[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1

Dear OM's and YL's: Being of Lithuanian descent, I really want to be able to access LituanicaSAT-1. This afternoon, at about 21:50UTC, I tried listening for it, both on the transponder frequency, and on the CW beacon frequency, and heard nothing. I couldn't find any information online regar

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1

Hi The LituanicaSAT-1 has just passed over South America working nicely . Only the signal is a little weak . 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsa

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSat-1

Worked K8YSE/7, AC0RA and CO6CBF on the recent LS-1 pass. Keps are off as Doppler was difficult to track and I copied the satellite to -3.5 degrees. Sounds good using NFM. Glenn AA5PK ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those o

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT 1

I was just on the 22:53Z pass of LituanicaSAT 1. Only person there. Called a few people to drum up a contact. The audio was excellent and very strong on a 22 degree elevation pass using an Arrow II antenna. Was everyone watching for a triple crown winner? Rick -- Sent from Rick's gmail account

[amsat-bb] Lituanicasat-1

Hi Lituanicasat with telemetry only now 15:39UTC over Brazil. 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? J

[amsat-bb] Lituanicasat-1

Hi We had a good pass of Lituanicasat-1 a few minutes ago , transponder on , nice signal , nobody there , only me calling. 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions e

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 tracking.

I've been looking for information on tracking information for the LituanicaSAT-1. Do I use the ISS data for this? Todd Bloomingdal e-KC9LOX Tom a h, WI ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSat-1 OSCAR

Hi all, wouldn't it be fair to assign an OSCAR number to LituanicaSat-1? 73 Mike DK3WN ___ 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! Subscript

[amsat-bb] LITUANICASAT-1 experience

I tried the satellite four times today, the 17th, and wish I had used my cheap Chinese radio that has narrowband FM transmitter capabilities. From what I understand the the satellite losing the signal due to over deviation makes a lot of sense. Was able to trigger the ID on all the passes I tri

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 update

>From the LituanicaSAT-1 Facebook page: Most probably spontaneous reboot was caused by Watchdog timeout due to accidental radio interference on I2C bus. Currently everything seems fine, batteries are charging. Next transponder test in a couple of days, thank you for your support! https://www.fa

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 update

Dear amateur radio operators, Apparently the satellite had not reset as was scheduled on June 5, 0100z and the transponder remained on for the rest of today. After today's pass over Lithuania we left the transponder working again and put the satellite to safe mode (no telemetry) to save some power

Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT 1

Yup. Should've been talking to you, though. 73, Jeff WB2SYKSYRACUSE FN13xchttps://overview.mail.yahoo.com?.src=iOS";>Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Joi

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 - Lithuanian CubeSat

Hi every one Any updates on the Lithuanian CubeSat? I thought I heard a few seconds of the CW beacon the other night but it went into eclipse soon after the start of the pass. 73s Malcolm Pizzey VK2MAL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expr

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 CubeSat Update

Laurynas Maciulis LY1LM provides an update on LituanicaSAT-1. http://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/14/lituanicasat-1-cubesat-update/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 TLE Confirmation

Can anyone confirm if these are the proper TLEs for LituanicaSAT-1? >From Celestrak, it's object 39569U, other sources seem to give a different object number. LITUANICASAT-1 1 39569U 98067EN 14120.05707906 .00127956 0-0 12069-2 0 1884 2 39569 51.6459 334.7226 0006240 190.0958 300.7756 1

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSat-1 follow-up

To amplify my last email, here’s the frequencies I was using for LituanticaSat-1 transponder test (object 39569): Downlink 435.176 MHz FM Uplink 145.950 MHz FM (PL 67.0) 73, Ken, W7KKE ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of t

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSat-1 over Brazil

FM repeater on at 23:15 UTC ! orbit #976 http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/lituanicasat1a.wav 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ ___ 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 pro

[amsat-bb] Lituanicasat-1 Beacon Heard

I listened to the signal on CW between 1957 and 1959 today here in DO33. It was somewhat fainter than the previous pass with some more background noise. Towards the end of the window, I switched over to FM and heard it for a few seconds as well before I lost the signal behind my apartment buildin

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 Transponder Off

Good evening, It appears that the LituanicaSAT-1 FM transponder was off over North America at 0121Z. Strong signals were heard from the FM morse beacon. I will listen to my recording and decode the telemetry. 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC (FM18lv) ___

Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 update

Dear radio amateurs, The LituanicaSAT-1 transponder is currently on and should remain so. General rule to find out if the transponder is working at the moment is following: if you can hear CW FM beacon on 437.275 MHz it means that transponder is off, if you cannot hear it - transponder is on. 73

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSat-1 this evening

FYI, I will try to be on the transponder during this evening's 2314z pass. It's an 80 degree pass here in NJ. I'll be handheld using my VX-5R and homebrew dual yagi and homebrew diplexer. I hope some others (beside Paul! ;-) ) will join me. 73, Chris KQ2RP _

[amsat-bb] Lituanicasat-1 Working Well

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] Lituanicasat-1 not heard

Lituanicasat-1 was not heard on the 1245utc pass over the SW United States. It was on for that pass yesterday and N5HYP was worked from DM43. The current keps had it at 234KM. 73, John K8YSE/7 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are th

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 status update

Dear friends, FM transponder is OFF, it's mission is completed, thank you for all the good responses. Based on this there will be more projects in the future making benefit for HAM people of the World. Currently only telemetry packets are to transmit data every 15 seconds. On-board temperature is

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 FM transponder test

See http://amsat-uk.org/2014/04/22/lituanicasat-1-fm-transponder-test/ Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK Website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/AMSAT-UK/208113275898396 Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ___ Sent via AMSAT-B

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSat-1 transponder remains on

Received an email from the LituanicaSat-1 control ops that transponder remains on today and we're welcome to use it. During a late morning west coast pass I was able to access the transponder using the 67 Hz PL and the downlink sounded very good using Yagis, with some slow QSB probably due to

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 Telemetry Reports Requested

The LituanicaSAT-1 team ask for telemetry reports, see http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/18/lituanicasat-1-telemetry-reports-requested/ Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK Website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/amsatuk Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK __

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

Here is the telemetry frame decoded at about 0124Z in Washington, DC, USA (FM18lv): ly5n v 427 372 370 85 c 014 0124 t p 31 s 6 3 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC (FM18lv) On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > Good evening, > > It appears that the LituanicaSAT-1 FM trans

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

CW Telemetry beacon, as decoded by FLDIGI here in CM98 on the 6/2 0600z pass. My rotor controller doesn't do flipped operation, so the 3rd frame got trashed by the rotor needing to swing around as the satellite passed through North. Some errors in the frames, but for the most part, during the

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

Hello, I confirm the transponder was turned on during 2300z pass over our ground station. It will remain on for today provided there will be no malfunction in the satellite. CW beacon and packet telemetry where switched off to save power. 73 de LY1LM On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Laurynas M

Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSat-1 this evening

Nothing heard here on that pass. Were you on? Bill ___ 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! Subscrip

Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSat-1 this evening

Worked KO6TZ, WØDHB, WA4NVM and KD8CAO on the 0045Z pass. Glenn AA5PK -Original Message- From: Bill Acito Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 7:53 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSat-1 this evening Nothing heard here on that pass. Were you on? Bill

Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSat-1 this evening

wrote: Worked KO6TZ, WØDHB, WA4NVM and KD8CAO on the 0045Z pass. Glenn AA5PK -Original Message- From: Bill Acito Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2014 7:53 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSat-1 this evening Nothing heard here on that pass. Were you on? Bill

Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSat-1 this evening

As it turned out, I jinxed myself with that post. Stood at the ready during the pass and heard nada Thought maybe the transponder was turned offAt about the midway point I noticed one of the micro-coax connection points to my (uhf) yagi was broken. Will have to fix that ah well. "If

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

: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of f...@papays.com Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 11:21 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Lituanicasat-1 Working Well Lituanicasat-1 was on for the 1755utc pass over Ohio today. N1PCE was the only station heard

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

You must also enter the subtone info into the SubTone.SQF file. Again, the satellite name must match. (You can just copy the data from the first entry for SO-50). 73, George, KA3HSW - Original Message - From: "Ted" To: ; Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 3:28 PM Subject:

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

help appreciated Ted K7TRK -Original Message- From:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf o...@papays.com Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2014 11:21 AM To:amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Lituanicasat-1 Working Well Lituanicasat-1 was on for the 1755utc pass ov

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

ing. >> Is there some other file that needs to be updated? >> >> Any help appreciated >> >> Ted >> K7TRK >> >> -Original Message- >> From:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On >> Behalf o...@papays.com

Re: [amsat-bb] Lituanicasat-1 not heard

Gintautas Sulskus from the LituanicaSAT (LO-78) team will be giving a presentation on the satellite tomorrow from 11:45-12:15 BST which is 10:45-11:15 GMT. The presentation will be streamed on the web athttp://www.batc.tv/streams/amsat2014 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK Website http://amsat-uk.org

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 (LO-78) Decayed

According to Space-Track.org, LO-78 decayed early this morning: 39569 LITUANICASAT 1 1998-067EN LTU 2014-07-28 13:29:00 2014-07-28 0:00:00 0.096 decay_msg TLE Historical Congratulations to all who were involved in this successful project and we look forward to any future Lithuanian amateur radio

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 reboot test - reports requested

>From the LituanicaSAT-1 team. 73 Trevor M5AKA Dear radio amateurs, I would like to notify that after a one month of uninterrupted and stable operation of LituanicaSAT-1 we have decided to perform watchdog operational test. As a consequence the satellite should have rebooted today at about

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 Update + Atlas V + ISS

LituanicaSAT-1 Update May 14, 2014 http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/14/lituanicasat-1-update-may-14-2014/ 434 MHz balloons have a role in STEM Education http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/11/434-mhz-balloons-have-a-role-in-stem-education/ FUNcube-1 AO-73 satellite SSB signal test http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSat-1 over SoCal last night

Last night LituanicaSat-1 arrived over southern California a little behind my predicted time of 8:12PM PDST, moving roughly from the south to southeast. Heard the greeting, cut the power to 10 w, keyed the TS-2000 and immediately heard my downlink. My downlink quickly went from partial to full

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 FM transponder active May 1

LituanicaSAT-1 FM transponder active May 1 http://amsat-uk.org/2014/04/30/lituanicasat-1-fm-transponder-active-may-1/ KickSat Sprites – Final Preparation http://amsat-uk.org/2014/04/29/kicksat-sprites-final-preparation/ Ham Radio Earth-Moon-Earth Art Event on Google+ Hangout http://amsat-uk.org/2

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder - Possible NA Activity

Good morning, According to the latest update from the LituanicaSAT-1 team posted on the AMSAT-UK website this morning ( http://amsat-uk.org/2014/04/30/lituanicasat-1-fm-transponder-active-may-1/), the LituanicaSAT-1 FM transponder will be active from 0930Z-1400Z tomorrow. That window includes thr

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Active This Weekend

See http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/16/lituanicasat-1-fm-transponder-active-all-weekend/ Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK Website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/amsatuk Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat

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

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] LituanicaSAT-1 talk at International Space Colloquium

There will be a presentation on the LituanicaSAT-1 CubeSat by Gintautas Sulskus at 12pm BST (1100 GMT) on Saturday, July 26 at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium which takes place at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, GU2 7XZ. The event is open to all, admittance £10 per day, further details

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1: President's greetings message sent from space

President's greetings message sent from space http://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/27/presidents-greetings-message-sent-from-space/ RAG 2014 May 17 UK National Space Center – Demonstrations, Posters and Tickets http://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/27/rag-2014-demonstrations-posters-and-tickets/ Ofcom Consultation:

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Active until June 4

LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Active until June 4 http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/31/lituanicasat-1-transponder-active/ FUNcube Satellite Update Video http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/31/funcube-satellite-update-video/ WXtoImg Beta Software running on Raspberry Pi (ARM) http://0day.biz/wxtoimg-beta-softwa

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Report From Washington, DC

Good evening, I heard the CW ID, voice message, and my own downlink briefly on a 6 degree maximum elevation pass in Washington, DC (FM18lv) at about 0058Z on 1-Jun-2014 until my receive was unfortunately wiped out by my preamp battery dying. Next pass at 0232Z is a much higher elevation pass and I

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 with FM transponder to deploy from ISS

See http://amsat-uk.org/2013/04/12/lituanicasat-1/ It looks like there's many more CubeSats being deployed from the ISS as well as LituanicaSAT-1. Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/ Join or Renew your AMSAT-UK membership at http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_7/Membership-of-

Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Report From Washington, DC

Just worked the last pass, a 70 degree maximum elevation pass over Washington, DC. The satellite sounded good with strong signals. Lots of interference on the uplink made things challenging. I worked KK4VAU in Tennessee and KQ2RP in New Jersey. Also heard AA5PK and N5AFV, both in Texas. 73, Paul

Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Report From Washington, DC

Here is the audio I captured on the 0232Z pass over North America. https://soundcloud.com/paul-stoetzer/lituanicasat-1-0232z-01-jun-2014mp3 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC (FM18lv) On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > Just worked the last pass, a 70 degree maximum el

Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Report From Washington, DC

I was the only person on the 0855Z pass over North America. Maximum elevation was 70 degrees. The satellite still sounded good. I again noted that Narrow FM and making the fine adjustments for Doppler on the uplink worked better. Downlink signals were stronger than SO-50, likely due to the lower or

Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Report From Washington, DC

Unfortunately I did not listen for the CW beacon. Sorry! 73, Paul, N8HM On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 6:37 AM, Laurynas Mačiulis wrote: > Hello Paul, > > Many thanks for your reports! Maybe you have also made a record of the CW > telemetry during the last pass? It is interesting to know the battery >

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

Good evening, I was on two passes of LituanicaSAT-1 over North America this evening. Signals sounded good, though I noted that the uplink sensitivity makes it difficult to work with just five watts of power output to a handheld antenna, except at higher elevations. My signal was in and out except

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSat-1 / LO-78 back to CW FM beacon

During the 0350Z pass, it appears that batteries discharged and LO-78 has reverted to CW FM. Telemetry indicates battery voltage of 6.9 Volts, and I believe it needs to recharge to 7.4 before the transponder is active. 73, Ken, W7KKE ___ Sent via

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

Hi Paul! I was on the pass that started out here at 0202 UTC, and worked W0DHB in Colorado followed by N5ZNL in Mississippi before the satellite went behind the mountains to the east of the Phoenix area. I was in my back yard, using an Icom IC-2820H at 15W into an Elk log periodic, using narrow F

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

Hi again! I was on the last LituanicaSAT-1 pass starting around 0337 UTC. I heard three other stations during the pass - Nestor K6JTT in San Diego, Dave W0DHB in Colorado, and Glenn AA5PK in west Texas. We all worked each other. This was a higher pass for me here in DM43bn, with maximum elevatio

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

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

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

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