[amsat-bb] Space Camp - Updated - the real story!
AMSAT folks might be interested in how NASA might update Space Camp in Huntsville to include the real-world of congressional budget constraints and indifference to our space program: http://www.theonion.com/articles/modernized-space-camp-allows-kids-to-simu late-frus,36148/?utm_source=Facebookutm_medium=SocialMarketingutm_campai gn=LinkPreview:1:Defaultrecirc=technology Bob, WB4APR ___ 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
Re: [amsat-bb] Space Camp - Updated - the real story!
REALITY HURTS! The good news is as NASA with draws from space, private enterprise will flourish with even more jobs. - Original Message - From: Robert E CIV USNA Annapolis Bruninga bruni...@usna.edu To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 12:25 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Space Camp - Updated - the real story! AMSAT folks might be interested in how NASA might update Space Camp in Huntsville to include the real-world of congressional budget constraints and indifference to our space program: http://www.theonion.com/articles/modernized-space-camp-allows-kids-to-simu late-frus,36148/?utm_source=Facebookutm_medium=SocialMarketingutm_campai gn=LinkPreview:1:Defaultrecirc=technology Bob, WB4APR ___ 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
Re: [amsat-bb] Space Camp - Updated - the real story!
I love the Onion. It is funniest satire around to my mind and it is always good when it catches the unsuspecting napping. On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Robert E CIV USNA Annapolis Bruninga bruni...@usna.edu wrote: AMSAT folks might be interested in how NASA might update Space Camp in Huntsville to include the real-world of congressional budget constraints and indifference to our space program: http://www.theonion.com/articles/modernized-space-camp-allows-kids-to-simu late-frus,36148/?utm_source=Facebookutm_medium=SocialMarketingutm_campai gn=LinkPreview:1:Defaultrecirc=technology Bob, WB4APR ___ 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 -- Bob McGwier Co-Owner and Technical Director, Federated Wireless, LLC Professor Virginia Tech Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ) ___ 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] N8RO/P Operations From DL99 DL98
I will be operating portable from DL99 and DL 98 on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. I plan on being on the the following satellite passes: 6/4/201419:08 UTCSO-50DL99 6/5/201400:20 UTCFO-29DL98 6/5/201415:06 UTCFO-29DL98 6/5/201417:55 UTCSO-50DL99 73, Ron - N8RO ___ 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] N8RO/P Operations From DL99 DL98 -------Corrections------
Many thanks to Jeff, NX9B for pointing out some problems in my schedule. I'm not sure if it was old Keps or just an old mind that caused the problems. Anyway, the corrected schedule is shown below. These are approx. local times. 6/4/201418:10 UTCSO-50DL99 6/5/201400:13 UTCFO-29DL98 6/5/201414:58 UTCFO-29DL98 6/5/201418:37 UTCSO-50DL99 I will look for you on the satellites. 73, Ron - N8RO ___ 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 $#@##$$%%E/A Fehler
just updated keps now I get E/A-Fehler 105 marching across the screen and will not stop. g 73 Bob W7LRD ___ 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
Re: [amsat-bb] About ARTSAT1:INVADER
Dear all, Thank you for your report about ARTSAT1: INVADER. The commnad station can get the status from your report. The satellite stop to send CW when the commnad is sent, or no replay. The battery is fine and some functions are working by some commands, so the members get the status from CW and keep triying to recover. Please keep in touch with the satellite and send report from: http://api.artsat.jp/report/ Thank you again! de ji1izr/Masahiro - Original Message - Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 22:14:42 +0900 (JST) From: ji1izr/Masahiro Sanada ji1izr_1...@nifty.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] About ARTSAT1:INVADER Hello, de ji1izr/Masahiro, ARTSAT1:INVADER, one of the CubeSats, is in trouble that the satellite does not reply after the command by the com m nad station. The members are trying to find out how to recover. We have no reply from the satellite, nor the CW becomes not to be heard after the command. When you have a chance to listen to the satellite, please send your report from below: http://api.artsat.jp/report/ Your report will be great help for the members. We appreciate your help very much. Thank you. ** Masahiro Sanada de ji1izr Hiratsuka-city Kanagawa,Japan ji1izr_1...@nifty.com ji1...@jarl.com ji1...@jamsat.or.jp web: http://ji1izr.atnifty.com/ blog: http://ji1izr.air-nifty.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 ___ 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 Report 04-Jun-2014 UTC
Good evening, I was on two passes of LituanicaSAT-1 over North America this evening. Signals sounded good, though I noted that the uplink sensitivity makes it difficult to work with just five watts of power output to a handheld antenna, except at higher elevations. My signal was in and out except at the middle of both passes. I neglected to make fine tuning adjustments on the uplink for Doppler as I had on previous passes. That might have made a difference had I done that. On the first pass, around 0031 UTC, KC9ELU in Indiana was the only station heard and worked. On the second pass, around 0207 UTC, KC9ELU was worked again as was KB1PVH in Massachusetts. Also heard were W0DHB in Colorado and KK4VAU in Tennessee. 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC (FM18lv) ___ 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] October Symposium Travel
Greetings All! This message is for those of you who plan to fly into (and out of) the Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) Airport for the upcoming AMSAT Symposium and Annual Meeting on October 10-12, 2014. I've just learned that Southwest Airlines is now having a 72 hour seat sale (good until this Thursday) from selected airports in the USA into and out of BWI. That airport is very close to the October Symposium venue. The must fly by travel period goes through February, 2015 and some of the seats are going for as little as $49 one way. Our Symposium host, Frank Bauer KA3HDO, also indicates that tentative plans are now in the works for some kind of a tour on the Monday following the Symposium. So, depending on your availability and interest, you may want to book your flights to and from BWI accordingly. 73, Keith KB1SF / VA3KSF Treasurer, AMSAT-NA ___ 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
Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Report 04-Jun-2014 UTC
Hi Paul! I was on the pass that started out here at 0202 UTC, and worked W0DHB in Colorado followed by N5ZNL in Mississippi before the satellite went behind the mountains to the east of the Phoenix area. I was in my back yard, using an Icom IC-2820H at 15W into an Elk log periodic, using narrow FM on the uplink. I did not hear you or KK4VAU come on the transponder. This was a pass from the south to the east, with maximum elevation for my location (DM43bn) of 13 degrees. This satellite seems like a cross between SO-67 and what the ISS cross-band repeater was like, the few times it was in a V/U configuration instead of the more common U/V configuration. I had to wait for the repeater's squelch tail to drop before I could hear myself through the transponder, and - with the lower orbit - adjusting for Doppler is very important. Narrow FM is a must, and I was able to deal with the 5 kHz tuning steps on the IC-2820H when trying to talk through the transponder. I plan on trying the next pass, which should start around 0336-0337 UTC. This will come up from my west and wrap around to the north, going up to a maximum elevation of 29 degrees. Meanwhile, time to make a request (or make another request) of the ARRL to add this satellite to the LOTW system. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 2:41 AM, Paul Stoetzer n...@arrl.net wrote: Good evening, I was on two passes of LituanicaSAT-1 over North America this evening. Signals sounded good, though I noted that the uplink sensitivity makes it difficult to work with just five watts of power output to a handheld antenna, except at higher elevations. My signal was in and out except at the middle of both passes. I neglected to make fine tuning adjustments on the uplink for Doppler as I had on previous passes. That might have made a difference had I done that. On the first pass, around 0031 UTC, KC9ELU in Indiana was the only station heard and worked. On the second pass, around 0207 UTC, KC9ELU was worked again as was KB1PVH in Massachusetts. Also heard were W0DHB in Colorado and KK4VAU in Tennessee. 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC (FM18lv) ___ 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] satpc32 E/A-Fehler 105. error
I can not get it to run (satpc-32). Someone said it is because of a inactive satellite in the list. Which one?? It will just keep happening. Also I am looking for a backup sat program as satpc32 is unreliable. Recommendations?? 73 Bob W7LRD ___ 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
Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Report 04-Jun-2014 UTC
Hi again! I was on the last LituanicaSAT-1 pass starting around 0337 UTC. I heard three other stations during the pass - Nestor K6JTT in San Diego, Dave W0DHB in Colorado, and Glenn AA5PK in west Texas. We all worked each other. This was a higher pass for me here in DM43bn, with maximum elevation of 29 degrees. Late in this pass, I heard the CW ID and recorded voice. I will send a separate report to LY5H including MP3 files with the audio from both passes I worked tonight. I hope the FM transponder can be activated again, while the satellite is still in orbit. This was fun! 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 2:41 AM, Paul Stoetzer n...@arrl.net wrote: Good evening, I was on two passes of LituanicaSAT-1 over North America this evening. Signals sounded good, though I noted that the uplink sensitivity makes it difficult to work with just five watts of power output to a handheld antenna, except at higher elevations. My signal was in and out except at the middle of both passes. I neglected to make fine tuning adjustments on the uplink for Doppler as I had on previous passes. That might have made a difference had I done that. On the first pass, around 0031 UTC, KC9ELU in Indiana was the only station heard and worked. On the second pass, around 0207 UTC, KC9ELU was worked again as was KB1PVH in Massachusetts. Also heard were W0DHB in Colorado and KK4VAU in Tennessee. 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC (FM18lv) ___ 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
