Re: [amsat-bb] LO-78 Decay Date
Steve Yes, I heard it and called cq,thought I heard someone at the end but to low for good copy. 73 John KC0BMF EN31 On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Steve May steve.w5...@gmail.com wrote: Did anyone hear the satellite on the NA pass a few minutes ago. I never heard it, but that could be due to incorrect keps. Steve W5IEM On Jun 30, 2014 11:26 AM, Paul Stoetzer n...@arrl.net wrote: I noticed that AMSAT-UK and the ARRL have both published posts that state that LO-78 will decay by the end of this week. That's probably based in part by information I posted on the BB from satflare.com, which predicts decay on July 2nd (http://www.satflare.com/track.asp?q=39571#TOP) However, the keps they are using appear to be incorrect. They are showing an altitude of just 226 km. Celestrak keps are showing an altitude of 317 km. Interestingly, the map view of the satellite's current position appears to be correct. SATVIEW's decay predictions seem to be based on the 317 km current altitude and show a predicted reentry of August 5th. (http://www.satview.org/decay.php) I think SATVIEW's prediction is more accurate. Anyone else have any input? 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] Doppler.sqf Editor for SatPC32 - update
Tom Thank you. I downloaded it on my XP, thinking I'm good. Nope, had 10 problems. I don't think they were causing me any troubles as they all were after the last 0 I had forgotten a coma before description on some and no space after last comma on others before description. This will come in handy. Thank You 73 John KC0BMF On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 4:22 PM, Thomas Doyle tomdoyle1...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Thanks to Alan WA4SCA for doing exhaustive testing and letting me know the program had a very subtle and almost imperceptible problem on Windows 7 (it did not work at all). I believe the problem has been fixed - sorry about that. I also tested it on the only working XP computer I have - A MacBook Pro running XP on a Virtual Machine under MacParallels 9. It worked there so I am guessing it may work on an real XP computer with .Net 4.0 installed. http://www.tomdoyle.org/dopplerSqfEditor tnx 73 W9KE Tom Doyle ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: Conflicting Predictions.
Along with the satellites that others have listed you can also add the ISS as an FM bird, using AX.25 ( packet ) 73 John KC0BMF On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Joe n...@mwt.net wrote: I was very active in the 70's and 80's on the Birds. And now am attempting to try to help some new folk get into them. A local Newbie has been trying AO-51 with no luck, So I volunteered to see what he is doing and where he needs help. BUT And there always seems to be a BUT isnt there? I am getting HUGE discreptencies on Pass times. My location is at, Latitude: *43.61°* Longitude: *-90.08°* Local time zone: GMT -5 And every source I have tried does not give the same time for my next available Pass. Orbitron, Amsat web page, http://www.n2yo.com/passes/?s=28375 And Heavens Above. All three aren't even close to each other. My location is dead on with all of them. So I am confused as to why each source is sooo different from the other. \ Anyone? Joe WB9SBD -- Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: [CAUTION] The Satellite ID of CelesTrack is wrong!
Which is correct,SHINAISAT or SHINDAISAT Thanks John KC0BMF On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 7:19 PM, Akihiro Kubota akihiro.kub...@nifty.comwrote: Hello, The TLEs of http://www.celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt is corrected. INVADER 1 39577U 14009F 14080.20550761 .00084749 0-0 89605-3 0 404 2 39577 65.0104 346.3137 0004867 306.8385 53.2339 15.63695874 3343 all the best, akihiro kubota, ARTSAT project On Mar 17, 2014, at 6:43 AM, Francisco Jim〓nez-Mart〓n S〓nchez ea1jm.f...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, lithuanicasat, artsat invader and uapsat are wrong as well El 16/03/2014 21:06, Roland Zurmely py4...@yahoo.com escribi〓: Another error of Celestrak: The correct TLE for LitSat-1 are those with NORAD # 39568 (not 39570) The TLE for UAPSAT are actually the TLE for LitSat-1 ! 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: grid locator program
Here is yet another to try. TinyLocator http://users.belgacom.net/hamradio/tinylocator.htm 73 John KC0BMF On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:33 PM, george hinkle gwhin...@msn.com wrote: I'm planning a trip this spring and plan on working some of the hard grids west of me. I'm in EM59. I'm looking for a program that I can figure the grids both ways. Type in my longitude and latitude and get the grid. Type in the grid and know the longitude and latitude of that grid. If anyone knows of a program it sure would help me. I have a Mac or PC would prefer using the Mac. george wi9i ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: ROCKET MAN
Major Tom - Shiny Toy Guns 73 KC0BMF John On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 9:09 PM, Clint Bradford clintbradf...@mac.comwrote: OK, Les, YOU started this ... (grin) Here's my partial PlayList from my Yuri Gagarin party ... The Beatles, Across the Universe Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bad Moon Rising Elton John, Bad Side of the Moon Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Black Moon Marcels, Blue Moon Ella Fitzgerald, Blue Moon Diana Krall Fly Me to the Moon Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon Jamiroquai, Cosmic Girl Dinah Washington, Destination Moon The Byrds, Eight Miles High Duran Duran, Electric Barbarelle Neil Young, Falling Off the Face of the Earth Sinatra, Fly Me to the Moon The Doors, Moonlight Drive Duran Duran, Electric Barbarella ELO, Ticket to the Moon Jimi Hendrix, 3rd Stone from the Sun Elton John, Rocket Man Led Zeppelin, Stairway to Heaven Julie London ,Fly Me to the Moon The Marcels, Blue Moon Louis Philippe, Yuri Gagarin Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon The Police, Walking on the Moon Will Smith, Men in Black Richard Strauss, Also Sprach Zarathustra, theme to 2001: A Space Odyssey Feist, My Moon, My Man Van Morrison, Moondance Dinah Washington, Destination Moon John Williams, Theme to Star Wars Zager and Evans, In the Year 2525 Elton John, Rocket Man (a live version) Nick Reece's NEW album, Gagarin - Son of the earth 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 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: keps
Jerry just change the name to what you want 73 John KC0BMF 0 DNEPR OBJECT B 1 39417U 13066B 13329.40886455 .3740 0-0 51943-3 0 189 2 39417 097.7994 041.9224 0062719 182.7913 177.2957 14.77118474 607 On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Jerry Ehlers w0s...@gmail.com wrote: Is the keps available in the AMSAT Format not the 2 line for AO-73 ??? Jerry w0sat ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: Multiple satellite launches
Bob The following link is of Picodragon and 2 other satellites being released or launched. There is a picture and short video. http://amsat-uk.org/tag/picodragon/ 73 John KC0BMF On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Robert Bruninga bruni...@usna.edu wrote: Ø When there is a launch of several satellites in a single payload, several cubesats for example, I assume they release each at different locations on the deployer trajectory. Preliminary keps are based on the trajectory when each is released? Ø Otherwise if they were released all at once, how would NORAD know which is which? Doesn’t much matter when they are released, they still are all in the same orbit more or less for quite a while. Even if the springs release them at 1/2 meter per second, they are all going at 7000 meters per second so it takes days for them to separate very much. Let’s see, at ½ meter per second separation, then they are 100’ apart after the first minute, 1 mile after the first hour. And not until they are a few miles apart can NORAD distinguish them enough to start getting good tracks on them. By then it is impossible to know which is which. Hence the guessing game until each owner decides which object best fits his downlink experience. Continuing on, they will be 24 miles apart after the first day where they will be about 5 seconds apart when tracked from the ground. After a week, then maybe 175 miles and ½ minute apart. After a month, maybe 750 miles and 2 minutes apart. After a year, maybe 9000 miles and 30 minutes apart. And finally, after about a year and a half, they will be half an orbit or about 45 minutes apart, beyond which, they start getting closer again… Something like that unless I screwed up… Bob ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: Keplerian Elements for FUNCUBE 1
Rick Thank you for the keps. I was having same problem as others, in that I wasn't matching up with N2YO's web. But after I loaded your keps I see that N2YO still is'nt matching up, but I'll go with yours since you decoded. Thanks John KC0BMF On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Rick Walter wb3...@gmail.com wrote: Just copied 89 frames of telemetry from FunCube 1. I agree, the 13066B is a really good fit. FUNCUBE-1 1 39417U 13066B 13326.90242084 .4113 0-0 57014-3 0 107 2 39417 97.7998 39.4992 0063751 190.6311 169.3388 14.77099805 237 Rick - WB3CSY -- Sent from Rick's gmail account ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: ISS and the TS 2000
Rich SATPC32ISS should fix you up. Look at SATPC32 in your programs folder, it should be there. I'm not sure about the TS 2000, I use Icom 910 but that shouldn't matter. With SATPC32ISS it should set your radio int split mode with the 2 frequencies that you need for voice. However if you are trying for the 145.825 simplex if you have it input in the Doppler Sqf in Auxiliary Files under the question mark on the tool bar of Satpc32 it should show up in the CAT, then click on the frequency. Clear as mud isn't it ? I may not of described it very well but if you look in these areas it may help you out. If you need more help just ask 73 John KC0BMF On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Jeff Moore tnetcen...@gmail.com wrote: ISS voice contacts are NOT simplex. They are just not cross-band. You have a different uplink and downlink frequency but within the same band similar to a conventional repeater. You should be able to set both the software and the radio to the correct frequencies. 7 3 Jeff Moore -- KE7ACY On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Rich/wa4bue richard.s...@verizon.net wrote: Hi all, The K4AMG CLUB is using the TS 2000 and SATPC32. In SAT mode the program or the transceiver gives an uplink and down link frequency. The ISS is simplex. Is it possible to work a simplex mode to the ISS with this configuration? God Bless R W4BUE ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: Yaesu G-5400B Rotor Update
Les If your looking for a AZ EL rotor, there is an Alfa Spid on ebay now. That has a very good price. This is the same one I have and it, in my opinion, is a much better rotor than the Yaesu. The starting price is about a third of a new one. And they state it's never been outside. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antenna-Rotator-RAS-1-/190933751489?pt=US_Radio_Comm_Antennashash=item2c7489d6c1 Good Luck 73 John KC0BMF On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Les Rayburn l...@highnoonfilm.com wrote: Update on the Yaesu G-5400B rotor. It turned out that only the rotor controller and cable was available. It appears that the rotor itself may have gone with the tower whenever it was disassembled during removal. It's from an estate sale, so hard to be sure. Any value to the rotor controller? Or perhaps someone has the rotor but is in search of a new box? -- -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf 6M VUCC #1712 AMSAT #38965 Grid Bandits #222 Southeastern VHF Society Central States VHF Society Life Member Six Club #2484 Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light __**_ 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-bbhttp://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: Slightly OT
What does one do thats call sign ends with F ??? 73 John KC0BMF On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 9:07 PM, Glenn AA5PK aa...@suddenlink.net wrote: Say Hi to Juno NASA's Juno spacecraft will fly past Earth on October 9, 2013 to receive a gravity assist from our planet, putting it on course for Jupiter. To celebrate this event, the Juno mission is inviting amateur radio operators around the world to say HI to Juno in a coordinated Morse Code message. Juno's radio plasma wave experiment, called Waves, should be able to detect the message if enough people participate. So please join in, and help spread the word to fellow amateur radio enthusiasts! http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/**hijuno/ http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/hijuno/ __**_ 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-bbhttp://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: Antenna direction calibration
Bob What I do ( and I'm not sure I'm right,but seems to work ) is to use the North star to calibrate. I live at 41.2* latitude, so if I crank my antennas to 41* elevation and point north 0* azimuth I should be pretty close. I also live at 1* magnetic declination, not much so I don't worry much about that. Now I don't do much EME as I don't have any power, but I've monitored EME and this seems to get me pretty close. I will also be glad to see what others do to calibrate. 73 John KC0BMF ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: APRS/Packet on IC-910H
Les I also have a 910H and I use AGWPE ,UISS for software and a Rigblaster for interface. And it all plays nice. The thing about AGWPE and UISS is that their free and a great way to start out to see how you like it. 73 John KC0BMF On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Les Rayburn l...@highnoonfilm.com wrote: I'd also like to add digital capabilities to the IC-910H to allow some digital contacts through ISS, or just to download telemetry on other birds. Never worked packet before, and have only limited experience with APRS. The IC-910H is equipped with a Signa-Link interface for soundcard modes, and I've worked quite a bit of WSJT FSK and JT65A. I know that there is a software solution for APRS using AGWPE but I haven't tried it. What would be the recommendations of the group for equipping my station for digital operation on the satellites? AGWPE and the soundcard interface or a TNC? If so, what TNC would be recommended? Did I say Thanks yet? Also appreciate the bandwidth on this reflector--I know newbie questions can be annoying. -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf 6M VUCC #1712 AMSAT #38965 Grid Bandits #222 Southeastern VHF Society Central States VHF Society Life Member Six Club #2484 Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light __**_ 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-bbhttp://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: SATPC32 and IC-910H
Les Steve,N9IP gave a very good tutorial on how to set up. The one thing that he said that took me a while to figure out was to make sure you get a nice clean path to adjust your uplink. You see we are coming to the time of year that the tree's are filling up with water and if your pointing at a satellite through the tree's your down link might sound distorted to you, but be just fine to every one else. So if you can, try to get as clean of a path as you can to adjust. This is more noticeable on SSB birds than it is on the FM birds. 73 John KC0BMF On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Les Rayburn l...@highnoonfilm.com wrote: I'm very new to satellite operation but have been having a blast for the past couple of weeks. Using an IC-910H with attic antennas that include a 7 element 432 Arrow antenna with an SSB Electronics pre-amp mounted at the antenna. 1/2 hardline makes the 70' run from the attic to the shack in the garage. 2 Meters shows a 6 element K1FO Yagi with an SSB Electronics pre-amp and 1/2 hardline. Rig is controlled by SATPC32 via the CI-V interface at 9600 baud. On SO-50, I have no problems with doppler correction as you would suspect. With the other birds, doppler is sometimes an issue. Sometimes I hear stations strongly but when I call them, I don't hear my own uplink and the other station obviously doesn't hear me either. On other passes, the difference is not so great, and I'll hear my own uplink, though usually slightly off frequency. I know its possible to adjust the uplink frequency in the software, and I've tried it during passes without much success. The translated help file from German isn't much assistance to me so far. Can someone on the list point me towards a better explanation on the web, or offer suggestions on how to correct the situation? Any help is greatly appreciated! -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf 6M VUCC #1712 AMSAT #38965 Grid Bandits #222 Southeastern VHF Society Central States VHF Society Life Member Six Club #2484 Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light __**_ 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-bbhttp://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] Hawaii-FO-29
Any Hawaii hams around for FO-29 pass today (3-25) 19:30utc to Iowa EN31 Thanks John KC0BMF ___ 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] Arrow and ELK Comparative Antenna Tests
Gentlemen Great work,very informative. As I read the article I wondered to myself how my homebrew portable satellite antenna would stack up ? The Tape Measure Beam. I don't expect any results, as one could spend a lifetime analyzing everyone's homebrew antennas. But topics like this it just goes to show that there are many many options and some at little expense to get on the birds. Great Job 73 KCØBMF John ___ 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
