[amsat-bb] LO-78 (LituanicaSAT-1) status update

2014-07-05 Thread Vytenis Buzas
Dear Gentlemen, Transponder is ON, next update in 24 hours. Respectfully, Vytenis B. ___ 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 set

[amsat-bb] FUNcube Data Warehouse

2014-07-05 Thread Graham Shirville
Hi All, It appears that our Data Warehouse has decided to take a holiday and is not presently updating the web pages correctly. I believe that it is continuing to accept telemetry in from listening stations so please keep the data flowing. The spacecraft itself seems fine! thanks Graham G3VZ

[amsat-bb] Dnepr Upper Stage Apogee

2014-07-05 Thread Paul Stoetzer
Good morning, I noticed that after the last Dnepr launch, it's upper stage was raised to an apogee of 1454 km, putting it in a 1454 km x 609 km orbit with a 97.9 degree inclination, in order to avoid collision with any of the 37 satellites it released. Would it be possible for a future amate

Re: [amsat-bb] Dnepr Upper Stage Apogee

2014-07-05 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
You are not the only one to notice! All I can say at this point is that it is being investigated. However, the question of meeting orbital debris mitigation requirements remains. 73, Drew KO4MA Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 5, 2014, at 8:28 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > > Good morning, > > I no

Re: [amsat-bb] Dnepr Upper Stage Apogee

2014-07-05 Thread M5AKA
> However, the question of meeting orbital debris mitigation requirements > remains There are, however, no legally binding requirements regarding debris mitigation. In the case of amateur transponder satellites they can be assumed to have an operation lifetime of 40+ years (think OSCAR-7), a

Re: [amsat-bb] Dnepr Upper Stage Apogee

2014-07-05 Thread g0mrf
Don't see why not. ESA education launched a set of cubesats on the first Vega flight with a 1500 x 350km orbit. However, as we would probably be the only people interested in that orbit, there may be an issue with using all 3U of a typical deployer. Another possibility is to encourage second

Re: [amsat-bb] second call for NA1SS audio from last weekend

2014-07-05 Thread Clint Bradford
>> ... K6LCS - you posted an audio clip where you recreated your NA1SS QSO. Did you record the NA1SS audio? Just the time my contact on a voice recorder app on my iPod touch ... http://work-sat.com/ISS-062814.html Clint ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org

Re: [amsat-bb] Dnepr Upper Stage Apogee

2014-07-05 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
I was surprised to see how much the Vega cubes orbit had decayed already! 73, Drew KO4MA Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 5, 2014, at 10:37 AM, g0...@aol.com wrote: > > > Don't see why not. ESA education launched a set of cubesats on the first Vega > flight with a 1500 x 350km orbit. > > Howeve

Re: [amsat-bb] Dnepr Upper Stage Apogee

2014-07-05 Thread Paul Stoetzer
Obviously "beggars can't be choosers" and we are lucky that we have been able to get several new satellites launched that are providing and will provide amateur communications, regardless of the orbits. However, look at the most popular satellites in use now: FO-29 and AO-7. Both can provide interc

[amsat-bb] Lituanicasat-1 Working Well

2014-07-05 Thread fl
Lituanicasat-1 was on for the 1755utc pass over Ohio today. N1PCE was the only station heard and worked. It's at 310km now so it won't be up for much longer. Work it while you can. The next pass starts for EN91 at 1928utc and goes through the middle of the US. The footprint is not very big but

[amsat-bb] sat grid trip to EM60

2014-07-05 Thread Ken Holland
I will be vacationing in EM60 during the week of July 28 thru Aug 1st. If anyone needs this grid, I will be available to sked a contact on SO-50 or LO-78 only. I will be taking my 5w ht and arrow antenna. Reply here and I will write down the call signs and post closer to that week. Ken Holland

Re: [amsat-bb] Lituanicasat-1 Working Well

2014-07-05 Thread Ted
Question: In Satpc32, I have LO-78 showing as a selection but there are no frequencies showing in the CAT window. I did the 'update keps' function but no freqs showing. Is there some other file that needs to be updated? Any help appreciated Ted K7TRK -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-b

Re: [amsat-bb] FUNcube Data Warehouse

2014-07-05 Thread Graham Shirville
Hi All, Just an update to say that the Warehouse has recovered its senses and seems to be operating normally. Those who look at the data carefully will notice some erroneous numbers in some of the min/max fields. These will be cleared when it does its next weekly update – for instance the batt

Re: [amsat-bb] Dnepr Upper Stage Apogee

2014-07-05 Thread M5AKA
There are certainly launchers going to MEO orbits, in a few days on July 10 a Soyuz-STB Fregat-MT is launching four satellites for Jersey (CI) based O3b Networks Ltd into a 7825 km circular orbit - looks a great orbit. 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ Sent via AMSA

Re: [amsat-bb] Lituanicasat-1 Working Well

2014-07-05 Thread George Henry
You need to enter the up- and downlink frequencies and mode into the Doppler.SQF file, which you can edit by clicking the "?" on the menu bar, and then "Auxiliary Files". Note that the satellite name in the doppler file must exactly match the satellite name in the keps. You must also enter th

[amsat-bb] ANS-187 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

2014-07-05 Thread E.Mike McCardel
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-187 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 Ra

[amsat-bb] W5PFG/P DM80 SO-50

2014-07-05 Thread Clayton Coleman
I'm wrapping up my west Texas grid operations on the satellites. Last chance for DM80 on SO-50 is at 0026 UTC coming up for those who aren't on SSB. I was just on FO-29 and will likely work the next one. 73 Clayton W5PFG ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org

[amsat-bb] az-el rotor repair

2014-07-05 Thread Tim Goodrich
Hi All, I have a Yaesu G5400b controller with a kenpro az/el rotor. From my understanding, yaesu was taken over by kenpro and the parts inside the az/el rotor are the same as in a yaesu 5400 setup. Anyway, my rotor is in need of repair and it seems there is a shortage of people who do these repair

Re: [amsat-bb] ARTSAT1: INVADER will re-try to send Cosmic Poem

2014-07-05 Thread Akihiro Kubota
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Re: [amsat-bb] az-el rotor repair

2014-07-05 Thread Bob- W7LRD
Tim/all- I did a repair on my G5500 el rotor.  I needed a position pot-it was available through Yaesu parts right away.  Depending on what you need to have done, your mileage may vary.  You could always ship the whole thing to Yaesu.  You can get lots of advice here on the bb. 73 Bob W7LRD --