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Today's Topics:
1. Re: phasing two antennas (i8cvs)
2. Re: phasing two antennas (Howie DeFelice)
3. Re: N American Satellite Activity UP (JoAnne Maenpaa)
4. Tony (Clint Bradford)
5. Timonium Md hamfest April 5 2014 (Lizeth Norman)
6. Re: N American Satellite Activity UP (Gus)
7. Re: N American Satellite Activity UP (n0jy)
8. Re: N American Satellite Activity UP (B J)
9. Re: N American Satellite Activity UP (B J)
10. Re: N American Satellite Activity UP (Jerry Buxton)
11. Re: N American Satellite Activity UP (Wouter Weggelaar)
12. FUNcube/AO-73 Mode change (Jim Heck)
13. FUNcube/AO-73 Mode change (Roland Zurmely)
14. Fwd: AmSat Tony AA2TX FunCube (Bryce Salmi)
15. Re: N American Satellite Activity UP (Jerry Buxton)
16. Re: Fwd: AmSat Tony AA2TX FunCube (Jeffrey Koehler)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 20:27:30 +0100
From: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs@xxx.xx>
To: "Lizeth Norman" <normanlizeth@xxxxx.xxx>, <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: phasing two antennas
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Hi Norm, N3YKF
The two pieces of coax that connect the antennas to the power
divider/combiner to fed the antennas in phase can be any lenght
provided that both lenghts are equal and of the same type of
coax cable preferably cutted from the same roll of coax cable.
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lizeth Norman" <normanlizeth@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 6:23 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] phasing two antennas
> HI all!
> Quick technical question. If I have a two port power divider/combiner and
> want to phase two alike antennas, do the two pieces of coax that connect
> the antennas to the power divider have to be 1 wavelength? Can they just
be
> equal?
> The literature says that the divider must be fed in phase.
> Norm n3ykf
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:42:41 -0400
From: Howie DeFelice <howied231@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: phasing two antennas
Message-ID: <BLU169-W133D4EA41E2D90467026A22E7660@xxx.xxx>
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If you are phasing the two antennas to get 3db of gain with the same
polarization, then the two cables can be any length as long as they are
exactly the same electrical length. It's a good practice to make two cables
from the same batch of coax if possible.
- Howie
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 20:31:47 -0500
From: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "'AMSAT-BB'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: N American Satellite Activity UP
Message-ID: <004b01cf4aee$a72e3950$f58aabf0$@xxx>
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Hi Bernhard,
> Now if I could only convince them to include a
> transponder for us hams ...
FUNcube boards and the AMSAT-NA Fox-1 boards include the capability to
transmit telemetry data modes and support a voice transponder. Not
sure what ITAR issues prevent Fox-1 boards being used in other
country's satellites.
The Fox-1 boards supply the avionics radio half of the satellite
leaving the students to concentrate on designing their scientific
payload. Fox boards have a documented interface for experimenters to
use.
FUNcube switches between ham voice/cw modes and full power telemetry.
Fox-1 boards would provide the capability to support both voice and
low-rate telemetry stream simultaneously or switch to a high speed
data link with no voice.
--
73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm@xxxxx.xxx
Editor, AMSAT Journal
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 18:36:19 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tony
Message-ID: <397EF0C5-EA25-4321-B0F5-8B5AB383BB8A@xxx.xxx>
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Tony's passing causes me to remember David Letterman asking Warren Zevon -
after Zevon was diagnosed with termnal lung cancer - if there was anything
Zevon
understood now, facing his own mortality, that he didn't understand before.
Zevon replied, "Just how much you're supposed to enjoy every sandwich."
And that sums it all up. Love those around you. Always give a hug when you
can.
People leave us soon. Some way too soon.
Clint Bradford
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 22:06:59 -0400
From: Lizeth Norman <normanlizeth@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "<,amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxxxxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Timonium Md hamfest April 5 2014
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Anyone from Amsat going to attend? I will be in the area and planned on
attending, possibly taking the portable gear if there was any interest in a
demonstration.
Norm n3ykf
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 00:16:32 -0400
From: Gus <gus@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: N American Satellite Activity UP
Message-ID: <53364920.9060705@xxxxx.xxx>
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On 03/28/2014 12:20 PM, Clayton Coleman wrote:
> I cringe at the "anti-handheld in the backyard
> mentality" because those operators are our future.
A single-band CW Tx with a crystal oscillator and a simple,
single-conversion Rx may be a perfect way to encourage newcomers to the
world of HF. Especially as it shows that a large investment is not
necessary to get started. But it would be WRONG to mislead prospective
hams into believing that such a setup is the be-all and end-all of
operating HF. They should be made to understand that considerable
sophistication is possible when operating HF and sophisticated equipment
available to suit.
Similarly, a "handheld in the backyard" method of operating via
satellite works. It has the beauty of being (comparatively) easy to set
up as a demo, and promises success for the newcomer on a limited budget.
But it is WRONG to suggest that this is the peak of sophistication in
ham satellite operation, and that old-timers as well as newcomers should
be satisfied with having to drape their equipment around their neck and
run out into the backyard, rain or shine, every time they want to operate.
I'm not saying there is anything wrong with handhelds in the back yard.
I'm saying that as far as I'm concerned, I'm not interested. I took
the training wheels off my bike a long time ago, and I wear long
trousers now.
(Actually, I wear shorts almost exclusively. But hopefully you get my
point.)
--
Gus 8P6SM
The Easternmost Isle
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 23:23:24 -0500
From: n0jy <n0jy@xxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: N American Satellite Activity UP
Message-ID: <53364ABC.2040307@xxxx.xxx>
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When Fox-1 is completed, the whole design kit and kaboodle will be
published to shed the ITAR shroud (as we have done with what has been
developed as we go along, in the AMSAT-NA Space Symposium Proceedings)
and anyone who wants to build one can use it or adapt it (hopefully
keeping the ham transponder!) for their CubeSat RF design and fly it
in/from/for another country with their experiments. The idea being as
JoAnne said, the radio part is proven and provides a platform so they
can concentrate on their experiments and build a CubeSat that handily
just happens to contain a transponder for hams during, or when they are
done with, their experiments.
Of course if ITAR restrictions are eased or removed, then AMSAT-NA could
collaborate with other countries as well and incorporate their
experiments as we are doing with our U.S. partners now.
Jerry
N0JY
On 3/28/2014 8:31 PM, JoAnne Maenpaa wrote:
> Hi Bernhard,
>
>> Now if I could only convince them to include a
>> transponder for us hams ...
> FUNcube boards and the AMSAT-NA Fox-1 boards include the capability to
> transmit telemetry data modes and support a voice transponder. Not
> sure what ITAR issues prevent Fox-1 boards being used in other
> country's satellites.
>
> The Fox-1 boards supply the avionics radio half of the satellite
> leaving the students to concentrate on designing their scientific
> payload. Fox boards have a documented interface for experimenters to
> use.
>
> FUNcube switches between ham voice/cw modes and full power telemetry.
> Fox-1 boards would provide the capability to support both voice and
> low-rate telemetry stream simultaneously or switch to a high speed
> data link with no voice.
>
> --
> 73 de JoAnne K9JKM
> k9jkm@xxxxx.xxx
> Editor, AMSAT Journal
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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>
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 05:29:33 +0000
From: B J <va6bmj@xxxxx.xxx>
To: JoAnne Maenpaa <k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: N American Satellite Activity UP
Message-ID:
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On 3/29/14, JoAnne Maenpaa <k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Hi Bernhard,
>
>> Now if I could only convince them to include a
>> transponder for us hams ...
>
> FUNcube boards and the AMSAT-NA Fox-1 boards include the capability to
> transmit telemetry data modes and support a voice transponder. Not
> sure what ITAR issues prevent Fox-1 boards being used in other
> country's satellites.
>
> The Fox-1 boards supply the avionics radio half of the satellite
> leaving the students to concentrate on designing their scientific
> payload. Fox boards have a documented interface for experimenters to
> use.
>
> FUNcube switches between ham voice/cw modes and full power telemetry.
> Fox-1 boards would provide the capability to support both voice and
> low-rate telemetry stream simultaneously or switch to a high speed
> data link with no voice.
<snip>
Thanks. The bird's still in the planning stage right now so the group
might be able to change the design.
Is there any way of finding out more about this?
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 05:33:34 +0000
From: B J <va6bmj@xxxxx.xxx>
To: n0jy <n0jy@xxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: N American Satellite Activity UP
Message-ID:
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On 3/29/14, n0jy <n0jy@xxxx.xxx> wrote:
> When Fox-1 is completed, the whole design kit and kaboodle will be
> published to shed the ITAR shroud (as we have done with what has been
> developed as we go along, in the AMSAT-NA Space Symposium Proceedings)
> and anyone who wants to build one can use it or adapt it (hopefully
> keeping the ham transponder!) for their CubeSat RF design and fly it
> in/from/for another country with their experiments. The idea being as
> JoAnne said, the radio part is proven and provides a platform so they
> can concentrate on their experiments and build a CubeSat that handily
> just happens to contain a transponder for hams during, or when they are
> done with, their experiments.
> Of course if ITAR restrictions are eased or removed, then AMSAT-NA could
> collaborate with other countries as well and incorporate their
> experiments as we are doing with our U.S. partners now.
<snip>
Thanks. I'll pass this onto the group. I figure that it might get
much more support from the ham community if it had something for us.
The satellite will be using some of the spectrum that's been allocated
for amateur use, after all.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 00:46:01 -0500
From: "Jerry Buxton" <n0jy@xxxx.xxx>
To: "'B J'" <va6bmj@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: N American Satellite Activity UP
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Indeed, if the ham community gets involved because of the transponder, that
is where the slow speed telemetry comes down and they then have a worldwide
network collecting it for them! :-)
Jerry
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of B J
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 12:34 AM
To: n0jy
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: N American Satellite Activity UP
On 3/29/14, n0jy <n0jy@xxxx.xxx> wrote:
> When Fox-1 is completed, the whole design kit and kaboodle will be
> published to shed the ITAR shroud (as we have done with what has been
> developed as we go along, in the AMSAT-NA Space Symposium Proceedings)
> and anyone who wants to build one can use it or adapt it (hopefully
> keeping the ham transponder!) for their CubeSat RF design and fly it
> in/from/for another country with their experiments. The idea being as
> JoAnne said, the radio part is proven and provides a platform so they
> can concentrate on their experiments and build a CubeSat that handily
> just happens to contain a transponder for hams during, or when they
> are done with, their experiments.
> Of course if ITAR restrictions are eased or removed, then AMSAT-NA
> could collaborate with other countries as well and incorporate their
> experiments as we are doing with our U.S. partners now.
<snip>
Thanks. I'll pass this onto the group. I figure that it might get much
more support from the ham community if it had something for us.
The satellite will be using some of the spectrum that's been allocated for
amateur use, after all.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 12:10:03 +0100
From: Wouter Weggelaar <wouterweg@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Jerry Buxton <n0jy@xxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: N American Satellite Activity UP
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A small correction to JoAnnes Email: FUNcube boards are also able to run
both TLM and voice. Thats actually what it is always doing in transponder
mode. only the TLM is brought down 9dBs to allow for the transponder power.
This 9dB number is also settable in the on board software, so it need not
be 9dB. However, this seems to be a reasonable number, as well equipped
stations can still copy the TLM easily, and on quiet RF environments, so
does an arrow + FT817 or FUNcube dongle.
FUNcube boards are now in three more missions, of which two are scheduled
for launch this year.
Thanks JoAnne for pointing out the existence of these boards, and lets hope
some more CubeSat teams decide to use FOX or FUNcube boards. This seems to
be the best way for the community to make the best use out of CubeSats for
amateur radio.
Regarding the world wide collection of telemetry: point at
http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk and have them play ;)
Or have the students download and analyze ARISSat-1 telemetry at
http://www.arissattlm.org/
Another statistic: The Delfi-C3 telemetry collection database now contains
2016683 frames and has 375 signed up radio amateurs submitting data, and
many more on the guest account.
Our community really has a lot to offer to CubeSat teams!
Wouter PA3WEG
FUNcube-1 transceiver designer
On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 6:46 AM, Jerry Buxton <n0jy@xxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Indeed, if the ham community gets involved because of the transponder, that
> is where the slow speed telemetry comes down and they then have a worldwide
> network collecting it for them! :-)
>
> Jerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
> Behalf Of B J
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 12:34 AM
> To: n0jy
> Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: N American Satellite Activity UP
>
> On 3/29/14, n0jy <n0jy@xxxx.xxx> wrote:
> > When Fox-1 is completed, the whole design kit and kaboodle will be
> > published to shed the ITAR shroud (as we have done with what has been
> > developed as we go along, in the AMSAT-NA Space Symposium Proceedings)
> > and anyone who wants to build one can use it or adapt it (hopefully
> > keeping the ham transponder!) for their CubeSat RF design and fly it
> > in/from/for another country with their experiments. The idea being as
> > JoAnne said, the radio part is proven and provides a platform so they
> > can concentrate on their experiments and build a CubeSat that handily
> > just happens to contain a transponder for hams during, or when they
> > are done with, their experiments.
> > Of course if ITAR restrictions are eased or removed, then AMSAT-NA
> > could collaborate with other countries as well and incorporate their
> > experiments as we are doing with our U.S. partners now.
>
> <snip>
>
> Thanks. I'll pass this onto the group. I figure that it might get much
> more support from the ham community if it had something for us.
> The satellite will be using some of the spectrum that's been allocated for
> amateur use, after all.
>
> 73s
>
> Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 11:16:08 -0000
From: "Jim Heck" <jimlist@xxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube/AO-73 Mode change
Message-ID: <003d01cf4b40$4a67a3d0$df36eb70$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Hi Folks
As as 10:29 UTC, FUNcube is now in permanent amateur mode (low power
beacon, plus transponder on). Planning to switch back to normal mode at
approx 20:00 UTC today.
73s Jim G3WGM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
> Behalf Of Jerry Buxton
> Sent: 29 March 2014 05:46
> To: 'B J'
> Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: N American Satellite Activity UP
>
> Indeed, if the ham community gets involved because of the transponder,
> that is where the slow speed telemetry comes down and they then have a
> worldwide
> network collecting it for them! :-)
>
> Jerry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
> Behalf Of B J
> Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 12:34 AM
> To: n0jy
> Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: N American Satellite Activity UP
>
> On 3/29/14, n0jy <n0jy@xxxx.xxx> wrote:
> > When Fox-1 is completed, the whole design kit and kaboodle will be
> > published to shed the ITAR shroud (as we have done with what has been
> > developed as we go along, in the AMSAT-NA Space Symposium
> Proceedings)
> > and anyone who wants to build one can use it or adapt it (hopefully
> > keeping the ham transponder!) for their CubeSat RF design and fly it
> > in/from/for another country with their experiments. The idea being
> as
> > JoAnne said, the radio part is proven and provides a platform so they
> > can concentrate on their experiments and build a CubeSat that handily
> > just happens to contain a transponder for hams during, or when they
> > are done with, their experiments.
> > Of course if ITAR restrictions are eased or removed, then AMSAT-NA
> > could collaborate with other countries as well and incorporate their
> > experiments as we are doing with our U.S. partners now.
>
> <snip>
>
> Thanks. I'll pass this onto the group. I figure that it might get
> much more support from the ham community if it had something for us.
> The satellite will be using some of the spectrum that's been allocated
> for amateur use, after all.
>
> 73s
>
> Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
> _______________________________________________
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> author.
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 07:35:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Roland Zurmely <py4zbz@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube/AO-73 Mode change
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Good signals on orbits #1770 and #1771 over South America!
QSO with PY5LF, PU2RAS, LU2DPW and CX1TH.
73 de Roland PY4ZBZ ? in GH70un
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Message: 14
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 09:00:53 -0700
From: Bryce Salmi <bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Amsat BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: AmSat Tony AA2TX FunCube
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My dad sent me this screenshot with the request to forward it. He caught a
recent FUNCube-1 pass and our friends over at AMSAT-UK have a nice message
regarding Tony Monteiro in the Fitter message.
Bryce
KB1LQC
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *John Salmi* <kb1mgi55@xxxxx.xxx>
Date: Friday, March 28, 2014
Subject: AmSat Tony AA2TX FunCube
To: Brent Salmi <kb1lqd@xxxxx.xxx>, Bryce <bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx>
Can you sent this attached file from FunCube to the folks at Amsat ?
They may like seeing it.
Dad
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Message: 15
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 21:23:22 -0500
From: Jerry Buxton <amsat@xxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: N American Satellite Activity UP
Message-ID: <53362E9A.3050004@xxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
When Fox-1 is completed, the whole design kit and kaboodle will be
published to shed the ITAR shroud (as we have done with what has been
developed as we go along, in the AMSAT-NA Space Symposium Proceedings)
and anyone who wants to build one can use it or adapt it (hopefully
keeping the ham transponder!) for their CubeSat RF design and fly it
in/from/for another country with their experiments. The idea being as
JoAnne said, the radio part is proven and provides a platform so they
can concentrate on their experiments and build a CubeSat that handily
just happens to contain a transponder for hams during, or when they are
done with, their experiments.
Of course if ITAR restrictions are eased or removed, then AMSAT-NA could
collaborate with other countries as well and incorporate their
experiments as we are doing with our U.S. partners now.
Jerry
N0JY
On 3/28/2014 8:31 PM, JoAnne Maenpaa wrote:
> Hi Bernhard,
>
>> Now if I could only convince them to include a
>> transponder for us hams ...
> FUNcube boards and the AMSAT-NA Fox-1 boards include the capability to
> transmit telemetry data modes and support a voice transponder. Not
> sure what ITAR issues prevent Fox-1 boards being used in other
> country's satellites.
>
> The Fox-1 boards supply the avionics radio half of the satellite
> leaving the students to concentrate on designing their scientific
> payload. Fox boards have a documented interface for experimenters to
> use.
>
> FUNcube switches between ham voice/cw modes and full power telemetry.
> Fox-1 boards would provide the capability to support both voice and
> low-rate telemetry stream simultaneously or switch to a high speed
> data link with no voice.
>
> --
> 73 de JoAnne K9JKM
> k9jkm@xxxxx.xxx
> Editor, AMSAT Journal
>
>
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Message: 16
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:20:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jeffrey Koehler <jeffk13057@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxxx <bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx>, Amsat BB
<AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: AmSat Tony AA2TX FunCube
Message-ID:
<1396110043.93705.YahooMailNeo@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
I think the BB ripped off the attachment. Do you have a link?
73,
Jeff WB2SYK
________________________________
From: Bryce Salmi <bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Amsat BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 11:00 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: AmSat Tony AA2TX FunCube
My dad sent me this screenshot with the request to forward it. He caught a
recent FUNCube-1 pass and our friends over at AMSAT-UK have a nice message
regarding Tony Monteiro in the Fitter message.
Bryce
KB1LQC
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: *John Salmi* <kb1mgi55@xxxxx.xxx>
Date: Friday, March 28, 2014
Subject: AmSat Tony AA2TX FunCube
To: Brent Salmi <kb1lqd@xxxxx.xxx>, Bryce <bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx>
Can you sent this attached file from FunCube to the folks at Amsat ?
They may like seeing it.
Dad
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