[amsat-bb] Re: Helix matching

2013-09-28 Thread Edward R Cole
Making these matching sections is not as critical as many made them out. Here is a 1420-MHz dish feed helix I built years ago. I used the same technique for the 2.4 GHz helix feed I used for AO-40. http://www.kl7uw.com/1420helix.jpg 73, Ed - KL7UW Joe: note the KLM-11 el yagi made from a

[amsat-bb] CUSat-1/2 TLE?

2013-09-28 Thread Mineo Wakita
Do you know the predictive TLE of CUSat-1/2 someone? http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/cusat_12.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support

[amsat-bb] Re: CASSIOPE's Foldable Antennas

2013-09-28 Thread Mark L. Hammond
Didn't AMSAT people invent this method/technique? Tape measure antennas on satellites? 73, Mark N8MH At 04:12 AM 9/28/2013 +, B J wrote: On 9/28/13, Bryce Salmi bstguitar...@gmail.com wrote: I was watching the Canadian Space Agencies BROLL video of the CASSIOPE satellite due to launch

[amsat-bb] IARU Amateur Radio Spectrum Requirements

2013-09-28 Thread M5AKA
A revised IARU spectrum requirements document is now available. http://amsat-uk.org/2013/09/27/iaru-amateur-radio-spectrum-requirements/ Also on the AMSAT-UK site: IARU Administrative Council Meeting http://amsat-uk.org/2013/09/26/iaru-administrative-council-meeting/ ISS Astronaut Luca

[amsat-bb] Re: CASSIOPE's Foldable Antennas

2013-09-28 Thread B J
On 9/28/13, Mark L. Hammond marklhamm...@gmail.com wrote: Didn't AMSAT people invent this method/technique? Tape measure antennas on satellites? It could well be that someone associated with AMSAT developed a self-deploying antenna. The ones used on Alouette 1 were first rolled up inside the

[amsat-bb] Re: CASSIOPE's Foldable Antennas

2013-09-28 Thread Raydel Abreu Espinet (CM2ESP)
Regarding Canada's Space Program, did you know that Canada's oldie satellite Allouette-2 is back to live???, or at least its transmitters. While I was monitoring the 136-138 satellite sub-band a couple of months ago with a RTL2832U based cheap SDR dongle I founded weird doppler shifted

[amsat-bb] September 29 NASA TV Cygnus Arrival at ISS

2013-09-28 Thread JoAnne Maenpaa
Here is another news item that is best sent now rather than waiting for the news cycle. NASA TV will televise the arrival and docking of Cygnus at the International Space Station. The schedule (as of now) is: Sunday, September 29 08:30 UTC (4:30 a.m. EDT: Cygnus rendezvous, grapple and berthing

[amsat-bb] Re: CASSIOPE's Foldable Antennas

2013-09-28 Thread B J
On 9/28/13, Raydel Abreu Espinet (CM2ESP) cm2...@frcuba.co.cu wrote: Regarding Canada's Space Program, did you know that Canada's oldie satellite Allouette-2 is back to live???, or at least its transmitters. That's interesting because there was no mention of it in the news here. While I

[amsat-bb] Re: CASSIOPE's Foldable Antennas

2013-09-28 Thread B J
On 9/28/13, Raydel Abreu Espinet (CM2ESP) cm2...@frcuba.co.cu wrote: Regarding Canada's Space Program, did you know that Canada's oldie satellite Allouette-2 is back to live???, or at least its transmitters. Thanks for the tip. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

[amsat-bb] Re: Helix matching

2013-09-28 Thread Morizo Iseki
Please refer to my following website. http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ia6m-isk/helix4.html (Japanese) de JH1CMP/JAMSAT , Morizo Iseki ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support

[amsat-bb] Re: CASSIOPE's Foldable Antennas

2013-09-28 Thread Raydel Abreu Espinet (CM2ESP)
Nope, It was only announced on the HearSat mailing list and only few enthusiastics replied. On this world of new space probes with S band downlinks very few are interested in monitoring old birds which comes back to live spontaneously. However the happiness and enjoy I felt after re-discover

[amsat-bb] Re: CASSIOPE's Foldable Antennas

2013-09-28 Thread B J
On 9/28/13, Raydel Abreu Espinet (CM2ESP) cm2...@frcuba.co.cu wrote: Nope, It was only announced on the HearSat mailing list and only few enthusiastics replied. On this world of new space probes with S band downlinks very few are interested in monitoring old birds which comes back to live

[amsat-bb] ISShamTV

2013-09-28 Thread Robert C. Campbell
I am having difficulty getting the software drivers and programs set up properly for my Technotrend S2-1600 PCI and High Sierra down converter. Most everything is ready with the exception of the software/hardware playing nice and my lack of ability to figure it all out. This has been a bigger

[amsat-bb] Satellite Explorer Pro iOS app

2013-09-28 Thread Rick Walter
I use the Satellite Explorer Pro iphone/iPad app. It did work very well on both devices. After the ios7 upgrade, it still works on the iPhone 5 but on my ipad2, the height and max el boxes as well as the data they would contain disappeared. When I open the app on the iPad, I briefly see the

[amsat-bb] Falcon 9 launch timeline

2013-09-28 Thread Mineo Wakita
Falcon 9 v1.1, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California Falcon 9 countdown timeline http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/006/countdowntimeline.html Falcon 9 launch timeline http://www.spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/006/launchtimeline.html Falcon 9 launch live

[amsat-bb] Re: CASSIOPE's Foldable Antennas

2013-09-28 Thread B J
On 9/28/13, Raydel Abreu Espinet (CM2ESP) cm2...@frcuba.co.cu wrote: Regarding Canada's Space Program, did you know that Canada's oldie satellite Allouette-2 is back to live???, or at least its transmitters. While I was monitoring the 136-138 satellite sub-band a couple of months ago

[amsat-bb] ANS-272 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

2013-09-28 Thread Lee McLamb
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-272 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur

[amsat-bb] Help wanted

2013-09-28 Thread Anthony Monteiro
Dear Friends, The AMSAT Fox-1 satellite project is in need of an analog circuit engineer to work on our power system. If interested in volunteering, please send me an email with your phone number or Skype and some good times to call you. Note that due to ITAR constraints, you must be a US

[amsat-bb] Re: CASSIOPE's Foldable Antennas

2013-09-28 Thread Raydel Abreu Espinet (CM2ESP)
Hi Bernhard and all, I guess you are looking into the wrong catalogue number. Allouette-2 is 1965-098-A, not L which is what you looked for. I download its TLE regularly from Space-Track. NORAD Number is 01804. The TLE I am sending you is from 4 days ago are still good, in a previous e-mail

[amsat-bb] Re: CASSIOPE's Foldable Antennas

2013-09-28 Thread B J
On 9/29/13, Raydel Abreu Espinet (CM2ESP) cm2...@frcuba.co.cu wrote: Hi Bernhard and all, I guess you are looking into the wrong catalogue number. Allouette-2 is 1965-098-A, not L which is what you looked for. I download its TLE regularly from Space-Track. NORAD Number is 01804. The TLE I