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Today's Topics:
1. Re: FUNcube-1 (AO-73) Continuous Transponder Test Update
(Jim Heck)
2. $50sat MO-76 (Howie DeFelice)
3. Re: JUNK (John Wright)
4. Re: $50sat MO-76 (Clayton Coleman)
5. Re: $50sat MO-76 (Howie DeFelice)
6. grid locator program (george hinkle)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:58:15 -0000
From: "Jim Heck" <jimlist@xxxx.xxx>
To: "'Rich/wa4bue'" <richard.siff@xxxxxxx.xxx>, "'M5AKA'"
<m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>, "'AMSAT BB'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FUNcube-1 (AO-73) Continuous Transponder Test
Update
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Hi Richard,
Take a look here
http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/realtime.html?satelliteId=2#tabs-eps. The
max/min readings cover the last 7 days.
73
Jim G3WGM
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Rich/wa4bue
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> To: M5AKA; AMSAT BB
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FUNcube-1 (AO-73) Continuous Transponder Test
> Update
>
> What are the temperature extremes on the satellites.
>
> God bless
>
> R
> W4BUE
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:22:33 -0400
From: Howie DeFelice <howied231@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] $50sat MO-76
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While it is true that MO-76 does not have a transponder, the satellite WILL
send you a signal report if you send it a correctly formatted data packet.
To do this requires some technical ability. The satellite uses an RFM-22
transceiver and receives FSK, not AFSK, data signals. The packet must be
formatted to the RFM-22 specification, it's not AX.25. All the required
information for doing this is outlined in the $50sat communications document
available from our dropbox account. The dropbox can be accessed through a
link at www.50dollarsat.info. The MO-76 team will even award a Certificate
of Technical Achievement to anyone that can confirm the two way QSO with the
satellite. Hey, it's the best three guys working from their hamshacks can do
in a 2" x 2" x 3" satellite.....at least until next time :)
Howie AB2S
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 17:27:23 +0000
From: John Wright <ham@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: JUNK
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At 18:49 17/03/2014, you wrote:
>I thought this BB was for making satellite contacts on ham birds, I
>see everything but that on here.
>Come on guys lets work the birds and make grid trips and things like
>that , Leave the spam off.
>Support AMSAT NA not cube sats that we cant work
Seems to me that a big part of these posts is about the capabilities
of satellite communication, & whilst not really amateur related, it
is satellite related
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:43:19 -0500
From: Clayton Coleman <kayakfishtx@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Howie DeFelice <howied231@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: $50sat MO-76
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Howie,
I think $50SAT MO-76 is innovative and COOL. I also think the
previous email about MO-76 was in jest and not meant to demean or
belittle the project.
I have been impressed with what "three guys working in their
hamshacks" did in a 2" x 2" x 3" satellite. Some folks might gripe
because it doesn't have a transponder but they would be missing the
the big picture. Without innovation, the ham satellite community will
waste away into obscurity.
Who knows? Maybe we will have a $50HEOSATwithTRANSPONDER
someday.....I can dream.
73
Clayton
W5PFG
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Howie DeFelice <howied231@xxxxxxx.xxx>
wrote:
> While it is true that MO-76 does not have a transponder, the satellite
WILL send you a signal report if you send it a correctly formatted data
packet. To do this requires some technical ability. The satellite uses an
RFM-22 transceiver and receives FSK, not AFSK, data signals. The packet must
be formatted to the RFM-22 specification, it's not AX.25. All the required
information for doing this is outlined in the $50sat communications document
available from our dropbox account. The dropbox can be accessed through a
link at www.50dollarsat.info. The MO-76 team will even award a Certificate
of Technical Achievement to anyone that can confirm the two way QSO with the
satellite. Hey, it's the best three guys working from their hamshacks can do
in a 2" x 2" x 3" satellite.....at least until next time :)
>
> Howie AB2S
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:10:17 -0400
From: Howie DeFelice <howied231@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Clayton Coleman <kayakfishtx@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: $50sat MO-76
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Thanks Clayton, I didn't take it as demeaning at all. I was actually pleased
to see others following the project. I am convinced there are avenues to HEO
that may be affordable to us, but they probably won't be like any of our
previous HEO sats. I saw lots of cool and exciting technology at the
Satellite2014 show
in D.C. last week. I also think that a bunch of coordinated, linked LEO sats
could give us the equivalent of a HEO at a fraction of the cost. I think the
AMSAT board has been doing a great job in taking the steps required to reach
such a goal by fostering cooperation with anyone that has a launch
opportunity. I think the $50sat team proved that it doesn't take allot of
money to launch a working satellite. Maybe of we had six people instead of
three on the project we might have found a way to put a transponder on
board... most innovation is evolutionary, not revolutionary and the only bad
idea is the one you don't consider...
Howie AB2S
> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:43:19 -0500
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] $50sat MO-76
> From: kayakfishtx@xxxxx.xxx
> To: howied231@xxxxxxx.xxx
> CC: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
>
> Howie,
>
> I think $50SAT MO-76 is innovative and COOL. I also think the
> previous email about MO-76 was in jest and not meant to demean or
> belittle the project.
> I have been impressed with what "three guys working in their
> hamshacks" did in a 2" x 2" x 3" satellite. Some folks might gripe
> because it doesn't have a transponder but they would be missing the
> the big picture. Without innovation, the ham satellite community will
> waste away into obscurity.
>
> Who knows? Maybe we will have a $50HEOSATwithTRANSPONDER
> someday.....I can dream.
>
> 73
> Clayton
> W5PFG
>
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 12:22 PM, Howie DeFelice <howied231@xxxxxxx.xxx>
wrote:
> > While it is true that MO-76 does not have a transponder, the satellite
WILL send you a signal report if you send it a correctly formatted data
packet. To do this requires some technical ability. The satellite uses an
RFM-22 transceiver and receives FSK, not AFSK, data signals. The packet must
be formatted to the RFM-22 specification, it's not AX.25. All the required
information for doing this is outlined in the $50sat communications document
available from our dropbox account. The dropbox can be accessed through a
link at www.50dollarsat.info. The MO-76 team will even award a Certificate
of Technical Achievement to anyone that can confirm the two way QSO with the
satellite. Hey, it's the best three guys working from their hamshacks can do
in a 2" x 2" x 3" satellite.....at least until next time :)
> >
> > Howie AB2S
> > _______________________________________________
> > 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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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:33:39 -0500
From: george hinkle <gwhink41@xxx.xxx>
To: Amsat - BBs <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] grid locator program
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I'm planning a trip this spring and plan on working some of the hard grids
west of me. I'm in EM59.
I'm looking for a program that I can figure the grids both ways. Type in my
longitude and latitude and get the grid. Type in the grid and know the
longitude and latitude of that grid. If anyone knows of a program it sure
would help me. I have a Mac or PC would prefer using the Mac.
george wi9i
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