From py41 at att.net Thu Oct 1 00:07:25 2015 From: py41 at att.net (Perry Yantis) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 20:07:25 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat 2 Message-ID: <675254D2-BD45-41B9-BAFB-DADFCAC7FBFC@att.net> Just listened for LilacSat-2. I did not hear anything using RHCP then went to LHCP and started hearing someone. The problem is that the one voice I heard was very distorted and unreadable with a buzzing in the background. That lasted for the whole pass with the one station I heard disappearing quickly. Perry WB8OTH From py5lf at falautomation.com.br Thu Oct 1 00:38:10 2015 From: py5lf at falautomation.com.br (PY5LF) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 21:38:10 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat 2 , orbit 165. Message-ID: <001101d0fbe1$7491a5e0$5db4f1a0$@falautomation.com.br> Hi Here my a few minutes of Lilacsat 2 over Brazil , FM transponder . I would like to know about signal reception from other station , because I feel the signal very weak , audio quality excellent. May be my reception problem. https://youtu.be/ps_AgAyuBrA 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF From k7trkradio at charter.net Thu Oct 1 00:46:38 2015 From: k7trkradio at charter.net (Ted) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 17:46:38 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat 2 , orbit 165. In-Reply-To: <001101d0fbe1$7491a5e0$5db4f1a0$@falautomation.com.br> References: <001101d0fbe1$7491a5e0$5db4f1a0$@falautomation.com.br> Message-ID: <000f01d0fbe2$a1d70b70$e5852250$@charter.net> Hi Luciano and all, Pls see Patrick's post earlier today and listen to the audio link...this sat is as good as AO-51 in its heyday. No reception problems at all from this station. Again, listen to Patrick's recording. 43 min for another good US pass.. 73, Ted K7TRK 00:46z -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of PY5LF Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 5:38 PM To: AMSAT-BB at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat 2 , orbit 165. Hi Here my a few minutes of Lilacsat 2 over Brazil , FM transponder . I would like to know about signal reception from other station , because I feel the signal very weak , audio quality excellent. May be my reception problem. https://youtu.be/ps_AgAyuBrA 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From saguaroastro at cox.net Thu Oct 1 02:47:03 2015 From: saguaroastro at cox.net (Rick Tejera) Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 19:47:03 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] First Crack at Lilac-Sat2 Message-ID: <006b01d0fbf3$7465fcd0$5d31f670$@net> All, Finally got off my duff and set up for the 0125UT pass of Lilacsat2. From DM33 it was pretty good western pass, max elevation of 58 degrees. The radio was reprogrammed with the new downlink frequencies (thanks Clayton, Ted & Patrick). Heard nothing did not hear myself on the downlink. used my TD72A, so i was putting up 5 watts. Now I've heard several stations say they can't get in with 5w and other that can, i suspect antenna gain may be a factor here. Now one thing I did notice is when i keyed up, i did hear an increase in the noise on the downlink. Wonder if that was my signal barely getting in or not? Did anyone hear me (K7TEJ)? If I have time Saturday, I may try taking the TS-2000 out and see if i get any better results Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Radio Club www.w7tbc.org 623-572-0713 623-203-4121 (cell) SaguaroaAstro at cox.net From py5lf at falautomation.com.br Thu Oct 1 03:00:06 2015 From: py5lf at falautomation.com.br (PY5LF) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 00:00:06 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] RES: Lilacsat 2 , orbit 165. In-Reply-To: <000f01d0fbe2$a1d70b70$e5852250$@charter.net> References: <001101d0fbe1$7491a5e0$5db4f1a0$@falautomation.com.br> <000f01d0fbe2$a1d70b70$e5852250$@charter.net> Message-ID: <001801d0fbf5$48ae5bd0$da0b1370$@falautomation.com.br> Hi Ted I will heard the record . I miss AO51 with that big signal , 9+30 sometimes . Anyway , I feel SO50 much stronger than Lilacsat . Thank you to Camsat. 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF -----Mensagem original----- De: Ted [mailto:k7trkradio at charter.net] Enviada em: quarta-feira, 30 de setembro de 2015 21:47 Para: 'PY5LF'; AMSAT-BB at amsat.org Assunto: RE: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat 2 , orbit 165. Hi Luciano and all, Pls see Patrick's post earlier today and listen to the audio link...this sat is as good as AO-51 in its heyday. No reception problems at all from this station. Again, listen to Patrick's recording. 43 min for another good US pass.. 73, Ted K7TRK 00:46z -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of PY5LF Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 5:38 PM To: AMSAT-BB at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat 2 , orbit 165. Hi Here my a few minutes of Lilacsat 2 over Brazil , FM transponder . I would like to know about signal reception from other station , because I feel the signal very weak , audio quality excellent. May be my reception problem. https://youtu.be/ps_AgAyuBrA 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From py41 at att.net Thu Oct 1 11:49:48 2015 From: py41 at att.net (Perry Yantis) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 07:49:48 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] finally worked Lilacsat-2 Message-ID: <298A2F52-3C3E-4FBD-AEB1-5721788E06CC@att.net> Finally this morning I made a LilacSat contact with WI9I on orbit 172 a few minutes ago. I found that switching to left handed circular polarization and turning the RIT to about 5 khz offset then I started hearing something. The elevation was about 20 degrees but the signal was still very noisy. Then I noticed that when the satellite got to a higher elevation I started to hear stronger signals from AA5PK. At this time the rec signal was better but then I could not get a signal into the bird. My guess is that as the keps get better that my antenna aiming will get better and then signals should be better. Just have to wait and see. Perry WB8OTH From ei7m-wkt at asahi-net.or.jp Thu Oct 1 12:14:51 2015 From: ei7m-wkt at asahi-net.or.jp (Mineo Wakita) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 21:14:51 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellites to be launched in October 2015 Message-ID: <494B1E987FEE4BA998ACE58C507570B5@FMAE9DF34D30D3> NASA_JPL http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/#1510 5~Oct AAUSat-5, GomX-3 from ISS http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/aau5gom3.htm 8 Oct ARC-1, BisonSat, Fox-1A etc. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/foxproje.htm http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/foxbison.htm 29 Oct Argus, EDSN, HawaiiSat-1(HiakaSat-1), ORS-Squared, PrintSat http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/sparksat.htm Satellite Uplink Downlink Tlm,CW Mode ----------- ------- ---------------- ------- ---------------- AAUSat-5 . 437.425 437.425 9600bps GMSK,CW GomX-3 . 437.250 . 9600bps GMSK ARC-1 . 2440.000-2450.000 437.565 9600bps,1Mbit,CW BisonSat . 437.375 . 9600bps GMSK Fox-1A 435.180 145.980 145.980 FM CTCSS 67.0Hz,9k6 FSK Argus . 2403.000-2403.400 437.290 1200bps AFSK EDSN . 2401.200-2431.200 437.100 1200bps AFSK HawaiiSat1(HiakaSat1) . V,U,S-Band . 9600bps GFSK ORS-Squared . 437.325 . 9600bps GMSK PrintSat . 437.325 . 9600bps GMSK ----------- ------- ---------------- ------- ---------------- JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk Thu Oct 1 12:54:34 2015 From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 12:54:34 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellites to be launched in October 2015 In-Reply-To: <494B1E987FEE4BA998ACE58C507570B5@FMAE9DF34D30D3> References: <494B1E987FEE4BA998ACE58C507570B5@FMAE9DF34D30D3> Message-ID: <1353870016.5425752.1443704074922.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Also LQSat is listed as being on Beijing's CZ-2D launch on October 5437.650MHz 25wpm CW / 4800 bps CSP and 2404MHz 1Mbps QPSK http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/finished_detail.php?serialnum=438 73 Trevor M5AKA On Thursday, 1 October 2015, 13:15, Mineo Wakita wrote: NASA_JPL http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/#1510 5~Oct? AAUSat-5, GomX-3 from ISS ? ? ? ? http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/aau5gom3.htm 8 Oct? ARC-1, BisonSat, Fox-1A etc. ? ? ? ? http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/foxproje.htm ? ? ? ? http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/foxbison.htm 29 Oct? Argus, EDSN, HawaiiSat-1(HiakaSat-1), ORS-Squared, PrintSat ? ? ? ? http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/sparksat.htm Satellite? ? ? ? ? ? Uplink? ? Downlink? ? ? ? ? Tlm,CW? Mode -----------? ? ? ? ? -------? ----------------? -------? ---------------- AAUSat-5? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? .? ? ? 437.425? ? ? ? ? 437.425? 9600bps GMSK,CW GomX-3? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? .? ? ? 437.250? ? ? ? ? ? ? .? ? 9600bps GMSK ARC-1? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? .? ? 2440.000-2450.000? 437.565? 9600bps,1Mbit,CW BisonSat? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? .? ? ? 437.375? ? ? ? ? ? ? .? ? 9600bps GMSK Fox-1A? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 435.180? 145.980? ? ? ? ? 145.980? FM CTCSS 67.0Hz,9k6 FSK Argus? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? .? ? 2403.000-2403.400? 437.290? 1200bps AFSK EDSN? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? .? ? 2401.200-2431.200? 437.100? 1200bps AFSK HawaiiSat1(HiakaSat1)? ? .? ? ? V,U,S-Band? ? ? ? ? .? ? 9600bps GFSK ORS-Squared? ? ? ? ? ? ? .? ? ? 437.325? ? ? ? ? ? ? .? ? 9600bps GMSK PrintSat? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? .? ? ? 437.325? ? ? ? ? ? ? .? ? 9600bps GMSK -----------? ? ? ? ? -------? ----------------? -------? ---------------- JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Thu Oct 1 15:12:49 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 08:12:49 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] First Crack at Lilac-Sat2 In-Reply-To: <006b01d0fbf3$7465fcd0$5d31f670$@net> References: <006b01d0fbf3$7465fcd0$5d31f670$@net> Message-ID: Rick, Glad to see you were able to try LilacSat-2. It has been a mixed bag, with some being able to work it with just 5W, and others saying a little more power (or a lot more) is needed. Real life got in the way of my radio time last night, so I was not able to get on that pass with you. If you try on Saturday, be ready to get up early. The next activation for the FM repeater is Friday afternoon, and - assuming it stays on - it should be on through the Saturday morning passes, and then switch off Saturday afternoon. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 7:47 PM, Rick Tejera wrote: > All, > > > > Finally got off my duff and set up for the 0125UT pass of Lilacsat2. From > DM33 it was pretty good western pass, max elevation of 58 degrees. The > radio was reprogrammed with the new downlink frequencies (thanks Clayton, > Ted & Patrick). > > ? > > If I have time Saturday, I may try taking the TS-2000 out and see if i get > any better results > > > From rjlawn at gmail.com Thu Oct 1 15:19:54 2015 From: rjlawn at gmail.com (Richard Lawn) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 11:19:54 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Mirage T-injector Problem Message-ID: Finally did diagnose the problem as a 2.5 volt drop under load at the T-injector. With the output on the bench showing barely 11v under load this brought the voltage down to the bottom end of what the ARR preamp needs to function. I suspect that under load at the end of 60' of coax it was even lower than 11v. Jay at ARR was very helpful in working with me to get to the bottom of the mystery as I had the same problem with two different vintage Mirage T-injectors and both worked fine with Mirage and Icom preamps, so it was quite a mystery. We determined that if you eliminate the 10ohm resister off the injector pwr switch and replace it with a jumper the problem is solved. Of course I could have used a separate line to remotely power the ARR preamps but that was going to be very difficult at my QTH. Problem it looks like is solved. And thanks to everyone for your useful suggestions and questions that led to solving the mystery. 73 Rick, W2JAZ From martha at amsat.org Thu Oct 1 15:34:14 2015 From: martha at amsat.org (Martha) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 11:34:14 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Time is running out! Message-ID: Online reservations for the upcoming AMSAT Space Symposium close October 8th. After that, you will have to register at the meeting. -- 73- Martha From johnag9d at gmail.com Thu Oct 1 16:35:53 2015 From: johnag9d at gmail.com (John Spasojevich) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 11:35:53 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS Contact - 6 October Message-ID: Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the Corpus Christi Catholic School, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, USA Acquisition of Signal (AOS) is anticipated to be 16:29:32 UTC The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and LU1CGB in Argentina. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Audio from this contact will be fed into the: EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector Streaming Audio at: https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ Audio on Echolink & web stream is generally transmitted around 20 minutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the preparation that occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station call to the ISS. Please note that due to control issues with Echolink and IRLP there are manual breaks approximately every 2 minutes to prevent timeout of connected repeaters and links. You may still time out depending on your local configuration. ** Contact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a re-boost or other maneuver, the AOS (Acquisition of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes ** From va6bmj at gmail.com Thu Oct 1 16:52:16 2015 From: va6bmj at gmail.com (B J) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 16:52:16 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat 2 Over DO33 Message-ID: I worked 2 passes earlier today using my IC-910 and putting 5 W into my Arrow yagi. The first had a high elevation and I was able to reach the bird once it came from behind my building. The signal was good until about a minute after TCA when it became harder to hear. I don't think that was due to an adjacent tower in my apartment complex. The second one had a maximum elevation of about 10 degrees. I'm not sure I heard my downlink but, if I did, it was very weak and down in the noise, even though there were few obstructions. I noticed something similar during the pass I monitored early morning UTC yesterday (i. e., Tuesday evening local time). The signal varied in quality as the satellite approached the horizon close to LOS. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL From glasbrenner at mindspring.com Thu Oct 1 18:43:57 2015 From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 14:43:57 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: [amsat-bb] Special Membership Offer for Fox-1A launch on October 8, 2015 Message-ID: <23238759.1443725038584.JavaMail.root@elwamui-polski.atl.sa.earthlink.net> >From http://www.amsat.org/?p=4591 AMSAT?s Fox-1A is set to launch as part of the GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) auxillary payload on the NROL-55 mission October 8, 2015 from Vandenburg AFB on an Atlas V vehicle. More details will be released when made available from our launch provider. NRO has released this factsheet about the mission: http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/GRACE_CubeSat_FactSheet.pdf General information on Fox-1A is available in the downloadable AMSAT Fox Operating Guide http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FoxOperatingGuide_May2015_Hi.pdf FoxTelem software for decoding and submitting telemetry has been made available for download at http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=4532 . As part of the preparations for the launch and activation of this new satellite, AMSAT is making our ?Getting Started With The Amateur Satellites? book available for a limited time as a download with any paid new or renewal membership purchased via the AMSAT Store. This offer is only available with purchases completed online, and for only a limited time. A perennial favorite, Getting Started is updated every year with the latest amateur satellite information, and is the premier primer of satellite operation. The 132 page book is presented in PDF format, in full color, and covers all aspects of making your first contacts on a ham radio satellite. Please take advantage of this offer today by visiting the AMSAT store (http://store.amsat.org/catalog/) and selecting any membership option. While there, check out our other items, including the M2 LEOpack antenna system, AMSAT shirts, hats, and other swag. Thank you, and see you soon on Fox-1A! 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations From hans at intekom.co.za Thu Oct 1 19:02:46 2015 From: hans at intekom.co.za (Hans) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 21:02:46 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] Time is running out! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <009201d0fc7b$c3443af0$49ccb0d0$@intekom.co.za> Martha I sent you my registration doc some time ago. Did you get it as I have had no confirmation from you Hans -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Martha Sent: 01 October 2015 05:34 PM To: AMSAT BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Time is running out! Online reservations for the upcoming AMSAT Space Symposium close October 8th. After that, you will have to register at the meeting. -- 73- Martha _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From clintbradford at mac.com Thu Oct 1 22:50:24 2015 From: clintbradford at mac.com (Clint Bradford) Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2015 15:50:24 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] NASA Conferences for Vandenberg Launch Message-ID: <2iqwjubr9tjnba2bmf1t4c5s.1443739824606@email.android.com> ?October 01, 2015? MEDIA ADVISORY M15-146 NASA Sets Coverage Schedule for CubeSat Launch Events ? Small satellites, including?CubeSats, are playing an increasingly larger role in exploration, technology demonstration, scientific research and educational investigations at NASA. Credits: NASA Thirteen NASA and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)-sponsored CubeSats are scheduled to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Thursday, Oct. 8, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Prelaunch media briefings and launch commentary coverage will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website. Four of the CubeSats are NASA-sponsored and nine are NRO-sponsored, one of which was developed with NASA funding. All will be flown on the NRO's Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment (GRACE), which is an auxiliary payload aboard the NROL-55 mission. The CubeSat developed with NASA funding will evaluate the ability to point a small satellite accurately as it demonstrates data transfer by laser at rates of up to 200 Mb/s -- a factor of 100 increase over current high-end CubeSat communications systems. The NASA-sponsored CubeSats will test new small satellite control and communications systems, Earth observations, amateur radio communications and an X-Band radio science transponder. These CubeSats also include the first to be designed, built and operated by students in Alaska and the first from Native American tribal college students. Small satellites, including CubeSats, are playing an increasingly larger role in exploration, technology demonstration, scientific research and educational investigations at NASA. These miniature satellites provide a low-cost platform for NASA missions, including planetary space exploration; Earth observations; fundamental Earth and space science; and developing precursor science instruments like cutting-edge laser communications, satellite-to-satellite communications and autonomous movement capabilities. They also allow an inexpensive means to engage students in all phases of satellite development, operation and exploitation through real-world, hands-on research and development experience on NASA-funded rideshare launch opportunities. NASA will host two prelaunch briefings at Vandenberg on Wednesday, Oct. 7. The first briefing will highlight the growing importance of CubeSats in exploration and technology development and will begin at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT). The participants will be: Steve Jurczyk, associate administrator for Space Technology at NASA HeadquartersMeagan Hubbell, deputy chief, CubeSat Program Office, National Reconnaissance OfficeSherrie Zacharius, vice president, Technology and Laboratory Operations at The Aerospace CorporationJohn Serafini, vice president, Allied Minds and CEO, BridgeSat and HawkEye 360Andrew Petro, Small Spacecraft Technology Program executive at NASA HeadquartersScott Higginbotham, Launch Services Program ELaNa-12 Mission manager at NASA?s Kennedy Space Center in Florida The second briefing will discuss the five NASA-sponsored CubeSats. This briefing will begin at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. PDT). The participants will be: Richard Welle, director, Microsatellite Systems department at The Aerospace CorporationTim Olson, principal investigator for BisonSat, Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, MontanaMorgan Johnson, team lead for the ARC CubeSat, University of Alaska, FairbanksJerry Buxton, vice president, Engineering, for AMSAT Fox-1Courtney Duncan, principal investigator for LMRST-Sat, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Panelists also will be available from noon to 1 p.m. PDT for one-on-one interviews. Slots are limited. Media interested in participating in the briefings by telephone or to schedule an interview must contact Joshua Buck at 202-358-1130 or?jbuck at nasa.gov?by 5 p.m. PDT, Tuesday, Oct. 6. Questions also can be submitted via Twitter during the briefings using the hashtag #askNASA. Media may obtain access badges by contacting Capt. 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From wageners at gmail.com Fri Oct 2 00:39:26 2015 From: wageners at gmail.com (Stefan Wagener) Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 19:39:26 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Special Membership Offer for Fox-1A launch on October 8, 2015 In-Reply-To: <23238759.1443725038584.JavaMail.root@elwamui-polski.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <23238759.1443725038584.JavaMail.root@elwamui-polski.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: Thanks Drew and AMSAT! Great idea, works nicely (just renewed) and good luck for October 8th. Go Fox Go! Stefan, VE4NSA On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner < glasbrenner at mindspring.com> wrote: > > > From http://www.amsat.org/?p=4591 > > AMSAT?s Fox-1A is set to launch as part of the GRACE (Government Rideshare > Advanced Concepts Experiment) auxillary payload on the NROL-55 mission > October 8, 2015 from Vandenburg AFB on an Atlas V vehicle. More details > will be released when made available from our launch provider. NRO has > released this factsheet about the mission: > http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/GRACE_CubeSat_FactSheet.pdf > > General information on Fox-1A is available in the downloadable AMSAT Fox > Operating Guide > http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FoxOperatingGuide_May2015_Hi.pdf > > FoxTelem software for decoding and submitting telemetry has been made > available for download at http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=4532 . > > As part of the preparations for the launch and activation of this new > satellite, AMSAT is making our ?Getting Started With The Amateur > Satellites? book available for a limited time as a download with any paid > new or renewal membership purchased via the AMSAT Store. This offer is only > available with purchases completed online, and for only a limited time. A > perennial favorite, Getting Started is updated every year with the latest > amateur satellite information, and is the premier primer of satellite > operation. The 132 page book is presented in PDF format, in full color, and > covers all aspects of making your first contacts on a ham radio satellite. > > Please take advantage of this offer today by visiting the AMSAT store ( > http://store.amsat.org/catalog/) and selecting any membership option. > While there, check out our other items, including the M2 LEOpack antenna > system, AMSAT shirts, hats, and other swag. Thank you, and see you soon on > Fox-1A! > > 73, Drew KO4MA > AMSAT VP Operations > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From AJ9N at aol.com Fri Oct 2 05:56:33 2015 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 01:56:33 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-02 06:00 UTC Message-ID: <2e5bd2.6883b435.433f7690@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-02 06:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Fukara Junior High School, Susono, Japan, direct via 8N2F The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact was successful: Thu 2015-10-01 10:26:55 UTC 85 deg (***) Corpus Christi Catholic School, Chambersburg, PA, telebridge via LU1CGB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-10-06 16:29:32 UTC 33 deg Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail (1), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Fri 2015-10-09 08:00:04 UTC 47 deg **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss at arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 110 (***) **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-02 06:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 996. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 961. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-02 06:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From kl7uw at acsalaska.net Fri Oct 2 09:28:15 2015 From: kl7uw at acsalaska.net (Edward R Cole) Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:28:15 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Uni-Track 2000 info Message-ID: <201510020928.t929SF3I022915@mail40c28.carrierzone.com> I'm back on the amsat-bb. I need help finding info on a UniTrack-2000. I've had it since around 2000 but never installed it. Now there is no info on the internet, so hoping someone here might have a lead or have the manual. There is a link to the Uni-Track 2003: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/lamontd/ but no help on the Uni-Track 2000. I have the unit and I/F cable for the Yaesu-B5400 az-el rotator. The cable has the proper 8-pin DIN to connect to the Yaesu and three other wires, one of which is power. The other two are two-wire shielded cables, one of which is marked ECP0=red and ECP1=blk. One issue is the Uni-Track uses a printer port I/F to a computer (DB-25), but computers are no longer made with printer ports. I wonder if there is a conversion cable to USB jack, or maybe a printer port card (PCI buss)? I just bought a replacement B5400 controller for the broken one I have, so I will be able to restore my satellite antenna system. B5400 rotator is in good shape. 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: dubususa at gmail.com From dan at post.com Fri Oct 2 11:10:21 2015 From: dan at post.com (Daniel Cussen) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 12:10:21 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Uni-Track 2000 info In-Reply-To: <201510020928.t929SF3I022915@mail40c28.carrierzone.com> References: <201510020928.t929SF3I022915@mail40c28.carrierzone.com> Message-ID: You can get parallel to USB adapters although they often do not work in the application. They often only work with specific versions of windows, and then it depends on the application. Many desktops still have a parallel port. If they do not have the connector, often the motherboard still has the connection. Check the device manager in windows and look at the motherboard manual. You can sometimes get a ribbon cable that connects to the motherboard and brings out a parallel connection on the rear. Even new ones often have the option. Ask around for old desktop PCs. Once you get it working with a real parallel port, then try a USB to parallel adapter. However I would suggest, at this stage, try to use a different new interface, one that comes with USB and is supported. I would also suggest trying to contact the guy via the email on his website for the 40 page PDF! On 02/10/2015, Edward R Cole wrote: > I'm back on the amsat-bb. > > I need help finding info on a UniTrack-2000. I've had it since > around 2000 but never installed it. Now there is no info on the > internet, so hoping someone here might have a lead or have the > manual. There is a link to the Uni-Track 2003: > http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/lamontd/ > > but no help on the Uni-Track 2000. > > I have the unit and I/F cable for the Yaesu-B5400 az-el rotator. The > cable has the proper 8-pin DIN to connect to the Yaesu and three > other wires, one of which is power. The other two are two-wire > shielded cables, one of which is marked ECP0=red and ECP1=blk. > > One issue is the Uni-Track uses a printer port I/F to a computer > (DB-25), but computers are no longer made with printer ports. I > wonder if there is a conversion cable to USB jack, or maybe a printer > port card (PCI buss)? > > I just bought a replacement B5400 controller for the broken one I > have, so I will be able to restore my satellite antenna > system. B5400 rotator is in good shape. > > 73, Ed - KL7UW > http://www.kl7uw.com > "Kits made by KL7UW" > Dubus Mag business: > dubususa at gmail.com > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From ok2gz at atlas.cz Fri Oct 2 13:13:52 2015 From: ok2gz at atlas.cz (jarda) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 15:13:52 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page and XW-2 sats Message-ID: <560E8310.9050500@atlas.cz> Hi all, On the web http://oscar.dcarr.org/ is sometimes visible row with newly launched Chinese XW-2 sats. But on the "Select satellite" combo box these sats are missing. Why is not possible or maybe how to spot these sats ? In Europe, XW-2E and XW-2F sats are daily used by many oscarmans.. This web page is very useful for us. Thanks for response. I am a new user of AMSAT-BB. 73 Jarda ok2gz ok2gz at atlas.cz --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From les at highnoonfilm.com Fri Oct 2 14:22:34 2015 From: les at highnoonfilm.com (Les Rayburn) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 09:22:34 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Airspy 2 SDR now Available. Message-ID: <560E932A.5070502@highnoonfilm.com> I own the original Airspy and am a very happy customer. Today brings new's of an improved model. Can't wait to hear some reviews from DX'ers. Not affiliated with the company, just passing along the news. =================== We have sensitive ears! The demand for ever cheaper, higher performance and ruggedized SDR receivers is driving the professional market. Due to the large demand from our professional customers, we upgraded recently our original Airspy One design to Revision 2. This new revision improves the following points: * Better USB noise immunity * Better ESD protection on the RF input * Added ESD protection on the dual High Speed ADC inputs * Better RF Shielding * Better RF Filtering * Replaced the USB connector with a custom designed, more robust, 4 through hole points model * Better thermal stability * Better compatibility with the SpyVerter The old revision is no longer produced, and all new shipments will be based on the R2. We are eager to get your feedback about these improvements! -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF Maylene, AL EM63 Member WTFDA, NRC, IRCA, & Medium Wave DX Circle Former CPC Chairman for NRC/IRCA ============================== FM DX Sony XDR-F1HD, Sangean HDT-1, Elad FDM-S2, AirSpy. Denon TU-1500RD w/Ray Dees RDS Decoder, FM6 Antenna with CM7777 Mast Pre-Amp, RG-11. "Nothing but blues and Elvis and somebody else's favorite song..." AM DX Elad FDM-S2, Wellbrook ALA1530+ Loop, Clifton Labs Active Whip, Superloop. Quantum Phaser, Kiwa Loop, Palstar MW Pre-Selector From w3mat03 at gmail.com Fri Oct 2 15:48:10 2015 From: w3mat03 at gmail.com (W3MAT .) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 11:48:10 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite Antenna Set Ups Message-ID: Interested in my antenna set up? Take a look... https://youtu.be/01lbCbEmHDE Loon W3MAT From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net Fri Oct 2 18:18:08 2015 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 14:18:08 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Corpus Christi Catholic School, Chambersburg, PA Message-ID: <1F003DEE08594FD29004A60BCD7661D1@DHJ> An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Corpus Christi Catholic School, Chambersburg, PA on 06 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:29 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and LU1CGB. The contact should be audible over Argentina and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Corpus Christi Catholic School is a K - 8 Roman Catholic Elementary School, located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. With an enrollment of 215 students and 17 full-time and 3 part-time faculty members, Corpus Christi School is committed to the pursuit of excellence in Catholic education. The school strives to be on the cutting edge of technology with Smartboards in every classroom, two computer labs, iPads, and Chromebooks. Students in the primary grades participate in weekly swim lessons at the local YMCA. Intermediate grades place a strong emphasis on STEM related concepts and careers. Grades four through eight have background knowledge of NASA starting with Gemini and continuing onto Mars. In 2013, three teachers were selected to be on the Reduced Gravity Flight through NASA Explorer Schools. This experience increased the entire students' awareness of space flight and experiments being conducted in microgravity on the International Space Station. Middle school students are able to expand their curriculum by traveling to major cities such as Pittsburgh, Washington DC, and Williamsburg, VA. Scores on standardized tests are above the national average. School pride runs deep with the students, faculty, staff and parents. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Name one way you are affected by being in space. 2. Name one thing you will miss when you leave space. 3. What has been your scariest moment in space? 4. How do you tell the difference between day and night? 5. What do you do in your free time? 6. How do you take a shower in space? 7. Does food taste the same in space as it does on Earth? 8. What kind of exercise equipment do you use? 9. What are your thoughts on privately owned space companies transporting people into space? 10. Name one experiment that you are currently working on that affects humans on earth. 11. What part of your daily life in space do you like the most? 12. Do you feel being aboard the ISS has improved your knowledge and character because you have explored farther than most people and you aren't distracted by the world? 13. What is your favorite spot on Earth to look at from space? 14. Name one object from earth you wish you had in space. 15. Have you seen an asteroid or other space object pass by the ISS? 16. Do they use robots in space? 17. What made you want to be an astronaut? 18. What is your favorite food to eat in space? 19. Can you see pollution from space? 20. Have you ever experienced something on the ISS that you were not expecting? 21. What is the first thing you think of when you look out the window and see Earth? 22. Are there any lifestyles that you had to give up while living on the ISS? 23. Do you have any fears living on the space station? 24. Does your sleep and wake time get affected in space? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail (1), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN.The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Fri 09Oct2015, 08:00:04 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From redski at bellsouth.net Fri Oct 2 18:25:01 2015 From: redski at bellsouth.net (W M Willoughby) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 13:25:01 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Activation of the remaining CAMSATs? Message-ID: <2690FEE9-C940-4997-9B3C-2167319EE54F@bellsouth.net> Does anyone have information on when the other CAMSATs may have their transponders activated? Once these birds get more separation among them, there may be a satellite available pretty much throughout the day. Red KC4LE From g.shirville at btinternet.com Fri Oct 2 20:25:29 2015 From: g.shirville at btinternet.com (Graham Shirville) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 21:25:29 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube -1 status Message-ID: <183536455CC74F27A3163DAC83359456@allgood.local> Hi All, Just to report that FUNcube-1 is now in manual amateur mode for the weekend with the transponder operational continuously. Please enjoy it and have fun 73 Graham G3VZV From kl7uw at acsalaska.net Fri Oct 2 20:21:09 2015 From: kl7uw at acsalaska.net (Edward R Cole) Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 12:21:09 -0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Uni-Track 2000 info Message-ID: <201510022021.t92KL9dg022101@mail42c28.carrierzone.com> Help from two: Dan Cussen and Perry-WB8OTH. One issue looks solved: I have an old Celetron Dell that I upgraded to XP and added memory to max which has a printer port. Dave Lamont, designer of the Univac, email bounces so no info from him but Perry has the Univac-2000 and the manual which I will borrow to scan. Lastly SatPC32 does not show the Unitrac but my copy of Nova does. So thanks to Dan and Perry I might get it going. Probably the big issue will whether it will I/F with my K3 and KX3 for tuning control. Maybe not but looks promising for auto-tracking. Winter is licking our heals in AK already (10-inch snow up north and snow flurries here on Sunday), so race will be on to get antennas and electronic box installed back on the old P3E tracking tower. I will not have a 50w 432 amp but drive from the 20w transverter in the house (10w at M2 436CP26); 144-MHz using the KX3 and 25w amp; preamps and TR relays for both bands at the tower, plus a 2.4G patch antenna (optimistic). Details: http://www.kl7uw.com/sat.htm So I may be back on the sats in a couple months? 73, Ed - KL7UW From: Edward R Cole To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Uni-Track 2000 info Message-ID: <201510020928.t929SF3I022915 at mail40c28.carrierzone.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed I'm back on the amsat-bb. I need help finding info on a UniTrack-2000. I've had it since around 2000 but never installed it. Now there is no info on the internet, so hoping someone here might have a lead or have the manual. There is a link to the Uni-Track 2003: http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/lamontd/ but no help on the Uni-Track 2000. I have the unit and I/F cable for the Yaesu-B5400 az-el rotator. The cable has the proper 8-pin DIN to connect to the Yaesu and three other wires, one of which is power. The other two are two-wire shielded cables, one of which is marked ECP0=red and ECP1=blk. One issue is the Uni-Track uses a printer port I/F to a computer (DB-25), but computers are no longer made with printer ports. I wonder if there is a conversion cable to USB jack, or maybe a printer port card (PCI buss)? I just bought a replacement B5400 controller for the broken one I have, so I will be able to restore my satellite antenna system. B5400 rotator is in good shape. 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: dubususa at gmail.com 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: dubususa at gmail.com From py5lf at falautomation.com.br Fri Oct 2 21:53:22 2015 From: py5lf at falautomation.com.br (PY5LF) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 18:53:22 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat Message-ID: <000001d0fd5c$c378b230$4a6a1690$@falautomation.com.br> Hi Very good signal now 21:45UTC on Lilacsat 2 FM transponder , many contacts . 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF From w1pa at hotmail.com Fri Oct 2 22:09:35 2015 From: w1pa at hotmail.com (Bill ACITO, W1PA) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 18:09:35 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] LoTW, trying to get it right Message-ID: Ok, I admit it. I am really hedging on completing my LoTW set-up and loading QSO's. It just seems like a very unforgiving system -- no ability to correct. I read the N5JB tutorial multiple times; I want to do this right, out of the gate. Again, for the "rovers" and portable ops -- best way to configure myself? Should I have locations for each grid that I work from? If I would like a /M or /QRP endorsement for some of the HF awards, should I have a separate "location" for that, too? W1PA_FN42 (home) W1PA_FN44 W1PA_FN13 etc. W1PA/M? W1PA/QRP? What's the best way to set up locations if I work from many different locations? I see references in the VHF and UHF groups not to do this (deleting the /R) -- how should I do this? Bill W1PA From kx9x at yahoo.com Fri Oct 2 22:36:31 2015 From: kx9x at yahoo.com (Sean K) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 18:36:31 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] LoTW, trying to get it right In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <58DD4678-2B92-41DC-8AD1-3D79F4DB6E12@yahoo.com> Bill- There's a tutorial on LOTW for sat ops in the PowerPoint section at www.arrl.org/library Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 2, 2015, at 6:09 PM, "Bill ACITO, W1PA" wrote: > > Ok, I admit it. I am really hedging on completing my LoTW set-up and loading QSO's. It just seems like a very unforgiving system -- no ability to correct. I read the N5JB tutorial multiple times; I want to do this right, out of the gate. > > Again, for the "rovers" and portable ops -- best way to configure myself? Should I have locations for each grid that I work from? If I would like a /M or /QRP endorsement for some of the HF awards, should I have a separate "location" for that, too? > > W1PA_FN42 (home) > W1PA_FN44 > W1PA_FN13 etc. > > W1PA/M? > W1PA/QRP? > > What's the best way to set up locations if I work from many different locations? I see references in the VHF and UHF groups not to do this (deleting the /R) -- how should I do this? > > Bill W1PA > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk Fri Oct 2 22:43:49 2015 From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 22:43:49 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT VP-Engineering on NASA TV + 3 sats deploy Monday Message-ID: <1535000266.701205.1443825829670.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> AMSAT-NA VP-Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY will be on the panel at a NASA prelaunch briefing on Wednesday, October 7 at 1800 UT to talk about the Fox mission and science, and answer questions. The briefing will be shown live on NASA TV. http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/02/amsat-na-vp-engineering-on-nasa-tv-wednesday/ LQSat Launch Monday, October 5 http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/02/lqsat-launch/ ISS CubeSats to deploy Monday, October 5 http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/01/iss-cubesats-set-to-deploy/ Andrew M0NRD @nerdsville has been trying amateur satellite operation for the first time. Read his article "Made my first satellite QSO" at http://nerdsville.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/made-my-first-satellite-qso.html 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK?http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter?https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube?https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ---- From w5pfg at amsat.org Fri Oct 2 23:19:36 2015 From: w5pfg at amsat.org (Clayton W5PFG) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 18:19:36 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] LoTW, trying to get it right In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <560F1108.8030904@amsat.org> You can name the station location names anything you'd like. The thing that matters is that they include the proper details (grid, county, state, country, etc.) and are associated with the correct certificate you will use to sign the QSO's in the ADIF. As for portable designators, it is completely up to you. Some people do not sign the logs with a special callsign. They upload everything with their normal callsign (no /P or /R.) Remember, each time you desire to sign a log with a new portable designator, you will need a new callsign certificate and subsequent station locations to go with it. That's why I generally just upload all of my portable operations as W5PFG. In retrospect I wish I'd done all as W5PFG/P. Creating a new callsign certificate based on your primary one is relatively simple. 73 Clayton W5PFG On 10/2/2015 17:09, Bill ACITO, W1PA wrote: > Ok, I admit it. I am really hedging on completing my LoTW set-up and > loading QSO's. It just seems like a very unforgiving system -- no > ability to correct. I read the N5JB tutorial multiple times; I want to > do this right, out of the gate. > > Again, for the "rovers" and portable ops -- best way to configure > myself? Should I have locations for each grid that I work from? If I > would like a /M or /QRP endorsement for some of the HF awards, should I > have a separate "location" for that, too? > > W1PA_FN42 (home) > W1PA_FN44 > W1PA_FN13 etc. > > W1PA/M? > W1PA/QRP? > > What's the best way to set up locations if I work from many different > locations? I see references in the VHF and UHF groups not to do this > (deleting the /R) -- how should I do this? > > Bill W1PA > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From w5rkn at w5rkn.com Sat Oct 3 00:46:08 2015 From: w5rkn at w5rkn.com (Ronald G. Parsons) Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 19:46:08 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Is it XW-2 or XM-2 or both Message-ID: <22C744D116714E3BAA631B7F457F14D8@Ron8300PC> In the last ?Revisions to AMSAT KEP Distribution? some of the CAS-3 satellites are named XW and some XM. The document that came out from CAMSAT named them all XW. So which is it and why? Ron W5RKN From hamsat at xs4all.nl Sat Oct 3 08:48:03 2015 From: hamsat at xs4all.nl (Nico Janssen) Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 10:48:03 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] Is it XW-2 or XM-2 or both In-Reply-To: <22C744D116714E3BAA631B7F457F14D8@Ron8300PC> References: <22C744D116714E3BAA631B7F457F14D8@Ron8300PC> Message-ID: <560F9643.5040705@xs4all.nl> Those are just typos. They are all named XW, short for 'XiWang' ('Hope' in English). The same typos are in the keps list. 73, Nico PA0DLO On 2015-10-03 02:46, Ronald G. Parsons wrote: > In the last ?Revisions to AMSAT KEP Distribution? some of the CAS-3 satellites are named XW and some XM. > > The document that came out from CAMSAT named them all XW. > > So which is it and why? > > Ron W5RKN > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From kk0sd at tnics.com Sat Oct 3 12:22:37 2015 From: kk0sd at tnics.com (Gary Mayfield) Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 07:22:37 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] LoTW, trying to get it right In-Reply-To: <560F1108.8030904@amsat.org> References: <560F1108.8030904@amsat.org> Message-ID: <0f0d01d0fdd6$3103ddb0$930b9910$@com> I do the same as Clayton and simply use kk0sd. I would vote against /R as that could be construed as operation from Russia. I know some others have more, but I have uploaded logs from over 20 grids. Just My Thoughts, Joe kk0sd -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Clayton W5PFG Sent: Friday, October 02, 2015 6:20 PM To: Bill ACITO, W1PA; amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] LoTW, trying to get it right You can name the station location names anything you'd like. The thing that matters is that they include the proper details (grid, county, state, country, etc.) and are associated with the correct certificate you will use to sign the QSO's in the ADIF. As for portable designators, it is completely up to you. Some people do not sign the logs with a special callsign. They upload everything with their normal callsign (no /P or /R.) Remember, each time you desire to sign a log with a new portable designator, you will need a new callsign certificate and subsequent station locations to go with it. That's why I generally just upload all of my portable operations as W5PFG. In retrospect I wish I'd done all as W5PFG/P. Creating a new callsign certificate based on your primary one is relatively simple. 73 Clayton W5PFG On 10/2/2015 17:09, Bill ACITO, W1PA wrote: > Ok, I admit it. I am really hedging on completing my LoTW set-up and > loading QSO's. It just seems like a very unforgiving system -- no > ability to correct. I read the N5JB tutorial multiple times; I want to > do this right, out of the gate. > > Again, for the "rovers" and portable ops -- best way to configure > myself? Should I have locations for each grid that I work from? If I > would like a /M or /QRP endorsement for some of the HF awards, should I > have a separate "location" for that, too? > > W1PA_FN42 (home) > W1PA_FN44 > W1PA_FN13 etc. > > W1PA/M? > W1PA/QRP? > > What's the best way to set up locations if I work from many different > locations? I see references in the VHF and UHF groups not to do this > (deleting the /R) -- how should I do this? > > Bill W1PA > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From wa4sca at gmail.com Sat Oct 3 12:34:56 2015 From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan) Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 07:34:56 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu FT-2DR as a satellite rig? Message-ID: <000001d0fdd7$e992c390$bcb84ab0$@GMAIL.COM> Has anyone used the FT-2DR on satellites, and if so, how did it work? 73s, Alan WA4SCA From Mvivona at yahoo.com Sat Oct 3 14:07:48 2015 From: Mvivona at yahoo.com (Mvivona) Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 10:07:48 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] TW-1C In-Reply-To: <000001d0fdd7$e992c390$bcb84ab0$@GMAIL.COM> References: <000001d0fdd7$e992c390$bcb84ab0$@GMAIL.COM> Message-ID: <677524B3-1E9F-4412-A72F-F0B4FD41E342@yahoo.com> Heard what appeared to be TW-1C on its 13:48 pass over central florida this morning. Some digital 9600 data and short continuos beeps. Nothing decoded. I just opened GoSatWatch on my iPad and noticed that TW-1C was automatically added to its list. And, it was just about to come over the horizon. After some quick Googling I found the frequency and dialed it in. Can anyone enlighten me with more info on this bird and its sisters 1A, and 1B? Thanks Michael-KC4ZVA EL98 From ei7m-wkt at asahi-net.or.jp Sat Oct 3 14:59:57 2015 From: ei7m-wkt at asahi-net.or.jp (Mineo Wakita) Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 23:59:57 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] TW-1C Message-ID: <2AFC9F584B264E03B88B53063333DD84@FMAE9DF34D30D3> Please see my_web, http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/tw1a1b1c.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita From mvivona at yahoo.com Sat Oct 3 15:15:46 2015 From: mvivona at yahoo.com (mvivona at yahoo.com) Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 15:15:46 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] TW-1C In-Reply-To: <2AFC9F584B264E03B88B53063333DD84@FMAE9DF34D30D3> References: <2AFC9F584B264E03B88B53063333DD84@FMAE9DF34D30D3> Message-ID: <783919305.732178.1443885346274.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Nice!That's exactly what I was looking for. That helps a lot. thanks,?Michael-KC4ZVAEL98 From: Mineo Wakita To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Sent: Saturday, October 3, 2015 10:59 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] TW-1C Please see my_web, http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/tw1a1b1c.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From pe1rah at hotmail.com Sat Oct 3 23:24:23 2015 From: pe1rah at hotmail.com (William Leijenaar) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 01:24:23 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] XW-2 satellites outside international bandplan, who bothers ? Message-ID: Hi AMSATs, I heard about the new satellites launched from China, which includes many transponders. For long time I have not been active anymore due to private reasons, but this great news triggered me to check the news again. It is great to see that transponder activities grow, but at the same time I feel that amateur spirit is gone when even international bandplans are violated on large scale. When I read the AMSAT-BB threats it seems that nobody bothers at all. In the past there were many discussions about AO-7 downlink that is outside the satellite band, while it was due to regulation change after launch. This was outside to hands of the satellite builders. Now we have satellites that work outside the satellite bandplan even known before launch. This is tolerated ? When this is tolerated then my next transponder design will be much easier to design for me.... I hope that someone at CAMSAT will do something about this, and I wonder why they allow this to happen at all... >From technical point off view, great work and continue with making amateur satellites (ofcourse inside the satellite bandplan). 73 de PE1RAH William Leijenaar From hamsat at xs4all.nl Sun Oct 4 07:55:01 2015 From: hamsat at xs4all.nl (Nico Janssen) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 09:55:01 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] LQSat launch on October 7 Message-ID: <5610DB55.4080205@xs4all.nl> The launch of LingQiao LQSat is now planned on October 7 between 04:05 and 04:30 UTC. 73, Nico PA0DLO From g0mrf at aol.com Sun Oct 4 09:26:51 2015 From: g0mrf at aol.com (David G0MRF) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 05:26:51 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] XW-2 satellites outside international bandplan, who bothers ? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <150322cd76c-714a-1f772@webprd-m73.mail.aol.com> They may be in space, but the transponders have not been activated. So yes, someone bothers. -----Original Message----- From: William Leijenaar To: amsat-bb AMSAT-NA Sent: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 0:25 Subject: [amsat-bb] XW-2 satellites outside international bandplan, who bothers ? Hi AMSATs, I heard about the new satellites launched from China, which includes many transponders. For long time I have not been active anymore due to private reasons, but this great news triggered me to check the news again. It is great to see that transponder activities grow, but at the same time I feel that amateur spirit is gone when even international bandplans are violated on large scale. When I read the AMSAT-BB threats it seems that nobody bothers at all. In the past there were many discussions about AO-7 downlink that is outside the satellite band, while it was due to regulation change after launch. This was outside to hands of the satellite builders. Now we have satellites that work outside the satellite bandplan even known before launch. This is tolerated ? When this is tolerated then my next transponder design will be much easier to design for me.... I hope that someone at CAMSAT will do something about this, and I wonder why they allow this to happen at all... >From technical point off view, great work and continue with making amateur satellites (ofcourse inside the satellite bandplan). 73 de PE1RAH William Leijenaar _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! 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In this edition: * Special Membership Offer for Fox-1A launch on October 8, 2015 * NASA Sets Coverage Schedule for CubeSat Launch Events * AMSAT-NA VP-Engineering on NASA TV Wednesday * Volunteer Opportunity: Editor-in-Chief of the AMSAT Journal * ISS CubeSats set to deploy Monday, Oct 5 * LQSat Launch Monday, October 5 * Beijing Launches Three More Amateur Radio Satellites * LAPAN-A2 FM and APRS Satellite Launched * September/October 2015 AMSAT Journal is at the Print Shop * Online Registration for the AMSAT Symposium Closes October 8th * White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's Spring 2016 Policy Internship Program * AMSAT Events * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-277.01 ANS-277 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 277.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE October 4, 2015 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-277.01 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Membership Offer for Fox-1A launch on October 8, 2015 AMSAT?s Fox-1A is set to launch as part of the GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) auxillary payload on the NROL-55 mission October 8, 2015 from Vandenburg AFB on an Atlas V vehicle. More details will be released when made available from our launch provider. NRO has released this factsheet about the mission: http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/GRACE_CubeSat_ FactSheet.pdf General information on Fox-1A is available in the downloadable AMSAT Fox Operating Guide. http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FoxOperatingGuide_ May2015_Hi.pdf FoxTelem software for decoding and submitting telemetry has been made available for download at http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=4532 . As part of the preparations for the launch and activation of this new satellite, AMSAT is making our ?Getting Started With The Amateur Satellites? book available for a limited time as a download with any paid new or renewal membership purchased via the AMSAT Store. This offer is only available with purchases completed online, and for only a limited time. A perennial favorite, Getting Started is updated every year with the latest amateur satellite information, and is the premier primer of satellite operation. The 132 page book is presented in PDF format, in full color, and covers all aspects of making your first contacts on a ham radio satellite. Please take advantage of this offer today by visiting the AMSAT store http://store.amsat.org/catalog/ and selecting any membership option. While there, check out our other items, including the M2 LEOpack antenna system, AMSAT shirts, hats, and other swag. Thank you, and see you soon on Fox-1A! [ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, Vice-President Operations for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- NASA Sets Coverage Schedule for CubeSat Launch Events NASA Press Release: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-sets-coverage-schedule-for-cubesat- launch-events Thirteen NASA and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)-sponsored CubeSats are scheduled to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Thursday, Oct. 8, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Prelaunch media briefings and launch commentary coverage will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website. Four of the CubeSats are NASA-sponsored and nine are NRO-sponsored, one of which was developed with NASA funding. All will be flown on the NRO's Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment (GRACE), which is an auxiliary payload aboard the NROL-55 mission. The CubeSat developed with NASA funding will evaluate the ability to point a small satellite accurately as it demonstrates data transfer by laser at rates of up to 200 Mb/s -- a factor of 100 increase over current high-end CubeSat communications systems. The NASA-sponsored CubeSats will test new small satellite control and communications systems, Earth observations, amateur radio communications and an X-Band radio science transponder. These CubeSats also include the first to be designed, built and operated by students in Alaska and the first from Native American tribal college students. Small satellites, including CubeSats, are playing an increasingly larger role in exploration, technology demonstration, scientific research and educational investigations at NASA. These miniature satellites provide a low-cost platform for NASA missions, including planetary space exploration; Earth observations; fundamental Earth and space science; and developing precursor science instruments like cutting-edge laser communications, satellite-to-satellite communications and autonomous movement capabilities. They also allow an inexpensive means to engage students in all phases of satellite development, operation and exploitation through real-world, hands-on research and development experience on NASA-funded rideshare launch opportunities. NASA will host two prelaunch briefings at Vandenberg on Wednesday, Oct. 7. The first briefing will highlight the growing importance of CubeSats in exploration and technology development and will begin at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT). The participants will be: * Steve Jurczyk, associate administrator for Space Technology at NASA Headquarters * Meagan Hubbell, deputy chief, CubeSat Program Office, National Reconnaissance Office * Sherrie Zacharius, vice president, Technology and Laboratory Operations at The Aerospace Corporation * John Serafini, vice president, Allied Minds and CEO, BridgeSat and HawkEye 360 * Andrew Petro, Small Spacecraft Technology Program executive at NASA Headquarters * Scott Higginbotham, Launch Services Program ELaNa-12 Mission manager at NASA?s Kennedy Space Center in Florida The second briefing will discuss the five NASA-sponsored CubeSats. This briefing will begin at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. PDT). The participants will be: * Richard Welle, director, Microsatellite Systems department at The Aerospace Corporation * Tim Olson, principal investigator for BisonSat, Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, Montana * Morgan Johnson, team lead for the ARC CubeSat, University of Alaska, Fairbanks * Jerry Buxton, vice president, Engineering, for AMSAT Fox-1 * Courtney Duncan, principal investigator for LMRST-Sat, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Panelists also will be available from noon to 1 p.m. PDT for one-on-one interviews. Slots are limited. Media interested in participating in the briefings by telephone or to schedule an interview must contact Joshua Buck at 202-358-1130 or jbuck at nasa.gov by 5 p.m. PDT, Tuesday, Oct. 6. Questions also can be submitted via Twitter during the briefings using the hashtag #askNASA. Media may obtain access badges by contacting Capt. Selena Rodts, Vandenberg Air Force Base Public Affairs at 805-606-3595 or selena.rodts.1 at us.af.mil and submitting the necessary information by noon PDT on Tuesday. For information about NASA TV launch coverage, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv For more information about NASA CubeSats, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/cubesats [ANS thanks Joshua Buck, NASA Headquarters, Washington for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-NA VP-Engineering on NASA TV Wednesday AMSAT-NA VP-Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY will be on the panel at a NASA prelaunch briefing on Wednesday, October 7 at 1800 UT. The briefing will be shown live on NASA TV. The amateur radio FM transponder CubeSat, AMSAT Fox-1A, will be among 13 CubeSats flying as secondary payloads on the NROL-55 mission which should launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Thursday, October 8, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASA will be holding two briefings about the launch. The first on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 1700 UT (1pm EDT) will highlight the growing importance of CubeSats in exploration and technology development. The second at 1800 UT (2pm EDT) will discuss five of the CubeSats. Jerry Buxton, N0JY will on the panel in the 1800 UT briefing to talk about the Fox mission and science, and answer questions. Fox-1A is a 1-Unit CubeSat carrying an FM repeater that will allow simple ground stations using an HT and an ?Arrow? or ?Elk? type antenna to make contacts using the satellite. Data Under Voice (DUV) is used to send 200 bps FSK telemetry data at the same time as FM audio. This is achieved by making use of sub-audible frequencies below 200 Hz. Information on the free Fox telemetry decoder software is at http://amsat-uk.org/2015/09/23/fox-telemetry-decoder-software/ Read the Fox Operating Guide at http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp- content/uploads/2015/05/FoxOperatingGuide_May2015_Hi.pdf The launch is still listed as TBD, Thursday, October 8 - CubeSat Launch Coverage from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Watch the following website for updated coverage: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.html Watch NASA TV at http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv [ANS thanks AMSAT and AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Volunteer Opportunity: Editor-in-Chief of the AMSAT Journal AMSAT is searching for a volunteer to assume the position of editor-in-chief of the AMSAT Journal. You'll help develop article sources and using AMSAT provided software and templates compile the 32-page magazine for six issues per year. Our publishing system is the Adobe InDesign CS6 package. This can be learned quickly by any computer literate ham. InDesign is MS-Word on steroids. The editor-in-chief leads a team of assistant editors who locate articles and establish contact with potential authors. All you need is an eye for articles of interest to amateur radio in space. You'll compile input from AMSAT HQ, volunteer authors, and amateur radio news sources into articles for publication in our semi-monthly magazine. Contact Barry Baines, WD4ASW (wd4asw at amsat.org) for additional information. [ANS thanks the AMSAT Office the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ISS CubeSats set to deploy Monday, Oct 5 The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that two Danish CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads should be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, October 5. Originally launched to the ISS on August 19, 2015 the two CubeSats, AAUSat-5 and GomX-3, will be deployed from the ISS Japanese Kibo module airlock. An astronaut will manipulate the Kibo robotic arm to lift AAUSAT-5 from the airlock and place it in orbit. Once deployed from the ISS the CubeSat will begin transmitting signals to Earth that can be picked up by anyone with common amateur radio equipment. The frequencies to listen on are: AAUSat-5 ? 437.425 MHz with 30 WPM CW beacon every 3 minutes and 9600 bps GMSK packet every 30 seconds GomX-3 ? 437.250 MHz with 1200-9600 bps GMSK data from a NanoCom AX100 using CSP protocol In addition to the amateur radio payloads new radio technology being demonstrated by GomX-3 will support the tracking of civil aircraft and measuring telecom satellite signal quality. AAUSat-5 will demonstrate the tracking of ships on the open sea. ESA article CubeSats set for Monday Release (with video) http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/ESA_CubeSats_set _for_Monday_release ESA invites radio amateurs to listen for AAUSat-5 CubeSat http://amsat-uk.org/2015/09/24/esa-listen-for-aausat-5/ [ANS thanks ESA and AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- LQSat Launch Monday, October 5 onday, October 5 should see the launch of LQSat which was developed by researchers and students at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP) and carries an amateur radio payload. The launch will take place from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) in Inner Mongolia on a Chang Zheng 2D (CZ-2D) rocket. LQSat is technology demonstrator 40x40x60 cm with a mass of 50 kg and carries a 2 m resolution camera as the main payload. The IARU coordinated downlink frequencies are ? 437.650 MHz at 0.5 watts (27 dBm) with either 25 WPM CW or 4800 bps MSK CSP packet data ? 2404 MHz at 1 watt (30 dBm) using 1 Mbps QPSK See http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/02/lqsat-launch/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Beijing Launches Three More Amateur Radio Satellites On September 25, 2015 at 01:41 UT Beijing launched three satellites with amateur radio payloads from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) in the Gobi desert, Inner Mongolia. They were carried on a new launcher, Beijing?s first solid-fuel rocket Chang Zheng 11 (CZ-11), and deployed in a 470 x 485 km, 97.3 degree inclination Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO). This launch occurred just over 5 days after nine satellites carrying amateur radio payloads were launched by Beijing from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC) in Shanxi on September 19 at 23:01 UT. The satellites were developed by students at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in collaboration with the Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites (SECM). The main goal of the mission is to experiment with Software Defined Radio (SDR) in space. The amateur radio payloads will be used for exchanging Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TT&C) information with the amateur radio ground control station. Information about the telemetry will be made publicly available so that radio amateurs around the world may track and monitor the health of the satellites. Other payloads include a video camera along with receivers for dual-band GPS/Beidou, Maritime Automatic Identification System (AIS) and Aeronautical Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B). Using MEMS based cold-gas micropropulsion it is planned to demonstrate formation flying by two of the CubeSats along with inter satellite communication using GAMALINK 2.4 GHz spread spectrum at 1 Mbps and the CubeSat Space Protocol (CSP). The TW-1A and TW-1B CubeSats are 2U (20x10x10cm) in size while TW-1C is 3U (30x10x10cm). Michael Chen BD5RV reports the satellites have these downlinks in the 435-438 MHz ITU Amateur Satellite Service allocation: ? Tianwang-1A (TW-1A / SECM): Camera, 435.645 MHz GMSK 4800/9600 CSP TX interval 10s ? Tianwang-1B (TW-1B / NJUST-2): AIS, 437.645 MHz GMSK 4800/9600 CSP TX interval 20s ? Tianwang-1C (TC-1C / NJFA-1): ADS-B, 435.645 MHz GMSK 4800/9600 CSP TX interval 10s Note: TW-1A and 1C use the same frequency. On the same launch was the technology demonstration satellite Pujian-1 which has WiFi for intra-satellite communications. Object identification from information supplied by Nico Janssen PA0DLO and Zhang Xuan BH4DBE: TW-1A object 40928, 2015-051B TW-1B object 40927, 2015-051C, (other IDs: TianWang 1B, NJUST-2) TW-1C object 40926, 2015-051D Pujian 1 object 40925, 2015-051A Chang Zheng 11 (CZ-11) fourth stage object 40929, 2015-051E Keplerian Two Line Elements (TLEs) ?Keps? for new satellites launched in past 30 days http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt Shanghai Engineering Centre for Microsatellites http://www.microsate.com/en/ GAMALINK in Space http://tekevernews.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/gamalink-in-space.html IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination pages http://amsat.org.uk/iaru/ Satellite tracking information http://amsat-uk.org/beginners/satellite-tracking/ Adding new satellites to SatPC32, Gpredict and Nova http://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/23/adding-new-satellites-to-satpc32/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- LAPAN-A2 FM and APRS Satellite Launched The Indonesian amateur radio society ORARI report that on Monday, September 28, 2015 04:30 hours UT, the LAPAN-A2/ORARI satellite was launched from the Sriharikota Range (SHAR) of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India. Deployment took place 23 minutes later. LAPAN-A2 is in a 650 km orbit with an inclination of 6 degrees. It takes about 110 minutes to orbit the Earth and should pass over Indonesia and other near equatorial locations 14 times a day. The low inclination equatorial orbit means it will be receivable from about 30 degrees North to 30 degrees South. About a third of the world?s population, over 2.4 billion people, live within the coverage area of the satellite. The ground station at the LAPAN Satellite Technology Centre in Rancabungur, Bogor has made contact with LAPAN-A2. There will now be a period of activation and testing of all the satellite systems and it is expected to be about a month before the amateur radio payload becomes available for general use. The primary aims of the mission are Earth observation using an RGB camera and maritime traffic monitoring using AIS, both using frequencies outside the Amateur Satellite Service. The IARU has coordinated these frequencies for LAPA-A2/ORARI: ? 437.425 MHz telemetry beacon ? 435.880 MHz FM uplink ? 145.880 MHz FM downlink (5 watts) ? 145.825 APRS digipeater (5 watts) Please send reports to yd1eee at gmail.com Listen to a recording of the 437.425 MHz telemetry signal at https://chirb.it/MrgLGy Pre-launch Keps courtesy of Dirgantara Rahadian YE0EEE YBSAT 1 99999U 00000 15270.20393519 .00010000 00000-0 10000-3 0 00011 2 99999 006.0383 028.8188 0001450 317.4897 243.6033 14.00000000000018 Keplerian Two Line Elements (TLEs) ?Keps? for new satellites launched in past 30 days http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt Adding new satellites to SatPC32, Gpredict and Nova http://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/23/adding-new-satellites-to-satpc32/ Satellite tracking information http://amsat-uk.org/beginners/satellite-tracking/ AMSAT-ID Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/831872960241607/ Organisasi Amatir Radio Indonesia (ORARI) in Google English http://tinyurl.com/IndonesiaORARI LAPAN-A2 paper http://www.researchgate.net/publication/259844289_Development_of_ Micro-satellite_Technology_at_the_Indonesian_National_Institute_of_Aeronautics_ and_Space_%28LAPAN%29 The IARU Region 3 Conference takes place in Bali, Indonesia, October 12-16, 2015 http://amsat-uk.org/2015/08/21/iaru-region-3-act-on-band-plan-satellite/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- September/October 2015 AMSAT Journal is at the Print Shop The September/October 2015 AMSAT Journal is complete and has been sent to the print shop. Watch for your issue arrive in a few weeks (sent 2nd class mail). In this issue you will find: + AMSAT Announcements + Apogee View by Barry Baines, WD4ASW + Amateur Radio, AMSAT and STEM events: a great partnership by Tom Schuessler, N5HYP + AMSAT Fox Presentation to Dallas Area Ham Clubs by Jonathan Brandenburg, KF5IDY + AMSAT Fox-1A: Concept to Launch, Contributions by the Fox-1A team: o The Fox-1A Story - Ready for Launch October o Some History: Introducing the Fox-1 Cubesat o Fox-1A Design + Build + Software = Engineering Prototype o Fox-1A Shake and Bake o Fox-1A Delivery and Integration o Congratulations to AMSAT's Fox-1 Team! o Fox-1A at Vandenberg AFB and Ready for Launch o Operating Tips When You Operate on Fox-1A + DopplerPSK: Doppler-Correction Software for NO-84's (PSAT) PSK31 Transponder by Andy Flowers, K0SM/2 + ARISS-International Meeting Held in Tokyo, Japan by David Jordan, AA4KN + Implementation of the International Arms Export Control Act of 1976 by Elizabeth Garbee, KC0OTR Thanks to all who contributed to this issue of the AMSAT Journal. As always please send your photos, articles, news about club activities, awards to k9jkm at amsat.org. The Journal's editorial team will be glad to help you get it published. We have an author's guide, "How to Write for the AMSAT Journal", posted at http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=1709 [ANS thanks the AMSAT Journal Editorial Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Online Registration for tne AMSAT Symposium Closes October 8th Online reservations for the upcoming AMSAT Space Symposium close October 8th. After that, you will have to register at the October 16-18 meeting in Dayton, Ohio. See http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=3667 [ANS thanks Martha at the AMSAT Office for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's Spring 2016 Policy Internship Program The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is seeking students for spring 2016 internships. The OSTP advises the President on the effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs. The office serves as a source of scientific and technological analyses and judgment for the president with respect to major policies, plans and programs of the federal government. Policy internships are open to interested students from all majors and programs, including law school programs. Applicants must be U.S. citizens who are enrolled, at least half-time, in an accredited college or university during the period of volunteer service. Students in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs in all fields are encouraged to apply. While these positions are without compensation, the assignments provide educational enrichment, practical work experience and networking opportunities with other individuals in the science and technology policy arena. Applications for spring 2016 internships are due Oct. 30, 2015. For more information, visit http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/about/student. If you have questions about this opportunity, please contact Rebecca Grimm at Rebecca_L_Grimm at ostp.eop.gov. [ANS thanks the NASA Education Express Message -- Oct. 1, 2015 for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Events Information about AMSAT activities at other important events around the country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations, forums, and/or demonstrations). *Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 16-18 2015, AMSAT Symposium in Dayton OH (Dayton Crown Plaza) *Saturday, 7 November 2015 ? Oro Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest in Marana AZ *Saturday and Sunday, 7-8 November 2015 ? Stone Mountain Hamfest and ARRL Georgia Section Convention in Lawrenceville GA *Monday, 16 November 2015 ? Tri-City Amateur Radio Association meeting in Goodyear AZ *Saturday, 5 December 2015 ? Superstition Superfest 2015 in Mesa AZ [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News Successful Contacts * A direct contact via 8N2F with students at Fukara Junior High School, Susono, Japan, was successful Thu 2015-10-01 10:26:55 UTC 85 deg. Thirteen students were able to ask 17 questions of astronaut Kimiya Yui before the signal was lost. Fukara Junior High School is located in the eastern part of Susono City in Shizuoka Prefecture. Susono faces magnificent Mt. Fuji to the northwest, and extends to the crater of Mt. Hakone in the east. We have an unbroken view from the foot of Mt. Fuji to Suruga Bay.This school is a smaller school with only 147 students ? 2 classes for each grade. The students are friendly and obedient and the school is always full of activity. All of the students belong to a sports team ? we have baseball, basketball, volleyball, tennis, and table tennis teams, so all of the students are involved in sports. Integrated activities are the focus of our educational philosophy. For example, we perform a play each year called ?The Canal of Life?, in which the students study about local history and perform a play about the work left behind by our forbearers ? an irrigation canal that was built in the area. Through this kind of study, the students develop many strong ties to their community as well as pride in their hometown. Also, all the students in the school analyze newspaper articles each morning to build awareness of current events around the world. They form their own thoughts and opinions about each article, and discuss their opinions with friends to further develop their thought process. This is how we are promoting the NIE program (Newspapers in Education). The opportunity to talk with Mr. Yui via wireless transmission is a valuable experience to the students. We believe that this activity will elevate the quality of our students. A video file has been uploaded: http://www.ariss.jp/fukara/8n2f.wmv * A telebridge contact via LU1CGB with students at Nowogard Union Schools, Junior High School No. 2, Nowogard, Poland was successful Tue 2015-09-29 12:56:27 UTC 36 deg. Astronaut Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS answered 14 questions for students. Nowogard Union Schools consists of two schools: Junior High School No 2 and II High School. The school is situated in Nowogard in West Pomernia Province. Our students are 13-19 years old. II High School provides students mainly with humanities, science and mathematics curriculum. In December 2013 the schools joined the ARISS School Contacts project. In 2004 the Nicolaus Copernicus School Amateur Radio called SP1KMK was established. Since then our students have been keenly developing their radio ham interests. Students have taken part in astronomy and astronautics projects such as: MiniSat (they sent their own experiments in near space via balloons thanks to Copernicus Project Foundation), EarthKam (pupils ordered images of Earth taken from the ISS). There was also an educational project called ?SUPERCOMPUTER? in which our students gained some knowledge of the latest wireless networking technologies. Apart from the above projects, they have made numerous astronomical observations and got involved in astrophotography. Moreover, we hosted some members of Polish Amateur Astronomers Society who showed at the school the largest amateur telescope called ?SOWA?. Within the project, Nowogard Union Schools started to cooperate with some institutes of higher education such as West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin and University of Szczecin. We also has established cooperation with NASA staff and conducted a video conference with a NASA astronauts? trainer and a NASA flight engineer. There have been some school trips to Air Force Base in Ewidwin and Dolna Odra Power Station in Gryfino organized to expand students? technological and technical knowledge. Upcoming Contacts * A telebridge contact with students at Corpus Christi Catholic School, Chambersburg, PA, USA via LU1CGB is scheduled for Tue 2015-10-06 16:29:32 UTC 33 deg. The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS. Audio from this contact will be fed into: - EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) - IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector - Streaming Audio at: https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ Audio on Echolink and web stream is generally transmitted around 20 minutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the preparation that occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station call to the ISS. Please note that due to control issues with Echolink and IRLP there are manual breaks approximately every 2 minutes to prevent timeout of connected repeaters and links. You may still time out depending on your local configuration. Corpus Christi Catholic School is a K - 8 Roman Catholic Elementary School, located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. With an enrollment of 215 students and 17 full-time and 3 part-time faculty members, Corpus Christi School is committed to the pursuit of excellence in Catholic education. The school strives to be on the cutting edge of technology with Smartboards in every classroom, two computer labs, iPads, and Chromebooks. Students in the primary grades participate in weekly swim lessons at the local YMCA. Intermediate grades place a strong emphasis on STEM related concepts and careers. Grades four through eight have background knowledge of NASA starting with Gemini and continuing onto Mars. In 2013, three teachers were selected to be on the Reduced Gravity Flight through NASA Explorer Schools. This experience increased the entire students? awareness of space flight and experiments being conducted in microgravity on the International Space Station. Middle school students are able to expand their curriculum by traveling to major cities such as Pittsburgh, Washington DC, and Williamsburg, VA. Scores on standardized tests are above the national average. School pride runs deep with the students, faculty, staff and parents. * A direct contact via 9M2RPN with students at Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail (1), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is scheduled for Fri 2015-10-09 08:00:04 UTC 47 deg. The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS. Our first ARISS contact was made in 2007 when, Malaysia's first Astronaut Shiekh Muzapher went on board the ISS. We made 5 direct contacts when, some 80 school children talked to him and asked questions. Since then it has become a highly sought after yearly event which is tied up with the Prime Minister's Space Challenge Trophy. This year we will be making our 8th yearly contact. Since the schools do not have ground stations, they make use of Satellite Ground Station at the National Planetarium established in 1995 under the call sign of 9M2RPN. The schools are the nurseries to produce future astronauts and space scientists. The forthcoming contact in October 2015 provides the hands on experience and the seeding operation for tomorrow's space scientists. Watch http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html for information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled. [ANS thanks ARISS, and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over Two Tenure-Track Faculty Positions Open at Cal Poly, Looking for Experience with SmallSats The Aerospace and Electrical Engineering Departments at California State Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo have 2 tenure-track faculty positions open. Each position is looking for experience with or that can directly be applied to small satellites. A description of each position is listed below. If interested in either position, please visit www.calpolyjobs.org and use the applicable requisition number for the position. Micro-Satellite and Space Propulsion (Requisition # 103821): Review Begin Date December 1, 2015 The Aerospace Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, invites applications for a full-time, academic year, tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank beginning no later than Fall 2016. Duties include teaching undergraduate and master's level courses, developing an externally funded research program in the area of micro-satellite space propulsion, expanding the space propulsion curricula; collaborating with the department?s ongoing CubeSat initiatives; and providing service to the department, university, and community. Rank and salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. The position requires individuals who have demonstrated ability to provide undergraduate and graduate students with hands-on engineering education in a multidisciplinary, systems-based environment. A Ph.D. in engineering, or closely related field, is required. It is expected that the successful candidate will work with faculty from the department and the college of engineering to grow and sustain the department?s CubeSat initiative in the area of propulsion systems and related technologies including nonchemical propulsion, advanced propulsion technologies, and supporting technologies. Industry experience, especially in the area of CubeSat or other micro-satellite propulsion systems, and a commitment to working in a multidisciplinary and collaborative setting are preferred. Electrical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering Joint Position (Requisition # 103796): Review Begin Date January 4, 2016 The Electrical Engineering Department and Aerospace Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, invite applications for a full-time, academic year tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank. The projected start date is September 15, 2016. Duties include teaching coursework in Electrical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, building a collaborative research program in the area of Satellite Communication and Mobile Terrestrial Communications, and service to the department, university, and community. Desired areas of expertise include satellite electronics systems including the Cube Sat form factor, mobile terrestrial communication systems with a strong hands-on orientation in working with students. Rank and salary are commensurate with qualifications and experience. Candidates with research or private industry experience are encouraged to apply. [ANS thanks Ryan Nugent, CubeSat Program Cal Poly for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org From w3mat at outlook.com Sun Oct 4 11:16:26 2015 From: w3mat at outlook.com (Loon -) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 07:16:26 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-2 Sunday Morning Message-ID: I believe the FM transponder is in a "day off" mode. There will be an upcoming pass in roughly 80-90 minutes hereand was wondering if that was indeed correct. Thanks in advance! From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us Sun Oct 4 12:19:23 2015 From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 08:19:23 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Which Satellite was this I copied? Message-ID: <5611194B.9000203@denstarfarm.us> 1154Z on 435.792 about 5 deg elevation and 070 to 115 Az ..CW with a repeating beacon of telemetry; seemingly decent spin stabilization ... at least very very little QSB: BJ1 SA XW XW AAA TTT AUN TNE ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW I use SatPC32 and have 8 birds in the menu that I watch. None were above the horizon so I haven't a clue how to figure out which it was. let me know how to do this in the future and I won't pester folks, hi hi . -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901 From n8hm at arrl.net Sun Oct 4 12:37:27 2015 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 08:37:27 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Which Satellite was this I copied? In-Reply-To: <5611194B.9000203@denstarfarm.us> References: <5611194B.9000203@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: HO-68 73, Paul, N8HM On Sunday, October 4, 2015, Bob KD7YZ wrote: > 1154Z on 435.792 about 5 deg elevation and 070 to 115 Az ..CW with a > repeating beacon of telemetry; seemingly decent spin stabilization ... > at least very very little QSB: > > BJ1 SA > XW XW AAA TTT AUN TNE ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW > > I use SatPC32 and have 8 birds in the menu that I watch. None were above > the horizon so I haven't a clue how to figure out which it was. > > let me know how to do this in the future and I won't pester folks, hi hi . > > > -- > 73, > Bob KD7YZ > www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz > AmSat LM#901 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org . AMSAT-NA makes this open > forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us Sun Oct 4 13:51:58 2015 From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 09:51:58 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Which Satellite was this I copied? In-Reply-To: References: <5611194B.9000203@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: <56112EFE.6040006@denstarfarm.us> On 04-Oct-15 0837, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > HO-68 so it is Paul!! And again you are to my rescue. I just caught the tail-end of a pass after I added HO-68 to the list (albeit temporarily). tnx es 73 From on4hf at telenet.be Sun Oct 4 17:14:40 2015 From: on4hf at telenet.be (Eric Knaps, ON4HF) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 19:14:40 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] Special Membership Offer for Fox-1A launch on October 8, 2015 In-Reply-To: <23238759.1443725038584.JavaMail.root@elwamui-polski.atl.sa.earthlink.net> References: <23238759.1443725038584.JavaMail.root@elwamui-polski.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Message-ID: <56115E80.7080802@telenet.be> Hello Drew, Thanks for the offer. I am a new member of Amsat-NA now. 73, Eric. Amateur radio station ON4HF Satellite manager UBA Member Amsat-UK Member Amsat-ON http://www.on4hf.be Op 1/10/2015 om 20:43 schreef Andrew Glasbrenner: > > From http://www.amsat.org/?p=4591 > > AMSAT?s Fox-1A is set to launch as part of the GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) auxillary payload on the NROL-55 mission October 8, 2015 from Vandenburg AFB on an Atlas V vehicle. More details will be released when made available from our launch provider. NRO has released this factsheet about the mission: http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/GRACE_CubeSat_FactSheet.pdf > > General information on Fox-1A is available in the downloadable AMSAT Fox Operating Guide http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FoxOperatingGuide_May2015_Hi.pdf > > FoxTelem software for decoding and submitting telemetry has been made available for download at http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=4532 . > > As part of the preparations for the launch and activation of this new satellite, AMSAT is making our ?Getting Started With The Amateur Satellites? book available for a limited time as a download with any paid new or renewal membership purchased via the AMSAT Store. This offer is only available with purchases completed online, and for only a limited time. A perennial favorite, Getting Started is updated every year with the latest amateur satellite information, and is the premier primer of satellite operation. The 132 page book is presented in PDF format, in full color, and covers all aspects of making your first contacts on a ham radio satellite. > > Please take advantage of this offer today by visiting the AMSAT store (http://store.amsat.org/catalog/) and selecting any membership option. While there, check out our other items, including the M2 LEOpack antenna system, AMSAT shirts, hats, and other swag. Thank you, and see you soon on Fox-1A! > > 73, Drew KO4MA > AMSAT VP Operations > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From kb2m at arrl.net Sun Oct 4 18:40:31 2015 From: kb2m at arrl.net (kb2m at arrl.net) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 14:40:31 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] HDSDR SDRplay 817 issue Message-ID: <05b701d0fed4$29981920$7cc84b60$@net> I'm trying to get HDSDR and SatPC32, to play nicely with HDRplay and an FT-817. I have the HDSDR working with SDRplay like Patrick has demonstrated on here and I'm trying to complete the setup for an fully automated system. I'm trying to get the setup working to the point that if I change the uplink frequency on the 817 with its physical dial the downlink on HDSDR will follow. I'm about half way there. I'm at the point if I change the downlink frequency in SatPC32 the HDSDR display changes with it, but not the 817's uplink frequency. When I first load SatPC32 the 817's frequency changes to the correct uplink frequency but doesn't update afterwards. I'm using VSP Manager to create the VSP's I think I'm a little confused about how this should all hook together serially. Anyone have this working 100% ? 73 Jeff kb2m From w5pfg at amsat.org Sun Oct 4 20:31:27 2015 From: w5pfg at amsat.org (Clayton W5PFG) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 15:31:27 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] HDSDR SDRplay 817 issue In-Reply-To: <05b701d0fed4$29981920$7cc84b60$@net> References: <05b701d0fed4$29981920$7cc84b60$@net> Message-ID: <56118C9F.4010708@amsat.org> Yes, I use VSP with HDSDR to full integrate with SatPC32 successfully. Make sure radio 2 is set to the proper radio type in SatPC32 for the FT-817. Use radio 1 for the CAT interface to HDSDR. It will appear as a Kenwood TS-2000. You will need to activate CAT in HDSDR for it to work. I have used this setup many times for a full automated SDR station on the satellites with a FUNcube Dongle Pro + and FT-857D. 73 Clayton W5PFG On 10/4/2015 13:40, kb2m at arrl.net wrote: > I'm trying to get HDSDR and SatPC32, to play nicely with HDRplay and an > FT-817. I have the HDSDR working with SDRplay like Patrick has demonstrated > on here and I'm trying to complete the setup for an fully automated system. > I'm trying to get the setup working to the point that if I change the uplink > frequency on the 817 with its physical dial the downlink on HDSDR will > follow. I'm about half way there. I'm at the point if I change the downlink > frequency in SatPC32 the HDSDR display changes with it, but not the 817's > uplink frequency. When I first load SatPC32 the 817's frequency changes to > the correct uplink frequency but doesn't update afterwards. I'm using VSP > Manager to create the VSP's I think I'm a little confused about how this > should all hook together serially. Anyone have this working 100% ? > > > > 73 Jeff kb2m > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From g.shirville at btinternet.com Sun Oct 4 20:58:44 2015 From: g.shirville at btinternet.com (Graham Shirville) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 21:58:44 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube-1 Operations report Message-ID: <8F87BFB8497D447F8298957B93D77460@allgood.local> Hi all, To confirm that FUNcube-1 is now back in autonomous mode for weekday operations. Have a great ?World Space Week? and be ready celebrate and enjoy the upcoming launches. 73 Graham G3VZV From wao at vfr.net Sun Oct 4 03:15:15 2015 From: wao at vfr.net (Joseph Spier) Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 20:15:15 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-277 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins Message-ID: <561099C3.9040708@vfr.net> AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-277 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * Special Membership Offer for Fox-1A launch on October 8, 2015 * NASA Sets Coverage Schedule for CubeSat Launch Events * AMSAT-NA VP-Engineering on NASA TV Wednesday * Volunteer Opportunity: Editor-in-Chief of the AMSAT Journal * ISS CubeSats set to deploy Monday, Oct 5 * LQSat Launch Monday, October 5 * Beijing Launches Three More Amateur Radio Satellites * LAPAN-A2 FM and APRS Satellite Launched * September/October 2015 AMSAT Journal is at the Print Shop * Online Registration for the AMSAT Symposium Closes October 8th * White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's Spring 2016 Policy Internship Program * AMSAT Events * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-277.01 ANS-277 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 277.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE October 4, 2015 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-277.01 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Membership Offer for Fox-1A launch on October 8, 2015 AMSAT?s Fox-1A is set to launch as part of the GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) auxillary payload on the NROL-55 mission October 8, 2015 from Vandenburg AFB on an Atlas V vehicle. More details will be released when made available from our launch provider. NRO has released this factsheet about the mission: http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/GRACE_CubeSat_ FactSheet.pdf General information on Fox-1A is available in the downloadable AMSAT Fox Operating Guide. http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FoxOperatingGuide_ May2015_Hi.pdf FoxTelem software for decoding and submitting telemetry has been made available for download at http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=4532 . As part of the preparations for the launch and activation of this new satellite, AMSAT is making our ?Getting Started With The Amateur Satellites? book available for a limited time as a download with any paid new or renewal membership purchased via the AMSAT Store. This offer is only available with purchases completed online, and for only a limited time. A perennial favorite, Getting Started is updated every year with the latest amateur satellite information, and is the premier primer of satellite operation. The 132 page book is presented in PDF format, in full color, and covers all aspects of making your first contacts on a ham radio satellite. Please take advantage of this offer today by visiting the AMSAT store http://store.amsat.org/catalog/ and selecting any membership option. While there, check out our other items, including the M2 LEOpack antenna system, AMSAT shirts, hats, and other swag. Thank you, and see you soon on Fox-1A! [ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, Vice-President Operations for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- NASA Sets Coverage Schedule for CubeSat Launch Events NASA Press Release: http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-sets-coverage-schedule-for-cubesat- launch-events Thirteen NASA and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)-sponsored CubeSats are scheduled to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Thursday, Oct. 8, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Prelaunch media briefings and launch commentary coverage will be carried live on NASA Television and the agency's website. Four of the CubeSats are NASA-sponsored and nine are NRO-sponsored, one of which was developed with NASA funding. All will be flown on the NRO's Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment (GRACE), which is an auxiliary payload aboard the NROL-55 mission. The CubeSat developed with NASA funding will evaluate the ability to point a small satellite accurately as it demonstrates data transfer by laser at rates of up to 200 Mb/s -- a factor of 100 increase over current high-end CubeSat communications systems. The NASA-sponsored CubeSats will test new small satellite control and communications systems, Earth observations, amateur radio communications and an X-Band radio science transponder. These CubeSats also include the first to be designed, built and operated by students in Alaska and the first from Native American tribal college students. Small satellites, including CubeSats, are playing an increasingly larger role in exploration, technology demonstration, scientific research and educational investigations at NASA. These miniature satellites provide a low-cost platform for NASA missions, including planetary space exploration; Earth observations; fundamental Earth and space science; and developing precursor science instruments like cutting-edge laser communications, satellite-to-satellite communications and autonomous movement capabilities. They also allow an inexpensive means to engage students in all phases of satellite development, operation and exploitation through real-world, hands-on research and development experience on NASA-funded rideshare launch opportunities. NASA will host two prelaunch briefings at Vandenberg on Wednesday, Oct. 7. The first briefing will highlight the growing importance of CubeSats in exploration and technology development and will begin at 1 p.m. EDT (10 a.m. PDT). The participants will be: * Steve Jurczyk, associate administrator for Space Technology at NASA Headquarters * Meagan Hubbell, deputy chief, CubeSat Program Office, National Reconnaissance Office * Sherrie Zacharius, vice president, Technology and Laboratory Operations at The Aerospace Corporation * John Serafini, vice president, Allied Minds and CEO, BridgeSat and HawkEye 360 * Andrew Petro, Small Spacecraft Technology Program executive at NASA Headquarters * Scott Higginbotham, Launch Services Program ELaNa-12 Mission manager at NASA?s Kennedy Space Center in Florida The second briefing will discuss the five NASA-sponsored CubeSats. This briefing will begin at 2 p.m. EDT (11 a.m. PDT). The participants will be: * Richard Welle, director, Microsatellite Systems department at The Aerospace Corporation * Tim Olson, principal investigator for BisonSat, Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, Montana * Morgan Johnson, team lead for the ARC CubeSat, University of Alaska, Fairbanks * Jerry Buxton, vice president, Engineering, for AMSAT Fox-1 * Courtney Duncan, principal investigator for LMRST-Sat, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Panelists also will be available from noon to 1 p.m. PDT for one-on-one interviews. Slots are limited. Media interested in participating in the briefings by telephone or to schedule an interview must contact Joshua Buck at 202-358-1130 or jbuck at nasa.gov by 5 p.m. PDT, Tuesday, Oct. 6. Questions also can be submitted via Twitter during the briefings using the hashtag #askNASA. Media may obtain access badges by contacting Capt. Selena Rodts, Vandenberg Air Force Base Public Affairs at 805-606-3595 or selena.rodts.1 at us.af.mil and submitting the necessary information by noon PDT on Tuesday. For information about NASA TV launch coverage, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv For more information about NASA CubeSats, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/cubesats [ANS thanks Joshua Buck, NASA Headquarters, Washington for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-NA VP-Engineering on NASA TV Wednesday AMSAT-NA VP-Engineering Jerry Buxton, N0JY will be on the panel at a NASA prelaunch briefing on Wednesday, October 7 at 1800 UT. The briefing will be shown live on NASA TV. The amateur radio FM transponder CubeSat, AMSAT Fox-1A, will be among 13 CubeSats flying as secondary payloads on the NROL-55 mission which should launch on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on Thursday, October 8, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. NASA will be holding two briefings about the launch. The first on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 1700 UT (1pm EDT) will highlight the growing importance of CubeSats in exploration and technology development. The second at 1800 UT (2pm EDT) will discuss five of the CubeSats. Jerry Buxton, N0JY will on the panel in the 1800 UT briefing to talk about the Fox mission and science, and answer questions. Fox-1A is a 1-Unit CubeSat carrying an FM repeater that will allow simple ground stations using an HT and an ?Arrow? or ?Elk? type antenna to make contacts using the satellite. Data Under Voice (DUV) is used to send 200 bps FSK telemetry data at the same time as FM audio. This is achieved by making use of sub-audible frequencies below 200 Hz. Information on the free Fox telemetry decoder software is at http://amsat-uk.org/2015/09/23/fox-telemetry-decoder-software/ Read the Fox Operating Guide at http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp- content/uploads/2015/05/FoxOperatingGuide_May2015_Hi.pdf The launch is still listed as TBD, Thursday, October 8 - CubeSat Launch Coverage from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Watch the following website for updated coverage: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/schedule.html Watch NASA TV at http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv [ANS thanks AMSAT and AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Volunteer Opportunity: Editor-in-Chief of the AMSAT Journal AMSAT is searching for a volunteer to assume the position of editor-in-chief of the AMSAT Journal. You'll help develop article sources and using AMSAT provided software and templates compile the 32-page magazine for six issues per year. Our publishing system is the Adobe InDesign CS6 package. This can be learned quickly by any computer literate ham. InDesign is MS-Word on steroids. The editor-in-chief leads a team of assistant editors who locate articles and establish contact with potential authors. All you need is an eye for articles of interest to amateur radio in space. You'll compile input from AMSAT HQ, volunteer authors, and amateur radio news sources into articles for publication in our semi-monthly magazine. Contact Barry Baines, WD4ASW (wd4asw at amsat.org) for additional information. [ANS thanks the AMSAT Office the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ISS CubeSats set to deploy Monday, Oct 5 The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that two Danish CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads should be deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, October 5. Originally launched to the ISS on August 19, 2015 the two CubeSats, AAUSat-5 and GomX-3, will be deployed from the ISS Japanese Kibo module airlock. An astronaut will manipulate the Kibo robotic arm to lift AAUSAT-5 from the airlock and place it in orbit. Once deployed from the ISS the CubeSat will begin transmitting signals to Earth that can be picked up by anyone with common amateur radio equipment. The frequencies to listen on are: AAUSat-5 ? 437.425 MHz with 30 WPM CW beacon every 3 minutes and 9600 bps GMSK packet every 30 seconds GomX-3 ? 437.250 MHz with 1200-9600 bps GMSK data from a NanoCom AX100 using CSP protocol In addition to the amateur radio payloads new radio technology being demonstrated by GomX-3 will support the tracking of civil aircraft and measuring telecom satellite signal quality. AAUSat-5 will demonstrate the tracking of ships on the open sea. ESA article CubeSats set for Monday Release (with video) http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/ESA_CubeSats_set _for_Monday_release ESA invites radio amateurs to listen for AAUSat-5 CubeSat http://amsat-uk.org/2015/09/24/esa-listen-for-aausat-5/ [ANS thanks ESA and AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- LQSat Launch Monday, October 5 onday, October 5 should see the launch of LQSat which was developed by researchers and students at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP) and carries an amateur radio payload. The launch will take place from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) in Inner Mongolia on a Chang Zheng 2D (CZ-2D) rocket. LQSat is technology demonstrator 40x40x60 cm with a mass of 50 kg and carries a 2 m resolution camera as the main payload. The IARU coordinated downlink frequencies are ? 437.650 MHz at 0.5 watts (27 dBm) with either 25 WPM CW or 4800 bps MSK CSP packet data ? 2404 MHz at 1 watt (30 dBm) using 1 Mbps QPSK See http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/02/lqsat-launch/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Beijing Launches Three More Amateur Radio Satellites On September 25, 2015 at 01:41 UT Beijing launched three satellites with amateur radio payloads from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) in the Gobi desert, Inner Mongolia. They were carried on a new launcher, Beijing?s first solid-fuel rocket Chang Zheng 11 (CZ-11), and deployed in a 470 x 485 km, 97.3 degree inclination Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO). This launch occurred just over 5 days after nine satellites carrying amateur radio payloads were launched by Beijing from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC) in Shanxi on September 19 at 23:01 UT. The satellites were developed by students at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics in collaboration with the Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites (SECM). The main goal of the mission is to experiment with Software Defined Radio (SDR) in space. The amateur radio payloads will be used for exchanging Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TT&C) information with the amateur radio ground control station. Information about the telemetry will be made publicly available so that radio amateurs around the world may track and monitor the health of the satellites. Other payloads include a video camera along with receivers for dual-band GPS/Beidou, Maritime Automatic Identification System (AIS) and Aeronautical Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B). Using MEMS based cold-gas micropropulsion it is planned to demonstrate formation flying by two of the CubeSats along with inter satellite communication using GAMALINK 2.4 GHz spread spectrum at 1 Mbps and the CubeSat Space Protocol (CSP). The TW-1A and TW-1B CubeSats are 2U (20x10x10cm) in size while TW-1C is 3U (30x10x10cm). Michael Chen BD5RV reports the satellites have these downlinks in the 435-438 MHz ITU Amateur Satellite Service allocation: ? Tianwang-1A (TW-1A / SECM): Camera, 435.645 MHz GMSK 4800/9600 CSP TX interval 10s ? Tianwang-1B (TW-1B / NJUST-2): AIS, 437.645 MHz GMSK 4800/9600 CSP TX interval 20s ? Tianwang-1C (TC-1C / NJFA-1): ADS-B, 435.645 MHz GMSK 4800/9600 CSP TX interval 10s Note: TW-1A and 1C use the same frequency. On the same launch was the technology demonstration satellite Pujian-1 which has WiFi for intra-satellite communications. Object identification from information supplied by Nico Janssen PA0DLO and Zhang Xuan BH4DBE: TW-1A object 40928, 2015-051B TW-1B object 40927, 2015-051C, (other IDs: TianWang 1B, NJUST-2) TW-1C object 40926, 2015-051D Pujian 1 object 40925, 2015-051A Chang Zheng 11 (CZ-11) fourth stage object 40929, 2015-051E Keplerian Two Line Elements (TLEs) ?Keps? for new satellites launched in past 30 days http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt Shanghai Engineering Centre for Microsatellites http://www.microsate.com/en/ GAMALINK in Space http://tekevernews.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/gamalink-in-space.html IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination pages http://amsat.org.uk/iaru/ Satellite tracking information http://amsat-uk.org/beginners/satellite-tracking/ Adding new satellites to SatPC32, Gpredict and Nova http://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/23/adding-new-satellites-to-satpc32/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- LAPAN-A2 FM and APRS Satellite Launched The Indonesian amateur radio society ORARI report that on Monday, September 28, 2015 04:30 hours UT, the LAPAN-A2/ORARI satellite was launched from the Sriharikota Range (SHAR) of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India. Deployment took place 23 minutes later. LAPAN-A2 is in a 650 km orbit with an inclination of 6 degrees. It takes about 110 minutes to orbit the Earth and should pass over Indonesia and other near equatorial locations 14 times a day. The low inclination equatorial orbit means it will be receivable from about 30 degrees North to 30 degrees South. About a third of the world?s population, over 2.4 billion people, live within the coverage area of the satellite. The ground station at the LAPAN Satellite Technology Centre in Rancabungur, Bogor has made contact with LAPAN-A2. There will now be a period of activation and testing of all the satellite systems and it is expected to be about a month before the amateur radio payload becomes available for general use. The primary aims of the mission are Earth observation using an RGB camera and maritime traffic monitoring using AIS, both using frequencies outside the Amateur Satellite Service. The IARU has coordinated these frequencies for LAPA-A2/ORARI: ? 437.425 MHz telemetry beacon ? 435.880 MHz FM uplink ? 145.880 MHz FM downlink (5 watts) ? 145.825 APRS digipeater (5 watts) Please send reports to yd1eee at gmail.com Listen to a recording of the 437.425 MHz telemetry signal at https://chirb.it/MrgLGy Pre-launch Keps courtesy of Dirgantara Rahadian YE0EEE YBSAT 1 99999U 00000 15270.20393519 .00010000 00000-0 10000-3 0 00011 2 99999 006.0383 028.8188 0001450 317.4897 243.6033 14.00000000000018 Keplerian Two Line Elements (TLEs) ?Keps? for new satellites launched in past 30 days http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt Adding new satellites to SatPC32, Gpredict and Nova http://amsat-uk.org/2013/11/23/adding-new-satellites-to-satpc32/ Satellite tracking information http://amsat-uk.org/beginners/satellite-tracking/ AMSAT-ID Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/831872960241607/ Organisasi Amatir Radio Indonesia (ORARI) in Google English http://tinyurl.com/IndonesiaORARI LAPAN-A2 paper http://www.researchgate.net/publication/259844289_Development_of_ Micro-satellite_Technology_at_the_Indonesian_National_Institute_of_Aeronautics_ and_Space_%28LAPAN%29 The IARU Region 3 Conference takes place in Bali, Indonesia, October 12-16, 2015 http://amsat-uk.org/2015/08/21/iaru-region-3-act-on-band-plan-satellite/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- September/October 2015 AMSAT Journal is at the Print Shop The September/October 2015 AMSAT Journal is complete and has been sent to the print shop. Watch for your issue arrive in a few weeks (sent 2nd class mail). In this issue you will find: + AMSAT Announcements + Apogee View by Barry Baines, WD4ASW + Amateur Radio, AMSAT and STEM events: a great partnership by Tom Schuessler, N5HYP + AMSAT Fox Presentation to Dallas Area Ham Clubs by Jonathan Brandenburg, KF5IDY + AMSAT Fox-1A: Concept to Launch, Contributions by the Fox-1A team: o The Fox-1A Story - Ready for Launch October o Some History: Introducing the Fox-1 Cubesat o Fox-1A Design + Build + Software = Engineering Prototype o Fox-1A Shake and Bake o Fox-1A Delivery and Integration o Congratulations to AMSAT's Fox-1 Team! o Fox-1A at Vandenberg AFB and Ready for Launch o Operating Tips When You Operate on Fox-1A + DopplerPSK: Doppler-Correction Software for NO-84's (PSAT) PSK31 Transponder by Andy Flowers, K0SM/2 + ARISS-International Meeting Held in Tokyo, Japan by David Jordan, AA4KN + Implementation of the International Arms Export Control Act of 1976 by Elizabeth Garbee, KC0OTR Thanks to all who contributed to this issue of the AMSAT Journal. As always please send your photos, articles, news about club activities, awards to k9jkm at amsat.org. The Journal's editorial team will be glad to help you get it published. We have an author's guide, "How to Write for the AMSAT Journal", posted at http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=1709 [ANS thanks the AMSAT Journal Editorial Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Online Registration for tne AMSAT Symposium Closes October 8th Online reservations for the upcoming AMSAT Space Symposium close October 8th. After that, you will have to register at the October 16-18 meeting in Dayton, Ohio. See http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=3667 [ANS thanks Martha at the AMSAT Office for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- White House Office of Science and Technology Policy's Spring 2016 Policy Internship Program The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy is seeking students for spring 2016 internships. The OSTP advises the President on the effects of science and technology on domestic and international affairs. The office serves as a source of scientific and technological analyses and judgment for the president with respect to major policies, plans and programs of the federal government. Policy internships are open to interested students from all majors and programs, including law school programs. Applicants must be U.S. citizens who are enrolled, at least half-time, in an accredited college or university during the period of volunteer service. Students in undergraduate, graduate and professional programs in all fields are encouraged to apply. While these positions are without compensation, the assignments provide educational enrichment, practical work experience and networking opportunities with other individuals in the science and technology policy arena. Applications for spring 2016 internships are due Oct. 30, 2015. For more information, visit http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/about/student. If you have questions about this opportunity, please contact Rebecca Grimm at Rebecca_L_Grimm at ostp.eop.gov. [ANS thanks the NASA Education Express Message -- Oct. 1, 2015 for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Events Information about AMSAT activities at other important events around the country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations, forums, and/or demonstrations). *Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 16-18 2015, AMSAT Symposium in Dayton OH (Dayton Crown Plaza) *Saturday, 7 November 2015 ? Oro Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest in Marana AZ *Saturday and Sunday, 7-8 November 2015 ? Stone Mountain Hamfest and ARRL Georgia Section Convention in Lawrenceville GA *Monday, 16 November 2015 ? Tri-City Amateur Radio Association meeting in Goodyear AZ *Saturday, 5 December 2015 ? Superstition Superfest 2015 in Mesa AZ [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News Successful Contacts * A direct contact via 8N2F with students at Fukara Junior High School, Susono, Japan, was successful Thu 2015-10-01 10:26:55 UTC 85 deg. Thirteen students were able to ask 17 questions of astronaut Kimiya Yui before the signal was lost. Fukara Junior High School is located in the eastern part of Susono City in Shizuoka Prefecture. Susono faces magnificent Mt. Fuji to the northwest, and extends to the crater of Mt. Hakone in the east. We have an unbroken view from the foot of Mt. Fuji to Suruga Bay.This school is a smaller school with only 147 students ? 2 classes for each grade. The students are friendly and obedient and the school is always full of activity. All of the students belong to a sports team ? we have baseball, basketball, volleyball, tennis, and table tennis teams, so all of the students are involved in sports. Integrated activities are the focus of our educational philosophy. For example, we perform a play each year called ?The Canal of Life?, in which the students study about local history and perform a play about the work left behind by our forbearers ? an irrigation canal that was built in the area. Through this kind of study, the students develop many strong ties to their community as well as pride in their hometown. Also, all the students in the school analyze newspaper articles each morning to build awareness of current events around the world. They form their own thoughts and opinions about each article, and discuss their opinions with friends to further develop their thought process. This is how we are promoting the NIE program (Newspapers in Education). The opportunity to talk with Mr. Yui via wireless transmission is a valuable experience to the students. We believe that this activity will elevate the quality of our students. A video file has been uploaded: http://www.ariss.jp/fukara/8n2f.wmv * A telebridge contact via LU1CGB with students at Nowogard Union Schools, Junior High School No. 2, Nowogard, Poland was successful Tue 2015-09-29 12:56:27 UTC 36 deg. Astronaut Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS answered 14 questions for students. Nowogard Union Schools consists of two schools: Junior High School No 2 and II High School. The school is situated in Nowogard in West Pomernia Province. Our students are 13-19 years old. II High School provides students mainly with humanities, science and mathematics curriculum. In December 2013 the schools joined the ARISS School Contacts project. In 2004 the Nicolaus Copernicus School Amateur Radio called SP1KMK was established. Since then our students have been keenly developing their radio ham interests. Students have taken part in astronomy and astronautics projects such as: MiniSat (they sent their own experiments in near space via balloons thanks to Copernicus Project Foundation), EarthKam (pupils ordered images of Earth taken from the ISS). There was also an educational project called ?SUPERCOMPUTER? in which our students gained some knowledge of the latest wireless networking technologies. Apart from the above projects, they have made numerous astronomical observations and got involved in astrophotography. Moreover, we hosted some members of Polish Amateur Astronomers Society who showed at the school the largest amateur telescope called ?SOWA?. Within the project, Nowogard Union Schools started to cooperate with some institutes of higher education such as West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin and University of Szczecin. We also has established cooperation with NASA staff and conducted a video conference with a NASA astronauts? trainer and a NASA flight engineer. There have been some school trips to Air Force Base in Ewidwin and Dolna Odra Power Station in Gryfino organized to expand students? technological and technical knowledge. Upcoming Contacts * A telebridge contact with students at Corpus Christi Catholic School, Chambersburg, PA, USA via LU1CGB is scheduled for Tue 2015-10-06 16:29:32 UTC 33 deg. The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS. Audio from this contact will be fed into: - EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) - IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector - Streaming Audio at: https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ Audio on Echolink and web stream is generally transmitted around 20 minutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the preparation that occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station call to the ISS. Please note that due to control issues with Echolink and IRLP there are manual breaks approximately every 2 minutes to prevent timeout of connected repeaters and links. You may still time out depending on your local configuration. Corpus Christi Catholic School is a K - 8 Roman Catholic Elementary School, located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. With an enrollment of 215 students and 17 full-time and 3 part-time faculty members, Corpus Christi School is committed to the pursuit of excellence in Catholic education. The school strives to be on the cutting edge of technology with Smartboards in every classroom, two computer labs, iPads, and Chromebooks. Students in the primary grades participate in weekly swim lessons at the local YMCA. Intermediate grades place a strong emphasis on STEM related concepts and careers. Grades four through eight have background knowledge of NASA starting with Gemini and continuing onto Mars. In 2013, three teachers were selected to be on the Reduced Gravity Flight through NASA Explorer Schools. This experience increased the entire students? awareness of space flight and experiments being conducted in microgravity on the International Space Station. Middle school students are able to expand their curriculum by traveling to major cities such as Pittsburgh, Washington DC, and Williamsburg, VA. Scores on standardized tests are above the national average. School pride runs deep with the students, faculty, staff and parents. * A direct contact via 9M2RPN with students at Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail (1), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is scheduled for Fri 2015-10-09 08:00:04 UTC 47 deg. The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS. Our first ARISS contact was made in 2007 when, Malaysia's first Astronaut Shiekh Muzapher went on board the ISS. We made 5 direct contacts when, some 80 school children talked to him and asked questions. Since then it has become a highly sought after yearly event which is tied up with the Prime Minister's Space Challenge Trophy. This year we will be making our 8th yearly contact. Since the schools do not have ground stations, they make use of Satellite Ground Station at the National Planetarium established in 1995 under the call sign of 9M2RPN. The schools are the nurseries to produce future astronauts and space scientists. The forthcoming contact in October 2015 provides the hands on experience and the seeding operation for tomorrow's space scientists. Watch http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html for information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled. [ANS thanks ARISS, and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over Two Tenure-Track Faculty Positions Open at Cal Poly, Looking for Experience with SmallSats The Aerospace and Electrical Engineering Departments at California State Polytechnic University at San Luis Obispo have 2 tenure-track faculty positions open. Each position is looking for experience with or that can directly be applied to small satellites. A description of each position is listed below. If interested in either position, please visit www.calpolyjobs.org and use the applicable requisition number for the position. Micro-Satellite and Space Propulsion (Requisition # 103821): Review Begin Date December 1, 2015 The Aerospace Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, invites applications for a full-time, academic year, tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank beginning no later than Fall 2016. Duties include teaching undergraduate and master's level courses, developing an externally funded research program in the area of micro-satellite space propulsion, expanding the space propulsion curricula; collaborating with the department?s ongoing CubeSat initiatives; and providing service to the department, university, and community. Rank and salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. The position requires individuals who have demonstrated ability to provide undergraduate and graduate students with hands-on engineering education in a multidisciplinary, systems-based environment. A Ph.D. in engineering, or closely related field, is required. It is expected that the successful candidate will work with faculty from the department and the college of engineering to grow and sustain the department?s CubeSat initiative in the area of propulsion systems and related technologies including nonchemical propulsion, advanced propulsion technologies, and supporting technologies. Industry experience, especially in the area of CubeSat or other micro-satellite propulsion systems, and a commitment to working in a multidisciplinary and collaborative setting are preferred. Electrical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering Joint Position (Requisition # 103796): Review Begin Date January 4, 2016 The Electrical Engineering Department and Aerospace Engineering Department at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, invite applications for a full-time, academic year tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank. The projected start date is September 15, 2016. Duties include teaching coursework in Electrical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering, building a collaborative research program in the area of Satellite Communication and Mobile Terrestrial Communications, and service to the department, university, and community. Desired areas of expertise include satellite electronics systems including the Cube Sat form factor, mobile terrestrial communication systems with a strong hands-on orientation in working with students. Rank and salary are commensurate with qualifications and experience. Candidates with research or private industry experience are encouraged to apply. [ANS thanks Ryan Nugent, CubeSat Program Cal Poly for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org From skristof at etczone.com Sun Oct 4 23:19:43 2015 From: skristof at etczone.com (skristof at etczone.com) Date: Sun, 04 Oct 2015 19:19:43 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] =?utf-8?q?Telemetry_in_XW-2_CW_beacon=3F?= Message-ID: I've been copying the CW beacon from XW-2C and I'm wondering if there is telemetry in there somewhere. I get mostly "T" but not all the characters are T. If someone knows more about the CW beacons on these satellites or can point me to a URL, I'd appreciate the info! Thanks Steve AI9IN From scott23192 at gmail.com Sun Oct 4 23:35:21 2015 From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 19:35:21 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Telemetry in XW-2 CW beacon? References: Message-ID: Here you go, Steve. http://www.dk3wn.info/software.shtml ... translate to English if you wish & search down the page for "XW". There is a section for XW-2E, -2F CW Telemetry Decoder -and- just below it, a section for XW-2A, 2B, -2C, -2D CW Telemetry Decoder. 73, -Scott, K4KDR Montpelier, VA USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: skristof at etczone.com To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 19:19 Subject: [amsat-bb] Telemetry in XW-2 CW beacon? I've been copying the CW beacon from XW-2C and I'm wondering if there is telemetry in there somewhere. I get mostly "T" but not all the characters are T. If someone knows more about the CW beacons on these satellites or can point me to a URL, I'd appreciate the info! Thanks Steve AI9IN _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From glasbrenner at mindspring.com Sun Oct 4 23:49:54 2015 From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 19:49:54 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] New OSCAR status page Message-ID: <024a01d0feff$5ed4bbe0$1c7e33a0$@com> Thanks to the efforts of Joe KM1P and Pete 2E0SQL, and with the permission of David, KD5QGR, we have set up a copy of the OSCAR satellite status page at http://www.amsat.org/status This page will be maintained by multiple volunteers, including myself, and we will be able to add and delete satellites as required, as well as keep information links current. It will take a few days to populate the database, but please begin using this page as soon as possible. In the near future the old page will point to this one for a while, until people get used to the new address. There are still some satellites to add and delete, so this will be a work in progress for a bit. First and foremost we will delete the reentered sats, and add Fox-1A for next Thursday! 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations From glasbrenner at mindspring.com Mon Oct 5 00:22:13 2015 From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner) Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 20:22:13 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] New OSCAR status page In-Reply-To: <024a01d0feff$5ed4bbe0$1c7e33a0$@com> References: <024a01d0feff$5ed4bbe0$1c7e33a0$@com> Message-ID: <025f01d0ff03$e29e3bf0$a7dab3d0$@com> Based on a few emails I've received so far, keep in mind individual satellites will not show up until they have a report made. Check the whole list for your desired satellite, for example AO-7 ends up between AO-51 (sobsob) and AO-73. 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Glasbrenner Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 7:50 PM To: 'AMSAT-BB' Subject: [amsat-bb] New OSCAR status page Thanks to the efforts of Joe KM1P and Pete 2E0SQL, and with the permission of David, KD5QGR, we have set up a copy of the OSCAR satellite status page at http://www.amsat.org/status This page will be maintained by multiple volunteers, including myself, and we will be able to add and delete satellites as required, as well as keep information links current. It will take a few days to populate the database, but please begin using this page as soon as possible. In the near future the old page will point to this one for a while, until people get used to the new address. There are still some satellites to add and delete, so this will be a work in progress for a bit. First and foremost we will delete the reentered sats, and add Fox-1A for next Thursday! 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From kris.38 at gmail.com Mon Oct 5 05:53:15 2015 From: kris.38 at gmail.com (Kris Murthy) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 11:23:15 +0530 Subject: [amsat-bb] [amsatindia] Telemetry Signals Heard from from LAPAN A2 In-Reply-To: <560b8d0c.488a320a.a7230.ffffad54SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING@mx.google.com> References: <560b8d0c.488a320a.a7230.ffffad54SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING@mx.google.com> Message-ID: Dear Mani! I am back in VU land now and will be delighted to begin tracking birds. Will you please help me to get an idea where do I get the details on the passes of Lapan A2 and the frequencies for listening to start with. N2YO doesnot help me! Thanks, 73s VU2RAJ / Raj On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 12:53 PM, 'Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS]' wmy at isac.gov.in [amsatindia] wrote: > > > Heard very strong telemetry signals on 437.425 Mhz from LAPAN A2 during > 06:58 UT 17.4 deg southern pass over India. > Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS] > Secretary & Station-In-Charge > Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC > ISRO Satellite Centre > HAL Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. > Phone:(Office)91-80-25082598/25082054/25082192 > Mobile: 91-9880 341 456 > E-mail ID: wmy at isac.gov.in > vu2wmy_mani at yahoo.com > isrohams at yahoo.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is > for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential > and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. > ------------------------------ > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS]" > ------------------------------ > Reply via web post > > ? Reply to sender > > ? Reply to group > > ? Start a New Topic > > ? Messages in this topic > > (1) > Visit Your Group > > > > [image: Yahoo! Groups] > > ? Privacy ? > Unsubscribe > ? Terms of Use > > . > > __,_._,___ > From daniel at destevez.net Mon Oct 5 08:05:47 2015 From: daniel at destevez.net (=?UTF-8?Q?Daniel_Est=c3=a9vez?=) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 09:05:47 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu FT-2DR as a satellite rig? In-Reply-To: <000001d0fdd7$e992c390$bcb84ab0$@GMAIL.COM> References: <000001d0fdd7$e992c390$bcb84ab0$@GMAIL.COM> Message-ID: <56122F5B.7020802@destevez.net> El 03/10/15 a las 13:34, Alan escribi?: > Has anyone used the FT-2DR on satellites, and if so, how did it work? Hi Alan, I've used my FT-2DE to work SO-50 both simplex and duplex, using the FT-2DE for the uplink and my FT-817ND for the downlink. The radio works well, but it is a a bit of a pity that it has only 5kHz steps. I haven't tried ISS packet with it yet. 73, Dani M/EA4GPZ. From daniel at destevez.net Mon Oct 5 08:06:17 2015 From: daniel at destevez.net (=?UTF-8?Q?Daniel_Est=c3=a9vez?=) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 09:06:17 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] XW-2 satellites outside international bandplan, who bothers ? In-Reply-To: <150322cd76c-714a-1f772@webprd-m73.mail.aol.com> References: <150322cd76c-714a-1f772@webprd-m73.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: <56122F79.8090701@destevez.net> El 04/10/15 a las 10:26, David G0MRF via AMSAT-BB escribi?: > > They may be in space, but the transponders have not been activated. So yes, someone bothers. But they're transmitting telemetry on several frequencies in the range 145.600-145.800, which is normally used as 2m repeaters outputs in region 1. However, it's true that the transponders of XW-2A through XW-2D haven't been activate and XW-2E and XW-2F transponders are active. It happens that the one which have transponders downlinking outside the satellite band are XW-2A to XW-2C, so whether this is intentional or just a coincidence, I have no clue. 73, Dani M/EA4GPZ. From wb9qzb_groups at yahoo.com Mon Oct 5 09:04:03 2015 From: wb9qzb_groups at yahoo.com (Mark Thompson) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 09:04:03 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] ARRL/TAPR DCC (Digital Communications Conference), Chicago, IL, Friday, 10/9 - Sunday, 11/11 In-Reply-To: <1332777081.480613.1444034812432.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <160965141.18391.1440473404469.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <573660381.104088.1440478715408.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <597265433.47982.1440479360329.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <1521554784.1846235.1443418906351.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <832057871.487856.1444032111235.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <2010468445.503423.1444034022951.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <1332777081.480613.1444034812432.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1166034594.502671.1444035843413.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> 2015 ARRL/TAPR DCC?(Digital Communications Conference)? DoubleTree HotelArlington Heights, IL October 9 - 11, 2015? The Digital Communication Conference is the premiere annual Digital Conference?covering all Digital Modes & Techniques including Data, Voice & Television and SDR.?? The DCC has two full days of Technical presentations on Friday & Saturday, concurrent Introductory forums on Saturday,? a Saturday night Banquet with a Guest Speaker and a Sunday morning Seminar deep dive into a technical subject.? There are also Friday & Saturday Lunches and a Friday Night Social. ? The 2015 DCC will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel in Chicago northwest suburb of Arlington Heights? not far from O'Hare airport with a free hotel shuttle to O'Hare.? DCC Information & Speaker Schedule http://www.tapr.org/dcc Be sure to register for the DCC and reserve your hotel room.? DCC Registration? http://www.tapr.org/dcc#registration?DCC Hotel Information?http://www.tapr.org/dcc#hotel Look forward to your participation in the DCC.? From wa4sca at gmail.com Mon Oct 5 11:02:51 2015 From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 06:02:51 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu FT-2DR as a satellite rig? In-Reply-To: <56122F5B.7020802@destevez.net> References: <000001d0fdd7$e992c390$bcb84ab0$@GMAIL.COM> <56122F5B.7020802@destevez.net> Message-ID: <002501d0ff5d$61eae5d0$25c0b170$@GMAIL.COM> Dani, Thanks for the report. I have gotten a few questions about using it for satellites, and want to have some solid info. 73s, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- Has anyone used the FT-2DR on satellites, and if so, how did it work? < References: <05b701d0fed4$29981920$7cc84b60$@net> <56118C9F.4010708@amsat.org> Message-ID: <06b601d0ff60$16463eb0$42d2bc10$@net> After some OTA time what I'm finding out is that my setup here works only with FM sats. SO-50, CAS-3H, and NO-84(with the FM d/l). All of the linear birds do not work. What happens with the linear birds is when you first initialize them upon AOS the frequencies change correctly at the start of pass but after that there is no Doppler correction on the 817, or frequency manipulation with SatPC32's Cat tuning drop down box. With the FM birds all of this works correctly. If someone actually has this setup working with the linear birds I would like to see your exact configuration. Either I'm missing something not so obvious, or there is a s/w bug, possibly in HDSDR. My setup... FT-817ND SDRplay SatPC32 ver 12.8c HDSDR 2.70 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Clayton W5PFG Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 16:31 PM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] HDSDR SDRplay 817 issue Yes, I use VSP with HDSDR to full integrate with SatPC32 successfully. Make sure radio 2 is set to the proper radio type in SatPC32 for the FT-817. Use radio 1 for the CAT interface to HDSDR. It will appear as a Kenwood TS-2000. You will need to activate CAT in HDSDR for it to work. I have used this setup many times for a full automated SDR station on the satellites with a FUNcube Dongle Pro + and FT-857D. 73 Clayton W5PFG On 10/4/2015 13:40, kb2m at arrl.net wrote: > I'm trying to get HDSDR and SatPC32, to play nicely with HDRplay and > an FT-817. I have the HDSDR working with SDRplay like Patrick has > demonstrated on here and I'm trying to complete the setup for an fully automated system. > I'm trying to get the setup working to the point that if I change the > uplink frequency on the 817 with its physical dial the downlink on > HDSDR will follow. I'm about half way there. I'm at the point if I > change the downlink frequency in SatPC32 the HDSDR display changes > with it, but not the 817's uplink frequency. When I first load SatPC32 > the 817's frequency changes to the correct uplink frequency but > doesn't update afterwards. I'm using VSP Manager to create the VSP's I > think I'm a little confused about how this should all hook together serially. Anyone have this working 100% ? > > > > 73 Jeff kb2m From w3mat at outlook.com Mon Oct 5 11:28:38 2015 From: w3mat at outlook.com (Loon -) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 07:28:38 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] NO-84 Message-ID: I've recently been seeing messages about NO-84. Although I don't see it in my pick list in Orbitron, is this a workable FM satellite and how does one track it? Sent from my Windows Phone From kris.38 at gmail.com Mon Oct 5 11:32:26 2015 From: kris.38 at gmail.com (Kris Murthy) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 17:02:26 +0530 Subject: [amsat-bb] [amsatindia] Telemetry Signals Heard from from LAPAN A2 In-Reply-To: References: <560b8d0c.488a320a.a7230.ffffad54SMTPIN_ADDED_MISSING@mx.google.com> Message-ID: Dear Mami! After understanding the redesigned pages of N2YO, i could get the frequencies alright. But the information of daily passes over Coimbatore (My QTH) is not yet located. Raj (VU2RAJ) On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Kris Murthy wrote: > Dear Mani! > > I am back in VU land now and will be delighted to begin tracking birds. > Will you please help me to get an idea where do I get the details on the > passes of Lapan A2 and the frequencies for listening to start with. N2YO > doesnot help me! > > Thanks, 73s > VU2RAJ / Raj > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 12:53 PM, 'Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS]' wmy at isac.gov.in > [amsatindia] wrote: > >> >> >> Heard very strong telemetry signals on 437.425 Mhz from LAPAN A2 during >> 06:58 UT 17.4 deg southern pass over India. >> Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS] >> Secretary & Station-In-Charge >> Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC >> ISRO Satellite Centre >> HAL Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. >> Phone:(Office)91-80-25082598/25082054/25082192 >> Mobile: 91-9880 341 456 >> E-mail ID: wmy at isac.gov.in >> vu2wmy_mani at yahoo.com >> isrohams at yahoo.com >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, >> is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain >> confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, >> disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended >> recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies >> of the original message. >> ------------------------------ >> >> __._,_.___ >> ------------------------------ >> Posted by: "Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS]" >> ------------------------------ >> Reply via web post >> >> ? Reply to sender >> >> ? Reply to group >> >> ? Start a New Topic >> >> ? Messages in this topic >> >> (1) >> Visit Your Group >> >> >> >> [image: Yahoo! Groups] >> >> ? Privacy >> ? Unsubscribe >> ? Terms of >> Use >> >> . >> >> __,_._,___ >> > > From jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Mon Oct 5 11:39:04 2015 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joe Fitzgerald) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 07:39:04 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] NO-84 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <56126158.3010604@alum.wpi.edu> This spacecraft is also known as PSAT , in turn short for Parkinson Satellite. It is for PSK31, not FM. http://www.aprs.org/psat.html If it is not available on your off line tracking program, you can find it as NO-84 on http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/index.php 73 de KM1P Joe On 10/5/2015 7:28 AM, Loon - wrote: > I've recently been seeing messages about NO-84. Although I don't see it in my pick list in Orbitron, is this a workable FM satellite and how does one track it? > > Sent from my Windows Phone > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From bruninga at usna.edu Mon Oct 5 12:29:08 2015 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 08:29:08 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] NO-84 has FM donwlinks Message-ID: >> I've recently been seeing messages about NO-84. >> is this a workable FM satellite and how does one track it? > It is for PSK31, not FM. But the PSK31 downlink is FM on 435.350 where you can hear the waterfall signals and decode them using any PSK31 software. Also the APRS downlink is FM on 145.825 too. > This spacecraft is also known as PSAT , in turn short for Parkinson Satellite. > http://www.aprs.org/psat.html > If it is not available on your off line tracking program, you can find it as NO-84 on > http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/index.php > 73 de KM1P Joe From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us Mon Oct 5 13:27:55 2015 From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 09:27:55 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Installing Sat Telem decoding such as FoxTelem.exe Message-ID: <56127ADB.1020901@denstarfarm.us> Among others, today I installed FoxTelem.exe and XW2a.exe for decoding telemetry from recent launches. Both, when run, display a familiar Error-Burp about an "mschrt20.ocx" being missing or not registered. Per the install directions on the FoxTelem page, I followed the link to install VBrun. Having done that, I got the same error. I followed a link from that to the M/S Visual-Studio page and downloaded/installed that. Which, BTW, took 30 minutes. After sys re-start, STILL the same runtime error about missing OCX file. Search of ALL hard drives here and the OCX file is not at my place. Now what please? -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901 From w0sat2 at gmail.com Mon Oct 5 13:48:44 2015 From: w0sat2 at gmail.com (Jerry Ehlers) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 08:48:44 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] new sats Message-ID: Hi: Where can an e-mail print out for the new FM and Linear birds.?? The up and downlinks too. Thanks Jerry w0sat From wa4hfn at comcast.net Mon Oct 5 15:03:40 2015 From: wa4hfn at comcast.net (wa4hfn at comcast.net) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 15:03:40 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Tuesday's webcast will set record straight about Dayton Hamvention moving In-Reply-To: <0d5cdae05233f79e11025a75d3ac2e90269.20151005150002@mail194.atl81.rsgsv.net> References: <0d5cdae05233f79e11025a75d3ac2e90269.20151005150002@mail194.atl81.rsgsv.net> Message-ID: <2093533739.3600944.1444057420784.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "W5KUB.com" To: "Damon" Sent: Monday, October 5, 2015 10:00:41 AM Subject: Tuesday's webcast will set record straight about Dayton Hamvention moving ** Amateur Radio Roundtable ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Subject: Is Dayton Hamvention Moving? ------------------------------------------------------------ This week's W5KUB.com (http://w5kub.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0d5cdae05233f79e11025a75d&id=8204c92016&e=3ac2e90269) show (October 6th) will have a special guest, Michael Kalter, W8CI (http://w5kub.us10.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=0d5cdae05233f79e11025a75d&id=d6a4353f29&e=3ac2e90269) , Dayton Hamvention spokesperson, to set the record straight about rumors of Hamvention moving to a new venue. Michael will give us the official update regarding the recent rumors that have hit the news outlets. Additionally, Riley Hollingsworth, K4ZDH (http://w5kub.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0d5cdae05233f79e11025a75d&id=1343255b53&e=3ac2e90269) , will be back with us. Riley is the former Special Counsel to the FCC where he was in charge of the enforcement of our spectrum. During Riley's segment, he will answer viewer questions that were submitted regarding rules and regulations; and provide other information regarding licensing and enforcement of our ham bands. Riley is a regular on the show and will try to be with us every couple weeks.Send your questions to AskRiley at w5kub.com (mailto:AskRiley at W5KUB.com?subject=Question%20for%20Riley%20Hollingsworth) or you may submit questions via our chat room or telephone lines. After last week's discussion on stealth antennas, we received several great videos from viewers demonstrating how they implemented working antennas in situations as we discussed. We will view those videos Tuesday night. Next week (October 13) Paul Ewing, N6PSE (http://w5kub.us10.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=0d5cdae05233f79e11025a75d&id=d0a85743d0&e=3ac2e90269) , will be our guest. Paul has been the leader and member of many dxpeditions. He will share pictures and discuss past dxpeditions. Riley Hollingsworth, Joe Eisenberg, and Emmett Hohensee have joined the show and will provide lots of new and great items for discussion. They will alternate appearances as their schedules permit. Amateur Radio Roundtable is a live weekly amateur radio webcast, held every Tuesday night at 8 PM CDT (0100 UTC Wednesday) at W5KUB.com (http://w5kub.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=0d5cdae05233f79e11025a75d&id=dd6cc6ab86&e=3ac2e90269) . 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(http://w5kub.us10.list-manage.com/about?u=0d5cdae05233f79e11025a75d&id=fbfc40555c&e=3ac2e90269&c=75cbf575b4) unsubscribe from this list (http://w5kub.us10.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=0d5cdae05233f79e11025a75d&id=fbfc40555c&e=3ac2e90269&c=75cbf575b4) update subscription preferences (http://w5kub.us10.list-manage.com/profile?u=0d5cdae05233f79e11025a75d&id=fbfc40555c&e=3ac2e90269) W5KUB.com Webcast . 3060 Country Place Dr E . Collierville, TN - Tennessee 38017 . USA From my.callsign at verizon.net Mon Oct 5 15:15:34 2015 From: my.callsign at verizon.net (KO6TZ Bob) Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2015 08:15:34 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] NO-84 _ 14:45 utc 05-10-15 Message-ID: <56129416.8020703@verizon.net> On the 14:45 utc pass of NO-84 I saw the FM transmitter turned on continuously indicating someone was sending, but there was nothing on the down link except the telemetry at 312 Hz. This went on for many cycles of telemetry. Was someone calling CQ or trying to answer my CQ? If so, try moving your PSK31 signal lower in frequency, and don't forget to update TLE's if you are using the DopplerPSK program. KO6TZ Bob From ei7m-wkt at asahi-net.or.jp Mon Oct 5 15:25:51 2015 From: ei7m-wkt at asahi-net.or.jp (Mineo Wakita) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 00:25:51 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] GomX-3 heard ! Message-ID: <6552FFBAA02644A4BDCCBEC6377216C6@FMAE9DF34D30D3> > Two Danish CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads were successfully deployed > from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, October 5 at 14:05 UTC. (C)AMSAT-UK Downlink CW Mode AAUSat-5 437.425 437.425 9600bps GMSK,CW GomX-3 437.250 . 9600bps GMSK I, JE9PEL heard now GomX-3 signal. 00:05-00:15 JST, 6 Oct 2015, 15:05-15:15 UTC, 5 Oct 2015 Ele 19 WN-N-E, 437.250MHz 9600bps GMSK CSP http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/51006gm3.png http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/aau5gom3.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita From py5lf at falautomation.com.br Mon Oct 5 16:04:59 2015 From: py5lf at falautomation.com.br (PY5LF) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 13:04:59 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] RES: GomX-3 heard ! In-Reply-To: <6552FFBAA02644A4BDCCBEC6377216C6@FMAE9DF34D30D3> References: <6552FFBAA02644A4BDCCBEC6377216C6@FMAE9DF34D30D3> Message-ID: <007f01d0ff87$97d87e80$c7897b80$@falautomation.com.br> Hi Mineo The GomX-3 was heard here too now 16:05UTC, strong signal in 437.250,00 . 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF -----Mensagem original----- De: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] Em nome de Mineo Wakita Enviada em: segunda-feira, 5 de outubro de 2015 12:26 Para: amsat-bb at amsat.org Assunto: [amsat-bb] GomX-3 heard ! > Two Danish CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads were successfully > deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, October 5 at 14:05 UTC. (C)AMSAT-UK Downlink CW Mode AAUSat-5 437.425 437.425 9600bps GMSK,CW GomX-3 437.250 . 9600bps GMSK I, JE9PEL heard now GomX-3 signal. 00:05-00:15 JST, 6 Oct 2015, 15:05-15:15 UTC, 5 Oct 2015 Ele 19 WN-N-E, 437.250MHz 9600bps GMSK CSP http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/51006gm3.png http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/aau5gom3.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From g0kla at arrl.net Mon Oct 5 16:58:13 2015 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 12:58:13 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Installing Sat Telem decoding such as FoxTelem.exe In-Reply-To: <56127ADB.1020901@denstarfarm.us> References: <56127ADB.1020901@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: Bob, Sorry to hear you are having issues. Which version of Windows are you running? This is tested on Windows 7, 8 and 10. No guarantees on versions of Windows before that. I don't recognize the error or the reference to VBrun. FoxTelem does not use Visual Basic or the run time environment. It uses Java. Make sure you have the latest version installed from java.com. Chris On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 9:27 AM, Bob KD7YZ wrote: > Among others, today I installed FoxTelem.exe and XW2a.exe for decoding > telemetry from recent launches. > > Both, when run, display a familiar Error-Burp about an "mschrt20.ocx" > being missing or not registered. > > Per the install directions on the FoxTelem page, I followed the link to > install VBrun. Having done that, I got the same error. I followed a link > from that to the M/S Visual-Studio page and downloaded/installed that. > Which, BTW, took 30 minutes. > > After sys re-start, STILL the same runtime error about missing OCX file. > > Search of ALL hard drives here and the OCX file is not at my place. > > Now what please? > > > -- > 73, > Bob KD7YZ > www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz > AmSat LM#901 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net From py5lf at falautomation.com.br Mon Oct 5 17:17:00 2015 From: py5lf at falautomation.com.br (PY5LF) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 14:17:00 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] RES: GomX-3 heard ! In-Reply-To: <6552FFBAA02644A4BDCCBEC6377216C6@FMAE9DF34D30D3> References: <6552FFBAA02644A4BDCCBEC6377216C6@FMAE9DF34D30D3> Message-ID: <008c01d0ff91$a6f72560$f4e57020$@falautomation.com.br> Hi Signal heard form GomX-3 few minutes ago; https://youtu.be/we24T9vVhbA 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF -----Mensagem original----- De: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] Em nome de Mineo Wakita Enviada em: segunda-feira, 5 de outubro de 2015 12:26 Para: amsat-bb at amsat.org Assunto: [amsat-bb] GomX-3 heard ! > Two Danish CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads were successfully > deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, October 5 at 14:05 UTC. (C)AMSAT-UK Downlink CW Mode AAUSat-5 437.425 437.425 9600bps GMSK,CW GomX-3 437.250 . 9600bps GMSK I, JE9PEL heard now GomX-3 signal. 00:05-00:15 JST, 6 Oct 2015, 15:05-15:15 UTC, 5 Oct 2015 Ele 19 WN-N-E, 437.250MHz 9600bps GMSK CSP http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/51006gm3.png http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/aau5gom3.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From shamai.opfer at gmail.com Mon Oct 5 17:37:55 2015 From: shamai.opfer at gmail.com (Shamai Opfer) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 20:37:55 +0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] before upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 10... Message-ID: Hi all, Many of us are using USB to RS232 adaptors, mainly for connecting the station PC to transceivers CAT control, ROTOR controllers, and TNCs were needed. Although it seems that most, if not all, of the software programs work well under Windows 10, and updated drivers can be downloaded for most of the hardware, relatively old USB to RS232 adaptors might have chip sets that are not supported anymore with drivers for above Windows 7 (i.e. Windows 8 and Windows 10). There is a utility to check the chip set version provided by the vendor. It is highly recommended to check before starting the upgrade :) 73, Shamai 4Z1WS From py5lf at falautomation.com.br Mon Oct 5 17:42:05 2015 From: py5lf at falautomation.com.br (PY5LF) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 14:42:05 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] AAUSAT-5 Message-ID: <000501d0ff95$2839f000$78add000$@falautomation.com.br> Nothing heard from AAUSAT-5 on this pass ... GomX-3 strong signal. 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF From erich.eichmann at t-online.de Mon Oct 5 18:02:46 2015 From: erich.eichmann at t-online.de (Erich Eichmann) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 20:02:46 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] HDSDR SDRplay 817 issue In-Reply-To: <06b601d0ff60$16463eb0$42d2bc10$@net> References: <05b701d0fed4$29981920$7cc84b60$@net> <56118C9F.4010708@amsat.org> <06b601d0ff60$16463eb0$42d2bc10$@net> Message-ID: <5612BB46.60309@t-online.de> Jeff, here Doppler correction and frequency tuning works flawlessly with FM and SSB sats. My setup: SatPC32: Radio 1 (FUNCube Dongle Pro +): TS-2000, COM 5, Baudrate 57600, CAT delay 20 Radio 2: FT-817, COM 12 (USB-to-Serial), Baudrate 38400 HDSDR, menu Options: CAT to HDSR (important, don't choose DDE to HDSDR ), COM 6, Baudrate 57600 Item "activated" checked COM 5 and 6 are linked virtual Ports, generated with VSP Mgr. Frequency tuning of HDSDR and FT-817 by SatPC32 via the 5 controls or the direction keys up/down and right/left works (SatPC32 must be the active program - blue headerline) Frequency via HDSRD works also, SatPC32 and the FT-817 follow. You cannot QSY via the FT-817's VFO since it is the TX radio. 73s, Erich, DK1TB Am 05.10.2015 um 13:21 schrieb kb2m at arrl.net: > After some OTA time what I'm finding out is that my setup here works only > with FM sats. SO-50, CAS-3H, and NO-84(with the FM d/l). All of the linear > birds do not work. What happens with the linear birds is when you first > initialize them upon AOS the frequencies change correctly at the start of > pass but after that there is no Doppler correction on the 817, or frequency > manipulation with SatPC32's Cat tuning drop down box. With the FM birds all > of this works correctly. > If someone actually has this setup working with the linear birds I would > like to see your exact configuration. Either I'm missing something not so > obvious, or there is a s/w bug, possibly in HDSDR. > > My setup... > > FT-817ND > SDRplay > SatPC32 ver 12.8c > HDSDR 2.70 > > > 73 Jeff kb2m > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Clayton > W5PFG > Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 16:31 PM > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] HDSDR SDRplay 817 issue > > Yes, I use VSP with HDSDR to full integrate with SatPC32 successfully. > > Make sure radio 2 is set to the proper radio type in SatPC32 for the FT-817. > Use radio 1 for the CAT interface to HDSDR. It will appear as a Kenwood > TS-2000. You will need to activate CAT in HDSDR for it to work. > > I have used this setup many times for a full automated SDR station on the > satellites with a FUNcube Dongle Pro + and FT-857D. > > 73 > Clayton > W5PFG > > On 10/4/2015 13:40, kb2m at arrl.net wrote: >> I'm trying to get HDSDR and SatPC32, to play nicely with HDRplay and >> an FT-817. I have the HDSDR working with SDRplay like Patrick has >> demonstrated on here and I'm trying to complete the setup for an fully > automated system. >> I'm trying to get the setup working to the point that if I change the >> uplink frequency on the 817 with its physical dial the downlink on >> HDSDR will follow. I'm about half way there. I'm at the point if I >> change the downlink frequency in SatPC32 the HDSDR display changes >> with it, but not the 817's uplink frequency. When I first load SatPC32 >> the 817's frequency changes to the correct uplink frequency but >> doesn't update afterwards. I'm using VSP Manager to create the VSP's I >> think I'm a little confused about how this should all hook together > serially. Anyone have this working 100% ? >> >> >> 73 Jeff kb2m > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From py4zbz at yahoo.com Mon Oct 5 18:02:52 2015 From: py4zbz at yahoo.com (Roland Zurmely) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 18:02:52 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] GomX-3 Message-ID: <1974995686.805351.1444068172534.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Strong signal over Brasil, and NO signal from AAUSAT5... 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ From k9jkm at comcast.net Mon Oct 5 19:29:22 2015 From: k9jkm at comcast.net (JoAnne Maenpaa) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 14:29:22 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] new sats In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <005a01d0ffa4$23c29ae0$6b47d0a0$@net> Hi Jerry, > Where can an e-mail print out for the new FM and Linear birds.?? > The up and downlinks too. Perhaps this list that was run in the AMSAT News Service bulletins may prove useful (See below): -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm at amsat.org September 19 Multiple Amateur Radio Satellite Launch From China Alan Kung, BA1DU, provided China AMSAT's (CAMSAT) frequency and mode information for the September 19 launch of mulitple satellites on Beijing's new Chang Zheng 6 (CZ-6) rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center. Estimated early Keplerian elements for a September 19 launch are: XW-2(CAS-3) 1 99999U 15262.96885748 .00004985 00000-0 28395-3 0 00005 2 99999 097.4712 270.8252 0010383 266.0522 270.6644 15.12847565000015 Launch time was planned for 23:00:00 UTC on 2015-09-18 with deployment of the satellites at 23:15:14 UTC. Technical difficulties postponed the launch until 23:00:00 UTC on 2015-09-19. The ARRL posted a Word Doc with frequency information from BA1DU at: http://www.arrl.org/files/media/News/XW-2CAS-3%20Sats.doc AMSAT-UK has a link to this document at: http://amsat-uk.org/2015/09/16/camsat-xw-2-satellites-launch-info/ AMSAT has a link to the frequency document at: http://www.amsat.org/?p=4512 The XW-2A through XW-2F satellites are using the same type of antenna. These are quarter wavelength deployable monopole whip antennas and made of steel tape, including a UHF uplink antenna and a VHF downlink antenna for each satellite. TX Satellite Frequencies (MHz) Power Modulation ----------------------------- ------- ------------------- XW-2A (CAS-3A) Digital Telemetry: 145.640 20 dBm 9.6/19.2kbps, GMSK CW Beacon: 145.660 17 dBm 22wpm, CW Inverting Linear Transponder Uplink: 435.030 - 435.050 Downlink: 145.665 - 145.685 20 dBm XW-2B (CAS-3B) Digital Telemetry: 145.705 20 dBm 9.6/19.2kbps, GMSK CW Beacon: 145.725 17 dBm 22wpm, CW Inverting Linear Transponder Uplink: 435.090 - 435.110 Downlink: 145.730 - 145.750 20 dBm XW-2C (CAS-3C) Digital Telemetry: 145.770 20 dBm 9.6/19.2kbps, GMSK CW Beacon: 145.790 17 dBm 22wpm, CW Inverting Linear Transponder Uplink: 435.150 - 435.170 Downlink: 145.795 - 145.815 20 dBm XW-2D (CAS-3D) Digital Telemetry: 145.835 20 dBm 9.6/19.2kbps, GMSK CW Beacon: 145.855 17 dBm 22wpm, CW Inverting Linear Transponder Uplink: 435.210 - 435.230 Downlink: 145.860 - 145.880 20 dBm XW-2E (CAS-3E) Digital Telemetry: 145.890 20 dBm 9.6kbps, GMSK CW Beacon: 145.910 17 dBm 22wpm, CW Inverting Linear Transponder Uplink: 435.270 - 435.290 Downlink: 145.915 - 145.935 20 dBm XW-2F (CAS-3F) Digital Telemetry: 145.955 20 dBm 9.6kbps, GMSK CW Beacon: 145.975 17 dBm 22wpm, CW Inverting Linear Transponder Uplink: 435.330 - 435.350 Downlink: 145.980 - 146.000 20 dBm DCBB (CAS-3G) Downlink: 145.475 Digital Telemetry 9.6kbps, GMSK 437.950 Digital Telemetry 9.6kbps, GMSK LilacSat-2 (CAS-3H) CW Beacon 437.225 APRS Uplink: 144.390 AFSK Downlink: 144.390 AFSK FM Transponder Uplink: 144.350 FM Downlink: 437.200 FM NUDT-Phone-Sat (CAS-3I) Downlink: 437.300 Digital Telemetry 9.6kbps, FSK [ANS thanks Alan Kung, BA1DU, and CAMSAT for the above information] From kb2m at arrl.net Mon Oct 5 21:26:26 2015 From: kb2m at arrl.net (kb2m at arrl.net) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 17:26:26 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] HDSDR SDRplay 817 issue In-Reply-To: <5612BB46.60309@t-online.de> References: <05b701d0fed4$29981920$7cc84b60$@net> <56118C9F.4010708@amsat.org> <06b601d0ff60$16463eb0$42d2bc10$@net> <5612BB46.60309@t-online.de> Message-ID: <07c601d0ffb4$8a6ed5a0$9f4c80e0$@net> Hi Erich, I hope all is well with you, all is good here. Thank you! I knew it had to be something stupid I was missing. I was using the DDE to HDSDR because it lists SatPC32 there, as there is no available doc explaining all this, and it seemed to work with the FM birds it had me stumped. I switched to CAT to HDSDR and all is acting like you said. Thanks again..... 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: Erich Eichmann [mailto:erich.eichmann at t-online.de] Sent: Monday, October 05, 2015 14:03 PM To: kb2m at arrl.net; AMSAT-BB at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] HDSDR SDRplay 817 issue Jeff, here Doppler correction and frequency tuning works flawlessly with FM and SSB sats. My setup: SatPC32: Radio 1 (FUNCube Dongle Pro +): TS-2000, COM 5, Baudrate 57600, CAT delay 20 Radio 2: FT-817, COM 12 (USB-to-Serial), Baudrate 38400 HDSDR, menu Options: CAT to HDSR (important, don't choose DDE to HDSDR ), COM 6, Baudrate 57600 Item "activated" checked COM 5 and 6 are linked virtual Ports, generated with VSP Mgr. Frequency tuning of HDSDR and FT-817 by SatPC32 via the 5 controls or the direction keys up/down and right/left works (SatPC32 must be the active program - blue headerline) Frequency via HDSRD works also, SatPC32 and the FT-817 follow. You cannot QSY via the FT-817's VFO since it is the TX radio. 73s, Erich, DK1TB Am 05.10.2015 um 13:21 schrieb kb2m at arrl.net: > After some OTA time what I'm finding out is that my setup here works > only with FM sats. SO-50, CAS-3H, and NO-84(with the FM d/l). All of > the linear birds do not work. What happens with the linear birds is > when you first initialize them upon AOS the frequencies change > correctly at the start of pass but after that there is no Doppler > correction on the 817, or frequency manipulation with SatPC32's Cat > tuning drop down box. With the FM birds all of this works correctly. > If someone actually has this setup working with the linear birds I > would like to see your exact configuration. Either I'm missing > something not so obvious, or there is a s/w bug, possibly in HDSDR. > > My setup... > > FT-817ND > SDRplay > SatPC32 ver 12.8c > HDSDR 2.70 > > > 73 Jeff kb2m > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of > Clayton W5PFG > Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 16:31 PM > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] HDSDR SDRplay 817 issue > > Yes, I use VSP with HDSDR to full integrate with SatPC32 successfully. > > Make sure radio 2 is set to the proper radio type in SatPC32 for the FT-817. > Use radio 1 for the CAT interface to HDSDR. It will appear as a > Kenwood TS-2000. You will need to activate CAT in HDSDR for it to work. > > I have used this setup many times for a full automated SDR station on > the satellites with a FUNcube Dongle Pro + and FT-857D. > > 73 > Clayton > W5PFG > > On 10/4/2015 13:40, kb2m at arrl.net wrote: >> I'm trying to get HDSDR and SatPC32, to play nicely with HDRplay >> and an FT-817. I have the HDSDR working with SDRplay like Patrick has >> demonstrated on here and I'm trying to complete the setup for an >> fully > automated system. >> I'm trying to get the setup working to the point that if I change the >> uplink frequency on the 817 with its physical dial the downlink on >> HDSDR will follow. I'm about half way there. I'm at the point if I >> change the downlink frequency in SatPC32 the HDSDR display changes >> with it, but not the 817's uplink frequency. When I first load >> SatPC32 the 817's frequency changes to the correct uplink frequency >> but doesn't update afterwards. I'm using VSP Manager to create the >> VSP's I think I'm a little confused about how this should all hook >> together > serially. Anyone have this working 100% ? >> >> >> 73 Jeff kb2m > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From scott23192 at gmail.com Mon Oct 5 21:36:08 2015 From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 17:36:08 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Basic TV-type AZ-only rotator for Orbitron? References: Message-ID: <75C5DE9ED9D74C3999EFEA45937E2477@OPT755> Greetings all. Wondering if anyone could recommend a basic AZ-only rotator that is compatible with Orbitron? I was hoping to find perhaps a low-cost television antenna rotator (or similar) to give me some automation in the AZ direction without the expense of a full AZ-EL system. Something that works on 12vDC for portable operation would be a nice bonus, but is certainly not mandatory. Thanks! -Scott, K4KDR Montpelier, VA USA From martha at amsat.org Mon Oct 5 21:47:05 2015 From: martha at amsat.org (Martha) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 17:47:05 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Dinner Message-ID: Please be aware that the dinner count for the AMSAT Symposium banquet has to be sent to the hotel by October 14th. So, if you want to join us at the banquet, *you MUST register online by Sunday, October 11th*. After that date I cannot "squeeze" you in. -- 73- Martha From Mvivona at yahoo.com Mon Oct 5 22:52:46 2015 From: Mvivona at yahoo.com (Mvivona) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 18:52:46 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Basic TV-type AZ-only rotator for Orbitron? In-Reply-To: <75C5DE9ED9D74C3999EFEA45937E2477@OPT755> References: <75C5DE9ED9D74C3999EFEA45937E2477@OPT755> Message-ID: Scott, For portable operation I use a large geared RC servo and a small servo tester wired together. It runs off of a tiny 6V LiPo battery. I ordered the geared servo with a 8 inch plastic disc on top. That makes it easy to mount a PVC boom for my antennas. It's on a camera tripod so that I just tilt the tripod to the proper elevation. Here is the servo. https://www.servocity.com/html/spg805a-bm_standard_rotation.html Here is the controller. http://www.gravesrc.com/imx10570-imex-servo-tester.html Michael Vivona Sent from my iPad On Oct 5, 2015, at 5:36 PM, Scott wrote: Greetings all. Wondering if anyone could recommend a basic AZ-only rotator that is compatible with Orbitron? I was hoping to find perhaps a low-cost television antenna rotator (or similar) to give me some automation in the AZ direction without the expense of a full AZ-EL system. Something that works on 12vDC for portable operation would be a nice bonus, but is certainly not mandatory. Thanks! -Scott, K4KDR Montpelier, VA USA _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From w3mat at outlook.com Mon Oct 5 23:20:00 2015 From: w3mat at outlook.com (Loon -) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 19:20:00 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-2 On? Message-ID: Did anyone hear LilacSat-2 on the 23:03 UTC pass? I didn't, and according to the FM transponder schedule it should have been on. Heard telemetry every 30 seconds or so, but no voice. From wb3csy at gmail.com Mon Oct 5 23:27:56 2015 From: wb3csy at gmail.com (Rick Walter) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 19:27:56 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-2 On? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Same thing at my QTH. I expected it to be on the air. Caught the XW-2E's pass and worked some stations then went outside with the arrow antenna for LilacSat-2. Rick, WB3CSY On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 7:20 PM, Loon - wrote: > Did anyone hear LilacSat-2 on the 23:03 UTC pass? I didn't, and according > to the FM transponder schedule it should have been on. Heard telemetry > every 30 seconds or so, but no voice. > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Sent from Rick's gmail account From nicholasmahr1 at gmail.com Tue Oct 6 00:47:48 2015 From: nicholasmahr1 at gmail.com (Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW) Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 20:47:48 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-2 On? Message-ID: Did not hear Lilac on the 23:00 Pass. But I just heard it on the 0:35 Pass but it was rough for me 6 Degrees. Lilac sounds good on the east coast. From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Tue Oct 6 03:09:16 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 03:09:16 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-2 On? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Nick, It also sounded good on the pass after that, around 0210 UTC. Two west-coast stations (W7KKE & KB5WIA), with KG7NXH here in the Phoenix area and (briefly, with one degree elevation) AA5PK in west Texas were on with me. I operated from the driveway in front of my house, with the radio on my car's hood. A nice evening to be on the radio. :-) 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 12:47 AM, Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW < nicholasmahr1 at gmail.com> wrote: > Did not hear Lilac on the 23:00 Pass. But I just heard it on the 0:35 Pass > but it was rough for me 6 Degrees. Lilac sounds good on the east coast. > > From AJ9N at aol.com Tue Oct 6 04:05:35 2015 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 00:05:35 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-06 04:00 UTC Message-ID: <332022.38ec2fb2.4344a28f@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-06 04:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Corpus Christi Catholic School, Chambersburg, PA, telebridge via LU1CGB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Tue 2015-10-06 16:29:32 UTC 33 deg Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail (1), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Fri 2015-10-09 08:00:04 UTC 47 deg Bay View Elementary School, Burlington, WA, telebridge via IK1SLD (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Wed 2015-10-14 19:41:44 UTC 59 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss at arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 110 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-06 04:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 996. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 961. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-02 06:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From redski at bellsouth.net Tue Oct 6 09:03:51 2015 From: redski at bellsouth.net (W M Willoughby) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 04:03:51 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] New OSCAR status page Message-ID: <1AF9C88F-3568-46A0-AF95-2F36A8FBFD70@bellsouth.net> Thank you to Andrew, Peter, David and others for the updated AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page - a very useful tool! From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in Tue Oct 6 09:51:24 2015 From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 09:51:24 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Installing Sat Telem decoding such as FoxTelem.exe In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1513612093.1082168.1444125084951.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> I have installed on WinXp SP2 and works fine?73 Nitin [VU3TYG] From: Chris Thompson To: Bob KD7YZ Cc: AMSAT BB Sent: Monday, 5 October 2015 10:28 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Installing Sat Telem decoding such as FoxTelem.exe Bob, Sorry to hear you are having issues. Which version of Windows are you running?? This is tested on Windows 7, 8 and 10.? No guarantees on versions of Windows before that. I don't recognize the error or the reference to VBrun.? FoxTelem does not use Visual Basic or the run time environment.? It uses Java.? Make sure you have the latest version installed from java.com. Chris On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 9:27 AM, Bob KD7YZ wrote: > Among others, today I installed FoxTelem.exe and XW2a.exe for decoding > telemetry from recent launches. > > Both, when run, display a familiar Error-Burp about an "mschrt20.ocx" > being missing or not registered. > > Per the install directions on the FoxTelem page, I followed the link to > install VBrun. Having done that, I got the same error. I followed a link > from that to the M/S Visual-Studio page and downloaded/installed that. > Which, BTW, took 30 minutes. > > After sys re-start, STILL the same runtime error about missing OCX file. > > Search of ALL hard drives here and the OCX file is not at my place. > > Now what please? > > > -- > 73, > Bob KD7YZ > www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz > AmSat LM#901 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From dan at post.com Tue Oct 6 10:39:18 2015 From: dan at post.com (Daniel Cussen) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 11:39:18 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Basic TV-type AZ-only rotator for Orbitron? In-Reply-To: References: <75C5DE9ED9D74C3999EFEA45937E2477@OPT755> Message-ID: > Wondering if anyone could recommend a basic AZ-only rotator that is > compatible with Orbitron? > > I was hoping to find perhaps a low-cost television antenna rotator (or > similar) to give me some automation in the AZ direction without the expense > of a full AZ-EL system. > > Something that works on 12vDC for portable operation would be a nice bonus, > but is certainly not mandatory. Orbitron outputs azimuth and elevation normally to a serial port or a USB to serial. Any device/controller would need to accept the commands, and then control the rotator. Most low cost TV rotators do not have position feedback POT, meaning they are not readily compatible with controllers. They are also generally low voltage AC so not suitable for portable use. There is no portable rotator system designed for arrow type antennas. Some people make counter weights and tripod based manual adjustments. In terms of 12VDC light duty rotators SPID's light duty azimuth only rotator may suffice: http://www.rfhamdesign.com/products/spx-light-antenna-rotator/spx-azimuth-rotor/index.php However there are some drawbacks. It is not exactly light. You would need a heavy duty possibly TV camera rather than photo camera tripod. You would need to manufacture a custom mount. The LED display is impossible to see in strong sunlight. It would need to be oriented North or South using a compass each time. It can run from 12VDC to 18VDC. I am not certain it would work with Orbitron, but you could check directly with SPID in Poland, as it is designed for azimuth only. In terms of Orbitron, I would recommend moving to SATPC32 as it is better supported. Orbitrons TLE download is not working well and no longer seems to be supported. There are work arounds, ask if you need more info. Finally using a laptop and rotator portable normally needs a car to protect the laptop from rain and the cars battery to power the rotator. I power my laptop from a 13.8V to AC inverter. Any other rotator option would probably need to be home made, as nothing is really available off the shelf. From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us Tue Oct 6 10:53:06 2015 From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 06:53:06 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Telemetry on LilacSat-2 Message-ID: <5613A812.9070702@denstarfarm.us> I am listening to digital telemetry on Satellite LilacSat-2 437.190 (USB) at the moment. I do not recognize the audible type and thus can not try to decode it. Roughly around 1048Z . I thought I was going to be hearing the CW beacon of 437.200. Instead there was this odd-sounding telemetry. Can I use either MixW or UISS for this? -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901 From kb1pvh at gmail.com Tue Oct 6 11:24:06 2015 From: kb1pvh at gmail.com (Dave Webb KB1PVH) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 07:24:06 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Telemetry on LilacSat-2 In-Reply-To: <5613A812.9070702@denstarfarm.us> References: <5613A812.9070702@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: Bob, This was discussed previously. http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/?page_id=257 Dave-KB1PVH Sent from my Samsung S4 On Oct 6, 2015 7:19 AM, "Bob KD7YZ" wrote: > I am listening to digital telemetry on Satellite LilacSat-2 437.190 > (USB) at the moment. I do not recognize the audible type and thus can > not try to decode it. Roughly around 1048Z . > > I thought I was going to be hearing the CW beacon of 437.200. Instead > there was this odd-sounding telemetry. > > Can I use either MixW or UISS for this? > > -- > 73, > Bob KD7YZ > www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz > AmSat LM#901 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From n8hm at arrl.net Tue Oct 6 11:25:40 2015 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 07:25:40 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Telemetry on LilacSat-2 In-Reply-To: <5613A812.9070702@denstarfarm.us> References: <5613A812.9070702@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: The FM transponder was reportedly on at that time, so you may have been hearing the FM carrier. 73, Paul, N8HM On Tuesday, October 6, 2015, Bob KD7YZ wrote: > I am listening to digital telemetry on Satellite LilacSat-2 437.190 > (USB) at the moment. I do not recognize the audible type and thus can > not try to decode it. Roughly around 1048Z . > > I thought I was going to be hearing the CW beacon of 437.200. Instead > there was this odd-sounding telemetry. > > Can I use either MixW or UISS for this? > > -- > 73, > Bob KD7YZ > www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz > AmSat LM#901 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org . AMSAT-NA makes this open > forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us Tue Oct 6 11:36:35 2015 From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 07:36:35 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Telemetry on LilacSat-2 In-Reply-To: References: <5613A812.9070702@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: <5613B243.60406@denstarfarm.us> On 06-Oct-15 0725, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > The FM transponder was reportedly on at that time, so you may have > been hearing the FM carrier. thanks Paul for reply. I considered FM. however it didn't sound like FM being listened to while in USB. A lot like telemetry and appeared so in the WF of UISS. -- 73, Bob KD7YZ From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us Tue Oct 6 11:46:04 2015 From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 07:46:04 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Telemetry on LilacSat-2 In-Reply-To: References: <5613A812.9070702@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: <5613B47C.1000100@denstarfarm.us> On 06-Oct-15 0724, Dave Webb KB1PVH wrote: > http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/?page_id=257 This gr-lilacsat looks like linux stuff; I'd need to compile it; wouldn't run on my Win-7/64 anyway ??? but thanks for the link anyway -- 73, Bob KD7YZ From kb1pvh at gmail.com Tue Oct 6 11:47:47 2015 From: kb1pvh at gmail.com (Dave Webb KB1PVH) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 07:47:47 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Telemetry on LilacSat-2 In-Reply-To: <5613B47C.1000100@denstarfarm.us> References: <5613A812.9070702@denstarfarm.us> <5613B47C.1000100@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: It's a live CD. You burn it to a USB stick and your computer will boot and run off of it. Dave-KB1PVH Sent from my Samsung S4 On Oct 6, 2015 7:46 AM, "Bob KD7YZ" wrote: > On 06-Oct-15 0724, Dave Webb KB1PVH wrote: > > > http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/?page_id=257 > > This gr-lilacsat looks like linux stuff; I'd need to compile it; > wouldn't run on my Win-7/64 anyway ??? > > but thanks for the link anyway > > -- > 73, > Bob KD7YZ > > From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us Tue Oct 6 11:48:55 2015 From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 07:48:55 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Installing Sat Telem decoding such as FoxTelem.exe In-Reply-To: References: <56127ADB.1020901@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: <5613B527.8050903@denstarfarm.us> On 05-Oct-15 1258, Chris Thompson wrote: > Bob, > > Sorry to hear you are having issues. now working FB. Got an email from Mike with link to D/L a bunch of *.ocx .. did regserver32 on them and all is FB running now thanks From wageners at gmail.com Tue Oct 6 13:01:44 2015 From: wageners at gmail.com (Stefan Wagener) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 08:01:44 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Basic TV-type AZ-only rotator for Orbitron? In-Reply-To: References: <75C5DE9ED9D74C3999EFEA45937E2477@OPT755> Message-ID: Please refer to: http://ww2.amsat.org/xtra/Tricked-Out%20WRAPS%20Article.pdf and the Amsat store: http://store.amsat.org/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1&products_id=105 for a "portable rotator system designed for arrow type antennas". It actually does exist and it is a great project! Hope this helps, Stefan, VE4NSA On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 5:39 AM, Daniel Cussen wrote: > > Wondering if anyone could recommend a basic AZ-only rotator that is > > compatible with Orbitron? > > > > I was hoping to find perhaps a low-cost television antenna rotator (or > > similar) to give me some automation in the AZ direction without the > expense > > of a full AZ-EL system. > > > > Something that works on 12vDC for portable operation would be a nice > bonus, > > but is certainly not mandatory. > > Orbitron outputs azimuth and elevation normally to a serial port or a > USB to serial. Any device/controller would need to accept the > commands, and then control the rotator. > > Most low cost TV rotators do not have position feedback POT, meaning > they are not readily compatible with controllers. They are also > generally low voltage AC so not suitable for portable use. > > There is no portable rotator system designed for arrow type antennas. > Some people make counter weights and tripod based manual adjustments. > > In terms of 12VDC light duty rotators SPID's light duty azimuth only > rotator may suffice: > > http://www.rfhamdesign.com/products/spx-light-antenna-rotator/spx-azimuth-rotor/index.php > > However there are some drawbacks. It is not exactly light. You would > need a heavy duty possibly TV camera rather than photo camera tripod. > You would need to manufacture a custom mount. The LED display is > impossible to see in strong sunlight. It would need to be oriented > North or South using a compass each time. It can run from 12VDC to > 18VDC. I am not certain it would work with Orbitron, but you could > check directly with SPID in Poland, as it is designed for azimuth > only. In terms of Orbitron, I would recommend moving to SATPC32 as it > is better supported. Orbitrons TLE download is not working well and no > longer seems to be supported. There are work arounds, ask if you need > more info. Finally using a laptop and rotator portable normally needs > a car to protect the laptop from rain and the cars battery to power > the rotator. I power my laptop from a 13.8V to AC inverter. > > Any other rotator option would probably need to be home made, as > nothing is really available off the shelf. > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From w3mat at outlook.com Tue Oct 6 17:15:58 2015 From: w3mat at outlook.com (Loon -) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 13:15:58 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Icom 2800 Sat Set Up Message-ID: View here: https://youtu.be/xxUv3QbagnE From g0kla at arrl.net Tue Oct 6 17:56:02 2015 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 13:56:02 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem Source Code Message-ID: Several people asked me about the source code for FoxTelem, given it is released under the GNU GPL. I'm pleased to say that the source code is now available on github. You can find it here: https://github.com/ac2cz/FoxTelem No doubt there are many errors, omissions and poor coding practices. Please feel free to contact me with suggestions or fixes. Additionally, if you would like to contribute to future development of FoxTelem them please contact me. 73 Chris g0kla / ac2cz -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net From richard.siff at verizon.net Tue Oct 6 17:42:37 2015 From: richard.siff at verizon.net (Rich/wa4bue) Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2015 13:42:37 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] K4AMG Oct 10 -11 Message-ID: Hi All, This week K4AMG will sponsor the STEM activities at the Chesapeake Heritage and Waterway Festival in Chesapeake, VA. We will be featuring HF, VHF, and SATCOMS. Static displays include AMSAT?s CubeSAT Simulator and Emergency Communications Information. We will be setting up Friday afternoon and on the air as soon as possible Saturday and by noon on Sunday. So look for K4AMG on the birds and HF (most likely 40 and 20 meters. Rigs HF & VHF IC 7000 and 80 Double Zepp Antenna at 40 feet. Rigs SATCOM TS 2000, M2 antenna, G5500 rotors, AMSAT TRACKER Interface, AR2 Preamps, Single Link interface. We will be located at Display # 45. October 10 & 11, 2015 6th Annual Waterways Heritage Festival Battlefield Park South (120 Reservation Road), Battlefield & Waterways Park (1775 Historic Way), and Great Bridge Lock Park (100 Lock Road) Chesapeake, VA 23320 Sat. 10:00 AM ? 5:00 PM; Sun. 12:00 ? 5:00 PM Event Locations & Shuttle Map Please join us for our 6th Annual Waterways Heritage Festival October 10 & 11, 2015 (click here to view flyer). Located on the Intracoastal Waterways in Chesapeake, VA, the Waterways Heritage Festival is truly a rich celebration of Chesapeake?s waterways and cultural heritage. 2015 Guilds, Vendors, Exhibitors, & Entertainment: View Participant List (3 locations) View Layout Map (Battlefield Park South) View Layout Map (Historic Battlefield & Waterways Park) View Events & Special Activities (3 locations) This event benefits the Great Bridge Battlefield Waterways & History Foundation and is paid for in part and made possible by our sponsors: Atlantic Yacht Basin; Ballyhack Farm; Beekeepers Guild of Southeast VA; Cedar Creek Garden Center; Chesapeake Emergency Response Team; Chesapeake Fire Department; Chesapeake Fire Marshals Office; Chesapeake Master Gardeners Association; Chesapeake Medical Reserve Corps; Chesapeake Parks, Recreation & Tourism; Chesapeake Police Department; Chesapeake Public Schools; Chesapeake Sheriff?s Office; City Engineering Public Works; City of Chesapeake; Eure Site Solutions; The Graphics Shop; Girl Scouts of the Colonial Coast; Great Bridge Women?s Club; Gum Tree Farm; Greg & Lin Olsen; Hickory Acres Farm; Hackworth Documents & Technology; Happy Boxes; Homewood Suites Chesapeake/Greenbrier; Hyatt Place Chesapeake/Greenbrier; Jim Canterbury; Jimmy & Garnett Lane; Jo-Kell, Inc.; Open Roads; Robert Peek; Spaghetti Eddie?s; Signature Landscaping; Stanton Partners; Starbucks; Olivia Trombino; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; The Virginian Pilot/The Clipper; TowneBank; Virginia Coastal Fly Angler?s Club; Wild River Outfitters; Virginia Cooperative Extension; Virginia Sheep Producers Association; WCTV 48; Zaugg Financial Group, Inc.; and others. From AJ9N at aol.com Tue Oct 6 19:54:13 2015 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 15:54:13 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-06 20:00 UTC Quick list of schedu Message-ID: <3420dc.665133b1.434580e5@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-06 20:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Corpus Christi Catholic School, Chambersburg, PA, telebridge via LU1CGB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact was successful: Tue 2015-10-06 16:29:32 UTC 33 deg (***) Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail (1), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Fri 2015-10-09 08:00:04 UTC 47 deg Bay View Elementary School, Burlington, WA, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Wed 2015-10-14 19:41:44 UTC 59 deg **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss at arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 110 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-06 20:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 997. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 962. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-06 20:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net Tue Oct 6 21:03:32 2015 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 17:03:32 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail (1), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Message-ID: An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail (1), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 09 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:00 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between OR4ISS and 9M2RPN. The contact should be audible over Malaysia and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Our first ARISS contact was made in 2007 when, Malaysia's first Astronaut Shiekh Muzapher went on board ISS. We made 5 direct contacts when, some 80 school children to talked to him and asked questions. Since then it has become highly sought after yearly event which is tied up with the Prime Minister's Space Challenge Trophy. This year 2015 we would be making our 8th yearly contact. Since the schools do not have ground stations, they make use of Satellite Ground Station at National Planetarium established in 1995 under the call sign of 9M2RPN. The schools are the nurseries to produce future astronauts and space scientists. The forthcoming contact in October, 2013 provides the hands on experience and the seeding operation for tomorrow's space scientists. 1. How far you have to go to escape gravity? 2. What is the escape velocity to reach ISS? 3. When you have achieved orbit what is the first thing that you do? 4. Is it hard to eat in space? 5. How does it feel to float in space? 6. How does one get treated in case of sudden sickness in space? 7. If there is air leak in ISS what emergency action would be taken? 8. Can you weigh yourself in weightlessness? 9. Do you sweat in space? 10. Can you grow seeds in space? 11. Can you see other satellites from the ISS? 12. What time zone do you observe in space? 13. How many sunrises and sunsets you see in space? 14. How often you get to speak to your families in space? 15. How is garbage disposed in space? 16. How do astronauts train for launch, orbit and reentry? 17. How would a candle burn in space? 18. Can you blow your nose in space? 19. If you sneeze in space do you float backwards? 20. Can you see stars in daytime when you are in space? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Bay View Elementary School, Burlington, WA, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Wed Oct. 24, 2015 19:41:44 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From jbarbre at xmission.com Tue Oct 6 20:34:21 2015 From: jbarbre at xmission.com (Jim Barbre) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 13:34:21 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Basic TV-type AZ-only rotator for Orbitron? In-Reply-To: References: <75C5DE9ED9D74C3999EFEA45937E2477@OPT755> Message-ID: <5614304D.1050602@xmission.com> Hi Daniel, This might be what you are looking for. It is 12V DC and is designed for portable operation. I own one and I like it very much. It is light duty - not for large antennas. I use a program called PstRotator to interface it with Orbitron. Hope this helps. 73 Jim Barbre KB7YSY On 10/6/2015 3:39 AM, Daniel Cussen wrote: >> Wondering if anyone could recommend a basic AZ-only rotator that is >> compatible with Orbitron? >> >> I was hoping to find perhaps a low-cost television antenna rotator (or >> similar) to give me some automation in the AZ direction without the expense >> of a full AZ-EL system. >> Something that works on 12vDC for portable operation would be a nice bonus, >> but is certainly not mandatory. > From saguaroastro at cox.net Tue Oct 6 23:30:09 2015 From: saguaroastro at cox.net (Rick Tejera) Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2015 16:30:09 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: [Launch Alert] Thursday Launch Message-ID: Just got this from the VDB alert service I subscribe to Rick Tejera K7TEJSaguaroAstro at cox.net623-203-4121 -------- Original message -------- From: Launch Alert Date: 10/06/2015 12:32 (GMT-07:00) To: launch-alert at mailman.qth.net Subject: [Launch Alert] Thursday Launch The launch time for Thursday morning's Atlas V launch from Vandenberg AFB is 05:49 PDT. Following liftoff, the Atlas will rise vertically for several seconds and then probably begin a gradual turn towards the south. The announced launch time is several minutes before the start of morning twilight at Vandenberg. If the rocket makes a gradual climb into orbit, the powered phase of the launch will probably end before the Atlas climbs into sunlight. In this case, the Atlas will resemble a moving orange or white light. However, if the rocket makes a steep climb into orbit, the Atlas initially will resemble a moving orange or white light. The rocket may then climb high enough during the powered phase of the launch for the exhaust plume to catch the Sun's rays, creating a weak Twilight Effect. Regardless of the angle of the rocket's climb, the event could be visible to the naked eye for a few hundred miles. The probability of acceptable weather at launch time is 70%. Webcasts of the launch should be available from the following web sites: ? https://spaceflightnow.com/ ? http://www.ulalaunch.com/ ? https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ Because of my schedule, I will not be able to answer questions regarding this launch. For information about viewing Vandenberg AFB launches, go to: ? http://www.spacearchive.info/vafbview.htm For information about photographing Vandenberg launches, go to: ? http://www.spacearchive.info/vafbphoto.htm Please note that I do not add people to the Launch Alert mailing list. Launch Alert is a self-service newsletter. In other words, people interested in subscribing need to do so themselves. Also, I do not change reader e-mail addresses or unsubscribe readers. ______________________________________________________________ Launch-Alert mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/launch-alert Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Launch-Alert at mailman.qth.net Message delivered to saguaroastro at cox.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html From Mvivona at yahoo.com Wed Oct 7 00:39:00 2015 From: Mvivona at yahoo.com (Mvivona) Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 20:39:00 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Basic TV-type AZ-only rotator for Orbitron? In-Reply-To: <5614304D.1050602@xmission.com> References: <75C5DE9ED9D74C3999EFEA45937E2477@OPT755> <5614304D.1050602@xmission.com> Message-ID: <8FA5EF21-9252-493E-96B9-594FF6C80124@yahoo.com> OK, what is it? Michael-KC4ZVA Sent from my iPad On Oct 6, 2015, at 4:34 PM, Jim Barbre wrote: Hi Daniel, This might be what you are looking for. It is 12V DC and is designed for portable operation. I own one and I like it very much. It is light duty - not for large antennas. I use a program called PstRotator to interface it with Orbitron. Hope this helps. 73 Jim Barbre KB7YSY On 10/6/2015 3:39 AM, Daniel Cussen wrote: >> Wondering if anyone could recommend a basic AZ-only rotator that is >> compatible with Orbitron? >> >> I was hoping to find perhaps a low-cost television antenna rotator (or >> similar) to give me some automation in the AZ direction without the expense >> of a full AZ-EL system. >> Something that works on 12vDC for portable operation would be a nice bonus, >> but is certainly not mandatory. > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From e20zfd at gmail.com Wed Oct 7 04:09:30 2015 From: e20zfd at gmail.com (Karn Suwanrat) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 11:09:30 +0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] NEW TO 9k6 GMSK TLM Message-ID: Hi all, I'm interested in decoding a GMSK signal from satellite. But, I'm using iMac and can't find any app that I can use. Any idea which app should I try? Please let me know if anyone have any recommends. Also, I don't know if I need to set my radio on FM or USB? Thank you all Karn e20zfd at gmail.com From ei7m-wkt at asahi-net.or.jp Wed Oct 7 06:33:54 2015 From: ei7m-wkt at asahi-net.or.jp (Mineo Wakita) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 15:33:54 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] LQSat successful launch Message-ID: <8ED5467CDC354D76B3ACE3836C45D890@je9pel> LQSat launched successfully at 04:13UTC October 7, 2015. 437.650MHz 4k8bps MSK,CW 2404.000MHz 1Mbps QPSK TLE ? http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/10/china-launches-jilin-1-mission-long-march-2d/ http://spaceflight101.com/chinas-long-march-2d-lofts-small-imaging-satellites/ http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/lingqiao.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita From burns at fisher.cc Wed Oct 7 06:42:16 2015 From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 02:42:16 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Information about Fox-1a post launch expectations Message-ID: As you may be aware AMSAT-NA?s Fox-1A satellite is planned for launch on the morning of October 8th. We would like to set your expectations about what will be going on in the days immediately following the launch. *Keplerian Elements: * We will provide the Keplerian elements (aka Keps or TLEs) to enable you to track Fox-1a as soon after launch as we get them (and are cleared to release them). The information will be placed on http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt and on the main AMSAT page at http://www.amsat.org . We have no control over when we can release the information, although we hope it will be within hours of the satellite deployment. *Initial Commissioning Period:* Initially the transponder will not be on and will not respond to uplinks. *Please do not attempt to uplink while we check out the satellite and commission it*. We will publicize when we have opened the transponder to general use. You should expect the checkout phase to last for a minimum of several days and possibly for several weeks. *What To Listen For:* During the initial checkout period and when the satellite is in range, every two minutes you will generally hear about 5 seconds of data followed by a few seconds of a voice ID (and possibly a second data packet). You may occasionally hear 'data' mode which Chris, G0KLA, has famously described as sounding like an old-fashioned telephone modem. If you should happen to hear what appear to be QSOs, please resist the temptation to join in before the commissioning period is over. *Please Send Telemetry Reports and Data: *We would love to have you collect and upload as much data as you can, and to give any other kind of report on the amsat-bb mailing list (which some of the Fox team will monitor). You can also report hearing or not hearing it on http://www.amsat.org/status/ You can upload data using the FoxTelem telemetry program that we recently released. (Check the "upload to server" box in the properties/preference page). More data will help us do the checkout faster! Remember if you hear the ?telephone modem? sound, you must switch FoxTelem to high-speed mode manually. Similarly FoxTelem must be in low-speed mode at other times. We are planning a special award to the person who submits the first data from the satellite (by which we mean the earliest downlinked mission elapsed time), so get your rigs ready! 73, Burns Fisher, W2BFJ For the Fox-1a checkout team From g0mrf at aol.com Wed Oct 7 07:55:32 2015 From: g0mrf at aol.com (David G0MRF) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 03:55:32 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Information about Fox-1a post launch expectations In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <150414c5486-2857-2c579@webprd-m94.mail.aol.com> Hi Burns. Good luck for a successful launch I understand the launch most likely will be heading south (ish) from the launch site and a time has been announced Is there an inclination and altitude / mm available for FOX-1A? Thanks David G0MRF -----Original Message----- From: Burns Fisher To: AMSAT BB Sent: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 7:42 Subject: [amsat-bb] Information about Fox-1a post launch expectations As you may be aware AMSAT-NA?s Fox-1A satellite is planned for launch on the morning of October 8th. We would like to set your expectations about what will be going on in the days immediately following the launch. *Keplerian Elements: * We will provide the Keplerian elements (aka Keps or TLEs) to enable you to track Fox-1a as soon after launch as we get them (and are cleared to release them). The information will be placed on http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt and on the main AMSAT page at http://www.amsat.org . We have no control over when we can release the information, although we hope it will be within hours of the satellite deployment. *Initial Commissioning Period:* Initially the transponder will not be on and will not respond to uplinks. *Please do not attempt to uplink while we check out the satellite and commission it*. We will publicize when we have opened the transponder to general use. You should expect the checkout phase to last for a minimum of several days and possibly for several weeks. *What To Listen For:* During the initial checkout period and when the satellite is in range, every two minutes you will generally hear about 5 seconds of data followed by a few seconds of a voice ID (and possibly a second data packet). You may occasionally hear 'data' mode which Chris, G0KLA, has famously described as sounding like an old-fashioned telephone modem. If you should happen to hear what appear to be QSOs, please resist the temptation to join in before the commissioning period is over. *Please Send Telemetry Reports and Data: *We would love to have you collect and upload as much data as you can, and to give any other kind of report on the amsat-bb mailing list (which some of the Fox team will monitor). You can also report hearing or not hearing it on http://www.amsat.org/status/ You can upload data using the FoxTelem telemetry program that we recently released. (Check the "upload to server" box in the properties/preference page). More data will help us do the checkout faster! Remember if you hear the ?telephone modem? sound, you must switch FoxTelem to high-speed mode manually. Similarly FoxTelem must be in low-speed mode at other times. We are planning a special award to the person who submits the first data from the satellite (by which we mean the earliest downlinked mission elapsed time), so get your rigs ready! 73, Burns Fisher, W2BFJ For the Fox-1a checkout team _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From f5gva-1 at wanadoo.fr Wed Oct 7 09:18:03 2015 From: f5gva-1 at wanadoo.fr (f5gva-1 at wanadoo.fr) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 11:18:03 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] file doppler.sqf and satnames.txt for SAT PC32 Message-ID: <692B6A178B1E418F8EBD8C20A18F0D49@Claude1PC> Hi all For SAT PC32, 2 files with news satellites attached to this email. Good DX satellites ! Best 73 Claude F5GVA Satellite amateur radio station http://f5gva.pagesperso-orange.fr/ -------------- next part -------------- An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... Name: AmsatNames.txt URL: From willmarbrowns at outlook.com Wed Oct 7 10:53:08 2015 From: willmarbrowns at outlook.com (Bruce Brown) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 10:53:08 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] =?utf-8?q?Fox-1a_keps_problem?= Message-ID: I cannot get satpc32 to read the data from the preliminary keps posted on amsat.org. any one else have this problem? anyone else find a solution? bruce ke0lx EN25lc Sent from Windows Mail From wmy at isac.gov.in Wed Oct 7 10:58:30 2015 From: wmy at isac.gov.in (Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS]) Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2015 16:28:30 +0530 Subject: [amsat-bb] Information about Fox-1A post launch expectations Message-ID: <20151007110330.DF7BF8744@lansing182.amsat.org> Hi Burns and the team, Good wishes and Greetings from India for a grand and complete success of FOX-1A mission. 73 de Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS] Secretary & Station-In-Charge Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC ISRO Satellite Centre HAL Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. 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If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From n8hm at arrl.net Wed Oct 7 11:06:28 2015 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 07:06:28 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1a keps problem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: They work here, but keep in mind that those preliminary keps only approximate the perigee, apogee, and inclination of the expected orbit and are not at all useful for post-launch tracking. 73, Paul, N8HM On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 6:53 AM, Bruce Brown wrote: > I cannot get satpc32 to read the data from the preliminary keps posted on amsat.org. > > any one else have this problem? > > anyone else find a solution? > > > bruce ke0lx > > EN25lc > > > > > > > Sent from Windows Mail > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From redski at bellsouth.net Wed Oct 7 11:11:53 2015 From: redski at bellsouth.net (W M Willoughby) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 06:11:53 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] =?utf-8?q?Fox-1a_keps_problem?= Message-ID: Formatting has to be precise. Be sure you copied the TLE exactly, without adding any extra characters or spaces. From kx9x at yahoo.com Wed Oct 7 12:09:59 2015 From: kx9x at yahoo.com (Sean K.) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 12:09:59 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellites in Make Magazine References: <514394825.137597.1444219799208.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <514394825.137597.1444219799208.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Hi all- Not sure if this was recently shared here, but Make magazine recently talked up SATNOGS and covered how to build a ground station at one of their Maker Faires. Apologies if this is a repeat. Build Your Own Satellite Ground Station | Make: | ? | | ? | | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | | Build Your Own Satellite Ground Station | Make:We talk to the creator of SatNOGS, an open hardware satellite ground station built using a 3D printer and off the shelf components for $300. | | | | View on makezine.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | | ? | ?Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X From jbarbre at xmission.com Wed Oct 7 14:53:07 2015 From: jbarbre at xmission.com (Jim Barbre) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 07:53:07 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Basic TV-type AZ-only rotator for Orbitron? In-Reply-To: <8FA5EF21-9252-493E-96B9-594FF6C80124@yahoo.com> References: <75C5DE9ED9D74C3999EFEA45937E2477@OPT755> <5614304D.1050602@xmission.com> <8FA5EF21-9252-493E-96B9-594FF6C80124@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <561531D3.2040701@xmission.com> I forgot to include the URL. http://www.portablerotation.com/ Sorry about that. 73 Jim KB7YSY On 10/6/2015 5:39 PM, Mvivona wrote: > OK, what is it? > > Michael-KC4ZVA > Sent from my iPad > > On Oct 6, 2015, at 4:34 PM, Jim Barbre wrote: > > Hi Daniel, > > This might be what you are looking for. It is 12V DC and is designed for portable operation. I own one and I like it very much. It is light duty - not for large antennas. I use a program called PstRotator to interface it with Orbitron. > > Hope this helps. > 73 > Jim Barbre > KB7YSY > > > On 10/6/2015 3:39 AM, Daniel Cussen wrote: >>> Wondering if anyone could recommend a basic AZ-only rotator that is >>> compatible with Orbitron? >>> >>> I was hoping to find perhaps a low-cost television antenna rotator (or >>> similar) to give me some automation in the AZ direction without the expense >>> of a full AZ-EL system. >>> Something that works on 12vDC for portable operation would be a nice bonus, >>> but is certainly not mandatory. > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From glasbrenner at mindspring.com Wed Oct 7 14:58:54 2015 From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 10:58:54 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A launch time Message-ID: <674B1269-A5CC-401D-BE51-80A6D2755CE8@mindspring.com> We've been cleared to release the launch time as 5:49 PDT (12:49 UTC), with webcast starting 20m prior. http://www.amsat.org/?p=4591 Sent from my iPhone From wa4sca at gmail.com Wed Oct 7 15:30:52 2015 From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 10:30:52 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1a keps problem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000e01d10115$26cd8840$746898c0$@GMAIL.COM> Bruce, They work fine for me. Just make certain that you are pasting unformatted. As Paul mentioned, those Keps are over 2 years old, created from the nominal orbit parameters, and are only useful for getting an idea of what the typical coverage will look like, so I wouldn't worry much if they don't work for you. 73s, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- References: Message-ID: Good news - looks like Fox-1A will be launched tomorrow. Bad news - Don't try to work it immediately. (grin) Wait for word from AMSAT engineers when it is ready for us to work it. Keplerian data will be forthcoming, too, from AMSAT-NA. But the bird needs to be "set up" - and even if you think you hear something from it in the next few days, please do NOT try to access it until we are told we can - you may interrupt a control operator's access to the satellite. Clint K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com From pe0sat at vgnet.nl Wed Oct 7 17:07:24 2015 From: pe0sat at vgnet.nl (PE0SAT | Amateur Radio) Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2015 19:07:24 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] LQSat successful launch In-Reply-To: <8ED5467CDC354D76B3ACE3836C45D890@je9pel> References: <8ED5467CDC354D76B3ACE3836C45D890@je9pel> Message-ID: Thank you Wakita San, Is there any news on the TLE? Jan PE0SAT On 07-10-2015 08:33, Mineo Wakita wrote: > LQSat launched successfully at 04:13UTC October 7, 2015. > > 437.650MHz 4k8bps MSK,CW > 2404.000MHz 1Mbps QPSK > TLE ? > > JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita -- With regards PE0SAT Internet web-page http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/ DK3WN SatBlog http://www.dk3wn.info/p/ From m-arai at a.email.ne.jp Wed Oct 7 17:35:49 2015 From: m-arai at a.email.ne.jp (Masahiro Arai) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 02:35:49 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A launch time In-Reply-To: <674B1269-A5CC-401D-BE51-80A6D2755CE8@mindspring.com> References: <674B1269-A5CC-401D-BE51-80A6D2755CE8@mindspring.com> Message-ID: <561557F5.1070007@a.email.ne.jp> From NASA News: NASA TV coverage of the launch will begin at 8:29 a.m. EDT Thursday. Masa JN1GKZ -------- Original Message -------- > We've been cleared to release the launch time as 5:49 PDT (12:49 UTC), with webcast starting 20m prior. http://www.amsat.org/?p=4591 > > Sent from my iPhone From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in Wed Oct 7 17:39:13 2015 From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 01:39:13 +0800 Subject: [amsat-bb] Information about Fox-1A post launch expectations In-Reply-To: <20151007110330.DF7BF8744@lansing182.amsat.org> Message-ID: <1444239553.24034.YahooMailAndroidMobile@web192602.mail.sg3.yahoo.com> All the best for a successful launch and deployment of Fox-1A. 73 Nitin (vu3tyg) Secretary, AMSAT INDIA Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android From:"Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS]" Date:Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 16:33 Subject:[amsat-bb] Information about Fox-1A post launch expectations Hi Burns and the team, Good wishes and Greetings from India for a grand and complete success of FOX-1A mission. 73 de ? 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AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From mccardelm at gmail.com Wed Oct 7 17:48:16 2015 From: mccardelm at gmail.com (EMike McCardel) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 13:48:16 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Working Fox-1A In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Clint, It looks like you saw Burns post from early this morning or the repost on the AMSAT Facebook page. We appreciate others reposting the information. 73 EMike EMike McCardel, KC8YLD VP for Educational Relations AMSAT-NA Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 7, 2015, at 12:31 PM, Clint Bradford wrote: > > Good news - looks like Fox-1A will be launched tomorrow. > > Bad news - Don't try to work it immediately. (grin) > > Wait for word from AMSAT engineers when it is ready for us to > work it. Keplerian data will be forthcoming, too, from AMSAT-NA. > But the bird needs to be "set up" - and even if you think you hear > something from it in the next few days, please do NOT try to access > it until we are told we can - you may interrupt a control operator's > access to the satellite. > > Clint K6LCS > http://www.work-sat.com > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From w7lrd at comcast.net Wed Oct 7 20:59:10 2015 From: w7lrd at comcast.net (Bob- W7LRD) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 20:59:10 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] doppler.sqf files Message-ID: <321837421.4338015.1444251550057.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Will someone point me to where I can find the latest Doppler sqf files used in Satpc32 for the latest satellites, XW etc 73 Bob w7LRD From mvivona at yahoo.com Wed Oct 7 21:01:48 2015 From: mvivona at yahoo.com (mvivona at yahoo.com) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 21:01:48 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] NASA to Announce Selections for Small Satellite Launch Contract In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1094749887.465239.1444251708512.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> October 07, 2015? MEDIA ADVISORY M15-150 NASA to Announce Selections for Small Satellite Launch ContractNASA will host a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the agency?s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to announce the outcome of the Venture Class Launch Service (VCLS) competition. The news conference will air live on NASA Television and the agency?s website. The participants are: ??Garrett Skrobot, Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission lead for the Launch Services Program (LSP) at Kennedy ??Eric Ianson, associate director of NASA?s Earth Sciences Division in the Science Mission Directorate at the agency?s headquarters in Washington ??Mark Wiese, flight projects office chief, NASA Launch Services Program, Kennedy Space Center ??Representatives from the selected launch service providers _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From erich.eichmann at t-online.de Wed Oct 7 21:14:37 2015 From: erich.eichmann at t-online.de (Erich Eichmann) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 23:14:37 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] BRe: doppler.sqf files In-Reply-To: <321837421.4338015.1444251550057.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> References: <321837421.4338015.1444251550057.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Message-ID: <56158B3D.30107@t-online.de> Bob, here you can add the data of XW-2A ... XW-2F and LILICSAT 2 to Doppler.SQF and AmsatNames.txt using "copy and paste". http://www.dk1tb.de/XW-2.txt 73s, Erich, DK1TB Am 07.10.2015 um 22:59 schrieb Bob- W7LRD: > Will someone point me to where I can find the latest Doppler sqf files used in Satpc32 for the latest satellites, XW etc > 73 Bob w7LRD > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From elkosmas at gmail.com Wed Oct 7 14:49:32 2015 From: elkosmas at gmail.com (Eleftherios Kosmas) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 17:49:32 +0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellites in Make Magazine In-Reply-To: <514394825.137597.1444219799208.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <514394825.137597.1444219799208.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <514394825.137597.1444219799208.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Here is the link for the article and interview :) http://makezine.com/2015/09/30/build-satellite-ground-station/ On Oct 7, 2015 3:10 PM, "Sean K. via AMSAT-BB" wrote: > Hi all- > Not sure if this was recently shared here, but Make magazine recently > talked up SATNOGS and covered how to build a ground station at one of their > Maker Faires. Apologies if this is a repeat. > > Build Your Own Satellite Ground Station | Make: > > > | | > | | | | | | | | > | Build Your Own Satellite Ground Station | Make:We talk to the creator of > SatNOGS, an open hardware satellite ground station built using a 3D printer > and off the shelf components for $300. | > | | > | View on makezine.com | Preview by Yahoo | > | | > | | > > Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From tk at 1.21jiggawatts.net Wed Oct 7 20:33:39 2015 From: tk at 1.21jiggawatts.net (Thomas Karpiniec) Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 07:33:39 +1100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Working RS0ISS-1? Message-ID: <1444250019.3916426.404179097.7EB3A4A5@webmail.messagingengine.com> Hi all, I'm just getting started with sats and tried to connect to the mailbox on the ISS this morning. I must have done the wrong thing because it didn't go how I expected. I tried to make an ordinary connection to RS0ISS-1 from VK7NTK-1 and RS0ISS-0 responded (I think to me?) with: RS0ISS>CQ:Logged on to RS0ISS's Personal Message System<0x0d> RS0ISS>CQ:on board the International Space Station<0x0d> This suggests to me that even the mailbox is using some sort of unproto system. I haven't seen any information anywhere about interacting with the mailbox that way. Would anyone be able to send me a link to up-to-date instructions, or explain what format it's expecting me to send, to which SSID? Many thanks, Tom VK7NTK From w5pfg at amsat.org Wed Oct 7 21:36:26 2015 From: w5pfg at amsat.org (Clayton W5PFG) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 16:36:26 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] BRe: doppler.sqf files In-Reply-To: <56158B3D.30107@t-online.de> References: <321837421.4338015.1444251550057.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> <56158B3D.30107@t-online.de> Message-ID: <5615905A.8050300@amsat.org> A correction will need to be made to that file. It lists 437.225 as the FM downlink for LilacSat-2. It should be 437.200. There is telemetry on 437.225. 73, Clayton W5PFG On 10/7/2015 16:14, Erich Eichmann wrote: > Bob, > here you can add the data of XW-2A ... XW-2F and LILICSAT 2 to > Doppler.SQF and AmsatNames.txt using "copy and paste". > http://www.dk1tb.de/XW-2.txt > > 73s, Erich, DK1TB > > Am 07.10.2015 um 22:59 schrieb Bob- W7LRD: >> Will someone point me to where I can find the latest Doppler sqf files >> used in Satpc32 for the latest satellites, XW etc >> 73 Bob w7LRD >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views >> of AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite >> program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From nicholasmahr1 at gmail.com Wed Oct 7 22:54:23 2015 From: nicholasmahr1 at gmail.com (Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 18:54:23 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-2 ON Message-ID: Heard Lilacsat on the 22:40 UTC pass over the east coast. 73's KE8AKW Nick From wageners at gmail.com Wed Oct 7 23:26:46 2015 From: wageners at gmail.com (Stefan Wagener) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 18:26:46 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Working RS0ISS-1? In-Reply-To: <1444250019.3916426.404179097.7EB3A4A5@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <1444250019.3916426.404179097.7EB3A4A5@webmail.messagingengine.com> Message-ID: Hi Tom, It is highly recommended NOT to connect to the ISS mailbox. Any connection attempt if successful will block ISS digipeater operation for everyone else. When the ISS packet system is active (digipeater) folks use it for APRS purposes and exchange position information and/or short text messages. Use of the mailbox is of no benefit since it does not contain anything of value. You can find a lot of useful information by just googling "ISS APRS" e.g., http://amsat-uk.org/beginners/how-to-work-the-iss-on-aprs-packet-radio/ Hope this helps and good luck, Stefan, VE4NSA On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 3:33 PM, Thomas Karpiniec wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm just getting started with sats and tried to connect to the mailbox > on the ISS this morning. I must have done the wrong thing because it > didn't go how I expected. I tried to make an ordinary connection to > RS0ISS-1 from VK7NTK-1 and RS0ISS-0 responded (I think to me?) with: > > RS0ISS>CQ:Logged on to RS0ISS's Personal Message System<0x0d> > RS0ISS>CQ:on board the International Space Station<0x0d> > > This suggests to me that even the mailbox is using some sort of unproto > system. I haven't seen any information anywhere about interacting with > the mailbox that way. Would anyone be able to send me a link to > up-to-date instructions, or explain what format it's expecting me to > send, to which SSID? > > Many thanks, > > Tom VK7NTK > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From skristof at etczone.net Thu Oct 8 00:41:05 2015 From: skristof at etczone.net (Steve Kristoff) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 20:41:05 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Installing Sat Telem decoding such as FoxTelem.exe In-Reply-To: <5613B527.8050903@denstarfarm.us> References: <56127ADB.1020901@denstarfarm.us> <5613B527.8050903@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: <5E7B3EC6F8814C5A8937688385497305@StevePC> I'm having the same issue with the MSCHRT20.ocx file missing or invalid or whatever. Can someone please point me to the fix or to another XW-2 telemetry decoder? Thank you. Steve AI9IN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob KD7YZ" To: "Chris Thompson" Cc: "AMSAT BB" Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 7:48 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Installing Sat Telem decoding such as FoxTelem.exe > On 05-Oct-15 1258, Chris Thompson wrote: >> Bob, >> >> Sorry to hear you are having issues. > > > now working FB. Got an email from Mike with link to D/L a bunch of *.ocx > .. did regserver32 on them and all is FB running now > > thanks > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > Steve Kristoff skristof at etczone.com From uwaveguy at gmail.com Thu Oct 8 02:16:27 2015 From: uwaveguy at gmail.com (Bob Freeman) Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 20:16:27 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Basic TV-type AZ-only rotator for Orbitron? Message-ID: Hello, Well, my CNCTRK is not based on Orbitron but does work with 12 VDC. I'm still looking at a short run of units during the current quarter. See the site below for current information. And, yes, a sturdy tripod workd best. http://ki4sbl.dodropin.org/CNCTRK/CNCTRK_system_home.html Regards, Bob Freeman KI4SBL From tk at 1.21jiggawatts.net Thu Oct 8 06:54:11 2015 From: tk at 1.21jiggawatts.net (Thomas Karpiniec) Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 17:54:11 +1100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Working RS0ISS-1? In-Reply-To: References: <1444250019.3916426.404179097.7EB3A4A5@webmail.messagingengine.com> Message-ID: <1444287251.1167952.404550033.4E2EFE9E@webmail.messagingengine.com> Hi Stefan, On Thu, 8 Oct 2015, at 10:26 AM, Stefan Wagener wrote: > It is highly recommended NOT to connect to the ISS mailbox. Any > connection attempt if successful will block ISS digipeater operation > for everyone else. Thanks for the advice! I'll forget about it for now. Sadly in the last week the only packets I've received are beacons from PSAT and ARISS themselves. I share most of my footprint with ocean and I'd be genuinely pretty excited to see someone activate the mailbox. Oh well, it's time to listen for Fox-1A anyway! Cheers, Tom VK7NTK From tomk9166 at gmail.com Thu Oct 8 10:50:38 2015 From: tomk9166 at gmail.com (Tom Karickhoff) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 06:50:38 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A Message-ID: Good morning everyone! I am already going through info for today's launch and came up with a couple of questions... What is the order of exit from the P-POD for Fox-1a, BisonSat, and ARC1? Is there any information available regarding the order in which the individual P-PODs will be opened? Specifically, what number in line is Fox-1A? From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us Thu Oct 8 11:11:12 2015 From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 07:11:12 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 & a long list of Sats to track Message-ID: <56164F50.1040400@denstarfarm.us> Well I was just sitting here and trying to figure out a convenient way to be alerted when any of thee satellites I watch/work is in range. The trouble is that I've already got [A] to [L] filled and still have Fox1 and several other recent birds to follow. So what's a way I can have SatPC32 tell me when _ANY_ of those I track is available _AND_ Auto-Move to tracking it? thanks -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901 From amsat at n0jy.org Thu Oct 8 11:35:26 2015 From: amsat at n0jy.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 04:35:26 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Tom I can only answer #1, ARC1, BisonSat, then Fox-1 is the order coming out of the P-POD. Jerry N0JY On Oct 8, 2015 3:50 AM, Tom Karickhoff wrote: > > Good morning everyone!?? I am already going through info for today's launch > and came up with a couple of questions... > > What is the order of exit from the P-POD for Fox-1a, BisonSat, and ARC1? > > Is there any information available regarding the order in which the > individual P-PODs will be opened?? Specifically, what number in line is > Fox-1A? > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From wb3csy at gmail.com Thu Oct 8 12:00:11 2015 From: wb3csy at gmail.com (Rick Walter) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 08:00:11 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat 2 transponder not on at 11:50Z 8 OCT 15 Message-ID: <448B0593-8DF5-4C2F-BF04-5EB902B5F6AB@gmail.com> Went out with my arrow antenna for the 11:50Z pass of LilacSat 2 and heard the carrier with tone every 30 seconds but the FM transponder was not turned on. Rick WB3CSY Sent from Rick's iPad2 From ve3nxk at gmail.com Thu Oct 8 12:00:29 2015 From: ve3nxk at gmail.com (Bill Booth) Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 08:00:29 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 & a long list of Sats to track In-Reply-To: <56164F50.1040400@denstarfarm.us> References: <56164F50.1040400@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: <56165ADD.6070604@gmail.com> On 08/10/2015 7:11 AM, Bob KD7YZ wrote: > So what's a way I can have SatPC32 tell me when_ANY_ of those I track > is available_AND_ Auto-Move to tracking it? If you ever get this figured out, then using your method and the LOTW you will have somewhat reliable communication with confirmation just like the everyday person with a cell phone ....... -- Bill Booth VE3NXK Sundridge ON, Canada 79.23.37 W x 45.46.18 N FN05ns Visit my weather WebCam at http://www.almaguin.com/wxcurrent/weather.html Organ and Tissue Donation - The Gift of Life Talk to your family. Your decision can make a difference. From w5pfg at amsat.org Thu Oct 8 12:04:25 2015 From: w5pfg at amsat.org (Clayton W5PFG) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 07:04:25 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat 2 transponder not on at 11:50Z 8 OCT 15 In-Reply-To: <448B0593-8DF5-4C2F-BF04-5EB902B5F6AB@gmail.com> References: <448B0593-8DF5-4C2F-BF04-5EB902B5F6AB@gmail.com> Message-ID: <56165BC9.6070705@amsat.org> Yes, I can report the same from Texas. This seems to concur with previous hours' reports on http://amsat.org/status/ 73 Clayton W5PFG On 10/8/2015 07:00, Rick Walter wrote: > Went out with my arrow antenna for the 11:50Z pass of LilacSat 2 and heard the carrier with tone every 30 seconds but the FM transponder was not turned on. > Rick WB3CSY > > Sent from Rick's iPad2 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From va6bmj at gmail.com Thu Oct 8 13:18:53 2015 From: va6bmj at gmail.com (B J) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 13:18:53 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat 2 transponder not on at 11:50Z 8 OCT 15 In-Reply-To: <448B0593-8DF5-4C2F-BF04-5EB902B5F6AB@gmail.com> References: <448B0593-8DF5-4C2F-BF04-5EB902B5F6AB@gmail.com> Message-ID: On 10/8/15, Rick Walter wrote: > Went out with my arrow antenna for the 11:50Z pass of LilacSat 2 and heard > the carrier with tone every 30 seconds but the FM transponder was not turned > on. I heard no downlink during the pass here in DO33 which started just before 0200 UTC. There's another pass coming up in less than 2 hours from now and I might try that, weather permitting. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL From peter at m3php.com Thu Oct 8 13:23:37 2015 From: peter at m3php.com (Peter Goodhall) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 14:23:37 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Installing Sat Telem decoding such as FoxTelem.exe In-Reply-To: <5E7B3EC6F8814C5A8937688385497305@StevePC> References: <56127ADB.1020901@denstarfarm.us> <5613B527.8050903@denstarfarm.us> <5E7B3EC6F8814C5A8937688385497305@StevePC> Message-ID: Steve, Not sure what dev tools the decoder is made from however I believe MSCHRT20 is a part of the Visual Basic Runtime so you can grab that from https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/vbruntime Pete, 2E0SQL On 8 October 2015 at 01:41, Steve Kristoff wrote: > I'm having the same issue with the MSCHRT20.ocx file missing or invalid or > whatever. > Can someone please point me to the fix or to another XW-2 telemetry decoder? > Thank you. > > Steve AI9IN > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob KD7YZ" > To: "Chris Thompson" > Cc: "AMSAT BB" > Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 7:48 AM > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Installing Sat Telem decoding such as FoxTelem.exe > > >> On 05-Oct-15 1258, Chris Thompson wrote: >>> >>> Bob, >>> >>> Sorry to hear you are having issues. >> >> >> >> now working FB. Got an email from Mike with link to D/L a bunch of *.ocx >> .. did regserver32 on them and all is FB running now >> >> thanks >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions >> expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of >> AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> > Steve Kristoff > skristof at etczone.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb -- Peter Goodhall, 2E0SQL From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us Thu Oct 8 14:39:31 2015 From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 10:39:31 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 & a long list of Sats to track In-Reply-To: <1444313166.95025.YahooMailIosMobile@web121802.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1444313166.95025.YahooMailIosMobile@web121802.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <56168023.8030206@denstarfarm.us> On 08-Oct-15 1006, Mark Johns wrote: > For alerts, I use a little Windows program called Sat_Explorer by F6DQM. > www.f6dqm.fr thanks Mark. More pointedly, there are a couple of sats that, even though I am not here, I want the system to track and the respective program to log the data es forward it to the group keeping track if their own data. Otherwise, at home, I "try" to remember to be back at the table for this or that sat. Otherwise I hear the SatPC32 Brauhaus Lassie tell me this or that Sat is up. But now I have so many that I want to hear or track that SatPC32 can't quite cope with it Hi Hi . -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901 From kk5do at arrl.net Thu Oct 8 14:46:42 2015 From: kk5do at arrl.net (Bruce) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 09:46:42 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Symposium / VUCC/WAS card checking Message-ID: <561681D2.3070503@arrl.net> If you have any cards you would like checked for VUCC/WAS, I will be at the Symposium. I will give preference to satellite contacts first before I check other bands/modes. If you are going to have cards checked, I prefer the list be in Grid Square order using an Excel spreadsheet or Word doc with the second column being the call sign worked. Place all your cards in the same grid square order as the list with any cards that contain multiple grids at the end of the stack. If you have lists (from Yuri, etc), I can go through them as well. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Alternate 2015-2016 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat From va6bmj at gmail.com Thu Oct 8 15:16:56 2015 From: va6bmj at gmail.com (B J) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 15:16:56 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat 2 Heard Over DO33? Message-ID: I tried the pass that started here just before 1500 UTC. I think I heard the downlink, though it was barely audible. The pass had a maximum elevation of nearly 25 degrees and there weren't any obstructions for most of it, so there shouldn't have been anything blocking the signal during that time. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL From jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Thu Oct 8 16:07:56 2015 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joe Fitzgerald) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 12:07:56 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A telemetry "leaderboard" at www.amsat.org/tlm Message-ID: Hello all! We are anxiously awaiting our first squawks from Fox1A. Ground stations using FoxTelem will see thier packets reported on the "leaderboard" at www.amsat.org/tlm within a few minutes. At this writing there are a few system test packets listed from KO4MA and G0KLA but we will clear them subsequently. Joe KM1P AMSAT Electronic Services From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us Thu Oct 8 17:19:25 2015 From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 13:19:25 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] QRG for Telemetry on Fox-1A ? Message-ID: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> I have the fox-1 telemetry program running; am tracking using the guesstimate Keps .. but what is the freq for telemetry? Currently I am on 145.980 FM -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901 From zleffke at vt.edu Thu Oct 8 17:20:38 2015 From: zleffke at vt.edu (Zach Leffke) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 13:20:38 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Help Needed: GNU Radio + FoxTelem Message-ID: <5616A5E6.30103@vt.edu> Hello Everyone, I am frantically rushing to get GNU Radio to 'play nice' with foxtelem. I'm running all linux here. I'm hoping someone can maybe throw me a few pointers on getting the fox telem software to work with external SDR applications. I'm attempting to pipe signals from GNU Radio in three ways, all met with failure: First is by running an FM receiver flowgraph and then trying to pipe the audio out via a Linux FIFO using the 'Wav File Sink' block in GR. I point the SDR flowgraph to my pipe, and then I point the FoxTelem software to the same pipe and fire the programs up. I've successfully used this method in the past to feed a sound streaming application that "thinks" is reading from a standard wav file, but is actually the GR flowgraph audio output. GNU Radio seems to run for a second or two (probably the amount of time it takes to fill the buffer) then the Fox Telem Software crashes with exceptions: 'javax.sound.sampled.UnsupportedAudioFileException: could not get the audio input stream from input file.' In gnu radio I'm using the wav file sink with a single port and sample rate of 48k and 16bits. This "appears" to match what FoxTelem is expecting, but I'm getting the crashes. An alternative method I'm attempting is to use a standard audio sink in gnuradio (I can hear the audio on my laptop speakers) and then try to pipe that into the fox sw with a virtual audio cable. I'm attempting to use JACK and qjackctl, but I have little experience with this and so far have failed to get it to do anything other than listen to the soundcard mic and line in ports. If someone knows of a simple to use Virtual Audio Cable for Linux so that I can pipe the audio via the sound card that would be great and I can give that a go. The third method I'm trying to get working is by placing the fox sw in IQ mode and again attempting to use a 'wave file source' in foxtelem pointed at a FIFO to pipe the IQ data from GNU radio into foxtelem. again I get the exception mentioned above. This would be the preferred method in my case over the audio piping. If someone has any experience with this that would be great. For those familiar with GNU Radio I'm taking the complex stream (250ksps), reesampling to 192ksps, converting to float, then taking the real and complex streams and feeding them into a 'Wav file sink' with TWO ports pointed at the fifo, again with 16 bit depth and set to 192ksps. Foxtelem is looking for a wav file at 192ksps. I'm hoping the two port file sink allows I data on the right channel (in0) and Q data on the left channel (in1). Any and all pointers would be welcome. Thanks, Zach, KJ4QLP From n8hm at arrl.net Thu Oct 8 17:21:04 2015 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 13:21:04 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] QRG for Telemetry on Fox-1A ? In-Reply-To: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> References: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: That is correct. New keps are here: http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~ops/grace_tle/GRACE_OPM_TLE.txt Use any of them, they are all close together at this point. First pass over the eastern USA at around 2353Z 73, Paul, N8HM On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Bob KD7YZ wrote: > I have the fox-1 telemetry program running; am tracking using the > guesstimate Keps .. but what is the freq for telemetry? > Currently I am on 145.980 FM > > -- > 73, > Bob KD7YZ > www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz > AmSat LM#901 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in Thu Oct 8 17:21:15 2015 From: vu3tyg at yahoo.co.in (Nitin Muttin) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 17:21:15 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] QRG for Telemetry on Fox-1A ? In-Reply-To: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> References: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: <1424946957.932234.1444324875451.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> bob, can you share the keps?73 Nitin [VU3TYG] From: Bob KD7YZ To: AMSAT BB Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2015 10:49 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] QRG for Telemetry on Fox-1A ? I have the fox-1 telemetry program running; am tracking using the guesstimate Keps .. but what is the freq for telemetry? Currently I am on 145.980 FM -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901 _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us Thu Oct 8 18:03:51 2015 From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 14:03:51 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] QRG for Telemetry on Fox-1A ? In-Reply-To: References: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: <5616B007.30500@denstarfarm.us> On 08-Oct-15 1321, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > That is correct. New keps are here: > > http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~ops/grace_tle/GRACE_OPM_TLE.txt > > Use any of them, they are all close together at this point. First pass > over the eastern USA at around 2353Z Thanks. I copied the bottom one in, added the second number/element in on the first line, from the Fox1-A previous listing, on Amsat which makes that line look like this: --------------------------snippet-------------------------- FOX-1A 1 99998U 13001A 15281.53437500 .00015117 00000-0 15632-2 0 00005 2 99998 064.7652 291.6749 0216834 282.4383 182.6525 14.73998361000019 ------------------------------------------------------------- thus, running WinAOS, from SatPC32, I see a different time than yours: WinAos QTH: -83.0/38.5 T#: 13794 Sat.: 17 [Standard] ---------------------------------------------------------- Day Objects AOS (L) LOS Period maxEl AZ ---------------------------------------------------------- 08.10.2015 XW-2F 18:26 18:37 11 23 140 - 001 08.10.2015 LILACSAT 2 18:32 18:43 11 28 142 - 358 08.10.2015 AO-07 18:45 19:02 17 11 221 - 325 08.10.2015 XW-2A 18:50 19:01 11 45 152 - 354 08.10.2015 ISS 19:05 19:16 11 45 243 - 049 08.10.2015 FOX-1A 19:48 20:01 13 17 169 - 045<----- 08.10.2015 XW-2E 19:52 20:04 12 25 191 - 339 08.10.2015 XW-2C 19:57 20:08 11 23 195 - 337 08.10.2015 XW-2D 19:58 20:09 11 22 196 - 337 08.10.2015 XW-2B 19:58 20:09 11 22 197 - 338 08.10.2015 XW-2F 20:01 20:12 11 21 199 - 337 08.10.2015 LILACSAT 2 20:06 20:17 11 18 199 - 334 08.10.2015 XW-2A 20:25 20:34 09 11 215 - 327 08.10.2015 ISS 20:43 20:52 09 12 285 - 048 08.10.2015 AO-73 21:23 21:34 11 15 125 - 004 08.10.2015 FOX-1A 21:27 21:43 16 56 221 - 030<---- -------------------------------------------------------------- So, where did I go wrong? -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901 From n8hm at arrl.net Thu Oct 8 18:05:48 2015 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 14:05:48 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] QRG for Telemetry on Fox-1A ? In-Reply-To: <5616B007.30500@denstarfarm.us> References: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> <5616B007.30500@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: That looks right. A few minutes off what I had, but I don't have SatPC32 here at work. 73, Paul, N8HM On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Bob KD7YZ wrote: > On 08-Oct-15 1321, Paul Stoetzer wrote: >> That is correct. New keps are here: >> >> http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~ops/grace_tle/GRACE_OPM_TLE.txt >> >> Use any of them, they are all close together at this point. First pass >> over the eastern USA at around 2353Z > > Thanks. I copied the bottom one in, added the second number/element in > on the first line, from the Fox1-A previous listing, on Amsat > > which makes that line look like this: > --------------------------snippet-------------------------- > FOX-1A > 1 99998U 13001A 15281.53437500 .00015117 00000-0 15632-2 0 00005 > 2 99998 064.7652 291.6749 0216834 282.4383 182.6525 14.73998361000019 > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > thus, running WinAOS, from SatPC32, I see a different time than yours: > > > WinAos QTH: -83.0/38.5 T#: 13794 Sat.: 17 [Standard] > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Day Objects AOS (L) LOS Period maxEl AZ > ---------------------------------------------------------- > 08.10.2015 XW-2F 18:26 18:37 11 23 140 - 001 > 08.10.2015 LILACSAT 2 18:32 18:43 11 28 142 - 358 > 08.10.2015 AO-07 18:45 19:02 17 11 221 - 325 > 08.10.2015 XW-2A 18:50 19:01 11 45 152 - 354 > 08.10.2015 ISS 19:05 19:16 11 45 243 - 049 > 08.10.2015 FOX-1A 19:48 20:01 13 17 169 - 045<----- > 08.10.2015 XW-2E 19:52 20:04 12 25 191 - 339 > 08.10.2015 XW-2C 19:57 20:08 11 23 195 - 337 > 08.10.2015 XW-2D 19:58 20:09 11 22 196 - 337 > 08.10.2015 XW-2B 19:58 20:09 11 22 197 - 338 > 08.10.2015 XW-2F 20:01 20:12 11 21 199 - 337 > 08.10.2015 LILACSAT 2 20:06 20:17 11 18 199 - 334 > 08.10.2015 XW-2A 20:25 20:34 09 11 215 - 327 > 08.10.2015 ISS 20:43 20:52 09 12 285 - 048 > 08.10.2015 AO-73 21:23 21:34 11 15 125 - 004 > 08.10.2015 FOX-1A 21:27 21:43 16 56 221 - 030<---- > -------------------------------------------------------------- > > So, where did I go wrong? > > -- > 73, > Bob KD7YZ > www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz > AmSat LM#901 From m-arai at a.email.ne.jp Thu Oct 8 18:17:05 2015 From: m-arai at a.email.ne.jp (Masahiro Arai) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 03:17:05 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A tlm Message-ID: <5616B321.6030109@a.email.ne.jp> I got Fox-1A tlm from 1746z to 1752z. singnal was clear. I recorded IQ file but missed decode. 1746z data?? + voice ID 1748z data?? + voice ID 1750z voice ID 1752z voice ID Congratulations! Masa JN1GKZ From james at wx4tv.com Thu Oct 8 19:05:02 2015 From: james at wx4tv.com (James Lea - WX4TV) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 15:05:02 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] QRG for Telemetry on Fox-1A ? In-Reply-To: References: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: <1C491FEF-D60B-4914-B64E-DC40852E9A98@wx4tv.com> For a little girl who uses an iPhone app to track the birds, where can she go to get the pass info in a format she can use? She uses an app called Hamsat and j don't believe there is a way to manually enter Keps. Is there an online prediction tool that will give Az/El, etc.? James Lea Sent from my iPhone On Oct 8, 2015, at 13:21, Paul Stoetzer wrote: That is correct. New keps are here: http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~ops/grace_tle/GRACE_OPM_TLE.txt Use any of them, they are all close together at this point. First pass over the eastern USA at around 2353Z 73, Paul, N8HM > On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Bob KD7YZ wrote: > I have the fox-1 telemetry program running; am tracking using the > guesstimate Keps .. but what is the freq for telemetry? > Currently I am on 145.980 FM > > -- > 73, > Bob KD7YZ > www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz > AmSat LM#901 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From n8hm at arrl.net Thu Oct 8 19:06:57 2015 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 15:06:57 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] QRG for Telemetry on Fox-1A ? In-Reply-To: <1C491FEF-D60B-4914-B64E-DC40852E9A98@wx4tv.com> References: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> <1C491FEF-D60B-4914-B64E-DC40852E9A98@wx4tv.com> Message-ID: I have Hamsat on my iPhone. Look for the Manual Data Entry option on the "Manage Sats" screen. There you can copy and paste the TLEs. I have them working fine on mine since I don't have SatPC32 on the work PC. 73, Paul, N8HM On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 3:05 PM, James Lea - WX4TV wrote: > For a little girl who uses an iPhone app to track the birds, where can she go to get the pass info in a format she can use? > > She uses an app called Hamsat and j don't believe there is a way to manually enter Keps. Is there an online prediction tool that will give Az/El, etc.? > > > James Lea > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 8, 2015, at 13:21, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > > That is correct. New keps are here: > > http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~ops/grace_tle/GRACE_OPM_TLE.txt > > Use any of them, they are all close together at this point. First pass > over the eastern USA at around 2353Z > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM > >> On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Bob KD7YZ wrote: >> I have the fox-1 telemetry program running; am tracking using the >> guesstimate Keps .. but what is the freq for telemetry? >> Currently I am on 145.980 FM >> >> -- >> 73, >> Bob KD7YZ >> www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz >> AmSat LM#901 >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From james at wx4tv.com Thu Oct 8 19:07:23 2015 From: james at wx4tv.com (James Lea - WX4TV) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 15:07:23 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] QRG for Telemetry on Fox-1A ? In-Reply-To: References: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> <1C491FEF-D60B-4914-B64E-DC40852E9A98@wx4tv.com> Message-ID: <9FEA0ABC-B6E6-4DCF-A6A2-7E41EE2C40AF@wx4tv.com> Will do! James Lea Sent from my iPhone On Oct 8, 2015, at 15:06, Paul Stoetzer wrote: I have Hamsat on my iPhone. Look for the Manual Data Entry option on the "Manage Sats" screen. There you can copy and paste the TLEs. I have them working fine on mine since I don't have SatPC32 on the work PC. 73, Paul, N8HM > On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 3:05 PM, James Lea - WX4TV wrote: > For a little girl who uses an iPhone app to track the birds, where can she go to get the pass info in a format she can use? > > She uses an app called Hamsat and j don't believe there is a way to manually enter Keps. Is there an online prediction tool that will give Az/El, etc.? > > > James Lea > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 8, 2015, at 13:21, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > > That is correct. New keps are here: > > http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~ops/grace_tle/GRACE_OPM_TLE.txt > > Use any of them, they are all close together at this point. First pass > over the eastern USA at around 2353Z > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM > >> On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Bob KD7YZ wrote: >> I have the fox-1 telemetry program running; am tracking using the >> guesstimate Keps .. but what is the freq for telemetry? >> Currently I am on 145.980 FM >> >> -- >> 73, >> Bob KD7YZ >> www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz >> AmSat LM#901 >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From daniel at destevez.net Thu Oct 8 19:07:27 2015 From: daniel at destevez.net (=?UTF-8?Q?Daniel_Est=c3=a9vez?=) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 20:07:27 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Help Needed: GNU Radio + FoxTelem In-Reply-To: <5616A5E6.30103@vt.edu> References: <5616A5E6.30103@vt.edu> Message-ID: <5616BEEF.2050409@destevez.net> El 08/10/15 a las 18:20, Zach Leffke escribi?: > If someone knows of a simple to use Virtual > Audio Cable for Linux so that I can pipe the audio via the sound card > that would be great and I can give that a go. Hi Zach, I use pulseaudio as a sort of virtual audio cable. You just have to add a null sink and set gnuradio to play audio to the null sink (using pavucontrol). Then you set foxtelem to record from the "null sink monitor" (again using pavucontrol). For me this solution, although not perfect in terms of latency and resampling, works perfectly for easily piping the audio from one program to another. 73, Dani M/EA4GPZ. From Mvivona at yahoo.com Thu Oct 8 19:08:51 2015 From: Mvivona at yahoo.com (Mvivona) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 15:08:51 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] QRG for Telemetry on Fox-1A ? In-Reply-To: <1C491FEF-D60B-4914-B64E-DC40852E9A98@wx4tv.com> References: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> <1C491FEF-D60B-4914-B64E-DC40852E9A98@wx4tv.com> Message-ID: <803FBC02-10F5-4EBA-BCE1-C0AA4F4C01AD@yahoo.com> GoSatWatch is an iPhone app that is easy to add the new keps. It's the most modern looking and user friendly which is a plus for a youngster nowadays. Michael Vivona Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2015, at 3:05 PM, James Lea - WX4TV wrote: For a little girl who uses an iPhone app to track the birds, where can she go to get the pass info in a format she can use? She uses an app called Hamsat and j don't believe there is a way to manually enter Keps. Is there an online prediction tool that will give Az/El, etc.? James Lea Sent from my iPhone On Oct 8, 2015, at 13:21, Paul Stoetzer wrote: That is correct. New keps are here: http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~ops/grace_tle/GRACE_OPM_TLE.txt Use any of them, they are all close together at this point. First pass over the eastern USA at around 2353Z 73, Paul, N8HM > On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Bob KD7YZ wrote: > I have the fox-1 telemetry program running; am tracking using the > guesstimate Keps .. but what is the freq for telemetry? > Currently I am on 145.980 FM > > -- > 73, > Bob KD7YZ > www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz > AmSat LM#901 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From wouterweg at gmail.com Thu Oct 8 19:24:27 2015 From: wouterweg at gmail.com (Wouter Weggelaar) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 21:24:27 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] Congratulations to AMSAT for launching FOX! Message-ID: Hi All, On behalf of AMSAT-NL I would like to congratulate the FOX team at AMSAT for their successful launch and the first telemetry received. I understand that Jan PE0SAT in the Netherlands already successfully uploaded telemetry to the servers. Well done. I wish the team lots of FUN in space, and FOX-1A a long and prosper life. Regards,. Wouter PA3WEG AMSAT-NL From sm7wsj at telia.com Thu Oct 8 19:29:54 2015 From: sm7wsj at telia.com (sm7wsj at telia.com) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 21:29:54 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [amsat-bb] FOX-1 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1683075911.483668.1444332594571.JavaMail.defaultUser@defaultHost> Hello! Congratulations! The satellite is very strong.... ( nice voice identification.) Very easy to hear. 73 Hakan SM7WSJ From jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Thu Oct 8 19:39:10 2015 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joe Fitzgerald) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 15:39:10 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem users, please clear test data Message-ID: <97357ee794e374f3a3b3318a025ab750.squirrel@alum.wpi.edu> All using FoxTelem, goto INPUT tab, STOP the input, then FILE - DELETE PAYLOAD FILES, then START input again Just once, to clear test data. -Joe KM1P AMSAT Electronic Services From jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Thu Oct 8 20:08:09 2015 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joe Fitzgerald) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 16:08:09 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Use GRACE2 TLE's for AO-85 Message-ID: The AMSAT Web site has been updated with TLE's for AO-85, however until a permanent catalog number is assigned by NORAD, please use the ones labelled GRACE2 in nasabare.txt and nasa.all associated with object number 99992 -Joe KM1P AMSAT Electronic Services From jim at coloradosatellite.com Thu Oct 8 20:09:04 2015 From: jim at coloradosatellite.com (Jim White) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 14:09:04 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] fox tlm Message-ID: <5616CD60.30408@coloradosatellite.com> As I read through the docs on the fox tlm program two things are not clear: If I have a FunCube Dongle hooked to a USB port and antenna, do I need to run any other software besides foxtelem.exe? With the FCD on the USB port and the IQ box checked in foxtelem.exe what should I see on the screen with no signal present? Noise, nothing? How do I know, before the signal is there, if this is working and the FCD is talking to foxtelem? When I run the FCD software it can talk to the FCD dongle, set the freq, etc. When I run foltelem there is no indication anything is talking to anything else. Jim From nicholasmahr1 at gmail.com Thu Oct 8 20:09:11 2015 From: nicholasmahr1 at gmail.com (Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 16:09:11 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A Keps Message-ID: http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~ops/grace_tle/GRACE_OPM_TLE.txt It does not matter which object you pick as they are all in a cluster right now. Also congrats to the AMSAT Fox team on successful launch and successful reception of it. Hope to hear it on the coming NA pass at 23:48 UTC hopefully I can grab a few packets. 73's Ke8akw Nick From david at rushtone.com Thu Oct 8 19:54:47 2015 From: david at rushtone.com (David Rush) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 13:54:47 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] QRG for Telemetry on Fox-1A ? In-Reply-To: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> References: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: <5616CA07.6020609@rushtone.com> Yes, as I understand it it should be on 145.980 MHz. I've got my Funcube Dongle Pro+ plumbed into FoxTelem. It seems to lie in wait around 145.995-ish, but when I keyed up an HT at 145.980 it slinked its way down and centered on the HT's signal (even without "Find Signal" checked). I even tried playing the test telemetry audio on another computer, with the HT's mic held up near the speaker. I don't think it decoded anything, but since the telemetry is "sub-audible" I imagine it got filtered out by the HT. The squiggly lines on FoxTelem seemed to react to the noise, so that confirms that it's hearing something. I think I've got mine ready and waiting for the next fly-over, which SatPC32 says starts at 23:57z down here in EM72 land. 73, David, ky7dr On 2015-10-08 11:19, Bob KD7YZ wrote: > I have the fox-1 telemetry program running; am tracking using the > guesstimate Keps .. but what is the freq for telemetry? > Currently I am on 145.980 FM > From dave at g4dpz.me.uk Thu Oct 8 20:20:14 2015 From: dave at g4dpz.me.uk (dave at g4dpz.me.uk) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 21:20:14 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] QRG for Telemetry on Fox-1A ? In-Reply-To: <5616CA07.6020609@rushtone.com> References: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> <5616CA07.6020609@rushtone.com> Message-ID: <89F3AEB9-DB0D-4BF8-B78D-6288A940E07A@g4dpz.me.uk> Got my 817 hooked up to macDoppler ready for the next pass over Europe. 73 Dave, G4DPZ Sent from my iPhone > On 8 Oct 2015, at 20:54, David Rush wrote: > > Yes, as I understand it it should be on 145.980 MHz. > > I've got my Funcube Dongle Pro+ plumbed into FoxTelem. It seems to lie in wait around 145.995-ish, but when I keyed up an HT at 145.980 it slinked its way down and centered on the HT's signal (even without "Find Signal" checked). > > I even tried playing the test telemetry audio on another computer, with the HT's mic held up near the speaker. I don't think it decoded anything, but since the telemetry is "sub-audible" I imagine it got filtered out by the HT. The squiggly lines on FoxTelem seemed to react to the noise, so that confirms that it's hearing something. > > I think I've got mine ready and waiting for the next fly-over, which SatPC32 says starts at 23:57z down here in EM72 land. > > 73, David, ky7dr > >> On 2015-10-08 11:19, Bob KD7YZ wrote: >> I have the fox-1 telemetry program running; am tracking using the >> guesstimate Keps .. but what is the freq for telemetry? >> Currently I am on 145.980 FM > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From n8hm at arrl.net Thu Oct 8 20:23:25 2015 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 16:23:25 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] QRG for Telemetry on Fox-1A ? In-Reply-To: <89F3AEB9-DB0D-4BF8-B78D-6288A940E07A@g4dpz.me.uk> References: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> <5616CA07.6020609@rushtone.com> <89F3AEB9-DB0D-4BF8-B78D-6288A940E07A@g4dpz.me.uk> Message-ID: Just a reminder - since the low data rate telemetry is subaudible, you will likely need to use the 9600 baud data out pin (and select the 9600 baud packet mode in the 817 menu) to get the unfiltered audio for decoding telemetry. 73, Paul, N8HM On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 4:20 PM, wrote: > Got my 817 hooked up to macDoppler ready for the next pass over Europe. > > 73 > > Dave, G4DPZ > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 8 Oct 2015, at 20:54, David Rush wrote: >> >> Yes, as I understand it it should be on 145.980 MHz. >> >> I've got my Funcube Dongle Pro+ plumbed into FoxTelem. It seems to lie in wait around 145.995-ish, but when I keyed up an HT at 145.980 it slinked its way down and centered on the HT's signal (even without "Find Signal" checked). >> >> I even tried playing the test telemetry audio on another computer, with the HT's mic held up near the speaker. I don't think it decoded anything, but since the telemetry is "sub-audible" I imagine it got filtered out by the HT. The squiggly lines on FoxTelem seemed to react to the noise, so that confirms that it's hearing something. >> >> I think I've got mine ready and waiting for the next fly-over, which SatPC32 says starts at 23:57z down here in EM72 land. >> >> 73, David, ky7dr >> >>> On 2015-10-08 11:19, Bob KD7YZ wrote: >>> I have the fox-1 telemetry program running; am tracking using the >>> guesstimate Keps .. but what is the freq for telemetry? >>> Currently I am on 145.980 FM >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From alancresswell at xtra.co.nz Thu Oct 8 20:27:51 2015 From: alancresswell at xtra.co.nz (alancresswell at xtra.co.nz) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 20:27:51 -0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Telemetry on Fox-1A In-Reply-To: <5616CA07.6020609@rushtone.com> References: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> <5616CA07.6020609@rushtone.com> Message-ID: Excellent signals over ZL on the 1946 UT pass (58 deg) 8 Oct. 5 good frames decoded and hopefully uploaded. Alan ZL2BX From n8hm at arrl.net Thu Oct 8 20:28:40 2015 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 16:28:40 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Telemetry on Fox-1A In-Reply-To: References: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> <5616CA07.6020609@rushtone.com> Message-ID: You're there! http://www.amsat.org/tlm/ 73, Paul, N8HM On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 4:27 PM, wrote: > Excellent signals over ZL on the 1946 UT pass (58 deg) 8 Oct. > 5 good frames decoded and hopefully uploaded. > > Alan > ZL2BX > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From lu2dpw at yahoo.com.ar Thu Oct 8 20:30:39 2015 From: lu2dpw at yahoo.com.ar (LU2DPW Juan Carlos) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 20:30:39 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] FOX-1 over Argentina. References: <627693702.800211.1444336239131.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <627693702.800211.1444336239131.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Hello to all Copy strong signal with voice identification. Congratulations!! 73 de Juan Carlos LU2DPW GF05gi From jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Thu Oct 8 20:36:44 2015 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joe Fitzgerald) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 16:36:44 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 telemetry now on www.amsat.org Message-ID: <853902408e38e37064f02208ef23c53c.squirrel@alum.wpi.edu> Thanks to the tireless efforts of Douglas, KA2UPW/5, all submitted telemetry (raw and decoded) is now going up on the AMSAT website. Point your browser at http://www.amsat.org/tlm/ao85/ -Joe KM1P AMSAT Electronic Services From e.krome at comcast.net Thu Oct 8 20:35:58 2015 From: e.krome at comcast.net (Ed K9EK) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 20:35:58 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] fox tlm In-Reply-To: <5616CD60.30408@coloradosatellite.com> References: <5616CD60.30408@coloradosatellite.com> Message-ID: <1280430113.1695656.1444336558959.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Jim: Try this: With Foxtelem running, try firing up your signal generator, handheld, etc. to 145.98. With any luck you will see a nice peak in the lower graph. If you vary the signal generator freq, the AFC will track it. Proves that you can receive something. Awesome. What a piece of software. Waiting for 2350Z to try the real thing. Ed K9EK EM69xd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim White" To: "AMSAT-BB" Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2015 4:09:04 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] fox tlm As I read through the docs on the fox tlm program two things are not clear: If I have a FunCube Dongle hooked to a USB port and antenna, do I need to run any other software besides foxtelem.exe? With the FCD on the USB port and the IQ box checked in foxtelem.exe what should I see on the screen with no signal present? Noise, nothing? How do I know, before the signal is there, if this is working and the FCD is talking to foxtelem? When I run the FCD software it can talk to the FCD dongle, set the freq, etc. When I run foltelem there is no indication anything is talking to anything else. Jim _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Thu Oct 8 20:46:18 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 13:46:18 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 telemetry now on www.amsat.org In-Reply-To: <853902408e38e37064f02208ef23c53c.squirrel@alum.wpi.edu> References: <853902408e38e37064f02208ef23c53c.squirrel@alum.wpi.edu> Message-ID: Joe, Does this mean it's official - Fox-1A is now AO-85? Will the status page be changed to show AO-85, if this is the case? Thanks in advance, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 1:36 PM, Joe Fitzgerald wrote: > Thanks to the tireless efforts of Douglas, KA2UPW/5, all submitted > telemetry (raw and decoded) is now going up on the AMSAT website. Point > your browser at > > http://www.amsat.org/tlm/ao85/ > > > -Joe KM1P > AMSAT Electronic Services > ?? > > From GW1FKY at aol.com Thu Oct 8 20:56:53 2015 From: GW1FKY at aol.com (GW1FKY at aol.com) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 16:56:53 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1 in Wales-UK Message-ID: <39465d.7715652.43483295@aol.com> Hi, I am hearing Fox-1 here in Wales -UK on the pass 2029 hrs Zulu - Frequency 145.980 Mhz (FM). The announcement " Fox One Speech Mode " is very loud and clear. Congratulations to all involved in the success of the launch activation and support for the project. Regards and pleasure to report on the success. Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat-UK Amsat NA From zleffke at vt.edu Thu Oct 8 21:01:00 2015 From: zleffke at vt.edu (Zach Leffke) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 17:01:00 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Help Needed: GNU Radio + FoxTelem In-Reply-To: References: <5616A5E6.30103@vt.edu> Message-ID: <5616D98C.7030401@vt.edu> Hi Chris thanks for the feedback. 1) real machine. I'm aware of the temp fix, and have a cable at home for the 'HW' loopback method (though thats cheating when your trying to build an SDR ground station :-)) 2) Working through using JACK and ALSA virtual devices, but like I said I'm new to it. 3) I'm using a .wav file sink in gnuradio. But instead of actually recording the audio and generate a true wav file (that could be imported by foxtelem later) the 'file' it is writing to is a FIFO buffer (aka pipe, created using the 'mkfifo' command). FoxTelem is then reading a wave file which is that same buffer. The goal being as bits get written into the FIFO from gnuradio, they get read out of the buffer by FoxTelem. What it looks like is exactly what you said. GNU radio is writing to the 'file' or FIFO at a fixed 48k sample rate. FoxTelem is probably trying to 'load the entire file' and is not throttling the rate those bits come in to match the 48k rate from gnuradio, thus resulting in 'EOF-type' errors and ultimately crashing. I think the quickest path to gettng up and running is the virtual audio cable piping method (for a pure SW solution). Downside of this is the loss of the ability to deliver the SNR and doppler metrics to the AMSAT network. So at some point I'll try to revisit the IQ pipe ideas (though plan A of faking it with an 'IQ wav file' will result in similar crashes). I'm not sure how FoxTelem handles interfacing with the funcube dongle or 'other SDRs.' I think it would auto-populate the option to select the funcube source if I actually had one plugged into my laptop and make use of the drivers for accessing the IQ stream, rather than 'reading a whole file'. What would be cool is if FoxTelem had some kind of 'generic IQ client mode' that could be selected. The idea would be when you select that option you enter in an IP and port #. Then foxtelem could be interfaced with things like the 'rtl_tcp' application for RTL-SDRs running on RPis or beaglebones or to the TCP sinks in GNU Radio. easy for me though to offer up ideas like that when I'm not the one that has to code it up though :-). Thanks again for the feedback. -Zach, KJ4QLP On 10/08/2015 03:01 PM, Chris Thompson wrote: > Zach, > > Are you running Linux on a virtual machine or a real machine? If its > a real machine with a sound card, you can probably use a physical > cable temporarily while we work out how to pipe the audio. Most > modern sound cards allow you to feed the audio out of the speaker and > back into the mic. > > I think Jack Audio will be the best approach, but the virtual audio > products can be complex. I am not familiar with Jack but we have used > Virtual Audio Cable and other software on Windows. > > If you are creating a "virtual wav file", I presume that file gets > written to disk and then you are opening it in FoxTelem? Is that > right? The issue with this is that FoxTelem will read it faster than > it gets filled. It won't wait for more audio - like it does with a > soundcard - and will think it has reached the end of the file, or > crashes as you indicated. > > Chris > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 1:20 PM, Zach Leffke > wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > I am frantically rushing to get GNU Radio to 'play nice' with > foxtelem. I'm running all linux here. I'm hoping someone can > maybe throw me a few pointers on getting the fox telem software to > work with external SDR applications. I'm attempting to pipe > signals from GNU Radio in three ways, all met with failure: > > First is by running an FM receiver flowgraph and then trying to > pipe the audio out via a Linux FIFO using the 'Wav File Sink' > block in GR. I point the SDR flowgraph to my pipe, and then I > point the FoxTelem software to the same pipe and fire the programs > up. I've successfully used this method in the past to feed a > sound streaming application that "thinks" is reading from a > standard wav file, but is actually the GR flowgraph audio output. > GNU Radio seems to run for a second or two (probably the amount of > time it takes to fill the buffer) then the Fox Telem Software > crashes with exceptions: > > 'javax.sound.sampled.UnsupportedAudioFileException: could not get > the audio input stream from input file.' > > In gnu radio I'm using the wav file sink with a single port and > sample rate of 48k and 16bits. This "appears" to match what > FoxTelem is expecting, but I'm getting the crashes. > > An alternative method I'm attempting is to use a standard audio > sink in gnuradio (I can hear the audio on my laptop speakers) and > then try to pipe that into the fox sw with a virtual audio cable. > I'm attempting to use JACK and qjackctl, but I have little > experience with this and so far have failed to get it to do > anything other than listen to the soundcard mic and line in > ports. If someone knows of a simple to use Virtual Audio Cable > for Linux so that I can pipe the audio via the sound card that > would be great and I can give that a go. > > The third method I'm trying to get working is by placing the fox > sw in IQ mode and again attempting to use a 'wave file source' in > foxtelem pointed at a FIFO to pipe the IQ data from GNU radio into > foxtelem. again I get the exception mentioned above. This would > be the preferred method in my case over the audio piping. If > someone has any experience with this that would be great. For > those familiar with GNU Radio I'm taking the complex stream > (250ksps), reesampling to 192ksps, converting to float, then > taking the real and complex streams and feeding them into a 'Wav > file sink' with TWO ports pointed at the fifo, again with 16 bit > depth and set to 192ksps. Foxtelem is looking for a wav file at > 192ksps. I'm hoping the two port file sink allows I data on the > right channel (in0) and Q data on the left channel (in1). > > > Any and all pointers would be welcome. > > Thanks, > Zach, KJ4QLP > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org . AMSAT-NA > makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official > views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > > > -- > Chris E. Thompson > chrisethompson at gmail.com > g0kla at arrl.net From g0kla at arrl.net Thu Oct 8 21:01:08 2015 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 17:01:08 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem - Delete your test data Message-ID: To FoxTelem users who loaded in a test wav file. You should DELETE the data before receiving live data. The test data has a later reset/uptime, so it will be displayed instead of the live data. You can do this from the File menu->Delete Payload Files. If you have already received some live data, and you are displaying something with a reset later than 0, then you are seeing your test data and not the live data. Rather than delete your files and lose the locally captured data, I suggest you edit the saved files and remove the test lines. Only the files Fox1rttelemetry.log, Fox1maxtelemetry.log and Fox1mintelemetry.log will contain the test data. Each line starts with the UTC date and then the FoxId, reset, uptime. Remove any rows with reset 44 (or a reset greater than zero at this stage). Sorry for the incomvience 73 Chris -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net From zleffke at vt.edu Thu Oct 8 21:02:16 2015 From: zleffke at vt.edu (Zach Leffke) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 17:02:16 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Help Needed: GNU Radio + FoxTelem In-Reply-To: <5616BEEF.2050409@destevez.net> References: <5616A5E6.30103@vt.edu> <5616BEEF.2050409@destevez.net> Message-ID: <5616D9D8.2030003@vt.edu> Thanks I'll look into it, I'm falling down and ALSA/JACK rabbit hole at the moment, and about to try to climb out and give pulseaudio a shot. I appreciate all the feedback. -Zach On 10/08/2015 03:07 PM, Daniel Est?vez wrote: > El 08/10/15 a las 18:20, Zach Leffke escribi?: >> If someone knows of a simple to use Virtual >> Audio Cable for Linux so that I can pipe the audio via the sound card >> that would be great and I can give that a go. > Hi Zach, > > I use pulseaudio as a sort of virtual audio cable. You just have to add > a null sink and set gnuradio to play audio to the null sink (using > pavucontrol). Then you set foxtelem to record from the "null sink > monitor" (again using pavucontrol). > > For me this solution, although not perfect in terms of latency and > resampling, works perfectly for easily piping the audio from one program > to another. > > 73, > > Dani M/EA4GPZ. > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Thu Oct 8 21:03:03 2015 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joe Fitzgerald) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 17:03:03 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] (no subject) Message-ID: Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) >Joe, >Does this mean it's official - Fox-1A is now AO-85? Will >the status page be changed to show AO-85, if this is the >case? It is not "official" until we get the formal announcement from W3XO, but he pre-allocated this number for us a few weeks ago so we can have URL's etc in place immediately post launch. -Joe From py5lf at falautomation.com.br Thu Oct 8 21:18:18 2015 From: py5lf at falautomation.com.br (PY5LF) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 18:18:18 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] FOX1-A Message-ID: <003201d1020e$dc19efa0$944dcee0$@falautomation.com.br> Hi Very nice signal from FOX1-A over here , 20:16 UTC; https://youtu.be/ix9rZ5Mp4Io Congratulations to Amsat-NA. 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF From py4zbz at yahoo.com Thu Oct 8 21:18:48 2015 From: py4zbz at yahoo.com (Roland Zurmely) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 21:18:48 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] FOX-1A decoded in Brazil References: <1057557494.1102909.1444339128366.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1057557494.1102909.1444339128366.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Please see here: 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ From jim at coloradosatellite.com Thu Oct 8 21:24:28 2015 From: jim at coloradosatellite.com (Jim White) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 15:24:28 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] fox tlm In-Reply-To: <1280430113.1695656.1444336558959.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> References: <5616CD60.30408@coloradosatellite.com> <1280430113.1695656.1444336558959.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Message-ID: <5616DF0C.20109@coloradosatellite.com> Thanks Ed. No luck. It apparently does not connect to the FCD although there seems to be no way to tell except perhaps for noise on the bottom screen. It is not hearing my mic input in audio mode either. No more time to mess with it right now. Jim On 10/8/2015 2:35 PM, Ed K9EK wrote: > Jim: > Try this: With Foxtelem running, try firing up your signal generator, > handheld, etc. to 145.98. With any luck you will see a nice peak in > the lower graph. If you vary the signal generator freq, the AFC will > track it. Proves that you can receive something. Awesome. What a piece > of software. Waiting for 2350Z to try the real thing. > > Ed K9EK > EM69xd > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From: *"Jim White" > *To: *"AMSAT-BB" > *Sent: *Thursday, October 8, 2015 4:09:04 PM > *Subject: *[amsat-bb] fox tlm > > As I read through the docs on the fox tlm program two things are not > clear: > > If I have a FunCube Dongle hooked to a USB port and antenna, do I need > to run any other software besides foxtelem.exe? > With the FCD on the USB port and the IQ box checked in foxtelem.exe what > should I see on the screen with no signal present? Noise, nothing? > How do I know, before the signal is there, if this is working and the > FCD is talking to foxtelem? > > When I run the FCD software it can talk to the FCD dongle, set the freq, > etc. When I run foltelem there is no indication anything is talking to > anything else. > > Jim > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views > of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From zleffke at vt.edu Thu Oct 8 21:48:17 2015 From: zleffke at vt.edu (Zach Leffke) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 17:48:17 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Help Needed: GNU Radio + FoxTelem In-Reply-To: <5616BEEF.2050409@destevez.net> References: <5616A5E6.30103@vt.edu> <5616BEEF.2050409@destevez.net> Message-ID: <5616E4A1.5000400@vt.edu> Daniel, Just wanted to let you know the pulseaudio/pavucontrol method worked like a charm. So I *think* I've got everything sorted here for GNU Radio + FoxTelem for the 1948-ish Pass over Eastern US. Only variation is I'm using a standard audio sink instead of null sink. One day I'll try to sort the IQ stream method instead of audio, but i'll shelve that one for now. thanks a bunch! -Zach, KJ4QLP On 10/08/2015 03:07 PM, Daniel Est?vez wrote: > El 08/10/15 a las 18:20, Zach Leffke escribi?: >> If someone knows of a simple to use Virtual >> Audio Cable for Linux so that I can pipe the audio via the sound card >> that would be great and I can give that a go. > Hi Zach, > > I use pulseaudio as a sort of virtual audio cable. You just have to add > a null sink and set gnuradio to play audio to the null sink (using > pavucontrol). Then you set foxtelem to record from the "null sink > monitor" (again using pavucontrol). > > For me this solution, although not perfect in terms of latency and > resampling, works perfectly for easily piping the audio from one program > to another. > > 73, > > Dani M/EA4GPZ. > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From david at rushtone.com Thu Oct 8 21:49:24 2015 From: david at rushtone.com (David Rush) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 15:49:24 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] fox tlm In-Reply-To: <5616DF0C.20109@coloradosatellite.com> References: <5616CD60.30408@coloradosatellite.com> <1280430113.1695656.1444336558959.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> <5616DF0C.20109@coloradosatellite.com> Message-ID: <5616E4E4.8070607@rushtone.com> Hmm. Ed's technique worked for me, with my Funcube Dongle Pro+. A little while ago my FoxTelem locked onto a local hitting our repeater with an input on 146.010, just 30 kHz above the Fox1A downlink. David, ky7dr On 2015-10-08 15:24, Jim White wrote: > Thanks Ed. > No luck. It apparently does not connect to the FCD although there > seems to be no way to tell except perhaps for noise on the bottom > screen. It is not hearing my mic input in audio mode either. > No more time to mess with it right now. > > Jim > > On 10/8/2015 2:35 PM, Ed K9EK wrote: >> Jim: >> Try this: With Foxtelem running, try firing up your signal generator, >> handheld, etc. to 145.98. With any luck you will see a nice peak in >> the lower graph. If you vary the signal generator freq, the AFC will >> track it. Proves that you can receive something. Awesome. What a >> piece of software. Waiting for 2350Z to try the real thing. >> >> Ed K9EK >> EM69xd >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> *From: *"Jim White" >> *To: *"AMSAT-BB" >> *Sent: *Thursday, October 8, 2015 4:09:04 PM >> *Subject: *[amsat-bb] fox tlm >> >> As I read through the docs on the fox tlm program two things are not >> clear: >> >> If I have a FunCube Dongle hooked to a USB port and antenna, do I need >> to run any other software besides foxtelem.exe? >> With the FCD on the USB port and the IQ box checked in foxtelem.exe what >> should I see on the screen with no signal present? Noise, nothing? >> How do I know, before the signal is there, if this is working and the >> FCD is talking to foxtelem? >> >> When I run the FCD software it can talk to the FCD dongle, set the freq, >> etc. When I run foltelem there is no indication anything is talking to >> anything else. >> >> Jim >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views >> of AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite >> program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views > of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From g0kla at arrl.net Thu Oct 8 22:08:41 2015 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 18:08:41 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem Tips Message-ID: If you are attempting to decode Fox-1A in IQ mode with Find Signal enabled, then it will also search for signals from Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D. But that is a waste of time at the moment :) You can fix that by removing the files from the spacecraft directory. You only need to move the files that end in .dat. In fact, renaming the ending is sufficient. Leave the file for Fox-1A of course. 73 Chris g0kla/ac2cz -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net From vlfiscus at mcn.net Thu Oct 8 23:23:19 2015 From: vlfiscus at mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 17:23:19 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 telemetry now on www.amsat.org In-Reply-To: <853902408e38e37064f02208ef23c53c.squirrel@alum.wpi.edu> Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20151008172059.00c2c018@pop.earthlink.net> At 04:36 PM 10/8/2015 -0400, "Joe Fitzgerald" wrote: >Thanks to the tireless efforts of Douglas, KA2UPW/5, all submitted >telemetry (raw and decoded) is now going up on the AMSAT website. Point >your browser at > >http://www.amsat.org/tlm/ao85/ > > >-Joe KM1P I saw the last frame uploaded has reset count 44. What is being reset? Is it resetting on it's own? KB7ADL From jim at coloradosatellite.com Thu Oct 8 22:47:09 2015 From: jim at coloradosatellite.com (Jim White) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 16:47:09 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] fox telem Message-ID: <5616F26D.2090603@coloradosatellite.com> Got it going. You must use the drop down box to the right of the "Start" button to select your input source, then click "Start". That box starts out empty rather than showing the first input device in the list and there is no text there to prompt the selection of the input. It now finds and listens fine to sound card audio input and the FCD. You DO NOT need to run the FDC control program, FoxTelem will set the freq, although there doesn't appear to be any feedback to show the FDC got the message. Jim From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us Thu Oct 8 22:47:32 2015 From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 18:47:32 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] QRG for Telemetry on Fox-1A ? In-Reply-To: References: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> <5616CA07.6020609@rushtone.com> <89F3AEB9-DB0D-4BF8-B78D-6288A940E07A@g4dpz.me.uk> Message-ID: <5616F284.8010406@denstarfarm.us> On 08-Oct-15 1623, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > Just a reminder - since the low data rate telemetry is subaudible, you > will likely need to use the 9600 baud data out pin (and select the > 9600 baud packet mode in the 817 menu) to get the unfiltered audio for might that also apply to my IC910 ?? O am using the SignaLink USB sound Card -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901 From n8hm at arrl.net Thu Oct 8 22:49:04 2015 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 18:49:04 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] QRG for Telemetry on Fox-1A ? In-Reply-To: <5616F284.8010406@denstarfarm.us> References: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> <5616CA07.6020609@rushtone.com> <89F3AEB9-DB0D-4BF8-B78D-6288A940E07A@g4dpz.me.uk> <5616F284.8010406@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: Yes, the 910 also has the audio for 9600 baud packet on a separate pin. 73, Paul, N8HM On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 6:47 PM, Bob KD7YZ wrote: > On 08-Oct-15 1623, Paul Stoetzer wrote: >> Just a reminder - since the low data rate telemetry is subaudible, you >> will likely need to use the 9600 baud data out pin (and select the >> 9600 baud packet mode in the 817 menu) to get the unfiltered audio for > > might that also apply to my IC910 ?? O am using the SignaLink USB sound Card > > -- > 73, > Bob KD7YZ > www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz > AmSat LM#901 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From glasbrenner at mindspring.com Thu Oct 8 22:50:35 2015 From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 18:50:35 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] QRG for Telemetry on Fox-1A ? In-Reply-To: <5616F284.8010406@denstarfarm.us> References: <5616A59D.7050808@denstarfarm.us> <5616CA07.6020609@rushtone.com> <89F3AEB9-DB0D-4BF8-B78D-6288A940E07A@g4dpz.me.uk> <5616F284.8010406@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: <30CCC010-60EC-4DC3-9F72-4997C638BA43@mindspring.com> Yes. The speaker audio will filter out the subaudible tones. Data port does not. Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 8, 2015, at 18:47, Bob KD7YZ wrote: > >> On 08-Oct-15 1623, Paul Stoetzer wrote: >> Just a reminder - since the low data rate telemetry is subaudible, you >> will likely need to use the 9600 baud data out pin (and select the >> 9600 baud packet mode in the 817 menu) to get the unfiltered audio for > > might that also apply to my IC910 ?? O am using the SignaLink USB sound Card > > -- > 73, > Bob KD7YZ > www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz > AmSat LM#901 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From g0kla at arrl.net Thu Oct 8 22:52:49 2015 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 18:52:49 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] fox telem In-Reply-To: <5616F26D.2090603@coloradosatellite.com> References: <5616F26D.2090603@coloradosatellite.com> Message-ID: Jim, I agree that is not obvious. Thanks for the feedback. 73 Chris On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 6:47 PM, Jim White wrote: > Got it going. > You must use the drop down box to the right of the "Start" button to > select your input source, then click "Start". That box starts out empty > rather than showing the first input device in the list and there is no text > there to prompt the selection of the input. > It now finds and listens fine to sound card audio input and the FCD. > You DO NOT need to run the FDC control program, FoxTelem will set the > freq, although there doesn't appear to be any feedback to show the FDC got > the message. > > Jim > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net From glasbrenner at mindspring.com Thu Oct 8 22:59:28 2015 From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 18:59:28 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Please do not send test packets to the server. Message-ID: <083801d1021c$fc907340$f5b159c0$@com> It confuses the electrons. Thank you. 73, Drew KO4MA From k7trkradio at charter.net Thu Oct 8 23:06:01 2015 From: k7trkradio at charter.net (Ted) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 16:06:01 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat 2 transponder not on at 11:50Z 8 OCT 15 In-Reply-To: References: <448B0593-8DF5-4C2F-BF04-5EB902B5F6AB@gmail.com> Message-ID: <003601d1021d$e73a7490$b5af5db0$@charter.net> Posts here and on amsat uk indicated transponder is only active Mon, Wed and Fridays 73, TK -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of B J Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2015 6:19 AM To: Rick Walter Cc: AMSAT-BB Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] LilacSat 2 transponder not on at 11:50Z 8 OCT 15 On 10/8/15, Rick Walter wrote: > Went out with my arrow antenna for the 11:50Z pass of LilacSat 2 and heard > the carrier with tone every 30 seconds but the FM transponder was not turned > on. I heard no downlink during the pass here in DO33 which started just before 0200 UTC. There's another pass coming up in less than 2 hours from now and I might try that, weather permitting. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From n0jy at amsat.org Thu Oct 8 23:16:50 2015 From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 18:16:50 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 telemetry now on www.amsat.org In-Reply-To: <5.2.1.1.2.20151008172059.00c2c018@pop.earthlink.net> References: <5.2.1.1.2.20151008172059.00c2c018@pop.earthlink.net> Message-ID: <5616F962.3020903@amsat.org> Reset Count 44 is from the test telemetry we sent out with Fox-1A. It seems that many are running the test wav files now and we don't have the server yet up to speed on not showing those in the results. If you can test but turn off the settings UPLOAD TO SERVER while you test, that will help keep the web page to only "live" reports. Thanks Jerry N0JY On 10/8/2015 18:23, Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL wrote: > At 04:36 PM 10/8/2015 -0400, "Joe Fitzgerald" > wrote: >> Thanks to the tireless efforts of Douglas, KA2UPW/5, all submitted >> telemetry (raw and decoded) is now going up on the AMSAT website. Point >> your browser at >> >> http://www.amsat.org/tlm/ao85/ >> >> >> -Joe KM1P > > > > I saw the last frame uploaded has reset count 44. What > is being reset? Is it resetting on it's own? > > KB7ADL > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views > of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > From electricity440 at gmail.com Fri Oct 9 00:03:43 2015 From: electricity440 at gmail.com (Skyler F) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 17:03:43 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Colorado Amateur Satellite net Begins in 1 hour Message-ID: This is a reminder that the Colorado Amateur Satellite net will begin in 1 hour from now (7PM mountain time Thursday). 6PM Pacific 7PM Mountain 8PM Central 9PM Eastern Please visit us on *AMSATNET.INFO * *IRLP* 9870, the Denver Reflector *ALLSTAR LINK* 40764, direct hookup to the repeater here. 41715, KC9ZHV hub at a data center if I am out of bandwidth. More info on AllStar - amsatnet.info/#node *ECHOLINK* *AMSAT* unless there is an ARISS contact, then go direct to KD0WHB-L *LOCAL RF* 449.875 (-) 103.5 (the Rocky Mountain Radio League repeater on Eldorado Mountain) 447.225 (-) 141.3 (The STEM school repeater we set up) 447.850 (-) 141.3 (AC?KQ's repeater where he lives on TOP of saddleback mountain) 449.625 (-) 141.3 ( W?KU Lookout Mountain) Possibly here, not for sure yet 147.450 SIMPLEX (Aurora, CO) 446.275 (-) 100.0 Galena St. Local repeater at my house, giving a whoppin 5 blocks of great coverage *REMOTE RF* Your Repeater here!, Email me if you want to link in or me to link your echolink or allstar repeater in automatically (no automatic IRLP linking supported) Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KD?WHB electricity440 at gmail.com From n4hf.philip at gmail.com Fri Oct 9 00:05:16 2015 From: n4hf.philip at gmail.com (Philip Jenkins) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 20:05:16 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 in EM85tm Message-ID: 20 degree pass here...but WOW, was it loud! It was so loud on the HT with Arrow antenna that I turned on the mobile rig in the truck and heard it ID very well twice with just a dual-band mobile Comet antenna Very well done! Philip N4HF From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us Fri Oct 9 00:07:46 2015 From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 20:07:46 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Guess I need Help with Fox-1A Software and IC910 Message-ID: <56170552.9050300@denstarfarm.us> Disappointing. I normally decode ARISS as well as local APRS. I heard the Voice ID gal very strongly, numerous times. The program was set to get audio from the SignaLink USB just as MixW and UISS are. Though they were no loaded. On the IC910, I set "9600" on then after a while OFF then switched it back again later. Got no decodes nor heard anything in the form of a signal except the Fox1 Safe Mode gal. Can I get some guidance before nest pass? thanks -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901 From Mvivona at yahoo.com Fri Oct 9 00:09:57 2015 From: Mvivona at yahoo.com (Mvivona) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 20:09:57 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem Tips In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <59AA8CE5-8C5F-46F0-AF05-A9A77FFA1344@yahoo.com> I had a 30deg pass just now an using an arrow and Funcube dongle. I could see the spike on the telemetry program. On my handheld with a rubber duck I could hear the girl say Fox-1 every couple of minutes, but the program would not move its tracking line to the carrier. The last one that came across I moved it with the mouse and it then locked in and I just caught the ending audio come over the speaker. I haven't deleted the extra dat files, so I didn't have it in find mode. Should it be? Michael-KC4ZVA Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2015, at 6:08 PM, Chris Thompson wrote: If you are attempting to decode Fox-1A in IQ mode with Find Signal enabled, then it will also search for signals from Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D. But that is a waste of time at the moment :) You can fix that by removing the files from the spacecraft directory. You only need to move the files that end in .dat. In fact, renaming the ending is sufficient. Leave the file for Fox-1A of course. 73 Chris g0kla/ac2cz -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From glasbrenner at mindspring.com Fri Oct 9 00:13:08 2015 From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 20:13:08 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Guess I need Help with Fox-1A Software and IC910 In-Reply-To: <56170552.9050300@denstarfarm.us> References: <56170552.9050300@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: <086c01d10227$47430650$d5c912f0$@com> You can't use regular audio, because it has the low frequencies we are using for the data filtered out. That includes the sound through your Signalink. Use must either use an SDR source, or the audio from the data out pin on the back of your radio. Section 4.3 in the manual. 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Bob KD7YZ Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2015 8:08 PM To: AMSAT BB Subject: [amsat-bb] Guess I need Help with Fox-1A Software and IC910 Disappointing. I normally decode ARISS as well as local APRS. I heard the Voice ID gal very strongly, numerous times. The program was set to get audio from the SignaLink USB just as MixW and UISS are. Though they were no loaded. On the IC910, I set "9600" on then after a while OFF then switched it back again later. Got no decodes nor heard anything in the form of a signal except the Fox1 Safe Mode gal. Can I get some guidance before nest pass? thanks -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901 _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From zleffke at vt.edu Fri Oct 9 00:14:41 2015 From: zleffke at vt.edu (Zach Leffke) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 20:14:41 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 heard in EM97 Message-ID: <561706F1.6010900@vt.edu> STRONG signal in EM97 at the VTGS. Managed to decode 5 frames. Saw a little bit of weirdness in doppler shift. BUT.......that might have been my gnuradio flowgraph mis-tuning (might need to check my plus/minus signs in the next 1.5 hours for the next pass). Other than looked good. Super pumped here, had two undergraduate students with me helping out (John KK4BSM, Harry KM4ICI). Thanks to those for the advice on piping sound into FoxTelem from GNU Radio. -Zach, KJ4QLP From my.callsign at verizon.net Fri Oct 9 00:33:06 2015 From: my.callsign at verizon.net (KO6TZ Bob) Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 17:33:06 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Guess I need Help with Fox-1A Software and IC910 In-Reply-To: <56170552.9050300@denstarfarm.us> References: <56170552.9050300@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: <56170B42.60006@verizon.net> Bob, I have used sound card data at 9k6 with my IC910 for many years. I have found that using an interface with isolation transformers, works poorly. Try wiring directly from the 9k6 pin of the sub band on the IC910 to the line-in of your desktop computer. I say desktop because many / most laptops have a microphone input only. That will probably not work. Secondly, the 9600 setting on the radio is a transmit setting, not receive. If you want to try using the SignaLink to see if it will work, move the strap inside the SignaLink to the 9k6 pin of the radio. I have a low pass here in the west at 01:30u and a good one at 03:00u. I will see what kind of success comes my way. BOB KO6TZ Disappointing. I normally decode ARISS as well as local APRS. I heard the Voice ID gal very strongly, numerous times. The program was set to get audio from the SignaLink USB just as MixW and UISS are. Though they were no loaded. On the IC910, I set "9600" on then after a while OFF then switched it back again later. Got no decodes nor heard anything in the form of a signal except the Fox1 Safe Mode gal. Can I get some guidance before nest pass? thanks -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901 From wb3csy at gmail.com Fri Oct 9 00:58:46 2015 From: wb3csy at gmail.com (Rick Walter) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 20:58:46 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat 2 transponder not on at 11:50Z 8 OCT 15 In-Reply-To: <003601d1021d$e73a7490$b5af5db0$@charter.net> References: <448B0593-8DF5-4C2F-BF04-5EB902B5F6AB@gmail.com> <003601d1021d$e73a7490$b5af5db0$@charter.net> Message-ID: <0DC1F3D1-8CEF-4141-8DE2-A910B53AC19D@gmail.com> In the early days it was on for 24 hours after the Mon, Wed, and Fri turn on. I worked it in the morning after the "turn on". I need to look at my log but I am fairly sure that did happen. Rick Sent from Rick's iPhone 6S "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" - Albert Einstein > On Oct 8, 2015, at 7:06 PM, Ted wrote: > > Posts here and on amsat uk indicated transponder is only active Mon, Wed and > Fridays > > 73, TK > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of B J > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2015 6:19 AM > To: Rick Walter > Cc: AMSAT-BB > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] LilacSat 2 transponder not on at 11:50Z 8 OCT 15 > >> On 10/8/15, Rick Walter wrote: >> Went out with my arrow antenna for the 11:50Z pass of LilacSat 2 and heard >> the carrier with tone every 30 seconds but the FM transponder was not > turned >> on. > > > > I heard no downlink during the pass here in DO33 which started just > before 0200 UTC. There's another pass coming up in less than 2 hours > from now and I might try that, weather permitting. > > 73s > > Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From skristof at etczone.net Fri Oct 9 01:02:00 2015 From: skristof at etczone.net (Steve Kristoff) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 21:02:00 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Installing Sat Telem decoding such as FoxTelem.exe In-Reply-To: References: <56127ADB.1020901@denstarfarm.us><5613B527.8050903@denstarfarm.us><5E7B3EC6F8814C5A8937688385497305@StevePC> Message-ID: Well, tried downloading Visual Basic Runtime, got about a dozen zip files, tried to unzip them, don't know where to put them, etc. Is there another XW-2C telemetry decoder that doesn't require MSCHRT20.ocx, whatever that is? Steve AI9IN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Goodhall" To: "Steve Kristoff" Cc: "AMSAT BB" Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2015 9:23 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Installing Sat Telem decoding such as FoxTelem.exe > Steve, > > Not sure what dev tools the decoder is made from however I believe > MSCHRT20 is a part of the Visual Basic Runtime so you can grab that > from https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/vbruntime > > Pete, 2E0SQL > > On 8 October 2015 at 01:41, Steve Kristoff wrote: >> I'm having the same issue with the MSCHRT20.ocx file missing or invalid >> or >> whatever. >> Can someone please point me to the fix or to another XW-2 telemetry >> decoder? >> Thank you. >> >> Steve AI9IN >> > _______________________________________________ > From electricity440 at gmail.com Fri Oct 9 01:11:25 2015 From: electricity440 at gmail.com (Skyler F) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 19:11:25 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Colorado Amateur Satellite net Begins in 1 hour In-Reply-To: <1444351972.88162.YahooMailIosMobile@web181005.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1444351972.88162.YahooMailIosMobile@web181005.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: The net IS still going on! The net has CHANGED local repeaters, but is on the same link systems. All info is amsatnet.info home page. On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 6:52 PM, wrote: > i got a message to remove the net from the amsat net lists stating you had > stopped doing the net. is it still going on? > > 73...bruce > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 8, 2015, 7:03:59 PM, Skyler F wrote: > This is a reminder that the Colorado Amateur Satellite net will begin in 1 > hour from now (7PM mountain time Thursday). > > 6PM Pacific > 7PM Mountain > 8PM Central > 9PM Eastern > > > Please visit us on > > *AMSATNET.INFO * > > *IRLP* > 9870, the Denver Reflector > > *ALLSTAR LINK* > > 40764, direct hookup to the repeater here. 41715, KC9ZHV hub at a data > center if I am out of bandwidth. More info on AllStar - > amsatnet.info/#node > > *ECHOLINK* > > *AMSAT* unless there is an ARISS contact, then go direct to KD0WHB-L > > *LOCAL RF* > 449.875 (-) 103.5 (the Rocky Mountain Radio League repeater on Eldorado > Mountain) > 447.225 (-) 141.3 (The STEM school repeater we set up) > 447.850 (-) 141.3 (AC?KQ's repeater where he lives on TOP of saddleback > mountain) > 449.625 (-) 141.3 ( W?KU Lookout Mountain) Possibly here, not for sure yet > 147.450 SIMPLEX (Aurora, CO) > 446.275 (-) 100.0 Galena St. Local repeater at my house, giving a whoppin 5 > blocks of great coverage > > *REMOTE RF* > > Your Repeater here!, Email me if you want to link in or me to link your > echolink or allstar repeater in automatically (no automatic IRLP linking > supported) > > > > Skyler Fennell > amsatnet.info > KD?WHB > electricity440 at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > -- Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KD?WHB electricity440 at gmail.com From g0kla at arrl.net Fri Oct 9 01:25:17 2015 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 21:25:17 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem Tips In-Reply-To: <59AA8CE5-8C5F-46F0-AF05-A9A77FFA1344@yahoo.com> References: <59AA8CE5-8C5F-46F0-AF05-A9A77FFA1344@yahoo.com> Message-ID: Great question Michael. Don't know. Find Signal is experimental. Try it and report back. On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Mvivona wrote: > I had a 30deg pass just now an using an arrow and Funcube dongle. I could > see the spike on the telemetry program. On my handheld with a rubber duck I > could hear the girl say Fox-1 every couple of minutes, but the program > would not move its tracking line to the carrier. The last one that came > across I moved it with the mouse and it then locked in and I just caught > the ending audio come over the speaker. > I haven't deleted the extra dat files, so I didn't have it in find mode. > Should it be? > > Michael-KC4ZVA > Sent from my iPad > > On Oct 8, 2015, at 6:08 PM, Chris Thompson wrote: > > If you are attempting to decode Fox-1A in IQ mode with Find Signal enabled, > then it will also search for signals from Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D. But that > is a waste of time at the moment :) > > You can fix that by removing the files from the spacecraft directory. You > only need to move the files that end in .dat. In fact, renaming the ending > is sufficient. Leave the file for Fox-1A of course. > > 73 > Chris > g0kla/ac2cz > > -- > Chris E. Thompson > chrisethompson at gmail.com > g0kla at arrl.net > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us Fri Oct 9 01:50:41 2015 From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 21:50:41 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Used the FCDP+ but no decodes. Message-ID: <56171D71.3070304@denstarfarm.us> I saw the "Eye" mentioned in the manual a few times. but the entire pass, to elevation about 50 degrees, never once decoded anything. I selected the FCDP+ from the pull-down. That defaulted to 192K. on the graph was "sample rate = 48000 samples 70" I'm guessing there were no other things to set on the front page. One more chance in an hour if I can get help on the FCDP+ as I gave up on modifying my IC910 SignaLink cables. -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901 From david at rushtone.com Fri Oct 9 01:50:45 2015 From: david at rushtone.com (David Rush) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 19:50:45 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem and Java Message-ID: <56171D75.9020205@rushtone.com> I've got two Win7 (64 bit) computers here that already had Java 8 installed, but on both when I tried to run FoxTelem.exe it said that I didn't have Java and offered a link where I could download it. However, double-clicking on FoxTelem.jar seems to work just fine. Just thought I'd share that in case someone else runs into it. Just went out to the driveway (EM72) to listen to Fox-1A fly over on a hand-pointed Arrow antenna. Great to hear it on-orbit. Didn't find any decoded telemetry on the "inside" computer (using an omni) when I came back in. 73, David, ky7dr From Mvivona at yahoo.com Fri Oct 9 02:09:23 2015 From: Mvivona at yahoo.com (Mvivona) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 22:09:23 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem Tips In-Reply-To: References: <59AA8CE5-8C5F-46F0-AF05-A9A77FFA1344@yahoo.com> Message-ID: Using Funcube+ on the FoxTelem program. Saw spike during Fox-1 transmission, moved the cursor by hand to the carrier spike. The eye and the window next to it sprang to life, but never decoded anything. If I disable the audio filter and unsquelch the program, key up my HT into a dummy load on 145.98 it sounds like a steady buzz even when I'm talking. Shouldn't I be able to hear myself over the telemetry program? I thought there was one moment I could hear the girl saying Fox one on the telemetry program, should I be able to hear her audio? Michael Vivona Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2015, at 9:25 PM, Chris Thompson wrote: Great question Michael. Don't know. Find Signal is experimental. Try it and report back. > On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Mvivona wrote: > I had a 30deg pass just now an using an arrow and Funcube dongle. I could see the spike on the telemetry program. On my handheld with a rubber duck I could hear the girl say Fox-1 every couple of minutes, but the program would not move its tracking line to the carrier. The last one that came across I moved it with the mouse and it then locked in and I just caught the ending audio come over the speaker. > I haven't deleted the extra dat files, so I didn't have it in find mode. > Should it be? > > Michael-KC4ZVA > Sent from my iPad > > On Oct 8, 2015, at 6:08 PM, Chris Thompson wrote: > > If you are attempting to decode Fox-1A in IQ mode with Find Signal enabled, > then it will also search for signals from Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D. But that > is a waste of time at the moment :) > > You can fix that by removing the files from the spacecraft directory. You > only need to move the files that end in .dat. In fact, renaming the ending > is sufficient. Leave the file for Fox-1A of course. > > 73 > Chris > g0kla/ac2cz > > -- > Chris E. Thompson > chrisethompson at gmail.com > g0kla at arrl.net > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net From amsat at n0jy.org Fri Oct 9 03:14:49 2015 From: amsat at n0jy.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:14:49 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A is in Transponder Mode Message-ID: <20151009031625.D40A3811A@lansing182.amsat.org> Fox-1A will be in Transponder Mode until about 10:00 UTC October 8, 2015. Jerry N0JY From nicholasmahr1 at gmail.com Fri Oct 9 03:27:45 2015 From: nicholasmahr1 at gmail.com (Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 23:27:45 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A Telemetry Today Message-ID: I managed to get about 11 packets of data today on Fox-1! Im using HDSDR feeding into fox tlm program. As far as I can tell all the telemetry looks good. And nice to see the transponder turned on soon! Spent most of my day today setting up sdr and tweaking the program to getting decodes on fox. Lets grab more frames tomorrow and maybe the transponder guys. 73's Ke8akw Nick From bryce.salmi at gmail.com Fri Oct 9 03:30:56 2015 From: bryce.salmi at gmail.com (Bryce Salmi) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 20:30:56 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A Heard in Los Angeles Message-ID: A bunch of us stopped building rockets for a few minutes and listened to Fox-1A as it passed over Los Angeles! Congrats. Bryce From tjschuessler at verizon.net Fri Oct 9 03:32:38 2015 From: tjschuessler at verizon.net (Tom Schuessler) Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 22:32:38 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] First impressions of Fox-1A/AO-85/Grace2 Message-ID: <008f01d10243$256c3d50$7044b7f0$@net> >From EM12 Oct 8-9, 2015; 2348 UTC pass 2.8 degrees max elevation. HT and Arrow antenna, Satellite showed up on time and could be heard despite low elevation and obstacles. 0124 UTC pass 60 degrees. HT and Elk antenna, Signal went from full quieting to lots of noise. Limited observation is that the spin/tumble rate must be rather fast. I am sure it will take a bit for the magnetic stabilization to get a hold of the magnetic lines of force and stabilize the cube. First impression is the deep fades will be reminiscent of working LituanicaSat-1/LO-78 which had deep nulls. The pre-launch Keps seemed pretty accurate at least close enough for FM work. Looking forward to the real thing. Just curious and so I can characterize the orbit to some folks who expressed interest, What level of inclination does AO-85 have? It seems by just looking at a depiction on a map of over 80 degrees or am I observing wrong. Anyway, big congrats to Barry, Jerry and the whole Fox design/implementation team for a wonderful job well done. Fox has got me reinvigorated. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP From w3mat at outlook.com Fri Oct 9 03:36:35 2015 From: w3mat at outlook.com (Loon -) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 23:36:35 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A, Grace, or AO-85 Message-ID: Using Keps that were found on the Amsat-BB, below are the passes I found for over the east coast forabout the next 24 hours Which Keps set are for Foz-1A ... Grace 1, Grace 2, Grace 3, Grace 4, Grace5? 2015-10-09 04:22:57 FOX-1A 346.1 10.0 ecl 2389 67.6 -32.52015-10-09 04:27:41 FOX-1A 44.7 27.9 ? 1452 68.6 -31.62015-10-09 04:32:15 FOX-1A 103.4 10.0 ? 2305 69.5 -30.8 2015-10-09 06:03:15 FOX-1A 318.1 10.0 ? 2378 86.0 -14.12015-10-09 06:08:34 FOX-1A 244.1 50.9 ? 968 86.9 -13.12015-10-09 06:13:35 FOX-1A 169.3 10.1 ? 2242 87.7 -12.1 2015-10-09 20:17:08 FOX-1A 198.6 10.0 ? 2130 278.6 -19.52015-10-09 20:21:58 FOX-1A 118.3 63.6 ? 808 279.4 -20.42015-10-09 20:27:14 FOX-1A 38.2 10.1 ecl 2315 280.3 -21.4 2015-10-09 21:59:03 FOX-1A 266.8 10.0 ? 2220 298.8 -37.72015-10-09 22:03:04 FOX-1A 318.6 22.5 ecl 1590 299.7 -38.42015-10-09 22:07:17 FOX-1A 9.8 10.0 ecl 2347 300.7 -39.1 Thanks From peter at m3php.com Fri Oct 9 03:43:40 2015 From: peter at m3php.com (Peter Goodhall) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 04:43:40 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A is in Transponder Mode In-Reply-To: <20151009031625.D40A3811A@lansing182.amsat.org> References: <20151009031625.D40A3811A@lansing182.amsat.org> Message-ID: Thanks Jerry, guess you mean 9th October? Just tried the transponder over Europe and it sounds good, a lot stronger than SO-50 for me, could hear it in between all the University buildings down to just below 6 degrees. Using Wimo X-Quads & IC-910. 73, Peter, 2E0SQL On 9 October 2015 at 04:14, Jerry Buxton wrote: > Fox-1A will be in Transponder Mode until about 10:00 UTC October 8, 2015. > > Jerry > N0JY > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb -- Peter Goodhall, 2E0SQL From zleffke at vt.edu Fri Oct 9 03:52:21 2015 From: zleffke at vt.edu (Zach Leffke) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 23:52:21 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Does AMSAT want AO-85 decoded frames after the fact? Message-ID: <561739F5.2010800@vt.edu> General question for those at AMSAT watching the data come in on the server. Are frames decoded after the fact useful to you guys, or does it just confuse the servers and mess up time stamps? I've been messing around with my GNU radio setup and have low speed mode pretty much figured out. For the high speed mode pass earlier, I got nice strong signal but failed to decode. Pretty sure thats all my fault and I need to go back and tweak my flowgraphs. I did make a raw IQ recording of the pass so that I can go back and play around with GNU Radio until I get high speed mode decoding on FoxTelem. So the question is, while I'm messing around with that would you prefer that I upload to the server or not? Eventually I hope to dig out the missed frames (they're in there on my hard drive, I just need to coax them out!), but I don't want to muddle up the time stamps on the AMSAT Server. Are the telemetry frames uniquely coded in some way that you can tell that I uploaded it 4 hours after it was overhead (like when I upload sequence number 12, and everyone else is on sequence number 482? for example)? Or are the timestamps based on the receiving computer's clock, and I should be sure to uncheck the 'upload to server' block when I go back to play with IQ recordings so as not to inject false timestamps to the server? And by the way: Go AMSAT!!!! Congrats all around! Exciting day today. Thanks in advance, -Zach, KJ4QLP From amsat at n0jy.org Fri Oct 9 04:06:44 2015 From: amsat at n0jy.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Thu, 08 Oct 2015 21:06:44 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A is in Transponder Mode In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <1b5376a5-b19d-4b24-a49a-d8b33981c36e@email.android.com> Yes, it's all still Wednesday to me... Thanks! Jerry N0JY On Oct 8, 2015 8:43 PM, Peter Goodhall wrote: > > Thanks Jerry, guess you mean 9th October? > > Just tried the transponder over Europe and it sounds good, a lot > stronger than SO-50 for me, could hear it in between all the > University buildings down to just below 6 degrees. > > Using Wimo X-Quads & IC-910. > > 73, > > Peter, 2E0SQL > > On 9 October 2015 at 04:14, Jerry Buxton wrote: > > Fox-1A will be in Transponder Mode until about 10:00 UTC October 8, 2015. > > > > Jerry > > N0JY > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > > -- > Peter Goodhall, 2E0SQL > From mail at mike-rupprecht.de Fri Oct 9 04:13:18 2015 From: mail at mike-rupprecht.de (Mike Rupprecht) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 06:13:18 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] Installing Sat Telem decoding such as FoxTelem.exe In-Reply-To: References: <56127ADB.1020901@denstarfarm.us><5613B527.8050903@denstarfarm.us><5E7B3EC6F8814C5A8937688385497305@StevePC> Message-ID: <001401d10248$d44f1b30$7ced5190$@de> Hi Steve, there is a zip file with all used ocx's on my software side. You can copy the missing ocx into the windows/system directory. Register the file manually - regsvr32 mschrt20.ocx 73 Mike DK3WN PS: I tried to send you the answer directly but my e-amil was rejected (Timeout connecting to etczone.net) -----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht----- Von: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] Im Auftrag von Steve Kristoff Gesendet: 09 October 2015 03:02 An: AMSAT BB Betreff: Re: [amsat-bb] Installing Sat Telem decoding such as FoxTelem.exe Well, tried downloading Visual Basic Runtime, got about a dozen zip files, tried to unzip them, don't know where to put them, etc. Is there another XW-2C telemetry decoder that doesn't require MSCHRT20.ocx, whatever that is? Steve AI9IN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Goodhall" To: "Steve Kristoff" Cc: "AMSAT BB" Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2015 9:23 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Installing Sat Telem decoding such as FoxTelem.exe > Steve, > > Not sure what dev tools the decoder is made from however I believe > MSCHRT20 is a part of the Visual Basic Runtime so you can grab that > from https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/vbruntime > > Pete, 2E0SQL > > On 8 October 2015 at 01:41, Steve Kristoff wrote: >> I'm having the same issue with the MSCHRT20.ocx file missing or invalid >> or >> whatever. >> Can someone please point me to the fix or to another XW-2 telemetry >> decoder? >> Thank you. >> >> Steve AI9IN >> > _______________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From wmy at isac.gov.in Fri Oct 9 05:17:33 2015 From: wmy at isac.gov.in (Mani) Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 10:47:33 +0530 Subject: [amsat-bb] Congratulations to AMSAT for launching FOX! In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20151009051318.D058386D1@lansing182.amsat.org> Congratulations to FOX 1a team and to AMSAT for the successful launch. Good wishes for an early commissioning of FOX 1a. 73 de Quoting Wouter Weggelaar : > Hi All, > > On behalf of AMSAT-NL I would like to congratulate the FOX team at AMSAT > for their successful launch and the first telemetry received. > > I understand that Jan PE0SAT in the Netherlands already successfully > uploaded telemetry to the servers. 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If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From n0jy at amsat.org Fri Oct 9 05:19:11 2015 From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 00:19:11 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Does AMSAT want AO-85 decoded frames after the fact? In-Reply-To: <561739F5.2010800@vt.edu> References: <561739F5.2010800@vt.edu> Message-ID: <56174E4F.7070409@amsat.org> Hi Zach, If you haven't sent the frames to the server, you can certainly send them when you do your play back later. As long as they are unique to your station they will be added to the data and your telemetry count. Jerry N0JY On 10/8/2015 22:52, Zach Leffke wrote: > General question for those at AMSAT watching the data come in on the > server. > > Are frames decoded after the fact useful to you guys, or does it just > confuse the servers and mess up time stamps? I've been messing around > with my GNU radio setup and have low speed mode pretty much figured > out. For the high speed mode pass earlier, I got nice strong signal > but failed to decode. Pretty sure thats all my fault and I need to go > back and tweak my flowgraphs. I did make a raw IQ recording of the > pass so that I can go back and play around with GNU Radio until I get > high speed mode decoding on FoxTelem. > > So the question is, while I'm messing around with that would you > prefer that I upload to the server or not? Eventually I hope to dig > out the missed frames (they're in there on my hard drive, I just need > to coax them out!), but I don't want to muddle up the time stamps on > the AMSAT Server. Are the telemetry frames uniquely coded in some way > that you can tell that I uploaded it 4 hours after it was overhead > (like when I upload sequence number 12, and everyone else is on > sequence number 482? for example)? Or are the timestamps based on the > receiving computer's clock, and I should be sure to uncheck the > 'upload to server' block when I go back to play with IQ recordings so > as not to inject false timestamps to the server? > > > And by the way: Go AMSAT!!!! Congrats all around! Exciting day today. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > -Zach, KJ4QLP > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views > of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Fri Oct 9 05:53:56 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 05:53:56 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A today... Message-ID: Hi! It was fun to see the launch this morning on NASA TV, even though there were too many clouds around the launch site to let me see any of the launch from outside my house here in the Phoenix area. Then I loaded the FoxTelem software on my Windows 10 tablets during the day at my office (along with Java), along with using my FUNcube Dongle Pro+ instead of my SDRplay SDR receiver, and tried copying some telemetry on a couple of passes tonight. The first pass, just after 0120 UTC, was a 13-degree pass here. I copied the voice announcement about the satellite being in safe mode, and a couple of data packets. I did not have Upload to Server selected (who reads the manual, when there's a new satellite to hear?!). I also ran HDSDR during this pass, so I could make an RF recording at the same time. I was able to play the HDSDR RF recording in FoxTelem to get my two data packets up to the server. The pass just after 0300 UTC was the best of the passes tonight. Again, FoxTelem and HDSDR on the tablet, and a 57-degree pass. For this pass, the voice announcement wasn't saying anything about safe mode, but I only copied one data packet. This time, it was uploaded to the server automagically. HDSDR made an RF recording. This time, the CPU on my 1 GB RAM 8-inch tablet was pegged at a few points in the pass. This leads me to believe I'm OK with either FoxTelem or HDSDR, but not both. HDSDR can make the RF recording in real time, then I can just play it in FoxTelem without needing to deal with virtual audio cables or (for some computers) Stereo Mix to pass the audio from one program to the other. I had one more shallow pass, around 0448 UTC, with a maximum elevation of 8 degrees. After seeing that the transponder was activated until 1000 UTC, I left the SDR stuff inside, and took a couple of HTs outside with me (KG-UV9D, KG-UV8D) with my Elk antenna. I heard the voice announcements every couple of minutes, but never heard anyone through the satellite during this pass. I had the KG-UV9D connected to the Elk, and an audio splitter to feed an earpiece and my Sony audio recorder. Since I was not able to hear myself - or anyone else - talking through the satellite, I did not connect the KG-UV8D to the antenna. That will come soon enough, hopefully - along with a few other radios that don't work full-duplex with SO-50, but may work fine with Fox-1A that way. The two RF recordings from the earlier passes, the MP3 audio recording from the late pass, and lots of photos and screengrabs were uploaded to my Dropbox space. Some of the photos show the settings I used in FoxTelem and HDSDR. Those files are located at: http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ Look for the folder "20151009-AO85_Fox1A" for these files. (refresh the page or hit F5, if my Dropbox public folders don't come up straight away) You can run both FoxTelem and HDSDR at the same time, provided they use the same center/LO frequency and HDSDR has an input bandwidth of 192000 (192 kHz) from the FUNcube Dongle Pro+. A computer with more CPU horsepower should not have issues with these two programs running at the same time, but the Windows 10 tablets may have occasional challenges. Thanks to Chris Thompson for quickly answering my e-mail question about the bandwidth FoxTelem uses when receiving data from a FUNcube Dongle Pro+! I have previously run the FUNcube Dashboard and HDSDR at the same time, as long as I kept the two programs in sync with the same center frequency and input bandwidth. This was a great day for AMSAT, and for satellite operators around the world. Almost 6 years to the day the AMSAT Fox project was unveiled at the 2009 AMSAT Space Symposium in Baltimore (that happened on 10 October 2009 during the annual general meeting), we now have the first of a series of Fox-1 satellites in orbit. Some have even been able to talk through the satellite, with many more hearing the voice announcements and copying telemetry. Congratulations to all who have had a hand in building and launching Fox-1A today, and thanks to everyone who has supported the Fox project over the past 6 years! 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK From brad.schumacher66 at gmail.com Fri Oct 9 05:50:09 2015 From: brad.schumacher66 at gmail.com (Brad Schumacher) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 22:50:09 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A Telemetry Results using TS-2000 Message-ID: <000f01d10256$5c7d65e0$157831a0$@gmail.com> I've been reading this list for a while, decided it's about time I posted something. I attempted to decode the Fox-1A telemetry on 2 passes over Arizona today (approx. 0130 and 0300 UTC) using my Kenwood TS-2000 without success. I configured it for 9600 packet operation, monitored the audio out of ACC2 connector and could see over 20 Khz of audio bandwidth using software based audio spectrum analyzer. Audio response looked good from 0 to 20 KHz so I thought I would be good to go. Nope. I fed audio into 2 different sound card devices - one being the RigBlastger Advantage set to 48 KHz sample rate and the other audio device being my Laptop's built in sound card mic input set to 48K and 96K on different attempts. Audio levels were adjusted so as not to be excessive and sounded clean when played back through the speaker. When attempting to decode, I could see a very nice eye pattern in the telemetry decode software but the data square waves were pointy looking as if some high frequency filtering was being applied to them. I' not conclusively saying the TS-2000 won't work but I did everything right and tested as thoroughly as possible prior to the actual satellite passes with no success. I'll try again and see if I missed something and report back. What DID work for me was decoding the signal via SDR. In this case It was an RTL-SDR dongle in direct sampling mode connected to the 10.695 Mhz IF of the TS-2000. HDSDR was used with output bandwidth set to 96 Khz. Audio was piped to Fox telemetry decoder via VB Virtual Audio Cable software. Brad, KG7NXH From 9w2qc at 9w2qc.net Fri Oct 9 06:36:22 2015 From: 9w2qc at 9w2qc.net (Sion Chow Q. C. (9W2QC)) Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 06:36:22 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] [sarex] Upcoming ARISS contact with Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail (1), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20151009063622.Horde.hPbf9GIQiUjQNpngkxCPOw1@9w2qc.net> Dear All, The live video feed for this contact can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCMo_BkXOaI Thank you. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9M2CQC, WQ2C /YB9, 9V1QC, JG1XHM, ex: 9W2QC, AB3IO, WQ2C /HL1 Quoting n4csitwo--- via SAREX : > An International Space Station school contact has been planned with > participants at Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail (1), Kuala > Lumpur, Malaysia on 09 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at > approximately 08:00 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening > approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the > contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will > be direct between OR4ISS and 9M2RPN. The contact should be audible > over Malaysia and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to > listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be > conducted in English. > > > > > > Our first ARISS contact was made in 2007 when, Malaysia's first > Astronaut Shiekh Muzapher went on board ISS. We made 5 direct > contacts when, some 80 school children to talked to him and asked > questions. Since then it has become highly sought after yearly > event which is tied up with the Prime Minister's Space Challenge > Trophy. This year 2015 we would be making our 8th yearly contact. > Since the schools do not have ground stations, they make use of > Satellite Ground Station at National Planetarium established in 1995 > under the call sign of 9M2RPN. The schools are the nurseries to > produce future astronauts and space scientists. The forthcoming > contact in October, 2013 provides the hands on experience and the > seeding operation for tomorrow's space scientists. > > > > > > 1. How far you have to go to escape gravity? > > 2. What is the escape velocity to reach ISS? > > 3. When you have achieved orbit what is the first thing that you do? > > 4. Is it hard to eat in space? > > 5. How does it feel to float in space? > > 6. How does one get treated in case of sudden sickness in space? > > 7. If there is air leak in ISS what emergency action would be taken? > > 8. Can you weigh yourself in weightlessness? > > 9. Do you sweat in space? > > 10. Can you grow seeds in space? > > 11. Can you see other satellites from the ISS? > > 12. What time zone do you observe in space? > > 13. How many sunrises and sunsets you see in space? > > 14. How often you get to speak to your families in space? > > 15. How is garbage disposed in space? > > 16. How do astronauts train for launch, orbit and reentry? > > 17. How would a candle burn in space? > > 18. Can you blow your nose in space? > > 19. If you sneeze in space do you float backwards? > > 20. Can you see stars in daytime when you are in space? > > > > > > > > > > PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: > > > > > > > > Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the > > International Space Station (ARISS). > > > > To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status > > > > > > Next planned event(s): > > > > 1. Bay View Elementary School, Burlington, WA, telebridge via IK1SLD > > The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS > > The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS > > Contact is a go for: Wed Oct. 24, 2015 19:41:44 UTC > > > > > > ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering > the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies > around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian > Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. > > > > ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the > excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers > on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and > communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on > ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and > learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on > the website http://www.ariss.org/ > > > > Thank you & 73, > > David - AA4KN > > > > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > ---- > Sent via sarex at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official > views of AMSAT-NA. > Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex From wao at vfr.net Fri Oct 9 06:40:04 2015 From: wao at vfr.net (Joseph Spier) Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 23:40:04 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-281 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - AO-85 OSCAR Number Assigned for Fox-1A Message-ID: <56176144.3060509@vfr.net> AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-281 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * AO-85 OSCAR Number Assigned for Fox-1A SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-281.01 ANS-281 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Bulletin 281.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE October 8, 2015 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-281.01 --------------------------------------------------------------------- AO-85 OSCAR Number Assigned for Fox-1A Willian (Bill) Tynan, W3XO, AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Administrator has issued the following release: I have been informed of the successful launch today, October 8, 2015 of the AMSAT-NA-built Fox-1A CubeSat. I am also informed that the satellite has been heard by several amateurs in various countries. This successful launch comes after years of diligent and dedicated work on the part of AMSAT-NA volunteers including Tony Momteiro, AA2TX, who became a silent key in March, 2014. It was Tony who spearheaded and guided the work on all AMSAT-NA CubeSats until his untimely passing. Thus, it is only fitting that this spacecraft be dedicated to his memory. Following Tony?s death, the work of completing and preparing for launch fell to Jerry Buxton, W0JY, who took over Tony?s post of AMSAT-NA?s Vice President for Engineering and saw to Fox-1A?s successful completion and its preparation for launch. All of those who had a part in designing, constructing and testing Fox-1A and its various subsystems are to be congratulated for jobs well done. Since Fox-1A was properly coordinated through IARU as an Amateur Radio satellite, has been successfully launched and its signals have been received; I, under the authority vested in me by the AMSAT-NA President, do hereby issue to Fox-1A the designation AMSAT-OSCAR-85, or AO-85. May AO-85 serve the radio amateurs of world for many years to come. [ANS thanks Bill, W3XO, and AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org From whattwood at gmail.com Fri Oct 9 07:08:56 2015 From: whattwood at gmail.com (Bill Attwood) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 01:08:56 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Using AO-85 Transponder Message-ID: I attempted two passes of AO-85 from DO20 after Jerry's email regarding activation of the transponder. During the first attempt with an Alinco HT at 0447 UTC I didn't get into the bird (approx 4 watts into an Arrow antenna). I was, however, able to copy AC0RA for most of the latter half of the pass. I tried again at 0629 UTC using 20 watts TX power on an FT-857 (and the Arrow). This time I was able to get into the sat from within a degree or two of AOS to about 6 degrees near LOS. It took a fair bit of playing with the TX frequency and antenna polarization. Unfortunately nobody else was on :-( One thing I noticed on both passes was that I had to tune my RX frequency down by 5 KHz during the last quarter of the pass. Regards, Bill VE6WK From glasbrenner at mindspring.com Fri Oct 9 09:11:19 2015 From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 05:11:19 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A/AO-85 transponder to remain on to 0000Z 10Oct Message-ID: <097501d10272$75aec3d0$610c4b70$@com> All, We will leave the transponder running until about 0000Z 10Oct. Feel free to try it. A couple of notes: If the downlink isn't on, a few seconds of 67 Hz tone will turn it on. Narrow FM may help with the downlink audio levels if you find it difficult to hear. You may find it takes a little more gain on the uplink than expected. I encourage users to try their handheld yagis, remember to twist for polarity, listening full duplex to peak your uplink. During this time, the low speed data will still be active alongside your voice downlink, so ground stations are encouraged to continue submitting that to the server. 73, Drew KO4MA From M.Sweeting at SSTL.co.uk Fri Oct 9 08:58:42 2015 From: M.Sweeting at SSTL.co.uk (Martin Sweeting) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 08:58:42 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] FOX-1A Message-ID: <0A977A6814DEFC4691EE71E350E3905E012A3646C6@sol-2.sstl.co.uk> On behalf of all members of AMSAT-UK I send our congratulations the AMSAT team in the USA for all their hard work in recent years on FOX-1A which having been successfully launched, and from which telemetry signals have been successfully received and decoded on earth, is now known as AO-85. This is a great achievement. I wish the team well during the forthcoming commissioning, and we all hope that the new satellite will have a long and useful life operating in the Amateur Satellite Service. 73 Martin Sweeting, G3YJO Chairman AMSAT-UK This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and destroy any copies. Any dissemination or use of this information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized and may be illegal. From w3mat at outlook.com Fri Oct 9 10:21:55 2015 From: w3mat at outlook.com (Loon -) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 06:21:55 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A Message-ID: Do think uplink frequencies seem to be on, or are there adjustments that need to be made? AOS 1 - 435.170AOS 2 - 435.175Max L - 435.180LOS 1 - 435-185LOS 2 - 435.190 I find using the FT-60R challenging. The pass over central PA (50 degree) at 10:08 UTCwas strong, heard KC4LE, N8MH, KA4H, and others, but only had one station answermy call in FN10. LoonW3MAT From n8hm at arrl.net Fri Oct 9 10:26:36 2015 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 06:26:36 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It seems the uplink is 5-10 kHz high. Also, you really need to twist the Arrow to peak the uplink. Half duplex will be a real challenge. As KO4MA suggested, narrow FM is a big help with the downlink. 73, Paul, N8HM On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 6:21 AM, Loon - wrote: > Do think uplink frequencies seem to be on, or are there adjustments that need to be made? > AOS 1 - 435.170AOS 2 - 435.175Max L - 435.180LOS 1 - 435-185LOS 2 - 435.190 > I find using the FT-60R challenging. The pass over central PA (50 degree) at 10:08 UTCwas strong, heard KC4LE, N8MH, KA4H, and others, but only had one station answermy call in FN10. > LoonW3MAT > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From marklhammond at gmail.com Fri Oct 9 10:33:46 2015 From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond) Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 06:33:46 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 telemetry hints Message-ID: <5617980b.46c30d0a.c667.1a25@mx.google.com> Hi All, On the 10utc pass this morning, while the transponder was on and in use: I learned that reducing the width of the cutoff filter in Foxtelem program made it so I could copy the subaudible telemetry packets with the Funcube Dongle Pro. Reducing from the default 200 Hz to about 180 or 175 seemed to work here. It shows up as a decent eye pattern after that. Another FYI-When playing back an IQ recording via SDR#, it seems a bit more forgiving, working well around 175-200. Suggest folks experiment for best copy! Share hints here, please! 73, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] From k9jkm at comcast.net Fri Oct 9 12:26:17 2015 From: k9jkm at comcast.net (JoAnne Maenpaa) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 07:26:17 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A Launch Commemorative Issue of the AMSAT Journal Free Download Message-ID: <002d01d1028d$b294b730$17be2590$@net> Congratulations to AMSAT's Fox-1A team on their successful launch, orbital deployment, and activation of the Fox-1A satellite. (Now to be known as AO-85.) AMSAT has produced a free, commemorative issue of the AMSAT Journal highlighting the Fox-1A launch success. This full color PDF issue can be downloaded from our current top news story, "Fox-1A launch 5:49 AM PDT on October 8, 2015" at http://www.amsat.org. A direct link to this news item is http://www.amsat.org/?p=4591 If you aren't already a member of AMSAT this issue of our magazine will give you an inside look at the best ham radio club in the world. You'll read and see the dedicated efforts of the Fox-1A team that got us to October 8. Please consider joining AMSAT to support our series of launches coming in 2016 and beyond. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm at amsat.org From hamsat at xs4all.nl Fri Oct 9 13:00:34 2015 From: hamsat at xs4all.nl (Nico Janssen) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 15:00:34 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] GomX 3 and AAUSat 5 identified Message-ID: <5617BA72.9090708@xs4all.nl> All, Using detailed doppler measurements I find that GomX 3 is object 40949, 1998-067HA. Therefore AAUSat 5 is object 40948, 1998-067GZ. 73, Nico, PA0DLO From mvivona at yahoo.com Fri Oct 9 13:33:15 2015 From: mvivona at yahoo.com (mvivona at yahoo.com) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 13:33:15 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem Tips In-Reply-To: References: <59AA8CE5-8C5F-46F0-AF05-A9A77FFA1344@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <551459136.1400792.1444397595130.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Chris, I had another chance to experiment with the FoxTelem program this morning. On a 57 deg pass using?FCDP+ in IQ mode. I could see the carrier come up nicely in the spectrum, but the vertical line cursor was hunting to the right. When the carrier came up the cursor slowly started to wander in the direction of the carrier, but never even came close to making on frequency?before the transmission stopped. It is definitely not as responsive as the FUNcube capture programs cursor which snaps to the carrier as soon as it sees it.Is there a setting that can?up the response time of the frequency track-and-lock cursor? You can duplicate this issue by simply opening the program in IQ mode and transmitting with a low power HT. It sees the spike, but?takes about 15 seconds to finally make it to the carrier frequency. thanks for all your hard work on this project.??Michael?- KC4AVAAMSAT member ? From: Mvivona via AMSAT-BB To: Chris Thompson Cc: "AMSAT-BB at amsat.org" Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2015 10:09 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem Tips Using Funcube+ on the FoxTelem program. Saw spike during Fox-1 transmission, moved the cursor by hand to the carrier spike. The eye and the window next to it sprang to life, but never decoded anything. If I disable the audio filter and unsquelch the program, key up my HT into a dummy load on 145.98 it sounds like a steady buzz even when I'm talking. Shouldn't I be able to hear myself over the telemetry program? I thought there was one moment I could hear the girl saying Fox one on the telemetry program, should I be able to hear her audio? Michael Vivona Sent from my iPad On Oct 8, 2015, at 9:25 PM, Chris Thompson wrote: Great question Michael.? Don't know.? Find Signal is experimental.? Try it and report back. > On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Mvivona wrote: > I had a 30deg pass just now an using an arrow and Funcube dongle. I could see the spike on the telemetry program. On my handheld with a rubber duck I could hear the girl say Fox-1 every couple of minutes, but the program would not move its tracking line to the carrier. The last one that came across I moved it with the mouse and it then locked in and I just caught the ending audio come over the speaker. > I haven't deleted the extra dat files, so I didn't have it in find mode. > Should it be? > > Michael-KC4ZVA > Sent from my iPad > > On Oct 8, 2015, at 6:08 PM, Chris Thompson wrote: > > If you are attempting to decode Fox-1A in IQ mode with Find Signal enabled, > then it will also search for signals from Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D.? But that > is a waste of time at the moment :) > > You can fix that by removing the files from the spacecraft directory.? You > only need to move the files that end in .dat.? In fact, renaming the ending > is sufficient.? Leave the file for Fox-1A of course. > > 73 > Chris > g0kla/ac2cz > > -- > Chris E. Thompson > chrisethompson at gmail.com > g0kla at arrl.net > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From kx9x at yahoo.com Fri Oct 9 13:49:03 2015 From: kx9x at yahoo.com (Sean K.) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 13:49:03 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 now in LOTW References: <1936652781.1421757.1444398543802.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1936652781.1421757.1444398543802.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Hi all- A new version of the TQSL config file was just updated. AO-85 is now listed. Update your LOTW config file and you should see it. ?Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X From ka3hsw at att.net Fri Oct 9 14:06:25 2015 From: ka3hsw at att.net (George Henry) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 09:06:25 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A References: Message-ID: Which of the GRACE objects are you using as your keps for Fox? As the satellites spread out, that will make a difference... George, KA3HSW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loon -" To: "AMSAT-BB" Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 5:21 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A > Do think uplink frequencies seem to be on, or are there adjustments that > need to be made? > AOS 1 - 435.170AOS 2 - 435.175Max L - 435.180LOS 1 - 435-185LOS 2 - > 435.190 > I find using the FT-60R challenging. The pass over central PA (50 degree) > at 10:08 UTCwas strong, heard KC4LE, N8MH, KA4H, and others, but only had > one station answermy call in FN10. > LoonW3MAT > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Fri Oct 9 14:21:16 2015 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joe Fitzgerald) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 10:21:16 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A Message-ID: <48e6cfcae3f07af496fd672ab0ded971.squirrel@alum.wpi.edu> George, KA3HSW wrote: >Which of the GRACE objects are you using as your keps for Fox? As the >satellites spread out, that will make a difference... CalPoly uses GRACE2 to identify it. The best source of Keps is: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt Look for AO-85 object# 99992 -Joe From marklhammond at gmail.com Fri Oct 9 14:31:53 2015 From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 10:31:53 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 telemetry hints In-Reply-To: <905C3C6D2F7CC24386DD63AD6DE8D841DEBEE4DB@SWEXP202.corp.adroot.internal> References: <5617980b.46c30d0a.c667.1a25@mx.google.com> <905C3C6D2F7CC24386DD63AD6DE8D841DEBEE4DB@SWEXP202.corp.adroot.internal> Message-ID: Hello Steve, The only hardware/SDR supported natively by Foxtelem 1.0 is FCDP or FCDPplus. For other SDRs, you have to use something like SDR#, HDSDR, SDR-Radio V2, to decode the audio (FM,about 12-15kHz wide,audio filtering OFF); ouput that audio to a virtual audio cable, then set up Foxtelem to use that virtual audio cable as input. It works, both live and with recordings, both slow and high speed. I will copy AMSAT-BB since others will ask, too :) 73, On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Greene, Stephan A < stephan.a.greene at vencore.com> wrote: > Mark: > > Have you tried other SDR than the FCD Pro? I know the Fox telemetry > software detects the FCD (it appears in the source pull down menu), I > haven't figured out how to get it to similarly "see" my SDRPlay. > With the FCD Pro, did you set the telemetry software to use IQ input or > audio (your post suggests audio), fast or slow settings? > > Any tricks to using the telemetry software with other SDR software? > (I've been trying HDSDR so far, I have an older copy of SDR# that should > still work with my SDRPlay, and SDR-Console works with it, too) Or do > you create an IQ recording and just play it back? > > 73 & Thanks! > > Steve KS1G > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark L. Hammond [mailto:marklhammond at gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 6:34 AM > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 telemetry hints > > Hi All, > > On the 10utc pass this morning, while the transponder was on and in use: > > I learned that reducing the width of the cutoff filter in Foxtelem > program made it so I could copy the subaudible telemetry packets with > the Funcube Dongle Pro. Reducing from the default 200 Hz to about 180 > or 175 seemed to work here. It shows up as a decent eye pattern after > that. > > Another FYI-When playing back an IQ recording via SDR#, it seems a bit > more forgiving, working well around 175-200. > > Suggest folks experiment for best copy! Share hints here, please! > > 73, > > > > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] > > > > > -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] From vlfiscus at mcn.net Fri Oct 9 15:54:25 2015 From: vlfiscus at mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 09:54:25 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A Launch Commemorative Issue of the AMSAT Journal Free Download In-Reply-To: <002d01d1028d$b294b730$17be2590$@net> Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20151009095247.00c2c278@pop.earthlink.net> At 07:26 AM 10/9/2015 -0500, k9jkm at comcast.net wrote: >Congratulations to AMSAT's Fox-1A team on their successful launch, orbital >deployment, and activation of the Fox-1A satellite. (Now to be known as >AO-85.) > >AMSAT has produced a free, commemorative issue of the AMSAT Journal >highlighting the Fox-1A launch success. This full color PDF issue can be >downloaded from our current top news story, "Fox-1A launch 5:49 AM PDT on >October 8, 2015" at http://www.amsat.org. A direct link to this news item is >http://www.amsat.org/?p=4591 Excellent special issue. TNX KB7ADL From st2nh at yahoo.com Fri Oct 9 14:57:03 2015 From: st2nh at yahoo.com (Nader Omer) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 14:57:03 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] FOX-1 XPONDER ACTIVE References: <597615142.1355322.1444402623178.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <597615142.1355322.1444402623178.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> ? Congratulation AMSAT-NA and AllNice and Great Job. I've just test FOX-1 uplink and downlink and its 95 plus......hearing the audio and decoded the Data Under Voice (DUV) 73 de Nader Omer st2nh/hz1nh From g0kla at arrl.net Fri Oct 9 16:29:38 2015 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 12:29:38 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A decoded after adjustments to 'Filter Length' In-Reply-To: <561796D9.2090502@denstarfarm.us> References: <561796D9.2090502@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: Bob, It seems unlikely that a small movement in the filter length would make such a dramatic difference. It's possible it reduced the load on your CPU, but that also seems unlikely. A slow computer usually misses audio first because it can not keep up with the sound card. That is why we track missed audio at the bottom of the window. So this could have been a coincidence? But maybe not. We left the filter controls on the program for just this sort of experimentation. So keep at it! 73 Chris Chris On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 6:28 AM, Bob KD7YZ wrote: > I'd left this run all night as well as SatPC32 to move the antennas.Now > using FCDP+. > Yet only one decode listed this morning. > So on the 1205Z pass I listened to the audio. If I moved the focus of > the freq indicator, with the mouse, I could see "nearly" an Eye as I'd > seen when running the test-wav yesterday. > > So I adjusted the slider for "Filter Length (sample)" in the upper-right > of the program window. > > Voilla!, I began seeing decodes mount up. Throughout the remainder of > the pas (circa 40% of what it could have been) I tested moving the > "Filter Length" back to 512. This only caused the "EYE" to distort and > decodes to stop. I tried 256 and 320 but always returned to 448 as seen > in the screenshots IF they can make it to the AMSAT-BB. > > Now I need an expert to explain why that worked. > > -- > 73, > Bob KD7YZ > www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz > AmSat LM#901 > -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net From py5lf at falautomation.com.br Fri Oct 9 16:37:59 2015 From: py5lf at falautomation.com.br (PY5LF) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 13:37:59 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] FOX1-A Transponder FM Message-ID: <00f401d102b0$dee3b660$9cab2320$@falautomation.com.br> Hi folks Here is my reception of two FOX1-A passes over South America , transponder ON. I think my uplink doppler correction needs some improvement . https://youtu.be/NjitT8A00U4 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF From g0kla at arrl.net Fri Oct 9 16:39:45 2015 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 12:39:45 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 telemetry hints In-Reply-To: References: <5617980b.46c30d0a.c667.1a25@mx.google.com> <905C3C6D2F7CC24386DD63AD6DE8D841DEBEE4DB@SWEXP202.corp.adroot.internal> Message-ID: I will pile on to Mark's reponse in case you want to use the other "IQ" features of FoxTelem, such as capturing the RF Signal To Noise or the TCA. If you use a program like HDSDR, then you can also feed the IQ audio to FoxTelem rather than the decoded audio. Chris On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Mark L. Hammond wrote: > Hello Steve, > > The only hardware/SDR supported natively by Foxtelem 1.0 is FCDP or > FCDPplus. > > For other SDRs, you have to use something like SDR#, HDSDR, SDR-Radio V2, > to decode the audio (FM,about 12-15kHz wide,audio filtering OFF); ouput > that audio to a virtual audio cable, then set up Foxtelem to use that > virtual audio cable as input. It works, both live and with recordings, > both slow and high speed. > > I will copy AMSAT-BB since others will ask, too :) > > 73, > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Greene, Stephan A < > stephan.a.greene at vencore.com> wrote: > > > Mark: > > > > Have you tried other SDR than the FCD Pro? I know the Fox telemetry > > software detects the FCD (it appears in the source pull down menu), I > > haven't figured out how to get it to similarly "see" my SDRPlay. > > With the FCD Pro, did you set the telemetry software to use IQ input or > > audio (your post suggests audio), fast or slow settings? > > > > Any tricks to using the telemetry software with other SDR software? > > (I've been trying HDSDR so far, I have an older copy of SDR# that should > > still work with my SDRPlay, and SDR-Console works with it, too) Or do > > you create an IQ recording and just play it back? > > > > 73 & Thanks! > > > > Steve KS1G > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark L. Hammond [mailto:marklhammond at gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 6:34 AM > > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org > > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 telemetry hints > > > > Hi All, > > > > On the 10utc pass this morning, while the transponder was on and in use: > > > > I learned that reducing the width of the cutoff filter in Foxtelem > > program made it so I could copy the subaudible telemetry packets with > > the Funcube Dongle Pro. Reducing from the default 200 Hz to about 180 > > or 175 seemed to work here. It shows up as a decent eye pattern after > > that. > > > > Another FYI-When playing back an IQ recording via SDR#, it seems a bit > > more forgiving, working well around 175-200. > > > > Suggest folks experiment for best copy! Share hints here, please! > > > > 73, > > > > > > > > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net From py5lf at falautomation.com.br Fri Oct 9 16:58:38 2015 From: py5lf at falautomation.com.br (PY5LF) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 13:58:38 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] RES: FOX1-A Transponder FM Message-ID: <000c01d102b3$c0c0fe10$4242fa30$@falautomation.com.br> Sorry friends Here is the correct link; https://youtu.be/0D4MYNOjRd4 Thank you Paulo ! PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF De: PY5LF [mailto:py5lf at falautomation.com.br] Enviada em: sexta-feira, 9 de outubro de 2015 13:38 Para: AMSAT-BB at amsat.org Cc: 'Starcom-bb' Assunto: FOX1-A Transponder FM Hi folks Here is my reception of two FOX1-A passes over South America , transponder ON. I think my uplink doppler correction needs some improvement . https://youtu.be/NjitT8A00U4 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Fri Oct 9 17:11:45 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 10:11:45 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 telemetry hints In-Reply-To: References: <5617980b.46c30d0a.c667.1a25@mx.google.com> <905C3C6D2F7CC24386DD63AD6DE8D841DEBEE4DB@SWEXP202.corp.adroot.internal> Message-ID: Hi! Since the FUNcube Dongle Pro+ appears as a sound device to Windows, you can have two programs connect to it at the same time - provided they use the same LO/center frequency and input bandwidth settings. Chris confirmed via e-mail last night that the FoxTelem software uses 192 kHz bandwidth from the FUNcube dongle. With this information, I set HDSDR's LO frequency to be 145.960 MHz (a little below the 145.980 MHz downlink frequency), and used this frequency as the center frequency in FoxTelem. I set the Input Bandwidth in HDSDR to be 192000, to match what FoxTelem expects to see. I found that I had to start HDSDR first, and then start FoxTelem, so both programs could access the dongle. Then I didn't have to use a virtual audio cable (or, for some Windows 7 and older PCs, the Stereo Mix audio device that does the same thing) to pipe audio from HDSDR to FoxTelem. Each program can then do what you want - in my case, HDSDR wrote an RF recording, while FoxTelem decoded telemetry. You can also mute the audio from either program, so you aren't listening to the same audio from both programs (HDSDR has a Mute button on the screen, and FoxTelem has a Silence Speaker button). 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK If you use a program like HDSDR, then you can also feed the IQ audio to > FoxTelem rather than the decoded audio. > > From burns at fisher.cc Fri Oct 9 17:17:38 2015 From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 10:17:38 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 10, Issue 301 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: One thing that bears repeating, or perhaps has not been said terribly explicitly. The issue with decoding low speed data via the audio out of a "regular radio" is the LOW frequencies not the high. You need to be sure that the 9600 baud output does not have a low pass filter even if it can pass light on the high end. We need down to only a few 10s of Hz. Some radios work one way, some the other. Nearly all will filter out low frequencies on the normal audio output. Check your manual. I have a TS2000, but I don't remember the specs on 9600 baud out. I have used SDR for my testing. And another comment for another person re HDSDR and FoxTLM: I have a very slow CPU in my shack. It can't deal with FoxTLM running its own SDR at all. It *can* deal with HDSDR piping audio via Virtual Audio Cable to FoxTLM running just in audio mode. 73 from LAX, heading back to my QTH after the launch, Burns W2BFJ Proud to say: Member of the Fox-1 Flight Software group ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Brad Schumacher To: Cc: Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2015 22:50:09 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A Telemetry Results using TS-2000 I've been reading this list for a while, decided it's about time I posted something. I attempted to decode the Fox-1A telemetry on 2 passes over Arizona today (approx. 0130 and 0300 UTC) using my Kenwood TS-2000 without success. I configured it for 9600 packet operation, monitored the audio out of ACC2 connector and could see over 20 Khz of audio bandwidth using software based audio spectrum analyzer. Audio response looked good from 0 to 20 KHz so I thought I would be good to go. Nope. I fed audio into 2 different sound card devices - one being the RigBlastger Advantage set to 48 KHz sample rate and the other audio device being my Laptop's built in sound card mic input set to 48K and 96K on different attempts. Audio levels were adjusted so as not to be excessive and sounded clean when played back through the speaker. When attempting to decode, I could see a very nice eye pattern in the telemetry decode software but the data square waves were pointy looking as if some high frequency filtering was being applied to them. I' not conclusively saying the TS-2000 won't work but I did everything right and tested as thoroughly as possible prior to the actual satellite passes with no success. I'll try again and see if I missed something and report back. What DID work for me was decoding the signal via SDR. In this case It was an RTL-SDR dongle in direct sampling mode connected to the 10.695 Mhz IF of the TS-2000. HDSDR was used with output bandwidth set to 96 Khz. Audio was piped to Fox telemetry decoder via VB Virtual Audio Cable software. Brad, KG7NXH From saguaroastro at cox.net Fri Oct 9 17:37:48 2015 From: saguaroastro at cox.net (Rick Tejera) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 10:37:48 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A/AO-85 transponder to remain on to 0000Z 10Oct In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <005a01d102b9$371d2fc0$a5578f40$@net> Drew, Quick question regarding the 67.hz tone.. Should I program a channel with the tone at 435.170 or 435.180? It would seem that at AOS the bird will hear it better at .170 vs. .180. Am I over thinking this Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Radio Club www.w7tbc.org 623-572-0713 623-203-4121 (cell) SaguaroaAstro at cox.net -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Glasbrenner Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 2:11 AM To: 'AMSAT BB' Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A/AO-85 transponder to remain on to 0000Z 10Oct All, We will leave the transponder running until about 0000Z 10Oct. Feel free to try it. A couple of notes: If the downlink isn't on, a few seconds of 67 Hz tone will turn it on. Narrow FM may help with the downlink audio levels if you find it difficult to hear. You may find it takes a little more gain on the uplink than expected. I encourage users to try their handheld yagis, remember to twist for polarity, listening full duplex to peak your uplink. During this time, the low speed data will still be active alongside your voice downlink, so ground stations are encouraged to continue submitting that to the server. 73, Drew KO4MA _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From glasbrenner at mindspring.com Fri Oct 9 17:43:32 2015 From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 13:43:32 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A/AO-85 transponder to remain on to 0000Z 10Oct Message-ID: <9073751.1444412612668.JavaMail.root@elwamui-hybrid.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Ignoring the AFC on the uplink receiver, I would program 5 channels, from 10kHz low on approach, to 10kHz high as it leaves, with the 67Hz tone on all of them. 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- >From: Rick Tejera >Sent: Oct 9, 2015 1:37 PM >To: 'Andrew Glasbrenner' , 'AMSAT BB' >Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A/AO-85 transponder to remain on to 0000Z 10Oct > >Drew, Quick question regarding the 67.hz tone.. Should I program a channel >with the tone at 435.170 or 435.180? It would seem that at AOS the bird will >hear it better at .170 vs. .180. > >Am I over thinking this > >Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) >Saguaro Astronomy Club >www.saguaroastro.org >Thunderbird Radio Club >www.w7tbc.org >623-572-0713 >623-203-4121 (cell) >SaguaroaAstro at cox.net > >-----Original Message----- >From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Andrew >Glasbrenner >Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 2:11 AM >To: 'AMSAT BB' >Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A/AO-85 transponder to remain on to 0000Z 10Oct > >All, > > > >We will leave the transponder running until about 0000Z 10Oct. Feel free to >try it. > >A couple of notes: > >If the downlink isn't on, a few seconds of 67 Hz tone will turn it on. > > > >Narrow FM may help with the downlink audio levels if you find it difficult >to hear. > > > >You may find it takes a little more gain on the uplink than expected. I >encourage users to try their handheld yagis, remember to twist for polarity, >listening full duplex to peak your uplink. > > > >During this time, the low speed data will still be active alongside your >voice downlink, so ground stations are encouraged to continue submitting >that to the server. > > > >73, Drew KO4MA > >_______________________________________________ >Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions >expressed >are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of >AMSAT-NA. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From saguaroastro at cox.net Fri Oct 9 18:03:40 2015 From: saguaroastro at cox.net (Rick Tejera) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 11:03:40 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A/AO-85 transponder to remain on to 0000Z 10Oct In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <005b01d102bc$d483ce10$7d8b6a30$@net> Simple enough. Thanks. Now to free up the time to play..... Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Radio Club www.w7tbc.org 623-572-0713 623-203-4121 (cell) SaguaroaAstro at cox.net -----Original Message----- From: Andrew Glasbrenner [mailto:glasbrenner at mindspring.com] Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 10:44 AM To: Rick Tejera; 'AMSAT BB' Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A/AO-85 transponder to remain on to 0000Z 10Oct Ignoring the AFC on the uplink receiver, I would program 5 channels, from 10kHz low on approach, to 10kHz high as it leaves, with the 67Hz tone on all of them. 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- >From: Rick Tejera >Sent: Oct 9, 2015 1:37 PM >To: 'Andrew Glasbrenner' , 'AMSAT BB' >Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A/AO-85 transponder to remain on to 0000Z 10Oct > >Drew, Quick question regarding the 67.hz tone.. Should I program a channel >with the tone at 435.170 or 435.180? It would seem that at AOS the bird will >hear it better at .170 vs. .180. > >Am I over thinking this > >Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) >Saguaro Astronomy Club >www.saguaroastro.org >Thunderbird Radio Club >www.w7tbc.org >623-572-0713 >623-203-4121 (cell) >SaguaroaAstro at cox.net > >-----Original Message----- >From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Andrew >Glasbrenner >Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 2:11 AM >To: 'AMSAT BB' >Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A/AO-85 transponder to remain on to 0000Z 10Oct > >All, > > > >We will leave the transponder running until about 0000Z 10Oct. Feel free to >try it. > >A couple of notes: > >If the downlink isn't on, a few seconds of 67 Hz tone will turn it on. > > > >Narrow FM may help with the downlink audio levels if you find it difficult >to hear. > > > >You may find it takes a little more gain on the uplink than expected. I >encourage users to try their handheld yagis, remember to twist for polarity, >listening full duplex to peak your uplink. > > > >During this time, the low speed data will still be active alongside your >voice downlink, so ground stations are encouraged to continue submitting >that to the server. > > > >73, Drew KO4MA > >_______________________________________________ >Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions >expressed >are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of >AMSAT-NA. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From e20zfd at gmail.com Fri Oct 9 18:28:12 2015 From: e20zfd at gmail.com (Karn Suwanrat) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 01:28:12 +0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A Voice Beacon 2015 OCT 9 1110UTC Message-ID: Hi, After trying many time, I finally be able to recorded a Fox-1A Voice Beacon It was during 2015 OCT 9 1110UTC pass. Very Strong Signal over Thailand. https://youtu.be/rjT2tnX6nDI Thank you Karn Suwanrat E20ZFD/AA1AF From w7lrd at comcast.net Fri Oct 9 19:33:57 2015 From: w7lrd at comcast.net (Bob- W7LRD) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 19:33:57 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] too much information Message-ID: <627317967.5730243.1444419237809.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Hello-With the new Chinese satellites and now Fox. There is a bewildering and confusing amount of information. Fox is also called AO-85 and grace 2. For the "digitally challenged" is there one place where all the basic information Keps, Doppler.sqf etc. Can be found? With "simple" directions, for simple people. On occasion I have inquired to several of you for assistance (thanks Glenn). Wanting to be independent of that process do we have a "watering hole" where we can go. 73 digitally challenged Bob W7LRD From KeithL at lebs.org.uk Fri Oct 9 19:39:46 2015 From: KeithL at lebs.org.uk (Keith Le Boutillier) Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 19:39:46 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] FOX-1A Message-ID: <921D1B8DDB2F3147992CAF0A93BCB48C1C7D2578@HOUSESERVER.gu6efb.local> Hi Is the Fox-1A open for use? it was my understanding that it was going to take between 2 days to 2 weeks to commission the new satellite and not to be used during this period. Listening to night the satellite pass starting at 20:24 the satellite is taking a hammering with stations from all over Europe I don't think many if any QSO's took place. 73 Keith GU6EFB From the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp Fri Oct 9 15:19:54 2015 From: the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp (The 2-Belo) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:19:54 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] FM transponder downlink received 11:15UTC Message-ID: <20151010001953.273C.63087B45@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> Hello, new poster to this list. Using a handheld transceiver and a dual-band vertical on an outside mast, I heard the AO-85 downlink starting at 11:15UTC Oct. 9 as it passed over the Sea of Japan. Signals ranged from full quieting to QSB due to what I believe to be the sat's motion in space (rotating at about 10 rpm?). Recording here: https://soundcloud.com/minus2c/fox-1a-ao-85-fm-transponder-test-oct-9-2015 Keep up the excellent work. Can't wait to work the new bird. J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B From johnbrier at gmail.com Fri Oct 9 19:56:03 2015 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 15:56:03 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A Voice Beacon 2015 OCT 9 1110UTC In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you so much! I have been reading all the emails about this new sat even though I haven't tried RXing it or anything yet. I hope to try tomorrow night when there will be a decent pass here on the east coast of North America 73, John KG4AKV On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 2:28 PM, Karn Suwanrat wrote: > Hi, > > After trying many time, I finally be able to recorded a Fox-1A Voice Beacon > It was during 2015 OCT 9 1110UTC pass. > Very Strong Signal over Thailand. > > https://youtu.be/rjT2tnX6nDI > > Thank you > > Karn Suwanrat > > E20ZFD/AA1AF > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From kb2m at arrl.net Fri Oct 9 21:08:04 2015 From: kb2m at arrl.net (kb2m at arrl.net) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 17:08:04 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Zugriffsverletzung error in SatPC32 Message-ID: <00ea01d102d6$9aea2c70$d0be8550$@net> Is anyone seeing the error "Zugriffsverletzung" or (accessviolation) in SatPC32 when they d/l keps? I'm seeing it on two different computers. It started at the same time, a few days ago. I can work out of it by closing and opening SatPC32 and sometime having to replace the standart.sat file in the process. 73 Jeff kb2m From jimlist at zoho.com Fri Oct 9 21:17:25 2015 From: jimlist at zoho.com (Jim Heck) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 22:17:25 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube -1 status In-Reply-To: <183536455CC74F27A3163DAC83359456@allgood.local> References: <183536455CC74F27A3163DAC83359456@allgood.local> Message-ID: <56182EE5.1050608@zoho.com> Hi All, Just to report that FUNcube-1 is now in manual amateur mode for the weekend with the transponder operational continuously. Please enjoy it and have fun 73s Jim G3WGM From daniel at destevez.net Fri Oct 9 21:40:35 2015 From: daniel at destevez.net (=?UTF-8?Q?Daniel_Est=c3=a9vez?=) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 22:40:35 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 transponder is a mess Message-ID: <56183453.4030709@destevez.net> Hi all, I have listened to AO-85 transponder on its two last passes over Europe. Equipment is an Arrow antenna, FT-817ND for RX and FT-2D for TX. The signal is very good, peaking S9+ on the last overhead pass, and usually S7 or so (for comparison, SO-50 is usually S0 and peaks S1 or S2 sometimes). However, the transponder is such a big mess. Many stations are overmodulating the receiver and are in fact very difficult to copy. Everybody stepping on each other's QSOs and people calling CQ without listening. We should probably remind this: http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=64736 I tried to get on the transponder, but it seems impossible with just 5W and many people probably using high power. There have also been some reports that you might need a bit more than 5W to be heard sometimes. Just to confirm: is there any offset on the uplink, or just 435.180 +- the usual Doppler should work? Perhaps, until the novelty passes away I should limit myself to record and upload telemetry, because it seems quite difficult to get a QSO in this conditions. My apologies for this small rant. 73, Dani M0HXM/EA4GPZ. From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us Fri Oct 9 22:22:01 2015 From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 18:22:01 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Zugriffsverletzung error in SatPC32 In-Reply-To: <00ea01d102d6$9aea2c70$d0be8550$@net> References: <00ea01d102d6$9aea2c70$d0be8550$@net> Message-ID: <56183E09.1080908@denstarfarm.us> On 09-Oct-15 1708, kb2m at arrl.net wrote: > Is anyone seeing the error "Zugriffsverletzung" or (accessviolation) in > SatPC32 when they d/l keps? Yes I am also. Sometimes I just had to Ctrl-Alt_del my way out. Otherwise there were a never-ending, cascading series of kleine-fensterinin, hi hi -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901 From Saguaroastro at cox.net Fri Oct 9 22:36:01 2015 From: Saguaroastro at cox.net (Richard Tejera) Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 15:36:01 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 transponder is a mess Message-ID: There is a 67.0 Hz tone on uplink well. Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org On October 9, 2015, at 14:40, Daniel Est?vez wrote: Hi all, I have listened to AO-85 transponder on its two last passes over Europe. Equipment is an Arrow antenna, FT-817ND for RX and FT-2D for TX. The signal is very good, peaking S9+ on the last overhead pass, and usually S7 or so (for comparison, SO-50 is usually S0 and peaks S1 or S2 sometimes). However, the transponder is such a big mess. Many stations are overmodulating the receiver and are in fact very difficult to copy. Everybody stepping on each other's QSOs and people calling CQ without listening. We should probably remind this: http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=64736 I tried to get on the transponder, but it seems impossible with just 5W and many people probably using high power. There have also been some reports that you might need a bit more than 5W to be heard sometimes. Just to confirm: is there any offset on the uplink, or just 435.180 +- the usual Doppler should work? Perhaps, until the novelty passes away I should limit myself to record and upload telemetry, because it seems quite difficult to get a QSO in this conditions. My apologies for this small rant. 73, Dani M0HXM/EA4GPZ. _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From k9jkm at comcast.net Fri Oct 9 23:31:38 2015 From: k9jkm at comcast.net (JoAnne Maenpaa) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 18:31:38 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Magazine Archive Message-ID: <001601d102ea$a51318b0$ef394a10$@net> Free (hams like free!) access to electronics and radio magazines from the past. Something to read while waiting for that next AO-85 pass ... http://americanradiohistory.com/ Hover mouse over Broadcast & Consumer for a menu Hover mouse over Consumer Electronics then Popular Electronics & Similar The old issues download as PDF files. Gotta try it on my tablet to see if it works in the little room down the hall ... -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm at amsat.org From jim at coloradosatellite.com Fri Oct 9 23:35:59 2015 From: jim at coloradosatellite.com (Jim White) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 17:35:59 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] satpc32 rotor display Message-ID: <56184F5F.5050308@coloradosatellite.com> Just set up new computer, new GS232, new SatPC32, old G5400B. Managed to get SatPC32 to talk to ServerSDX and get it to talk to the GS232 and calibrated the rotors. Where in SatPC32 or ServerSDX does it show me the current position of the rotors? From kb2m at arrl.net Fri Oct 9 23:42:23 2015 From: kb2m at arrl.net (kb2m at arrl.net) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 19:42:23 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Zugriffsverletzung error in SatPC32 In-Reply-To: <56183E09.1080908@denstarfarm.us> References: <00ea01d102d6$9aea2c70$d0be8550$@net> <56183E09.1080908@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: <014001d102ec$2a75b6b0$7f612410$@net> I already contacted Erich on the problem, he is not seeing it, but he said he is getting ready to upload a new setup file with some larger arrays. He's not sure this will help, but we will see. It's been awhile since my Satellite array has been full, maybe 10 years?? 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Bob KD7YZ Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 18:22 PM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Zugriffsverletzung error in SatPC32 On 09-Oct-15 1708, kb2m at arrl.net wrote: > Is anyone seeing the error "Zugriffsverletzung" or (accessviolation) > in > SatPC32 when they d/l keps? Yes I am also. Sometimes I just had to Ctrl-Alt_del my way out. Otherwise there were a never-ending, cascading series of kleine-fensterinin, hi hi -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901 _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From Mvivona at yahoo.com Sat Oct 10 00:56:31 2015 From: Mvivona at yahoo.com (Mvivona) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 20:56:31 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Verry bummed out In-Reply-To: <1936652781.1421757.1444398543802.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1936652781.1421757.1444398543802.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <1936652781.1421757.1444398543802.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <697BF3D1-9809-487F-870A-91AE29B5D3F6@yahoo.com> Very bummed out. So, just has a direct overhead pass. Still not able to decode any data. What was that wide banded high-pitched tone? The tone lasted almost a whole pass without a break. At first I did hear what sounded like a QSO, but almost impossible to understand. Anyone else having the same experience? Michael - KC4ZVA AMSAT member Sent from my iPad On Oct 9, 2015, at 9:49 AM, Sean K. via AMSAT-BB wrote: Hi all- A new version of the TQSL config file was just updated. AO-85 is now listed. Update your LOTW config file and you should see it. Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From updwrb at bristor-assoc.com Sat Oct 10 01:18:54 2015 From: updwrb at bristor-assoc.com (w4upd) Date: Fri, 09 Oct 2015 21:18:54 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Verry bummed out In-Reply-To: <697BF3D1-9809-487F-870A-91AE29B5D3F6@yahoo.com> References: <1936652781.1421757.1444398543802.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <1936652781.1421757.1444398543802.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <697BF3D1-9809-487F-870A-91AE29B5D3F6@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <5618677E.8090408@bristor-assoc.com> I heard the same thing. At first before the pass, I heard CW. I think that was RS-30. However, when the pass started at 00:11 my time here, I heard the satellite carrier. A minute or so into the pass I heard K4KEG calling and made a contact with someone. I didn't hear myself, but shortly the tone mentioned below came on and was on the remainder of the pass. Reid, W4UPD On 10/9/2015 8:56 PM, Mvivona via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Very bummed out. > So, just has a direct overhead pass. Still not able to decode any data. > What was that wide banded high-pitched tone? The tone lasted almost a whole pass without a break. At first I did hear what sounded like a QSO, but almost impossible to understand. Anyone else having the same experience? > > Michael - KC4ZVA > AMSAT member > Sent from my iPad > > On Oct 9, 2015, at 9:49 AM, Sean K. via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > Hi all- > A new version of the TQSL config file was just updated. AO-85 is now listed. Update your LOTW config file and you should see it. > Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.6140 / Virus Database: 4435/10786 - Release Date: 10/09/15 > > From scott23192 at gmail.com Sat Oct 10 01:25:30 2015 From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 21:25:30 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Verry bummed out In-Reply-To: <5618677E.8090408@bristor-assoc.com> References: <1936652781.1421757.1444398543802.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <697BF3D1-9809-487F-870A-91AE29B5D3F6@yahoo.com> <5618677E.8090408@bristor-assoc.com> Message-ID: They tweeted out from @AMSAT that the sat was being switched to high-speed data on this pass. On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 9:18 PM, w4upd wrote: > I heard the same thing. At first before the pass, I heard CW. I think that > was RS-30. However, when the pass started at 00:11 my time here, I heard > the satellite carrier. A minute or so into the pass I heard K4KEG calling > and made a contact with someone. I didn't hear myself, but shortly the tone > mentioned below came on and was on the remainder of the pass. > > Reid, W4UPD > > > On 10/9/2015 8:56 PM, Mvivona via AMSAT-BB wrote: > >> Very bummed out. >> So, just has a direct overhead pass. Still not able to decode any data. >> What was that wide banded high-pitched tone? The tone lasted almost a >> whole pass without a break. At first I did hear what sounded like a QSO, >> but almost impossible to understand. Anyone else having the same experience? >> >> Michael - KC4ZVA >> AMSAT member >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Oct 9, 2015, at 9:49 AM, Sean K. via AMSAT-BB >> wrote: >> >> Hi all- >> A new version of the TQSL config file was just updated. AO-85 is now >> listed. Update your LOTW config file and you should see it. >> Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. 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Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2015.0.6140 / Virus Database: 4435/10786 - Release Date: 10/09/15 >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From w5pfg at amsat.org Sat Oct 10 01:39:00 2015 From: w5pfg at amsat.org (Clayton W5PFG) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 20:39:00 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Verry bummed out In-Reply-To: <697BF3D1-9809-487F-870A-91AE29B5D3F6@yahoo.com> References: <1936652781.1421757.1444398543802.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <1936652781.1421757.1444398543802.JavaMail.yahoo@mail .yahoo.com> <697BF3D1-9809-487F-870A-91AE29B5D3F6@yahoo.com> Message-ID: <56186C34.8070209@amsat.org> Hi Michael, Don't be too bummed out. Many experienced operators who have captured telemetry in the past have run into problems. Not everything is plug-n-play and that keeps the fun alive for many of us. Keep trying. It took me a while to work out the bugs in decoding the high speed telemetry via HDSDR/FUNcube Dongle Pro+/FoxTelem. 73 Clayton W5PFG On 10/9/2015 19:56, Mvivona via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Very bummed out. > So, just has a direct overhead pass. Still not able to decode any data. > What was that wide banded high-pitched tone? The tone lasted almost a whole pass without a break. At first I did hear what sounded like a QSO, but almost impossible to understand. Anyone else having the same experience? > > Michael - KC4ZVA > AMSAT member > Sent from my iPad > > On Oct 9, 2015, at 9:49 AM, Sean K. via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > Hi all- > A new version of the TQSL config file was just updated. AO-85 is now listed. Update your LOTW config file and you should see it. > Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From scott23192 at gmail.com Sat Oct 10 01:44:55 2015 From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 21:44:55 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] How to Know When Your AO-85 Telemetry Has Been Uploaded? Message-ID: My Fox 1 Telemetry Analysis Tool is showing "Decoded: 8" and "Queued: 0" at the bottom of the screen. I have my station details complete and the box to "Upload to Server" is checked. Not seeing my call sign on the Leaderboard Statistics page, but I have no idea how long to wait before I should expect some feedback from an upload to be reflected on that page. Is there some way to know when the Windows App has completed an upload successfully? I have logging enabled and see a line as follows: ===== Trying Primary Server: tlm.amsat.org:41041 ===== ... but no indication of a successful -or- failed upload. I do have an active internet connection. Many thanks. -Scott, K4KDR Montpelier, VA USA From Mvivona at yahoo.com Sat Oct 10 01:51:10 2015 From: Mvivona at yahoo.com (Mvivona) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 21:51:10 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Verry bummed out In-Reply-To: <56186C34.8070209@amsat.org> References: <1936652781.1421757.1444398543802.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <1936652781.1421757.1444398543802.JavaMail.yahoo@mail .yahoo.com> <697BF3D1-9809-487F-870A-91AE29B5D3F6@yahoo.com> <56186C34.8070209@amsat.org> Message-ID: Clayton, Did you actually get FCD+ plus working with the telemetry program by itself? If so what was your configuration? Michael - KC4ZVA AMSAT member Sent from my iPad On Oct 9, 2015, at 9:39 PM, Clayton W5PFG wrote: Hi Michael, Don't be too bummed out. Many experienced operators who have captured telemetry in the past have run into problems. Not everything is plug-n-play and that keeps the fun alive for many of us. Keep trying. It took me a while to work out the bugs in decoding the high speed telemetry via HDSDR/FUNcube Dongle Pro+/FoxTelem. 73 Clayton W5PFG > On 10/9/2015 19:56, Mvivona via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Very bummed out. > So, just has a direct overhead pass. Still not able to decode any data. > What was that wide banded high-pitched tone? The tone lasted almost a whole pass without a break. At first I did hear what sounded like a QSO, but almost impossible to understand. Anyone else having the same experience? > > Michael - KC4ZVA > AMSAT member > Sent from my iPad > > On Oct 9, 2015, at 9:49 AM, Sean K. via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > Hi all- > A new version of the TQSL config file was just updated. AO-85 is now listed. Update your LOTW config file and you should see it. > Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From Mvivona at yahoo.com Sat Oct 10 01:52:13 2015 From: Mvivona at yahoo.com (Mvivona) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 21:52:13 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Verry bummed out In-Reply-To: References: <1936652781.1421757.1444398543802.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <697BF3D1-9809-487F-870A-91AE29B5D3F6@yahoo.com> <5618677E.8090408@bristor-assoc.com> Message-ID: So, we need to monitor Twitter and this BB to find out what's going on? Michael Vivona Sent from my iPad On Oct 9, 2015, at 9:25 PM, Scott wrote: They tweeted out from @AMSAT that the sat was being switched to high-speed data on this pass. > On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 9:18 PM, w4upd wrote: > > I heard the same thing. At first before the pass, I heard CW. I think that > was RS-30. However, when the pass started at 00:11 my time here, I heard > the satellite carrier. A minute or so into the pass I heard K4KEG calling > and made a contact with someone. I didn't hear myself, but shortly the tone > mentioned below came on and was on the remainder of the pass. > > Reid, W4UPD > > >> On 10/9/2015 8:56 PM, Mvivona via AMSAT-BB wrote: >> >> Very bummed out. >> So, just has a direct overhead pass. Still not able to decode any data. >> What was that wide banded high-pitched tone? The tone lasted almost a >> whole pass without a break. At first I did hear what sounded like a QSO, >> but almost impossible to understand. Anyone else having the same experience? >> >> Michael - KC4ZVA >> AMSAT member >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Oct 9, 2015, at 9:49 AM, Sean K. via AMSAT-BB >> wrote: >> >> Hi all- >> A new version of the TQSL config file was just updated. AO-85 is now >> listed. Update your LOTW config file and you should see it. >> Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of >> AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of >> AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2015.0.6140 / Virus Database: 4435/10786 - Release Date: 10/09/15 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From va6bmj at gmail.com Sat Oct 10 02:00:33 2015 From: va6bmj at gmail.com (B J) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 02:00:33 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat 2 Barely Audible Over DO33 Message-ID: During the last pass, which began locally around 0135 UTC, I could barely hear my signal. It was well down in the background noise. The maximum elevation was about 35 degrees and, for most of the time, there were no obstructions which would block the downlink. I was using 5 W into a dual-band Arrow yagi. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL From kx9x at yahoo.com Sat Oct 10 02:10:13 2015 From: kx9x at yahoo.com (Sean Kutzko) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 22:10:13 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Verry bummed out In-Reply-To: References: <1936652781.1421757.1444398543802.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <697BF3D1-9809-487F-870A-91AE29B5D3F6@yahoo.com> <5618677E.8090408@bristor-assoc.com> Message-ID: Things can change fast. More info sources are better than fewer. I've gotten many good chunks of info on Twitter within 15 minutes of a pass, most notably from portable operators activating a rare grid. Sent from Sean's iPad > On Oct 9, 2015, at 9:52 PM, Mvivona via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > So, we need to monitor Twitter and this BB to find out what's going on? > > Michael Vivona > Sent from my iPad > > On Oct 9, 2015, at 9:25 PM, Scott wrote: > > They tweeted out from @AMSAT that the sat was being switched to high-speed > data on this pass. > >> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 9:18 PM, w4upd wrote: >> >> I heard the same thing. At first before the pass, I heard CW. I think that >> was RS-30. However, when the pass started at 00:11 my time here, I heard >> the satellite carrier. A minute or so into the pass I heard K4KEG calling >> and made a contact with someone. I didn't hear myself, but shortly the tone >> mentioned below came on and was on the remainder of the pass. >> >> Reid, W4UPD >> >> >>> On 10/9/2015 8:56 PM, Mvivona via AMSAT-BB wrote: >>> >>> Very bummed out. >>> So, just has a direct overhead pass. Still not able to decode any data. >>> What was that wide banded high-pitched tone? The tone lasted almost a >>> whole pass without a break. At first I did hear what sounded like a QSO, >>> but almost impossible to understand. Anyone else having the same experience? >>> >>> Michael - KC4ZVA >>> AMSAT member >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On Oct 9, 2015, at 9:49 AM, Sean K. via AMSAT-BB >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi all- >>> A new version of the TQSL config file was just updated. AO-85 is now >>> listed. Update your LOTW config file and you should see it. >>> Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >>> Opinions expressed >>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of >>> AMSAT-NA. >>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >>> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >>> Opinions expressed >>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of >>> AMSAT-NA. >>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >>> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >>> >>> >>> ----- >>> No virus found in this message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 2015.0.6140 / Virus Database: 4435/10786 - Release Date: 10/09/15 >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions >> expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of >> AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us Sat Oct 10 02:33:12 2015 From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 22:33:12 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] uptime 119439 fox telem Message-ID: <561878E8.5000305@denstarfarm.us> seems there was a lot more deep-fades. Made decoding a bit more lengthily. Is she spinning? The "Eye" sometimes had a difficult time holding the proper, what I believe is, proper form to make a decode. A previous pass was the high-speed and got nothing off that with my Funcube That "FOX-1A Computer RT Battery 12c "FAIL "" is that an issue up there? This pass I fooled around with the Win-7 sound device settings for the FCDP+ .. I thought I might be seeing some flat-topping on the Sample view of the first tab. It was set at 100. I was able to get down around 15 and still decode. Left it about 90 . For unattended operation, should I set "Find Signal" ? I have frequency set to 145960 . track doppler (x) was Find Signal but I am not sure if this is desirable. W/O it, will program center on a 4 to 7 SNR peak all by itself? -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901 From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Sat Oct 10 02:44:54 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 19:44:54 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat 2 Barely Audible Over DO33 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Bernhard, LilacSat-2's repeater was off during last pass. Only telemetry on both downinks. A shame, as it was a nice western pass. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK On Friday, October 9, 2015, B J wrote: > During the last pass, which began locally around 0135 UTC, I could > barely hear my signal. It was well down in the background noise. The > maximum elevation was about 35 degrees and, for most of the time, > there were no obstructions which would block the downlink. > > I was using 5 W into a dual-band Arrow yagi. > > 73s > > Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL > _______________________________________________ > > From the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp Fri Oct 9 15:15:39 2015 From: the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp (The 2-Belo) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 00:15:39 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] FM transponder downlink received 11:15UTC Message-ID: <20151010001539.2738.63087B45@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> Hello, new poster to this list. Using a handheld transceiver and a dual-band vertical on an outside mast, I heard the AO-85 downlink starting at 11:15UTC Oct. 9 as it passed over the Sea of Japan. Signals ranged from full quieting to QSB due to what I believe to be the sat's motion in space (rotating at about 10 rpm?). Recording here: https://soundcloud.com/minus2c/fox-1a-ao-85-fm-transponder-test-oct-9-2015 Keep up the excellent work. Can't wait to work the new bird. J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B From k7trkradio at charter.net Fri Oct 9 23:32:23 2015 From: k7trkradio at charter.net (Ted) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 16:32:23 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 now in LOTW In-Reply-To: <1936652781.1421757.1444398543802.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1936652781.1421757.1444398543802.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <1936652781.1421757.1444398543802.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <001601d102ea$c087e7b0$4197b710$@charter.net> In all the hoopla over all the new sats, it's easy to overlook Sean's timely efforts to get these new sats into LOTW. In the past it took Patrick weeks and months to get some action from the LOTW crew. Now, thanks to Sean, it?s a matter of a few days or so... Thank you Sean for your efforts !!! 73, Ted K7TRK -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Sean K. via AMSAT-BB Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 6:49 AM To: AMSAT BB Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 now in LOTW Hi all- A new version of the TQSL config file was just updated. AO-85 is now listed. Update your LOTW config file and you should see it. Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From ka3hsw at att.net Sat Oct 10 04:03:51 2015 From: ka3hsw at att.net (George Henry) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 23:03:51 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Assembly volunteer? Message-ID: <98E5E0A039A04E88887BC7667B11B86F@parents> Who do I contact to offer my services assembling preamps, LVB Trackers, etc.? George, KA3HSW --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From dave at druidnetworks.com Sat Oct 10 04:53:52 2015 From: dave at druidnetworks.com (Dave Swanson) Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2015 23:53:52 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] KG5CCI/P October 21st thru 26th Message-ID: <561899E0.1090306@druidnetworks.com> Hello Satellite Friends and Colleagues, I'll be traveling in few weeks to some spots off the beaten path, and wanted to give everyone a heads up on the tentative plans. On Wednesday, October 21st I'll depart Little Rock, AR (EM34) for Wichita, KS (EM17) via EM25, EM26 & EM16, likely stopping in several of the grids along the way. After a night in Wichita I'll be heading west out in the great wheat fields of western Kansas and eastern Colorado, which will include grids EM08, EM07, DM98, DM97, DM88, and DM87... the last 4 of those being pretty rarely heard. I'll likely be out there until Sunday the 25th, when I'll return to Wichita, and then back to Little Rock on the 26th. Like most of my trips, this is multi-purpose business and personal, in addition to working satellites, so I don't have precise times of which passes I'll be on and where I'll be yet. I will be working any and all linear and FM birds (including all the new ones) from all locations, weather and time permitting, so be ready with your all-mode gear and I'll try and get as many 'new-ones' handed out as I can. If there is a large change my in plans, I'll post a new email, but as always the absolute best way to get an idea of where I'll be and at what time is to watch my Twitter account at https://twitter.com/KG5CCI 73! -Dave, KG5CCI From e20zfd at gmail.com Sat Oct 10 06:13:48 2015 From: e20zfd at gmail.com (Karn Suwanrat) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 13:13:48 +0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox 1A 2015 OCT 9 23UTC Pass Over Thailand Message-ID: Hi, Fox 1A (AO-85) 2015 OCT 9 23UTC Pass Over Thailand Strong Voice Beacon Signal received https://youtu.be/Wso2J--dntg 73, Karn, E20ZFD From quadpugh at bellsouth.net Sat Oct 10 07:00:42 2015 From: quadpugh at bellsouth.net (Nick Pugh K5QXJ) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 02:00:42 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] big thanks to fox team Message-ID: <03b101d10329$61ab6520$25022f60$@net> Big thanks to the fox team We have a new fantastic bird on orbit. Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Sat Oct 10 08:34:44 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 08:34:44 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Friday evening - LilacSat-2, AO-85 (yes!!!), and SO-50... Message-ID: Hi! A lot of satellite work tonight, starting with a LilacSat-2 pass, then a couple of AO-85 passes, and wrapping up with an SO-50 pass approaching midnight (0700 UTC). Fun stuff, and a lot to scribble about... The LilacSat-2 pass around 0130 UTC this evening was a nice and high (almost 49 degrees maximum elevation) pass. One slight problem - the repeater was off. Regardless of that issue, I listened to the pass with my SDRplay receiver and Elk log periodic, copying the transmissions using the HDSDR software on my 8-inch tablet. This also let me prepare for the AO-85 pass a few minutes later, the first of two AO-85 passes tonight. My first AO-85 pass tonight, starting around 0150 UTC, went up the center of the continental USA. As I expected, there was a lot of activity on the new satellite. Glenn AA5PK was my first AO-85 QSO this evening, and I logged 8 more QSOs over the next 10 minutes I was in the footprint. I was using my Icom IC-2820H 2m/70cm mobile radio for the uplink, at 15 or 50 watts transmitter power (I could not get through with the 5-watt low power setting during this pass). My SDRplay receiver along with HDSDR on an 8-inch Windows 10 tablet for the downlink. I made an RF recording of the pass using the SDRplay at 200 kHz IF bandwidth, hoping I could sneak it through the Fox telemetry software and upload some data packets after the pass. The telemetry program appeared to accept my RF recording, even though it was at 200 kHz and the software was designed to accept 192 kHz RF recordings from a FUNcube Dongle Pro+. Although the RF recording played in the program, no data packets were decoded. The SDRplay did a good job hearing the satellite; I think a little better than the FUNcube Dongle Pro+. I had to twist my Elk log periodic almost constantly throughout this pass. It was a nice pass to work, with a maximum elevation out here at 37 degrees. The later AO-85 pass around 0330 UTC wasn't as high in the western sky, at a maximum elevation for me at just over 24 degrees. This turned out to be the first pass I tried one of my Chinese-made HTs, seeing if I could work this satellite full-duplex. I actually set up two stations in my driveway for this pass - Wouxun KG-UV9D and Elk log periodic I used to talk through the satellite; and the FUNcube Dongle Pro+ and AMSAT-UK (Winkler) VHF crossed dipole, connected to my 8-inch Windows 10 tablet and HDSDR to write an RF recording of this pass that I could use with the Fox telemetry software for a data upload after the pass. Even though the KG-UV9D can tune in 2.5 kHz steps, I stuck with 5 kHz steps for the uplink tuning. Being able to tune in 2.5 kHz steps did not appear to help me work AO-85. With the sharper receive filtering in the KG-UV9D, I set my downlink frequency at 145.9825 for the first minute or so of the pass, and then moved it down to 145.980 for the next several minutes. Near the end of the pass, I had to put the HT on 145.9775 MHz to hear the downlink without the voices sounding off-frequency. It seemed like I had to twist my Elk more often this pass. I also saw and heard the fading on my SDR receive setup during the pass. A few minutes into the pass, I was able to make my only QSO during this pass, a quick QSO with Tom KA6SIP in northern California. The best part of this QSO, besides being the first AO-85 QSO I made using a 5-watt HT... I was able to complete this QSO full-duplex with the KG-UV9D! I could hear in the receiver when I pushed the PTT, but unlike using this HT on SO-50, there was no receiver desense as I transmitted to AO-85 on 70cm! This is a very good sign, and I hope to repeat this using a couple of my other Chinese- made dual-band HTs on upcoming AO-85 passes (Wouxun KG-UV8D, AnyTone TERMN-8R). I was not able to get through AO-85 with the HT early or late in the pass, but near the midpoint when the satellite was around 20 degrees elevation or higher. I'll see if this is something that will be an issue going forward, or if the commissioning process will lead to some tweaks on the AO-85 uplink receiver, to make it a little more sensitive to lower- power uplink signals. After this pass, I took my HDSDR RF recording and played it in the Fox telemetry software on my 8-inch Windows 10 tablet. I successfully copied, and uploaded, 4 data packets from the 0330 UTC pass! This is one more than the number of packets I received during two passes last night. Since I used the FUNcube Dongle Pro+ as my SDR receiver, I knew HDSDR's RF recordings - at the dongle's maximum input bandwidth of 192 kHz - would work fine with the Fox telemetry software. Not a bad way to wrap up the second of the two AO-85 passes - a full-duplex QSO on that HT, and helping AMSAT with some data uploaded to the telemetry server. To wrap up the evening, I worked an SO-50 pass from the back yard around 0625 UTC. A very nice late-evening pass, using the KG-UV9D as my uplink radio and the SDRplay receiver with my 8-inch Windows 10 tablet and HDSDR as my receiver. Only a few stations on, including Tom WA0POD, Tom KA6SIP, and Frank K6FW - all who were on the 0330 UTC AO-85 pass a few hours earlier. A few observations, in no particular order... During the 0330 UTC AO-85 pass, there was a 45-second period where the downlink simply disappeared. Nothing was heard from the satellite. I could clearly see this on my RF recording with my FUNcube dongle and HDSDR, and a local friend of mine (Brad KG7NXH) also observed this at his station in another part of the Phoenix area. When the downlink transmitter came back on, it appeared that the downlink frequency ramped up to the nominal 145.980 MHz frequency - just like I saw when the voice announcements were transmitted on the passes Thursday evening. I tweeted screengrabs from my RF recording in HDSDR the moments when the downlink shut off and then restarted: https://twitter.com/WD9EWK/status/652715204287946752 This is also visible in the RF recording I made from this pass. KG7NXH posted his screengrabs in a thread on the QRZ.com satellite forum: https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/ao-85.496019/#post-3621413 It seems like my SDRplay receiver is more sensitive than the FUNcube Dongle Pro+ on these passes. I wish the Fox telemetry software had a little bit of a "fudge factor" in the WAV files it can process. Since the SDRplay's smallest bandwidth is 200 kHz, 8 kHz more than the FUNcube dongle's maximum 192 kHz bandwidth, I wonder if there is a way that the Fox telemetry software could be tweaked to accept WAV files at either 192 or 200 kHz RF bandwidth. This wouldn't mean the Fox software could directly work with the SDRplay receiver, but certainly opens up the SDRplay as an option for working the passes and having a usable RF recording that can be processed by the Fox telemetry software. Now if I could use the SDRplay and the Fox software to copy and upload data packets in real time during passes... Even though the KG-UV9D and probably a few other Chinese-made dual-band HTs can't work SO-50 full-duplex, they are probably going to be viable options for a dual-band HT capable of full-duplex operation on AO-85 and other Fox-1 U/V satellites. For many who have Icom IC-W32As that would suffer from receiver desense on V/U satellites including SO-50, it is time to dust them off - these should also be good for full-duplex operation on the Fox-1 satellites, free of any receiver desense. The time has come to prove - or, hopefully, disprove - statements about these HTs and their ability to work Fox-1 satellites full-duplex. :-) For all of the passes I worked and monitored this evening, I have uploaded my audio and RF recordings, along with photos and screengrabs, to my Dropbox space. You can get to those files at: http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ Press F5 if the Dropbox page doesn't immediately appear in your browser window. This is easier than pasting the long string of gibberish that makes up a link to a public Dropbox folder. All of my files from this evening are in folders with name starting with 20151010. It is approaching the 48-hour mark since the launch of AO-85. Being able to actually use this satellite, so soon after the launch, is hopefully a sign that the satellite is in good working order. I know that AMSAT personnel are still checking over the telemetry being downloaded from the satellite and uploaded to the AMSAT telemetry server. I hope the 45 seconds of silence heard this evening was a one-off incident. Add in the LilacSat-2 pass I heard early this evening, to the SO-50 pass just before midnight, it has been another fun day to work satellites. :-) Good night, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK From quadpugh at bellsouth.net Sat Oct 10 10:58:48 2015 From: quadpugh at bellsouth.net (Nick Pugh K5QXJ) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 05:58:48 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] ao 85 telem help Message-ID: <03fc01d1034a$a4f18550$eed48ff0$@net> My set up is flex 5000 virtual audio cables I get good eye pattern when signal is not if a fade. But have not been able to decode telemetry. I also have no audio out on the monitor. Any suggestions? Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn From scott23192 at gmail.com Sat Oct 10 11:42:17 2015 From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 07:42:17 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] How to Know When Your AO-85 Telemetry Has Been Uploaded? References: <15050a65418-621a-35b47@webprd-m39.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: <121BDD0D84EC46E1AD90DD373DFFA7CB@OPT755> Yes, after trying everything that I could think of with no luck, it occurred to me that I could dump the data that had been received previously (when "upload" was turned off) and replay my I/Q file once again into the Fox Telem software with "upload" turned on. That worked, but only 4 packets uploaded even though the software indicated 10 decodes. Not sure why, but I was satisfied... I don't consider it a competition; I really just wanted to get completely through the process and actually have some data upload to the site. I do have some observations that I'll share on the chance that it helps someone else. While several bit rates are available in the Fox Telem software on a drop-down menu, the documentation recommends 48,000. So, before replaying my I/Q file that last time, I reconfigured SDR# as well as the VB-Cable audio link to both work at 48,000. Sure enough, I decoded many more packets than I had previously. Going forward I'll capture the data with those settings. Last night's pass might have been unique in that it was a minute of slow-speed data but then transitioned to high-speed. So, I had to replay my I/Q file twice... once with the Fox Telem software set to slow data and again with it set to high. However, I realize now that I could have easily paused the playback in SDR#, stopped the Fox Telem input, switched to high speed, and resumed the playback. Since I'm not going to have an internet connection during the initial data capture, it would appear that the correct sequence of events for my configuration will be to only use the Fox Telem software during a fly-over to give me some feedback as to how well I'm receiving. I'll then dump the resulting payload and replay the recorded I/Q file with an active internet connection and the Fox Telem software set to upload. It would be wonderful if the software would "store & forward" the packets once online, but this might be a blessing in disguise as there is every chance that I'll have a better result decoding under controlled conditions where I'm don't have my hands full with an antenna, etc. Also, I see that many people with more advanced setups are able to play their recorded I/Q .wav files directly in the Fox Telem software. I did not have any success with that and I actually liked replaying my recordings in SDR# so that I could verify that I was centered on the carrier and make minor frequency adjustments. I was also tweaking output levels on replay. I didn't really know if there was any benefit in that, but I told myself that I was keeping the waveforms on the Fox Telem software as "clean" as possible in hopes of more decodes. Similar apps give some level feedback so you'll know if you are feeding it at the right volume, but it's still a really nice app. At any rate, I was pretty tickled with any success at all and VERY appreciative of the information that others have shared. In summary, my setup is: -Arrow dual-band antenna (will test some future passes with omni QFH when elevation is high) -$20 RTL-SDR dongle -SDR# on Windows-7, FM-narrow @ 32k bandwidth with audio set to 48,000, doppler tracking from Orbitron -VB Cable set to 48,000 -Fox Telem software with AF input set to VB-Cable @ 48,000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: David G0MRF To: scott23192 at gmail.com Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 03:28 Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] How to Know When Your AO-85 Telemetry Has Been Uploaded? Hi. There is a K4KDR-FM17 in the list with 4 somethings (frames payloads packets or whatever) Thanks David -----Original Message----- From: Scott To: amsat-bb Sent: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 2:45 Subject: [amsat-bb] How to Know When Your AO-85 Telemetry Has Been Uploaded? My Fox 1 Telemetry Analysis Tool is showing "Decoded: 8" and "Queued: 0" at the bottom of the screen. I have my station details complete and the box to "Upload to Server" is checked. Not seeing my call sign on the Leaderboard Statistics page, but I have no idea how long to wait before I should expect some feedback from an upload to be reflected on that page. Is there some way to know when the Windows App has completed an upload successfully? I have logging enabled and see a line as follows: ===== Trying Primary Server: tlm.amsat.org:41041 ===== ... but no indication of a successful -or- failed upload. I do have an active internet connection. Many thanks. -Scott, K4KDR Montpelier, VA USA _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From wa4sca at gmail.com Sat Oct 10 12:10:35 2015 From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 07:10:35 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] ao 85 telem help In-Reply-To: <03fc01d1034a$a4f18550$eed48ff0$@net> References: <03fc01d1034a$a4f18550$eed48ff0$@net> Message-ID: <097382FEDEAF42DDA86F2CA0188B6E2E@WA4SCA2> Nick, I am traveling, so have not had a chance to use live data. PowerSDR attenuates the audio significantly below 300 Hz, but is not a brick wall. You can hear and see the PL tones on a local repeater. During pre-launch testing, I was able to play I/Q files through PowerSDR and get fair copy of telemetry, but not anywhere as good as through a program which does not have low pass filtering, such as SDR#. Dave, W0DHB suggested switching to I/Q from PowerSDR to FoxTelem which _should_ bypass the filtering. I will get a chance to test it in a few days. I found the secret of getting audio from the monitor is to turn it on. :) The button label is backward to my thinking. You will need to uncheck some of the filtering boxes to get full voice audio. 73s, Alan WA4SCA -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Nick Pugh K5QXJ Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 5:59 AM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] ao 85 telem help My set up is flex 5000 virtual audio cables I get good eye pattern when signal is not if a fade. But have not been able to decode telemetry. I also have no audio out on the monitor. Any suggestions? Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From g0mrf at aol.com Sat Oct 10 13:08:56 2015 From: g0mrf at aol.com (David G0MRF) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 09:08:56 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Full duplex handhelds for AO-85 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <15051de54bb-5fb9-35cec@webprd-a62.mail.aol.com> Hi Patrick Interesting observation about the Chinese handhelds being able to work full duplex on AO-85 (U/V) but not on SO-50 (V/U) I saw some testing figures for harmonic output which suggested some radios use a single low pass with a cut-off just above 70cm, but the 2m transmitter uses the same filter. This meant the 3rd harmonic from 2m was very high and fell in the 70cm band de-sensing the radio. What you have proved (hopefully) is that there are no outputs from the 70cm transmitter which interfere with the 2m receiver and that the receiver front end is not de-sensed when transmitting up to AO-85. Nice..... Thanks David -----Original Message----- From: Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) To: amsat-bb Sent: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 9:34 Subject: [amsat-bb] Friday evening - LilacSat-2, AO-85 (yes!!!), and SO-50... Hi! Even though the KG-UV9D and probably a few other Chinese-made dual-band HTs can't work SO-50 full-duplex, they are probably going to be viable options for a dual-band HT capable of full-duplex operation on AO-85 and other Fox-1 U/V satellites. From brad.schumacher66 at gmail.com Sat Oct 10 14:26:31 2015 From: brad.schumacher66 at gmail.com (Brad Schumacher) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 07:26:31 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Friday evening - LilacSat-2, AO-85 (yes!!!), and SO-50... Message-ID: <002f01d10367$a9260110$fb720330$@gmail.com> Patrick, I downloaded your RF recordings and was able to decode 41 telemetry payloads from your 0130 UTC pass by playing your recording out from HDSDR at 96000 output bandwidth and piping the audio to FoxTelem. That's a LOT more than I was able to decode on my own downlink at home. Since you were using the Elk antenna and able to twist for polarity fades, your receive signal was much better than mine hence more decodes. I would think that for anybody using an SDR other than the FunCUbe Dongle that recording the RF then playing back as audio into FoxTelem would provide a solution to the incompatible .wave file sample rates (192K vs 200K). Thanks, Brad Schumacher 307-631-6436 From quadpugh at bellsouth.net Sat Oct 10 14:58:10 2015 From: quadpugh at bellsouth.net (Nick Pugh K5QXJ) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 09:58:10 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] ao 85 telem help In-Reply-To: <097382FEDEAF42DDA86F2CA0188B6E2E@WA4SCA2> References: <03fc01d1034a$a4f18550$eed48ff0$@net> <097382FEDEAF42DDA86F2CA0188B6E2E@WA4SCA2> Message-ID: <043801d1036c$1581e280$4085a780$@net> Txn Alan cu next week ? Thanks ? nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell????? 337 258 2527 ? Helping UL become a world Class Engineering ?and Educational School Disagree I Learn -----Original Message----- From: Alan [mailto:wa4sca at gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 7:11 AM To: 'Nick Pugh K5QXJ'; amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] ao 85 telem help Nick, I am traveling, so have not had a chance to use live data. PowerSDR attenuates the audio significantly below 300 Hz, but is not a brick wall. You can hear and see the PL tones on a local repeater. During pre-launch testing, I was able to play I/Q files through PowerSDR and get fair copy of telemetry, but not anywhere as good as through a program which does not have low pass filtering, such as SDR#. Dave, W0DHB suggested switching to I/Q from PowerSDR to FoxTelem which _should_ bypass the filtering. I will get a chance to test it in a few days. I found the secret of getting audio from the monitor is to turn it on. :) The button label is backward to my thinking. You will need to uncheck some of the filtering boxes to get full voice audio. 73s, Alan WA4SCA -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Nick Pugh K5QXJ Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 5:59 AM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] ao 85 telem help My set up is flex 5000 virtual audio cables I get good eye pattern when signal is not if a fade. But have not been able to decode telemetry. I also have no audio out on the monitor. Any suggestions? Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From burns at fisher.cc Sat Oct 10 14:59:38 2015 From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 07:59:38 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Verry bummed out Message-ID: Your description sounds like you caught Fox-1a in high speed data mode. We are still doing some commissioning so expect mode switches without necessarily hearing any warning. If it sounds like "an old fashioned acoustic coupler" (and if you are old enough to know what that sounds like :-) try switching FoxTlm to high speed mode. For high speed mode you have to be especially careful that there is no LOW PASS filter in the path. You need 10KHz or more audio band pass. (For low speed you need to be able to hear down to 20-ish Hz.) 73, Burns W2BFJ On 10/9/2015 19:56, Mvivona via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Very bummed out. > So, just has a direct overhead pass. Still not able to decode any data. > What was that wide banded high-pitched tone? The tone lasted almost a > whole pass without a break. At first I did hear what sounded like a QSO, > but almost impossible to understand. Anyone else having the same experience? > > Michael - KC4ZVA > AMSAT member > Sent from my iPad > > From n0jy at amsat.org Sat Oct 10 15:09:02 2015 From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 10:09:02 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 is still being tested Message-ID: <56192A0E.8030301@amsat.org> Please note that while AO-85 is in Transponder Mode right now, we have not officially commissioned her and testing is still underway. Part of the testing involves observations in Transponder and Data Modes. We may switch out of Transponder Mode at any time without notice, until we are done testing. If AO-85 is in Safe Mode or Data Mode when it passes and you were expecting Transponder Mode, don't be surprised or angry! -- Jerry Buxton, N?JY From n6rfm1 at gmail.com Sat Oct 10 14:30:58 2015 From: n6rfm1 at gmail.com (Bob Mattaliano) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 10:30:58 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Decoding AO-85 from IC-910H 9600 data socket - any success anyone? Message-ID: <56192122.3010302@gmail.com> Hi, Congrats to the AO-85 team! Trying to decode telemetry using the 9600 output of the sub data (while radio is in Sat mode) from my IC-910H. Has anyone been able to do this? High elevation passes only? 9600 output is connected directly to mic input. No isolation transformers, etc. Seems like those making progress have gone the SDR route with IQ data? Sound card input - 2 channel (L-R channels connected on cable), 24 bit, 48000 Hz radio - cable to sub band data socket. 9600 bps transmission on. (Is this for TX only, does not change output and can be left of?) AO-85 software Source - mic input, 4800 start --> no joy, Suggestions welcome. Thanks, es 73 Bob N6RFM n6rfm1 at gmail.com From wa4sca at gmail.com Sat Oct 10 16:44:11 2015 From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan Biddle) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 11:44:11 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] ao 85 telem help In-Reply-To: <043801d1036c$1581e280$4085a780$@net> References: <03fc01d1034a$a4f18550$eed48ff0$@net> <097382FEDEAF42DDA86F2CA0188B6E2E@WA4SCA2> <043801d1036c$1581e280$4085a780$@net> Message-ID: Nick, Going to skip the Symposium for a couple of years. WA4SCA On Oct 10, 2015 9:58 AM, "Nick Pugh K5QXJ" wrote: > Txn Alan cu next week > > > > > > Thanks > > nick > Office 337 593 8700 > Cell 337 258 2527 > > Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School > Disagree I Learn > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan [mailto:wa4sca at gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 7:11 AM > To: 'Nick Pugh K5QXJ'; amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] ao 85 telem help > > Nick, > > I am traveling, so have not had a chance to use live data. PowerSDR > attenuates the audio significantly below 300 Hz, but is not a brick wall. > You can hear and see the PL tones on a local repeater. During pre-launch > testing, I was able to play I/Q files through PowerSDR and get fair copy of > telemetry, but not anywhere as good as through a program which does not > have > low pass filtering, such as SDR#. Dave, W0DHB suggested switching to I/Q > from PowerSDR to FoxTelem which _should_ bypass the filtering. I will get > a > chance to test it in a few days. > > I found the secret of getting audio from the monitor is to turn it on. :) > The button label is backward to my thinking. You will need to uncheck some > of the filtering boxes to get full voice audio. > > 73s, > > Alan > WA4SCA > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Nick Pugh > K5QXJ > Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 5:59 AM > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] ao 85 telem help > > My set up is flex 5000 virtual audio cables I get good eye pattern when > signal is not if a fade. But have not been able to decode telemetry. > > I also have no audio out on the monitor. > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > nick > > Office 337 593 8700 > > Cell 337 258 2527 > > > > Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School > > Disagree I Learn > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to > all > interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official > views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Sat Oct 10 16:48:25 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 16:48:25 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Full duplex handhelds for AO-85 In-Reply-To: <15051de54bb-5fb9-35cec@webprd-a62.mail.aol.com> References: <15051de54bb-5fb9-35cec@webprd-a62.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: Hi David! I think that could be the case. Radios like these Chinese-made HTs, and later versions of the Icom IC-W32A sold over here (and possibly others - I will try to dig up my Alinco DJ-G7T that is in a box or bin in my garage), all of these suffer from the same desense issues with the V/U satellites like SO-50 and others. With the need to make Doppler adjustments on the AO-85 uplink, along with slight adjustments on the downlink to deal with the sharper receive filtering in the Chinese-made radios, this should open up more options for those wanting to work this satellite full-duplex using a single radio. Burns W2BFJ and I spent some time working the Fox-1A engineering model's transponder last year at the ARRL Centennial Convention. I had the KG-UV8D, Wouxun's predecessor to the KG-UV9D I used last night, and Burns had his Kenwood TH-D72A. I had the squelch wide open on my radio, and moved the HT around while trying to shield the HT's antenna, in an attempt to simulate the downlink signals from this satellite in orbit. I had an earpiece plugged into the KG-UV8D's speaker jack, and Burns and I chatted as I walked around the convention's main hall, and even a little ways outside the hall. This is why I have had confidence that these radios could handle full-duplex operation on this satellite. Now we need to figure out how to be heard with the 5-watt HTs through more of a pass, including the shallow passes... hopefully the commissioning process will allow AMSAT to make adjustments so this can happen. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 1:08 PM, David G0MRF wrote: Hi Patrick > > Interesting observation about the Chinese handhelds being able to > work full duplex on AO-85 (U/V) > but not on SO-50 (V/U) > > I saw some testing figures for harmonic output which suggested some radios > use a single low pass with a cut-off just above 70cm, but the > 2m transmitter uses the same filter. > This meant the 3rd harmonic from 2m was very high and fell in the 70cm > band de-sensing the radio. > > What you have proved (hopefully) is that there are no outputs from the > 70cm transmitter which interfere with the 2m receiver and that the receiver > front end is not de-sensed when transmitting up to AO-85. > > Nice..... > > Thanks > > David > > From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Sat Oct 10 17:14:38 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 17:14:38 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Friday evening - LilacSat-2, AO-85 (yes!!!), and SO-50... In-Reply-To: <002f01d10367$a9260110$fb720330$@gmail.com> References: <002f01d10367$a9260110$fb720330$@gmail.com> Message-ID: Brad, Guess I need to break down and install one of those programs for the virtual audio cables. Which of those software packages are you using? If you were able to decode 41 packets from my RF recording last night... wow! Time to get that software running on my Windows 10 tablets, before heading off to the AMSAT Symposium next week, and see if the SDRplay receiver does that well with the data on other AO-85 passes. Thanks, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 2:26 PM, Brad Schumacher < brad.schumacher66 at gmail.com> wrote: > Patrick, > > > > I downloaded your RF recordings and was able to decode 41 telemetry > payloads > from your 0130 UTC pass by playing your recording out from HDSDR at 96000 > output bandwidth and piping the audio to FoxTelem. That's a LOT more than > I > was able to decode on my own downlink at home. Since you were using the > Elk > antenna and able to twist for polarity fades, your receive signal was much > better than mine hence more decodes. > > > > I would think that for anybody using an SDR other than the FunCUbe Dongle > that recording the RF then playing back as audio into FoxTelem would > provide > a solution to the incompatible .wave file sample rates (192K vs 200K). > > > > Thanks, > > > > Brad Schumacher > > > From brad.schumacher66 at gmail.com Sat Oct 10 18:25:35 2015 From: brad.schumacher66 at gmail.com (Brad Schumacher) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 11:25:35 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Friday evening - LilacSat-2, AO-85 (yes!!!), and SO-50... Message-ID: <000001d10389$0f34daa0$2d9e8fe0$@gmail.com> Patrick, This is what I use on my Windows 7 and Windows 10 machines: http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Cable/ About 1/3 of the way down the page is the downlink. This will create new audio Playback and Record devices named "Cable Input - VB-Audio Virtual Cable" or "Cable Output - VB-Audio Virtual Cable" Cable INPUT is for PLAYBACK and Cable OUTPUT is for RECORDING. Thanks, Brad Schumacher From g0kla at arrl.net Sat Oct 10 19:20:30 2015 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 15:20:30 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] uptime 119439 fox telem In-Reply-To: <561878E8.5000305@denstarfarm.us> References: <561878E8.5000305@denstarfarm.us> Message-ID: Bob, Thanks for the comments. "FOX-1A Computer RT Battery 12c "FAIL " is an issue, but we saw it on the ground when testing the Flight Model. So it it a known problem and is only an issue with the measurement system, not the actual hardware. We won't have that issue on Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D, so you will get to see much more Battery telemetry for them. In fact you can see the difference by looking at the Spacecraft Health tabs for 1Cliff and 1D. Note all the extra telemetry values. These are the ones that are not making it through the Battery I2C bus on Fox-1A. For unattended operation, you can leave Track Doppler and Find Signal set, but note they are experimental. Please report back on how well they work. If you have the option to receive from an SDR or a real radio with SatPC32 setting the frequency, then you can do that too. 73 Chris On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 10:33 PM, Bob KD7YZ wrote: > seems there was a lot more deep-fades. Made decoding a bit more > lengthily. Is she spinning? The "Eye" sometimes had a difficult time > holding the proper, what I believe is, proper form to make a decode. > > A previous pass was the high-speed and got nothing off that with my Funcube > > That "FOX-1A Computer RT Battery 12c "FAIL "" is that an issue up there? > > This pass I fooled around with the Win-7 sound device settings for the > FCDP+ .. I thought I might be seeing some flat-topping on the Sample > view of the first tab. It was set at 100. I was able to get down around > 15 and still decode. Left it about 90 . > > For unattended operation, should I set "Find Signal" ? I have frequency > set to 145960 . track doppler (x) was Find Signal but I am not sure if > this is desirable. > > W/O it, will program center on a 4 to 7 SNR peak all by itself? > > > -- > 73, > Bob KD7YZ > www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz > AmSat LM#901 > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net From kg2ix at optonline.net Sat Oct 10 19:57:22 2015 From: kg2ix at optonline.net (Keith McDonnell) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 15:57:22 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Ic 910h for sale Message-ID: <90663EAA-E86A-4B54-A05D-34BD32CB8BE6@optonline.net> If anyone is interested, I have a 910h on ebay item # 301761238855. Congrats to the Fox Team! Thank you , 73 to all, Keith. From my.callsign at verizon.net Sat Oct 10 20:06:01 2015 From: my.callsign at verizon.net (KO6TZ Bob) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 13:06:01 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Decoding AO-85 from IC-910H 9600 data socket - any success anyone? In-Reply-To: <56192122.3010302@gmail.com> References: <56192122.3010302@gmail.com> Message-ID: <56196FA9.9050407@verizon.net> Bob, So far I have uploaded 276 frames of telemetry using the 9600 port of the sub-band on my IC910h. This is wired directly to the "Line-In" of my desk top computer. I would not recommend using the "Mic-In" jack, or a laptop computer. The 9600 port is used because it offers less filtering of the 0-200 Hz of the audio band pass. This is the portion that is filtered heavily to make PL tones sub audible in the radio , as well as remove 60 Hz and its 3rd at 180 Hz from the microphone input. BOB KO6TZ Hi, Congrats to the AO-85 team! Trying to decode telemetry using the 9600 output of the sub data (while radio is in Sat mode) from my IC-910H. Has anyone been able to do this? High elevation passes only? 9600 output is connected directly to mic input. No isolation transformers, etc. Seems like those making progress have gone the SDR route with IQ data? Sound card input - 2 channel (L-R channels connected on cable), 24 bit, 48000 Hz radio - cable to sub band data socket. 9600 bps transmission on. (Is this for TX only, does not change output and can be left of?) AO-85 software Source - mic input, 4800 start --> no joy, Suggestions welcome. Thanks, es 73 Bob N6RFM From wyoduner at cox.net Sat Oct 10 17:55:56 2015 From: wyoduner at cox.net (Brad Schumacher) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 10:55:56 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Friday evening - LilacSat-2, AO-85 (yes!!!), and SO-50... Message-ID: <003c01d10384$ea6c5670$bf450350$@cox.net> Patrick, This is what I use on my Windows 7 and Windows 10 machines: http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Cable/ About 1/3 of the way down the page is the downlink. This will create new audio Playback and Record devices named "Cable Input - VB-Audio Virtual Cable" or "Cable Output - VB-Audio Virtual Cable" Cable INPUT is for PLAYBACK and Cable OUTPUT is for RECORDING. Thanks, Brad Schumacher From hamsat at xs4all.nl Sat Oct 10 20:31:21 2015 From: hamsat at xs4all.nl (Nico Janssen) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 22:31:21 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-OSCAR 85 TLEs Message-ID: <56197599.60806@xs4all.nl> All, Hours after the launch of AO-85 (ex FOX-1A) the first TLEs for 8 of the 13 launched Cubesates were published under GRACE 1 through 8. I have not seen any updates since launch day. Today around 18:00 UTC AO-85 was 29 s early compared to the TLE set for GRACE 8, which is currently leading the group. AO-85 is 41 s early compared to the TLE set for GRACE 2, that most people will be using now. So either the early TLEs were not very accurate yet, or the TLEs for AO-85 were not yet determined and therefore not available in the initially measured batch. Let's hope we get updated TLEs for all 13 Cubesats soon. BTW, there appears to be a small temperature drift on the downlink signal frequency of AO-85 that may be noticable when using automatic doppler correction. 73, Nico PA0DLO From n0jy at amsat.org Sat Oct 10 20:38:05 2015 From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 15:38:05 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-OSCAR 85 TLEs In-Reply-To: <56197599.60806@xs4all.nl> References: <56197599.60806@xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <5619772D.7070107@amsat.org> Nico, The first keps we got were based on the OPMs at the time of P-POD deployment per the telemetry. We will likely not receive any others until NORAD starts tracking them, perhaps in a few days. Still, those will not be available to the general public (from what I understand), they will be posted in our AMSAT keps when we get them. Thank you for the information on the frequency drift! Jerry Buxton, N?JY On 10/10/2015 15:31, Nico Janssen wrote: > All, > > Hours after the launch of AO-85 (ex FOX-1A) the first TLEs for 8 of > the 13 launched Cubesates were published under GRACE 1 through 8. > I have not seen any updates since launch day. > > Today around 18:00 UTC AO-85 was 29 s early compared to the TLE set for > GRACE 8, which is currently leading the group. AO-85 is 41 s early > compared to the TLE set for GRACE 2, that most people will be using now. > > So either the early TLEs were not very accurate yet, or the TLEs for > AO-85 were not yet determined and therefore not available in the > initially measured batch. Let's hope we get updated TLEs for all 13 > Cubesats soon. > > BTW, there appears to be a small temperature drift on the downlink > signal frequency of AO-85 that may be noticable when using automatic > doppler correction. > > 73, > Nico PA0DLO > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views > of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > From kg2ix at optonline.net Sat Oct 10 21:21:05 2015 From: kg2ix at optonline.net (Keith McDonnell) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 17:21:05 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] IC 910 sold Message-ID: <8B824B84-B781-4FDA-A6CC-2E3FCC29841E@optonline.net> Thank you everyone, but someone bought the rig. 73, Keith From clintbradford at mac.com Sat Oct 10 21:23:53 2015 From: clintbradford at mac.com (Clint Bradford) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 14:23:53 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] FOX-1A / AO-85 FM Voice Ops Message-ID: <2507CB10-AFB4-4592-B7AB-33129DC0BA5E@mac.com> The world has NOT changed overnight with the new AMSAT-NA Fox-1A / AO-85 satellite: When it is announced that it is in FM transponder mode, we do NOT call "CQ"on the satellite, as I have read elsewhere. Best source for operating sample techniques? How about from those who built and were responsible for the bird: AMSAT-NA ... http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FoxOperatingGuide_May2015_Hi.pdf Clint K6LCS From brad.schumacher66 at gmail.com Sat Oct 10 22:23:49 2015 From: brad.schumacher66 at gmail.com (Brad Schumacher) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 15:23:49 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A Telemetry Results using TS-2000 Message-ID: <004201d103aa$56953e00$03bfba00$@gmail.com> To follow up on this, I tried more telemetry decodes on two passes last night using the TS-2000 and no combination of settings (1200/9600, FM audio filters, 48K, 96K, 192K input rates) resulted in decodable data using either the RigBlaster Advantage or laptop's built in sound card (Mic input). I'm going to call the audio out of the TS-2000 unusable for this. Apparently, some low frequencies are being filtered regardless of the settings. Thanks, Brad Schumacher 307-631-6436 From Mvivona at yahoo.com Sun Oct 11 00:11:21 2015 From: Mvivona at yahoo.com (Mvivona) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 20:11:21 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Verry bummed out In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The tone I heard was a solid loud tone. And yes, I'm old enough to remember acoustic couplers. It definitely was not that type of a sound. I did hear the 9600k sound on a subsequent pass. I have given up on the the telemetry. I have tried my ICOM 7000, my Icom 910 my fun cube dongle my SDR play. Even on nice overhead passes I get terrible almost unreadable signals. Obviously I'm doing something wrong but I just have not put my finger on it. And forget the technical aspects of decoding, I'm talking about audibly. Even people attempting a QSO sound off to me. I'm going to attempt my first uplink maybe tonight or tomorrow to see how I sound on the return. I have no issues whatsoever on any of the other birds whether they are FM or SSB. Michael KC4ZVA Sent from my iPad On Oct 10, 2015, at 10:59 AM, Burns Fisher wrote: Your description sounds like you caught Fox-1a in high speed data mode. We are still doing some commissioning so expect mode switches without necessarily hearing any warning. If it sounds like "an old fashioned acoustic coupler" (and if you are old enough to know what that sounds like :-) try switching FoxTlm to high speed mode. For high speed mode you have to be especially careful that there is no LOW PASS filter in the path. You need 10KHz or more audio band pass. (For low speed you need to be able to hear down to 20-ish Hz.) 73, Burns W2BFJ > On 10/9/2015 19:56, Mvivona via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > Very bummed out. > So, just has a direct overhead pass. Still not able to decode any data. > What was that wide banded high-pitched tone? The tone lasted almost a > whole pass without a break. At first I did hear what sounded like a QSO, > but almost impossible to understand. Anyone else having the same experience? > > Michael - KC4ZVA > AMSAT member > Sent from my iPad > > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From marklhammond at gmail.com Sun Oct 11 00:29:55 2015 From: marklhammond at gmail.com (Mark L. Hammond) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 20:29:55 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Another FCDPP AO-85 telemetry observation Message-ID: <5619ad83.46c30d0a.c667.6c14@mx.google.com> Quick share-- For the FCDPP (Funcube dongle pro plus)---This morning I looked closely at the baseline noise level in Foxtelem. It was quite high, around -50 or so. Since I can't adjust LNA or Mixer (both forced ON in Foxtelem), I went to the Recording Devices Control panel, and adjusted the audio level there---from about 25 (used in all my other SDR programs)---down to 4, so my baseline is about -75. That seems to have helped a good bit, and even unattended on the first pass tonight I see it grabbed 35 or so frames. That's good, since this morning it got ONE. Anyhow, those of you running FCDPP might check that out... 73, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] From Mvivona at yahoo.com Sun Oct 11 00:57:14 2015 From: Mvivona at yahoo.com (Mvivona) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 20:57:14 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85. Finally did it! Message-ID: I GOT ONE PACKET DECODED.. I GOT ONE PACKET DECODED!!! I'm so excited I'm about to pee myself. One last try with the FCD+ and the telemetry program set for IQ on a 35? pass. Got my first packet, woo hoo! Michael KC4ZVA Sent from my iPad From johnbrier at gmail.com Sun Oct 11 01:46:14 2015 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 21:46:14 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Download link issue for "Getting Started with Amateur Satellites" Message-ID: Hi, As a heads up to anyone trying to download this after getting a new membership, the link (at least for me on Firefox on Windows 7) does not provide the full file name, only "Getting". Importantly, it doesn't have pdf as the extension. If you just add that to the file after downloading it, it will open fine. Thanks everyone for all your work. John, KG4AKV From g0mrf at aol.com Sun Oct 11 02:27:08 2015 From: g0mrf at aol.com (David G0MRF) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 22:27:08 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Another FCDPP AO-85 telemetry observation In-Reply-To: <5619ad83.46c30d0a.c667.6c14@mx.google.com> References: <5619ad83.46c30d0a.c667.6c14@mx.google.com> Message-ID: <15054b91c07-6f31-3438a@webprd-a90.mail.aol.com> Thanks Mark. I'll give that a try. My 'big improvement' was to remove the Fox1Cliff and 1D search windows and tighten the 1A search window in the config file from 20kHz to 12kHz. Now it just searches for signals in a small range and tracks Doppler perfectly. 73 David G0MRF -----Original Message----- From: Mark L. Hammond To: amsat-bb Sent: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 1:30 Subject: [amsat-bb] Another FCDPP AO-85 telemetry observation Quick share-- For the FCDPP (Funcube dongle pro plus)---This morning I looked closely at the baseline noise level in Foxtelem. It was quite high, around -50 or so. Since I can't adjust LNA or Mixer (both forced ON in Foxtelem), I went to the Recording Devices Control panel, and adjusted the audio level there---from about 25 (used in all my other SDR programs)---down to 4, so my baseline is about -75. That seems to have helped a good bit, and even unattended on the first pass tonight I see it grabbed 35 or so frames. That's good, since this morning it got ONE. Anyhow, those of you running FCDPP might check that out... 73, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From k.swaggart at charter.net Sun Oct 11 02:47:07 2015 From: k.swaggart at charter.net (Ken Swaggart) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:47:07 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] QB50 Kep location? Message-ID: <55D4658DD9874F01A9162647BDB435BF@BlackPC> I had been copying telemetry from QB-50P1, but now I can?t find the keps on Celestrak. Anyone have an idea of where they are? Tnx, Ken, W7KKE From k7trkradio at charter.net Sun Oct 11 02:53:43 2015 From: k7trkradio at charter.net (Ted) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 19:53:43 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Magazine Archive In-Reply-To: <001601d102ea$a51318b0$ef394a10$@net> References: <001601d102ea$a51318b0$ef394a10$@net> Message-ID: <000f01d103d0$0afd0510$20f70f30$@charter.net> This link is absolutely a treasure for anyone interested in the origins of broadcast history !!! There is even a link to my local station , KMED, that commemorates their 50th Anniversary (back to the 1900's) simply amazing !! 73, Ted K7TRK -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of JoAnne Maenpaa Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 4:32 PM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Magazine Archive Free (hams like free!) access to electronics and radio magazines from the past. Something to read while waiting for that next AO-85 pass ... http://americanradiohistory.com/ Hover mouse over Broadcast & Consumer for a menu Hover mouse over Consumer Electronics then Popular Electronics & Similar The old issues download as PDF files. Gotta try it on my tablet to see if it works in the little room down the hall ... -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm at amsat.org _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From wb3csy at gmail.com Sun Oct 11 04:48:37 2015 From: wb3csy at gmail.com (Rick Walter) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 00:48:37 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Download link issue for "Getting Started with Amateur Satellites" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: John, I had the exact same problem using the same set-up while renewing my membership. Never thought to try adding the correct suffix to what it was allowing me to download. There would no reason to even try it. I'm surprised you discovered it. The webpage told me it was getting "get". I did receive prompt help from a nice gentlemen who is a prominent official of AMSAT on this list and every thing turned out well. My renewal was already taken out of my credit card but every time I go back and check my account at the AMSAT store, it says "processing". One more thing, being a member for many years, when I tried to log into the store to renew, it no longer knew me. I had to create a new account using my same e-mail and password I always had and it was happy. The last thing I purchased was the broadband pre-amp which was not that long ago! . Still says order processing when I checked the AMSAT store this morning. Don't know what it is processing, they were paid and I have the e-book. I sure hope I see my membership (expires end of November) renewed for another year. Rick WB3CSY Sent from Rick's iPhone 6S "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" - Albert Einstein > On Oct 10, 2015, at 9:46 PM, John Brier wrote: > > Hi, > > As a heads up to anyone trying to download this after getting a new > membership, the link (at least for me on Firefox on Windows 7) does > not provide the full file name, only "Getting". Importantly, it > doesn't have pdf as the extension. If you just add that to the file > after downloading it, it will open fine. > > Thanks everyone for all your work. > > John, KG4AKV > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From brad.schumacher66 at gmail.com Sun Oct 11 05:34:07 2015 From: brad.schumacher66 at gmail.com (Brad Schumacher) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 22:34:07 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Kenwood TM-V71A Test AO-85 Telemetry Decode Message-ID: <000001d103e6$7393ea10$5abbbe30$@gmail.com> I set my TM-V71a (which has the same RF deck at the D710 series) to 9600 baud mode and attempted to decode the AO-85 telemetry without success. The radio was clearly putting out the unfiltered audio on the data port that is needed for 9600 baud operation but it wasn't good enough for FoxTelem. Basically the same results I had with the TS-2000 Brad, KG7NXH From wao at vfr.net Sun Oct 11 05:35:36 2015 From: wao at vfr.net (Joseph Spier) Date: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 22:35:36 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-284 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins Message-ID: <5619F528.2000300@vfr.net> AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-284 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * Fox-1A Launched at 0549 PDT on October 8, 2015 * AMSAT-NA VP-Engineering on NASA TV * AMSAT's Fox-1A Receives AO-85 Designation * Fox-1A Launch Commemorative Issue of the AMSAT Journal - Free Download * Lapan ORARI (LAPAN-A2) Receives OSCAR Number IO-86 * ISS CubeSats Deployed Monday, October 5 * LQSat Launched on Monday, October 5 * AMSAT at Pacificon 2015 * AO-85 (Fox-1A) FM Voice Transponder Activated * AO-85 Update * New OSCAR Status Page * AMSAT Events * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-284.01 ANS-284 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 284.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE October 11, 2015 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-284.01 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fox-1A Launched at 0549 PDT on October 8, 2015 Launch and Deployment was Successful! PE0SAT, ON4HF, and R2ANF heard signals on the first pass! Video of liftoff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drTsIV7nR3w&feature=youtu.be Keplerian elements: GRACE2 1 99992U 15281.53437500 .00015007 00000-0 15580-2 0 00009 2 99992 064.7657 291.6734 0216442 282.3705 182.7702 14.73904028000019 AMSAT?s Fox-1A launched as part of the GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) auxillary payload on the NROL-55 mission October 8, 2015 from Vandenburg AFB on an Atlas V vehicle. The launch occurred at 5:49 AM PDT, with the NASA TV webcast starting at 5:29 AM PDT. NRO has released this factsheet about the mission: http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/GRACE_CubeSat_ FactSheet.pdf General information on Fox-1A is available in the downloadable http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FoxOperatingGuide_ May2015_Hi.pdf FoxTelem software for decoding and submitting telemetry has been made available for download at http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=4532 Keplerian Elements: We will provide the Keplerian elements (aka Keps or TLEs) to enable you to track Fox-1a as soon after launch as we get them (and are cleared to release them). The information will be placed on http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt . INITIAL COMMISSIONING PERIOD: Initially the transponder will not be on and will not respond to uplinks. Please do not attempt to uplink while we check out the satellite and commission it. We will publicize when we have opened the transponder to general use. You should expect the checkout phase to last for a minimum of several days and possibly for several weeks. What To Listen For: During the initial checkout period and when the satellite is in range, every two minutes you will generally hear about 5 seconds of data followed by a few seconds of a voice ID (and possibly a second data packet). You may occasionally hear ?data? mode which Chris, G0KLA, has famously described as sounding like an old-fashioned telephone modem. If you should happen to hear what appear to be QSOs, please resist the temptation to join in before the commissioning period is over. Please Send Telemetry Reports and Data: We would love to have you collect and upload as much data as you can, and to give any other kind of report on the amsat-bb mailing list (which some of the Fox team will monitor). You can also report hearing or not hearing it on http://www.amsat.org/status/ You can upload data using the FoxTelem telemetry program that we recently released. (Check the ?upload to server? box in the properties/preference page). More data will help us do the checkout faster! Remember if you hear the ?telephone modem? sound, you must switch FoxTelem to high-speed mode manually. Similarly FoxTelem must be in low-speed mode at other times. We are planning a special award to the person who submits the first data from the satellite (by which we mean the earliest downlinked mission elapsed time), so get your rigs ready! As part of the preparations for the launch and activation of this new satellite, AMSAT is making our ?Getting Started With The Amateur Satellites? book available for a limited time as a download with any paid new or renewal membership purchased via the AMSAT Store. This offer is only available with purchases completed online, and for only a limited time. A perennial favorite, Getting Started is updated every year with the latest amateur satellite information, and is the premier primer of satellite operation. The 132 page book is presented in PDF format, in full color, and covers all aspects of making your first contacts on a ham radio satellite. Please take advantage of this offer today by visiting the AMSAT store and selecting any membership option. While there, check out our other items, including the M2 LEOpack antenna system, AMSAT shirts, hats, and other swag. Thank you, and see you soon on Fox-1A! [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-NA VP-Engineering on NASA TV Radio amateurs Jerry Buxton, N0JY and Courtney Duncan, N5BF were on the panel at a NASA prelaunch briefing on Wednesday, October 7. Participants in the news briefing discussed several of the specific CubeSats aboard the National Reconnaissance Office?s NRO-L55 mission. Four of the CubeSats are NASA-sponsored and nine are NRO-sponsored, one of which was developed with NASA funding. The mission is scheduled to launch Oct. 8 from California?s Vandenburg Air Force Base. The panel comprised: ? Richard Welle, director, Microsatellite Systems department at The Aerospace Corporation ? Tim Olson, principal investigator for BisonSat, Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, Montana ? Morgan Johnson, team lead for the ARC CubeSat, University of Alaska, Fairbanks ? Jerry Buxton, N0JY Vice President, Engineering, for AMSAT Fox-1 ? Courtney Duncan, N5BF, principal investigator for LMRST-Sat, NASA?s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1&v=b6duPV3BwcY Jerry described the Fox-1A mission and science, and answered questions. [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AO-85 OSCAR Number Assigned for Fox-1A William (Bill) Tynan, W3XO, AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Administrator has issued the following release: I have been informed of the successful launch today, October 8, 2015 of the AMSAT-NA-built Fox-1A CubeSat. I am also informed that the satellite has been heard by several amateurs in various countries. This successful launch comes after years of diligent and dedicated work on the part of AMSAT-NA volunteers including Tony Monteiro, AA2TX, who became a silent key in March, 2014. It was Tony who spearheaded and guided the work on all AMSAT-NA CubeSats until his untimely passing. Thus, it is only fitting that this spacecraft be dedicated to his memory. Following Tony?s death, the work of completing and preparing for launch fell to Jerry Buxton, N0JY, who took over Tony?s post of AMSAT-NA?s Vice President for Engineering and saw to Fox-1A?s successful completion and its preparation for launch. All of those who had a part in designing, constructing and testing Fox-1A and its various subsystems are to be congratulated for jobs well done. Since Fox-1A was properly coordinated through IARU as an Amateur Radio satellite, has been successfully launched and its signals have been received; I, under the authority vested in me by the AMSAT-NA President, do hereby issue to Fox-1A the designation AMSAT-OSCAR-85, or AO-85. May AO-85 serve the radio amateurs of world for many years to come. [ANS thanks Bill, W3XO, and AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Fox-1A Launch Commemorative Issue of the AMSAT Journal - Free Download Congratulations to AMSAT's Fox-1A team on their successful launch, orbital deployment, and activation of the Fox-1A satellite. (Now to be known as AO-85.) AMSAT has produced a free, commemorative issue of the AMSAT Journal highlighting the Fox-1A launch success. This full color PDF issue can be downloaded from our current top news story, "Fox-1A launch 5:49 AM PDT on October 8, 2015" at http://www.amsat.org. A direct link to this news item is http://www.amsat.org/?p=4591 If you aren't already a member of AMSAT this issue of our magazine will give you an inside look at the best ham radio club in the world. You'll read and see the dedicated efforts of the Fox-1A team that got us to October 8. Please consider joining AMSAT to support our series of launches coming in 2016 and beyond. [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Lapan ORARI (LAPAN-A2) Receives OSCAR Number IO-86 William (Bill) Tynan, W3XO, AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Administrator has issued the following release: AMSAT-NA has received information from YE0EEE of the successful launch, September 28, 2015 of an Indonesian Amateur Radio satellite, Lapan ORARI (LAPAN-A2). According to the information I have, this satellite meets all of the requirements to receive an OSCAR number, including IARU coordination. Accordingly, by the authority vested in me by the AMSAT-NA President, I hereby confer on this spacecraft the designation Indonesia OSCAR- 86. or IO-86. Dirgan, YE0EEE, and all who had a part in the design, construction, test and launch of IO-86 are to be congratulated. May this Amateur Radio spacecraft have a long and useful life serving the amateurs of the world. The following response was received from Dirgantara, YE0EEE from AMSAT-ID: Many thanks for good news. I, the AMSAT-ID Team, and LAPAN are all very happy about the new Oscar number. By today, I will have informed all the ORARI members. Link to AMSAT-UK article on LAPAN-A2 launch http://amsat-uk.org/2015/09/28/lapan-a2-fm-and-aprs-satellite-launched/ [ANS thanks Bill, W3XO, and AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ISS CubeSats Deployed Monday, October 5 Two Danish CubeSats carrying amateur radio payloads were successfully deployed from the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday, October 5 at 1405 UT. Originally launched to the ISS on August 19, 2015, the two CubeSats, AAUSat-5 and GomX-3, were deployed from the ISS Japanese Kibo module airlock using the Kibo robotic arm. After deployment the CubeSats stated transmitting signals to Earth that can be picked up by anyone with common amateur radio equipment. The frequencies to listen on are: ? AAUSat-5 ? 437.425 MHz with 30 WPM CW beacon every 3 minutes and 9600 bps GMSK packet every 30 seconds ? GomX-3 ? 437.250 MHz with 1200-9600 bps GMSK data using CSP protocol AAUsat-5 is a 1-Unit CubeSat built by students at Aalborg University. The primary mission is to test an improved receiver for detecting Automatic Identification System (AIS) signals emitted by ships. Down on the ground, these signals are short-range, operating mainly on a ship-to-shore and ship-to-ship basis, leaving large spans of the world?s oceans uncovered. But signals also travel up to orbital altitude, opening up the prospect of worldwide monitoring. GomX-3 is a 3-Unit CubeSat which aims to demonstrate new radio technology. A reconfigurable software-defined radio receiver will intercept L-band spot beams from telecom satellites in geostationary orbit, to provide independent measurements of their signal strength and quality. This receiver can also be re-purposed to receive any other L-band signal, such as navigation satellite signals or radar beams. A receiver will pick up Automatic Dependent Surveillance ? Broadcast (ADS-B) signals automatically broadcast by civilian aircraft, to build up an overview of regional air traffic. Additionally there is a high data rate X-band transmitter developed by Syrlinks. The CNES X-band ground station in Kourou, South America, will be used to demonstrate the link. The GomX-3 amateur radio payload uses a NanoCom AX100 UHF transceiver and ANT430 antenna. Mineo Wakita JE9PEL in Japan reported receiving the GomX-3 beacon in Japan from 1505-1510 UT on October 5 and Luciano Fabricio PY5LF reported hearing GomX-3 in Brazil at 1605 UT. Jan van Gills PE0SAT in the Netherlands received AAUSat-5 at 1800 UT. The two spacecraft may have a lifetime of around 7 months before they burn up in the Earth?s atmosphere. GomX-3 telemetry beacon https://www.dropbox.com/s/x4mipoz9gmqhlib/GOMX3_Beacon.pdf AAUSat-5 telemetry beacon http://www.space.aau.dk/aausat5/index.php?n=Main.HamInfo ESA article CubeSats set for Monday Release (with video) http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Engineering_Technology/ESA_CubeSats_set _for_Monday_release ESA invites radio amateurs to listen for AAUSat-5 CubeSat http://amsat-uk.org/2015/09/24/esa-listen-for-aausat-5/ [ANS thanks ESA and AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- LQSat Launched Monday, October 5 LQSat was launched into a 656 km sun synchronous orbit at 0413 UT on Wednesday, October 7 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) in Inner Mongolia on a Chang Zheng 2D (CZ-2D) rocket. The satellite was developed by researchers and students at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP) and carries an amateur radio payload. LQSat is technology demonstrator measuring 40x40x60 cm with a mass of 50 kg and carries a 2 m resolution camera as the main payload. The IARU coordinated downlink frequencies are ? 437.650 MHz at 0.5 watts (27 dBm) with either 25 WPM CW or 4800 bps MSK CSP packet data ? 2404 MHz at 1 watt (30 dBm) using 1 Mbps QPSK Launch report http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/10/china-launches-jilin-1-mission-long- march-2d/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT at Pacificon 2015 AMSAT will participate at Pacificon on October 17, 2015 in San Ramon, California. The ARRL Pacific Division's Conference, Pacificon 2015 will be held in the Marriott, 2600 Bishop Drive in San Ramon. The host for Pacificon is the Mount Diablo Amateur Radio Club (MDARC). Alan, WA6DNR will be representing AMSAT with a table and Michael, WA6ARA will be giving a forum presentation titled, ?Satellites - Amateur Radio's Future.? Micheal's forum presentation will be at 1100 PDT, October 17 in the San Ramon Marriott's Pleasanton Room. Say Hi Hi to both! If you're on the west coast and cannot make it to Dayton for the AMSAT Space Symposium, Pacificon is always a fun alternative with swap meet, forums, dinner, events, and Gordo West. Further details on Pacificon are at: https://sites.google.com/a/mdarc.org/pacificon2015/home [ANS thanks Alan Bowker, WA6DNR for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AO-85 (Fox-1A) FM Voice Transponder Activated The 435 to 145 MHz FM voice transponder on AO-85 was activated during Friday, October 9 allowing many contacts to be made. Among those active on the satellite was 9-year-old Hope KM4IPF. Hope is the daughter of Michelle N8ZQZ and James WX4TV, other radio amateurs in the family are Hope?s elder sister Faith WA4BBC and brother Zechariah, WX4TVJ. Her younger sister is studying for her license. In this video Hope KM4IPF describes her first AO-85 (Fox-1A) contact https://vimeo.com/141916942 Fox-1A Real-time track and Orbital Predictions (click on Draw Footprint to show coverage area) http://www.n2yo.com/?s=40967 Read the Fox Operating Guide to find out how to set up your handheld radio to work the satellite http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/FoxOperatingGuide_ May2015_Hi.pdf Note: If your rig has selectable FM filters use the wider filter for 5 kHz deviation 25 kHz channel spacing. See http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/09/fox-1a-fm-transponder-activated/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AO-85 Update AO-85 is still being tested. Please note that while AO-85 is in Transponder Mode right now, we have not officially commissioned her and testing is still underway. Part of the testing involves observations in Transponder and Data Modes. We may switch out of Transponder Mode at any time without notice, until we are done testing. If AO-85 is in Safe Mode or Data Mode when it passes and you were expecting Transponder Mode, don't be surprised or angry! [ANS thanks AMSAT Vice-President for Engineering Jerry, N0JY for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- New OSCAR Status Page Thanks to the efforts of Joe KM1P and Pete 2E0SQL, and with the permission of David, KD5QGR, we have set up a copy of the OSCAR satellite status page at http://www.amsat.org/status This page will be maintained by multiple volunteers, including myself, and we will be able to add and delete satellites as required, as well as keep information links current. It will take a few days to populate the database, but please begin using this page as soon as possible. In the near future the old page will point to this one for a while, until people get used to the new address. There are still some satellites to add and delete, so this will be a work in progress for a bit. First and foremost we will delete the reentered sats, and add Fox-1A for next Thursday! [ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Events Information about AMSAT activities at other important events around the country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations, forums, and/or demonstrations). *Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 16-18 2015, AMSAT Symposium in Dayton OH (Dayton Crown Plaza) *Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 16-18 2015, ARRL Pacific Division Convention (Pacificon), San Ramon, California *Saturday, 7 November 2015 ? Oro Valley Amateur Radio Club Hamfest in Marana AZ *Saturday and Sunday, 7-8 November 2015 ? Stone Mountain Hamfest and ARRL Georgia Section Convention in Lawrenceville GA *Monday, 16 November 2015 ? Tri-City Amateur Radio Association meeting in Goodyear AZ *Saturday, 5 December 2015 ? Superstition Superfest 2015 in Mesa AZ [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News Successful Contacts October 6, 2015 * A telebridge contact via LU1CGB with students at Corpus Christi Catholic School, Chambersburg, PA, USA was successful Tue 2015-10-06 16:29:32 UTC 33 deg. Students received answers to 18 questions from astronaut Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS. Listen to a recording of the contact: http://www.ariss.org/news.html School Information Corpus Christi Catholic School is a K - 8 Roman Catholic Elementary School, located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. With an enrollment of 215 students and 17 full-time and 3 part-time faculty members, Corpus Christi School is committed to the pursuit of excellence in Catholic education. The school strives to be on the cutting edge of technology with Smartboards in every classroom, two computer labs, iPads, and Chromebooks. Students in the primary grades participate in weekly swim lessons at the local YMCA. Intermediate grades place a strong emphasis on STEM related concepts and careers. Grades four through eight have background knowledge of NASA starting with Gemini and continuing onto Mars. In 2013, three teachers were selected to be on the Reduced Gravity Flight through NASA Explorer Schools. This experience increased the entire students? awareness of space flight and experiments being conducted in microgravity on the International Space Station. Middle school students are able to expand their curriculum by traveling to major cities such as Pittsburgh, Washington DC, and Williamsburg, VA. Scores on standardized tests are above the national average. School pride runs deep with the students, faculty, staff and parents. * A direct contact via 9M2RPN with students at Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail (1), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was successful Fri 2015-10-09 08:00:04 UTC 47 deg. The scheduled astronaut was Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS. Video Link of Contact https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCMo_BkXOaI School Information Our first ARISS contact was made in 2007 when, Malaysia's first Astronaut Shiekh Muzapher went on board the ISS. We made 5 direct contacts when, some 80 school children talked to him and asked questions. Since then it has become a highly sought after yearly event which is tied up with the Prime Minister's Space Challenge Trophy. This year we will be making our 8th yearly contact. Since the schools do not have ground stations, they make use of Satellite Ground Station at the National Planetarium established in 1995 under the call sign of 9M2RPN. The schools are the nurseries to produce future astronauts and space scientists. The forthcoming contact in October 2015 provides the hands on experience and the seeding operation for tomorrow's space scientists. Upcoming Contacts * A telebridge contact via IK1SLD with students at Bay View Elementary School in Burlington, Washington, USA is scheduled for Wed 2015-10-14 19:41:44 UTC 59 deg. School Information Bay View School in Burlington, Washington has been serving kindergarten through eighth grade students in the Burlington-Edison School District for 22 years. Named after the small community of Bayview, which was later incorporated by the town of Burlington, it serves mainly in-district neighborhood students. This year 562 students are enrolled. The town of Burlington is 66 miles north of Seattle, Washington. Located at the intersection of two major highways, Burlington serves as a retail and commercial hub for the region. Industry is mainly agricultural, retail, and commercial. Over the past three years, Bay View has committed to becoming a school of inquiry. Through inquiry and collaboration, Bay View?s purpose is to nurture compassionate, creative, knowledgeable growth-minded world citizens, who pursue dreams and positively impact the future. Bay View continually inquires to understand one essential question. What do we need to understand, commit to and implement to prepare students to be career, college, and/or world ready for the 21st century? This journey has led them to begin creating concept-based units of inquiry at each grade level. Multi-disciplinary and intra-disciplinary units support school-wide connections through inquiry. The opportunity to ask questions of astronauts on the ISS was pursued as an experience that could spark students? interest in space, engineering, technology, mathematics, and support a school-wide inquiry. Watch http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html for information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled. [ANS thanks ARISS, and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over AMSAT Highlighted in This Week at NASA Fox, amateur radio, and AMSAT are briefing featured this week in the short weekly news update ?This Week at NASA.? See: https://youtu.be/tWOiU2oJMSA [ANS thanks Frank, KA3HDO for the above information] Magazine Archive Free (hams like free!) access to electronics and radio magazines from the past. Something to read while waiting for that next AO-85 pass ... See http://americanradiohistory.com/ Hover mouse over Broadcast & Consumer for a menu Hover mouse over Consumer Electronics then Popular Electronics & Similar The old issues download as PDF files. Gotta try it on my tablet to see if it works in the little room down the hall ... [ANS thanks JoAnne, K9JKM for the above information] AMSAT Symposium / VUCC/WAS QSL Card Checking Bruce Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director Contests and Awards reports that if you have any cards you would like checked for VUCC/WAS, I will be at the Symposium. I will give preference to satellite contacts first before I check other bands/modes. If you are going to have cards checked, I prefer the list be in Grid Square order using an Excel spreadsheet or Word doc with the second column being the call sign worked. Place all your cards in the same grid square order as the list with any cards that contain multiple grids at the end of the stack. If you have lists (from Yuri, etc), I can go through them as well. [ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO for the above information] NASA to Announce Selections for Small Satellite Launch Contract October 07, 2015 MEDIA ADVISORY M15-150 NASA to Announce Selections for Small Satellite Launch ContractNASA will host a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the agency?s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to announce the outcome of the Venture Class Launch Service (VCLS) competition. The news conference will air live on NASA Television and the agency?s website. The participants are: ? Garrett Skrobot, Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission lead for the Launch Services Program (LSP) at Kennedy ? Eric Ianson, associate director of NASA?s Earth Sciences Division in the Science Mission Directorate at the agency?s headquarters in Washington ? Mark Wiese, flight projects office chief, NASA Launch Services Program, Kennedy Space Center ? Representatives from the selected launch service providers [ANS thanks NASA for the above information] See you in Dayton! - Joe, K6WAO --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org From cjhurst at bigpond.net.au Sun Oct 11 05:29:35 2015 From: cjhurst at bigpond.net.au (Colin Hurst) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 15:59:35 +1030 Subject: [amsat-bb] QB50 Kep location? In-Reply-To: <55D4658DD9874F01A9162647BDB435BF@BlackPC> References: <55D4658DD9874F01A9162647BDB435BF@BlackPC> Message-ID: <006f01d103e5$d0deee00$729cca00$@net.au> Ken, Also found the same problem as well as 4 others I was tracking. Not sure what has happened. Space-Track is fall back, till Celestrak comes good again. Colin VK5HI. -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Ken Swaggart Sent: Sunday, 11 October 2015 13:17 To: AMSAT-BB Subject: [amsat-bb] QB50 Kep location? I had been copying telemetry from QB-50P1, but now I can?t find the keps on Celestrak. Anyone have an idea of where they are? Tnx, Ken, W7KKE _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From peter at m3php.com Sun Oct 11 06:04:09 2015 From: peter at m3php.com (Peter Goodhall) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 07:04:09 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] QB50 Kep location? In-Reply-To: <55D4658DD9874F01A9162647BDB435BF@BlackPC> References: <55D4658DD9874F01A9162647BDB435BF@BlackPC> Message-ID: Ken, Just had a quick look and couldnt find them on Celestrak pages, however they are listed on the AMSAT.org TLEs http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt EO-79 & EO-80 are the QB50s Peter, 2E0SQL On 11 October 2015 at 03:47, Ken Swaggart wrote: > I had been copying telemetry from QB-50P1, but now I can?t find the keps on Celestrak. Anyone have an idea of where they are? > > Tnx, > Ken, W7KKE > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb -- Peter Goodhall, 2E0SQL From AJ9N at aol.com Sun Oct 11 06:58:18 2015 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 02:58:18 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-11 06:00 UTC Message-ID: <3a1cc6.59c22d37.434b628a@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-11 06:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail (1), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact was successful: Fri 2015-10-09 08:00:04 UTC 47 deg (***) Bay View Elementary School, Burlington, WA, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Wed 2015-10-14 19:41:44 UTC 59 deg **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss at arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 111 (***) **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-11 06:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 998. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 963. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-11 06:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From hamsat at xs4all.nl Sun Oct 11 07:26:02 2015 From: hamsat at xs4all.nl (Nico Janssen) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 09:26:02 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-OSCAR 85 TLEs In-Reply-To: <5619772D.7070107@amsat.org> References: <56197599.60806@xs4all.nl> <5619772D.7070107@amsat.org> Message-ID: <561A0F0A.8010507@xs4all.nl> All, Initially the TLEs for the GRACE Cubesats were published only via: http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~ops/grace_tle/GRACE_OPM_TLE.txt Meanwhile more recent TLEs can be found in this list: http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~ops/keps/kepler.txt Using these TLE sets I find that AO-85 is closest to object 90747, GRACE_47. Actually AO-85 is now about 10 s early compared to the TLEs of object 90747. I assume Cal Poly will keep these GRACE elements up-to-date in the coming days, like they do with the ULTRASat TLEs. 73, Nico PA0DLO On 2015-10-10 22:38, Jerry Buxton wrote: > Nico, > > The first keps we got were based on the OPMs at the time of P-POD > deployment per the telemetry. > We will likely not receive any others until NORAD starts tracking them, > perhaps in a few days. Still, those will not be available to the > general public (from what I understand), they will be posted in our > AMSAT keps when we get them. > > Thank you for the information on the frequency drift! > > Jerry Buxton, N?JY > > On 10/10/2015 15:31, Nico Janssen wrote: >> All, >> >> Hours after the launch of AO-85 (ex FOX-1A) the first TLEs for 8 of >> the 13 launched Cubesates were published under GRACE 1 through 8. >> I have not seen any updates since launch day. >> >> Today around 18:00 UTC AO-85 was 29 s early compared to the TLE set for >> GRACE 8, which is currently leading the group. AO-85 is 41 s early >> compared to the TLE set for GRACE 2, that most people will be using now. >> >> So either the early TLEs were not very accurate yet, or the TLEs for >> AO-85 were not yet determined and therefore not available in the >> initially measured batch. Let's hope we get updated TLEs for all 13 >> Cubesats soon. >> >> BTW, there appears to be a small temperature drift on the downlink >> signal frequency of AO-85 that may be noticable when using automatic >> doppler correction. >> >> 73, >> Nico PA0DLO >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views >> of AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite >> program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From daniel at destevez.net Sun Oct 11 07:28:40 2015 From: daniel at destevez.net (=?UTF-8?Q?Daniel_Est=c3=a9vez?=) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 08:28:40 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 IQ recording Message-ID: <561A0FA8.8080608@destevez.net> Hi all, Here is a recording I made last night on one of the passes of AO-85 over Europe with a Funcube Dongle Pro+: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2pPGQkeEAfdaEVXSFluTGVIaUk/view?usp=sharing The centre frequency is 145.950MHz and the file can be opened directly with FoxTelem, which decodes about a dozen payloads. There is also a bit of AO-73 transponder and some other satellite downlinking BPSK telemetry at the beginning of the pass. 73, Dani M0HXM/EA4GPZ. From on4hf at telenet.be Sun Oct 11 08:07:59 2015 From: on4hf at telenet.be (Eric Knaps, ON4HF) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 10:07:59 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] Download link issue for "Getting Started with Amateur Satellites" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <561A18DF.9080404@telenet.be> Hello, I'm a new Amsat-NA member since october 4. Never noticed a download link. Now that I am logged in on store.amsat.org, I see 3 downloads remaining but are expired since october 7? I wonder how to get the "Getting started with amateur satellites" Good job from Amsat to build and launch a new sat. The excitement to hear it short after launch, triggered me to become a member. 73, Eric. Amateur radio station ON4HF Satellite manager UBA Member Amsat-NA Member Amsat-UK Member Amsat-ON http://www.on4hf.be Op 11/10/2015 om 6:48 schreef Rick Walter: > John, I had the exact same problem using the same set-up while renewing my membership. Never thought to try adding the correct suffix to what it was allowing me to download. There would no reason to even try it. I'm surprised you discovered it. The webpage told me it was getting "get". I did receive prompt help from a nice gentlemen who is a prominent official of AMSAT on this list and every thing turned out well. My renewal was already taken out of my credit card but every time I go back and check my account at the AMSAT store, it says "processing". One more thing, being a member for many years, when I tried to log into the store to renew, it no longer knew me. I had to create a new account using my same e-mail and password I always had and it was happy. The last thing I purchased was the broadband pre-amp which was not that long ago! . Still says order processing when I checked the AMSAT store this morning. Don't know what it is processing, they were paid and I have the e-b > ook. I sure hope I see my membership (expires end of November) renewed for another year. > Rick WB3CSY > > Sent from Rick's iPhone 6S > "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" - Albert Einstein > > > >> On Oct 10, 2015, at 9:46 PM, John Brier wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> As a heads up to anyone trying to download this after getting a new >> membership, the link (at least for me on Firefox on Windows 7) does >> not provide the full file name, only "Getting". Importantly, it >> doesn't have pdf as the extension. If you just add that to the file >> after downloading it, it will open fine. >> >> Thanks everyone for all your work. >> >> John, KG4AKV >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From glasbrenner at mindspring.com Sun Oct 11 09:59:28 2015 From: glasbrenner at mindspring.com (Andrew Glasbrenner) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 05:59:28 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Download link issue for "Getting Started with Amateur Satellites" In-Reply-To: <561A18DF.9080404@telenet.be> References: <561A18DF.9080404@telenet.be> Message-ID: <00d201d1040b$849c1d30$8dd45790$@com> Gentlemen, I'm sorry it was not clear where to download the file. In retrospect we should have sprung for the store add-in software to make it more prominent instead of using the mediocre capability it came stock with. I trust I've gotten your files to you directly OK now. For those wishing to take advantage of the free Getting Started Guide with membership while the offer stands, take a look at these images: The first screenshot (Post Order Screen) is for downloading it right after purchase: http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Email-Link.png The second screenshot is where to click after clicking the "Detailed Invoice" link in the Order Process email that someone will receive right after purchase: http://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-admin/upload.php?item=4628 The link is active for 3 days, and you get three tries to get through the 4Mb download. If you experience issues, please email me directly. Including your paid invoice email from the store will speed things along. 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations From karn at ka9q.net Sun Oct 11 10:14:40 2015 From: karn at ka9q.net (Phil Karn) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 03:14:40 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Eimac Moonbounce Notes collection Message-ID: <561A3690.2050606@ka9q.net> Way back in 1980 when I first got interested in amateur satellites and AMSAT, I wrote off to Eimac Corporation for their "Moonbounce Notes" collection. While on a household paper eradication campaign I came across them and scanned them. I thought others might enjoy a look back at some bleeding-edge ham activities from the mid-late 1970s. It's particularly amusing to see how much effort was spent just tracking the moon with the technology then available. http://www.ka9q.net/moonbounce-notes This is a raw collection of pdf files, but the file names are pretty descriptive. Collect the entire set! If anybody has any notes missing from my collection, please let me know. Phil From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Sun Oct 11 14:17:20 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 14:17:20 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Saturday evening @ WD9EWK - two AO-85 passes... Message-ID: Hi! Because I had to be awake for a 5am/1200 UTC conference call with my office this morning, I only worked two passes last (Saturday) evening. Both were AO-85 passes, with different radios for each of the passes. It is amazing that we have access to this satellite's FM transponder, so soon after its launch. The first pass I attempted was around 0215 UTC. This pass was an overhead pass, so I took advantage of that to try another one of my Chinese-made dual-band HTs (Wouxun KG-UV8D) with this U/V FM satellite. The KG-UV8D was connected to my Elk log periodic. I had my SDRplay receiver out in the yard for this pass, connected to the VHF crossed dipole sold by AMSAT-UK, with HDSDR running on my 8-inch Windows 10 tablet to make an RF recording of this pass. After the pass, I would play the RF recording from HDSDR into the FoxTelem software, so the telemetry I captured would be uploaded to the AMSAT server. I had previously written a lot about the KG-UV8D in a thread on the QRZ.com satellite forum last year. I had tested it against the Fox-1A engineering model at two events in 2014, and it was able to work the transponder on the engineering model without suffering from receiver desense when transmitting on 70cm. I was working the transponder at the low-power setting (1W), and would move the HT around to shield the radio from the model, all in attempts to simulate working an actual satellite in orbit. Not hearing any desense, I was hopeful this HT would be one that could work Fox-1A (now AO-85) full- duplex. The answer... YES There are issues with the KG-UV8D's receiver, where you'll occasionally hear what might be more static coming through on the receiver. The noise level increases, even when receiving a stronger signal like from a local 2m or 70cm repeater, or other non-amateur transmitters. I had to be more diligent in orienting my Elk log periodic, so I could hear the AO-85 downlink clearly. When I was able to get through the transponder, I could clearly hear my voice in the earpiece I plugged into the HT. I also heard myself in the RF recording written by HDSDR on my tablet. It helped that I changed both the receive and transmit VFOs to use narrow FM, instead of "wide" FM. My transmitted audio seemed better, when I heard myself on the RF recording from HDSDR, and I could hear the downlink better on the HT during the pass. I worked K8YSE/7 here in the Phoenix area and KO6TZ in southern California just before the satellite was directly over my head. This is in line with my previous test with the KG-UV9D, where lower power levels were not sufficient to get through AO-85 until the satellite was up from the horizon a bit. For the uplink, I was able to get through using 435.165 MHz for my two QSOs with the KG-UV8D. Downlink... I started on 145.9825 MHz, then tuned down to 145.980 MHz, and later I tuned down to 145.9775 MHz. Just like I saw when I used my KG-UV9D Friday evening, the sharper receive filters in the Chinese-made radios made using the smaller tuning step (2.5 kHz) useful. After this pass, I played the HDSDR RF recording into FoxTelem, and uploaded 9 packets to the AMSAT server. Had I used the Elk with the SDR setup, I am sure I would have collected many more packets from that pass. The second pass I worked, around 0400 UTC, was a shallow pass. AO-85 was only up to a maximum elevation of just over 11 degrees. I used only my Icom IC-2820H for this pass. I had used the IC-2820H as the uplink radio for a pass I worked Friday evening with my SDRplay receiver and HDSDR handling the downlink, but wanted to try the mobile radio by itself this time. it had no problems hearing the downlink, once AO-85 rose above the nearby mountains and houses. I started the radio on 435.160 MHz for the uplink (with 67.0 Hz tone activated for this VFO), and 145.980 MHz for the downlink. Both with narrow FM, a suggestion that had been tweeted earlier by Peter 2E0SQL. I was not able to get through using 435.160 MHz, but was able to when I tuned my uplink to 435.165 MHz. Later in the pass, I could get through when transmitting on 435.170 and 435.175 MHz. I had to use 15W, and at times 50W, to get through. The pass was too shallow for me to get through at 5W. Around the midpoint of the pass, possibly just after that, I had to tune my receive VFO down to 145.975 MHz to hear the rest of the pass. I mostly heard stations in California, along with W7JPI in southern Arizona and WQ3U in Oregon, and logging a total of 5 QSOs (working all I heard, except for WQ3U). The later pass was more orderly, probably a function of the footprint covering more of the Pacific Ocean. All stations allowed time for others to make (or complete) their calls. Fading is still an issue, and we all experienced the fades while trying to complete QSOs. Some observations... Now that I have a KG-UV9D HT, I probably won't use the KG-UV8D much. The KG-UV9D's receiver is probably the best receiver for satellite work from any of the Chinese-made HTs I have tried. The KG-UV8D *is* capable of full- duplex operation on AO-85, something that I had been told last year would not be possible with this radio (and before we had a U/V FM satellite to test radios against). While working the earlier pass with the HT, I kept an eye on HDSDR on my tablet. Once again, with AO-85's downlink, the AFC function tracked the downlink from start to finish. I would not have had to make any manual adjustments to the downlink frequency, had I used the SDR setup as my downlink receiver. After installing a virtual audio cable on my laptop, I was able to feed the RF recording I made with HDSDR into the FoxTelem software. I think this is how I will send telemetry to the AMSAT server, unless I have an occasion to use the FUNcube Dongle Pro+ and FoxTelem to send telemetry to the server automatically. When I am able to work the passes, I will use the SDRplay, which appears to work a little better for working satellites, and in making a RF recording that FoxTelem is able to extract more data packets from. As I have been doing recently, I uploaded files related to last night's AO-85 passes to my Dropbox space. You can get to that using this link: http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ (press F5 if the folder/file listing doesn't appear immediately) I have only one RF recording from last night, since I didn't use an SDR receive setup for the later pass. I have MP3 files from each pass, to show what I heard on the KG-UV8D and IC-2820H as I worked each pass. Photos and screengrabs, too. Thanks again to AMSAT for allowing us to use the FM transponder on AO-85 so soon after the launch! I have a few radios, and combinations of radios, I want to try with this U/V FM satellite. I have used different setups for each AO-85 pass I have worked, and hope to continue this for a while. This effort may take a pause while I attend the upcoming AMSAT Symposium, but I will certainly continue this after the Symposium. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK From rwmcgwier at gmail.com Sun Oct 11 15:25:33 2015 From: rwmcgwier at gmail.com (Robert McGwier) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 11:25:33 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] LUSAT lives! Message-ID: https://youtu.be/GbkVGRBf06s From tomdoyle1948 at gmail.com Sun Oct 11 15:30:15 2015 From: tomdoyle1948 at gmail.com (Thomas Doyle) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 11:30:15 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Eimac Moonbounce - I8CVS Message-ID: Phil, Thanks for the post. Since I8CVS passed I had wanted to bring up a subject but was a bit hesitant. I8CVS had a mountain of information. He helped me with many things. It may seem a bit selfish but I regret that not only is he a SK but all that information is lost. It probably became a victim of the same 'paper eradication campaign' you described that will destroy your docs. Some info used to wind up on pages like this. http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/softwareArchive.php#win I hope the docs you shared wind up on some "permanent" web site. I am sure a recipe for gluten-free muffins or a youtube video of a cat wearing a dress dancing the polka would generate more interest than our old stuff from the old days but it would be a shame if it was lost. Must run - my garden full of kale needs tending, I have an appointment at the tattoo parlor and I need to pick up a new selfie stick to replace the one I wore out. tnx & 73 W9KE On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 6:14 AM, Phil Karn wrote: > Way back in 1980 when I first got interested in amateur satellites and > AMSAT, I wrote off to Eimac Corporation for their "Moonbounce Notes" > collection. > > While on a household paper eradication campaign I came across them and > scanned them. I thought others might enjoy a look back at some > bleeding-edge ham activities from the mid-late 1970s. It's particularly > amusing to see how much effort was spent just tracking the moon with the > technology then available. > > http://www.ka9q.net/moonbounce-notes > > This is a raw collection of pdf files, but the file names are pretty > descriptive. Collect the entire set! > > If anybody has any notes missing from my collection, please let me know. > > Phil > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Sent from my computer. tom ... From py5lf at falautomation.com.br Sun Oct 11 18:26:05 2015 From: py5lf at falautomation.com.br (PY5LF) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 15:26:05 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] FOX1-A Message-ID: <000601d10452$4c3d9a30$e4b8ce90$@falautomation.com.br> Hi FOX1-A has just passed here and looks 10 degrees earlier than the actual keps , signal very good . 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF From n6rfm1 at gmail.com Sun Oct 11 12:57:59 2015 From: n6rfm1 at gmail.com (Bob Mattaliano) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 08:57:59 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Decoding AO-85 from IC-910H 9600 data socket - any success anyone? -- Success! In-Reply-To: <56192122.3010302@gmail.com> References: <56192122.3010302@gmail.com> Message-ID: <561A5CD7.8050309@gmail.com> Bob, Thanks for the response. Was using my desktop "mic-in" jack. Soundcard is a built in on my Dell Optiplex 755. Very limited functionality with driver provided, i.e., poor mic input level control and (my) concerns that sub-audible frequencies lost. So, switched to a cheap USB soundcard (Begringer UCA202) which happened to be on-hand. Claimed OK down to 10 Hz. Not fancy, but can input control level. TADA! Works! 73 es tks agn, Bob --------------- From: KO6TZ Bob To:amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Decoding AO-85 from IC-910H 9600 data socket - any success anyone? Message-ID:<56196FA9.9050407 at verizon.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Bob, So far I have uploaded 276 frames of telemetry using the 9600 port of the sub-band on my IC910h. This is wired directly to the "Line-In" of my desk top computer. I would not recommend using the "Mic-In" jack, or a laptop computer. The 9600 port is used because it offers less filtering of the 0-200 Hz of the audio band pass. This is the portion that is filtered heavily to make PL tones sub audible in the radio , as well as remove 60 Hz and its 3rd at 180 Hz from the microphone input. BOB KO6TZ On 10/10/2015 10:30, Bob Mattaliano wrote: > Hi, > > Congrats to the AO-85 team! > > Trying to decode telemetry using the 9600 output of the sub data > (while radio is in Sat mode) from my IC-910H. Has anyone been able to > do this? High elevation passes only? > > 9600 output is connected directly to mic input. No isolation > transformers, etc. Seems like those making progress have gone the SDR > route with IQ data? > > Sound card input - 2 channel (L-R channels connected on cable), 24 > bit, 48000 Hz > > radio - cable to sub band data socket. 9600 bps transmission on. (Is > this for TX only, does not change output and can be left of?) > > AO-85 software > > Source - mic input, 4800 > > start --> no joy, > > Suggestions welcome. > > Thanks, es 73 > > Bob N6RFM > n6rfm1 at gmail.com > From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Sun Oct 11 20:55:28 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:55:28 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Demo from DM43ah this afternoon... Message-ID: Hi! I will be doing a demonstration of satellite operating from a city park in the Phoenix neighborhood of Ahwatukee, southeast of the Phoenix city center in grid DM43ah, starting with SO-50 around 2100 UTC, and possibly until 0100 or 0130 UTC this evening. If you hear me on, please call and join in. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK From scott23192 at gmail.com Sun Oct 11 21:04:20 2015 From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 17:04:20 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat Telemetry Capture for Later Upload? Message-ID: <3DBDBF2C7993464FAA5D521298A2D99D@OPT755> Against all odds, I was able to download the ISO image and created a bootable USB flash drive to run the pre-packaged software for receiving telemetry from LilacSat-2. Certainly never thought I'd see GNU Radio running in this house! My question is, it "appears" that the software is designed for real-time capture and simultaneous real-time upload of the telemetry to the servers in China. Does anyone know if it's possible to capture the telemetry offline (no internet connection) and then have it upload to the database once the computer is back on an internet connection? Thanks! -Scott, K4KDR Montpelier, VA USA From jimki6wj at sbcglobal.net Sun Oct 11 22:41:11 2015 From: jimki6wj at sbcglobal.net (James Brown) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 22:41:11 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] SATpc 32 failed References: <1197069942.1696436.1444603271543.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1197069942.1696436.1444603271543.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> SATpc32 failed . Error window states"error while loading file STANDARD.SAT" I am using win 10 for a couple months with this program.? Any ideas on How I can fix this? thanksJim KI6WJ From n0jy at amsat.org Mon Oct 12 02:02:40 2015 From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 21:02:40 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Murphy Message-ID: <561B14C0.3040003@amsat.org> Well, the launch and deploy went without an apparent hitch and given the presence of Murphy throughout the Fox-1A project up through delivery I thought that was pretty amazing if not downright spooky. My qualms were settled tonight when Murphy was back, this time on the first pass that I have had an opportunity to copy AO-85 on my own. I set up at home to do just telemetry, and when she rose the signal was horrible to say the least. It did get a little better as things went on and pretty good at 30+ degrees of elevation but still pretty weak. Having read reports that ranged from "outstanding" to "disappointed" I thought I was finally finding out for sure what we had done. So I tried manually moving the antennas thinking that if the keps are a little off that might help. That's when I noticed that the antennas weren't moving. Still pointed southwest, maybe 45 degrees elevation, even though the satellite was passing up high to the west. I ran up to the attic and lo, the very dual band Diamond vertical antenna that I had borrowed from the Hood County Club and placed in the attic for testing Fox-1Cliff/D on the air, was caught in the elements of my 70 cm antenna! The antenna was pointed north-northeast at 45 degrees elevation and the rotator had been turning the mast within the tripod so it thought it was pointing southwest/west. I guess I've been off the birds long enough that it never occurred to me that where I placed it was duh, not a good location when you start swinging long beams around. How's that for comedy? Fox-1D (current configuration in the Labs running on that Diamond antenna) takes down my Fox-1A pass out of sheer jealousy! :-D The good news was, I was copying telemetry even though the satellite was generally off the back or 90 degrees above the beam of the antenna. And when it came into the beam, it was loud and clear as I had expected, although it faded as it set and I could not track it but lowering the elevation since azimuth was hosed. It's good to be back in the realm of ham radio where anything that can go wrong, will! -- Jerry Buxton, N?JY From richard.siff at verizon.net Mon Oct 12 02:10:33 2015 From: richard.siff at verizon.net (Rich/wa4bue) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 22:10:33 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Chesapeake Waterway Festival Oct 10 -11 In-Reply-To: <5619F528.2000300@vfr.net> References: <5619F528.2000300@vfr.net> Message-ID: Hi all This week end K4AMG MARC (K4AMG.org) operated from Chesapeake, Heritage and Waterway Festival in the Historic Great Bridge boro of the city. For all of you that want QSLs from K4AMG please send them to: K4AMG 5001 Garner Ave. Portsmouth, VA 23703. Our new adr has not been changed in the FCC data base. Thank you for all of the contacts on FO 29 and SO 50. God Bless R W4BUE From w3mat at outlook.com Mon Oct 12 03:30:35 2015 From: w3mat at outlook.com (Loon -) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 23:30:35 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Just Checking... (AO-85) Message-ID: This is how I have both of my FT-60's programmed... (Mem.1) 435.170 MHz 145.980 MHz (AOS)(Mem.2) 435.175 MHz 145.980 MHz (Approach)(Mem.3) 435.180 MHz 145.980 MHz (Max El)(Mem.4) 435.185 MHz 145.980 MHz (Depart)(Mem.5) 435.190 MHz 145.980 MHz (LOS) I work two FT-60's on an Arrow Antenna where the Duplexer has been removed and RG-8X cables. VHF to thereceive HT, and the UHF cable to the transmit HT. I've noticed that when AO-85 comes above the horizon andI can hear it on RX, I am not hearing myself through the receive HT. I've tried switching between Mem 1 and Mem 2 on the approach and nothing. What I am doing wrong? Do I need to start at a higher input, say 437.180,or do I need lower inputs at the start, i.e. 437.160 or 437.165. On the passes I have heard AO-85, there seem toalways be three of four real strong stations, but yet I seem to be having difficulty reaching the bird. Any help wouldbe greatly appreciated. Oh, I am transmitting in FM Narrow if that has anything to do with it. PLEASE.... I posted something similar, seeking assistance, to the Facebook AMSAT group and basically received no help,but rather immature replies with the exception of one or two. I certainly hope that is not the result here. Thanks, Loon W3MAT From st2nh at yahoo.com Mon Oct 12 04:06:03 2015 From: st2nh at yahoo.com (Nader Omer) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 04:06:03 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox @ ISS References: <1594574645.2194930.1444622763316.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1594574645.2194930.1444622763316.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> ?? ?1:Fm RS0ISS-1 To HZ1NH [23:58:12R] CMD(B/H/J/K/KM/L/M/R/S/SB/SP/ST/SR/V/?)> s amsat Subject: congratulation fox-1a Message: thank amsat na for new satellite /ex 1:Fm RS0ISS-1 To HZ1NH [23:59:13R] Message saved as Msg # 238 Pse avoid working BBS at continents with APRS Traffic . 73's Nader omer From ka3hsw at att.net Mon Oct 12 04:56:47 2015 From: ka3hsw at att.net (George Henry) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 23:56:47 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Saturday evening @ WD9EWK - two AO-85 passes... References: Message-ID: So, from Patrick's experience, it sounds like the uplink is about 10kHz lower than the published frequency? Has this been everyone else's experience? George, KA3HSW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" To: Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2015 9:17 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Saturday evening @ WD9EWK - two AO-85 passes... > For the uplink, I was able to get through using 435.165 MHz for my two > QSOs with the KG-UV8D. Downlink... I started on 145.9825 MHz, then tuned > down to 145.980 MHz, and later I tuned down to 145.9775 MHz. Just like I > saw when I used my KG-UV9D Friday evening, the sharper receive filters in > the Chinese-made radios made using the smaller tuning step (2.5 kHz) > useful. > > After this pass, I played the HDSDR RF recording into FoxTelem, and > uploaded 9 packets to the AMSAT server. Had I used the Elk with the SDR > setup, I am sure I would have collected many more packets from that pass. > > The second pass I worked, around 0400 UTC, was a shallow pass. AO-85 was > only up to a maximum elevation of just over 11 degrees. I used only my > Icom IC-2820H for this pass. I had used the IC-2820H as the uplink radio > for a pass I worked Friday evening with my SDRplay receiver and HDSDR > handling the downlink, but wanted to try the mobile radio by itself this > time. it had no problems hearing the downlink, once AO-85 rose above the > nearby mountains and houses. > > I started the radio on 435.160 MHz for the uplink (with 67.0 Hz tone > activated for this VFO), and 145.980 MHz for the downlink. Both with > narrow FM, a suggestion that had been tweeted earlier by Peter 2E0SQL. I > was not able to get through using 435.160 MHz, but was able to when I > tuned my uplink to 435.165 MHz. Later in the pass, I could get through > when transmitting on 435.170 and 435.175 MHz. I had to use 15W, and at > times 50W, to get through. The pass was too shallow for me to get through > at 5W. Around the midpoint of the pass, possibly just after that, I had > to tune my receive VFO down to 145.975 MHz to hear the rest of the pass. > I mostly heard stations in California, along with W7JPI in southern > Arizona and WQ3U in Oregon, and logging a total of 5 QSOs (working all I > heard, except for WQ3U). --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From WB4SON at gmail.com Mon Oct 12 00:08:26 2015 From: WB4SON at gmail.com (Bob) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 20:08:26 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Any luck decoding AO-85 Telem with Icom IC-9100 USB Interface? Message-ID: Hi all, I've tried my IC-9100 a couple of times for DUV decoding and I've had no luck. My first concern is that the USB interface may include filtering that restricts the bandwidth of the receive audio. Still hoping it mostly due to using an EggBeater with preamp vs a tracking beam, but I thought I would ask. Signals are generally pretty good -- fully quiteing for 4-5 minutes around the point of closest approach. 73, Bob, WB4SON From wa4sca at gmail.com Mon Oct 12 05:19:45 2015 From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 00:19:45 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Murphy In-Reply-To: <561B14C0.3040003@amsat.org> References: <561B14C0.3040003@amsat.org> Message-ID: <002d01d104ad$9bbd41e0$d337c5a0$@GMAIL.COM> Jerry, This is the ham equivalent of Charlie Brown's kite eating tree. Somehow no matter what you do, a tree limb (which hopefully you do not have in the attic), cable, or control cable will reach out and snag someone. 73s, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- Hi! I received an e-mail asking about a demonstration of satellite operating, possibly this afternoon if I had the time. It is still warm here in the Phoenix area, but not over 100F/38C today, so I went to a city park in the southeast corner of Phoenix in grid DM43ah. I was out here a couple of months ago, and this time the plan was to try focusing on the satellites from AMSAT and China that had been recently launched. I worked SO-50, FO-29, the ISS, XW-2E, and AO-85 from the park. While working AO-85, XW-2F was passing by at the same time. I was able to hear both of these satellites, as I focused on working AO-85. The demonstration started in the mid-afternoon, with an SO-50 pass just after 2pm/2100 UTC. I did a simple demonstration, using my Kenwood TH-D72A HT and Elk log periodic, working a few stations. Around 2140 UTC, there was a very nice FO-29 pass, and I worked it using one of my FT-817NDs and the Elk log periodic. This was only the second time I tried working FO-29 half-duplex, and I was able to chat with Tom WA0POD for a couple of minutes for my only QSO on that satellite. The ISS passed by around 2200 UTC, and I was unsuccessful in sending my packets through the digipeater. When I got home tonight, I think I figured out the issue - wrong packet path on 145.825 MHz. Oops. We heard a bit of activity from around the western USA, including KG7NXH (not far to the east of this park, in another Phoenix-area suburb). Then a break for lunch, and talking about the new satellites and other topics like using SDR receivers, before the fun really started... For passes of XW-2E, XW-2F, and AO-85 around 0100 UTC, I went back to that city park and set up a couple of stations. One I used for my operating: Yaesu FT-817ND for SSB transmit Icom IC-2820H for FM transmit SDRplay SDR receiver 8-inch HP Windows 10 tablet with HDSDR (making RF recordings of the passes) Elk 2m/70cm log periodic antenna and another station for receiving: FUNcube Dongle Pro+ 10-inch Winbook Windows 10 tablet with HDSDR AMSAT-UK (Winkler) VHF crossed dipole XW-2E came first. I heard a couple of stations on, tried to get a clear spot to call CQ, and ended up making 4 QSOs while keeping an eye on the clock. I saw that XW-2F and AO-85 were passing by our location around the same time. I had worked XW-2E in SSB, so I suggested I try AO-85 in FM. This was an interesting experience... For the first few minutes of the pass, I saw - and occasionally heard - the XW-2F CW beacon that was just below the AO-85 FM/data downlink. I was using narrow FM, about 14 kHz in HDSDR, and I raised the audio filter for the low side of the audio passband to eliminate any part of the slow-speed data from reaching my ears. Did I mention I am really enjoying SDR for my satellite work? :-) This is something that made the audio more pleasing to hear. Not stereo quality, of course, but no buzzing from remnants of the telemetry making it into the audio we hear on our radios when working the FM repeater. About 10 kHz or so above the AO-85 downlink, I saw an SSB signal pop up in the XW-2F transponder. When I played the HDSDR RF recording back at home, I found it was Leo W7JPI calling CQ on the XW-2F transponder. Not much on that transponder, but a larger crowd on AO-85. I was able to make 5 QSOs on AO-85, and - later - upload some data to the AMSAT server. The second station had some issues I will need to investigate, especially with the XW-2E pass. It is possible I should have brought out my second Elk log periodic, instead of relying on the crossed dipole. Even with the receive issues at the second station, it was still a good illustration of using SDR receivers for satellite work, and showing that the inexpensive Windows tablets are capable of running HDSDR and the Fox telemetry software packages. As I write this e-mail, my uploads to Dropbox have completed. I put the RF recordings from the XW-2E and AO-85/XW-2F passes, along with some photos of my setup for the later passes and other screengrabs in separate folders there. You can go to http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ (hit F5 a few times, if the folder/file listing doesn't immediately show in your browser) to see those files. I didn't make a separate MP3 recording of the AO-85 pass, relying on the RF recording for my logging when I returned home this evening. I really don't have many new observations for AO-85 tonight. I worked it on the premise that the uplink frequency is 10 kHz below what was originally published. That worked again tonight. I used narrow FM on the uplink radio, and narrowed the receive bandwidth and adjusted the audio filtering in HDSDR so I wouldn't hear any buzzing or other noises from the telemetry on the downlink. Normally HDSDR's AFC works very well with AO-85's downlink, but for several minutes the AFC kept sliding my receive frequency down to the XW-2F CW beacon just below the AO-85 downlink. I had to turn off the AFC until the two signals had more separation between them. Once the XW-2F CW beacon went lower in frequency, away from the AO-85 downlink, I resumed using AFC. I had no AFC-related problems for the remainder of the pass. The nominal frequency of the AO-85 downlink seemed to be closer to 145.978 MHz tonight. This may complicate working this satellite for some, who may not want to adjust the downlink frequency. The Chinese-made HTs I have used would definitely need to have the downlink frequency adjusted during AO-85 passes. Some non-Chinese radios may be able to start passes on 145.980 MHz, but have to be adjusted down to 145.975 MHz for the last part of the pass. This may not be a hard-and-fast rule for all non-Chinese radios, depending on how sharp or forgiving the front-end filtering happens to be on these radios. When I worked earlier AO-85 passes with the Wouxun HTs, and the Icom IC-2820H last night, I just use the VFOs. No memory channels. I set both VFOs for narrow FM, set the 67.0 Hz CTCSS tone in the transmit VFO, 5 kHz tuning step in the transmit VFO, and the smallest possible FM tuning step in the receive VFO (5 kHz for the IC-2820H, 2.5 kHz for the Wouxun HTs). Since I was not home for these passes, I did not try a different radio (or radio combination) for AO-85. If time permits in the next couple of days, and if the transponder is on in the evenings for western US passes, I might be able to try another radio or two before leaving for the AMSAT Symposium. Otherwise, trying different radios on AO-85 will resume after I return from Dayton, later this month. Again, thanks to AMSAT for making the AO-85 transponder available over this weekend! It has been fun to work a satellite that's only been in orbit now for just over 3 days. I hope the telemetry and other tests are showing the satellite in good working order. And thanks to all of the stations that called or worked WD9EWK during this afternoon and early evening. :-) 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK From karn at ka9q.net Mon Oct 12 06:50:20 2015 From: karn at ka9q.net (Phil Karn) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 23:50:20 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Eimac Moonbounce - I8CVS In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <561B582C.9090605@ka9q.net> On 10/11/15 08:30, Thomas Doyle wrote: > Phil, > > Thanks for the post. Since I8CVS passed I had wanted to bring up a > subject but was a bit hesitant. I8CVS had a mountain of information. He > helped me with many things. It may seem a bit selfish but I regret that > not only is he a SK but all that information is lost. It probably became > a victim of the same 'paper eradication campaign' you described that > will destroy your docs. I hear you. And I'm more than willing to let other people "mirror" the stuff that I scan. I'm only concerned about possible copyright issues, but if AMSAT (or whoever) doesn't care, then I'm all for it. I occasionally hear thoughtful comments (e.g., from Vint Cerf, one of the "fathers" of TCP/IP) that we may be setting ourselves up for a digital dark ages in which our distant descendants can't figure out how we lived or what we created because they can't read our digital formats. I think that may be a *bit* too pessimistic, but it's certainly something to think about. (Ever see "Forbidden Planet"?) Years ago I came to the conclusion that the best way to preserve digital information is to "keep it spinning", i.e., to run a server with everything online, ideally in RAID arrays, and to use it regularly so you can catch and fix problems before they become unfixable. As technology improves and/or your old equipment wears out, you copy everything over. This is much more effective than keeping stuff offline on media that may silently become unreadable either through degradation or simple obsolescence. This was fairly easy as hard drives rapidly got more capacious (I won't say "bigger) and cheaper, but as you've probably noticed improvements seem to have slowed down over the past few years. The most recent improvements in storage density seem to be increasingly hard fought, e.g., with helium-atmosphere drives and "shingled" recording. But at least communications keeps improving, and it's not at all unreasonable for individuals to mirror large archives to each other over the Internet. Perhaps we should make it a project to collect and digitally archive as much AMSAT and AMSAT-related information as we can and replicate it as widely as possible for safekeeping. This may require a bit of rethinking on the part of AMSAT's leadership, specifically whether it's more important to make whatever it currently makes selling books and such or to preserve all this information for posterity, because I see a bit of tension between these two goals. Personally I think AMSAT would be better off in the long run if it simply distributed all its publications online in non-DRM digital formats and relied on wider exposure and the honor system and donations for its income. At the very least, they'd save a lot of money printing and mailing paper journals and proceedings. And I wouldn't have to cut them up and scan them to keep this place from filling up. --Phil From g0mrf at aol.com Mon Oct 12 09:38:48 2015 From: g0mrf at aol.com (David G0MRF) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 05:38:48 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Center frequency Message-ID: <1505b6aab78-55b9-6@webprd-m09.mail.aol.com> Hi all. I've just looked at the FOX1 TLM graph for frequency for 6 passes of AO-85 which included illuminated and eclipsed orbits. The graph shows the frequency ranging from nominal +1 kHz to nominal -5kHz which suggests that the frequency of the telemetry is around 2k low at 145.978 MHz. Is that the general consensus or have I made an error? - I did check the FC dongle, it's 82Hz off when used with a calibrated source and foxtlm 73 David From jimlist at zoho.com Mon Oct 12 09:48:45 2015 From: jimlist at zoho.com (Jim Heck) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 10:48:45 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-UK Colloquium - 2016 Dates In-Reply-To: <561B582C.9090605@ka9q.net> References: <561B582C.9090605@ka9q.net> Message-ID: <561B81FD.9070505@zoho.com> Hi Folks, The dates for the next Colloquium have now been confirmed as Fri 29 Jul to Sun 31 July 2016. It will be held in the same location as in 2015, ie the Holiday Inn, Guildford, UK 73s Jim G3WGM Hon Sec AMSAT-UK From aa5pk at suddenlink.net Mon Oct 12 10:10:41 2015 From: aa5pk at suddenlink.net (Glenn Miller - AA5PK) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 05:10:41 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] EM15 and EM48 Message-ID: <27A26327158543049110FA1C7E8FB620@AA5PKPC> En route to the AMSAT Symposium in Dayton, I plan to operate from EM15 on Wednesday and EM48 on Thursday. If I can get to it easily, I'll operate from the EM48/EM58 grid line Thursday evening. I'll be on the evening passes (around 0000Z) of XW-2E and -2F as well as AO-85 and LilacSat-2 (if they're on). 73 Glenn AA5PK From the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp Mon Oct 12 11:49:58 2015 From: the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp (Jeff A. Boyd) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 20:49:58 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] FM xpndr up again? (10/13 0913Z) Message-ID: <20151012204958.99A2.63087B45@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> I tracked a pass off the east coast of Japan monitoring the FM downlink just in case it was up, and lo and behold, it was. https://soundcloud.com/minus2c/ao-85-pass-oct-12-2015-1813-jst I didn't expect it to be up, only to hear the test recording. Was this an unannounced activation, or were there just people hitting it unscheduled? J. Boyd (JR2TTS) -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C From jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Mon Oct 12 12:45:14 2015 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joe Fitzgerald) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 08:45:14 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] FM xpndr up again? (10/13 0913Z) In-Reply-To: <20151012204958.99A2.63087B45@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> References: <20151012204958.99A2.63087B45@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> Message-ID: <561BAB5A.4030800@alum.wpi.edu> On 10/12/2015 7:49 AM, Jeff A. Boyd wrote: > I didn't expect it to be up, only to hear the test recording. Was this an unannounced activation, or were there just people > hitting it unscheduled? > The spacecraft is still in the testing phase and not considered operational. If you find the transponder on, please feel free to use it, but it may be changed to high speed data or safe mode at any time. See: http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2015-October/055429.html -Joe KM1P From the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp Mon Oct 12 13:24:03 2015 From: the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp (Jeff A. Boyd) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 22:24:03 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] FM xpndr up again? (10/13 0913Z) In-Reply-To: <561BAB5A.4030800@alum.wpi.edu> References: <20151012204958.99A2.63087B45@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> <561BAB5A.4030800@alum.wpi.edu> Message-ID: <20151012222403.99A6.63087B45@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 08:45:14 -0400, Joe Fitzgerald wrote: > > On 10/12/2015 7:49 AM, Jeff A. Boyd wrote: > > I didn't expect it to be up, only to hear the test recording. Was this an unannounced activation, or were there just people > > hitting it unscheduled? > > > > The spacecraft is still in the testing phase and not considered > operational. If you find the transponder on, please feel free to use > it, but it may be changed to high speed data or safe mode at any time. > > See: > > http://amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2015-October/055429.html Okay, thanks for the clarification -- I didn't want to transmit to it without knowing for sure whether or not it's officially sanctioned. 73! -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C From burns at fisher.cc Mon Oct 12 15:19:29 2015 From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 11:19:29 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Just Checking... (AO-85) Message-ID: I'm sorry you did not like some of the replies on FB, but I would truly say that this is a new bird, and the suggestion that you try multiple things was not in jest, especially the bandwidth. At some point as the bandwidth you are transmitting gets wider, I'd guess that the voltage incoming from the Rx to the A/D converter in the satellite exceeds its capabilities and it clips. But on the other hand if the B/W is too narrow, the gain will be low. I used 'narrow' in pre-flight testing from my HT but there is not guarantee that the flight board will work exactly the same way. A few other thoughts but no certain answers: 1) You said you heard other stations. How much power do you have? You said HT, so I assume 5W or less. Remember that FM is only single-channel and usually the strongest signal wins. (But also remember the standard rule to use as little power as you can successfully use). Some people have managed with 5W HTs. Others have not. 2) The bird seems to be tumbling quite a lot now. The 70cm Rx antenna may be even more subject to fading than the Tx antenna since the Rx is only on one side, while the Tx uses both sides and the satellite itself to radiate from. (The thought about fading is somewhat informed speculation). 3) The 67Hz tone may take a second to kick on the transmitter but once it is on it will stay on for the duration of the hang timer, which is one minute. So if you have have to kick the hang timer with low power it will be harder due to fades. 4) When the hang timer is hanging (during that 60 seconds) if there is nothing being received, the transponder is going to resend the noise that it hears from the Rx. When listening, I can tell the difference between "no carrier from the satellite" and "satellite is transmitting the output of a receiver that is receiving nothing". The latter has fewer high frequencies and fewer low frequencies, i.e. it is duller. If you can hear that difference, the latter case would be a good time to try to get in. No one is blocking you, and the hang timer is already running. Seriously, detailed reports you make of both success and failure will be helpful to others! 73, Burns W2BFJ Fox-1 Flight Software From on4hf at telenet.be Mon Oct 12 19:26:48 2015 From: on4hf at telenet.be (Eric Knaps, ON4HF) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 21:26:48 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] Decoding AO-85 from IC-910H 9600 data socket - any success anyone? -- Success! In-Reply-To: <561A5CD7.8050309@gmail.com> References: <56192122.3010302@gmail.com> <561A5CD7.8050309@gmail.com> Message-ID: <561C0978.4000407@telenet.be> Hello, I also wanted to try decoding the Fox telemetry with my IC-910H without any luck. My 9600 data socket was connected to my"mic in" on my desktop computer. Changed to "line in" on my sound card. Wow! What a difference! On the last pass I decoded 113 frames. By the way, thanks Bob for the contact on AO-7 a few days ago. 73, Eric. Amateur radio station ON4HF Satellite manager UBA Member Amsat-NA Member Amsat-UK Member Amsat-ON http://www.on4hf.be Op 11/10/2015 om 14:57 schreef Bob Mattaliano: > Bob, > > Thanks for the response. Was using my desktop "mic-in" jack. > Soundcard is a built in on my Dell Optiplex 755. Very limited > functionality with driver provided, i.e., poor mic input level control > and (my) concerns that sub-audible frequencies lost. > > So, switched to a cheap USB soundcard (Begringer UCA202) which > happened to be on-hand. Claimed OK down to 10 Hz. Not fancy, but can > input control level. > > TADA! Works! > > 73 es tks agn, > > Bob > > --------------- > > From: KO6TZ Bob > To:amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Decoding AO-85 from IC-910H 9600 data socket - > any success anyone? > Message-ID:<56196FA9.9050407 at verizon.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Bob, > > > So far I have uploaded 276 frames of telemetry using the 9600 port of > the sub-band on my IC910h. This is wired directly to the "Line-In" of > my desk top computer. > > I would not recommend using the "Mic-In" jack, or a laptop computer. > The 9600 port is used because it offers less filtering of the 0-200 Hz > of the audio band pass. This is the portion that is filtered heavily to > make PL tones sub audible in the radio , as well as remove 60 Hz and its > 3rd at 180 Hz from the microphone input. > > > BOB KO6TZ > > > > On 10/10/2015 10:30, Bob Mattaliano wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Congrats to the AO-85 team! >> >> Trying to decode telemetry using the 9600 output of the sub data >> (while radio is in Sat mode) from my IC-910H. Has anyone been able >> to do this? High elevation passes only? >> >> 9600 output is connected directly to mic input. No isolation >> transformers, etc. Seems like those making progress have gone the >> SDR route with IQ data? >> >> Sound card input - 2 channel (L-R channels connected on cable), 24 >> bit, 48000 Hz >> >> radio - cable to sub band data socket. 9600 bps transmission on. (Is >> this for TX only, does not change output and can be left of?) >> >> AO-85 software >> >> Source - mic input, 4800 >> >> start --> no joy, >> >> Suggestions welcome. >> >> Thanks, es 73 >> >> Bob N6RFM >> n6rfm1 at gmail.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views > of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net Mon Oct 12 20:44:39 2015 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:44:39 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Bay View Elementary School, Burlington, WA Message-ID: An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Bay View Elementary School, Burlington, WA on 14 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 19:41 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between OR4ISS and IK1SLD. The contact should be audible over Italy and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Bay View School in Burlington, Washington has been serving kindergarten through eighth grade students in the Burlington-Edison School District for 22 years. Named after the small community of Bayview, which was later incorporated by the town of Burlington, it serves mainly in-district neighborhood students. This year 562 students are enrolled. The town of Burlington is 66 miles north of Seattle, Washington. Located at the intersection of two major highways, Burlington serves as a retail and commercial hub for the region. Industry is mainly agricultural, retail, and commercial. Over the past three years, Bay View has committed to becoming a school of inquiry. Through inquiry and collaboration, Bay View's purpose is to nurture compassionate, creative, knowledgeable growth-minded world citizens, who pursue dreams and positively impact the future. Bay View continually inquires to understand one essential question. What do we need to understand, commit to and implement to prepare students to be career, college, and/or world ready for the 21st century? This journey has led them to begin creating concept-based units of inquiry at each grade level. Multi-disciplinary and intra-disciplinary units support school-wide connections through inquiry. The opportunity to ask questions of astronauts on the ISS was pursued as an experience that could spark students' interest in space, engineering, technology, mathematics, and support a school-wide inquiry. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How do astronauts walk in space? 2. How do you exercise in space? 3. What can you see from the ISS? 4. Are you allowed to have pets in space? 5. Is time different in space if so by how much? 6. How do the astronauts use technological devices like iPads in space if there is no Wifi? 7. Which planets do you study most and why? 8. What is the daily schedule like in space? 9. Is there a way to grow plants in space? 10. How does zero gravity affect bone mass? 11. What do you do for fun? 12. What does the sun look like in space? 13. How do you take a shower or bath in space without water going everywhere? 14. How do astronauts go to the bathroom? 15. Why did you want to go to outerspace? 16. What are you researching to help people on Earth and why? 17. When you break a bone, will it heal faster or slower in space? 18. What happens if you get sick in space? 19. What is the weather like in space? 20. What is a weirder feeling, going from gravity to zero gravity or from zero gravity to gravity? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): TBD ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From co7wt at frcuba.co.cu Mon Oct 12 23:24:41 2015 From: co7wt at frcuba.co.cu (M.Sc. Pavel Milanes Costa) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 19:24:41 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Eimac Moonbounce - I8CVS In-Reply-To: <561B582C.9090605@ka9q.net> References: <561B582C.9090605@ka9q.net> Message-ID: <561C4139.6010501@frcuba.co.cu> A flash back from a 3rd country.... El 12/10/15 a las 02:50, Phil Karn escribi?: > Years ago I came to the conclusion that the best way to preseve digital > information is to "keep it spinning" That's what my team calls a "live repository of information", we in Cuba with almost ZERO network available have managed to create a live repository... the live example of "Keep it spinning" A few technical oriented group of people - hamradio operators or not - have a huge doc repository (tech papers, articles, blueprints, operating/technical manuals/schematics of any type, handbooks, etc) that get mirrored as flash drives and huge USB portable HDDs. When some one have a new bunch of GBs of good info it notifies the group and the propagation of the info begins... every member has it's subject of interest, but we have manage to get at least 2 copies of the same info... Copyrights is not an issue here at least for the moment. A few times in the year I get request from one or more people of the group to meet and recover a few Gb of info about X subject after it's HDD collapse, even I had used this trick a few months ago with the loss of my 1TB Portable drive to recover the ~25 Gb ham/commercial radio manual/schematics folder organized by manufacturer and even the CAT/Programming soft for almost all... Only if the info is alive and moving it will prevail and never die, CD/DVD are good for a year or two, but no more... That's my live example of the "Keep it spinning" of Phil 73 from Cuba, CO7WT. From w3mat03 at gmail.com Tue Oct 13 05:23:27 2015 From: w3mat03 at gmail.com (W3MAT .) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 01:23:27 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antenna Message-ID: Has anyone removed the duplexer and its coax and replaced it with one coax cable to VHF, and one coax cable to UHF for two radio operation? If so, did you notice any improvement and what would the power rating be now without the duplexer? From bryan at kl7cn.net Tue Oct 13 05:28:40 2015 From: bryan at kl7cn.net (Bryan Green) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 22:28:40 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antenna In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I use mine that way with power up to 20 watts sometimes. I do not hold the antenna; it is on a tripod. My brilliant friend Sawson KG6NUB uses that same configuration with something like 100 watts for what he calls "low power EME". Other observations will no doubt be forthcoming. -- bag Bryan KL7CN/W6 On Oct 12, 2015, at 22:23, W3MAT . wrote: Has anyone removed the duplexer and its coax and replaced it with one coax cable to VHF, and one coax cable to UHF for two radio operation? If so, did you notice any improvement and what would the power rating be now without the duplexer? _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From va6bmj at gmail.com Tue Oct 13 06:00:25 2015 From: va6bmj at gmail.com (B J) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 06:00:25 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antenna In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On 10/13/15, W3MAT . wrote: > Has anyone removed the duplexer and its coax and replaced it with one coax > cable to VHF, and one coax cable to UHF for two radio operation? I use mine that way for full-duplex operation with my IC-910. If so, > did you notice any improvement and what would the power rating be now > without the duplexer? Since I hold the antenna while I'm operating, I put 5 W into it. That usually is enough to reach the satellite. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL From the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp Tue Oct 13 06:02:43 2015 From: the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp (J. Boyd (JR2TTS)) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 15:02:43 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antenna In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20151013145702.AB3A.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 01:23:27 -0400, "W3MAT ." wrote: > Has anyone removed the duplexer and its coax and replaced it with one coax > cable to VHF, and one coax cable to UHF for two radio operation? If so, > did you notice any improvement and what would the power rating be now > without the duplexer? I have done this for all SO-50 passes because I want to hear my own downlink (and record the results with a voice recorder from the downlink HT earphone out) but I didn't notice any discernible difference without the duplexer because I'm only running 5W. (Antenna is handheld.) Arrow Antennas states that max power for the Alaskan Arrow (the type I own) without the duplexer on a tripod is 150W. (See FAQ at http://www.arrowantennas.com/arrowii/alaskanarrow.html) -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Tue Oct 13 06:15:11 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 06:15:11 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Monday evening AO-85 passes at WD9EWK... Message-ID: Hi! No QSOs went in the log on either AO-85 pass I worked this evening, but I was able to collect 32 data frames on these passes, and unsuccessfully tried a different HT on these passes (Anytone TERMN-8R). I'll come back to this radio after I return from Dayton. I used the same two setups on both passes: Station 1: AnyTone TERMN-8R 2m/70cm HT, Elk handheld 2m/70cm log periodic Station 2: SDRplay RSP receiver, 8-inch Windows 10 tablet, HDSDR, connected to AMSAT-UK (Winkler) VHF crossed dipole on 8-foot mast and tripod The first pass came by around 0130 UTC. This was a very high pass, up to almost 72 degrees elevation. Lots of stations on from coast to coast. I tried to get through with the TERMN-8R/Elk combination. I think I heard myself early in this pass, but was covered up by a stronger station. Other than that one instance, I never heard myself through the satellite on this pass, and didn't hear myself on the HDSDR recording from my other station. Even though I made no QSOs, I was able to upload 30 data frames from this pass. Not bad for a portable station with an omnidirectional antenna on an 8-foot mast and tripod (probably closer to 10 feet/3m high, including the height of both mast and tripod). For the later pass around 0311 UTC, I moved my station to my driveway, so I had a better view to the west and northwest. It was a lower pass, with maximum elevation of 15 degrees. I didn't hear myself get through on this pass, but not from a lack of trying. A nice bit of voice activity from stations along the west coast, and up to VE6WK in Calgary before my LOS. The SDR receive setup was able to upload 2 data frames from this pass. If I had my Elk connected to the SDRplay, I am sure I could have pulled a few more frames from this pass. The HT I used on this pass is the AnyTone TERMN-8R 2m/70cm FM HT. It was briefly sold in the US earlier this year, but was pulled from the market. I bought it earlier this year, used it with SO-50 previously (half-duplex - lots of desense, like with other Chinese-made dual-band HTs), and have been waiting for AO-85 to arrive. Its receiver is similar in performance to the Wouxun KG-UV8D when working this satellite, and not as good as the KG-UV9D. It is very important to have the best possible signal in the receiver with this radio, as its performance drops off quickly as the signals weaken. The TERMN-8R is not as sensitive as most Icom/Kenwood/Yaesu dual-band HTs, and not as sensitive as the KG-UV9D. I was able to copy the downlink OK, but due to a variety of issues I only heard part of one transmission early in the first pass I worked. I will come back to this radio after the AMSAT Symposium, and hopefully have a better chance to get through on AO-85 at that time. I have been asked why I am doing this - using different radios or combinations of radios to work this satellite. Since we have not had a U/V FM satellite since SO-35's demise in 2001 (a satellite I worked one time, in 2000, using two HTs with long duckies), and not counting the ISS U/V crossband repeater that was on in the mid- to late-2000s (its downlink was much easier to hear than even AO-85), this is the first time we have been able to actually test radios against an actual U/V FM satellite. I attend lots of events around the southwestern USA representing AMSAT, where I field questions from hams who are either thinking about satellite operating, and others who may be coming back to this part of our hobby. I also get e-mails from all over, with questions that I have enjoyed trying to answer. If I'm able to disprove some incorrect statements that have been floating around in relation to some of these radios, all the better! It is better to have more options available for hams to work this satellite, not fewer. Some of the traditional options for radios that work with SO-50 and previous V/U FM satellites are not good options for AO-85 and future U/V FM satellites. Not working SO-50 and other V/U FM satellites full-duplex may be a viable option for those satellites, but it is a very poor option. Find a second HT, or even an SDR receiver, if you are trying to set up a station capable of working satellites - including AO-85 - full-duplex. I could just use my IC-2820H mobile radio at 50W to log lots of stations on every possible AO-85 pass I can work. I know this is a great radio for FM satellites, whether working V/U or U/V. Where's the challenge in doing that? And there's the SDR stuff that has been fun to use. Having the RF recordings from HDSDR, which I can use to upload telemetry to AMSAT and update my logbook, is a powerful tool to help improve my station and my operating. An SDR receiver with a small tablet is a capable - and less expensive - way to help build an all-mode satellite station that is capable of full-duplex operation. The two RF recordings I made from the AO-85 passes I worked, and other photos and screengrabs, are now up in my Dropbox space at: http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ (hit F5 until the folder/file listing appears in your browser window, if it doesn't appear immediately) My @WD9EWK Twitter feed usually has photos either before or after the AO-85 passes I work, along with other comments and observations I can put into 140-character chunks. This is readable in a browser window without having to join Twitter, at https://twitter.com/WD9EWK 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK From bryan at kl7cn.net Tue Oct 13 06:24:32 2015 From: bryan at kl7cn.net (Bryan Green) Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2015 23:24:32 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antenna In-Reply-To: <20151013145702.AB3A.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> References: <20151013145702.AB3A.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> Message-ID: I really gotta get one of those ALASKAN Arrows. -- bag Bryan KL7CN/W6 On Oct 12, 2015, at 23:02, J. Boyd (JR2TTS) wrote: On Tue, 13 Oct 2015 01:23:27 -0400, "W3MAT ." wrote: > Has anyone removed the duplexer and its coax and replaced it with one coax > cable to VHF, and one coax cable to UHF for two radio operation? If so, > did you notice any improvement and what would the power rating be now > without the duplexer? I have done this for all SO-50 passes because I want to hear my own downlink (and record the results with a voice recorder from the downlink HT earphone out) but I didn't notice any discernible difference without the duplexer because I'm only running 5W. (Antenna is handheld.) Arrow Antennas states that max power for the Alaskan Arrow (the type I own) without the duplexer on a tripod is 150W. (See FAQ at http://www.arrowantennas.com/arrowii/alaskanarrow.html) -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C From the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp Tue Oct 13 06:32:45 2015 From: the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp (J. Boyd (JR2TTS)) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 15:32:45 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antenna In-Reply-To: References: <20151013145702.AB3A.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> Message-ID: <20151013152652.AB3D.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 23:24:32 -0700, Bryan Green wrote: > I really gotta get one of those ALASKAN Arrows. Pros: Having those extra elements makes it so much easier to lock onto a bird and reach it with less power. Cons: It weighs as much as a baseball bat. Holding one of those things up in the air for fourteen minutes and your arms will look like Popeye the Sailor Man at LOS. You're going to need a tripod, or at least a camera monopod to brace it against the ground. -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C From skristof at etczone.net Tue Oct 13 11:54:21 2015 From: skristof at etczone.net (Steve Kristoff) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 07:54:21 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antenna In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7520A5095EBE4DAEA848DCAA941D0D7D@StevePC> I ordered my Arrow Antenna without the duplexer, so I've always used it with two separate coaxes and two radios. I use a simple digital recorder to record the QSOs. My experience, so far, is limited to SO-50, but the set-up works just fine for that satellite. Steve AI9IN ----- Original Message ----- From: "W3MAT ." To: "AMSAT-BB" Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:23 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antenna > Has anyone removed the duplexer and its coax and replaced it with one coax > cable to VHF, and one coax cable to UHF for two radio operation? If so, > did you notice any improvement and what would the power rating be now > without the duplexer? > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From Mvivona at yahoo.com Tue Oct 13 13:13:36 2015 From: Mvivona at yahoo.com (Mvivona) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:13:36 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antenna In-Reply-To: <7520A5095EBE4DAEA848DCAA941D0D7D@StevePC> References: <7520A5095EBE4DAEA848DCAA941D0D7D@StevePC> Message-ID: <8F479C23-B8F5-4984-84D9-684A51FC2FEC@yahoo.com> My experience with the duplexer is: I looked at my Arrow on my antenna analyzer without the duplexer. After some tuning I got a pretty good dip at 146 and 436 MHz. With the duplexer attached the tuning went way off. I tried, but couldn't even get it close with it installed. I use mine with my ICom 910. One coax per band. The antenna is on a sturdy camera tripod with two Arrow dualband yagis. I have each antenna connected to a small BNC coax switch so I can remotely switch polarization as needed. At the antenna there is a preamp for each band with power for the preamps being fed through the coax. For a rotor I simply use a large RC robot style geared servo for AZ being that this is just a temporary out the back door setup. For EL I just walk out and set the EL on the tripod before the bird comes over. With this setup I usually use about 5 to 10 watts on VHF depending on the bird and elevation. On UHF I sometimes need a little more power due to the attenuation in the coax which is about 50 ft long. Michael KC4ZVA Sent from my iPad On Oct 13, 2015, at 7:54 AM, Steve Kristoff wrote: I ordered my Arrow Antenna without the duplexer, so I've always used it with two separate coaxes and two radios. I use a simple digital recorder to record the QSOs. My experience, so far, is limited to SO-50, but the set-up works just fine for that satellite. Steve AI9IN ----- Original Message ----- From: "W3MAT ." To: "AMSAT-BB" Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 1:23 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antenna > Has anyone removed the duplexer and its coax and replaced it with one coax > cable to VHF, and one coax cable to UHF for two radio operation? If so, > did you notice any improvement and what would the power rating be now > without the duplexer? > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From rrdd3939 at aol.com Tue Oct 13 16:01:10 2015 From: rrdd3939 at aol.com (b) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 12:01:10 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] LEARNING & POSSIBLE MEMBERSHIP Message-ID: <15061ef15cf-1db1-41fe@webprd-a87.mail.aol.com> Please send me information concerning amateur satellite monitoring at the simplest level as I am new to the field. I intend to purchase Boefeng uv n-srt as that is all that I can afford at this time. As I am disabled and homebound, I am confident that the microwave signals can reach me. Thank you, Rick (Richard DePersio) From hamsat at xs4all.nl Tue Oct 13 18:58:37 2015 From: hamsat at xs4all.nl (Nico Janssen) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 20:58:37 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-OSCAR 85 TLEs In-Reply-To: <561A0F0A.8010507@xs4all.nl> References: <56197599.60806@xs4all.nl> <5619772D.7070107@amsat.org> <561A0F0A.8010507@xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <561D545D.3010103@xs4all.nl> All, The TLEs for the GRACE Cubesats in the Cal Poly list have been updated. http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~ops/keps/kepler.txt Based on these new TLEs it is now certain that AO-85 is object 90747, GRACE-47 in the Cal Poly list. In the official JSpOC Catalog AO-85 is object 40967, 2015-058D. 73, Nico PA0DLO On 2015-10-11 09:26, Nico Janssen wrote: > All, > > Initially the TLEs for the GRACE Cubesats were published only via: > http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~ops/grace_tle/GRACE_OPM_TLE.txt > > Meanwhile more recent TLEs can be found in this list: > http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~ops/keps/kepler.txt > > Using these TLE sets I find that AO-85 is closest to object 90747, > GRACE_47. Actually AO-85 is now about 10 s early compared to the > TLEs of object 90747. > > I assume Cal Poly will keep these GRACE elements up-to-date in the > coming days, like they do with the ULTRASat TLEs. > > 73, > Nico PA0DLO > > > On 2015-10-10 22:38, Jerry Buxton wrote: >> Nico, >> >> The first keps we got were based on the OPMs at the time of P-POD >> deployment per the telemetry. >> We will likely not receive any others until NORAD starts tracking them, >> perhaps in a few days. Still, those will not be available to the >> general public (from what I understand), they will be posted in our >> AMSAT keps when we get them. >> >> Thank you for the information on the frequency drift! >> >> Jerry Buxton, N?JY >> >> On 10/10/2015 15:31, Nico Janssen wrote: >>> All, >>> >>> Hours after the launch of AO-85 (ex FOX-1A) the first TLEs for 8 of >>> the 13 launched Cubesates were published under GRACE 1 through 8. >>> I have not seen any updates since launch day. >>> >>> Today around 18:00 UTC AO-85 was 29 s early compared to the TLE set for >>> GRACE 8, which is currently leading the group. AO-85 is 41 s early >>> compared to the TLE set for GRACE 2, that most people will be using >>> now. >>> >>> So either the early TLEs were not very accurate yet, or the TLEs for >>> AO-85 were not yet determined and therefore not available in the >>> initially measured batch. Let's hope we get updated TLEs for all 13 >>> Cubesats soon. >>> >>> BTW, there appears to be a small temperature drift on the downlink >>> signal frequency of AO-85 that may be noticable when using automatic >>> doppler correction. >>> >>> 73, >>> Nico PA0DLO >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >>> Opinions expressed >>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views >>> of AMSAT-NA. >>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite >>> program! >>> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views >> of AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite >> program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From martha at amsat.org Tue Oct 13 21:12:38 2015 From: martha at amsat.org (Martha) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 17:12:38 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Office Closed Message-ID: The AMSAT Office will be closed from Wednesday, October 14th - Monday, October 19th. Hope to see you at the Space Symposium -- 73- Martha From 4x4hsc at gmail.com Tue Oct 13 21:15:49 2015 From: 4x4hsc at gmail.com (Herzliya Science Center) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 00:15:49 +0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] Duchifat1 is picking up packets! Message-ID: Hi all, We have almost reached 20 stations already picked up by Duchifat1 that are displayed on the world map at our web site. You are all invited to experiment sending a compressed APRS packet with your location and registration code to the satellite. These packets can be generated either with a small software converter from LAT/LON ("APRS Encoder") at our web site or with a Byonics TinyTrak4 for mobile use or base station. When using the "APRS Encoder" you also need a conventional TNC, either external or software to convert the 14 characters long text string to 1200bd AFSK audio for transmission. The satellite stores the packets and we get to download them from the satellite at least 3 times a week. The new stations are then added to the map automatically. More information and operational tips are in the downloadable files at the web site. Good luck & 73! Herzliya Science Center ground station team www.H-SPACE-LAB.org From rupert.hamblin at gmail.com Tue Oct 13 21:16:13 2015 From: rupert.hamblin at gmail.com (Rupert Hamblin) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 22:16:13 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Antenna Setup Message-ID: Hi AMSAT, I am looking for some guidance regards antenna setup for a fixed installation to work both FM sats & linear transponder satellites. My initial thought was: AZ / EL Rotator 2M xpol beam 5 ele ? 70cm xpol beam 9 ele ? LNA for both 2M & 70cm receive feeds ...plus some spare space on the boom, perhaps for 3 ele for LEO wx sats..? I appreciate this will probably cost a few $$ - but hopefully worth it....obviously won't build all this in one go..! Appreciate your thoughts / comments here..? Regards RH G0TKZ From peter at m3php.com Tue Oct 13 21:35:10 2015 From: peter at m3php.com (Peter Goodhall) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 22:35:10 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Antenna Setup In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Rupert, Your thoughts for setup seem reasonable, you'll probably find it works OK for WXSats as well without the extra antenna. I'm using the following for satellites:- Wimo X-Quads for 2 & 70cms Yaesu G-5500 Preamps Seems to work nicely for myself on FM & SSB Satellites and the 2m X-Quad seems fine for WXSAT decoding as well (using Airspy SDR or the old Rig RX2).. Only thing I need to add to my setup is the ability to change the polarity mine are fixed all the time to RHCP. 73, Peter, 2E0SQL On 13 October 2015 at 22:16, Rupert Hamblin wrote: > Hi AMSAT, > > I am looking for some guidance regards antenna setup for a fixed > installation to work both FM sats & linear transponder satellites. > > My initial thought was: > > AZ / EL Rotator > 2M xpol beam 5 ele ? > 70cm xpol beam 9 ele ? > LNA for both 2M & 70cm receive feeds > ...plus some spare space on the boom, perhaps for 3 ele for LEO wx sats..? > > I appreciate this will probably cost a few $$ - but hopefully worth > it....obviously > won't build all this in one go..! > > Appreciate your thoughts / comments here..? > > Regards > > RH > G0TKZ > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Peter Goodhall, 2E0SQL From AJ9N at aol.com Tue Oct 13 22:56:42 2015 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 18:56:42 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-13 23:00 UTC Message-ID: <24ba2.1ae1192b.434ee62a@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-13 23:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Bay View Elementary School, Burlington, WA, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Wed 2015-10-14 19:41:44 UTC 59 deg Saku Children?s Science Dome for the Future, Saku City, Japan, direct via 8N?SDF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-10-22 09:47:21 UTC 62 deg (***) West Michigan Aviation Academy, Grand Rapids, MI, direct via W8ISS (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-10-22 17:10:02 UTC 36 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss at arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 111 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-13 23:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 998. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 963. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-11 06:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From w5pfg at amsat.org Wed Oct 14 01:24:27 2015 From: w5pfg at amsat.org (Clayton W5PFG) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 20:24:27 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 transponder 14-October, 0115 UTC Message-ID: <561DAECB.7030006@amsat.org> Using the new GRACE_47 object (90747) for AO-85, I was able to make several contacts this evening using full computer control of my rig with SatPC32 v12.8c. SatPC32 tracked perfectly, keeping my rig on the appropriate uplink and downlink frequencies for AO-85. I worked a station while the satellite was at 2.2 degrees elevation over my horizon. My opinion is that Filter #2 works best for TX and RX with the Icom IC-9100 on AO-85. 73 Clayton W5PFG From kd7yz at denstarfarm.us Wed Oct 14 01:50:41 2015 From: kd7yz at denstarfarm.us (Bob KD7YZ) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 21:50:41 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 and Mr. Kepler Message-ID: <561DB4F1.8060207@denstarfarm.us> I suppose I have the wrong Keps for AO-85 since I always seem 2 minutes too late for start and SatPC32 claims she's still below the horizon. Is it me, or should I find some secret set of TLE's for her ? -- 73, Bob KD7YZ www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AmSat LM#901 From jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Wed Oct 14 04:08:36 2015 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joe Fitzgerald) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 00:08:36 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] TLE's for AO-85 Message-ID: <561DD544.5050309@alum.wpi.edu> We are in that mad scramble after a cubesat deployment after a launch from a military mission where we don't have a good NORAD//JSpOC/ object number. People have been having good success with the object dubbed "GRACE_47" by CalPoly, with the placeholder number of 90747, and the TLE's have been added to nasabare.txt and nasa.all under that name and number. GRACE_47 1 90747U 15286.49403807 +.00001891 +00000-0 +21258-3 0 00074 2 90747 064.7778 276.6321 0217755 280.3643 225.3523 14.74250622000597 -Joe KM1P From john at kw4cr.com Tue Oct 13 20:38:41 2015 From: john at kw4cr.com (John LeVous) Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:38:41 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] First Contact Message-ID: <20151013163841.5a5fc014@T410> Hello All, My thanks to K4AMG Memorial Amateur Radio Club for allowing me to rework the club's OSCAR station. It provided me with the opportunity to make my first satellite contacts today while testing the hardware and software systems. My thanks also to N8IUP, K8YSE/7, and N3PZZ for answering my calls on FO-29. Now for the stupid question of the day: I've found the ARRL instructions for editing ADIF files to enable logging OSCAR contacts via LoTW. I am running Debian stable and using CQRLOG as my primary logging software. I also use CQRLOG to upload my contacts to LoTW and eQSL. I export my CQRLOG to upload to QRZ as well. Is there any consensus regarding electronic logging of OSCAR contacts? What, if any suggestions can you all make to aid a new operator trying to log satellite qso's? 73, John, KW4CR From Mvivona at yahoo.com Wed Oct 14 14:51:06 2015 From: Mvivona at yahoo.com (Mvivona) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 10:51:06 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] NASA and CubeSats In-Reply-To: <7520A5095EBE4DAEA848DCAA941D0D7D@StevePC> References: <7520A5095EBE4DAEA848DCAA941D0D7D@StevePC> Message-ID: <43D4DB7C-D53C-4E3E-B193-1A625D6B6632@yahoo.com> NASA?s Launch Services Program (LSP) has awarded multiple Venture Class Launch Services (VCLS) contracts to provide small satellites (SmallSats) -- also called CubeSats, microsats or nanosatellites -- access to low-Earth orbit. The three companies selected to provide these new commercial launch capabilities, and the value of their firm fixed-price contracts, are: ? Firefly Space Systems Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, $5.5 million ? Rocket Lab USA Inc. of Los Angeles, $6.9 million ? Virgin Galactic LLC of Long Beach, California, $4.7 million At present, launch opportunities for small satellites and science missions mostly are limited to rideshare-type arrangements, flying only when space is available on NASA and other launches. The services acquired through these new contract awards will constitute the smallest class of launch services used by NASA. ?LSP is attempting to foster commercial launch services dedicated to transporting smaller payloads into orbit as an alternative to the rideshare approach and to promote the continued development of the U.S. commercial space transportation industry,? said Jim Norman, director of Launch Services at NASA Headquarters in Washington. ?VCLS is intended to help open the door for future dedicated opportunities to launch CubeSats and other small satellites and science missions.? Small satellites, including CubeSats, are playing an increasingly larger role in exploration, technology demonstration, scientific research and educational investigations at NASA. These miniature satellites provide a low-cost platform for NASA missions, including planetary space exploration; Earth observations; fundamental Earth and space science; and developing precursor science instruments like cutting-edge laser communications, satellite-to-satellite communications and autonomous movement capabilities. LSP supports the agency?s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) by providing launch opportunities for more than 50 CubeSats that are awaiting launch during the next three years. The VCLS contracts will demonstrate a dedicated launch capability for smaller payloads that NASA anticipates it will require on a recurring basis for future science SmallSat and CubeSat missions. Michael - KC4ZVA From w3mat03 at gmail.com Wed Oct 14 15:19:26 2015 From: w3mat03 at gmail.com (W3MAT .) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 11:19:26 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Message-ID: The other morning I attempted AO-85, listening to the down link on 145.980. I just sat down and listened to the recording of that pass. At the time I thought I was not making it into the sat, but upon listening to the recording I found that I indeed was making it, and at times quite strong. I was using the Arrow, two FT-60's, and headphones, but during the pass I could have sworn I was not making it, as I was not hearing myself...just squelch. I did learn from that pass though that AO-85 was much clearer on 145.975 in the latter stages, or after it passed the posted Max El for that pass. Just wondering if anyone else experienced the same scenario as I. I did tweak a few things with coax and radio programming last evening, and that seemed to make a noticeable improvement on the SO-50 (03:07Z) pass last evening. Have a great day everyone, Loon W3MAT From Mvivona at yahoo.com Wed Oct 14 16:04:25 2015 From: Mvivona at yahoo.com (Mvivona) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 12:04:25 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: A handheld receiver will sometimes be a little too sensitive with this type of configuration where you are using the same mast for the UHF and VHF antenna together. The front end of the receive HT will have a tendency to be a little desenced causing a slight reduction in audio quality on your downlink. This might be what you were experiencing. What were you using to do the recording? Was it not the same radio as what you were listening to for downlink? Michael KC4ZVA Sent from my iPad On Oct 14, 2015, at 11:19 AM, W3MAT . wrote: The other morning I attempted AO-85, listening to the down link on 145.980. I just sat down and listened to the recording of that pass. At the time I thought I was not making it into the sat, but upon listening to the recording I found that I indeed was making it, and at times quite strong. I was using the Arrow, two FT-60's, and headphones, but during the pass I could have sworn I was not making it, as I was not hearing myself...just squelch. I did learn from that pass though that AO-85 was much clearer on 145.975 in the latter stages, or after it passed the posted Max El for that pass. Just wondering if anyone else experienced the same scenario as I. I did tweak a few things with coax and radio programming last evening, and that seemed to make a noticeable improvement on the SO-50 (03:07Z) pass last evening. Have a great day everyone, Loon W3MAT _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From dan at whiteaudio.com Wed Oct 14 16:52:04 2015 From: dan at whiteaudio.com (Dan White) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 11:52:04 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] sat info database, SatNOGS Message-ID: The SatNOGS project has a database component with a nice API for querying sat information. It is an active project, so it is far from a one-stop machine-queryable resource. But that is a stated goal of the component. https://db.satnogs.org (add "/api" to poke around what is query-able at the moment) I'll be at the Symposium this weekend along with a few of the SatNOGS people flying in from Athens, Greece, who will do a talk. IIRC they will be bringing some of the hardware also. In-person would be a great time for lots of discussions. As an open project, in practice things get done by someone doing it. Feature requests are nice, but a request accompanied by code is better. Everyone currently involved has a day job :) Let's work together! Dan White AD0CQ From worth at maui.net Wed Oct 14 18:01:31 2015 From: worth at maui.net (Tom Worthington) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 08:01:31 -1000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Foxtelem and FT-736R Message-ID: <561E987B.2070403@maui.net> I've tried unsuccessfully to decode using the 9600 b output of my FT-857 into a sound card. The manual for Foxtelem refers to pulling the discriminator signal out of the Yaesu FT-736R for decoding. However, it does not suggest a point on the circuit. I'm thinking to try between Q20 and Q21 on the RX unit. perhaps a 0.1 uf cap to the collector of Q20? Has anybody else tried this? Thanks, Tom, NH6Y From tomdoyle1948 at gmail.com Wed Oct 14 20:04:01 2015 From: tomdoyle1948 at gmail.com (Thomas Doyle) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 16:04:01 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Eimac Moonbounce - I8CVS In-Reply-To: <561C4139.6010501@frcuba.co.cu> References: <561B582C.9090605@ka9q.net> <561C4139.6010501@frcuba.co.cu> Message-ID: "Only if the info is alive and moving it will prevail and never die, CD/DVD are good for a year or two, but no more..." Another more realistic way of looking at is "Anything that moves will break - the only unknown is exactly when it will break". Interesting things happen to hard drives when subjected to intense shock from unexpected things like earthquakes and nearby explosions. Buy quality disks, use good quality burners and take some care where you will store them and you will have much better luck. No one says the CD/DVD's will "never die" but they will last a lot longer than a couple of years. This CLIR study has lots of information on the subject. http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub121/sec4.html Here are some suggestions on how you might get better life from your CD/DVR's. http://www.recovery-portal.com/shelf-life-of-recordable-cd-dvd-media/ I have many recordable disks that are over 10 years old and they are error free. The only truly proven portable long term storage media is papyrus, parchment and bronze. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Sea_Scrolls Most data on other things comes from accelerated aging studies which are little better than a shot in the dark. 73 W9KE Tom Doyle On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 7:24 PM, M.Sc. Pavel Milanes Costa < co7wt at frcuba.co.cu> wrote: > A flash back from a 3rd country.... > > El 12/10/15 a las 02:50, Phil Karn escribi?: > >> Years ago I came to the conclusion that the best way to preseve digital >> information is to "keep it spinning" >> > > That's what my team calls a "live repository of information", we in Cuba > with almost ZERO network available have managed to create a live > repository... the live example of "Keep it spinning" > > A few technical oriented group of people - hamradio operators or not - > have a huge doc repository (tech papers, articles, blueprints, > operating/technical manuals/schematics of any type, handbooks, etc) that > get mirrored as flash drives and huge USB portable HDDs. When some one have > a new bunch of GBs of good info it notifies the group and the propagation > of the info begins... every member has it's subject of interest, but we > have manage to get at least 2 copies of the same info... > > Copyrights is not an issue here at least for the moment. > > A few times in the year I get request from one or more people of the group > to meet and recover a few Gb of info about X subject after it's HDD > collapse, even I had used this trick a few months ago with the loss of my > 1TB Portable drive to recover the ~25 Gb ham/commercial radio > manual/schematics folder organized by manufacturer and even the > CAT/Programming soft for almost all... > > Only if the info is alive and moving it will prevail and never die, CD/DVD > are good for a year or two, but no more... > > That's my live example of the "Keep it spinning" of Phil > > 73 from Cuba, CO7WT. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Sent from my computer. tom ... From k8bl at ameritech.net Wed Oct 14 21:08:30 2015 From: k8bl at ameritech.net (R.T.Liddy) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 21:08:30 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Symposium Registration References: <312915659.455283.1444856910684.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <312915659.455283.1444856910684.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> I'll be attending my first Symposium this weekend in Dayton. I ordered my Registration on 9/30 on-line. Is there somethingsupposed to be delivered to my home address? Nothing hasshown up after 2 weeks. Or, am I supposed to pick it up whenI arrive at the Symposium? TNX/73, ? ? ? Bob - K8BL From n8hm at arrl.net Wed Oct 14 21:12:48 2015 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 17:12:48 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Symposium Registration In-Reply-To: <312915659.455283.1444856910684.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <312915659.455283.1444856910684.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <312915659.455283.1444856910684.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Bob, There will be a registration table here in Dayton where you'll pick up your badge, copy of the Proceedings, etc. 73, Paul, N8HM On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 5:08 PM, R.T.Liddy wrote: > I'll be attending my first Symposium this weekend in Dayton. > I ordered my Registration on 9/30 on-line. Is there somethingsupposed to be delivered to my home address? Nothing hasshown up after 2 weeks. Or, am I supposed to pick it up whenI arrive at the Symposium? > TNX/73, Bob - K8BL > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From kb2m at arrl.net Wed Oct 14 22:04:01 2015 From: kb2m at arrl.net (kb2m at arrl.net) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 18:04:01 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Foxtelem and FT-736R In-Reply-To: <561E987B.2070403@maui.net> References: <561E987B.2070403@maui.net> Message-ID: <027401d106cc$40afe7a0$c20fb6e0$@net> Tom, you're really testing my memory, but I just can't remember the mod exactly. I did this mod 15 years ago to a 736 I owned at the time. All I can say is it does work at 9k6 when done. I'm sure the mod is out there somewhere. BWTM I did find this and I'm 100% sure it's what I did. What a great blast from the past. Good luck... --------------------------- by James Miller G3RUH These notes tell you where to get FM RX audio direct from the discriminator, and where to modulate the FM TX varactor directly. These mods are non-destructive and take no more than a few minutes. The signals bypass the "DATA SOCKET" for high grade FM operations. The RX mod is suitable for: * UOSAT-D 9600 baud downlink and terrestrial links * 1200 baud AFSK/FM Standard Packet - BUT IT'S UNSQUELCHED. The TX mod is suitable for: * FO-20/PACSAT uplink (1200 bps Manchester FM) * UOSAT-D 9600 baud uplink direct FSK and terrestrial links * 1200 baud AFSK/FM Standard Packet. ---****--- FT736 - FM Direct from Discriminator ------------------------------------- Detected FM direct from the receiver discriminator is available from the RX UNIT at the junction of R91 and C83. These components are shown in the top right-hand corner of the schematic. Proceed thus: 1. Disconnect FT736 from the mains electricity. (Safety). 2. Remove top cover only. 3. RX Unit is the vertical module on the left. 4. Locate R91 which is about 25mm from the top, 50mm from the radio rear. the resistor is "on-end", and near a couple of glass diodes. 5. Scrape any paint off R91's free end and wet with solder. 6. Your RXaudio lead should be a fine screened cable; connect the inner to R91, and the outer braid to a ground point (e.g. can of TO09) 7. Route the cable out though any convenient aperture in the case. 8. The discriminator sensitivity (FM Normal) as about 6 kHz/volt. The link.... ftp://ftp.tapr.org/general/9600baud/96man2x0.txt 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Tom Worthington Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 14:02 PM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Foxtelem and FT-736R The manual for Foxtelem refers to pulling the discriminator signal out of the Yaesu FT-736R for decoding. However, it does not suggest a point on the circuit. I'm thinking to try between Q20 and Q21 on the RX unit. perhaps a 0.1 uf cap to the collector of Q20? Has anybody else tried this? Thanks, Tom, NH6Y From worth at maui.net Thu Oct 15 00:21:16 2015 From: worth at maui.net (Tom Worthington) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 14:21:16 -1000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Foxtelem and FT-736R In-Reply-To: <027401d106cc$40afe7a0$c20fb6e0$@net> References: <561E987B.2070403@maui.net> <027401d106cc$40afe7a0$c20fb6e0$@net> Message-ID: <561EF17C.5090804@maui.net> Thanks Jim 73 and Aloha, Tom, NH6Y On 10/14/2015 12:04 PM, kb2m at arrl.net wrote: > Tom, you're really testing my memory, but I just can't remember the mod > exactly. I did this mod 15 years ago to a 736 I owned at the time. All I can > say is it does work at 9k6 when done. I'm sure the mod is out there > somewhere. > > BWTM > > I did find this and I'm 100% sure it's what I did. What a great blast from > the past. Good luck... > > --------------------------- > by James Miller G3RUH > > These notes tell you where to get FM RX audio direct from the > discriminator, and where to modulate the FM TX varactor directly. > These mods are non-destructive and take no more than a few > minutes. The signals bypass the "DATA SOCKET" for high grade FM > operations. > > The RX mod is suitable for: > > * UOSAT-D 9600 baud downlink and terrestrial links > * 1200 baud AFSK/FM Standard Packet - BUT IT'S UNSQUELCHED. > > The TX mod is suitable for: > > * FO-20/PACSAT uplink (1200 bps Manchester FM) > * UOSAT-D 9600 baud uplink direct FSK and terrestrial links > * 1200 baud AFSK/FM Standard Packet. > > ---****--- > > > > FT736 - FM Direct from Discriminator > ------------------------------------- > Detected FM direct from the receiver discriminator is available > from the RX UNIT at the junction of R91 and C83. These > components are shown in the top right-hand corner of the > schematic. > > Proceed thus: > 1. Disconnect FT736 from the mains electricity. (Safety). > 2. Remove top cover only. > 3. RX Unit is the vertical module on the left. > 4. Locate R91 which is about 25mm from the top, 50mm from the > radio rear. > the resistor is "on-end", and near a couple of glass diodes. > 5. Scrape any paint off R91's free end and wet with solder. > 6. Your RXaudio lead should be a fine screened cable; connect > the inner to R91, and the outer braid to a ground point (e.g. > can of TO09) > 7. Route the cable out though any convenient aperture in the case. > 8. The discriminator sensitivity (FM Normal) as about 6 kHz/volt. > > The link.... > > ftp://ftp.tapr.org/general/9600baud/96man2x0.txt > > > 73 Jeff kb2m > > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Tom > Worthington > Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2015 14:02 PM > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Foxtelem and FT-736R > > The manual for Foxtelem refers to pulling the discriminator signal out of > the Yaesu FT-736R for decoding. > However, it does not suggest a point on the circuit. > I'm thinking to try between Q20 and Q21 on the RX unit. perhaps a 0.1 uf > cap to the collector of Q20? > Has anybody else tried this? > Thanks, Tom, NH6Y > > From vk3jed at gmail.com Thu Oct 15 00:40:05 2015 From: vk3jed at gmail.com (Tony Langdon) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:40:05 +1100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Foxtelem and FT-736R In-Reply-To: <561E987B.2070403@maui.net> References: <561E987B.2070403@maui.net> Message-ID: <561EF5E5.2060707@gmail.com> On 15/10/2015 5:01 AM, Tom Worthington wrote: > I've tried unsuccessfully to decode using the 9600 b output of my FT-857 > into a sound card. > > The manual for Foxtelem refers to pulling the discriminator signal out > of the Yaesu FT-736R for decoding. > However, it does not suggest a point on the circuit. > I'm thinking to try between Q20 and Q21 on the RX unit. perhaps a 0.1 > uf cap to the collector of Q20? > Has anybody else tried this? Can't help off the top of my head, but ig you google for D-STAR on FT-736R, you will find mods that will allow true 9600 operation (D-STAR has similar requirements). You'll just need to do the Rx side of the mods for telemetry decoding, but doing Tx as well will give you more options in the future. -- 73 de Tony VK3JED/VK3IRL http://vkradio.com From g0kla at arrl.net Thu Oct 15 01:56:14 2015 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 21:56:14 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Foxtelem and FT-736R In-Reply-To: <561EF5E5.2060707@gmail.com> References: <561E987B.2070403@maui.net> <561EF5E5.2060707@gmail.com> Message-ID: Yes, it is the G3RUH mod and there is a least one site that shows you in pictures where to solder the wire as I remember. I did this about a year ago when I was first testing the software. I get great decodes from the FT-736R this way. Use an old headphones cable with the earbuds cutoff as the wire. Then you have a plug ready to connect to your soundcard! If you have a choice use Line In rather than Mic on the computer. Good luck! 73 Chris On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 8:40 PM, Tony Langdon wrote: > On 15/10/2015 5:01 AM, Tom Worthington wrote: > > I've tried unsuccessfully to decode using the 9600 b output of my FT-857 > > into a sound card. > > > > The manual for Foxtelem refers to pulling the discriminator signal out > > of the Yaesu FT-736R for decoding. > > However, it does not suggest a point on the circuit. > > I'm thinking to try between Q20 and Q21 on the RX unit. perhaps a 0.1 > > uf cap to the collector of Q20? > > Has anybody else tried this? > > Can't help off the top of my head, but ig you google for D-STAR on > FT-736R, you will find mods that will allow true 9600 operation (D-STAR > has similar requirements). > > You'll just need to do the Rx side of the mods for telemetry decoding, > but doing Tx as well will give you more options in the future. > > -- > 73 de Tony VK3JED/VK3IRL > http://vkradio.com > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net From tjschuessler at verizon.net Thu Oct 15 03:56:35 2015 From: tjschuessler at verizon.net (Tom Schuessler) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 21:56:35 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Jamboree on the Air this weekend. Message-ID: <009601d106fd$7f139f60$7d3ade20$@net> This weekend, besides being the AMSAT Space Symposium, will also see the annual partnership of Amateur Radio and Scouting for the 58th Jamboree on the Air. JOTA is the largest single scouting event in the world and sees participation from affiliated scouting organizations in 165 countries. If you hear "CQ JOTA" on any satellite passes between the evening of Friday the 16th and the end of the day Sunday the 18th, make it a point to come back to them. They will have young people watching and hoping that you do. I will be again running a large JOTA event at the National Scouting Museum in Irving, TX, EM12nt, and our site will again be using the call, K2BSA/5. My satellite opportunities this year will be limited to two SO-50 passes, 1656Z and 1835Z on 17 October. The first pass will be low angle with obstructions but the second will be high and slightly westerly. Please listen for me, or any other JOTA stations for that matter, and do give us a call. It is fun to see the eyes of young Scouts light up when they realize they have been involved with this type of satellite communications. These kids are our future. 73 Tom Schuessler N5HYP From co7wt at frcuba.co.cu Thu Oct 15 03:24:37 2015 From: co7wt at frcuba.co.cu (M.Sc. Pavel Milanes Costa) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 23:24:37 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] A tip for Gqrx users and report of the copy of FIREBIRD-II FU3/4 19k2 FSK. Message-ID: <561F1C74.8090801@frcuba.co.cu> I'm playing this night with my linux box and rtl-dsr + Gqrx + Gpredict to see the 70cm satellite sub-band... And found a way to identify the sat from the spectrum at a glance in 70cm using the bookmarks of gqrx... very handy feature of this software... just linux here, not know if windows sdr soft has this feature... After playing with satlist.csv (from http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm) and parsing it to make it work with gqrx... I fire the Gqrx software, put up the antenna and watch for any suspicious signal... and the bookmarks on top of the signals are there, nice.... ... (a few minutes after) ... haja !!!! A packet like signal around 437.4 Mhz, zoom it.... wow, to wide for normal packet... let's widen the filter to fit... ~25 Khz is enough, hum... it's bigger than 9600 bauds... lets see what the bookmarks on the screenm says... FIREBIRD-II FU4 19k2 FSK within the +/- 10khz of doppler... bingo !!! Let's run Gpredict to check.... right on the spot... and also FIREBIRD-II FU3 incoming on range... let's check... right... So if you use linux and some SDR hardware with Gqrx, you can use the bookmark function to this purpose, you can actually click & zoom and then read of the screen to approximate which is the satellite who tx that signal... all at a glance... If any of you want to play with this I can send you my bookmark file of the entire 70cm satellite sub-band, updated with the last info from http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm just email me a private msg. I was not trying to decode, just to prove the usefulness of this feature, I use the latest gqrx & gpredict from ubuntu PPA. BTW, none of the FIREBIRD satellites are in the http://www.amsat.org/status/ page, so I can't update it's state. 73 from Cuba, CO7WT From co7wt at frcuba.co.cu Thu Oct 15 03:33:35 2015 From: co7wt at frcuba.co.cu (M.Sc. Pavel Milanes Costa) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 23:33:35 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] A tip for Gqrx users and report of the copy of FIREBIRD-II FU3/4 19k2 FSK. In-Reply-To: <561F1C74.8090801@frcuba.co.cu> References: <561F1C74.8090801@frcuba.co.cu> Message-ID: <561F1E8F.6060506@frcuba.co.cu> Just spoted GOMX-3 right now using this method... sat hunting is fun... 73 PS: not in http://www.amsat.org/status/ listing also... 73 El 14/10/15 a las 23:24, M.Sc. Pavel Milanes Costa escribi?: > I'm playing this night with my linux box and rtl-dsr + Gqrx + Gpredict > to see the 70cm satellite sub-band... > > And found a way to identify the sat from the spectrum at a glance in > 70cm using the bookmarks of gqrx... very handy feature of this > software... just linux here, not know if windows sdr soft has this > feature... > > After playing with satlist.csv (from > http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm) and parsing it to > make it work with gqrx... I fire the Gqrx software, put up the antenna > and watch for any suspicious signal... and the bookmarks on top of the > signals are there, nice.... > > ... (a few minutes after) ... haja !!!! > > A packet like signal around 437.4 Mhz, zoom it.... wow, to wide for > normal packet... let's widen the filter to fit... ~25 Khz is enough, > hum... it's bigger than 9600 bauds... lets see what the bookmarks on > the screenm says... FIREBIRD-II FU4 19k2 FSK within the +/- 10khz of > doppler... bingo !!! > > Let's run Gpredict to check.... right on the spot... and also > FIREBIRD-II FU3 incoming on range... let's check... right... > > So if you use linux and some SDR hardware with Gqrx, you can use the > bookmark function to this purpose, you can actually click & zoom and > then read of the screen to approximate which is the satellite who tx > that signal... all at a glance... > > If any of you want to play with this I can send you my bookmark file > of the entire 70cm satellite sub-band, updated with the last info > from http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm just email > me a private msg. > > I was not trying to decode, just to prove the usefulness of this > feature, I use the latest gqrx & gpredict from ubuntu PPA. > > BTW, none of the FIREBIRD satellites are in the > http://www.amsat.org/status/ page, so I can't update it's state. > > 73 from Cuba, CO7WT > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views > of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Thu Oct 15 03:46:28 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 03:46:28 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK - Wednesday evening in Indiana, working AO-85... Message-ID: Hi! After flying from Phoenix to Indianapolis, I drove up to Fort Wayne for the night. On the 125-mile drive, I made two stops to work AO-85 passes. I have worked from EN70 and EN71 before, but those past occasions were times I operated from Ohio. Between a freeway rest area and a parking lot for a large store, I was able to give out these two grids and have fun on the new bird. Between pass predictions I printed at home last night and my AmsatDroid Free app on my mobile phone, I had a good idea when I could work passes. I decided to focus on AO-85 tonight, even though I basically have my complete satellite station with me. I decided I would stop about 25 to 30 minutes before the first of the two AO-85 passes I worked, so I could disassemble my suitcase and carry-on bags enough to get my gear ready for the pass. I assembled an Elk antenna, pulled out everything related to my 8-inch HP tablet and SDRplay receiver, my IC-2820H 2m/70cm FM mobile radio (that was an item of interest in the Phoenix airport this morning, especially with its faceplate packed away from the radio), and accessories like an audio splitter, diplexer, coax, etc. I had everything ready in time to take some pictures, and tweet a couple of them before the pass. I used the same setup that I have used at home a couple of times with this satellite - Icom IC-2820H 2m/70cm FM mobile transceiver for the uplink, set to transmit in narrow FM; SDRplay SDR receiver, 8-inch Windows 10 tablet with HDSDR, all connected through a diplexer to my Elk log periodic. I plug an audio splitter into the tablet's headset jack, and split the receive audio between earbuds for me and a Sony audio recorder. I know I could also have HDSDR write an audio recording at the same time it writes an RF recording, but I don't want to risk overloading the tablet. When 2305 UTC came, I could hear AO-85 after it was up about 2 to 3 degrees elevation. It sounds like most stations were using narrow FM on the uplink, as most signals sounded pretty good this evening. I was able to log QSOs with 7 stations, including Paul N8HM on top of the parking garage next to the Crowne Plaza hotel in downtown Dayton, site of this weekend's AMSAT Symposium. During this pass, I could hear XW-2F passing by - just like I did on Sunday evening back in Phoenix. I saw stations working the XW-2F transponder, and also saw XW-2F's CW beacon, as I worked AO-85. After that pass, I drove north to Fort Wayne. I realized that Fort Wayne is basically at the EN70/EN71 grid boundary, but did not want to try to find a good spot for that boundary in the dark. I have only been through Fort Wayne once before, so I'm not familiar with the area. I kept an eye on my TH-D72A's GPS location, waiting to see EN71 appear on the screen. Once that happened, I looked for an exit off I-69, and for something like a truck stop or large parking lot at a store or shopping center to park. Just north of the grid boundary, I exited the freeway, and found a parking lot just west of the freeway. After setting up my gear on the roof of my car, and waiting for AO-85 to pop up over the western horizon around 0051 UTC, I had no problems hearing it. I worked 8 stations during this pass, including someone else heading to Dayton (Wyatt AC0RA - he was in EN60 for this pass). It was also nice to hear stations from the western USA, like Larry WA6DIR and Jack KC7MG, from here in Fort Wayne, plus VE4AMU in Manitoba. Most stations sounded pretty good on both passes. The later pass was a little harder for me to hear, not keeping up with the fading as well as I had been doing on the earlier pass. I think more stations were transmitting in narrow FM tonight. A couple were not, and one sounded so-so at best - even after trying to adjust the FM settings in HDSDR in an attempt to clean up the audio. My portable setup worked well from the rooftop of my rental car in two different locations, a good sign for upcoming activities later on in the coming week. The SDRplay is working very well as my receiver for working satellites, including AO-85. HDSDR's AFC function works well, except in close proximity to the XW-2F CW beacon and/or transponder signals (the 2305 UTC pass had both AO-85 and XW-2F in view at EN70). Being able to fine-tune how narrow I heard the FM signals, and being able to raise the filtering on the low end of the received signals to eliminate any noise from the telemetry, makes this a very powerful way to work these passes. I will try to upload the telemetry from the RF recordings of both passes this evening. I have uploaded the audio recordings, along with photos and screengrabs, from both of these passes to my Dropbox space: http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ Again, press F5 if the file/folder listing doesn't appear immediately. I hope to be able to upload my RF recordings in a day or two from Dayton, depending on the Internet access at the Symposium hotel. I won't try to upload them using my mobile phone's hotspot, as they are too big to do without exhausting my monthly data allowance in a matter of a couple of days. I hope to have tonight's QSOs uploaded to Logbook of the World shortly, for those looking to get confirmations for EN70 and/or EN71. QSL cards will also be available after the trip; please e-mail me with the QSO details, and I'll send a card if you're in the log. Tomorrow will be a busy day, between making a quick stop at the border tripoint where 3 states come together (Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio) and driving down to Dayton to attend the AMSAT Symposium. Please follow my @WD9EWK Twitter feed (https://twitter.com/WD9EWK ) for updates on my activities, and my car should show up on APRS as WD9EWK-9 (visible at http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 among other places). Day 1 was fun, and there is a week to go... 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - Fort Wayne, Indiana http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK From koos at kzdoos.xs4all.nl Thu Oct 15 07:21:11 2015 From: koos at kzdoos.xs4all.nl (Koos van den Hout) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 09:21:11 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] A tip for Gqrx users and report of the copy of FIREBIRD-II FU3/4 19k2 FSK. In-Reply-To: <561F1C74.8090801@frcuba.co.cu> References: <561F1C74.8090801@frcuba.co.cu> Message-ID: <20151015072111.GB8151@kzdoos.xs4all.nl> Quoting M.Sc. Pavel Milanes Costa who wrote on Wed 2015-10-14 at 23:24: > After playing with satlist.csv (from > http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm) and parsing it > to make it work with gqrx... I fire the Gqrx software, put up the > antenna and watch for any suspicious signal... and the bookmarks on > top of the signals are there, nice.... > > ... (a few minutes after) ... haja !!!! > > A packet like signal around 437.4 Mhz, zoom it.... wow, to wide for > normal packet... let's widen the filter to fit... ~25 Khz is enough, > hum... it's bigger than 9600 bauds... lets see what the bookmarks on > the screenm says... FIREBIRD-II FU4 19k2 FSK within the +/- 10khz of > doppler... bingo !!! Oooh.. do you have a screenshot to share? Koos -- Koos van den Hout, PGP keyid 0xF0D7C263 via keyservers koos at kzdoos.xs4all.nl Weather maps from free sources at http://idefix.net/ http://weather.idefix.net/ From AJ9N at aol.com Thu Oct 15 07:55:45 2015 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 03:55:45 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-15 07:30 UTC Message-ID: Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-15 07:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Bay View Elementary School, Burlington, WA, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact was successful: Wed 2015-10-14 19:41:44 UTC 59 deg (***) Saku Children?s Science Dome for the Future, Saku City, Japan, direct via 8N?SDF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-10-22 09:47:21 UTC 62 deg West Michigan Aviation Academy, Grand Rapids, MI, direct via W8ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-10-22 17:10:02 UTC 36 deg **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss at arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 111 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-15 07:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 999. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 964. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-15 07:30 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From bruninga at usna.edu Thu Oct 15 14:23:12 2015 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 10:23:12 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Bring your DTMF HT to Amsat Symposium Message-ID: <4231a70423229b9698c4b9a2272f8219@mail.gmail.com> Bring your old DTMF HT to the AMSAT Symposium in Dayton this weekend if you want to help test out the next DTMF satellite. The transponder will be at the symposium and active all weekend. All you have to do is preload your DTMF callsign and Grid Square into a DTMF memory on your HT and you can then uplink to the satellite and make QSO?s. The satellite responds with voice confirmation and an APRS downlink to confirm the contact and to route it to the usual APRS web pages. Info will be available on how to encode your callsign and grid into 16 digits total. Or you can take a look here: http://aprs.org/qikcom-2.html About half way down is how to encode your call. Bob Bruninga Wb4APR From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Thu Oct 15 15:55:16 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:55:16 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK @ IN/MI/OH border tripoint, now Message-ID: Hi! I am now at the Indiana/Michigan/Ohio border tripoint in grid EN71oq, and will work some SO-50 and FO-29 passes over the next couple of hours. The tripoint is on a road, so I will carry my radios out to the spot. Not the same as the Four Corners in the southwestern USA, but at least I didn't have to pay a few dollars to see the spot here. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK From AJ9N at aol.com Thu Oct 15 19:39:19 2015 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 15:39:19 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-15 19:30 UTC Message-ID: <1cd0f.69ae12e.43515ae7@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-15 19:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Saku Children?s Science Dome for the Future, Saku City, Japan, direct via 8N?SDF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-10-22 09:52:21 UTC 54 deg (***) West Michigan Aviation Academy, Grand Rapids, MI, direct via W8ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-10-22 17:14:55 UTC 40 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss at arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 111 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-15 19:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 999. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 964. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-15 07:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From co7wt at frcuba.co.cu Thu Oct 15 22:02:38 2015 From: co7wt at frcuba.co.cu (M.Sc. Pavel Milanes Costa) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 18:02:38 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] A tip for Gqrx users and report of the copy of FIREBIRD-II FU3/4 19k2 FSK. In-Reply-To: <561F1C74.8090801@frcuba.co.cu> References: <561F1C74.8090801@frcuba.co.cu> Message-ID: <5620227E.3010107@frcuba.co.cu> Hi, some users have asked for pictures of this... so I share this on the BB Thanks to Scott (K4KDR) that put them on-line for me (I have internet problems here at the moment) ========= Partial satellite sub-band in view, it's bigger than the BW of the RTL-SDR https://www.dropbox.com/s/f0dsrdfspz4dhw6/Full%20satellite%20sub-band%20in%20view%2C%20bigger%20than%20the%203.2Mhz%20RTL-SDR.png?dl=0 ========= Tracking Cute 1.7 (sat not in range) + Gpredict control https://www.dropbox.com/s/argg4va9xudjo47/Tracking%20Cute%201.7.png?dl=0 ======== Tracking phonesat 2.4 (no signal, end of the pass) https://www.dropbox.com/s/kewdqkyga1x3xl2/Tracking%20phonesat%202.4.png?dl=0 ======== Tracking phonesat 2.4 wide https://www.dropbox.com/s/smoabjs9nuq3xhz/Tracking%20phonesat%202.4%20wide.png?dl=0 ========= Tracking phonesat 2.4 wider... https://www.dropbox.com/s/vx8frrzx8uiicoo/Tracking%20phonesat%202.4%20wider.png?dl=0 ======== Detail of two signals in the spectrum; the left is a terrestrial signal (commercial?: more than one TX site/signal level, always there, no doppler) and right is unknown... https://www.dropbox.com/s/f8eleb1qobzr6dw/Two%20not-noise%20signals.png?dl=0 ======== With this I see that there are some withe spaces on the sub-band, I have to check the band plan of the IARU... Enjoy, 73. PS: antenna is a homebrew RHCP QH and homebrew preamplifier (not worth to name it as "LNA", it's quite noisy but do the job....) El 14/10/15 a las 23:24, M.Sc. Pavel Milanes Costa escribi?: > I'm playing this night with my linux box and rtl-dsr + Gqrx + Gpredict > to see the 70cm satellite sub-band... > > And found a way to identify the sat from the spectrum at a glance in > 70cm using the bookmarks of gqrx... very handy feature of this > software... just linux here, not know if windows sdr soft has this > feature... > > After playing with satlist.csv (from > http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm) and parsing it to > make it work with gqrx... I fire the Gqrx software, put up the antenna > and watch for any suspicious signal... and the bookmarks on top of the > signals are there, nice.... > > ... (a few minutes after) ... haja !!!! > > A packet like signal around 437.4 Mhz, zoom it.... wow, to wide for > normal packet... let's widen the filter to fit... ~25 Khz is enough, > hum... it's bigger than 9600 bauds... lets see what the bookmarks on > the screenm says... FIREBIRD-II FU4 19k2 FSK within the +/- 10khz of > doppler... bingo !!! > > Let's run Gpredict to check.... right on the spot... and also > FIREBIRD-II FU3 incoming on range... let's check... right... > > So if you use linux and some SDR hardware with Gqrx, you can use the > bookmark function to this purpose, you can actually click & zoom and > then read of the screen to approximate which is the satellite who tx > that signal... all at a glance... > > If any of you want to play with this I can send you my bookmark file > of the entire 70cm satellite sub-band, updated with the last info > from http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm just email > me a private msg. > > I was not trying to decode, just to prove the usefulness of this > feature, I use the latest gqrx & gpredict from ubuntu PPA. > > BTW, none of the FIREBIRD satellites are in the > http://www.amsat.org/status/ page, so I can't update it's state. > > 73 from Cuba, CO7WT > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views > of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From dquagliana at aol.com Thu Oct 15 23:14:37 2015 From: dquagliana at aol.com (Douglas Quagliana) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 18:14:37 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Symposium streaming or recordings Message-ID: <0343884C-FE64-4F4E-B2CD-B4FD9AF00155@aol.com> Will any part of the Symposium be streamed on the Internet or recorded? Regards, Douglas From WB4SON at gmail.com Thu Oct 15 23:27:25 2015 From: WB4SON at gmail.com (Bob) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 19:27:25 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem maxFreqBoundkHz Parameter? Message-ID: Hi, I have a spur that appears around 145.993 MHz, thanksfully higher than I've ever seen AO-85. With the default settings for Fox-1A, I will sometimes find that it has locked onto the spur and misses all telemetry decodes if i leave things unattended. I went into the "FOX1A_fm.dat" file and saw that there was a parameter: maxFreqBoundkHz=145990 i changed that to be (and restarted the program): maxFreqBoundkHz=145985 I figured that with the spur now 8 KHz above the maximum frequency bound there is no way the program would find the spur and lock onto it. However, testing indicates that FoxTelem will still lock onto the spur despite a lower maxFreqBoundkHz setting. Perhaps I misunderstand what that is used for, or perhaps it is not working as anticipated. Any thoughts? 73, Bob, WB4SON From seb at wintek.com Fri Oct 16 01:51:44 2015 From: seb at wintek.com (Stephen E. Belter) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 01:51:44 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Symposium streaming or recordings In-Reply-To: <0343884C-FE64-4F4E-B2CD-B4FD9AF00155@aol.com> References: <0343884C-FE64-4F4E-B2CD-B4FD9AF00155@aol.com> Message-ID: Douglas, The plan is to record all of the presentations. With some luck, the annual meeting will be streamed via EchoLink. I?ll know more tomorrow after we have access to the ballroom. 73, Steve N9IP -- Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com On 10/15/15, 7:14 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Douglas Quagliana via AMSAT-BB" wrote: >Will any part of the Symposium be streamed on the Internet or recorded? > >Regards, >Douglas >_______________________________________________ From ww1me at roadrunner.com Wed Oct 14 14:15:45 2015 From: ww1me at roadrunner.com (Rick Lindquist, WW1ME) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 10:15:45 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antenna In-Reply-To: <20151013152652.AB3D.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> References: <20151013145702.AB3A.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> <20151013152652.AB3D.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> Message-ID: <003501d1068a$d14923e0$73db6ba0$@com> Amen. I have an Alaskan Arrow with the duplexer (and have yet to work anyone with it, but it hears pretty well). It is not for the elderly or faint of heart, at least if you plan to hold it. I tried mounting it on my camera tripod, but it was so heavy that it popped the mount right out of the holder, so I guess I need a more rugged tripod. Any suggestions? Not sure what to do with it at this point. One big issue for me regarding this antenna is that the elements don't stay screwed in. I suppose I could use some Loctite, but I'd also like to be able to take it apart at some point. Rick, WW1ME -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of J. Boyd (JR2TTS) Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 2:33 AM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antenna On Mon, 12 Oct 2015 23:24:32 -0700, Bryan Green wrote: > I really gotta get one of those ALASKAN Arrows. Pros: Having those extra elements makes it so much easier to lock onto a bird and reach it with less power. Cons: It weighs as much as a baseball bat. Holding one of those things up in the air for fourteen minutes and your arms will look like Popeye the Sailor Man at LOS. You're going to need a tripod, or at least a camera monopod to brace it against the ground. -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From rupert.hamblin at gmail.com Wed Oct 14 18:24:59 2015 From: rupert.hamblin at gmail.com (Rupert Hamblin) Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2015 19:24:59 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Antenna Setup In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <561E9DFB.3040500@gmail.com> Hi Guys, Really appreciate all your comments / feedback here, just one additional question from me, In real world / every day use - what difference does using X-Pol (Cross Polarized) antennas versus a straight beam mounted vertically ? - How much of a difference does it make to the received signals ? Thanks again for your thoughts.. Cheers RH G0TKZ On 14/10/2015 03:47, Lou Michaels wrote: > Hey Rupert > > Here's the list I am working with on my ground tests, which have been > going well: > > |Yaesu G5500 Az.El Rotor > Fox Delta SatTracker 2 RS232 Interface > Arrow II dual band yagi > Arrow II Mast Mount > Comet CF416 Duplexer > 3 Foot Tripod (Radio Shaft) > 2 x 5 foot mast (Radio Shaft) > Andrew Heliax FSJ2-50 > Yaesu 8800 for FM birds (complete station will use Icom 9100) > 2 x 60ft Rotor Control Cable (DX Engineering) > | > > The above is basically the portable setup. I could take it anywhere to > work an FM bird. I thought of trying some EME with JT65. Buddy of mine > has the rig, amp, and Cushcraft yagi that would get the job done. > > I'm waiting for the two antennas to be delivered. My ground tests > should be done by the time they arrive, so I'll do one or two more > ground tests with them, then put everything on the roof. > > The antennas I'm going with are available in a package, but are under > production (m2 doesn't keep stock apparently) - M2 LEO Pack: > > |M2 2MCP8A 4x4 Circularly Polarized 2m Yagi > M2 436CP16 8x8 Circularly Polarized 70cm Yagi > | > > And in the future I'll be adding preamps, but sitting on them for now. > For some weak birds, preamps would be very helpful. > > As far as software used in the sat shack: > > |SATPC32 - Tracks birds and controls VFO > Orbitron - Alternative Sat tracking - much better interface > UISS - Used for ISS APRS > SoundModem - Software TNC for APRS > VSPE - needed for COM port sharing / routing (a real bitch) > ICOM Keyer - app to key radio for APRS > Ham Radio Deluxe - Digital Modes & Basic Sat Tracking > | > > And as far as online resources: > > |Online tracking > > www.heavens-above.com > www.N2Yo.com > http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/predict/index.php > > Find Modes & Frequencies > > http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslisf.htm|| > ||Hope this gives you some insight :)| > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 5:16 PM, Rupert Hamblin > > wrote: > > Hi AMSAT, > > I am looking for some guidance regards antenna setup for a fixed > installation to work both FM sats & linear transponder satellites. > > My initial thought was: > > AZ / EL Rotator > 2M xpol beam 5 ele ? > 70cm xpol beam 9 ele ? > LNA for both 2M & 70cm receive feeds > ...plus some spare space on the boom, perhaps for 3 ele for LEO wx > sats..? > > I appreciate this will probably cost a few $$ - but hopefully worth > it....obviously > won't build all this in one go..! > > Appreciate your thoughts / comments here..? > > Regards > > RH > G0TKZ > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org . AMSAT-NA > makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official > views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > From af5cc2 at gmail.com Thu Oct 15 23:59:02 2015 From: af5cc2 at gmail.com (John Geiger) Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2015 18:59:02 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO85 on Orbitron Message-ID: I am using Orbitron for satellite tracking, and just updated the keps (I haven't used it in a while). They new Chinese satellites are appearing for satellites to select, but I can't find AO85 on it. Is anyone else using Orbitron and if so, what is it calling our new FM satellite? 73 John AF5CC From dan at post.com Fri Oct 16 13:32:13 2015 From: dan at post.com (Daniel Cussen) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:32:13 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Antenna Setup In-Reply-To: <561E9DFB.3040500@gmail.com> References: <561E9DFB.3040500@gmail.com> Message-ID: >ll your comments / feedback here, just one additional > question from me, > In real world / every day use - what difference does using X-Pol (Cross > Polarized) antennas versus > a straight beam mounted vertically ? - How much of a difference does it > make to the received > signals ? This is the best site I have seen with good explanations: http://sv1bsx.50webs.com/antenna-pol/polarization.html Many/most satellites are not true polarised sources, rather just omni antennas on one side. Often they are not controlled so they spin and twist. As a result they can appear to change from vertical to horizontal to LHCP to RHCP. If you have circular, and the satellite is linear, the worst case (according to the chart) is 3dB. while if you are vertical at the satellite appears horizontal the worst case it 30dB. So in normal use, you can change from 30dB fading to 3dB fading. Some polarisation switches have the option to remotely change from RHCP to LHCP to vertical and horizontal. Thus you can compare them all such as wimos unit: http://www.wimo.com/download/1808xx.pdf Sometimes even true circular polarised sources, can reflect off something, (e.g. the solar panels on the ISS) and suddenly a RHCP can become LHCP. So I think the answer is if you see sudden fading in the middle of a pass, it may be due to difference of polarisation, but sometimes it is dues to the antenna pattern of the transmit antenna being away from the Earth side of the satellite. The only way to know for sure is to switch polarisations quickly and compare. I would consider it if buying a new beam and if you have elevation control. Circular is also useful for ground contacts as DX stations tend to use Horizontal Beams, and mobile and base tend to be vertical omni. With RHCP you only have a 3dB loss to either user at the other end. From seb at wintek.com Fri Oct 16 16:20:05 2015 From: seb at wintek.com (Stephen E. Belter) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 16:20:05 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Symposium streaming or recordings In-Reply-To: References: <0343884C-FE64-4F4E-B2CD-B4FD9AF00155@aol.com>, Message-ID: <6B3200D5-1BC1-4A53-9ED6-F1EC21B60492@wintek.com> I am testing the EchoLink connection at the AMSAT Symposium at Dayton. You are welcome to connect and listen in to the *AMSAT* channel this afternoon. The program starts at 1:00 pm and goes to about 5:00 pm Eastern time (maybe 1700 to 2100 UTC). Your reception reports are need via EchoLink chat. I won't be reading email during the sessions. 73, Steve N9IP -- Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com > On Oct 15, 2015, at 10:08 PM, Stephen E. Belter wrote: > > Douglas, > > The plan is to record all of the presentations. With some luck, the > annual meeting will be streamed via EchoLink. I?ll know more tomorrow > after we have access to the ballroom. > > 73, Steve N9IP > -- > Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com > > > > On 10/15/15, 7:14 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Douglas Quagliana via > AMSAT-BB" > wrote: > >> Will any part of the Symposium be streamed on the Internet or recorded? >> >> Regards, >> Douglas >> _______________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From bruninga at usna.edu Fri Oct 16 18:13:09 2015 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:13:09 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] PSK31 Satellite Transponder works! Message-ID: > ON4HTI... will be participating in the... SCR, > and we always do a lot of PSK... on 10-15-20m Don't forget to listen to the PSK31 downlink on PSAT (NO84). Its FM downlink is the audio copy of everything the satellite hears on the normal 28.120 MHz ten meter PSK31 terrestrial hangout. And of course since the downlink (FM) adds no doppler, most signals come in just fine and can be decoded by any PSK31 clients. AND of course, being full duplex, it is fun to be transmitting to EVERYONE in the passband at the same time you are seeing EVERYTHING everyone is saying. Try it... http://aprs.org/psat.html Bob, WB4aPR From my.callsign at verizon.net Fri Oct 16 19:03:58 2015 From: my.callsign at verizon.net (KO6TZ Bob) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 12:03:58 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] PSK31 Satellite Transponder works! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <56214A1E.2020300@verizon.net> Bob, I was just on the 1820u 16Oct15 pass. 10m was high in noise, so the down link was hard copy of my own signal. I only saw one other Doppler corrected station (vertical PSK signal) just before LOS. Could not display the call sign. A couple of hints to successful contacts: 1. Do not correct for Doppler by shifting the frequency on your 10m radio. 2. Use the Doppler PSK program, allow it to correct for Doppler by shifting the PSK-31 frequency. 3. Update the TLE's in the Doppler PSK program (copy / paste) 4. Once you are able to see your signal on the down link, NEVER stop sending until the end of the pass. "Homestead" that frequency. Just switch from CQ to the QSO sequences for a contact. 5. Look for other stations somewhere in the VF pass band. 6. This procedure is different than working PSK-31 on HF. So is the power level. BOB KO6TZ > ON4HTI... will be participating in the... SCR, > and we always do a lot of PSK... on 10-15-20m Don't forget to listen to the PSK31 downlink on PSAT (NO84). Its FM downlink is the audio copy of everything the satellite hears on the normal 28.120 MHz ten meter PSK31 terrestrial hangout. And of course since the downlink (FM) adds no doppler, most signals come in just fine and can be decoded by any PSK31 clients. AND of course, being full duplex, it is fun to be transmitting to EVERYONE in the passband at the same time you are seeing EVERYTHING everyone is saying. Try it... http://aprs.org/psat.html Bob, WB4aPR From jimlist at zoho.com Fri Oct 16 20:08:16 2015 From: jimlist at zoho.com (Jim Heck) Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 21:08:16 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube -1 status In-Reply-To: <56182EE5.1050608@zoho.com> References: <183536455CC74F27A3163DAC83359456@allgood.local> <56182EE5.1050608@zoho.com> Message-ID: <56215930.3080102@zoho.com> Hi All, Just to report that FUNcube-1 is now in manual amateur mode for the weekend with the transponder operational continuously. Please enjoy it and have fun 73s Jim G3WGM From the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp Sat Oct 17 01:36:35 2015 From: the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp (Jeff A. Boyd) Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 10:36:35 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube -1 status In-Reply-To: <56215930.3080102@zoho.com> References: <56182EE5.1050608@zoho.com> <56215930.3080102@zoho.com> Message-ID: <20151017103635.910D.63087B45@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 21:08:16 +0100, Jim Heck wrote: > Just to report that FUNcube-1 is now in manual amateur mode for the > weekend with the transponder operational continuously. Confirmed, just monitored it during its pass at 0120Z over Japan (I'm not equipped to transmit to it so I just monitored in the car with a mobile vertical). There were furious clouds of CW coming down. -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C From g0mrf at aol.com Sat Oct 17 04:19:07 2015 From: g0mrf at aol.com (David G0MRF) Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 00:19:07 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube -1 status In-Reply-To: <20151017103635.910D.63087B45@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> Message-ID: <1507405c95a-1063-fc3f@webprd-m84.mail.aol.com> Thanks Jeff. I've just downloaded the whole orbit data graph. - It has a nice period of 15 minutes with the transponder in almost constant use. David. -----Original Message----- From: Jeff A. Boyd To: amsat-bb Sent: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 2:36 Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FUNcube -1 status On Fri, 16 Oct 2015 21:08:16 +0100, Jim Heck wrote: > Just to report that FUNcube-1 is now in manual amateur mode for the > weekend with the transponder operational continuously. Confirmed, just monitored it during its pass at 0120Z over Japan (I'm not equipped to transmit to it so I just monitored in the car with a mobile vertical). There were furious clouds of CW coming down. -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From seb at wintek.com Sat Oct 17 12:16:36 2015 From: seb at wintek.com (Stephen E. Belter) Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 12:16:36 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Symposium on EchoLink Message-ID: <67DE1D18-BD31-45DE-81F1-A447235C9C1F@wintek.com> The Saturday sessions at the AMSAT Symposium in Dayton, Ohio are being streamed live via the *AMSAT* channel on EchoLink. Signal reports via EchoLink chat are helpful. 73, Steve N9IP -- Steve Belter, seb at wintek.com From bruninga at usna.edu Sat Oct 17 14:46:42 2015 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 10:46:42 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] PSK31 Satellite Transponder works! (go Full dux) Message-ID: One more thing to multiply the fun of PSK31 on PSAT, is to use K0SM's pre-compensating PSK31 uplink: http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=61835 Which solves two problems. 1) It solves Doppler (for everyone that sees your signal in any decoder) 2) It lets any user operate fulldux with any other PSK31 client. Fire up ten meter PSK31 (on 28.120 MHz) and see the downlink on 435.350 MHz during passes. But even without the special uplink software, just transmit HORIZON-to-HORIZON and someone will be at a low doppler-change position relative to the satellite and will be able to decode you. Bob, WB4APR On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 3:03 PM, KO6TZ Bob wrote: > Bob, > > I was just on the 1820u 16Oct15 pass. 10m was high in noise, so the down > link was hard copy of my own signal. I only saw one other Doppler > corrected station (vertical PSK signal) just before LOS. Could not display > the call sign. > > A couple of hints to successful contacts: > > 1. Do not correct for Doppler by shifting the frequency on your 10m radio. > 2. Use the Doppler PSK program, allow it to correct for Doppler by > shifting the PSK-31 frequency. > 3. Update the TLE's in the Doppler PSK program (copy / paste) > 4. Once you are able to see your signal on the down link, NEVER stop > sending until the end of the pass. > "Homestead" that frequency. Just switch from CQ to the QSO sequences > for a contact. > 5. Look for other stations somewhere in the VF pass band. > 6. This procedure is different than working PSK-31 on HF. So is the power > level. > > > BOB KO6TZ > > > > > ON4HTI... will be participating in the... SCR, > > and we always do a lot of PSK... on 10-15-20m > > Don't forget to listen to the PSK31 downlink on PSAT (NO84). Its FM > downlink is the audio copy of everything the satellite hears on the normal > 28.120 MHz ten meter PSK31 terrestrial hangout. > > And of course since the downlink (FM) adds no doppler, most signals come in > just fine and can be decoded by any PSK31 clients. > > AND of course, being full duplex, it is fun to be transmitting to EVERYONE > in the passband at the same time you are seeing EVERYTHING everyone is > saying. > > Try it... > > http://aprs.org/psat.html > > Bob, WB4aPR > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From dnkucij at myfairpoint.net Sat Oct 17 21:21:24 2015 From: dnkucij at myfairpoint.net (dnkucij at myfairpoint.net) Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 17:21:24 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Symposium Message-ID: <20151017172124.gw652tapgkwcwsco@webmail.myfairpoint.net> A big thanks ?for the live symposium uStream feed and the Echolink streaming on the AMSAT channel today. It was great to be able to see what was happening. 73, Nick, KB1RVT From jay77 at iinet.net.au Sun Oct 18 06:27:08 2015 From: jay77 at iinet.net.au (Jayson) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 17:27:08 +1100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat-2 & EO-85 SATPC32 Setup? Message-ID: <000001d1096e$04176670$0c463350$@iinet.net.au> Hi All, I was wondering if someone could help me with the setup files for the Lilacsat-2 andEO-85 FM birds, as for some reason I'm unable to trigger the input on either bird - I'm hearing the beacons fine though. For Lilacsat-2 I have the following in the Doppler.SQF file LILACSAT-2,437200,144350,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,FM Transponder LILACSAT-2,437225,144350,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,CW Beacon LILACSAT-2,144390,144390,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,APRS For EO-85 I have the following in the Doppler.SQF file AO-85,145980,435170,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 Along with these details in the SubTone.SQF file AO-85,67.0,$3F,1 Is there anything blaringly obvious that I've done wrong? 73 Jayson VK1JA From g0mrf at aol.com Sun Oct 18 09:00:16 2015 From: g0mrf at aol.com (David G0MRF) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 05:00:16 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat-2 & EO-85 SATPC32 Setup? In-Reply-To: <000001d1096e$04176670$0c463350$@iinet.net.au> References: <000001d1096e$04176670$0c463350$@iinet.net.au> Message-ID: <1507a2d89e8-d31-123d0@webprd-a86.mail.aol.com> Hi Jayson. Over here in Europe, AO-85 has a lot of users who are always slightly off frequency which produces poor audio on the transponder. My guess is that the uplink frequency needs tweaking for optimum auto tracking. The downlink appears about 2k low at 145.978, but to be fair that isn't a problem with FM. Good luck David -----Original Message----- From: Jayson To: amsat-bb Sent: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 7:30 Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat-2 & EO-85 SATPC32 Setup? Hi All, I was wondering if someone could help me with the setup files for the Lilacsat-2 andEO-85 FM birds, as for some reason I'm unable to trigger the input on either bird - I'm hearing the beacons fine though. For Lilacsat-2 I have the following in the Doppler.SQF file LILACSAT-2,437200,144350,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,FM Transponder LILACSAT-2,437225,144350,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,CW Beacon LILACSAT-2,144390,144390,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,APRS For EO-85 I have the following in the Doppler.SQF file AO-85,145980,435170,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 Along with these details in the SubTone.SQF file AO-85,67.0,$3F,1 Is there anything blaringly obvious that I've done wrong? 73 Jayson VK1JA _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From wa4sca at gmail.com Sun Oct 18 10:03:43 2015 From: wa4sca at gmail.com (wa4sca at gmail.com) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 10:03:43 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] =?utf-8?q?Lilacsat-2_=26_EO-85_SATPC32_Setup=3F?= In-Reply-To: <1507a2d89e8-d31-123d0@webprd-a86.mail.aol.com> References: <000001d1096e$04176670$0c463350$@iinet.net.au>, <1507a2d89e8-d31-123d0@webprd-a86.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: <56236fcb.82913c0a.b0410.ffffd590@mx.google.com> Hi David, I was able to do several runs with a GPS frequency and time standard rig. Now that we have good Keps I found that it is running consistently 1400 Hz low. Determining the actual uplink is a bit trickier, but can be done with patience. Someone, (WD9EWK??) reported that the uplink was about 10 KHz low. While I was making downlink measurements, I did hear Patrick and he had about the best audio I have heard. 73s, Alan WA4SCA From: AMSAT-BB Sent: ?Sunday?, ?October? ?18?, ?2015 ?4?:?00? ?AM To: jay77 at iinet.net.au, AMSAT-BB Hi Jayson. Over here in Europe, AO-85 has a lot of users who are always slightly off frequency which produces poor audio on the transponder. My guess is that the uplink frequency needs tweaking for optimum auto tracking. The downlink appears about 2k low at 145.978, but to be fair that isn't a problem with FM. Good luck David -----Original Message----- From: Jayson To: amsat-bb Sent: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 7:30 Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat-2 & EO-85 SATPC32 Setup? Hi All, I was wondering if someone could help me with the setup files for the Lilacsat-2 andEO-85 FM birds, as for some reason I'm unable to trigger the input on either bird - I'm hearing the beacons fine though. For Lilacsat-2 I have the following in the Doppler.SQF file LILACSAT-2,437200,144350,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,FM Transponder LILACSAT-2,437225,144350,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,CW Beacon LILACSAT-2,144390,144390,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,APRS For EO-85 I have the following in the Doppler.SQF file AO-85,145980,435170,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 Along with these details in the SubTone.SQF file AO-85,67.0,$3F,1 Is there anything blaringly obvious that I've done wrong? 73 Jayson VK1JA _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. 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Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk Sun Oct 18 10:29:32 2015 From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 10:29:32 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Symposium Videos Online + Raspberry Pi References: <1632449089.2999087.1445164172117.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1632449089.2999087.1445164172117.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> AMSAT Symposium Videos Now Online http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/18/amsat-symposium-videos-now-online/ New ham radio promotional video features amateur satellites and ISS http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/15/new-ham-radio-promotional-video/ IARU Agree New Satellite Guidelines http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/12/iaru-agree-new-satellite-guidelines/ Surrey Space Centre's latest work on the Raspberry Pi Foundation's compute module as the grunt behind their rendezvous & docking technology research. More academic info in their papers: ? https://www.academia.edu/16685779/Using_CubeSat_micro-satellite_technology_to_demonstrate_the_Autonomous_Assembly_of_a_Reconfigurable_Space_Telescope_AAReST_ Short link goo.gl/Fjkg4C https://www.academia.edu/3073489/STRaND-2_Visual_Inspection_Proximity_Operations_and_Nanosatellite_Docking Short link goo.gl/2bSdbO Compute Module CubeSats - post about work of Chris Bridges 2E0OBC and the Surrey Space Centre https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/compute-module-cubesats/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK?http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter?https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube?https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ---- From mccardelm at gmail.com Sun Oct 18 12:00:05 2015 From: mccardelm at gmail.com (E.Mike McCardel) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 08:00:05 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-291 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins Message-ID: AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-291 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * URGENT - AO-85 Operational Update * Joe Kornowski K9JMK Named AMSAT Journal Editor * Help AMSAT Launch FOX-1Cliff and FOX-1D Satellite in 2015 * AMSAT Elects Senior Officer * SAREX Reflector to be Closed 1 November 2015 * Amateur Radio ? a hobby for the 21st century * Special Membership Offer for Fox-1A Launch * ARISS-US Contact Proposals Accepted Through November 1 * NASA awards launch services contracts for CubeSat satellites * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-291 ANS-291 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 291 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. October 18, 2015 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-291 URGENT - AO-85 Operational Update After our successful launch on October 8, AO-85 has been chiefly in transponder mode and available to users. While this operational plan resulted in increased data for AMSAT engineering evaluation, we have some necessary tests to complete that require limiting access for a short period. We will be characterizing the uplink and downlink signals, and developing an updated set of recommendations for minimal equipment and best operating practices. For the week of October 19 to 23, AO-85 will be unavailable while this testing and evaluation is complete. Please avoid transmitting to the satellite even if you hear the transponder on. Users are encouraged to collect and forward telemetry via the FoxTelem program. Please share this information to other operators as needed. Cooperation will expedite this testing and the return to normal operations. [ANS thanks Drew KO4MA for the above informatioin] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Kornowski K9JMK Named AMSAT Journal Editor During the 2015 AMSAT Annual Meeting held in Dayton, Ohio, AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW, announced the appointment of Joe Kornowski, KB6IGK as the Editor of The AMSAT Journal beginning with the November/December 2015 issue, filling the position previously held by JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM, who had to resign for personal reasons. Joe has served as an Assistant Editor since 2014 and has several years of professional experience in writing, editing, and content creation in various fields, including law and legal publishing, technology, health and wellness, and creative/media. [ANS thanks AMSAT for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Help AMSAT Launch FOX-1Cliff and FOX-1D Satellite in 2015 For a $1,000.00 donation, AMSAT will provide you, after launch, with a clear solar panel protective cover actually used on Fox-1 Cliff or FOX-1D. The cover will be mounted on a plaque, and engraved with your name, callsign and date of launch. Quantities are limited. The plaque will make an excellent display in your office or shack for you to show off your pride in helping AMSAT launch Fox-1 Cliff! To donate and claim your panel visit https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/6pz92/ab/561Zd Similar plaques from FOX-1A were recently presented to their donors during the AMSAT Space Symposium in Dayton. [ANS thanks Barry WD4ASW for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Elects Senior Officer Election of AMSAT's Senior Officers was one of the first orders of business to be settled once the AMSAT Board of Directors meeting opened on October 15, prior to the start of the 2015 AMSAT Space Symposium held in Dayton, Ohio. The following positions were voted upon and filled: Barry Baines, WD4ASW President Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA Vice-President Operations Jerry Buxton, N0JY Vice-President Engineering Frank Bauer, KA3HDO Vice-President Human Spaceflight Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Secretary Keith Baker, KB1SF/VA3KSF Treasurer Martha Saragovitz Manager The following Senior Officer positions remained open at this time awaiting appointments: Executive Vice President Vice-President User Services Vice-President Marketing The AMSAT Board of Directors for 2016 consists of: Barry Baines, WD4ASW Tom Clark, K3IO JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM Lou McFadin, W5DID Jerry Buxton, N0JY Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA Bob McGwier, N4HY Mark Hammond, N8MH (First Alternate) Bruce Paige, KK5DO (Second Alternate) [ANS thanks Paul N8HM for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- SAREX Reflector to be Closed 1 November 2015 At the request of the ARISS US Team, AMSAT-NA Vice President for Human Spaceflight Frank Bauer, KA3HDO has announced that the SAREX reflector will be closed 1 November 2015, and its functions folded into the AMSAT-BB list. Frank explained that at one time operations from the Space Shuttle and the ISS were considered as sufficiently different from other satellite operations as to need separate forums for their respective interest communities. More recently, changes in the human spaceflight operations, the new generation of satellites, and the interests of the general AMSAT community have removed the reasons for this distinction. What does this mean to the current subscribers? If you are subscribed to both SAREX and AMSAT-BB, there is no need to take any action. You will cease to receive new postings on the SAREX list 1 November 2015, which will now be made on AMSAT-BB. The SAREX archives will continue to be available for historical purposes. If you are not subscribed to AMSAT-BB and wish to continue to receive human spaceflight announcements, please go to http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo and subscribe to AMSAT-BB. Your existing SAREX subscription will not be automatically carried over since not everyone will wish to do so. [ANS thanks Alan WA4SCA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Amateur Radio ? a hobby for the 21st century The RSGB has launched a new amateur radio promotional video on their YouTube channel. The video was produced in conjunction with TX Factor and has generated lots of positive comment since it was first shown publicly at the RSGB Convention on October 10. One person commented ?the video is really good, hardly an oldie to be seen !!? The amateur satellite service features prominently in the video, Peter Goodhall 2E0SQL is shown working the amateur satellites and astronaut Doug Wheelock KF5BOC puts in an appearance from on-board the International Space Station. Among those spotted in the video were amateurs from the Silcoates School, Camb Hams and Essex Ham. Watch the video at https://youtu.be/8x6x_6mDVlQ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Membership Offer for Fox-1A Launch AMSAT?s Fox-1A , AO-85 was launched as part of the GRACE (Government Rideshare Advanced Concepts Experiment) auxillary payload on the NROL- 55 mission October 8, 2015 from Vandenburg AFB on an Atlas V vehicle. NRO has released this factsheet about the mission: http://tinyurl.com/ANS291-FactSheet General information on Fox-1A is available in the downloadable AMSAT Fox Operating Guide. http://tinyurl.com/ANS291-OperatingGuide FoxTelem software for decoding and submitting telemetry has been made available for download at http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=4532 . As part of the celebration for the launch and activation of this new satellite, AMSAT is making our ?Getting Started With The Amateur Satellites? book available for a limited time as a download with any paid new or renewal membership purchased via the AMSAT Store. This offer is only available with purchases completed online, and for only a limited time. A perennial favorite, Getting Started is updated every year with the latest amateur satellite information, and is the premier primer of satellite operation. The 132 page book is presented in PDF format, in full color, and covers all aspects of making your first contacts on a ham radio satellite. Please take advantage of this offer today by visiting the AMSAT store http://store.amsat.org/catalog/ and selecting any membership option. While there, check out our other items, including the M2 LEOpack antenna system, AMSAT shirts, hats, and other swag. Thank you, and see you soon on Fox-1A! [ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, Vice-President Operations for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS-US Contact Proposals Accepted Through November 1 Message to US Educators Amateur Radio on the International Space Station Contact Opportunity Call for Proposals Proposal Window September 1 ? November 1, 2015 The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1 and December 31, 2016. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 1, 2015. Proposal information and documents can be found at www.arrl.org/hosting-an- ariss-contact. The next and last of these will be offered Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. E-mail ARISS (ariss at arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. The Opportunity Crew members aboard the International Space Station will participate in scheduled Amateur Radio contacts. These radio contacts are approximately 10 minutes in length and allow students and educators to interact with the astronauts through a question-and-answer session. An ARISS contact is a voice-only communication opportunity via Amateur Radio between astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the space station and classrooms and communities. ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space and to learn about space research conducted on the ISS. Students also will have an opportunity to learn about satellite communication, wireless technology, and radio science. Because of the nature of human spaceflight and the complexity of scheduling activities aboard the ISS, organizations must demonstrate flexibility to accommodate changes in contact dates and times. Amateur Radio organizations around the world, NASA, and space agencies in Russia, Canada, Japan and Europe sponsor this educational opportunity by providing the equipment and operational support to enable direct communication between crew on the ISS and students around the world via Amateur Radio. In the US, the program is managed by AMSAT (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) and ARRL (American Radio Relay League) in partnership with NASA. More Information Interested parties can find more information about the program at www.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS. For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Sessions go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss- contact. Please direct any questions to ariss at arrl.org [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- NASA awards launch services contracts for CubeSat satellites NASA's Launch Services Program (LSP) has awarded multiple Venture Class Launch Services (VCLS) contracts to provide small satellites (SmallSats) - also called CubeSats, microsats or nanosatellites - access to low-Earth orbit. The three companies selected to provide these new commercial launch capabilities, and the value of their firm fixed-price contracts, are: Firefly Space Systems Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, $5.5 million; Rocket Lab USA Inc. of Los Angeles, $6.9 million; Virgin Galactic LLC of Long Beach, California, $4.7 million. At present, launch opportunities for small satellites and science missions mostly are limited to rideshare-type arrangements, flying only when space is available on NASA and other launches. The services acquired through these new contract awards will constitute the smallest class of launch services used by NASA. "LSP is attempting to foster commercial launch services dedicated to transporting smaller payloads into orbit as an alternative to the rideshare approach and to promote the continued development of the U.S. commercial space transportation industry," said Jim Norman, director of Launch Services at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "VCLS is intended to help open the door for future dedicated opportunities to launch CubeSats and other small satellites and science missions." Small satellites, including CubeSats, are playing an increasingly larger role in exploration, technology demonstration, scientific research and educational investigations at NASA. These miniature satellites provide a low-cost platform for NASA missions, including planetary space exploration; Earth observations; fundamental Earth and space science; and developing precursor science instruments like cutting-edge laser communications, satellite-to-satellite communications and autonomous movement capabilities. LSP supports the agency's CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) by providing launch opportunities for more than 50 CubeSats that are awaiting launch during the next three years. The VCLS contracts will demonstrate a dedicated launch capability for smaller payloads that NASA anticipates it will require on a recurring basis for future science SmallSat and CubeSat missions. Small satellites already are used to provide imagery collection for monitoring, analysis and disaster response. In the future, CubeSat capabilities could include ship and aircraft tracking, improved weather prediction, and the provision of broader Internet coverage. The Earth Science Division of NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington has partnered with LSP to fund the VCLS contracts. These VCLS launches of small satellites are able to tolerate a higher level of risk than larger missions and will demonstrate, and help mitigate risks associated with, the use of small launch vehicles providing dedicated access to space for future small spacecraft and missions. "Emerging small launch vehicles have great potential to expand the use of small satellites as integral components of NASA's Earth science orbital portfolio," said Michael Freilich, director of NASA's Earth Science Division. "Today's CubeSat technology fosters hands-on engineering and flight research training; with the addition of reliable, affordable, and dedicated access to space on small launchers, constellations of SmallSats and CubeSats could revolutionize our science-based spaceborne Earth-observing systems and capabilities. We're eager to work with the VCLS providers as they develop new launch capabilities for the Earth science community." [ANS thanks Space Daily for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News A Successful contact was made between Bay View Elementary School, Burlington, WA, USA and Astronaut Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS using Callsign OR4ISS. The contact began 2015-10-14 19:41 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridge via IK1SLD. ARISS Mentor was K4SQC. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-15 07:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Saku Children?s Science Dome for the Future, Saku City, Japan, direct via 8N?SDF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-10-22 09:47:21 UTC 62 deg West Michigan Aviation Academy, Grand Rapids, MI, direct via W8ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-10-22 17:10:02 UTC 36 deg [ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and David AA4KN for the above information] [ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over + 2016 Colloqium Dates Set The dates for the next Colloquium have now been confirmed as Fri 29 Jul to Sun 31 July 2016. It will be held in the same location as in 2015, ie the Holiday Inn, Guildford, UK [ANS thanks Jim G3WGM for the above information] + Eimac Moonbounce Notes collection Way back in 1980 when I first got interested in amateur satellites and AMSAT, I wrote off to Eimac Corporation for their "Moonbounce Notes" collection. While on a household paper eradication campaign I came across them and scanned them. I thought others might enjoy a look back at some bleeding-edge ham activities from the mid-late 1970s. It's particularly amusing to see how much effort was spent just tracking the moon with the technology then available. http://www.ka9q.net/moonbounce-notes This is a raw collection of pdf files, but the file names are pretty descriptive. Collect the entire set! If anybody has any notes missing from my collection, please let me know. [ANS thanks Phil KA9Q for the above information + Space Diary: Fire up your imagination! Fire up your imagination and get ready for launch Lucy Hawking and Curved House Kids launch a STEM literacy project to get 500 primary schools involved in Tim?s mission to the ISS. As Tim lifts off in December, school students will follow his mission by creating a personalised log book, the Principia Mission Space Book. Each month a video will be released from amazing space crew including Dallas Campbell, Stephen Hawking, Richard Garriott and Lucy Hawking. To learn more visit https://principia.org.uk/news/spacediary/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, EMike McCardel, KC8YLD kc8yld at amsat dot org From mccardelm at gmail.com Sun Oct 18 12:10:09 2015 From: mccardelm at gmail.com (E.Mike McCardel) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 08:10:09 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] URGENT - AO-85 Operational Update Message-ID: URGENT - AO-85 Operational Update After our successful launch on October 8, AO-85 has been chiefly in transponder mode and available to users. While this operational plan resulted in increased data for AMSAT engineering evaluation, we have some necessary tests to complete that require limiting access for a short period. We will be characterizing the uplink and downlink signals, and developing an updated set of recommendations for minimal equipment and best operating practices. For the week of October 19 to 23, AO-85 will be unavailable while this testing and evaluation is complete. Please avoid transmitting to the satellite even if you hear the transponder on. Users are encouraged to collect and forward telemetry via the FoxTelem program. Please share this information to other operators as needed. Cooperation will expedite this testing and the return to normal operations. [Information provided by Drew KO4MA] E. Michael McCardel, KC8YLD V.P. for Educational Relations, AMSAT-NA Have you donated to get your Fox-1 Challenge Coin Yet? http://www.amsat.org/?p=3275 From erich.eichmann at t-online.de Sun Oct 18 13:47:45 2015 From: erich.eichmann at t-online.de (Erich Eichmann) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 15:47:45 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat-2 & EO-85 SATPC32 Setup? In-Reply-To: <000001d1096e$04176670$0c463350$@iinet.net.au> References: <000001d1096e$04176670$0c463350$@iinet.net.au> Message-ID: <5623A301.1040506@t-online.de> Hi Jason, Just a hint: You can finetune the downlink and uplink frequency. Click control V, which is V- with FM sats, to V+. Then open menu CAT. You can now tune downlink and uplink using the "Downl. Corr." and "Upl. Calibr." controls. The changes cannot automatically be saved, however, as they can with SSB sats. That can only be done manually (menu "?", "Auxilirary Files"). 73s, Erich, DK1TB Am 18.10.2015 um 08:27 schrieb Jayson: > Hi All, > I was wondering if someone could help me with the setup files for the > Lilacsat-2 andEO-85 FM birds, as for some reason I'm unable to trigger the > input on either bird - I'm hearing the beacons fine though. > > For Lilacsat-2 I have the following in the Doppler.SQF file > > LILACSAT-2,437200,144350,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,FM Transponder > > LILACSAT-2,437225,144350,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,CW Beacon > > LILACSAT-2,144390,144390,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,APRS > > > For EO-85 I have the following in the Doppler.SQF file > > > AO-85,145980,435170,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 > > > Along with these details in the SubTone.SQF file > > AO-85,67.0,$3F,1 > > > Is there anything blaringly obvious that I've done wrong? > > > > 73 > > > > Jayson > > VK1JA > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From dan at whiteaudio.com Sun Oct 18 13:50:50 2015 From: dan at whiteaudio.com (Dan White) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 08:50:50 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Arrow Antenna In-Reply-To: <003501d1068a$d14923e0$73db6ba0$@com> References: <20151013145702.AB3A.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> <20151013152652.AB3D.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> <003501d1068a$d14923e0$73db6ba0$@com> Message-ID: On Oct 16, 2015 9:08 AM, "Rick Lindquist, WW1ME" wrote: > > One big issue for me regarding this > antenna is that the elements don't stay screwed in. I suppose I could use > some Loctite, but I'd also like to be able to take it apart at some point. > Rick, I use beeswax on threads that need a little help. It provides enough extra friction that they never come loose, but are still easy to undo by hand. Dan, AD0CQ From ka3hsw at att.net Sun Oct 18 20:21:29 2015 From: ka3hsw at att.net (George Henry) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 15:21:29 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat-2 & EO-85 SATPC32 Setup? References: <000001d1096e$04176670$0c463350$@iinet.net.au> Message-ID: Are you turning the tone on before trying to access AO-85? You have to click on the T0 ("no tone") in the upper left of the SatPC32 screen and change it to T1 ("tone 1 on") to have tone active on your transmissions... George, KA3HSW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayson" To: Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 1:27 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat-2 & EO-85 SATPC32 Setup? > Hi All, > > > > I was wondering if someone could help me with the setup files for the > Lilacsat-2 andEO-85 FM birds, as for some reason I'm unable to trigger the > input on either bird - I'm hearing the beacons fine though. > > > > For Lilacsat-2 I have the following in the Doppler.SQF file > > > > LILACSAT-2,437200,144350,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,FM Transponder > > LILACSAT-2,437225,144350,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,CW Beacon > > LILACSAT-2,144390,144390,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,APRS > > > > For EO-85 I have the following in the Doppler.SQF file > > > > AO-85,145980,435170,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 > > > > Along with these details in the SubTone.SQF file > > > > AO-85,67.0,$3F,1 > > > > Is there anything blaringly obvious that I've done wrong? > > > > 73 > > > > Jayson > > VK1JA --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From hobergenix at gmail.com Sun Oct 18 21:59:51 2015 From: hobergenix at gmail.com (Mike) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 14:59:51 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Fox-1A with Signalink USB Message-ID: <56241657.7070703@gmail.com> I have my FT-897 setup with a Signalink USB interface. Inside the Signalink box their is a jumper setting for the audio. Should this be set up for pin 4 9600 out? In the radio setup menu #73 their is a packet setting for 1200 or 9600. Should this be set for 9600 as well? Thanks for any help in Adv. Mike N6IMF From pconver at gmail.com Sat Oct 17 20:37:30 2015 From: pconver at gmail.com (Pedro Converso) Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 17:37:30 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] Easy & instant predictions available Message-ID: New, quick, easy & instant predictions at http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm , available for satellites in use. Detects and remembers your location, operates with and without Internet access. Should work on any PC browser, tablets or smart phones in your local time, not worry about keps. Useful for planning field operations, showing current and future passes with real time graphics. Displays azimuths and elevation as well as Uplink / Downlink frequencies. It lets compare results with used tracking programs. If you try, comments or suggested changes/additions welcome. Congratulations to all for the great satellite activity. 73, lu7abf, Pedro Converso. From joevk5ei at gmail.com Sun Oct 18 06:51:00 2015 From: joevk5ei at gmail.com (Joe Pereira) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 17:21:00 +1030 Subject: [amsat-bb] Lilacsat-2 & EO-85 SATPC32 Setup? In-Reply-To: <000001d1096e$04176670$0c463350$@iinet.net.au> References: <000001d1096e$04176670$0c463350$@iinet.net.au> Message-ID: Hi Jason, that information looks ok. The only difference to mine is AO85 uplink is set to 435180. LilacSat-2 FM transponder is currently only switching on Mon/Tues/Fri @ 2200UTC. I just heard two VK6's make contact on AO-85 at 0640UTC Goodluck Joe On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Jayson wrote: > Hi All, > > > > I was wondering if someone could help me with the setup files for the > Lilacsat-2 andEO-85 FM birds, as for some reason I'm unable to trigger the > input on either bird - I'm hearing the beacons fine though. > > > > For Lilacsat-2 I have the following in the Doppler.SQF file > > > > LILACSAT-2,437200,144350,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,FM Transponder > > LILACSAT-2,437225,144350,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,CW Beacon > > LILACSAT-2,144390,144390,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,APRS > > > > For EO-85 I have the following in the Doppler.SQF file > > > > AO-85,145980,435170,FM,FM,NOR,0,0 > > > > Along with these details in the SubTone.SQF file > > > > AO-85,67.0,$3F,1 > > > > Is there anything blaringly obvious that I've done wrong? > > > > 73 > > > > Jayson > > VK1JA > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From pconver at gmail.com Sun Oct 18 14:22:47 2015 From: pconver at gmail.com (Pedro Converso) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 11:22:47 -0300 Subject: [amsat-bb] Easy & instant predictions Message-ID: New, quick, easy & instant predictions at http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm . Detects and remembers your location, operates with and without Internet access. Sould work on any PC browser, tablets or smart phones in your local time, not worry about keps. Useful for planning field operations, showing current and future passes with real time graphics. Displays azimuths and elevation as well as Uplink / Downlink frequencies. It helps compare results with your tracking program. If you try, comments or suggested changes/additions welcome. Congratulations to all for the great satellite activity. 73, lu7abf, Pedro Converso. From bruninga at usna.edu Mon Oct 19 02:10:14 2015 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 22:10:14 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Possible ISS School Contact Experiment idea? Message-ID: I wonder if we could collect data from skilled portable "arrow" operators on the reception of ISS comms near the horizon during upcoming school contacts. The interesting question is the viability of using well placed fixed tripod "arrow class" antennas at AOS and LOS instead of the current requirement for a full AZ/EL Oscar class antenna system at the school. By using two fixed portable beams on the AOS and LOS sides of the school for reception, for example, then maybe the 50W uplink can work fine from a more simply located and operated central omni antenna that is easier to set up. A concept paper with details on this idea will be posted Monday afternoon at http://aprs.org/aos-los-test.html The desired data would be a minute-by-minute log throughout the pass of ISS signal quality especially noting any nulls or fades without moving or adjusting the antenna. Just orient the beam vertically with an up tilt of 15 degrees. Then aim it in Azimuth half way between AOS (LOS) and when it rises above (drops below) 30 degrees elevation to cover the first (or last) portions of the pass. Above 30 degrees the ISS is 3 times closer and 10 dB stronger and would probably be heard fine on the central omni. An audio recording would make it easier to prepare the log after the pass or you can just make checks or X's every 5 seconds on a piece of paper and summarize it later. Do NOT run open squelch. Set the squelch for normal ham radio operation to silence the radio when the signal would be unintelligible anyway, since we would not want unintelligible noise from one receiver to distract from good audio from the possible others.. The concept is to bring in all three receiver speakers (left-to-right) into the auditorium operating position to give equal weight to each receiver but also give a sense of the passage of the ISS. During this test, It is tempting to want to re-orient or move your AOS (or LOS) beam, but we need the data horizon to horizon on the original fixed antenna orientation to see how well the squelch eliminates the distraction of a noisy receiver when it is not the prime contributor. If this test shows any promise, it could not only eliminate all the complexities of long crossed yagis, AZ/EL rotators, big masts and active tracking, but also completely eliminate the problem of long runs of coax from the school gymnasium to the antennas. The coax is eliminated by placing 50W mobile rigs (capable of cross band repeat) at each of the possible three antennas and operating them remotely via 3 UHF HT's indoors on-stage (coupled into the sound system). So, if there will be an ISS school contact within range of your station, and you have an arrow on a tripod at your QTH, you could collect data to see if this idea is a possibility. Again, this is *independent* of the actual school contact, you are just taking your own receive data where ever you are of how well an arrow on a tripod can hear the ISS at low elevations. Be sure to find a place with a good horizon at AOS(or LOS) to set your antenna. I'm on deadline to deliver a satellite in 12 days, and so if someone else might be interested in collecting and summarizing any incoming reports, that would be helpful too. If we learn that there will be any significant fades or loss of signal, then this idea fails... But if it works, then the two arrows, tripods, three mobile rigs and three UHF HT's could be made into a suitcase GOKIT to standardize school contacts with a lot less work. Just an idea Bob, WB4APR From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Mon Oct 19 03:13:19 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 03:13:19 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] post-Symposium road trip Message-ID: Hi! As the AMSAT Symposium is wrapping up, I am planning to start my post-Symposium road trip Monday afternoon, after the tour of the Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base tomorrow. I still plan on heading north from Dayton, and hope to be able to work from the EN93/EN94 grid boundary Tuesday afternoon. It is possible I could work from some location in EN82 or EN83 tomorrow night, and possibly from EN92 on Tuesday before or after my visit to the EN93/EN94 boundary. And on my way back to Indianapolis on Wednesday morning, I may be able to work from a grid or two on the way home (my rover map does not have EN60 and EN72 filled in yet, along the route I will probably use for that drive. When at EN93/EN94, and possibly EN92, I will use VA7EWK/3 as my call on the air and for my Logbook of the World uploads. For any activity in Indiana or Michigan, I will just use WD9EWK without any extra indicators. The QSOs made over the next 3 days will be uploaded to LOTW, to go with the other QSOs from the past few days that I already uploaded to LOTW. I will be happy to send QSL cards for QSOs made at any point during this trip. Please e-mail me with the QSO details. If you are in my log, I will be happy to send you a card (or cards) for each of those QSOs. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Mon Oct 19 03:41:28 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 03:41:28 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK radio activity, between Thursday and Sunday Message-ID: Hi! It has been fun over the past few days here in Dayton for the Symposium. Since my post about the passes I worked on Wednesday to start this trip, I have worked other passes over the past few days: Thursday (15 October) - from the Indiana/Michigan/Ohio border tripoint in grid EN71oq for a few SO-50 and FO-29 passes, followed by two AO-85 passes from different spots in grid EN70 on my way to Dayton. Friday (16 October) - an AO-85 pass from the parking garage next to the Crowne Plaza Dayton hotel in downtown Dayton, followed by a western AO-85 pass at the Indiana/Ohio state line near the I-70/US-40 interchange west of Dayton. Sunday (18 October) - Paul N8HM and I worked an AO-73 pass just after noon/1900 UTC from the parking garage next to the Symposium hotel, and we both listened to the 2130 UTC AO-85 pass with SDR receivers from the same location. The AO-73 pass was part of an unofficial SDR Q&A session for a few hams who were still at the hotel today. We compared HDSDR settings, and for one ham I was able to verify his HDSDR setup was ready to use an SDRplay receiver by plugging my SDRplay into his laptop. Paul and I used a midday AO-73 pass as a demonstration - Paul with two FT-817s and an Arrow Yagi; I had my FT-817/SDRplay combination with an Elk log periodic. For the midday AO-73 pass, and we had a small audience on the garage for the AO-73 pass. Red KC4LE also had his FT-817/SDR setup out at the garage. We could hear - and, using HDSDR, see - Red's CW signals through the AO-73 transponder, but it was too bright for Red to see his laptop's screen up on the garage. It was tough for me to see my 8-inch tablet's screen, but I was able to get lined up for 3 QSOs on AO-73. Paul worked 4 stations on the same pass. Nick K5QXJ and Doug K9DLP were out with us on the garage. At the tripoint, I either used a Kenwood TH-D72A to work the SO-50 passes, or my two FT-817s hanging around my neck to work FO-29. I could not park my car on the tripoint, which was in the middle of a narrow county road, so I went with completely portable options for working FM and SSB out there. For the other passes I have worked after the stop at the tripoint, I used my IC-2820H and SDRplay SDR receiver for the AO-85 passes, and the FT-817ND/SDRplay combination for today's AO-73 pass. As I have worked AO-85 passes, I used HDSDR to write RF recordings from those passes. I then played those recordings from HDSDR into the FoxTelem software, so the telemetry I received on these passes would get to AMSAT. If you look on the http://amsat.org/tlm page, you can see my call sign with a grid locator after a hyphen, indicating where I was for the number of data frames I received and uploaded for those AO-85 passes. I worked only one AO-85 pass from EN71 in Indiana Wednesday (14 October) evening, 3 AO-85 passes from EN70 (one in Indiana Wednesday evening, two on Thursday evening from Ohio), and 3 AO-85 passes from EM79 (two at the parking garage next to the Symposium hotel, one on the Indiana/Ohio state line west of Dayton). I have uploaded the RF recordings for the AO-85 and AO-73 passes I have worked over the past few days, along with audio recordings and other files for those passes, on my Dropbox space. These are accessible at: http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ Hit F5 to refresh your browser, if the file/folder listing does not appear in your window. All of the QSOs I have made up through today on this trip are in Logbook of the World. QSL cards are available on request, if you are in my log. Just e-mail me the QSO details, as I don't normally collect QSL cards for my satellite work away from central Arizona. As I posted a little earlier, I will set out on what may be a 1000-mile road trip tomorrow afternoon. My rental car already has about 600 miles on it from the past 4 days, so it is getting a workout. I may not work every single pass during the trip, but will try to work from the spots I have planned - and maybe a couple of other spots, if time and weather allow for that. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK From quadpugh at bellsouth.net Mon Oct 19 11:07:16 2015 From: quadpugh at bellsouth.net (Nick Pugh K5QXJ) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 06:07:16 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Symposium-- fantastic Message-ID: <03b701d10a5e$51001ae0$f30050a0$@net> The AMSAT symposium was fantastic this year many more sat on orbit this year. A big thanks to the team for a great outing. Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn From wao at vfr.net Mon Oct 19 20:30:59 2015 From: wao at vfr.net (Joseph Spier) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 13:30:59 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-292 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - 4U1UN as 4U70UN on satellite this weekend! Message-ID: <56255303.9030502@vfr.net> AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-292 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * 4U1UN as 4U70UN on satellite this weekend! SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-292.01 ANS-292 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Bulletin 292.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE October 19, 2015 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-292.01 --------------------------------------------------------------------- AO-85 OSCAR Number Assigned for Fo4U1UN as 4U70UN on satellite this weekend! Word has been received, that, in celebration of the UN's 70th anniversary, 4U1UN will be activated as 4U70UN on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October. The operation by the UN ARC will be from the ground-level garden area within the UNHQ complex in New York City and will be limited to daylight hours. Satellite operation is included in the plans, but time and equipment limitations will exist. Blockage from high rise buildings toward the West is expected. Best passes will be to the East of FN30as and North/South overhead. Possible satellites in view may be AO-73, FO-29, AO-85, AO-7, SO-50, XW-2E and XW-2F. Note that 4U1UN is a separate DXCC entity. See QRZ.COM for QSL info.? For more information please see http://www.amsat.org/?p=4650 [ANS thanks Mike, N1JEZ, and AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org From peter.guelzow at kourou.de Mon Oct 19 20:58:49 2015 From: peter.guelzow at kourou.de (Peter Guelzow) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 22:58:49 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] Bob Farquhar SK Message-ID: <56255989.5040605@kourou.de> Robert W. Farquhar, PhD (1932-2015) It is with great sadness to inform you that Robert W. Farquhar, former flight director of the ISEE-3 mission passed away on Sept 18th, 2015. Bob?s dissertation was key to halo orbits around libration points, which are now used by many science missions. After redirecting the ISEE-3 mission to comet Giacobini-Ziner in 1985 he developed the trajectory with eventually returned ISEE-3 to earth?s vicinity in 2014, where with his assistance an international team successfully regained control of the aging spacecraft. Our heart goes out to his family and friends and all those who were close to him. Peter Guelzow, DB2OS AMSAT-DL From shakeelj2k at yahoo.com Mon Oct 19 21:37:01 2015 From: shakeelj2k at yahoo.com (shakeel -ur-rehman) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 14:37:01 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] TM transmitter is ON and satellite pass Message-ID: <1445290621.14744.YahooMailBasic@web120801.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> I come to know that funcube TM transmitter is ON during DAY and during NIGHT Transponder in ON during night. I received the satellite BEACON and funcube dashboard was set to capture from sound card dash was showing detected frequency but no telemtry data has been received. the pass was taken at with follwoing date and time FUNcube-1 pass date 15 Oct pass time: 03:53:39 GMT time on 15th Oct please suggest what will be the problem either my dash board software is cause this error and or the TM transmitter in funcube-1 satellite is off. previously i have taken many successfull passes of funcube satellite. regards From shakeelj2k at yahoo.com Mon Oct 19 22:15:45 2015 From: shakeelj2k at yahoo.com (shakeel -ur-rehman) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 15:15:45 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Shadowed-Rician fading in satellites Message-ID: <1445292945.4629.YahooMailBasic@web120803.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> Hi ALL Is anyone working in performance analysis of satellite link considering Shadowed rician distribution in land mobile satellite channesl and many research papers has been published. Anyone who is doing many practical experiments with satellites like listening to amature satellite pass ,downloading telelmetry ...etc and may some one who is evaluating the performance of satellites using theory/publications in ieee/iet . From k7trkradio at charter.net Mon Oct 19 23:13:16 2015 From: k7trkradio at charter.net (Ted) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 16:13:16 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] PSK31 Satellite Transponder works! In-Reply-To: <56214A1E.2020300@verizon.net> References: <56214A1E.2020300@verizon.net> Message-ID: <002a01d10ac3$bccfcad0$366f6070$@charter.net> When launched, the recommended TX power was no more than 25W. Has that changed? 73, Ted K7TRK -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of KO6TZ Bob Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 12:04 PM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PSK31 Satellite Transponder works! Bob, I was just on the 1820u 16Oct15 pass. 10m was high in noise, so the down link was hard copy of my own signal. I only saw one other Doppler corrected station (vertical PSK signal) just before LOS. Could not display the call sign. A couple of hints to successful contacts: 1. Do not correct for Doppler by shifting the frequency on your 10m radio. 2. Use the Doppler PSK program, allow it to correct for Doppler by shifting the PSK-31 frequency. 3. Update the TLE's in the Doppler PSK program (copy / paste) 4. Once you are able to see your signal on the down link, NEVER stop sending until the end of the pass. "Homestead" that frequency. Just switch from CQ to the QSO sequences for a contact. 5. Look for other stations somewhere in the VF pass band. 6. This procedure is different than working PSK-31 on HF. So is the power level. BOB KO6TZ > ON4HTI... will be participating in the... SCR, > and we always do a lot of PSK... on 10-15-20m Don't forget to listen to the PSK31 downlink on PSAT (NO84). Its FM downlink is the audio copy of everything the satellite hears on the normal 28.120 MHz ten meter PSK31 terrestrial hangout. And of course since the downlink (FM) adds no doppler, most signals come in just fine and can be decoded by any PSK31 clients. AND of course, being full duplex, it is fun to be transmitting to EVERYONE in the passband at the same time you are seeing EVERYTHING everyone is saying. Try it... http://aprs.org/psat.html Bob, WB4aPR _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From k9jkm at comcast.net Mon Oct 19 23:56:57 2015 From: k9jkm at comcast.net (JoAnne Maenpaa) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 18:56:57 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] DX Coffee Blog Covers the ISS HamTV project Message-ID: <001b01d10ac9$d7225230$8566f690$@net> The ISS HamTV project with a downlink at 2.422 GHz and 2.437 GHz is discussed on the DX Coffee blog at: http://www.dxcoffee.com/eng/2015/10/19/the-ham-tv-project-a-technological-su ccess-of-amsat-italia/ The TV format is DVB-S (Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite) -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm at amsat.org From my.callsign at verizon.net Tue Oct 20 00:08:49 2015 From: my.callsign at verizon.net (KO6TZ Bob) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 17:08:49 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] PSK31 Satellite Transponder works! In-Reply-To: <002a01d10ac3$bccfcad0$366f6070$@charter.net> References: <002a01d10ac3$bccfcad0$366f6070$@charter.net> Message-ID: <56258611.6090106@verizon.net> Ted, I am using a 1/2wave vertical (10m Ringo) for an antenna. I have never been able to keep the down link transmitter turned on with less than 40w. Frequently it takes as much as 80w to keep the TX on. This may have as much to do with the radiation angle from my antenna as the power. When 10m is open, the terrestrial "PY" and "LU" stations, who are clearly out of the footprint of NO84, turn on the FM-TX. They are probably using less than 30w. So to answer the question, depends on your antenna. Use what it takes, but no more than needed. KO6TZ Bob When launched, the recommended TX power was no more than 25W. Has that changed? 73, Ted K7TRK From co7wt at frcuba.co.cu Tue Oct 20 00:15:19 2015 From: co7wt at frcuba.co.cu (M.Sc. Pavel Milanes Costa) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 20:15:19 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] A tip for Gqrx users and report of the copy of FIREBIRD-II FU3/4 19k2 FSK. In-Reply-To: <56250268.8080505@jaygee.plus.com> References: <561F1C74.8090801@frcuba.co.cu> <56250268.8080505@jaygee.plus.com> Message-ID: <56258797.5090401@frcuba.co.cu> This is the bookmark file I have talked about. [attached four you use, feel free to use it...] I have made a request to Alexandru Csete the author of Gqrx and it has modified the source code of gqrx on github, now gqrx support up to 10 visual levels before fold and rewrite... it's only in the source yet, so wait for it on the official PPA soon, if you know how to compile from the source give it a try, it's working great here... Thanks to Alex Csete for Gqrx... 73 El 19/10/15 a las 10:47, John Grant escribi?: > Hi Pavel, > > I wonder if you could send through the bookmarks file for me to have a > try with, I'm just about to put up a rhcp 70cm antenna and use gqrx > frequently so this would be a good test. > > Thanks, > > John > GI7UGV > > On 15/10/2015 04:24, M.Sc. Pavel Milanes Costa wrote: >> I'm playing this night with my linux box and rtl-dsr + Gqrx + >> Gpredict to see the 70cm satellite sub-band... >> >> And found a way to identify the sat from the spectrum at a glance in >> 70cm using the bookmarks of gqrx... very handy feature of this >> software... just linux here, not know if windows sdr soft has this >> feature... >> >> After playing with satlist.csv (from >> http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm) and parsing it >> to make it work with gqrx... I fire the Gqrx software, put up the >> antenna and watch for any suspicious signal... and the bookmarks on >> top of the signals are there, nice.... >> >> ... (a few minutes after) ... haja !!!! >> >> A packet like signal around 437.4 Mhz, zoom it.... wow, to wide for >> normal packet... let's widen the filter to fit... ~25 Khz is enough, >> hum... it's bigger than 9600 bauds... lets see what the bookmarks on >> the screenm says... FIREBIRD-II FU4 19k2 FSK within the +/- 10khz of >> doppler... bingo !!! >> >> Let's run Gpredict to check.... right on the spot... and also >> FIREBIRD-II FU3 incoming on range... let's check... right... >> >> So if you use linux and some SDR hardware with Gqrx, you can use the >> bookmark function to this purpose, you can actually click & zoom and >> then read of the screen to approximate which is the satellite who tx >> that signal... all at a glance... >> >> If any of you want to play with this I can send you my bookmark file >> of the entire 70cm satellite sub-band, updated with the last info >> from http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm just email >> me a private msg. >> >> I was not trying to decode, just to prove the usefulness of this >> feature, I use the latest gqrx & gpredict from ubuntu PPA. >> >> BTW, none of the FIREBIRD satellites are in the >> http://www.amsat.org/status/ page, so I can't update it's state. >> >> 73 from Cuba, CO7WT >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views >> of AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite >> program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> > > From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Tue Oct 20 01:43:39 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 01:43:39 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK @ EN83, now Message-ID: Hi! Late notice, but I will be on the upcoming AO73 & SO50 passes from EN83sa in a few minutes. Just got all set here. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK Port Huron MI From lafrieda at earthlink.net Tue Oct 20 03:57:30 2015 From: lafrieda at earthlink.net (James R. La Frieda) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 20:57:30 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Bob Farquhar SK In-Reply-To: <56255989.5040605@kourou.de> References: <56255989.5040605@kourou.de> Message-ID: <5625BBAA.8070100@earthlink.net> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Farquhar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_orbit On 10/19/2015 1:58 PM, Peter Guelzow wrote: > Robert W. Farquhar, PhD (1932-2015) > > It is with great sadness to inform you that Robert W. Farquhar, former > flight director of the ISEE-3 mission passed away on Sept 18th, 2015. > > Bob?s dissertation was key to halo orbits around libration points, which > are now used by many science missions. After redirecting the ISEE-3 > mission to comet Giacobini-Ziner in 1985 he developed the trajectory > with eventually returned ISEE-3 to earth?s vicinity in 2014, where with > his assistance an international team successfully regained control of > the aging spacecraft. > > Our heart goes out to his family and friends and all those who were > close to him. > > Peter Guelzow, DB2OS > AMSAT-DL > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From kontakt at sp3qfe.net Tue Oct 20 04:28:08 2015 From: kontakt at sp3qfe.net (SP3QFE) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 06:28:08 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] Bob Farquhar SK Message-ID: Thank you for info. It happen on 18 Sep or 18 Oct.? 73, Armand SP3QFE. Wys?ano z mobilnego terminala pocztowego. Sent from the mobile e-mail terminal. 20 pa? 2015 05:57 "James R. La Frieda" napisa?(a): > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Farquhar > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_orbit > > On 10/19/2015 1:58 PM, Peter Guelzow wrote: > > Robert W. Farquhar, PhD (1932-2015) > > > > It is with great sadness to inform you that Robert W. Farquhar, former > > flight director of the ISEE-3 mission passed away on Sept 18th, 2015. > > > > Bob?s dissertation was key to halo orbits around libration points, which > > are now used by many science missions. After redirecting the ISEE-3 > > mission to comet Giacobini-Ziner in 1985 he developed the trajectory > > with eventually returned ISEE-3 to earth?s vicinity in 2014, where with > > his assistance an international team successfully regained control of > > the aging spacecraft. > > > > Our heart goes out to his family and friends and all those who were > > close to him. > > > > Peter Guelzow, DB2OS > > AMSAT-DL > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Tue Oct 20 15:34:52 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 15:34:52 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] VA7EWK/3 @ EN93/EN94 today Message-ID: Hi! After an early start, and a slight delay at the border, I am now about 20 miles or so north of Goderich, Ontario, and ready to work various passes from the EN93dx/EN94da boundary along Ontario route 21, just east of Lake Huron. I already worked an SO-50 pass from here, and will work the next SO-50 pass followed by an FO-29 pass around 1700 UTC that may cover out to England. I am operating as VA7EWK/3, and this is how I will upload QSOs to Logbook of the World. I think I have a receive issue in my IC-2820H mobile radio, so I will work any further SO-50 passes with an HT or SDR receiver for the downlink, through a duplexer to my Elk log periodic. I have 3 HTs and two SDR receivers here, so that should not be an issue. I hear APRS out here, but I can't reach the digipeaters up here. When I move away from here, maybe my track will reappear there. More information will be on my @WD9EWK Twitter feed, viewable at https://twitter.com/WD9EWK for those not on Twitter. Some rain off and on up here, and I saw snow about halfway between Sarnia and this area. No snow is falling, just the occasional rain. A nice day now, at 59F/15C outside. 73! Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - near Goderich, Ontario http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK From bruninga at usna.edu Tue Oct 20 15:43:50 2015 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:43:50 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] PSK31 Satellite Transponder works! In-Reply-To: <002a01d10ac3$bccfcad0$366f6070$@charter.net> References: <56214A1E.2020300@verizon.net> <002a01d10ac3$bccfcad0$366f6070$@charter.net> Message-ID: <9f441d75054e1f56eace2a5ec4ffc0eb@mail.gmail.com> > When PSAT launched, the recommended PSK31 TX power was no more than 25W. > Has that changed? Yes, he web page now says 100 or what is needed to communicate... Bob, WB4APR -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Ted Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 7:13 PM To: 'KO6TZ Bob'; amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PSK31 Satellite Transponder works! When launched, the recommended TX power was no more than 25W. Has that changed? 73, Ted K7TRK -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of KO6TZ Bob Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 12:04 PM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PSK31 Satellite Transponder works! Bob, I was just on the 1820u 16Oct15 pass. 10m was high in noise, so the down link was hard copy of my own signal. I only saw one other Doppler corrected station (vertical PSK signal) just before LOS. Could not display the call sign. A couple of hints to successful contacts: 1. Do not correct for Doppler by shifting the frequency on your 10m radio. 2. Use the Doppler PSK program, allow it to correct for Doppler by shifting the PSK-31 frequency. 3. Update the TLE's in the Doppler PSK program (copy / paste) 4. Once you are able to see your signal on the down link, NEVER stop sending until the end of the pass. "Homestead" that frequency. Just switch from CQ to the QSO sequences for a contact. 5. Look for other stations somewhere in the VF pass band. 6. This procedure is different than working PSK-31 on HF. So is the power level. BOB KO6TZ > ON4HTI... will be participating in the... SCR, > and we always do a lot of PSK... on 10-15-20m Don't forget to listen to the PSK31 downlink on PSAT (NO84). Its FM downlink is the audio copy of everything the satellite hears on the normal 28.120 MHz ten meter PSK31 terrestrial hangout. And of course since the downlink (FM) adds no doppler, most signals come in just fine and can be decoded by any PSK31 clients. AND of course, being full duplex, it is fun to be transmitting to EVERYONE in the passband at the same time you are seeing EVERYTHING everyone is saying. Try it... http://aprs.org/psat.html Bob, WB4aPR _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From zleffke at vt.edu Tue Oct 20 15:58:24 2015 From: zleffke at vt.edu (Zach Leffke) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:58:24 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] FO-29 and AO-73 Antenna Patterns and Crosslinks Message-ID: <562664A0.5010901@vt.edu> Hello!, First off, I'd like to say I had a blast at the 2015 AMSAT Symposium. It was a lot of fun and I know that the rest of the VT team really appreciated the warm welcome from everyone. Drew and I got to talking at one point after the Banquet and he re-kindled an interest in something for me. He posted a while back about how the downlink for AO-73 is in the passband of FO-29's uplink, and that the PSK can be heard at times when monitoring FO-29's downlink. I'd like to do a bit more analysis using STK to predict when an 'accidental crosslink' might occur allowing a telemetry decode of AO-73 via FO-29. Right now I'm using a simple model for all of this where I'm treating each satellite as a single point in the sky. The first question I'm asking (via STK simulation profiles) is when can the two "points in the sky" see each other when not blocked by the curvature of the earth. The next question I will ask of the great and glorious STK is when can the two "points in the sky" see each other AND when can the point in the sky that is FO-29 see the point on the ground that is the VT Ground Station. When the second question yields accesses in time when the two spacecraft can see each other and FO-29 can see the VTGS, then I have a window to schedule the VTGS for this experiment. The next trick will be accounting for doppler between the two spacecraft (via range rate info from STK for the two points) to determine where exactly in FO-29's uplink passband the AO-73 signal will fall. Then account for the Linear inverting transponder offsets, then account for doppler between FO-29 and VTGS. Also, the signal spectrum will be inverted due to the transponder, but we can "re-invert" in our GNU-Radio flowgraph to account for that. End result should be an access window at VTGS along with a predicted doppler curve for tuning at VTGS, ultimately getting us to an AO-73 tlm decode via FO-29. My question for the group concerns the antenna patterns for FO-29 and AO-73. I'm trying to plan ahead for refining the access windows for when to actually conduct this experiment by doing a bit more than treat each satellite as a "point in the sky." Does anyone have any info on the actual antenna pattern for FO-29? Along with this, I remember reading somewhere that FO-29 has an attitude control system. Is this system still operational and if so, what is the "target attitude." I'm trying to get a sense of the antenna patterns for the two spacecraft and their orientations to identify "sweet spots" where antenna patterns might align positively. On the other hand it will be good to know when we have an access window but one of the spacecraft is in the null of the antenna pattern of the other spacecraft. For AO-73 I'm assuming simple whip antennas. I know it doesn't have a positive attitude control system, but if memory serves I think it has a bar magnet and the spin from the anodized bars imparted on it that should give me a sense of its orientation at particular times. Thanks in advance! -Zach, KJ4QLP -- Research Associate Ted & Karyn Hume Center for National Security & Technology Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Work Phone: 540-231-4174 Cell Phone: 540-808-6305 From peter.guelzow at kourou.de Tue Oct 20 19:08:02 2015 From: peter.guelzow at kourou.de (Peter Guelzow) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 21:08:02 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] [Forum] Bob Farquhar SK In-Reply-To: <56255989.5040605@kourou.de> References: <56255989.5040605@kourou.de> Message-ID: <56269112.9080302@kourou.de> It was indeed on 18th of October, not August.... Am 19.10.2015 um 22:58 schrieb Peter Guelzow: > Robert W. Farquhar, PhD (1932-2015) > > It is with great sadness to inform you that Robert W. Farquhar, former > flight director of the ISEE-3 mission passed away on _October_ 18th, 2015. > > Bob?s dissertation was key to halo orbits around libration points, which > are now used by many science missions. After redirecting the ISEE-3 > mission to comet Giacobini-Ziner in 1985 he developed the trajectory > with eventually returned ISEE-3 to earth?s vicinity in 2014, where with > his assistance an international team successfully regained control of > the aging spacecraft. > > Our heart goes out to his family and friends and all those who were > close to him. > > Peter Guelzow, DB2OS > AMSAT-DL From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net Tue Oct 20 20:29:28 2015 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 16:29:28 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] =?utf-8?q?Upcoming_ARISS_contact_with_Saku_Children?= =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=99s_Science_Dome_for_the_Future=2C_Saku_City=2C_J?= =?utf-8?q?apan?= Message-ID: <8425617B4BFF430889DF462C405265E2@DHJ> An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Saku Children?s Science Dome for the Future, Saku City, Japan on 22 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:52 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8N0SDF. The contact should be audible over Japan and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. ??????????2001??????????????????????????????????????????????????170????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? The Saku Children?s Science Dome for the Future is a science museum that was founded in 2001. It has a variety of exhibits on earth science, space, biotechnology, the environment and more. Some of the attractions that gain the attention of the children are a life-size model of a dinosaur, a 170 seat planetarium and a ?mercury? display model presented by NASA. The center is located near the birth place of Mr. Kimiya Yui. Mr. Yui himself has visited the center several times. The name of the center has the word ?children?s? in it, yet all ages can learn from the Saku Children?s Science Dome for the Future. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: ??? ???????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????? ????? ?? ? ???????????????? ?? ? ???????????????????????????????????? ????? 4.? ???????????????????????????????????? ????????????????? ?.? ???????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????? ? ?.? ?????????????????????????????????? ?.??? ???????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????????? ?.? ???????????????????????????????????? ??????????????? ?.? ???????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????? ??.?? ???????????????????????????????????? ????????? 1. I was very impressed with your HTV capture. I want to be an?astronaut like you. What made you the most nervous during the mission? 2. Could you describe the view from the ISS? 3. I heard you have sunrises every 90 minutes. How do you keep your body on a normal 24 hour cycle like we have here on earth? 4. I heard that astronauts get taller in space. Did you get taller? Do you actually feel taller? 5. Which moved you more, the scenery of the ground on your first flight in a jet, or the view of the earth on your first flight in space? Could you describe how you felt about each experience? 6. Do you feel a different type of tiredness from working in space verses working on earth? 7. I want to go into space in the future. Were your trainings hard? Do you think that a time will come in the future when an ordinary girl like me can easily go into space? 8. I was very impressed with your capture of the HTV. Did any of your experiences in your childhood help or contribute to the skills needed to capture the HTV? 9. I am a swimmer, so I do strength training exercises in order to help swim faster. Which strength training exercise in the ISS is your favorite? 10. If I went into space, I would be afraid of black holes. Does that ever happen, that people are suddenly caught by one? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. West Michigan Aviation Academy, Grand Rapids, MI, direct via W8ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Thu, Oct. 22, 2015 17:15 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ Thank you & 73, David ? AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net Tue Oct 20 20:32:05 2015 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 16:32:05 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with West Michigan Aviation Academy, Grand Rapids, MI Message-ID: <5753095D59504C60AAB9DD78C2671EB2@DHJ> An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at West Michigan Aviation Academy, Grand Rapids, MI on 22 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:14 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and W8ISS. The contact should be audible over portions of the eastern U.S. and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. The West Michigan Aviation Academy is a tuition-free public charter high school founded by Dick DeVos upon encouragement from wife, Betsy. Stemming from their passion for both education and aviation, the school opened its doors in the fall of 2010 and is located on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford International Airport. Like other high schools, our curriculum includes core subjects. But as an aviation-themed high school the curriculum at WMAA is designed for students who have a passion for aviation and/or an interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. (STEM) The Aviation program includes training for the Private Pilot certificate in the student's senior year. The school owns our own Cessna 172 that is provided at direct operating costs to the students. Although they must pay for the flight training the total cost is much lower than renting at the local flight school and ground instruction is provided for as part of their elective classes. Currently we have 11 students in the program and hope to have 18 by the time of the contact. We also try to get the kids out around the airport to experience the many different job opportunities available in aviation. The Robotics program includes FIRST robotics programs and many of our competitors are taking both engineering and aviation classes. Our engineering program provides for instruction in aerospace, robotics and electronic fields. We try to closely alley the Aviation and Engineering departments. We currently have about 500 students were everyone knows each other. We have students from all walks of life from the suburbs to the inner city all working together and enjoying the diversity this environment offers. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What courses did you take in high school that you find most relevant to your work at the International Space Station? 2. Are you planning on expanding the size of the ISS, if so then when do you plan on starting the constructing? 3. So far during the twin study, what research has been recorded since Scott Kelly was sent up to the station? 4. What do you think of the liquid water on Mars? Do you think it would make it possible to colonize it earlier? 5. Waking up in space every day and seeing earth out your window, how has seeing this and having this opportunity changed your perspective on life? 6. Concerning the twin study, in order to remove variables from the research on gut organisms, will the twins have the exact same diet during the space mission? 7. Could you use a gyroscopic space station to simulate gravity so the astronauts can still maintain balance and bone strength? 8. What are the ways you blend your culture with the other cultures surrounding you at the station? 9. Do you always have enough food? If not, how is more food sent to you? 10. Being confined in that small area so far away from others, do you guys ever feel lonely? How are the group dynamics? 11. How does space positively or negatively affect your health? 12. What is the daily checklist for astronauts, in terms of safety inspections, instrument tuning, and/or incoming information? 13. What types of plants do you grow to study and what are the main differences between their growth in space and on earth? 14. What kind of emotional impact do you feel being selected out of thousands of scientists to be one of the few humans to venture into outer space? 15. Does zero gravity affect your dreams? 16. I understand most astronauts stay in space for approximately six months, do you feel that astronauts should be kept in space for this long or should it be longer such as Russian astronauts who have been known to stay for a year? 17. In your opinion, do you think that commercial rocket companies such as SpaceX will help the space industry by exploring new realms of our solar system, or will the cheaper, reusable rockets hurt the industry by causing a fatal accident? 18. Does Scott Kelly have to do anything different while in space to gather data for the identical twin/effects of space study? 19. What does a lunar eclipse look like up at the space station? 20. How does having women on the ISS impact the mission? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): TBD ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From KE6PPE at aol.com Tue Oct 20 21:01:17 2015 From: KE6PPE at aol.com (KE6PPE at aol.com) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 17:01:17 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 V 12.8C help Message-ID: <248cf.1bd26f22.4358059d@aol.com> Need some help on two thing dealing wit Satpc32 V12.8c. 1. How do you change the size of the window for satellites sub available window size so you can see all of information on the list information? 2. How do you down load new satellite information on new satellites. Thank for the help. Larry KE6PPE From bruninga at usna.edu Tue Oct 20 22:05:57 2015 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 18:05:57 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Possible ISS School Contact Experiment idea? (Thurs) Message-ID: > An ISS school contact? in Michigan on 22 Oct. > ? to begin at approximately 17:14 UTC. This is a great time for those skilled portable "arrow" operators to get data on using fixed vertical arrow beam antennas for ISS voice at or near the horizon. The test will show if well placed fixed tripod "arrow class" antennas at AOS and LOS and a central turnstyle could possibly make it easier than a full AZ/EL Oscar class antenna at the school. Testers, Please read the concept paper at http://aprs.org/aos-los-test.html If your QTH is west of Michigan, then you should test your LOS horizon. If your QTH is east of Michigan, then you should test your AOS horizon. This is because we want to make sure we are getting voice quality data AT the horizon while the ISS crew is actually speaking. The desired data is a minute-by-minute log throughout the pass of ISS signal quality (noting nulls or fades) without moving or adjusting the antenna. Your receiver must be right near the antenna (no coax loss). Just orient the beam vertically with an up tilt of 15 degrees. Then aim it at a fixed Azimuth that is half way between AOS (or LOS) and when the ISS rises above (or drops below) 30 degrees elevation to cover the first (or last) portions of the pass. Leave your antenna fixed throughout the pass. We need to know how well the squelch on your radio eliminates the weak signal when the ISS is outside your particular fixed beam too. In a real scenario of this full technique, above 30 degrees the ISS is 3 times closer and 10 dB stronger and would be heard fine on a central omni antenna. But that is not part of your horizon performance test. So be sure to choose a good low horizon *and* the horizon you share with the School contact in Michigan so that there is ISS audio during your particular horizon crossing (AOS or LOS). An audio recording would make it easier to prepare the log after the pass or you can just make checks or X's every 5 seconds on a piece of paper and summarize it later. Do NOT run open squelch. Set the squelch for normal ham radio operation to silence the radio when the signal would be unintelligible anyway, since we would not want unintelligible noise from one receiver to distract from good audio from the possible others.. If this concept works, then the idea would be to bring in all three receiver speakers (left-to-right) into the auditorium operating position to give equal weight to each receiver but also give a sense of the passage of the ISS. If this test shows any promise, it could not only eliminate all the complexities of long crossed yagis, AZ/EL rotators, big masts and active tracking, but also completely eliminate the problem of long runs of coax from the school gymnasium to the antennas. The coax is eliminated by placing 50W mobile rigs (capable of cross band repeat) at each of the possible three antennas and operating them remotely via 3 UHF HT's indoors on-stage (coupled into the sound system). So, if you are in range of this Michigan ISS school contact, and you have an arrow on a tripod at your QTH, you could collect data on a horizon transition to see if this idea is a possibility. Again, YOU ARE RECEIVE ONLY. Your test is *independent* of the actual school contact, you are just taking your own receive data wherever you are of how well a FIXED arrow on a tripod can hear the ISS at low elevations. Be sure to find a place with a good horizon at AOS(or LOS) to set your antenna. If we learn that there will be any significant fades or loss of signal, then this idea fails... But if it works, then the two arrows, tripods, three crossband-repeating mobile rigs and three UHF HT's could be made into a suitcase GOKIT to standardize some school contacts with a lot less work. Just an idea Bob, WB4APR US Naval Academy From skristof at etczone.net Wed Oct 21 00:13:03 2015 From: skristof at etczone.net (Steve Kristoff) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 20:13:03 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Thursday's ARISS contact Message-ID: <8716D6EF90A14306B2C89CD499EFDBC8@StevePC> Anyone know why the upcoming ARISS contact in Michigan is not listed on the ARISS.org website? I was trying to tell a friend about and I suggested he check out the website. The website is not up-to-date. Kind of embarrassing, I would think. Is the contact going to be streamed live on any websites? Steve Kristoff AI9IN EM79ji Oldenburg, IN skristof at etczone.com From dave.w8aas at verizon.net Wed Oct 21 01:50:16 2015 From: dave.w8aas at verizon.net (Dave Taylor) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 21:50:16 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Thursday's ARISS contact In-Reply-To: <8716D6EF90A14306B2C89CD499EFDBC8@StevePC> References: <8716D6EF90A14306B2C89CD499EFDBC8@StevePC> Message-ID: <82EA60E8-C287-49EA-9301-CA1D0F1CF99A@verizon.net> Probably because the person who maintains that site is on vacation and not due back till later this week. The contact in Grand Rapids is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 22 at 17:15 UTC. It is direct, so the downlink will be audible in that part of the country. I have not heard if the school will be streaming it. This has been announced on amsat-bb, with school info and the questions to be asked. There is also a direct contact in Dearborn the following week, on Tuesday, Oct 27 at 16:02 UTC. Dave > On Oct 20, 2015, at 8:13 PM, Steve Kristoff wrote: > > Anyone know why the upcoming ARISS contact in Michigan is not listed on the ARISS.org website? I was trying to tell a friend about and I suggested he check out the website. The website is not up-to-date. Kind of embarrassing, I would think. > Is the contact going to be streamed live on any websites? > > Steve Kristoff > AI9IN > EM79ji Oldenburg, IN > skristof at etczone.com > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From clintbradford at mac.com Wed Oct 21 01:55:13 2015 From: clintbradford at mac.com (Clint Bradford) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 18:55:13 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite Sex? Message-ID: <9CA90C50-BE77-424F-A150-09CDA0759D24@mac.com> Do satellites have sex? Er, I mean, well ... nautical ships are referred to as being female - "she." Does Fox-1A have a gender? When I called it "her" in a recent post, I was asked if it really had a gender. Clint Bradford http://www.work-sat.com From the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp Wed Oct 21 02:03:24 2015 From: the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp (J. Boyd (JR2TTS)) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 11:03:24 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite Sex? In-Reply-To: <9CA90C50-BE77-424F-A150-09CDA0759D24@mac.com> References: <9CA90C50-BE77-424F-A150-09CDA0759D24@mac.com> Message-ID: <20151021110311.F9BE.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 18:55:13 -0700, Clint Bradford wrote: > Do satellites have sex? I'm sure AMSAT.org preaches strict abstinence for all its orbiting hardware -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C From clintbradford at mac.com Wed Oct 21 02:19:16 2015 From: clintbradford at mac.com (Clint Bradford) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 19:19:16 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite Sex? Message-ID: <7282336B-B057-4325-846D-18B93F361E4E@mac.com> I thought the mission was being dedicated to the memory of Tony ... so that is why I was inquiring ... Clint From johnag9d at gmail.com Wed Oct 21 02:23:09 2015 From: johnag9d at gmail.com (John Spasojevich) Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 21:23:09 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Thursday's ARISS contact In-Reply-To: <82EA60E8-C287-49EA-9301-CA1D0F1CF99A@verizon.net> References: <8716D6EF90A14306B2C89CD499EFDBC8@StevePC> <82EA60E8-C287-49EA-9301-CA1D0F1CF99A@verizon.net> Message-ID: Steve, Typically the audio from a telebridge contact is carried on the AMSAT Echolink server and on the web. Direct contacts in the US are a little more tricky to get the audio out from the school via phone patch or skype. Also it's felt to add more to the stress level of the ground crew, we'd rather have them make a good contact for their local use. I've generally added that capability to the directs I've done personally and I'll tell you its a good half a days work to do it. At one school I has 150 feet of Cat5 strung around the gym to get to the stage and on another we tried the Iphone app. Never got any reports so I don;t know how well that worked. we were lucky to get a signal in that school. The gear we used was the same from school to school, which is not the norm. 73, John - AG9D On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 8:50 PM, Dave Taylor wrote: > Probably because the person who maintains that site is on vacation and not > due back till later this week. > > The contact in Grand Rapids is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 22 at 17:15 > UTC. It is direct, so the downlink will be audible in that part of the > country. I have not heard if the school will be streaming it. This has > been announced on amsat-bb, with school info and the questions to be asked. > > There is also a direct contact in Dearborn the following week, on Tuesday, > Oct 27 at 16:02 UTC. > > Dave > > > On Oct 20, 2015, at 8:13 PM, Steve Kristoff > wrote: > > > > Anyone know why the upcoming ARISS contact in Michigan is not listed on > the ARISS.org website? I was trying to tell a friend about and I suggested > he check out the website. The website is not up-to-date. Kind of > embarrassing, I would think. > > Is the contact going to be streamed live on any websites? > > > > Steve Kristoff > > AI9IN > > EM79ji Oldenburg, IN > > skristof at etczone.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From AJ9N at aol.com Wed Oct 21 04:54:27 2015 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 00:54:27 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-21 05:00 UTC Message-ID: <63790.2114ba50.43587483@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-21 05:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Saku Children?s Science Dome for the Future, Saku City, Japan, direct via 8N?SDF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-10-22 09:52:21 UTC 54 deg West Michigan Aviation Academy, Grand Rapids, MI, direct via W8ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-10-22 17:14:55 UTC 40 deg Dearborn Public Schools, Dearborn, Michigan, USA, direct via K8UTT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS (***) Contact is a go for Option #3: Tue 2015-10-27 16:01:59 UTC 57 deg (***) Daggett Montessori School K-8, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, direct via K5COW The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS (***) Contact is a go for Option #4: Thu 2015-10-29 14:12:56 UTC 31 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss at arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 111 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-21 05:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 999. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 964. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-15 07:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From w3mat03 at gmail.com Wed Oct 21 09:48:47 2015 From: w3mat03 at gmail.com (W3MAT .) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 05:48:47 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Elk Antenna Question Message-ID: Is it possible to work duplex with an Elk 2M/440EL antenna and two HT's, one programmed with VHF up link and the other programmed with UHF down link .... SO-50 for example? Since the Elk 2M/440EL is designed for two bands, but only one coax connection, how would this be done? Thanks Loon From dan at post.com Wed Oct 21 10:29:16 2015 From: dan at post.com (Daniel Cussen) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 11:29:16 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] Elk Antenna Question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Get yourself a duplexer: http://www.radioworld.co.uk/mfj-916b_mfj_2m_70cm_duplexer I am not sure which radios you should use but beware of de-sensing one with the transmissions from the other. If using two radios an arrow without the duplexer is the equivalent as it has 2 feed points. And elk with a duplexer may work better than an arrow with no duplexer as there is additional filtering in the duplexer, which the arrow would not have, when using 2 radios. So basically the elk has only 1 feed point, to use 2 radios get a duplexer. The arrow has 2 feed points, and has an option to add a duplexer to combine them to give one feed point for a single radio use. Having a duplexer in line may help with de-sensing. From g0kla at arrl.net Wed Oct 21 11:24:56 2015 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 07:24:56 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem Release 1.01 Message-ID: I wanted to announce the release of FoxTelem Version 1.01. If possible, everyone should upgrade to this new version. In addition to some new functionality it fixes some bugs and issue that mean more data will be uploaded to the server. This is a patch release. If you already have 1.00 installed then download the file FoxTelem_1.01_patch.zip You can download it from: http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/windows http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/mac http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/linux Only two files have changed (plus the manual). Copy these files into your install directory - FoxTelem.jar - spacecraft/FOX1A_radtelemetry2.csv You can also download the whole install file and install it in a new directory. You can use the settings menu to continue using your existing log files. Ask if you need assistance. Lots has changed in this release and many bugs have been fixed. Please report any issues that you see. Release notes: * Allow the user to view and set the "track" attribute for each spacecraft (and other parameters) * Better doppler tracking in IQ mode and more stable estimate of the received frequency * Better Find Signal algorithm with tuning paramaters for experts * Read Time Zero from the server for each reset and use to plot graphs in UTC * Set the default fcd frequency to 145930 so that Fox-1A, Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D will be in the passband * Allow the gain to be set on the FCD (rather than hard coded) * Do not change the FCD LNA or Mixer Gain. Leave unchanged. * Do not open the FCD unless the start button is pressed * Fixed a bug where the last 2 bytes of the radiation telemetry were not decoded correctly * Allow Vanderbilt radiation experiment to be graphed * Allow user to select UDP or TCP for upload to the server (but use UDP for now please) * Shorten the period between passes so that graphs look continuous * Ignore duplicate high speed radiation frames - needed for processing data from the server * Allow graphs to be hidden so that average or derivative is easier to see * Notify the user when a new release is available * Cleaned up the FFT trace with some averaging * If showRawValues is checked then save CSV files as raw values * Several updates to the manual -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net From skristof at etczone.net Wed Oct 21 11:30:02 2015 From: skristof at etczone.net (Steve Kristoff) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 07:30:02 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Thursday's ARISS contact In-Reply-To: References: <8716D6EF90A14306B2C89CD499EFDBC8@StevePC><82EA60E8-C287-49EA-9301-CA1D0F1CF99A@verizon.net> Message-ID: <3AF15C4F42EF42879102E0C2042EB960@StevePC> Good answers. Thank you, gentlemen! Steve AI9IN ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Spasojevich" Cc: "AMSAT BB" ; "Steve Kristoff" Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 10:23 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thursday's ARISS contact > Steve, > > Typically the audio from a telebridge contact is carried on the AMSAT > Echolink server and on the web. Direct contacts in the US are a little > more tricky to get the audio out from the school via phone patch or skype. > Also it's felt to add more to the stress level of the ground crew, we'd > rather have them make a good contact for their local use. I've generally > added that capability to the directs I've done personally and I'll tell > you > its a good half a days work to do it. At one school I has 150 feet of Cat5 > strung around the gym to get to the stage and on another we tried the > Iphone app. Never got any reports so I don;t know how well that worked. we > were lucky to get a signal in that school. The gear we used was the same > from school to school, which is not the norm. > > > 73, > John - AG9D > > On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 8:50 PM, Dave Taylor > wrote: > >> Probably because the person who maintains that site is on vacation and >> not >> due back till later this week. >> >> The contact in Grand Rapids is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 22 at 17:15 >> UTC. It is direct, so the downlink will be audible in that part of the >> country. I have not heard if the school will be streaming it. This has >> been announced on amsat-bb, with school info and the questions to be >> asked. >> >> There is also a direct contact in Dearborn the following week, on >> Tuesday, >> Oct 27 at 16:02 UTC. >> >> Dave >> >> > On Oct 20, 2015, at 8:13 PM, Steve Kristoff >> wrote: >> > >> > Anyone know why the upcoming ARISS contact in Michigan is not listed on >> the ARISS.org website? I was trying to tell a friend about and I >> suggested >> he check out the website. The website is not up-to-date. Kind of >> embarrassing, I would think. >> > Is the contact going to be streamed live on any websites? >> > >> > Steve Kristoff >> > AI9IN >> > EM79ji Oldenburg, IN >> > skristof at etczone.com >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views >> > of >> AMSAT-NA. >> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite >> program! >> > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions >> expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of >> AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite >> program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > Steve Kristoff skristof at etczone.com "A few chords strummed on a ukulele, enough to please a few others beside yourself, does more good in this world than the combined efforts of all the financiers and politicians that ever lived." - Frank Littig, Littig's New Harmony Self Instructor Chords for Ukulele, Banjuke or Taro Patch Fiddle, Chart Music Publishing House, Chicago, Illinois, 1924 From alphabobri at gmail.com Mon Oct 19 16:26:09 2015 From: alphabobri at gmail.com (Bob Beatty) Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 12:26:09 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem not reaching AMSAT Message-ID: Hi, When I initially setup the FoxTelem program, I opened the "Settings" screen, selected the checkbox labeled "Upload to Server", and entered my call sign (WB4SON) as my "Ground Station Name". Finally I entered my six digit grid square (FN41fn) to calculated the Lat/Lon from that, and saved the settings. I left the two AMSAT server names alone, so they retained their default values. Over a couple of nights, I managed to receive and decode a couple dozen telemetry frames, and assumed that they were making it to AMSAT. However, when I checked at http://amsat.org/tlm/ my call sign does not appear. Does anyone have an idea why my decoded frames might not be making it to AMSAT? (The PC that is running FoxTelem has an working internet connection) 73, Bob, WB4SON From k8tb at bosscher.org Wed Oct 21 10:52:33 2015 From: k8tb at bosscher.org (Tom) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 06:52:33 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Thursday's ARISS contact In-Reply-To: <82EA60E8-C287-49EA-9301-CA1D0F1CF99A@verizon.net> References: <8716D6EF90A14306B2C89CD499EFDBC8@StevePC> <82EA60E8-C287-49EA-9301-CA1D0F1CF99A@verizon.net> Message-ID: <56276E71.3000003@bosscher.org> As one of the folks involved in this, below is some information. Someone talked about the added stress. Trust me, its there. I've got forty years in as a broadcast engineer, and this "remote" has me very uptight! I will be running the audio mix for the event. From the audio out of the rig, into the gym audio system, and feeding a 16 port media box, to running audio from the handheld mic back into the rig, if that fails, its me. We are using a hand held EV mic, with a aux feed from the board into the TS-2000. I have a pendant switch (nurse call like) that controls the PTT, and there is a broadcast "On the Air" light to let everyone know when the mic is hot. And who is running the radio setup? Doug Paypay, KD8CAO. I have no concerns. :) And Mike Wolthuis, KB8ZGL and the crew form the Lowell ARC has done an amazing job in installing the antennas. Mike will be the local and radio host. The local cable TV access channel will have a 4 camera setup (including one on the roof antennas) and will be producing a 30 minute program on it. I am looking forward to the event, and looking forward to LOS time even more! More info: The West Michigan Aviation Academy (http://www.westmichiganaviation.org) has been approved and scheduled for a ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) contact with Kjell Lindgren (KO5MOS). The ground station was put on loan from the Greenville Amateur Radio Club (KD8RXD) and the event supported by the Lowell Amateur Radio Club (W8LRC) and the Holland Amateur Radio Club (K8DAA). The event is being taped with multiple cameras and is expected to be available on NASATV (http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/) during the contact (possibly a bit delayed). Up to date information is available on twitter at #ISS_Ham_Radio (https://twitter.com/ISS_Ham_Radio). If you would like to stream the live audio to your local repeater and/or listen it is available from several planned sources as follows: IRLP ? the Great Lakes Reflector ? Channel 9617, Echolink ? the *MICHIGAN* conference ? Node #96170. The audio stream will also be available for any regular MP3 stream capable player (ie. iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media Player, etc) at the URL: http://stream.kb8zgl.net:8000 Additional links with video as well as audio may be available, but waiting on a final website for that ? follow the twitter feed for further updates. Many local news teams are also planning to be on hand from West Michigan ? tune in to your favorite news station to see if we make the news! If you have any questions, please feel free to send them to event coordinator Mike Wolthuis ? KB8ZGL email addresskb8zgl at kb8zgl.net Tom Bosscher K8TB From pe0sat at vgnet.nl Wed Oct 21 12:10:40 2015 From: pe0sat at vgnet.nl (PE0SAT | Amateur Radio) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:10:40 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem not reaching AMSAT In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Bob, My best guess is, that the OS Firewall is blocking outgoing data coming from the FoxTelem software. Have a look at the logging from your firewall software and see if is being dropped. Jan (PE0SAT) On 19-10-2015 18:26, Bob Beatty wrote: > Hi, > > When I initially setup the FoxTelem program, I opened the "Settings" > screen, selected the checkbox labeled "Upload to Server", and entered > my > call sign (WB4SON) as my "Ground Station Name". Finally I entered my > six > digit grid square (FN41fn) to calculated the Lat/Lon from that, and > saved > the settings. I left the two AMSAT server names alone, so they > retained > their default values. > > Over a couple of nights, I managed to receive and decode a couple > dozen > telemetry frames, and assumed that they were making it to AMSAT. > However, > when I checked at http://amsat.org/tlm/ my call sign does not appear. > > Does anyone have an idea why my decoded frames might not be making it > to > AMSAT? (The PC that is running FoxTelem has an working internet > connection) > > 73, Bob, WB4SON > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views > of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb -- With regards PE0SAT Internet web-page http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/ DK3WN SatBlog http://www.dk3wn.info/p/ From johnag9d at gmail.com Wed Oct 21 12:12:43 2015 From: johnag9d at gmail.com (Personal) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 07:12:43 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Thursday's ARISS contact In-Reply-To: <56276E71.3000003@bosscher.org> References: <8716D6EF90A14306B2C89CD499EFDBC8@StevePC> <82EA60E8-C287-49EA-9301-CA1D0F1CF99A@verizon.net> <56276E71.3000003@bosscher.org> Message-ID: <8BA34652-2992-4B1C-B916-3566EE3B7526@gmail.com> Yep...there you go right from the horses mouth so to speak. I forgot to throw I. The part about the media. They generally show up on contact day and want to know if they can plug into your audio. If you are an average ham, you just passed out because you either weren't set up for that or you have no idea how to do it. Most ground crews are average hams, most haven't worked a satellite let alone an often 100-700 person media event with one chance to get it right. JohnAG9D Sent from my iPad > On Oct 21, 2015, at 5:52 AM, Tom wrote: > > As one of the folks involved in this, below is some information. Someone talked about the added stress. Trust me, its there. I've got forty years in as a broadcast engineer, and this "remote" has me very uptight! I will be running the audio mix for the event. From the audio out of the rig, into the gym audio system, and feeding a 16 port media box, to running audio from the handheld mic back into the rig, if that fails, its me. We are using a hand held EV mic, with a aux feed from the board into the TS-2000. I have a pendant switch (nurse call like) that controls the PTT, and there is a broadcast "On the Air" light to let everyone know when the mic is hot. > > And who is running the radio setup? Doug Paypay, KD8CAO. I have no concerns. :) And Mike Wolthuis, KB8ZGL and the crew form the Lowell ARC has done an amazing job in installing the antennas. Mike will be the local and radio host. The local cable TV access channel will have a 4 camera setup (including one on the roof antennas) and will be producing a 30 minute program on it. > > I am looking forward to the event, and looking forward to LOS time even more! > > More info: > > The West Michigan Aviation Academy > (http://www.westmichiganaviation.org) has been approved and scheduled > for a ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) contact > with Kjell Lindgren (KO5MOS). > > The ground station was put on loan from the Greenville Amateur Radio > Club (KD8RXD) and the event supported by the Lowell Amateur Radio Club > (W8LRC) and the Holland Amateur Radio Club (K8DAA). The event is being > taped with multiple cameras and is expected to be available on NASATV > (http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/) during the contact (possibly a > bit delayed). > > Up to date information is available on twitter at #ISS_Ham_Radio > (https://twitter.com/ISS_Ham_Radio). > > If you would like to stream the live audio to your local repeater > and/or listen it is available from several planned sources as follows: > IRLP ? the Great Lakes Reflector ? Channel 9617, Echolink ? the > *MICHIGAN* conference ? Node #96170. The audio stream will also be > available for any regular MP3 stream capable player (ie. iTunes, > WinAmp, Windows Media Player, etc) at the URL: > http://stream.kb8zgl.net:8000 > > Additional links with video as well as audio may be available, but > waiting on a final website for that ? follow the twitter feed for > further updates. Many local news teams are also planning to be on hand > from West Michigan ? tune in to your favorite news station to see if > we make the news! > > If you have any questions, please feel free to send them to event > coordinator Mike Wolthuis ? KB8ZGL email addresskb8zgl at kb8zgl.net > > > Tom Bosscher K8TB > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From dave at druidnetworks.com Wed Oct 21 14:57:31 2015 From: dave at druidnetworks.com (Dave Swanson) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 09:57:31 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] KG5CCI/P October 21st thru 26th In-Reply-To: <561899E0.1090306@druidnetworks.com> References: <561899E0.1090306@druidnetworks.com> Message-ID: <5627A7DB.70806@druidnetworks.com> Pass schedules plans the next 24 hours: 10/21/2015 2100-2130Z - EM25/26 Line near Coweta, OK for a AO7(B) Central US footprint, and a FO29 Western US Footprint 10/21/2015 2300-2340Z - EM16 for AO7(B), XW2E, XW2F, LilacSat2 (If I make good time thru Tulsa) 10/22/2015 0030-0100Z - EM16 for XW2E, XW2F, LilacSat2 10/22/2015 1345-1415Z - EM17/EM18 Line Near Newton, KS for XW2E, XW2F, LilacSat2 I was really hoping AO85 would be up and working, as several of my stop points included passes, but I understand the engineering team needs to do their thing. I may also work some impromptu EM17 passes later tonight and early tomorrow morning, but that will depend on my non-sat activities. Plans 24-72 hours : After that I'll be heading west towards Garden City, KS where I will be spending the night. I plan on stopping in EM08/EM07 and DM98/DM97 for SO50/FO29 at different points on 10/22/15 as the afternoon progresses. I will be in Holly, CO Friday and Saturday, and DM88/DM87 will likely be activated on those days. Plans 72 Hours+ : Watch Twitter @KG5CCI for latest updates. I try and post as far ahead of time as I can, but sometimes it's as little as 15 minutes prior. 73! -Dave, KG5CCI On 10/9/2015 11:53 PM, Dave Swanson wrote: > Hello Satellite Friends and Colleagues, > > I'll be traveling in few weeks to some spots off the beaten path, and > wanted to give everyone a heads up on the tentative plans. On > Wednesday, October 21st I'll depart Little Rock, AR (EM34) for > Wichita, KS (EM17) via EM25, EM26 & EM16, likely stopping in several > of the grids along the way. After a night in Wichita I'll be heading > west out in the great wheat fields of western Kansas and eastern > Colorado, which will include grids EM08, EM07, DM98, DM97, DM88, and > DM87... the last 4 of those being pretty rarely heard. I'll likely be > out there until Sunday the 25th, when I'll return to Wichita, and then > back to Little Rock on the 26th. > > Like most of my trips, this is multi-purpose business and personal, in > addition to working satellites, so I don't have precise times of which > passes I'll be on and where I'll be yet. I will be working any and all > linear and FM birds (including all the new ones) from all locations, > weather and time permitting, so be ready with your all-mode gear and > I'll try and get as many 'new-ones' handed out as I can. > > If there is a large change my in plans, I'll post a new email, but as > always the absolute best way to get an idea of where I'll be and at > what time is to watch my Twitter account at https://twitter.com/KG5CCI > > 73! > > -Dave, KG5CCI From g0kla at arrl.net Wed Oct 21 16:53:55 2015 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 12:53:55 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] FoxTelem not reaching AMSAT In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Bob, Jan is almost certainly right. Check that and report back. It may well help others. Chris On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:10 AM, PE0SAT | Amateur Radio wrote: > Hi Bob, > > My best guess is, that the OS Firewall is blocking outgoing data coming > from the FoxTelem software. Have a look at the logging from your firewall > software > and see if is being dropped. > > Jan (PE0SAT) > > > On 19-10-2015 18:26, Bob Beatty wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> When I initially setup the FoxTelem program, I opened the "Settings" >> screen, selected the checkbox labeled "Upload to Server", and entered my >> call sign (WB4SON) as my "Ground Station Name". Finally I entered my six >> digit grid square (FN41fn) to calculated the Lat/Lon from that, and saved >> the settings. I left the two AMSAT server names alone, so they retained >> their default values. >> >> Over a couple of nights, I managed to receive and decode a couple dozen >> telemetry frames, and assumed that they were making it to AMSAT. However, >> when I checked at http://amsat.org/tlm/ my call sign does not appear. >> >> Does anyone have an idea why my decoded frames might not be making it to >> AMSAT? (The PC that is running FoxTelem has an working internet >> connection) >> >> 73, Bob, WB4SON >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views >> of AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> > > -- > With regards PE0SAT > Internet web-page http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/ > DK3WN SatBlog http://www.dk3wn.info/p/ > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net From wolthuis at gmail.com Wed Oct 21 18:03:05 2015 From: wolthuis at gmail.com (Michael J. Wolthuis) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:03:05 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Thursday's ARISS contact Message-ID: <609276E5-D6D2-487A-BBB9-DD69C193CB7C@gmail.com> Everyone, I have permission to connect the MICHIGAN Echolink conference to the AMSAT Echolink conference. If all goes as planned the audio should also be available on the AMSAT conference direct from the school. Mike kb8zgl ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Spasojevich" Cc: "AMSAT BB" ; "Steve Kristoff" Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 10:23 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thursday's ARISS contact > Steve, > > Typically the audio from a telebridge contact is carried on the AMSAT > Echolink server and on the web. Direct contacts in the US are a little > more tricky to get the audio out from the school via phone patch or skype. > Also it's felt to add more to the stress level of the ground crew, we'd > rather have them make a good contact for their local use. I've generally > added that capability to the directs I've done personally and I'll tell > you > its a good half a days work to do it. At one school I has 150 feet of Cat5 > strung around the gym to get to the stage and on another we tried the > Iphone app. Never got any reports so I don;t know how well that worked. we > were lucky to get a signal in that school. The gear we used was the same > from school to school, which is not the norm. > > > 73, > John - AG9D From wageners at gmail.com Wed Oct 21 18:26:30 2015 From: wageners at gmail.com (Stefan Wagener) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 13:26:30 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] APRS High Altitude Balloon Kickstarter Message-ID: For those of you that like to be involved in HAB. Here is an interesting Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1250163085/tracksoar -aprs?utm_source=amateur-radio-weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter 73, Stefan, VE4NSA From daron at wilson.org Wed Oct 21 18:06:51 2015 From: daron at wilson.org (Daron Wilson) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 11:06:51 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Orbitron and Celestrak TLE's Message-ID: <00f601d10c2b$437393b0$ca5abb10$@org> I've been downloading the TLE's from Celestrak/NORAD/amateur but the FOX-1 TLE's are not in that list (yet). Does it typically take a couple weeks for things to shake out and get added to this list or am I missing something else? Daron N7HQR From n8hm at arrl.net Wed Oct 21 18:36:04 2015 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:36:04 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Orbitron and Celestrak TLE's In-Reply-To: <00f601d10c2b$437393b0$ca5abb10$@org> References: <00f601d10c2b$437393b0$ca5abb10$@org> Message-ID: AO-85, being a secondary payload on a classified mission, will never appear on Celestrak unless government policies regarding kep distribution are changed. 73, Paul, N8HM On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Daron Wilson wrote: > I've been downloading the TLE's from Celestrak/NORAD/amateur but the FOX-1 > TLE's are not in that list (yet). Does it typically take a couple weeks for > things to shake out and get added to this list or am I missing something > else? > > > > Daron N7HQR > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From n4ufo at yahoo.com Wed Oct 21 21:02:08 2015 From: n4ufo at yahoo.com (Kevin M) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 21:02:08 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] satellite gear for sale References: <304176687.1180309.1445461328921.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <304176687.1180309.1445461328921.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> I do not know the seller, just passing on the ad as I know several people have been looking for LVB controllers. http://swap.qth.com/view_ad.php?counter=1226740 From kg5axf at gmail.com Wed Oct 21 21:18:02 2015 From: kg5axf at gmail.com (kg5axf) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 16:18:02 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Orbitron and Celestrak TLE's Message-ID: I've been using the amsat.org tle data. It has AO58 Fox1 in it. Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S?4 Active?, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Daron Wilson Date: 10/21/2015 13:06 (GMT-06:00) To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Orbitron and Celestrak TLE's I've been downloading the TLE's from Celestrak/NORAD/amateur but the FOX-1 TLE's are not in that list (yet).? Does it typically take a couple weeks for things to shake out and get added to this list or am I missing something else? Daron N7HQR _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From rjlawn at gmail.com Wed Oct 21 21:29:35 2015 From: rjlawn at gmail.com (Richard Lawn) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:29:35 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] 70cm Quadrifilar-Helix Antenna For Sale Message-ID: I have the following antenna that is nearly new and excess to my needs. Anyone interested please contact me off list. Antennas.US http://www.antennas.us/store/p/229-UC-4364-328-UHF-Amateur-Satellite-Antenna.html UC-4364-328 is a compact Quadrifilar Helix antenna Rated at 50 watts CW Lightly used and only outside briefly Asking $75 plus $10 shipping 73 Rick, W2JAZ From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Wed Oct 21 22:54:12 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 22:54:12 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Monday evening & Tuesday, trip wrap-up... Message-ID: Hi! I'm relaxing on my flight back to Arizona, after a week of all things AMSAT and satellite operating. The Symposium was great, and I mixed in a lot of operating from many different locations in 9 different grids (EM79, EN's: 70-71, 82-83, 92-94) in 3 states (IN, MI, OH) and the province of Ontario. My rental car had 1395 miles from my driving, when I returned it at the Indianapolis airport earlier this afternoon - including a 6-hour, 400-mile drive to get back to that airport, which came after a similar drive from Dayton to Port Huron Monday afternoon/evening. I had written about my earlier radio operating, so I'll focus on Monday evening after the end of the Symposium and Tuesday in Ontario, along with a wrap-up for the trip. Before crossing the border Tuesday morning, I worked two passes Monday evening from a parking lot near my motel in Port Huron, which was a new grid locator for my rover log (EN83). A handful of QSOs on two passes, one each on AO-73 and SO-50 - and a ton of noise when working the SO-50 pass. AO-73 worked well with the FT-817ND/SDRplay combination, once again. Since I was planning to be up early for the 2-hour drive from Port Huron to the EN93/EN94 grid boundary, I did not stay out to work later passes. In between these two passes, I had an interesting - and quick - meeting with a pair of Port Huron police officers. As soon as I explained what I was doing, they mentioned that I was not on the Wendy's property, that it would close in a few minutes, and I was OK to be out there. They also said the Wendy's manager made the call to the police, seeing me outside with my gear and "waving an antenna around". After a short night's sleep, I got up early Tuesday morning and prepared for my day-trip across the border. My motel was 2 minutes away from the crossing, at the Blue Water Bridge. After a 20-minute delay at the Canadian border checkpoint in Sarnia, I made some quick stops before starting the 2- hour drive. Among other quick stops, I saw the Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport, and took some pictures. I met Chris at a book signing event in Phoenix a few months ago, and knew Sarnia was his hometown. I saw some snow on the ground as I drove north, left over from a storm that passed through a couple of days earlier. The drive was uneventful, and I was able to line up on the grid boundary for the obligatory photos of my gear and GPS receiver. After that, an SO-50 pass for a few QSOs. There were a total of 3 FO-29 passes and 4 SO-50 passes during Tuesday afternoon. If I stayed later, I could have had a few more SO-50 passes, where I could have worked all polar bears, seeing how the passes looked on my tracking app. With AO-7 in mode A, I wanted to work a bunch of passes in FM and SSB from there on SO-50 and FO-29. I think someone else was up in this area not too long ago, but I still had lots of callers on most passes. A couple of passes saw only one other operator on, but at least I worked someone on each of the 7 passes I worked from the grid boundary. I worked a total of 42 QSOs from the EN93/EN94 grid boundary. When I was done at EN93/EN94, I thought about where else I could work from, before crossing back into the USA at Port Huron. Four grids come together at a point east of Sarnia, near the 402 freeway - EN82, EN83, EN92, EN93. I covered EN93 earlier in the day, worked briefly from EN83 the night before, and looked at maps to see where I could go to operate. The four-grid intersection was off-limits, but I could easily park somewhere to be in any two of those four grids. I decided to go with the EN82/EN92 boundary, which was close to an interchange for the 402 freeway, and the road had a large dirt shoulder where I could safely park and use my radios. I parked, found the right spot for the photos of my radios and GPS receiver on the grid boundary, and worked two passes - one each, on XW-2E and XW-2F, with a gap of a few minutes between these passes. Eight QSOs on the XW-2E pass, and 7 more on the XW-2F pass. Not too bad, for only mentioning this on Twitter due to time constraints on making additional posts in places like this mailing list. I had originally pulled out my two FT-817NDs, seeing that it had been raining during much of the afternoon. The rain did not start up while I was at EN82/EN92, so I swapped out one FT-817ND for my SDRplay SDR receiver and 8-inch tablet. I did not make one long RF recording, but stopped it when XW-2E went away, and started a new recording as XW-2F came up. Many of the same stations I worked up at EN93/EN94 were calling me at EN82/EN92, and I logged a total of 15 QSOs - 8 on XW-2E, 7 on XW-2F. After a dinner in Sarnia, I crossed the border, went back to my motel room, and had another short night's sleep before today's drive from Port Huron to Indianapolis for my flight home. Even with a stop at a post office in northern Indiana to ship books home, I made the drive in about 6 hours. Especially with the Symposium Proceedings book, my suitcase would have gone over the 50-pound free allowance, and Priority Mail was cheaper than the excess-weight fee I would have paid in Indianapolis. The books will be home on Friday, so that is not a problem. This was the first time I had to ship anything home after an event like this. I had additional radio gear in my radio bag and computer backpack (more room with tablets instead of a laptop in the backpack), since I had planned on making the run up to EN93/EN94, so I didn't have room to carry the books with me. I heard a lot of noise when I worked SO-50 from Port Huron on Monday evening. I chalked that up to the power lines and all the lighting in the area. I heard the same noise on SO-50 at EN93/EN94 Tuesday, and there were only the power lines. When I'm in Arizona, I have never heard so much noise from power lines. I was able to deal with it by using an HT as my downlink receiver for the SO-50 passes, still transmitting with the IC-2820H. I was concerned that the IC-2820H's receiver may have been going out on me, but it seems like it is working OK - other than being very sensitive to that noise. I'll check it out further at home, to confirm it is still in good working order. All of my QSOs from the past week in 3 states (Indiana, Ohio, Michigan) and Ontario, covering 8 grids - EM79; EN's 70, 71, 82, 83, 92, 93, 94 - are now in Logbook of the World. I operated from many different locations, including the Indiana/Michigan/Ohio border tripoint last Thursday (15 October) and the Indiana/Ohio border west of Dayton on Friday (16 October) evening, along with the EN82/EN92 and EN93/EN94 grid boundaries in Ontario. This also included AO-85 passes late last week, which was a nice bonus, along with the uploads of data from the telemetry in the AO-85 downlink. If you would like to receive a QSL card for any of your QSOs with WD9EWK or VA7EWK/3, please e-mail me with the QSO details. If you are in the log, I will be happy to send a card - or cards - as confirmation. Except for the XW-2E and XW-2F passes I worked from EN82/EN92 Tuesday evening, I have posted all of the RF recordings I made from various passes in my Dropbox space accessible at http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ (refresh your browser or press F5 if the folder/file listing doesn't pop up immediately). All were made using the SDRplay receiver, my 8-inch HP tablet, and HDSDR. Telemetry uploads were done after the passes, using the RF recording and playing that from HDSDR into the FoxTelem program. I hope to have the RF recordings from the Tuesday evening XW-2E and XW-2F passes posted in a couple of days. I'm not going to tempt fate and my Internet access by trying to do a Dropbox upload on inflight WiFi. :-) Thanks for all the QSOs! It was fun to work so many passes, from many different locations. I also had the pleasure to meet some of the voices I regularly hear on the different birds in Dayton over last weekend - always a good thing... 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK (at 38000 feet above New Mexico, on the way to Phoenix) From red at redwilloughby.com Wed Oct 21 23:04:47 2015 From: red at redwilloughby.com (Red Willoughby) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:04:47 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Message-ID: <56281A0F.5010204@redwilloughby.com> I am listening to the AO-85 passes during this important week of testing (LISTENING, not transmitting as requested by the engineering team) and clearly hear Veronica announce "Fox-1 Safe Mode." Even on low elevation, the signal has been full quieting - strong and clear. I hope the operational mode sounds this good after testing is completed. From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Wed Oct 21 23:08:08 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 23:08:08 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] LOTW reminder for WD9EWK & VA7EWK/3 over the past week... Message-ID: Hi! Some reminders about my call signs, and Logbook of the World... 1. If you worked WD9EWK at the Indiana/Michigan/Ohio border tripoint last Thursday (15 October), you would need to upload 3 QSO records to Logbook of the World, to represent this QSO in each of the states I stood in at that point. Each QSO record will need its QSO time to be at least 1 minute different than each of the others. Otherwise, QSO records with time differences of less than 1 minute will overwrite an existing QSO record you previously uploaded. Logbook of the World can handle contacts with one QSO record for a location in 2 or 4 grids, but cannot handle a similar situation with a single QSO record for QSOs on other boundaries (states, provinces, counties, or even countries). 2. Just like with point 1, an upload of 2 QSO records is needed to get confirmation with WD9EWK in both Indiana and Ohio last Saturday evening, again with the QSO times differing by at least one minute. As long as these QSO times are different, and are within 30 minutes +/- of the times I had in my QSO records for these locations, you should see QSLs appearing in LOTW. 3. Although I was slipping a little in the evening, I tried to correct myself on the air, and keep with using VA7EWK/3 as my call sign yesterday from Ontario. I used VA7EWK/3 on the air, and the Logbook of the World uploads I just did for those QSOs will show VA7EWK/3. Please do not ask me to make another QSO upload if you are looking for a confirmation with VA7EWK without the "/3". The only time I may use VA7EWK without any additional indicators in Canada outside of British Columbia may be on packet/APRS. For APRS on Tuesday, I used WD9EWK-9 on both sides of the border as I drove around, but included both of my calls in the text sent with each of my position packets. This is what I did for my trip east of Windsor last year, and I put VK/WD9EWK in that text when I ran APRS in Australia a few years ago to ensured my station identified in accordance with Australian regulations. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK From the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp Wed Oct 21 23:21:03 2015 From: the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp (J. Boyd (JR2TTS)) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 08:21:03 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] Monday evening & Tuesday, trip wrap-up... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20151022081738.CF0E.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 22:54:12 +0000, "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" wrote: > In between these two passes, I had an interesting - and quick - meeting > with a pair of Port Huron police officers. As soon as I explained what I > was doing, they mentioned that I was not on the Wendy's property, that it > would close in a few minutes, and I was OK to be out there. They also said > the Wendy's manager made the call to the police, seeing me outside with my > gear and "waving an antenna around". I wonder if it would be a good idea to do what some contest rovers here in Japan do when they set up at a scenic overlook or a park with huge stacked yagis on top of their vans, to avoid misunderstandings -- they put up little flags next to their vehicles that read "Amateur Radio In Progress". -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C From bruninga at usna.edu Wed Oct 21 23:45:35 2015 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 19:45:35 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Possible ISS School Contact Experiment idea? (Thurs) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: For anyone that might be doing the Arrow Test, it might be useful, if you have a spare HT, to have the second HT listening on an omni several feet away.... and note, if there are any nulls on the beam, whether the omni heard it (due to spatial diversity). Both radios running squelch. Thanks Bob -----Original Message----- From: Robert Bruninga [mailto:bruninga at usna.edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 6:06 PM To: amsat bb Cc: bruninga at usna.edu Subject: RE: Possible ISS School Contact Experiment idea? (Thurs) > An ISS school contact? in Michigan on 22 Oct. > ? to begin at approximately 17:14 UTC. This is a great time for those skilled portable "arrow" operators to get data on using fixed vertical arrow beam antennas for ISS voice at or near the horizon. The test will show if well placed fixed tripod "arrow class" antennas at AOS and LOS and a central turnstyle could possibly make it easier than a full AZ/EL Oscar class antenna at the school. Testers, Please read the concept paper at http://aprs.org/aos-los-test.html If your QTH is west of Michigan, then you should test your LOS horizon. If your QTH is east of Michigan, then you should test your AOS horizon. This is because we want to make sure we are getting voice quality data AT the horizon while the ISS crew is actually speaking. The desired data is a minute-by-minute log throughout the pass of ISS signal quality (noting nulls or fades) without moving or adjusting the antenna. Your receiver must be right near the antenna (no coax loss). Just orient the beam vertically with an up tilt of 15 degrees. Then aim it at a fixed Azimuth that is half way between AOS (or LOS) and when the ISS rises above (or drops below) 30 degrees elevation to cover the first (or last) portions of the pass. Leave your antenna fixed throughout the pass. We need to know how well the squelch on your radio eliminates the weak signal when the ISS is outside your particular fixed beam too. In a real scenario of this full technique, above 30 degrees the ISS is 3 times closer and 10 dB stronger and would be heard fine on a central omni antenna. But that is not part of your horizon performance test. So be sure to choose a good low horizon *and* the horizon you share with the School contact in Michigan so that there is ISS audio during your particular horizon crossing (AOS or LOS). An audio recording would make it easier to prepare the log after the pass or you can just make checks or X's every 5 seconds on a piece of paper and summarize it later. Do NOT run open squelch. Set the squelch for normal ham radio operation to silence the radio when the signal would be unintelligible anyway, since we would not want unintelligible noise from one receiver to distract from good audio from the possible others.. If this concept works, then the idea would be to bring in all three receiver speakers (left-to-right) into the auditorium operating position to give equal weight to each receiver but also give a sense of the passage of the ISS. If this test shows any promise, it could not only eliminate all the complexities of long crossed yagis, AZ/EL rotators, big masts and active tracking, but also completely eliminate the problem of long runs of coax from the school gymnasium to the antennas. The coax is eliminated by placing 50W mobile rigs (capable of cross band repeat) at each of the possible three antennas and operating them remotely via 3 UHF HT's indoors on-stage (coupled into the sound system). So, if you are in range of this Michigan ISS school contact, and you have an arrow on a tripod at your QTH, you could collect data on a horizon transition to see if this idea is a possibility. Again, YOU ARE RECEIVE ONLY. Your test is *independent* of the actual school contact, you are just taking your own receive data wherever you are of how well a FIXED arrow on a tripod can hear the ISS at low elevations. Be sure to find a place with a good horizon at AOS(or LOS) to set your antenna. If we learn that there will be any significant fades or loss of signal, then this idea fails... But if it works, then the two arrows, tripods, three crossband-repeating mobile rigs and three UHF HT's could be made into a suitcase GOKIT to standardize some school contacts with a lot less work. Just an idea Bob, WB4APR US Naval Academy From saguaroastro at cox.net Wed Oct 21 23:48:50 2015 From: saguaroastro at cox.net (Rick Tejera) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 16:48:50 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Monday evening & Tuesday, trip wrap-up... In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00a501d10c5b$0925e250$1b71a6f0$@net> When I activate Summits for SOTA, I have a small plaque about a foot square that I put near my operating position near where passersby will be. It says: What is this nut doing? Hello My name is Rick and I am an amateur radio operator or as most know us; a ham radio operator. My Call sign is K7TEJ. I am operating in a program hams call SOTA: Summits on the Air. the idea is to hike up to the Summit of certified peaks, set up a portable station and try to contact as many other hams as we can. My Station is capable of making contacts around the world. Please feel free to watch and ask question during breaks in the action. Just beware, hams like to talk about our hobby! I find this helps alleve any concerns passersby may have about me being in league with the forces of evil. Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Radio Club www.w7tbc.org 623-572-0713 623-203-4121 (cell) SaguaroaAstro at cox.net -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of J. Boyd (JR2TTS) Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 4:21 PM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Monday evening & Tuesday, trip wrap-up... On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 22:54:12 +0000, "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" wrote: > In between these two passes, I had an interesting - and quick - meeting > with a pair of Port Huron police officers. As soon as I explained what I > was doing, they mentioned that I was not on the Wendy's property, that it > would close in a few minutes, and I was OK to be out there. They also said > the Wendy's manager made the call to the police, seeing me outside with my > gear and "waving an antenna around". I wonder if it would be a good idea to do what some contest rovers here in Japan do when they set up at a scenic overlook or a park with huge stacked yagis on top of their vans, to avoid misunderstandings -- they put up little flags next to their vehicles that read "Amateur Radio In Progress". -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From skristof at etczone.net Thu Oct 22 00:45:35 2015 From: skristof at etczone.net (Steve Kristoff) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 20:45:35 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Thursday's ARISS contact In-Reply-To: <56276E71.3000003@bosscher.org> References: <8716D6EF90A14306B2C89CD499EFDBC8@StevePC><82EA60E8-C287-49EA-9301-CA1D0F1CF99A@verizon.net> <56276E71.3000003@bosscher.org> Message-ID: <914AF8A02CF44C319C0F91CC11863101@StevePC> Tom, thank you for doing this! I teach at a community college and send out an email that I would be in the parking lot listening to the astronaut side of the conversation directly from the Space Station. Last time I did that, one person stopped by to listen with me for awhile. >From what I've heard, I may have some more company this time. Again, thanks for all the hard work! 73 Steve AI9IN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom" To: Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 6:52 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Thursday's ARISS contact As one of the folks involved in this, below is some information. Someone talked about the added stress. Trust me, its there. I've got forty years in as a broadcast engineer, and this "remote" has me very uptight! I will be running the audio mix for the event. From the audio out of the rig, into the gym audio system, and feeding a 16 port media box, to running audio from the handheld mic back into the rig, if that fails, its me. We are using a hand held EV mic, with a aux feed from the board into the TS-2000. I have a pendant switch (nurse call like) that controls the PTT, and there is a broadcast "On the Air" light to let everyone know when the mic is hot. And who is running the radio setup? Doug Paypay, KD8CAO. I have no concerns. :) And Mike Wolthuis, KB8ZGL and the crew form the Lowell ARC has done an amazing job in installing the antennas. Mike will be the local and radio host. The local cable TV access channel will have a 4 camera setup (including one on the roof antennas) and will be producing a 30 minute program on it. I am looking forward to the event, and looking forward to LOS time even more! More info: The West Michigan Aviation Academy (http://www.westmichiganaviation.org) has been approved and scheduled for a ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) contact with Kjell Lindgren (KO5MOS). The ground station was put on loan from the Greenville Amateur Radio Club (KD8RXD) and the event supported by the Lowell Amateur Radio Club (W8LRC) and the Holland Amateur Radio Club (K8DAA). The event is being taped with multiple cameras and is expected to be available on NASATV (http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/) during the contact (possibly a bit delayed). Up to date information is available on twitter at #ISS_Ham_Radio (https://twitter.com/ISS_Ham_Radio). If you would like to stream the live audio to your local repeater and/or listen it is available from several planned sources as follows: IRLP ? the Great Lakes Reflector ? Channel 9617, Echolink ? the *MICHIGAN* conference ? Node #96170. The audio stream will also be available for any regular MP3 stream capable player (ie. iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media Player, etc) at the URL: http://stream.kb8zgl.net:8000 Additional links with video as well as audio may be available, but waiting on a final website for that ? follow the twitter feed for further updates. Many local news teams are also planning to be on hand from West Michigan ? tune in to your favorite news station to see if we make the news! If you have any questions, please feel free to send them to event coordinator Mike Wolthuis ? KB8ZGL email addresskb8zgl at kb8zgl.net Tom Bosscher K8TB _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb Steve Kristoff skristof at etczone.com ?A few chords strummed on a ukulele, enough to please a few others beside yourself, does more good in this world than the combined efforts of all the financiers and politicians that ever lived.? ? Frank Littig, Littig?s New Harmony Self Instructor Chords for Ukulele, Banjuke or Taro Patch Fiddle, Chart Music Publishing House, Chicago, Illinois, 1924 From wolthuis at gmail.com Thu Oct 22 01:21:42 2015 From: wolthuis at gmail.com (Michael J. Wolthuis) Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2015 21:21:42 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Possible delay of the ARISS pass Message-ID: <5C588EFA-0261-4D05-A432-A4051FC6D8BA@gmail.com> Just so everyone is aware, we have been informed that the ISS pass with the Michigan school may be delayed until Friday, but going ahead as planned for now. On the Ops call tonight I was informed of a possible slip in our contact. Earlier in the day the astronauts will be involved in an EVA (space walk). If all goes well Kjell should be out of his space suit and on the radio at the scheduled time on Thursday. If things go south, however, the EVA could bleed into our event. NASA Planning has already booked our Option #3 as the backup. This is a 54 deg pass on Friday 2015-10-23 at 17:53:51 UTC. We are asked to proceed as if our event will occur as scheduled. Mike kb8zgl From af5cc2 at gmail.com Thu Oct 22 01:43:21 2015 From: af5cc2 at gmail.com (John Geiger) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 01:43:21 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 In-Reply-To: <56281A0F.5010204@redwilloughby.com> References: <56281A0F.5010204@redwilloughby.com> Message-ID: How much power is AO85 running? I briefly heard it the other day when I was programming frequencies into the rig. 73 John AF5CC On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 11:04 PM, Red Willoughby wrote: > I am listening to the AO-85 passes during this important week of testing > (LISTENING, not transmitting as requested by the engineering team) and > clearly hear Veronica announce "Fox-1 Safe Mode." Even on low elevation, > the signal has been full quieting - strong and clear. I hope the > operational mode sounds this good after testing is completed. > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp Thu Oct 22 01:53:37 2015 From: the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp (J. Boyd (JR2TTS)) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 10:53:37 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 In-Reply-To: <56281A0F.5010204@redwilloughby.com> References: <56281A0F.5010204@redwilloughby.com> Message-ID: <20151022104546.CF11.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> On Wed, 21 Oct 2015 18:04:47 -0500, Red Willoughby wrote: > I am listening to the AO-85 passes during this important week of testing > (LISTENING, not transmitting as requested by the engineering team) and > clearly hear Veronica announce "Fox-1 Safe Mode." Even on low elevation, > the signal has been full quieting - strong and clear. I hope the > operational mode sounds this good after testing is completed. I recorded a pass last weekend when the recording was saying "Hi! This is amateur radio satellite Fox One." -- it boomed in full quieting almost the moment it came over the hill. Sounded like a local repeater a mile away. The actual QSOs I heard, however, were decidedly different. It almost sounded like someone was holding up a mic to a speaker that the actual downlink was coming out of. I heard static between transmissions that was separate from the static heard when the sat rotates. A bit difficult to explain. -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C From w3mat03 at gmail.com Thu Oct 22 12:25:50 2015 From: w3mat03 at gmail.com (W3MAT .) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 08:25:50 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Comet CF-416A Message-ID: Just ordered a Comet CF-416A 2M/440 duplexer for use with my Elk antenna. Does anyone else use this duplexer? Reviews? Loon W3MAT From red at redwilloughby.com Thu Oct 22 12:53:07 2015 From: red at redwilloughby.com (Red Willoughby) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 07:53:07 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5628DC33.2090807@redwilloughby.com> I believe it is capable of 300mw. From w3mat03 at gmail.com Thu Oct 22 12:55:25 2015 From: w3mat03 at gmail.com (W3MAT .) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 08:55:25 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-2 Message-ID: FM wide or FM Narrow? From peter at m3php.com Thu Oct 22 13:03:22 2015 From: peter at m3php.com (Peter Goodhall) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 14:03:22 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-2 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I've been using FM Wide without much problem on Lilacsat-2 Peter, 2E0SQL On 22 October 2015 at 13:55, W3MAT . wrote: > FM wide or FM Narrow? > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Peter Goodhall, 2E0SQL From w5pfg at amsat.org Thu Oct 22 13:12:12 2015 From: w5pfg at amsat.org (Clayton W5PFG) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 08:12:12 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-2 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5628E0AC.9050906@amsat.org> I've had better luck without Narrow on my Icom satellite radios. On my Yaesu radios, however, LilacSat-2 seems to sound a bit better with Narrow on the downlink. Just my experience/preference. 73 Clayton W5PFG On 10/22/2015 07:55, W3MAT . wrote: > FM wide or FM Narrow? > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From n0jy at amsat.org Thu Oct 22 14:46:52 2015 From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 09:46:52 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 In-Reply-To: <5628DC33.2090807@redwilloughby.com> References: <5628DC33.2090807@redwilloughby.com> Message-ID: <5628F6DC.3080307@amsat.org> Actually, it's up to 800 mW - 500 mW nominal. Jerry Buxton, N?JY On 10/22/2015 07:53, Red Willoughby wrote: > I believe it is capable of 300mw. > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views > of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk Thu Oct 22 15:24:56 2015 From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 15:24:56 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Sats at IARU-R3 + Astro Pi Launch + DeLorean References: <994228426.2371161.1445527496742.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <994228426.2371161.1445527496742.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> IARU Region 3 Conference report and CRSA/CRAC Amateur Satellite Guide paper http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/21/iaru-region-3-conference/ New version of Fox-1A Telemetry Decoder http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/21/new-version-of-fox-1a-telemetry-decoder/ Astro Pi launch changed http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/20/astro-pi-launch-changed/ Amateur radio high altitude balloon enthusiast N6ARA helped restore BTTF DeLorean time machine http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/22/amateur-radio-balloon-enthusiast-restored-bttf-delorean/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK?http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter?https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube?https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ---- From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Thu Oct 22 15:28:54 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 08:28:54 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Comet CF-416A In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Loon, I have not used that specific model of Comet duplexer, but have used the CF-4160 duplexers (SO-239 sockets all around, no coax leads coming from the duplexer's case). They work, the similar models from Diamond work, and even the MFJ-916 series work. I am currently using the MFJ-916B for my two-radio setups with my Elk antenna, and have had good luck with it. By the way, the MFJ duplexers are about half the price of the comparable units from Comet or Diamond - and the MFJ duplexers are made in the Far East, not Mississippi. Good luck, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 5:25 AM, W3MAT . wrote: > Just ordered a Comet CF-416A 2M/440 duplexer for use with my Elk antenna. > Does anyone else use this duplexer? Reviews? > > Loon > W3MAT > From n5vho.ken at gmail.com Thu Oct 22 17:10:47 2015 From: n5vho.ken at gmail.com (Kenneth Ransom) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 12:10:47 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] West Michigan Aviation Academy, Grand Rapids, Michigan postponed Message-ID: The event with West Michigan Aviation Academy, Grand Rapids, Michigan for today has been postponed due to the EVA suit fit check activity running long. The event has been rescheduled for Fri 2015-10-23 17:58 UTC and a change of crew member to Yui. -- Kenneth - N5VHO From wb3csy at gmail.com Thu Oct 22 17:22:52 2015 From: wb3csy at gmail.com (Rick Walter) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:22:52 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Possible delay of the ARISS pass In-Reply-To: <5C588EFA-0261-4D05-A432-A4051FC6D8BA@gmail.com> References: <5C588EFA-0261-4D05-A432-A4051FC6D8BA@gmail.com> Message-ID: Not a peep here on 145.800 in FN10. I assume it is moved to Friday. Rick WB3CSY Sent from Rick's iPhone 6S "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" - Albert Einstein > On Oct 21, 2015, at 9:21 PM, Michael J. Wolthuis wrote: > > Just so everyone is aware, we have been informed that the ISS pass with the Michigan school may be delayed until Friday, but going ahead as planned for now. > > On the Ops call tonight I was informed of a possible slip in our contact. Earlier in the day the astronauts will be involved in an EVA (space walk). If all goes well Kjell should be out of his space suit and on the radio at the scheduled time on Thursday. If things go south, however, the EVA could bleed into our event. NASA Planning has already booked our Option #3 as the backup. This is a 54 deg pass on Friday 2015-10-23 at 17:53:51 UTC. > > We are asked to proceed as if our event will occur as scheduled. > > Mike > kb8zgl > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Thu Oct 22 17:22:55 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 10:22:55 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Monday evening & Tuesday, trip wrap-up... In-Reply-To: <20151022081738.CF0E.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> References: <20151022081738.CF0E.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> Message-ID: Jeff, Judging from what the Port Huron police officers said, posting a sign or anything like this would have probably still meant the Wendy's manager was calling the police, once I started pointing my antenna skyward. It happens. I have had many encounters with law enforcement over the years when working satellites. All of them pretty much end the same way as my encounter in Port Huron on Monday evening. Only once was I encouraged to go somewhere else, although I was told at the same time I was not breaking any laws or regulations where I happened to be operating (in the hotel parking lot, outside the site of the 2014 AMSAT Symposium, near BWI airport in Baltimore). ?Specifically for Monday evening in Port Huron, I knew I was not on the Wendy's property, so I didn't bother saying anything to them. The law enforcement encounter went as quickly as most of these encounters go. That event last year in Baltimore was probably the longest encounter I have ever had related to my satellite operating, at around 20 minutes in the parking lot with those officers (initially two, then a third arrived during the 20-minute encounter - each with their vehicles, blocking cars in that part of the hotel's parking lot). In the end, it is sometimes easier to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission, as it is usually easier for someone to say "no" when asked for something they may not know much about. ? 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 4:21 PM, J. Boyd (JR2TTS) < the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp> wrote: > > > I wonder if it would be a good idea to do what some contest rovers here > in Japan do when they set up at a scenic overlook or a park with huge > stacked yagis on top of their vans, to avoid misunderstandings -- they > put up little flags next to their vehicles that read "Amateur Radio In > Progress". > > From AJ9N at aol.com Thu Oct 22 17:41:31 2015 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:41:31 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-22 17:30 UTC Message-ID: Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-22 17:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Saku Children?s Science Dome for the Future, Saku City, Japan, direct via 8N?SDF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-10-22 09:52:21 UTC 54 deg West Michigan Aviation Academy, Grand Rapids, MI, direct via W8ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH (***) Contact is a go for: Fri 2015-10-23 17:58:48 UTC 49 deg (***) Note that this is a new day and time! (***) Dearborn Public Schools, Dearborn, Michigan, USA, direct via K8UTT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for Option #3: Tue 2015-10-27 16:01:59 UTC 57 deg Daggett Montessori School K-8, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, direct via K5COW The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for Option #4: Thu 2015-10-29 14:12:56 UTC 31 deg **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss at arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 111 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-22 17:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 999. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 964. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-15 07:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp Thu Oct 22 22:43:38 2015 From: the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp (J. Boyd (JR2TTS)) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 07:43:38 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] Monday evening & Tuesday, trip wrap-up... In-Reply-To: References: <20151022081738.CF0E.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> Message-ID: <20151023074333.D149.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> On Thu, 22 Oct 2015 10:22:55 -0700, "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" wrote: > Only once was I encouraged to go somewhere else, although > I was told at the same time I was not breaking any laws or > regulations where I happened to be operating (in the hotel > parking lot, outside the site of the 2014 AMSAT Symposium, > near BWI airport in Baltimore). All right, I can kind of understand this one. With all the reported incidents of people with laser pointers aimed with aircraft, and the constant fear of someone maliciously interfering with aviation radio traffic (a potentially life-threatening situation), I could imagine someone getting nervous if they saw some dude near the airport with an antenna tracking something in the sky. Most of the time when I'm in public with a yagi it's in the middle of a deserted rice field or in a public park away from crowds. Luckily I have never been confronted by anyone (yet). But given the extremely short time of a typical satellite pass, such an occasion would ruin the whole thing, wouldn't it? "Sure, I'll go somewhere else now -- the whole session lasts twelve minutes, and you've been talking to me for five." -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C From AJ9N at aol.com Thu Oct 22 22:49:15 2015 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 18:49:15 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-22 23:30 UTC Message-ID: <14a4cc.19963efc.435ac1eb@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-22 23:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Saku Children?s Science Dome for the Future, Saku City, Japan, direct via 8N?SDF The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact was successful: Thu 2015-10-22 09:52:21 UTC 54 deg (***) West Michigan Aviation Academy, Grand Rapids, MI, direct via W8ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact is a go for: Fri 2015-10-23 17:58:48 UTC 49 deg Note that this is a new day and time! Possible Russian contact with Kursk (***) Tue 2015-10-27 11:35 UTC (***) Dearborn Public Schools, Dearborn, Michigan, USA, direct via K8UTT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for Option #3: Tue 2015-10-27 16:01:59 UTC 57 deg Daggett Montessori School K-8, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, direct via K5COW The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for Option #4: Thu 2015-10-29 14:12:56 UTC 31 deg **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss at arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 112 (***) **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-22 23:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1000. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 965. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-22 23:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From electricity440 at gmail.com Fri Oct 23 00:03:46 2015 From: electricity440 at gmail.com (Skyler F) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 02:03:46 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] Colorado Amateur Satellite net Begins in 1 hour Message-ID: This is a reminder that the Colorado Amateur Satellite net will begin in 1 hour from now (7PM mountain time Thursday). 6PM Pacific 7PM Mountain 8PM Central 9PM Eastern Please visit us on *AMSATNET.INFO * *IRLP* 9870, the Denver Reflector *ALLSTAR LINK* 40764, direct hookup to the repeater here. 41715, KC9ZHV hub at a data center if I am out of bandwidth. More info on AllStar - amsatnet.info/#node *ECHOLINK* *AMSAT* unless there is an ARISS contact, then go direct to KD0WHB-L *LOCAL RF* 449.875 (-) 103.5 (the Rocky Mountain Radio League repeater on Eldorado Mountain) 447.225 (-) 141.3 (The STEM school repeater we set up) 447.850 (-) 141.3 (AC?KQ's repeater where he lives on TOP of saddleback mountain) 449.625 (-) 141.3 ( W?KU Lookout Mountain) Possibly here, not for sure yet 147.450 SIMPLEX (Aurora, CO) 446.275 (-) 100.0 Galena St. Local repeater at my house, giving a whoppin 5 blocks of great coverage *REMOTE RF* Your Repeater here!, Email me if you want to link in or me to link your echolink or allstar repeater in automatically (no automatic IRLP linking supported) Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KD?WHB electricity440 at gmail.com From nicholasmahr1 at gmail.com Fri Oct 23 01:17:09 2015 From: nicholasmahr1 at gmail.com (Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 21:17:09 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Message-ID: Been listening to AO-85's transponder today, I personally cannot get into it, But I do collect ALOT of frames when someone activates the transponder. This last pass I got 45 packets in a 5 degree pass and average about 50+ packets a pass (When Transponder Is On) so I have been collecting packets like crazy and lead the 90 minute leaderboard on the tlm website! Other than that I do not notice anyone having low audio now unless the people are using narrow FM. I am listening to every nightly AO-85 pass (Even If Its Late Hi Hi). Sounds great Jerry we just need to work those few bugs out! 73's KE8AKW Nick From k4rgk at arrl.net Thu Oct 22 23:03:21 2015 From: k4rgk at arrl.net (Daryl Young) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 19:03:21 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] How to Know When Your AO-85 Telemetry Has Been Uploaded? In-Reply-To: <121BDD0D84EC46E1AD90DD373DFFA7CB@OPT755> References: <15050a65418-621a-35b47@webprd-m39.mail.aol.com> <121BDD0D84EC46E1AD90DD373DFFA7CB@OPT755> Message-ID: <56296B39.8010701@arrl.net> Hi ! With help from K4SQC I finally got some AO85 telemetry to decode! After the 186 payloads were decoded (high speed on that pass!) and the pass was complete I realized "upload to server" was not checked, so I checked it. Is the information below accurate, the already decoded telemetry will not now or ever upload to the server? We did record the pass in HDSDR so I should be able to follow the path Scott took but I'd like to verify this before "dumping" the decodes. Thanks! *Daryl K4RGK * On 10/10/2015 7:42 AM, Scott wrote: > Yes, after trying everything that I could think of with no luck, it occurred to me that I could dump the data that had been received previously (when "upload" was turned off) and replay my I/Q file once again into the Fox Telem software with "upload" turned on. > > That worked, but only 4 packets uploaded even though the software indicated 10 decodes. Not sure why, but I was satisfied... I don't consider it a competition; I really just wanted to get completely through the process and actually have some data upload to the site. > > I do have some observations that I'll share on the chance that it helps someone else. > > While several bit rates are available in the Fox Telem software on a drop-down menu, the documentation recommends 48,000. So, before replaying my I/Q file that last time, I reconfigured SDR# as well as the VB-Cable audio link to both work at 48,000. Sure enough, I decoded many more packets than I had previously. Going forward I'll capture the data with those settings. > > Last night's pass might have been unique in that it was a minute of slow-speed data but then transitioned to high-speed. So, I had to replay my I/Q file twice... once with the Fox Telem software set to slow data and again with it set to high. However, I realize now that I could have easily paused the playback in SDR#, stopped the Fox Telem input, switched to high speed, and resumed the playback. > > Since I'm not going to have an internet connection during the initial data capture, it would appear that the correct sequence of events for my configuration will be to only use the Fox Telem software during a fly-over to give me some feedback as to how well I'm receiving. I'll then dump the resulting payload and replay the recorded I/Q file with an active internet connection and the Fox Telem software set to upload. It would be wonderful if the software would "store & forward" the packets once online, but this might be a blessing in disguise as there is every chance that I'll have a better result decoding under controlled conditions where I'm don't have my hands full with an antenna, etc. > > Also, I see that many people with more advanced setups are able to play their recorded I/Q .wav files directly in the Fox Telem software. I did not have any success with that and I actually liked replaying my recordings in SDR# so that I could verify that I was centered on the carrier and make minor frequency adjustments. I was also tweaking output levels on replay. I didn't really know if there was any benefit in that, but I told myself that I was keeping the waveforms on the Fox Telem software as "clean" as possible in hopes of more decodes. Similar apps give some level feedback so you'll know if you are feeding it at the right volume, but it's still a really nice app. > > At any rate, I was pretty tickled with any success at all and VERY appreciative of the information that others have shared. > > In summary, my setup is: > > -Arrow dual-band antenna (will test some future passes with omni QFH when elevation is high) > -$20 RTL-SDR dongle > -SDR# on Windows-7, FM-narrow @ 32k bandwidth with audio set to 48,000, doppler tracking from Orbitron > -VB Cable set to 48,000 > -Fox Telem software with AF input set to VB-Cable @ 48,000 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David G0MRF > To: scott23192 at gmail.com > Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 03:28 > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] How to Know When Your AO-85 Telemetry Has Been Uploaded? > > > Hi. > There is a K4KDR-FM17 in the list with 4 somethings (frames payloads packets or whatever) > > Thanks > > David > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott > To: amsat-bb > Sent: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 2:45 > Subject: [amsat-bb] How to Know When Your AO-85 Telemetry Has Been Uploaded? > > > My Fox 1 Telemetry Analysis Tool is showing "Decoded: 8" and "Queued: 0" at > the > bottom of the screen. > > I have my station details complete and the box to > "Upload to Server" is > checked. > > Not seeing my call sign on the Leaderboard > Statistics page, but I have no > idea how long to wait before I should expect > some feedback from an upload > to be reflected on that page. > > Is there some way > to know when the Windows App has completed an upload > successfully? > > I have > logging enabled and see a line as follows: > > ===== > Trying Primary Server: > tlm.amsat.org:41041 > ===== > > ... but no indication of a successful -or- failed > upload. I do have an > active internet connection. > > Many thanks. > > -Scott, > K4KDR > Montpelier, VA > USA > _______________________________________________ > Sent via > AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested > persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely > those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an > AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: > http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > From wolthuis at gmail.com Thu Oct 22 18:32:38 2015 From: wolthuis at gmail.com (Michael Wolthuis) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 14:32:38 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Possible delay of the ARISS pass In-Reply-To: References: <5C588EFA-0261-4D05-A432-A4051FC6D8BA@gmail.com> Message-ID: <69F86CA4-E3B1-4C74-B922-D6D221C0C337@gmail.com> Delayed until tomorrow at 1:30 Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 22, 2015, at 1:22 PM, Rick Walter wrote: > > Not a peep here on 145.800 in FN10. I assume it is moved to Friday. > Rick WB3CSY > Sent from Rick's iPhone 6S > "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" - Albert Einstein > > > >> On Oct 21, 2015, at 9:21 PM, Michael J. Wolthuis wrote: >> >> Just so everyone is aware, we have been informed that the ISS pass with the Michigan school may be delayed until Friday, but going ahead as planned for now. >> >> On the Ops call tonight I was informed of a possible slip in our contact. Earlier in the day the astronauts will be involved in an EVA (space walk). If all goes well Kjell should be out of his space suit and on the radio at the scheduled time on Thursday. If things go south, however, the EVA could bleed into our event. NASA Planning has already booked our Option #3 as the backup. This is a 54 deg pass on Friday 2015-10-23 at 17:53:51 UTC. >> >> We are asked to proceed as if our event will occur as scheduled. >> >> Mike >> kb8zgl >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From dave at druidnetworks.com Fri Oct 23 02:54:17 2015 From: dave at druidnetworks.com (Dave Swanson) Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 21:54:17 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] KG5CCI/P October 21st thru 26th In-Reply-To: <5627A7DB.70806@druidnetworks.com> References: <561899E0.1090306@druidnetworks.com> <5627A7DB.70806@druidnetworks.com> Message-ID: <5629A159.9030803@druidnetworks.com> All, I've reached Holly, CO and will be here for the next two days. I activated EM17/18 and EM07/08 earlier today, thanks for all the worked me on those passes. Also tonight of interest I performed a demonstration on XW-2E and XW-2F for the landowners of Schwerdfeger farms near Coolidge, KS (in DM97). The Schwerdfeger family owns the land where the convergence of DM97, DM98, DM87 and DM88 all come together, the intersection of the 102nd Meridian and 38th Parallel. After the demonstration they granted me permission to operate from the convergence spot tomorrow afternoon, where I will activate all 4 grids in one swoop for all the grid hunters out there. All 4 of these grids are quite rarely heard on Satellites, and it will be an opportunity that will likely not present itself again anytime soon. The 3 passes in particular I will work are as follows: AO-7(B) 2054z 10/23/2015 FO-29 2109Z 10/23/2015 AO-85 2158Z 10/23/2015 - (Contingent upon the Amsat Engineering folks not needing it for testing) I will likely be working random other passes from single grids the next few days as well, so if you can't make the 4-pack, there is still hope. Until then, hear you on the birds. 73! -Dave, KG5CCI On 10/21/2015 9:57 AM, Dave Swanson wrote: > Pass schedules plans the next 24 hours: > > 10/21/2015 2100-2130Z - EM25/26 Line near Coweta, OK for a AO7(B) > Central US footprint, and a FO29 Western US Footprint > 10/21/2015 2300-2340Z - EM16 for AO7(B), XW2E, XW2F, LilacSat2 (If I > make good time thru Tulsa) > 10/22/2015 0030-0100Z - EM16 for XW2E, XW2F, LilacSat2 > 10/22/2015 1345-1415Z - EM17/EM18 Line Near Newton, KS for XW2E, XW2F, > LilacSat2 > > I was really hoping AO85 would be up and working, as several of my > stop points included passes, but I understand the engineering team > needs to do their thing. I may also work some impromptu EM17 passes > later tonight and early tomorrow morning, but that will depend on my > non-sat activities. > > Plans 24-72 hours : > > After that I'll be heading west towards Garden City, KS where I will > be spending the night. I plan on stopping in EM08/EM07 and DM98/DM97 > for SO50/FO29 at different points on 10/22/15 as the afternoon > progresses. I will be in Holly, CO Friday and Saturday, and DM88/DM87 > will likely be activated on those days. > > Plans 72 Hours+ : > > Watch Twitter @KG5CCI for latest updates. I try and post as far ahead > of time as I can, but sometimes it's as little as 15 minutes prior. > > 73! > > -Dave, KG5CCI > > > > > > On 10/9/2015 11:53 PM, Dave Swanson wrote: >> Hello Satellite Friends and Colleagues, >> >> I'll be traveling in few weeks to some spots off the beaten path, and >> wanted to give everyone a heads up on the tentative plans. On >> Wednesday, October 21st I'll depart Little Rock, AR (EM34) for >> Wichita, KS (EM17) via EM25, EM26 & EM16, likely stopping in several >> of the grids along the way. After a night in Wichita I'll be heading >> west out in the great wheat fields of western Kansas and eastern >> Colorado, which will include grids EM08, EM07, DM98, DM97, DM88, and >> DM87... the last 4 of those being pretty rarely heard. I'll likely be >> out there until Sunday the 25th, when I'll return to Wichita, and >> then back to Little Rock on the 26th. >> >> Like most of my trips, this is multi-purpose business and personal, >> in addition to working satellites, so I don't have precise times of >> which passes I'll be on and where I'll be yet. I will be working any >> and all linear and FM birds (including all the new ones) from all >> locations, weather and time permitting, so be ready with your >> all-mode gear and I'll try and get as many 'new-ones' handed out as I >> can. >> >> If there is a large change my in plans, I'll post a new email, but as >> always the absolute best way to get an idea of where I'll be and at >> what time is to watch my Twitter account at https://twitter.com/KG5CCI >> >> 73! >> >> -Dave, KG5CCI > From w3mat at outlook.com Fri Oct 23 13:37:19 2015 From: w3mat at outlook.com (Loon -) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 09:37:19 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] N2YO Message-ID: Does anyone use the N2YO website for satellitenotifications? If so, have you noticed if youselect SO-50, for example, for a text notificationit is defaulting the "Object" or satellites name tothe Space Station? Loon From kb2m at arrl.net Fri Oct 23 15:50:48 2015 From: kb2m at arrl.net (kb2m at arrl.net) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:50:48 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] KLM polarity switching harness' complete Message-ID: <004a01d10daa$9651a6f0$c2f4f4d0$@net> These polarity switching harness' are in excellent condition and complete for the KLM 2M-22C a 22 element 2 meter circularly polarized crossed-yagi, and a 435-40CX a 40 element 435 MHz circularly polarized crossed-yagi. Had purchased them several years ago as a spare to the ones that were deteriorating on my KLM's. I sold the KLM's, but forgot about the extra polarity switching harness'. They are in very good shape. I would like to get $100 plus shipping for them. 20% of the $100 will be donated to AMSAT. Let me know if you want them as I'm not taking them with me to Florida and I'm leaving in 4 days. If interested I can send pics. 73 Jeff kb2m From g0kla at arrl.net Fri Oct 23 16:04:41 2015 From: g0kla at arrl.net (Chris Thompson) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:04:41 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] How to Know When Your AO-85 Telemetry Has Been Uploaded? In-Reply-To: <56296B39.8010701@arrl.net> References: <15050a65418-621a-35b47@webprd-m39.mail.aol.com> <121BDD0D84EC46E1AD90DD373DFFA7CB@OPT755> <56296B39.8010701@arrl.net> Message-ID: Daryl, The below instructions will work, but you do not need to delete your data. Just replay the pass with upload to server on. FoxTelem will not store the duplicates locally, but it will queue them and upload them to the server. If your local count of payloads increases, then it means you managed to decode a few more frames. 73 Chris On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 7:03 PM, Daryl Young wrote: > Hi ! > > With help from K4SQC I finally got some AO85 telemetry to decode! After > the 186 payloads were decoded (high speed on that pass!) and the pass was > complete I realized "upload to server" was not checked, so I checked it. > > Is the information below accurate, the already decoded telemetry will not > now or ever upload to the server? We did record the pass in HDSDR so I > should be able to follow the path Scott took but I'd like to verify this > before "dumping" the decodes. > > Thanks! > > *Daryl > K4RGK > > > * > > On 10/10/2015 7:42 AM, Scott wrote: > >> Yes, after trying everything that I could think of with no luck, it >> occurred to me that I could dump the data that had been received previously >> (when "upload" was turned off) and replay my I/Q file once again into the >> Fox Telem software with "upload" turned on. >> >> That worked, but only 4 packets uploaded even though the software >> indicated 10 decodes. Not sure why, but I was satisfied... I don't >> consider it a competition; I really just wanted to get completely through >> the process and actually have some data upload to the site. >> >> I do have some observations that I'll share on the chance that it helps >> someone else. >> >> While several bit rates are available in the Fox Telem software on a >> drop-down menu, the documentation recommends 48,000. So, before replaying >> my I/Q file that last time, I reconfigured SDR# as well as the VB-Cable >> audio link to both work at 48,000. Sure enough, I decoded many more >> packets than I had previously. Going forward I'll capture the data with >> those settings. >> >> Last night's pass might have been unique in that it was a minute of >> slow-speed data but then transitioned to high-speed. So, I had to replay >> my I/Q file twice... once with the Fox Telem software set to slow data and >> again with it set to high. However, I realize now that I could have easily >> paused the playback in SDR#, stopped the Fox Telem input, switched to high >> speed, and resumed the playback. >> >> Since I'm not going to have an internet connection during the initial >> data capture, it would appear that the correct sequence of events for my >> configuration will be to only use the Fox Telem software during a fly-over >> to give me some feedback as to how well I'm receiving. I'll then dump the >> resulting payload and replay the recorded I/Q file with an active internet >> connection and the Fox Telem software set to upload. It would be wonderful >> if the software would "store & forward" the packets once online, but this >> might be a blessing in disguise as there is every chance that I'll have a >> better result decoding under controlled conditions where I'm don't have my >> hands full with an antenna, etc. >> >> Also, I see that many people with more advanced setups are able to play >> their recorded I/Q .wav files directly in the Fox Telem software. I did >> not have any success with that and I actually liked replaying my recordings >> in SDR# so that I could verify that I was centered on the carrier and make >> minor frequency adjustments. I was also tweaking output levels on replay. >> I didn't really know if there was any benefit in that, but I told myself >> that I was keeping the waveforms on the Fox Telem software as "clean" as >> possible in hopes of more decodes. Similar apps give some level feedback >> so you'll know if you are feeding it at the right volume, but it's still a >> really nice app. >> >> At any rate, I was pretty tickled with any success at all and VERY >> appreciative of the information that others have shared. >> >> In summary, my setup is: >> >> -Arrow dual-band antenna (will test some future passes with omni QFH when >> elevation is high) >> -$20 RTL-SDR dongle >> -SDR# on Windows-7, FM-narrow @ 32k bandwidth with audio set to 48,000, >> doppler tracking from Orbitron >> -VB Cable set to 48,000 >> -Fox Telem software with AF input set to VB-Cable @ 48,000 >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: David G0MRF >> To: scott23192 at gmail.com >> Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 03:28 >> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] How to Know When Your AO-85 Telemetry Has Been >> Uploaded? >> >> >> Hi. >> There is a K4KDR-FM17 in the list with 4 somethings (frames payloads >> packets or whatever) >> >> Thanks >> >> David >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Scott >> To: amsat-bb >> Sent: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 2:45 >> Subject: [amsat-bb] How to Know When Your AO-85 Telemetry Has Been >> Uploaded? >> >> >> My Fox 1 Telemetry Analysis Tool is showing "Decoded: 8" and "Queued: 0" >> at >> the >> bottom of the screen. >> >> I have my station details complete and the box to >> "Upload to Server" is >> checked. >> >> Not seeing my call sign on the Leaderboard >> Statistics page, but I have no >> idea how long to wait before I should expect >> some feedback from an upload >> to be reflected on that page. >> >> Is there some way >> to know when the Windows App has completed an upload >> successfully? >> >> I have >> logging enabled and see a line as follows: >> >> ===== >> Trying Primary Server: >> tlm.amsat.org:41041 >> ===== >> >> ... but no indication of a successful -or- failed >> upload. I do have an >> active internet connection. >> >> Many thanks. >> >> -Scott, >> K4KDR >> Montpelier, VA >> USA >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via >> AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested >> persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >> are solely >> those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. >> Not an >> AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite >> program! >> Subscription settings: >> http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of >> AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson at gmail.com g0kla at arrl.net From scott23192 at gmail.com Fri Oct 23 16:07:55 2015 From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:07:55 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] How to Know When Your AO-85 Telemetry Has Been Uploaded? References: <15050a65418-621a-35b47@webprd-m39.mail.aol.com><121BDD0D84EC46E1AD90DD373DFFA7CB@OPT755> <56296B39.8010701@arrl.net> Message-ID: <73B3E1B42D8E44FDB37AB6E979D631B2@OPT755> Hello Daryl. Hopefully someone with more knowledge that I have will reply, but it worked very well for me. Don't forget that you can make a copy of your log folder before purging the data from inside the FoxTelem software so that you can put things back if you don't like the results after re-running the pass from your .WAV recording. I'm not a programmer, but if it's do-able, I think it would be great if future versions of all the various cubesat telemetry applications have the ability to store a download and then upload it when the computer is back on an internet connection. Of course I realize that would add complexity since each packet would have to have a timestamp if it's not being uploaded in real time. -Scott, K4KDR Montpelier, VA USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Daryl Young To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 19:03 Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] How to Know When Your AO-85 Telemetry Has Been Uploaded? Hi ! With help from K4SQC I finally got some AO85 telemetry to decode! After the 186 payloads were decoded (high speed on that pass!) and the pass was complete I realized "upload to server" was not checked, so I checked it. Is the information below accurate, the already decoded telemetry will not now or ever upload to the server? We did record the pass in HDSDR so I should be able to follow the path Scott took but I'd like to verify this before "dumping" the decodes. Thanks! *Daryl K4RGK * On 10/10/2015 7:42 AM, Scott wrote: > Yes, after trying everything that I could think of with no luck, it occurred to me that I could dump the data that had been received previously (when "upload" was turned off) and replay my I/Q file once again into the Fox Telem software with "upload" turned on. > > That worked, but only 4 packets uploaded even though the software indicated 10 decodes. Not sure why, but I was satisfied... I don't consider it a competition; I really just wanted to get completely through the process and actually have some data upload to the site. > > I do have some observations that I'll share on the chance that it helps someone else. > > While several bit rates are available in the Fox Telem software on a drop-down menu, the documentation recommends 48,000. So, before replaying my I/Q file that last time, I reconfigured SDR# as well as the VB-Cable audio link to both work at 48,000. Sure enough, I decoded many more packets than I had previously. Going forward I'll capture the data with those settings. > > Last night's pass might have been unique in that it was a minute of slow-speed data but then transitioned to high-speed. So, I had to replay my I/Q file twice... once with the Fox Telem software set to slow data and again with it set to high. However, I realize now that I could have easily paused the playback in SDR#, stopped the Fox Telem input, switched to high speed, and resumed the playback. > > Since I'm not going to have an internet connection during the initial data capture, it would appear that the correct sequence of events for my configuration will be to only use the Fox Telem software during a fly-over to give me some feedback as to how well I'm receiving. I'll then dump the resulting payload and replay the recorded I/Q file with an active internet connection and the Fox Telem software set to upload. It would be wonderful if the software would "store & forward" the packets once online, but this might be a blessing in disguise as there is every chance that I'll have a better result decoding under controlled conditions where I'm don't have my hands full with an antenna, etc. > > Also, I see that many people with more advanced setups are able to play their recorded I/Q .wav files directly in the Fox Telem software. I did not have any success with that and I actually liked replaying my recordings in SDR# so that I could verify that I was centered on the carrier and make minor frequency adjustments. I was also tweaking output levels on replay. I didn't really know if there was any benefit in that, but I told myself that I was keeping the waveforms on the Fox Telem software as "clean" as possible in hopes of more decodes. Similar apps give some level feedback so you'll know if you are feeding it at the right volume, but it's still a really nice app. > > At any rate, I was pretty tickled with any success at all and VERY appreciative of the information that others have shared. > > In summary, my setup is: > > -Arrow dual-band antenna (will test some future passes with omni QFH when elevation is high) > -$20 RTL-SDR dongle > -SDR# on Windows-7, FM-narrow @ 32k bandwidth with audio set to 48,000, doppler tracking from Orbitron > -VB Cable set to 48,000 > -Fox Telem software with AF input set to VB-Cable @ 48,000 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David G0MRF > To: scott23192 at gmail.com > Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 03:28 > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] How to Know When Your AO-85 Telemetry Has Been Uploaded? > > > Hi. > There is a K4KDR-FM17 in the list with 4 somethings (frames payloads packets or whatever) > > Thanks > > David > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott > To: amsat-bb > Sent: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 2:45 > Subject: [amsat-bb] How to Know When Your AO-85 Telemetry Has Been Uploaded? > > > My Fox 1 Telemetry Analysis Tool is showing "Decoded: 8" and "Queued: 0" at > the > bottom of the screen. > > I have my station details complete and the box to > "Upload to Server" is > checked. > > Not seeing my call sign on the Leaderboard > Statistics page, but I have no > idea how long to wait before I should expect > some feedback from an upload > to be reflected on that page. > > Is there some way > to know when the Windows App has completed an upload > successfully? > > I have > logging enabled and see a line as follows: > > ===== > Trying Primary Server: > tlm.amsat.org:41041 > ===== > > ... but no indication of a successful -or- failed > upload. I do have an > active internet connection. > > Many thanks. > > -Scott, > K4KDR > Montpelier, VA > USA > _______________________________________________ > Sent via > AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested > persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely > those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an > AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: > http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From n0jy at amsat.org Fri Oct 23 16:21:59 2015 From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:21:59 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Update Message-ID: <562A5EA7.406@amsat.org> At the 21:57 UTC U.S. pass of AO-85 tonight October 23 we will conduct a test with the transponder. Please do not uplink during that pass over the U.S. We encourage you to copy telemetry with FoxTelem during this pass and have it sent to the server, to aid in analyzing the test results. Thanks! -- Jerry Buxton, N?JY From bruninga at usna.edu Fri Oct 23 16:56:21 2015 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:56:21 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Big tracking UHF pocket income? Message-ID: <93220999c4005f707317a3f83dddca69@mail.gmail.com> Anyone with an EME UHF antenna want to earn some maintenance money for their Ham radio addiction? I just became aware of (unverified yet) that there are small satellites being built with UHF downlinks but that need EME size ground stations to bring down their 3 MHz wide science data. The most expensive part of their missions is the $$$ sent to the big NASA tracking networks. During EME contests we see lists of hundreds of Amateurs with huge EME antenna capability? I wonder if there is an opportunity here for some individuals? The UHF is not in the amateur segment but they thought it was overlapping the 450-470 MHz LMR spectrum. This makes sense, because a 1W transmitter spreading its energy over 3 MHz from 500 miles away from the ground is not going to interfere with anything in the LMR services. But also this is probably too far from the normal narrowband ham EME activity at 432 to have any gain up at 460 MHz. But for those EME hams with dishes, a simple feed change might give them a source of income. Note, this is nothing to do with amateur radio, or rules, or anything. Just a thought, that if you have a big dish in your backyard, you might be able to make use of it for reception? Is anyone subscribed to an EME email reflector that is aware of the number of very large EME dishes ? Just another crazy thought? Bob, WB4APR From jimlist at zoho.com Fri Oct 23 20:50:54 2015 From: jimlist at zoho.com (Jim Heck G3WGM) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 21:50:54 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-73/FUNcube -1 status In-Reply-To: <56215930.3080102@zoho.com> References: <183536455CC74F27A3163DAC83359456@allgood.local><56182EE5.1050608@zoho.com> <56215930.3080102@zoho.com> Message-ID: <87609DE5E07D4D33B913A9ACF76A7281@G3WGM11> Hi All, Just to report that AO-73/FUNcube-1 is now in manual amateur mode for the weekend with the transponder operational continuously. We plan to revert back to auto mode on Sunday pm, as usual. Please enjoy and have fun 73s Jim G3WGM From dnkucij at myfairpoint.net Fri Oct 23 21:36:20 2015 From: dnkucij at myfairpoint.net (dnkucij at myfairpoint.net) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:36:20 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] UN 70th Anniversary Message-ID: <20151023173620.8hefbcv14w84kogo@webmail.myfairpoint.net> Reminder from the?Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1237 Operators Zachary/K1ZK, Henry/KT1J, Mike/N1JEZ, Doug/KR2Q, Ed/NT2X, Mats/SM6LRR, Dmitry/RA9USU and Yevgeniy/UN7TER are expected to activate 4U70UN during the hours of 1400-2130 UTC (10:00?17:30 local time) each day (October 24-25th). There will be NO overnight operations allowed. The operators will do their best to cover as many bands and modes as possible. A special QSL will be available. QSL via HB9BOU or LoTW. Good Luck All! 73, Nick, KB1RVT From clintbradford at mac.com Fri Oct 23 22:06:56 2015 From: clintbradford at mac.com (Clint Bradford) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 15:06:56 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Test Message-ID: <47BA6631-EF33-4F5A-B8EA-3A28CA30C83D@mac.com> At the top of the hour, definitely ON and just dead air (3PM PDT). Then four mins into the pass, "One two, one two" male voice was heard. Then a minute later, wonderfully dead air - no background noise whatsoever - but no telemetry or anything else was heard. Clint K6LCS DM13fx From the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp Fri Oct 23 22:34:03 2015 From: the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp (J. Boyd (JR2TTS)) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 07:34:03 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Update In-Reply-To: <562A5EA7.406@amsat.org> References: <562A5EA7.406@amsat.org> Message-ID: <20151024073218.9EEC.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:21:59 -0500, Jerry Buxton wrote: > At the 21:57 UTC U.S. pass of AO-85 tonight October 23 we will conduct a > test with the transponder. Please do not uplink during that pass over > the U.S. > We encourage you to copy telemetry with FoxTelem during this pass and > have it sent to the server, to aid in analyzing the test results. > Thanks! For the benefit of those of us outside of the United States, is this test only going on when over North America, going back to safe mode otherwise? Just wanted to know whether it was worth setting up to monitor when it passes over Asia. -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C From g0mrf at aol.com Fri Oct 23 22:39:38 2015 From: g0mrf at aol.com (David G0MRF) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:39:38 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Update In-Reply-To: <20151024073218.9EEC.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> Message-ID: <15096db7f37-7003-32ae@webprd-a67.mail.aol.com> FWIW it's just passed over Europe in transponder mode. (22.25UTC) The map at the bottom of the page http://www.amsat.org/tlm/ shows all command stations are within the USA MM0KJG / EA1JM and G5RR all heard with good signals David -----Original Message----- From: J. Boyd (JR2TTS) To: AMSAT-BB Sent: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 23:34 Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Update On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 11:21:59 -0500, Jerry Buxton wrote: > At the 21:57 UTC U.S. pass of AO-85 tonight October 23 we will conduct a > test with the transponder. Please do not uplink during that pass over > the U.S. > We encourage you to copy telemetry with FoxTelem during this pass and > have it sent to the server, to aid in analyzing the test results. > Thanks! For the benefit of those of us outside of the United States, is this test only going on when over North America, going back to safe mode otherwise? Just wanted to know whether it was worth setting up to monitor when it passes over Asia. -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From n0jy at amsat.org Fri Oct 23 22:39:44 2015 From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 17:39:44 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Update In-Reply-To: <562A5EA7.406@amsat.org> References: <562A5EA7.406@amsat.org> Message-ID: <562AB730.1060603@amsat.org> AO-85 Transponder Open Starting 22:25 UTC October 23 The AO-85 Transponder is open for general use again, October 23 until further notice. Please watch the AMSAT news outlets (web, Twitter, Facebook, -bb) for updates on testing and schedule October 26 ? 30. We will likely do some more testing during the week. Jerry Buxton, N?JY On 10/23/2015 11:21, Jerry Buxton wrote: > At the 21:57 UTC U.S. pass of AO-85 tonight October 23 we will conduct a > test with the transponder. Please do not uplink during that pass over > the U.S. > We encourage you to copy telemetry with FoxTelem during this pass and > have it sent to the server, to aid in analyzing the test results. > Thanks! > From wolthuis at gmail.com Fri Oct 23 22:50:12 2015 From: wolthuis at gmail.com (Michael Wolthuis) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:50:12 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] News story on ARISS contact Message-ID: <31B9CE9B-BD50-4C6A-B39C-99F9BE41AE47@gmail.com> http://www.wzzm13.com/videos/news/local/2015/10/23/students-talk-to-astronaut-aboard-space-station/74486064/ Mike Kb8zgl Sent from my iPhone From n1jez at burlingtontelecom.net Fri Oct 23 23:24:49 2015 From: n1jez at burlingtontelecom.net (Mike Seguin) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 19:24:49 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Update In-Reply-To: <562AB730.1060603@amsat.org> References: <562A5EA7.406@amsat.org> <562AB730.1060603@amsat.org> Message-ID: <2280c3786394b0f8ad2bdd28436175d4@burlingtontelecom.net> Jerry and AMSAT, Thank You! from the 4U70UN Team. We're in NYC now and will begin setup in the morning. Hope to work quite a few on the all the birds Saturday and Sunday. --- 73, Mike, N1JEZ "A closed mouth gathers no feet" On 2015-10-23 18:39, Jerry Buxton wrote: > AO-85 Transponder Open Starting 22:25 UTC October 23 > > The AO-85 Transponder is open for general use again, October 23 until > further notice. > > Please watch the AMSAT news outlets (web, Twitter, Facebook, -bb) for > updates on testing and schedule October 26 ? 30. We will likely do > some > more testing during the week. > > Jerry Buxton, N?JY > > On 10/23/2015 11:21, Jerry Buxton wrote: >> At the 21:57 UTC U.S. pass of AO-85 tonight October 23 we will conduct >> a >> test with the transponder. Please do not uplink during that pass over >> the U.S. >> We encourage you to copy telemetry with FoxTelem during this pass and >> have it sent to the server, to aid in analyzing the test results. >> Thanks! >> > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views > of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From bryan at kl7cn.net Fri Oct 23 23:52:02 2015 From: bryan at kl7cn.net (Bryan Green) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:52:02 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Update In-Reply-To: <2280c3786394b0f8ad2bdd28436175d4@burlingtontelecom.net> References: <562A5EA7.406@amsat.org> <562AB730.1060603@amsat.org> <2280c3786394b0f8ad2bdd28436175d4@burlingtontelecom.net> Message-ID: Here's hoping for any and all western passes! In between the buildings, even! 73 Bryan KL7CN/W6 Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 23, 2015, at 16:24, Mike Seguin wrote: > > Jerry and AMSAT, > > Thank You! from the 4U70UN Team. We're in NYC now and will begin setup in the morning. Hope to work quite a few on the all the birds Saturday and Sunday. > > --- > 73, > Mike, N1JEZ > "A closed mouth gathers no feet" > >> On 2015-10-23 18:39, Jerry Buxton wrote: >> AO-85 Transponder Open Starting 22:25 UTC October 23 >> The AO-85 Transponder is open for general use again, October 23 until >> further notice. >> Please watch the AMSAT news outlets (web, Twitter, Facebook, -bb) for >> updates on testing and schedule October 26 ? 30. We will likely do some >> more testing during the week. >> Jerry Buxton, N?JY >>> On 10/23/2015 11:21, Jerry Buxton wrote: >>> At the 21:57 UTC U.S. pass of AO-85 tonight October 23 we will conduct a >>> test with the transponder. Please do not uplink during that pass over >>> the U.S. >>> We encourage you to copy telemetry with FoxTelem during this pass and >>> have it sent to the server, to aid in analyzing the test results. >>> Thanks! >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views >> of AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp Fri Oct 23 23:58:02 2015 From: the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp (J. Boyd (JR2TTS)) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 08:58:02 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Update In-Reply-To: References: <2280c3786394b0f8ad2bdd28436175d4@burlingtontelecom.net> Message-ID: <20151024085558.9EEF.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 16:52:02 -0700, Bryan Green wrote: > Here's hoping for any and all western passes! In between the buildings, even! My tracker predicts a 38? high pass tomorrow at 15:30 local time when it's over China. I expect a rugby scrum. LET'S DO THIS. -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C From johnbrier at gmail.com Sat Oct 24 03:33:15 2015 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2015 23:33:15 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Audio Recording with Questions Spliced In of West Michigan Aviation Academy Contact Message-ID: I only missed the first and last question with some fading towards the end. Not bad for an 11 degree pass. I'm not sure when I'll have time to edit the video so I just did the audio and narrated the questions myself. https://soundcloud.com/johnbrier/iss-west-michigan-aviation-academy-contact-reception-in-raleigh-nc 73, John, KG4AKV, Raleigh North Carolina From AJ9N at aol.com Sat Oct 24 06:11:55 2015 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 02:11:55 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-24 06:00 UTC Message-ID: <106d88.502be694.435c7b2b@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-24 06:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: West Michigan Aviation Academy, Grand Rapids, MI, direct via W8ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact was successful: Fri 2015-10-23 17:58:48 UTC 49 deg (***) Note that this is a new day and time! Possible Russian contact with Kursk Tue 2015-10-27 11:35 UTC Dearborn Public Schools, Dearborn, Michigan, USA, direct via K8UTT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for Option #3: Tue 2015-10-27 16:01:59 UTC 57 deg Daggett Montessori School K-8, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, direct via K5COW The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for Option #4: Thu 2015-10-29 14:12:56 UTC 31 deg **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss at arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. * ***************************************************************************** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 112 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-24 06:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1001. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 966. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-24 06:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From quadpugh at bellsouth.net Sat Oct 24 13:29:11 2015 From: quadpugh at bellsouth.net (Nick Pugh K5QXJ) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 08:29:11 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] FQD control Message-ID: <01df01d10e5f$f87b7ee0$e9727ca0$@net> Is there a way to control a FQD from either SAT PC32 or HRD? Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn From jeff_griffin at comcast.net Sat Oct 24 13:32:36 2015 From: jeff_griffin at comcast.net (jeff griffin) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 09:32:36 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] KLM polarity switching harness' complete In-Reply-To: <004a01d10daa$9651a6f0$c2f4f4d0$@net> References: <004a01d10daa$9651a6f0$c2f4f4d0$@net> Message-ID: <000401d10e60$72e514c0$58af3e40$@net> The harness' are sold. $20 will go to AMSAT. Thanks for all the interest... 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of kb2m at arrl.net Sent: Friday, October 23, 2015 11:51 AM To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] KLM polarity switching harness' complete These polarity switching harness' are in excellent condition and complete for the KLM 2M-22C a 22 element 2 meter circularly polarized crossed-yagi, and a 435-40CX a 40 element 435 MHz circularly polarized crossed-yagi. Had purchased them several years ago as a spare to the ones that were deteriorating on my KLM's. I sold the KLM's, but forgot about the extra polarity switching harness'. They are in very good shape. I would like to get $100 plus shipping for them. 20% of the $100 will be donated to AMSAT. Let me know if you want them as I'm not taking them with me to Florida and I'm leaving in 4 days. If interested I can send pics. 73 Jeff kb2m _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From kb1pvh at gmail.com Sat Oct 24 13:32:50 2015 From: kb1pvh at gmail.com (Dave Webb KB1PVH) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 09:32:50 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] FQD control In-Reply-To: <01df01d10e5f$f87b7ee0$e9727ca0$@net> References: <01df01d10e5f$f87b7ee0$e9727ca0$@net> Message-ID: Nick, http://www.tomdoyle.org/FUNcube-SatPC32/FUNcube-SatPC32.html http://www.dk1tb.de/FAQ_e.htm#SDR_Radios Dave-KB1PVH Sent from my Samsung S4 From kladuke1144 at msn.com Sat Oct 24 17:27:52 2015 From: kladuke1144 at msn.com (KERRY LA*DUKE) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 11:27:52 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] dn55/56 Message-ID: all, I will plan to be on the 1815Z pass of SO-50 and the following pass from dn55/56. 73 WC7V Kerry From k8tb at bosscher.org Sat Oct 24 18:26:28 2015 From: k8tb at bosscher.org (Tom) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 14:26:28 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Audio for the West Michigan ISS pass In-Reply-To: <31B9CE9B-BD50-4C6A-B39C-99F9BE41AE47@gmail.com> References: <31B9CE9B-BD50-4C6A-B39C-99F9BE41AE47@gmail.com> Message-ID: <562BCD54.3080907@bosscher.org> Here is the audio for the ISS pass with the West Michigan Aviation Acedemy: http://www.k8tb.org/W8ISS%20Edited.mp3 73 de Tom K8TB From w3mat at outlook.com Sun Oct 25 00:28:10 2015 From: w3mat at outlook.com (Loon -) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 20:28:10 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Uplinks Message-ID: Am I correct in understanding the Uplink frequency shifted to 435.170? I just followed a low angle pass on Orbitron and used 435.170 as the Uplink frequency. With that data entered, the transmit doppler started around 435.162 and ended at 435.175782. So, basically the following three frequencies should do it for getting in; 435.165, 435.170, and 435.175. Thoughts? Loon From n0jy at amsat.org Sun Oct 25 00:37:53 2015 From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 19:37:53 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Uplinks In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <562C2461.8010404@amsat.org> That has been the observation I have heard from many users. We (AMSAT) plan to test the frequency of the Fox-1Cliff and D receivers at temperatures of 15C and 25C, perhaps higher. Fox-1A thermal design indicated that it would operate around 0C average so the transmitter and receiver were calibrated for that temperature. Once we know what the frequency is at these higher temperatures, we will share that in order to help you all find the best uplink frequency for AO-85. Jerry Buxton, N?JY On 10/24/2015 19:28, Loon - wrote: > Am I correct in understanding the Uplink frequency shifted to 435.170? > I just followed a low angle pass on Orbitron and used 435.170 as the Uplink frequency. With that data entered, the transmit doppler started around 435.162 and ended at 435.175782. > So, basically the following three frequencies should do it for getting in; 435.165, 435.170, and 435.175. > Thoughts? > Loon > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > From scott23192 at gmail.com Sun Oct 25 01:18:38 2015 From: scott23192 at gmail.com (Scott) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 21:18:38 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] More LilacSat-2 Telemetry Message-ID: <234D3C866FF34686B7A22F12165111BE@OPT755> Managed to get 4 more telemetry packets from LilacSat-2 tonight. Location was not good (trees, etc.) so even though 4 isn't a lot, I was happy to get anything at all. Having all kinds of fun with that little Arrow antenna. Should have bought one of those a long time ago. If there was any voice traffic, I was not able to copy it. The pre-configured software made available by the Chinese project team does feed audio to the speaker, but my guess is that they have optimized it for data. The last time I was able to coordinate my schedule with a fly-over, I did hear the audio more clearly but my location was also much better. There are not a lot of "contributor" names on their website (http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/lilac_en/pages/allCon.html), so I'll bet they would appreciate more help. Not that more conventional cubesat telemetry with Windows apps is necessarily the easiest thing in the world to do, but if you want a fun challenge, get a copy of the bootable system that the LilacSat team has put online. I'm one of those people who said I would NEVER venture into GNU Radio, but heck... if someone wants to completely pre-configure it for me, I can't think of a better way to learn. The original download link had issues; you can get a copy from one of the better links that they list here: http://lilacsat.hit.edu.cn/?page_id=257 ... I believe I used the DropBox link. If you are not comfortable creating a bootable flash drive from an image, I'll bet you know someone who is familiar with the process. Of course there is always help online & I'm glad to help since I have it up and running. (be sure to create the "persistent" type of drive so that your settings are saved) -Scott, K4KDR Montpelier, VA USA ========= Here are tonight's packets: ========= 2015-10-24 23:02:13 K4KDR -77.6097 37.779042 A6 54 35 00 13 A1 39 02 0A 1A CC 09 A2 19 E8 03 C0 08 74 01 00 00 01 03 77 00 00 00 00 00 0A 05 B4 33 39 00 00 67 00 00 00 55 54 00 61 00 0D 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 01 AB B4 00 00 1E 00 00 00 00 F5 59 2F 18 2015-10-24 23:02:43 K4KDR -77.6097 37.779042 A6 54 39 00 13 A1 3A 02 0A 1A DE 09 A2 19 E8 03 C0 08 77 01 00 00 01 03 78 00 00 00 00 00 10 05 C3 A9 39 00 00 67 00 00 00 55 54 00 61 00 0D 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 01 8D B4 00 00 1E 00 00 00 00 E8 2A 2A 7B 2015-10-24 23:03:13 K4KDR -77.6097 37.779042 A6 54 3D 00 13 A1 38 02 0A 1A DE 09 A2 19 E5 03 C0 08 7A 01 00 00 01 03 79 00 00 00 00 00 19 05 D2 1F 3A 00 00 67 00 00 00 55 54 00 61 00 0D 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 01 6E B4 00 00 1D 00 00 00 00 65 8A 4D AD 2015-10-24 23:03:44 K4KDR -77.6097 37.779042 A6 54 21 00 13 A1 3C 02 0A 1A C9 09 A2 19 E8 03 C0 08 7D 01 00 00 01 03 7A 00 00 00 00 00 11 05 E1 95 3A 00 00 67 00 00 00 55 54 00 61 00 0D 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 00 01 50 B4 00 00 1E 00 00 00 00 2C 6A AF 80 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From ku4os at cfl.rr.com Sun Oct 25 03:38:35 2015 From: ku4os at cfl.rr.com (Lee McLamb) Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 23:38:35 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-298 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins Message-ID: <562C4EBB.5060305@cfl.rr.com> AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-298 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * FoxTelem 1.01 Released * ARISS-US Proposal Deadline Approaching * 2016 CubeSat Launch Initiative Opportunity * SAREX Reflector to be Closed 1 November 2015 * Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule * Astro Pi Launch Changed SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-298.01 ANS-298 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 298.01 From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD. October 25, 2015 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-298.01 FoxTelem 1.01 Released Version 1.01 of FoxTelem is being released. You can download it from: http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/windows http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/mac http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/linux This is a patch release. If you already have 1.00 installed then download the file FoxTelem_1.01_patch.zip Only two files have changed (plus the manual). Copy these files into your install directory - FoxTelem.jar - spacecraft/FOX1A_radtelemetry2.csv You can also download the whole install file and install it in a new directory. You can use the settings menu to continue using your existing log files. Ask if you need assistance. Lots has changed in this release and many bugs have been fixed. Please report any issues that you see. Release notes: * Send the frames to both primary and secondary server, if required * Set the default fcd frequency to 145930 so that Fox-1A, Fox-1Cliff and Fox-1D will be in the passband * Allow user to select UDP or TCP for upload to the server (but use UDP for now please) * Shorten the period between passes so that graphs look continuous * Ignore duplicate high speed radiation frames - needed for processing data from the server * Do not change the FCD LNA or Mixer Gain. Leave unchanged. * Do not open the FCD unless the start button is pressed * Allow graphs to be hidden so that average or deriv is easier to see * Fixed a bug where the last 2 bytes of the radiation telemetry were not decoded correctly * Allow Vanderbilt radiation experiment to be graphed * Allow the gain to be set on the FCD (rather than hard coded) * Notify the user when a new release is available * Astro Pi Launch Changed [ANS thanks Chris, G0KLA, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS-US Proposal Deadline Approaching The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Program is seeking formal and informal education institutions and organizations, individually or working together, to host an Amateur Radio contact with a crew member on board the ISS. ARISS anticipates that the contact would be held between July 1 and December 31, 2016. Crew scheduling and ISS orbits will determine the exact contact dates. To maximize these radio contact opportunities, ARISS is looking for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan. The deadline to submit a proposal is November 1, 2015. The last of the information sessions will be offered Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. E-mail ARISS (ariss at arrl.org) to sign up. More Information Interested parties can find more information about the program at www.ariss.org and www.arrl.org/ARISS. For proposal information and more details such as expectations, proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information Sessions go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss- contact. Please direct any questions to ariss at arrl.org [ANS thanks ARISS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 CubeSat Launch Initiative Opportunity NASA has opened the next round of its CubeSat Launch Initiative to engage the growing community of space enthusiasts that can contribute to NASA's space exploration goals. The CubeSat Launch Initiative gives students, teachers and faculty a chance to get hands-on flight hardware development experience in the process of designing, building and operating small research satellites. The initiative also provides a low-cost pathway to space for research in the areas of science, exploration, technology development, education or operations consistent with NASA's Strategic Plan. Applicants must submit their proposals electronically by 4:30 p.m. EST, Nov. 24, 2015. NASA plans to select the payloads by Feb. 19, 2016, but selection does not guarantee a launch opportunity. 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[ANS thanks NASA Education Express Message -- Oct. 22, 2015 for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- SAREX Reflector to be Closed 1 November 2015 At the request of the ARISS US Team, AMSAT-NA Vice President for Human Spaceflight Frank Bauer, KA3HDO has announced that the SAREX reflector will be closed 1 November 2015, and its functions folded into the AMSAT-BB list. Frank explained that at one time operations from the Space Shuttle and the ISS were considered as sufficiently different from other satellite operations as to need separate forums for their respective interest communities. More recently, changes in the human spaceflight operations, the new generation of satellites, and the interests of the general AMSAT community have removed the reasons for this distinction. What does this mean to the current subscribers? If you are subscribed to both SAREX and AMSAT-BB, there is no need to take any action. 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[ANS thanks Alan WA4SCA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule Dearborn Public Schools, Dearborn, Michigan, USA, direct via K8UTT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for Option #3: Tue 2015-10-27 16:01:59 UTC 57 deg Daggett Montessori School K-8, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, direct via K5COW The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for Option #4: Thu 2015-10-29 14:12:56 UTC 31 deg A listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live is available at the following link. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf [ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Astro Pi Launch Changed Two specially augmented Raspberry Pi?s called Astro Pi?s were planned to fly with UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI to the International Space Station (ISS) on December 15. On the ISS the Astro Pi?s are planned to run experimental Python programs written by school-age students; the results will be downloaded back to Earth and made available online for all to see. It is hoped that subsequently one of them will be used to provide a video source for the amateur radio HamTV transmitter in the ISS Columbus module. It appears the amount of cargo on Tim?s Soyuz flight was overbooked so the Astro Pi?s will instead fly to the ISS on an Orbital Sciences? Cygnus cargo freighter. The launch is currently planned for December 3 at 22:48 UT on an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral AFS in Florida. Read the full story on the Raspberry Pi site https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/astro-pi-mission-update-7-launch-vehicle- changed/ HamTV http://amsat-uk.org/satellites/hamtv-on-the-iss/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Sun Oct 25 08:28:56 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 08:28:56 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Anyone for 0840 UTC AO-85 pass on/near west coast? Message-ID: Hi! I am about to go to my yard for one more AO-85 pass, around 0840 UTC (0140 PDT) tonight. It is nice outside, and I am still awake. If anyone is on, please feel free to call me. Otherwise, I plan on trying different transmit power levels, narrow vs. wide FM, & various power levels, all while making an RF recording from my SDRplay and HDSDR receive setup. After the pass, a telemetry upload before calling it a (late) night, and another upload to Logbook of the World for my QSOs during the day and this evening. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK From wouterweg at gmail.com Sun Oct 25 09:29:00 2015 From: wouterweg at gmail.com (Wouter Weggelaar) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 10:29:00 +0100 Subject: [amsat-bb] How to Know When Your AO-85 Telemetry Has Been Uploaded? In-Reply-To: <73B3E1B42D8E44FDB37AB6E979D631B2@OPT755> References: <15050a65418-621a-35b47@webprd-m39.mail.aol.com> <121BDD0D84EC46E1AD90DD373DFFA7CB@OPT755> <56296B39.8010701@arrl.net> <73B3E1B42D8E44FDB37AB6E979D631B2@OPT755> Message-ID: Delfi-C3 RASCAL does that, and its now in its 7th+ year in space. Also, the FUNcube dashboard can do it, albeit in a slightly convoluted way if you close the program in between. (Save the pass and replay it when you have an internet connection) If you leave the program running and restore the internet connection it will automatically pick up where it left off. I am sure many other telemetry clients will have similar features, that may or may not be obvious to the user. Wouter PA3WEG On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 6:07 PM, Scott wrote: > Hello Daryl. Hopefully someone with more knowledge that I have will > reply, but it worked very well for me. > > Don't forget that you can make a copy of your log folder before purging > the data from inside the FoxTelem software so that you can put things back > if you don't like the results after re-running the pass from your .WAV > recording. > > I'm not a programmer, but if it's do-able, I think it would be great if > future versions of all the various cubesat telemetry applications have the > ability to store a download and then upload it when the computer is back on > an internet connection. Of course I realize that would add complexity > since each packet would have to have a timestamp if it's not being uploaded > in real time. > > -Scott, K4KDR > Montpelier, VA USA > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Daryl Young > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org > Sent: Thursday, October 22, 2015 19:03 > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] How to Know When Your AO-85 Telemetry Has Been > Uploaded? > > > Hi ! > > With help from K4SQC I finally got some AO85 telemetry to decode! After > the 186 payloads were decoded (high speed on that pass!) and the pass > was complete I realized "upload to server" was not checked, so I checked > it. > > Is the information below accurate, the already decoded telemetry will > not now or ever upload to the server? We did record the pass in HDSDR > so I should be able to follow the path Scott took but I'd like to verify > this before "dumping" the decodes. > > Thanks! > > *Daryl > K4RGK > > > * > On 10/10/2015 7:42 AM, Scott wrote: > > Yes, after trying everything that I could think of with no luck, it > occurred to me that I could dump the data that had been received previously > (when "upload" was turned off) and replay my I/Q file once again into the > Fox Telem software with "upload" turned on. > > > > That worked, but only 4 packets uploaded even though the software > indicated 10 decodes. Not sure why, but I was satisfied... I don't > consider it a competition; I really just wanted to get completely through > the process and actually have some data upload to the site. > > > > I do have some observations that I'll share on the chance that it > helps someone else. > > > > While several bit rates are available in the Fox Telem software on a > drop-down menu, the documentation recommends 48,000. So, before replaying > my I/Q file that last time, I reconfigured SDR# as well as the VB-Cable > audio link to both work at 48,000. Sure enough, I decoded many more > packets than I had previously. Going forward I'll capture the data with > those settings. > > > > Last night's pass might have been unique in that it was a minute of > slow-speed data but then transitioned to high-speed. So, I had to replay > my I/Q file twice... once with the Fox Telem software set to slow data and > again with it set to high. However, I realize now that I could have easily > paused the playback in SDR#, stopped the Fox Telem input, switched to high > speed, and resumed the playback. > > > > Since I'm not going to have an internet connection during the initial > data capture, it would appear that the correct sequence of events for my > configuration will be to only use the Fox Telem software during a fly-over > to give me some feedback as to how well I'm receiving. I'll then dump the > resulting payload and replay the recorded I/Q file with an active internet > connection and the Fox Telem software set to upload. It would be wonderful > if the software would "store & forward" the packets once online, but this > might be a blessing in disguise as there is every chance that I'll have a > better result decoding under controlled conditions where I'm don't have my > hands full with an antenna, etc. > > > > Also, I see that many people with more advanced setups are able to > play their recorded I/Q .wav files directly in the Fox Telem software. I > did not have any success with that and I actually liked replaying my > recordings in SDR# so that I could verify that I was centered on the > carrier and make minor frequency adjustments. I was also tweaking output > levels on replay. I didn't really know if there was any benefit in that, > but I told myself that I was keeping the waveforms on the Fox Telem > software as "clean" as possible in hopes of more decodes. Similar apps > give some level feedback so you'll know if you are feeding it at the right > volume, but it's still a really nice app. > > > > At any rate, I was pretty tickled with any success at all and VERY > appreciative of the information that others have shared. > > > > In summary, my setup is: > > > > -Arrow dual-band antenna (will test some future passes with omni QFH > when elevation is high) > > -$20 RTL-SDR dongle > > -SDR# on Windows-7, FM-narrow @ 32k bandwidth with audio set to > 48,000, doppler tracking from Orbitron > > -VB Cable set to 48,000 > > -Fox Telem software with AF input set to VB-Cable @ 48,000 > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: David G0MRF > > To: scott23192 at gmail.com > > Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2015 03:28 > > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] How to Know When Your AO-85 Telemetry Has > Been Uploaded? > > > > > > Hi. > > There is a K4KDR-FM17 in the list with 4 somethings (frames > payloads packets or whatever) > > > > Thanks > > > > David > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Scott > > To: amsat-bb > > Sent: Sat, 10 Oct 2015 2:45 > > Subject: [amsat-bb] How to Know When Your AO-85 Telemetry Has Been > Uploaded? > > > > > > My Fox 1 Telemetry Analysis Tool is showing "Decoded: 8" and "Queued: > 0" at > > the > > bottom of the screen. > > > > I have my station details complete and the box to > > "Upload to Server" is > > checked. > > > > Not seeing my call sign on the Leaderboard > > Statistics page, but I have no > > idea how long to wait before I should expect > > some feedback from an upload > > to be reflected on that page. > > > > Is there some way > > to know when the Windows App has completed an upload > > successfully? > > > > I have > > logging enabled and see a line as follows: > > > > ===== > > Trying Primary Server: > > tlm.amsat.org:41041 > > ===== > > > > ... but no indication of a successful -or- failed > > upload. I do have an > > active internet connection. > > > > Many thanks. > > > > -Scott, > > K4KDR > > Montpelier, VA > > USA > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via > > AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > to all interested > > persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > > are solely > > those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > > Not an > > AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > > program! > > Subscription settings: > > http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views > of AMSAT-NA. > > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From mm0kjg at googlemail.com Sun Oct 25 11:24:32 2015 From: mm0kjg at googlemail.com (mm0kjg) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 11:24:32 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <562CBBF0.8080905@gmail.com> Hello all. I seem to have a wee problem with working Ao-73. The problem I cant work it at all. I am hearing people talking but when I attempt to find my downlink nothing heard. I have tried sending cw up and tuning downlink and also tuning uplink and nothing. I have set up tuning for 145.950 down and 435.150 up. Am missing something here? I spoke to my good friend and very good Sat operator Derrick Gm0fmw and he also cant access it with a fairly good antenna set-up. We are both in Edinburgh Scotland Is this the problem? Please all help will be appreciated . Thanks Kev MM0KJG From cjhurst at bigpond.net.au Sun Oct 25 11:36:32 2015 From: cjhurst at bigpond.net.au (Colin Hurst) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 22:06:32 +1030 Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems In-Reply-To: <562CBBF0.8080905@gmail.com> References: <562CBBF0.8080905@gmail.com> Message-ID: <001401d10f19$65c05e80$31411b80$@net.au> Kev, I make the down link 145979.750 Colin VK5HI -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of mm0kjg via AMSAT-BB Sent: Sunday, 25 October 2015 21:55 To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems Hello all. I seem to have a wee problem with working Ao-73. The problem I cant work it at all. I am hearing people talking but when I attempt to find my downlink nothing heard. I have tried sending cw up and tuning downlink and also tuning uplink and nothing. I have set up tuning for 145.950 down and 435.150 up. Am missing something here? I spoke to my good friend and very good Sat operator Derrick Gm0fmw and he also cant access it with a fairly good antenna set-up. We are both in Edinburgh Scotland Is this the problem? Please all help will be appreciated . Thanks Kev MM0KJG _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From cjhurst at bigpond.net.au Sun Oct 25 11:52:56 2015 From: cjhurst at bigpond.net.au (Colin Hurst) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 22:22:56 +1030 Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems In-Reply-To: <001401d10f19$65c05e80$31411b80$@net.au> References: <562CBBF0.8080905@gmail.com> <001401d10f19$65c05e80$31411b80$@net.au> Message-ID: <001501d10f1b$b0699c60$113cd520$@net.au> Kev, Sorry. Mis-read your mail Though you meant AO-85. Colin. -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Colin Hurst Sent: Sunday, 25 October 2015 22:07 To: 'mm0kjg' Cc: 'AMSAT-BB' Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems Kev, I make the down link 145979.750 Colin VK5HI -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of mm0kjg via AMSAT-BB Sent: Sunday, 25 October 2015 21:55 To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems Hello all. I seem to have a wee problem with working Ao-73. The problem I cant work it at all. I am hearing people talking but when I attempt to find my downlink nothing heard. I have tried sending cw up and tuning downlink and also tuning uplink and nothing. I have set up tuning for 145.950 down and 435.150 up. Am missing something here? I spoke to my good friend and very good Sat operator Derrick Gm0fmw and he also cant access it with a fairly good antenna set-up. We are both in Edinburgh Scotland Is this the problem? Please all help will be appreciated . Thanks Kev MM0KJG _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From cjhurst at bigpond.net.au Sun Oct 25 12:01:42 2015 From: cjhurst at bigpond.net.au (Colin Hurst) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 22:31:42 +1030 Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems In-Reply-To: <001501d10f1b$b0699c60$113cd520$@net.au> References: <562CBBF0.8080905@gmail.com> <001401d10f19$65c05e80$31411b80$@net.au> <001501d10f1b$b0699c60$113cd520$@net.au> Message-ID: <000001d10f1c$ea2b6b30$be824190$@net.au> Kev, Looking at the last pass over VK, 145.950 is not within the pass-band. Try 145.960 which is more central to the pass-band. Not sure of uplink frequencies though. Colin VK5HI. -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of mm0kjg via AMSAT-BB Sent: Sunday, 25 October 2015 21:55 To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems Hello all. I seem to have a wee problem with working Ao-73. The problem I cant work it at all. I am hearing people talking but when I attempt to find my downlink nothing heard. I have tried sending cw up and tuning downlink and also tuning uplink and nothing. I have set up tuning for 145.950 down and 435.150 up. Am missing something here? I spoke to my good friend and very good Sat operator Derrick Gm0fmw and he also cant access it with a fairly good antenna set-up. We are both in Edinburgh Scotland Is this the problem? Please all help will be appreciated . Thanks Kev MM0KJG From dave at g4dpz.me.uk Sun Oct 25 15:19:32 2015 From: dave at g4dpz.me.uk (David Johnson) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 15:19:32 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube datawarehouse outage notice Message-ID: Hi, We are doing some updates to the warehouse today in preparation for Najif-1. There maybe some short outages in upload capabilities, the dashboard will back off until it see the warehouse again and upload any outstanding packets. Any problems please contact me directly. 73 Dave, G4DPZ From WB4SON at gmail.com Sun Oct 25 15:37:48 2015 From: WB4SON at gmail.com (Bob) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 11:37:48 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems In-Reply-To: <000001d10f1c$ea2b6b30$be824190$@net.au> References: <562CBBF0.8080905@gmail.com> <001401d10f19$65c05e80$31411b80$@net.au> <001501d10f1b$b0699c60$113cd520$@net.au> <000001d10f1c$ea2b6b30$be824190$@net.au> Message-ID: After working with AO-73 since its launch, I've noticed that the actual uplink frequency is vastly different from the published value, and I'm not the only person to have reported this. I have asked the UK team multiple times to verify the uplink/downlink ratio, but they have never published an update. The end result is that new users can't find themselves on AO-73. Here is my Doppler.sqf file entry for AO-73. and comments that the required correction is about 18 KHz higher than the published values. ?AO-73,145957.52,435160.48,CW,CW,REV,,, Transponder? Note that the published figures says that 145.957.5 should be about 435.142.5, so my correction value is about 18 KHz higher than published values. I would recommend that you try setting your uplink much higher and see if you can find yourself. 73, Bob, WB4SON On Sun, Oct 25, 2015 at 8:01 AM, Colin Hurst wrote: > Kev, > Looking at the last pass over VK, 145.950 is not within the pass-band. > Try 145.960 which is more central to the pass-band. > Not sure of uplink frequencies though. > Colin VK5HI. > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of mm0kjg via > AMSAT-BB > Sent: Sunday, 25 October 2015 21:55 > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems > > Hello all. > I seem to have a wee problem with working Ao-73. The problem I cant work it > at all. I am hearing people talking but when I attempt to find my downlink > nothing heard. I have tried sending cw up and tuning downlink and also > tuning uplink and nothing. I have set up tuning for 145.950 down and > 435.150 up. Am missing something here? > I spoke to my good friend and very good Sat operator Derrick Gm0fmw and he > also cant access it with a fairly good antenna set-up. We are both in > Edinburgh Scotland Is this the problem? > Please all help will be appreciated . > > Thanks Kev MM0KJG > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From wb8elk at aol.com Sun Oct 25 17:13:58 2015 From: wb8elk at aol.com (wb8elk at aol.com) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 13:13:58 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Anyone in eastern Florida that can listen for a mylar balloon carrying APRS today? Message-ID: <1509ffe0e62-27f2-61c9@webprd-a102.mail.aol.com> Launched from Huntsville, AL on Friday, a 36" Mylar party balloon carrying an APRS transmitter (WB8ELK-3) is now about 300 miles east of Florida and managed one digipeater hit from that position this morning. If anyone in eastern Florida can point a gain antenna east they might be able to copy the APRS packets which I also transmit on 144.340 MHz once a minute. It is currently 300 miles east of Melbourne FL slowly heading south towards the eastern Bahamas. It is solar-powered only so will only operate during the day today. - Bill From jefforybroughton at gmail.com Sun Oct 25 14:06:24 2015 From: jefforybroughton at gmail.com (jeffory broughton) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 10:06:24 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] A073 Message-ID: The ao73 has problems. First of all the uplink could be as much as 5-10 kHz off from the published numbers.so send a series of dits from your cw key while you sweep around with ur uplink vfo to find yourself. Once you find yourself, you have to adjust your uplink frequency about 200 hz per 30 min to keep up a drifting oscillator on the bird while monitoring your downlink.once u get the hang of it, It's not so bas.its a very very good with a great receiver ! P.S IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE AFTER DARK ON WEEK DAYS AND ALL WEEKEND FOR AMATEUR USE. 73 Jeff WB8RJY jeff broughton From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net Mon Oct 26 02:47:40 2015 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 22:47:40 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Dearborn Public Schools, Dearborn, Michigan Message-ID: <8B1301C03598486796E4B9BE56E99575@DHJ> An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Dearborn Public Schools, Dearborn, Michigan on 27 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 16:01 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and K8UTT. The contact should be audible the eastern U.S, and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. School Story not available at this time Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How do you brush your teeth? 2. What do you do if you get ill or hurt? 3. What is the official language on board the International Space Station? 4. How would you describe the feeling of being in space? 5. What do you eat in space? 6. Do you see the earth, sun, and moon rotate? 7. What was it like when the Super Moon Lunar Eclipse came into your view? 8. What is your most recent, successful experiment you have done at the International Space Station? 9. How do you sleep when there's no gravity holding you to a bed? 10. How do you stay fit in space? 11. When you were about to take off, how did you feel? 12. Do you have any side effects when you return to earth? 13. How do astronauts cope with the psychological stress of being away from their families and friends for a long time? 14. How does our digestive system work in space with no gravity? How does the food go down the throat and stomach? 15. How long can an astronaut stay in space before having to come back to earth? 16. Is there a way that the space rocket ships could reduce the amount of energy they use? 17. How does not having a normal day/night cycle affect your sleeping and waking hours? 18. Why do you lose bone mass when you come from space? 19. Because of the fact that up in space there is zero gravity, how does it feel when you come down from space and back to earth? 20. if there was something you could change about your space environment, what would it be? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Daggett Montessori School K-8, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, direct via K5COW The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for Thu, Oct 29, 2015 14:12 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From ka3hsw at att.net Mon Oct 26 04:21:38 2015 From: ka3hsw at att.net (George Henry) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 23:21:38 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems References: <562CBBF0.8080905@gmail.com> Message-ID: <46605C6039254F0394139C41654F11F8@parents> I have found that computer tuning for AO-73 simply doesn't work... the satellite frequency drifts enough that your up- and downlinks won't stay in sync for long. I leave my downlink frequency alone as much as possible (unless needed to chase the other guy), and manually adjust the uplink, and that has worked well for me. George, KA3HSW ----- Original Message ----- From: "mm0kjg via AMSAT-BB" To: Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 6:24 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems > Hello all. > I seem to have a wee problem with working Ao-73. The problem I cant work > it at all. I am hearing people talking but when I attempt to find my > downlink nothing heard. I have tried sending cw up and tuning downlink and > also tuning uplink and nothing. I have set up tuning for 145.950 down and > 435.150 up. Am missing something here? > I spoke to my good friend and very good Sat operator Derrick Gm0fmw and he > also cant access it with a fairly good antenna set-up. We are both in > Edinburgh Scotland Is this the problem? > Please all help will be appreciated . > > Thanks Kev MM0KJG > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From dave.remnant at ntlworld.com Sun Oct 25 18:49:41 2015 From: dave.remnant at ntlworld.com (Dave Remnant) Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2015 18:49:41 -0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 telemetry discrepencies Message-ID: <000001d10f55$e8fdd0c0$baf97240$@remnant@ntlworld.com> I have been keeping a record of telemetry frames received (as per the total shown in bottom right of software vs totals appearing in AMSAT Fox Leaderboard Statistics. My findings are shown below which show some large differences. I have tried to understand where/why/how etc but can't find much to read about the subject. I am wondering if the server is not receiving all the packets then are the experiments affected by this? Can anyone explain why there are differences and what it means? According to the software zero frames are queued so I am puzzled. Has anyone else noticed this or am I the only person documenting this. The table is below (I hope it comes out OK on the BB, if not please PM me and I'll forward to whoever would like it to review) Pass total Decoded total in software Server Pass total Difference Difference between PC & Server totals 1304 936 368 78 1382 989 53 25 393 95 1477 1048 59 36 429 19 1496 1060 12 7 436 95 1591 1135 75 20 456 26 1617 1159 24 2 458 93 1710 1206 47 46 504 94 1804 1255 49 45 549 122 1926 1326 71 51 600 Total diff 232 Great job to all involved. 73 Dave (M0SAT) From w3mat03 at gmail.com Mon Oct 26 13:02:50 2015 From: w3mat03 at gmail.com (W3MAT .) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:02:50 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Message-ID: AO-85 passes sounded good over the east coast this weekend. However, I set up for the 04:06 pass and only heard what sounded like the satellite back in test mode (female voice announcing this is Fox-1). What is the status for this week, as there is a very good overhead pass today at 20:06 UTC? On a side note, I like others I believe, have found that getting into AO-85 with your HT and handheld Arrow or Elk antenna to be almost impossible. Last evening I set up the Icom and used 20 watts, that was the first time I actually made more than one contact. Thanks Loon From n8hm at arrl.net Mon Oct 26 13:10:25 2015 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:10:25 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Loon, If you hear "Hi This is Amateur Radio Satellite Fox-1", the satellite is in transponder mode. A transmission with the 67 Hz tone should activate it. The satellite is open for use for now, but there is likely to be another round of testing later this week. 73, Paul, N8HM On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 9:02 AM, W3MAT . wrote: > AO-85 passes sounded good over the east coast this weekend. However, I set > up for the 04:06 pass and only heard what sounded like the satellite back > in test mode (female voice announcing this is Fox-1). > > What is the status for this week, as there is a very good overhead pass > today at 20:06 UTC? > > On a side note, I like others I believe, have found that getting into AO-85 > with your HT and handheld Arrow or Elk antenna to be almost impossible. > Last evening I set up the Icom and used 20 watts, that was the first time I > actually made more than one contact. > > > Thanks > > Loon > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From WB4SON at gmail.com Mon Oct 26 13:52:00 2015 From: WB4SON at gmail.com (Bob) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:52:00 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems In-Reply-To: <46605C6039254F0394139C41654F11F8@parents> References: <562CBBF0.8080905@gmail.com> <46605C6039254F0394139C41654F11F8@parents> Message-ID: Hi George, You are one of many who have said manual tuning is best, and after so many similar comments, I should probably give that a whirl. Of course this will vary for rig and doppler, but I'd be curious to know what you find your tx frequency to be at mid pass? The reason for asking is the published spec is Uplink 435.150 - 435.130 MHz LSB (Inverting) Downlink 145.950 - 145.970 MHz USB Implying that a RX of 145.960 (mid band) would have a TX of 435.140. From my tests it appears that I would actually have to transmit on 435.156 to hear myself at mid-pass. That, of course, appears to be outside of the published passband, and those published specs probably prevent anyone new to the bird from ever finding themselves. I appreciate and data or feedback. 73, Bob, WB4SON On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 12:21 AM, George Henry wrote: > I have found that computer tuning for AO-73 simply doesn't work... the > satellite frequency drifts enough that your up- and downlinks won't stay in > sync for long. I leave my downlink frequency alone as much as possible > (unless needed to chase the other guy), and manually adjust the uplink, and > that has worked well for me. > > George, KA3HSW > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "mm0kjg via AMSAT-BB" < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> > To: > Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 6:24 AM > Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems > > > Hello all. >> I seem to have a wee problem with working Ao-73. The problem I cant work >> it at all. I am hearing people talking but when I attempt to find my >> downlink nothing heard. I have tried sending cw up and tuning downlink and >> also tuning uplink and nothing. I have set up tuning for 145.950 down and >> 435.150 up. Am missing something here? >> I spoke to my good friend and very good Sat operator Derrick Gm0fmw and >> he also cant access it with a fairly good antenna set-up. We are both in >> Edinburgh Scotland Is this the problem? >> Please all help will be appreciated . >> >> Thanks Kev MM0KJG >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of >> AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp Mon Oct 26 14:21:33 2015 From: the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp (Jeff A. Boyd) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 23:21:33 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20151026232133.9947.63087B45@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> On Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:10:25 -0400, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > If you hear "Hi This is Amateur Radio Satellite Fox-1", the satellite > is in transponder mode. A transmission with the 67 Hz tone should > activate it. (Thank you, Fox designers, for not requiring a different tone every 10 minutes like SO-50!) That turns out to be a good barometer from my QTH for how high up the sat has to get before someone can successfully activate it. When it comes up from the south over the Pacific, it might get up to 20? elevation before someone starts calling CQ. I know for certain that my 5-watt HT and I are not triggering it before then. -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C From g0mrf at aol.com Mon Oct 26 15:06:37 2015 From: g0mrf at aol.com (David G0MRF) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 11:06:37 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <150a4afd1f9-235-c7a@webprd-m45.mail.aol.com> Hi Bob. AO-73 is difficult to track using a PC as there is a fixed offset on the receive crystal oscillator together with a variation in frequency which is temperature dependent. Consequently, the ideal midband frequency when the satellite is at TCA will be different for a pass in eclipse or a pass during the illuminated part of the orbit. As you know, it takes a bit of getting use to, but once you get the feel for it, manual tuning can get good results. I agree the published frequencies should probably include the fixed offset so people can get a little closer to the 'correct' frequencies for success. 73 David -----Original Message----- From: Bob To: George Henry CC: mm0kjg ; AMSAT-BB Sent: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 13:52 Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems Hi George, You are one of many who have said manual tuning is best, and after so many similar comments, I should probably give that a whirl. Of course this will vary for rig and doppler, but I'd be curious to know what you find your tx frequency to be at mid pass? The reason for asking is the published spec is Uplink 435.150 - 435.130 MHz LSB (Inverting) Downlink 145.950 - 145.970 MHz USB Implying that a RX of 145.960 (mid band) would have a TX of 435.140. From my tests it appears that I would actually have to transmit on 435.156 to hear myself at mid-pass. That, of course, appears to be outside of the published passband, and those published specs probably prevent anyone new to the bird from ever finding themselves. I appreciate and data or feedback. 73, Bob, WB4SON On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 12:21 AM, George Henry wrote: > I have found that computer tuning for AO-73 simply doesn't work... the > satellite frequency drifts enough that your up- and downlinks won't stay in > sync for long. I leave my downlink frequency alone as much as possible > (unless needed to chase the other guy), and manually adjust the uplink, and > that has worked well for me. > > George, KA3HSW > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "mm0kjg via AMSAT-BB" < > amsat-bb at amsat.org> > To: > Sent: Sunday, October 25, 2015 6:24 AM > Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems > > > Hello all. >> I seem to have a wee problem with working Ao-73. The problem I cant work >> it at all. I am hearing people talking but when I attempt to find my >> downlink nothing heard. I have tried sending cw up and tuning downlink and >> also tuning uplink and nothing. I have set up tuning for 145.950 down and >> 435.150 up. Am missing something here? >> I spoke to my good friend and very good Sat operator Derrick Gm0fmw and >> he also cant access it with a fairly good antenna set-up. We are both in >> Edinburgh Scotland Is this the problem? >> Please all help will be appreciated . >> >> Thanks Kev MM0KJG >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of >> AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From WB4SON at gmail.com Mon Oct 26 16:15:10 2015 From: WB4SON at gmail.com (Bob) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 12:15:10 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems In-Reply-To: <150a4afd1f9-235-c7a@webprd-m45.mail.aol.com> References: <150a4afd1f9-235-c7a@webprd-m45.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: Hi David, You are spot on, fortunately, this old dog used to manual tune all the time, so its just a matter of me going back to my original ways to doing things. Knowing that the the LO is changing around a bit with temp makes me understand why the Doppler corrections never seemed to fit what I was hearing from the bird itself, even thought most of my operation is during Eclipse (before it emerges back into light, when the temp should be cold and fairly stable). AO-73 is a great bird, and a pleasure to work, but I do hear people time and again saying they can never hear themselves on the downlink. All it would take is a published hint to try transmitting higher by about 8-12 KHz for example, and I think folks would have much more luck. The information is out there, in various forum posts, personal blogs, and message systems, it just hasn't been adopted by authoritative sources like funcube.org.uk, or AMSAT itself (which list the original ideal UL/DL relationships). Until then it is sort of unconfirmed rumor. Thanks again! 73, Bob, WB4SON On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 11:06 AM, David G0MRF wrote: > Hi Bob. > > AO-73 is difficult to track using a PC as there is a fixed offset on the > receive crystal oscillator together with a variation in frequency which is > temperature dependent. > Consequently, the ideal midband frequency when the satellite is at TCA > will be different for a pass in eclipse or a pass during the illuminated > part of the orbit. > > As you know, it takes a bit of getting use to, but once you get the feel > for it, manual tuning can get good results. > I agree the published frequencies should probably include the fixed offset > so people can get a little closer to the 'correct' frequencies for success. > > 73 > > David > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob > To: George Henry > CC: mm0kjg ; AMSAT-BB > Sent: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 13:52 > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems > > Hi George, > > You are one of many who have said manual tuning is best, and after > so many > similar comments, I should probably give that a whirl. > > Of course > this will vary for rig and doppler, but I'd be curious to know > what you find > your tx frequency to be at mid pass? > > The reason for asking is the published > spec is > > Uplink 435.150 - 435.130 MHz LSB (Inverting) > Downlink 145.950 - > 145.970 MHz USB > > Implying that a RX of 145.960 (mid band) would have a TX of > 435.140. From > my tests it appears that I would actually have to transmit on > 435.156 to > hear myself at mid-pass. That, of course, appears to be outside of > the > published passband, and those published specs probably prevent anyone > new > to the bird from ever finding themselves. > > I appreciate and data or > feedback. > > 73, Bob, WB4SON > > > > > On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 12:21 AM, George > Henry wrote: > > > I have found that computer tuning for AO-73 > simply doesn't work... the > > satellite frequency drifts enough that your up- > and downlinks won't stay in > > sync for long. I leave my downlink frequency > alone as much as possible > > (unless needed to chase the other guy), and > manually adjust the uplink, and > > that has worked well for me. > > > > George, > KA3HSW > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "mm0kjg via AMSAT-BB" < > >amsat-bb at amsat.org> > > To: > > Sent: Sunday, October 25, > 2015 6:24 AM > > Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao 73 problems > > > > > > Hello all. > >> I > seem to have a wee problem with working Ao-73. The problem I cant work > >> it at > all. I am hearing people talking but when I attempt to find my > >> downlink > nothing heard. I have tried sending cw up and tuning downlink and > >> also > tuning uplink and nothing. I have set up tuning for 145.950 down and > >> > 435.150 up. Am missing something here? > >> I spoke to my good friend and very > good Sat operator Derrick Gm0fmw and > >> he also cant access it with a fairly > good antenna set-up. We are both in > >> Edinburgh Scotland Is this the > problem? > >> Please all help will be appreciated . > >> > >> Thanks Kev MM0KJG > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. > AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > >> to all interested persons worldwide > without requiring membership. > >> Opinions expressed > >> are solely those of the > author, and do not reflect the official views of > >> AMSAT-NA. > >> Not an > AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > >> > Subscription settings:http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > >> > > > > > > --- > > This email > has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > >https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. > AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > > to all interested persons worldwide > without requiring membership. 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Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings:http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > From my.callsign at verizon.net Mon Oct 26 16:48:20 2015 From: my.callsign at verizon.net (KO6TZ Bob) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 09:48:20 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] NO-84 Message-ID: <562E5954.60307@verizon.net> The 10m band was exceptionally quiet ( S-2 noise), this morning during the 15:39u pass. As a result, PSK-31 copy thru NO-84 was "As Advertised". The copy was almost flawless except for a very few errors due to fade from satellite rotation. Too bad no one else was around. KO6TZ BOB From w3mat03 at gmail.com Mon Oct 26 20:54:25 2015 From: w3mat03 at gmail.com (Loon - W3MAT) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 16:54:25 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO85, 20:01 UC Message-ID: <562e9304.278e320a.72c77.2d0a@mx.google.com> Over FN10 at 85 degrees. Heard N0JY and a "2" station but couldn't make out the call. For a high pass it was very noisy and I found it difficult to get into, even at 20 watts. I think I'd rather have a 30-45 degree pass. W3MAT From burns at fisher.cc Mon Oct 26 21:03:09 2015 From: burns at fisher.cc (Burns Fisher) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 17:03:09 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO85, 20:01 UC Message-ID: Loon, I was the W2, although I'm in 1-land. I also heard you and N0JY. I have 50 watts but it is into a Lindenblad, so a lot of power going out to the horizon, less when it is straight overhead. You sounded reasonably clear to me and N0JY was very clear. Burns W2BFJ From: Loon - W3MAT To: AMSAT-BB Cc: Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 16:54:25 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO85, 20:01 UC Over FN10 at 85 degrees. Heard N0JY and a "2" station but couldn't make out the call. For a high pass it was very noisy and I found it difficult to get into, even at 20 watts. I think I'd rather have a 30-45 degree pass. W3MAT From AJ9N at aol.com Mon Oct 26 22:52:18 2015 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 18:52:18 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-26 23:00 UTC Message-ID: <160781.62abfb43.436008a2@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-26 23:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Possible Russian contact with Kursk Tue 2015-10-27 11:35 UTC Dearborn Public Schools, Dearborn, Michigan, USA, direct via K8UTT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for Option #3: Tue 2015-10-27 16:01:59 UTC 57 deg Watch for a live video stream that should start about 15:00 UTC: (***) http://www.dearbornschools.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbhrQiZ62LE Daggett Montessori School K-8, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, direct via K5COW The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for Option #4: Thu 2015-10-29 14:12:56 UTC 31 deg **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss at arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 112 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-24 06:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1001. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 966. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-24 06:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From g0mrf at aol.com Tue Oct 27 08:54:25 2015 From: g0mrf at aol.com (David G0MRF) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 04:54:25 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Telemetry Upload Tax Message-ID: <150a8816a17-c68-3814@webprd-m35.mail.aol.com> Hi all. Over the past 24 hours I've monitored the telemetry frames received on my PC against the total shown on the server. - http://www.amsat.org/tlm/ It seems I'm being taxed at 35% on my telemetry 'earnings' Server total at 08:00 UTC start of 24hr period 2418 Total received in 24 hrs from FOX-TLM 634 Total displayed on sever at 08:00 UTC today after 24hrs 2827 Correct total should be. 2418 + 634 = 3052 - So 225 frames missing So, is this a feature of the V1.01 Foxtelem or is there an issue with the routing to, or processing at the server as the loading from users increases. Either way, that's a lot of lost data. Many thanks David G0MRF From jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Tue Oct 27 11:56:35 2015 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joe Fitzgerald) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 07:56:35 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Telemetry Upload Tax In-Reply-To: <150a8816a17-c68-3814@webprd-m35.mail.aol.com> References: <150a8816a17-c68-3814@webprd-m35.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: <562F6673.6040407@alum.wpi.edu> David, We do recognize that there are some anomalies with the data reported on the leaderboard, and are working toward some fixes. At this point we believe the problem is in the accounting for the leaderboard. The incoming data are stored and used offline by the command team to characterize the spacecraft, and we appreciate every packet, and we know we have many packets stored that have not been properly accounted for on the leaderboard. There is an informal competition to see if the web guys can fix the leaderboard before AO-85 is considered "commissioned". Thank you for your continued support of AO-85, and please keep those packets coming! -Joe KM1P On 10/27/2015 4:54 AM, David G0MRF via AMSAT-BB wrote: > Hi all. > > Over the past 24 hours I've monitored the telemetry frames received on my PC against the total shown on the server. - http://www.amsat.org/tlm/ > > It seems I'm being taxed at 35% on my telemetry 'earnings' > > Server total at 08:00 UTC start of 24hr period 2418 > > Total received in 24 hrs from FOX-TLM 634 > > Total displayed on sever at 08:00 UTC today after 24hrs 2827 > > Correct total should be. 2418 + 634 = 3052 - So 225 frames missing > > > So, is this a feature of the V1.01 Foxtelem or is there an issue with the routing to, or processing at the server as the loading from users increases. > Either way, that's a lot of lost data. > > Many thanks > > David G0MRF > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From n1jez at burlingtontelecom.net Tue Oct 27 15:27:14 2015 From: n1jez at burlingtontelecom.net (Mike Seguin) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 11:27:14 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] 4U70UN Message-ID: On behalf of the 4U70UN team, I'd like to thank the satellite community for all the contacts we made as we activated the UN on satellite. The operation was challenging due to constraints on operating time, RF interference at times and blockage due the "Urban Jungle" environment we were in. In addition to satellite and VHF/UHF terrestrial operation, there were 4 HF stations operating with full legal limit within our ~ 200' operating radius. Logs are being process now. Some pictures of the operation have been posted online. Google dxworld dot net Again, TNX! from the 4U70UN team. -- 73, Mike, N1JEZ "A closed mouth gathers no feet" From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk Tue Oct 27 16:20:38 2015 From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 16:20:38 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] UKSA announces UKube-1 (FUNcube-2) has completed mission References: <1269049615.5746587.1445962838966.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1269049615.5746587.1445962838966.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> UKube-1 (FUNcube-2) CubeSat Completes Mission http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/27/ukube-1-completes-mission/ Radiocommunication Assembly opens in Geneva http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/26/radiocommunication-assembly-in-geneva/ University of Southampton CubeSat Program http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/24/university-of-southampton-cubesat-program/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK?http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter?https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube?https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ---- From bruninga at usna.edu Tue Oct 27 17:15:26 2015 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 13:15:26 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Possible ISS School Contact Experiment (Maryland report) Message-ID: <52e22d8264fc5d55f0e01a1c5bf9ac3d@mail.gmail.com> Both of my school-contact monitoring tests with the arrow were useless. Both days the 200' tethered JLENS Blimp was aloft radiating megawatts of radar direct Line of Sight to my operating position. Although the radar pings are at 143 and 149 MHz with peaks +70dB above the noise, they do get into all of our Ham VHF radios as a raised noise floor. Just open any radio squelch on any frequency in the 2m band and you will hear it. So even when the astronauts were 7 bars on the radio, the audio had significant noise from the radar superimposed. So my report is a null report. Bob, Wb4APR -----Original Message----- From: Robert Bruninga [mailto:bruninga at usna.edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 6:06 PM Subject: RE: Possible ISS School Contact Experiment idea? (Thurs) > An ISS school contact? in Michigan on 22 Oct. This is a great time for those skilled portable "arrow" operators to get data on using fixed vertical arrow beam antennas for ISS voice at or near the horizon. The test will show if well placed fixed tripod "arrow class" antennas at AOS and LOS and a central turnstyle could possibly make it easier than a full AZ/EL Oscar class antenna at the school. See the concept paper at http://aprs.org/aos-los-test.html If your QTH is west of a school contact, then you should test your LOS horizon. If your QTH is east of the school, then you should test your AOS horizon. This is because we want to make sure we are getting voice quality data AT the horizon while the ISS crew is actually speaking. The desired data is a minute-by-minute log throughout the pass of ISS signal quality (noting nulls or fades) without moving or adjusting the antenna. Your receiver should be right near the antenna (no coax loss). Just orient the beam vertically with an up tilt of 15 degrees. Then aim it at a fixed Azimuth that is half way between AOS (or LOS) and when the ISS rises above (or drops below) 30 degrees elevation to cover the first (or last) portions of the pass. Leave your antenna fixed throughout the pass. We need to know how well the squelch on your radio eliminates the weak signal when the ISS is outside your particular fixed beam too. In a real scenario of this full technique, above 30 degrees the ISS is 3 times closer and 10 dB stronger and would be heard fine on a central omni antenna. But that is not part of your horizon performance test. So be sure to choose a good low horizon *and* the horizon you share with the School contact so that there is ISS audio during your particular horizon crossing (AOS or LOS). An audio recording would make it easier to prepare the log after the pass or you can just make checks or X's every 5 seconds on a piece of paper and summarize it later. Do NOT run open squelch. Set the squelch for normal ham radio operation to silence the radio when the signal would be unintelligible anyway, since we would not want unintelligible noise from one receiver to distract from good audio from the possible others.. If this concept works, then the idea would be to bring in all three receiver speakers (left-to-right) into the auditorium operating position to give equal weight to each receiver but also give a sense of the passage of the ISS. If this test shows any promise, it could not only eliminate all the complexities of long crossed yagis, AZ/EL rotators, big masts and active tracking, but also completely eliminate the problem of long runs of coax from the school gymnasium to the antennas. The coax is eliminated by placing 50W mobile rigs (capable of cross band repeat) at each of the possible three antennas and operating them remotely via 3 UHF HT's indoors on-stage (coupled into the sound system). So, if you are in range of an ISS school contact, and you have an arrow on a tripod at your QTH, you could collect data on a horizon transition to see if this idea is a possibility. Again, YOU ARE RECEIVE ONLY. Your test is *independent* of the actual school contact, you are just taking your own receive data wherever you are of how well a FIXED arrow on a tripod can hear the ISS at low elevations. Be sure to find a place with a good horizon at AOS(or LOS) to set your antenna. If we learn that there will be any significant fades or loss of signal, then this idea fails... But if it works, then the two arrows, tripods, three crossband-repeating mobile rigs and three UHF HT's could be made into a suitcase GOKIT to standardize some school contacts with a lot less work. Just an idea Bob, WB4APR US Naval Academy From jpixton at shentel.net Tue Oct 27 23:29:08 2015 From: jpixton at shentel.net (Jerry Pixton) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 23:29:08 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] NO-84 In-Reply-To: <562E5954.60307@verizon.net> References: <562E5954.60307@verizon.net> Message-ID: <563008C4.6060301@shentel.net> Bob, Heard you on yesterday but no contact Can we use NO-84 on the night time passes now that the daylite descending passes are about gone? Jerry, w6ihg On 10/26/2015 4:48 PM, KO6TZ Bob wrote: > The 10m band was exceptionally quiet ( S-2 noise), this morning during > the 15:39u pass. > > As a result, PSK-31 copy thru NO-84 was "As Advertised". The copy was > almost flawless except for a very few errors due to fade from satellite > rotation. Too bad no one else was around. > > KO6TZ BOB > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- ----------------------------------------------- Dr. Jerry R. Pixton, PIXOS Designs http://www.shentel.net/pixosdesigns/RadioTuner/ jpixton at shentel.net ----------------------------------------------- From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net Wed Oct 28 03:36:24 2015 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 23:36:24 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Daggett Montessori School K-8, Fort Worth, Texas Message-ID: <2F0DF65A741A450BAC86E48019E623F6@DHJ> An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Daggett Montessori School K-8, Fort Worth, Texas on 29 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:12 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and K5COW. The contact should be audible the mid U.S, and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Daggett Montessori, a "School of Choice" within the Fort Worth Independent School District, was created thirty years ago and was one of the first public school Montessori programs in the nation. Based on the highly successful Montessori methodology and philosophy, Daggett Montessori has approximately 500 students, all selected through a blind lottery system. We are a Title I school, with close to 60% of our students economically disadvantaged. As a kindergarten through eighth grade program, we provide a safe, nurturing environment that focuses on long term relationships among staff, students, and parents. Our parents are actively involved in every aspect of school life. Maria Montessori was the first woman to graduate from medical school in Italy so science is an area of particular focus in the Montessori curriculum. She designed many of the lessons to instill a sense of awe about the natural world. Our parents are very involved in every aspect of school at Daggett Montessori. Of particular interest is our greenhouse with an aquaponics system in which we raise various herbs and vegetables. We also have multiple raised beds in which the children grow vegetables. Our parents provide gardening lessons on a weekly basis. Our students were very excited to learn that lettuce is being grown on the ISS! Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows 1. How did you feel when you first looked back at Earth? 2. What is your favorite experiment so far in the mission and what did you learn from it? 3. I saw on Twitter that you grew lettuce in space. At our school, we have an aquaponics system that we grow lettuce in. How did you grow yours and what did it taste like? 4. How does the lack of gravity affect your blood flow? 5. At what age did you decide to become an astronaut and what inspired you to do so? 6. On Earth, we see one sunrise and one sunset a day. How does it change your sleep-wake cycle when you see a sunrise or sunset every 45 minutes? 7. Are there any mechanical or electrical changes in your equipment from Earth's gravity to microgravity? For example, results from the SoRGE. 8. When you miss your family, what do you do to feel comforted? 9. If someone has a critical medical emergency, such as appendicitis, what would you do? 10. How does microgravity affect your digestive system? For example, does your food float to the top of your stomach? 11. We read that being in space a long time can have negative effects on your body. How do you feel about this? 12. How does the ISS protect itself from radiation or debris in your orbital path? 13. What do astronauts do when they are not on a space mission? 14. When you go into space, does it change your beliefs about other life forms? Why or why not? 15. We have read that the environment of space smells like hot metal and burnt meat, and that the food is dry. Does the environment affect your sense of smell and taste? 16. Allergies are a huge problem on Earth. Are allergies a problem on the ISS? Why or why not? 17. When a new crew comes in, has there ever been a communicable infection that spread to the crew in space? If not, do you have any concerns about that? 18. Are there any differences in growing your plants in microgravity? For example, do they photosynthesize or grow the same? 19. What does NASA do to protect the astronauts from viruses and diseases? 20. Can you break bones in space? If so, what do you do about it while you're in space? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): TBD ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu Wed Oct 28 04:04:01 2015 From: jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu (Joe Fitzgerald) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 00:04:01 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Telemetry Upload Tax In-Reply-To: <150a8816a17-c68-3814@webprd-m35.mail.aol.com> References: <150a8816a17-c68-3814@webprd-m35.mail.aol.com> Message-ID: <56304931.4070701@alum.wpi.edu> On 10/27/2015 4:54 AM, David G0MRF via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > Server total at 08:00 UTC start of 24hr period 2418 > > Total received in 24 hrs from FOX-TLM 634 > > Total displayed on sever at 08:00 UTC today after 24hrs 2827 > > Correct total should be. 2418 + 634 = 3052 - So 225 frames missing > > David, I got a chance to check the log during the time period you spoke of, and discovered that all 634 frames were received from you and safely archived on the server. It is a large file, but all frames from the previous 24 -72 hours are stored in http://www.amsat.org/tlm/ao85/logfwd.txt so if you or anyone is concerned that your frames are not making it to the server you can check there. -Joe KM1P From w3mat03 at gmail.com Wed Oct 28 05:06:40 2015 From: w3mat03 at gmail.com (W3MAT .) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 01:06:40 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] New Duplexer and AO-85 Message-ID: I received my duplexer through UPS yesterday and just gave it try on the 03:20 UTC pass of AO-85. It seems to be performing well, and I did make contacts with K3NG and AD2KA. I had, and continue to have, extreme difficulty with getting into AO-85 with just the HT's and Arrow antenna, and thought maybe it was because 2 meter receive and 435 up are 90 degrees to each other on the antenna's boom. I have had success working AO-85 with the Elk antenna and the Icom 2800 (transmits wide only), but *only* with the radios maximum 20 watts output on UHF, and even then it can be very difficult. I thought using the duplexer, HT's with *narrow* band, and the Elk antenna may be the ticket. I thought wrong. This was just as bad, or as difficult, as trying to get in with the Arrow antenna. In my opinion, AO-85 is certainly not every hand held radio and Arrow antenna operators easy to work satellite, like posted on a YouTube video prior to its launch. I'm not a big fan of the U/V set up for those of us that work hand held set ups. First it was very difficult to find the correct uplink frequencies in its early stages, and now that they have been posted and corrected in radio programming, its still difficult to know just when to switch for doppler, especially when its almost impossible to get into in the first place. I don't have multi element, circular polarized antennas mounted on an azimuth/elevation rotor connected to computer driven tracking and radio control software constantly adjusting frequency, azimuth, and elevation, nor am I capable of transmitting 50 watts of power on the uplink. I use simple, low power equipment (normally only 5 watts) capable of no more than 20 watts of power (Icom 2800). AO-85's FM performance certainly does not compete with the current SO-50, or the now gone AO-51 and AO-27 birds (rest their souls). Have a good night, W3MAT From the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp Wed Oct 28 05:24:34 2015 From: the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp (J. Boyd (JR2TTS)) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:24:34 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] New Duplexer and AO-85 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20151028141304.3637.THE2BELO@msd.biglobe.ne.jp> On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 01:06:40 -0400, "W3MAT ." wrote: > I thought wrong. This was just as bad, or as difficult, as trying to get > in with the Arrow antenna. In my opinion, AO-85 is certainly not every hand > held radio and Arrow antenna operators easy to work satellite, like posted > on a YouTube video prior to its launch. I'm not a big fan of the U/V set > up for those of us that work hand held set ups. It is indeed an additional handicap for those of us with Arrows and HTs, and it took me about four passes before I could get a grasp of what uplink frequency to use at what stage of the pass. But I eventually got in there. (I had a lot of noise behind me, but I was copyable.) I agree that SO-50 is much easier to hit, but if there's one thing most hams like, it's a challenge. If anything it's an incentive for me to think about upgrading my gear.... :) -- J. Boyd, JR2TTS/NI3B the2belo at msd.biglobe.ne.jp http://www.flickr.com/photos/the2belo/ http://www.qrz.com/db/JR2TTS Twitter: @Minus2_C From AJ9N at aol.com Wed Oct 28 06:54:02 2015 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 02:54:02 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-28 06:00 UTC Message-ID: <180660.23e38b59.4361cb0a@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-28 06:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: About Gagarin From Space. Ham Radio Session With The Members Of Cosmonautics Federation And Students From St Petersburg, Russia, direct via RA1AJN (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Sergey Volkov RU3DIS (***) Contact was successful 2015-10-20 14:30 UTC (***) About Gagarin From Space. Ham Radio Session With The Members Of Cosmonautics Federation And Students From St Petersburg, Russia, direct via RA1AJN (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Sergey Volkov RU3DIS (***) Contact was successful 2015-10-27 11:35 UTC (***) Dearborn Public Schools, Dearborn, Michigan, USA, direct via K8UTT The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact was successful for Option #3: Tue 2015-10-27 16:01:59 UTC 57 deg (***) Watch for a live video stream that should start about 15:00 UTC: http://www.dearbornschools.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbhrQiZ62LE Daggett Montessori School K-8, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, direct via K5COW The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-10-29 14:12:56 UTC 31 deg Eleanor Palmer School, London, United Kingdom, telebridge via VK6MJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS (***) Contact is a go for: Wed 2015-11-04 09:51:39 UTC 44 deg (***) Dragonskolan, Ume?, Sweden, telebridge via VK6MJ (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS (***) The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-11-05 10:35:17 UTC 28 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss at arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. ********************* ********************************************************* >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 112 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-28 06:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1004. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 969. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-28 06:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From mccardelm at gmail.com Wed Oct 28 11:35:59 2015 From: mccardelm at gmail.com (E.Mike McCardel) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 07:35:59 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Possible ISS School Contact Experiment (Maryland report) In-Reply-To: <52e22d8264fc5d55f0e01a1c5bf9ac3d@mail.gmail.com> References: <52e22d8264fc5d55f0e01a1c5bf9ac3d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: For those interested in this project there is another opportunity for Central US tomorrow An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Daggett Montessori School K-8, Fort Worth, Texas on 29 Oct. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:12 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and K5COW. The contact should be audible the mid U.S, and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. EMike, KC8YLD E. Michael McCardel, KC8YLD V.P. for Educational Relations, AMSAT-NA Have you donated to get your Fox-1 Challenge Coin Yet? http://www.amsat.org/?p=3275 On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Robert Bruninga wrote: > Both of my school-contact monitoring tests with the arrow were useless. > > Both days the 200' tethered JLENS Blimp was aloft radiating megawatts of > radar direct Line of Sight to my operating position. Although the radar > pings are at 143 and 149 MHz with peaks +70dB above the noise, they do get > into all of our Ham VHF radios as a raised noise floor. Just open any radio > squelch on any frequency in the 2m band and you will hear it. > > So even when the astronauts were 7 bars on the radio, the audio had > significant noise from the radar superimposed. > > So my report is a null report. > Bob, Wb4APR > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Bruninga [mailto:bruninga at usna.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 6:06 PM > Subject: RE: Possible ISS School Contact Experiment idea? (Thurs) > >> An ISS school contact? in Michigan on 22 Oct. > > This is a great time for those skilled portable "arrow" operators to get > data on using fixed vertical arrow beam antennas for ISS voice at or near > the horizon. > > The test will show if well placed fixed tripod "arrow class" antennas at AOS > and LOS and a central turnstyle could possibly make it easier than a full > AZ/EL Oscar class antenna at the school. > > See the concept paper at http://aprs.org/aos-los-test.html > > If your QTH is west of a school contact, then you should test your LOS > horizon. If your QTH is east of the school, then you should test your AOS > horizon. This is because we want to make sure we are getting voice quality > data AT the horizon while the ISS crew is actually speaking. > > The desired data is a minute-by-minute log throughout the pass of ISS signal > quality (noting nulls or fades) without moving or adjusting the antenna. > Your receiver should be right near the antenna (no coax loss). Just orient > the beam vertically with an up tilt of 15 degrees. Then aim it at a fixed > Azimuth that is half way between AOS (or LOS) and when the ISS rises above > (or drops below) 30 degrees elevation to cover the first (or last) portions > of the pass. > > Leave your antenna fixed throughout the pass. We need to know how well the > squelch on your radio eliminates the weak signal when the ISS is outside > your particular fixed beam too. > > In a real scenario of this full technique, above 30 degrees the ISS is 3 > times closer and 10 dB stronger and would be heard fine on a central omni > antenna. But that is not part of your horizon performance test. So be sure > to choose a good low horizon *and* the horizon you share with the School > contact so that there is ISS audio during your particular horizon crossing > (AOS or LOS). > > An audio recording would make it easier to prepare the log after the pass or > you can just make checks or X's every 5 seconds on a piece of paper and > summarize it later. Do NOT run open squelch. Set the squelch for normal > ham radio operation to silence the radio when the signal would be > unintelligible anyway, since we would not want unintelligible noise from one > receiver to distract from good audio from the possible others.. > > If this concept works, then the idea would be to bring in all three receiver > speakers (left-to-right) into the auditorium operating position to give > equal weight to each receiver but also give a sense of the passage of the > ISS. If this test shows any promise, it could not only eliminate all the > complexities of long crossed yagis, AZ/EL rotators, big masts and active > tracking, but also completely eliminate the problem of long runs of coax > from the school gymnasium to the antennas. The coax is eliminated by > placing 50W mobile rigs (capable of cross band repeat) at each of the > possible three antennas and operating them remotely via 3 UHF HT's indoors > on-stage (coupled into the sound system). > > So, if you are in range of an ISS school contact, and you have an arrow on a > tripod at your QTH, you could collect data on a horizon transition to see if > this idea is a possibility. > > Again, YOU ARE RECEIVE ONLY. Your test is *independent* of the actual > school contact, you are just taking your own receive data wherever you are > of how well a FIXED arrow on a tripod can hear the ISS at low elevations. > Be sure to find a place with a good horizon at AOS(or LOS) to set your > antenna. > > If we learn that there will be any significant fades or loss of signal, then > this idea fails... But if it works, then the two arrows, tripods, three > crossband-repeating mobile rigs and three UHF HT's could be made into a > suitcase GOKIT to standardize some school contacts with a lot less work. > > Just an idea > Bob, WB4APR > US Naval Academy > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From n6jsx at yahoo.com Wed Oct 28 10:16:09 2015 From: n6jsx at yahoo.com (Dale Kubichek) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 10:16:09 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Web suggestion References: <66125373.809935.1446027369820.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <66125373.809935.1446027369820.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> AMSAT, ???? Does AMSAT HQ/Server location sport Egg-Beater antennas or an auto-tracking SAT setup. Has AMSAT considered streaming FM SAT RX over the web when a SAT flies over AMSAT (priority given to AO's) ? I'm sure it would be interesting to all, assist newbie learning curve, allow verification of tracking program setup, and give first hand training of what that SAT sounds like as well as real-time HAM OPs on that SAT.? Web audio streaming would only happens when a SAT is view-able (otherwise teh stream could play an AMSAT voice ad). Just an idea. ?Best regards,?? Dale Kubichek, MS-EET, N6JSX 937-726-6677 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HAM-SATs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RDF-USA From johnbrier at gmail.com Wed Oct 28 12:36:56 2015 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 08:36:56 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Web suggestion In-Reply-To: <66125373.809935.1446027369820.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <66125373.809935.1446027369820.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> <66125373.809935.1446027369820.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Makes me think of SATNOGS. You don't get a stream but you can get audio for a lot of passes after the fact, most passes theoretically as they get more stations up. Example: https://network.satnogs.org/observations/66/ Another issue with streaming online is there is almost always buffering/delay. So it wouldn't help as much in hearing yourself getting in because it would be so confusing. If you've ever tried to listen to yourself speak over any delayed system (like broadcast). It's very confusing. John, KG4AKV On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:16 AM, Dale Kubichek via AMSAT-BB wrote: > AMSAT, > Does AMSAT HQ/Server location sport Egg-Beater antennas or an auto-tracking SAT setup. Has AMSAT considered streaming FM SAT RX over the web when a SAT flies over AMSAT (priority given to AO's) ? > > I'm sure it would be interesting to all, assist newbie learning curve, allow verification of tracking program setup, and give first hand training of what that SAT sounds like as well as real-time HAM OPs on that SAT. Web audio streaming would only happens when a SAT is view-able (otherwise teh stream could play an AMSAT voice ad). Just an idea. > Best regards, > Dale Kubichek, MS-EET, N6JSX > 937-726-6677 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HAM-SATs > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RDF-USA > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From n6jsx at yahoo.com Wed Oct 28 13:12:32 2015 From: n6jsx at yahoo.com (Dale Kubichek) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:12:32 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] Web suggestion In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1862250731.857698.1446037952189.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> I know he DarhVader affect that happens on FM repeaters with audio delay when listening in full duplex. I was not intending for this streaming to be used in that fashion as also my SAT pass and AMSAT SAT pass will be very different due to our locations. Web streaming would be used as I mentioned in my initial posting. "Assist newbie learning curve, allow verification of tracking program setup, and give first hand training of what that SAT sounds like as well as real-time HAM OPs on that SAT." Secondary could be for AMSAT voice ads during SAT dead times. Maybe AMSAT-SatPC32 program could be modified to not just control a radio RX frequency but during the pass SatPC (using AOS/LOS Alert functions) would toggle PC audio amplifier to pass the RX mic-input audio to the PC-out speaker/Internet streamer. Nice PR for what SatPC32 can do for new buyers. ? ?Best regards,?? Dale Kubichek, MS-EET, N6JSX From: John Brier To: Dale Kubichek Cc: "amsat-bb at amsat.org" Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 7:36 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Web suggestion Makes me think of SATNOGS. You don't get a stream but you can get audio for a lot of passes after the fact, most passes theoretically as they get more stations up. Example: https://network.satnogs.org/observations/66/ Another issue with streaming online is there is almost always buffering/delay. So it wouldn't help as much in hearing yourself getting in because it would be so confusing. If you've ever tried to listen to yourself speak over any delayed system (like broadcast). It's very confusing. John, KG4AKV On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:16 AM, Dale Kubichek via AMSAT-BB wrote: > AMSAT, >? ? ? Does AMSAT HQ/Server location sport Egg-Beater antennas or an auto-tracking SAT setup. Has AMSAT considered streaming FM SAT RX over the web when a SAT flies over AMSAT (priority given to AO's) ? > > I'm sure it would be interesting to all, assist newbie learning curve, allow verification of tracking program setup, and give first hand training of what that SAT sounds like as well as real-time HAM OPs on that SAT.? Web audio streaming would only happens when a SAT is view-able (otherwise the stream could play an AMSAT voice ad). Just an idea. >? Best regards, > Dale Kubichek, MS-EET, N6JSX From johnbrier at gmail.com Wed Oct 28 13:31:53 2015 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:31:53 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Web suggestion In-Reply-To: <1862250731.857698.1446037952189.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> References: <1862250731.857698.1446037952189.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Well we already have a lot of recordings here: http://www.papays.com/sat/general.html Not sure it's automated for every pass, though. John, KG4AKV On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Dale Kubichek wrote: > I know he DarhVader affect that happens on FM repeaters with audio delay > when listening in full duplex. I was not intending for this streaming to be > used in that fashion as also my SAT pass and AMSAT SAT pass will be very > different due to our locations. > > Web streaming would be used as I mentioned in my initial posting. "Assist > newbie learning curve, allow verification of tracking program setup, and > give first hand training of what that SAT sounds like as well as real-time > HAM OPs on that SAT." Secondary could be for AMSAT voice ads during SAT dead > times. > > Maybe AMSAT-SatPC32 program could be modified to not just control a radio RX > frequency but during the pass SatPC (using AOS/LOS Alert functions) would > toggle PC audio amplifier to pass the RX mic-input audio to the PC-out > speaker/Internet streamer. Nice PR for what SatPC32 can do for new buyers. > > Best regards, > Dale Kubichek, MS-EET, N6JSX > > ________________________________ > From: John Brier > To: Dale Kubichek > Cc: "amsat-bb at amsat.org" > Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 7:36 AM > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Web suggestion > > Makes me think of SATNOGS. You don't get a stream but you can get > audio for a lot of passes after the fact, most passes theoretically as > they get more stations up. > > Example: > > https://network.satnogs.org/observations/66/ > > Another issue with streaming online is there is almost always > buffering/delay. So it wouldn't help as much in hearing yourself > getting in because it would be so confusing. If you've ever tried to > listen to yourself speak over any delayed system (like broadcast). > It's very confusing. > > John, KG4AKV > > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:16 AM, Dale Kubichek via AMSAT-BB > wrote: >> AMSAT, >> Does AMSAT HQ/Server location sport Egg-Beater antennas or an >> auto-tracking SAT setup. Has AMSAT considered streaming FM SAT RX over the >> web when a SAT flies over AMSAT (priority given to AO's) ? >> >> I'm sure it would be interesting to all, assist newbie learning curve, >> allow verification of tracking program setup, and give first hand training >> of what that SAT sounds like as well as real-time HAM OPs on that SAT. Web >> audio streaming would only happens when a SAT is view-able (otherwise the >> stream could play an AMSAT voice ad). Just an idea. >> Best regards, >> Dale Kubichek, MS-EET, N6JSX > From johnbrier at gmail.com Wed Oct 28 13:39:12 2015 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 09:39:12 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Web suggestion In-Reply-To: References: <1862250731.857698.1446037952189.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: I guess it would be more exciting to listen to a live stream as a newbie. You could do pass predictions for the remote site yourself and see how they match up with the actual AOS/LOS and such. Perhaps you could even put a camera on the antenna to watch it move around (if you had a tracking setup). That would be pretty cool. You can get some of this effect with the WebSDRs, but none of them are sat specific AFAIK John, KG4AKV On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 9:31 AM, John Brier wrote: > Well we already have a lot of recordings here: > > http://www.papays.com/sat/general.html > > Not sure it's automated for every pass, though. > > John, KG4AKV > > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 9:12 AM, Dale Kubichek wrote: >> I know he DarhVader affect that happens on FM repeaters with audio delay >> when listening in full duplex. I was not intending for this streaming to be >> used in that fashion as also my SAT pass and AMSAT SAT pass will be very >> different due to our locations. >> >> Web streaming would be used as I mentioned in my initial posting. "Assist >> newbie learning curve, allow verification of tracking program setup, and >> give first hand training of what that SAT sounds like as well as real-time >> HAM OPs on that SAT." Secondary could be for AMSAT voice ads during SAT dead >> times. >> >> Maybe AMSAT-SatPC32 program could be modified to not just control a radio RX >> frequency but during the pass SatPC (using AOS/LOS Alert functions) would >> toggle PC audio amplifier to pass the RX mic-input audio to the PC-out >> speaker/Internet streamer. Nice PR for what SatPC32 can do for new buyers. >> >> Best regards, >> Dale Kubichek, MS-EET, N6JSX >> >> ________________________________ >> From: John Brier >> To: Dale Kubichek >> Cc: "amsat-bb at amsat.org" >> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2015 7:36 AM >> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Web suggestion >> >> Makes me think of SATNOGS. You don't get a stream but you can get >> audio for a lot of passes after the fact, most passes theoretically as >> they get more stations up. >> >> Example: >> >> https://network.satnogs.org/observations/66/ >> >> Another issue with streaming online is there is almost always >> buffering/delay. So it wouldn't help as much in hearing yourself >> getting in because it would be so confusing. If you've ever tried to >> listen to yourself speak over any delayed system (like broadcast). >> It's very confusing. >> >> John, KG4AKV >> >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 6:16 AM, Dale Kubichek via AMSAT-BB >> wrote: >>> AMSAT, >>> Does AMSAT HQ/Server location sport Egg-Beater antennas or an >>> auto-tracking SAT setup. Has AMSAT considered streaming FM SAT RX over the >>> web when a SAT flies over AMSAT (priority given to AO's) ? >>> >>> I'm sure it would be interesting to all, assist newbie learning curve, >>> allow verification of tracking program setup, and give first hand training >>> of what that SAT sounds like as well as real-time HAM OPs on that SAT. Web >>> audio streaming would only happens when a SAT is view-able (otherwise the >>> stream could play an AMSAT voice ad). Just an idea. >>> Best regards, >>> Dale Kubichek, MS-EET, N6JSX >> From alwc9c at gmail.com Wed Oct 28 14:22:16 2015 From: alwc9c at gmail.com (AL Lyday) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 10:22:16 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT-1 AX25 Packets Message-ID: Hello,, I received a few Packet AX25 1200bd on aprx 145.825 today , And I cant seem to find this one of the LIST. Can anyone tell me whats this Birds main name is so I can put into my Tracking software.. TNX 1:Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS [09:32:08] T#891,813,347,926,757,823,00011100 1:Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS [09:32:10] s#019657,0z290,HDEjaGdgGFgFIGEdIFiGGifFFgEHEI0IJiIG From n8hm at arrl.net Wed Oct 28 14:24:59 2015 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 10:24:59 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT-1 AX25 Packets In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: NO-84. 73, Paul, N8HM On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 10:22 AM, AL Lyday wrote: > Hello,, I received a few Packet AX25 1200bd on aprx 145.825 today , And I > cant seem to find this one of the LIST. Can anyone tell me whats this Birds > main name is so I can put into my Tracking software.. TNX > > 1:Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS [09:32:08] > T#891,813,347,926,757,823,00011100 > > 1:Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS [09:32:10] > s#019657,0z290,HDEjaGdgGFgFIGEdIFiGGifFFgEHEI0IJiIG > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From n0jy at amsat.org Wed Oct 28 15:56:15 2015 From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 10:56:15 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] New Duplexer and AO-85 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5630F01F.7060303@amsat.org> Hello Loon, The difficulty you are experiencing in trying to access AO-85 is real, but it is not because of the U/V configuration. The UHF uplink takes some getting used to because of the greater Doppler effect and certainly full duplex is what you will want to use in order to be sure that you are on frequency and being heard. The VHF downlink is very strong and can be received even with an omni antenna, and in fact Tuesday afternoon I was receiving it loud and clear with my Arrow antenna pointed toward the ground as I rested the antenna while I made some notes on my testing. In addition most users have found that the uplink receiver frequency is about 5 to 10 kHz below the expected 435.180 MHz, most likely due to the warmer temperatures than we modeled and tuned the receiver for. We have, since shortly after launch, been aware of reports of a lack of sensitivity on the receiver (uplink) for AO-85 and we have been testing that and investigating scenarios for a cause or causes. That is why AO-85 has not been officially commissioned yet. You recall that we talked the other night on AO-85, I was testing with various power levels and that is why I asked about your setup and experience as well, to add it to our knowledge base. We have indeed identified some things with the help of the Fox-1Cliff flight antenna configuration as a comparison, and are making changes to Fox-1C and Fox-1D that should improve their receive sensitivity and CTCSS detection. We will characterize their receivers (and transmitters) frequency change for the higher temperature range that we are experiencing on orbit so that they should be much closer to the intended numbers. Once we have determined and addressed the causes that we find you will find more specific information about it in the Nov/Dec AMSAT Journal. I am writing about all of the post-launch AO-85 commissioning and testing activities, in detail. Some of the details will be released in other AMSAT news outlets as well. Thank you for posting your experience. It helps us to improve. Jerry Buxton, N?JY On 10/28/2015 00:06, W3MAT . wrote: > I received my duplexer through UPS yesterday and just gave it try on the > 03:20 UTC pass of AO-85. It seems to be performing well, and I did make > contacts with K3NG and AD2KA. > > I had, and continue to have, extreme difficulty with getting into AO-85 > with just the HT's and Arrow antenna, and thought maybe it was because 2 > meter receive and 435 up are 90 degrees to each other on the antenna's > boom. I have had success working AO-85 with the Elk antenna and the Icom > 2800 (transmits wide only), but *only* with the radios maximum 20 watts > output on UHF, and even then it can be very difficult. I thought using the > duplexer, HT's with *narrow* band, and the Elk antenna may be the ticket. > I thought wrong. This was just as bad, or as difficult, as trying to get > in with the Arrow antenna. In my opinion, AO-85 is certainly not every hand > held radio and Arrow antenna operators easy to work satellite, like posted > on a YouTube video prior to its launch. I'm not a big fan of the U/V set > up for those of us that work hand held set ups. First it was very > difficult to find the correct uplink frequencies in its early stages, and > now that they have been posted and corrected in radio programming, its > still difficult to know just when to switch for doppler, especially when > its almost impossible to get into in the first place. I don't have multi > element, circular polarized antennas mounted on an azimuth/elevation rotor > connected to computer driven tracking and radio control software constantly > adjusting frequency, azimuth, and elevation, nor am I capable of > transmitting 50 watts of power on the uplink. I use simple, low power > equipment (normally only 5 watts) capable of no more than 20 watts of power > (Icom 2800). AO-85's FM performance certainly does not compete with the > current SO-50, or the now gone AO-51 and AO-27 birds (rest their souls). > > Have a good night, > > W3MAT > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > From jefforybroughton at gmail.com Wed Oct 28 16:50:50 2015 From: jefforybroughton at gmail.com (jeffory broughton) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 12:50:50 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] (no subject) Message-ID: Jerry: On behalf of all who read the Amsat BB, Thanks for taking time to answer Loons questions.I am sure many more operators had the same ones.Your reply Sure answered a LOT of questions.Also thanks for all of your countless hours researching and solving problems which will insure the next generation of fox satellites will even better as we learn from this one. On behalf of all of us satellite operators, A big thank you! WB8RJY jeff broughton From w3mat03 at gmail.com Wed Oct 28 17:31:47 2015 From: w3mat03 at gmail.com (W3MAT .) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:31:47 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] New Duplexer and AO-85 Message-ID: Yes, Thanks to Jerry for taking time from your day to type a reply and answer questions. I certainly didn't intend my message from early this morning to sound harsh, and I apologize if I came off that way. Like others, I spent quite a deal of time researching the new Fox-1 satellite and after watching the video posted on AMSATS "Meet The Fox Project", around the 7:53 mark is where it is stated that operators with hand held equipment would be able to work this new satellite. So, I was quite eager and anxious to have something else circling the globe other than just SO-50 for us FM'ers, as I do not have the proper equipment to work the linear birds. I don't have to rehash the issues that came along and I found that working this new bird with hand held equipment was not as easy as it was presented in the video, and yes, I did become a bit frustrated ... kind of like getting that new train for Christmas and finding that you don't have a locomotive to pull the train. So if I stepped on toes, I am truly sorry. I will sit back, be patient, and let this be a learning experience, since from the time I entered into the amateur radio satellite arena, there were already working FM birds in place, two of those which have since "passed away". This is my first experience of having a new FM bird launched into space and I admit, I was expecting it to work as well as what is already up there. This is truly a learning experience for the people who turned the first screw right down to those of us who eagerly watch our tracking data and step outside to wave an antenna at the sky (while getting peculiar looks from our neighbors). My hats off to all those who are involved with the Fox project, and I do look forward to the future Fox satellites. Take care and have a great day. Loon From mdavidoff42 at gmail.com Wed Oct 28 18:00:29 2015 From: mdavidoff42 at gmail.com (Martin Davidoff) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:00:29 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Breaking news: JLENS blimp drifting free Message-ID: At about 1:40 pm EDT it was reported that the JLENS blimp normally tethered at Aberdeen Proving Ground (NE of Baltimore) has broken free and is drifting.. May be of interest for experiments involving radio tracking by nearby radio amateurs. K2ubc From n0jy at amsat.org Wed Oct 28 18:08:04 2015 From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 13:08:04 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] New Duplexer and AO-85 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <56310F04.6090008@amsat.org> On 10/28/2015 12:31, W3MAT . wrote: > I certainly didn't intend my message from early this morning to sound > harsh, and I apologize if I came off that way. You were not harsh, you spoke the truth. My policy is that you can't get something done if you're not honest. Tell me the truth, don't worry about hurting my feelings that's my problem. I'm sure all y'all are familiar with how to solve a problem - describe it well, and be willing to help, in this case perhaps by testing/reporting more if asked. I would appreciate it if you could send me the URL for that video, so I can understand which one it is and exactly what was said. Especially if it was me saying it, I tend to forget what happened two weeks ago if it's not engineering stuff. And believe me the whole Fox Team is unhappy with the missing locomotive (or the fact that it's an underpowered one) so we're working hard to make sure we learn from it and don't repeat the situation. We'd also plan to test AO-85 more and offer suggestions on how to best work the satellite. This is the nature of amateur radio satellites, you don't get a do-over. But you do gain invaluable experience. Ground testing revealed no such problem as we are seeing; Murphy on the other hand doesn't care about that and a drop dead date is just that regardless you being as ready as you'd like to be. That is the nature of hitchhiking a ride on a rocket! You go with what you've got or you don't go at all (and may never get the chance for a free ride again if you don't deliver). Jerry Buxton, N?JY From w3mat03 at gmail.com Wed Oct 28 18:17:54 2015 From: w3mat03 at gmail.com (W3MAT .) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 14:17:54 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] New Duplexer and AO-85 In-Reply-To: <56310F04.6090008@amsat.org> References: <56310F04.6090008@amsat.org> Message-ID: >*I would appreciate it if you could send me the URL for that video, so I* *can understand which one it is and exactly what was said* Here's the link Jerry ... https://youtu.be/nPYofZojyNs On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 2:08 PM, Jerry Buxton wrote: > On 10/28/2015 12:31, W3MAT . wrote: > > I certainly didn't intend my message from early this morning to sound > > harsh, and I apologize if I came off that way. > You were not harsh, you spoke the truth. My policy is that you can't > get something done if you're not honest. Tell me the truth, don't worry > about hurting my feelings that's my problem. I'm sure all y'all are > familiar with how to solve a problem - describe it well, and be willing > to help, in this case perhaps by testing/reporting more if asked. > > I would appreciate it if you could send me the URL for that video, so I > can understand which one it is and exactly what was said. Especially if > it was me saying it, I tend to forget what happened two weeks ago if > it's not engineering stuff. > > And believe me the whole Fox Team is unhappy with the missing locomotive > (or the fact that it's an underpowered one) so we're working hard to > make sure we learn from it and don't repeat the situation. We'd also > plan to test AO-85 more and offer suggestions on how to best work the > satellite. > > This is the nature of amateur radio satellites, you don't get a > do-over. But you do gain invaluable experience. Ground testing > revealed no such problem as we are seeing; Murphy on the other hand > doesn't care about that and a drop dead date is just that regardless you > being as ready as you'd like to be. That is the nature of hitchhiking a > ride on a rocket! You go with what you've got or you don't go at all > (and may never get the chance for a free ride again if you don't deliver). > > Jerry Buxton, N?JY > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From bruninga at usna.edu Wed Oct 28 20:13:56 2015 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:13:56 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] 200' RADAR Blimp broke loose fm MD! Message-ID: <0349f90ab5d67623cc9c602124b32451@mail.gmail.com> Just minutes ago, it has been reported that the 200? radar blimp tethered in Northern Maryland has broken loose. It does NOT have APRS on it, but we need people in MD and PA to look up in the sky for it and user your APRS to send DF bearing lines so we can track it. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/aerostat-blimp-owned-army-untethered-article-1.2414819 I have not had time to VERIFY this, but am throwing it out there anyway. This is what APRS is desiged to do. Just enter y our bearing line in a DF packet and we can all see the plot on APRS. Bob, WB4APR From bruninga at usna.edu Wed Oct 28 20:27:10 2015 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:27:10 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] 200' RADAR Blimp CANCEL Message-ID: Nevermind, CANCEL? Its back on the grouind in Bloomsburg, PA Bob, WB4APR *From:* Robert Bruninga [mailto:bruninga at usna.edu] *Sent:* Wednesday, October 28, 2015 4:14 PM *To:* amsat-bb at amsat.org *Subject:* 200' RADAR Blimp broke loose fm MD! Just minutes ago, it has been reported that the 200? radar blimp tethered in Northern Maryland has broken loose. It does NOT have APRS on it, but we need people in MD and PA to look up in the sky for it and user your APRS to send DF bearing lines so we can track it. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/aerostat-blimp-owned-army-untethered-article-1.2414819 I have not had time to VERIFY this, but am throwing it out there anyway. This is what APRS is desiged to do. Just enter y our bearing line in a DF packet and we can all see the plot on APRS. Bob, WB4APR From bruninga at usna.edu Wed Oct 28 20:41:12 2015 From: bruninga at usna.edu (Robert Bruninga) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:41:12 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT-1 AX25 Packets In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It is PSAT-1. The first packet is telemetry #891 and shows a battery voltage of 8.13 volts and 347mA. The other 3 values are temepratures and need equations to decode. The second packet is orbit number 196 and minute 57 and the alphabet soup is the spin data. Just plot every 3 characters in the string as X,Y,Z components of the Sun angle and you can see how it is spinning. Plot capital letters as positive numbers (A-Z) and lower case letters as negative numbers (a-z). The TOCALL of APOFF says the APRS digipeater is OFF to save power so that the PSK31 Transponder can remain on at full power all the time. PSK31 downlink is 435.350 FM. Uplink is 28.120 mHz PSK31. See:] http://aprs.org/psat.html -----Original Message----- Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT-1 AX25 Packets I received a few Packets,,, Can anyone tell me whats this Birds PSAT-1>APOFF:T#891,813,347,926,757,823,00011100 PSAT-1>APOFF: s#019657,0z290,HDEjaGdgGFgFIGEdIFiGGifFFgEHEI0IJiIG From ei7m-wkt at asahi-net.or.jp Thu Oct 29 03:58:45 2015 From: ei7m-wkt at asahi-net.or.jp (Mineo Wakita) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 12:58:45 +0900 Subject: [amsat-bb] Super Strypi (SPARK) Launch Message-ID: <28EB59DE632546BABE1308BB879C2864@je9pel> The following satellites are planned to be launched on 1 or 2, Nov 2015. Argus, EDSN, HawaiiSat-1, ORS-Squared, PrintSat, STACEM, STU-1, Supernova-Beta Site is Pacific Missile Range - Kokole Point, Kauai, Hawaii Satellite Downlink Beacon Mode ---------------------- ----------------- ------- ------------ Argus 2403.000-2403.400 437.290 1200bps AFSK EDSN 2401.200-2431.200 437.100 1200bps AFSK HawaiiSat1 (HiakaSat1) 145.9805 437.2705 9600bps GFSK ORS-Squared 437.325 . 9600bps GMSK PrintSat 437.325 . 9600bps GMSK STACEM . . ? STU-1 2402.000-2445.000 436.360 9600bps GMSK Supernova-Beta 437.570 . 1200bps AFSK ---------------------- ----------------- ------- ------------ HawaiiSat-1 1 99999U 00000 15306.00000000 .00002809 00000-0 69295-4 0 00007 2 99999 094.6040 077.7732 0056131 182.2912 079.1822 15.38919159000464 http://spaceflight101.com/spacerockets/spark-super-strypi/ http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/sparksat.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita From grant at dzehr.com Thu Oct 29 04:14:12 2015 From: grant at dzehr.com (Grant Zehr) Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2015 23:14:12 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] 4U70UN confirmations? Message-ID: <01ac01d11200$448d5cb0$cda81610$@dzehr.com> I saw that 4U70UN logs have been uploaded to Clublog. Has anyone seen their satellite QSO posted there? My contact is not there or in LOTW yet. I suspect that it's just a matter of getting the satellite data formatted correctly. I'm sure there is no need to panic.yet. Grant Zehr AA9LC From n1jez at burlingtontelecom.net Thu Oct 29 10:15:53 2015 From: n1jez at burlingtontelecom.net (Mike Seguin) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 06:15:53 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] 4U70UN confirmations? In-Reply-To: <01ac01d11200$448d5cb0$cda81610$@dzehr.com> References: <01ac01d11200$448d5cb0$cda81610$@dzehr.com> Message-ID: <5631F1D9.2000105@burlingtontelecom.net> Grant, Yes, LoTW is the hold up. We want to make sure it's right. Mike, N1JEZ for the 4U70UN Team On 10/29/2015 12:14 AM, Grant Zehr wrote: > I saw that 4U70UN logs have been uploaded to Clublog. Has anyone seen their > satellite QSO posted there? > > > > My contact is not there or in LOTW yet. I suspect that it's just a matter > of getting the satellite data formatted correctly. I'm sure there is no > need to panic.yet. > > > > Grant Zehr AA9LC > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- 73, Mike, N1JEZ "A closed mouth gathers no feet" From w3mat03 at gmail.com Thu Oct 29 12:24:55 2015 From: w3mat03 at gmail.com (W3MAT .) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 08:24:55 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Orbitron and Google Chrome Message-ID: It seems I have an issue running Orbitron and Chrome simultaneously. My laptop runs on Windows Vista (I know, there's the first problem, right), I also run a second monitor, and I am running the latest version of Orbitron. If I try and browse the web on the laptop monitor with Orbitron running on my second screen, the computer will inevitably lock up after a few minutes of browsing. Has anyone else ran into a similar problem and what was the solution, if any? For now, I start Orbitron, run TLE updates, then save the predictions to a file, exit Orbitron, then keep open the predictions in Notepad. Thanks Loon W3MAT From johnbrier at gmail.com Thu Oct 29 16:27:59 2015 From: johnbrier at gmail.com (John Brier) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 12:27:59 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Dagget Montessori ARISS reception report Message-ID: In Raleigh, NC I picked up Kjell in the middle of his answer to question 4. Kjell got through answering question 10 but after that there was a longer than normal break and then Kjell said goodbye and signed off. The end of that last transmission was at 10:24:04 Eastern, I believe that's 14:24:04 UTC. I was surprised he lost them that early because I had their pass ending at 10:26:06 Eastern (14:26:06 UTC). I was using keps downloaded last night from Celestrak in Orbitron. Forth Worth: Time Satellite Azm Elv Mag Range S.Azm S.Elv -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015-10-29 10:15:32 ISS 207.1 0.0 2.7 2356 119.0 17.0 2015-10-29 10:20:49 ISS 130.6 33.5 0.2 684 119.9 17.9 2015-10-29 10:26:06 ISS 54.7 0.0 3.0 2363 120.8 18.9 Normally the ARISS passes are below 20 degrees for me and this time it was a 42 degree pass so I picked up the Columbus module stronger than ever before. At least S9 signal at one point and the audio was cleaner than normal with no hiss. Raleigh: Time Satellite Azm Elv Mag Range S.Azm S.Elv -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015-10-29 10:19:01 ISS 241.3 0.0 2.8 2358 135.2 28.0 2015-10-29 10:20:20 ISS 244.7 5.0 2.3 1823 135.5 28.2 2015-10-29 10:24:24 ISS 322.9 42.7 -0.1 574 136.4 28.8 2015-10-29 10:28:27 ISS 40.1 5.1 2.4 1823 137.4 29.3 2015-10-29 10:29:48 ISS 43.7 0.0 3.0 2370 137.7 29.5 I have audio/video of all this and I'll probably make a video out of it for YouTube. John, KG4AKV From electricity440 at gmail.com Fri Oct 30 00:03:46 2015 From: electricity440 at gmail.com (Skyler F) Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2015 17:03:46 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] Colorado Amateur Satellite net Begins in 1 hour Message-ID: This is a reminder that the Colorado Amateur Satellite net will begin in 1 hour from now (7PM mountain time Thursday). 6PM Pacific 7PM Mountain 8PM Central 9PM Eastern Please visit us on *AMSATNET.INFO * *IRLP* 9870, the Denver Reflector *ALLSTAR LINK* 40764, direct hookup to the repeater here. 41715, KC9ZHV hub at a data center if I am out of bandwidth. More info on AllStar - amsatnet.info/#node *ECHOLINK* *AMSAT* unless there is an ARISS contact, then go direct to KD0WHB-L *LOCAL RF* 449.875 (-) 103.5 (the Rocky Mountain Radio League repeater on Eldorado Mountain) 447.225 (-) 141.3 (The STEM school repeater we set up) 447.850 (-) 141.3 (AC?KQ's repeater where he lives on TOP of saddleback mountain) 449.625 (-) 141.3 ( W?KU Lookout Mountain) Possibly here, not for sure yet 147.450 SIMPLEX (Aurora, CO) 446.275 (-) 100.0 Galena St. Local repeater at my house, giving a whoppin 5 blocks of great coverage *REMOTE RF* Your Repeater here!, Email me if you want to link in or me to link your echolink or allstar repeater in automatically (no automatic IRLP linking supported) Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KD?WHB electricity440 at gmail.com From AJ9N at aol.com Fri Oct 30 05:27:43 2015 From: AJ9N at aol.com (AJ9N at aol.com) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 01:27:43 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-30 05:00 UTC Message-ID: <1b2444.413de6a6.436459cf@aol.com> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-30 05:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Daggett Montessori School K-8, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, direct via K5COW The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact was successful: Thu 2015-10-29 14:12:56 UTC 31 deg Eleanor Palmer School, London, United Kingdom, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1S The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Wed 2015-11-04 09:51:39 UTC 44 deg Dragonskolan, Ume?, Sweden, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-11-05 10:35:17 UTC 28 deg **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss at arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke at sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IK?WGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 112 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-30 05:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1005. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 970. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-30 05:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors From tcarchcape at yahoo.com Fri Oct 30 00:52:41 2015 From: tcarchcape at yahoo.com (Tim Crawford) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 00:52:41 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Uplink Frequencies?? References: <1370379079.23561.1446166361402.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <1370379079.23561.1446166361402.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Do we have a conscientious yet on the spread of the uplink frequencies for AO-85? Today (29th) at the ~ 2300 UT pass over me on the coast of NW Oregon I? could hear two stations WA6DNR (CM87) and WB9AWX (DM04) and it is quite possible, after listing to the recording it sounded like WB9AWX (~23:02) may have come back to my call but no idea at that moment what freq I may have been on (as I was running up and down from 435.165-435.180 at that point) and at that time the bird would have been close to Max EI for myself and probably getting closer to LOS for WB. So, after four tries I am less than certain if I am getting into the bird and before the 5th trip would very much like some input on what the uplink freq's seem to be running for folks that are being successful from AOS to LOS.? >From what I am reading, I may be handicapped with my HT-60 (Arrow antenna) but willing to keep trying for awhile as it has been a long wait for this one. Thanks for all suggestions! And, by the way, thanks to the FOX team for all their previous and current hard work.... either way it goes I do appreciate the effort. Tim R CrawfordKE7TAC???? CN85atArch Cape, OR From e.krome at comcast.net Fri Oct 30 13:36:27 2015 From: e.krome at comcast.net (Ed K9EK) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:36:27 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack on Win10? In-Reply-To: <1246169131.20656110.1446211284264.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Message-ID: <208904091.20671065.1446212187225.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Here is the odd question of the month: Has anyone found a way to run the ancient tracking program InstantTrack on a Win10 machine? Win10 gives a bunch of run compatibility and screen options all the way back to Win95; none work. The Troubleshooter says it should run on XP. Same old "can't run on this PC" response. Before I am advised to get out of the stoneage, I do run SatPc32, HRD and Orbitron. Just that IT has some stuff that I like. And, on XP, it is fast. Thanks! Ed K9EK EM69xd From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Fri Oct 30 13:57:08 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 06:57:08 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack on Win10? In-Reply-To: <208904091.20671065.1446212187225.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> References: <1246169131.20656110.1446211284264.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> <208904091.20671065.1446212187225.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Message-ID: Ed, ?What you're seeing is probably related to InstantTrack predating Windows 95, being a program that goes back to the MS-DOS days. You may want to install something like DOSBOX on your Windows 10 PC, and run IT under DOSBOX. This may give the program the environment it expects to see, instead of the more modern Windows 10 operating system that doesn't have support to run the oldest DOS-style programs anymore. This may be especially true for the newer PCs with 64-bit CPUs, something that was only a dream in the DOS days. I think I still have IT on my Win7 laptop at home, and I may try this on one of my Win10 tablets this weekend. Another item for the radio to-do list... :-)? ? ? 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 6:36 AM, Ed K9EK wrote: > Here is the odd question of the month: Has anyone found a way to run the > ancient tracking program InstantTrack on a Win10 machine? Win10 gives a > bunch of run compatibility and screen options all the way back to Win95; > none work. The Troubleshooter says it should run on XP. Same old "can't run > on this PC" response. Before I am advised to get out of the stoneage, I do > run SatPc32, HRD and Orbitron. Just that IT has some stuff that I like. > And, on XP, it is fast. > > Thanks! > > Ed K9EK > EM69xd > > From wa4sca at gmail.com Fri Oct 30 14:01:40 2015 From: wa4sca at gmail.com (Alan) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:01:40 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack on Win10? In-Reply-To: <208904091.20671065.1446212187225.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> References: <1246169131.20656110.1446211284264.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> <208904091.20671065.1446212187225.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Message-ID: <000001d1131b$810c5990$83250cb0$@GMAIL.COM> Ed, Take a look at DosBox, a program to allow old DOS programs to run on newer version of Windows: http://www.dosbox.com/ I have used it on WIN7 and WIN8 to run ITrack in full screen mode, not WIN10 which I don't have yet, but it would be worth a try. If you do, let us know. Like you, I enjoy getting ITrack out, mostly for nostalgia. 73s, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- I didn't hear XW-2E's CW beacon and was unable to activate the transponder at 13:56 UTC. However, XW-2F's CW beacon was strong and I made contact with several stations at 14:15 UTC. 73 Clayton W5PFG From n8hm at arrl.net Fri Oct 30 15:04:22 2015 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 11:04:22 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack on Win10? In-Reply-To: <000001d1131b$810c5990$83250cb0$@GMAIL.COM> References: <1246169131.20656110.1446211284264.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> <208904091.20671065.1446212187225.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> <000001d1131b$810c5990$83250cb0$@GMAIL.COM> Message-ID: I have run InstantTrack with DOSBox on Windows 10. It works great. IT is great for visualizing how passes shift over time in satellites with non-sun synchronous orbits (or even to see the gradual drift of those in sun-synchronous orbits). 73, Paul, N8HM On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 10:01 AM, Alan wrote: > Ed, > > Take a look at DosBox, a program to allow old DOS programs to run on newer version of Windows: > > http://www.dosbox.com/ > > I have used it on WIN7 and WIN8 to run ITrack in full screen mode, not WIN10 which I don't have yet, > but it would be worth a try. If you do, let us know. Like you, I enjoy getting ITrack out, mostly > for nostalgia. > > 73s, > > Alan > WA4SCA > > > <-----Original Message----- > > < > Orbitron. > < > < > <_______________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From kladuke1144 at msn.com Fri Oct 30 15:29:11 2015 From: kladuke1144 at msn.com (KERRY LA*DUKE) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:29:11 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] FW: InstantTrack on Win10? In-Reply-To: References: <1246169131.20656110.1446211284264.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net>, <208904091.20671065.1446212187225.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net>, <000001d1131b$810c5990$83250cb0$@GMAIL.COM>, Message-ID: From: kladuke1144 at msn.com To: apbiddle at mailaps.org Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack on Win10? Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 08:14:08 -0600 Ed, VMware player allows you to install an older version on a windows 10 machine. I use it with windows xp to run programs that are no longer compatible with newer versions of windows. http://1download.io/v4/vmware-player-7.1.2/?adid=9919829952&qs=vmware%20player&mt=e&sl=s0&geo=us&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=VMware%20Player.US&utm_term=vmware%20player 73 WC7V Kerry > From: wa4sca at gmail.com > To: e.krome at comcast.net; amsat-bb at amsat.org > Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 09:01:40 -0500 > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack on Win10? > > Ed, > > Take a look at DosBox, a program to allow old DOS programs to run on newer version of Windows: > > http://www.dosbox.com/ > > I have used it on WIN7 and WIN8 to run ITrack in full screen mode, not WIN10 which I don't have yet, > but it would be worth a try. If you do, let us know. Like you, I enjoy getting ITrack out, mostly > for nostalgia. > > 73s, > > Alan > WA4SCA > > > <-----Original Message----- > > < > Orbitron. > < > < > <_______________________________________________ > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From vlfiscus at mcn.net Fri Oct 30 17:07:12 2015 From: vlfiscus at mcn.net (Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 10:07:12 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack on Win10? In-Reply-To: <208904091.20671065.1446212187225.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.n et> References: <1246169131.20656110.1446211284264.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20151030095713.00c2c390@pop.earthlink.net> At 01:36 PM 10/30/2015 +0000, Ed K9EK wrote: >Here is the odd question of the month: Has anyone found a way to run the >ancient tracking program InstantTrack on a Win10 machine? Win10 gives a >bunch of run compatibility and screen options all the way back to Win95; >none work. The Troubleshooter says it should run on XP. Same old "can't >run on this PC" response. Before I am advised to get out of the stoneage, >I do run SatPc32, HRD and Orbitron. Just that IT has some stuff that I >like. And, on XP, it is fast. > >Thanks! > >Ed K9EK Glad to see there are still a few IT die hards out here. Can't help you on the OS, but I'm just chiming in to say IT is the only tracking program I use. Might try out PcSat32 down the road, but I haven't heard if that works with SASI tracker rotor controller. KB7ADL From worth at maui.net Fri Oct 30 17:52:39 2015 From: worth at maui.net (Tom Worthington) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 07:52:39 -1000 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 frequencies Message-ID: <5633AE67.7010409@maui.net> I seem to get the best quality echo audio if I transmit on 435170 (at the satellite). The downlink doesn't seem to make much difference either for the audio or the telemetry decode but I use 145978 (at the satellite). I have not had a QSO but there are no others in Hawaii active now so I have only a short window to the western US. 73, Tom, NH6Y (BL10ts) From n4csitwo at bellsouth.net Fri Oct 30 17:54:34 2015 From: n4csitwo at bellsouth.net (n4csitwo at bellsouth.net) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:54:34 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with Eleanor Palmer School, London, United Kingdom Message-ID: An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Eleanor Palmer School, London, United Kingdom on 04 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:51 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK6MJ. The contact should be audible over portions of Australia and adjacent areas. Interested participants are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Eleanor Palmer Primary School, a non-selective community school, is located in central London in the United Kingdom. London is an exciting and dynamic capital city and its schools are the best in the country, attributed to the social and ethnic diversity, excellent local leadership and the quality of teaching. Eleanor Palmer is a relatively small school of around 220 pupils with single classes of 30 children per year. Our youngest pupils are 3 years old and our oldest 11 years old. Due to our central London location we are a highly diverse and inclusive school with staff and children from many different backgrounds. Our pupils achieve highly as judged by national benchmarks. One of our core aims as a school is to inspire in all pupils a love of learning and the desire to continue to learn and we therefore seek to provide a rich and broad curriculum opening minds and creating opportunities. We hope that our contact with the ISS will inspire pupils to go on to learn more about space through the study of science, technology, engineering and math. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What have you seen that is more beautiful than earth? 2. Who or what inspired you to choose this job? 3. Does being in space make you feel differently about earth? 4. What can you learn from the ISS that you cannot learn on earth? 5. Will normal people who are not astronauts be able to visit space in the ISS one day? 6. How do you sleep? 7. Is it quiet up there in the ISS? 8. When you get back to earth, do you have to re-train your muscles? 9. Can you call home? 10. Do you all have to be scientists? 11. What do you think is the most important things children should know about space? 12. What time zone do you use? 13. Do you have plants on the ISS? 14. What has been your favourite experiment? 15. How does your brain respond to micro gravity? 16. How do you wash your clothes? 17. If you cry in space, with laughter, what happens to your tears? 18. What do you want to do when you come back to earth? 19. How do you get enough oxygen? 20. Is it more scary taking off from earth or returning to earth? 21. What is your energy source on the ISS? 22. What does it feel like to be in space? 23. Is it always dark in space? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Dragonskolan, Ume?, Sweden, telebridge via VK6MJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Thu Nov. 5, 2015, 10:35 UTC ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus From n0jy at amsat.org Fri Oct 30 18:19:28 2015 From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:19:28 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 frequencies In-Reply-To: <5633AE67.7010409@maui.net> References: <5633AE67.7010409@maui.net> Message-ID: <5633B4B0.3050502@amsat.org> Thanks for the report, Tom. You are in a good position to make that observation, with no others vying for the uplink or the AFC. Unfortunately for you! ;-) Jerry Buxton, N?JY On 10/30/2015 12:52, Tom Worthington wrote: > I seem to get the best quality echo audio if I transmit on 435170 (at > the satellite). > The downlink doesn't seem to make much difference either for the audio > or the telemetry decode but I use 145978 (at the satellite). > I have not had a QSO but there are no others in Hawaii active now so I > have only a short window to the western US. > 73, Tom, NH6Y (BL10ts) > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views > of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > From e.krome at comcast.net Fri Oct 30 19:24:55 2015 From: e.krome at comcast.net (Ed K9EK) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:24:55 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack on Win10? In-Reply-To: References: <1246169131.20656110.1446211284264.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> <208904091.20671065.1446212187225.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Message-ID: <949632350.21036536.1446233095237.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Half a dozen responses to what I thought was an arcane question... the general consensus on how to run InstantTrack on WIN10 is through DOSbox. So, over about 10 minutes, I downloaded and installed DOSbox, put InstantTrack in it and fired it up. Works perfectly. Even runs the map screens. Cool! Thanks to all! 73, Ed K9EK EM69xd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" To: amsat-bb at amsat.org Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 9:57:08 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack on Win10? Ed, ?What you're seeing is probably related to InstantTrack predating Windows 95, being a program that goes back to the MS-DOS days. You may want to install something like DOSBOX on your Windows 10 PC, and run IT under DOSBOX. This may give the program the environment it expects to see, instead of the more modern Windows 10 operating system that doesn't have support to run the oldest DOS-style programs anymore. This may be especially true for the newer PCs with 64-bit CPUs, something that was only a dream in the DOS days. I think I still have IT on my Win7 laptop at home, and I may try this on one of my Win10 tablets this weekend. Another item for the radio to-do list... :-)? ? ? 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 6:36 AM, Ed K9EK wrote: > Here is the odd question of the month: Has anyone found a way to run the > ancient tracking program InstantTrack on a Win10 machine? Win10 gives a > bunch of run compatibility and screen options all the way back to Win95; > none work. The Troubleshooter says it should run on XP. Same old "can't run > on this PC" response. Before I am advised to get out of the stoneage, I do > run SatPc32, HRD and Orbitron. Just that IT has some stuff that I like. > And, on XP, it is fast. > > Thanks! > > Ed K9EK > EM69xd > > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From dave.remnant at ntlworld.com Fri Oct 30 20:35:59 2015 From: dave.remnant at ntlworld.com (Dave Remnant) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 20:35:59 -0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] No TLM on AO-85 during 20:15 UTC pass. Message-ID: <000301d11352$96222080$c2666180$@remnant@ntlworld.com> The TLM was making some strange noises and the "eye" was distorted and I received no packets from AO-85 I could hear the transponder fine, but switching between the transponder audio and the TLM shows the difference. I have video of this if any of the team are interested. Was this planned or is it something I may have done inadvertently? 73 de Dave M0SAT From WA6FWF at comcast.net Fri Oct 30 20:40:39 2015 From: WA6FWF at comcast.net (Kevin Schuchmann) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 13:40:39 -0700 Subject: [amsat-bb] No TLM on AO-85 during 20:15 UTC pass. In-Reply-To: <000301d11352$96222080$c2666180$@remnant@ntlworld.com> References: <000301d11352$96222080$c2666180$@remnant@ntlworld.com> Message-ID: <5633D5C7.6030105@comcast.net> it was switched to high speed mode, if you switched over the eye would have come back and you would have gotten packets Kevin wa6fwf On 10/30/2015 1:35 PM, Dave Remnant wrote: > The TLM was making some strange noises and the "eye" was distorted and I > received no packets from AO-85 > > > > I could hear the transponder fine, but switching between the transponder > audio and the TLM shows the difference. > > > > I have video of this if any of the team are interested. > > > > Was this planned or is it something I may have done inadvertently? > > > > 73 de Dave M0SAT > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From amsat at n0jy.org Fri Oct 30 20:52:05 2015 From: amsat at n0jy.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 15:52:05 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] No TLM on AO-85 during 20:15 UTC pass. In-Reply-To: <000301d11352$96222080$c2666180$@remnant@ntlworld.com> Message-ID: <3b247d2d-7234-41d7-a23f-0d80ce3b2a5f@email.android.com> Hi Dave, We commanded into Data Mode during that pass, so what you heard was the high speed telemetry data and when you hear that again you can decode by switching FoxTelem to high speed on the input tab. AO-85 will switch back to Transponder Mode automatically after 15 minutes in Data Mode. Jerry N0JY On Oct 30, 2015 3:35 PM, Dave Remnant wrote: > > The TLM was making some strange noises and the "eye" was distorted and I > received no packets from AO-85 > > > > I could hear the transponder fine, but switching between the transponder > audio and the TLM shows the difference. > > > > I have video of this if any of the team are interested. > > > > Was this planned or is it something I may have done inadvertently? > > > > 73 de Dave M0SAT > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From m5aka at yahoo.co.uk Fri Oct 30 21:06:32 2015 From: m5aka at yahoo.co.uk (M5AKA) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 21:06:32 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] 6m for Sats ? + ISS + SSETI Express References: <2043844279.8315128.1446239192020.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <2043844279.8315128.1446239192020.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Proposed 50-54 MHz Agenda Item for WRC-19 http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/30/50-54-mhz-agenda-item-wrc-19/ Fort Worth students talk to ISS http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/30/fort-worth-students-talk-to-iss/ Tim Peake KG5BVI and the ISS Astro Pi?s http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/30/tim-peake-kg5bvi-iss-astro-pis/ The Hunt for SSETI Express In October five intrepid radio amateurs ventured into the Arctic in an attempt to detect 400-800 THz radiation from the satellite SSETI Express (XO-53). Tenth Anniversary of SSETI Express (XO-53) Launch http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/27/tenth-anniversary-of-xo-53-launch/ The full SSETI Express Phase E 400-800 THz Downlink Report http://amsat-uk.org/2015/10/29/the-hunt-for-xo53/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK?http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter?https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube?https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ---- From jimlist at zoho.com Fri Oct 30 21:28:03 2015 From: jimlist at zoho.com (Jim Heck G3WGM) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 21:28:03 -0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-73/FUNcube mode change In-Reply-To: <3b247d2d-7234-41d7-a23f-0d80ce3b2a5f@email.android.com> References: <3b247d2d-7234-41d7-a23f-0d80ce3b2a5f@email.android.com> Message-ID: <2C06FB673D7D4157A2907CF99BBF9F3E@jimPC2> Hi Folks, I have just commanded AO-73/FUNcube into permanent transponder on mode. Plan is as normal to command back to auto eclipse mode on Sunday pm UTC. Enjoy the transponder 73s Jim G3WGM From n0jy at amsat.org Fri Oct 30 21:30:50 2015 From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 16:30:50 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] No TLM on AO-85 during 20:15 UTC pass. In-Reply-To: <000701d11356$9e111590$da3340b0$@remnant@ntlworld.com> References: <000301d11352$96222080$c2666180$@remnant@ntlworld.com> <3b247d2d-7234-41d7-a23f-0d80ce3b2a5f@email.android.com> <000701d11356$9e111590$da3340b0$@remnant@ntlworld.com> Message-ID: <5633E18A.1070105@amsat.org> We will announce when AO-85 is commissioned and turned over to Operations for scheduled use. Meantime due to travel and work, it has been a little hit and miss on testing this week. Nothing has been said yet about any scheduled testing because it has been a matter of whether our people are home to test and if the satellite is in view of enough of us to gather data. I expect that we'll just continue that at least for tonight, so the satellite will be available but might just disappear into Data or Safe Mode during a U.S. pass... :-) If we go into Data Mode all who recognize that and can switch to and gather the high speed telemetry with FoxTelem are appreciated. Jerry Buxton, N?JY On 10/30/2015 16:04, Dave Remnant wrote: > Thanks Jerry > > Also received reply from Kevin > > I know you guys are still commissioning so I guess notice of changes will be > rare, if at all. > > Do you plan on some form of notice when commissioning over? > > Thanks to you and all the team. > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Buxton > Sent: 30 October 2015 20:52 > To: Dave Remnant > Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] No TLM on AO-85 during 20:15 UTC pass. > > Hi Dave, > > We commanded into Data Mode during that pass, so what you heard was the high > speed telemetry data and when you hear that again you can decode by > switching FoxTelem to high speed on the input tab. > AO-85 will switch back to Transponder Mode automatically after 15 minutes in > Data Mode. > > Jerry > N0JY > > On Oct 30, 2015 3:35 PM, Dave Remnant wrote: >> The TLM was making some strange noises and the "eye" was distorted and >> I received no packets from AO-85 >> >> >> >> I could hear the transponder fine, but switching between the >> transponder audio and the TLM shows the difference. >> >> >> >> I have video of this if any of the team are interested. >> >> >> >> Was this planned or is it something I may have done inadvertently? >> >> >> >> 73 de Dave M0SAT >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. >> Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the > official views of AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all > interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official > views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > From johnag9d at gmail.com Fri Oct 30 22:04:47 2015 From: johnag9d at gmail.com (John Spasojevich) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:04:47 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] Audio Coverage of Wednesdays ARISS Contact Message-ID: Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the Eleanor Palmer School, London, United Kingdom on Wednesday November 4th. AOS is anticipated at 09:51 UTC The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK6MJ in Western Australia. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Audio from this contact will be fed into the: EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector Streaming Audio at: https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ Audio on Echolink & web stream is generally started around 20 minutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the preparation that occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station call to the ISS. ** Contact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a reboost or other manoeuvre, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes ** 73, John - AG9D ARISS Audio Distribution Team From dave.remnant at ntlworld.com Fri Oct 30 21:04:50 2015 From: dave.remnant at ntlworld.com (Dave Remnant) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 21:04:50 -0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] No TLM on AO-85 during 20:15 UTC pass. In-Reply-To: <3b247d2d-7234-41d7-a23f-0d80ce3b2a5f@email.android.com> References: <000301d11352$96222080$c2666180$@remnant@ntlworld.com> <3b247d2d-7234-41d7-a23f-0d80ce3b2a5f@email.android.com> Message-ID: <000701d11356$9e111590$da3340b0$@remnant@ntlworld.com> Thanks Jerry Also received reply from Kevin I know you guys are still commissioning so I guess notice of changes will be rare, if at all. Do you plan on some form of notice when commissioning over? Thanks to you and all the team. Dave -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org] On Behalf Of Jerry Buxton Sent: 30 October 2015 20:52 To: Dave Remnant Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] No TLM on AO-85 during 20:15 UTC pass. Hi Dave, We commanded into Data Mode during that pass, so what you heard was the high speed telemetry data and when you hear that again you can decode by switching FoxTelem to high speed on the input tab. AO-85 will switch back to Transponder Mode automatically after 15 minutes in Data Mode. Jerry N0JY On Oct 30, 2015 3:35 PM, Dave Remnant wrote: > > The TLM was making some strange noises and the "eye" was distorted and > I received no packets from AO-85 > > > > I could hear the transponder fine, but switching between the > transponder audio and the TLM shows the difference. > > > > I have video of this if any of the team are interested. > > > > Was this planned or is it something I may have done inadvertently? > > > > 73 de Dave M0SAT > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From jefforybroughton at gmail.com Fri Oct 30 23:30:30 2015 From: jefforybroughton at gmail.com (jeffory broughton) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:30:30 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] 2E Message-ID: Now that's kinda scary. I will try to listen later. jeff broughton From jim at coloradosatellite.com Fri Oct 30 23:35:55 2015 From: jim at coloradosatellite.com (Jim White) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 17:35:55 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 and M2 Message-ID: <5633FEDB.9090901@coloradosatellite.com> Anyone successfully using SatPC32 to drive M2 rotors, the RC2800PX control boxes? Here both SatPC32 and SuM will move the AZ but not the EL. From n8hm at arrl.net Fri Oct 30 23:41:12 2015 From: n8hm at arrl.net (Paul Stoetzer) Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 19:41:12 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] 2E In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It was first reported off on the pass over North America around 1400 UTC this morning. By that time, there would have been no more passes over China until 2200 UTC - or just before 6am local time on a Saturday morning. It's just nearing LOS over central China at this time, so if they've had a chance to check it out, maybe we'll hear it on the next pass over North America. 73, Paul, N8HM On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:30 PM, jeffory broughton wrote: > Now that's kinda scary. I will try to listen later. > > jeff broughton > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Sat Oct 31 03:34:53 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 03:34:53 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack on Win10? In-Reply-To: <949632350.21036536.1446233095237.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> References: <1246169131.20656110.1446211284264.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> <208904091.20671065.1446212187225.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> <949632350.21036536.1446233095237.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Message-ID: Ed, The 32-bit versions of Windows 10, which my tablets have, has a Windows feature called NTVDM that is supposed to let old DOS-style and 16-bit applications to run. I could run InstantTrack with NTVDM, but could not make it run full- screen. After disabling NTVDM and installing DOSBOX, I could run the two DOS satellite-related programs I still have on my systems (InstantTrack, PREDICT), and run both of them full-screen. The 64-bit versions of Win10 do not include NTVDM. It's been at least 3 years since I have run these programs, judging from what I see with the keps in both of them. It is still nice to see the InstantTrack map on the screen, even for an old program. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:24 PM, Ed K9EK wrote: > Half a dozen responses to what I thought was an arcane question... the > general consensus on how to run InstantTrack on WIN10 is through DOSbox. > So, over about 10 minutes, I downloaded and installed DOSbox, put > InstantTrack in it and fired it up. Works perfectly. Even runs the map > screens. Cool! > > Thanks to all! > > 73, > Ed K9EK > EM69xd > > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" > *To: *amsat-bb at amsat.org > *Sent: *Friday, October 30, 2015 9:57:08 AM > *Subject: *Re: [amsat-bb] InstantTrack on Win10? > > Ed, > > ?What you're seeing is probably related to InstantTrack > predating Windows 95, being a program that goes back to > the MS-DOS days. You may want to install something > like DOSBOX on your Windows 10 PC, and run IT under > DOSBOX. This may give the program the environment it > expects to see, instead of the more modern Windows 10 > operating system that doesn't have support to run the > oldest DOS-style programs anymore. This may be especially > true for the newer PCs with 64-bit CPUs, something that > was only a dream in the DOS days. I think I still have > IT on my Win7 laptop at home, and I may try this on one > of my Win10 tablets this > weekend. Another item for the > radio to-do list... :-)? > ? ? > > > 73! > > > > > > Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK > http://www.wd9ewk.net/ > Twitter: @WD9EWK > > > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 6:36 AM, Ed K9EK wrote: > > > Here is the odd question of the month: Has anyone found a way to run the > > ancient tracking program InstantTrack on a Win10 machine? Win10 gives a > > bunch of run compatibility and screen options all the way back to Win95; > > none work. The Troubleshooter says it should run on XP. Same old "can't > run > > on this PC" response. Before I am advised to get out of the stoneage, I > do > > run SatPc32, HRD and Orbitron. Just that IT has some stuff that I like. > > And, on XP, it is fast. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Ed K9EK > > EM69xd > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > From amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net Sat Oct 31 03:44:18 2015 From: amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 03:44:18 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK on the next 3 AO-85 passes tonight... Message-ID: Hi! Now that the weekend is here, I plan on trying the next 3 AO-85 passes from my back yard, and (for the latest pass) possibly the front yard. The middle of the 3 passes is almost directly overhead, and the latest pass - just before 0800 UTC - appears to cover Hawaii and parts of the southwestern USA. If anyone can be on AO-85 from Hawaii for that late pass (around 2200 local time in Hawaii), I will be happy to try working you from here in Arizona. The pass around 0800 UTC is up to 10 degrees maximum elevation on this end, but that should be sufficient if I operate from my west-facing driveway instead of my east-facing back yard. I'll have my SDR setup receiving all 3 passes, but may have the SDRplay on my VHF crossed dipole for the middle of the 3 passes. I plan on trying an HT with my Elk for that pass, and will have the SDRplay on the omnidirectional antenna running to collect telemetry and (hopefully) my signals from the HT through AO-85. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK From godetj at wanadoo.fr Sat Oct 31 07:44:05 2015 From: godetj at wanadoo.fr (Jean-Pierre Godet) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 07:44:05 +0000 Subject: [amsat-bb] 2E In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <56347145.9040503@wanadoo.fr> Hi Jeff, Paul, all, No beacon heard here from 2E in western Europe on the last pass (orb. 624 around 0720 UT). Just after this pass, I received good signals from the beacons of 2B, 2C, 2D, 2F. I missed 2A, too late... 73 ! Jean-Pierre F5YG -- Powered by Linux (LinuxMint 17.0 Qiana - kernel 3.13.0) On 30/10/2015 23:41, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > It was first reported off on the pass over North America around 1400 > UTC this morning. By that time, there would have been no more passes > over China until 2200 UTC - or just before 6am local time on a > Saturday morning. It's just nearing LOS over central China at this > time, so if they've had a chance to check it out, maybe we'll hear it > on the next pass over North America. > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM > > On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:30 PM, jeffory broughton > wrote: >> Now that's kinda scary. I will try to listen later. >> >> jeff broughton >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > From 4x4hsc at gmail.com Sat Oct 31 15:21:07 2015 From: 4x4hsc at gmail.com (Herzliya Science Center) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 17:21:07 +0200 Subject: [amsat-bb] Duchifat 1 status Message-ID: Dear AMSAT, We're happy to report that the satellite is still operational and doing very well. We've already received 20 stations using Duchifat 1, and all said stations are displayed on our map at www.h-space-lab.org? . QSL cards are on their way, and a few have already been received. It's a fantastic experience to be heard by the satellite, get immediate digipeating? response from it?, and later see your position on the map? on the website,? after ?a successful dump at our GS? from the satellite. If you try to contact it and encounter ?any difficulty?, please don't hesitate to write to us at 4X4HSC at gmail.com It's all very fun. We also hope people can share their experiences here. 73? and good luck,? The Herzliya Science Center team From n0jy at amsat.org Sat Oct 31 17:21:07 2015 From: n0jy at amsat.org (Jerry Buxton) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 12:21:07 -0500 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 in Data Mode over EU Message-ID: <5634F883.9030908@amsat.org> We just commanded AO-85 into Data Mode which is the high speed telemetry and hopefully it will still be in that mode 15 minutes from now when it comes into view over Europe. Please switch your FoxTelem to high speed on the Input tab to capture what you can before she switches back to Transponder Mode. Thanks, from the Fox Team! -- Jerry Buxton, N?JY From g0mrf at aol.com Sat Oct 31 17:48:59 2015 From: g0mrf at aol.com (David G0MRF) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 13:48:59 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 in Data Mode over EU In-Reply-To: <5634F883.9030908@amsat.org> References: <5634F883.9030908@amsat.org> Message-ID: <150bf0445f2-7fd0-fd61@webprd-m67.mail.aol.com> Thanks for the warning. Very nice to see it in high speed mode for the first time at this QTH. Noticed that after the timer had expired it did not come back to its normal low speed DUV. But transponder only, although the waveform wasn't entirely what I expected. Still providing plenty of surprises Many thanks David G0MRF -----Original Message----- From: Jerry Buxton To: AMSAT-BB Sent: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 17:21 Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 in Data Mode over EU We just commanded AO-85 into Data Mode which is the high speed telemetry and hopefully it will still be in that mode 15 minutes from now when it comes into view over Europe. Please switch your FoxTelem to high speed on the Input tab to capture what you can before she switches back to Transponder Mode. Thanks, from the Fox Team! -- Jerry Buxton, N?JY _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb From e.krome at comcast.net Sat Oct 31 19:32:38 2015 From: e.krome at comcast.net (Ed K9EK) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 19:32:38 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [amsat-bb] AO85: interesting results In-Reply-To: <1525256313.21805540.1446318585457.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Message-ID: <1902570574.21824004.1446319958960.JavaMail.zimbra@comcast.net> Note on just copying AO85 on the 1845Z pass (in high speed mode): Normal method of copying telemetry is with FCD+ fed by a 2M splitter that also feeds a TS700 2M transceiver. Works. Tried something different: Instead of having the FCD listening on 2M, I had it listening to the 10.7MHz IF output tap of the TS700. Then I tuned the TS700 strictly for best eye pattern. It worked; the lower right counter added 63 packets in half of a pass (a million trees and a great big hill to the north here). Most packets ever. Now the strange parts. The TS700 was tuned to 145.964. A bit lower than expected. (I normally hear audio at 145.980). And the best eye pattern was obtained (without automatic signal tracking) with the two peaks of the telemetry offset half the passband to the right of FoxTelem's centerline indicator. Seems odd, or am I missing something? BTW FoxTelem is an astounding piece of software. Wow. Ed K9EK EM69xd From jefforybroughton at gmail.com Sat Oct 31 12:11:11 2015 From: jefforybroughton at gmail.com (jeffory broughton) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 08:11:11 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] 2E Message-ID: No transponder or beacon this morning from 2E on the 12:06 utc pass. jeff broughton From jefforybroughton at gmail.com Sat Oct 31 14:35:16 2015 From: jefforybroughton at gmail.com (jeffory broughton) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 10:35:16 -0400 Subject: [amsat-bb] ARR preamp modification Message-ID: For those of u who are using a very hot VHF receiver like the Ic 910, mine specs at .11 uv for 20 db, I found the ARR mast mount to have too much gain. I replaced the 78l05 with a 78l033 and realigned to reduce overall gain and noise figure. I never used the preamp because of this problem.Now when I switch the preamp on and turn the ATT on, I can Dig a noisy signal out of the dirt like never before. Marginal copy way down below 1 degree becomes 59 .amazing. WB8RJY JEFF jeff broughton