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shuttle/iss tracking
by Mr Jeffrey Ross 22 Dec '06

22 Dec '06

hi all, anyone know of a good live tracking page for the shuttle/iss? Jtrack is no longer tracking shuttle/iss. thank you in advance, kc8gkf west mi usa

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ANDE, RAFT, NMARS, FCAL keps update
by Mineo Wakita 22 Dec '06

22 Dec '06

STS-116 1 29647U 06055A 06356.11900448 .00089258 00000-0 43600-3 0 541 2 29647 51.6304 298.5555 0018716 16.8917 99.8309 15.81311960 1894 RAFT 1 29661U 06055C 06355.78215192 .00025202 00000-0 12041-3 0 21 2 29661 51.6256 300.3314 0011012 11.0707 349.0369 15.82561648 118 MEPSI 1 29662U 06055D 06355.84539725 .00062493 00000-0 29050-3 0 21 2 29662 51.6401 299.9767 0015988 19.8390 340.3756 15.82432575 138 ANDE 1 99996U 06055E 06355.76614552 .00000000 00000-0 34223-6 0 06 2 99996 51.6337 300.3937 0017764 14.6650 251.9491 15.81895157 1856 NMARS 1 99999U 06055E 06355.08096667 .00000000 00000-0 90941-6 0 04 2 99999 51.6413 303.9459 0015371 14.7776 307.8106 15.82029504 00 FCAL 1 99995U 06055F 06355.76614552 .00000000 00000-0 34575-6 0 05 2 99995 51.6337 300.3937 0017937 16.0791 250.5352 15.82007329 1857 TACSAT-2 1 29653U 06058A 06354.86618963 .00006536 00000-0 11998-3 0 160 2 29653 40.0128 51.0054 0007671 201.9576 158.0927 15.49434682 668 GENESAT-1 1 29655U 06058C 06355.18636013 .00007450 00000-0 13292-3 0 80 2 29655 40.0293 49.0117 0004650 192.6962 167.3738 15.50134494 718 http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/ande-raft-ops.html http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/tle-new.txt --------------------------------------------- Name: Mineo Wakita / JE9PEL, JAMSAT member Mail: ei7m-wkt(a)asahi-net.or.jp URL : http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ QTH : Yokohama Japan, GL:pm95tj Date: Dec 22, 2006 ---------------------------------------------

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RAFT at 0657z
by Edward Chuang 22 Dec '06

22 Dec '06

Hi all, RAFT packets heard again, I could decode one frame this time: RAFT/SGATE>BEACON>UI,?,F0: T#501,089,108,058,028,081,00000000,999 73 de Edward / BX1AD -----

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XE1KK/3 in EK06
by Ramon Santoyo V. 21 Dec '06

21 Dec '06

DR OMs, I will be operating as XE1KK/3 from Acapulco, EK06, during 23 to 26 December UTC on some orbits of AO-51, SO-50 and FO-29 (half duplex) with an FT-817 and an Arrow Antenna. If anyone with a QSO needs a QSL card just email me and I send the QSL via bureau right away. Happy holidays Ramon, XE1KK www.xe1kk.net <http://www.xe1kk.net/>

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Re: Get ready to receive RAFT and ANDE telemetry!
by A.J. Farmer (AJ3U) 21 Dec '06

21 Dec '06

It's an entirely different program. Unfortunately it has the same filename as the spyware "Activity Logger". On 12/21/06, Ron G. Seiler <rgseiler(a)shaw.ca> wrote: > When I went to install alogger on my PC, my anti-spyware software > quarantined it and gave the following explanation: > > alogger.exe (Activity Logger Spyware) - Details > > If you find a program with the name alogger.exe on your pc, you may have a > spyware program called 'activity logger' installed on your pc. This process > may have been installed on your computer via an installation package > (potentially when another application was installed). The 'activity logger' > process has been known to capture emails being sent to/from your computer, > capture your key-strokes, and capture screen-shots > > alogger.exe is considered to be a security risk, not only because spyware > removal programs flag Activity Logger Spyware as spyware, but also because a > number of users have complained about its performance. > > Activity Logger Spyware is likely spyware and as such, presents a serious > vulnerability which should be fixed immediately! Delaying the removal of > alogger.exe may cause serious harm to your system and will likely cause a > number of problems, such as slow performance, loss of data or leaking > private information. > > alogger.exe is related to alsys.exe, alogcfg.exe, alaware.dll. > > > Is the alogger.exe in the ALOGGER program the same as the alogger.exe > spyware (but being employed for a benign purpose) or is it an entirely > different executable file? Thanks. > > 73, > Ron VA7VW > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of A.J. Farmer (AJ3U) > Sent: 19-Dec-06 09:21 AM > To: AMSAT BB > Subject: [amsat-bb] Get ready to receive RAFT and ANDE telemetry! > > The RAFT and ANDE satellites are due to be launched from Shuttle > Discovery after it undocks from the ISS. Like PCSAT and PCSAT-2, they > will be transmitting telemetry and digipeating APRS packets on > 145.825. We are in need of stations around the world to receive this > telemetry and gate it to the APRS-IS. > > You do not need a complex station to help out! A 2-meter receiver and > omni-directional antenna will work just fine. If we have many > stations with omni antennas that participate, it will be just as > effective as a smaller number of stations that have full tracking > antennas. When you are away from your home 2M station, put it to good > use by setting it to 145.825 and gate the packets heard to the APRS-IS > using software such as UI-View32 (http://www.ui-view.org). You can > also use ALogger which was designed for this purpose. You can > download ALogger here: http://www.billdiaz.dynip.com/Alogger204.zip > > An easier option: If you have a TM-D700 radio, it is very easy to set > up your radio to work as a SatGate to help capture these packets. You > do not need an Internet connection at all for this setup! See details > here: > > http://aj3u.com/aprs/aj3u-10.php > > Here is the operations website for ANDE and RAFT: > > http://eng.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/ande-raft-ops.html > > Access for digipeating is not granted until their primary mission is > complete. Look for an e-mail from Bob (WB4APR) for a go-ahead to > start digipeating. > > -- > A.J. Farmer, AJ3U > http://www.aj3u.com > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. 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 > > -- A.J. Farmer, AJ3U http://www.aj3u.com

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Florida Amsat net
by Stephen Brown Jr 21 Dec '06

21 Dec '06

For anyone who may want this, I recorded the audio and uploaded it to my website. It is an hour long, and the file size is approximately 8.5mb. Bob, WB4APR, was present on the net this evening talking about the recent spacecraft deployments, some pretty interesting stuff. You can access the file here: http://www.n1vlv.com/FL_AMSAT_NET_122106.mp3 Just listened to some of it and the audio quality may contain a few anomalies, seems like it didn't encode into mp3 format as good as I had hoped, but perfectly intelligible nonetheless :) Feel free to share with whomever may find this of interest...... 73's Stephen N1VLV

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I: AO-51
by Francesco Grappi 21 Dec '06

21 Dec '06

Hi Bruce, Ke0lx yes, over Europe there is some problem .. noise level sometime is so high .. Francesco IW4DVZ > -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]]Per > conto di willmarbrowns(a)peoplepc.com > Inviato: giovedi 21 dicembre 2006 22.02 > A: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Oggetto: [amsat-bb] AO-51 > > > Anyone else having trouble uploading to this sat? > Bruce ke0lx > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. 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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Re: FCAL telemetry
by Mike Rupprecht 21 Dec '06

21 Dec '06

Ivan the last pass over europe only one frame (low pass): 2219 UTC: fm KD4HBO to TELEM via TELEM ctl UI^ pid F0 Analog 000A0009000600DA00AA001400DE0010 N 00000078 73, Mike DK3WN -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: galysh(a)juno.nrl.navy.mil [mailto:[email protected]] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 21. Dezember 2006 22:24 An: Mike Rupprecht Betreff: Re: [amsat-bb] FCAL telemetry Thank you very much for your help in tracking my satellite. Your report is very much appreciated. Ivan On Thu, Dec 21, 2006, Mike Rupprecht <mail(a)mike-rupprecht.de> said: > All, > > just received the FCAL beacon on 437.385 MHz, good signals ! > > 20:42 UTC > fm KD4HBO to TELEM via TELEM ctl UI^ pid F0 > 000020A4FFEFCC8FFFEF8A8FFFEFFA0FFFEF9D8FFFEFD18FFFFFBD8 > fm KD4HBO to TELEM via TELEM ctl UI^ pid F0 > Analog 000F000A00FB00D900A9000C00DD000A N 00000078 > > 20:44 > fm KD4HBO to TELEM via TELEM ctl UI^ pid F0 > 0000212BFFFEF48FFFEF890FFFEFEE8FFFEF9B8FFFEFCB0FFFEFB28 > fm KD4HBO to TELEM via TELEM ctl UI^ pid F0 > Analog 000A000200FF00D900A2000700DE0007 N 00000078 > > 73, Mike > DK3WN > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. 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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RAFT speaks! And ANDE works!
by Robert Bruninga 21 Dec '06

21 Dec '06

After a gloomy day, I decided to try to wake-up ANDE even though it is stuck in the can. TO my surprise, RAFT responded! SO then I ignored ANDE attempts and ran around to find my checkout plan for RAFT. Logged onto RAFT and turned on the voice experiment and it SPOKE! Then I got a packet from ANDE-1! So we have two new babies. Please do NOT attempt to transmit packets via ANDE or RAFT until authorized. Capture telemetry and loook for ANDE-1 or ANDE-2 packets! More later when we digest it all. Bob Bruninga, WB4APR US Naval Academy Satellite Lab

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decode soft ware
by Nick Pugh 21 Dec '06

21 Dec '06

What software is available to decode ANDT and RAFT! nick

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