[amsat-bb] Arissat-1

[Matt Severin]

This was posted on ARISSAT-1 twitter this afternoon.  I don't think I have
seen that anyone has posted this on the bb yet

"the crew will connect the ARISSat-1 transmitter to an ISS external antenna
and perform a test of the satellite transmissions Thursday 10 Feb"

 http://twitter.com/Arissat1


73

Matt Severin, N8MS
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1

[Andrew Squires]

Heard Horsham Australia at 0235z 146.950 IC-92AD Quarter wave whip.
73 Andy 
VK3AS

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[amsat-bb] Arissat-1

[CA3SOC Raul Romero]

Not copied 

14::08 UTC

Raul Romero
9-7190753
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1

[Mani VU2WMY]

Nothing heard during the 14:42 pass (10 deg max EL) over south India.

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1

[Louis McFadin]

Nothing heard on the 7 AM EDT 65 degree pass over Orlando.

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>   1. Re: The Need for Phonetics (Jim Shorney)
>   2.  ARISsat-1 not heard (John Heath)
>   3.  ARISSat-1 update (Gould Smith)
>   4. Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC (Joe Fitzgerald)
>   5.  Arissat still silent (P. Pakr)
>   6.  Nothing Heard in VK of ARISSat-1 (Colin Hurst)
>   7.  Nice view of ISS ... (Viktor Kudielka)
>   8. Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC (Phil Karn)
>   9. Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC (KF1BUZ)
>  10.  Nothing Heard 2M ARISSat-1 9:32PM PDT (Clint Bradford)
>  11.  Just an hour from now ... (Clint Bradford)
>  12.  R50KEDR Heard on 14.190 (John Heath)
>  13.  ARISSat-1 No Signal (John Spasojevich)
>  14. Re: ARISSat-1 No Signal (KF1BUZ)
>  15.  Nothing here either: 0606z pass over California (Greg D.)
>  16.  Nothing Heard From ARISSat-1 In DO33 (B J)
>  17.  Not Heard 1106 PM PDT (Clint Bradford)
>  18.  satellite average elevation (Bob- W7LRD)
>  19.  Nothing heard over Nashville 0610 (Alan P. Biddle)
>  20. Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC (Phil Karn)
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>> <==  Could it be that they understand the quicksand you're standing on?
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> No. We know from long experience (35+ years in my case) that Glen is right.
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> Subject: [amsat-bb]  ARISsat-1 not heard
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> 0107? AOS pass in range UK - nothing heard on 145.950
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> 73 john g7hia
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> Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:35:42 -0400
> From: "Gould Smith" 
> Subject: [amsat-bb]  ARISSat-1 update
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> As Armando, N8IGJ noted in his earlier email, NASA as published an update of 
> today's activities ( it can be found at 
> :http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/reports/iss_reports/index.html) 
> .Contained this document is a section about ARISSat
> 
> Dmitri performed hardware setup and test activation of the TEKh-43 
> Radioskaf-B "Kedr" microsatellite in the MRM2 Poisk module, connecting it to 
> an 825M3 Orlan battery and checking out its 430 MHz transmitter from the 
> satellite control panel. [The small satellite was named Kedr in honor of the 
> call sign of Yuri Gagarin. It will be activated onboard the station tomorrow, 
> April 12, i.e., Cosmonautics Day, when the world celebrates the anniversaries 
> of the first human flight into space and the first Space Shuttle flight. 
> Development, manufacturing and launch of Kedr is the first phase in Russia's 
> integrated program approved by UNESCO, with the goal to create and operate 
> mini-satellites with a mass less than 100 kg by combined efforts of students 
> across the world. Once Kedr is activated, it will transmit 25 greetings in 15 
> languages, pictures of Earth, and telemetry data from science hardware and 

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1

[Aa4mi]

Monitored from 6:55A ET until 7:20A ET: no signals heard.  

73,
Carl Zelich, AA4MI, 
_aa4mi@arrl.net_ (mailto:aa...@arrl.net) 
AMSAT Member  36366,
_AMSAT_ (http://www.amsat.org/)  - The Radio Amateur  Satellite Corporation


_QRZ  AA4MI_ (http://www.qrz.com/db/aa4mi) 
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1

[jerry]

After years of anticipating the launch of SuitSat-2 and then ARISSat-1 , I for 
one have lost My interest in it. I think even with peak performance , it will 
take a class "a" ground station to hear any of the formats We're expecting . 
Definitely not a school project . I hope it proves Me wrong .

Jerry WB5LHD
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1

[Nader Omer]

Last pass 22.50 UTC I heard a weak voice before LOS ! looks like a recorded 
message.No SSTV or Telemetry 
73's  Nader
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1

[PY5LF]

Signal heard a few minutes ago in 145950.0 ;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_-DLZq9gmc

73

 

 

PY5LF

LUCIANO FABRICIO

Curitiba-PR-Brazil GG54jm

  http://www.qrz.com/db/py5lf

 

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1

[PY5LF]

Hi

 

Heard the packet in 437550.0 in the last 2 passes , strong signal , each 2
minutes.

 

RS0ISS>CQ>UI,R,F0:

>ARISS - International Space Station

 

Also the APRS  145825.0 very busy.

 

 

73

 

PY5LF

LUCIANO FABRICIO

Curitiba-PR-Brazil GG54jm

  http://www.qrz.com/db/py5lf

 

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1

[Yanko P. Yankov]

Hello 

Can anyone tell me how to select my dedicated sound card for ARISSat telemetry 
tool to work ? 
I have 2 sound cards on my computer and I only use my secondary card for 
digital communication. 

Thank you, 
Yanko aka NX9G 
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[amsat-bb] ARISSAT-1

[Jeff VanMeter]

>From EM-89 heard little Japanese announcement. Cut off then about two min 
>later start of SSTV then cut off and nothing after. 

:(
Jeff. KA8HQL 
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[amsat-bb] arissat-1

[jerry keeton]

Voice @ 0240Z from em31hd  ( in eclipse)

meta   69 min.
IHU 47 deg. c
control panel temp  60 deg. c
batt volt. 36.09
batt. current -8 ma

Jerry WB5LHD
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[amsat-bb] Arissat-1

[PY5LF]

Hi

Voice telemetry , 145950.0 , 17:30 UTC , Transponder ON:

MET - 40min

IHU Temp - 42C

Control Panel Temp - 56C

Battery Voltage - 36.6V

Battery Current   -4mA

73

 

PY5LF

LUCIANO FABRICIO

Curitiba-PR-Brazil GG54jm

  http://www.qrz.com/db/py5lf

 

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1

[Carl Rimmer]

I was having a really good pass gpong from  my NW-SE and I had copied 6 
frames of Telemetry and 5 frames of KURSK data when the bird just went 
silent.  It never came back during this pass.  It was the 08-27-2011 
0241 UTC pass over Lake Erie.  I am curious if anyone has heard it since 
than.  That is probably the best I have copied it since day one.  The 
frames where forwarded.  The MET was 55' 33".  Bat Voltage = 35.668; Bat 
Current = -16 ma.  I've never heard it just go silent like that and not 
come back up.


Carl W8KRF
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[amsat-bb] ARISSAT-1

[BobHerrell]

Today I was able to make my first contact on ARISSAT-1. It was at 2038z 
with Sebastian, W4AS. It took a while for us to make it, but we finally 
succeeded. Was Sebastian's second contact. Glad I was able to make at 
least one contact before we loose the bird.

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1

[Farrell Winder]

I have made 2 different successful  short duration CW  transmissions through 
the ARISSat-1/RADIOSCAF-B  transponder over the last 2 days. Called CQ with no 
replies. My receiver fixed  to receive on 145.934.5.   Transmissions made  near 
 435.950 and varied to receive.  I received back my signal very weak but 
clearly readable. Will be trying again with above freqs on Monday Sept 19, 2011 
 on passes over Cincinnati, Ohio beginning 13:50Z.   Be listening for anyone 
trying to connect. 
Farrell Winder, W8ZCF
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1

[Sebastian, W4AS]

John K8YSE, thanks again for the QSO on ARISSat-1 today.  They're not easy, but 
it can be done.  That's my third on the bird.

73 de Sebastian, W4AS


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[amsat-bb] ARISSAT-1

[jcowens1]

What is the projected active date for ARISSAT-1?? 

John Owens -  N7TK 

Celebrating over 50 Years in Ham Radio 
No. 1 Honor Roll 
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1

[Carl Rimmer W8KRF]

I wanted to let W6IHG that I did hear him through ARISSat-1 during my 
1817 UTC pass.  I have an audio recording of that pass.  I believe I 
also heard WB2OQQ.  There was also a station sending SSTV through the 
transponder but the station was not using Doppler.  He went right out of 
the bandpass.  I tried to follow but could not.


I noticed that even though ARISSat-1 was in full sunlight, it went into 
Low Power mode.  I was able to get a pretty decent SSTV copy during that 
pass, also.  I am trying to determine what I am going to do when it 
terminates.  It has taken up a good portion of my operating since August 
4th.  HI  HI.


There is another pass coming up in 5 mins (1951UTC).  It will be a 13 
degree pass so that should be pretty decent also.


73,

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1

[N0JY]

Strong signal on the FM downlink 145.950 here in urban Cali, Colombia, 
S.A. on a nearly overhead pass at 14:55UTC.


73,
Jerry
N0JY

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[amsat-bb] Arissat-1

[PY5LF]

Hi

Arissat-1 still working fine . 

Transponder signal very good on a pass of 45 degrees.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws9W78_t_C0

73

 

PY5LF

LUCIANO FABRICIO

Curitiba-PR-Brazil GG54jm

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[amsat-bb] ARISSAT-1

[Carl Rimmer W8KRF]

I was able to copy ARISSat-1 during three passes today but as was 
mentioned in a previous bulletin, the signal seems much weaker, and I 
have had to correct the frequency often which means the keps are not up 
to date although I downloaded them this morning.  I just downloaded them 
again a few minutes ago and noticed a big change.  She was also in Low 
Power mode in full sunlight again.  I did work CW through her and heard 
my signal on the downlink but it was weak and warblely (if that is a 
word).  I am thinking it is tumbling quite a bit.  I am beginning to 
believe that the predictions for de-orbit on the 30th might be accurate.


I must say it has been fun and I hope we have all learned lessons from 
the experience.  I'll keep monitoring until it is confirmed that 
de-orbit has occurred.  I am looking forward to Hamcation in February so 
I can sit and chat (debrief) with all the fine people who put her up there.


73,
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[amsat-bb] ARISSAT-1

[kl]

All,

 Copied beacon for  pass at around 1800Z.  Copied W8ZCF on cw through 
transponder at 18:10Z at about 3 deg elevation.  Voice beacon also observed 
briefly.

73
WC7V
Kerry
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[amsat-bb] ARISSAT-1

[Bob- W7LRD]

Monitored the satellite fm broadcast at 1805z keps seem current keps seem 
accurate, signal dropped out at the calcuated time. 

73 Bob W7LRD 

Seattle 
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[amsat-bb] ARISSAT 1

[Pete Rowe]

Nice clear signal at 1803 Z here in San Jose, CA. IHU temp 42 degrees.
Pete
WA6WOA
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[amsat-bb] ARISSAT-1

[Pedro Cruz]

Hello to All

Just copy sstv on 145950 FM , at 19:59 utc max elev. 4 dgr with good signals.


Best 73!


Pedro Cruz - CU2JX
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1

[Rsoifer]

Nice clear FM voice and TLM on 145.950 over southern Arizona (DM41) at  
0012-0016Z.
 
73 Ray W2Rs
 
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Demodulation

[santanaamt]

Hello to the group:

Have been reading about the satellite and BPSK 1000,but then have a little 
doubt on two subjects:

1- The BPSK 1000 part, can be decoded on FM, SSB or a combination of both?

2- In the same line, if one TX to it on U/V, what is the mode to use? 
70cmUSB/2mLSB, 70cmLSB/2mUSB and/or 70SSB/2mFM?

Thanks in advance.
Angel - WP3GW



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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 heard .. . .

[santanaamt]

My friend Jose  - KP4JRS got to hear part of the kids message on a ISS pass at 
23:25 UTC here in the Caribbean!

Keep radios tuned!
Angel - WP3GW



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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 heard

[santanaamt]

Sorry it is suppose to say @ 0335 UTC, but here it is at 23:25 or 11:25pm. But 
the hype is on!

Angel - GW



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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 copied

[Greg D.]

Nice pass just now, started 07:53z (about local midnight).  Off for a few 
minutes, then I heard the voice transmission, then off, then SSTV.  Full 
quieting with my 8 element beam and a preamp.  The SSTV picture was not so 
great, as it was near the end of the pass, and I had disabled my Az tracking 
before the antenna would have needed to swing past 0-degrees.  I usually get 
better results being not quite aimed right, than losing 60 seconds of tracking 
while it swings clear around.

How long will it be in this mode?  I didn't get much chance to tune around the 
passband to see if anything else was going on.

Greg  KO6TH

  
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat 1 Postponed ?

[Keith N4ZQ]

During today's Friday 16:00z  ISS Mission Coverage on NASA TV, they announced 
that the launch of the Nanosat with space greeting celebrating the 50 years 
since Yuri Gagarin flight has been postponed from Wednesday space walk. .  I 
ASSUME they are talking about ARISSat 1. No explanation was given as to why it 
has been delayed... Anyone have any other information ? 

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 test

[Rocky Jones]

Interesting comments:
 
"During the test, RSC-Energia decided to keep the transmitter on 
until Friday morning. "

Hmmm curious about a few things but... what impact this "test" has had on 
battery life, considering the vehicle now "sits" until at least July...

Robert G. Oler WB5MZO life member AMSAT/ARRL soon to be NAARS and 5Nsomething
  
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 - Batteries

[Clint Bradford]

The Russians didn't think ARISSat-1's batteries would last from Feb 16 to April 
12 - April 12 being the anniversary of Gagarin's historic 1961 flight.

Kedr to Be Switched on in the ISS on April 12

15.02.2011

"Russian cosmonauts Dmitry Kondratiev and Oleg Skripochka won’t launch small 
spacecraft Kedr during their spacewalk scheduled for Feb.16, Roscosmos Stats 
Secretary, Deputy Head Vitaly Davydov told news media. 
According to him, the idea is to switch on Kedr inside the ISS on April 12, in 
order to commemorate the jubilee of Yury Gagarin’s mission. Weak batteries of 
the RF-amateur satellite won’t let it fly and transmit signals until this date, 
if the satellite is launched on Feb. 16. 

"Small spacecraft Kedr developed under the RadioSkaf experiment bears the name 
adopted by Yu.A. Gagarin call sign in his historical flight, namely Kedr. The 
satellite’s signal will be transmitted at radio amateur frequency of 145.95 
MHz. Kedr has radio amateur call sign RS1S.

"RadioSkaf is implemented in the framework of UNESCO’s student space education 
program."
 
Roscosmos PAO

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Power

[Clint Bradford]

>> ... it sure would be nice if they could just plug it directly into the ISS 
>> power supply ...

Heck - just fire up the Honda EU2000i generator for a while ... (grin)

Clint
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[amsat-bb] ARISsat-1 Setup

[Armando Mercado]

Hello,
http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/reports/iss_reports/index.html
reports ARISsat-1 has been setup...


Dmitri performed hardware setup and test activation of the TEKh-43 Radioskaf-B 
"Kedr" microsatellite in the MRM2 Poisk module, connecting it to an 825M3 Orlan 
battery and checking out its 430 MHz transmitter from the satellite control 
panel. [The small satellite was named Kedr in honor of the call sign of Yuri 
Gagarin. It will be activated onboard the station tomorrow, April 12, i.e., 
Cosmonautics Day, when the world celebrates the anniversaries of the first 
human flight into space and the first Space Shuttle flight. Development, 
manufacturing and launch of Kedr is the first phase in Russia's integrated 
program approved by UNESCO, with the goal to create and operate mini-satellites 
with a mass less than 100 kg by combined efforts of students across the world. 
Once Kedr is activated, it will transmit 25 greetings in 15 languages, pictures 
of Earth, and telemetry data from science hardware and support systems, as well 
as historical audio recordings. 50 years after Gagarin's fl!
 ight all ham radio operators across the world thus will have a unique 
opportunity to hear the famous "Poyekhali" (Let's Go!) from Earth orbit.]

The part of connecting it to an Orlan battery and 430MHz transmitter has me 
confused...

Hopefull to hear something.

73, Armando  N8IGJ





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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 update

[Gould Smith]

As Armando, N8IGJ noted in his earlier email, NASA as published an update of 
today's activities ( it can be found at 
:http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/reports/iss_reports/index.html) 
.Contained this document is a section about ARISSat

Dmitri performed hardware setup and test activation of the TEKh-43 Radioskaf-B 
"Kedr" microsatellite in the MRM2 Poisk module, connecting it to an 825M3 Orlan 
battery and checking out its 430 MHz transmitter from the satellite control 
panel. [The small satellite was named Kedr in honor of the call sign of Yuri 
Gagarin. It will be activated onboard the station tomorrow, April 12, i.e., 
Cosmonautics Day, when the world celebrates the anniversaries of the first 
human flight into space and the first Space Shuttle flight. Development, 
manufacturing and launch of Kedr is the first phase in Russia's integrated 
program approved by UNESCO, with the goal to create and operate mini-satellites 
with a mass less than 100 kg by combined efforts of students across the world. 
Once Kedr is activated, it will transmit 25 greetings in 15 languages, pictures 
of Earth, and telemetry data from science hardware and support systems, as well 
as historical audio recordings. 50 years after Gagarin's fl!
 ight all ham radio operators across the world thus will have a unique 
opportunity to hear the famous "Poyekhali" (Let's Go!) from Earth orbit.]

Some clarifications:
ARISSat-1, RadioSkaf-V, RadioSkaf-B, Kedr are all names for the same satellite.
It is doubtful that the satellite will transmit pictures of earth as it is 
inside the ISS.
ARISSat-1 only transmits on 2M. The ARISS team has arranged for the TM-D700 
transceiver aboard the ISS to also transmit the ARISSat signals on 437.55 MHz.
There are 24 different messages that will transmit in a sequence, one of which 
is the Gagarin-ground station conversation.
The crew operates on UTC time and sleeps from 2130Z - 0600Z usually so probably 
no activity until after 0600Z
The 12 April schedule found at  
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/534825main_041211_tl.pdf  doesn't specifically list an 
activity to turn on ARISsat-1
Keep listening, we'll let you know more as we know more.

73,
Gould, WA4SXM
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Deactivation

[Armando Mercado]

Hello,

The ISS timeline for 4/13/2011 calls for the "Deactivation of
Radioskaf hardware and closeout" at 10:30-10:50 UTC.

http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/535242main_041311_tl.pdf

73, Armando  N8IGJ
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 battery.

[G0MRF]

 
Hi Nitin / Vince.
 
Although the non appearance of ARISSat-1 has been a little disappointing,  
in the overall scheme of things we are still looking at a major AMSAT  
achievement here. There is after all a satellite awaiting 'launch' on the ISS.  
We know it's a success because so many people have named it and want it to be 
 identified as belonging to them. We even have some working telemetry 
decoding  software 3 months ahead of launch. - Yipee. 
 
I'm really not sure what all the confusion over the last few days tells  
us.  Prepared press releases full of mistakes, a complete lack of  preperation 
following the long period of testing which left the battery  delpleted. No 
plan B to charge it during the sleep period - One wonders if the  switches 
were even returned to the correct positions when it was last turned  off.
 
Despite a turbulent last few days, the main event is yet to come and as  
long as the designers have anticipated it being deployed with a completely  
flat battery, then we can all sit back and wait for July more prepared from 
this  rehearsal than we would have been.
 
Regards
 
David G0MRF
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 12/04/2011 21:13:19 GMT Standard Time, vlfis...@mcn.net  
writes:

At 10:49  PM 4/11/2011 +0530, vu3...@amsatindia.org wrote:
>Nothing heard on the  16.20 UTC pass, watch the live feed from ISS  from
>http://spaceflight.nasa.gov looks like the crew is working on  addressing 
the
>issue, the last comment I heard is recharging the  batteries ( Please 
excuse
>if I am wrong J  ).
>
>
>
>73's
>
>Nitin  [VU3TYG]


That's what I was thinking because someone should have  heard it by 
now.  Maybe in two months pass the time since it should  launched, even 
though it was off there might have been a small drain on  the batteries and 
now they're in a discharge  state.

KB7ADL



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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 update

[G0MRF]

This is an update on the ARISSat activities.
We had a telecon with the  ARISSat team in Russia. Here is the situation as 
described by them. The Russian  suit battery that was intended to be used 
on ARISSat was used during testing  both on the ground and onboard ISS when 
it first arrived. When it was tested  prior to the planned April 12 
operation, it was discovered that the battery was  low on charge.
The suit battery's are specified for only five cycles of  charge.
It was decided to not recharge the battery at this time in order to  keep 
the number of cycles as low as possible and thus saving the battery for the  
actual mission. That deployment is currently scheduled for July 26. We are 
still  trying to get more information on the storage status and the battery 
health from  the Russian team. We will keep you informed as we prepare for 
the eventual  deployment of ARISSat.


Lou McFadin
W5DID
ARISS US Hardware  manager

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Keps

[Clint Bradford]

Who will be generating the most accurate Keplerian data for ARISSat-1 after it 
is deployed?

And where will it be published?


Clint Bradford, K6LCS


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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Battery

[Clint Bradford]

OK - Charging of the ARISSat-1's battery is scheduled for July 27. And a test 
this weekend.

Will the battery be charged a second time - before EVA-29 on August 3?

What is the expected/anticipated battery "charge state" to be after the July 30 
test? Good enough for deployment without another charge?


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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Status

[Clint Bradford]

The press-service of Russian Federal Space Agency and the PMU show no 
"problems" with ARISSat-1-Kedr, and for 
July 28 -

Operations and experiments on the International Space Station July 28, 2011
28 July, the Russian segment of International Space Station is planned to 
continue work on preparations for the release 
of the crew into space, including the installation of attachments on their 
spacesuits, lighting and video cameras, the 
preparation of a microsatellite "Cedar", as well as the installation of 
mechanisms to connect the ships "Progress M-10M" 
and "Progress M-11M," Control mikroekosfery habitat and maintenance of coolant.

Fingers crossed,

Clint Bradford, K6LCS

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Activated

[Clint Bradford]

Japan's JA0CAW just sent me an mp3 of his hearing ARISSat-1 ... and South 
Africa has heard it ...

Make sure your Keps are current! What AMSAT-NA is showing matches NASA's data 
precisely as of right now.


Clint Bradford, K6LCS

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 test

[Gould Smith]

The ARISSat-1/Kedr transmission test is scheduled to begin at 1915Z. There
is a 15 minute transmission delay, so don't expect to receive any signals
until 1930Z.  The satellite transmissions will be in low power mode, which
means that there are no transmissions for 2 minutes (seems like a long time
when you are listening for a signal) and about 45 seconds On, then off again
for 2 minutes. So, during an average 8 minute pass you will probably only
hear 2-3 transmissions periods. FM at 145.95 MHz, CW at 145.919 MHz, BPSK at
145.920 MHz.
Send your reception reports to julyt...@arissat1.org

73,
Gould, WA4SXM
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 report

[Scott Richardson]

Recorded Greetings, message, US special word, and SSTV in FN43 at 1304-1307z
on 145.950. Handheld and Arrow.

73, Scott N1AIA
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[amsat-bb] Arissat-1 broke?

[ryan woods]

Grrr just A little mad right now. If they broke it the need to pay for a 
new one.


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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Deployed !

[Gould Smith]

The ARISSat-1 space craft was deployed from the ISS today at 1443Z after a hold 
based upon questions about the 70cm antenna.

Congratulations to the ARISSat-1 team!  Now bring on those reception reports.

The ARISSat-1 satellite will be in High power mode (continuous transmission) 
when in the sun and go to Low power (intermittent) mode when in eclipse.

73,
Gould
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 02.55

[g0mrf]

 Good signals from ARISSat-1  with transistion from eclipse to sunlight here 
this morning.

Apx. 6 second spin period puts deep nulls in transmitted signal. - Not sure if 
this is due to linear polarisation of my receive antenna or blockage from 
spacecraft.
Managed to capture just 3 tlm frames and '2 Kursk frames' . (mission time 
29997-30018) However, software forwarded zero frames via internet (?).

If recording to a .wav file, CW positioned to be 500Hz seems to work well.

Battery voltage around 33V status - charging.

Thanks

David G0MRF



 


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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Report

[GW1FKY]

Hi all,
Listened for ARISSat-1 at 0605 hrs GMT here in Wales -UK.
This pass was a low angle but I had no problems in hearing the  
transmissions on 145.825 Mhz,  the satellite sounded very healthy and  the 
voice and 
SSTV very clear indeed.
"My sincere congratulations" to all concerned  and of course to all  whom 
gave the support to enable the project to  proceed."Amateur  Radio " is 
well spoken for in its  voice announcement.
Regards
Ken Eaton
GW1FKY
Amasat-UK
Amsat NA 
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 04.37

[Ulip Željko]

This morning at 04:37 UTC a good pass over Zagreb, Croatia. VHF / UHF linear 
transponder has worked fairly well. I heard my own signal with the strength 
55-56. There is relatively  strong noise in the linear transponder receiver. 
There was no one to answer to my CQ. Received two SSTV images (SSB and FM). The 
voice messages are of excellent quality. Telemetry is a good all modes (voice, 
CW and BPSK).
See you on ARISSat-1
73
Zeljko 9A2EY

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Update

[Gould Smith]

ARISSat-1/Kedr continues to work well with good reports coming in from around 
the world.

Good SSTV images submitted to the SSTV database, even earth and cosmonaut 
images, check out http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/

The transponder is working! Drew, KO4MA was successful in easily working 
through the transponder with a 1 W uplink

BPSK-1000 Telemetry & Experiment data is coming into the telemetry server, 
check out the mobile app www.arissattlm.org/mobile

The satellite is warmer than we expected, we will continue to monitor this.

Very good first day.

73,
Gould, WA4SXM and the ARISSat-1 team

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[amsat-bb] ARISSAT-1 TLEs

[g.shirville]

Hi All,

I believe we now have some TLEs for ARISSAT-1
It is catalogue number 37772 and referred to as  Radioskaf-b
Approx 20 secs ahead of the space station at this time and appears to still 
be less than 1 kilometre below

73

Graham
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[amsat-bb] ARISSAT-1 question

[ps8rf Piraja]

Hello All,


I have a question about  the transmission of voice and  images of the 
ARISSAT-1. I had understood that he would send at intervals of 2 minutes an 
image and a voice message. But in the orbit over the Atlantic 11:38 UTC I was 
able to hear messages of greetings, reports of temperature, and  SSTV  without 
gaps between a message and SSTV. That's right, is correct !?. Thanks.


73 Pirajá PS8RF

The Amateur Radio is supportive and helpful in any circumstance.

  
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[amsat-bb] Arissat-1 Commanding?

[Burns Fisher]

I saw on one of the NASA announcements that the snarffled 70cm antenna would
mean no commanding of the bird.  (This was probably before it was realized
that that receive actually seems to work).  But the question I have is
whether there IS some commanding of the bird possible. I guess you have to
be able to turn it off to satisfy the FCC (true?) but can other things be
done?  I assume/home that the command channel is encrypted, so disclosing
its existance is not compromising the bird.

73, Burns W2BFJ
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[amsat-bb] Arissat-1 today

[PY5LF]

Hi 

My QSO with PY4ZBZ today via TPL in better conditions (less noise).

Also we can see the moment when the TPL turn off after 40 seconds without
sun light , I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ2Gujm2vtc

73

 

PY5LF

LUCIANO FABRICIO

Curitiba-PR-Brazil GG54jm

  http://www.qrz.com/db/py5lf

 

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 TLM

[Luc Leblanc]

My ARISSat-1 telemetry capture is progressing at a slow pace just need to 
capture more frames!

Pictures on:www.qsl.net/ve2dwe 
"-"


Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
Skype VE2DWE
www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
DSTAR urcall VE2DWE
WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

 
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Recordings

[Matt Patterson]

In case someone is interested I am archiving all my ARISSat-1 recordings  on
Soundcloud.  You can find them here if someone wants to listen.  

http://soundcloud.com/matthewpatt

73 Matt
W5LL


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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 telemetry

[n0jy]

The latest on the ARISSATTLM web page shows the bird in "emergency power"?
I'm not at home to do extensive web discovery but given the earlier
possible clock reset and now this, are things OK?

ARISSat-1 Telemetry - Mobile Version
This telemetry was received on Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:41:06 UTC

Mission Elapsed Time
4078
00d:01h:07m:58s
Mode: EMERGENCY PWR

Battery
Batt Voltage35.897 V
Batt Current00.000 A
2.5V Ref05.064 V
Net Amp Hours   00.006 A
Battery is  CHARGING

Jerry
N0JY


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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Report

[GW1FKY]

Hi all,
Pleased to inform that ARISSat-1 was active at 2201hrs zulu here in  wales 
tonight (Saturday 13th August)
The satellite came in from the south West and was in eclipse,I heard the FM 
 voice announcement quite
strongly including the status report on 145.950 Mhz before it then appeared 
 to have switches status.
Ken Eaton
GW1FKY
Amsat -UK
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Telemetry

[Greg D.]

Hi all,

Got a partial verbal telemetry this 04:08z pass (and a perfect preloaded SSTV).

I think it said that the internal temperature was 45c.  Isn't that a bit toasty?
The next parameter I thought I heard 65, whatever it represents.
Battery voltage was 36.09v, current -4ma.

The satellite was in low power mode (40 seconds on, 2 min off), though I 
believe it was still in sunlight until right at the end of the pass.

Sorry for the partial, but someone was on the phone and kept talking while I 
was trying to listen...

Greg  KO6TH

  
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Battery

[Anthony Monteiro]

Dear Friends,

This is speculation but it looks to me like we
have had a bit of good luck regarding the battery.

Looking at the battery voltage from deployment on...

Up until Aug 11, the battery seems to be deteriorating
"normally" with a slight downtrend in the max voltage
as expected. But on Aug 11, the battery voltage
suddenly rises up to 36 V max and the satellite
has started resetting in eclipse.

I think the explanation is that the battery experienced a
significant event on Aug 11 where it lost the electrolyte
in one or more cells. If this is true, the bad news is
that it will no longer hold a charge and will not operate
in eclipse any more.

But the good news is that without electrolyte,
it would also stop dendrite growth that causes
the eventual battery short circuit.

In our ground testing, our test battery failed in the
usual way with the battery load increasing until the
solar panels could not drive the power bus high enough to
run the satellite. But interestingly, several cells also
cracked and dumped their electrolyte during this testing.

If a cell on the flight battery cracked and dumped its
electrolyte BEFORE the shorts were formed, it should
stay that way and the satellite may very well continue
to operate in the sun until it starts to re-enter. We just
need some luck to avoid a bad solar angle that would cause a
reset in sunlight.

Keep your fingers crossed! :)

73,
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Telemetry

[Greg D.]

I caught two sets of voice telemetry on the 04:44z pass over Northern 
California:



MET = 64

IHU temp = 41c

Control panel temp = 42c

Battery voltage = 35.73v

Current = -20ma



MET =69

IHU temp = 40c


Control panel temp = 42c


Battery voltage = 35.74v


Current = +0ma

Looks like the temperature situation has improved considerably.

I also heard the "secret word", but it was different than the last time (a few 
days ago).  Is there more than one per language (both were in English)?

Greg  KO6TH


  
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[amsat-bb] ARISSAT-1 report

[g.shirville]

Hi All,

Just popped outside from the IARU Region 1 Conference meeting to catch an 
ARISSAT pass.


Good signals with an Arrow and a FCD and also using a G0MRF prototype filter 
amplifier with 5v being supplied by the Dongle. (Thanks David for the loan)


Voice telemetry reported MET of 41 mins - which corresponds very well to 
when it left eclipse over the Pacific. Battery volts 35.74 and current -4ma


The signal had no fading but several occasional ~ 100 msec breaks in 
transmission were noted.


best 73 from sunny ZS6 land
Graham
G3VZV

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[amsat-bb] ARISSAT-1 report

[g.shirville]

Hi All,

Just popped outside from the IARU Region 1 Conference meeting to catch an
ARISSAT pass.

Good signals with an Arrow and a FCD and also using a G0MRF prototype filter
amplifier with 5v being supplied by the Dongle. (Thanks David for the loan)

Voice telemetry reported MET of 41 mins - which corresponds very well to
when it left eclipse over the Pacific. Battery volts 35.74 and current -4ma

I just failed to identify a ZS station using the transponder!

The signal had no fading but several occasional ~ 100 msec breaks in
transmission were noted.

best 73 from sunny ZS6 land
Graham
G3VZV 


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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Certificate

[Mike Schaffer]

Today, I received my ARISSat-1 certificate. Everyone check your email!
 
73's
 
Mike Schaffer
KA3JAW
Tampa, Florida
EL87
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[amsat-bb] ARISSAT-1 SQF

[Pat McGrath]

Can someone share with me the SATPC SQF file for ARISSAT-1.

 

 

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 TLM

[Nader Omer]

HI
 
UTC 13:32 - 13:43    .
Orbit # 253.
Good signal the entire pass.
The spacecraft in High Power Mode.
MET was 2666.
58 frames grabbed and forwarded.
 
73’s Nader 
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[amsat-bb] Arissat-1 Comic

[Kevin Deane]

By request a new comic is on my QRZ page for veiwing...

Kevin
KF7MYK

  
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[amsat-bb] Arissat-1 signal

[Pete MI0VAX]

Is it just me, or was the last pass over Europe (orbit # 333) very weak?

Barely heard it at all, before I have been getting S9 +60dB signals

Pete

Mi0VAX
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 battery

[g0mrf]

Hi all.
The ARISSat  team seem to have reached the conclusion that the Silver Zinc 
battery technology is not really suited for
an orbiting satellite with a 55 / 35 minute charge and discharge cycle. I 
wonder if a couple of small
Lithium polymer battery packs would be a suitable replacement for ARISSat-2 ? I 
note that there are safety issues with Li-ion technology,
but there are some small battery packs of 10Whr / 20Whr 30Whr  modules which 
have NASA approval for manned space flight.
>From the odd snippet of information on the power required during eclipse (is 
>it 7 Watts for 35 minutes) it looks like 20-25% depth of discharge for the 
>20Whr battery pack. That's probably OK for a 9 month mission ??

Thanks 

David G0MRF


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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 BPSK

[John Heath]

Hi folks,

Just got my first 1000 BPSK frames of data using the ARISSat-1 Telemetry 
software.
Appreciate most of you  on the bb have probably already done it already.
I just wanted to say a public thank you for a superb and easy to use piece of 
software.
Looks cool on screen too.

Using the CW beacon as a reference to stay on tune is brilliant, worked well, 
even with manual Doppler tune.

Anyone not yet tried it, give it a go. WX4SXM's quick Start Guide will put you 
on the right track.

73 All

off to get a few more frames

G7HIA
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 article

[David H. Jordan]

SpaceDaily.com just released an article concerning upcoming ISS activities. It 
also contains a brief discussion of the  ARISSat-1 mission at 
http://tinyurl.com/6jeqf5b.
Thanks to JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM for bring this to my attention.

Dave, AA4KN 
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[amsat-bb] Arissat-1 article

[Jeff Yanko]

Hi all,

A nice write up of Arissat-1 on msnbc.com


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41321591/ns/technology_and_science/



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[amsat-bb] Arissat-1 lifetime

[Giulio P. AOL]

 Hi, i have a question: what is the estimated lifetime of Arissat-1 before 
re-entering in atmosfere from his first orbit?
Thanks & 73 
Giulio AB2VY

 


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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Telemetry

[Carl Rimmer W8KRF]

How do I know whether or not the data I have been submitting has in fact 
been received?  I noticed my call sign does not appear in the list on 
DK3WN SatBlog and I am sure I have submitted more frames than some of 
those listed.  Up until now, I was not interested in a certificate but 
after seeing a copy of one, I would now like to get one.  I have all my 
CSV files so I can send them in, if necessary.   I also have several wav 
files of the Voice transmissions.  I have SSTV images and wav files 
posted on my website at www.w8krf.net.  Is there something else I need 
to do to get the certificate?


73,


*Carl W8KRF*
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[amsat-bb] ARISSAt-1 STK

[Floyd Rodgers]

Is anyone using STK to do any analysis on ARISSAT-1. I have it installed 
with the free license but it looks like a steep learning curve to figure 
out. Anyone with experience to give me pointers off line?

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 heard

[Jari Koivurinne]

I heard ARISSat-1 loud and clear at 15:55 UTC pass.
Did not decode any telemetry due to bad sound card setup :(
Data transmission and CW sounded very healthy indeed.

-jari oh3uw


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[amsat-bb] ARISSAT-1 today

[Gordon JC Pearce]

I heard the FM signal and a lot of SSB on the pass around 12:45 today, although 
it was low in the sky.

I heard PA1BQV (dyslexic moment, could be BVQ?) towards the end of the pass but 
didn't copy the callsign of the station he was working.

Nothing at all on the 14:10 pass, although it was a good 14 degrees high.

-- 
Gordon JC Pearce MM0YEQ 
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[amsat-bb] Arissat-1 reentry?

[David]

Hello everybody:

This is David EA4SG.

Just a moment ago at 16:54 UTC while the Arissat-1 was over the vertical 
of Madrid, I was listening to the SAT and it stopped/interrumped 
suddenly its transmissions while it was still in a theorical "sunny or 
iluminated area". Not sure if it was the final re-entry but It could be. 
So I decided to leave this info here. The last sent voice message sent 
was the italian one and at the end of the secret word, it stopped.


A moment before, I was able to record around 40 seconds of CW telemetry 
in 145.919 Khz but very poor signal/noise rate.


Best 73s
David EA4SG

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 R.I.P.

[n0jy]

Applause and accolades to the ARISSat-1 Team, for the tremendous amount of
fun, excitement, opportunities and activity that ARISSat-1 provided!

I got hooked at launch, listening/watching on the internet even as I was
also on HF that day conducting an exercise with the local and state
R.A.C.E.S. teams and the local nuclear power plant during the launch.  I
started tracking and gathering telemetry a few days later and dedicated a
PC and my sat station to automated telemetry gathering 24/7.  I split off
the 2M signal to my FT-817 and captured hundreds of amazing SSTV pictures.
 I enjoyed watching the telemetry decoding program on my PC showing the
live readings.  I followed especially in the last days, on the
arissattlm.org web site.
Much of this excitement I shared with my local ham radio groups in
meetings and on the air, with local children and non-hams, and even in
Colombia over Christmas I engaged some of the family with listening for
the "secret word" in Spanish.
A few attempts were made when I had time, to make contacts through the
transponder.  I heard myself and others, and had a part of a QSO... but
never got that complete QSO.  I became so engaged with the telemetry that
near the end, I wrestled with the decision to try a transponder contact or
to keep copying telemetry in hopes of the "last telemetry" award!

Thank you very much, all who made ARISSat-1 possible.  Your work was very
fruitful indeed.

I look forward to the Fox family and hope that we can keep up the
enthusiasm and support necessary to stay on the air in space!

73,
Jerry
N0JY


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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 heard

[Vu Trong Thu]

The bird is still operating up to 0120z today (Jan 4), however its orbit
must has deviated much from the latest TLE on AMSAT website (just one day
old?). I suddenly heard its CW beacon while it's still 10 degree under the
horizon according to Orbitron's calculation. It was quite a challenge to
track the satellite however signal was good, I could decode some telemetry,
got a SSTV image and the historical conversation between Korolev and Gagarin
:)

73,
Thu XV9AA

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Voice

[Mineo Wakita]

23:50-23:56UTC, 3 Jan 2012, Ele 22 S-SE-E, 145.950MHz FM over Japan
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/20104ar1.mp3

JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita


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[amsat-bb] Arissat-1 QRT

[Francisco Costa, CT1EAT]

Hi all

No signs from ARISSAT-1 at 1011z.
It must be SK by now...
Thanks for the great memories!
Congratulations to all team for this
absolute sucess.

73 F.Costa, CT1EAT
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Soundcard help

[John Heath]

Hi,

Getting ready for ARISSat-1 and need a new soundcard.
The PC is an old HP dx 6050 2.08Ghz with windows XP pro.

Any recomendadations for a low cost soundcard for digi modes.
Don't do any gamimg or activities that need high performance card.
Just for radio purposes.

Any advice appreciated.

Off list if you prefer g7...@amsat.org

73 John G7HIA
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 BPSK software

[Gould Smith]

The ARISSat-1 team is still working on the first release version of the 
BPSK-1000 software.

We hope to release a version within the next week.  The PC version is only 
running on XP at the moment. There will be a Mac version also.

There will a wav file available to test the operation.

73,
Gould, WA4SXM
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 - Dumb Question

[Clint Bradford]

When ARISSat-1 is deployed next week, confirming it will simply be "pushed" 
outside the ISS, correct? 

How closely will it "emulate" the orbit of the ISS? What is its intended orbit 
- will it be passing the poles?

I apologize if this is covered all over the place already ... 

Clint, K6LCS
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Telemetry decoding

[Nitin Muttin]

I downloaded and installed the application for decoding the ARISSat Telemetry, 
is there a test wav file to check if the app is working on my PC and also does 
this send the decoded telemetry data to the ARISSat team thry internet.

73's
Nitin [VU3TYG]
Secretary, AMSAT INDIA


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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Reception Challenge

[Trevor .]

See http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/735/68/

73 Trevor M5AKA




  

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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 startup sequence

[Gould Smith]

FYI

The task for the cosmonauts to turn on ARISSat-1 is scheduled to begin at 1430 
UTC on April 11. That means that they will begin the procedure of getting the 
satellite, moving the antenna coax, adjusting the antenna switches in the ISS, 
then flipping the three switches on the satellite control panel to ON. These 
switches and the circuitry are designed to keep the satellite from transmitting 
for 15 minutes after all three switches are in the On position. This was done 
so as not to pose any hazard to the cosmonauts during the EVA to deploy the 
satellite.

Given all these activities I suspect that there will be no transmissions until 
around 1500 UTC. According to my tracking software this puts the first coverage 
area in the southeastern Pacific. Other than ships, southern South America 
should be the first area to hear the 
ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V signals.

The satellite will be in Low Power mode, 40-60 seconds ON and 2 minutes OFF. An 
average 8 minute pass will only have about three transmission periods and two 
minutes can seem very long when waiting for a signal to appear. Be patient
The varying ON times occur because when the On timer expires the current FM 
transmission item (ID, telemetry, greeting, SSTV) will finish before the 
transmitter shuts off.

Enjoy the event in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of man's first trip into 
space. Yuri Gagarin make the historic trip on 12 April 1961.

73,
Gould, WA4SXM
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[amsat-bb] Arissat-1 15:44

[CA3SOC Raul Romero]

Not Copied

Raul Romero
9-7190753
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 (-ve copy )

[Nader Omer]

All,
Nothing from ARISSat-1 over Africa during the last two passes!!
 :-(
 
73.Nader
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 tlm decoder.

[G0MRF]

Hi all.
 
I have a minor (probably operator error) with the TLM software.
 
Is there a way to get the audio to feed through to the PC  speakers?   I've 
tried Spectran and Spectraview without problem, but  the ARISSat software 
does not appear to send audio out on my system. I cant  hear the radio as I 
have a jack in the headphone socket which mutes the radio's  speaker.
 
The software is working. I can decode the CW callsign and locator of a 2m  
beacon and the level is controlled nicely with the windows 'microphone' 
record  level.
 
It's not muted
It's got the correct input selected and the gain turned up.
 
But.no audio out...so I'm just setting the frequency by visually  
putting the signal in the right place.
 
73
 
David
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 service call

[Alan P. Biddle]

For those who are familiar with ISS crew operations, a question.  Assuming
they don't pull an all nighter, when is the crew likely to get back on the
problem?  I am deciding when to set my alarm clock.  ;)


Alan
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[amsat-bb] ARISsat-1 not heard

[John Heath]

0107  AOS pass in range UK - nothing heard on 145.950

73 john g7hia
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 No Signal

[John Spasojevich]

Nothing heard on the 0437 UTC pass in Montgomery, IL  76 degrees elevation,
nice night though.

John - AG9D
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[amsat-bb] ARISSAT-1: No signal

[Greg D.]

Or as they say in Russian:  отсутствие сигнала

05:00z pass over Northern Calif.

I did hear a frequency drifting carrier around 145.920 that disappeared about 
the time  the Station set, but the carrier was RISING in frequency, which is 
inconsistent with a satellite.

Greg  KO6TH

  
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 - Battery Failure

[Clint Bradford]

RadioSkaf's Alexander, RA3WOK, just wrote me that they do, indeed, suspect 
battery failure of the ARISSat-1.
Investigation and plans for deployment continue.

"According to preliminary information the problem is a failure of the battery 
... "

"In the near future, batteries will be on Earth. It cannot be kept on the ISS."

"The situation will improve in June and July, when scheduled launching of 
ARISSat-1."

Clint, K6LCS
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[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Basic questions

[Tyler Harpster]

After watching seven THOUSAND emails go by, stating that they had not heard 
the ARISSat-1 bird, I have a few questions:

1)  Is the ARISSat-1 still contained within the ISS?

2)  If it is, when is it supposed to be launched from the ISS?

3)  If it is no longer within the ISS, is it functional?   (can I start 
listening)

Thanks,

Tyler
KM3G

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