[amsat-bb] Re: Mirage preamps

2011-08-10 Thread Luc Leblanc
On 9 Aug 2011 at 19:45, Floyd Rodgers wrote: Date sent: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 19:45:23 -0500 From: Floyd Rodgers kc5...@swbell.net Subject:[amsat-bb] Re: Mirage preamps Copies to: 'AMSAT-BB' amsat-bb@amsat.org There is also another possible

[amsat-bb] Re: Decoding wideband recordings

2011-08-10 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 15:54:15 -0700 Phil Karn k...@philkarn.net wrote: It's been suggested that I modify my ARISSat-1 BPSK-1000 telemetry demodulator/decoder to accept wideband quadrature (I Q) recordings like those produced by most of the software defined radios out there. This is

[amsat-bb] Re: Sample ARISSat-1 recording with Funcube Dongle using HDSDR

2011-08-10 Thread Trevor .
--- On Wed, 10/8/11, Mark L. Hammond marklhamm...@gmail.com wrote: I've been recording quite a few passes of ARISSat-1 using the Funcube Dongle (FCD) SDR and the HDSDR program.  The resulting file from a 10 min pass, recording the whole FCD passband, is about 250MB.  Below is a link to a

[amsat-bb] Student Sat for Geostationary ?

2011-08-10 Thread Trevor .
Strange one this, story appears to indicate that a student satellite from the Sharif University will go into a 36,000 km orbit. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/sci/2011-08/09/c_131036680.htm Their domestic launch capability might appear at best to be 500km, Rasad-1 was 260 km ( pic of

[amsat-bb] N3MK operation from FM27 this weekend

2011-08-10 Thread Don Snider
For those looking for FM27, I'll be on the FM Easy Sats on Saturday the 13th and possibly Sunday as well. I'll probably be operating from the beach of Assateague Island IOTA NA-139. Hope to see you there, 73, Don N3MK Chincoteague Island, VA FM27

[amsat-bb] Re: keps

2011-08-10 Thread Nigel A. Gunn, W8IFF/G8IFF
RADIOSCAF-B 1 37772U 98067CK 11222.21547302 .00026914 0-0 32073-3 0 179 2 37772 051.6386 248.7890 0013259 064.4780 053.8240 15.60783920 928 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member?

[amsat-bb] 5 in EM55

2011-08-10 Thread wa4hfn
Congrats to Jeff NX9B award # 21 for 5 in EM55 Damon WA4HFN em55 ___ 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:

[amsat-bb] New host for -Sample ARISSat-1 recording with Funcube Dongle using HDSDR

2011-08-10 Thread Mark L. Hammond
Okay, silly me. Here is the file hosted on a much better server ;) ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/telemetry/arissat/recordings/HDSDR_20110809_104200Z_145940kHz_RF.wav 73! Mark N8MH --- On Wed, 10/8/11, Mark L. Hammond marklhamm...@gmail.com wrote: I've been recording quite a few passes of

[amsat-bb] Re: Mirage preamps

2011-08-10 Thread Jari Koivurinne
There is also another possible issue to consider in that the 847 when first powered up sends a full power transmit for a very short time. As does all those 800-series YAESUs... 8-( Very bad ALC-circuit. Some of them having longer delay -- longer pulse out. Could be this is the missing link

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 TLM

2011-08-10 Thread 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 ___ Sent via

[amsat-bb] RATS article

2011-08-10 Thread Andy Brian
Hi, anyone have copy of this article about noise measure? RATS Receiver Alignment Test-Set, R. Blackwell GM4PMK, July pp 13-18 August pp40-43 1995. Radio Communications ( RSGB) I'm interesting to read if anyone can help me get that, Thanks, best regards AB

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 BPSK: time to ask for help debugging my system

2011-08-10 Thread PA3GUO
Time to ask for help ... Somehow my set-up for ARISSat BPSK decoding is not working. My I kindly ask for your suggestions ? Using an FCD HDSDR I record the passes. When I play back I see this freq spectrum. Should such a result (S/N Ratio wise) be enough for the decoder to work ?

[amsat-bb] Re: Decoding wideband recordings

2011-08-10 Thread Iain Young, G7III
On 09/08/11 23:54, Phil Karn wrote: It's been suggested that I modify my ARISSat-1 BPSK-1000 telemetry demodulator/decoder to accept wideband quadrature (I Q) recordings like those produced by most of the software defined radios out there. This is fundamentally not that hard, but first I

[amsat-bb] KB5WIA CM79+ Expedition Trip Report

2011-08-10 Thread David Palmer KB5WIA
Hi Everyone, Well, I'm back from the CM79/CM89/CN70/CN80 grid expedition. It was quite an adventure! Operating ham radio from the CM79 corner certianly is difficult -- but it was really rewarding to actually make contacts from up there. I made a total of four trips up and down the mountain,

[amsat-bb] AMSAT Downloadable Keps

2011-08-10 Thread Clint Bradford
Do we expect that the AMSAT downloadable Keplerian data will include ARISSat-1/Kedr/RADIOSKAF-B when posted later this week? Clint Bradford, K6LCS ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member?

[amsat-bb] EM99 Thurs, FN01 Fri.

2011-08-10 Thread Helmuth Kump
I'll be returning to these two grids tomorrow and Friday, working most or all of the daytime passes from about 1300 to 2100 UTC. 73 Doc KT3L ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to

[amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32

2011-08-10 Thread merv
Question: can you see footprint of more than one sat at a time on this program? --Original Message-- From: Dave Webb KB1PVH Sender: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org To: Bato, Andras Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Aug 6, 2011 2:28 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32 Oops, I didn't read the whole

[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Downloadable Keps

2011-08-10 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Yup. They were included last week, in a manner of speaking. Ray sent out a special bulletin because they became available after the normal distribution. Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Clint Bradford

[amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32

2011-08-10 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Answer: Yes. In the upper left corner of the main screen are the option selection boxes. There is an M which when selected will give you multitrack and show multiple footprints. You can select the particular ones by opening the Satellite Menu, and selecting the one you want by clicking once.

[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Downloadable Keps

2011-08-10 Thread Bato, Andras
Let me echo Clint Bradford, K6LC's question: Do we expect that the AMSAT downloadable Keplerian data will include ARISSat-1/Kedr/RadioSkaf-V or RADIOSCAF-B (as it is written in amateur.txt) when posted later this week? gl de ha6nn Andras ___ Sent

[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Downloadable Keps

2011-08-10 Thread Clint Bradford
It isn't in the nasa.all verbose nor 2-line nor naked dated 8/4 offered on the AMSAT-NA Kep page ... and wasn't in the .pdb file I snagged last week, either ... What am I missing THIS time??? (grin) Clint On Aug 10, 2011, at 1:16 PM, Alan P. Biddle wrote: Yup. They were included last

[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Downloadable Keps

2011-08-10 Thread Clint Bradford
OK ... THANK YOU! Clint ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Downloadable Keps

2011-08-10 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Clint, Not missing anything. Guess you didn't see my tongue in my cheek. in a manner of speaking. The second mailing was only the ARISSat-1 data. But yes, I expect it will be there in the usual NASA.ALL list later this week. Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: Clint

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 low power mode under sunshine

2011-08-10 Thread Masahiro Arai
ARISSat-1 was low power mode under sunshine at 1857-1907z and 2033-2042z 10th Aug. CW Tlm at 1902z shows CP +44C BAT 32.57V +209MA Is there any problem on ARISSat-1? Masa JN1GKZ ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of

[amsat-bb] Re: keps

2011-08-10 Thread Nigel A. Gunn, W8IFF/G8IFF
RADIOSCAF-B (KEDR) 1 37772U 98067CK 11222.60460284 .00024579 0-0 29340-3 0 195 2 37772 051.6399 246.8311 0013257 066.0623 080.1346 15.60795459 987 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an

[amsat-bb] Arkansas

2011-08-10 Thread BobHerrell
Hi all, I have had a couple requests lately for my state and grid. If anyone needs Arkansas or EM36 for any reason, please email me and we can make a sked. Am happy to help others get their awards. 73, Bob Herrell AJ5C EM36 Boone County, Arkansas Satellite VUCC #203 Satellite WAS #321

[amsat-bb] ID of hardware in the SSTV?

2011-08-10 Thread Burns Fisher
Hi, There appear to be two different TV camera views that have some parts of ARISSat-1 visible in them. I would guess that one is the 2m antenna, but the other one appears to be thin and wide with a crook on the end. Almost like looking out an airplane window at the wing. Can anyone ID that

[amsat-bb] CM79 - Another chance Saturday August 13th with SCRA/N6T

2011-08-10 Thread David Palmer KB5WIA
Hi Everyone, In case you missed me at CM79 this last weekend, the Sonoma County Radio Amateurs are going to be there this coming weekend August 12-14th. Charlie KZ6T reports that they'll be active on HF, 2m, 6m, but also will try for a few satelllite passes on Saturday August 13th signing as

[amsat-bb] Re: Decoding wideband recordings

2011-08-10 Thread Tom Azlin N4ZPT
I have a Fun Cube Dongle so I would Phil. Thanks and 73, Tom n4zpt On 8/9/2011 6:54 PM, Phil Karn wrote: It's been suggested that I modify my ARISSat-1 BPSK-1000 telemetry demodulator/decoder to accept wideband quadrature (I Q) recordings like those produced by most of the software defined

[amsat-bb] ARISsat over ZL

2011-08-10 Thread Alan Cresswell
ARISsat in full sun over ZL at 0321 UT but in its low power mode. Alan ZL2BX ___ 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:

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-27 Contact 8/10/2011 Please verify

2011-08-10 Thread i8cvs
Hi Jon, N4NAB In the above conditions if you cannot ear the full call letter and locator the QSO is not valid ! 73 de i8CVS Domenico - Original Message - From: John Henderson N4NAB j...@ec.rr.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 8:48 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-27

[amsat-bb] Re: keps

2011-08-10 Thread Ted
?? is the data being fed to my HRD Sat program by Celestrak not good information? Posting this every day seems redundant 73, K7TRK -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Nigel A. Gunn, W8IFF/G8IFF Sent: Wednesday, August 10,

[amsat-bb] Re: ID of hardware in the SSTV?

2011-08-10 Thread Mike Schaffer
Burns:   I viewed the ARISSAT SSTV gallery website (http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/) and viewed images that had a green callsign which were taken from the +Z pointing camera. Several images show the partial end of the Kapton film 2M 1/4 wave omni directional collar antenna.   Mike

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-27 Contact 8/10/2011 Please verify

2011-08-10 Thread Ted
And I say 'maybe' With the rudeness that has become the standard on the fm sats, it is an every day event where you hear someone call, you respond to that particular call, and someone will climb all over the pass calling someone else. In Jon's case he is just asking for some help on a call sign.

[amsat-bb] ARISsat over ZL

2011-08-10 Thread Alan Cresswell
Sunlit pass at 0457UT over ZL still in low power mode. Alan ZL2BX ___ 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:

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISsat over ZL

2011-08-10 Thread Mike Rupprecht
Can confirm this - also our morning pass in Europe in full sunlight - LOW POWER Mode. Batt 31.89V and charging... 73, Mike DK3WN -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] Im Auftrag von Alan Cresswell Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. August