[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSAS-1 report 09h40UTC Xpndr ON

2011-08-04 Thread Andre v Schaijk
Op 4-8-2011 11:58, Andre' v Deventer schreef: > Just worked thru the Lin xpndr. > CW Bcn strong but return thru xpndr weak but copy 100% > FM sigs very strong and good SSTV pic > > 73 > andre ZS2BK > One advantage of the weak but useable uplink, it will be much less likely that high erp stati

[amsat-bb] Re: Turn off AGC when receiving BPSK-1000

2011-08-18 Thread Andre v Schaijk
Op 18-8-2011 16:08, Andrew Glasbrenner schreef: > From what I have read that is published, the DOD Colony II 3u cubesats are 3 axis controlled and pointable to within a degree or something close to that. As Bob pointed out this isn't a big help for antenna pointing for multiuser LEO sats, but

[amsat-bb] Re: TubeSats, revisited

2011-01-06 Thread Andre v Schaijk
Op 6-1-2011 19:42, George Henry schreef: > It appears that Interorbital Systems has sold at least 3 of their TubeSat kits > to foreign buyers. > > Given that they are already violating FCC rules by marketing them as > license-free, and on frequencies not allocated for space-to-earth > communication