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Today's Topics:
1. Re: AO-7 70cm beacon (David Giles)
2. Re: AO-27 may return, once again... (Rafael Valdez G. )
3. AO-7 (w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxxx
4. Re: CO-65 9k6 Digipeater hint... Award needed ? (Mineo Wakita)
5. Re: AO-7 (dobarrows@xxx.xxxx
6. Re: AO-7 (Roger Kolakowski)
7. ANS-060 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins (Lee McLamb)
8. Re: CO-65 9k6 Digipeater hint... Award needed ?
(Andrew Glasbrenner)
9. Re: ARRL Satellite Handbook (R. Chastain)
10. Need email address (k8kfj@xxx.xxxx
11. Re^2: CO-65 9k6 Digipeater hint... Award needed ? (Mineo Wakita)
12. 2M1EUB/P QRV SCOTLAND (paul robinson)
13. Re: AO-27 may return, once again... (Mike Rupprecht)
14. Re: AO-7 70-cm RTTY beacon and telemetry on! (DeYoung James)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 10:29:38 +1030
From: David Giles <vk5dg@xxxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-7 70cm beacon
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hello again,
Another pass (2009-02-28 2225 UTC) and the 70cm beacon was on again.
This time I used fldigi and worked out it was sending RTTY at 45 baud.
Using a 85Hz shift gave strings of digits that made the pattern
-xxyyy-xxyyy-xxyyy where xx is the channel number (it incremented from
00 to 59) and yyy is the value.
Going through the data table from the December 1974 AMSAT newsletter
(Thanks again Phil Karn) gives:
Channel Values OK My reckoning from the table
00 366 Y PA temp 70/2 transponder off
01 918 917 Y +X current -14.1mA
02 871 892 Y +Y current 27.9mA
03 637 753 Y -X current 334mA
04 870 744 Y -Y current 354mA
05 010 105 Y +Z axis sensor 84deg
06 911 Y +X current -14.1mA same as 01
07 881 906 Y +Y current -2.6mA
08 00000 00000 N All x8 channels are not working
09 906 779 Y -Y current 279mA
10 000 000 Y -Z axis sensor 90deg
11 769 770 Y Battery volts 14.1v
12 337 338 N Half battery volts 3.53v
13 711 715 Y Regulated volts 24.31v
14 602 602 Y 10v Reg volts 9.38v
15 937 937 Y 9v reg volts 9.37v
16 416 421 Y Ch reg1 volts 6.51v
17 393 395 Y Ch reg2 volts 6.06v
18 10000 10000 N see 08
19 149 149 N 2304 beacon pwr
20 484 484 Y Ch. Disc current 60.3mA
21 913 912 Y +X current -3mA
22 894 902 Y +Y current 6mA
23 N
24 845 728 Y -Y current 389mA
25 010 094 Y +Z sensor 84.6deg
26 889 888 Y +X current 47.2mA
27 878 883 Y +Y current 40mA
28 20000 20000 N see 08
29 867 750 Y -Y current 341mA
30 000 000 Y -Z sensor 90deg
31 000 000 Maybe 10m RF output 0W
32 000 000 Y 2m RF out 0W
33 467 472 Y 70cm beacon out 258mW
34 000 000 N Total solar array current
35 238 238 N Battery temp formula truncated
36 238 247 N Baseplate temp formula truncated
37 258 273 Y +X facet temp 53.2deg
38 30000 30000 N see 08
39 259 258 N 2304 beacon temp
40 501 501 Y Midrange telemetry cal 5.01v
41 915 915 Y +X current -9.8mA
42 911 912 Y +Y current -15.6mA
43 684 -X current 482mA
44 N
45 020 Y +Z sensor 88.9deg
46 294 Y +X current 1350mA
47 916 916 Y +Y current -24.3mA
48 40000 40000 N see 08
49 N
50 000 Y -Z sensor 90deg
51 767 Y Battery volts 14.12v
52 331 N Half battery volts 3.48v
53 009 N AGC level 70/2 transponder
54 000 N Tx osc 70/2 transponder off
55 000 N Rx Osc 70/2 transponder off
56 000 N Mod out 70/2 transponder off
57
58 50000 N see 08
59 855 855 Y Conv. Osc 70/2 9.50v
Missing numbers were corrupted. The values were from two frames. The
second value is the preferred value used in the calculations.
Comments:
Judging from parameter 40, the calibration is still ok. Any parameter
in the x8 series is not working. The temperatures are out of range.
I don't know about the Zaxis sensors. Is -Z in shadow?
AO-7 still continues to surprise.
73 de David VK5DG
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 00:06:38 +0000
From: "Rafael Valdez G. " <rafavaldez@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-27 may return, once again...
To: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) " <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>,
"amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx " <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Great news Pat
XE2RV
------Original Message------
From: Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Sent: Feb 28, 2009 4:50 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-27 may return, once again...
Hi!
I saw on the AO-27 web page:
http://www.ao27.org/ <http://www.ao27.org/>
that the satellite is transmitting once again.? From the schedule
posted on that page, it appears it will be transmitting several
minutes of data on the same passes it would have been on in the
past (for a few minutes over the Northern Hemisphere).? Let's
hope all checks out well, so this satellite can return to normal
(for AO-27) operation soon.?
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/ <http://www.wd9ewk.net/>
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 00:08:16 +0000 (UTC)
From: w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Was not AO-7 supposed to be switching over from mode A to B at about 2011Z??
From the log it is still in mode A.? I could not access it the last pass.
73 Bob W7LRD
Seattle
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:49:38 +0900
From: Mineo Wakita <ei7m-wkt@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CO-65 9k6 Digipeater hint... Award needed ?
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Yes, the uplink frequency is 1267.603MHz.
Up 1267.603MHz / Down 437.475MHz, GMSK 9k6
Unproto APRS via JQ1YTC
Up Down
1267.576 437.484 AOS
1267.603 437.475 TCA
1267.630 437.466 LOS
CO-65 continue doing ON of a transponder all the time
for these periods in March 2009.
> 2/28(Sat)12:29 - 3/02(Mon) 0:38
> 3/06(Fri)12:57 - 3/09(Mon) 1:13
> 3/14(Sat) 1:23 - 3/16(Mon) 0:12
> 3/20(Fri)12:31 - 3/23(Mon) 0:46
> 3/27(Fri)11:30 - 3/30(Mon) 1:22
> Coordinate Universal Time, UTC
When it is the elevation more than about 30 degrees,
you will be able to digipeat your GMSK signals.
And you need to give power more than about 10 watts,
and it's necessary to use a pre-amp for downlink
because the output power from CO-65 is 300[mW].
This is VERY VERY weak output power from CO-65.
Today 00:20-00:32UTC, 1st Mar 2009, Mel 49deg, GMSK 9600bps
JE9PEL>APRS,JQ1YTC* [03/01/09 00:27:13] <UI R>::SAT :Hello via CO-65 9k6
JA5BLZ>CQ,JQ1YTC* [03/01/09 00:27:51] <UI>::JE9PEL :HELLO VIA CO-65
JA5BLZ>CQ,JQ1YTC* [03/01/09 00:30:37] <UI>:73 ALL
JH1BCL>CQ,JQ1YTC* [03/01/09 00:30:40] <UI>::JA5BLZ :RGR TNX MSG 73
JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:18:41 -0500
From: dobarrows@xxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-7
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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As W7LRD observed, AO-7 did not go to mode B as expected earlier today.
As of 0100 March 1, it was still in mode A (with signals in the 10m
downlink weak) and the 70cm beacon is on at 435.100 with a good signal.
W8IJ Dave Barrows
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:57:56 -0500
From: "Roger Kolakowski" <rogerkola@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-7
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, <dobarrows@xxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <009401c99a21$e7e65500$0300a8c0@xxxxxxxx>
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AO-7 actually has 2 more modes, C & D...C is "low power" B ahd D is 430
"Beacon only"...
In defference to the "missing" Emily...I found the following post in the
archives:
>Emily Clarke wrote:
> >
> >>I had run some numbers this past weekend and it predicted that AO-7
> >>would go out of eclipse, and sure enough it did. On Jan 11 at
> >>09:38 F6BYJ reported that AO-7 was in Mode A, and since that time
> >>no Mode B contacts have been made.
> >>
> >>The original theory was that AO-7 progresses from Mode B to Mode C,
> >>then to Mode A when power drops. However generally this would only
> >>last for one orbit since it would resent when it entered eclipse.
> >>
> >>Now that the orbit has precessed (in relationship with the grey
> >>line) to the point it won't go into eclipse, it doesn't appear it
> >>will be reset by lack of sunlight. This condition will persist
> >>until approximately the 10th of March 2006.
> >>
> >>It will be very interesting to see if AO-7's mode changes during
> >>this time. If you find AO-7 in Modes B or C, please be sure to log
> >>your contacts in the AO-7 log at:
> >>http://www.emilyshouse.com/experthams/ao7/index.html
Roger
WA1KAT
----- Original Message -----
From: <dobarrows@xxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 8:18 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-7
> As W7LRD observed, AO-7 did not go to mode B as expected earlier today.
> As of 0100 March 1, it was still in mode A (with signals in the 10m
> downlink weak) and the 70cm beacon is on at 435.100 with a good signal.
>
> W8IJ Dave Barrows
>
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:16:31 -0500
From: Lee McLamb <ku4os@xxx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-060 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-060
ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America,
The
Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a
worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in
designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital
Amateur Radio satellites.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor@xxxxx.xxx
In this edition:
* Richard Garriott, W5KWQ to speak at the AMSAT/TAPR Banquet during Hamvention
* AMSAT INDIA Certificates for Two Way VO-52 Contacts
* SuitSat-2 Meeting in Phoenix
* ARRL Satellite Handbook Now Available at AMSAT Online Store
* Amateur Radio Balloons Over North East Texas (ARBONET) Weekly Net
* Call for Papers - NEMS and MEMS for Space Applications
* ARISS Status - 23 February 2009
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-060.01
Richard Garriott, W5KWQ to speak at the AMSAT/TAPR Banquet during Hamvention
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 060.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 1, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-060.01
We are pleased to announce that Richard Garriott, W5KWQ will be the keynote
speaker at the AMSAT/TAPR Banquet during
Hamvention 2009. The Banquet will be on
Friday evening, 15 May 2009. Richard was aboard the ISS (International Space
Station) in October 2008 and delighted many amateur radio operators and school
children with contacts. He was the sixth private citizen to make the trip. In
1983, Richard's father Owen Garriott, W5LFL was
the first person to make amateur
radio contacts from the Space Shuttle. In addition to the banquet speech,
Richard will give a short presentation at the AMSAT Forum on Saturday morning,
and visit the AMSAT & ARRL booths.
There is limited seating for the banquet, and tickets may be purchased for $30
by contacting Martha at the AMSAT office. Banquet tickets will also soon be
available through the AMSAT web store.
Thanks to Frank Bauer and Rosalie White for making the arrangements.
[ANS thanks Gould, WA4SXM, for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-060.02
AMSAT INDIA Certificates for Two Way VO-52 Contacts
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 060.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 1, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-060.02
AMSAT INDIA will issue a certificate for Radio Hams who establish two way
contact thru VO-52 from the period January 26th 2009 until May 5th 2009.
The first fifty certificates have been sponsored by a well-wisher including
postage. This certificate will also be available for a fee which will be
announced on a later date.
Please send us your QSL card which has details of the QSO on VO-52 to the
following address. Please provide us the exact mailing address where you would
like to receive the certificate.
AMSAT India (Regd.)
No. 201, 2nd Main Road,
Mahalakshmi Layout,
Bangalore 560086
India.
[ANS thanks Nitin, VU3TYG, for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-060.03
SuitSat-2 Meeting in Phoenix
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 060.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 1, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-060.03
Many of the members of the SuitSat-2 team participated in a working meeting
at the Microchip complex 20 - 22 Feb 2009. Most of the modules were
demonstrated and a great deal of work followed to improve the interfaces
between the modules. Gould, WA4SXM is working on SuitSat-2 web pages that
will provide details of the work and photographs of the modules and team
members. These pages will be added to the AMSAT site soon.
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-060.04
ARRL Satellite Handbook Now Available at AMSAT Online Store
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 060.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 1, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-060.04
The ARRL Satellite Handbook by Steve Ford,
WB8IMY, is now available at the AMSAT
online store. Visit http://www.amsat.org and
click on Online Store from the menu
on the left. Follow the link to Publications.
[ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO, for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-060.05
Amateur Radio Balloons Over North East Texas (ARBONET) Weekly Net
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 060.05
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 1, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-060.05
The Amateur Radio Balloons Over North East Texas (ARBONET) Weekly Information
Net is held Wednesday evening at 8:30 PM CST via the facilities of the North
Texas Repeater Association Repeater Network (NTXRA)
Dallas: 442.025 MHz Offset: +5 MHz PL Tone: 127.3
Ft. Worth: 443.450 MHz Offset: + 5 MHZ PL Tone: 127.3
McKinney: 442.575 MHz Offset: + 5 MHz PL Tone: 127.3
The NTXRA network has IRLP capabilities, The node number is 945, channel 1.
Repeaters outside the coverage area of the NTXRA network who have IRLP
capabilities can link into the network to participate in the weekly nets.
Anyone interested in Amateur Radio High Altitude Balloon flights or in
participating in ARBONET activities is invited to join this weekly on-the-air
activity.
[ANS thanks Doug, W5BL, for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-060.06
Call for Papers - NEMS and MEMS for Space Applications
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 060.06
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 1, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-060.06
2009 ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition
The symposium will be held at the ASME Congress
on November 13-19, 2009, on-site
at Lake Buena Vista, Florida (Walt Disney World). The call-for-paper is for
Track 13 (Micro and Nano Systems), Topic5-NEMS and MEMS for Space
Applications.
Please note that the goal of this symposium is forward looking and on
current/future technologies that can lead toward the goal of highly integrated
Nano/Pico-satellites.
The goal of this topic is on space sciences and technology with NEMS and MEMS.
The continuing trend towards smaller satellites has produced operational
NanoSats (1-10kg) and PicoSats (<1kg). These satellites will transform the way
we study space and terrestrial sciences by providing currently non-existing
capabilities such as instantaneous field measurements, ultra large arrays, and
sacrificial missions. Key attributes of these satellites are smaller, lighter,
cheaper, and expendable. Naturally, the miniaturization and high density
integration capability of N/MEMS are the future for these missions and
satellites.
Specific areas of interest related N/MEMS include, but are not limited to:
* Attitude determination and control systems
* Integrated bus
* Navigation and positioning
* Power
* Propulsion
* Thermal control
* Communication
* Science instruments
[ANS thanks Adam Huang and Eui-Hyeok Yang for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-060.07
ARISS Status - 23 February 2009
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 060.07
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 1, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-060.07
1. Upcoming Simulated Contacts
Several simulated Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
contacts have been scheduled. These training sessions are terrestrial-based
amateur radio contacts using ARISS-equivalent
equipment. Audio will be available
on IRLP. All times are approximate.
Wednesday, March 4:
14:30 UTC ? Technopolis, Belgium and Andre Kuipers, PI9ISS
14:45 UTC - Bedford South School, Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada and Chris
Hadfield, VA3OOG
15:00 UTC - Bedford South School, Bedford, Nova
Scotia, Canada and Cady Coleman,
KC5ZTH
2. South Park Students Speak with ISS
On Tuesday, February 17, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) contact took place between South Park Elementary Center in South Park,
Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh native Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, on the ISS.
Telebridge
station K6DUE in Maryland facilitated the
contact. An audience of approximately
460 watched as twenty questions were asked and
answered. The audio was fed into
the EchoLink AMSAT and JK1ZRW servers and received 7 connections from stations
in England and the U.S. The event received extensive media coverage from
television stations and newspapers. The links follow.
CBS affiliate:
http://kdka.com/video/?id=53487@xxxx.xxxxxxx.xxx
ABC affiliate:
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/18730162/detail.html?taf=pit
NBC affiliate:
http://www.wpxi.com/news/18729533/detail.html
Pittsburgh Post Gazette:
http://www.pittsburghpostgazette.com/pg/09049/949857-52.stm
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_612166.html
3. Salluit Students Question Astronaut via Radio
Students attending Salluit Schools in Salluit, Quebec, Canada experienced an
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Thursday,
February 19 via telebridge station W6SRJ in California. Mike Fincke, KE5AIT,
answered 15 questions posed to him by the students. The audio was fed into the
EchoLink AMSAT and JK1ZRW servers and received 6 connections from the U.S.,
Spain, Italy and England. Approximately 450
parents, elders and students (out of
a village of 1000) were present for the contact. Parents were out and about
early in the day, indicating this event was a huge accomplishment, as they do
not normally come out early this time of year due to the severe cold. ARISS
mentor Steve McFarlane remarked, ?The contact was a huge success ? these
people
really enjoyed the experience and are ever thankful to the parties involved
for
their work in showing their children that there are incredible discoveries and
adventures to be had ? all they have to do, is believe... apparently we moved
them a little closer to that today....?
4. Erie Planetarium Contact Successful
On Saturday, February 21, Erie Planetarium in Pennsylvania participated in an
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Mike
Fincke, KE5AIT, via telebridge station W6SRJ in California. Twelve students
asked 21 questions of the astronaut in front of a crowd of 200. At least one
television station reported on the event. The audio was fed into the EchoLink
AMSAT and JK1ZRW servers and had 13 connections, including one repeater, from
8
countries. Among those listening were stations in
China, New Zealand and Spain.
A ham operator who was manning a Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)
exhibit table at a Yuma, Arizona hamfest used his
radio to listen to the contact
as part of his demonstrations. Even though only the ISS side of the contact
was
heard, the crowd enjoyed hearing Mike answer the questions.
5. SuitSat-2 Meeting Held
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team held a
SuitSat-2 meeting on Friday ? Sunday, February 20 - 22 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Status reports of the different modules were given and reviewed and the team
began integration testing.
6. ARISS International Team Meeting Held
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) held its monthly
teleconference on Tuesday, February 17. Agenda items discussed included the
upcoming face-to-face meeting to be held in the Netherlands in June, Charles
Simonyi?s planned activities during his mission in March and a status on
SuitSat-2. The minutes have been posted to the ARISS Web site. See:
http://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2009-02-17.htm
7. ARRL Letter Article on Dieter Schliemann
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team member Dieter
Schliemann, KX4Y, passed away on Monday, February 9. Dieter had been
responsible for coordinating and expanding the educational outreach of ARISS
through the use of Voice over the Internet Protocol (VoIP) with Internet Radio
Linking Project (IRLP) and EchoLink. As his health deteriorated, Dieter
continued his support, making sure that others would carry on in his absence.
He will be sorely missed. Dieter was a member of the Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation (AMSAT) and the American Radio Relay
League (ARRL). The ARRL Letter
posted an article on his contributions:
https://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/09/0220/
8. German School Contact Update
St?dtisches Gymnasium Herzogenrath in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
contact with Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, on Saturday, February 7. New links are
available for related photos, audio, video and newspaper articles. See:
http://www.darc.de/g14/ARISS.html
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]
/EX
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's
Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project
Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are
available from the AMSAT Office.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Lee McLamb, KU4OS
ku4os at amsat dot org
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:16:33 -0500
From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CO-65 9k6 Digipeater hint... Award needed ?
To: "Mineo Wakita" <ei7m-wkt@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <9061580B455049F0879FEA8EB852E4F4@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
I had several packets repeated (presumably) on the 0310 pass but I could not
decode them. Signal was pretty strong on the downlink. Just using
HyperTerminal and I'm sure I have a setting wrong.
Is there an easy program to use to digi that doesn't involve agwpe?
73, Drew KO4MA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mineo Wakita" <ei7m-wkt@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 7:49 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CO-65 9k6 Digipeater hint... Award needed ?
> Yes, the uplink frequency is 1267.603MHz.
> Up 1267.603MHz / Down 437.475MHz, GMSK 9k6
> Unproto APRS via JQ1YTC
>
> Up Down
> 1267.576 437.484 AOS
> 1267.603 437.475 TCA
> 1267.630 437.466 LOS
>
> CO-65 continue doing ON of a transponder all the time
> for these periods in March 2009.
>
>> 2/28(Sat)12:29 - 3/02(Mon) 0:38
>> 3/06(Fri)12:57 - 3/09(Mon) 1:13
>> 3/14(Sat) 1:23 - 3/16(Mon) 0:12
>> 3/20(Fri)12:31 - 3/23(Mon) 0:46
>> 3/27(Fri)11:30 - 3/30(Mon) 1:22
>> Coordinate Universal Time, UTC
>
> When it is the elevation more than about 30 degrees,
> you will be able to digipeat your GMSK signals.
>
> And you need to give power more than about 10 watts,
> and it's necessary to use a pre-amp for downlink
> because the output power from CO-65 is 300[mW].
> This is VERY VERY weak output power from CO-65.
>
> Today 00:20-00:32UTC, 1st Mar 2009, Mel 49deg, GMSK 9600bps
> JE9PEL>APRS,JQ1YTC* [03/01/09 00:27:13] <UI R>::SAT :Hello via CO-65
> 9k6
> JA5BLZ>CQ,JQ1YTC* [03/01/09 00:27:51] <UI>::JE9PEL :HELLO VIA CO-65
> JA5BLZ>CQ,JQ1YTC* [03/01/09 00:30:37] <UI>:73 ALL
> JH1BCL>CQ,JQ1YTC* [03/01/09 00:30:40] <UI>::JA5BLZ :RGR TNX MSG 73
>
> JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita
>
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:22:49 -0800 (PST)
From: "R. Chastain" <suenrod@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARRL Satellite Handbook
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <658924.78991.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Thanks, I just ordered mine:-) I've been waiting for an updated edition to
come out. :-)
?
73's
KD0XX
Rod
--- On Wed, 2/25/09, Bruce <kk5do@xxxx.xxx> wrote:
From: Bruce <kk5do@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARRL Satellite Handbook
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 8:12 PM
Looking for something to keep you busy on those cold New England
evenings? How about something to take with you to the beach while you
catch some rays. Or even after hiking to the top of your favorite
mountain and enjoying the breath taking view?
The ARRL Satellite Handbook by Steve Ford, WB8IMY, is the perfect
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operator, this is for you.
Now available at the AMSAT online store. Visit http://www.amsat.org and
click on Online Store from the menu on the left. Follow the link to
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:20:14 -0500
From: k8kfj@xxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Need email address
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Does anyone have an email address for WC9C ???
Heard tonight on VO-52.? Thanks.
73, Gary? -K8KFJ-
Amsat #32,574
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:38:52 +0900
From: Mineo Wakita <ei7m-wkt@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re^2: CO-65 9k6 Digipeater hint... Award needed ?
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Drew KO4MA wrote,
> I had several packets repeated (presumably) on the 0310 pass but
> I could not decode them. Signal was pretty strong on the downlink.
> Just using HyperTerminal and I'm sure I have a setting wrong.
> Is there an easy program to use to digi that doesn't involve agwpe?
I'm now using UI-View32 with TNC modeled G3RUH.
L-band loop antenna, 32 ele x 2, 24dBi
U-band cubical quad, 14 ele x 1, 16dBd
U-band preamp, RFgain 20dB
JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 11:17:44 +0000 (GMT)
From: paul robinson <pushbiker2004@xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2M1EUB/P QRV SCOTLAND
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: P BRADBURY <g.4scy@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <314432.94495.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Hi group ill be qrv all?SATS from N.E.Scotland ,from?21.March.09 for one week
.check out qrz.com under 2M1EUB listing for more info.should be qrv 160m and
80m as well.?de paul 2E1EUB
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 14:30:49 +0100
From: "Mike Rupprecht" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-27 may return, once again...
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <002501c99a71$ef68bb10$ce3a3130$@xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hi all,
just had an 83 degr pass over Europe and AO-27 was transmitting 1k2 AFSK
telemetry.
I could decode 843 packets -> about 47 kByte :-)
Can someone give me more detailed information about the WOD telemetry
format, please ?
Who is the responsible station in Europe for AO-27? I can send you the *.kss
file.
Any further information are very appreciated.
AO-27 Orbital Time = 73910, [00:01:13]
01.03.2009 13:14:57 UTC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Battery 0 : 1.454 V
Battery 4 : 1.467 V
Battery 2 : 1.446 V
Battery 6 : 1.517 V
Battery 1 : 1.454 V
Battery 5 : 1.463 V
Battery 3 : 1.550 V
Battery 7 : 1.508 V
Solar Array : 12.635 V
8 Volts Bus : 8.351 V
5 Volts Bus : 4.838 V
10 Volts Bus : 11.069 V
Batt #5 Temp : 3.400 ?C
10 V Bus Cur : 5.484 mA
8 V Bus Cur : 27.502 mA
5 V Bus Cur : 862.954 mA
-X Array Cur : 5.140 mA
+X Array Cur : 41.134 mA
-Y Array Cur : 12.472 mA
+Y Array Cur : 123.894 mA
-Z Array Cur : 99.637 mA
+Z Array Cur : 39.815 mA
External Cur : 3.431 mA
BCR Input Cur : 372.821 mA
BCR Output Cur : 14.000
BCR Plate Temp : 4.320 ?C
BCR PC Board : 5.240 ?C
Batt #0 Temp : 16.280 ?C
TX A RF Output : -89.747 mW
TX B RF Output : -137.491 mW
TX THER A : 7.115 ?C
TX THER B : 8.000 ?C
TX THER C : 8.885 ?C
TX THER D : 10.654 ?C
EDAC Counter : 17.000
Eclipse : NO [0]
Set Point : 31
TEPR State : 0
Thank's and 73,
Mike
DK3WN
-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx Im
Auftrag von Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Gesendet: Sonntag, 1. M?rz 2009 00:51
An: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Betreff: [amsat-bb] AO-27 may return, once again...
Hi!
I saw on the AO-27 web page:
http://www.ao27.org/
that the satellite is transmitting once again. From the schedule
posted on that page, it appears it will be transmitting several
minutes of data on the same passes it would have been on in the
past (for a few minutes over the Northern Hemisphere). Let's
hope all checks out well, so this satellite can return to normal
(for AO-27) operation soon.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 14
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2009 07:08:38 -0800 (PST)
From: DeYoung James <deyoung_james@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-7 70-cm RTTY beacon and telemetry on!
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: Jim DeYoung <n8oq@xxxx.xxx>
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Greetings,
I only recorded 1-minute of the RTTY from last evenings pass but was able to
decode channel 11 through 16 from it to augment David's (VK5DG) decodes. Here
is what I was able to decode using reverse,45,85 parameters. I also used the
1974 AMSAT J. final parameters and equations conversions. Great job to David
for finding the 70-cm beacon on and decoding so much!
Ch Value Ok? Description Converted Value
-------------------------------------------------------
11 734 Y Battery volts 13.74v
12 326 N Half battery volts 3.41v
13 695 Y Regulated volts 23.63v
14 602 Y 10v Reg volts 9.38v
15 937 Y 9v reg volts 9.37v
16 422 Y Ch reg1 volts 6.53v
-------------------------------------------------------
Jim, N8OQ
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