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Today's Topics:
1. Re: K5UTD Is On The Air (Andrew Koenig)
2. Re: K5UTD Is On The Air (Greg D)
3. Re: K5UTD Is On The Air (Andrew Koenig)
4. Re: K5UTD Is On The Air (Glen Zook)
5. Re: K5UTD Is On The Air (Nick Pugh K5QXJ)
6. Re: K5UTD Is On The Air (Nick Pugh K5QXJ)
7. Re: K5UTD Is On The Air (Bryce Salmi)
8. Icom 9100 interface (george hinkle)
9. Any latest news on the Cubesats that fly with SpaceX CRS-3
mission (PE0SAT | Amateur Radio)
10. SpaceX F9R First Hop Video (Bryce Salmi)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 21:18:54 -0500
From: Andrew Koenig <ke5gdb@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Glen Zook <gzook@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: K5UTD Is On The Air
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Glen,
While technically not in Dallas, I will argue that it is partially in
Dallas County. See the image linked below. Our antennas are <100 feet from
Dallas County, according to Google Earth.
The only thing left of TAGER is the TAGER tower, and from what I hear, they
want to take it down. It's sad, as the tower is hosting 1 repeater, and
might be hosting a second in the near future.
Feel free to drop by on our repeater 145.43- 110.9. It's typically used by
K5UTD club members and a few TI guys.
http://i.imgur.com/imcazFj.jpg
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 8:39 PM, Glen Zook <gzook@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> I just hope their signals are clean! :>) Just joking!
>
> UTD, actually UTDIRICC (University of Texas, at Dallas, in Richardson, in
> Collin County) is located about 1-mile, straight west, of my house.
>
> UTD is NOT located in Dallas! It is in Richardson, Texas, former home of
> the "new" corporate headquarters of the Collins Radio Company. UTD
> started as the Southwest Center for Advanced Studies / TAGER (The
> Association for Graduate Engineering Research) and when that facility
> became associated with the University of Texas System, J. Erik Jonsson, the
> top official of TAGER , was the CEO of Texas Instruments and was also a
> former mayor of the City of Dallas. Jonsson insisted that the new
> university be called the University of Texas at Dallas and not, like with
> other University of Texas campuses, be associated with the city in which
> the university is actually located. As such, the university is not the
> University of Texas at Richardson.
>
> The main university complex is not even in Dallas County! It is in Collin
> County.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>
>
> Website: http://k9sth.com
> On Thursday, April 17, 2014 5:16 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner <
> glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> In the not so distant past, in a galaxy not so far away, we had college
> satellite night the first Thursday of the month.
>
> 73, Drew KO4MA
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 17, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Andrew Koenig <ke5gdb@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> >
> > Nick and Bryce,
> >
> > In another email, Bruce (KK5DO) mentioned trying to get all of the
> college
> > stations on the air for a few passes. Let me know if you'd be
> interested. I
> > suggest we time it somewhere around School Club Roundup.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Bryce Salmi <bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey Andrew!
> >>
> >> If your college club is active definitely check out K2GXT (Rochester
> >> Institute of Technology) http://www.rit.edu/sg/amateurradioclub/ as
> they
> >> are very active. Theres a semi-functional satellite station there,
> finding
> >> time to finish it was the hardest part. Give them an email! Congrats on
> the
> >> station!
> >>
> >> Bryce
> >> KB1LQC
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Andrew Koenig <ke5gdb@xxxxx.xxx>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hello Group!
> >>>
> >>> After about 6 months of work, I'm proud to say that the K5UTD Amateur
> >>> Radio
> >>> Club (University of Texas at Dallas) has finished setting up our
> satellite
> >>> station. Typically it should take a weekend and a case of beer to get
> the
> >>> job done, but this required a little more planning and involvement as
> we
> >>> had to collect the parts from various people and build several
> components
> >>> on our own; not to mention the fact that we get side-tracked like no
> other
> >>> club. For example, an effort to get the rotor controller resulted in
> >>> moving
> >>> about four truckloads worth of gear.
> >>>
> >>> We're using an FT-847 for our primary radio, and a Kenpro G-5400 for
> our
> >>> rotor system. We've interfaced the G-5400 to the computer using an
> >>> Arduino.
> >>> It works rather well with GPredict. The final bug in the system has to
> do
> >>> with GPredict talking to the '847, but that should be easily fixed
> with an
> >>> update.
> >>>
> >>> The antennas are on the roof of our Engineering and Computer Science
> >>> building, about 20 feet off the roof, 70 feet above ground. Out of
> luck,
> >>> we
> >>> had a GlenMartin RT-936 and the associated non-penetrating mount just
> >>> hanging out in our closet. Carrying the 50 cinder blocks up to the roof
> >>> for
> >>> that mount was not fun though. Coax wise, we have about 20 feet of
> Davis
> >>> Bury-flex for our initial run, which then feeds some very nice ARR
> >>> preamps.
> >>> The final 200 foot run of coax to the shack is 1/2" Heliax. There are a
> >>> few
> >>> jumpers here in the shack too.
> >>>
> >>> I was able to make a few contacts through SO-50 today, and plan to be
> more
> >>> active. With the help of DK3WN's SatBlog, I've had no trouble picking
> out
> >>> some cubesats and listening to the beacons and telemetry. Telemetry
> >>> collection is one of the primary goals for this station. Our other
> goals
> >>> for this station, aside from having fun on the air, are to get club
> >>> recognition on campus and to work with the William B. Hanson Center for
> >>> Space Sciences on upper atmospheric projects.
> >>>
> >>> Station photos: http://imgur.com/a/6TGOJ
> >>>
> >>> Also, if you know a member of the former TI club, give them a hug (or
> >>> handshake) on our behalf. None of the current K5UTD projects could have
> >>> been possible without them.
> >>>
> >>> 73!
> >>> Andrew Koenig, KE5GDB
> >>> Vice President, K5UTD
> >>> Research Assistant, Center for Space Sciences
> >>> _______________________________________________
> >>> 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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> >
> >
> > --
> > Andrew Koenig
> > _______________________________________________
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>
>
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Andrew Koenig
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 19:28:17 -0700
From: Greg D <ko6th.greg@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Andrew Koenig <ke5gdb@xxxxx.xxx>, AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: K5UTD Is On The Air
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Nice project!
Just curious, what did you do for lightning protection?
Greg KO6TH
Andrew Koenig wrote:
> Hello Group!
>
> After about 6 months of work, I'm proud to say that the K5UTD Amateur Radio
> Club (University of Texas at Dallas) has finished setting up our satellite
> station. Typically it should take a weekend and a case of beer to get the
> job done, but this required a little more planning and involvement as we
> had to collect the parts from various people and build several components
> on our own; not to mention the fact that we get side-tracked like no other
> club. For example, an effort to get the rotor controller resulted in moving
> about four truckloads worth of gear.
>
> We're using an FT-847 for our primary radio, and a Kenpro G-5400 for our
> rotor system. We've interfaced the G-5400 to the computer using an Arduino.
> It works rather well with GPredict. The final bug in the system has to do
> with GPredict talking to the '847, but that should be easily fixed with an
> update.
>
> The antennas are on the roof of our Engineering and Computer Science
> building, about 20 feet off the roof, 70 feet above ground. Out of luck, we
> had a GlenMartin RT-936 and the associated non-penetrating mount just
> hanging out in our closet. Carrying the 50 cinder blocks up to the roof for
> that mount was not fun though. Coax wise, we have about 20 feet of Davis
> Bury-flex for our initial run, which then feeds some very nice ARR preamps.
> The final 200 foot run of coax to the shack is 1/2" Heliax. There are a few
> jumpers here in the shack too.
>
> I was able to make a few contacts through SO-50 today, and plan to be more
> active. With the help of DK3WN's SatBlog, I've had no trouble picking out
> some cubesats and listening to the beacons and telemetry. Telemetry
> collection is one of the primary goals for this station. Our other goals
> for this station, aside from having fun on the air, are to get club
> recognition on campus and to work with the William B. Hanson Center for
> Space Sciences on upper atmospheric projects.
>
> Station photos: http://imgur.com/a/6TGOJ
>
> Also, if you know a member of the former TI club, give them a hug (or
> handshake) on our behalf. None of the current K5UTD projects could have
> been possible without them.
>
> 73!
> Andrew Koenig, KE5GDB
> Vice President, K5UTD
> Research Assistant, Center for Space Sciences
> _______________________________________________
> 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: 3
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 22:10:21 -0500
From: Andrew Koenig <ke5gdb@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Greg D <ko6th.greg@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: K5UTD Is On The Air
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Greg,
At this point in time, we're entirely grounded to the building's Franklin
loop. Although this is probably adequate, it's not quite up to our
standards. We don't have any lightning arrestors on our coax (yet), but
it's on the shopping list for Ham-Com and Dayton. They're not high, but
also not low priority. When we do get some, they'll likely be mounted near
our preamp box.
73's de KE5GDB
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Greg D <ko6th.greg@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Nice project!
>
> Just curious, what did you do for lightning protection?
>
> Greg KO6TH
>
>
> Andrew Koenig wrote:
>
>> Hello Group!
>>
>> After about 6 months of work, I'm proud to say that the K5UTD Amateur
>> Radio
>> Club (University of Texas at Dallas) has finished setting up our satellite
>> station. Typically it should take a weekend and a case of beer to get the
>> job done, but this required a little more planning and involvement as we
>> had to collect the parts from various people and build several components
>> on our own; not to mention the fact that we get side-tracked like no other
>> club. For example, an effort to get the rotor controller resulted in
>> moving
>> about four truckloads worth of gear.
>>
>> We're using an FT-847 for our primary radio, and a Kenpro G-5400 for our
>> rotor system. We've interfaced the G-5400 to the computer using an
>> Arduino.
>> It works rather well with GPredict. The final bug in the system has to do
>> with GPredict talking to the '847, but that should be easily fixed with an
>> update.
>>
>> The antennas are on the roof of our Engineering and Computer Science
>> building, about 20 feet off the roof, 70 feet above ground. Out of luck,
>> we
>> had a GlenMartin RT-936 and the associated non-penetrating mount just
>> hanging out in our closet. Carrying the 50 cinder blocks up to the roof
>> for
>> that mount was not fun though. Coax wise, we have about 20 feet of Davis
>> Bury-flex for our initial run, which then feeds some very nice ARR
>> preamps.
>> The final 200 foot run of coax to the shack is 1/2" Heliax. There are a
>> few
>> jumpers here in the shack too.
>>
>> I was able to make a few contacts through SO-50 today, and plan to be more
>> active. With the help of DK3WN's SatBlog, I've had no trouble picking out
>> some cubesats and listening to the beacons and telemetry. Telemetry
>> collection is one of the primary goals for this station. Our other goals
>> for this station, aside from having fun on the air, are to get club
>> recognition on campus and to work with the William B. Hanson Center for
>> Space Sciences on upper atmospheric projects.
>>
>> Station photos: http://imgur.com/a/6TGOJ
>>
>> Also, if you know a member of the former TI club, give them a hug (or
>> handshake) on our behalf. None of the current K5UTD projects could have
>> been possible without them.
>>
>> 73!
>> Andrew Koenig, KE5GDB
>> Vice President, K5UTD
>> Research Assistant, Center for Space Sciences
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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
>>
>
>
--
Andrew Koenig
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 20:30:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glen Zook <gzook@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Andrew Koenig <ke5gdb@xxxxx.xxx>, Greg D <ko6th.greg@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: K5UTD Is On The Air
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Some of the newer buildings do now overlap into Dallas County. ?But, for
decades, there was absolutely nothing outside of Collin County.
You really don't need lightning arrestors on the coaxial cables. ?The
primary thing that they do is to get the shield of the coaxial cable
grounded and there are MUCH cheaper ways of doing that. ?Andrew, for their
Heliax brand cable, used clamps to the shield with a conductor attached and
nothing else. ?I will attach a photograph of a means to get the shields
grounded that costs under $1.00 per cable in a separate E-Mail to you.
?
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
On Thursday, April 17, 2014 10:14 PM, Andrew Koenig <ke5gdb@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
Greg,
At this point in time, we're entirely grounded to the building's Franklin
loop. Although this is probably adequate, it's not quite up to our
standards. We don't have any lightning arrestors on our coax (yet), but
it's on the shopping list for Ham-Com and Dayton. They're not high, but
also not low priority. When we do get some, they'll likely be mounted near
our preamp box.
73's de KE5GDB
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Greg D <ko6th.greg@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Nice project!
>
> Just curious, what did you do for lightning protection?
>
> Greg? KO6TH
>
>
> Andrew Koenig wrote:
>
>> Hello Group!
>>
>> After about 6 months of work, I'm proud to say that the K5UTD Amateur
>> Radio
>> Club (University of Texas at Dallas) has finished setting up our satellite
>> station. Typically it should take a weekend and a case of beer to get the
>> job done, but this required a little more planning and involvement as we
>> had to collect the parts from various people and build several components
>> on our own; not to mention the fact that we get side-tracked like no other
>> club. For example, an effort to get the rotor controller resulted in
>> moving
>> about four truckloads worth of gear.
>>
>> We're using an FT-847 for our primary radio, and a Kenpro G-5400 for our
>> rotor system. We've interfaced the G-5400 to the computer using an
>> Arduino.
>> It works rather well with GPredict. The final bug in the system has to do
>> with GPredict talking to the '847, but that should be easily fixed with an
>> update.
>>
>> The antennas are on the roof of our Engineering and Computer Science
>> building, about 20 feet off the roof, 70 feet above ground. Out of luck,
>> we
>> had a GlenMartin RT-936 and the associated non-penetrating mount just
>> hanging out in our closet. Carrying the 50 cinder blocks up to the roof
>> for
>> that mount was not fun though. Coax wise, we have about 20 feet of Davis
>> Bury-flex for our initial run, which then feeds some very nice ARR
>> preamps.
>> The final 200 foot run of coax to the shack is 1/2" Heliax. There are a
>> few
>> jumpers here in the shack too.
>>
>> I was able to make a few contacts through SO-50 today, and plan to be more
>> active. With the help of DK3WN's SatBlog, I've had no trouble picking out
>> some cubesats and listening to the beacons and telemetry. Telemetry
>> collection is one of the primary goals for this station. Our other goals
>> for this station, aside from having fun on the air, are to get club
>> recognition on campus and to work with the William B. Hanson Center for
>> Space Sciences on upper atmospheric projects.
>>
>> Station photos: http://imgur.com/a/6TGOJ
>>
>> Also, if you know a member of the former TI club, give them a hug (or
>> handshake) on our behalf. None of the current K5UTD projects could have
>> been possible without them.
>>
>> 73!
>> Andrew Koenig, KE5GDB
>> Vice President, K5UTD
>> Research Assistant, Center for Space Sciences
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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
>>
>
>
--
Andrew Koenig
_______________________________________________
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 03:28:02 -0500
From: "Nick Pugh K5QXJ" <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "'Andrew Koenig'" <ke5gdb@xxxxx.xxx>, <bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: 'AMSAT-BB' <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: K5UTD Is On The Air
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Count us in
nick
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Andrew Koenig
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 4:53 PM
To: bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: AMSAT-BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: K5UTD Is On The Air
Nick and Bryce,
In another email, Bruce (KK5DO) mentioned trying to get all of the college
stations on the air for a few passes. Let me know if you'd be interested. I
suggest we time it somewhere around School Club Roundup.
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Bryce Salmi <bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Hey Andrew!
>
> If your college club is active definitely check out K2GXT (Rochester
> Institute of Technology) http://www.rit.edu/sg/amateurradioclub/ as
> they are very active. Theres a semi-functional satellite station
> there, finding time to finish it was the hardest part. Give them an
> email! Congrats on the station!
>
> Bryce
> KB1LQC
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Andrew Koenig <ke5gdb@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
>> Hello Group!
>>
>> After about 6 months of work, I'm proud to say that the K5UTD Amateur
>> Radio Club (University of Texas at Dallas) has finished setting up
>> our satellite station. Typically it should take a weekend and a case
>> of beer to get the job done, but this required a little more planning
>> and involvement as we had to collect the parts from various people
>> and build several components on our own; not to mention the fact that
>> we get side-tracked like no other club. For example, an effort to get
>> the rotor controller resulted in moving about four truckloads worth
>> of gear.
>>
>> We're using an FT-847 for our primary radio, and a Kenpro G-5400 for
>> our rotor system. We've interfaced the G-5400 to the computer using
>> an Arduino.
>> It works rather well with GPredict. The final bug in the system has
>> to do with GPredict talking to the '847, but that should be easily
>> fixed with an update.
>>
>> The antennas are on the roof of our Engineering and Computer Science
>> building, about 20 feet off the roof, 70 feet above ground. Out of
>> luck, we had a GlenMartin RT-936 and the associated non-penetrating
>> mount just hanging out in our closet. Carrying the 50 cinder blocks
>> up to the roof for that mount was not fun though. Coax wise, we have
>> about 20 feet of Davis Bury-flex for our initial run, which then
>> feeds some very nice ARR preamps.
>> The final 200 foot run of coax to the shack is 1/2" Heliax. There are
>> a few jumpers here in the shack too.
>>
>> I was able to make a few contacts through SO-50 today, and plan to be
>> more active. With the help of DK3WN's SatBlog, I've had no trouble
>> picking out some cubesats and listening to the beacons and telemetry.
>> Telemetry collection is one of the primary goals for this station.
>> Our other goals for this station, aside from having fun on the air,
>> are to get club recognition on campus and to work with the William B.
>> Hanson Center for Space Sciences on upper atmospheric projects.
>>
>> Station photos: http://imgur.com/a/6TGOJ
>>
>> Also, if you know a member of the former TI club, give them a hug (or
>> handshake) on our behalf. None of the current K5UTD projects could
>> have been possible without them.
>>
>> 73!
>> Andrew Koenig, KE5GDB
>> Vice President, K5UTD
>> Research Assistant, Center for Space Sciences
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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
>>
>
>
--
Andrew Koenig
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 03:29:54 -0500
From: "Nick Pugh K5QXJ" <quadpugh@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "'Andrew Glasbrenner'" <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, "'Andrew
Koenig'" <ke5gdb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: 'AMSAT-BB' <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Let crank up on ECHO LINK
nick
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Andrew Glasbrenner
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 5:10 PM
To: Andrew Koenig
Cc: AMSAT-BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: K5UTD Is On The Air
In the not so distant past, in a galaxy not so far away, we had college
satellite night the first Thursday of the month.
73, Drew KO4MA
Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 17, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Andrew Koenig <ke5gdb@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> Nick and Bryce,
>
> In another email, Bruce (KK5DO) mentioned trying to get all of the
> college stations on the air for a few passes. Let me know if you'd be
> interested. I suggest we time it somewhere around School Club Roundup.
>
>
>
>
>> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Bryce Salmi <bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx>
wrote:
>>
>> Hey Andrew!
>>
>> If your college club is active definitely check out K2GXT (Rochester
>> Institute of Technology) http://www.rit.edu/sg/amateurradioclub/ as
>> they are very active. Theres a semi-functional satellite station
>> there, finding time to finish it was the hardest part. Give them an
>> email! Congrats on the station!
>>
>> Bryce
>> KB1LQC
>>
>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Andrew Koenig <ke5gdb@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Group!
>>>
>>> After about 6 months of work, I'm proud to say that the K5UTD
>>> Amateur Radio Club (University of Texas at Dallas) has finished
>>> setting up our satellite station. Typically it should take a weekend
>>> and a case of beer to get the job done, but this required a little
>>> more planning and involvement as we had to collect the parts from
>>> various people and build several components on our own; not to
>>> mention the fact that we get side-tracked like no other club. For
>>> example, an effort to get the rotor controller resulted in moving
>>> about four truckloads worth of gear.
>>>
>>> We're using an FT-847 for our primary radio, and a Kenpro G-5400 for
>>> our rotor system. We've interfaced the G-5400 to the computer using
>>> an Arduino.
>>> It works rather well with GPredict. The final bug in the system has
>>> to do with GPredict talking to the '847, but that should be easily
>>> fixed with an update.
>>>
>>> The antennas are on the roof of our Engineering and Computer Science
>>> building, about 20 feet off the roof, 70 feet above ground. Out of
>>> luck, we had a GlenMartin RT-936 and the associated non-penetrating
>>> mount just hanging out in our closet. Carrying the 50 cinder blocks
>>> up to the roof for that mount was not fun though. Coax wise, we have
>>> about 20 feet of Davis Bury-flex for our initial run, which then
>>> feeds some very nice ARR preamps.
>>> The final 200 foot run of coax to the shack is 1/2" Heliax. There
>>> are a few jumpers here in the shack too.
>>>
>>> I was able to make a few contacts through SO-50 today, and plan to
>>> be more active. With the help of DK3WN's SatBlog, I've had no
>>> trouble picking out some cubesats and listening to the beacons and
>>> telemetry. Telemetry collection is one of the primary goals for this
>>> station. Our other goals for this station, aside from having fun on
>>> the air, are to get club recognition on campus and to work with the
>>> William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences on upper atmospheric
projects.
>>>
>>> Station photos: http://imgur.com/a/6TGOJ
>>>
>>> Also, if you know a member of the former TI club, give them a hug
>>> (or
>>> handshake) on our behalf. None of the current K5UTD projects could
>>> have been possible without them.
>>>
>>> 73!
>>> Andrew Koenig, KE5GDB
>>> Vice President, K5UTD
>>> Research Assistant, Center for Space Sciences
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>
> --
> Andrew Koenig
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 01:34:03 -0700
From: Bryce Salmi <bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Andrew Koenig <ke5gdb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: K5UTD Is On The Air
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I am no longer at RIT, I've graduated and moved 2,500 miles away (Los
Angeles, CA). I know K2GXT is still quite active, their website has up to
date contact info!
Andrew, I remember those Thursdays. The schedule did not work out well for
quarter system at RIT. Most of us had homework/exams all due on Wednesday
and Friday so Thursday was the day you did all the prep for Friday stuff if
you had to push it off due to Wednesday due dates... Argh! Thanks for
hosting them non-the-less!
Bryce
KB1LQC
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Andrew Koenig <ke5gdb@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Nick and Bryce,
>
> In another email, Bruce (KK5DO) mentioned trying to get all of the college
> stations on the air for a few passes. Let me know if you'd be interested. I
> suggest we time it somewhere around School Club Roundup.
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Bryce Salmi <bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx>wrote:
>
>> Hey Andrew!
>>
>> If your college club is active definitely check out K2GXT (Rochester
>> Institute of Technology) http://www.rit.edu/sg/amateurradioclub/ as they
>> are very active. Theres a semi-functional satellite station there, finding
>> time to finish it was the hardest part. Give them an email! Congrats on the
>> station!
>>
>> Bryce
>> KB1LQC
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Andrew Koenig <ke5gdb@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Group!
>>>
>>> After about 6 months of work, I'm proud to say that the K5UTD Amateur
>>> Radio
>>> Club (University of Texas at Dallas) has finished setting up our
>>> satellite
>>> station. Typically it should take a weekend and a case of beer to get the
>>> job done, but this required a little more planning and involvement as we
>>> had to collect the parts from various people and build several components
>>> on our own; not to mention the fact that we get side-tracked like no
>>> other
>>> club. For example, an effort to get the rotor controller resulted in
>>> moving
>>> about four truckloads worth of gear.
>>>
>>> We're using an FT-847 for our primary radio, and a Kenpro G-5400 for our
>>> rotor system. We've interfaced the G-5400 to the computer using an
>>> Arduino.
>>> It works rather well with GPredict. The final bug in the system has to do
>>> with GPredict talking to the '847, but that should be easily fixed with
>>> an
>>> update.
>>>
>>> The antennas are on the roof of our Engineering and Computer Science
>>> building, about 20 feet off the roof, 70 feet above ground. Out of luck,
>>> we
>>> had a GlenMartin RT-936 and the associated non-penetrating mount just
>>> hanging out in our closet. Carrying the 50 cinder blocks up to the roof
>>> for
>>> that mount was not fun though. Coax wise, we have about 20 feet of Davis
>>> Bury-flex for our initial run, which then feeds some very nice ARR
>>> preamps.
>>> The final 200 foot run of coax to the shack is 1/2" Heliax. There are a
>>> few
>>> jumpers here in the shack too.
>>>
>>> I was able to make a few contacts through SO-50 today, and plan to be
>>> more
>>> active. With the help of DK3WN's SatBlog, I've had no trouble picking out
>>> some cubesats and listening to the beacons and telemetry. Telemetry
>>> collection is one of the primary goals for this station. Our other goals
>>> for this station, aside from having fun on the air, are to get club
>>> recognition on campus and to work with the William B. Hanson Center for
>>> Space Sciences on upper atmospheric projects.
>>>
>>> Station photos: http://imgur.com/a/6TGOJ
>>>
>>> Also, if you know a member of the former TI club, give them a hug (or
>>> handshake) on our behalf. None of the current K5UTD projects could have
>>> been possible without them.
>>>
>>> 73!
>>> Andrew Koenig, KE5GDB
>>> Vice President, K5UTD
>>> Research Assistant, Center for Space Sciences
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> 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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>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Andrew Koenig
>
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 09:02:29 -0500
From: george hinkle <gwhink41@xxx.xxx>
To: Amsat - BBs <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Icom 9100 interface
Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP476F09101F97B6E7FD945C8D45D0@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
I have an Icom 9100 been using if for a good time now. I'm using SatPC32
which works very well with their driver .....if you can get it to work. I
did it two years ago but now I have two new computers and can't get it to
work now.
Any one to help out there?
george wi9i
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 18:41:26 +0200
From: PE0SAT | Amateur Radio <pe0sat@xxxxx.xx>
To: Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Any latest news on the Cubesats that fly with
SpaceX CRS-3 mission
Message-ID: <f0e8d22699e64ecf6bfe99f418fd6fdf@xxxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
Is there some more information available?
I found information on
http://www.cubesat.org/index.php/missions/upcoming-launches/139-crs3-launch-al
ert
but nothing else.
Any extra info would be appreciated.
73 Jan PE0SAT
--
With regards PE0SAT
Internet web-page http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 10:48:16 -0700
From: Bryce Salmi <bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Amsat BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] SpaceX F9R First Hop Video
Message-ID:
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
http://youtu.be/0UjWqQPWmsY
Just wanted to share the events from yesterday. Very cool and one step
closer to drastically reducing launch costs!
Bryce
KB1LQC
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