[amsat-bb] Thanks for sprout QSL card
Thanks to you and the Sprout team for the QSL card, issuance No. 5, for receiving and reporting telemetry from Sprout. 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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] SPROUT received in UK
I have submitted my report via the Sprout website. 25 may 2014 1308 utc, slightly later than yesterday's keps predicted. I used an SDR receiver (FCD ProPlus )and took a screendump. I was surprised that on replay the modulation was not afsk ie no tones heard -just heard the rushing noise and saw the data on the dump. is that normal for gmsk? So I sent the sdr image file instead of the hex code - hope they find it as it was only possible to do this under the sstv section of thew ebsite. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] Thank you for the Artsat Invader QSL card
To the ARTSAT team: Thank you so much for the Artsat Invader QSL card I received this morning (http://artsat.jp/invader_qsl_card) Please convey my special thanks to the artists naolkl lse and wataru kobara who designed the card. It is most beautiful, and I shall frame it and hang it next to my print by David Hockney. 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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] HamCom-270
Does anyone have an experience of this kit from hammicro.com?? I'd be interested in any comments - connections, weight of antenna etc - but cannot find any. 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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] My Juno QSL card received - thanks!
This morning's post included my Project Juno QSL card from JPL - many thanks to them! A great project. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] have now received Kicksat
Just to thank Dave KB1PVH for walking me through the complicated computerised decoding to get: 2014-04-25 17:47:45.280 UTC: [147 Bytes KISS Frame (without CRC)] from KD2BHC to CQ via TELEM: 1 50 34 43 2C 37 35 31 2C 30 2C 34 36 38 2C 30 2C 55 89 F1 90 21 4E 8A 5B 8A 32 8A B0 8A 61 90 40 90 51 90 5F 90 67 89 A5 90 41 31 8F 2B 90 F1 8F FE 8C D5 85 F7 88 2C EB 6D B7 4C 90 ED 90 61 EB 91 C3 90 F0 83 D0 8F 9F 82 5E 80 95 7D E0 7E F1 8F A6 8F 81 B8 8F E6 8F C7 8E 48 8F DA 20 20 20 20 28 68 64 C9 34 40 22 101 7C FD D5 44 D0 20 20 20 20 20 20 98 B1 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 121 20 P4C,751,0,468,0,U‰ñNŠ[Š2Š°Ša@Q_g‰¥1+ñþŒÕ…÷ˆ,ëm·Líë‘ÃðƒÐŸ‚^€•}à~ñ¦¸æÇŽHÚ (hdÉ4@|ýÕDÐ ˜± Note time group is decode time not rx time, as the tlm was received earlier this afternoon at the first 66 deg pass over the uk. I did hear it yesterday; the difference from yesterday was that I increased the IF gain on the FCD proPlus until the colour threshold change. 73 de Andy G0SFJ ___ 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] Anyone hearing Kicksat?
I was unable to hear Kicksat on a high elevation pass in the UK las night. I see DK3WN's blog reports similar issues. Has anyone heard Kicksat since the weekend? 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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] A simple receive station for the kicksat Sprites
My contribution to the Sprite project is now hosted at : http://kicksat.wordpress.com/support/kicksat-ground-station/ although I still need to amend the typo that sets the frequency at 437.4 when it should be 437.240. Thanks to MJ for setting this up for me now that my personal website hosted by Google is full (I need to talk to them about that!). In the page I have tried to set out a simple and modest station (my own!) which should be in the reach of a target school science teacher or similar. This station received the 100mW transmitter of $50sat at a distance of 640km as shown on the waterfall display. Thanks to the team of $50sat for their inspirational project. This waterfall display and SDR receiver is needed for the bandwidth of the Sprite transmisison, and the aim is to record the entire pass for the project's database. From an operator's point of view, the most important thing to notice is that no dongle is accurately calibrated and so you should not necessarily believe that the frequency you set in software is the frequency you actually get! I hope this page will encourage people to try for the interception of the Sprirtes when they are launched shortly. 73 de andy g0SFJ ___ 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] Space inventions for free*
*offer available to ESA member states and Canada only. Looks a bit like ITAR in reverse. However I wonder if there are any eligible organisations in AMSAT-lands who might want this technology? http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Technology/TTP2/Highlights/Space_inventions_for_free 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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] How to get a cheap handheld broadband RF preamp
This is primarily for the team getting ready for the Kicksat Sprite project but I am posting it on the amsat -bb as well as there may be a science teacher out there who may be interested.I'm not claiming it's revolutionary, but timely. The requirement is for an inexpensive antenna-head preamp, lightweight, running on a battery. I wouldn't claim it is a low noise preamp, but CATV ampifiers are available for under £5 including delivery from China. I bought one in a car boot sale for a £1. It was supposed to work on mains electricty (220 volts!) and is therefore obviously unsuitable to use outside. So I have taken out the mains transformer and the diode rectifier matrix and now run it off a 9 volt battery. I've also shown that the input and output sockets can be changed. This is simple soldering as even I can do it. Obviously the same principle applies to any TV amplifier, broadband, and needing filtering at the antenna head. Just look to see if 435 MHz is included in the bandwidth. At some point I'll design and construct an input filter. For those who may be interested, here's a direct link to my page: https://sites.google.com/site/andythomasorg/funcube/cheap-rf-amplifier or you can get there by going to http://www.andythomas.eu , choosing Funcube from the drop down menu and then get the page from the bottom of the Funcube page. 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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] Using AO-40 in Rx for Ham TV?
I was just wondering if the AO-40 LNBs connected to a Funcube dongle (and a bias tee for power) would recieve the carrier (is there one on DATV) from the ham TV test transmisisons? If so, that should be a project that could show AOS/LOS , power levels etc, even if it's a black screen being sent: after all, it's RF. maybe this has been thought about before? But I could use my converted blue lnb... 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] Practical note on using dongles
I've added a Funcube page (from the menu) to my website http://www.andythomas.eu describing lessons learned about using dashboard software etc rom the perspective of an interested science teacher using a dongle (rather than just using my ICOM IC-910). I don't feel bad about admitting the problems I encountered. All project managers know that the lessons learned log is the bit you wish you'd known before you started the project. For those of us about to receive the Kicksat Sprites (when launched), and others using RTL dongles, the experience may be useful. 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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] slightly OT: Fisrt novel about Cubesats and personal spacecraft
Amsat-ers might be interested in this: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/december2013/first_novel_about_cubesats_and_personal_spacecraft_published.htm#.Uq2NZbS2Jth apologies if this is slightly off topic, but I wanted you to know about it. 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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] HI Juno
Official result at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-360 A four-minute video depicting the efforts of a few of the amateur radio operators who participated in the event can be seen at: http://youtu.be/_yqHy_MpNiQ many thanks to JPL for the What if... andy g0sfj ___ 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] Annuncement scheduled for Ham Radio Juno Flyby eperiment
Following is from the American Geophyiscal Union website (time is San Franscisco time) http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2013/media-center/press-conferences/#juno Science from Juno’s Earth Flyby Tuesday, 10 December 10:30 a.m. In October, the Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft did a flyby of Earth before its long journey. The Juno team presents a low-resolution Earth flyby video as well as data acquired by the spacecraft as it zipped past the home planet. Team members will also discuss results from the mission’s outreach campaign inviting amateur radio operators to “Say Hi to Juno” as the spacecraft passed, and the scientific goals for the mission once it reaches Jupiter. Participants: Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator, Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas, USA; John Joergensen, Juno star-camera team lead, Danish Technical University, Copenhagen, Denmark; Bill Kurth, co-investigator for the Juno Waves Investigation, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. Sessions: SM21E, SM33B 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] Lituanica SAT-1
I was pleased to work on HF (30m CW) yesterday LY2013SAT - evidently very proud of the upcoming launch. Looking forward to hearing her from orbit. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] Juno flyby news
On enquiry, I'm told by JPL that they hope to share some information about the ham radio particpation in the Juno flyby, next week at the meeting of the American Geophysical Union. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] 50 years of humans in space
Please see video from ESA re-released today: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Highlights/Humans_in_space I used this at the Gagarin 50 day in 2011 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] China seeks a name for the lunar rover
According to the Chinese media, China seeks a name from the public for her rover due to land on the Moon in December. I would like to suggest the name of the the Chang'e Lunar rover should be Bai Ze or in various characters: Baí Zé 白泽 Baí Zé 白泽 is a famous figure in Chinese mythology and I think that because Baí Zé 白泽 knows everything about all the other supernatural beings it should be the name of this rover. If anyone can find a direct email address then please can i encourage you to enter the competition! 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] Beacon experiment - signed photocards
I've just received two handsome signed photocardss from Cosmonaut Roman Romanenko via Tsniimash to commemmorate the Shadow Beacon experiment early this year! They're on the front of my website. Many thanks to Valentin and friends on the Experiment! andy G0SFJ http://www.andythomas.eu ___ 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] From Russia about G7HIA
On 17 February 2013 15:24, Александр Зайцев wrote: Dear Andy, my condolence to all amateurs who were in contact with John - wish him a quiet space and freedom from troubles of earth . We keep his image in heart and soul... Time is going so fast - just as one single moment and life is gone Alexander ___ 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] John Heath G7HIA, SK
All, this is very hard to write, but his family has just told me that my good friend John Heath, G7HIA succumbed to cancer and passed away last night. They asked me to tell his amateur radio friends here and I know that amsat-uk have also been told. I'l leave it to others to complete his obituary, but I will always remember his passion for satellites and the cosmos, his patience in explaining and teaching others, his companionship and friendship, and our various contacts particularly with Russia. andy G0SFJ ___ 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] Ot: commercial space ad
Sorry guys, but it made me laugh. Hopelessly OT. google youtube lynx apollo fireman ad and enjoy! (Bet if he's shown her his HT it would have made a difference, HI) 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] Thanks for qsl card
All this is just a public posting to thank the FITSAT-1 Niwaka team for their qsl card (number 124) acknowledging my reception of JQ6YEW, which I received in the post this morning. In my opinion, following this tradition of ham radio proves the entitlement to the use of these frequencies which lie within the passbands of our transceivers. I have listened for ham radio operators since 1968 and as a teenager at that time I sent my reception reports, seeking the goodwill of the operators. The thrill of QSl'ing hasn't gone away, although I am now licensed to transmit and hold my DXCC and Diamond DXCC on HF. I wish more satellites would follow this tradition, as I am keeping my personal documentary record of the use of amateur satellites in this way. With thanks for the card and my very best wishes to the FITSAT team 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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: FT-817 Sat-CAT Interface Boards and Kits
I'd appreciate a scan of the article from QST too, please, if anyone has one available. I have just figured out how to order the board. g0sfj at amsat dot org many thanks 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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: FT-817 Sat-CAT Interface Boards and Kits
Thank you Hector and everyone else on the -bb for your help and advice. Best wishes for the New Year 2013 andy g0sfj From: Hector Luis HLMS. Martinez Sis hmarti...@ucf.edu.cu To: andy thomas andythomasm...@yahoo.co.uk; amsat amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, 27 December 2012, 17:06 Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: FT-817 Sat-CAT Interface Boards and Kits Hello Andy and Mike It is a great CAT interface for satellites. It prevents the constant toggling between VFO A and VFO B while receiving, so you will have a normal reception without holes in the signal and it always will prevent burn the preamplifier. I constructed the interface and made the case using an empty electric tape box. I have tested it on FO-29 and VO-52 and it works Excellent! I use it in my portable operations running half-duplex with my FT-817nd. I have the following information from the AMSAT NEWS SERVICE (ANS-351). To order please send the following either by mail or email as follows: + Your name and shipping address + Phone number and email address + Item you are requesting + Enclose a check for the appropriate amount, payable to ARRL ETP, sent to attention of ARRL Education Services Send orders to: ARRL Education Services, ATTN: Amy Strickland 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 Please contact Amy in ARRL Education Services at astrickl...@arrl.org with any questions about ordering. Please contact Mark Spencer at mspen...@arrl.org with questions about the interface design and specifications. 73 Happy New Year! Hector, CO6CBF EL92sd De: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] En nombre de andy thomas [andythomasm...@yahoo.co.uk] Enviado el: jueves, 27 de diciembre de 2012 11:32 Para: amsat Asunto: [amsat-bb] Re: FT-817 Sat-CAT Interface Boards and Kits I'd appreciate a scan of the article from QST too, please, if anyone has one available. I have just figured out how to order the board. g0sfj at amsat dot org many thanks 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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 --- Consulte la Enciclopedia Colaborativa Cubana http://www.ecured.cu/ ___ 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] Fitsat-1 on 13 Dec
This is my report of the FITSAT experiment last night from locator - IO92NL Rig is ICOM IC910 Antenna@ WiMo Helix for 435MHz pre-planned in azimuth and elevation No rotator (WiMo helix pre-set in azimuth and elevation)/no preamplifier (but building one) Listening to 437.350 + doppler (Sat pc 32) Telemetry at 2031 utc s288da8181 s3 s41e201f1e s51a5c8cc1 hi de niwaka japan s1f00301ba s28 Telemetry at 2210 approximately (I was in the garden) - LED not visible due to freezing fog outside. from cassette tape recorder: s41f201d1c s54a5ca384 hi de nawaka I haven't calculated it yet but s4 and s5 might show the effect of switching on the LEDs. 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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: FITSAT-1
My cold fingers last night typed 437.350 , should be 437.250 ! 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] Astronomer Patrick Moore dead
Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore, who presented many British TV programmes reporting the space programmes of the 1960s and later, died today aged 89, according to reports. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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 Payload
Knowing little about design, I just wonder if rather than deploying cubesats fitted as ballast, a transponder could not be fitted to the hull of the appropriate vessel which contains the sats and ballast? It could also relay vibrations from the vessel as it tumbled in the sky and would therefore have some utility to launch provider? I think this approach was adopted by Aatis in Germany a few years ago. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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: 1962-09-12: JFK's Challenge
Thank you for the link. I have read JFK's speech before, but never seen the delivery. A great man. I was 8 years old when he was murdered. I was making Christmas decorations with my mother in the kitchen, we had no money for decorations so we were cutting out silver stars from the foil tops of milk bottles. She cried, and told me he was a good man, and so, did I. My father, a police officer (later GW1MLA, SK), a few days after watched the Jack Ruby incident, and said, that was wrong, too. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] DOKA-B/ Yubileiny
Everything I now about Doka-b is at: https://sites.google.com/site/andythomasorg/amateur-satellites/rs-30-yubileiny I have seen it in action, it is a combined hard wired modem interface and az/el controller at the ground station end. It is only available to Russian (diaspora?) universities and is a protected commercial secret. Each setup is unique to the particular university research project and multiple projects at different Russian universities have their own groundstations. I think you have to consider the satellite part as one half of a whole network with the ground station which performs the connection being the other half of the circuit. To that extent, consider the satellite as having its own tcp/ip address, and its transceiver operating in a psk variant using radio to link instead of a cable. A lot of handshaking etc. I don't think there is a broadcast mode in Doka-b, just the circuit, although it is understood to be possible for the transmitter to beacon images and other data. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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: Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Anniversary
...is being remembered as we speak by IQ1TW (I have just worked them on HF). I remember my dad waking me up and saying you must see this, son - GW1MLA, SK 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] METRO Newspaper graphic on Cubesats - printed copy available
The space graphic series in the free Metro newspaper is excellent. Yesterday's cubesat graphic covers two half pages. I have retained 40 copies from recycling so if anyone would like a printed one, please contact me off the bb. g0sfj AT amsat.org 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] ISS Symposium 2012: A personal reflection from G0SFJ
All, This is my personal reflection on the last few days of the ISS Symposium 2012, organised by ESA and DLR in Berlin. Official highlights are on their own website, twitter, youtube etc. It's impossible to single out any particular speaker, so I'd like to give only an account of some things that resonated with my own amateur experience. I was very pleased to see in an early presentation by Julie Robinson the images of both ends of an ARISS contact, and equally it was heartening to see in the NASA Assembly complete edition of the Reference Guide to the ISS on page 95, Communications, a diagram in which we see Ham radio transmits directly to the ground. The theme of engagement with young people was a constant throughout the Sympsoium with many references to them being inspired by astronaut/cosmonaut contacts, and I felt that ARISS was recognised as an important programme in this, hence my invitation described on my label , amongst the space professionals, as Radio amateur -G0SFJ.. Roscosmos/ TsNiiMash also referred to the Shadow experiment which relies on sending a beacon or Mayak signal from the ISS and received on Earth by us hams - and as a participant I talked with TsNiiMash delegates about that - and illustrated their presentations with Chiblis-M and with the MAI SSTV experiment. And the 3D journey in an adjoining salon visited the antennae on the Columbus module, both in simulation and in a real 3D picture! Over dinner I discussed my personal view that some of us as hams would like to see more contacts of opportunity with the crew as time allowed, and I also described our work in receiving and passing on cubesat data. There was a view expressed that cubesats' reliance on COTS radio equipment did not always teach much about radio, and student Cubesat projects did not always lead to the next level of bigger and more complex space equipment. I was interested in this common problem between space science and ham radio, of getting young people involved, in this age of throwaway mobile phones and laptops. I was a little surprised that some German delegates I spoke to did not know of the work of the ISEI in Leipzig and the Kosmonautenzentrum in Chemnitz, who both stimulate young people into space exploration in their own ways, and I think the people who do this good work should enjoy a higher recognition. Many presentations demonstrated the utility of space-generated data to Earth based problems, and a good example came from the reinterpretation of data taken on salt consumption by Sigmund Jähn on an Intercosmos flight in 1978. It was both interesting and disturbing to see that bone tissue had not regrown to preflight levels in many long duration astronauts and cosmonauts. Visual problems were also becoming obvious. The debate extended beyond the current use of the ISS into the future of space exploration, Waleed Abdalati giving an inspirational speech about the future. Essentially our sphere of action extends only to the asteroid belt. From the floor I asked the symposium a question of medical ethics, whether the Mars crew should be a younger or an older crew. As I recall, Chiaki Mukai immediately picked up on Because of the radiation! and the panel agreed with her and with psychologist Peter Suedfeld, who said that life taught many experiences in problem solving, that an older crew - by which I think we meant over about 55 - would be the ones who should go. Oleg Orlov from IBMP in Moscow concurred. Later, when Charles Bolden spoke about the US commitment to a manned flight to Mars in 2030, I fell to thinking that the US crew who would go would be currently Astronauts aged about 40. That is my personal conclusion. Bolden added in his speech - and comes back to Earth and has lost his vision. Should we be thinking of that? I think we should be thinking of that. There is no doubt in my mind that a manned expedition to Mars is not yet possible and Bolden said we also had to look at new ways of communications in working up to it. Interesting that in discussions over dinner, Amsat-DL's proposed satellite mission to Mars, the dish at Bochum and the possible use of a 30 m dish elsewhere was also recognised as a potential contributor. It seemed evident to me, too, that the compromises inherent in the design of the ISS were beginning to show. Roscosmos emphsised their interest in flying a separate vehicle unatennded by humans except at the beginning and end of its experiments, in order to take away the minimal disturbances describes by Bolden as some astronaut jumping about on a treadmill, but also I think attitude changes in pitch, roll and yaw, which are corrected for to an extent in experiments, are also a potential problem to zero grvity experiments such as crystal growth or metallurgy. And it was evident to me that the data on ozone depletion by a JAXA experiment SMILES only touched the edges of the problem region due to the ISS
[amsat-bb] Looking for solaria
I see solaria from the NASA spaceflight board http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=28732.0 is also going to the ISS symposium in Berlin this week. Anyone have a contact email for her/him? Will look out in Berlin on Wednesday. please forward. g0sfj AT amsat DOT org many thanks 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] Transatlantic balloon: Azores CU Aware
Have just informed Costa, CU1EZ, Santa Maria island (Azores), of the transatlantic balloon HF frequencies, during our qso on 12 metres. He's looked at this -bb and I'm sure he will do his best to listen out. 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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] ISS Symposium 2012, Berlin
I'm pleased to confirm I'll be an invited member of the public with a proven interest in the ISS at the ISS Berlin Symposium, 2 -4 May 2012. See http://www.isssymposium2012.com/ . Any amsat-ers joining the Symposium please make contact via email - callsign - at - amsat dot org and we'll enjoy a good beer there together! 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] CHIBIS-M satellite to launch to ISS
The CHIBIS-M research satellite is to launch to the ISS/MKC on the Progress cargo mission of 25/26 January. The payload is a scientific satellite to be deployed from the ISS/MKC to study the magnetic field in the auroral zone. It follows a long tradition of magnetosphere studies dating back to Sputnik-3, which (you will recall) nearly beat Van Allen to the detection of the eponymous Belts. There will be a CW telemetry downlink of control/housekeeping data to the Kolibri-2000 standard on a frequency around 435 MHz. I'll post further info if/when I get it. Meanwhile there's a ton of info in Russian at: http://chibis.cosmos.ru/index.php?id=1674 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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] Apology
My apologies for breaching any etiquette of this -bb. I have also sent an apology to Gould as moderator. In my defence, I was only showing the -bb an example of the flaming I have received, and I still think that this and other emails I have received are unacceptable. andy g0sfjamsat- ___ 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] VO52 and QRP FM
This is an important debate in difficult times. I am with G7HIA on this one, namely that *** if there is no damage to the satellite *** a QRP (below 5w handy) operation might be considered to be feasible on a centre frequency. It is not our bird to give permission. There are of course two transponders on board. If permission were given ONLY for QRP in effect this means that WE must police this. It would be for us to discorage alligators. (Technically alligators can already use the bird anyway but don't). 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] Fw: VO52 and QRP FM
I have expanded capabilities. I have an ICOM IC910 with the L band added module and last operated on vo-52 in usb, and I am fluent in cw too...but it's difficult to carry this kit by hand (hi!) so I do qrp with an Arrow as well, from all over Europe. And I haven't been able to get into SO-50 for some time on below 5W. AO27 only kicks in for half the pass here. ;) 73 de andy g0sfj - Forwarded Message - From: andy thomas andythomasm...@yahoo.co.uk To: amsat amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, 3 December 2011, 13:51 Subject: VO52 and QRP FM This is an important debate in difficult times. I am with G7HIA on this one, namely that *** if there is no damage to the satellite *** a QRP (below 5w handy) operation might be considered to be feasible on a centre frequency. It is not our bird to give permission. There are of course two transponders on board. If permission were given ONLY for QRP in effect this means that WE must police this. It would be for us to discorage alligators. (Technically alligators can already use the bird anyway but don't). 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] Stop flaming please
I don't see why someone can't make a suggestion about a qrp experiment without being flamed about being incompetent, inadequate, financially poor or in some other way a lesser member of the -bb. You guys ought to learn a little more tolerance. Fact #1 is, ao-51 is dead and we don't have anything else of that quality for all of those operators who like doing field operations with an arrow. SO-50 is at best unpredictable and AO27 is not always on, depends on its ssp. Fact #2 is that anyone who is an alligator could have taken over vo-52 and didn't, thankfully. Fact #3 is that nobody would without seeking permission. So please cut back from the snide clever-clever remarks about having too small a piece of kit, hi. I don't feel bad about raising the idea. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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: Fw: VO52 and QRP FM
Don't be so xxx rude. I do not operate on vo52 in FM and never have. From: i8cvs domenico.i8...@tin.it To: andy thomas andythomasm...@yahoo.co.uk; amsat amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, 3 December 2011, 17:39 Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fw: VO52 and QRP FM - Original Message - From: andy thomas andythomasm...@yahoo.co.uk To: amsat amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 3:41 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Fw: VO52 and QRP FM I have expanded capabilities. I have an ICOM IC910 with the L band added module and last operated on vo-52 in usb, and I am fluent in cw too...but it's difficult to carry this kit by hand (hi!) so I do qrp with an Arrow as well, from all over Europe. And I haven't been able to get into SO-50 for some time on below 5W. AO27 only kicks in for half the pass here. ;) 73 de andy g0sfj Hi Andy, G0SFJ It's impossible to access VO-52 in FM with a 5 watt HT and arrow antennas because for a decent QSO on CW and SSB you need at least 50 watt and a 13 dBi 70 cm antenna. Do not try to access VO-52 in FM with your IC910 We, operators of VO-52 linear transponder on CW and SSB in Europe we have a lot of counter measures against any FM intruder into the VO-52 linear passband. 73 de i8CVS Domenico ___ 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] Famous Headline in The Times of England
The famous headline, in an apocryphal story, was Small Earthquake in Chile: Not Many Dead. With due respect to our fellow hams in CE it meant (at that unenlightened time) that there had been a sesismic shift that, although important to those above it, perhaps did not merit further discussion in the Newspaper of Record. Let's now call it a day. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] Fw: Stop flaming please
I don't think this is the spirit of informed and reasonable debate. 73 de andy g0sfj - Forwarded Message - From: Kevin Deane summit...@live.com To: andythomasm...@yahoo.co.uk Sent: Saturday, 3 December 2011, 19:15 Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Stop flaming please shut the fuck up dumbass, there will be nobody there on FM Kevin KF7MYK Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 16:35:10 + From: andythomasm...@yahoo.co.uk To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Stop flaming please I don't see why someone can't make a suggestion about a qrp experiment without being flamed about being incompetent, inadequate, financially poor or in some other way a lesser member of the -bb. You guys ought to learn a little more tolerance. Fact #1 is, ao-51 is dead and we don't have anything else of that quality for all of those operators who like doing field operations with an arrow. SO-50 is at best unpredictable and AO27 is not always on, depends on its ssp. Fact #2 is that anyone who is an alligator could have taken over vo-52 and didn't, thankfully. Fact #3 is that nobody would without seeking permission. So please cut back from the snide clever-clever remarks about having too small a piece of kit, hi. I don't feel bad about raising the idea. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] Received from shadow experiment
CURRENT INFORMATION ON 02-05.11.2011 SERIES OF SPASE EXPERIMENT “SHADOW-BEACON” Dear friends! It was earlier announced that timetable of SpEx “Shadow-beacon” sessions on November 26-27 -2011 was reduced because the crew is newcomers and need much time to assimilate the experience. For the same reason earlier announced sessions on December 02-05 -2011 are cancelled all. Sergey Samburov (RV3DR), the employee of space-rocket corporation Energia which is responsible for an amateur radio on ISS, explains that an observed fact that the onboard radio “Sputnik” was accidentally switched on standard simplex 145.825 MHz not the ordered duplex 144.36/ 145.825 MHz digipeater mode because of old age of the onboard gear- it is in use more than 10 years. Some times Sergey has already observed malfunction like this. New radio are to be delivered onboard ISS by April cargo vehicle and Mission Control Center (TsUP) plans new SpEx “Shadow-beacon” sessions on May-June 2012. With this reason you are asked not to delete your registration on our site. Again many thanks for those submitted reports and made other assistance! The results of data processing will be presented on our site. We wait for further cooperation! --- 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] Minimum FCD setup to detect Arissat-1 bpsk?
This afternoon using a Fubcube Dongle I detected the arissat-1 spectrum on 145.920 as the transmision doppled across. I've screendumped it as evidence! The signal was weak but visible (and audible) and rapid as you would expect at the nominal frequency. I used FCHiD to set the frequency and HDSDR to demod it at usb. I owe it all to my homebrew one-transistor untuned preamp (RSGB's VHF-UHF handbook) at the end of a 6 ele XY fixed in az/el. It didn't decode at the tlm software though, and I'll try again next weekend using DK3WN's doppler control software. However I am pleased I have detected arissat1 bpsk with a FCD - that's one small step... 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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: Oscarlocator
At the flea market in St Petersburg (Russia, not Fla!) this August I bought a Russian ex-ship Oscarlocator- type device for geostationary satellites in the Inmarsat series. It's a map of the world with the satellites marked on it along the equator, and a transparent plastic overlay from which you can read the az and el to the satellite from your position. It rotaes around a central screw. Obviously it'll work with any geostationary satellite once you have drawn it in. I have scanned all 3 components - map, overlay and Russian text - and translated the text. I sent it to amsat-uk for their bulletin but I don't think they are interested. Maybe nobody is. But if anyone is, let me know and I'll post it on my website. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] (no subject)
By popular request (!) you can see the Russian geostationary satellite locator at: http://sites.google.com/site/andythomasorg/Home/russian-geostationary or go to www.andythomas.org then from the Home page take the sub page link at the bottom. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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: geostationary satellite:thinking outside the box
I wonder if we could build a LEO uplinking to and downlinkingf rom a geosationary satellite on its spare transponder capacity? Initially by AX25 packet from ground to the LEO sat on our frequencies, then by license up to the geo which would see the leo longer than a ground station would? just my 1 penny worth... 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] Arissat-1 silent over UK: Explanation
As reported over the weekend, Arissat-1 is no longer audible in the UK, because she does not switch on until after about 14 minutes from entering sunlight. I believe the sequence is: enter sunlight: MET starts: timer activated 14 minute wait before tx - other systems live Tx on with data at a MET of 14 minutes Tx sequence We in the UK now have to wait unril the orbit continues to precess to the late evening (about 10 days' time) 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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] Thanks for third certificate for arissat-1
Thanks for the sstv certificate, a commendably fast turnaround from CT-land ! 73 de andy g0SFJ ___ 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] Thanks for second Arissat-1 certificate
Many thanks for the certificate from tlm report! 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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: ARISSat daylightpower recovery time
Did not catch the second voice digit! MET is One shh But satellite is switched on. On 18 september the voice announced MET (19 and 21) equalled the time in sunlight, as I have calculated back using today's keps, within 1 minute. Allowing for keps 1 week old I think the MET is in fact announcing the time the satellite wakes up as she enters sunlight, but there are no fm transmissions at that time. The latency is up to 10 -19 minutes (if I had the second digit I could be more precise,hi!!) From: andy thomas andythomasm...@yahoo.co.uk To: amsat amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, 24 September 2011, 11:24 Subject: Re:ARISSat daylightpower recovery time I agree with this observation here at IO92NL. Arissat-1 does not switch on immediately when in sunlight, I have missed several passes this morning and in the last few days. I am just waiting for what the MET is announced (voice tlm) as at 1032 utc AOS (coming up) and will backtrack to how long she has been in sunlight. The difference ought to tell us the latency. 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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: ARISSat daylightpower recovery time
Interesting My observations last weekend show that MET matches the satellite entering sunlight: 18 September calculated Time into sun: 1004 utc Time of obs (announcement): 1023 utc Voice announced MET: 19 calculated Time into sun: 1136 utc Time of obs: 1158 utc Voice announced MET: 21 maybe the voice tlm MET isn't accurate either! howver I calculated the time of the entering sunlight using the keps of 24/9, not the keps of 18/9, via satpc32. 73 de andy g0sfj From: Greg D. ko6th_g...@hotmail.com To: andy thomas andythomasm...@yahoo.co.uk; amsat amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, 24 September 2011, 17:46 Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat daylightpower recovery time Based on posted observations, I have come to the conclusion that the satellite's MET comes up at either 0 or 1 when the satellite turns on, after the 10-or-so minute delay after entering sunlight. Depending on what mode it thinks it should be in, I suppose it's possible that it might in fact be in one of those power saving quiet periods at that time, and only be heard a few minutes later. Entering sunlight is not a knife-edged event in orbit; there's a short ramp in power, so (playing arm-chair engineer here) I expect it would be in low or emergency power mode for a short while. Greg KO6TH Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 11:49:36 +0100 From: andythomasm...@yahoo.co.uk To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat daylightpower recovery time Did not catch the second voice digit! MET is One shh But satellite is switched on. On 18 september the voice announced MET (19 and 21) equalled the time in sunlight, as I have calculated back using today's keps, within 1 minute. Allowing for keps 1 week old I think the MET is in fact announcing the time the satellite wakes up as she enters sunlight, but there are no fm transmissions at that time. The latency is up to 10 -19 minutes (if I had the second digit I could be more precise,hi!!) From: andy thomas andythomasm...@yahoo.co.uk To: amsat amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, 24 September 2011, 11:24 Subject: Re:ARISSat daylightpower recovery time I agree with this observation here at IO92NL. Arissat-1 does not switch on immediately when in sunlight, I have missed several passes this morning and in the last few days. I am just waiting for what the MET is announced (voice tlm) as at 1032 utc AOS (coming up) and will backtrack to how long she has been in sunlight. The difference ought to tell us the latency. 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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] Arissat-1 Voice telemetry analysis from G0SFJ
I have submitted for a tlm certificate my analysis of the voice telemetry from Arissat-1 on certain orbits in September (when I was present, hi). The dates of the receptions in September are in the analysis spreadsheet. The MET is decreasing, I think this is because the satellite comes out of eclipse and swithches on nearer the observation, as the orbit is precessing I think the analysis shows that as the MET decreases, the IHU temperature decreases, and the battery current increases (this is a lesser negative number). Put that another way, as the MET in sunlight increases, the IHU temperature increases and the circuit current decreases (greater negative number). However I don't know why the circuit reports a negative current, or even if the voice tlm is accurate. I'd be grateful for any comments. 73 de Andy G0SFJ . ___ 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] Thanks for certificate Arissat-1
Great to receive this morning the certificate for the Russian secret word! Many thanks! 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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] International satellite name
It struck me that i don't know why the callsign of arissat-1 is RS 01 S... Radio Sputnik and Skafandr I understand but why 01? While we are about it, although I don't wish to add to the names - RS01S, Skafandr-B, Arissat-1 - shouldn't she have an Oscar designator? May I propose MO-(number) - ie Mezhdunarodno (International) Oscar 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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: ARISSat: strong QRM due to ISS
Yes, I also heard packet bursts while listening to ARISSat at 0140 utc and around 0500 utc with the doppler corrected. I didn't decode them though. The doppler correction applies both to the ISS (approximately) and the satellite. andy, G0SFJ ___ 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] Simple preamp improvement
I found that a homebrew single transistor untuned preamp (page 4.42 of the RSGB's VHF/UHF handbook) was sufficient to lift pictures out of the noise - thought the funcube developers might reflect on this , looks like it's an essential feature for the ground station. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] Arissat-1 sstv received
Robot-36 picture received but vey noisy on 145950, 0436 is the timestamp. I am confused by the -bb reports of FM signals - I think 145825 and 437550 are relays from the ISS and therefore I'd expect them to be far stronger. ?? 73 de andy g0SFJ ___ 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] Russia Today reports Kedr deployment
Guys you won't like it - brace yourself: BEGINS New satellite to commemorate first space flight permalink email story to a friend print version Published: 03 August, 2011, 20:02 Two Russian cosmonauts have left the International Space Station for a six-hour spacewalk to mark the 50th anniversary of the first-ever manned space flight by Yuri Gagarin with the launch of the unique microsatellite. The cosmonauts will spend about six hours outside the ISS and for the first time ever computerized Orlan-MK spacesuits with liquid crystal displays will give advice and instructions in case of emergency situations, such as increased oxygen consumption. During the spacewalk, the cosmonauts will launch a microsatellite made entirely by Russian university students. The satellite – which is dubbed “Kedr” (cedar) after Yuri Gagarin’s call sign – will be broadcasting greeting messages from outer space in 50 different languages to mark the 50th anniversary of the first-ever manned space flight. The cosmonauts will also install laser communication equipment on the outside of the Russian segment of the ISS. However, it does not mean high-speed internet will be available in the Russian segment, as long as “the new optical equipment is intended primarily to transfer science video to enhance the efficiency of the scientific activity of the cosmonauts,” the head of the extravehicular activity department of RSC Energia, Aleksandr Polishchuk said. With the US Shuttle program shutting down last month, Russia is currently the only nation able to send people to the stars. ENDS http://rt.com/news/first-space-flight-satellite/ and a video of the deployment 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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] ONE ARISSAT ANTENNA MISSING, Reports Novosti
02:28 04/08/2011MISSION CONTROL, August 4 (RIA Novosti) Related News Two Russian cosmonauts leave ISS for spacewalk ISS crew to launch mini-satellite on August 3 Multimedia Spacewalk Humans in space: results of the past 50 years International Space Station Two Russian cosmonauts, Alexander Samokutyayev and Sergei Volkov, completed their 6-hour spacewalk on Thursday with a 40-minute delay and returned to the Russian segment of the International Space Station (ISS). They carried out a manual launch of a mini-satellite and installed new stream video equipment on the station's outer surface. This was the first spacewalk for Samokutyayev and the third for his colleague Volkov. The launch of the Kedr mini-satellite, designed to transmit greeting messages in 17 languages, Earth photos and telemetry data from its service systems, was delayed after the cosmonauts discovered that one of its two antennas was missing, but they nevertheless launched the satellite with only one antenna. The cosmonauts also installed three containers with microorganisms and mushroom spores on the Pirs docking compartment to study their influence on materials used in spacecraft construction. At the end of their spacewalk, the Russians took pictures holding photos of the first cosmonaut Yury Gagarin, spacecraft designer Sergei Korolyov and Soviet astronautic theory pioneer Konstantin Tsiolkovsky with Earth in the background. http://en.rian.ru/science/20110804/165547335.html 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] ISS Arissat 70cm relay recorded
Recorded Arisssat relay on ISS freq 437.550 throughout the night, have WAV file interrupted by squelch dropout. andy g0sfj ___ 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] Fw: NASA Make: Challenge Submission Guidelines
I thought all you US citizens might be interested in this: --- On Fri, 18/3/11, NASA Make: Challenge no-re...@makezine.com wrote: From: NASA Make: Challenge no-re...@makezine.com Subject: NASA Make: Challenge Submission Guidelines To: andyG0SFJ . Date: Friday, 18 March, 2011, 6:40 We've published the rules and guidelines for the 2011 NASA Make: Challenge, which invites makers to propose kits that high school students can build in their classrooms to explore a scientific, technical, or math concept by flying the kits on a suborbital rocket flight. Proposals for the NASA Make: Challenge should be submitted electronically to makespacek...@gmail.com by midnight (Pacific Daylight Savings Time) April 30, 2011. To develop a successful proposal, please consult the rules and guidelines found at: http://www.makezine.com/space/rules NOTE: The NASA Make: Challenge is open to all U.S. citizens. Proposers under the age of 18 must include the permission of a parent or guardian to participate. The winner of the NASA Make: Challenge will win a trip to the Bay Area Maker Faire on May 21 22. The winning project will also be published in MAKE Magazine. We are planning a webcast for the week of March 28. The webcast will be an opportunity to learn from experts about developing experiments that can fly in space. They will be available for questions as well. Thanks for participating in the 2011 NASA Make: Challenge and be sure to tell others you know who might wish to participate. Thanks, Dale Dougherty Founder and Publisher, MAKE Magazine email: d...@oreilly.com This email was sent to ... If you are no longer interested you can unsubscribe instantly: http://makermedia.createsend2.com/t/r/u/jlditrd/bykjudyjd/r/ ___ 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] CQ EG8ISS 5 March ?
Hi WLTM would like to meet EG8ISS next saturday on 20m if the station is still around? EG8ISS is a special event station commemorating ARISS contact so I'm not OT! 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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] Kedr/Arissat photo published
A photo of Commander Dimitri Kondratyev with the Kedr/Arissat satellite connected inside the ISS on 10 February can be found at: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=293 - it's photo number 3 on the top row, right 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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] Fw: Kedr/Arissat photo published
OK it's now on the second row first left!!! Date: Monday, 14 February, 2011, 16:33 A photo of Commander Dimitri Kondratyev with the Kedr/Arissat satellite connected inside the ISS on 10 February can be found at: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=293 - it's photo number 3 on the top row, right 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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 Portable operation certificates
Interesting debate. I would be interested in submitting my book of qsl cards for an award but the problem is that my operations with an Arrow were in different countries, such as: F/G0SFJ/P YL/G0SFJ/P LZ/G0SFJ/P etc etc and probably a half-dozen or so qsl cards from each location. Any ideas as to which award I might apply for??? bet there isn't one! 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ 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] Kedr spacecraft - photo
Nice picturs of the Kedr satellite mission at: http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=35923 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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: unknown signal
I have had the same problem. It's not from any satellite AFAIK. Either it's raw noise in which a random meaning has been found, or else it's the bar code scanner in the local supermarket. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ Sent via amsat...@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] blimey!
blimey that was quick!! 54 seconds? ___ Sent via amsat...@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] Kenwood THD-72A/E Duplex function
At the (British) National Hamfest yesterday I had a play with the pre-production model of the THD-72E and asked about full duplex. I couldn't get into full duplex on the menu and had to give the set back but I insisted onthe question in the name of AMSAT and they went to the manuals while some other guys played with it. On the second manual(printed off the cdrom) - which they said was about the packet function - there was the following instruction: FULL DUPLEX Ths transceiver is also capable of simultaneously transmitting and receiving signals. So it is possible to transmit audio on the current band while receiving packet data on the other band (data band). 1 Set operation band to band B 2.Press [F DUP] to enter Duplex mode ... Notes * When operating on band A you cannot change to full duplex mode. * When in single band mode and Band A/B is set to VHF/VHF or UHF/UHF you cannot change to Full Duplex mode. * When usin the Full Duplex function, connect an earphone to the SP jack. using an earphone will prevent feedback that can cause the transceiver to emit a howling sound. I have photographed these instructions and transcribed from the photo. For some reason I photographed the manual not the radio which is a squat fat two-tone grey thing. It's got a gps built in. Available end 2010, they said. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ Sent via amsat...@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] have G5500 controller
I have a G5500 controller. Don't have rotator, got separated during SK phase, bought in car boot sale. Will the controller drive 2 separate rotators? mounted appropriately - don't see, prima facie, why not? Please respond on/off -bb, I don't mind, others may be interested. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ Sent via amsat...@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] Heroic Space video
Heroic Space Video at: http://www.sick-solutions-tour.com/ take the Trailer (right hand button) 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ Sent via amsat...@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] Wouxon KG-UVD1P
has anyone any experience of using the Wouxon KG-UVD1P on AO-51 and the FM birds? I have looked at eham etc and it seems to be a single vfo with channel watch on both V and U; I'm not sure if a carrier on the uhf downlink would just switch the vfo to uhf listen and transmit, ie you could never tx on V if the carrier is on U... can someone confirm that it works/does not work with an Arrow, please? But cheap as chips, and could be quite interesting? 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ Sent via amsat...@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] Awesome photo of ISS
see (from the space education institute, Leipzig): this we photographed in our observatory yesterday: http://www.youtube.com/user/SpaceEducation#p/c/BC233E60895D1BE3/0/_JfnLuKsAzw 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ Sent via amsat...@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: VO-52 - OK to Work in FM?
I don't, and I think that VU says basicaly that it's ok if you haven't anything else - so why foul up the transponder or others by grabbing its power? I can see it MIGHT be acceptable if you were testing a rig. but not to treat as '51, IMHO. But AMSAT-VU will say for sure, it's their bird. 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ Sent via amsat...@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] Yuri Gagarin birth anniversary 9 March
Tomorrow 9 March 2010 will be the 76th birth anniversary of First Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Expect to hear some interesting recordings from Yubileiny RS-30 - worth having that digital recorder ready!! 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ Sent via amsat...@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: Transporting HT and Arrow Antenna on commercial flight
I have never had any problems taking my Arrow in my checked-in luggage to Russia, the EU or Belarus. see http://www.andythomas.eu But Russia, Ukraine and Belarus require a customs declaration about high frequency radios so I have always used local hams' radios for the fm satellites in these countries. Within the EU I take the handheld with me in carry-on luggage with a full battery to be able to switch it on, and at check in tell the airline I'm happy to show it to the pilot (or anyone else!!). I separate the battery from the HT for the xray and offer to connect and switch on if asked. I carry a full licence with me and I have a photocopy licence in my checked-in luggage, the first thing you would see when it's opened, and the luggage is unlocked. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ Sent via amsat...@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] (no subject)
I came upon an interesting comment about batteries at the web blog of Cosmonaut Maxim Suarev which is in English at Russia Today: http://rt.com/About_Us/Blogs/orbital-log/2010-02-09.html The blog was from someone working on a Peruvian cubesat called CHASQUI-1. The specific question is: Lizeth Bodero 10 February, 2010, 14:24 hi!! I'm a science student and here in my University we are building a nanosatellite named Chasqui. We hope to launch it this year but there's a problem with the batteries since we wanted to use lithium polymer batteries and we don't know if those are allowed by the Russian Federal Spacial Agency. Do you have any suggestion about that? thank you so much Someone on the group might have the answer? Looks like they have already identified a launch vehicle... There are wiki entries and a web page for CHASQUI-1, although the onboard comms system isn't described here is a description of the ground station: http://www.chasqui.uni.edu.pe/html/eng/ground-station.html Frequency bands: VHF (144 - 146 MHz.) and UHF (435 - 438 MHz.) Operating Mode: Half duplex Transmitting power: 50 W. Modulation: AFSK Link Speed Downlink: 1200 bps. and 9600 bps. Link speed increase: Between 1200 bps. and 9600 bps. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ Sent via amsat...@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] CHASQUI-1
Fw: I forgot to title this CHASQUI-1, sorry --- On Sat, 13/2/10, andy thomas andythomasm...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: andy thomas andythomasm...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: To: amsat amsat-bb@amsat.org Cc: john heath g7...@btinternet.com, daniel.bra...@star.le.ac.uk Date: Saturday, 13 February, 2010, 17:16 I came upon an interesting comment about batteries at the web blog of Cosmonaut Maxim Suarev which is in English at Russia Today: http://rt.com/About_Us/Blogs/orbital-log/2010-02-09.html The blog was from someone working on a Peruvian cubesat called CHASQUI-1. The specific question is: Lizeth Bodero 10 February, 2010, 14:24 hi!! I'm a science student and here in my University we are building a nanosatellite named Chasqui. We hope to launch it this year but there's a problem with the batteries since we wanted to use lithium polymer batteries and we don't know if those are allowed by the Russian Federal Spacial Agency. Do you have any suggestion about that? thank you so much Someone on the group might have the answer? Looks like they have already identified a launch vehicle... There are wiki entries and a web page for CHASQUI-1, although the onboard comms system isn't described here is a description of the ground station: http://www.chasqui.uni.edu.pe/html/eng/ground-station.html Frequency bands: VHF (144 - 146 MHz.) and UHF (435 - 438 MHz.) Operating Mode: Half duplex Transmitting power: 50 W. Modulation: AFSK Link Speed Downlink: 1200 bps. and 9600 bps. Link speed increase: Between 1200 bps. and 9600 bps. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ Sent via amsat...@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] Cor's picture
Cor's picture from the ISS of 2010-01-28 11:23:00 has been used before in Max Suarev's blog - see http://rt.com/About_Us/Blogs/orbital-log/2010-01-07.html and http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=48page=2 73 de andy g0sfj ___ Sent via amsat...@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] MAI-75
Gogle with the Russian characters Маи-75 and you get results like http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/exp/mai-75.htm that can be dropped into babelfish to get: In English Experiment of MAI -75 (it continues with s -11) Automatic spacecraft and the contemporary technologies the personal communications of the connection Producer The Moscow Aviation Institute ANE MUNTZ [Kosmos] Participant [RKK] of [Energiya] [im]. OF [S].[P]. Korolev Scientific leader Moderator Doctor of Technical Science, assoc. member. WOUNDS Of [alifanov] [O].[M]. [Spirin] [A].[I]. Purpose: Checking the possibility: • the organization of personal communications between the users on the Earth and the information resources inside s; • the use of standard protocols of network the Internet for the turning to information resources inside s; • the start in the training process of VUZ (Institute of Higher Education) of the aerospace profile of the information and telecommunication resources, obtained in the process of conducting the experiment. Tasks: Finalizing the common methodology of the transfer of video images from onboard RS s along the radio amateur's communication channel (SSTV) and its method in [TSPOI] the MAI in the interests of educational projects. Conducting by photo and [videosemok] on board RS s according to the scenic plans. Obtaining initial data for creation and applying assignment system of space information to the wide circle of users. Utilized equipment: During the first stage the experiment of MAI -75 will begin to operate existing on board RS s digital of photo and video the equipment, utilized for fulfilling the surveys according to the scenic plans and the system of radio amateur's communications with the frequency bands 144-146 and 430-440 MHz for the subsequent image transmission to the earth. The official equipment is used for the realization of experiment: the complex of amateurish package radio communication, the video camera HDV Of sony HVR-Z1, the digital camera Of nikon Of d200, the digital camera Of nikon D2X, [videokommunikator] Of kenwood VC-H1 with overall mass 40,7 kg. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ Sent via amsat...@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] Graph of eclipse/sunlight
I've been looking at some cosmonauts' historic accounts of missions on the Salyut series of orbital spacecraft. Characteristically they have drawn a graph of the eclipse and sunlight times of the long duration mission. The vertical axis is time after EQX of the first orbit of the day (the entry into and departure from eclipse is marked on this axis in 5 minute intervals) and the horizontal axis is the mission day. The result is a graph in which lines extend horizontally conencting the eclipse times (both in and out), and they have characteristically filled in the darkness time with dark pen. On one print the light time has another contour with what appears to be sun angle. The graph has then been added to by showing the plan and actual activity on that mission day. I would find it interesting to compute a similar graph for a long duration mission of the ISS. But I have some difficulty. From a TLE I can do the following: *calculate first eqx in utc but can't find the time of crossing into eclipse without knowing the position of the sun and the position of the spacecraft in relation to the sun (Subsatellite point?). Does anyone have any idea about the calculation and data involved? It must have been a hand calculation carried out by cosmonauts, but once a simple program is written I could use excel to draw the graph. Maybe a standard predictor program can produce a data output that could be rewritten into excel? I'd need the eclipse times on the orbit following the first eqx of the day. I would appreciate any input, also any thoughts of why they would want to draw it (have only thought of observation and power). many thanks 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ Sent via amsat...@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] ISS/MKC update?
Anyone any update on the current state of the ISS? Any manoevres? How did the docking of the MIM-2 module go? 73 de andy g0SFJ ___ Sent via amsat...@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] Cosmonaut describes ARISS contact
I thought you'd like to see the following blog entry: http://rt.com/About_Us/Blogs/orbital-log/2009-12-28.html 73 de andy g0sfj ___ Sent via amsat...@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] Possible Chinese satellite launch
YOAGAN-7 was launched from Jiuquan by a Chang Zheng-2D into a sun-synchronous orbit about 400 miles high yesterday. Is this the same mission for the ham satellite? Jiuquan launches to polar orbit from 41 degrees North. NORAD-Nr. 36110 bzw. als Objekt 2009-069A. 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ Sent via amsat...@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: chinese satellite
I know Yaogan-7 is supposed be an earth observation satellite but there is more than one way to skin a cat - remember the RS- series of satellites piggybacking on a common power supply bus - and the fact that the HF commemmorative station is suddenly activated may well mean something. If you go to celestrak and look at the last 30 days' launches you will see that there are a number of items identified as rocket debris with a 97 degree inclination obviosuly part of the launch sequence for Yaogan-7's 98 degree inclination. So she might well be up there. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ Sent via amsat...@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] New ariss antenna: question
fascinating watching the installation of the dual band antenna. many thanks to all concereed. it prompts me to ask: 1. what wasthe location of the antenna were they using before? 2. I thought I heard that the new ARISS antenna is on the starboard side - I assume that is relative to the direction of travel - whereas the AIS antenna is on the earth facing side. What will be the effect of the location of the ARISS antenna on those of us at latitudes with values above the ISS orbital inclination (of 51.7)? ie bearing in mind the attitude and direction of the station when at these high latitudes, will the architecture of the ISS shadow the antenna? Or are there so many reflections it doesn't matter? 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ Sent via amsat...@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: using a microsat as a potential high altitudeVHF reflector
I still think that a large unfolded and/or (partially?) inflatable structure of reflective material structured as resonant reflectors could be an interesting passive reflector of ham frequencies if it was placed on the Moon. It would be easier than a powered active repeater. I know about moonbounce obviously and the laser system left behind by Apollo. 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ Sent via amsat...@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] UWE-2 news?
Any news of UWE-2? I have never heard her and I see a relevant observation on the DK3WN satblog. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ Sent via amsat...@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] New APRS satellite programme
I saw this software at the UK national hamfest this weekend: http://www.crosscountrywireless.net/aprs_messenger.htm I'm sure it will have an application - see SAT (no Ack frames) mode/ Also a piece of easy compatible APRS hardware. i have no connection to the company but it seems to me to be an interesting bit of kit. 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ Sent via amsat...@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] Tatiana-2: RS 38: News just in
Following text just in tonight from Moscow: our satellite called as RS-38 also Universitetskiy-Tatiana-2 was launched in 17 september 2009 in 19h 55min 12 sec DMT(Decret Moscow Time) from Baikonur cosmodrome launching pad N 31. All onboard systems are working in normal mode. Satellite is stabilisated and orientated properly. We are working ower it. Mass of the satellite 98,2 kg. Power of solar battareys 150 Watts, onboard voltage 27 Volts DC. Downlink central frequences are 435.440 MHz and 435.490 MHz for onboard systems telemetry and 1.708 GHz for scientific telemetry also. I hope that you are well. best wishes and 73 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ Sent via amsat...@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] POLLUX
I haven't heard Pollux for a week now and I see that's the same on DK3WN's satblog. Is there any statement from the ande team? 73 de andy g0sfj ___ Sent via amsat...@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] Mystery bird, RS30 Yubilieiny system and beacon decode
For a summary of information on RS-30 Yubileiny please see my pages at: http://sites.google.com/site/andythomasorg/amateur-satellites/rs-30-yubileiny or follow the links to this page from http://www.andythomas.eu This refers to original material from Kaluga anticpating a beacon frequency of 435.353 which was not used last year. Obviously it's switchable. I have not checked the keps for RS30 for some time but I remember they were hard to find. Are we sure the mystery bird isn't RS-30? 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ Sent via amsat...@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: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2
When I was at MGU (Moscow state university) in May this year I heard that because of the controversy over the use in the Amateur band of the multiplex system Doka on Yubileiny, they had decided not to use an amateur band on this bird. Doka is a system used by Russian universities, originating from engineers in Kaluga. Instead they would use the scientific/educational band at 1.7 GHz, near the HRPT band, and installed a small dish on the roof of the high-energy physics building for that purpose (I have stood next to it). The location cannot see low elevations because of nearby high buildings. Therefore I don't think Tatiana 2 has a 435 MHz beacon but i am checking with friends in Moscow. 73 de andy G0SFJ ___ Sent via amsat...@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: Sumbandilasat launch
i see she has a bird from Moscow state university (MGU) on board, would that be Tatiana, ane educational satellite with a 1.7 GHz downlink? 73 de andy G0sfj watching...love the sounds too... ___ Sent via amsat...@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] ic-910 switching help
I know this is an old chestnut, but when in satpc32 and with both frequencies set on the iss simplex 145.825, satpc32 shows the up/downlink doppler but switches the 70cm tx subband. How do I configure so that the up and down links can be in the same band? immediate problem is packet on the iss (in between pollux!) I found out it couldn't be done in HRD so i am evaluating satpc32. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ Sent via amsat...@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
