[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

2011-04-12 Thread Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL
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] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

2011-04-12 Thread Anthony Monteiro
Hi Phil,

You are just forgetting. Remember that we
needed it in a "pull" rather than "push" interface?
That makes it easy to sync everything up.

Low power mode works something like this (my memory
isn't great either)

When it is time to send a frame, the next data frame
gets created and encoded. Then the Tx is turned on and
bits start coming out. When the encoder is ready for the
next frame, we don't send anymore and the encoder is fed
fill characters. Since we know that the interleaver is still
full, a timer is started to clear the interleaver. After the
interleave is cleared, the Tx can be turned off. So, the actual
Tx ON time depends upon the size of the frame but it is
always ON at least ~30 seconds to have time to finish the
voice announcements or SSTV on the FM downlink.

This worked flawlessly in lab testing of the satellite
including tests with significant fading of the BPSK link.

73,
Tony AA2TX
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At 06:21 AM 4/12/2011, Phil Karn wrote:

>In low power mode, the transmission is started clean
>every time. A single telemetry data frame is only 256
>bytes so about 4 seconds of data. After the 1 frame, the
>transmitter is left on until the interleaver is emptied.
>
>Â
>Excellent. I don't think anybody ever told me 
>this. I'm glad somebody noticed the problem.
>Â
>Let's see...256 bytes is 2K bits. At rate 1/2, 
>that encodes to 4K channel symbols that take 
>4.096 sec to send, just as you said.
>
>The very first symbol of the frame hits the 
>modulator right away at T=0, but the last symbol 
>from the front of the frame won't come out until 
>about T = 16.384 sec, the interleaver span.
>
>4.096 sec after that (at T=20.48 sec elapsed 
>time) the last symbol from the end of the frame 
>emerges. So you take 20.48 sec, start to finish, 
>to transmit 2k bits of user data for an 
>effective data rate of 100 bps (vs 500 bps in 
>continuous mode). And that's only counting the time the transmitter is on.
>
>Does the transmitter then go off at 20.48 sec, 
>or does another frame start? Where does the 40-60 sec interval come from?
>
>During that 20.48 sec, 20,480 BPSK channel 
>symbols are sent. But only 4K of them actually 
>represent FEC-encoded user data; the other 16K 
>symbols represent known (i.e., idle flag) bits 
>and do not help decode the user data.
>
>10*log10(4096/20480) is about -7 dB. I.e., a 
>system that can operate at an Eb/No of about 5.5 
>dB now requires an overall Eb/No of 12.5 dB. 
>That's about 3 dB worse than uncoded BPSK...
>
>On the other hand, it should still be somewhat 
>more fade-resistant than that...
>
>Other than the obvious use of block 
>interleaving, it is possible to improve the 
>efficiency of convolutional interleaving (and 
>coding) on short transmissions with "tail 
>biting". You arrange the encoded symbols in a 
>ring and walk around it once. Then you pick an 
>arbitrary point in the receive buffer to start 
>the Viterbi decoder, run it a few constraint 
>lengths to get it synchronized, and then run it 
>around the ring once to actually decode the 
>packet. The tail of the packet gets interleaved 
>with the head so you don't have to fill and 
>drain it with padding. It's actually just a way 
>to construct a block code (or interleaver) out of a convolutional structure.
>
>You see why I wanted a command to turn interleaving on and off?
>
>
>
>


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[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

2011-04-12 Thread Phil Karn
> In low power mode, the transmission is started clean
> every time. A single telemetry data frame is only 256
> bytes so about 4 seconds of data. After the 1 frame, the
> transmitter is left on until the interleaver is emptied.
>

Excellent. I don't think anybody ever told me this. I'm glad somebody
noticed the problem.

Let's see...256 bytes is 2K bits. At rate 1/2, that encodes to 4K channel
symbols that take 4.096 sec to send, just as you said.

The very first symbol of the frame hits the modulator right away at T=0, but
the last symbol from the front of the frame won't come out until about T =
16.384 sec, the interleaver span.

4.096 sec after that (at T=20.48 sec elapsed time) the last symbol from the
end of the frame emerges. So you take 20.48 sec, start to finish, to
transmit 2k bits of user data for an effective data rate of 100 bps (vs 500
bps in continuous mode). And that's only counting the time the transmitter
is on.

Does the transmitter then go off at 20.48 sec, or does another frame start?
Where does the 40-60 sec interval come from?

During that 20.48 sec, 20,480 BPSK channel symbols are sent. But only 4K of
them actually represent FEC-encoded user data; the other 16K symbols
represent known (i.e., idle flag) bits and do not help decode the user data.

10*log10(4096/20480) is about -7 dB. I.e., a system that can operate at an
Eb/No of about 5.5 dB now requires an overall Eb/No of 12.5 dB. That's about
3 dB worse than uncoded BPSK...

On the other hand, it should still be somewhat more fade-resistant than
that...

Other than the obvious use of block interleaving, it is possible to improve
the efficiency of convolutional interleaving (and coding) on short
transmissions with "tail biting". You arrange the encoded symbols in a ring
and walk around it once. Then you pick an arbitrary point in the receive
buffer to start the Viterbi decoder, run it a few constraint lengths to get
it synchronized, and then run it around the ring once to actually decode the
packet. The tail of the packet gets interleaved with the head so you don't
have to fill and drain it with padding. It's actually just a way to
construct a block code (or interleaver) out of a convolutional structure.

You see why I wanted a command to turn interleaving on and off?
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[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

2011-04-12 Thread Anthony Monteiro
At 02:50 AM 4/12/2011, Phil Karn wrote:
>To elaborate:
>...
>As I recall, ARISSat-1 data frames can be up to 512 bytes long. Ignoring
>HDLC flags, bit stuffing, CRC, etc, that's 4K bits. At a data rate of 500
>bps (the FEC is rate 1/2), 512 bytes will take 4096/500 = 8.192 seconds to
>transmit.
>
>8.192 seconds is longer than 7.232 seconds.
>
>Ooops.
>
>But wait, there's more. If the satellite sends a series of back-to-back 512
>byte frames, and the transmitter comes on  too late after one has already
>started, you'll have to wait for it to end before you can begin decoding the
>next one. Meanwhile, the clock is quickly ticking down until the transmitter
>goes OFF again...
>
>Double oops.

Hi Phil,

That's why it doesn't work that way.

In low power mode, the transmission is started clean
every time. A single telemetry data frame is only 256
bytes so about 4 seconds of data. After the 1 frame, the
transmitter is left on until the interleaver is emptied.


73,
Tony AA2TX







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[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

2011-04-12 Thread Phil Karn
To elaborate:

BPSK-1000 uses "convolutional interleaving" with a depth of 16,384 symbols.
The symbol rate is 1 kHz (1,000 symbols/sec) so it takes 16.384 seconds for
a data symbol to pass through both the transmit and receive interleave
buffers. The transmitter delay changes a lot from one symbol to the next,
but every symbol experiences the same *total* (transmitter + receiver)
delay: 16,384 symbol times or 16.384 seconds. The idea of any interleaver is
to chop up (short) fades and spread them out in time so that they can be
easily corrected by the Viterbi error correction algorithm (which deals well
with random thermal noise but not with burst errors).

The usual rule of thumb is that an interleaver can easily handle a complete
fade lasting up to 10% of its length, as long as you give it time to recover
between fades. That would be 1.6 seconds, which seemed plenty long for a
continuously transmitting LEO spacecraft on 2 meters.

Of course, you pay a price in delay -- there's no way around it. I have
Sirius Satellite Radio in my car, and it always cuts out 4 seconds *after* I
drive into the parking garage at work. It doesn't come back until (at least)
4 seconds *after* I drive out and it sees the satellite(s) again. The reason
is exactly the same -- an interleaver that takes care of brief fades but not
the really long ones caused by driving into a parking garage.

I chose convolutional interleaving for BPSK-1000 because it has half the
delay of block interleaving for the same fade performance.

Convolutional interleavers also operate continuously, a good match to
ARISSat-1's continuous transmitter. At AOS, your deinterleaver is still full
of noise received earlier; it takes 16.384 seconds to flush it all out and
feed "solid" data to the decoder. During that time, it ramps from pure noise
to pure signal, and at some point it starts correcting what it sees.
Depending on how strong the signal is, that may happen before the flushing
is complete. I.e., it might reconstruct some of the missing symbols sent
before your AOS.

Similarly there is a slow ramp from solid signal down to pure noise over
16.384 seconds at LOS.

See how this helps handle fading? Even an abrupt, complete fade starts the
same, slow 16-second ramp down from signal to noise. If the fade ends only a
second or two later, the rampdown won't have progressed very far and the
decoder will still see mostly signal when the trend reverses and ramps back
up to pure signal. That takes a few extra seconds, but the error correction
can easily handle it all -- as long as the fade isn't *too* long.
Interleaving takes a signal that may be solid one moment and gone the next
and smooths it out so that the signal-to-noise ratio changes only slowly. It
literally averages the signal-to-noise ratio.

Since even a short LEO pass is usually several minutes long, these 16 second
fill/drain intervals didn't seem like a big deal. Besides, we've already had
a similar problem since the old days of the uncoded Phase III block
telemetry format. You might have AOS in the middle of a frame and have to
wait for the next one to start before you can decode anything. Interleaving
isn't really any worse.

The problem is that I didn't count on having the transmitter turned on for
only 40-60 seconds at a time. Soif the transmissions are only 40 sec,
and if you have to wait 16.384 seconds for the interleaver to fill, and you
can't rely on the last 16.384 seconds as the interleaver drains, that leaves
40 - 2*16.384 = 7.232 seconds of solid, noise-free "middle" to work with.

As I recall, ARISSat-1 data frames can be up to 512 bytes long. Ignoring
HDLC flags, bit stuffing, CRC, etc, that's 4K bits. At a data rate of 500
bps (the FEC is rate 1/2), 512 bytes will take 4096/500 = 8.192 seconds to
transmit.

8.192 seconds is longer than 7.232 seconds.

Ooops.

But wait, there's more. If the satellite sends a series of back-to-back 512
byte frames, and the transmitter comes on  too late after one has already
started, you'll have to wait for it to end before you can begin decoding the
next one. Meanwhile, the clock is quickly ticking down until the transmitter
goes OFF again...

Double oops.

Now this probably overstates the problem a bit. Being the engineer that I
am, this is a very conservative analysis -- I made the most pessimistic
assumption at each step. After all, I was stunned when somebody streamed
BPSK-1000 over the net with a lossy MP3 encoder and it *decoded*; I never
thought that would work.

Error correction can fill in for a remarkable variety of ills. In reality,
the satellite won't send a continuous stream of 512 byte frames. In reality,
the key-down intervals may be more than 40 seconds. So I actually won't be
too terribly surprised if the thing actually works. But it won't perform
anything like it will when the satellite is eventually operated in its
intended 100% duty cycle mode.
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[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

2011-04-11 Thread KF1BUZ
Well its 421 am they will be awake around 0600 am utc.. 2 hours from now,
then we will see if they flippa da switcha

Kf1buz

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Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 8:59 PM
To: Joe Fitzgerald
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Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Joe Fitzgerald
wrote:

>
> I am curious to see how your BPSK1000 fares on a rapidly tumbling 
> platform.  Let's hope ISS doesn't start tumbling more than once per orbit!
>

It's a pretty sensitive mode, but it still won't work with a zero-watt
transmitter.


>
> If you do convince them to leave the ISS powered up on board ISS, we 
> could evaluate rapit deep fades in the channel by putting middle 
> school students  in charge of holding an arrow antenna.
>
>
My concern is that the on/off cycling won't play well with my convolutional
interleaver. It takes 16.384 seconds to fill the interleaver at AOS. You
might get decoded data up to 8 seconds earlier than that if what you do get
is very clean, but there's little margin for additional error correction.

And when the transmitter switches off, the interleaver will drain over
16.384 seconds as it fills with noise. If the signal in the last 16.384
seconds before switch-off is unusually strong, you may be able to decode
data up to 8 seconds before LOS. But anywhere from 8 to 16 seconds will be
chopped off *each end* of each already very short  40-60 second
transmission.

I designed this signal to deal well with occasional deep fades lasting up to
1-1.5 seconds -- not for total "fades" lasting 2 minutes at a time. Had I
known that this "emergency low power mode" was actually going to be used, I
would have designed the whole mode completely differently, with block
interleaving aligned to the transmit on/off times.

The golden rule of the modem designer: "know your channel". Optimizing for
one impairment usually pessimizes it for something else.
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[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

2011-04-11 Thread Phil Karn
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Joe Fitzgerald wrote:

>
> I am curious to see how your BPSK1000 fares on a rapidly tumbling
> platform.  Let's hope ISS doesn't start tumbling more than once per orbit!
>

It's a pretty sensitive mode, but it still won't work with a zero-watt
transmitter.


>
> If you do convince them to leave the ISS powered up on board ISS, we
> could evaluate rapit deep fades in the channel by putting middle school
> students  in charge of holding an arrow antenna.
>
>
My concern is that the on/off cycling won't play well with my convolutional
interleaver. It takes 16.384 seconds to fill the interleaver at AOS. You
might get decoded data up to 8 seconds earlier than that if what you do get
is very clean, but there's little margin for additional error correction.

And when the transmitter switches off, the interleaver will drain over
16.384 seconds as it fills with noise. If the signal in the last 16.384
seconds before switch-off is unusually strong, you may be able to decode
data up to 8 seconds before LOS. But anywhere from 8 to 16 seconds will be
chopped off *each end* of each already very short  40-60 second
transmission.

I designed this signal to deal well with occasional deep fades lasting up to
1-1.5 seconds -- not for total "fades" lasting 2 minutes at a time. Had I
known that this "emergency low power mode" was actually going to be used, I
would have designed the whole mode completely differently, with block
interleaving aligned to the transmit on/off times.

The golden rule of the modem designer: "know your channel". Optimizing for
one impairment usually pessimizes it for something else.
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[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

2011-04-11 Thread Joe Fitzgerald
On 4/11/2011 1:44 PM, Phil Karn wrote:
> Since it's already connected to the station antenna, it sure would be nice
> if they could just plug it directly into the ISS power supply, switch it on
> full duty cycle, and just *leave* it for a couple of, oh, years.

Phil,

I am curious to see how your BPSK1000 fares on a rapidly tumbling 
platform.  Let's hope ISS doesn't start tumbling more than once per orbit!

If you do convince them to leave the ISS powered up on board ISS, we 
could evaluate rapit deep fades in the channel by putting middle school 
students  in charge of holding an arrow antenna.

-Joe KM1P
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[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

2011-04-11 Thread Edward R. Cole
Not wanting to be a naysayer, but this was discussed a few weeks ago 
on Amsat-bb with the word from the mission staff that no external 
power connection was provided.  In other words it runs on 
solar-charged batteries.  Of course, we know they had some sort of 
"bench power connection" for testing.  I hope the "folks" on the ISS 
are good technicians and can "rig up" something.  There was a concern 
the batteries might drop off in storage until this summer when the 
"Main Show" is to happen.

Of course maybe they can "duck tape" it outside and let it run on the 
panels/batteries?  OK that was in jest (humor).

I only have operational is a 2m Lindenblad CP omni directional 
antenna that is probably not good enough to hear ARISSat when down at 
the horizon and at max range.  Just luck that my 2m-eme system is out 
of commission at present else I would had a excellent receiver.

GL and 73's
Ed - KL7UW

At 09:19 AM 4/11/2011, Nitin Muttin 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]
>
>
>
>From: Nitin Muttin [mailto:vu3...@amsatindia.org]
>Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 8:24 PM
>To: 'amsat-bb@amsat.org'
>Cc: 'amsatin...@yahoogroups.com'
>Subject: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC
>
>
>
>All,
>
>
>
>Nothing heard from the ARRISSat-1 on 145.950 / 437.550 and 145.919 during
>the 14.42 UTC pass over India.
>
>
>
>73's
>
>Nitin [VU3TYG]
>
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[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

2011-04-11 Thread Mark L. Hammond
Something fun and completely different to listen to while waiting for
Arissat-1!!

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=79119001

73,

Mark N8MH

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Nitin Muttin  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]
>
>
>
> From: Nitin Muttin [mailto:vu3...@amsatindia.org]
> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 8:24 PM
> To: 'amsat-bb@amsat.org'
> Cc: 'amsatin...@yahoogroups.com'
> Subject: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC
>
>
>
> All,
>
>
>
> Nothing heard from the ARRISSat-1 on 145.950 / 437.550 and 145.919 during
> the 14.42 UTC pass over India.
>
>
>
> 73's
>
> Nitin [VU3TYG]
>
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[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

2011-04-11 Thread Nitin Muttin
I am sure it should be if there is an external capability available on the
ARRISSat to recharge the batteries and looking at the the live video from
ISS (NASA TV) looks like the crew is trying on the same, retiring for the
night now and will listen tomorrow at 18.37 UTC 81 degree pass . Appreciate
all the efforts from the crew on the ISS to get this going and the
ARRISSat-1 Project team who I am sure are working closely to make this
happen.

 

73's

Nitin [VU3TYG]

 

From: Rocky Jones [mailto:orbit...@hotmail.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 11:50 PM
To: k...@ka9q.net; vu3...@amsatindia.org
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Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

 

You would think that this would be possible...Robert G. Oler WB5MZO  life
member AMSAT ARRL NARL
 
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> To: vu3...@amsatindia.org
> CC: amsat-bb@amsat.org
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC
> 
> Since it's already connected to the station antenna, it sure would be nice
> if they could just plug it directly into the ISS power supply, switch it
on
> full duty cycle, and just *leave* it for a couple of, oh, years.
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[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

2011-04-11 Thread Riri Azrak OD5RI
*Nothing heard at 145.950 MHZ   18:20 till 18:34 UTC *
*
*
*KM73UV*
*
*
*Riri OD5RI
*
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 9:16 PM, Alan P. Biddle  wrote:

> No pressure with everybody looking over your shoulder.  ;)
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
> Behalf Of Nitin Muttin
> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 12:19 PM
> To: 'Nitin Muttin'; amsat-bb@amsat.org
> Cc: amsatin...@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC
>
> 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]
>
>
>
> From: Nitin Muttin [mailto:vu3...@amsatindia.org]
> Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 8:24 PM
> To: 'amsat-bb@amsat.org'
> Cc: 'amsatin...@yahoogroups.com'
> Subject: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC
>
>
>
> All,
>
>
>
> Nothing heard from the ARRISSat-1 on 145.950 / 437.550 and 145.919 during
> the 14.42 UTC pass over India.
>
>
>
> 73's
>
> Nitin [VU3TYG]
>
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>
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[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

2011-04-11 Thread Alan P. Biddle
No pressure with everybody looking over your shoulder.  ;)

Alan
WA4SCA

 

-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Nitin Muttin
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 12:19 PM
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Cc: amsatin...@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

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]

 

From: Nitin Muttin [mailto:vu3...@amsatindia.org] 
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 8:24 PM
To: 'amsat-bb@amsat.org'
Cc: 'amsatin...@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

 

All,

 

Nothing heard from the ARRISSat-1 on 145.950 / 437.550 and 145.919 during
the 14.42 UTC pass over India.

 

73's

Nitin [VU3TYG]

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[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

2011-04-11 Thread Phil Karn
Since it's already connected to the station antenna, it sure would be nice
if they could just plug it directly into the ISS power supply, switch it on
full duty cycle, and just *leave* it for a couple of, oh, years.
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[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

2011-04-11 Thread Nitin Muttin
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]

 

From: Nitin Muttin [mailto:vu3...@amsatindia.org] 
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 8:24 PM
To: 'amsat-bb@amsat.org'
Cc: 'amsatin...@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC

 

All,

 

Nothing heard from the ARRISSat-1 on 145.950 / 437.550 and 145.919 during
the 14.42 UTC pass over India.

 

73's

Nitin [VU3TYG]

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