[amsat-bb] HO-68 Beacon Heard In DO33

[B J]

I listened for HO-68 for the first time last night and again during two passes 
today.  The S meter on my FT-817ND didn't budge but the signal was steady and 
clear and I was able to copy most of the characters that were transmitted.  
I'll be in CO96 tomorrow and Friday and I'll try to listen for it there as well.

I think we're going to have a lot of fun with this bird.

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[amsat-bb] Stardust-NExt Encounter With Comet Tempel 1 Tonight

[B J]

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-050&cid=release_2011-050&msource=11050&tr=y&auid=7771872

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[amsat-bb] Stardust-NExT Flyby Of Comet Tempel 1 Successful

[B J]

The first pictures should be available later on, apparently some time around 
0800 UTC.

The investigators don't know right now what was photographed, so the crater 
formed from by Deep Impact in 2005 might not show up.  If it does, they'll be 
interested in what, if anything, changed over the years.  If it doesn't, they 
expect to see some new features that Deep Impact wasn't able to take pictures 
of.

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[amsat-bb] Update On Stardust-NExT's Flyby Of Comet Tempel 1

[B J]

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1102/14stardustnext/

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1102/14stardustnext/gallery.html

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[amsat-bb] Pictures Of Deep Impact's Crater On Comet Tempel 1

[B J]

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-056&cid=release_2011-056&msource=s20110215&tr=y&auid=7787065#10

These photos were of particular interest to the investigators.

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[amsat-bb] Launch of ESA's "Johannes Kepler" ATV-2 Scrubbed

[B J]

http://www.arianespace.com/news-mission-update/2011/762.asp

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/02/ariane-mission-launch-atv-2-space-station/

http://www.cbsnews.com/network/news/space/home/spacenews/files/23ffb8c53c2335a286c6e9afe3c387b7-162.html

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[amsat-bb] Re: Ariane launch to ISS

[B J]

--- On Wed, 2/16/11, g0...@aol.com  wrote:

> From: g0...@aol.com 
> Subject: [amsat-bb]  Ariane launch to ISS
> To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
> Received: Wednesday, February 16, 2011, 12:32 PM
> Tonights launch at 21.30 UTC
>  
> Live coverage _http://www.videocorner.tv/index.htm_ 
> (http://www.videocorner.tv/index.htm) 

I believe that the launch will be broadcast on NASA TV.

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[amsat-bb] ISS As Seen From Space Shuttle Discovery

[B J]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/gallery/s133e011051.html

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[amsat-bb] Voyager 1 Still Gathering Data

[B J]

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-069&cid=release_2011-069&msource=11069&tr=y&auid=7897889

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[amsat-bb] Another Terrific View Of ISS From Space Shuttle

[B J]

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-133/html/s133e010480.html

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[amsat-bb] Welcome Back, Discovery!

[B J]

The orbiter just landed at Kennedy Space Centre.  It was a perfect touch-down, 
a fitting end to its last mission.

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[amsat-bb] MESSENGER About To Go Into Orbit Around Mercury

[B J]

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1103/17messenger/

Orbital insertion burn is coming up in a few minutes.

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[amsat-bb] MESSENGER Now In Orbit

[B J]

The spacecraft will be checked out over the next few days before it begins 
collecting data.

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[amsat-bb] Farewell, Stardust-NExT

[B J]

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-094

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[amsat-bb] A Decade Since The End Of Mir

[B J]

http://moonandback.com/2011/03/24/world-marks-anniversary-of-first-space-station/

I remember watching CNN's coverage of it.  There was a TV camera on board which 
showed the view from orbit, though the station had been abandoned by then.

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[amsat-bb] Re: Online satellite data ?

[B J]

--- On Sat, 3/26/11, Andrew Rich  wrote:

> From: Andrew Rich 
> Subject: [amsat-bb]  Online satellite data ?
> To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
> Received: Saturday, March 26, 2011, 10:58 AM
> Is there somewhere online I can query
> the position of a satellite in real time using code ?
> 
> It would return the lat and lon 
> 
> Apart from running predict locally ;-)

The website:

http://www.n2yo.com

tracks satellites in real time and displays data such as latitude and longitude.

There's a link on the main page to a listing of amateur birds but the names 
that are given are the official ones.  For example, AO-51 is given as AMSAT 
Echo.  I've found this site to be quite useful.

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[amsat-bb] SpaceX Announces Falcon Heavy Rocket

[B J]

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1104/04spacex/
http://www.spacex.com/falcon_heavy.php
http://www.spacex.com/falcon9_heavy.php

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[amsat-bb] MESSENGER Begins Science Phase Of Mission

[B J]

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/news_room/details.php?id=166

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[amsat-bb] Nothing Heard From ARISSat-1 In DO33

[B J]

I listened until 0620 UTC but it was a low-elevation pass.  The next 3 will be 
over 30 degrees.

73s

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[amsat-bb] Still Nothing From ARISSat-1 In DO33

[B J]

I had a good view of the ISS during the pass, though.

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[amsat-bb] Re: Still Nothing From ARISSat-1 In DO33

[B J]

> I had a good view of the ISS during
> the pass, though.

I forgot to mention that the pass was just before 1100 UTC.



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[amsat-bb] Remembering Another Spaceflight Anniversary

[B J]

http://www.universetoday.com/84774/video-re-live-the-first-shuttle-flight-30-years-ago/

I remember getting up early to watch the launch on TV and, two days later, the 
landing.  It was, after all, an historic event as a new era in spaceflight 
began that day, 20 years, as someone noted, after Gagarin's mission.

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[amsat-bb] Re: Carrying Arrow Sat antenna on airplane

[B J]

> Has anyone had any issues trying to
> carry an Arrow Sat antenna as a 
> carry on on a airplane?  Am going to be doing some
> traveling and would 
> like to take it along to make some contacts.

Over a year ago, I flew on a domestic flight to another province.  I partly 
disassembled my Arrow and put it into my suitcase as it was the easiest way for 
me to transport it.

On the trip out, no questions.  On the way back, the luggage inspector asked 
what it was as it showed up on the scan.  He accepted my explanation when I 
told him I was a ham.  Maybe he was simply curious, but I had my amateur radio 
certificate with me just in case I had to give more details.

73s

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[amsat-bb] Re: Alan Who?

[B J]

--- On Wed, 5/4/11, Clint Bradford  wrote:

> From: Clint Bradford 
> Subject: [amsat-bb]  Alan Who?
> To: amsat-bb@amsat.org, amsat-bb@amsat.org
> Received: Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 6:00 PM
> There is a tremendous amount to learn
> right now if you are one who organizes or promotes events.
> 
> Compare what occurred on this planet on April 12, when
> thousands of parties were held covering every continent,
> school lesson plans established, and incredible, informative
> Web sites established - including a celebratory movie - for
> the celebration of Yuri Gagarin's achievements ... versus
> what is happening for the anniversary of Alan Shepard's
> flight.



I was only 5 years old at the time and I don't remember either Shepard's or 
Grissom's Mercury flights.  I do recall, though, that John Glenn's mission 
received a lot of publicity, even here in Canada.  That might explain why 
mention of Freedom 7 often results in "huh?" from people.

By the way, the flight of Freedom 7 is portrayed in both the movie "The Right 
Stuff" and in the first episode of the HBO series "From The Earth To The Moon". 
 The air-ground traffic in the latter was taken from actual mission transcripts.

I also have a DVD copy of the NASA film "Freedom 7".  It runs for about half an 
hour, nearly twice as long as the flight itself.  I think I'll watch it 
tomorrow.

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[amsat-bb] Re: Alan Shepard, First American in Space

[B J]

--- On Wed, 5/4/11, Rick Tejera  wrote:

> From: Rick Tejera 
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Alan Shepard, First American in Space
> To: "'Ng, Peter'" , "'John Papay'" , 
> amsat-bb@amsat.org
> Received: Wednesday, May 4, 2011, 5:40 PM
> Yup,
> 
> Took a six iron head and attached it to a tool handle. He
> took three shots,
> shanked the first two but according to Sheppard the third
> went "Miles &
> Miles".



That was shown on the live TV feed during one of Shepard and Mitchell's EVAs.  
It's also portrayed in the episode "For Miles and Miles" from the HBO series 
"From The Earth To The Moon".

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[amsat-bb] Endeavour Lifts Off

[B J]

A nice launch this morning and the external tank's just been jettisoned.

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[amsat-bb] Re: AO51 Tracking Gadget

[B J]

> Can anyone tell me how/where I can get the code for the
> AO51, AO27, ISS, 
> SO50, etc., Google tracking gadgets powered by N2YO? 
> See AO27’s gadget 
> here: 
> http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=7&retURL=/satellites/status.php
> 
> (halfway down)  I see these things on a couple
> different sites, so there 
> must be an easier way to get it on my page without creating
> an entire new 
> gadget.



I'm not sure if this will answer your question.  I've used the individual N2YO 
pages to check the satellites that I'm interested in with the amateur birds 
listed at:

http://n2yo.com/satellites/?c=18

Clicking on an individual link brings up a page giving the details.  That page 
also has a link which leads to another one which shows the real-time tracking.  
It helps to know what the official name or NORAD ID is to get the right link.

I've put the links to the satellites I track in my bookmark file.

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[amsat-bb] Farewell, Spirit

[B J]

http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1127

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1105/24spirit/index.html

It was an amazing vehicle, considering that it was designed to last for about 3 
months.

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[amsat-bb] 1961-05-25: JFK's Moon Landing Speech

[B J]

http://www.nasa.gov/topics/history/features/kennedy_moon_speech.html

http://www.insidescience.org/current-affairs/jfk-s-1961-speech-led-space-exploration-to-new-heights

For video only:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=90211871

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[amsat-bb] NASA Chooses New Exploration Spacecraft

[B J]

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/may/HQ_11-164_MPCV_Decision.html

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1105/24mpcv/index.html

The design is based on Orion.

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[amsat-bb] Re: 1961-05-25: JFK's Moon Landing Speech

[B J]

> Thank you for this reminder of the 50th anniversary of President 
> Kennedy's speech to Congress :-)



You're welcome.

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[amsat-bb] Launch Of Suborbital Amateur Rocket

[B J]

http://moonandback.com/2011/06/03/copenhagen-suborbitals-launches-rocket-from-sea-platform/

There were a few problems including a parachute malfunction.

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[amsat-bb] Photos And Video Taken Departing ISS Crew Members

[B J]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/e27depart.html
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?collection_id=14555&media_id=93985151

Other sites for selected photos:

http://www.universetoday.com/86369/nasa-releases-spectacular-portrait-photos-of-endeavour-docked-at-the-iss-from-soyuz-and-paolo-nespoli/
http://moonandback.com/2011/06/07/image-the-iss-and-the-docked-space-shuttle-endeavour/

Other sites for the video:

http://www.universetoday.com/86416/endeavour-docked-to-the-iss-the-video/
http://moonandback.com/2011/06/08/great-video-endeavour-and-the-international-space-station-2/

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[amsat-bb] Re: SSB Operation on the Satellites

[B J]

> So for the operator with a single
> FT-817ND - understanding there will be a  
> learning curve in regards to doppler, doing the "Arrow
> wave" entertaining  
> and/or frightening the neighbors, is AO-7 do-able or just
> not a really  
> good idea?
> 
> Won't be ticked off if the answer is "probably best not to
> try". Honest!  
> :) I'm guessing it'll take a lot of programming memory
> channels to stay on  
> track?



Last year, I tried using HO-68 on SSB with my FT-817ND and had mixed results.  
Most of the time, other stations heard my signal but couldn't contact me 
because my downlink settings were too far off frequency.

A few months ago, I bought a second-hand '847 and I've been practicing on VO-52 
and AO-7 during passes which are fairly quiet and I'm less likely to interfere 
with other stations.

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[amsat-bb] It's Getting Crowded In Orbit

[B J]

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1106/15debris/

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[amsat-bb] Atlantis Now In Orbit

[B J]

There was a glitch just as control was about to be handed over to the on-board 
computers but, others than that, it was a good launch.

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[amsat-bb] Re: Atlantis Now In Orbit

[B J]

--- On Fri, 7/8/11, saguaroas...@cox.net  wrote:



> The glitch was a non confirmation of the gaseous vent arm
> retract. They turned a camera to it and validated that it
> had in fact retracted and resumed the count from there.
> about a 2 minute hold. 

I heard that being mentioned.

I was surprised, however, that the count resumed at T-31 seconds where it was 
halted.  I thought that it would be restarted at a point earlier in the 
sequence, such as T-9 minutes.  I don't ever recall a launch, even as far back 
as Mercury, in which a countdown was stopped so close to ignition and then 
continued from where it left off.

> A nominal launch, good enough to eliminate the OMS-1 Burn.

I noticed that.

It's too bad that there was no live TV transmission of the ET separation seen 
from the tank itself.  I always liked the view of the orbiter heading off.




> > There was a glitch just as control was about to be
> handed over to the on-board computers but, others than that,
> it was a good launch.


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[amsat-bb] Re: Atlantis Now In Orbit

[B J]

--- On Fri, 7/8/11, Gregg Wonderly  wrote:

> From: Gregg Wonderly 
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Atlantis Now In Orbit
> To: "B J" 
> Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org
> Received: Friday, July 8, 2011, 2:56 PM
> The web accessible (or iPhone etc)
> Nasa TV feed showed it.  What were you watching?

I was watching the NASA JPL feed via Ustream.



I used to watch NASA TV via RealPlayer.  In the past, there was the irritating 
tendency for the video to freeze while the audio continued.

As I mentioned in a different post, all I saw was a view of the ET from the 
orbiter right after SRB sep and as I heard that there apparently wouldn't be 
any TV downlink of the ET sep, I didn't think anything was out of order.

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[amsat-bb] Dawn Probe Closes In On Vesta

[B J]

It's scheduled to go into orbit around the asteroid tomorrow.

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/jul/HQ_11-228_Dawn_Update.html

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/multimedia/dawn-image-070911.html

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[amsat-bb] Dawn Now Orbiting Vesta

[B J]

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/jul/HQ_11-231_dawn.html

http://www.nasa.gov/dawn

http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/

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[amsat-bb] Vesta As Seen By Dawn

[B J]

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/18jul_dawn4/http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/

More on Dawn:

http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/

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[amsat-bb] Liberty Bell 7

[B J]

With the attention on the end of the final space shuttle mission, the 50th 
anniversary of the flight of MR-4/Liberty Bell 7 was overlooked.  It was the 
second mission of the Mercury program with Gus Grissom as pilot.

http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/history/mercury/mr-4/mr-4.htm

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[amsat-bb] Live ARISSat Deployment EVA Video

[B J]

It's available at:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Deployment Scrubbed

[B J]

Apparently, an antenna went missing so it's not known if ARISSat will be 
transmitting properly.  Deployment might occur later during this EVA pending a 
decision from mission control.

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[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Deployment Scrubbed

[B J]

> I wouldn't exactly call breaking an antenna "missing"

>From what I heard in the traffic and mission commentary, it sounded like the 
>cosmonauts thought that there were supposed to be 2 and wondered why they saw 
>just the one on top of the satellite.

>> Apparently, an antenna went missing so it's not known if ARISSat will be >> 
>> transmitting properly.  Deployment might occur later during this EVA 
>> pending a decision from mission control.

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1's Been Deployed

[B J]

It was released a few minutes ago.  I heard a comment on the NASA TV feed that 
the missing antenna may have been broken off.

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat Heard In DO33

[B J]

I heard the CW beacon at 1217 UTC with a strong (min. S5) but noisy signal.

The FM downlink wasn't as strong as the beacon and was much noisier (possibly 
from local interference), fading about once per second.  However, I did hear a 
child's voice giving part of the satellite's ID, but that was about it.

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[amsat-bb] Mars Probe Finds Possible Evidence Of Liquid Water

[B J]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/MRO/news/mro20110804.html

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[amsat-bb] Re: Russia Today reports Kedr deployment

[B J]

> > Correction:  I don't recall the celebration of
> Gagarin's flight ever being a 
> > SIGNIFICANT part of ARISSat-1's mission...
> 
> Although Gagarin's flight was undertaken at a time of
> intense and heated
> competition with the United States, it was still a
> significant
> accomplishment and one that the Russians have every right
> to be proud
> of. So I'm not going to begrudge them this.
> 
> I am more concerned about the inaccurate reports that say
> this
> spacecraft was built entirely by Russian university
> students. The
> project managers should write a polite note pointing out
> the facts of
> the matter -- that the spacecraft was actually designed and
> built by US
> volunteer radio amateurs under the auspices of AMSAT and
> NASA and with
> significant support from several American corporations.
> Only the
> *science experiment* it is carrying was built by Russian
> university
> students.

As I mentioned in another posting, in the NASA TV commentary, there hardly any 
reference to ARISSat as having anything to do with amateur radio others than 
AMSAT having contributed to its design and construction.

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[amsat-bb] Re: Today's Success

[B J]

> If I were still a member of Amsat, I would be very upset
> with the 
> handling of this project.  There is nothing for the
> contributions 
> that ham radio members invested.  It ends up only
> glory for ARISS and 
> the Russian's commemoration of Yuri Gagarin.
> 
> I would vote to cut the relationship between Amsat and
> ARISS.  It 
> isn't offering anything for ham radio.  Let ARISS
> raise their own 
> funds and build their own educational satellites. 
> Those that want to 
> contribute to that, go ahead.  Amsat was created to
> build satellites 
> capable of ham radio communications (and be used by
> hams)...this 
> education outreach was added, much later.

I noticed in the NASA TV commentary that ARISSat was constantly being referred 
to as an "educational" satellite with scarcely a mention of its amateur radio 
capabilities.  AMSAT was named just in passing as being one of the parties 
involved with its design and construction, but that was about it.

At least one other website also emphasized that ARISSat was built for 
educational purposes, which disappointed me as I was always under the 
impression that ARISSat was primarily an amateur radio bird.



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[amsat-bb] Juno Spacecraft Scheduled For Launch Today

[B J]

NASA TV coverage is available at:

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

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[amsat-bb] Juno On Its Way To Jupiter

[B J]

The launch went smoothly this morning though it was delayed by about three
quarters of an hour due to a leak.

Now we have to wait several years before Juno reaches Jupiter.

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[amsat-bb] Re: Juno On Its Way To Jupiter with LEGO toys

[B J]

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Trevor .  wrote:

> --- On Fri, 5/8/11, B J  wrote:
> > The launch went smoothly this morning
> > though it was delayed by about three
> > quarters of an hour due to a leak.
> >
> > Now we have to wait several years before Juno reaches
> > Jupiter.
>
> Complete with 3 toys from the Danish LEGO company - I guess it's one way to
> raise cash to fund the mission. See
>
>
> http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/08/05/lego-figures-flying-on-nasa-jupiter-probe/
>
> 73 Trevor M5AKA
>
>
I can imagine what would have happened if they sent 3 named Dave, Frank, and
Hal.  ("I'm sorry, Dave.")

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Pass Over DO33 2011-08-17

[B J]

I acquired the FM downlink signal at 0600 UTC and heard part of the
diagnostic message and the ID.  The signal initially wasn't clear but it
improved by 0602 with little noise, strength of at least S8, and no fading.

At 0602, the following was transmitted after the ID and greeting:

MET = 65 minutes
IHU temp. = +41 deg. C
Control panel temp. = +56 deg. C
Battery voltage  = ??

The transmission appeared to stop at that point and nothing further was
heard.

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[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Transmissions over North America Thursday PM

[B J]

Ok, 04:01z pass over CM98 in Northern Calif...  Max elevation 15.6 degrees,
> to the North North West.
>





> This was followed by 2 min of silence, and English spoken announcement (not
> sure which variety of English), some children chanting, and another break
> for silence.  The pass ended with SSTV right at LOS (no copy on the picture
> - way too much noise).
>

 

I listened during part of the same pass here in DO33.  Due to ARISSat's
position and my location, I wasn't able to hear more than a few seconds of
the transmission.  It was up to S8 on my radio's S meter but it was noisy
for much of it.

I heard part of the children's segment followed by a few seconds of open
carrier and then no signal.

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Pass In DO33 2011-08-21 @ 0342 UTC

[B J]

The FM telemetry signal was acquired at 0342.  The following was heard:

- End of ID ("...01S")
- Speech in unknown language
- MET = 54 minutes
- IHU temp. = +34 deg. C
- Control panel temp. = +24 deg. C
- Battery voltage = +35.54 V
- Battery current = -20 mA
- ID
- Speech in another unknown language
- Tones (SSTV?)

Reception ended at 0345.  The signal was generally clear with strength of at
least S7.

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[amsat-bb] Space Launches Over Time

[B J]

http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/38339/

Note the distribution of amateur spacecraft.

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[amsat-bb] ISS Re-supply Spacecraft Fails

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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/living/index.html

http://www.universetoday.com/88409/breaking-emergency-situation-as-russian-progress-re-supply-ship-fails-to-reach-orbit/

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[amsat-bb] Re: ISS Re-supply Spacecraft Fails

[B J]

Goober,
> Very Bad news.
> Farrell
>




>  
> http://www.nasa.gov/mission_**pages/station/living/index.**html
>>
>>
>> http://www.universetoday.com/88409/breaking-emergency-situation-as-russian-progress-re-supply-ship-fails-to-reach-orbit/
>>
>


There are more links about it at:

http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/5375

There hasn't been much success in launching satellites lately:

http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/5370
http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/5371
http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/5372

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[amsat-bb] Re: ISS Re-supply Spacecraft Fails

[B J]

On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 1:13 PM, Jeffrey Koehler wrote:

> Well, I remember seeing it as an ABC Movie of the Week or something, so you
> can't be that much older than me.
> The cool stuff I remember is that I believe audio was caught from the
> Plantronics headsets in the spacecraft. Also, if I remember correctly, I
> think there were quindars in comms from the ground.
> I wanna see if Netflix has it...I wanna see it again all of the sudden.
>
>


TCM has shown it from time to time in the last few years.

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[amsat-bb] Re: SO67 - HO68 Status

[B J]

On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 6:54 PM, Ted  wrote:

> The SA AMSAT site states:
> "SO67 suffered another anomaly which means that all amateur activity has
> been suspended."
> I think the translation is RIP SO67
>

Maybe not.  Isn't the amateur side a secondary payload?


> As for HO68, the CAMSAT web page is no longer there
> I take that as RIP HO68
>

HO-68 was a good satellite.  I worked lots of new stations and grid squares,
including my first contacts in Hawaii and Europe, all in FM.  I hoped to get
onto the linear transponder now that I have a rig for it but it doesn't look
likely.

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Pass Over DO33 2011-08-28

[B J]

No CW beacon was heard.  FM downlink was acquired at 0312 UTC  with at least
S7 and no fading but some noise.

MET = 49 minutes
IHU temp = +39 degrees C (not sure about final integer due to noise)
Control panel temp = +28 degrees C
Battery voltage = 35.70 Volts
Battery current = -12 mA

Transmission stopped at 0313 and resumed at 0315 with ID and greeting.

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[amsat-bb] Russian Launchers Grounded

[B J]

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1108/28russia/

One possible consequence:

http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp28/110827unmannedops/
http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp28/110829update/

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[amsat-bb] Cause Of Recent Launch Failures Identified

[B J]

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1108/30investigation/

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[amsat-bb] Home As Seen By Juno Spacecraft

[B J]

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-271

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[amsat-bb] ARISSAT-1 Pass Over DO33 2011-08-31

[B J]

The FM telemetry downlink was initially acquired at 0014 UTC with the end of
the SSTV transmission.  The signal was barely audible.

Transmission resumed at 0016 with S9+ strength, no noise, and the following
details:

- ID

- Greeting in English

- Secret word

- MET = 45 minutes

- IHU temp. = +31 degrees C

- Control panel temp. = +31 degrees C

- Battery voltage = 35.70 V

- Battery current = -24 mA

The CW beacon was not heard.


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[amsat-bb] Blue Origin Failure

[B J]

http://www.blueorigin.com/letter.htm
http://www.newspacejournal.com/2011/09/02/blue-origin-has-a-bad-day-and-so-do-some-of-the-media/

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[amsat-bb] Re: Plan to revive 1970s UK satellite

[B J]

On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Trevor .  wrote:

> No not an Amateur Radio satellite but the United Kingdom's first satellite
> launched on a UK built rocket 40 years ago.
>
> The Prospero spacecraft was launched by a Black Arrow rocket on October 28,
> 1971 from Launch Area 5B, Woomera.
>
> Full story and pics at
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14783135
>
>


There's an item about it at:

http://audioboo.fm/boos/431009-space-boffins-podcast2

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[amsat-bb] Re: New Views - Apollo Landing Sites

[B J]

On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Clint Bradford wrote:

> RELEASE: 11-289
>
> NASA SPACECRAFT IMAGES OFFER SHARPER VIEWS OF APOLLO LANDING SITES
>
> GREENBELT, Md. -- NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured
> the sharpest images ever taken from space of the Apollo 12, 14 and 17
> landing sites. Images show the twists and turns of the paths made
> when the astronauts explored the lunar surface.
>
> At the Apollo 17 site, the tracks laid down by the lunar rover are
> clearly visible, along with the last foot trails left on the moon.
> The images also show where the astronauts placed some of the
> scientific instruments that provided the first insight into the
> moon's environment and interior.
>
> "We can retrace the astronauts' steps with greater clarity to see
> where they took lunar samples," said Noah Petro, a lunar geologist at
> NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., who is a member
> of the LRO project science team.
>
> All three images show distinct trails left in the moon's thin soil
> when the astronauts exited the lunar modules and explored on foot. In
> the Apollo 17 image, the foot trails, including the last path made on
> the moon by humans, are easily distinguished from the dual tracks
> left by the lunar rover, which remains parked east of the lander.
>
> "The new low-altitude Narrow Angle Camera images sharpen our view of
> the moon's surface," said Arizona State University researcher Mark
> Robinson, principal investigator for the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
> Camera (LROC). "A great example is the sharpness of the rover tracks
> at the Apollo 17 site. In previous images the rover tracks were
> visible, but now they are sharp parallel lines on the surface."
> At each site, trails also run to the west of the landers, where the
> astronauts placed the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package
> (ALSEP) to monitor the moon's environment and interior. This
> equipment was a key part of every Apollo mission.
>
> It provided the first insights into the moon's internal structure,
> measurements of the lunar surface pressure and the composition of its
> atmosphere. Apollo 11 carried a simpler version of the science
> package.
>
> One of the details that shows up is a bright L-shape in the Apollo 12
> image. It marks the locations of cables running from ALSEP's central
> station to two of its instruments. Although the cables are much too
> small for direct viewing, they show up because they reflect light
> very well.
> The higher resolution of these images is possible because of
> adjustments made to LRO's orbit, which is slightly oval-shaped or
> elliptical. "Without changing the average altitude, we made the orbit
> more elliptical, so the lowest part of the orbit is on the sunlit
> side of the moon," said Goddard's John Keller, deputy LRO project
> scientist. "This put LRO in a perfect position to take these new
> pictures of the surface."
>
> The maneuver lowered LRO from its usual altitude of approximately 31
> miles (50 kilometers) to an altitude that dipped as low as nearly 13
> miles (21 kilometers) as it passed over the moon's surface. The
> spacecraft has remained in this orbit for 28 days, long enough for
> the moon to completely rotate. This allows full coverage of the
> surface by LROC's Wide Angle Camera. The cycle ends today when the
> spacecraft will be returned to its 31-mile orbit.
>
> "These images remind us of our fantastic Apollo history and beckon us
> to continue to move forward in exploration of our solar system," said
> Jim Green, director of the Planetary Science Division at NASA
> Headquarters in Washington.
>
> LRO was built and managed by Goddard. Initial research was funded by
> the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters. In
> September 2010, after a one-year successful exploration mission, the
> mission turned its attention from exploration objectives to
> scientific research in NASA's Science Mission Directorate.
>
> To learn more about LRO, visit:
>
>
>
> http://www.nasa.gov/lro
>

There are photos at:

http://www.onorbit.com/node/3780
http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/news/index.php?/archives/454-Skimming-the-Moon.html#extended


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[amsat-bb] More On Apollo Landing Site Pictures

[B J]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/news/apollo-sites.html

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[amsat-bb] Launch Delays

[B J]

GRAIL postponed again:

http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/5385

Cause of Progress booster failure identified:

http://www.spacetoday.net/Summary/5386


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[amsat-bb] New Launch System Announced By NASA

[B J]

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/sep/HQ_11-301_SLS_Decision.html

http://www.onorbit.com/node/3831

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[amsat-bb] Pictures And Video Of Vesta

[B J]

http://www.dlr.de/dlr/presse/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10172/213_read-1502/year-2011/

It's a strange world indeed.  For example, what created the linear features
running along the equator?

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[amsat-bb] No Docking For Dragon During Next Flight

[B J]

http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Private_US_capsule_not_to_dock_with_ISS_999.html

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[amsat-bb] Re: No Docking For Dragon During Next Flight

[B J]

Don't get to excited about this the Russian report is likely wrong. Robert
> Oler WB5MZO
>
>

On another web site, I read that NASA says "Maybe."  I guess we'll have to
wait and see.

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[amsat-bb] Mars Science Laboratory Enclosed In Aeroshell

[B J]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl20111005.html

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/gallery/pia14755.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/gallery/pia14756.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/gallery/pia14757.html
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/gallery/pia14758.html

More pictures at:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/multimedia/gallery/gallery-index.html

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[amsat-bb] SpaceX Passes Critical Design Milestone

[B J]

http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=20111020

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[amsat-bb] Orion Boilerplate Splashdown Test

[B J]

http://www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/mpcv/mpcv-phase1-test1.html

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[amsat-bb] Recycling Old Satellites

[B J]

http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2011/10/20.aspx

This is one way of dealing with orbital clutter.

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[amsat-bb] Antennas For AO-7 Mode A

[B J]

I'm looking for a suitable antenna that I can use to operate over AO-7 in
mode A .  The main requirement that it be hand-held.

I've looked on the Internet and, so far, I haven't found any off-the-shelf
antennas.  I did, however, find several websites that have instructions for
home-brew designs but none were specifically for mode A.

One possibility that occurred to me is to combine 2 different types, such as
an eggbeater for 2 m and a hand-held HF loop for 10 m.  One drawback that I
see for this arrangement is that it might be too big or too heavy for it to
be practical as a hand-held unit.

Does anyone know of a commercially available mode A antenna suitable for
hand-held operation or know of a home-brew design for one?

Thank you.

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[amsat-bb] Re: There's no usable satellites

[B J]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 4:22 PM, B J  wrote:

>
>
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Bato,Andras  wrote:
>
>> Gentlemen,
>>
>> I have spent too much money on an FT-847!
>>
>> I had better to buy a well equipped HF transceiver instead!
>>
>> There is practically no usable satellites -except for AO-7 and VO-52.
>>
>
> I've worked FO-29, AO-27, and AO-51 with my '847.
>
> The problem is that you can find always the same stations on them.
>>
>
> Sometimes that happens but, once in a while, I contact a station I've never
> worked before or reach someone in a new grid square.
>
> I've been on satellites for just over 3  years and I've logged over 340
> different stations and over 270 grid squares, making contacts in 5 different
> countries in North America and Europe.  I did that using 7 different birds
> and the ISS FM repeater.
>
>
>>
>> F2IL is in my log about 300 times...
>>
>> Spending money on FM satellites were made according to long term plans of
>> IARU, ARRL and AMSAT which had been a dream of
>> handling emergency traffic using hand-held equipment and antenna -as far
>> as I know.
>>
>> Satellite activity is seriously declining!
>>
>
> I've found that there's always something new I can try over a satellite.
> This year, I started on SSB and made contacts over AO-7 Mode B, FO-29, and
> VO-52.  I'd like to try AO-7 Mode A if I can get a proper antenna for it.
>
> 
>
>
I forgot to add my name and callsign:

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[amsat-bb] Re: There's no usable satellites

[B J]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 3:28 PM, Bato,Andras  wrote:

> Gentlemen,
>
> I have spent too much money on an FT-847!
>
> I had better to buy a well equipped HF transceiver instead!
>
> There is practically no usable satellites -except for AO-7 and VO-52.
>

I've worked FO-29, AO-27, and AO-51 with my '847.

The problem is that you can find always the same stations on them.
>

Sometimes that happens but, once in a while, I contact a station I've never
worked before or reach someone in a new grid square.

I've been on satellites for just over 3  years and I've logged over 340
different stations and over 270 grid squares, making contacts in 5 different
countries in North America and Europe.  I did that using 7 different birds
and the ISS FM repeater.


>
> F2IL is in my log about 300 times...
>
> Spending money on FM satellites were made according to long term plans of
> IARU, ARRL and AMSAT which had been a dream of
> handling emergency traffic using hand-held equipment and antenna -as far as
> I know.
>
> Satellite activity is seriously declining!
>

I've found that there's always something new I can try over a satellite.
This year, I started on SSB and made contacts over AO-7 Mode B, FO-29, and
VO-52.  I'd like to try AO-7 Mode A if I can get a proper antenna for it.


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[amsat-bb] Re: [Re: Prospero] Commanding Error

[B J]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Roger Duthie  wrote:

> Commanding went well, from as far as we could make out.  We're not sure if
> we're getting anything back, however.
>
> We'll be doing this pass today, hopefully:
>
> 26 Oct  kebgfdallleggankjgmmlbel&**satid=5580&date=40842.**6100238657>
> 7.3 15:31:4310  S   15:38:2660  E
> 15:46:1110  NNE
>
> [Times in BST = UTC + 1]
>

There was a brief item about Prospero near the end of the latest Space
Boffins podcast:

http://audioboo.fm/boos/519887-space-boffins-podcast-4

It mentions the involvement of hams in this project.

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[amsat-bb] Progress Successfully Launched

[B J]

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/10/russia-successfully-resumes-soyuz-booster-flights-iss/

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp29/111030p45plaunch/

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/oct/HQ_11-366_Progress_Launch_Statement.html

Launch video at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJcMvUNIAhc


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[amsat-bb] Progress Docks At ISS

[B J]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp29/02p45pdock/

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[amsat-bb] Mars Curse Strikes Again?

[B J]

It looked like a good launch, but the spacecraft may be lost:

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/11/live-zenit-2launch-fobos-grunt-sample-return-mission-to-phobos/

Origin of the Great Galactic Ghoul:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_Mars#Mars_Curse

Meanwhile, the Mars Science Laboratory's scheduled to be launched later
this month.


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[amsat-bb] Re: Mars Curse Strikes Again?

[B J]

On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 4:38 AM, B J  wrote:

> It looked like a good launch, but the spacecraft may be lost:
>
>
> http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/11/live-zenit-2launch-fobos-grunt-sample-return-mission-to-phobos/
>
> Origin of the Great Galactic Ghoul:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploration_of_Mars#Mars_Curse
>
> Meanwhile, the Mars Science Laboratory's scheduled to be launched later
> this month.
>



Update on Phobos-Grunt:

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n/08phobosgrunt/

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[amsat-bb] Re: Mars Curse Strikes Again?

[B J]

On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 5:11 AM, Robert G Oler  wrote:

> The thing that would worry me on Curiosity is the landing method. Robert
> OLER WB5MZO life member ARRL AMSAT NARS
>
>


I've seen videos of the landing profile and I agree that it's going to be
tricky to land it that way.  I don't recall a method like that ever being
used before.

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[amsat-bb] Final Preparations For Mars Science Laboratory Launch

[B J]

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/news/msl2010.html

Launch is scheduled for the 25th.

Meanwhile, here are 2 recent news items about Phobos-Grunt:

http://www.france24.com/en/2010-russia-fails-revive-stranded-mars-probe
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/10/us-russia-mars-probe-idUSTRE7A93DB2010

One critical factor is the life-time of the on-board batteries.  Most
reports I read mentioned 3 days, though I've seen some which estimated 2
weeks.

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[amsat-bb] Phobos-Grunt Still In Orbit

[B J]

http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n/11phobosgrunt/
http://www.spacenews.com/civil/14-russian-mars-probe-stuck.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15698439

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[amsat-bb] Next Dragon Flight Delayed

[B J]

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/003/13nextyear/

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[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 Signal Strength Post Flip

[B J]

--- On Tue, 2/9/10, John Papay  wrote:

> From: John Papay 
> Subject: [amsat-bb]  AO-51 Signal Strength Post Flip
> To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
> Received: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 8:47 AM
> It  has been about a month now
> since AO-51 was commanded back to
> its normal orientation.  But many are reporting that
> they are having more
> trouble hearing it now than they did before the first
> re-orientation.
> 
> It does seem to me that some stations that usually hear
> very well are not
> hearing that well now.  This morning's pass (9Feb2010
> 1045z) of AO-51
> seemed to bear that out.  AF6RF, KB1RVT, KE3LB, WD0X?,
> KJ4CBC,
> K5QXJ, WB2IOL and YF6BFE were on the pass and with a few
> exceptions, all were not able to hear at some point during
> the pass.
> There are also a few noisy uplink transmissions as well.
> 
> The recording can be downloaded at:
> http://www.papays.com/AO-51_09Feb2010_104452za.mp3
> (there are no signals in the first minute of the
> recording)
> 
> Is anyone else having trouble hearing AO-51 as well as they
> heard it before
> the flip experiment?



In the past few weeks, I've often had problems hearing AO-51 here in DO33.  A 
year ago, signals of at least S3 on my FT-817ND were common.  Now they are 
weaker.

As well, I get the impression that the signal polarity has changed.  Formerly, 
I could hold my Arrow dual-band Yagi with the 2 m elements nearly horizontal 
and still hear the satellite.  Now, I have to turn it nearly 90 degrees, 
sometimes changing the orientation more than once during a pass.

Some of that I might attribute to my operating a portable station within a  
residential area in the city, but I definitely noticed a significant difference 
between what I hear from AO-51 now and what it was before the satellite was 
flipped.

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[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 Signal Strength Post Flip

[B J]

--- On Tue, 2/9/10, Auke de Jong, VE6PWN  wrote:

> From: Auke de Jong, VE6PWN 
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 Signal Strength Post Flip
> To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
> Received: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 9:42 PM
> Another observation
> from DO33 (yo Bernhardt),

Greetings.  It's nice to hear from a fellow Edmontonian.

  I've always had trouble 
> hearing this bird well enough to work from my home station,
> as I have my 
> antennas at fixed elevation, and manually-rotated via
> channelmaster... AO-51 
> has been consistently easier to hear AFTER it has passed
> overhead on 
> ascending passes.  Between AOS and peak-elevation,
> it's always just above my 
> noise.  I don't have any observations about descending
> passes because I'm 
> not up early enough to try those;) .  I
> also can't say how that compares 
> to pre-flip, as I never heard it well enough to work,
> except on very low 
> passes, and didn't keep notes.

I live beside one of the biggest shopping centres in the city and I've got no 
obstructions from due N to nearly due NW for lower elevation passes.  At much 
higher angles, I can follow it from nearly directly overhead to SSW.

In the past, I could tell when AO-51 was within view because the background 
noise would drop significantly.  Since I'm operating a portable station, I use 
that to track it.  Lately, it hasn't been as easy.

> I actually had the bird all to myself a few
> weeks ago, while everyone 
> from the USA already had LOS, and I had almost
> full-quieting for many 
> minutes in a row that time, until my LOS.  This is
> what struck me as being a 
> significant observation!

I've noticed that it's been rather quiet during later morning passes (say, 
after 1500 UTC).



BTW, were you at the flea market at the Yellowhead Inn this past Saturday?  
I've been to each one since I got my callsign 5 years ago and I'm sure that 
this one had the most people.  I was looking for a manual HF + 6 m tuner but 
couldn't fine one, but there were lots of other items that I bought that I 
could use.

It was a good opportunity to meet hams in person that I'd spoken to by radio, 
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[amsat-bb] Falcon 9 Hardware Arrives At Cape Canaveral

[B J]

http://www.spacex.com/press.php?page=20100211


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[amsat-bb] Solar Dynamics Observatory Successfully Launched

[B J]

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcasting/sdo-launch.html

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[amsat-bb] Re: Transporting HT and Arrow Antenna on commercial flight

[B J]

--- On Sat, 2/27/10, Reid Crowe  wrote:

> From: Reid Crowe 
> Subject: [amsat-bb]  Transporting HT and Arrow Antenna on commercial flight
> To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
> Received: Saturday, February 27, 2010, 10:44 PM
> Has anyone had luck with transporting
> an HT on a commercial flight in 
> their carry on luggage recently?  I doubt I'd have
> much luck with 
> transporting an arrow antenna in my carry on.  Any
> thoughts?

Two months ago, I had no problem getting my Arrow onto a plane.  I simply 
disassembled part of it and put the pieces inside my suitcase.  When my luggage 
was scanned, I was queried about it and I explained what it was for.  No 
further questions were asked.

Getting all my radio gear through the security check was relatively easy.  By 
comparison, I always had to take my laptop out and have it examined.

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[amsat-bb] More Evidence For Water On The Moon

[B J]

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/mar/HQ_10-055_moon_ice.html

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[amsat-bb] Successful Static Firing Of Falcon 9 Engines

[B J]

http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/001/100313staticfire/

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[amsat-bb] CBC's "Quirks And Quarks" 2010-03-27 Segment On Spaceflight

[B J]

http://www.cbc.ca/quirks/media/2009-2010/mp3/qq-2010-03-27_04.mp3

Some interesting thoughts on the current situation and future possibilities.

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[amsat-bb] Re: Antenna

[B J]

--- On Mon, 3/29/10, Larry Lucas  wrote:

> From: Larry Lucas 
> Subject: [amsat-bb]  Antenna
> To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
> Received: Monday, March 29, 2010, 12:27 AM
> I am new at this and would like to
> find the plans to build a simple homebrew
> antenna to be able to use satellites. I know there are
> probably several so
> can you direct me to some of the simple and easiest and
> best? THANKS



ARRL's Antenna Book provide some ideas.  I've got a copy of an early edition 
and I found instructions for one satellite antenna that I might try to build.

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