[amsat-bb] Re: AO 73 Program problem

2013-12-02 Thread Erich Eichmann 

Rich,
the sub tones for SO-50 can be switched on and off with the "T" control in 
the upper left part of the program window. "T1" switchs on the 67.0 Hz tone 
for working the sat, "T2" the 74.4 Hz tone that opens the sat. Move the 
mouse over the controls to get hints about the function of  each of them or 
look  the manual.

73s, Erich, DK1TB

- Original Message - 
From: "Rich/wa4bue" 

To: "Stefan Wagener" 
Cc: "AMSAT BB" 
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 3:36 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO 73 Program problem



I should not complain we got it working at 0117 this evening, it is in a
different group.  I heard data but no other signals.  It was not a good
elevation path for FM16.

Thanks to all for your help.

One other question where do I turn on the tone for SO 50.  Again I can't
find the menu for that!

Stefan, it might be a little early we still have thanksgiving turkey left,
Merry Christmas to you.

God Bless

Rich
W4BUE
 - Original Message - 
 From: Stefan Wagener

 To: Rich/wa4bue
 Cc: AMSAT BB
 Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 5:00 PM
 Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO 73 Program problem


 Hi Rich,


 please cheek your doppler.sqf file and the entries in there under AO-73.
SatPC32 will use/display whatever is written in there. Sometimes it is a
messed up entry, wrong comma etc. The format is very specific and
important.


 Hope that helps,


 Merry Christmas to you.


 Stefan, VE4NSA



 On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Rich/wa4bue 
wrote:

   We followed the instructions to enter into SATPC.

   We entered evert thing required and in DIVERSE Group we have AO 73.

   The Down Link seems to be okay, but the uplink frequency is incorrect
and shows FM mode!

   We rechecked our inputs.

   What happened?

   God Bless

   Rich
   W4BUE
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[amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil

2013-12-02 Thread Nick Pugh K5QXJ 
Hi Roland
We thank you for the data. You are copying our sat better than we are. We
would like you to perhaps command our sat to do a data dump. If you have a
tnc we will send you the software to command a data dump.  I am also like to
know what type of antenna and receiver you are using and what the idle noise
when you point your antenna to cold sky.

Thanks
 
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Office   337 593 8700
Cell  337 258 2527
 
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Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 5:31 AM
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Subject: [amsat-bb] CAPE-2 CW over Brazil

http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/cape.htm


73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
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[amsat-bb] Re: Little help for Trailblazer and DragonSat

2013-12-02 Thread Nick Pugh K5QXJ 
Craig
We are having problems copying our sat also. To check out your ground
station you can  monitoring the AO-29 sat The beacon frequency is ~435.800
MHz  +/- Doppler ~ 100 mw and the noise when the antenna is pointed to cold
sky bandwidth of 15 KHz should be ~ -129 dbm I will monitor the sat and give
you my reading later today

Which all of us good luck


Thanks
 
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Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 1:30 PM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Little help for Trailblazer and DragonSat

Hello folks,
I am a little new at this so please have patience with ignorance.  Jin and I
launched two CubeSats a week or so ago.  The first is Trailblazer (mine) and
the second is DragonSat (Jins).  Trailblazer is from the Configurable Space
Research at the University of New Mexico (KE5VSH) and DragonSat is Drexel
University.   Our problem is that we haven’t heard from our satellites yet.
There could be a variety of different reasons.  First, the satellite didn’t
survive delivery.  Second, our antennas didn’t deploy or third, we have poor
ground stations.  As you can imagine, I am hoping for the third.  I can
pasting the TLE which is openly available on space-track and celestetrack in
this email.   It is very close (I believe) to our birds.   If you have a
chance, could you please keep your ears open in case you might hear us.
Please email any packets for Trailblazer to myself here
at craig.k...@cosmiac.org and for DragonSat to Jin Kang at k...@usna.edu.
 
Thanks again most sincerely,
Craig
 
 
Trailblazer 437.425MHz, AX.25, 9,600  (there is another satellite with the
same tx freq as mine there as well).
On my packets, if you see C0 00 A8 84…. You will provide me with a wonderful
gift.  I beacon every 50 seconds
 
DragonSat 145.870MHz, AX.25, 9,600. Beacons every 30 seconds.
 
Trailblazer Maybe
1 39382U 13064C   13325.87382098  .00041511  0-0  18318-2 0    39
2 39382  40.5103 239.5017 0004316 318.4599  41.5592 15.20995117   275
 



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[amsat-bb] Panadapter for the FT-817

2013-12-02 Thread Mike Seguin 

Hi Patrick,

I think there are several advantages to adding the Panadapter interface.

1.) It uses the common IF of the FT-817, so it works with whatever 
band/mode you tune with the FT-817 - 160M through 432. The Funcube stays 
on 68.33 MHz.


2.) It's fully integrated with the FT-817, so no need to worry about 
accidentally transmitting in to your FunCube. (this was a big one for me!)


3.) It has band pass filtering on the 68.33 MHz common IF feed. 
Sensitivity is very good.


I use it primarily with HDSDR. Using OmniRig within HDSDR linked to the 
FunCube creates a very powerful system. You lock the Funcube setting to 
68.33 MHz (I actually use 68.32 to get away from the center channel 
spike). In HDSDR, the display is the actual FT-817 frequency. You now 
can tune either the FT-817 or HDSDR and they both track - The Funcube 
stays on 68.32 MHz so you always see ± 48 kHz of your center tuning (I 
use the original Funcube, so 96 kHz). HDSDR has DDE as well.


I'm sure there is more and there are specific benefits for satellite 
work. Once you start working with a Panadapter on satellite, I don't 
think you'll ever want to go back to the old way. Seeing the whole 
transponder at once or the ability to record the full I&Q bandwidth for 
post processing later is very powerful. (no more "audio recorder" to log 
qso's)


The choice is really whether to use the FunCube standalone or integrated 
via the interface. Both of my FT-817's have the Interface!


Mike

On 12/1/2013 9:32 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) wrote:
>
> To those who suggested I modify one of my FT-817NDs to
> have a panadapter interface and then use both the 817
> and dongle on the downlink, what advantages would I
> have in doing that, instead of just using the dongle
> as the downlink receiver?  I apologize if this is a
> silly question, but I'm wanting to learn more about
> what I can do with this dongle, by itself or alongside
> my existing gear.  I'm looking forward to seeing N1JEZ's
> article in an upcoming AMSAT Journal, and will look at
> the link Mike suggested to learn more about this option.--

73,
Mike, N1JEZ
"A closed mouth gathers no feet"


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[amsat-bb] Re: Little help for Trailblazer and DragonSat

2013-12-02 Thread Nick Pugh K5QXJ 
Further thoughts

AO-29 is FO-29 my error

One other quick check is to point your antenna at the cold sky and read the
power out of the speaker and then point your antenna at the sun  the
difference should be ~ 4 db  see Google SETTI league for a spread sheet and
method to calculate receiver system performance Call if you would like to
chat
Thanks
 
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From: Nick Pugh K5QXJ [mailto:quadp...@bellsouth.net] 
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 4:16 AM
To: 'Craig Kief'; 'amsat-bb@amsat.org'
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Little help for Trailblazer and DragonSat

Craig
We are having problems copying our sat also. To check out your ground
station you can  monitoring the AO-29 sat The beacon frequency is ~435.800
MHz  +/- Doppler ~ 100 mw and the noise when the antenna is pointed to cold
sky bandwidth of 15 KHz should be ~ -129 dbm I will monitor the sat and give
you my reading later today

Which all of us good luck


Thanks
 
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Office   337 593 8700
Cell  337 258 2527
 
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From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Craig Kief
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 1:30 PM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Little help for Trailblazer and DragonSat

Hello folks,
I am a little new at this so please have patience with ignorance.  Jin and I
launched two CubeSats a week or so ago.  The first is Trailblazer (mine) and
the second is DragonSat (Jins).  Trailblazer is from the Configurable Space
Research at the University of New Mexico (KE5VSH) and DragonSat is Drexel
University.   Our problem is that we haven’t heard from our satellites yet.
There could be a variety of different reasons.  First, the satellite didn’t
survive delivery.  Second, our antennas didn’t deploy or third, we have poor
ground stations.  As you can imagine, I am hoping for the third.  I can
pasting the TLE which is openly available on space-track and celestetrack in
this email.   It is very close (I believe) to our birds.   If you have a
chance, could you please keep your ears open in case you might hear us.
Please email any packets for Trailblazer to myself here
at craig.k...@cosmiac.org and for DragonSat to Jin Kang at k...@usna.edu.
 
Thanks again most sincerely,
Craig
 
 
Trailblazer 437.425MHz, AX.25, 9,600  (there is another satellite with the
same tx freq as mine there as well).
On my packets, if you see C0 00 A8 84…. You will provide me with a wonderful
gift.  I beacon every 50 seconds
 
DragonSat 145.870MHz, AX.25, 9,600. Beacons every 30 seconds.
 
Trailblazer Maybe
1 39382U 13064C   13325.87382098  .00041511  0-0  18318-2 0    39
2 39382  40.5103 239.5017 0004316 318.4599  41.5592 15.20995117   275
 



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[amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil

2013-12-02 Thread g0mrf 

Hi Nick.

I've just loaded the latest set of keps for CAPE 2 and have managed to receive 
a signal at the first attempt from the right direction / frequency and time.

The pass was at 12.30UTC when the satellite was within range of London.
I was listening in USB to try and detect weak signals. However, not necessary 
as the signal was quite good (about 'S4')

CW at 12.32.   Frequency pulling as the CW was keying.  best freq 145.823
Then at 12.36 some stronger FM. (shame I was still in USB) Best frequency 
145.822 (SSB)

As I'm at 51 degrees North the highest pass I see is about 17 degrees elevation.
The range today was about 1450km.
The satellite appeared to 'peak' a couple of minutes later than I expected.

4 element horizontal yagi pointed south and at 25 degrees elevation.  ICOM IC 
706 with 6m of RG58 and no preamp.

I'll have a try at the next pass, but I can't find anything on the CAPE website 
which describes the sequence or timing of the transmissions. If you can send a 
link for this info and I'll be able to anticipate the timings and modes.

Thanks

David  G0MRF  (FUNcube team)


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From: Nick Pugh K5QXJ 
To: 'Roland Zurmely' ; 'AMSAT' 
CC: 'UL CAPE Mailing List' 
Sent: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 10:09
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil


Hi Roland
We thank you for the data. You are copying our sat better than we are. We
would like you to perhaps command our sat to do a data dump. If you have a
tnc we will send you the software to command a data dump.  I am also like to
know what type of antenna and receiver you are using and what the idle noise
when you point your antenna to cold sky.

Thanks
 
nick  ARS K5QXJ EM30xa 30.1N 92.1W
Office   337 593 8700
Cell  337 258 2527
 
Helping UL become a world Class Engineering  and Educational School


 

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Behalf Of Roland Zurmely
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 5:31 AM
To: AMSAT
Subject: [amsat-bb] CAPE-2 CW over Brazil

http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/cape.htm


73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
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[amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil

2013-12-02 Thread g0mrf 


Hi Nick.
 
Yes, can hear what I believe is CAPE-2 in London.  But still don't know the 
sequence of transmission.
 
14.11   Carrier on 145.824 - did not hear the modulation (below the city 
rooftops) pos interference.
14.12   Good CW signal - S5 very easy copy.  Frequency low and pulled by CW 
(chirp)
14.14   Single 1200 packet burst.
14.16   More CW from below roofline.  In CW mode on IC706 this was best 
received on 145.920
 
Could be that you are a couple of KHz low of 825.

Keps used are:

CAPE-2
1 39380U 13064A   13334.93341659  .1167  0-0  59607-4 0   257
2 39380 040.5145 186.8069 0003506 014.0453 346.0304 15.21277316  1661

Regards

David  G0MRF




 

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[amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil

2013-12-02 Thread Nick Pugh K5QXJ 
Tnx David for the report

If you have a TNC we would like to get the AX.25 data. If you like we have
ground station software. Do you have any idea how strong s-4 is in mv or
dmb? Also what set of TLE are you using?

 

nick

 

 

 

 

 

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To: quadp...@bellsouth.net; amsat-bb@amsat.org
Cc: c...@lists.ulcape.org
Subject: Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil

 

Hi Nick.

 

I've just loaded the latest set of keps for CAPE 2 and have managed to
receive a signal at the first attempt from the right direction / frequency
and time.

 

The pass was at 12.30UTC when the satellite was within range of London.

I was listening in USB to try and detect weak signals. However, not
necessary as the signal was quite good (about 'S4')

 

CW at 12.32.   Frequency pulling as the CW was keying.  best freq 145.823

Then at 12.36 some stronger FM. (shame I was still in USB) Best frequency
145.822 (SSB)

 

As I'm at 51 degrees North the highest pass I see is about 17 degrees
elevation.

The range today was about 1450km.

The satellite appeared to 'peak' a couple of minutes later than I expected.

 

4 element horizontal yagi pointed south and at 25 degrees elevation.  ICOM
IC 706 with 6m of RG58 and no preamp.

 

I'll have a try at the next pass, but I can't find anything on the CAPE
website which describes the sequence or timing of the transmissions. If you
can send a link for this info and I'll be able to anticipate the timings and
modes.

 

Thanks

 

David  G0MRF  (FUNcube team)

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From: Nick Pugh K5QXJ 
To: 'Roland Zurmely' ; 'AMSAT' 
CC: 'UL CAPE Mailing List' 
Sent: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 10:09
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil

Hi Roland
We thank you for the data. You are copying our sat better than we are. We
would like you to perhaps command our sat to do a data dump. If you have a
tnc we will send you the software to command a data dump.  I am also like to
know what type of antenna and receiver you are using and what the idle noise
when you point your antenna to cold sky.
 
Thanks
 
nick  ARS K5QXJ EM30xa 30.1N 92.1W
Office   337 593 8700
Cell  337 258 2527
 
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 ] On
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Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 5:31 AM
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Subject: [amsat-bb] CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
 
http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/cape.htm
 
 
73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
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[amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil

2013-12-02 Thread Nick Pugh K5QXJ 
Yes I think or frequency is a few khz below 145.825 and at AOS it is about
145.818

 

nick

 

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To: quadp...@bellsouth.net; amsat-bb@amsat.org; m...@mike-rupprecht.de
Subject: Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil

 

Hi Nick.

 

Yes, can hear what I believe is CAPE-2 in London.  But still don't know the
sequence of transmission.

 

14.11   Carrier on 145.824 - did not hear the modulation (below the city
rooftops) pos interference.

14.12   Good CW signal - S5 very easy copy.  Frequency low and pulled by CW
(chirp)

14.14   Single 1200 packet burst.

14.16   More CW from below roofline.  In CW mode on IC706 this was best
received on 145.920

 

Could be that you are a couple of KHz low of 825.

 

Keps used are:

 

CAPE-2
1 39380U 13064A   13334.93341659  .1167  0-0  59607-4 0   257
2 39380 040.5145 186.8069 0003506 014.0453 346.0304 15.21277316  1661

 

Regards

 

David  G0MRF

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[amsat-bb] CAPE-2 CW over London

2013-12-02 Thread g0mrf 

Hi again.

For the ICOM IC706 in CW mode with internal preamp on:

The S4 reading equates to -117dBm
The S5 reading is -115dBm

6m of RG58 is 0.95dB at 145MHz

Antenna gain is about  +8dBi

Off pointing loss is about 2dB

Range for these signals was closer to 1500km

Have fun with the path loss equations.

Regards

David  G0MRF


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From: Nick Pugh K5QXJ 
To: g0mrf ; amsat-bb 
CC: cape 
Sent: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 14:52
Subject: RE: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil



Tnx David for the report
If you have a TNC we would like to get the AX.25 data. If you like we have 
ground station software. Do you have any idea how strong s-4 is in mv or dmb? 
Also what set of TLE are you using?
 
nick
 
 
 
 
 

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Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 7:31 AM
To: quadp...@bellsouth.net; amsat-bb@amsat.org
Cc: c...@lists.ulcape.org
Subject: Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil

 

Hi Nick.

 

I've just loaded the latest set of keps for CAPE 2 and have managed to receive 
a signal at the first attempt from the right direction / frequency and time.

 

The pass was at 12.30UTC when the satellite was within range of London.

I was listening in USB to try and detect weak signals. However, not necessary 
as the signal was quite good (about 'S4')

 

CW at 12.32.   Frequency pulling as the CW was keying.  best freq 145.823

Then at 12.36 some stronger FM. (shame I was still in USB) Best frequency 
145.822 (SSB)

 

As I'm at 51 degrees North the highest pass I see is about 17 degrees elevation.

The range today was about 1450km.

The satellite appeared to 'peak' a couple of minutes later than I expected.

 

4 element horizontal yagi pointed south and at 25 degrees elevation.  ICOM IC 
706 with 6m of RG58 and no preamp.

 

I'll have a try at the next pass, but I can't find anything on the CAPE website 
which describes the sequence or timing of the transmissions. If you can send a 
link for this info and I'll be able to anticipate the timings and modes.

 

Thanks

 

David  G0MRF  (FUNcube team)

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From: Nick Pugh K5QXJ 
To: 'Roland Zurmely' ; 'AMSAT' 
CC: 'UL CAPE Mailing List' 
Sent: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 10:09
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil

Hi Roland
We thank you for the data. You are copying our sat better than we are. We
would like you to perhaps command our sat to do a data dump. If you have a
tnc we will send you the software to command a data dump.  I am also like to
know what type of antenna and receiver you are using and what the idle noise
when you point your antenna to cold sky.
 
Thanks
 
nick  ARS K5QXJ EM30xa 30.1N 92.1W
Office   337 593 8700
Cell  337 258 2527
 
Helping UL become a world Class Engineering  and Educational School
 
 
 
 
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Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 5:31 AM
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Subject: [amsat-bb] CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
 
http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/cape.htm
 
 
73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
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[amsat-bb] Juno flyby news

2013-12-02 Thread andy thomas 
On enquiry, I'm told by JPL that they hope to share some information about the 
ham radio particpation in the Juno flyby, next week at the meeting of the 
American Geophysical Union.

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[amsat-bb] SpaceX To Attempt Launch Later Today

2013-12-02 Thread B J 
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/007/status.html

SpaceX's comments on what caused this past Thursday's scrub:

http://www.spacex.com/webcast/

73s

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[amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over London

2013-12-02 Thread Rizwan Merchant 
Hi David,

Were you able to decode the CW or have it recorded?

-Rizwan Merchant

Sincerely,
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On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 10:03 AM,  wrote:

>
> Hi again.
>
> For the ICOM IC706 in CW mode with internal preamp on:
>
> The S4 reading equates to -117dBm
> The S5 reading is -115dBm
>
> 6m of RG58 is 0.95dB at 145MHz
>
> Antenna gain is about  +8dBi
>
> Off pointing loss is about 2dB
>
> Range for these signals was closer to 1500km
>
> Have fun with the path loss equations.
>
> Regards
>
> David  G0MRF
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Nick Pugh K5QXJ 
> To: g0mrf ; amsat-bb 
> CC: cape 
> Sent: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 14:52
> Subject: RE: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
>
>
>
> Tnx David for the report
> If you have a TNC we would like to get the AX.25 data. If you like we have
> ground station software. Do you have any idea how strong s-4 is in mv or
> dmb? Also what set of TLE are you using?
>
> nick
>
>
>
>
>
>
> From: g0...@aol.com [mailto:g0...@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 7:31 AM
> To: quadp...@bellsouth.net; amsat-bb@amsat.org
> Cc: c...@lists.ulcape.org
> Subject: Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
>
>
>
> Hi Nick.
>
>
>
> I've just loaded the latest set of keps for CAPE 2 and have managed to
> receive a signal at the first attempt from the right direction / frequency
> and time.
>
>
>
> The pass was at 12.30UTC when the satellite was within range of London.
>
> I was listening in USB to try and detect weak signals. However, not
> necessary as the signal was quite good (about 'S4')
>
>
>
> CW at 12.32.   Frequency pulling as the CW was keying.  best freq 145.823
>
> Then at 12.36 some stronger FM. (shame I was still in USB) Best frequency
> 145.822 (SSB)
>
>
>
> As I'm at 51 degrees North the highest pass I see is about 17 degrees
> elevation.
>
> The range today was about 1450km.
>
> The satellite appeared to 'peak' a couple of minutes later than I expected.
>
>
>
> 4 element horizontal yagi pointed south and at 25 degrees elevation.  ICOM
> IC 706 with 6m of RG58 and no preamp.
>
>
>
> I'll have a try at the next pass, but I can't find anything on the CAPE
> website which describes the sequence or timing of the transmissions. If you
> can send a link for this info and I'll be able to anticipate the timings
> and modes.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> David  G0MRF  (FUNcube team)
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Nick Pugh K5QXJ 
> To: 'Roland Zurmely' ; 'AMSAT' 
> CC: 'UL CAPE Mailing List' 
> Sent: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 10:09
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
>
> Hi Roland
> We thank you for the data. You are copying our sat better than we are. We
> would like you to perhaps command our sat to do a data dump. If you have a
> tnc we will send you the software to command a data dump.  I am also like
> to
> know what type of antenna and receiver you are using and what the idle
> noise
> when you point your antenna to cold sky.
>
> Thanks
>
> nick  ARS K5QXJ EM30xa 30.1N 92.1W
> Office   337 593 8700
> Cell  337 258 2527
>
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>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
> Behalf Of Roland Zurmely
> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 5:31 AM
> To: AMSAT
> Subject: [amsat-bb] CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
>
> http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/cape.htm
>
>
> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
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[amsat-bb] Re: SpaceX To Attempt Launch Later Today

2013-12-02 Thread Bryce Salmi 
Launch is Tuesday December 3rd, 2013

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/407540177289371648




On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 9:30 AM, B J  wrote:

> http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/007/status.html
>
> SpaceX's comments on what caused this past Thursday's scrub:
>
> http://www.spacex.com/webcast/
>
> 73s
>
> Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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[amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over London

2013-12-02 Thread Nick Pugh K5QXJ 
Thanks

 

nick

 

From: g0...@aol.com [mailto:g0...@aol.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 10:03 AM
To: quadp...@bellsouth.net; amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: CAPE-2 CW over London

 

Hi again.

 

For the ICOM IC706 in CW mode with internal preamp on:

 

The S4 reading equates to -117dBm

The S5 reading is -115dBm

 

6m of RG58 is 0.95dB at 145MHz

 

Antenna gain is about  +8dBi

 

Off pointing loss is about 2dB

 

Range for these signals was closer to 1500km

 

Have fun with the path loss equations.

 

Regards

 

David  G0MRF

-Original Message-
From: Nick Pugh K5QXJ 
To: g0mrf ; amsat-bb 
CC: cape 
Sent: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 14:52
Subject: RE: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil

Tnx David for the report

If you have a TNC we would like to get the AX.25 data. If you like we have
ground station software. Do you have any idea how strong s-4 is in mv or
dmb? Also what set of TLE are you using?

 

nick

 

 

 

 

 

From: g0...@aol.com [mailto:g0...@aol.com  ] 
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 7:31 AM
To: quadp...@bellsouth.net; amsat-bb@amsat.org
Cc: c...@lists.ulcape.org
Subject: Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil

 

Hi Nick.

 

I've just loaded the latest set of keps for CAPE 2 and have managed to
receive a signal at the first attempt from the right direction / frequency
and time.

 

The pass was at 12.30UTC when the satellite was within range of London.

I was listening in USB to try and detect weak signals. However, not
necessary as the signal was quite good (about 'S4')

 

CW at 12.32.   Frequency pulling as the CW was keying.  best freq 145.823

Then at 12.36 some stronger FM. (shame I was still in USB) Best frequency
145.822 (SSB)

 

As I'm at 51 degrees North the highest pass I see is about 17 degrees
elevation.

The range today was about 1450km.

The satellite appeared to 'peak' a couple of minutes later than I expected.

 

4 element horizontal yagi pointed south and at 25 degrees elevation.  ICOM
IC 706 with 6m of RG58 and no preamp.

 

I'll have a try at the next pass, but I can't find anything on the CAPE
website which describes the sequence or timing of the transmissions. If you
can send a link for this info and I'll be able to anticipate the timings and
modes.

 

Thanks

 

David  G0MRF  (FUNcube team)

-Original Message-
From: Nick Pugh K5QXJ 
To: 'Roland Zurmely' ; 'AMSAT' 
CC: 'UL CAPE Mailing List' 
Sent: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 10:09
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil

Hi Roland
We thank you for the data. You are copying our sat better than we are. We
would like you to perhaps command our sat to do a data dump. If you have a
tnc we will send you the software to command a data dump.  I am also like to
know what type of antenna and receiver you are using and what the idle noise
when you point your antenna to cold sky.
 
Thanks
 
nick  ARS K5QXJ EM30xa 30.1N 92.1W
Office   337 593 8700
Cell  337 258 2527
 
Helping UL become a world Class Engineering  and Educational School
 
 
 
 
-Original Message-
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 ] On
Behalf Of Roland Zurmely
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 5:31 AM
To: AMSAT
Subject: [amsat-bb] CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
 
http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/cape.htm
 
 
73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
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[amsat-bb] CAPE-2 Tracking Information Updated 12/02/2013

2013-12-02 Thread Rizwan Merchant 
Here is a link to all information the CAPE Team currently has for tracking
the Satellite. A program will be released in the next few days to decode
data.

http://ulcape.org/cape-2-tracking-update-12022013/

On behalf of the CAPE-2 Team, we would really appreciate any data you can
relay to us on the satellite.

Sincerely,
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[amsat-bb] BPSK

2013-12-02 Thread jerry keeton 
What software program is used to capture " bpsk" ? I see there are several of 
the just launched satellites that are send data 1200 BPSK .

Jerry WB5LHD
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[amsat-bb] South American station on AO-7

2013-12-02 Thread Paul Stoetzer 
Good evening,

Just after AOS on AO-7 this afternoon around 2117Z, I heard a station
calling with the suffix RAS. He never was heard after that. I was just
curious who that could have been. I assume it's a station from South
America and I heard him just before his LOS. Anybody have any ideas?

73,

Paul, N8HM
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[amsat-bb] amsat-bb problems?

2013-12-02 Thread Mike Lewis K4MPL 


Hi All:
  I've not received any -bb email for a few days now ... if this is 
making it to the -bb would someone be kind enough to email me back ...


Thanks,
Mike
K4MPL

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[amsat-bb] Re: Panadapter for the FT-817

2013-12-02 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 
Mike,

Thanks for the explanation on using the FUNcube Dongle
with an FT-817 (or other radio).  That makes sense, and
will be something to think about.  First, I want to use
the dongle as is, to see how well it works on its own.
Then I might consider the mod to the 817 and using it
with the dongle.

73!





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




On Mon, Dec 2, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Mike Seguin wrote:

> Hi Patrick,
>
> I think there are several advantages to adding the Panadapter interface.
>
> 1.) It uses the common IF of the FT-817, so it works with whatever
> band/mode you tune with the FT-817 - 160M through 432. The Funcube stays on
> 68.33 MHz.
>
> 2.) It's fully integrated with the FT-817, so no need to worry about
> accidentally transmitting in to your FunCube. (this was a big one for me!)
>
> 3.) It has band pass filtering on the 68.33 MHz common IF feed.
> Sensitivity is very good.
>
> I use it primarily with HDSDR. Using OmniRig within HDSDR linked to the
> FunCube creates a very powerful system. You lock the Funcube setting to
> 68.33 MHz (I actually use 68.32 to get away from the center channel spike).
> In HDSDR, the display is the actual FT-817 frequency. You now can tune
> either the FT-817 or HDSDR and they both track - The Funcube stays on 68.32
> MHz so you always see ± 48 kHz of your center tuning (I use the original
> Funcube, so 96 kHz). HDSDR has DDE as well.
>
> I'm sure there is more and there are specific benefits for satellite work.
> Once you start working with a Panadapter on satellite, I don't think you'll
> ever want to go back to the old way. Seeing the whole transponder at once
> or the ability to record the full I&Q bandwidth for post processing later
> is very powerful. (no more "audio recorder" to log qso's)
>
> The choice is really whether to use the FunCube standalone or integrated
> via the interface. Both of my FT-817's have the Interface!
>
> Mike
>
> On 12/1/2013 9:32 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) wrote:
> >
> > To those who suggested I modify one of my FT-817NDs to
> > have a panadapter interface and then use both the 817
> > and dongle on the downlink, what advantages would I
> > have in doing that, instead of just using the dongle
> > as the downlink receiver?  I apologize if this is a
> > silly question, but I'm wanting to learn more about
> > what I can do with this dongle, by itself or alongside
> > my existing gear.  I'm looking forward to seeing N1JEZ's
> > article in an upcoming AMSAT Journal, and will look at
> > the link Mike suggested to learn more about this option.--
>
> 73,
> Mike, N1JEZ
> "A closed mouth gathers no feet"
>
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[amsat-bb] Re: amsat-bb problems?

2013-12-02 Thread Rich/wa4bue 

Receive about 20 emails a day.

Maybe your anti virus is doing something to them.

God Bless

Rich

W4BUE


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From: "Mike Lewis K4MPL" 

To: 
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 8:26 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] amsat-bb problems?




Hi All:
  I've not received any -bb email for a few days now ... if this is making 
it to the -bb would someone be kind enough to email me back ...


Thanks,
Mike
K4MPL

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[amsat-bb] Re: BPSK

2013-12-02 Thread Mike Rupprecht 
Hi Jerry,

you can use MixW or google for Warbler.

73 Mike
DK3WN



> jerry keeton  hat am 3. Dezember 2013 um 00:11
> geschrieben:
>
>
> What software program is used to capture " bpsk" ? I see there are several of
> the just launched satellites that are send data 1200 BPSK .
>
> Jerry WB5LHD
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