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Today's Topics:
1. V01 Grids (Ian MacFarquhar)
2. Can I work w/just egg beaters? (Jeremy Cowgar)
3. Re: Can I work w/just egg beaters? (Pat McGrath)
4. Re: Can I work w/just egg beaters? (Yanko Yankov)
5. CO80, take two - Saturday (10 July) (Patrick STODDARD)
6. VA7EWK @ CO80 Saturday (10 July) - again
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
7. Re: Nanosatellite Launch Service 6 on PSLV-C15 (Daniel Kekez)
8. StudSat Launch (Mani VU2WMY)
9. Re: Can I work w/just egg beaters? (MM)
10. ICOM 821H Split Mode operation (Nitin Muttin)
11. Re: Nanosatellite Launch Service 6 on PSLV-C15 (Daniel Kekez)
12. Another extension for ISS? (Armando Mercado)
13. Re: Can I work w/just egg beaters? (Anthony Monteiro)
14. VA7EWK @ CO80mb (Whistler Mtn. BC) now (Patrick STODDARD)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:42:39 -0230
From: Ian MacFarquhar <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] V01 Grids
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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If you are looking for some Newfoundland grids, I will be trying to work
the FM sats while travelling across Newfoundland from West to East
between the 9th and 16th. I have worked most of the bugs out of the
setup (2 hand helds and an Arrow) and have made some contacts from GN19
(Rocky Harbour/Gros Morne Park area) yesterday and today. I will be
trying to work AO51, 27 and perhaps SO50 during the week. Give a listen
for me if you need some NL grids.
73,
Ian VE9IM/VO1
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:38:00 -0400
From: Jeremy Cowgar <jeremy@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Can I work w/just egg beaters?
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hello,
I am curious if the M2 egg beaters w/mast mount preamps would allow me
to use the current satellites, including AO-7?
Jeremy
KB8LFA
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:34:35 -0700
From: "Pat McGrath" <ka6tya@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Can I work w/just egg beaters?
To: "Jeremy Cowgar" <jeremy@xxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Sure. I have same working.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Cowgar" <jeremy@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 4:38 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Can I work w/just egg beaters?
> Hello,
>
> I am curious if the M2 egg beaters w/mast mount preamps would allow me
> to use the current satellites, including AO-7?
>
> Jeremy
> KB8LFA
>
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 23:01:03 -0500
From: "Yanko Yankov" <samy_b1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Can I work w/just egg beaters?
To: "Pat McGrath" <ka6tya@xxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Yaa . I have 2 of them and they work but you will need a pre amp too
KC9RDT
- original message -
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Can I work w/just egg beaters?
From: "Pat McGrath" <ka6tya@xxxx.xxx>
Date: 09/07/2010 10:34 PM
Sure. I have same working.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeremy Cowgar" <jeremy@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 4:38 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Can I work w/just egg beaters?
> Hello,
>
> I am curious if the M2 egg beaters w/mast mount preamps would allow me
> to use the current satellites, including AO-7?
>
> Jeremy
> KB8LFA
>
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 21:05:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Patrick STODDARD <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] CO80, take two - Saturday (10 July)
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi!
After having problems finding a decent spot to work the birds around
Whistler, I set out on a clockwise loop through the countryside. Along
with working a few passes from CO80, I also worked a pass in CO90
and a few from CN99. Thanks for the QSOs!
I am still on the road, about 2 hours east of Vancouver. When I get
back to my motel room, I will see if I can make it to someplace in CO80
for a handful of passes tomorrow. Not a full-day effort, but I
want to see if I can do a little better from there than I did today.
I may put together a short list of passes to work, to help those who
missed me today, and post it here on the -BB.
Since Saturday is my last full day for this trip, I want to leave a
little bit of non-radio time to enjoy before going back to Vancouver
airport for the flight home. I still need to go through some of the
recordings from today's passes, but I am pretty sure I have logged around
350 QSOs since arriving in Vancouver last weekend. It has been fun,
even with the setbacks like not working from CO50 and not much from
CO80 today.
73!
Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - Hope, British Columbia
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 01:48:35 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] VA7EWK @ CO80 Saturday (10 July) - again
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi!
I will go back out to Whistler (grid CO80) on Saturday morning,
hopefully in time for the HO68 pass (my pass time is
1620-1636 UTC). Later in the morning, I will ride a gondola up
to Whistler Mountain, and - hopefully - have my HT and log periodic
in a duffel bag with me for that ride. If so, that takes care of
fighting the mountains when trying to work satellites from down in
the village area. :-) I will only work FM satellites from the
mountaintop, and those times depend on when I get to Whistler and
get up the mountain. I will not stay all day up there, although
that is a nice place to be.
Good night, and 73!
Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - North Vancouver, British Columbia
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:01:20 +0000
From: Daniel Kekez <va3kkz@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Nanosatellite Launch Service 6 on PSLV-C15
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi All,
As I mentioned back in April, the Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) at the
University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) has
arranged for the launch of two satellites as part of the Nanosatellite
Launch Service 6 (NLS-6) cluster payload on the PSLV-C15 from the Indian
Space Research Organization. Two satellites are part of NLS-6: AISSat-1
and TIsat-1.
The launch countdown for PSLV-C15 has begun, and it is on track to
launch on July 12, 2010 at 03:52:00 UTC. The window is -0/+10 min, i.e.
from 03:52:00 to 04:02:00 UTC.
AISSat-1 is built by SFL for the Norwegian Defence Research
Establishment (FFI), and it is intended to demonstrate a new maritime
AIS receiver that has been developed by FFI.
TIsat-1 is a 1 kg CubeSat built by students and staff at University of
Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI). TIsat-1 uses amateur
radio frequencies and has CW and data beacons. Details and frequencies
can be found at
http://www.spacelab.dti.supsi.ch/tiSat1.html
More detail on the spacecraft can be found below from my original post.
We will have an IRC discussion channel during launch and the early
operations phase.
Server: utias-sfl.net
Port: 6667 (default)
Channel: #nls6-discussion
I will send out the predicted TLEs later today.
73,
-Daniel, VA3KKZ
On 2010-04-30 19:22, Daniel Kekez (VA3KKZ) wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> As you may have heard, the PSLV-C15 flight has been delayed. The Indian
> Space Research Organization issued the following statement:
>
> The launch of ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15)
> fixed for may 9, 2010 has been rescheduled. A marginal drop in
> the pressure in the second stage of the vehicle was noted
> during the mandatory checks carried out on the PSLV-C15
> vehicle. The new date for the launch of PSLV-C15 mission will
> be decided after preliminary results of the analysis are
> obtained.
>
> PSLV-C15 is planned to launch India's Cartosat-2B, an Algerian
> satellite ALSAT-2A, two nano satellites NLS 6.1 and NLS 6.2
> from the University of Toronto, Canada, and STUDSAT, a
> satellite built by students from academic institutions in
> Kamataka and Andhra Pradesh.
>
> URL:
> http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/scripts/pressreleasein.aspx?Apr29_2010
>
> NLS 6.1 refers to AISSat-1 and its XPOD separation system. Similarly,
> NLS 6.2 refers to TIsat-1 and its XPOD.
>
> Since I believe some people on this list are looking forward to
> receiving TIsat-1's beacon, I'll post updates when we learn more.
>
> 73,
> -Daniel, VA3KKZ
>
>
> On 2010-04-26 06:36, Daniel Kekez (VA3KKZ) wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> The Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) at the University of Toronto Institute
>> for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) would like to announce the delivery of
>> Nanosatellite Launch Service 6 (NLS-6) cluster payload to Satish Dhawan
>> Space Centre in Sriharikota (SDSC-SHAR), Andhra Pradesh, India, for
>> launch on board PSLV-C15. PSLV-C15 will be launching from the First
>> Launch Pad at SDSC-SHAR into 637 km sun-synchronous orbit with 10:30
>> Local-Time of Descending Node. NLS-6 shares this launch with Cartosat-2B
>> primary, Alsat-2A co-primary, and STUDSAT auxiliary payload.
>>
>> NLS-6 is the 6th launch by SFL. The NLS-6 cluster comprises of two
>> nanosatellite: AISSat-1 and TIsat-1.
>>
>> NLS-6 launch updates are being posted to
>> http://www.utias-sfl.net/NLS-6/
>>
>>
>>
>> About AISSat-1
>> ------------------------------
>> AISSat-1 is built by SFL for the Norwegian Defence Research
>> Establishment (FFI). It is intended to demonstrate a new maritime AIS
>> receiver that has been developed by FFI. The AIS receiver will be used
>> to monitor ship traffic in Norwegian waters. The design of AISSat-1 is
>> based on SFL Generic Nanosatellite Bus (GNB).
>>
>> The spacecraft has a main structure measuring 20 cm by 20 cm by 20 cm
>> and it is stabilized in three-axes using reaction wheels. It has a fixed
>> 46 cm long VHF payload monopole antenna for the AIS receiver and four
>> UHF uplink monopole antennas for the command receiver. The downlink in
>> the S-Band. AISSat-1 has an overall dimension of 80 cm by 45 cm by 37 cm
>> and an overall mass of 6.5 kg. AISSat-1 will be secured to the launch
>> vehicle using the XPOD GNB separation system.
>>
>> AISSat-1 is not an amateur satellite and, as such, has coordinated
>> appropriate frequencies. Its ground segment is located at Svalbard and
>> its control centre is at FFI, near Oslo, Norway.
>>
>> More information on the spacecraft can be found at
>> http://www.utias-sfl.net/nanosatellites/AISSat-1/
>> and
>>
http://www.spacecentre.no/?module=Articles;action=Article.publicShow;ID=51389
>>
>>
>> About TIsat-1
>> ------------------------------
>> TIsat-1 is a 1 kg CubeSat of 10 cm by 10 cm by 10 cm and is built by
>> students and staff at University of Applied Sciences of Southern
>> Switzerland (SUPSI). The primary mission objective is to involve
>> students in systems engineering, development and test with a very
>> challenging project and to provide students and staff at SUPSI with
>> space mission knowledge. TIsat-1 will monitor the durability of material
>> probes exposed to space environment, will test a micro electromechanical
>> device and will validate the redundant, fault tolerant hardware and
>> firmware design of the bus.
>>
>> Two monopole antennas (VHF and UHF) will be deployed after separation.
>> Housekeeping and payload data will be communicated to the ground as
>> orbital data profiles. TIsat-1 will be secured to the launch vehicle
>> using the XPOD Single separation system.
>>
>> TIsat-1 communicates over amateur radio frequencies, as coordinated
>> through the IARU, and they have been working with radio amateurs in
>> Switzerland during the spacecraft's development. They have a Morse Code
>> and data beacons. More information can be found at
>> http://www.spacelab.dti.supsi.ch/tiSat1.html
>>
>>
>>
>> Future Launches by SFL
>> ------------------------------
>> SFL has signed its 7th launch contract with ANTRIX for NLS-7 in late
>> 2010/early 2011. NLS-7 will launch the twin-satellite CanX-4 and CanX-5
>> formation flying mission.
>>
>> SFL will be signing its 8th launch contract for NLS-8 momentarily, for
>> the launch of two astronomy nanosatellites: BRITE-Austria (CanX-3A) and
>> UniBRITE (CanX-3B). NLS-8 will also launch one partner spacecraft.
>>
>> In addition, SFL is under discussion for NLS-9, NLS-10, and NLS-11
>> launches in 2011/2012 time frame, and would like to extend an invitation
>> to spacecraft developers world-wide to join our launches.
>>
>> For further information, please contact:
>> Freddy M. Pranajaya
>> Manager, Advanced Systems Group
>> UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory
>> 4925 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M3H 5T6
>> +1-416-667-7890 Voice
>> +1-416-667-7799 Fax
>> freddyp@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
>> http://www.utias-sfl.net/
>>
>>
>>
>> 73,
>> -Daniel, VA3KKZ
>
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:01:07 +0530
From: Mani VU2WMY <wmy@xxxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] StudSat Launch
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hi All,
I am posting this mail on behalf of the StudSat 'Team Lead'.
'StudSat' is to be launched aboard the Indian PSLV C 15 on 12th July
2010. The lift off is at 03:52 Z and the StudSat is to be injected
into orbit around 04:12 Z. The CW beacon would be 'ON' at 04:42 Z, ie
30 minutes after separation from the launcher.
Beacon Frequency is 437.861 Mhz (10 mW).
During its first pass, around 04:50 Z, stations around west and
North Mexico, Western Coast of US, Canada, Alaska, and North Asia
would be able to receive the beacon signal.
We request stations over these regions to kindly listen on to
the beacon frequency and provide us with their valuable reports. These
initial reports are the only means for us to confirm on the 'Beacon
ON' until it is visible over VU land. This help would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Mani, VU2WMY
Secretary & Station-In-Charge
Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC
ISRO Satellite Centre
Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017.
Phone:(O)91-80-2508 2054/2192/2537
Mobile: 91-80-98803 41456
E-mail ID: wmy@xxxx.xxx.xx
vu2wmy_mani@xxxxx.xxx
isrohams@xxxxx.xxx
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:24:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: MM <ka1rrw@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Can I work w/just egg beaters?
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx Jeremy Cowgar <jeremy@xxxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <32676.94535.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Just about any 2-meter antenna will work, when the satellite is over head.
I have even worked ISS with a Rubber duck and a VX5R. (2-meter voice **).
The duration of your access window and quality of signal is determined by
antenna GAIN.
So to get your feet wet, use any antenna you can find, Zero dBd or better.
Then if you find you like satellites and you want longer access windows and
better signal quality, just add more antenna GAIN.
Perfect conditions do not happen very often for low gain systems.
good luck.
wf1f Miles
**
ISS rubber duck
Conditions were perfect!!!!
80+ degree over head pass.
Distance to ISS 300 miles (for a few seconds)
Valery Korzun knew my call.
Valery was on the air, 4 hours after his bed time, so there were few
stations calling.
TX: "WF1F"
ISS: "Stand by Miles, Ill be with you when I finish this call"
--- On Fri, 7/9/10, Jeremy Cowgar <jeremy@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> From: Jeremy Cowgar <jeremy@xxxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Can I work w/just egg beaters?
> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Date: Friday, July 9, 2010, 7:38 PM
> Hello,
>
> I am curious if the M2 egg beaters w/mast mount preamps
> would allow me
> to use the current satellites, including AO-7?
>
> Jeremy
> KB8LFA
>
> _______________________________________________
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> Opinions expressed are those of the author.
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:29:47 +0530
From: "Nitin Muttin" <vu3tyg@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ICOM 821H Split Mode operation
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <000601cb2027$696e49c0$3c4add40$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
All,
I am using ICOM 821H with Orbitron and WispDDE for Radio control, is it
possible to use wispdde to put the Radio in split mode ( Example 145.825 for
ISS ) so the Doppler correction is done for both TX / RX.
73's
Nitin [VU3TYG]
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:39:43 +0000
From: Daniel Kekez <va3kkz@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Nanosatellite Launch Service 6 on PSLV-C15
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <4C38943F.6030708@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hi All,
The predicted TLE for TIsat-1 is as follows:
TIsat-1
1 99998U 10034Y 10193.17708333 .00002592 00000-0 35304-3 0 00007
2 99998 098.1177 252.3288 0008033 272.0048 315.2117 14.78702228001648
Its beacon and downlink operate at 437.305 MHz. The full details for
modes and scheduling can be found at
http://www.spacelab.dti.supsi.ch/tiSat1.html
then click on the "Communications" link in the side menu.
73,
-Daniel, VA3KKZ
On 2010-07-10 10:01, Daniel Kekez wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> As I mentioned back in April, the Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) at the
> University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) has
> arranged for the launch of two satellites as part of the Nanosatellite
> Launch Service 6 (NLS-6) cluster payload on the PSLV-C15 from the Indian
> Space Research Organization. Two satellites are part of NLS-6: AISSat-1
> and TIsat-1.
>
> The launch countdown for PSLV-C15 has begun, and it is on track to
> launch on July 12, 2010 at 03:52:00 UTC. The window is -0/+10 min, i.e.
> from 03:52:00 to 04:02:00 UTC.
>
> AISSat-1 is built by SFL for the Norwegian Defence Research
> Establishment (FFI), and it is intended to demonstrate a new maritime
> AIS receiver that has been developed by FFI.
>
> TIsat-1 is a 1 kg CubeSat built by students and staff at University of
> Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI). TIsat-1 uses amateur
> radio frequencies and has CW and data beacons. Details and frequencies
> can be found at
> http://www.spacelab.dti.supsi.ch/tiSat1.html
>
> More detail on the spacecraft can be found below from my original post.
>
> We will have an IRC discussion channel during launch and the early
> operations phase.
> Server: utias-sfl.net
> Port: 6667 (default)
> Channel: #nls6-discussion
>
> I will send out the predicted TLEs later today.
>
> 73,
> -Daniel, VA3KKZ
>
>
> On 2010-04-30 19:22, Daniel Kekez (VA3KKZ) wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> As you may have heard, the PSLV-C15 flight has been delayed. The Indian
>> Space Research Organization issued the following statement:
>>
>> The launch of ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15)
>> fixed for may 9, 2010 has been rescheduled. A marginal drop in
>> the pressure in the second stage of the vehicle was noted
>> during the mandatory checks carried out on the PSLV-C15
>> vehicle. The new date for the launch of PSLV-C15 mission will
>> be decided after preliminary results of the analysis are
>> obtained.
>>
>> PSLV-C15 is planned to launch India's Cartosat-2B, an Algerian
>> satellite ALSAT-2A, two nano satellites NLS 6.1 and NLS 6.2
>> from the University of Toronto, Canada, and STUDSAT, a
>> satellite built by students from academic institutions in
>> Kamataka and Andhra Pradesh.
>>
>> URL:
>> http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/scripts/pressreleasein.aspx?Apr29_2010
>>
>> NLS 6.1 refers to AISSat-1 and its XPOD separation system. Similarly,
>> NLS 6.2 refers to TIsat-1 and its XPOD.
>>
>> Since I believe some people on this list are looking forward to
>> receiving TIsat-1's beacon, I'll post updates when we learn more.
>>
>> 73,
>> -Daniel, VA3KKZ
>>
>>
>> On 2010-04-26 06:36, Daniel Kekez (VA3KKZ) wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> The Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) at the University of Toronto Institute
>>> for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS) would like to announce the delivery of
>>> Nanosatellite Launch Service 6 (NLS-6) cluster payload to Satish Dhawan
>>> Space Centre in Sriharikota (SDSC-SHAR), Andhra Pradesh, India, for
>>> launch on board PSLV-C15. PSLV-C15 will be launching from the First
>>> Launch Pad at SDSC-SHAR into 637 km sun-synchronous orbit with 10:30
>>> Local-Time of Descending Node. NLS-6 shares this launch with Cartosat-2B
>>> primary, Alsat-2A co-primary, and STUDSAT auxiliary payload.
>>>
>>> NLS-6 is the 6th launch by SFL. The NLS-6 cluster comprises of two
>>> nanosatellite: AISSat-1 and TIsat-1.
>>>
>>> NLS-6 launch updates are being posted to
>>> http://www.utias-sfl.net/NLS-6/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> About AISSat-1
>>> ------------------------------
>>> AISSat-1 is built by SFL for the Norwegian Defence Research
>>> Establishment (FFI). It is intended to demonstrate a new maritime AIS
>>> receiver that has been developed by FFI. The AIS receiver will be used
>>> to monitor ship traffic in Norwegian waters. The design of AISSat-1 is
>>> based on SFL Generic Nanosatellite Bus (GNB).
>>>
>>> The spacecraft has a main structure measuring 20 cm by 20 cm by 20 cm
>>> and it is stabilized in three-axes using reaction wheels. It has a fixed
>>> 46 cm long VHF payload monopole antenna for the AIS receiver and four
>>> UHF uplink monopole antennas for the command receiver. The downlink in
>>> the S-Band. AISSat-1 has an overall dimension of 80 cm by 45 cm by 37 cm
>>> and an overall mass of 6.5 kg. AISSat-1 will be secured to the launch
>>> vehicle using the XPOD GNB separation system.
>>>
>>> AISSat-1 is not an amateur satellite and, as such, has coordinated
>>> appropriate frequencies. Its ground segment is located at Svalbard and
>>> its control centre is at FFI, near Oslo, Norway.
>>>
>>> More information on the spacecraft can be found at
>>> http://www.utias-sfl.net/nanosatellites/AISSat-1/
>>> and
>>>
http://www.spacecentre.no/?module=Articles;action=Article.publicShow;ID=51389
>>>
>>>
>>> About TIsat-1
>>> ------------------------------
>>> TIsat-1 is a 1 kg CubeSat of 10 cm by 10 cm by 10 cm and is built by
>>> students and staff at University of Applied Sciences of Southern
>>> Switzerland (SUPSI). The primary mission objective is to involve
>>> students in systems engineering, development and test with a very
>>> challenging project and to provide students and staff at SUPSI with
>>> space mission knowledge. TIsat-1 will monitor the durability of material
>>> probes exposed to space environment, will test a micro electromechanical
>>> device and will validate the redundant, fault tolerant hardware and
>>> firmware design of the bus.
>>>
>>> Two monopole antennas (VHF and UHF) will be deployed after separation.
>>> Housekeeping and payload data will be communicated to the ground as
>>> orbital data profiles. TIsat-1 will be secured to the launch vehicle
>>> using the XPOD Single separation system.
>>>
>>> TIsat-1 communicates over amateur radio frequencies, as coordinated
>>> through the IARU, and they have been working with radio amateurs in
>>> Switzerland during the spacecraft's development. They have a Morse Code
>>> and data beacons. More information can be found at
>>> http://www.spacelab.dti.supsi.ch/tiSat1.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Future Launches by SFL
>>> ------------------------------
>>> SFL has signed its 7th launch contract with ANTRIX for NLS-7 in late
>>> 2010/early 2011. NLS-7 will launch the twin-satellite CanX-4 and CanX-5
>>> formation flying mission.
>>>
>>> SFL will be signing its 8th launch contract for NLS-8 momentarily, for
>>> the launch of two astronomy nanosatellites: BRITE-Austria (CanX-3A) and
>>> UniBRITE (CanX-3B). NLS-8 will also launch one partner spacecraft.
>>>
>>> In addition, SFL is under discussion for NLS-9, NLS-10, and NLS-11
>>> launches in 2011/2012 time frame, and would like to extend an invitation
>>> to spacecraft developers world-wide to join our launches.
>>>
>>> For further information, please contact:
>>> Freddy M. Pranajaya
>>> Manager, Advanced Systems Group
>>> UTIAS Space Flight Laboratory
>>> 4925 Dufferin Street, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA M3H 5T6
>>> +1-416-667-7890 Voice
>>> +1-416-667-7799 Fax
>>> freddyp@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
>>> http://www.utias-sfl.net/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> -Daniel, VA3KKZ
>>
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:50:31 -0400
From: "Armando Mercado" <am25544@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Another extension for ISS?
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hello all,
Interesting story on keeping ISS on orbit
well into the mid-2020's.
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2010/07/iss-partners-assess-extension-2025-pote
ntially-2028/
73, Armando, N8IGJ
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:31:50 -0400
From: Anthony Monteiro <aa2tx@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Can I work w/just egg beaters?
To: Jeremy Cowgar <jeremy@xxxxxx.xxx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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At 07:38 PM 7/9/2010, Jeremy Cowgar wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I am curious if the M2 egg beaters w/mast mount preamps would allow me
>to use the current satellites, including AO-7?
Hi Jeremy,
You can work all of the current mode B or J satellites using omni
antennas. A good mast-mount preamp is necessary to be able to
receive on 435 MHz like FO-29 or AO-51 but on 2 meters it is
generally not needed which would include AO-7.
This past field day, Joe, KM1P and I made contacts on AO-07, FO-29,
SO-50, VO-52, SO-67, HO-68 in FM mode and HO-68 in linear mode
operating only a few hours on Sunday morning using omni antennas.
We used an EZ-Lindenblad on 2m mounted at 6 feet with no preamp and a
Parasitic Lindenblad on 70cm mounted at 10 feet with an SP-7000 preamp.
(for antenna info see QST Aug 2007 and Feb 2010.)
I have made contacts down to less than 1 degree of elevation when
conditions are good with just omni antennas.
Give it a try!
73,
Tony AA2TX
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 11:34:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Patrick STODDARD <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] VA7EWK @ CO80mb (Whistler Mtn. BC) now
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi!
I am atop Whistler Mountain, at just over 6000 feet/1850m elevation, with
my HT and log periodic. I just worked an SO50 pass, and will try the next
SO50 pass around 1933 UTC to the west. After that, over to AO27 for its
1940 UTC pass. Even at this elevation, I expect to miss the first
3 minutes of the 7-minute repeater time. Then it will be time for
lunch. I may work other later passes from up here, or on a
mountaintop closer to Vancouver (CN89), depending on when I
leave Whistler.
73!
Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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