[amsat-bb] Rotor interface
Hello everyone, Does anyone know of a USB interface to control azimuth on one of those basic Radio Shack T.V. Antenna rotors? in my search I have only found only older parallel port versions. Thank you all in advance, 73, Keith ___ 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
Hi The LituanicaSAT-1 has just passed over South America working nicely . Only the signal is a little weak . 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF ___ 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: LituanicaSAT-1
Hi, heavy traffic over Europe... heard EA1JM, LY1R, LY5N, LY2WR, M0SAT, LY2BRA, UR3CTB, SP9TTX, RL6MR ... 73 Mike DK3WN -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] Im Auftrag von PY5LF Gesendet: Donnerstag, 1. Mai 2014 12:34 An: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Betreff: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 Hi The LituanicaSAT-1 has just passed over South America working nicely . Only the signal is a little weak . 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF ___ 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: Antenna Question
Hi Doug, I doubt that I have greater understanding of antennas than you do, but I'll give your question a shot. Actually, I have been working on circularly polarizing the ARROWS with the WRAPS lately, a work still in progress but almost complete. So I am throwing out the draft information I have been working on to date. You can circularly polarize a pair of ARROWs and they actually work well together from my experience (one of the reasons I suspect is that the feed system of the individual antennas is very well matched). If you are mounting the two antennas virtually on the same boom (sticking them right next to each other) it might get pretty crowded and interactions complicated. I have mounted two ARROWs separated horizontally about 3 feet apart with pretty good success. I have done this with stock ARROWs, and also with one side with the two meter elements, and the other side with the 70 CM elements (had to drill extra holes for the 70 CM mod), both ways worked about the same. The tricky part is coming up with the right feed lines (the transformer lines and the phasing line). I have a first draft of an article I am working on that describes my latest effort to come up with a polarity switching arrangement for ARROWs with the WRAPS, it can be downloaded here (if you have download issues, let me know and I'll try and get it to you another way). Click here to view Circling the WRAPS https://www.dropbox.com/l/xvKKUtfwUN5gFhGyCiXjua? I will be adding to the conclusion of the piece some suggestions on where to include an external diplexer in the line to handle the single feed line issue that you mention in your post. Anyway, I hope this will stimulate some ideas. Mark Mark Spencer, WA8SME 860-381-5335 mspen...@arrl.org ___ 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] LithuanicaSAT-1
Hello, The downlink was strong at 16 degrees at 13:39 U, I heard CO6CBF, well done to the team. 73 Pete W2JV ___ 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] RV: LituanicaSAT-1
Hello to all! LituanicaSat-1 was sounding very good over the Caribbean (Cienfuegos EL92sd, Cuba). Nice signal for just 150mw! I heard Pete, W2JV and worked Frank, K4FEG. I was running just 5W into an ARROW antenna. Congratulations to the LituanicaSAT-1 team! 73! Hector, CO6CBF / KF5YXV ___ 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] W4UOO please email me
Mike, I think you subscribe to the list, please send me an email. I'd like to QSL our contact this morning on FO-29. Pardon the bandwidth. 73, W0EA TJ QRP ARCI #14612 | CW Ops #953 | SKCC #4593T NAQCC #3768 | Flying Pigs QRP #2254 http://W0EA.us *Because QRO is too easy (but sometimes required!)* ___ 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] New to sats, please listen for me half-duplex
Hello all! I am w0ea and I just got an FT817 so I will be joining the mix on the linear satellites. Please help me out us you hear me by giving long calls since I can only tune my receiver. I'm still figuring out the splits and Doppler so please forgive me if I accidentally step on your qso in progress. Hope to work you soon from en41. -- 73, W0EA TJ QRP ARCI #14612 | CW Ops #953 | SKCC #4593T NAQCC #3768 | Flying Pigs QRP #2254 http://W0EA.us *Because QRO is too easy (but sometimes required!)* ___ 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: AO-73 over UK
Paul, Many thanks for the detailed response - all understood. It's easy to forget that at that altitude the sun comes into line of sight. Peter G8KEK From: prstoet...@gmail.com [mailto:prstoet...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Paul Stoetzer Sent: 01 May 2014 01:05 To: Peter Wilson Cc: AMSAT -BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-73 over UK Hi Peter, The AO-73 transponder shuts off as soon as it sees sunlight. That is why your signal suddenly disappeared. Here is a readout from WinListen of the pass you were working: 29.04.2014 E 21:34:45 161.5 0.5244.5595 28186 29 2231 - 29.04.2014 E 21:35:00 161.5 1.3245.2595 27126 30 2231 - 29.04.2014 E 21:35:15 161.4 2.2245.8595 26076 31 2231 - 29.04.2014 E 21:35:30 161.4 3.2246.5595 25026 32 2231 - 29.04.2014 E 21:35:45 161.3 4.3247.1595 23975 33 2231 - 29.04.2014 E 21:36:00 161.3 5.4247.8595 22925 34 2231 - 29.04.2014 E 21:36:15 161.2 6.6248.5595 21885 35 2231 - 29.04.2014 E 21:36:30 161.1 7.9249.1595 20835 36 2231 - 29.04.2014 E 21:36:45 161.0 9.3249.8595 19804 37 2231 - 29.04.2014 E 21:37:00 160.9 10.7250.4595 18764 38 2231 - 29.04.2014 E 21:37:15 160.8 12.3251.1596 17734 39 2231 - 29.04.2014 E 21:37:30 160.7 14.1251.7596 16714 40 2231 - 29.04.2014 E 21:37:45 160.5 16.0252.4596 15693 40 2231 - 29.04.2014 E 21:38:00 160.3 18.1253.1596 14693 41 2231 - 29.04.2014 E 21:38:15 160.1 20.4253.7596 13703 42 2231 - 29.04.2014 E 21:38:30 159.8 23.1254.4597 12722 43 2231 - 29.04.2014 E 21:38:45 159.4 26.0255.0597 11772 44 2231 - 29.04.2014 21:39:00 158.9 29.5255.7597 10842 45 2231 - 29.04.2014 21:39:15 158.3 33.4 0.35979952 46 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:39:30 157.4 38.0 1.05989101 47 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:39:45 156.3 43.5 1.75988311 48 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:40:00 154.5 49.9 2.35987601 49 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:40:15 151.7 57.3 3.05996990 50 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:40:30 146.5 65.9 3.6599651 360 51 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:40:45 134.1 75.0 4.3599619 359 52 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:41:00 90.7 82.1 4.9600605 359 52 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:41:15 25.3 78.6 5.6600611 359 53 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:41:30 5.4 69.7 6.3601637 358 54 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:41:45 358.2 60.8 6.9601679 358 55 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:42:00 354.6 53.0 7.6601736 357 56 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:42:15 352.6 46.2 8.2602803 357 57 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:42:30 351.2 40.4 8.9602880 356 58 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:42:45 350.3 35.5 9.5603962 356 59 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:43:00 349.6 31.3 10.2603 1050 355 60 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:43:15 349.0 27.7 10.9603 1141 355 61 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:43:30 348.6 24.6 11.5604 1236 354 61 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:43:45 348.3 21.8 12.2604 1332 353 62 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:44:00 348.0 19.4 12.8605 1431 353 63 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:44:15 347.8 17.2 13.5605 1530 352 64 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:44:30 347.6 15.2 14.1606 1631 351 65 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:44:45 347.5 13.4 14.8606 1733 351 66 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:45:00 347.4 11.8 15.5607 1836 350 67 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:45:15 347.3 10.2 16.1607 1939 349 68 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:45:30 347.2 8.8 16.8608 2042 348 69 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:45:45 347.1 7.5 17.4608 2146 347 69 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:46:00 347.1 6.3 18.1609 2251 346 70 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:46:15 347.1 5.1 18.7609 2355 344 71 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:46:30 347.0 4.0 19.4610 2460 343 72 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:46:45 347.0 3.0 20.1610 2565 342 73 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:47:00 347.0 2.1 20.7611 2670 340 74 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:47:15 347.0 1.2 21.4611 2775 338 74 2232 - 29.04.2014 21:47:30 347.0 0.3 22.0612 2879 337 75 2232 - If there isn't an 'E' to the left of the time, the satellite is in
[amsat-bb] LituanicaSat-1 transponder remains on
Received an email from the LituanicaSat-1 control ops that transponder remains on today and we're welcome to use it. During a late morning west coast pass I was able to access the transponder using the 67 Hz PL and the downlink sounded very good using Yagis, with some slow QSB probably due to tumbling. It seems to have a very good receiver and only a few Watts were required to achieve full quieting. 73, Ken, W7KKE CN75xa ___ 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 follow-up
To amplify my last email, here’s the frequencies I was using for LituanticaSat-1 transponder test (object 39569): Downlink 435.176 MHz FM Uplink 145.950 MHz FM (PL 67.0) 73, Ken, W7KKE ___ 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: LituanicaSat-1
Are the KEMPS available on the web are do you have to manually down load? What is the designation on the down load? R W4BUE - Original Message - From: Ken Swaggart k.swagg...@charter.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 3:33 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSat-1 follow-up To amplify my last email, here’s the frequencies I was using for LituanticaSat-1 transponder test (object 39569): Downlink 435.176 MHz FM Uplink 145.950 MHz FM (PL 67.0) 73, Ken, W7KKE ___ 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: LituanicaSat-1
Here's the current keps from Celestrack.com: LITUANICASAT-1 1 39569U 98067EN 14121.20062623 .00123125 0-0 11503-2 0 1912 2 39569 51.6466 328.9171 0006093 191.2101 271.7568 15.66370547 9634 (The cubsats keps are at: http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/cubesat.txt 73, Ken, W7KKE -Original Message- From: Rich/wa4bue Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 13:46 To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LituanicaSat-1 Are the KEMPS available on the web are do you have to manually down load? What is the designation on the down load? R W4BUE - Original Message - From: Ken Swaggart k.swagg...@charter.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2014 3:33 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSat-1 follow-up To amplify my last email, here’s the frequencies I was using for LituanticaSat-1 transponder test (object 39569): Downlink 435.176 MHz FM Uplink 145.950 MHz FM (PL 67.0) 73, Ken, W7KKE ___ 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] Re: LituanicaSat-1 transponder remains on
The transponder was indeed on for the 2140Z pass over North America. I heard a station in DN45 (I guess it was WC7V) right as the satellite came up above about 10 degrees (lots of buildings and trees in the way), worked AC0RA, but there was some difficulty getting into the satellite with just 5 watts and an Elk antenna, and then I heard and half-worked WB3CSY (probably not a valid QSO) before I lost the bird at about 12 degrees. I also heard the ID and greeting about halfway through the pass. The signal is a few dB down from SO-50 and the uplink receiver is definitely less tolerant of being off frequency. My best signal into the bird was in narrow FM while tuning for Doppler on the uplink. At TCA, an elevation of about 55 degrees, the downlink signal was S9 on my FT-817s meter. SO-50 is usually S+ above 35 degrees here. My station here is two FT-817s, an Elk Antenna, and a High Sierra Microwave LNAA432 preamp. I was having some desense issues and further inspection revealed a nick in my feedline as the probable cause. I look forward to trying it out again in the remaining weeks before it decays. 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC (FM18lv) On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Ken Swaggart k.swagg...@charter.net wrote: Received an email from the LituanicaSat-1 control ops that transponder remains on today and we're welcome to use it. During a late morning west coast pass I was able to access the transponder using the 67 Hz PL and the downlink sounded very good using Yagis, with some slow QSB probably due to tumbling. It seems to have a very good receiver and only a few Watts were required to achieve full quieting. 73, Ken, W7KKE CN75xa ___ 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
Worked K8YSE/7, AC0RA and CO6CBF on the recent LS-1 pass. Keps are off as Doppler was difficult to track and I copied the satellite to -3.5 degrees. Sounds good using NFM. Glenn AA5PK ___ 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 over Brazil
FM repeater on at 23:15 UTC ! orbit #976 http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/lituanicasat1a.wav 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ ___ 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] Pcsat32 doppler problem
amsat-bb@amsat.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) I know I'm missing something simple but I just cant find it. I have pcsat32 r= unning under windows 7 to controll my kenwood ts-2000. If i click on a satel= lite, the rig goes to the appropriate mode and frequency. The program then s= tarts the doppler adjustment but the frequency on the rig never changes. If I= turn the tuning knob on the rig, the new frequency doesnt transfer to the p= rogram. I have another control program which works fine, so the hardware is i= ntact, so its something i have done wrong in the set up. I have checked baud= rate, com ports and such and all are correct. Thank you for all your help. 7= 3, keith kg2ix= ___ 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] Introducing
Hi all, I want to introduce myself, My name is Björn Pasteuning, Callsign PD5DJ My QTH is Avenhorn JO22LO I'm active on the satellites from 2005, but just now entered the Amsat BB's I have made a lot a projects this last decade mostly relating to amateur satellites.. You can look for my projects on www.pd5dj.nl At the moment I am working on a fullsize portable satellite station. For that I made some Hardware and software to control the array. Hope to work you guys on the sats! 73's Bjorn de PD5DJ! ___ 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: Rotor control
You might do a google search on easy rotor control. The company in Germany offers kits for as and el control of a large number of rotors out there that don't support rotor control out of the box. I recently built and install one on my yaesu HF AZ rotor and it works great! There website shows an extensive list of supported rotors and software. 73 Rick W2JAZ ___ 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] SO-50 pass around 0230 May 2
If I worked you, can you please send the info from our QSO? - my phone quit recording when the screen shut off so I have no clue... Sorry. I feel like such a lid :P Was a great pass though, lots of new calls and strong signals. 73, W0EA TJ QRP ARCI #14612 | CW Ops #953 | SKCC #4593T NAQCC #3768 | Flying Pigs QRP #2254 http://W0EA.us *Because QRO is too easy (but sometimes required!)* ___ 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: LituanicaSat-1 OSCAR
It's entirely up to the owners. It certainly meets the criteria. If they want one, they can request one: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/amsat-na/oscar.html 73, Paul, N8HM On 5/2/2014 1:25 AM, Mike Rupprecht wrote: Hi all, wouldn't it be fair to assign an OSCAR number to LituanicaSat-1? 73 Mike DK3WN ___ 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
