[amsat-bb] LO-78 (LituanicaSAT-1) status update
Dear Gentlemen, Transponder is ON, next update in 24 hours. Respectfully, Vytenis B. ___ 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 Data Warehouse
Hi All, It appears that our Data Warehouse has decided to take a holiday and is not presently updating the web pages correctly. I believe that it is continuing to accept telemetry in from listening stations so please keep the data flowing. The spacecraft itself seems fine! thanks Graham G3VZV ___ 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] Dnepr Upper Stage Apogee
Good morning, I noticed that after the last Dnepr launch, it's upper stage was raised to an apogee of 1454 km, putting it in a 1454 km x 609 km orbit with a 97.9 degree inclination, in order to avoid collision with any of the 37 satellites it released. Would it be possible for a future amateur satellite to be deployed AFTER the Dnepr completes it's final burn to take advantage of that high apogee? This would provide service similar to FO-29 with opportunities for intercontinental communications every few months. 73, Paul, N8HM ___ 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] Dnepr Upper Stage Apogee
You are not the only one to notice! All I can say at this point is that it is being investigated. However, the question of meeting orbital debris mitigation requirements remains. 73, Drew KO4MA Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 5, 2014, at 8:28 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > > Good morning, > > I noticed that after the last Dnepr launch, it's upper stage was raised to an > apogee of 1454 km, putting it in a 1454 km x 609 km orbit with a 97.9 degree > inclination, in order to avoid collision with any of the 37 satellites it > released. > > Would it be possible for a future amateur satellite to be deployed AFTER the > Dnepr completes it's final burn to take advantage of that high apogee? This > would provide service similar to FO-29 with opportunities for > intercontinental communications every few months. > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM > ___ > 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] Dnepr Upper Stage Apogee
> However, the question of meeting orbital debris mitigation requirements > remains There are, however, no legally binding requirements regarding debris mitigation. In the case of amateur transponder satellites they can be assumed to have an operation lifetime of 40+ years (think OSCAR-7), as I recall debris mitigation suggests re-entry within 25 years of the end of mission. For amateur transponder satellites this might imply 65 years in orbit. But we can see plenty of examples of satellites currently being launched that will still be in orbit thousands of years from now. Certain missions require that satellites are placed in (or achieve through on-board propulsion) near circular orbits in the 1200-2500 km range - it is accepted that such missions could be up there for many tens of thousands of years. The amateur service could certainly justify transponder satellites in in near circular orbits at that altitude because that is what is required to fulfill the communications mission. In the case of the Dnepr Upper Stage it looks like it does have a satellite attached to it although that was unintentional - BRITE-Montreal failed to deploy. 73 Trevor M5AKA On Saturday, 5 July 2014, 13:43, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote: You are not the only one to notice! All I can say at this point is that it is being investigated. However, the question of meeting orbital debris mitigation requirements remains. 73, Drew KO4MA Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 5, 2014, at 8:28 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > > Good morning, > > I noticed that after the last Dnepr launch, it's upper stage was raised to an > apogee of 1454 km, putting it in a 1454 km x 609 km orbit with a 97.9 degree > inclination, in order to avoid collision with any of the 37 satellites it > released. > > Would it be possible for a future amateur satellite to be deployed AFTER the > Dnepr completes it's final burn to take advantage of that high apogee? This > would provide service similar to FO-29 with opportunities for > intercontinental communications every few months. > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM > ___ > 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
Re: [amsat-bb] Dnepr Upper Stage Apogee
Don't see why not. ESA education launched a set of cubesats on the first Vega flight with a 1500 x 350km orbit. However, as we would probably be the only people interested in that orbit, there may be an issue with using all 3U of a typical deployer. Another possibility is to encourage secondary passengers, with approved deployers, to one of the MEO orbits 8000 / 20,000km - Now that would be fun. Thanks David G0MRF -Original Message- From: Andrew Glasbrenner To: Paul Stoetzer CC: AMSAT-BB Sent: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 13:43 Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Dnepr Upper Stage Apogee You are not the only one to notice! All I can say at this point is that it is being investigated. However, the question of meeting orbital debris mitigation requirements remains. 73, Drew KO4MA Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 5, 2014, at 8:28 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > > Good morning, > > I noticed that after the last Dnepr launch, it's upper stage was raised to an apogee of 1454 km, putting it in a 1454 km x 609 km orbit with a 97.9 degree inclination, in order to avoid collision with any of the 37 satellites it released. > > Would it be possible for a future amateur satellite to be deployed AFTER the Dnepr completes it's final burn to take advantage of that high apogee? This would provide service similar to FO-29 with opportunities for intercontinental communications every few months. > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM > ___ > 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
Re: [amsat-bb] second call for NA1SS audio from last weekend
>> ... K6LCS - you posted an audio clip where you recreated your NA1SS QSO. Did you record the NA1SS audio? Just the time my contact on a voice recorder app on my iPod touch ... http://work-sat.com/ISS-062814.html Clint ___ 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] Dnepr Upper Stage Apogee
I was surprised to see how much the Vega cubes orbit had decayed already! 73, Drew KO4MA Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 5, 2014, at 10:37 AM, g0...@aol.com wrote: > > > Don't see why not. ESA education launched a set of cubesats on the first Vega > flight with a 1500 x 350km orbit. > > However, as we would probably be the only people interested in that orbit, > there may be an issue with using all 3U of a typical deployer. > > Another possibility is to encourage secondary passengers, with approved > deployers, to one of the MEO orbits 8000 / 20,000km - Now that would be fun. > > Thanks > > David G0MRF > > > -Original Message- > From: Andrew Glasbrenner > To: Paul Stoetzer > CC: AMSAT-BB > Sent: Sat, 5 Jul 2014 13:43 > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Dnepr Upper Stage Apogee > > > You are not the only one to notice! All I can say at this point is that it is > being investigated. However, the question of meeting orbital debris > mitigation > requirements remains. > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 5, 2014, at 8:28 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: >> >> Good morning, >> >> I noticed that after the last Dnepr launch, it's upper stage was raised to an > apogee of 1454 km, putting it in a 1454 km x 609 km orbit with a 97.9 degree > inclination, in order to avoid collision with any of the 37 satellites it > released. >> >> Would it be possible for a future amateur satellite to be deployed AFTER the > Dnepr completes it's final burn to take advantage of that high apogee? This > would provide service similar to FO-29 with opportunities for > intercontinental > communications every few months. >> >> 73, >> >> Paul, N8HM >> ___ >> 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 ___ 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] Dnepr Upper Stage Apogee
Obviously "beggars can't be choosers" and we are lucky that we have been able to get several new satellites launched that are providing and will provide amateur communications, regardless of the orbits. However, look at the most popular satellites in use now: FO-29 and AO-7. Both can provide intercontinental communication and up to 22 minute long passes. FO-29 is also popular because of the advantages of Mode J, especially for portable operations. AO-7 is nearing it's 40th birthday and can be quite quirky, especially during it's eclipse cycles, which are getting longer and longer each year as it's orbit precesses. FO-29 is 18 years old and, though I haven't checked this out, will probably enter eclipse cycles of it's own in the next year or so. When the eclipses get too long, the control stations are likely going to have to turn the transponder off to save the batteries, meaning we are probably going to lose use of FO-29 for several months; and, it's always possible that it will fail completely. As a matter of attracting hams to the amateur satellite service and keeping them interested, the possibility of intercontinental communication is important and hopefully launches to take satellites up higher than 1,000 km can be found in the future, whether it's an elliptical orbit like FO-29 or this Dnepr's upper stage, the common high LEO circular orbits above 1,200 km (as these are not cubesat launches, I'm guessing the costs are prohibitive), or to MEO/HEO (and we know the difficulties there). 73, Paul, N8HM On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 9:47 AM, M5AKA wrote: >> However, the question of meeting orbital debris mitigation requirements >> remains > > There are, however, no legally binding requirements regarding debris > mitigation. > > > In the case of amateur transponder satellites they can be assumed to have an > operation lifetime of 40+ years (think OSCAR-7), as I recall debris > mitigation suggests re-entry within 25 years of the end of mission. For > amateur transponder satellites this might imply 65 years in orbit. > > > But we can see plenty of examples of satellites currently being launched that > will still be in orbit thousands of years from now. Certain missions require > that satellites are placed in (or achieve through on-board propulsion) near > circular orbits in the 1200-2500 km range - it is accepted that such missions > could be up there for many tens of thousands of years. > > The amateur service could certainly justify transponder satellites in in near > circular orbits at that altitude because that is what is required to fulfill > the communications mission. > > In the case of the Dnepr Upper Stage it looks like it does have a satellite > attached to it although that was unintentional - BRITE-Montreal failed to > deploy. > > > 73 Trevor M5AKA > > > > > > On Saturday, 5 July 2014, 13:43, Andrew Glasbrenner > wrote: > > > > You are not the only one to notice! All I can say at this point is that it is > being investigated. However, the question of meeting orbital debris > mitigation requirements remains. > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jul 5, 2014, at 8:28 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: >> >> Good morning, >> >> I noticed that after the last Dnepr launch, it's upper stage was raised to >> an apogee of 1454 km, putting it in a 1454 km x 609 km orbit with a 97.9 >> degree inclination, in order to avoid collision with any of the 37 >> satellites it released. >> >> Would it be possible for a future amateur satellite to be deployed AFTER the >> Dnepr completes it's final burn to take advantage of that high apogee? This >> would provide service similar to FO-29 with opportunities for >> intercontinental communications every few months. >> >> 73, >> >> Paul, N8HM >> ___ >> 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 ___ 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 Working Well
Lituanicasat-1 was on for the 1755utc pass over Ohio today. N1PCE was the only station heard and worked. It's at 310km now so it won't be up for much longer. Work it while you can. The next pass starts for EN91 at 1928utc and goes through the middle of the US. The footprint is not very big but if you are in it, you'll be able to work it. It fades as it spins but the rate is fairly fast so you can easily make qso's on it. Make sure you have the latest keps as they are changing rapidly as the bird slows down. LITUANICASAT-1 1 39569U 98067EN 14186.49377965 .00413101 0-0 13237-2 0 3882 2 39569 51.6393 352.4578 0004635 267.8164 186.1070 15.89402291 19933 145.95 up and 435175.5 down 67Hz PL. 73, John K8YSE ___ 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] sat grid trip to EM60
I will be vacationing in EM60 during the week of July 28 thru Aug 1st. If anyone needs this grid, I will be available to sked a contact on SO-50 or LO-78 only. I will be taking my 5w ht and arrow antenna. Reply here and I will write down the call signs and post closer to that week. Ken Holland KC9TTR ___ 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 Working Well
Question: In Satpc32, I have LO-78 showing as a selection but there are no frequencies showing in the CAT window. I did the 'update keps' function but no freqs showing. Is there some other file that needs to be updated? Any help appreciated Ted K7TRK -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of f...@papays.com Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 11:21 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Lituanicasat-1 Working Well Lituanicasat-1 was on for the 1755utc pass over Ohio today. N1PCE was the only station heard and worked. It's at 310km now so it won't be up for much longer. Work it while you can. The next pass starts for EN91 at 1928utc and goes through the middle of the US. The footprint is not very big but if you are in it, you'll be able to work it. It fades as it spins but the rate is fairly fast so you can easily make qso's on it. Make sure you have the latest keps as they are changing rapidly as the bird slows down. LITUANICASAT-1 1 39569U 98067EN 14186.49377965 .00413101 0-0 13237-2 0 3882 2 39569 51.6393 352.4578 0004635 267.8164 186.1070 15.89402291 19933 145.95 up and 435175.5 down 67Hz PL. 73, John K8YSE ___ 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] FUNcube Data Warehouse
Hi All, Just an update to say that the Warehouse has recovered its senses and seems to be operating normally. Those who look at the data carefully will notice some erroneous numbers in some of the min/max fields. These will be cleared when it does its next weekly update – for instance the battery did not actually reach 16 volts...at least we don't believe that it did! thanks and 73 Graham G3VZV From: Graham Shirville Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 10:18 AM To: AMSAT BB Subject: FUNcube Data Warehouse Hi All, It appears that our Data Warehouse has decided to take a holiday and is not presently updating the web pages correctly. I believe that it is continuing to accept telemetry in from listening stations so please keep the data flowing. The spacecraft itself seems fine! thanks Graham G3VZV ___ 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] Dnepr Upper Stage Apogee
There are certainly launchers going to MEO orbits, in a few days on July 10 a Soyuz-STB Fregat-MT is launching four satellites for Jersey (CI) based O3b Networks Ltd into a 7825 km circular orbit - looks a great orbit. 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ 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 Working Well
You need to enter the up- and downlink frequencies and mode into the Doppler.SQF file, which you can edit by clicking the "?" on the menu bar, and then "Auxiliary Files". Note that the satellite name in the doppler file must exactly match the satellite name in the keps. You must also enter the subtone info into the SubTone.SQF file. Again, the satellite name must match. (You can just copy the data from the first entry for SO-50). 73, George, KA3HSW - Original Message - From: "Ted" To: ; Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Lituanicasat-1 Working Well Question: In Satpc32, I have LO-78 showing as a selection but there are no frequencies showing in the CAT window. I did the 'update keps' function but no freqs showing. Is there some other file that needs to be updated? Any help appreciated Ted K7TRK -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of f...@papays.com Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 11:21 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Lituanicasat-1 Working Well Lituanicasat-1 was on for the 1755utc pass over Ohio today. N1PCE was the only station heard and worked. It's at 310km now so it won't be up for much longer. Work it while you can. The next pass starts for EN91 at 1928utc and goes through the middle of the US. The footprint is not very big but if you are in it, you'll be able to work it. It fades as it spins but the rate is fairly fast so you can easily make qso's on it. Make sure you have the latest keps as they are changing rapidly as the bird slows down. LITUANICASAT-1 1 39569U 98067EN 14186.49377965 .00413101 0-0 13237-2 0 3882 2 39569 51.6393 352.4578 0004635 267.8164 186.1070 15.89402291 19933 145.95 up and 435175.5 down 67Hz PL. 73, John K8YSE ___ 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 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.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] ANS-187 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-187 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * OSCAR Numbers Assigned for CubeSats QB50p1 and QB50p2 * Reception of the One Millionth Packet from FUNcube-1 * WD9EWK - 2014 Field Day Report * AMSAT Field Day Satellite Contact Summary Sheet Due July 14 * ISS Contacts makes 2014 ARRL Field Day, One to Remember! * Satellite Operation From Saint Pierre and Miquelon * UKube-1 Launch Information * ESA Competition! Remote Sensing with Multiple Cooperative Nanosats * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-187.01 ANS-187 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 187.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE July 06, 2014 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-187.01 OSCAR Numbers Assigned for CubeSats QB50p1 and QB50p2 In an email to Mr. Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG, AMSAT-NL and Mr. Jeroen Rotteveel, ISIS CEO, OSCAR Number Administrator William A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO, announced, "I have received your request for OSCAR Numbers for CubeSats QB50p1 and QB50p2 and from everything I can determine these spacecraft meet all of the requirements necessary to receive OSCAR numbers. "Therefore, by the authority vested in me by the AMSAT-NA President, I hereby confer the designation European OSCAR 79 to CubeSats QB50p1 and European OSCAR 80 to CubeSat CubeSats QB50p2. These designations can, of course, for convenience be shortened to EO-79 and EO-80. I, and the entire amateur satellite community, hope for successful missions for both EO-79 and EO-80 and congratulate AMSAT-NL and the ISIS team as well as all who contributed to these new Amateur Radio satellites for their success in building, testing and launching these new OSCARs." [ANS Thanks Bill W3XO and AMSAT-NA for the above information] - Reception of the One Millionth Packet from FUNcube-1 Many stations have been receiving the telemetry transmitted by FUNcube-1, which has now been in orbit for 221 days. The spacecraft, which has been operating nominally since launch, is providing on- board health and science data for the many schools and colleges who are already participating in the project around the world. Since launch, data has been received by more than 650 stations around the world and today our online Data Warehouse received its one millionth packet of information. The Warehouse is now storing more than 256MB of telemetry which is available for educational and research use. We have been successful in capturing almost 25% of all the telemetry transmitted including almost all of the Whole Orbit Data. This success is a great tribute to our designers of the Flight software, the Dashboard programme and the matching Data Warehouse. We are also immensely grateful to all the schools, colleges, radio amateurs and other listeners who are providing this data and want to encourage everyone to continue to listen to FUNcube-1 and to upload the data to the Warehouse. This will help enable the project to continue to provide a complete and current data set for analysis. We would, of course, also love to have additional receiving stations in the FUNcube Ground Station Network. This applies especially to anyone near the poles or who is located on an island in the middle of ocean. Their involvement would help us improve our rate of data capture still further. Our records show that there were three stations who actually managed to upload the same one millionth packet to the Warehouse today. They are G0EID, OM3BC and DL3SER. If they could contact "operations at funcube.org.uk" we will arrange them to send them a small prize to honour their contribution to the project. [ANS thanks Graham G3VZV for the above information] - WD9EWK - 2014 Field Day Report Even though I only worked the radios for a few hours on Saturday, the 2014 Field Day was another fun time to be on the radio. I had two objectives for this weekend - try to make a QSO with NA1SS, and try a new radio on HF - which I was able to do. I was on some satellite passes, making a couple of QSOs, which I'll submit to both ARRL and AMSAT. Knowing that the ISS would be passing by within minutes of the start of Field Day, I was set up in my back yard for that. I used my normal FM satellite setup (IC-2820H, Elk log periodic), with the
[amsat-bb] W5PFG/P DM80 SO-50
I'm wrapping up my west Texas grid operations on the satellites. Last chance for DM80 on SO-50 is at 0026 UTC coming up for those who aren't on SSB. I was just on FO-29 and will likely work the next one. 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] az-el rotor repair
Hi All, I have a Yaesu G5400b controller with a kenpro az/el rotor. From my understanding, yaesu was taken over by kenpro and the parts inside the az/el rotor are the same as in a yaesu 5400 setup. Anyway, my rotor is in need of repair and it seems there is a shortage of people who do these repairs, not to mention have parts on hand to make the repairs (apparently replacement parts from yaesu seem to be in short supply). Can anyone recommend a technician for this who might have the parts? Thanks, Tim K6TW ___ 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] ARTSAT1: INVADER will re-try to send Cosmic Poem
Dear all, Hello, we are join to send Generative Comsic Poem from INVADER(CO-77) EU: 2014-07-06 04:56:00 UTC https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1336163/ScrSav035.jpg 2014-07-06 06:30:00 UTC https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1336163/ScrSav036.jpg If you can receive them please repot to http://api.artsat.jp/report/ Sorry for the early in the morning and thanks in advance. All the best, Akihiro Kubota/ARTSAT Project On Jun 30, 2014, at 3:38 PM, Akihiro Kubota wrote: > Dear all, > > Hello, we are going to re-try to send Cosmic Poem over North and South > America as follows. > > North America: > 2014-06-30 20:25:00 UTC > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1336163/ScrSav021.jpg > > South America: > 2014-07-01 20:55:00 UTC > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1336163/ScrSav028.jpg > > Thanks in advance. > > Best, > > Akihiro Kubots, ARTSAT Project > > > On Jun 26, 2014, at 10:55 PM, ji1izr/Masahiro Sanada > wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> The ARTSAT Project team scheduled to send Cosmic Poem over Europe and North >> Am >> erica. >> >> Please refer to the Facebook: >> https://www.facebook.com/events/1450646185187636/permalink/1457939504458304/ >> >> The announcement is: >> ***begin of the referred*** >> Schedule for the first and second performances in this weekend! >> >> The First Performance, Europe and North Africa >> 2014-06-28 07:26 (UTC) >> June 28 2014, 09:26 (CEST) >> over San Sebastian (Spain) >> Covered major cities: London, Berlin, Paris, Madrid, Dublin, Copenhagen, Wars >> aw, Marrakesh, Tunis >> >> The Second Performance, East/Central USA and East Canada >> 2014-06-28 21:26 (UTC) >> June 28 2014, 17:26 (EDT) >> over Ohio (USA) >> Covered major cities: New York, Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, Miami, Houston, K >> ansas City >> >> * the schedule is subject to change. >> >> ***end of the referred*** >> >> You can hear the sample of the poem here: >> http://artsat.jp/en/cosmic-poem-draft-2 >> >> de ji1izr/Masahiro >> >> ** >>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
Re: [amsat-bb] az-el rotor repair
Tim/all- I did a repair on my G5500 el rotor. I needed a position pot-it was available through Yaesu parts right away. Depending on what you need to have done, your mileage may vary. You could always ship the whole thing to Yaesu. You can get lots of advice here on the bb. 73 Bob W7LRD - Original Message - From: "Tim Goodrich" To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, July 5, 2014 5:35:52 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] az-el rotor repair Hi All, I have a Yaesu G5400b controller with a kenpro az/el rotor. From my understanding, yaesu was taken over by kenpro and the parts inside the az/el rotor are the same as in a yaesu 5400 setup. Anyway, my rotor is in need of repair and it seems there is a shortage of people who do these repairs, not to mention have parts on hand to make the repairs (apparently replacement parts from yaesu seem to be in short supply). Can anyone recommend a technician for this who might have the parts? Thanks, Tim K6TW ___ 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
