[amsat-bb] Re: Fitsat-1

2014-01-13 Thread tanaka
Thank you Mike, We have more 20 copies of the document. Though it is written in Japanese, we can send you on request. If you want the document, let me know your postal address. Best 73, Takushi -- Takushi Tanaka, JA6AVG FITSAT-project Fukuoka Institute of Technology - Original Message -

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1 (NIWAKA) became a shooting star

2013-07-04 Thread Mike Seguin
I too would like to add my thanks! Being able to detect the 5.84 GHz downlink was probably the most fun I've had on satellites since using the 24 GHz downlink on AO-40. Mike AMSAT 29649 --- 73, Mike, N1JEZ "A closed mouth gathers no feet" On Thu, 4 Jul 2013 07:45:35 -0400 (EDT), gw1...@aol.co

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1 (NIWAKA) became a shooting star

2013-07-04 Thread GW1FKY
Hi, I would also like add my congratulations to all concerned with the project - Fitsat-1 will be greatly missed it gave me great pleasure to follow its progress and the experiments that were part of a new experience with light. Thank you also for the way in which the information related i

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1 (NIWAKA) became a shooting star

2013-07-04 Thread Jean-Pierre Godet
Again, congratulations for the success of this project and thank you so much for all the information you have shared with the amateur world. It was a great adventure for us. Best 73 my friend Takushi ! Jean-Pierre/F5YG -- Powered by Linux (Slackware 10.0 - kernel 2.4.26) On Thu, 4 Jul

[amsat-bb] Re: Fitsat-1: not heard 07:20 UTC (over Netherlands/Europe)

2013-07-04 Thread Jean-Pierre Godet
Hello Henk and the list, Pass here of orbit nr 4277 not heard either, but max. elevation was no more than 10 deg. We'll see with the next one, much more favorable for us in western Europe. But I'm afraid... 73 ! Jean-Pierre/F5YG -- Powered by Linux (Slackware 10.0 - kernel 2.4.26)

[amsat-bb] Re: Fitsat-1

2013-07-02 Thread Mani VU2WMY
Heard FITSAT 1 CW beacon very loud and clear during 21 degree 11:42 UT westerly pass over Bangalore India. Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS] Secretary & Station-In-Charge Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC ISRO Satellite Centre HAL Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. Phone:(O)91-80-25082054/2598/2192 Mobile:

[amsat-bb] Re: Fitsat-1

2013-07-02 Thread GW1FKY
Hi all, I was a bit late in setting up to monitor Fitsat-1 due to local QRM. However pleased to report that I received the satellite still quite strong over here in Wales -UK during a pass today ( Tuesday 2nd July 2013) at 1120 hrs GMT. Regards Ken Eaton GW1FKY ___

[amsat-bb] Re: Fitsat-1

2013-07-02 Thread Jean-Pierre Godet
Hi Luciano ! FITSAT-1 is alive, heard here in western Europe, orbit number 4245, max elevation 18 deg., about 15 seconds ahead the prediction at 08:21:20 UTC with the last NORAD tle. Best 73, have a nice day ! Jean-Pierre/F5YG -- Powered by Linux (Slackware 10.0 - kernel 2.4.26) On

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1 (NIWAKA)

2013-06-28 Thread Shamai "SAM" Opfer
FITSAT-1 was just received over Israel. SATPC32 with 'nasa.all' keplerian elements set predicted time of pass 06:07-06:15 UTC. Actual pass was between 06:14-06:20 UTC 73 shamai 4z1ws On Sat, Jun 29, 2013 at 5:36 AM, Masahiro Arai wrote: > > Here is the altitude plot of five CubeSats which w

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1 (NIWAKA)

2013-06-28 Thread Masahiro Arai
Here is the altitude plot of five CubeSats which were deployed from ISS at 4th Oct 2012. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/m-arai/gkz/5CubeSats_Altitude.png FITSAT-1 will reenter in 3 or 4 days. 73 Masa JN1GKZ Tokyo Japan >Dear Ham friends, > >FITSAT-1(NIWAKA) will soon decay. >I appreciate if I

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1 (NIWAKA)

2013-06-28 Thread Nico Janssen
Takushi, FITSAT is now around 230 km altitude. It will probably burn up in the Earth's atmosphere around July 3. 73, Nico PA0DLO On 2013-06-28 17:43, tan...@fit.ac.jp wrote: Dear Mike san, Thank you very much for the web-page. Does the graph mean altitude of shooting star is 140 km? Best 73

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1 (NIWAKA)

2013-06-28 Thread GW1FKY
Hi, My update for later pass today ( a low elevation pass ) Beacon heard: Acquisition 1533 hrs GMT when the satellite was out to the West and the Atlantic ocean. Strong initially but noticed a tendency for fading, whether this was perhaps spin or due to the low elevation and terrain from my Q

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1 (NIWAKA)

2013-06-28 Thread tanaka
Dear Mike san, Thank you very much for the web-page. Does the graph mean altitude of shooting star is 140 km? Best 73 Takushi, JA6AVG - Original Message - > Dear Takushi san, > > all the reports of our group are online - http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?cat=98 > > 73 Mike > DK3WN > > > > -

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1 (NIWAKA)

2013-06-28 Thread tanaka
Hello Ken, You received No.25 NIWAKA-QSL. Please receive the last signal from NIWAKA again. Best 73 de Takushi, JA6AVG - Original Message - > Hi, > Sorry to learn about the decay of FITSAT-1 - I congratulate everyone > concerned with the project and pleased > to the success that you ha

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1 (NIWAKA)

2013-06-28 Thread Mike Rupprecht
Dear Takushi san, all the reports of our group are online - http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?cat=98 73 Mike DK3WN -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] Im Auftrag von tan...@fit.ac.jp Gesendet: Freitag, 28. Juni 2013 04:02 An: amsat-bb@am

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1 (NIWAKA)

2013-06-28 Thread GW1FKY
Hi, Sorry to learn about the decay of FITSAT-1 - I congratulate everyone concerned with the project and pleased to the success that you had. I have just listened for the beacon over here in Wales-UK and at 1229 hrs GMT I heard it quite strong with just my "ELK" Antenna. It brought memories of

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1 (NIWAKA)

2013-06-28 Thread tanaka
Hello Jean-Pierre/F5YG, > last ones... I already listen and record all the passes over head since > Sunday 23rd. Thank you very much for your efforts. 73 Takushi, JA6AVG ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. N

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1 (NIWAKA)

2013-06-28 Thread Jean-Pierre Godet
Hello Takushi, hello my friends here, As we were listening the very first passes over western Europe, I and a lot of us here I guess are monitoring the last ones. Unfortunately the last ones... I already listen and record all the passes over head since Sunday 23rd. The signal of the 437.

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1

2012-12-14 Thread andy thomas
My cold fingers last night typed 437.350 , should be 437.250 !   73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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 settings

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1

2012-11-12 Thread tanaka
Dear Kevin, We plan to flash the LEDs on Christmas Eve. So we will start testing around the end of this month. 73 de JA6AVG Takushi Tanaka - Original Message - > > When is the LED MORSE supposed to happen? > > Kevin > KF7MYK > > > > > > From: n1...@burlingtontelecom.net > > To: ta

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT 1 is object 38853

2012-10-11 Thread Mike Rupprecht
- Von: Nico Janssen [mailto:ham...@xs4all.nl] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 11. Oktober 2012 16:31 An: Mike Rupprecht Cc: 'Amsat' Betreff: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT 1 is object 38853 Mike, You are probably right. I'll also try my measurement method on those satellites. But their AFS

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT 1 is object 38853

2012-10-11 Thread Nico Janssen
Mike, You are probably right. I'll also try my measurement method on those satellites. But their AFSK signals are not so suitable for this type of measurement. In this case your method works better. If you look at the mean anomaly and argument of perigee in the group of 2-line element sets for t

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT 1 is object 38853

2012-10-10 Thread Mike Rupprecht
Hi Nico, yes - and TechEdSat is #38854 and We-Wish is #38856... 73 Mike DK3WN -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] Im Auftrag von Nico Janssen Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. Oktober 2012 21:33 An: Amsat Betreff: [amsat-bb] FITSAT 1 is ob

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1 deployment

2012-10-06 Thread tanaka
Dear Ham Friends, > ... > FITSAT starts to send the beacon signal 30 min after > deployments. Please send the signal report, telemetry > data (if possible) and your postal address to > ... We have received a lot of signal and telemetry reports from amsat members. All reports show FITSAT-1 sta

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1 heard!

2012-10-04 Thread Jari Koivurinne
> ... in Germany as well, low 6 deg elev. pass :-) > > > 73 Mike > DK3WN > Even in Finland with GP antenna, low degree epelvation pass. Good signal. I didn't write telemetry down... There was also another satellite 1 kHz upper in freq heard that sends CW-telemetry. Much weaker sending numbers. Co

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1 deployment

2012-10-04 Thread Jean-Pierre Godet
Hi my friends, FITSAT-1 was received loud and clear here in France during the last orbit, around 2132 UTC. Congratulation ! J-P/F5YG -- Powered by Linux (Slackware 10.0 - kernel 2.4.26) ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1 deployment

2012-10-03 Thread tanaka
> Five cubesats are deployed from ISS on 4th October. > FITSAT-1 is deployed around 15:40-45 (UTC). Please watch live: http://iss.jaxa.jp/iss/jaxa_exp/hoshide/library/live/ The first starts at 14:10. (UTC) The second starts at 15:25. -- Takushi Tanaka JA6AVG ___

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1

2012-09-27 Thread tanaka
Dear Ham friends, JAXA has postponed the deployment of FITSAT-1. I made mistake. My following explanation is wrong: > The orbit is almost the same as ISS. Jaxa said FITSAT > delays 200 m from ISS for one cycle around the world. > As it goes around 16 times a day, it delays 3.2km per day. > If 10

[amsat-bb] Re: FITSAT-1 - 5.840 GHz

2011-09-20 Thread GW1FKY
Hi, Further to the email : Try the following web pages. also refers to the alternative name of "NIWAKA" _http://www.fit.ac.jp/~tanaka/fitsat.shtml_ (http://www.fit.ac.jp/~tanaka/fitsat.shtml) Cheers Ken GW1FKY ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinion