Re: [amsat-bb] Sat Talk in Fullerton, CA

2014-06-02 Thread Clint Bradford
What an extraordinary session tonight at this club - WARA in Fullerton, CA. I was last there five years ago ... they continue to grow ... and teach ... a new ham graduate from one of their test sessions was there ... "we" guided him to what to purchase this week at HRO-Anaheim ... After perfo

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 0144Z Pass over North America

2014-06-02 Thread Paul Stoetzer
Good evening, Only KQ2RP in New Jersey was heard and worked on the 0144Z pass, but the satellite sounded great with strong signals again. 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC (FM18lv) ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of t

[amsat-bb] Fwd: LituanicaSAT-1 Transponder Off

2014-06-02 Thread Paul Stoetzer
The LituanicaSAT-1 FM transponder should be on over North America later this evening. 73, Paul. N8HM -- Forwarded message -- From: Laurynas Mačiulis Date: Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 7:25 PM Subject: Re: LituanicaSAT-1 Transponder Off To: Paul Stoetzer Cc: TLM LituanicaSAT-1 , "amsat-

[amsat-bb] RES: LituanicaSAT-1 Transponder Off

2014-06-02 Thread PY5LF
Paul Lituanicasat has passed two times over GG54 apparently with transponder off , just telemetry in FM CW working . I got some frames using the brain computer ; 2MAY2014 19:16UTC LY5N V 421 3702 7674 C0120112 TP32 S63 LY5N V 421 3708 7674 C0120112 TP32 S63 LY5N V 386 4473 8474 C0130112 TP32 S63 2

[amsat-bb] Trakbox pricing ?

2014-06-02 Thread richard limebear
Hi Gang I'll be selling a Trakbox soon; would be grateful for advice on what price to ask (in UK money). Original price AFAIRC 100-150 UK pounds. For those who don't know this item, its an az/el rotator controller. Feed it keplers on the RS232 input occasionally and it'll track both rotators at

[amsat-bb] Keeping KPC-9612+ KISS mode in port 2

2014-06-02 Thread Ken Swaggart
I've been asked to attempt some communications with a 9.6k satellite which requires KISS mode. My problem is that when I set the KPC-9612+ to port 2, the 9600 baud port, then using HyperTerm to issue the INTFACE KISS followed by RESET, the TNC returns to port 1. There must be some way to eith

Re: [amsat-bb] Orbit Decay - SatPC32, Calsky, DK3WN/N8MH, Orbitron

2014-06-02 Thread Thomas Doyle
Thanks Erich. On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:46 AM, Erich Eichmann wrote: > Hello Tom, > the program WinAOS gives you a quick overview of the satellite passes in > the near future. > The program is not designed for long term calculations. It doesn't use the > SGP4/SDP4 model as SatPC32 and WinListen

[amsat-bb] About ARTSAT1:INVADER

2014-06-02 Thread ji1izr/Masahiro Sanada
Hello, de ji1izr/Masahiro, ARTSAT1:INVADER, one of the CubeSats, is in trouble that the satellite does not reply after the command by the comm nad station. The members are trying to find out how to recover. We have no reply from the satellite, nor the CW becomes not to be heard after the comma

Re: [amsat-bb] Orbit Decay - SatPC32, Calsky, DK3WN/N8MH, Orbitron

2014-06-02 Thread Erich Eichmann
Hello Tom, the program WinAOS gives you a quick overview of the satellite passes in the near future. The program is not designed for long term calculations. It doesn't use the SGP4/SDP4 model as SatPC32 and WinListen do but uses rather simple calculation routines. Therefore use WinListen or the