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Today's Topics:
1. Re: New to FM birds (Ted)
2. LoTW & SO-67 (Bob Herrell)
3. satpc32 error (lloyd vandervort)
4. HF satellite group (wa4hfn@xxxxxxx.xxxx
5. HF on 40 (wa4hfn@xxxxxxx.xxxx
6. Re: HF on 40 (Dale Hershberger)
7. Re: KD8KSN/8 EN90/EM99 Next Saturday (29th) (Zachary Beougher)
8. HF satellite chat (Alan Sieg WB5RMG)
9. ARISSat-1 mentioned - ANS-028 Special Bulletin - NASA TV to
Show Arrival of Progress Spacecraft at ISS (Bruce Sawtelle)
10. Re: HF satellite chat (Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF)
11. HF satellite group (wa4hfn@xxxxxxx.xxxx
12. Re: HF satellite chat (Alan Sieg WB5RMG)
13. Re: HF satellite chat (Alan Sieg WB5RMG)
14. ANS-030 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins (Lee McLamb)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 12:30:04 -0800
From: "Ted" <k7trkradio@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: New to FM birds
To: "'Scott Armstrong'" <aa5am@xxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <7EA73C9187654FED9799065FE1C81162@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Scott, AO-51 is probably the easiest, but as such, can be a real busy mess,
especially on the weekends. You could also give AO27 a try.
Just go for it and jump in with both feet !!!
Be looking for you...73
Ted K7TRK
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Scott Armstrong
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 11:42 AM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] New to FM birds
Hi All,
Just finished the mod on my IC-3200a to move the TX/RX down to 430-440 MHz.
Still need to round up some coax for the antenna but almost ready to start
attempting to receive some of the FM birds.
Not sure which antenna I'm going to use but have a CC424b and a KLM crosspol
antennas available. The KLM antenna was given to me so have no idea if it is
working OK . The CC should be OK. I also will not have a preamp.
Which satellite has the strongest signal and would be the best to begin
monitoring the FM birds?
Thanks in advance,
Scott AA5AM
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:01:29 -0600
From: Bob Herrell <aj5c@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] LoTW & SO-67
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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All 48 of my SO-67 contacts have been uploaded to LoTW.
73,
Bob AJ5C
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 15:36:21 -0600
From: lloyd vandervort <lloydv@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] satpc32 error
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi, i suddenly have a problem with my satpc 32.
It suddenly has this error.
zugriffsverletzung bei adresse 01898848 in module" ihcom02d.dll"
.schreiben von adresse 018a 33a8
translated to this
Access violation at address 01898848 in module "ihcom02d.dll. write
address 018a 33a8
anyone had this error ?
Lloyd N9RPU
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 23:54:53 +0000 (UTC)
From: wa4hfn@xxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] HF satellite group
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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<1017057251.30668.1296345293399.JavaMail.root@xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxx.xx.xxxx.xxxx
xxx.xxx>
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Anyone want to join in on 7.190 for a satellite group rag chew 24:00 utc
WA4hfn Damon
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 00:22:22 +0000 (UTC)
From: wa4hfn@xxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] HF on 40
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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7.190 opened up into a net .so try 7.215 for satellite rag chew group at
2400 utc
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:03:55 -0900
From: Dale Hershberger <daleh@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HF on 40
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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On 1/29/2011 3:22 PM, wa4hfn@xxxxxxx.xxx wrote:
> 7.190 opened up into a net .so try 7.215 for satellite rag chew group at
2400 utc
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I tried but got oriental bbcast station.
KL7XJ
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:27:36 -0500
From: "Zachary Beougher" <zack.kd8ksn@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: KD8KSN/8 EN90/EM99 Next Saturday (29th)
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hi All,
Thanks for the QSOs this afternoon. Needless to say I didn?t make as many
as last time due to how busy the passes were. I don't know that I have ever
heard a pass that busy. Wow!
I think the final count was about 15 QSOs on 3 passes. I know there were a
lot of people that called that I didn't get to contact, but hopefully the
majority were successful.
APRS seemed to work okay today. Using the D7 and quarter wave I was able to
get digipeated from the location I operated from, but coverage was very
spotty on the way down and back.
Cards will go out in the mail within a week, so no need for requests/return
cards.
73!
Zack
KD8KSN
-----Original Message-----
From: Zachary Beougher
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 9:32 AM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: KD8KSN/8 EN90/EM99 Next Saturday (29th)
Hi,
Reminder - I will be at the EN90/EM99 grid boundary tomorrow for the
following passes:
AO27 1952z 21* (west)
AO51 2011z 20* (east)
AO51 2149z 47* (west)
I will be operating from the same spot I did last time.
You can track me via APRS here - http://aprs.fi/kd8ksn-9 The D7 will be off
during passes.
I will QSL everyone in the log, so no need for requests/SASEs.
73!
Zack
KD8KSN
-----Original Message-----
From: Zachary Beougher
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 9:48 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: KD8KSN/8 EN90/EM99 Next Saturday (29th)
Change of plans.....
Instead of working 2 eastern passes and only one western pass, I thought I
would switch it around. Here are the corrected pass/times:
AO27 - 1952z (favors west)
AO51 - 2012z (favors east)
AO51 - 2149z (favors west)
I will only be running 5w as usual, so please have patience, especially if
the activity on the birds is anything like it has been the past month.
73!
Zack
KD8KSN
-----Original Message-----
From: Zachary Beougher
Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 5:04 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] KD8KSN/8 EN90/EM99 Next Saturday (29th)
Hi All,
Due to the fact that several stations that wanted either EN90 or EM99 or
both did not get to work me last time since I went during the week, I have
decided to make another trip out to the boundary next Saturday (29th) from
about 1800z ? 2030z. I plan to be on the following passes from this
boundary:
AO27 ? 1817z
AO27 ? 1952z
AO51 ? 2012z
This trip will be a little shorter than last time, but passes should be a
little more productive since it will be on a weekend.
I will have the D7 beaconing in between passes - http://aprs.fi/kd8ksn-9 I
will only be running 5w, or 6-7w if it is plugged into the vehicle, so I may
not be on the internet depending on were I am in relation to a digi.
I will QSL everyone in the log as I did last time, so no need for a return
card/SASE.
I will post a reminder as the time gets closer.
73!
Zack
KD8KSN
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 19:59:27 -0600 (CST)
From: "Alan Sieg WB5RMG" <wb5rmg@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] HF satellite chat
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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> Anyone want to join in on 7.190 for a satellite group rag chew 24:00 utc
> WA4hfn Damon
Seems that there used to be a weekly AMSAT net on 20m,
or am I just showing my age... I haven't kept up unfortunately.
40m is probably good for evening/nite-time chat... Sounds like fun.
/;^)
--
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:10:27 -0500
From: Bruce Sawtelle <w3nj@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 mentioned - ANS-028 Special Bulletin -
NASA TV to Show Arrival of Progress Spacecraft at ISS
To: k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Ham Radio payload just mentioned on NASA-TV, using the "KEDR" name,
mentioned that it will operate on 145.900. Great PR !
de Bruce - W3NJ
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From: JoAnne Maenpaa <k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Sent: Fri, Jan 28, 2011 9:09 pm
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-028 Special Bulletin - NASA TV to Show Arrival of
Progress Spacecraft at ISS
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-028.01
ANS Special Bulletin - NASA TV to Show Arrival of Progress Spacecraft at ISS
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 028.01
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 28, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-028.01
The arrival of the Russian Progress-41 flight carrying the ARISSat-1
Amateur Radio Experiment to the International Space Station will be
televised live via NASA TV starting at 8PM CST (UTC-6) on Saturday,
January 29.
The unpiloted flight of the Progress resupply craft is expected to
automatically berth to the Pirs docking compartment at 8:40 p.m. CST.
Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineers Cady Coleman,
Paolo Nespoli, Alexander Kaleri, Oleg Skripochka and Dmitry Kondratyev
will be standing by during the automated docking manuevers.
In addition to ARISSat-1, the cargo ship is carrying three tons of
supplies for the crew members.
ARISSat engineers will be meeting with Russian EVA specialists in
Houston on Tuesday, February 1 to prepare for the February 16 deploy-
ment of the satellite.
For more information about the space station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
Check the AMSAT Web Page http://www.amsat.org for the latest ARISSat-1
information, a copy of the Symposium Slides, and a color guide showing
the transponder bandplan.
[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:13:07 +0000
From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HF satellite chat
To: Alan Sieg WB5RMG <wb5rmg@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Was on 14.280. Don't remember the day and time.
On 30-Jan-11 01:59, Alan Sieg WB5RMG wrote:
>> Anyone want to join in on 7.190 for a satellite group rag chew 24:00 utc
>> WA4hfn Damon
>
> Seems that there used to be a weekly AMSAT net on 20m,
> or am I just showing my age... I haven't kept up unfortunately.
>
> 40m is probably good for evening/nite-time chat... Sounds like fun.
> /;^)
--
Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937
825 5032
Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF 9H3GN), e-mail nigel@xxxxx.xxx
www http://www.ngunn.net
Member of ARRL, GQRP #11396, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP
Club International #385,
Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, AMSAT-UK 0182, MKARS, ALC,
GCARES, XWARN, EAA382.
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:13:53 +0000 (UTC)
From: wa4hfn@xxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] HF satellite group
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Well first attempt at a 40 meter gathering wasnt a complete failer. Talked
to WC7V in MT from Memphis and K7TRK was weak but there. Im open for
comments and suggestions on starting an HF Amsat group. I think it would be
good for all to be able to discuss things of intrest. Would we need a net
control , open of round table and best utc times and frequency.Who knows we
may be able to get FM operators to be a little more polite.
WA4HFN Damon
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:31:43 -0600 (CST)
From: "Alan Sieg WB5RMG" <wb5rmg@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HF satellite chat
To: "Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <1904.192.168.121.55.1296354703.squirrel@xxx.xxx.xxx.xx>
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Yes it was. It was on Sunday afternoons, maybe 2 or 3 Eastern.
My Denver buddy WD0HHU (Dave Cowdin) called it in `89-`90,
he also did a local 2m net every week on 7.225. I moved away in `90.
Then it was a guy in St.Louis (on 20m) ...
(I'll remember his call as soon as someone says it)
/;^)
> Was on 14.280. Don't remember the day and time.
>
> On 30-Jan-11 01:59, Alan Sieg WB5RMG wrote:
>>> Anyone want to join in on 7.190 for a satellite group rag chew 24:00 utc
>>> WA4hfn Damon
>>
>> Seems that there used to be a weekly AMSAT net on 20m,
>> or am I just showing my age... I haven't kept up unfortunately.
>>
>> 40m is probably good for evening/nite-time chat... Sounds like fun.
>> /;^)
>
> --
> Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937
> 825 5032
> Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF 9H3GN), e-mail nigel@xxxxx.xxx
> www http://www.ngunn.net
> Member of ARRL, GQRP #11396, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP
Club
> International #385,
> Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, AMSAT-UK 0182, MKARS, ALC,
> GCARES, XWARN, EAA382.
>
--
# Alan Sieg, WB5RMG since 1976
# http://wb5rmg.wordpress.com
# http://www.linkedin.com/in/alansieg
# wb5rmg(at)amsat(dot)org AMSAT#20554
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 20:46:52 -0600 (CST)
From: "Alan Sieg WB5RMG" <wb5rmg@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HF satellite chat
To: "Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <1976.192.168.121.55.1296355612.squirrel@xxx.xxx.xxx.xx>
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Talk about a flood of memory...
Back in the day, if someone didn't have packet bulletins,
or access to Compuserve via TAPCIS, we could copy the current element set
for AO-10 and AO-13 from VOICE, onto PAPER - and manually edit our data
files for QuikTrak or InstantTrack ... Gosh, how easy it was to make voice
contacts all over the world. QSOs that could go on for many minutes....
I worked more DX with AO-13 than I ever did with HF. I'm just sayin . . .
OK, back to reality - carry on.
Thanks /;^)
> Was on 14.280. Don't remember the day and time.
>
> On 30-Jan-11 01:59, Alan Sieg WB5RMG wrote:
>>> Anyone want to join in on 7.190 for a satellite group rag chew 24:00 utc
>>> WA4hfn Damon
>>
>> Seems that there used to be a weekly AMSAT net on 20m,
>> or am I just showing my age... I haven't kept up unfortunately.
>>
>> 40m is probably good for evening/nite-time chat... Sounds like fun.
>> /;^)
>
> --
> Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937
> 825 5032
> Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF 9H3GN), e-mail nigel@xxxxx.xxx
> www http://www.ngunn.net
> Member of ARRL, GQRP #11396, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP
Club
> International #385,
> Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, AMSAT-UK 0182, MKARS, ALC,
> GCARES, XWARN, EAA382.
>
--
# Alan Sieg, WB5RMG since 1976
# http://wb5rmg.wordpress.com
# http://www.linkedin.com/in/alansieg
# wb5rmg(at)amsat(dot)org AMSAT#20554
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:51:16 -0500
From: Lee McLamb <ku4os@xxx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-030 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-030
ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America,
The
Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS 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.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor@xxxxx.xxx
In this edition:
* ARISSat-1 Arrives at the International Space Station
* AMSAT-UK FUNcube System Accepted for UK Space Agency UKube1 Payload
* 1000 Days in Orbit for Ham Radio Satellite Delfi-C3
* ND9M/VQ9JC Maritime Mobile Satellite Operations Planned
* Catch a Visual Glimpse of NanoSail-D in Orbit
* Echoes of Apollo Call for Student Investigators & Adult Engineering Mentors
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
* ARISS Status - 24 January 2011
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ARISSat-1 Arrives at the International Space Station
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 030.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 30, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-030.01
On January 28 at 0132 UTC,a Soyuz rocket lifted off from Kazakhstan
carrying the
Russian Progress M-09M cargo vehicle to orbit headed for the
International Space
Station (ISS).
While the primary cargo of the Progress vehicle is fuel, oxygen, food and
other
supplies, the Progress also contains AMSAT's ARISSat-1 Amateur Radio
satellite.
Progress docked with the space station just two days after launch, on
January 30
at 0239 UTC.
Currently ARISSat-1 is planned to be manually deployed from the ISS by Russian
cosmonauts Dmitry Kondratyev and Oleg Skripochka during a spacewalk on
February
16. ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf V will have simultaneous 2m FM, CW, BPSK and
transponder
transmissions. These multiple transmissions are created by a new software
defined transponder (SDX) board. Features provided by the SDX include:
* The FM transmissions with cycle between a voice ID, select telemetry
values, 24 international greeting messages in 15 languages and live
SSTV
images.
* The CW transmissions will be callsign ID, select telemetry,
and callsigns
of people actively involved with the ARISS program.
* The BPSK transmissions will feature a new 1kBPSK protocol developed by
Phil Karn, KA9Q to be readable in low signal level conditions. The BPSK
data will alternate betwen telemetry and Kursk experiment data. Free
ground station soundcard demodulator and display software will be
available before deployment for multiple platforms.
* There also is a 16kHz wide amateur radio U/V transponder
between the BPSK
and FM signals.
* The Kursk experiment will be sampling the amount of vacuum
each day for 90
minutes and sending down data to map the vacuum change as the satellite
slowly spirals into the atmosphere.
[ANS thanks Gould, WA4SXM, for the above information]
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AMSAT-UK FUNcube System Accepted for UK Space Agency UKube1 Payload
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 030.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 30, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-030.02
Graham, G3VZV announced on behalf of AMSAT-UK this week that the
FUNcube system has now been formally accepted as a participant in
the UK Space Agency Announcement of Opportunity for payload pro-
viders for its pilot CubeSat mission, UKube1.
Seven finalist payloads are currently under consideration with the
final three or four flight payloads to be announced in March, 2011.
This includes the AMSAT-UK FunCube telemetry system for science
education, which will be integrated with the spacecraft as part of
the program.
Graham explained, "While the UK Space Agency release does not mention
the FUNcube linear U/V transponder function during evenings and week-
ends, this functionality will be included in the same way that it is
planned for the actual FUNcube-1 cubesat itself. The FUNcube develop-
ment team is looking forward to the extra challenge of producing two
sets of everything in the very short time scales required by both pro-
jects!"
[ANS thanks Graham, G3VZV for the above information]
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1000 Days in Orbit for Ham Radio Satellite Delfi-C3
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 030.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 30, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-030.03
Sunday, January 23 saw the 1000th day in orbit for the Amateur Radio
satellite Delfi-C3, which was the first 3U CubeSat to carry a linear
transponder.
Wouter, PA3WEG wrote, "The downlink is still OK and telemetry shows
no big degradations. This means Delfi-C3 is still in good health.
Apart from the problems with the transponder and some occasional resets
and lockups, scientific data is still being received. Also, this data
is still forwarded by radio amateurs to our server. Once again our
big thanks for receiving Delfi-C3 and your continued support of the
project."
Visit the Delfi-C3 web page at: http://www.delfic3.nl/ The radio
amateur section at: http://tinyurl.com/6f362zu has the information
you need to receive the satellite. There is also a link to the Rascal
Software if you would like to have your amateur radio station become
a part of the global Delfi-C3 monitoring network.
[ANS thanks Wouter Weggelaar, PA3WEG and his Delfi-C3 team and the
SouthGateARC site for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-030.04
ND9M/VQ9JC Maritime Mobile Satellite Operations Planned
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 030.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 30, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-030.04
Jim, ND9M/VQ9JC plans to operate the amateur radio satellites from
his merchant marine ship presently enroute from Diego Garcia (grid
MI62) to Charleston, SC (FM03) via the Pacific Ocean. Jim says he
has an FT897D and an FT817ND with an Arrow-2 antenna. He plans to
be active from quite a few wet grids along the way. His ocean route
will take him through grid fields include MI, NI, OI, OJ, PJ, PK, QK
(24 hours at Guam), QL, RL, RM, AM, BM, CM. and DM.
Jim's job is seven days a week for four months straight and he will
not generally be available during the normal daytime working hours
so operating opportunities during these times cannot be predicted.
The majority of passes he can be on will be in the late afternoon
and early evening, so AO51, FO29, and AO7 Mode B will be the focus.
Early morning AO7 passes will occasionally be available. Operating
during late evening passes will be likely once the ship crosses the
International Date line and enters the eastern Pacific. Jim's port-
able satellite station will be setup on the ship's helicopter deck.
The ship will be off the coast of southern California by the end of
February and should be there for about 10 days before resuming the
voyage towards Charleston via the Panama Canal, then northward around
Cuba towards Jacksonville (EM90) for another stop at the end of March.
The voyage will finish in April in Charleston, SC.
Jim says he has applied for an IARP permit for Panama so that, barring
unforeseen regulations, he will be able to operate whatever passes
occur as the ship transits the Canal.
E-mail contact for Jim is via james.t.clary.civ(at)msc.navy.mil. He
plans to post regular updates on his trip's progress to the AMSAT-BB.
[ANS thanks Jim ND9M/VQ9JC for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-030.05
Catch a Visual Glimpse of NanoSail-D in Orbit
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 030.05
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 30, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-030.05
In a posting on http://www.nanosail.org/ Spaceweather.com and NASA
announce they are joining forces to encourage photography of Nano-
Sail-D, the first solar sail to circle Earth in low orbit.
Amateur and professional astronomers and even casual sky watchers
can participate. The solar sail will occasionally be visible to the
naked eye when sunlight glints off the spacecraft's 10 m2 sail, pro-
ducing a spectacular flash akin to an Iridium Flare. UniverseToday
predicts NanoSail-D could be five to 10 times as bright as the planet
Venus, especially later in the mission when the sail descends to
lower orbits.
Even novice photographers can capture such a bright event. Advanced
astrophotographers, meanwhile, will want to try to image the sail
through backyard telescopes. It will be a challenge (the sail is
only 1 arc second across), but even fuzzy pictures could help NASA
monitor the condition of the spacecraft. Cash prizes will be awarded
to the first ($500), second ($200), and third ($100) place photos,
judged by a NASA-appointed panel on the basis of beauty and technical
merit.
The contest begins now and ends when NanoSail-D reenters the atmo-
sphere in April or May 2011.
These sites provide viewing predictions:
http://spaceweather.com/flybys/
http://www.heavens-above.com
NASA's Science News web site has additional NanoSail-D news and
a link to audio from the satellite recorded by Henk, PA3GUO:
http://tinyurl.com/4s7nj4r (nasa.gov)
[ANS thanks SpaceWeather.com and UniverseToday.com for the above
information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-030.06
Echoes of Apollo Call for Student Investigators & Adult Engineering Mentors
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 030.06
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 30, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-030.06
Pat Barthelow, AA6EG of the Echoes of Apollo Project (the folks who
brought us the 70cm Arecibo EME activity) is working with kids on the
Google Science Fair. The students and adult mentors have devised a
simple experiment to measure the distance to the moon using Moon
Bounce.
Pat has several EME stations committed and is looking for more tech-
nical support. He is also looking for additional young Co-Primary
Investigators (Age 13-18) to participate.
Time is of the essence. Reply directly to: apolloeme@xxxxx.xxx
Pat says the students will develop the experiment, lead, analyze.
Adults are needed to nurture, guide, mentor with these goals in mind:
+ Key a CW transmission or alternatively, send an audio impulse via
microphone to EME TX.
+ Starting the time clock on the impulse transmission whether Audio
"Clack" or CW key.
+ Recording for Science Fair presentation, using Multimedia video/audio
eqiupment in the Moon bounce Station.
+ Stopping the clock when the audio/RF does RT to moon (~2.5 Seconds)
and returns, and is demodulated by Moon bounce RX and presented at
Audio speaker terminals.
+ Pre-measure station delays in TX and RX to develop a constant for
internal equipment delays.
+ Measuring the EME interval as closely as possible, with simple
equipment, say, to milliseconds. Probably take the Multimedia video/
audio to a Video editor, to measure delay, digitally.
+ Compare distance to the moon in the NASA, or US Naval Observatory
databases for their actual distance to moon, at the moment of the
experiment.
+ Student analyzes for errors, error sources, discusses return signal
distortion, due to doppler, Libration, pulse stretching, due to
spherical moon, etc.
+ Student suggests follow up experiment, to minimize measurement
errors, or assuming more sophisticated equipment became available.
QUESTION: For an analog RX to audio output, what would be the best
way be to measure the internal propagation delay in an [Analog, Digi-
tal] receiver, from the time of arrival of the RF at the Antenna con-
nector to demodulated output [Analog, Digital] at the speaker, or
computer screen.
For analog receivers, is the internal RX propagation delay, in order
of: microseconds? Milliseconds? For Digital receivers?
Best Regards,
Pat Barthelow, Echoes of Apollo
apolloeme@xxxxx.xxx
[ANS thanks Pat Barthelow, AA6EG of the Echoes of Apollo Project
for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-030.07
Satellite Shorts From All Over
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 030.07
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 30, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-030.07
+ Clint, K6LCS has posted his AMSAT and amateur satellite handouts
he plans to use at the Palm Springs HamFest. One is an "Intro to
AMSAT" newsletter with membership form, the other an ARISSat-1 Update
and Band Plan. Both are posted at: http://tinyurl.com/ps-handouts
Clint invites you to use or adapt either for your projects and pre-
sentations.
+ Two videos of Japan's H-IIB rocket launch with the Kounotori 2 cargo
resupply transporter January 22 from Tanegashima Space Center in
southern Japan can be viewed at: http://tinyurl.com/64zuajp
Kounotori2, or 'White Stork' in Japanese, is loaded with crucial sup-
plies destined for the International Space Station (ISS). Video and
photos of the arrival and capture of the Kounotori2 can be seen at:
http://tinyurl.com/4vop4rt
+ A new video gives the latest news on the Euroluna 2U CubeSat project
with the Amateur Radio callsign OZ9LUNA. It describes the 2U cubesat,
work on the software and the attitude control, and work ongoing on
the ion motor. Watch on-line at: http://tinyurl.com/4cnfahv
+ An interesting science blog posting about the special relativity
you would encounter while traveling at the speed of light is
posted at: http://tinyurl.com/5sj7q2p (UniverseToday.com) This
may present a way to change the subject to something scientific
if the subject on 75 meters LSB QSO gets stuck on the state of
the other fellow's gallbladder.
+ The folks from the HiRISE Camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
have put together a video of the latest images from the Red Planet:
http://tinyurl.com/6hc7edb. The Mars Express spacecraft took a ser-
ies of detailed images of the Martian moon Phobos. These images have
been morphed into a seamless flyby movie which can be viewed on-line
at: http://tinyurl.com/4srutec
+ The next Hudson Valley Satcom Net will meet on Thursday, February 3
at 8PM EST (UTC-5) on the Mt.Beacon ARC 146.970 MHz repeater (-600 &
Pl 100). You can also join via Echolink on the N2EYH-L node. All hams
are welcome! More info at htp://www.hvsatcom.org/ (Stu, WA2BSS)
[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-030.08
ARISS Status - 24 January 2011
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 030.08
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 30, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-030.08
1. Two Italian Schools Experience ARISS Contact
On Tuesday, January 18, two Italian schools, "Istituto Comprensivo Ladispoli"
and Middle School "Corrado Melone", located in Ladispoli, Rome, Italy
participated in a joint Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station (ARISS)
contact with Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA. Twenty-eight space-related questions were
answered and greetings exchanged over two ISS passes. ARISS mentor Francesco
De
Paolis, IK0WGF introduced the event and presented the ARISS program to an
audience of 250 students, teachers and visitors. National Television (RAI NEWS
24 hours), local media and newspapers covered the event. The contact was the
highlight of a curriculum covering space, geography and telecommunications.
2. Expedition 24 Crew Debrief Session
An ARISS debrief session was held with Expedition 24 crewmembers Doug
Wheelock,
KF5BOC and Shannon Walker, KD5DXB on Tuesday, January 18. The feedback they
provided on the ISS Ham radio equipment and school contacts will aid the ARISS
team in updating its program procedures.
3. ARISS International Meeting Held
The monthly ARISS International Team meeting was held on Tuesday, January 18.
Topics of discussion included the upcoming face to face meeting and a status
on
the Columbus module equipment as well as ARISSat-1. Minutes have been posted.
See: https://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2011-01-18.htm
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]
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 additional benefits. Application forms are
available from the AMSAT Office.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Lee McLamb, KU4OS
ku4os at amsat dot org
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