[amsat-bb] ANS-215 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

[Joseph Spier]

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-215

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:

* July/August 2014 AMSAT Journal is Ready and at the Print Shop
* AMSAT ARRL Centennial Videos Added to www.AMSAT.org
* AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium Videos Now Available
* Enhanced FUNcube-1 Dashboard App now available
* AMSAT Events
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts From All Over



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ANS-215 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

AMSAT News Service Bulletin 215.01
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DATE August 3, 2014
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July/August 2014 AMSAT Journal is Ready and at the Print Shop


JoAnne, K9JKM reports that the July/August 2014 AMSAT Journal has
been sent to the print shop. Look for your copy in your mailbox in a
couple of weeks depending on the post office. Thanks to all of our
contributors and Editors:
Bernhard, VA6BMJ; Douglas, KA2UPW/5; James, K3JPH for their help
getting this issue ready.

In this issue you will find ...

+ AMSAT Announcements: Call for 2014 AMSAT Space Symposium Papers
+ Apogee View by Barry Baines - WD4ASW
+ Fox-1C to Launch on Spaceflight's SHERPA in 3Q 2015
+ Get Ready for Fox-1 Hamfest Handout
+ AMSAT at ARRL Centennial Celebration in Hartford
+ Board of Directors Meeting Minutes and 2014 AMSAT BOD
Election Notice by Alan Biddle - WA4SCA
+ AMSAT at Dayton 2014 by Keith Baker - KB1SF/VA3KSF
+ AMSAT Engineering 2014 - Virtual Teamwork by Jerry Buxton - N0JY
+ AMSAT at Ham-Com 2014
+ New President's Club Donor Drive Announcement
+ Star Comm Group Satellite Operating Awards by Damon Runion - WA4HFN
+ June 19 DNEPR Launch Lofts 37 Satellites
+ AMSAT Field Day 2014 by Bruce Paige - KK5DO
+ UKube-1 With FUNcube-2 Transponder Aboard Launched on July 8
by Graham Shirville - G3VZV

A color preview of the cover page has been posted to the AMSAT North
America Facebook page.

The AMSAT Journal welcomes all your input about Amateur Radio in
space. We'll do all the final formatting and layout for you. All we
need are your article in text, MS-Word, or OpenOffice format. Please
send photos separately as JPG or BMP files in as high resolution as
possible. We have a writer's guide posted at
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-and-feel free to contact the editor directly with your questions.
Sample articles from previous issues are posted at:
http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=2074

The AMSAT Journal is sent to all members bi-monthly. We report on all
aspects of Amateur Radio in space including launches, equipment,
operating techniques, antennas, activities, and membership news. Not
yet a member? You can find out how to join at:
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Please send your articles, photos, and news to jour...@amsat.org or
k9...@amsat.org.


[ANS thanks the AMSAT Journal Editor Team for the above information]


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AMSAT ARRL Centennial Videos Added to www.AMSAT.org


The following are videos of Patrick WD9EWK demonstrating working
satellites during the ARRL Centennial. Two of the 3 use audio Patrick
recorded, with a slideshow complete with pictures and descriptions
of the audio and other stuff related to AMSAT at Hartford.

This is a slideshow from the AO-7 demonstration Patrick gave, after
our training seminar wrapped up on the Thursday of that weekend (17
July):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5TjXbuLv5s

This is a slideshow from the NA1SS contact on Saturday (19
July) morning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoFbhPXsUx0

This is an actual video from the AO-7 demonstration at the end
of the convention on Saturday (19 July). Thanks Peter W2JV for
running the camera for this video!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHd91H_t88o

See the AMSAT Presentations at the 2014 ARRL Centennial webpage:
http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=2914


[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information]


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AMSAT-UK Space Colloquium Videos Now Available


Thanks to the hard work of volunteers from the British Amateur
Television Club (BATC) videos of the presentations given to the AMSAT-
UK International Space Colloquium held in Guildford on July 26-27,
2014 are now available to view online or download to your PC.

Links to the presentation videos, PDF’s of the slides and the
schedule are at
http://amsat-uk.or

Re: [amsat-bb] Telemetry freq for Ukcube-1/Funcube-2?

[Colin Hurst]

Mark,
Try 145915.2 +/- 1kHz
It is  a tad frequency agile.
Passes are very infrequent due to testing.
73
Colin VK5HI

-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Mark L. Hammond
Sent: Saturday, 2 August 2014 23:46
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Telemetry freq for Ukcube-1/Funcube-2?

Hello Funcube-2 Telemetry Chasers,

What are you using as the "real" frequency as compared to the published
frequency of 145.915 MHz?  

I've gotten some frames from using the Funcube Dongle Pro+, but want to use
my IC-910 and I haven't been around for a pass with telemetry xmissions
active to try and tune in the actual downlink.

Thanks---



Mark L. Hammond  [N8MH] 

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Re: [amsat-bb] FUNcube-2 Telemetry Beacon

[Wouter Weggelaar]

Hi Peter,

At the moment there is no schedule as the UKube-1 team continues their work
to commission the satellite.
When the FUNcube team has a schedule available, we will make this know on
our website and by E-mail to this BB.

At the moment the FUNcube-2 subsystem may be turned on on ad-hoc basis and
there is no schedule available.

73s
Wouter PA3WEG
FUNcube team


On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:14 PM, Peter Kaminski  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> a question. Is there a schedule for the telemetry TLM beacon activity
> available or are there any special days there the beacon is on? If so there
> can I get this information?
>
> regards
> Peter
> DL9DAK
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Re: [amsat-bb] Round-the-world M0XER-4

[Wouter Weggelaar]

I have just confirmed that B-64 is also transmitting at 144.800MHz
The balloon carries a "geofence" in code, that will turn off 2m APRS in
countries that do not allow airborne APRS.

Wouter PA3WEG


On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:51 AM, Wouter Weggelaar 
wrote:

> Just to confirm,
>
> APRS is used on 70cm at least. Not sure about 2m
> And it decodes in the field ;)
> http://www.pa3weg.nl/?id=news
>
> *Wouter PA3WEG*
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:03 AM, Andrew Koenig  wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure if this link has been passed around yet, but it has a few
>> photos and some info on the system.
>>
>> http://www.leobodnar.com/balloons/B-64/
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 3:51 PM, M5AKA  wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Bob,
>> >
>> > Yes, that's a library image of one of Leo's solar powered payloads, I
>> > don't have a pic of B-64.
>> >
>> > If you send Leo an email I'm sure he'd fill you in on the details - I'm
>> > just amazed he's managed to get everything into such a small and light
>> > package, as you might expect the rechargeable cell is the heaviest part.
>> >
>> > 73 Trevor M5AKA
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thursday, 31 July 2014, 21:26, Robert Bruninga 
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Trevor,
>> >
>> > The M0XER-4 (I thought) did frequency shifting (APRS 144 MHz national
>> > channels over Europe and the US), and so I thought it had more
>> complexity.
>> > The image shown on the link below only has 434 MHz antennas, no obvious
>> > GPS and no VHF antennas.  Can you clarify and help us get an idea of
>> what
>> > this M0XER4 payload actually looked like?  Thanks, Bob, WB4aPR
>> >
>> >
>> > -Original Message-
>> > From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
>> > Behalf Of M5AKA
>> > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 4:06 PM
>> > To: AMSAT BB
>> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Round-the-world M0XER-4
>> >
>> >
>> http://amsat-uk.org/2014/07/31/434-mhz-balloon-b-64-completes-epic-journey
>> > /
>> >
>> > 73 Trevor M5AKA
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Re: [amsat-bb] Telemetry freq for Ukcube-1/Funcube-2?

[g0mrf]

Hi Mark
 
Someone with an IQ file should be able to give you an exact figure.  My 
estimate is just under 3kHz high.
The good news is that possibly due to the increased thermal mass of the 3U 
structure, the temp stability seems better than AO-73.

73

David
 
 
-Original Message-
From: Mark L. Hammond 
To: amsat-bb 
Sent: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 15:16
Subject: [amsat-bb] Telemetry freq for Ukcube-1/Funcube-2?


Hello Funcube-2 Telemetry Chasers,

What are you using as the "real" frequency as compared to the published 
frequency of 145.915 MHz?  

I've gotten some frames from using the Funcube Dongle Pro+, but want to use my 
IC-910 and I haven't been around for a pass with telemetry xmissions active to 
try and tune in the actual downlink.

Thanks---



Mark L. Hammond  [N8MH] 

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[amsat-bb] Telemetry freq for Ukcube-1/Funcube-2?

[Mark L. Hammond]

Hello Funcube-2 Telemetry Chasers,

What are you using as the "real" frequency as compared to the published 
frequency of 145.915 MHz?  

I've gotten some frames from using the Funcube Dongle Pro+, but want to use my 
IC-910 and I haven't been around for a pass with telemetry xmissions active to 
try and tune in the actual downlink.

Thanks---



Mark L. Hammond  [N8MH] 

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Re: [amsat-bb] Current Launch Costs From Spaceflight

[M5AKA]

> We're not going to see another satellite with a 144 MHz yagi. 

> The"Mode B HEO" ship has long since sailed

Paul, 


The problem is there aren't any global primary Amateur-Satellite microwave 
bands below 24 GHz. While our allocations at 29 MHz and 144 MHz may be primary 
world-wide the other VHF/UHF/uW bands are not. 


We have seen 2400 MHz rendered useless in urban areas due to WiFi with 5840 MHz 
likely to go the same way. There's a 3400 MHz allocation in Regions 2 and 3 but 
it's not available in Region 1. 1260 MHz is now being used by the Galileo GPS 
system, already a German 23cm repeater has been shut down because it 
"interfered with a Galileo GPS receiver". We might expect further restrictions 
on 1260 as use of the new system spreads.
http://www.southgatearc.org/articles/galileo.htm


In the UK the top half of the 10 GHz satellite allocation has already been 
allocated to high power commercial stations.

Clearly deploying some form of directional 144 MHz antenna on a 3U CubeSat will 
be challenging, but not necessarily impossible.


73 Trevor M5AKA




On Saturday, 2 August 2014, 3:16, Paul Stoetzer  wrote:
 


Gus,

We're not going to see another satellite with a 144 MHz yagi. The
"Mode B HEO" ship has long since sailed unless someone can come up
with the $15-$20 million or more to finish and launch Phase 3E.
However, given how rapidly technology has advanced, I'm not going to
count out a large CubeSat (the specification covers up to 27U) getting
us back to HEO some day, but it will definitely be microwave band
only.

73,

Paul, N8HM

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 9:31 PM, Gus  wrote:
> Absolutely!  Micro-miniaturization!
>
> But some things are difficult to miniaturize -- like a 144 MHz yagi.
>
>
>
> On 08/01/2014 09:20 PM, Bryce Salmi wrote:
>>
>> Innovation is often driven out of necessity. I see it everyday at work.
>> Develop a baseline system that works and then optimize it. You'd be amazed
>> what you could do with the small of a space to pack electronics into.
>>
>> Bryce
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 6:16 PM, Gus mailto:g...@8p6sm.net>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 08/01/2014 01:24 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
>>
>>         I've noticed from reading this board's current posts and
>>         archives that
>>         there is a bias against CubeSats from some due to a belief
>>         that they
>>         are somehow inherently limited in capability, unreliable, and
>>         short
>>         lived, but there is nothing inherent in the CubeSat format
>>         that makes
>>         it that way, it's simply a standardized way to build a satellite.
>>
>>     Their size and weight limitations restrict the type of antennas
>>     they can deploy, the number of solar panels they can carry, and
>>     simply the mass of silicon they can contain.
>>
>>     Yes, they are cheap and launches (to LEO) are frequent, but their
>>     capabilities are, surely, limited by their physical nature?
>>
>>
>>     --     Gus 8P6SM
>>     The Easternmost Isle
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