidance notes, register with the Data Warehouse and hang on for an interesting Thursday. Oh and keep your fingers crossed. Very many thanks for your support! 73 Team FUNcube ___ 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
