[amsat-bb] Re: K5UTD Is On The Air

[Nick Pugh K5QXJ]

Let crank up on ECHO LINK


nick
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From: amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Andrew Glasbrenner
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 5:10 PM
To: Andrew Koenig
Cc: AMSAT-BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: K5UTD Is On The Air

In the not so distant past, in a galaxy not so far away, we had college
satellite night the first Thursday of the month.

73, Drew KO4MA

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> On Apr 17, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Andrew Koenig <ke5gdb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Nick and Bryce,
> 
> In another email, Bruce (KK5DO) mentioned trying to get all of the 
> college stations on the air for a few passes. Let me know if you'd be 
> interested. I suggest we time it somewhere around School Club Roundup.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Bryce Salmi <bstguitarist at gmail.com>
wrote:
>> 
>> Hey Andrew!
>> 
>> If your college club is active definitely check out K2GXT (Rochester 
>> Institute of Technology) http://www.rit.edu/sg/amateurradioclub/ as 
>> they are very active. Theres a semi-functional satellite station 
>> there, finding time to finish it was the hardest part. Give them an 
>> email! Congrats on the station!
>> 
>> Bryce
>> KB1LQC
>> 
>> 
>>> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Andrew Koenig <ke5gdb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Group!
>>> 
>>> After about 6 months of work, I'm proud to say that the K5UTD 
>>> Amateur Radio Club (University of Texas at Dallas) has finished 
>>> setting up our satellite station. Typically it should take a weekend 
>>> and a case of beer to get the job done, but this required a little 
>>> more planning and involvement as we had to collect the parts from 
>>> various people and build several components on our own; not to 
>>> mention the fact that we get side-tracked like no other club. For 
>>> example, an effort to get the rotor controller resulted in moving 
>>> about four truckloads worth of gear.
>>> 
>>> We're using an FT-847 for our primary radio, and a Kenpro G-5400 for 
>>> our rotor system. We've interfaced the G-5400 to the computer using 
>>> an Arduino.
>>> It works rather well with GPredict. The final bug in the system has 
>>> to do with GPredict talking to the '847, but that should be easily 
>>> fixed with an update.
>>> 
>>> The antennas are on the roof of our Engineering and Computer Science 
>>> building, about 20 feet off the roof, 70 feet above ground. Out of 
>>> luck, we had a GlenMartin RT-936 and the associated non-penetrating 
>>> mount just hanging out in our closet. Carrying the 50 cinder blocks 
>>> up to the roof for that mount was not fun though. Coax wise, we have 
>>> about 20 feet of Davis Bury-flex for our initial run, which then 
>>> feeds some very nice ARR preamps.
>>> The final 200 foot run of coax to the shack is 1/2" Heliax. There 
>>> are a few jumpers here in the shack too.
>>> 
>>> I was able to make a few contacts through SO-50 today, and plan to 
>>> be more active. With the help of DK3WN's SatBlog, I've had no 
>>> trouble picking out some cubesats and listening to the beacons and 
>>> telemetry. Telemetry collection is one of the primary goals for this 
>>> station. Our other goals for this station, aside from having fun on 
>>> the air, are to get club recognition on campus and to work with the 
>>> William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences on upper atmospheric
projects.
>>> 
>>> Station photos: http://imgur.com/a/6TGOJ
>>> 
>>> Also, if you know a member of the former TI club, give them a hug 
>>> (or
>>> handshake) on our behalf. None of the current K5UTD projects could 
>>> have been possible without them.
>>> 
>>> 73!
>>> Andrew Koenig, KE5GDB
>>> Vice President, K5UTD
>>> Research Assistant, Center for Space Sciences 
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