[amsat-bb] FUNcube Warehouse Outage
Hi, We had a problem with the server yesterday evening and it was only reported to me at 09:30 UTC today! The problem has been fixed and should not re-occur (we had not allocated enough memory to a process). If you see any problems with the server please email me directly at the above address. Thanks 73, Dave, G4DPZ FC Warehouse Developer ___ 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] Sierra Vista AZ hamfest on 3 May
Hi! I will have an AMSAT table at the Cochise Amateur Radio Association's hamfest in Sierra Vista, Arizona, on Saturday, 3 May 2014. This is another half-day hamfest, which starts around 0600 local time (1300 UTC), running until some time around noon. More information about the hamfest can be found at: http://www.k7rdg.org/Hamfest%20Flyer%20-%202014.pdf and a map to find the hamfest site: http://www.k7rdg.org/hamfestmap.pdf During the morning, I will have demonstrations working whatever satellites are available. Please call WD9EWK if you hear us on any of those passes, and be part of the demonstrations. Thehamfest site is in grid DM41. 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] quick post-hamfest road trip on 3 May 2014
Hi! After the hamfest in Sierra Vista AZ on 3 May 2014, I plan on taking a longer route back home. Similar to the last hamfest I attended in late March in Tucson, I can either retrace my route back to the DM51/DM52 grid boundary, go up to the DM52/DM53 grid boundary or somewhere in grid DM53, or even head into New Mexico if anyone needs a satellite QSO with that state. Any preferences? I don't mind the drive to any of these spots, even if I end up back where I just was a few weeks ago at the DM51/DM52 grid boundary. I'll add at least 100 to 200 more miles to my trip, going to any of these places. Please e-mail me directly if you have a preference for any of these options. I still need to look at the available passes on that date, but should be able to work at least FO-29 and VO-52 in the late afternoon and early evening timeframe. If AO-7 is in mode B, that would also be a satellite I could work from out there. SO-50 might be available in the afternoon, which would certainly help those not set up to work SSB on the satellites. Thanks in advance, and 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] Re: Sierra Vista AZ hamfest on 3 May
Hi Patrick, K4AMG MARC is sponsoring SATCOMS in your own back yard at a local library on May 3rd. We will be on the air starting at 1200 or 1300 UTC - about 2100 UTC, and have a forum for STEM students and families. We are borrowing a CUBE SAT for the forum. Will you have any on the air operations. Tomorrow I will try to grab orbit data for May 3rd. Hope you get a lot of hams interested in AMSAT. God Bless R W4BUE K4AMG Club - Original Message - From: Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) amsat...@wd9ewk.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 1:56 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Sierra Vista AZ hamfest on 3 May Hi! I will have an AMSAT table at the Cochise Amateur Radio Association's hamfest in Sierra Vista, Arizona, on Saturday, 3 May 2014. This is another half-day hamfest, which starts around 0600 local time (1300 UTC), running until some time around noon. More information about the hamfest can be found at: http://www.k7rdg.org/Hamfest%20Flyer%20-%202014.pdf and a map to find the hamfest site: http://www.k7rdg.org/hamfestmap.pdf During the morning, I will have demonstrations working whatever satellites are available. Please call WD9EWK if you hear us on any of those passes, and be part of the demonstrations. Thehamfest site is in grid DM41. 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 ___ 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: Sierra Vista AZ hamfest on 3 May
Hi Rich! As I mentioned in my posting, I will have on-air demos using whatever satellites are available. I work FM and SSB satellites. I tend to start working passes at these Saturday morning hamfests around 0600 local time (1300 UTC) until the hamfest wraps up (most end around 1800 or 1900 UTC). For the SSB birds, I like to start out 10 to 15 kHz above the center of the transponder, but may move lower if I'm not working stations at that spot. Then I will start my 200- to 400-mile drive home, depending on where I go after the hamfest, working from some other rarely-heard spot(s) in Arizona or New Mexico. I did forget to mention... I'll have my TH-D72A HT on APRS while on the road, squawking as WD9EWK-9: http://aprs.fi/wd9ewk-9 and updates posted here if I have Internet access, and/or via my @WD9EWK Twitter feed if I can at least send SMS messages wherever I happen to be: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK Hope to hear you on the 3rd. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 11:08 AM, Rich/wa4bue richard.s...@verizon.netwrote: Hi Patrick, K4AMG MARC is sponsoring SATCOMS in your own back yard at a local library on May 3rd. We will be on the air starting at 1200 or 1300 UTC - about 2100 UTC, and have a forum for STEM students and families. We are borrowing a CUBE SAT for the forum. Will you have any on the air operations. Tomorrow I will try to grab orbit data for May 3rd. Hope you get a lot of hams interested in AMSAT. God Bless R W4BUE K4AMG Club - Original Message - From: Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) amsat...@wd9ewk.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2014 1:56 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Sierra Vista AZ hamfest on 3 May Hi! I will have an AMSAT table at the Cochise Amateur Radio Association's hamfest in Sierra Vista, Arizona, on Saturday, 3 May 2014. This is another half-day hamfest, which starts around 0600 local time (1300 UTC), running until some time around noon. More information about the hamfest can be found at: http://www.k7rdg.org/Hamfest%20Flyer%20-%202014.pdf and a map to find the hamfest site: http://www.k7rdg.org/hamfestmap.pdf During the morning, I will have demonstrations working whatever satellites are available. Please call WD9EWK if you hear us on any of those passes, and be part of the demonstrations. The hamfest site is in grid DM41. 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 ___ 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
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Landwehr uhf preamp model N GAS 435 MA the on line schematic shows tuned input only. This unit has both tuned input and tuned output. Does anyone have a schematic for this model? Thanks to all who reply Jeff WB8RJY___ 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] W1AW/2 NJ SO-50
Weather permitting (portable), I hope to be on the SO-50 FM repeater as W1AW/2 during tonight's (approx) 0320z pass (11:20PM Eastern time) for those interested. I hope to do the same on the following night as well (0347z AOS). 73, Chris KQ2RP ___ 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] W1AW/2 NJ SO-50
Weather permitting (portable), I hope to be on the SO-50 FM repeater as W1AW/2 during tonight's (approx) 0320z pass (11:20PM Eastern time) for those interested. I hope to do the same on the following night as well (0347z AOS). 73, Chris KQ2RP ___ 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 telemetry performance?
When FUNcube was first launched, I went out to listen to it on the first pass that I was home for (orbit #11 I believe). Since I live in an apartment building, I have to go outside to hear most satellite passes. I recorded the audio on my normal MP3 voice recorder and to my great surprise, when I fed the audio into my computer, I was able to decode several packets. I was not expecting it to be robust enough to survive 192 kbps MP3 compression and encoding. 73, Paul, N8HM On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 5:07 AM, Nick Pugh K5QXJ quadp...@bellsouth.netwrote: Hi Phil et All I can copy and decode the beacon at 30 mw EIRP using the M^2 yagi at very low SNR ~ 10 db SNR I do not see much fading nick -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Phil Karn Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2014 4:34 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube telemetry performance? I haven't done anything with AO-73, but I understand it's transmitting the FEC format I originally designed for AO-40. How well is it working? What fraction of the frames are successfully decoded? How bad is the fading? I designed my format specifically for the spin fading on AO-40, and if the fading due to the tumbling of a cubesat is too slow my format won't be able to fix it. Phil ___ 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://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 FM transponder test
See http://amsat-uk.org/2014/04/22/lituanicasat-1-fm-transponder-test/ Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK Website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/AMSAT-UK/208113275898396 Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ___ 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] W5PFG/P EM03 North Texas
I will be staying the night in EM03 tomorrow and will operate a few satellite passes for those who want this grid confirmed. 23-Mar SO-5020:53 UTC 23-Mar VO-5223:55 UTC 24-Mar FO-2900:13 UTC I will work this pass upon request only: 24-Mar FO-2913:10 UTC 73 Clayton W5PFG ___ 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 telemetry performance?
On 04/22/2014 03:40 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: When FUNcube was first launched, I went out to listen to it on the first pass that I was home for (orbit #11 I believe). Since I live in an apartment building, I have to go outside to hear most satellite passes. I recorded the audio on my normal MP3 voice recorder and to my great surprise, when I fed the audio into my computer, I was able to decode several packets. I was not expecting it to be robust enough to survive 192 kbps MP3 compression and encoding. I'm surprised too! But I had never tested it. Phil ___ 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
