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Today's Topics:
1. Re: 70 MPH S-band dish (Joe)
2. AO-7 log: planetemily.com DOWN (George Henry)
3. READ YOU LOUD AND CLEAR - NASA Communications Book (Joe Leikhim)
4. Keps! new cubesats... (Mark L. Hammond)
5. ANS 303 Bulletins (Dee)
6. What Happens to Astronauts During Re-boost (Clint Bradford)
7. Question? (Stuart Balanger)
8. Charge for Satellite Tracking? (Kevin Gordon)
9. Re: Charge for Satellite Tracking? (i8cvs)
10. Progress Successfully Launched (B J)
11. Re: Charge for Satellite Tracking? (Dee)
12. Minimum FCD setup to detect Arissat-1 bpsk? (andy thomas)
13. RAX-2 Keps (Carl Rimmer W8KRF)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:45:51 -0500
From: Joe <nss@xxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 70 MPH S-band dish
Message-ID: <4EAC57EF.2000407@xxx.xxx>
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What frequency is this for?
Joe WB9SBD
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 10/29/2011 1:43 PM, Bob Bruninga wrote:
>> Bob, You might want to consider a Helical antenna
>> for your mobile station. It would have less wind
>> drag and easier to rotate.
> Actually, I'm beginning to think we will build our own dish. I have a 5'
solid metal dish. I think we will just use it as a form and lay in some
copper strips evry 4 inches or so in one dimension, then overlay say, #12
copper wire every 1" in the other direction, and then solder each crossover
point.
>
> The result will be a linear polarized 4' dish with very low aerodynamic
crossection. A little structure behind it and is it should handle 70 MPH
easily.
>
> I think 1/4" wide copper strap is used for winding some big motors, and
should be easy to find. Using the flat strap for the supports gives a nice
soldering cross point.
>
> We need the 4' dish to close the link when the balloon is 20 miles up. I
dont think we can get that with a helix. My guess is the dish will give us
about 24 dBi vertically polarized with a beamwidth of about 10 degrees?
>
> Bob, WB4APR
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:27:18 -0500
From: "George Henry" <ka3hsw@xxx.xxx>
To: "amsat bb" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 log: planetemily.com DOWN
Message-ID: <6E64AE208B754486806ABC215805B0D7@xxxxxxx>
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reply-type=original
"Account suspended"... hacked, perhaps?
George, KA3HSW
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:42:10 -0400
From: Joe Leikhim <rhyolite@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] READ YOU LOUD AND CLEAR - NASA Communications Book
Message-ID: <4EAC8F52.8080204@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
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Might be of interest to the group:
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20080020389_2008020674.pd
f
--
Joe Leikhim
Leikhim and Associates
Communications Consultants
Oviedo, Florida
www.Leikhim.com
JLeikhim@xxxxxxx.xxx
407-982-0446
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:59:23 -0400
From: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@xxxxx.xxx>
To: James Cutler <jwcutler@xxxxx.xxx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Keps! new cubesats...
Message-ID: <qnzP1h0094ltuWb05nzQRs@xxxxx.xxx>
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Let the lottery begin...
OBJECT C
1 37851U 11061C 11302.87290423 .00363180 00000-0 28380-1 0 23
2 37851 101.7088 233.3889 0254268 289.0505 068.2827 14.77654778 204
OBJECT D
No Record
OBJECT E
1 37853U 11061E 11302.87289146 .00054233 00000-0 43824-2 0 22
2 37853 101.6952 233.3891 0255073 289.4018 067.9690 14.77521204 207
OBJECT F
1 37854U 11061F 11302.87272970 .00031269 00000-0 25123-2 0 26
2 37854 101.6987 233.3835 0256260 288.7205 068.6394 14.77687338 191
OBJECT G
1 37855U 11061G 11302.87272701 .00005061 00000-0 41578-3 0 34
2 37855 101.7081 233.4066 0257546 289.0631 068.2617 14.77654712 194
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:17:18 -0400
From: Dee <morsesat@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: ans <ans@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS 303 Bulletins
Message-ID: <001701cc9699$49641440$dc2c3cc0$@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-303
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:
* AMSAT Symposium This Weekend
* Symposium Registration & Banquet Reservations Deadline
* AMSAT Awards Announcement
* Speaker and Presentation List Added to AMSAT Symposium
Schedule
* PW-Sat to Launch in January
* NASA ELaNa III Cubesat Launch Orbits Cubesats
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
* SatPC32 Version 12.8b Available
* ARISS Status - 24 October 2011
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-303.01
AMSAT Symposium This Weekend
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 303.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 30, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-303.01
This year's Symposium marks the 50th anniversary of the launch
of the first amateur radio satellite into space. The Symposium
is being held in San Jose, CA on November 4 thru November 6
which is the home of Project OSCAR, the organization that
built amateur radio's first satellite. As part of our
commemoration, the ARRL is bringing an OSCAR 1 prototype which
has been refurbished to help highlight this significant
milestone. Our banquet speaker, Lance Ginner, K6GSJ was a
member of the team that built OSCAR 1; he subsequently was
involved with a number of follow-on amateur radio satellite
projects. Lance's presentation promises to be a fascinating
look at the early days of amateur radio in space as well as
perhaps some lessons learned.
The Symposium is an excellent opportunity to learn about the
success of ARISSat-1 as well as AMSAT's latest project, Fox
and the steps that we're taking to continue to keep amateur
radio in space. There are some excellent presentations
scheduled that will cover the gamut from satellite engineering
to satellite operations to education outreach.
This year's "Proceedings of the AMSAT-NA Space Symposium and
Annual Meeting", which is provided to every Symposium attendee
contains 21 papers and is over 250 pages in length. While not
all papers will be presented, there are also several
presentations scheduled to be presented where the material was
not finished in time for publication.
Along with the outstanding materials presented, Symposium
offers a great opportunity to meet the AMSAT leadership (the
Board of Directors members as well as Senior Officers), other
satellite enthusiasts, and interact with our volunteers who
are involved with our engineering projects. Symposium is both
a presentation/educational opportunity as well as a social
event.
If you haven't yet registered for this year's Symposium,
please consider joining us. Details on the Symposium and
registering can be found at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2011/index.php
The last time that AMSAT held a Symposium in California was in
2006; this may be the best chance for AMSAT members and
others living on the West Coast to participate in a Symposium
and have direct interaction with the AMSAT leadership for some
time. Hopefully, those of you living in the Bay Area will
take full advantage of this opportunity. Alan Bowker, WA6DNR
and his team have done a great job preparing for an
outstanding weekend in San Jose.
See ya in San Jose!
Barry Baines, WD4ASW
President-AMSAT
[ANS thanks Barry, WD4ASW, for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-303.02
Symposium Registration & Banquet Reservations Deadline
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 303.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 30, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-303.02
This is a reminder that on Monday October 31, 2011, the
on-line registration for the 2011 AMSAT Space Symposium and
Annual Meeting will close. Also, a count is needed for the
Annual Banquet. If you are planning to attend the meeting
and/or attend the Banquet, please register as soon as
possible. After Monday, you will need to register at the
hotel.
[ANS thanks AMSAT HQ for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-303.03
AMSAT Awards Announcement
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 303.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 30, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-303.03
AMSAT Awards Announcement
AMSAT Director of Contests and Awards, Bruce Paige, KK5DO says
that
congratulations are in order for the latest AMSAT Awards
recipients:
The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators
Club for making their first satellite QSO:
Stephen Licht, WF2S
Jay Hitchcock, KI6WZU
Costantino Montella, IK8YSS
Jackson Wilson, KF5LOQ
The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement
Award:
Clayton Coleman, W5PFG #542
Csaba-Zoltan Kertesz, YO6PIB #543
Yanko Yankov, NX9G #544
Jackson Wilson, KF5LOQ #545
The following have earned the South Africa Satellite
Communications Achievement Award:
Clayton Coleman, W5PFG #US171
Csaba-Zoltan Kertesz, YO6PIB #US172
Yanko Yankov, NX9G #US173
Jackson Wilson, KF5LOQ #US174
The following have earned their Robert W. Barbee, Jr. W4AMI
Award:
Branko Martincic, 9A3ST #74
The following have earned their Robert W. Barbee, Jr. W4AMI
5000 Award:
Gale McDaniel, KB0RZB #28
To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org.
[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-303.04
Speaker and Presentation List Added to AMSAT Symposium
Schedule
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 303.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 30, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-303.04
Speaker and Presentation List Added to AMSAT Symposium
Schedule
AMSAT's 2011 Space Symposium is quickly approaching. It will
be
held on Friday, November 4th through Sunday, November 6th in
San
Jose, CA.
This year commemorates the 50th anniversary of the launch of
OSCAR 1. Many events are planned to celebrate our 50 years of
keeping amateur radio in space. The original OSCAR 1 prototype
has been refurbished by the ARRL Lab. It will be on display
and
transmitting. Our Banquet Speaker is Lance Ginner, K6GSJ who
was
on the OSCAR 1 development team.
The 2011 Symposium Schedule has been posted and includes:
Thursday, November 3
0800 - 1200 AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting open to all AMSAT
members
1300 - 1800 AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting open to all AMSAT
members
1930 - 2200 AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting open to all AMSAT
members
2011 Symposium Presentation Schedule
All times are PST
Friday 4 Nov 2011
1:00 PM Introduction
1:10 PM Bryan Klofas, KF6ZEO "Frequency Allocation for
Government-funded CubeSats:NSF Paves the Way"
1:40 PM Nick Pugh, K5QXJ "How to Light the Candle"
2:10 PM Michael Safyan, KJ6MVL "NASA Ames PhoneSat"
2:40 PM David Palmer, KB5WIA "A Satellite-Portable
Backpacking Trip to Rare California Grid Square CM79
3:00 PM Break
3:10 PM Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV "SA AMSAT CuveSat
Project 'KLETSKous' "
3:40 PM Bob Davis, KF4KSS "Orbital Elements and Magnetic
Tumble in Excel"
4:00 PM Alexander J Harvilchuck, N3NP "2010-2011 AMSAT
NextGen Program Satellite Report"
4:30 PM Jan King, VK4GEY/W3GEY "Australis-OSCAR-5
5:00 PM Adjourn
Saturday 5 Nov 2011
8:00 AM Introduction
8:10 AM Lou McFadin, W5DID "Fabrication, Integration and
Testing of ARISSat-1"
8:30 AM Gould Smith, WA4SXM "ARISSat-1 in Flight"
9:00 AM Douglas Quagliana, KA2UPW/5 "Decoding Satellite
Telemetry form ARISSat-1"
9:20 AM Steven Bible, N7HPR "ARISSat-1 Operational
Survey"
9:50 AM Break
10:00 AM Gould Smith, WA4SXM "ARISSat-1 Post Mortem"
10:30 AM Tony Monteiro, AA2TX "Space Radiation and Fox
Program"
10:50 AM Barry Baines, WD4ASW "The Importance of
Educational Outreach for AMSAT"
11:20 AM Tony Monteiro, AA2TX "AMSAT Fox-1 Systems
Overview"
12:00 AM Lunch Break
1:00 PM Bob Davis, KF4KSS "Fox 1 Mechanical Design"
1:30 PM Hans van de Groenendaal, ZS6AKV "Turning University
CubeSats into amateur radio satellites"
2:00 PM Bob Davis, KF4KSS "Fox 1 Thermal Design"
2:30 PM Sawson Taheri, KG6NUB "OSCAR Zero from a Satellite
Operator's Perspective"
3:00 PM Break
3:20 PM AMSAT Annual Meeting
5:00 PM Adjourn
[ANS thanks the 2011 Symposium Committee for the above
information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-303.05
PW-Sat to Launch in January
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 303.05
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 30, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-303.05
PW-Sat to Launch in January
This week AMSAT-UK web site carried the announcement that
PW-Sat,a 1U CubeSat to be launched on the first VEGA flight in
January,will carry a 145 to 435 MHz Amateur Radio transponder.
The single channel transponder will operate in a similar way
to AO-16.
The uplink on 145.900 MHz will be FM and the downlink on
435.020MHz will use the BPSK telemetry beacon transmitter to
produce Double Sideband (DSB) that can be received on an SSB
radio.
PW-Sat will be launched into a 300 by 1450km 69.5 degree orbit
and may be expected to have a lifetime of about 2 years before
re-entry. It was built by students of Warsaw University of
Technology in cooperation with the Space Research Centre and
will be Poland's first satellite.
The development and construction of this satellite, students
worked with two research groups - Astronautical Students
(Faculty MEiL)and Space Engineering Student (Faculty EITI).
Tutor from the
beginning of the project was prof. Assoc. inz. Piotr Wolanski
MEiL department.
The main objective of the project is education of students in
the preparation, construction and use of artificial
satellites. Specific objectives are:
+ Testing the system to develop flexible solar generation.
+ Study the deacceleration of a satellite, which will increase
the resistance and its rapid descent from orbit.
+ Testing of satellite communication system including the
Technical University of Warsaw, Gdynia Maritime Academy and
the Centre for Astronomy them. Nicolaus Copernicus Academy of
Sciences.
PW-Sat has five modes of operation:
1. Receive only mode - no downlink
2. Beacon CW mode - Downlink On-Off Keying (OOK) CW (1kHz) 12
WPM on 435.020 MHz
3. Beacon BPSK mode - Downlink BPSK (3 kHz) 1200 bps AX25 (1
frame on 20 sec) on 435.020 MHz
4. Control communication mode. Downlink BPSK (3 kHz) 1200 bps
AX25 on 435.020 MHz
5. Voice Repeater mode (aka 'AO16' mode) - Uplink145.900MHz
FM(15 kHz) Downlink 435.020MHz DSB (3 kHz)
For more information on PW-Sat in Google English see
http://tinyurl.com/CubeSatPW-Sat
IARU Amateur satellite frequency co-ordination panel pages
hosted by AMSAT-UK http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/
The AMSAT-UK article can be found on their web site at:
http://www.uk.amsat.org/2011/10/21/pw-sat-to-launch-in-january
/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-303.06
NASA ELaNa III Cubesat Launch Orbits Cubesats
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 303.06
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 30, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-303.06
NASA ELaNa III Cubesat Launch Orbits Cubesats
NASA launched five small research satellites, or CubeSats, for
four
universities on October 28 from Vandenberg AFB. This will be
the 3rd
installment of the Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa)
miss-
ions. The CubeSats are manifested as auxiliary payloads on the
Delta II launch vehicle for NASA's NPOESS Preparatory Project
(NPP)
mission.
The ELaNa III Cubesat Launch included RAX-2, MCubed, E1P,and
AubieSat
are all trackable by most OSCAR stations. As of press time
signals
from Aubiesat-1, E1P and RAX-2 had been received.
A video with live commentary describing the computer graphics
of
the NPP Second Stage Burn 3 and CubeSats Deployment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FFLmERz
duUY
The ElaNa CubeSat Media Briefing with Roland Coelho, WH7BE can
be
viewed at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcjM2GhMD-E&feature=player_embe
dded
The initial Keplerian Elements:
http://gs.engin.umich.edu/predictions/tle_elana3.txt.
AubieSat-1 is designed to transmit with a power of about 800
milli-
watts on a frequency of 437.475 MHz, plus or minus Doppler
correc-
tion. The beacon signal, along with telemetry, will be sent
using
A1A continuous wave Morse code at 20 words per minute.
Additional
telemetry from the on board science experiment will use CW
trans-
missions up to 60 WPM.
AubieSat-1 Telemetry Format
---------------------------
For all transmissions, arbitrary digits represent digits in
base 10,
capital R denotes a decimal point, and FFFF is in hexadecimal.
Basic Beacon 20wpm (for 20 sec total)
Every 1 min (Unless AS-1 is in outreach mode)
HI HI DE KI4NQO AUBIESAT 1 VB 3R68 SK (Beacon includes battery
voltage)
Outreach Beacon 20 wpm (for 75 sec total)
Every 5 min (Only when AS-1 is placed in outreach mode)
HI HI DE KI4NQO AUBIESAT 1BT (Initialize transmission)
FFFF BT (Minutes since deployment)
01 VB 3R68 TB 39R2 BT (Battery voltage and
temperature)
02 P1 3R68 P2 3R68 BT (Solar Panels 1 & 2 Max Power)
EOT DE KI4NQO 73 SK (End of Transmission)
AubieSat-1 Pass Report Form
--------------------------
Help the AubieSat-1 Team! Please fill out the following form
and
email a copy to aubiesat1data@xxxxx.xxx
Name / Call sign of HAM operator reporting:
Time and date of pass (UTC):
Your Geographical Location:
(City, State, Country)
Your Latitude and Longitude:
Signal fading cycle time: (For one complete rotation in
seconds)
Copy of Transmission Received:
(Please post a verbatim copy here of any transmission from
AS-1
that you receive including these telemetry values if copied:)
+ Minutes Since Deployment
+ Battery Voltage (VB)
+ Battery Temperature (TB)
+ Solar Panel 1 Max Power (P1)
+ Solar Panel 2 Max Power (P2)
Notes/Observations:
Please direct any questions to: aubiesat1@xxxxx.xxx
Thank you for your assistance!
Frequency and Modulation Summary of the CubeSat Launch:
-------------------------------------------------------
Satellite: AubieSat-1
Downlink Freq: 437.475 MHz
EIRP: .708W
Modulation Scheme: Interrupted Continuous Wave (IWC)
Protocol: Morse Code
Baud Rate: 20wpm
http://space.auburn.edu/
Satellite: RAX-2
Downlink Freq: 437.345 MHz
Modulation Scheme: GMSK
Baud Rate: 9600
http://rax.engin.umich.edu/
Satellite: M-Cubed
Downlink Freq: 437.485MHz
EIRP: < 1W
Modulation Scheme: FSK
Protocol: AX.25
Baud Rate: 9600
http://umcubed.org/
Satellite: Explorer-1[PRIME] Flight Unit 2
Downlink Freq: 437.505 MHz
EIRP: -0.7dBW
Modulation Scheme: Non-Coherent FSK
Protocol: KISS Custom
Baud Rate: 1200
http://ssel.montana.edu/e1p/
DICE (non-amateur payload):
http://www.sdl.usu.edu/programs/dice
Explorer-1[PRIME]
[ANS thanks the AubieSat-1 Team at Auburn University for the
above
information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-303.07
Satellite Shorts From All Over
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 303.07
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 30, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-303.07
Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ Congratulations to Steve Belter, N9IP on attaining his ARRL
Satellite VHF/UHF Century Club (VUCC) certificate #223.
+ The ARISS store at http://www.cafepress.com/ariss has been
updated with new products.
+ What did the three astronauts do on the ISS this past week?
You
can watch the video update from NASA on the research and
activi-
ties on the International Space Station for October 17-21,
2011,
including updates on the upcoming Progress and Soyuz
launches at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yAYqf5E
6qIY
+ Watch the video of the October 21 debut lift off of a
Russian
Soyuz rocket from the edge of the Amazon jungle at the
Guiana
Space Center in French Guiana as it successfully carried the
first two Galileo In-Orbit Validation satellites to space:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=c750fdZ
R6Mg
+ Roland Zurmely, PY4ZBZ, copied the full spectrum of signals
from
ARISSat with an SDR-IQ (and homemade VHF/HFconverter) and
Spectra-
Vue. The frequencies listed are the transmitted by
satellite, and
Doppler effectis clearly visible in the received signals,
with
higher frequencies at the beginning and lower at the end of
the
pass. The noise generated by linear transponder and the
return of
the transmission that I did in the UHF uplink are clearly
visible.
The CW-2 signal close to the 1kBPSK telemetry signalcan also
be
seen, as well as FM transmissions, switching between voice
and
SSTV. Please see: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/arissat.htm#o
[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-303.08
SatPC32 Version 12.8b Available
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 303.08
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 30, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-303.08
SatPC32 version 12.8b is available for download at
http://www.dk1tb.de/downloadeng.htm
The main SatPC32 program window now displays more information
such as the date of the Keplerian elements file in use.
Before upgrading your SatPC32 installation, be sure to use the
new program (in the ZIP file) to backup your user
configuration. The upgrade erases all previous user
configurations, but the new program will restore your
configurations after upgrading.
The download is a demo version that requires users to enter
their lat/lon each time the program is started. To make the
program fully functional, enter your existing registration
code or purchase a registration code from the AMSAT web site:
http://www.amsat-na.com/store/category.php?c=Software
DK1TB, the author of SatPC32 has donated the software to
AMSAT. All sales of SatPC32 are used to support AMSAT.
Here are the changes described in the What's New file:
1. SatPC32, SatPC32ISS, Wisat32 and SuM now support rotor
control of the
M2 RC-2800 rotor system.
2. The CAT control functions of SatPC32, SatPC32ISS and
Wisat32 have been expanded. The programs now provide CAT
control of the new Icom transceiver IC-9100.
3. The main windows of SatPC32 and SatPC32ISS have been
slightly changed to make them clearer. With window size W3 the
world map can be stretched (only SatPC32).
4. The accuracy of the rotor positions can now be adjusted for
the particular rotor controller. SatPC32 therefore can output
the rotor positions with 0, 1 or 2 decimals. Corrections of
the antenna positions can automatically be saved. In previous
versions that had to be done manually.
5. The tool 'DataBackup' has been added. The tool allows users
to save the SatPC32 program data via mouse click and to
restore them if necessary. After the program has been
configured for the user's equipment the settings should be
saved with 'DataBackup'. If problems occur later, the program
can easily restore the working configuration.
6. The rotor interfaces IF-100, FODTrack, RifPC and KCT
require the kerneldriver IOPort.SYS to be installed. Since it
is a 32-bit driver it will not work on 64-bit Windows systems.
On such systems the driver can cause error messages.To prevent
such messages the driver can now optionally be deactivated.
7. SuM now outputs a DDE string with azimuth and elevation,
that can be evaluated by client programs. Some demo files show
how to program and configure the client.
[ANS thanks Wayne Estes W9AE for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-303.09
ARISS Status - 24 October 2011
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 303.09
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
October 30, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-303.09
1. Upcoming School Contacts
Cherry Creek School District, Centennial, Colorado for an
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
contact on Thursday, October 27 at 17:09 UTC via telebridge
station IK1SLD in Italy was successful. A radio technology
curriculum will be provided to students in the gifted and
talented program, "Inside Out" to get them interested in
amateur radio. The class will cover topics from radio
propagation to UTC time and space. A guest speaker will talk
about meteor scatter as well. Lesson plan objectives are to
understand: measuring systems, general awareness of time on
the body, orbits, science experiments, intervals, sleep, and
communications.
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
contact was scheduled for Space Laboratory, Herzliya Science
Centre, Herzliya, Israel on Friday, October 28 at 11:25 UTC.
The contact was successful and will be incorporated into
lessons covering the space environment, orbital mechanics,
satellite design and radio communications.
2. ARISS Contact with Seiryo Elementary
Seiryo Elementary School, Seto, Aichi, Japan experienced a
successful Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) contact on Tuesday, October 18.
The contact highlighted a science curriculum covering
electricity, space and technology.
3. ZST Students Contact ISS
On Friday, October 21, an Amateur Radio on the International
Space Station (ARISS) contact was held between students
attending Zespol Szkol Technicznych in Rybnicka, Slask, Poland
and on-orbit astronaut Mike Fossum, KF5AQG. Approximately 65
students, teachers, parents, guests and media attended the
event and listened as Fossum fielded 19 questions posed by the
students. The SP9PKS radio club members worked with the youth
to prepare them for the contact. Lesson plans included the
construction of radio equipment and contacts via LEO (Low
Earth Orbit) satellites. Two newspapers and four broadcast
radio stations covered the contact: Dziennik Zachodni and
Wiadomoci Powiatowe newspapers, Radio Zet, Radio Zote
Przeboje, Tok FM, Antyradio, and local station Radio Fest.
4. ARISS International Team Meeting, October 28-29
The ARISS International Face-to-Face Meeting will be held this
Friday and Saturday, October 28 and 29 at the Space Center
Houston in Houston, Texas. The team will come together to
share regional reports as well as status reports from the
program's other committees including education, operations and
hardware.
5. ARISS International Team Teleconference Held
The monthly ARISS International teleconference was held on
Tuesday, October 18. The upcoming face-to-face meeting was
discussed, among other topics. Minutes have been posted:
http://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2011-10-18.htm
6. Astronaut Training Status
On October 18 Dan Burbank, KC5ZSX was given an ARISS refresher
course to prepare him for his upcoming flight with Expedition
29 in November. Joe Acaba, KE5DAR participated in a preflight
session the same day. He plans to fly with Expedition 31 in
March 2012.
7. ARISS Recognized by NASA Associate Administrator for
Education
In a recent communication of FY2011 accomplishments to the
NASA education community, NASA Associate Administrator for
Education Leland Melvin highlighted the accomplishments of
ARISS:
"10,743 curious students and 778 motivated educators
participated in direct communication with International Space
Station (ISS) crews via the Amateur Radio on the International
Space Station (ARISS), sparking their interest in STEM."
[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,
Dee Interdonato, NB2F
Nb2f at amsat dot org
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:54:55 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
From: Clint Bradford <clintbrad4d@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] What Happens to Astronauts During Re-boost
Message-ID:
<17976862.1319936095689.JavaMail.root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
NASA video ...
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=117824321
Clint
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Clint Bradford, K6LCS
http://www.clintbradford.com
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:57:46 -0400
From: Stuart Balanger <wa2bss@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Question?
Message-ID:
<CAOSqB0hdzEn4p_MkdgbZs-zq36Si_7f=uYf0FJVtUinGUwGw3g@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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*Hi All,
Was wondering if the Weekend Symposium is going to either
be webcast, or on Echo Link?
Hope everyone has a wonderful "All Hallow Eve", & don't
forget to "Fall Back" on sunday 6 Nov.
73,.Stu (WA2BSS)
PS We here in Eastern NY, have had our 2011 version of
"Snow Leaf"!
*
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:29:43 +1300
From: Kevin Gordon <kgordon@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Charge for Satellite Tracking?
Message-ID: <HMBEI.12099GQ4@xxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
If a satellite does not provide amateur radio services, why not charge for
satellite tracking?
We could at least ask for a fixed amount per satellite as a donation to our
amateur radio satellite fund in lieu of tracking services.
Thousands of satellites will be placed in orbit in the coming years. We must
lay claim to our share of orbit space by placing satellites in orbit.
Just a thought!
Kevin zl1bgk
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:10:00 +0100
From: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs@xxx.xx>
To: "Kevin Gordon" <kgordon@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>, "Amsat - BBs"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Charge for Satellite Tracking?
Message-ID: <002c01cc96e3$b43c6020$0401a8c0@xxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hi Kevin, ZL1BGK
You are absolutely correct ! I agree with you because if we as Amateur
Satellite users will stop to collect telemetry for satellites that does not
provide Amateur Radio Services,then the Universities and Commercial
organizations will cease to build thousands of Microsats and Nanosats
only for their own use.
Unfortunately actually we work as pickers up of tennis-ball at no cost
but investing a lot of money for our equipments.
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Gordon" <kgordon@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 2:29 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Charge for Satellite Tracking?
> If a satellite does not provide amateur radio services, why not charge for
> satellite tracking?
>
> We could at least ask for a fixed amount per satellite as a donation to
> our amateur radio satellite fund in lieu of tracking services.
>
> Thousands of satellites will be placed in orbit in the coming years. We
> must lay claim to our share of orbit space by placing satellites in orbit.
>
> Just a thought!
>
> Kevin zl1bgk
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 14:11:47 +0000
From: B J <va6bmj@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Progress Successfully Launched
Message-ID:
<CAP7QzkN1xVX1arF4eDE9unbRh8BF1X7CuNi_DAcVzEcno4AmyA@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/10/russia-successfully-resumes-soyuz-boost
er-flights-iss/
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/station/exp29/111030p45plaunch/
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2011/oct/HQ_11-366_Progress_Launch_Statement.h
tml
Launch video at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJcMvUNIAhc
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 10:56:08 -0400
From: Dee <morsesat@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "'i8cvs'" <domenico.i8cvs@xxx.xx>, "'Kevin Gordon'"
<kgordon@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>, "'Amsat - BBs'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Charge for Satellite Tracking?
Message-ID: <000a01cc9714$0ed98be0$2c8ca3a0$@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
The word "Charging" for anything Ham Radio related is out of
the question. We are NOT a commercial entity and exist
because of our traditional support of emergency related
situations and our experimental nature. Yes, we have
consented to monitor some Student sats so they can get info.
We probably gave them the OK to transmit from space to start
with. Unless the satellite is licensed, it cannot transmit.
Have the FCC (or equivalent ) charge them for the license so
they see how valuable our spectrum is.
In any event, when the Universities come to us in the first
place, we must support their efforts to include something we
wish to have on board also. Remember, they are the ones with
the "FREE" launch. Something we cannot afford to pay. So,
let's keep FOX alive and well so we will have something ready
to go when they ask.
73,
Another Dominick in NJ, NB2F
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx
[mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of i8cvs
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 5:10 AM
To: Kevin Gordon; Amsat - BBs
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Charge for Satellite Tracking?
Hi Kevin, ZL1BGK
You are absolutely correct ! I agree with you because if we
as Amateur Satellite users will stop to collect telemetry for
satellites that does not provide Amateur Radio Services,then
the Universities and Commercial organizations will cease to
build thousands of Microsats and Nanosats only for their own
use.
Unfortunately actually we work as pickers up of tennis-ball at
no cost but investing a lot of money for our equipments.
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Gordon" <kgordon@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2011 2:29 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Charge for Satellite Tracking?
> If a satellite does not provide amateur radio services, why
not charge
> for satellite tracking?
>
> We could at least ask for a fixed amount per satellite as a
donation
> to our amateur radio satellite fund in lieu of tracking
services.
>
> Thousands of satellites will be placed in orbit in the
coming years.
> We must lay claim to our share of orbit space by placing
satellites in orbit.
>
> Just a thought!
>
> Kevin zl1bgk
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. Opinions expressed are those of
the author.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur
satellite program!
> Subscription settings:
http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 15:53:30 +0000 (GMT)
From: andy thomas <andythomasmail@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Minimum FCD setup to detect Arissat-1 bpsk?
Message-ID: <1319990010.4311.YahooMailNeo@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
This afternoon using a Fubcube Dongle I detected the arissat-1 spectrum on
145.920 as the transmision doppled across. I've screendumped it as evidence!
The signal was weak but visible (and audible) and rapid as you would expect
at the nominal frequency.?I used FCHiD to set the frequency and HDSDR to
demod it at usb.
?
I?owe it all to my homebrew?one-transistor untuned preamp (RSGB's VHF-UHF
handbook) at the end of a 6 ele XY fixed in az/el.
?
It didn't decode at the tlm software though, and I'll try again next weekend
using DK3WN's doppler control software.?
?
However?I am pleased I?have detected arissat1 bpsk with a FCD - that's
one?small step...
?
73 de andy g0sfj
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 12:07:12 -0400
From: Carl Rimmer W8KRF <w8krf@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] RAX-2 Keps
Message-ID: <4EAD7630.1010403@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
From what I am seeing on the RAX-2 website, my Keps are way off. Where
can I find the latest? They are not on the website.
73,
--
*Carl W8KRF*
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