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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Antenna Polarization Question (Jim Jerzycke)
2. Re: Antenna Polarization Question (i8cvs)
3. Re: Antenna Polarization Question (Thomas Doyle)
4. 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election Results (Alan P. Biddle)
5. Re: Antenna Polarization Question (i8cvs)
6. ANS-260 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (Lee McLamb)
7. Re: 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election Results
(Stefan Wagener)
8. ARISS Contact looking for ears (John Belstner)
9. Fwd: [sdr-radio-com] Funcube Dongle Pro + (Mark L. Hammond)
10. Re: 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election Results
(David H. Jordan)
11. Re: 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election Results
(Alan P. Biddle)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 19:55:13 +0000
From: Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Antenna Polarization Question
Message-ID: <5054DD21.1090403@xxxxxxx.xxx>
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I run linear polarization, and just live with the fades.
Saves a lot of complexity and headaches!
73, Jim KQ6EA
On 09/15/2012 06:47 PM, Thomas Doyle wrote:
> I was listening to a couple of guys on FO-29 having a nice chat about
> satellite antenna polarization. They were trying to figure out what
> type of polarization FO-29 used. They looked at the picture of FO-29
> on the AMSAT web site and decided that it was not circular. Someone
> told me that it was circular so I started looking for information.
> Found this page by WD0E which is quite nice.
>
> http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/information/faqs/pswitch.php
>
> Is there a more current page that contains this type of information.
>
> tnx W9KE Tom Doyle
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:00:21 +0200
From: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs@xxx.xx>
To: "Thomas Doyle" <tomdoyle1948@xxxxx.xxx>, "Amsat - BBs"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Antenna Polarization Question
Message-ID: <000001cd937d$089b4140$0301a8c0@xxxxxx>
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Doyle" <tomdoyle1948@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 8:47 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Antenna Polarization Question
> I was listening to a couple of guys on FO-29 having a nice chat about
> satellite antenna polarization. They were trying to figure out what
> type of polarization FO-29 used. They looked at the picture of FO-29
> on the AMSAT web site and decided that it was not circular. Someone
> told me that it was circular so I started looking for information.
> Found this page by WD0E which is quite nice.
>
> http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/information/faqs/pswitch.php
>
> Is there a more current page that contains this type of information.
>
> tnx W9KE Tom Doyle
Hi Tom, W9KE
For the antenna polarization of FO-29 please read belove:
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 254.S1
FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 10, 2012
TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $WSR-254.S1
FO-29 JAS-2
Catalog number: 24278
Launch Date: August 17, 1996
Mode and Antenna Polarization:
V: RHCP
U: RHCP
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i8CVS Note:
Following my experience on FO-29 I can add the information
belowe:
FO-29 is RHCP circularly polarized both in uplink and downlink
and has a fixed sense both up and down, but because of its orbit
geometry and motion, continuously good signals through it for an
entire pass can only maintained if the antennas ground station sense
is switched, RHCP to LHCP and vice versa in 70 cm and 2 meters
usually several times and on both uplink and downlink and so
polarization switching relays on board of both up and down antennas
are recommended.
Read please my articles about polarization switching published on
the AMSAT-Journal March/April 2007 and May/June 2007
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:34:53 -0500
From: Thomas Doyle <tomdoyle1948@xxxxx.xxx>
To: i8cvs <domenico.i8cvs@xxx.xx>
Cc: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Antenna Polarization Question
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Domenico,
Thanks for the reply. I am slowly building my sat station back to what
it was back in the day when I had a pair of KLM antennas with
polarization switching. I have recently added a switchable
polarization 70 cm antenna to my current station and am amazed at how
often during an FO-29 pass it is necessary to change polarization. My
memory is not what it should be but I do not remember as much
switching being necessary when using AO-10 era sats. Perhaps they were
more stable or the pass was so long that it did not seem like it
required as much switching.
"In 1911, Albert Abraham Michelson discovered that light reflected
from the golden scarab beetle Chrysina resplendens is preferentially
left-handed." After reading this I wondered if it is possible to
create a reflector for RF that would do something similar to what this
tiny insect does without even trying. When I asked how to change the
polarization sense of a lindenblad antenna I was going to build the
author of the article told me that it was not necessary to switch it
because there were so many reflections it would not matter. Perhaps a
controlled reflective surface would work.
tnx & 73 W9KE Tom Doyle
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 3:00 PM, i8cvs <domenico.i8cvs@xxx.xx> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas Doyle" <tomdoyle1948@xxxxx.xxx>
> To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 8:47 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Antenna Polarization Question
>
>> I was listening to a couple of guys on FO-29 having a nice chat about
>> satellite antenna polarization. They were trying to figure out what
>> type of polarization FO-29 used. They looked at the picture of FO-29
>> on the AMSAT web site and decided that it was not circular. Someone
>> told me that it was circular so I started looking for information.
>> Found this page by WD0E which is quite nice.
>>
>> http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/information/faqs/pswitch.php
>>
>> Is there a more current page that contains this type of information.
>>
>> tnx W9KE Tom Doyle
>
> Hi Tom, W9KE
>
> For the antenna polarization of FO-29 please read belove:
> -------------------------------------------------------
> AMSAT NEWS SERVICE BULLETIN 254.S1
> FROM AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD, September 10, 2012
> TO ALL RADIO AMATEURS
> BID: $WSR-254.S1
>
> FO-29 JAS-2
> Catalog number: 24278
> Launch Date: August 17, 1996
>
> Mode and Antenna Polarization:
> V: RHCP
> U: RHCP
> --------------------------------------------------------
> i8CVS Note:
>
> Following my experience on FO-29 I can add the information
> belowe:
>
> FO-29 is RHCP circularly polarized both in uplink and downlink
> and has a fixed sense both up and down, but because of its orbit
> geometry and motion, continuously good signals through it for an
> entire pass can only maintained if the antennas ground station sense
> is switched, RHCP to LHCP and vice versa in 70 cm and 2 meters
> usually several times and on both uplink and downlink and so
> polarization switching relays on board of both up and down antennas
> are recommended.
>
> Read please my articles about polarization switching published on
> the AMSAT-Journal March/April 2007 and May/June 2007
>
> 73" de
>
> i8CVS Domenico
>
--
Sent from my computer.
tom ...
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 15:50:03 -0500
From: "Alan P. Biddle" <APBIDDLE@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, "SAREX-BB" <SAREX@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election Results
Message-ID: <198118753EBC4A75A4F55C3DC090CF20@xxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
As a result of the 2012 board of directors election, Tom Clark, K3IO, Lou
McFadin, W5DID, and Gould Smith, WA4SXM, will serve on the board for two
years. The first alternate is Mark Hammond, N8MH and the second alternate is
Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK. The final results of the voting with 700 ballots
cast are as follows;
Tom Clark, K3IO..............................514
Lou McFadin, W5DID......................449
Gould Smith, WA4SXM...................393
Mark Hammond, N9MH...................309
Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK.............213
Steve Coy, K8UD..............................162
Submitted by
Martha Saragovitz
Manager
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 01:18:57 +0200
From: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs@xxx.xx>
To: "Thomas Doyle" <tomdoyle1948@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Antenna Polarization Question
Message-ID: <000001cd9398$85d5b620$0301a8c0@xxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Doyle" <tomdoyle1948@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs@xxx.xx>
Cc: "Amsat - BBs" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Antenna Polarization Question
> Domenico,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I am slowly building my sat station back to what
> it was back in the day when I had a pair of KLM antennas with
> polarization switching. I have recently added a switchable
> polarization 70 cm antenna to my current station and am amazed at how
> often during an FO-29 pass it is necessary to change polarization. My
> memory is not what it should be but I do not remember as much
> switching being necessary when using AO-10 era sats. Perhaps they were
> more stable or the pass was so long that it did not seem like it
> required as much switching.
>
< snip >
>
> tnx & 73 W9KE Tom Doyle
>
Hi Tom, W9KE
Using AO-10 and in general HEO satellites like AO-13 and AO40
switching polarization was less necessary than using LEO satellites
because most of the time the satellite antennas were oriented toward
the earth with a small squint angle so that the polarization changed
very slowly mostly due only to the Faraday polarization rotation
when the wave passed through the ionosphere.
BTW the above HEO satellites were spinning over the Z axis
generating the so called "spin modulation" wich sounded like
WOW.......WOW.........WOW.........WOW
Only the AO40 downlink at 2401 MHz was less affected by the
polarization rotation due to Faraday effect and less affected by
the spin modulation.
Hope that some time in the future the HEO satellite P3E will
be placed in orbit !
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:55:59 -0400
From: Lee McLamb <ku4os@xxx.xx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-260 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
Message-ID: <D5.8D.15382.0CF35505@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xx.xxx>
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-260
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:
* Cubesats Deployed From Vandenberg Atlas V Launch
* 2012 AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting Comes to Orlando
* 2012 Symposium Banquet Speaker - Astronaut Dr. Samuel T. Durrance
* 2012 AMSAT Symposium Schedule
* AMSAT-NA Board of Directions Election Results
* DynaCube CubeSat Under Development in South Africa
* Japan's PROITERES Launched - Signals Received
* AMSAT Store Grand Reopening
* Five CubeSats to be Deployed From ISS on September 27
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
* ARISS Status - 10 September 2012
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-260.01
ANS-260 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 260.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 16, 2012
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-260.01
Cubesats Deployed From Vandenberg Atlas V Launch
The Atlas V NROL-36 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in Cali-
fornia, originally planned for August, successfully launched on 13 September
at
2139 UTC.
This launch carried a satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office. Also
aboard this flight at four cubesats as part of ELaNa IV mission and seven
cubesats for government missions.
Several hours after launch Justin Foley, KI6EPH, announced via the #Cubesat
IRC
Channel that all eight P-PODS had successfully deployed.
The ELaNa Cubesats aboard are:
+ CINEMA (Cubesat for Ion, Neutral, Electron, Magnetic fields)
o Downlinks for engineering telemetry and command are in the
2400-2450 MHz range; Science telemetry is in 2200-2300 MHz
range.
+ CSSWE (Colorado Student Space Weather Experiment)
o Downlink 437.345 MHz, 9k6 with AX25
+ CP5 (PolySat)
o Downlink 437.405 MHz at 1 watt, AFSK on LSB AX.25 over NRZI at
1200 baud, every 2 minutes, begins 3.5 hours after first turn-on.
+ CXBN (Cosmic X-Ray Background Nanosatellite)
o Downlink 437.525 MHz, GFSK, AX.25
The US Government Satellites aboard are:
+ Aeneas
o First cubesat to deploy 2.4 GHz Dish Antenna. WIFI transmitter
will transmit on 2425.0 MHz with 1 watt of output power.
o Downlink 437.600 MHz AX25 1200 bps beacon every 10 seconds and
spread spectrum two-way link elsewhere in the 70cm band.
+ ORSES (ORS Enabler Satellite)
+ Horus
+ Re
+ Aerocube 4A, 4B, 4C
o Testing deployable solar panels.
o Technology demonstration of "parachute-like" devices to deorbit
satellites.
o Testing closed-loop attitude control system based around a
three-axis gyroscope.
Please refer to the prior bulletin for mission summaries and satel-
lite team web pages: http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2012/000637.html
A detailed article of the launch can be found on-line at:
http://www.americaspace.org/?p=23568
[ANS thanks NASA, the CubeSat Teams noted above, AMSAT-UK, Gunter's
Space Page and nasaspaceflightnow.com for the above information]
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2012 AMSAT Space Symposium & Annual General Meeting Comes to Orlando
AMSAT announces the 2012 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held on
Friday, October 26th through Sunday, October 28th. The Symposium
weekend will feature:
+ Space Symposium with Amateur Satellite Presentations
+ Operating Techniques, News, & Plans from the Amateur Satellite World
+ Board of Directors Meeting open to AMSAT members
+ Meet Board Members and Officers
+ Annual General Membership Meeting
+ Annual Banquet-Keynote Speaker and Door Prizes
See the AMSAT Web Store to complete your on-line registration:
http://store.amsat.org/catalog/index.php?cPath=27
Downloadable paper registration forms in MS-Word format and
PDF format are available on the 2012 Symposium page:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2012/index.php
Prices for the Symposium are:
+ Symposium Registration including Proceedings
o Through September 23, 2012: $ 45.00
o Starting September 24, 2012: $ 50.00
o At the Door: $ 55.00
+ Saturday Evening Banquet $ 45.00
+ Sunday Morning Area Coordinators' Breakfast $ 15.00
+ Monday (Oct 29) bus trip to KSC and entrance ticket $ 100.00
The Symposium Hotel is the Holiday Inn at Orlando-International
Airport is located one mile from the Orlando International Airport
(MCO). The AMSAT discount rate is $99 + taxes per night. The reser-
vation block code used when calling the hotel directly is AMT.
The hotel telephone number is 407-851-6400. The Symposium Committee
recommends you make reservations by calling the hotel directly rather
than through the Web. Cutoff date for reservations is Oct 6, 2012.
The direct link to the hotel web page is:
http://www.holidayinn.com/hotels/us/en/orlando/mcoap/hoteldetail
The hotel offers free Internet connection and free airport shuttle.
When you arrive at the Orlando Airport call 407-709-5310 to request
the shuttle.
The Orlando International Airport (MCO) is the closest to the Sympos-
ium and is served by most major air carriers. The hotel address is:
5750 T.G. Lee Blvd - Orlando, FL 32822. A map link is included on
the hotel web page.
[ANS thanks the 2012 Symposium Committee for the above information]
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2012 Symposium Banquet Speaker - Astronaut Dr. Samuel T. Durrance
The featured speaker for the AMSAT 2012 Saturday Evening Banquet on
October 27 will be Dr. Samuel T. Durrance, NASA Astronaut/Payload
Specialist and Professor of Physics and Space Sciences at the Flor-
ida Institute of Technology.
Biography
---------
Samuel T. Durrance was born in Tallahassee, Florida, but considers
Tampa, Florida his hometown.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science de-
gree in physics (with honors), at California State University, Los
Angeles, 1972 and 1974, respectively, and a doctorate in astro-geo-
physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1980.
Dr. Durrance has been involved in space exploration, scientific re-
search and education for over 30 years. He has logged over 615 hours
in space as a payload specialist and member of the crew of Space
Shuttle Columbia for the STS-35/Astro-1 and Space Shuttle Endeavour
for the STS-67/Astro-2 missions.
He played several key roles in the design, construction, integration,
and operation of the Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope and NASA's Astro
Observatory. He conducted research and directed graduate students at
the Johns Hopkins University for 16 years.
He has designed and built spectrometers, detectors, and imaging sys-
tems, and made numerous spacecraft and ground-based astronomical ob-
servations. He conceived and directed a program to develop adaptive-
optics instrumentation for ground based astronomy.
He led the team that designed and built the Adaptive Optics Corona-
graph, which led to the discovery of the first cool brown dwarf,
Gliese 229 b, orbiting a nearby star. He also co-discovered a tell-
tale signature of planet formation in the dust disk surrounding the
star beta Pictoris.
Starting in 2001, Durrance was the executive director of the Florida
Space Research Institute (FSRI) created by the State of Florida in
2000. FSRI was located at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in support of
the State's Space Life Sciences Laboratory. Durrance guided FSRI
from its start up phase to a successful research and education or-
ganization.
Since 2006, he has been a professor of physics and space sciences
at the Florida Institute of Technology. At Florida Tech he is devel-
oping an interdisciplinary research program and undergraduate degree
program in astrobiology. His long-term goal at Florida Tech is to
create a climate where students and faculty can regularly participate
in space-based research programs. His research interests include the
origin and evolution of the solar system, the search for planets
around other stars, planetary astronomy, atmospheric physics, nuc-
lear physics, adaptive optics, spacecraft operations, and the origin
of life.
He has published over 70 technical papers on planetary astronomy,
adaptive optics, atmospheric physics, nuclear physics, and spacecraft
operations.
[ANS thanks the 2012 Symposium Committee for the above information]
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2012 AMSAT Symposium Schedule
To help you plan your trip to Orlando the 2012 Symposium Committee
has posted a high-level schedule of the weekend's events.
Preliminary 2012 Symposium Schedule
Thursday 25 October 2012
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AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting 8am - 9pm
Friday 26 October 2012
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AMSAT Board of Directors Meeting 8am - Noon
Trips to SkyCraft 9am - Noon
AMSAT Symposium 1pm - 5pm
Saturday 27 October 2012
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Symposium 8am - 3pm
AMSAT General Meeting 3:30pm
AMSAT Banquet 6:30pm - 10pm
Sunday 28 October 2012
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7:30am AMSAT Area Coordinator's Breakfast
Local trip of Interest TBD
Monday 29 October 2012
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Special trip to Kennedy Space Center 8am-6pm
The trip will include a round trip bus from the hotel and entrance
to the Space Center. The cost will be about $100. This is a wonderful
experience for those that haven't been and for those that have been
multiple times. We need to get an idea of how many will participate
to select the correct bus. Contact Martha if interested
Watch the AMSAT Symposium Web Pages for the latest information:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2012/index.php
[ANS thanks the 2012 Symposium Committee for the above information]
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AMSAT-NA Board of Directions Election Results
As a result of the 2012 board of directors election, Tom Clark, K3IO, Lou
McFadin, W5DID, and Gould Smith, WA4SXM, will serve on the board for two
years. The first alternate is Mark Hammond, N8MH and the second alternate is
Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK. The final results of the voting with 700 ballots
cast are as follows;
Tom Clark, K3IO..............................514
Lou McFadin, W5DID......................449
Gould Smith, WA4SXM...................393
Mark Hammond, N9MH...................309
Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK.............213
Steve Coy, K8UD..............................162
[ANS thanks Alan, WA4SCA, and Martha for the above information]
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DynaCube CubeSat Under Development in South Africa
A news item on the South African Radio League reports on their Sept-
ember 9 amateur radio newscast that 20 interns at the Denel Dynamics
Engineering Academy of Learning are designing and building the Dyna-
Cube CubeSat as part of their internship training. The interns are
students who have completed their engineering degree, masters or PhD.
During the first year they spend half their time in the Academy and
the other half in their designated departments. "The programme is
aimed at exposing interns to a complete product development cycle",
said Grant Wilson who leads the Academy. "Designing and building a
CubeSat and developing a ground station to manage the satellite is
an ideal project to achieve this."
The 20 strong Intern Project Team was split into three separate teams,
each responsible for certain aspects of the project. Team Ground Zero
is responsible for the ground station and radio frequency (RF) link
components. Team Virtuoso is responsible for the cube structure and
on-board computer; and Team Frodo is responsible for the payload,
Attitude Control and Determination System (ADCS), and the launch.
More information about DynaCube on the SA AMSAT web at:
http://www.amasatsa.org.za
[ANS thanks SARL and SA AMSAT for the above information]
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Japan's PROITERES Launched - Signals Received
The PROITERES satellite, built by a team of students and faculty
members of Osaka Institute of Technology (OIT) was successfully
launched aboard India's PSLV C21 rocket on September 9.
The purpose of the mission is to demonstrate powered flight using
a Pulsed Plasma Thruster (PPT) engine. Its amateur radio callsign
is JL3YZK.
PROITERES stands for PRoject of OIT Electric-Rocket-Engine Onboard
Small Space Ship and will transmit on 437.485 MHz FM/AFSK. The space-
craft carries a camera and the two CPU's run the Linux operating
system. Amateur radio operators around the world reported copying
the downlink signal shortly after launch.
[ANS thanks Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL for the above information]
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AMSAT Store Grand Reopening
The AMSAT Store is fully open for business after being updated. All
the usual AMSAT software, hardware, and clothing are available, as
is the registration for the AMSAT 2012 Symposium and activities:
http://store.amsat.org/catalog/index.php?cPath=27
Please stop by, even if you are just looking:
http://store.amsat.org/catalog/
You can also find a link to the AMSAT Store from the main web page
at: http://www.amsat.org. It is the bottom button on the list on the
left side of the main page.
If you don't find what you are looking for here, contact Martha at
the main office:
+ E-mail at martha at amsat.org
+ From the US call toll free at (888) 322-6728
+ From all other locations call (301) 589-6062
+ Fax (301) 608-3410
+ Regular mail: AMSAT, 850 Sligo Ave. Suite 600, Silver Spring, MD
20910
[ANS thanks Alan Biddle, WA4SCA for tha above information]
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Five CubeSats to be Deployed From ISS on September 27
Five cubesats launched on July 21 and now aboard the ISS have been
integrated with the J-SSOD small satellite deployer on the the Jap-
anese Experiment Module, also known as Kibo. They will be deployed
with the Kibo robotic arm planned September 27, 2012. Deployment of
these satellites was delayed last week due to crew EVA activities.
The five CubeSats on this mission include:
+ Raiko
http://www.astro.mech.tohoku.ac.jp/RAIKO/ (Japanese)
2U cubesat, photography, Ku-band beacon
+ We Wish
http://www.meisei.co.jp/news/2011/0617_622.html
Infrared camera for environmental studies
+ FITSat 1
http://www.fit.ac.jp/~tanaka/fitsat.shtml
High-speed data test, high power LED visual tracking
CW Beacon 437.250 MHz,
FM Data 437.445 MHz,
High speed data 5840.00 MHz.
+ F-1 Vietnam Student CubeSat
On-board camera for earth observation mission
VX-3R1, 437.485 MHz FM downlink:
o Solar cell power only, operates in sunlight only
o Output power: max 0.3W, half-wave dipole antenna
o Morse code beacon (10 chars) using PWM CW every 30 seconds
VX-3R2, 145.980 MHz FM downlink:
o Rechargeable battery, operates in dark and sunlight
o Output power: max 1.0W, half-wave dipole antenna
o AFSK 1200bps, half duplex, one AX.25 packet every 30 seconds
+ TechEdSat
http://ncasst.org/techedsat.html
http://www.uk.amsat.org/5018
Downlink on 437.465 MHz
[ANS thanks the CubeSat teams, and Mineo Wakita JE9PEL for the
above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ California amateurs may be interested in observing the flyover on
the morning of September 20, 2012, of space shuttle Endeavour. It
is scheduled to perform a low-level flyover of northern California,
passing near NASA's Ames Research Center and various landmarks in
multiple cities, including San Francisco and Sacramento en route
to its permanent home at the California Science Center in Los An-
geles. Endeavour is mounted atop NASA's modified 747 Shuttle Car-
rier Aircraft (SCA). Additional details are posted at:
http://spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=38476
+ Keith Cowing from SpaceRef.com interviewed Flight Engineer Astro-
naut Suni Williams on the International Space Station:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=T_D_o9UxpTE
+ Science minded hams might want to investigate CosmoQuest, home to
several citizen science projects. You will find the opportunity to
join Vesta Mappers - Explore the surface of Vesta, one of the larg-
est asteroids in our Solar System. Or join Moon Mappers - to ident-
ify craters and other interesting phenomena in actual images of the
moon. The Ice Investigators project will have you looking for aster-
oids and transient space objects to help to direct the New Horizons
spacecraft. Visit http://cosmoquest.org/ for more information.
+ This article discusses how CubeSats have captured the attention of
space agencies and universities world-wide due to the significant
amount of science that can now be packed aboard. Read up at:
http://thespacereview.com/article/2155/1
+ The next Hudson Valley Satcom net date is Thursday, September 27,
8 PM EDT (UTC-4 UTC) on the 146.97 MHz MBARC Repeater (PL 100). An
echolink connection is available on the N2EYH-L node. More informa-
tion at: http://www.hvsatcom.org. (Stu, WA2BSS)
[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]
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ARISS Status - 10 September 2012
1. German Students Delighted with ARISS Contact
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held
between on-orbit astronaut Sunita Williams, KD5PLB and students at
the Gymnasium
Michelstadt in Michelstadt, Germany on Friday, September 7. Williams
was able to
answer 14 questions posed by the students during the ISS pass. Over 1600
students, teachers, and VIP's were in attendance, as well as representatives
from radio, television and newspapers. Positive feedback was received from the
school, including the following: "Older colleagues compared the feeling to
watching the moon landing in TV. Our Kids were electrified and already now we
can see an increased interest in sciences and extracurricular
activities. We are
planning to continue this topic and have further projects in this
field." Video
has been posted. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xmL6wSPWzE
2. Girls' School Speaks with ISS Astronaut
On Sunday, September 9, Tara Anglican School in North Parramatta, New South
Wales, Australia spoke with Astronaut Sunita Williams, KD5PLB via an Amateur
Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact. The radio connection
was provided by telebridge station ON4ISS in Belgium. The contact was
integrated into the school's science and space curriculum. Tara Anglican, a
girls K-12 school, was selected by Oxford University as the
Australian school to
participate in the Global Jet Watch Program which links astronomers at Oxford
University with students from four high schools around the world in Australia,
Chile, South Africa and India in order to carry out cutting edge research.
Oxford University installed a research grade 20 inch RC Optical telescope,
together with custom designed instrumentation and an observatory with a 4.5
metre dome on Tara's grounds for use by the students. The school also formed a
partnership with the Astronomical Society of New South Wales (ASNSW) through
which students are mentored in complex astronomy projects by
experienced amateur
astronomers.
[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 addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Lee McLamb, KU4OS
ku4os at amsat dot org
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:37:46 -0500
From: Stefan Wagener <wageners@xxxxx.xxx>
To: APBIDDLE@xxxxxxx.xxx
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, SAREX-BB <SAREX@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election
Results
Message-ID:
<CAKu8kHCiLrJ9pgFA7d1Y75B4MWt+EW6LJJZeVdzuVhipy-3dVg@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
700 ballots and how many eligible voting members?
Stefan, VE4NSA
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Alan P. Biddle <APBIDDLE@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> As a result of the 2012 board of directors election, Tom Clark, K3IO, Lou
> McFadin, W5DID, and Gould Smith, WA4SXM, will serve on the board for two
> years. The first alternate is Mark Hammond, N8MH and the second alternate
> is
> Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK. The final results of the voting with 700 ballots
> cast are as follows;
>
> Tom Clark, K3IO..............................514
> Lou McFadin, W5DID......................449
> Gould Smith, WA4SXM...................393
> Mark Hammond, N9MH...................309
> Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK.............213
> Steve Coy, K8UD..............................162
>
> Submitted by
> Martha Saragovitz
> Manager
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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!
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>
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 21:46:22 -0700
From: John Belstner <jbelstner@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS Contact looking for ears
Message-ID: <8ABE8819-13A5-4285-A163-F26E0A59CC5B@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
We will be operating an ARISS contact for the students at Sunset Hills
Elementary School this coming Thursday around 10:24 AM local.
http://ariss.rac.ca/upcoming.htm#Sunset_Hills_Elementary,_San_Diego,_Californi
a,_USA
Unfortunately we have some challenging terrain surrounding the school that
makes this particular pass less than optimal. I'm wondering if someone up
the coast from us would mind capturing a recording of the downlink (145.800
MHz) particularly at and just after LOS for us here in San Diego.
You can contact me off BB if you are available to help out.
Thanks much and 73,
John - W9EN
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 13:42:46 +0100
From: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: [sdr-radio-com] Funcube Dongle Pro +
Message-ID:
<CAPRXzyrSY7EnF3U7w-Egy9ayogN4j_A6KxT3iYdusBw5ia_6KQ@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Sorry if the cross-post bothers you--but this one is on topic with what we
do! Don't think I saw any related posts yet on -BB.
73,
Mark N8MH
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <sdr-radio-com@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Date: Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 12:24 PM
Subject: [sdr-radio-com]
To: sdr-radio-com@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Funcube Dongle Pro Plus
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&view=bsp&ver=ohhl4rw8mbn4#139ced27fe8f
0a90_1a>
by
"Paul" pwhatton
Message
1a Funcube Dongle Pro Plus
<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sdr-radio-com/message/11399;_ylc=X3oDMTJzMTYzdD
ExBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzQ5Nzc3NDcwBGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARtc2dJZAMxMTM5
OQRzZWMDZG1zZwRzbGsDdm1zZwRzdGltZQMxMzQ3Nzk0NjYz>
Sat Sep 15, 2012 11:36 am (PDT) . Posted by: "Paul" pwhatton
<paul@xxxxx.xx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Howard G6LVB launched the Funcube Dongle Howard G6LVB launched the Funcube
Dongle Plus today at the UK AMSAT
Colloquium at Guildford. His 40 minute presentation, much of which is
about the new Funcube is available online from the BATC web site.
To view it visit http://www.batc.tv/vod/AMSAT%20session2.flv
Or if you find the streaming lumpy you can download it (157MB) to watch
locally. http://www.batc.tv/ and click on Film Archive. Choose AMSAT
2012 from the first drop down menu and click Select Category. Then
select 02-FUNcube PRO-PLUS from the second dropdown menu and then Select
Stream. There's a download video link in the text.
The first ten minutes are about the FCD, after which he presents about
the Funcube Dongle Pro Plus in detail.
Regards
Paul G4DCV
//
--
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 12:57:14 +0000
From: "David H. Jordan" <n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "Stefan Wagener" <wageners@xxxxx.xxx>, amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx
APBIDDLE@xxxxxxx.xxx
Cc: AMSAT-BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>, SAREX-BB <SAREX@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election
Results
Message-ID:
<600998187-1347800245-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1987331712-@xxx
.xxx.xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain
The same thought crossed my mind Stefan.
Dave, AA4KN
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Wagener <wageners@xxxxx.xxx>
Sender: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxxxxxx Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:37:46
To: <APBIDDLE@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>; SAREX-BB<SAREX@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election Results
700 ballots and how many eligible voting members?
Stefan, VE4NSA
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Alan P. Biddle <APBIDDLE@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> As a result of the 2012 board of directors election, Tom Clark, K3IO, Lou
> McFadin, W5DID, and Gould Smith, WA4SXM, will serve on the board for two
> years. The first alternate is Mark Hammond, N8MH and the second alternate
> is
> Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK. The final results of the voting with 700 ballots
> cast are as follows;
>
> Tom Clark, K3IO..............................514
> Lou McFadin, W5DID......................449
> Gould Smith, WA4SXM...................393
> Mark Hammond, N9MH...................309
> Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK.............213
> Steve Coy, K8UD..............................162
>
> Submitted by
> Martha Saragovitz
> Manager
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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: 11
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 07:57:44 -0500
From: "Alan P. Biddle" <APBIDDLE@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "'Stefan Wagener'" <wageners@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: 'AMSAT-BB' <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election
Results
Message-ID: <C580815C14764FA8AB8C9EC5137F1698@xxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Stefan,
I don't have the current membership number handy, but the turnout was about
18-20%. It is down a bit this year. It tends to rise and fall with the
number of active satellites, and member interest. Since there are a bumper
crop in the works, ours and others, over the next year, I am hoping that
goes up.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
-----Original Message-----
From: Stefan Wagener [mailto:wageners@xxxxx.xxxx
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 10:38 PM
To: APBIDDLE@xxxxxxx.xxx
Cc: AMSAT-BB; SAREX-BB
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] 2012 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Election Results
700 ballots and how many eligible voting members?
Stefan, VE4NSA
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Alan P. Biddle <APBIDDLE@xxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
As a result of the 2012 board of directors election, Tom Clark,
K3IO, Lou
McFadin, W5DID, and Gould Smith, WA4SXM, will serve on the board for
two
years. The first alternate is Mark Hammond, N8MH and the second
alternate is
Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK. The final results of the voting with 700
ballots
cast are as follows;
Tom Clark, K3IO..............................514
Lou McFadin, W5DID......................449
Gould Smith, WA4SXM...................393
Mark Hammond, N9MH...................309
Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK.............213
Steve Coy, K8UD..............................162
Submitted by
Martha Saragovitz
Manager
_______________________________________________
Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. Opinions expressed are those of the
author.
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program!
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