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Today's Topics:
1. USB Rotore Controllore (Thomas Doyle)
2. Re: In School ARSSat Demos / lessons (Clint Bradford)
3. ANS-324 (Dee)
4. A single ft-817 hooked up to satpc32 for linear satellite?
(ryan woods)
5. Follow-up on K7UGA satellite activity in mid-February 2012
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
6. SSTV Pictire Successful via ARISSat-1/RadioSKAF-V TRANSPONDER
(Farrell Winder)
7. Re: Follow-up on K7UGA satellite activity in mid-February
2012 (Rick Tejera)
8. Re: SSTV Pictire Successful via ARISSat-1/RadioSKAF-V
TRANSPONDER (John Heath)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:38:01 -0600
From: Thomas Doyle <tomdoyle1948@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] USB Rotore Controllore
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Just wanted to see if anyone is interested in using the little slice of
heaven
from Italy known as the Arduino as a rotor controller.
The Mega2560 board is ideal as it has hardware uarts and a/d converters.
Even Radio Shack is carrying the Arduino stuff. It is very easy to use.
If Radio Shack is carrying the stuff how hard can it be.
I have my SatPC32 - Yaesu GS-5500 compatible rotor controller running on
the Arduino Mega2560 and will share the source code if anyone is seriously
interested. Send me a direct email if this interests you.
Sent from my computer.
73 W9KE tom ...
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 14:39:09 -0800
From: Clint Bradford <clintbrad4d@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: In School ARSSat Demos / lessons
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>> ... With ARISSat-1's main mission being Educational I would like to hear
about people's experiences with schools in using ARISSat-1 as a teaching
tool ...
What do you need? Classroom lessons abound for all aspects of amateur radio
as it applies to the satellites - from elementary school to college
classrooms.
Each ARISS contact has a lot of work "behind the scenes" at the campuses.
There are phenomenal teachers and school administrations who really get
behinds their ARISS projects.
Be a little more specific with what you need - and I can either assist you,
or point you towards excellent resources.
Clint Bradford, K6LCS
NASA / ARISS school technical support
http://www.work-sat.com
909-241-7666
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:56:10 -0500
From: Dee <morsesat@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: ans <ans@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-324
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-324
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:
*Radio Ham Blasts Off to Space Station
* CubeSat Keplerian Elements Under Analysis
* Arizona Centennial Special Event Plans Satellite Operation
* Amateur Radio Assistance Requested: ISS Plasma Thrust Shadow
Experiment
* Ultimate HEO: Voyager 2 Completes Switch to Backup Thruster Set
* AMSAT Submits Proposal to NASA for Fox-1 Satellite
* 70cm Amateur Station Active on Packet from ISS Columbus Module
* ARISS Status - 14 November 2011
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-324.01
Radio Ham Blasts Off to Space Station
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 324.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 20, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-324.01
Southgate ARC News web this week carried a story about Radio Ama-
teur Daniel Burbank KC5ZSX aboard the Soyuz launch on November 14.
With him on Soyuz TMA-22 are commander Anton Shkaplerov and engineer
Anatoly Ivanishin. They were meant to have launched on September 22,
but the flight was delayed after an unmanned Progress cargo ship
suffered a third stage malfunction during launch Aug. 24 and failed
to reach orbit. The third stage of the cargo craft's rocket is vir-
tually identical to the one used in the manned version.
They docked with the ISS on Wednesday, November 16. All the current
ISS crew are Radio Amateurs - Expedition 29 commander Michael Fossum
KF5AQG, Sergei Volkov U4MIR and Satoshi Furukawa KE5DAW.
Daniel Burbank KC5ZSX will be the Expedition 30 commander and will
become the only Radio Amateur on the ISS when KF5AQG, U4MIR and
KE5DAW return to Earth on November 21,
A summary of the mission can be found on-line at:
Space Flight Now - Expedition 29 Status
http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp29/status.html
[ANS thanks Southgate ARC News for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-324.02
CubeSat Keplerian Elements Under Analysis
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 324.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 20, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-324.02
Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Keeper of the Keps this week answered the
question of which Keplerian Elements match each of the cubesats
launched on October 28, 2011. Ray commented, "The identification
of the satellites continues. Simply put, we don't have enough sep-
aration to make a positive identification."
Nico Janssen, PA0DLO, has been analyzing various aspects of the
satellite group (grouping, radar cross section, and order of launch
from rocket body). He concludes that we need more time and separa-
tion to be sure. Nico's best educated guess at this time is as
follows:
+ Explorer 1 Prime is Object G, Cat # 37855
+ Aubiesat (AO-71) and M-cubed, are in the same group as Objects
E and F.
+ The two DICE satellites (commercial, non amateur) are Objects
C and D.
+ RAX2 is Object B, Cat # 37850.
Nico reminds us that this is a best guess and only time will tell
who is who. Thanks Nico for sharing your thoughts with us.
Here are this weeks KEPs for the latest Cubesat flock:
OBJECTB
1 37850U 11061B 11314.31682443 .00000489 00000-0 51357-4 0 00169
2 37850 101.7053 249.9601 0255846 255.5306 101.7516 14.77614148001891
OBJECTC
1 37851U 11061C 11317.83772545 .00009599 00000-0 78565-3 0 00253
2 37851 101.7037 255.0640 0254660 246.5170 110.9070 14.77729084002420
OBJECTD
1 37852U 11061D 11318.85323228 .00010618 00000-0 86612-3 0 174
2 37852 101.7048 256.5342 0254778 243.6020 113.8822 14.77773735 2564
OBJECTE
1 37853U 11061E 11317.83714479 .00010430 00000-0 85168-3 0 00441
2 37853 101.6978 255.0557 0254457 246.6876 110.7358 14.77795553002421
OBJECTF
1 37854U 11061F 11318.51214050 .00011655 00000-0 93205-3 0 203
2 37854 101.7001 256.0511 0257496 245.1384 112.2875 14.78001563 2507
OBJECTG
1 37855U 11061G 11318.85081525 .00010458 00000-0 84381-3 0 171
2 37855 101.7008 256.5373 0255959 243.3435 114.1347 14.77981238 2550
[ANS thanks Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-324.03
Arizona Centennial Special Event Plans Satellite Operation
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 324.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 20, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-324.03
Arizona Centennial Special Event Plans Satellite Operation
The Central Arizona DX Association (CADXA) is very pleased to
announce their special event operation in celebration of the
Arizona Centennial during the week of February 13-19th, 2012.
They will be using the callsign of the late Senior Senator,
and Arizona native son, Barry M. Goldwater, K7UGA.
Individual CADXA members will be operating from their home sta-
tions located throughout Arizona during that week using the call-
sign K7UGA.
However, only special operating locations from Tucson, Prescott
and Phoenix will be on the air celebrating the 100th anniversary
on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012.
Operations will be on all amateur bands (160-2 meters); and will
be using CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and Satellite modes.
This CADXA special event operation has proudly received recogni-
tion from the 2012 Arizona Centennial Foundation as a sanctioned
"Special Event"; and from the Arizona Historical Advisory Commis-
sion as an official "Centennial Legacy Project".
All QSL requests go to Bob Davies - K7BHM (qrz.com) with an SASE.
For more details, please go to the CADXA Web site at:
http://www.cadxa.org
[ANS thanks CADXA and Southgate ARC News for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-324.04
Amateur Radio Assistance Requested: ISS Plasma Thrust Shadow Experiment
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 324.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 20, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-324.04
Amateur Radio Assistance Requested: ISS Plasma Thrust Shadow Experiment
The Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TSNIIMASH) in
Russia is conducting a series of space plasma experiments in order
to evaluate the shape of previously observed "dead" zone, or shadow-
ing due to the firing of an onboard arcjet plasma source.
Radio Amateurs are invited to participate in the Space plasma exper-
iment "Shadow" onboard International Space Station (ISS). Integration
of Electric Thrust onboard a spacecraft poses a certain set of prob-
lems including electromagnetic compatibility of ET. One matter of
interest is that highly ionized exhaust plumes of ET may scatter RF-
signals producing large "dead" zone for communications.
This plasma screening effect should be thoroughly studied before
electric thrusters become standard onboard equipment. The investiga-
tion will help designers of future electrically propelled spacecraft
to minimize the hazard of communication disruption by ET plasma
plumes.
The Central Research Institute has proposed an experiment using the
worldwide distribution of radio amateurs to receive the VHF packet
downlink (145.825 MHz) from a new plasma space experiment on the
International Space Station.
The amateur packet radio technology in the SpEx "Shadow" as proposed
by astronaut Alexander Kalery, will use the AX25 packets transmitted
by "Master Stations" and reported by receiving amateur radio ground
stations to track the effect of the plasma shadow.
The SpEx experiment will be enabled on the following schedule:
SpEX Time On SpEX Time Off
-------------------- --------------------
November 25 1650 UTC November 28 0825 UTC
December 2 1650 UTC December 5 0825 UTC
The master beacon stations for Europe, Asia, North America, and
Australia can be found at:
http://tinyurl.com/84nvl72 (knts.tsniimash.ru)
The main web page for the SpEx project can be found at:
http://knts.tsniimash.ru/Shadow/en/Overview.aspx
This page contains a detailed description of the experiment
and instructions for submitting your signal reports.
An example of the SpEx packets received by Mike Rupprecht, DK3WN
can be seen at: http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=23866
[ANS thanks TSNIIMASH for the aipped with six sets, or pairs,
of thrusters to control the pitch, yaw and roll motions of the
spacecraft.
These include three pairs of primary thrusters and three backup,
or redundant, pairs. Both spacecraft are now using all three sets
of their backup thrusters.
Voyager 2 is currently located about 9 billion miles (14 billion
kilometers) from Earth in the heliosheath - the outermost layer
of the heliosphere where the solar wind, which streams out from
the sun, is slowed by the pressure of interstellar gas.
The Voyagers were built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in
Pasadena, Calif., which continues to operate both spacecraft.
JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in
Pasadena.
The Voyager missions are a part of the NASA Heliophysics System
Observatory, sponsored by the Heliophysics Division of the Sci-
ence Mission Directorate. The original story is published at:
http://tinyurl.com/cquqws6 (space-travel.com)
[ANS thanks space-travel.com for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-324.06
AMSAT Submits Proposal to NASA for Fox-1 Satellite
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 324.06
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 20, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-324.06
On Monday, Nov. 14, AMSAT submitted a proposal to NASA for
their CubeSat Launch Initiative, also known as the "Educational
Launch of NanoSat" (ELaNa) program. NASA selects projects
that they deem to have merit in support of their strategic and
educational goals. Projects that are selected will be able to
enter into a collaboration agreement where NASA will cover
the integration and launch costs of the satellite.
AMSAT, working with ARRL, highlighted the educational merit of
the project including the incorporation of Fox-1 into the ARRL
Teacher Institute seminars. ARRL also provided a letter of support
for the project that was a key component of our proposal.
The Clay Center for Science and Technology at the Dexter and
Southfield schools in Brookline MA, also provided a letter of
support that was an important part of our proposal. The Clay Center
noted that they use AMSAT satellites such as ARISSat-1 in their
educational activities for K-12 students and that they look
forward to making use of Fox-1.
The completed proposal, at 159 total pages, required a significant
effort that was all done by volunteers. NASA will select from all
of the submissions and announce the winning projects by
January 30, 2012.
[ANS thanks AMSAT Vice-President of Engineering, Tony Monteiro,
AA2TX for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-324.07
70cm Amateur Station Active on Packet from ISS Columbus Module
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 324.07
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
November 20, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-324.07
70cm Amateur Station Active on Packet from ISS Columbus Module
Th) contact was
successful for A.S.J. Memorial High School, Thetford Mines, Québec,
Canada on Monday, November 14 at 15:41 UTC. The school formed a space
club and students were taught about the ISS, radio equipment and radio
protocol.
Johnson Space Center (JSC) Education in Houston, Texas completed a
scheduled contact for an Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station (ARISS) contact on Tuesday, November 15 at 15:39 UTC via station
VK5ZAI in Australia. Interns and co-ops at JSC participating in the
contact learned about amateur radio technology. Teaching From Space
(TFS), a NASA Education office, will help facilitate the event. TFS
promotes learning opportunities and builds partnerships with the
education community using the unique environment of space and NASA’s
human spaceflight program. The students participating in the contact
come from the Space Grant Program, the University Research Centers
Program, the Undergraduate Student Research Project, and JSC’s internal
co-op program operated through the JSC Human Resources Department. Each
of these programs provides students the opportunity to have hands-on,
real-life, career-related experiences that challenge, inspire, and
provide practical application that complements and expands upon the
students’ academic education.
2. Hospitalized Students Participate in ARISS Contact
On Wednesday, November 9, an Amateur Radio on the International Space
Station (ARISS) contact was held between children at the
Rehabilitationszentrum für Kinder und Jugendliche in Affoltern am Albis,
Switzerland and ISS Astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, KE5DAW. The venue of
this contact was a hospital school that is attended by children during
their rehabilitation. Furukawa was able to answer 13 questions from 9
students during the event, which was attended by approximately 50
people. The contact had a great impact on the students. For example,
one 14 year old, suffering from a cerebral hemorrhage and unable to
speak normally, made a tremendous effort to practice his questions for
the contact. Through this event, students learned about space,
satellites, radio waves and propagation of radio waves.
3. New York Students Contact ISS
Students attending Donald P. Sutherland School in Nassau, New York took
part in a successful Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) contact on Thursday, November 10. The children were able to get
in all of their questions during the pass, with time for a goodbye to
Astronaut Mike Fossum. The contact was integrated into Language Arts,
Mathematics and Technology, Science, Social Studies, Music, Art,
Physical Education, and Character Education. Web sites such as NASA Kids
and the NASA Digital Learning Network were also utilized by teachers and
students to prepare for this event. WNYT posted video and a story,
“Nassau elementary students symposium was education and how AMSAT can (and
must) provide a complete educational package for its satellites, both to
encourage participation in amateur radio and to obtain affordable launch
opportunities. AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW, made this point
repeatedly. A number of papers also addressed education from various
angles. Several AMSAT members attending the symposium formed a team to
develop educational products targeted directly at national STEM
requirements. They plan to have amateur radio and satellite activities
that teachers can drop into their curriculum. They hope to have the
first few of these available for use while ARISSat-1 is still
operational, and then develop more for continuing use to benefit ARISS
and future AMSAT satellites.
6. ARRL QST on ARISS
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) covered ARISS in its December
2011 issue of QST. The "In Brief" column carried a short item about
Astronaut Mike Fossum, KF5AQG, operating on the air while on-orbit
during JOTA in October.
[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: 4
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:51:25 -0800 (PST)
From: ryan woods <kd8atf@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] A single ft-817 hooked up to satpc32 for linear
satellite?
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I was wondering if you can use a single ft-817 with satpc32 for sats like
ao-7?? I have a 2meter all mode that i have use before but it sorta works
when it wants lol but just was curious.
73 KD8ATF
Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:28:47 -0800 (PST)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Follow-up on K7UGA satellite activity in
mid-February 2012
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Hi!
Following up on this announcement that showed up in this weekend's
ANS bulletin...
> The Central Arizona DX Association (CADXA) is very pleased
> to
> announce their special event operation in celebration of
> the
> Arizona Centennial during the week of February 13-19th,
> 2012.
>
> They will be using the callsign of the late Senior
> Senator,
> and Arizona native son, Barry M. Goldwater, K7UGA.
>
> Individual CADXA members will be operating from their home
> sta-
> tions located throughout Arizona during that week using the
> call-
> sign K7UGA.
>
> However, only special operating locations from Tucson,
> Prescott
> and Phoenix will be on the air celebrating the 100th
> anniversary
> on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012.
>
> Operations will be on all amateur bands (160-2 meters); and
> will
> be using CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and Satellite modes.
I hope to make time to be on some satellite passes from a location
in Phoenix on 14 February using the K7UGA call sign. I received
the OK from the CADXA to use K7UGA on the satellites during this
week-long celebration. I will post more about specific passes I
hope to work on this day, and the first part of the week of 13-19
February 2012, when we are closer to mid-February.
At the end of that week (Friday and Saturday, 17-18 February 2012),
I will use the K7UGA call sign for my on-air satellite demonstrations
from the Yuma (Arizona) Hamfest, which is also serving as the 2012
ARRL Southwestern Division Convention. The hamfest site is the Yuma
County Fairgrounds, along 32nd Street across the street from Yuma
International Airport and Marine Corps Air Station Yuma and south of
the I-8 freeway (grid DM22qq). I posted some information about this
on AMSAT's online calendar of events:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/fieldops/eventDetail.php?eID=629
and the hide for the demonstrations with my portable gear.
Demonstrations will be on FM and SSB satellites both days, weather
permitting. I plan to give a satellite-related presentation at some
point during the two-day event, but the date/time and location on the
fairgrounds site will be posted on the hamfest's web site sometime
between now and mid-February.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:56:45 -0500
From: "Farrell Winder" <fwinder@xxxx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT" <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] SSTV Pictire Successful via ARISSat-1/RadioSKAF-V
TRANSPONDER
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On November 12, 2011 at 1908 Z my son Jeff, KB8VCO and I were successful in
transmitting a picture and receiving back an image via the
ARISSat-1/RADIOSKAF-V transponder.
Separate MMSSTV software setups on 2 computers with mode Robot 36 were used
to Tx 435.750 LSB up and Rx 145.930 MHz down. It was a challenge, over
several days of trying , to find the satellite in a favorable position with
its (inadvertently) shortened antenna. Doppler along with Tx and Rx antennas
were manually controlled.
A picture of the original (my auto license plate) and the received picture
from the satellite has been submitted to the ARISS SSTV Gallery.
It is hoped others will try a similar experiment via the transponder and
perhaps pictures could be exchanged. It is noted that Henk, PA3GUO also sent
and received an SSTV picture as may be seen in the Gallery.
Respectively submitted, with much thanks to Lou McFadin, W5DID, ARISS
Hardware Engineering Manager and his team along with Sergej Samburov, RV3DR,
Chief of Cosmonaut Amateur Radio Department for his engineering and testing
contributions in Korolev, Russia. A very exciting and challenging satellite
for Amateur Radio has been provided. Launch was August 5, 2011 but Re-entry
according to recent reports may occur within the next few months.
Farrell Winder, W8ZCF
Cincinnati, Ohio
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:51:10 -0700
From: Rick Tejera <saguaroastro@xxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Follow-up on K7UGA satellite activity in
mid-February 2012
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Also, the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club will be operating a special event
station for the Arizona Centennial as well the weekend of Feb 11-12, 2012.
I believe our SE call will be W7A. I'll be operating on as many FM passes as
possible during the event.
Sent from my iPod
Rick Tejera
Editor, SAouncement that showed up in this weekend's
> ANS bulletin...
>
>> The Central Arizona DX Association (CADXA) is very pleased
>> to
>> announce their special event operation in celebration of
>> the
>> Arizona Centennial during the week of February 13-19th,
>> 2012.
>>
>> They will be using the callsign of the late Senior
>> Senator,
>> and Arizona native son, Barry M. Goldwater, K7UGA.
>>
>> Individual CADXA members will be operating from their home
>> sta-
>> tions located throughout Arizona during that week using the
>> call-
>> sign K7UGA.
>>
>> However, only special operating locations from Tucson,
>> Prescott
>> and Phoenix will be on the air celebrating the 100th
>> anniversary
>> on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012.
>>
>> Operations will be on all amateur bands (160-2 meters); and
>> will
>> be using CW, SSB, RTTY, PSK31 and Satellite modes.
>
> I hope to make time to be on some satellite passes from a location
> in Phoenix on 14 February using the K7UGA call sign. I received
> the OK from the CADXA to use K7UGA on the satellites during this
> week-long celebration. I will post more about specific passes I
> hope to work on this day, and the first part of the week of 13-19
> February 2012, when we are closer to mid-February.
>
> At the end of that week (Friday and Saturday, 17-18 February 2012),
> I will use the K7UGA call sign for my on-air satellite demonstrations
> from the Yuma (Arizona) Hamfest, which is also serving as the 2012
> ARRL Southwestern Division Convention. The hamfest site is the Yuma
> County Fairgrounds, along 32nd Street across the street from Yuma
> International Airport and Marine Corps Air Station Yuma and south of
> the I-8 freeway (grid DM22qq). I posted some information about this
> on AMSAT's online calendar of events:
>
> http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/fieldops/eventDetail.php?eID=629
>
> and the hamfest's web site has more details:
>
> http://www.yumahamfest.org/
>
> As mentioned in the ANS bulletin, QSL requests for K7UGA QSOs during
> that week - including the satellite activity - will be handled by the
> designated QSL manager, Bob K7BHM:
>
> http://www.qrz.com/db/k7uga
>
> A picture of the K7UGA QSL card that stations will receive is on the
> QRZ.com link above.
>
> Thanks in advance go to the Yuma Amateur Radio Hamfest Organization
> (yes, a group whose sole purpose is to run this hamfest!) for providing
> AMSAT an indoor space at the hamfest for the 4th consecutive year, along
> with letting me run outside for the demonstrations with my portable gear.
> Demonstrations will be on FM and SSB satellites both days, weather
> permitting. I plan to give a satellite-related presentation at some
> point during the two-day event, but the date/time and location on the
> fairgrounds site will be posted on the hamfest's web site sometime
> between now and mid-February.
>
> 73!
>
>
>
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:00:59 +0000 (GMT)
From: John Heath <g7hia@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Farrell Winder <fwinder@xxxx.xxx>
Cc: Amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SSTV Pictire Successful via
ARISSat-1/RadioSKAF-V TRANSPONDER
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Hi Farrell,
great post and congratulations.
I am currently having fun with the 1000BPSK telemetry.
Next experinment will be a QSO through the transponder.
Its good to have a satellite that presents a few challenges.
I echo your thanks to the entire ARISSat team.
73 John G7HIA
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From: Farrell Winder <fwinder@xxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Sunday, 20 November, 2011 13:56:45
Subject: [amsat-bb] SSTV Pictire Successful via ARISSat-1/RadioSKAF-V
TRANSPONDER
?
On November 12, 2011 at 1908 Z my son Jeff, KB8VCO and I were successful in
transmitting a picture and receiving back an image via the
ARISSat-1/RADIOSKAF-V
transponder.
Separate MMSSTV software setups on 2 computers with mode Robot 36 were used to
Tx 435.750 LSB up and Rx 145.930 MHz down. It was a challenge, over several
days
of trying , to find the satellite in a favorable position with its
(inadvertently) shortened antenna. Doppler along with Tx and Rx antennas were
manually controlled.
A picture of the original (my auto license plate) and the received picture
from
the satellite has been submitted to the ARISS SSTV Gallery.
It is hoped others will try a similar experiment via the transponder and
perhaps
pictures could be exchanged. It is noted that Henk, PA3GUO also sent and
received an SSTV picture as may be seen in the Gallery.
Respectively submitted, with much thanks to Lou McFadin, W5DID, ARISS Hardware
Engineering Manager and his team along with Sergej Samburov, RV3DR, Chief of
Cosmonaut Amateur Radio Department for his engineering and testing
contributions
in Korolev, Russia. A very exciting and challenging satellite for Amateur
Radio
has been provided. Launch was August 5, 2011 but Re-entry according to recent
reports may occur within the next few months.
Farrell Winder, W8ZCF
Cincinnati, Ohio
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