[amsat-bb] $50SAT / MO-76 six months in space + ISEE-3

2014-06-04 Thread M5AKA
$50SAT / MO-76 six months in space and counting http://amsat-uk.org/2014/06/04/50sat-mo76-six-months-in-space/ ISEE-3 Spacecraft Reboot Project Update http://amsat-uk.org/2014/06/02/isee-3-spacecraft-reboot-project-update/ UK Takes Aim at Commercial Spaceflight http://amsat-uk.org/2014/06/01/uk

[amsat-bb] Obtaining G/T of the satellite Ground Station.

2014-06-04 Thread Rupesh Lad
Dear all, We have a functional Ground station setup at QTH location MK68WM. We have a 2 Unit array of circularly polarized Yagi antenna mounted on antenna rotor system for tracking satellites operating in UHF band. Instrumentation available with us is Signal generators, Signal Analyzers, Vector Net

[amsat-bb] DCC Call for Papers

2014-06-04 Thread Ford, Steve, WB8IMY
Amateurs are invited to submit technical papers for presentation at the 33rd Annual ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference to be held September 5-7 in Austin, Texas. These papers will also be published in the Conference Proceedings (you do not need to attend the conference to have your

[amsat-bb] AO-7 Telemetry

2014-06-04 Thread KERRY LA*DUKE
AO-7 seemed to be transmitting cw telemetry today. I copied the following around 1300Z Frequency 145.969mhz. Mode B 252 252 252 324 324 324 324 496 496 v 496 568 568 568 568 696 696 696 696 hi hi 180 180 180 180 252 252

Re: [amsat-bb] N8RO/P Operations From DL99 & DL98 -------Corrections------

2014-06-04 Thread damon runion
If you are looking to get the GOT GRIDS award remember it it only on ssb/cw no FM contacts will count WA4HFN em55 Damon www.starcommgroup.org On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 7:15 PM, Ronald Oldham wrote: > Many thanks to Jeff, NX9B for pointing out some problems in my schedule. > I'm not sure if it wa

Re: [amsat-bb] AO-7 Telemetry

2014-06-04 Thread Paul Stoetzer
I have listened several times and never heard the CW beacon, so that's neat. The channel 6D value shows the telemetry to be nothing more than gibberish, unfortunately, as that number should be 50 +/- 1. 73, Paul, N8HM On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 9:24 AM, KERRY LA*DUKE wrote: > AO-7 seemed to be tra

Re: [amsat-bb] Obtaining G/T of the satellite Ground Station.

2014-06-04 Thread Nick Pugh K5QXJ
One way to measure the g/t is to use sun noise. You point your antenna toward the sun and cold sky and measure the delta noise. Use that attached ss to calculate the g/t . I have a similar system and let compare notes. Also take a look at the SETTI League doc for back grown nick -Original Me

[amsat-bb] DL

2014-06-04 Thread wa4hfn
Ron thanks for going to the DL grid and for those working towards the GOT GRIDS? award remember only SSB/CW contacts will count www.starcommgroup.org WA4HFN em55 Damon ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an

Re: [amsat-bb] satpc32 E/A-Fehler 105. error

2014-06-04 Thread Jenni Day
I have experienced a similar problem in satpc32, although the error message is not exactly the same. I see this only on a Win 8.1 PC. One thing I have done with some success is to IMMEDIATELY update Keps as soon as satpc32 finishes booting. I am also interested in a permanent fix for this. Red,

[amsat-bb] SO-50 from the car

2014-06-04 Thread Bill (W1PA)
I tried an experiment today on the 1630Z pass . My normal operating on SO-50 is a FT-530 (5W) to a standard Arrow... that’s about 15W ERP, correct? Today I tried a smaller, CJU antenna on RX (on the FT530), and my 45W mobile on my stock 1/2 wave mobile antenna (looking for a quick and dirty

Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Report 04-Jun-2014 UTC

2014-06-04 Thread Laurynas Mačiulis
Dear radio amateurs, A courtesy notice that LituanicaSAT-1 transponder will be operative until June 5, 0100z. At about this time period a scheduled reset should occur and both CW FM beacon on 437.275 MHz and 9k6 baud telemetry on 437.545 MHz should be heard. We encourage you to send reports to fin

[amsat-bb] RES: LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Report 04-Jun-2014 UTC

2014-06-04 Thread PY5LF
Dear Laurynas This afternoon we had two good passes over Brazil and we make contact with PY4ZBZ, PU2NGB . Here are an sample of signals receive on the last 3 days . Thank you for this nice sat . http://youtu.be/gHhNS11nl-s PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF

Re: [amsat-bb] satpc32 E/A-Fehler 105. error

2014-06-04 Thread Thomas Doyle
Bob, I can tell you from years of experience with writing tracking programs for Windows and iOS that one of the biggest problems is decay. Strange things happen to math routines when the altitude of the satellite drops below the surface of the earth. One solution is filtering out these decayed sat

[amsat-bb] AO-7 mode change

2014-06-04 Thread Glenn Miller - AA5PK
I was listening to AO-7 in Mode B as it rose at 2153Z. At 2158Z, AO-7 suddenly switched from Mode B to Mode A. At the time of the switch, there were two stations using excessive power (badly FMing) on the bird. Not sure if that was a coincidence or not. Called CQ on Mode A in both CW and SSB

Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Report 04-Jun-2014 UTC

2014-06-04 Thread Koos van den Hout
Quoting Laurynas Mačiulis who wrote on Wed 2014-06-04 at 22:38: > A courtesy notice that LituanicaSAT-1 transponder will be operative until > June 5, 0100z. I had to try the last pass before that moment in JO22nc (and the first pass in a while at a usable time for me). Heard at least two QSOs but

Re: [amsat-bb] AO-7 mode change

2014-06-04 Thread Paul Stoetzer
I find it odd that they did not reply to you in Mode A. Given that the warnings about excessive power can lead to random mode switching on AO-7 stretch back 37 years, one can only conclude that they wanted the satellite to be in Mode A. 73, Paul, N8HM On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Glenn Miller