[amsat-bb] Crew packing Cygnus for departure (and launch of HuskySat)

[John Brier]

Can someone explain why V/u was chosen for the linear Fox (they are all Fox
right?) Over U/v that all the FM Foxes are?

2m SSB TX capability is easier to get than 70cm SSB TX capability maybe?

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Thu, Jan 30, 2020, 12:32 Chris Thompson via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
wrote:

> You should not get a spacecraft error.  What does the error look like?  If
> you have an old spacecraft file that has _em in the name, then it is the
> old engineering model.  You should delete that.
>
> The main change is that you need to be listening on 70cms and the decoder
> needs to be set to one of the PSK decoders.  You can make it automatically
> listen to HuskySat if you check the box "Switch bands and modes".  Note
> this is the first time we will have tested that, so report any issues you
> see.  If you are listening to the Fox sats as well, then it would assume
> you have a dual band antenna setup, which is not normal for many.  I
> personally have setup another machine with a separate SDR listening to
> 70cms.  Note that this may work better through a real radio than the Fox
> satellites because it does not have the filtering issues for low frequency
> audio.  So that is an option.
>
> I understand that the KEPS are available and we are trying to see if they
> will be published.  HuskySat have a facebook page and it may appear there
> first.
>
> 73
> Chris
>
> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 12:36 PM Roy Dean via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Will there be any updates (addiitions) required for FoxTelem to enable
> > HuskySat telemetry reception?   Currently I get a spacecraft error when I
> > try to enable HuskySat (understandable, no TLEs, etc.).
> >
> > --Roy
> > K3RLD
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