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Today's Topics:
1. Re: AO 73 Program problem (Rich/wa4bue)
2. Re: AO-73/FUNcube-1 videos, observations (Mark L. Hammond)
3. Re: AO 73 Program problem (Erich Eichmann)
4. Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil (Nick Pugh K5QXJ)
5. Re: Little help for Trailblazer and DragonSat (Nick Pugh K5QXJ)
6. Panadapter for the FT-817 (Mike Seguin)
7. Re: Little help for Trailblazer and DragonSat (Nick Pugh K5QXJ)
8. Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil (g0mrf@xxx.xxxx
9. Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil (g0mrf@xxx.xxxx
10. Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil (Nick Pugh K5QXJ)
11. Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil (Nick Pugh K5QXJ)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 21:36:31 -0500
From: "Rich/wa4bue" <richard.siff@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "Stefan Wagener" <wageners@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO 73 Program problem
Message-ID: <3BBF8927865243A09DF9B320CEBB5E76@xxxxxxxxx>
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I should not complain we got it working at 0117 this evening, it is in a
different group. I heard data but no other signals. It was not a good
elevation path for FM16.
Thanks to all for your help.
One other question where do I turn on the tone for SO 50. Again I can't
find the menu for that!
Stefan, it might be a little early we still have thanksgiving turkey left,
Merry Christmas to you.
God Bless
Rich
W4BUE
----- Original Message -----
From: Stefan Wagener
To: Rich/wa4bue
Cc: AMSAT BB
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 5:00 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO 73 Program problem
Hi Rich,
please cheek your doppler.sqf file and the entries in there under AO-73.
SatPC32 will use/display whatever is written in there. Sometimes it is a
messed up entry, wrong comma etc. The format is very specific and important.
Hope that helps,
Merry Christmas to you.
Stefan, VE4NSA
On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Rich/wa4bue <richard.siff@xxxxxxx.xxx>
wrote:
We followed the instructions to enter into SATPC.
We entered evert thing required and in DIVERSE Group we have AO 73.
The Down Link seems to be okay, but the uplink frequency is incorrect
and shows FM mode!
We rechecked our inputs.
What happened?
God Bless
Rich
W4BUE
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2013 22:03:48 -0500
From: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-73/FUNcube-1 videos, observations
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Hi Patrick,
Quick response---the 500mW reference was mentioned for 2 reasons--first, you
said it could work ;) and second, I suspect if you're using an Elk full
duplex, you'll see some interaction at higher powers (whatever that is...).
So, you might be fine at 5W. Let us know how it works!
73 and have fun...
Mark N8MH
At 02:32 AM 12/2/2013 +0000, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) wrote:
>Hi Mark!
>
>Thanks for your e-mail. Since I do lots of satellite
>demonstrations and get the questions about what it
>takes to work satellites like the new AO-73, I figured
>I'd put together some information in those videos and
>my -BB posts. I'll use your message as the one I reply
>to, but acknowledge the others who replied to my late-
>night post on the -BB and in direct e-mails today. No
>radio tonight, since I have to be in the office early
>tomorrow, but I will probably be outside tomorrow night
>for at least one of the AO-73 passes.
>
>AC0RA mentioned last night on the western AO-73 pass
>that he could receive the transponder and use the
>dashboard to receive telemetry at the same time. Wyatt
>didn't go into detail on what he had to do on the laptop
>on the air, but he mentioned he used HDSDR with the
>dashboard software. I may follow Hector's (CO6CBF)
>suggestion of working the transponder and recording
>everything during a pass, then run that through the
>dashboard using whatever configuration I need so that
>the playback can be piped into the dashboard and decoded.
>I may be able to work SSB/CW satellites without a computer
>from almost anywhere I go, but the SDR stuff is something
>I am trying to (quickly) learn. Especially when the
>dongle's namesake is now in orbit and operational. :-)
>
>Since I will be at a hamfest on Saturday morning, I may
>work on just using the dashboard by itself to copy the
>telemetry, to have something else to show off at the
>hamfest on AO-73's morning passes (if the transponder is
>not turned on), then "worry" about trying to hear the
>transponder and receive telemetry with the dashboard
>later.
>
>You mentioned that I could work the transponder and
>receive telemetry at the same time if I transmit at
>500mW. This would be possible on higher passes based
>on my tests in the past week, but is there a reason
>why 5W would be too much with the Pro+ dongle and its
>filtering along with a diplexer between the radios
>and the Elk antenna? I'm not looking to run more power
>than 5W, since I'm not planning to add an amplifier or
>replace one of my FT-817NDs with something like an
>FT-857 at this point.
>
>To those who suggested I modify one of my FT-817NDs to
>have a panadapter interface and then use both the 817
>and dongle on the downlink, what advantages would I
>have in doing that, instead of just using the dongle
>as the downlink receiver? I apologize if this is a
>silly question, but I'm wanting to learn more about
>what I can do with this dongle, by itself or alongside
>my existing gear. I'm looking forward to seeing N1JEZ's
>article in an upcoming AMSAT Journal, and will look at
>the link Mike suggested to learn more about this option.
>
>I haven't even started thinking about getting SatPC32
>mixed in with all of this SDR stuff, but know that I
>could do that. I still need to get it working my two
>FT-817NDs, something that remains on my satellite "to
>do" list.
>
>73!
>
>
>
>
>
>Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
>http://www.wd9ewk.net/
>
>
>On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Mark L. Hammond
<marklhammond@xxxxx.xxx>wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Patrick,
>>
>> Great sharing of your experiences---thanks! Nice to have AO-73 operations
>> futher characterized.
>>
>>
>> Regarding the Funcube Dongle Pro Plus (FCDP+)---you should enjoy the
>> experience of learning how to use it! It's such a neat receiver.
>>
>> Some quick thoughts/pointers/questions:
>>
>> Are you planning to capture telemetry and work the transponder
>> simultaneously during evening passes? It might work, depending on your
>> antenna system, especially if you can get buy with only 500mW uplink. I'll
>> be interested in your experiences with this...
>>
>> There is one thing to remember--you'll need two audio streams decoding at
>> the same time. SDR-Radio V2.1 will do this, with "VFO A" and "VFO B".
>> They each have separate audio out selections, so you can pipe the telemetry
>> to something like VB Audio Virtual Cable into the Dashboard, and the other
>> VFO and audio stream to your laptop speakers or headphone jack. SDR-Radio
>> V2.1 also has built in satellite tracking for doppler correction, and you
>> can record the pass at the same time!
>>
>>
>> On the other hand----if you don't want to try to do telemetry and the
>> transponder simultaneously, you have some more options...
>>
>> SatPC32 has great DDE support, and you can use that with either HDSDR or
>> SDRSharp to tune your FCDP+ as a separate receiver. It works great, and
>> it's pretty easy to do, if you want your receiver following the
>> Doppler/frequency from SatPC32.
>>
>> Now, if you want to use your FCDP+ as a receiver AND be able to click on a
>> frequency and have the transmit match it---that's another trickier setup
>> involving HDSDR, SatPC32, and virtual comports. It works and is slick, but
>> it's not for the faint of heart. You can read about that setup here:
>> http://www.tomdoyle.org/FUNcube-SatPC32/FUNcube-SatPC32.html
>> I did similar to that writeup by Tom, but found I could do 56k serial port
>> speeds just fine.
>>
>> Have fun!
>>
>> 73,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> So, lots of options..
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 11:01:57 +0100
From: "Erich Eichmann" <erich.eichmann@xxxxxxxx.xx>
To: "Rich/wa4bue" <richard.siff@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO 73 Program problem
Message-ID: <E4E4B8D775DE49D69B5E846FCCB5F2BA@xxxxx>
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reply-type=original
Rich,
the sub tones for SO-50 can be switched on and off with the "T" control in
the upper left part of the program window. "T1" switchs on the 67.0 Hz tone
for working the sat, "T2" the 74.4 Hz tone that opens the sat. Move the
mouse over the controls to get hints about the function of each of them or
look the manual.
73s, Erich, DK1TB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich/wa4bue" <richard.siff@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "Stefan Wagener" <wageners@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "AMSAT BB" <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 3:36 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO 73 Program problem
>I should not complain we got it working at 0117 this evening, it is in a
>different group. I heard data but no other signals. It was not a good
>elevation path for FM16.
>
> Thanks to all for your help.
>
> One other question where do I turn on the tone for SO 50. Again I can't
> find the menu for that!
>
> Stefan, it might be a little early we still have thanksgiving turkey left,
> Merry Christmas to you.
>
> God Bless
>
> Rich
> W4BUE
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stefan Wagener
> To: Rich/wa4bue
> Cc: AMSAT BB
> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 5:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO 73 Program problem
>
>
> Hi Rich,
>
>
> please cheek your doppler.sqf file and the entries in there under AO-73.
> SatPC32 will use/display whatever is written in there. Sometimes it is a
> messed up entry, wrong comma etc. The format is very specific and
> important.
>
>
> Hope that helps,
>
>
> Merry Christmas to you.
>
>
> Stefan, VE4NSA
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Rich/wa4bue <richard.siff@xxxxxxx.xxx>
> wrote:
>
> We followed the instructions to enter into SATPC.
>
> We entered evert thing required and in DIVERSE Group we have AO 73.
>
> The Down Link seems to be okay, but the uplink frequency is incorrect
> and shows FM mode!
>
> We rechecked our inputs.
>
> What happened?
>
> God Bless
>
> Rich
> W4BUE
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 04:02:46 -0600
From: "Nick Pugh K5QXJ" <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "'Roland Zurmely'" <py4zbz@xxxxx.xxx>, "'AMSAT'"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: 'UL CAPE Mailing List' <cape@xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
Message-ID: <00fb01ceef45$a793db70$f6bb9250$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hi Roland
We thank you for the data. You are copying our sat better than we are. We
would like you to perhaps command our sat to do a data dump. If you have a
tnc we will send you the software to command a data dump. I am also like to
know what type of antenna and receiver you are using and what the idle noise
when you point your antenna to cold sky.
Thanks
?
nick ARS K5QXJ EM30xa 30.1N 92.1W
Office 337 593 8700
Cell????? 337 258 2527
?
Helping UL become a world Class Engineering ?and Educational School
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Roland Zurmely
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 5:31 AM
To: AMSAT
Subject: [amsat-bb] CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/cape.htm
73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 04:16:06 -0600
From: "Nick Pugh K5QXJ" <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "'Craig Kief'" <craig.kief@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Little help for Trailblazer and DragonSat
Message-ID: <00fc01ceef47$8403a170$8c0ae450$@xxx>
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Craig
We are having problems copying our sat also. To check out your ground
station you can monitoring the AO-29 sat The beacon frequency is ~435.800
MHz +/- Doppler ~ 100 mw and the noise when the antenna is pointed to cold
sky bandwidth of 15 KHz should be ~ -129 dbm I will monitor the sat and give
you my reading later today
Which all of us good luck
Thanks
?
nick ARS K5QXJ EM30xa 30.1N 92.1W
Office 337 593 8700
Cell????? 337 258 2527
?
Helping UL become a world Class Engineering ?and Educational School
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Craig Kief
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 1:30 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Little help for Trailblazer and DragonSat
Hello folks,
I am a little new at this so please have patience with ignorance.? Jin and I
launched two CubeSats a week or so ago.? The first is Trailblazer (mine) and
the second is DragonSat (Jins).? Trailblazer is from the Configurable Space
Research at the University of New Mexico (KE5VSH) and DragonSat is Drexel
University.?? Our problem is that we haven?t heard from our satellites yet.
There could be a variety of different reasons.? First, the satellite didn?t
survive delivery.? Second, our antennas didn?t deploy or third, we have poor
ground stations.? As you can imagine, I am hoping for the third.? I can
pasting the TLE which is openly available on space-track and celestetrack in
this email.?? It is very close (I believe) to our birds.?? If you have a
chance, could you please keep your ears open in case you might hear us.
Please email any packets for Trailblazer to myself here
at?craig.kief@xxxxxxx.xxxxxxx for DragonSat to Jin Kang at?kang@xxxx.xxx.
?
Thanks again most sincerely,
Craig
?
?
Trailblazer 437.425MHz, AX.25, 9,600? (there is another satellite with the
same tx freq as mine there as well).
On my packets, if you see C0 00 A8 84?. You will provide me with a wonderful
gift.? I beacon every 50 seconds
?
DragonSat 145.870MHz, AX.25, 9,600. Beacons every 30 seconds.
?
Trailblazer Maybe
1 39382U 13064C?? 13325.87382098? .00041511? 00000-0? 18318-2 0??? 39
2 39382? 40.5103 239.5017 0004316 318.4599? 41.5592 15.20995117?? 275
?
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2013 06:54:43 -0500
From: Mike Seguin <n1jez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Panadapter for the FT-817
Message-ID: <529C7503.6010406@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Hi Patrick,
I think there are several advantages to adding the Panadapter interface.
1.) It uses the common IF of the FT-817, so it works with whatever
band/mode you tune with the FT-817 - 160M through 432. The Funcube stays
on 68.33 MHz.
2.) It's fully integrated with the FT-817, so no need to worry about
accidentally transmitting in to your FunCube. (this was a big one for me!)
3.) It has band pass filtering on the 68.33 MHz common IF feed.
Sensitivity is very good.
I use it primarily with HDSDR. Using OmniRig within HDSDR linked to the
FunCube creates a very powerful system. You lock the Funcube setting to
68.33 MHz (I actually use 68.32 to get away from the center channel
spike). In HDSDR, the display is the actual FT-817 frequency. You now
can tune either the FT-817 or HDSDR and they both track - The Funcube
stays on 68.32 MHz so you always see ? 48 kHz of your center tuning (I
use the original Funcube, so 96 kHz). HDSDR has DDE as well.
I'm sure there is more and there are specific benefits for satellite
work. Once you start working with a Panadapter on satellite, I don't
think you'll ever want to go back to the old way. Seeing the whole
transponder at once or the ability to record the full I&Q bandwidth for
post processing later is very powerful. (no more "audio recorder" to log
qso's)
The choice is really whether to use the FunCube standalone or integrated
via the interface. Both of my FT-817's have the Interface!
Mike
On 12/1/2013 9:32 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) wrote:
>
> To those who suggested I modify one of my FT-817NDs to
> have a panadapter interface and then use both the 817
> and dongle on the downlink, what advantages would I
> have in doing that, instead of just using the dongle
> as the downlink receiver? I apologize if this is a
> silly question, but I'm wanting to learn more about
> what I can do with this dongle, by itself or alongside
> my existing gear. I'm looking forward to seeing N1JEZ's
> article in an upcoming AMSAT Journal, and will look at
> the link Mike suggested to learn more about this option.--
73,
Mike, N1JEZ
"A closed mouth gathers no feet"
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 07:04:41 -0600
From: "Nick Pugh K5QXJ" <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "'Nick Pugh K5QXJ'" <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, "'Craig Kief'"
<craig.kief@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Little help for Trailblazer and DragonSat
Message-ID: <005601ceef5f$111ba8c0$3352fa40$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Further thoughts
AO-29 is FO-29 my error
One other quick check is to point your antenna at the cold sky and read the
power out of the speaker and then point your antenna at the sun the
difference should be ~ 4 db see Google SETTI league for a spread sheet and
method to calculate receiver system performance Call if you would like to
chat
Thanks
?
nick ARS K5QXJ EM30xa 30.1N 92.1W
Office 337 593 8700
Cell????? 337 258 2527
?
Helping UL become a world Class Engineering ?and Educational School
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Pugh K5QXJ [mailto:quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 4:16 AM
To: 'Craig Kief'; 'amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Little help for Trailblazer and DragonSat
Craig
We are having problems copying our sat also. To check out your ground
station you can monitoring the AO-29 sat The beacon frequency is ~435.800
MHz +/- Doppler ~ 100 mw and the noise when the antenna is pointed to cold
sky bandwidth of 15 KHz should be ~ -129 dbm I will monitor the sat and give
you my reading later today
Which all of us good luck
Thanks
?
nick ARS K5QXJ EM30xa 30.1N 92.1W
Office 337 593 8700
Cell????? 337 258 2527
?
Helping UL become a world Class Engineering ?and Educational School
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Craig Kief
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 1:30 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Little help for Trailblazer and DragonSat
Hello folks,
I am a little new at this so please have patience with ignorance.? Jin and I
launched two CubeSats a week or so ago.? The first is Trailblazer (mine) and
the second is DragonSat (Jins).? Trailblazer is from the Configurable Space
Research at the University of New Mexico (KE5VSH) and DragonSat is Drexel
University.?? Our problem is that we haven?t heard from our satellites yet.
There could be a variety of different reasons.? First, the satellite didn?t
survive delivery.? Second, our antennas didn?t deploy or third, we have poor
ground stations.? As you can imagine, I am hoping for the third.? I can
pasting the TLE which is openly available on space-track and celestetrack in
this email.?? It is very close (I believe) to our birds.?? If you have a
chance, could you please keep your ears open in case you might hear us.
Please email any packets for Trailblazer to myself here
at?craig.kief@xxxxxxx.xxxxxxx for DragonSat to Jin Kang at?kang@xxxx.xxx.
?
Thanks again most sincerely,
Craig
?
?
Trailblazer 437.425MHz, AX.25, 9,600? (there is another satellite with the
same tx freq as mine there as well).
On my packets, if you see C0 00 A8 84?. You will provide me with a wonderful
gift.? I beacon every 50 seconds
?
DragonSat 145.870MHz, AX.25, 9,600. Beacons every 30 seconds.
?
Trailblazer Maybe
1 39382U 13064C?? 13325.87382098? .00041511? 00000-0? 18318-2 0??? 39
2 39382? 40.5103 239.5017 0004316 318.4599? 41.5592 15.20995117?? 275
?
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 08:30:50 -0500 (EST)
From: g0mrf@xxx.xxx
To: quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: cape@xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
Message-ID: <8D0BD79D9AED8BB-1860-92507@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx.xxx>
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Hi Nick.
I've just loaded the latest set of keps for CAPE 2 and have managed to
receive a signal at the first attempt from the right direction / frequency
and time.
The pass was at 12.30UTC when the satellite was within range of London.
I was listening in USB to try and detect weak signals. However, not
necessary as the signal was quite good (about 'S4')
CW at 12.32. Frequency pulling as the CW was keying. best freq 145.823
Then at 12.36 some stronger FM. (shame I was still in USB) Best frequency
145.822 (SSB)
As I'm at 51 degrees North the highest pass I see is about 17 degrees
elevation.
The range today was about 1450km.
The satellite appeared to 'peak' a couple of minutes later than I expected.
4 element horizontal yagi pointed south and at 25 degrees elevation. ICOM
IC 706 with 6m of RG58 and no preamp.
I'll have a try at the next pass, but I can't find anything on the CAPE
website which describes the sequence or timing of the transmissions. If you
can send a link for this info and I'll be able to anticipate the timings and
modes.
Thanks
David G0MRF (FUNcube team)
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Pugh K5QXJ <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: 'Roland Zurmely' <py4zbz@xxxxx.xxx>; 'AMSAT' <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
CC: 'UL CAPE Mailing List' <cape@xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 10:09
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
Hi Roland
We thank you for the data. You are copying our sat better than we are. We
would like you to perhaps command our sat to do a data dump. If you have a
tnc we will send you the software to command a data dump. I am also like to
know what type of antenna and receiver you are using and what the idle noise
when you point your antenna to cold sky.
Thanks
nick ARS K5QXJ EM30xa 30.1N 92.1W
Office 337 593 8700
Cell 337 258 2527
Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School
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Behalf Of Roland Zurmely
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 5:31 AM
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Subject: [amsat-bb] CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/cape.htm
73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 09:34:47 -0500 (EST)
From: g0mrf@xxx.xxx
To: quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
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Hi Nick.
Yes, can hear what I believe is CAPE-2 in London. But still don't know the
sequence of transmission.
14.11 Carrier on 145.824 - did not hear the modulation (below the city
rooftops) pos interference.
14.12 Good CW signal - S5 very easy copy. Frequency low and pulled by CW
(chirp)
14.14 Single 1200 packet burst.
14.16 More CW from below roofline. In CW mode on IC706 this was best
received on 145.920
Could be that you are a couple of KHz low of 825.
Keps used are:
CAPE-2
1 39380U 13064A 13334.93341659 .00001167 00000-0 59607-4 0 257
2 39380 040.5145 186.8069 0003506 014.0453 346.0304 15.21277316 1661
Regards
David G0MRF
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 08:52:47 -0600
From: "Nick Pugh K5QXJ" <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <g0mrf@xxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: cape@xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
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Tnx David for the report
If you have a TNC we would like to get the AX.25 data. If you like we have
ground station software. Do you have any idea how strong s-4 is in mv or
dmb? Also what set of TLE are you using?
nick
From: g0mrf@xxx.xxx [mailto:g0mrf@xxx.xxxx
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 7:31 AM
To: quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: cape@xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
Hi Nick.
I've just loaded the latest set of keps for CAPE 2 and have managed to
receive a signal at the first attempt from the right direction / frequency
and time.
The pass was at 12.30UTC when the satellite was within range of London.
I was listening in USB to try and detect weak signals. However, not
necessary as the signal was quite good (about 'S4')
CW at 12.32. Frequency pulling as the CW was keying. best freq 145.823
Then at 12.36 some stronger FM. (shame I was still in USB) Best frequency
145.822 (SSB)
As I'm at 51 degrees North the highest pass I see is about 17 degrees
elevation.
The range today was about 1450km.
The satellite appeared to 'peak' a couple of minutes later than I expected.
4 element horizontal yagi pointed south and at 25 degrees elevation. ICOM
IC 706 with 6m of RG58 and no preamp.
I'll have a try at the next pass, but I can't find anything on the CAPE
website which describes the sequence or timing of the transmissions. If you
can send a link for this info and I'll be able to anticipate the timings and
modes.
Thanks
David G0MRF (FUNcube team)
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From: Nick Pugh K5QXJ <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: 'Roland Zurmely' <py4zbz@xxxxx.xxx>; 'AMSAT' <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
CC: 'UL CAPE Mailing List' <cape@xxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 10:09
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
Hi Roland
We thank you for the data. You are copying our sat better than we are. We
would like you to perhaps command our sat to do a data dump. If you have a
tnc we will send you the software to command a data dump. I am also like to
know what type of antenna and receiver you are using and what the idle noise
when you point your antenna to cold sky.
Thanks
nick ARS K5QXJ EM30xa 30.1N 92.1W
Office 337 593 8700
Cell 337 258 2527
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From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx
<mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx> ] On
Behalf Of Roland Zurmely
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 5:31 AM
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Subject: [amsat-bb] CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/cape.htm
73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2013 08:56:30 -0600
From: "Nick Pugh K5QXJ" <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <g0mrf@xxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
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Yes I think or frequency is a few khz below 145.825 and at AOS it is about
145.818
nick
From: g0mrf@xxx.xxx [mailto:g0mrf@xxx.xxxx
Sent: Monday, December 02, 2013 8:35 AM
To: quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx
Subject: Re: CAPE-2 CW over Brazil
Hi Nick.
Yes, can hear what I believe is CAPE-2 in London. But still don't know the
sequence of transmission.
14.11 Carrier on 145.824 - did not hear the modulation (below the city
rooftops) pos interference.
14.12 Good CW signal - S5 very easy copy. Frequency low and pulled by CW
(chirp)
14.14 Single 1200 packet burst.
14.16 More CW from below roofline. In CW mode on IC706 this was best
received on 145.920
Could be that you are a couple of KHz low of 825.
Keps used are:
CAPE-2
1 39380U 13064A 13334.93341659 .00001167 00000-0 59607-4 0 257
2 39380 040.5145 186.8069 0003506 014.0453 346.0304 15.21277316 1661
Regards
David G0MRF
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