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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Better/best operating system for SatPC32? (Erich Eichmann)
2. Re: Better/best operating system for SatPC32? (James Luhn)
3. Re: Better/best operating system for SatPC32? (Tony Langdon)
4. Re: Better/best operating system for SatPC32? (Jim Jerzycke)
5. Help call for a Yeasu GS-232B (Robert C. Campbell)
6. Re: Better/best operating system for SatPC32? (David Giles)
7. ANS-139 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (Lee McLamb)
8. Experience with M2 436CP42UG (PE0SAT | Amateur Radio)
9. UK Astronaut to fly in 2015 (M5AKA)
10. Trouble found, help no longer required (Robert C. Campbell)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 21:17:00 +0200
From: Erich Eichmann <erich.eichmann@xxxxxxxx.xx>
To: kc6uqh@xxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Better/best operating system for SatPC32?
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Hello Art,
The USB port of the IC-9100 is a built in USB-to-Serial adapter. If you
disconnect the USB cable from the PC the COM port to/from which the
program sends/receives data is no longer available. The link is
interrupted. The same happens when you switch off the radio while the
program is running. Therefore first close the program. I have described
that in the FAQs file (fig. 5o). Also, there is a patch file on my
website (page Downloads) that traps the error.
The traditional CI-V jacket of the IC-9100 for CAT control doesn't
cause such problems but works
absolutely reliable. It must be connected to a physical COM port or an
external USB-to-Serial adatper. Therefore switching of the radio
doesn't close the COM port and interrupt the serial connection.
73s, Erich, DK1TB
Am 18.05.2013 07:39, schrieb Art McBride:
> To ALL,
> I have used Sat PC for several years on XP, and Vista. It crashes on me if I
> disconnect the USB serial connection to the radio, otherwise it is a well
> behaved program. How the bios handles the USB ports is computer specific and
> could be the cause of the crashing.
>
> Art,
> KC6UQH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
> Behalf Of Hector, CO6CBF
> Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2013 9:56 AM
> To:amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Better/best operating system for SatPC32?
>
> Hello to all!
>
> I have an old desktop PC dedicated to ham radio ( 1 GHz Pentium CPU, 256 MB
> of RAM and Win XP). I have had SatPC32 running 24x7 since December and I
> have never had a SatPC32 crash.
>
> 73!
>
> Hector, CO6CBF
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx En nombre
> de Jim Jerzycke
> Enviado el: s?bado, 18 de mayo de 2013 1:13
> Para:amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Asunto: [amsat-bb] Re: Better/best operating system for SatPC32?
>
> Same here.
>
> I've had it running on XP and Win 7 64-bit for WEEKS at a time and
> _never_ had a crash.
>
> Jim KQ6EA
>
> On 05/18/2013 04:26 AM, George Henry wrote:
>> Interesting. I have NEVER had a SatPC32 crash, under XP or Win7, and
>> I have left it running continuously for several days at a time.
>>
>>
>> George, KA3HSW
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lizeth Norman"
>> <normanlizeth@xxxxx.xxx>
>> To: "Philip Jenkins"<n4hf.philip@xxxxx.xxx>
>> Cc:<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
>> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 10:55 PM
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Better/best operating system for SatPC32?
>>
>>
>>> None. Pick you poison. Satpc32 crashes using all operating systems. Good
>>> for an hour or so. Then you get an OLE FEHER error. Tried this over all
>>> operating systems (xp, win7, win8)
>>> Grab a pc from the kerb and load up xp. cheap and simple.
>>> As many problems as satpc32 has, it's far and away better than the
>>> competition.
>>>
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 18:48:01 -0400
From: James Luhn <luhn@xx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Better/best operating system for SatPC32?
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I had numerous crashes with satPC32 until I followed the suggestion of
several here on this list. What solved my crash issues was the replacement
of the internal serial to USB adapter with a serial IC and then use an
external USB to serial adapter. Since I have made this simple mod I have not
had one problem. Before I made the change, my computer would lock up in
less than an hour. This is probably a driver issue. Since everything works
now, I probably will not pursue this issue.
73,
James
W5AOO
Sent from my iPad
On May 18, 2013, at 1:30 PM, amsat-bb-request@xxxxx.xxx wrote:
> Better/best operating system for SatPC32?
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 09:27:00 +1000
From: Tony Langdon <vk3jed@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Better/best operating system for SatPC32?
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On 19/05/13 12:33 AM, Philip Jenkins wrote:
> Thanks for the replies. I do have a Win 7-64 machine with 4GB RAM as my
> main PC; I've just never used the 32 bit version and wanted to see if I
> needed to avoid it.
I'd only use the 32 bit version on a machine with < 4GB RAM. The amount
of RAM you have would normally be the main factor determining whether
you use 32 or 64 bit. Less than about 3GB (exact value varies from
system to system), and 32 bit may result in slightly less RAM usage. At
worst, you're no worse off, and you do have compatibility with
applications and hardware that uses only 32 bit driver (or other kernel
mode) code. Once you start getting over that 3 GB RAM, then the extra
addressing capability of the 64 bit OSs comes into play, and you need
the 64 bit version to fully utilise your available RAM (there are
exceptions, mainly 32 bit Windows Server and Linux PAE kernels, but for
end user Windows versions, the previous applies).
I've run 64 bit Windows Vista and 7 with no issues, except the obvious
ones, such as:
Software or hardware that only comes with 32 bit drivers (64 bit OS
needs 64 bit drivers).
Unsigned drivers - 64 bit Windows is normally anal retentive about
driver signing, but there is a workaround.
Old 16 bit software or installers - 16 bit software does not run under
64 bit Windows. Workaround here is to use a virtual machine - VMware,
VirtualBox, etc.
Linux is definitely a viable alternative. A lot of ham software these
days has Linux equivalents, packet is built right into the network
stack, and a lot of Windows software will happily run under
WINE/Crossover .
--
73 de Tony VK3JED
http://vkradio.com
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 23:35:10 +0000
From: Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Better/best operating system for SatPC32?
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The entire time I've been running SatPC32, I've been using a Keyspan
4-port USB-to-serial converter.
I run my FT-847, my Fox Delta rotor interface, and my HP Z3801
Timebase/GPS clock without ANY crashes.
People may complain that these adapters "cost too much", and then they
buy multiple cheap adapters, with rotten drivers that don't "steer" the
USB ports correctly, and blame the program they're trying to run when
things crash.
You pays your money and you takes your chances.
I'd rather pay more, and have solid equipment.
Jim KQ6EA
On 05/18/2013 10:48 PM, James Luhn wrote:
> I had numerous crashes with satPC32 until I followed the suggestion of
several here on this list. What solved my crash issues was the replacement
of the internal serial to USB adapter with a serial IC and then use an
external USB to serial adapter. Since I have made this simple mod I have not
had one problem. Before I made the change, my computer would lock up in
less than an hour. This is probably a driver issue. Since everything works
now, I probably will not pursue this issue.
>
> 73,
> James
> W5AOO
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On May 18, 2013, at 1:30 PM, amsat-bb-request@xxxxx.xxx wrote:
>
>> Better/best operating system for SatPC32?
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 19:38:42 -0400
From: "Robert C. Campbell" <kb3pmr@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Help call for a Yeasu GS-232B
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Today while working the sats with Satpc32 the G-5500 would rotate east to
west but not return with a call from PSTrotator.
It seemed to get progressively worse and I would have to return the rotator
to east manualy using the manual box. I checked for broken wires from the
rotator to the manual box and everything wrings out fine. The rotator works
fine in manual mode...push the switches for az/el and the rotator turns and
returns the proper position indication on the needles. By the end of the
day the GS-232 is not communicating with the G-5500 at all and will not
command or return a rotator position to the computer via satPC32. My
thoughts are...the serial board in the dell laptop, bad serial cable, or
bad GS-232. Baud rates, com. ports and general set up for SatPC32
remain unchanged and have worked for the last 3 plus years. I can afford
and new serial cable. Thoughts welcome here or contact me off page at
kb3pmr@xxxxx.xxx
Thanks
Bob
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 09:22:08 +0930
From: David Giles <vk5dg@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Better/best operating system for SatPC32?
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Hello Philip,
I use SatPC32 using VMWARE. The XP OS is running as a guest on my Linux PC.
Serial ports for radio/antenna work but there is no driver for a
parallel port.
It might take a bit of effort to set up but I can run just about
anything using
Windows as just another process under Linux.
73 de David VK5DG
On 18/05/13 06:07, Philip Jenkins wrote:
> I'm in the process of buying a very low-end refurbished PC for use at Field
> Day and at a 10 day local fair this Fall to demonstrate satellite operating.
>
> All that this PC will be used for is running packet software and SatPC32 in
> the field. I haven't decided yet if I'm going to use the PC to control the
> antenna. (I may use this PC as for packet/APRS at home; I have another Win
> XP shack desktop already dedicated to ham radio/SatPC32/rig control/antenna
> steering.)
>
> Which is a better OS for this, Win 7 Home Premium 32-bit (which most of the
> PCs that I'm looking at) or Win 7 Home Premium (64-bit)? I had heard there
> were some compatibility problems (not necessarily with any ham radio
> software) with the 32-bit version when Win 7 first came out.
>
> Most of the machines with either version come with 1 GB RAM - should I
> choose one with 2GB or more (or install more RAM myself), or will 1 GB be
> sufficient for the light use I'm intending for this machine? (I noticed in
> the WIN 7 specifications that 1 GB is the minimum.)
>
> Most of the PCs I'm looking at with have a serial port as well (which is
> one of my criterion for considering these units) - that will make my life
> much easier with the old TNCs I have :-)
>
> To sum up, which OS should I choose, Win 7 Home Premium 32-bit, or Home
> Premium (64-bit)?
>
> Tnx es 73
>
> Philip N4HF
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 22:16:28 -0400
From: Lee McLamb <ku4os@xxx.xx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-139 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-139
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space
including 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.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat.org.
In this edition:
* AMSAT Fox-1 Launch Date Announced
* AMSAT At The Dayton Hamvention
* DARC and UBA Support Amateur Radio in Tunisia
* Frequencies announced for HamTV from the International Space Station
* AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium News
* Merritt Island High School StangSat Progress and Launch Date
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ANS-139 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 139.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
May 19, 2013
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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AMSAT Fox-1 Launch Date Announced
NASA announced on May 13, 2013 that AMSAT?s Fox-1 spacecraft has been assigned
for launch in 2014 on the ELaNa XII mission. The expected orbit is 470 x 780
km
at 64 degrees inclination. This orbit has a lifetime of about 11 years.
AMSAT Vice President Engineering, Tony Monteiro, AA2TX, reported that the
software development team successfully brought up the Fox-1 system software on
the Internal Housekeeping Unit (IHU). The IHU is the brains of the Fox-1
satellite and it has a 32-bit, STM32L
microprocessor. The operating IHU card was
shown in the AMSAT Engineering booth at the Dayton Hamvention.
The Fox-1 Engineering Team will deliver the satellite for integration with the
launch vehicle during May, 2014 with the launch scheduled for November, 2014.
Tony commented, ?While this is later than we had hoped, it is well within the
normal variance of ELaNa launch dates and the extra time will be most welcome
for additional satellite testing. This is very
exciting news and really puts the
focus on finishing the satellite and ground station software development.?
President Barry Baines says, ?AMSAT?s focus on
STEM education and development of
a cubesat platform capable of flying a science mission with a reliable
communications link resulted in the selection of Fox-1 in the third round and
RadFxSat (Fox-1B) in the fourth round of NASA?s Cubesat Launch Initiative.?
All Fox cubesats are designed to host advanced science payloads to support
future science missions that help us to continue qualify for NASA ELaNa (free)
launches. The Phase 1 Fox satellites are 1-Unit CubeSats. They each include an
analog FM repeater that will allow simple ground stations using an HT and an
?arrow? type antenna to make contacts using the satellite. This was the mode
made so popular by AO-51. The Phase 1 CubeSats also have the capability of
operating in a high-speed digital mode for data communications. Phase 2 Fox
satellites will include software-defined-transponders (SDX) like the one
tested
on ARISSat-1. These will be able to operate in a wide variety of analog and
digital communications modes including linear transponders. Since this
requires
more power for reliable operation, these will probably all be 3-Unit CubeSats.
Watch the AMSAT Journal and the AMSAT web (http://www.amsat.org) page for more
news and details.
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Fox Team for the above information ]
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AMSAT At The Dayton Hamvention
This is past week the really big show in Amateur Radio was the 2013 Hamvention
near Dayton, Ohio.
AMSAT's theme this year at Dayton was "AMSAT - A View to the Future."
Thursday, 16 May, featured the third Annual AMSAT
"Dinner at Tickets" party held
at Tickets Pub & Eatery in Fairborn, OH.
Friday, 17 May, concluded with the AMSAT/TAPR Banquet. The banquet is one of
the main AMSAT activities during the Hamvention
at Dayton. The speaker this year
was Bruce Perens, K6BP, sharing the humorous history of technology evangelism:
"The Evangelist's Dilemma: Driving New Ideas With Nothing But Words."
Saturday, 18 May, included the opportuity to get the latest information about
what is going on with AMSAT and its projects at the AMSAT Forum including the
exciting news of the launch date announced by NASA for the Fox-1 Satellite.
Along with each day's featured activities every day included outside demos on
all available satellite passes. Meanwhile,
inside at the AMSAT booth, the Fox-1
Internal Housekeeping Unit (IHU.), the brains of the Fox-1 satellite, and
paper
models of the FOX-1 satellite where available for
everyone to stop by and have a
look.
Other hardware was also available for purchase. AMSAT had a supply of the
popular V/U/WX receive preamplifiers at Dayton for display and sales. These
preamps came fully assembled, tested, and installed in a metal enclosure with
female BNC connectors on input and output and covers 100 MHz to 500 MHz which
includes the 137 MHz WX, 2M, and 70cm satellite bands. Full details and
schematic can be found in the November/December 2012 AMSAT Journal article by
Mark Spencer, WA8SME, or downloaded from the item
in the Hardware section of the
AMSAT Store:
http://store.amsat.org/catalog/
Finally an updated LVB Tracker was shown at Dayton. AMSAT has sold the popular
G6LVB Tracker for several years. We now have a new version which replaces the
amber LCD display with an OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display. The new
display offers a high visibility contrast with a wide angle of view. It will
be available in blue, green and amber. Current LVB Tracker owners may update
their own units or may send their LVB Tracker to WB8CXO for retrofit if they
don't wish to do the modifications themselves. Upgrading existing trackers
will
be $50 + shipping. Contact WB8CXO@xxxxx.xxx for details.
[ANS thanks AMSAT's 2013 Dayton Committee, Tony, AA2TX, and Alan, WA4SCA,
for the above information]
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DARC and UBA Support Amateur Radio in Tunisia
The Deutscher Amateur Radio Club, which is Germany's national amateur radio
society, reports that after the political changes in Tunisia amateur radio in
that North African country has a new opportunity to expand. This as members
of
the Association of Tunisian Radio Amateurs used
World Amateur Radio Day on April
18th to inform the that nations public and in particular its Minister for
Technology, Information and Communication about amateur radio in its various
forms.
Representatives of European amateur radio organizations were there to support
the event. This included the International Office
of the Deutscher Amateur Radio
Club in the person of Mustapha Landoulsi, DL1BDF. Landoulsi gave a
presentation on the important role of amateur radio in emergency and disaster
situations.
Stefan Dombrowski, ON6TI, from the Belgian federation the U-B-A was also on
hand. He explained the history of the development of amateur radio
satellites,
and in particular, the construction of CubeSat spacecraft and the AMSAT-UK
FUNcube satellite.
According to reports, the Tunisian Minister was
quite impressed by the potential
of amateur radio. As a result he has promised to ensure that the necessary
statutory basis for granting individual licenses would be created as soon as
possible.
[ANS thanks the Amateur Radio Newsline for the above information]
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Frequencies announced for HamTV from the International Space Station
Frequencies have been announced for the new Ham Radio Digital TV transmitter
that will send video from the ISS in the amateur radio 2400 MHz band.
The main mission of HamTV is to perform school contacts between the astronauts
onboard ISS and the scholarship, not only by voice, but also by unidirectional
video from the ISS to the ground within the ARISS program.
In addition to the existing VHF radio amateur station, ISS will host a S-Band
video transmitting station. This new equipment
can broadcast images from the ISS
during the school contacts or other pre-recorded video images up to 24 hours a
day to allow ground stations tuning.
It is planned to transmit DVB-S signals on 2.4GHz at either 1.3Msps or 2.3Msps
with 10 watts of RF from the ISS Columbus module.
The IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination Panel have announced
frequencies of 2422.0 MHz and 2437.0 MHz.
HamVideo is the name of the onboard DATV S-band transmitter. HamTV is the name
of the complete system, comprising DATV downlink and VHF voice uplink. Kaiser
Italia SRL was the prime-contractor for the
design and development of the flight
and ground segment http://www.kayser.it/index.php/exploration-2/ham-tv
Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano KF5KDP is planned to launch from Baikonur in
Kazhakstan to the ISS on May 28 (see High School Student?s RocketHub Project).
It is understood that the HamTV equipment will be carried to the ISS on the
Japanese HTV-4 spacecraft currently planned for a launch on August 4.
HamTV on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Hamtvproject
More information from AMSAT-Italia at
http://www.amsat.it/Amsat-Italia_HamTV_brochure.pdf
Link Budget http://www.amsat.it/Amsat-Italia_HamTV.pdf
ARISS Antennas Installed on Columbus http://www.ariss-eu.org/columbus.htm
[ANS thanks Mike, M5AKA, for the above information]
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AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium News
The 2013 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium will start late afternoon on
Friday, July 19 and will run through until the afternoon on Sunday, July 21 at
the Holiday Inn, Guildford, GU2 7XZ, UK.
It will be preceded by an exciting ?Hands-on? CubeSat Workshop which will take
place at the nearby University of Surrey on the Friday and this will be
followed, at the hotel, by the usual Colloquium ?Beginners Session? in the
late
afternoon.
A number of keynote presentations have already
been arranged for the Colloquium.
These include Alistair Scott, the President of the British Interplanetary
Society. The BIS has, over many decades, developed ideas and concepts about
the
future of space travel and both Patrick Moore and Arthur C Clarke were
members.
Alistair has had many years experience working in
the space industry and will be
reviewing the future possibilities for ventures
into space both small and large.
The BIS is presently developing one of the Sprites for the Kicksat mission and
Andrew Vaudin will be presenting a paper about this and also providing a
demonstration.
It is anticipated that both the FUNcube-1 and FUNcube-2 missions will be
launched later this year and the FUNcube team will be on hand to talk about
the
missions and the planned educational outreach. A full demonstration of the
Engineering Model, which has been performing flawlessly for almost a year,
will
also be provided.
On the Sunday, the General Manager of the RSGB, Graham Coomber, G0NBI will be
talking about the Society?s vision of the future of amateur radio and how
amateur satellites can play a major part in helping to secure that future.
There will also be updates on a number of the other current amateur satellite
projects including HAMtv from the ISS, spectrum matters, operating methods,
new
products etc. Additionally there will be a satellite demonstration station
operating over the weekend and visits to the new technical facilities at the
University are planned.
There are still a few slots available for additional speakers, so if you would
like to make a presentation, please contact Dave Johnson G4DPZ e-mail: dave at
g4dpz dot me dot uk as soon as possible.
The AMSAT-UK organising committee looks forward to welcoming both regular
attendees and newcomers ? you can be assured of a warm welcome and an exciting
weekend.
The event is open to all, full details of the accommodation, travel and
booking
arrangements are at
http://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/colloquium-2013/
Details of the free ?Hands On? CubeSat Workshop are at
http://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/cubesat-workshop-2013/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information ]
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Merritt Island High School StangSat Progress and Launch Date
Integrated testing of the Merritt Island High School StangSat with CalPoly
was
accomplished this past week. During the testing it was shown that StangSat can
receive the wake-up and sleep signal from CalPoly's satellite and go to the
respective states. StangSat's mission is to measure acceleration and other
factors involved in a launch.
NASA has announced that StangSat launch will be next Summer on a SpaceX
mission
called CRS-5. CRS-5 is tentatively scheduled for August of 2014 and will serve
as a resupply mission the International Space Station.
Congratulations to the StangSat Team for being the first NASA sponsored High
School CubeSat to be selected for a flight!
[ANS thanks StangSat Team, 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: 8
Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 17:07:17 +0200
From: PE0SAT | Amateur Radio <pe0sat@xxxxx.xx>
To: Amsat bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Experience with M2 436CP42UG
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Hi,
Are there people using the M2 436CP42UG for satellite operation?
If so, could you share some experience whit this Antenna?
I have bought a used one but am unable to get it aligned in the right
way
so that SWR is expectable. From the manual I get the length of the
dipole
at 4.375 inch thats 11.1cm but it isn't working in my setup and
changing it
in steps of 1mm doesn't bring me to the right SWR.
In some places the impedance is so bad that the radio disables power
output.
Thanks in advance
73 Jan PE0SAT
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With regards PE0SAT
Internet web-page http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 17:18:24 +0100 (BST)
From: M5AKA <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] UK Astronaut to fly in 2015
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On the 22nd anniversary of the first space flight by a UK astronaut, Helen
Sharman GB1MIR, the Guardian newspaper reported that Major Tim Peake has
been selected to fly on a five-month mission on the International Space
Station (ISS) in 2015, see
http://amsat-uk.org/2013/05/19/uk-astronaut-to-fly-to-iss/
Also on the AMSAT-UK site:
2013 UK Space Conference Glasgow July 16-17
http://amsat-uk.org/2013/05/18/2013-uk-space-conference-glasgow-july-16-17/
MAREA: Ham Radio Robotics
http://amsat-uk.org/2013/05/15/marea-ham-radio-robotics/
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73 Trevor M5AKA
AMSAT-UK website http://amsat-uk.org/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/AMSAT-UK/208113275898396
Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 14:21:10 -0400
From: "Robert C. Campbell" <kb3pmr@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Trouble found, help no longer required
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I spent the morning replacing the cable from the G-5500 up the mast and
that was probably a good thing but it did not solve the problem. After
pulling the G-5500 and GS-232b out of the computer rack I found the blue
wire that is in the AZ connector, a part of the factory harness that goes
to the G-5500 had never been crimped to the pin insert. Only the wire
insulation was crimped where it should have been and finally gave way.
Pulled the connector out of the connector body and installed it properly
and then reinstalled it. The system is working better then ever and no
more intermittent rotor to SatPC32 communications problems. I am now
working on my celebratory bean and spinach soup that my wife made for lunch
that was ready 2 hours ago. Long story short, I have read some of the
threads recently posted regarding SatPc......and recommend not counting it
out until all options are checked. I would not speak to this if I had not
experienced this myself.
Bob KB3PMR
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