[amsat-bb] Re: Please help us Track the FASTRAC satellites once they are launched Nov. 19th!!

[Joe Barkley]

File well with Nova also, Thanks
Joe
KI4TZ

On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Tee Dubb <tdub20120 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Oops.  Attached the file this time.
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Tee Dubb <tdub20120 at yahoo.com>
> To: Sebastian Muñoz <smunoztoro at gmail.com>; lightsey at mail.utexas.edu;
> Amsat-BB
> <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Sat, November 20, 2010 11:28:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Please help us Track the FASTRAC satellites
> once
> they are launched Nov. 19th!!
>
> Thanks to Alan Biddle and Davind Barber for TLE files!
>
> The attached one ingested into HRD for me, no in-views yet, so can not yet
> report successful downlink.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
> KJ4EAW
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Tee Dubb <tdub20120 at yahoo.com>
> To: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner at mindspring.com>; Sebastian Muñoz
> <smunoztoro at gmail.com>; lightsey at mail.utexas.edu; Amsat-BB <
> amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Sat, November 20, 2010 9:26:45 AM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Please help us Track the FASTRAC satellites once
> they
> are launched Nov. 19th!!
>
> Guys:
>
> I apologize if I'm replying incorrectly to the board - I have only read up
> until
>
>
> now.  I will gladly respond to suggestions.
>
> I attempted to take the sep vector posted on the web
> (
> http://fastrac.ae.utexas.edu/for_radio_operators/users/phpBB3/predictedorbit.php
> )
>
>
> and turn it into a text file for use in HRD Sat Tracker, but had no
> immediate
> joy.
>
> Before I fool around for a couple hours trying to get something to work,
> has
> anyone else plugged the TLEs into HRD Sat Tracker, or is there an online
> resource?  I see Bruninga's reference to SATPC, but I do not have that
> installed
>
>
> on this PC.
>
> I look forward to at least finding a dang beacon - decoding AFSK will be a
> challenge as I do not routinely attempt such things.  I'll take an ELK log
> periodic and aim it when I get tracking sw working.  I'll be listening with
> a
> Yaesu FT897.
>
> Thanks for the help, and congrats to all on a great launch.  I guess it's
> Minotaur/Kodiak 1, and NRO/NASA/KSC 0 as far as recent launch attempts.
>
> Tom
> KJ4EAW
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner at mindspring.com>
> To: Sebastian Muñoz <smunoztoro at gmail.com>; lightsey at mail.utexas.edu;
> Amsat-BB
> <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Mon, November 15, 2010 9:24:52 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Please help us Track the FASTRAC satellites once
> they
> are launched Nov. 19th!!
>
> Congratulations on making it to this point. The next week I'm sure will
> be full of anticipation waiting for that rocket to lift off!
>
> One of the things I think is so great about your project, from what I
> have read and been told, is that you've incorporated a secondary amateur
> two-way digipeater capability into your satellites. As I understand it,
> you plan to operate this after your primary mission is completed? It
> might be a great motivation to the AMSAT folks on amsat-bb to hear some
> details of this planned operation, as I'm sure others like myself are
> particularly interested in helping out student satellites that give back
> to the community. With so many new student satellites, it's rare to see
> one that may eventually be open for everyone to use, and that is to be
> commended and rewarded with support. So, if you don't mind, let the
> folks at amsat-bb at amsat.org know what your plans are in this regard.
>
> On a separate note, I've started and entry on the AMSAT-NA satellite
> status pages for FASTRAC-1 and -2
> (http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/futures.php), and hope to
> fill in the details over the next few days. Please, once your satellites
> reach orbit and operate, apply for an OSCAR number from AMSAT-NA and
> join the fleet of amateur radio satellites
> (http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/futures.php). I'll also ask
> that your Keplerian elements get included in the AMSAT distribution
> list. Please let me know if there is anything else the amateur community
> can do to help.
>
> 73, and good luck,
> Drew KO4MA
> AMSAT-NA VP Operations
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