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FCAL RAFT ANDE birds
by Vincenzo Mone 25 Dec '06

25 Dec '06

Hi to the list, please anybody can tell me the UP/DOWN frequencies for the follwing birds? FCAL ANDE RAFT Please let me know also what to hear and if possible to uplink to it? Thanks in advance for help and I whish to everyone a Great Christmas and an very happy new year. 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 *************************************** ***** GSM +39 338 9749786 ***** ***** SMS +39 338 9749786 ***** ***** FAX +39 328 7244294 ***** *** 2nd e-mail: vimone(a)tin.it *** ***************************************

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Re: FCAL RAFT ANDE birds
by 9w2qc＠9w2qc.net 25 Dec '06

25 Dec '06

Hello Enzo, Not sure if this has been answered already, but I will help you out on this: FCAL - Downlink is 437.385 MHz +/- ANDE & RAFT - Downlink/Uplink is 145.825 MHz +/- The three satellites works on 1200 baud packets, so expect to hear standard 1200 baud packet tones. However, the downlink might be a little weak, so you may need directional antennas to hear them. Please also read the "ANDE/RAFT COMMS USER SERVICE EXPECTATIONS" before attempting to uplink at http://web.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/ande/ANDEcontract.txt Hope this helps. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9W2QC. Original Message: ----------------- From: Vincenzo Mone vimone(a)alice.it Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 17:24:50 +0100 To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] FCAL RAFT ANDE birds Hi to the list, please anybody can tell me the UP/DOWN frequencies for the follwing birds? FCAL ANDE RAFT Please let me know also what to hear and if possible to uplink to it? Thanks in advance for help and I whish to everyone a Great Christmas and an very happy new year. 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 *************************************** ***** GSM +39 338 9749786 ***** ***** SMS +39 338 9749786 ***** ***** FAX +39 328 7244294 ***** *** 2nd e-mail: vimone(a)tin.it *** *************************************** -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

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spacetrak object IDs
by DeYoung James 24 Dec '06

24 Dec '06

I count only eight objects, if you count MEPSI (2 objects on a tether = 1 satellite). Here is my current guess on IDs. 29660 = MEPSI 29661 = RAFT 29662 = NMARS 29663 to 29667 are the five ANDE components (MAA, FCal, disk1, cyl1, and cyl2. It is not possible to ID which is which yet. 73, KG4QWC __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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ANDE ???
by karn suwanrat 24 Dec '06

24 Dec '06

Hello All I don't Sure about I can Received ANDE or not Dec 24, 2006 1712z I Received Messages at 145.825MHz HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55E`Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ/WIDE/RELAY/APRSAT/ARISS/SEATE5-5>APU25N>UI,C,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55E-Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ/WIDE/RELAY/APRSAT/ARISS/SEATE5-5>APU25N>UI,C,F0: }HS8LR>APU25N,TCPIP,HS2WAQ*:=0956.53N/09904.21E-ON 40 METER 13.00 UTC HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE-10 :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ/WIDE/RELAY/APRSAT/ARISS/SEATE5-5>APU25N>UI,C,F0: }HS3LIQ-1>APRNMA,TCPIP,HS2WAQ*:;HS3LIQ-2 *241343z1458.50N/10206.41E?UI-View32 on http://hs3liq.mine.nu:8787 HS2WAQ/WIDE/RELAY/APRSAT/ARISS/SEATE5-5>APU25N>UI,C,F0: }HS3LIQ-1>APRNMA,TCPIP,HS2WAQ*:;HS3LIQ-4 *241345z1458.50N/10206.41ErCQ Sat./Monitoring HS2WAQ/WIDE/RELAY/APRSAT/ARISS/SEATE5-5>APU25N>UI,C,F0: }HS3LIQ-1>APRNMA,TCPIP,HS2WAQ*:;HS3LIQ-5 *241346z1458.50N/10206.41EBBBS on http://hs3liq.mine.nu:8008 HS2WAQ/WIDE/RELAY/APRSAT/ARISS/SEATE5-5>APU25N>UI,C,F0: }HS3LIQ-1>APRNMA,TCPIP,HS2WAQ*:;HS3LIQ-L *241349z1458.50N/10206.41EmEcholink on 145.600MHz. PL67 HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/W3ADO-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/W3ADO-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/W3ADO-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/W3ADO-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/W3ADO-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/PCSAT-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ/WIDE/RELAY/APRSAT/ARISS/SEATE5-5>APU25N>UI,C,F0: }HS3LIQ-1>APRNMA,TCPIP,HS2WAQ*:=1458.50N/10206.41E-hs3liq at hotmail.com HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE-5 :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ/WIDE/RELAY/APRSAT/ARISS/SEATE5-5>APU25N>UI,C,F0: }HS8LR>APU25N,TCPIP,HS2WAQ*:=0956.53N/09904.21E-ON 40 METER 13.00 UTC HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/ANDE-1>APRS>UI,?,F0: =1346.72N/10034.55ErMajesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years {UISS50} HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years HS2WAQ-3/WIDE>APRS>UI,?,F0: :ANDE :Majesty King Bhumibol on theThrone 60 years Marry X-Mas &Happy New Year 2007 de Karn Suwanrat, E20ZFD Bkk, Thailand

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PCSAT-11
by Stephen Brown Jr 24 Dec '06

24 Dec '06

I'm a little confused and thought maybe someone could explain this to me. I was watching my monitor screen earlier and saw this: 1:Fm PCSAT-11 To APRS2 <UI pid=F0 Len=12 >[11:02:59] Default LT2 1:Fm PCSAT-11 To APRS3 <UI pid=F0 Len=12 >[11:03:01] Default LT3 1:Fm PCSAT-11 To APRS4 <UI pid=F0 Len=12 >[11:03:04] Default LT4 1:Fm COMAND-11 To W3ADO-15 [11:03:06] prompt: 1:Fm COMAND-11 To W3ADO-15 [11:03:12] OUTPUT was 11111111 (00110111,0000,1) prompt: 1:Fm COMAND-11 To W3ADO-15 [11:03:15] TXDELAY was 30/30 (300/300 msec) prompt: 1:Fm COMAND-11 To W3ADO-15 [11:03:24] TXDELAY was 30/30 (300/300 msec) prompt: 1:Fm COMAND-11 To W3ADO-15 <RR R4 >[11:03:27] 1:Fm COMAND-11 To W3ADO-15 [11:03:28] prompt: And I saw my igate sending out this: 1:Fm N1VLV-10 To APJI23 Via WIDE2-2 <UI pid=F0 Len=60 >[11:05:17] }KB1GVR>APU25N,TCPIP,N1VLV-10*::W3AFE :Merry Xmas Karl{37 And finally this: 1:Fm PCSAT-11 To BEACON Via SGATE <UI pid=F0 Len=42 >[11:06:03] T#005,081,046,059,125,214,00110111,0100,1 Now before I get real excited thinking I heard this direct (looking at my mheard list appears to be the case) I don't have a clue what any of this traffic represents. I was under the impression that the APRS sats were on a different frequency? Did I truly capture packets from PCSAT-11!!??? I've received 11 packets since Friday night. 73's Stephen N1VLV

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ANDE TLE's?
by Robert Bruninga 24 Dec '06

24 Dec '06

Now NORAD is tracking 7 objects from the ANDE/RAFT deploy. RAFT has been identified.. But we are not sure about the others: http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/ande/ANDE-TLE.txt And no where do I see any mention of MEPSI. By my count, we left a total of 9 objects in space. But only 7 are shown here. Is MEPSI accounted for elsewhere? Again, we have not even started listening for NMARS, but I suppose we should before we have no clue where it is. It only sends one packet a minute on 27.9652 LSB +/- 600 Hz of Doppler. But it can be pinged by authorized MARS stations on 148.975 using a packet "VIA NMARS" Bob, WB4APR

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Happy Holidays
by Bill Greene 24 Dec '06

24 Dec '06

Hi Everyone, I would like to take a second to wish a very Happy Holiday to my friends all over the world. Warmest Regards, Very best of 73 de VE7WFG Bill Greene Armstrong, British Columbia Canada, DO00jk

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Help - Alliance U-110 as an elevation rotator
by Emily Clarke 24 Dec '06

24 Dec '06

I'm mounting an old Alliance U-110 rotator horizontally to use as an elevation rotator, and I have noticed that if it is sitting with the mast clamp on the top everything works very well. If it's flipped with the mast clamps on the bottom (so it can connect to the azimuth mast) it seem stall and jam. I'm not sure if this is normal or just a sign of age but I traced the problem to a small gear under the shaft that "drops" when the rotator is in the clamp-bottom position and then slips over the top of the gear it is supposed to drive. Since many people have used this rotator for elevation in the past, has anyone run into this problem before? If so, did you find a solution for it? 73, Emily --------------------------------- N1DID formerly W0EEC - CM87tm Support Project OSCAR - http://www.projectoscar.net

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Raft heard with Hand Held
by VK3MJ 24 Dec '06

24 Dec '06

Thought I'd let everyone know that RAFT can be heard with the modest of equipment. I received this packet at 01:07 UTC 24 Dec 60 deg pass using Kenwood Hand Held and mobile 5/8 whip antenna and BayCom. R:09 12:07 RAFT/SGATE>BEACON>UI,F0: >RAFT is on 145.825 US Naval Academy Mark VK3MJ Geelong, Australia.

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ANDE
by Jeff Griffin 23 Dec '06

23 Dec '06

this from the last pass at 1956z or so... DISC3*>W3ADO-15 <D> DISC3*>W3ADO-15 <D> ANDE-1*>BEACON: T#016,006,126,090,126,038,00001010,999 ANDE-1*>BEACON: T#018,091,073,077,073,077,10000000,999 WA1KAT>ANDE-1*>SGATE>WIDE>BEACON: =4239.70N/07057.02W-Roger in Topsfield,MA ANDE-2*>SGATE>APRS1: :BLN1ANDE :ANDE-1 only wakes up 1 of evry 15s for users. Pse conserve. ANDE-1*>SGATE>APRS1: :BLN1ANDE :ANDE-1 only wakes up 1 of evry 15s for users. Pse conserve. W3ADO-15>ANDE-1*>ARISS>APRS: :TALK :Well I am glad to finally hear it ANDE-1*>BEACON: T#019,129,043,038,035,031,01000001,999 ANDE-1*>BEACON: T#022,092,072,077,073,076,10000000,999 WY1U-6>ANDE-1*>APRS: =4129.48N/07250.45W`Wallingford, CT USA FN31nl {UISS50} WY1U-6>ANDE-1*>APRS: =4129.48N/07250.45W`Wallingford, CT USA FN31nl {UISS50} VE1WRG-9>ANDE-1*>TUPY5X: '\1il K\>VE1WRG IRLP2080 2080 ANDE-1*>BEACON: T#023,135,011,010,009,009,01000001,999 ANDE-1*>BEACON: T#024,005,134,090,135,040,00001010,999 ANDE-1*>BEACON: T#029,134,051,053,050,214,11100001,999 ANDE-1*>BEACON: T#030,091,072,079,072,076,10000000,999 ANDE-1*>BEACON: T#031,135,011,010,008,008,01000001,999 ANDE-1*>BEACON: T#032,005,135,090,135,040,00001010,999 73 Jeff kb2m

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