December 2007 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Orbital Classroom -Where is it?????????
by Stefan Wagener 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

Hi folks, Having read through many, many emails about Eagle, GEO's and other stuff I would like to introduce an idea that has captured me for a few years (!) now and has never come up. We all agree (I assume) that amateur radio and satellites is a great combination and fun. I assume most of us love it and those that don't at least make a living from it otherwise they wouldn't do it. In addition, the big majority of us have some grey hairs, but we are still trying to learn and challenge our brains (scary thought). Having said that, when I came back from the AMSAT annual meeting (symposium) this year I felt we missed a great opportunity and to be more specific we have absolute nothing in place to teach and educate our members and the community. Yes, we go to hamfests and events and have a pretty PowerPoint or in the "parking lot" demo, but where are the courses, the classes that help us better understand for example the orbital mechanics of a satellites, the satellite communication principles for VHF and UHF, the design of L and S band antennas? All the stuff that goes beyond our basic license and would keep us learning???? I look at the ARRL and see many exciting courses and AMSAT has nothing in place. Some of the material has been written up and I applaud Gould Smith and others that took the time to write these documents. The problem is that they are books! No interaction, no feedback, etc. I believe we can do so much more. Why don't we have pre-conference courses at AMSAT meetings that allow our participants to learn? Why don't we offer certificates for continuing education based on accomplishments in learning and become much more educated? Where is the course on emergency preparedness and satellites (GEOs anyone). How do I interpret two line Keppler data and what will happen if I modify some of those numbers (ANDE re-entry anyone)? How about a basic course in SRD or building small beautiful satellites and lessons learned (Bob Bruninga's ideas). All this would add value, probably generate some resources for AMSAT (course fees) and make us proud of learning and sharing knowledge and not just opinions. For example, I would have no problem adding $ 30 -50 to my registration fee for the AMSAT symposium and having a full day workshop. Everyone else is doing it and all the conferences I go to. No, I am not talking about amateur satellite 101 for newcomers (that still is important), I am talking about "meat" for those that are part of the hobby already and want to move to the next level of knowledge. We have thousands of members and our pool of potential instructors is big. I would highly encourage the board to seriously look at this. I know that Rick Hambly is fully committed to make the education a bigger part of AMSAT and we need to support him. I for one have no problem in teaching and volunteering for a course at the next AMSAT meeting but it would be very nice if you share your thoughts about this. Maybe it is just me and everyone else is fine but maybe the next "Orbital Classroom" is finally that, a classroom and not just a two page paper in the journal! Have a great Christmas and Holiday Season and many contacts in 2008.

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[ans] ANS-357 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
by Dee 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-357 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(a)amsat.org In this edition: * W2RS SKN * OSCAR 11 Report * AMSAT YEAR End * ARISS Status - 18 December 2007 * President's message * Holiday Message SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-357.01 W2RS SKN AMSAT News Service Bulletin 357.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. December 23, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-357.01 Reminder! Participating in OSCAR SKN is fun and simple. No scoring and no need to send in a log. Just operate CW through any OSCAR, using a straight hand key, at any time between 0000 and 2400 UTC on January 1, 2008. In keeping with the friendly nature of this event, all participants are encouraged to nominate someone they worked for Best Fist. Your nominee need not have the best fist you heard, just the best of those you worked. Please send your nomination to W2RS at w2rs(a)amsat.org. Those nominated will be recognized in an AMSAT News Service bulletin, and in The AMSAT Journal. [ANS thanks Ray, W2RS, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-357.02 OSCAR-11 REPORT AMSAT News Service Bulletin 357.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. December 23, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-357.02 OSCAR-11 REPORT 20 December 2007 RECEPTION REPORTS REQUESTED! Please send reception reports to xxxxx(a)amsat.org (please replace xxxxx by g3cwv) or post to amsat-bb. If you are able to record the satellite as a WAV file, please do so, but let me know what you have, before sending it! If you need to hear what the satellite sounds like, please visit my website www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ The satellite transmits on 145.826 M Hz. set receiver to NBFM. --------- During the period 15 November to 19 December 2007 the satellite has been heard from 18 to 20 November. Signals were variable in strength, mostly weak. The real time clock has lost a further 4.29 days since 08 October. When last heard it was 74.26876 days slow. I am indebted to Kevin WA6FWF, Peter ZL3TC, Armando N8IGJ and Thomas HB0SKA for their reports. Many thanks. Eclipses have continued and are expected until mid January 2008. Although the maximum duration of the current eclipses is less than those earlier this year, it is doubtful whether the satellite will be heard for any sustained period. Even in continuous sunlight during September and October the satellite was unable to support continuous operation. It is likely than the satellite will only be heard by chance, by stations listening for other satellites on 145.826 Mhz. The current status of the satel lite, is that all the analogue telemetry channels, 0 to 59 are zero, ie they have failed. The status channels 60 to 67 are still working. The real time clock is showing a large accumulated error, although over short periods timekeeping is accurate to a few seconds per month. The day of the month has a bit stuck at 'one' so the day of the month may show an error of +40 days for some dates. The time display has switched into 12 hour mode. Unfortunately, there is no AM/PM indicator, since the time display format was designed for 24 hour mode. More data is required to determine exactly when the date changes. The spacecraft computer and active attitude control system have switched OFF, ie. the satellite' attitude is controlled only by the passive gravity boom gradient, and the satellite is free to spin at any speed. When telemetry was last received it showed that one of the solar arrays had failed, and there was a large unexp lained current drain on the main 14 volt bus. After 23 years in orbit the battery has undergone around 100,000 partial charge/discharge cycles, and observations suggest that it cannot power the satellite during eclipses, or sometimes during periods of poor solar attitude. The watchdog timer now operates on a 20 day cycle. The ON/OFF times have tended to be very consistent. The average of many observations show this to be 20.7 days, ie. 10.3 days ON followed by 10.4 days OFF. However, poor solar attitude may result may result in a low 14 volt line supply, which may cause the beacon to switch OFF prematurely, and reset the watchdog timer cycle. When this occurs, the beacon is OFF for 20.7 days. The Beacon frequencies are - VHF 145.826 MHz. AFSK FM ASCII Telemetry UHF 435.025 MHz. OFF S-band 2401.5 MHz. OFF Listeners to OSCAR-11 may be interested in visiting my website. If you need to know what OSC AR-11 should sound like, there is a short audio clip for you to hear. There is an example of the latest telemetry received from the satellite. The website contains an archive of news & telemetry data. It also contains details about using a soundcard or hardware demodulators for data capture. There is software for capturing data, and decoding ASCII telemetry. The URL is www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ If you place this bulletin on a terrestrial packet network, please use the bulletin identifier $BID:U2RPT140.CWV, to prevent duplication. [ANS thanks Clive, G3CWV for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-357.03 AMSAT YEAR End AMSAT News Service Bulletin 357.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. December 23, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-357.03 Are you looking for an end of the year tax deduction? Have you thought about renewing your AMSAT Membership? What about joining the President's Club? What about a spanking brand new enclosure for the LVB tracker board? There is even an AMSAT branded clock and weather station. The AMSAT online store is awaiting your visit. Please follow the direct link below to make your purchase. http://www.amsat-na.com/categories.php Afraid of embedded links... go to amsat.org and click on the Online Store from the left margin. 73...bruce AMSAT Store Manager [ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-357.04 ARISS Status - 18 December 2007 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 357.04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. December 23, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-357.04 1. ARISS - Russian School Contact Kursk State Polytechnic University in Kursk, Russia experienced an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Friday, December 14. The students and faculty had previously participated in other ARISS contacts from Kursk, Sochi and Mt. Elbrus with Expedition 15 commander Fyodor Yurchikhin, RN3FI. On this occasion, the students were scheduled to speak with flight engineerYuri Malenchenko, RK3DUP. 2. ARISS School Application Updated The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team has finalized the updated ARISS school contact application forms. The updated forms have been posted on the ARISS Web site. See: http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm 3. Kenwood Radio Software Approved The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team’s request to have the Memory Control Program (MCP) software added to the Expedition 17 SSC load has been approved. Once onboard, a crew member will be tasked to restore the Kenwood radio to its proper launch configuration. 4. ARISS SuitSat-2 Status The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team has obtained solar panels for the SuitSat-2 project. Testing continues on the RF and power systems. A SuitSat-2 status presentation was given at the 2007 Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) Space Symposium held in Pittsburgh in October. It has been posted on the AMSAT Web site. See: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/Presentations/AMSAT%20Symposiums /2007%20Symposium/Suitsat%202%20Rev%20E%20Symp%2007.pdf 5. ARRL Article on STS-122 Mission The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran an article on the STS-122 shuttle mission status. The shuttle will deliver the Columbus module with the installed Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) antennas. See: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2007/12/11/100/?nc=1 [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-357.05 President's report AMSAT News Service Bulletin 357.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. December 23, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-357.05 President's Report From the 2007 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting 2007 Symposium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Over the past year AMSAT has developed a well-defined mission and vision for an exciting future of amateur radio in space. In fact, some of the items we have discussed here at the Symposium may perhaps become known as the weekend that changed amateur radio. In response to input from the members, AMSAT's Board of Directors and Officers have undertaken a clearly defined Mission and Vision of our current and on-going work: AMSAT's Mission Statement + AMSAT designs, builds and operates experimental satellites and promotes space education as a non-profit, volunteer organization. + AMSAT develops and fosters partnerships with government, industry, educational institutions and fellow amateur radio societies. + AMSAT leads the way on technical and scientific innovation. + AMSAT develops and fosters an environment encouraging the training and development of designers and operators. AMSAT's Vision Statement + AMSAT will deploy high earth orbit (HEO) satellites, initially with daily coverage, evolving to continuous coverage. + AMSAT will participate in human space missions. + AMSAT will support a stream of LEO satellites which are developed in cooperation with the educational community and other amateur satellite groups. The New Reality Going forward, we are realizing a new reality of the future of Amateur Radio in space. There is a distinct shift away from the aegis of government/military sponsored spaceflight to a field that will be more and more driven by commercial consideration. This development signifies that space missions will become driven by a business-case model. While our new missions will provide great new services to the Amateur Radio community, we cannot afford to pay millions for them. The reality is that no one will pay for more "toys" for us to play with. To gain the funding necessary our missions must excite the funding sources. AMSAT will be required to fit into the business-case models of just about every launch opportunity we wish to pursue in the future. Your Board of Directors and Officers have identified two key areas which capture the attention and imagination of potential funding sources: + Education - The Phase IV geosynchronous satellite will enable TDRS-like support of ARISS. Ten minute school contacts will grow to hours-long contact with the Space Station. We are working on an expanded curriculum with the ARISS and NASA teams. We are planning the establishment of the AMSAT Institute which will train educators to bring space into the classroom using AMSAT's Phase IV facilities in conjunction with ARISS. + Emergency Communications - The Advanced Communications Payload is being co-developed as spaceflight and ground station gear available for rapid deployment or pre-positioning into disaster areas to provide 365/24/7 communication capability. This proposal is gaining some attention within the Homeland Security organization. AMSAT's Current Development Plans Consistent with our Vision Statement we are continuing development of Phase III satellites. Budget and staffing for the Eagle satellite will continue for 2007-2008. AMSAT-NA is contributing staff and money toward completing AMSAT-DL's Phase 3 Express Satellite in 2008. AMSAT-NA teamed with AMSAT-UK to donate 25,000 Euros to AMSAT-DL for the completion of P3E. Phase IV is not a replacement program at the expense of Phase III. The same transponder gear already in development for Eagle and P3E remains applicable to Phase IV. The new commercial launch reality mentioned previously indicates we may actually be able to be launched earlier to a high orbit if we fit into the Intelsat ride sharing model. We need to be ready for this event. Phase IV will enable AMSAT to concentrate more fully on the development of space communications. The Intelsat platform will provide hundreds of watts of power for 15 years eliminating the need for AMSAT to provide solar cells, it will perform the station keeping and earth pointing tasks, internal housekeeping will be simplified. Once we have shown funding sources what AMSAT is capable of additional launch opportunities will arise. Intelsat can drop off sub-payloads into LEO, GTO, or GEO orbits on their way to their primary mission. There are more doors open to the future if we realize and pursue the new reality. I invite you join AMSAT's exciting future. As we recognize and work within the new reality of commercial spaceflight we will provide exciting new services for amateur radio, emergency preparedness, and education. The side effect of developing "services" will be that we still gain what everyone is asking - high orbit transponders for us to use and enjoy. AMSAT is to satellites what the Wright brothers were to flight. We are "Amateur" only in the sense that we are not paid in much the same sense that Olympic athletes are "Amateurs." 73, Rick Hamly, W2GPS President, AMSAT-NA [ANS thanks Rick, W2GPS for the above information] SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-357.06 Holiday Greetings from the AMSAT News Service AMSAT News Service Bulletin 357.06 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. December 23, 2007 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-357.06 The crew at the AMSAT News Service wishes you and your family the best of the holiday season and for an excellent, prosperous New Year too! Thanks for reading! Please continue to send news and comments to the ans-editor(a)amsat.org mailbox. The weekly ANS bulletins are also posted on-line at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/news/ so you can read them there if you are away from your e-mail. Best wishes and Season's Greetings from all of us! Gould WA4SXM Vice-President, User Services Lee KU4OS, Editor Dee NB2F, Editor JoAnne K9JKM, Editor [ANS thanks everyone 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, Dee Interdonato, NB2F nb2f at amsat dot org

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ANDE De-Orbit AWARD (Reminder)
by Henk, PA3GUO 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

http://www.ande-deorbit.com !! R E M I N D E R !! ================================================= ANDE (NO-61) will de-orbit somewhere in the next days. We do not know exactly, but that's the challenge and the fun ! For these last weeks a special event is launched, and everyone is invited to participate ! A special ANDE de-Orbit AWARD can be obtained by everyone that makes QSOs via ANDE or receives telemetry during its final 10 days in space. On the AWARD your callsign and achievements will be mentioned: ANDE APRS QSOs 1 point for each 2 way APRS QSO over ANDE in its last 10 days of life. Example: 00:01:31:24 : KB1GVR]APU25N,ANDE-1*,qAO,K8YSE-6::KC2PCR :GA Doug 00:01:31:42 : KC2PCR]APRS,ANDE-1*,qAO,KB2CEV::KB1GVR :G'Afternoon Mark ;) ANDE Telemetry Reception 10 points for telemetry packets on the last day 9 points for telemetry packets on the last day -1 ... 1 point for telemetry packets on the last day -9 In total 55 Telemetry points can be achieved, all to be scored in the last 10 days. Bob, WB4APR, will set the official date/time of de-orbit. The 10 days before that date then count for the calculation of your achievements.... ... but you do not know before that when those days will be :-) To obtain the award participates should, within 2 weeks after ANDE de-orbits, email his/her own score + proof (the packets). Have fun - and keep ANDE busy in its final exciting day(s) in space ! Bob, WB4APR Mike, DK3WN Henk, PA3GUO

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OSCAR-11 Report ... Revision
by Clive Wallis 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

Hi, Ooops, I missed an important bit of news from my recent report! Many thanks to Armando N8IGJ for bringing it to to my attention. My apologies for the omission. Here is the corrected report - --------------------- OSCAR-11 REPORT 20 December 2007 RECEPTION REPORTS REQUESTED! Please send reception reports to xxxxx(a)amsat.org (please replace xxxxx by g3cwv) or post to amsat-bb. If you are able to record the satellite as a WAV file, please do so, but let me know what you have, before sending it! If you need to hear what the satellite sounds like, please visit my website www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ The satellite transmits on 145.826 MHz. set receiver to NBFM. --------- During the period 15 November to 19 December 2007 the satellite has been heard from 18 to 20 November. Signals were variable in strength, mostly weak. The real time clock has lost a further 4.29 days since 08 October. When last heard it was 74.26876 days slow. I am indebted to Kevin WA6FWF, Peter ZL3TC, Armando N8IGJ and Thomas HB0SKA for their reports. Many thanks. Eclipses have continued and are expected until mid January 2008. Although the maximum duration of the current eclipses is less than those earlier this year, it is doubtful whether the satellite will be heard for any sustained period. Even in continuous sunlight during September and October the satellite was unable to support continuous operation. It is likely than the satellite will only be heard by chance, by stations listening for other satellites on 145.826 Mhz. The current status of the satellite, is that all the analogue telemetry channels, 0 to 59 are zero, ie they have failed. The status channels 60 to 67 are still working. The real time clock is showing a large accumulated error, although over short periods timekeeping is accurate to a few seconds per month. The day of the month has a bit stuck at 'one' so the day of the month may show an error of +40 days for some dates. The time display has switched into 12 hour mode. Unfortunately, there is no AM/PM indicator, since the time display format was designed for 24 hour mode. More data is required to determine exactly when the date changes. The spacecraft computer and active attitude control system have switched OFF, ie. the satellite' attitude is controlled only by the passive gravity boom gradient, and the satellite is free to spin at any speed. When telemetry was last received it showed that one of the solar arrays had failed, and there was a large unexplained current drain on the main 14 volt bus. After 23 years in orbit the battery has undergone around 100,000 partial charge/discharge cycles, and observations suggest that it cannot power the satellite during eclipses, or sometimes during periods of poor solar attitude. The watchdog timer now operates on a 20 day cycle. The ON/OFF times have tended to be very consistent. The average of many observations show this to be 20.7 days, ie. 10.3 days ON followed by 10.4 days OFF. However, poor solar attitude may result may result in a low 14 volt line supply, which may cause the beacon to switch OFF prematurely, and reset the watchdog timer cycle. When this occurs, the beacon is OFF for 20.7 days. The Beacon frequencies are - VHF 145.826 MHz. AFSK FM ASCII Telemetry UHF 435.025 MHz. OFF S-band 2401.5 MHz. OFF Listeners to OSCAR-11 may be interested in visiting my website. If you need to know what OSCAR-11 should sound like, there is a short audio clip for you to hear. There is an example of the latest telemetry received from the satellite. The website contains an archive of news & telemetry data. It also contains details about using a soundcard or hardware demodulators for data capture. There is software for capturing data, and decoding ASCII telemetry. The URL is www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ If you place this bulletin on a terrestrial packet network, please use the bulletin identifier $BID:U2RPT140.CWV, to prevent duplication. 73 Clive G3CWV xxxxx(a)amsat.org (please replace xxxxx by g3cwv)

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one laptop per your child hi
by Mr Jeffrey L Ross 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

folks I am done whinin about not getting it but want to say my last words about it, and state the facts, First they promised us delivery by the 24th if we orderd on the 12th, which I did. Second, some got theres when they orderd later say on the 15th.(first come first served) Third they all knew, being xmas time, that we would buy one for our child and then get another bought for someone else. (THE TIMING) SAY not as many would be sold if it was at another time of the year. They choose this time. Fouth It looks like they allready had there little cards all set to go knowing this was the plan, and the 30 days to cancel your order, is up.Remember I orderd the 12th of November. The first day! And I really dont care how much they are on ebay, who buys anything from them anyway. not me And I'm certanly not in it to make money. So now I either have to go out and buy my child another expensive gift here at the last moment, as the other boys are getting 1 expensive gift, (then he will get two) or just hand him this printer card and call it even and he can wait till January or Febuary for his present. This is called being slaped in the face for being nice and I hate it. US/ KC8GKF done whinning/po------d good idea yes good planing no

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ANDE Dec 23, 0830 pass over Europe: good
by Henk, PA3GUO 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

ANDE still going strong (very strong) during a 33 degrees pass. Signals picked up <5 degrees upto going down <4 degrees. I was able to wake up Side B, and SP7THR picked up the telemetry: 1223083133: PA3GUO-8]APRS,ANDE-2*,qAo,SP7THR::ALL :Command Station The Netherlands 1223083125: ANDE-2]BEACON,qAo,SP7THR:T#001,144,098,095,093,104,10000001,000 1223083050: ANDE-2]APRS1,SGATE,qAO,SP7THR-3::BLN1ANDE :ANDE-1 only wakes up 1 of evry 15s for users. Pse 1223083047: PA3GUO-8]APRS,ANDE-2*,qAO,PE1ITR: 1223083039: PA3GUO-8]APRS,ANDE-2*,qAO,PE1ITR::ANDE SIDE B Also ANDE-1 (Side A) telemetry still present: 1223083048: ANDE-1]BEACON,qAO,PA3GUO:T#006,136,178,148,001,142,00100111,000 1223082959: ANDE-1]BEACON,qAO,PA3GUO:T#005,002,010,010,004,003,01000000,000 1223082818: ANDE-1]BEACON,qAO,PA3GUO:T#003,015,180,148,001,141,00100110,000 Systems show Temperatures are still stable. ANDE height is now ~172..178 km Then quite a bit of QSOs, these are mine, others also made many QSOs ! 1223082942: PA3GUO-8]APRS,ANDE-1*,qAO,PA3GUO::OE5RPP : QSL de Henk 1223082941: OE5RPP]APU25N,ANDE-1*,WIDE7-7,qAO,PA3GUO:]230756zvy73 from Attergau, Austria via SAT de Peter 1223082928: PA3GUO-8]APRS,ANDE-1*,qAO,PA3GUO::G7THL : QSL de Henk !S 08:28:11 !G7THL>APU25N,ANDE-1*::PE1ITR-3 :QSL? 73s Dave G7THL{38 (does not show up at findu!) 1223082901: PA3GUO-8]APRS,ANDE-1*,qAO,PA3GUO::F8NHA : QSL de Henk 1223082851: F8NHA]T4QQP0,ANDE-1*,TRACE,qAo,EI7IG:`xKl -/]F8NHA(a)REF-UNION.ORG 1223082849: PA3GUO-8]APRS,ANDE-1*,qAO,PA3GUO::F4BVC : QSL de Henk 1223082842: F4BVC-7]TY1YQ5,ANDE-1*,WIDE,qAO,PA3GUO:`waGm!U]/]"4$}f8kgk.dyndns.org 1223082934: DL8DR]APRSAT,ANDE-1*,qAO,PA3GUO:=5328.17N/00949.92EyANDE deorbit, pse QSL {UISS51} 1223082856: PE1ITR-3]APRS,ANDE-1*,ARISS,qAo,EI7IG::F4BVC-7 :59 here de Rob pe1itr(a)amsat.org 1223082834: PA3GUO-8]APRS,ANDE-1*,qAO,PA3GUO::G0SFJ : QSL de Henk 1223082800: G0SFJ]CQ,ANDE-1*,qAO,G7THL-1:=5229.00N\00055.00WSparty people, all around me, feelin' hot hot hot {UISS51} 1223082748: G0SFJ]CQ,ANDE-1*,qAO,PE1ITR:me mind on fire, me soul on fire, feelin' hot hot hot (G0SFJ is really enjoying and feels very attached to our beloved ANDE - HI) 1223082822: PA3GUO-8]APRS,ANDE-1*,qAO,PA3GUO::PE1ITR : QSL de Henk 1223082720: PE1ITR-3]APRS,ANDE-1*,ARISS,qAo,EI7IG::PA3GUO :QSL de Rob 1223082639: PE1ITR-3]APRS,ANDE-1*,ARISS,qAo,EI7IG::PA3GUO-3 :Hi Henk 59 here 1223082601: PE1ITR-3]APRS,ANDE-1*,ARISS,qAO,PE1ITR:=5126.73N/00524.04E- Rob www.pe1itr.com 1223083026: DD6UBW]CQ,ANDE-1*,qAO,PE1ITR::Heard :F4BVC-7,PA3GUO-8,DL8DR,OE5RPP,DG2US,PE1ITR-3{UISS51} 1223083055: OE1VKW]BEACON,ANDE-1*,qAO,PA3GUO:merry xmas via ande de vik

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Ande alive at 0828 utc
by andy thomas 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

Succesfully digipeated through Ande-1 at 08:28:43, heard PE1ITR digipeating too. No tlm. andy G0SFJ __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com

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Ande still alive 20071223 0740z
by Ian Ashley 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

Hi All, ANDE is running ahead of the Keplerian times. Found I had to take the elevation out of auto-track and manually point higher to obtain good signals. Here is the log. Two other stations, Jim ZL1TYF and ZL3GA were also sending beacons Can't be much longer before re-entry? Regards to ALL for Christmas. Ian ZL1AOX [07:38:28] Ping...# 32 [07:38:30] ZL1AOX>APRS,ANDE-1* <UI>:Ping...# 32 [07:38:33] Ping...# 33 [07:38:34] ZL1AOX>APRS,ANDE-1* <UI>:Ping...# 33 [07:38:36] Ping...# 34 [07:38:38] ZL1AOX>APRS,ANDE-1* <UI>:Ping...# 34 [07:38:39] Ping...# 35 [07:38:42] ZL1AOX>APRS,ANDE-1* <UI>:Ping...# 35 [07:38:42] ZL1TYF>APRS,ANDE-1* <UI R>:Hi from Wellington at RE78jt [07:38:50] Ping...# 36 [07:38:51] ZL1AOX>APRS,ANDE-1* <UI>:Ping...# 36 [07:38:58] Ping...# 37 [07:39:00] ANDE-1>BEACON <UI>:T#003,142,188,201,199,204,10101111,000 [07:39:11] ZL1AOX>APRS,ANDE-1* <UI>:Ping...# 37 [07:39:11] ZL1TYF>APRS,ANDE-1* <UI R>:Hi from Wellington at RE78jt [07:39:16] Ping...# 38 [07:39:18] ZL1AOX>APRS,ANDE-1* <UI>:Ping...# 38 [07:39:29] ANDE-1>BEACON <UI>:>Satellite 145.825mhz US Naval Academy [07:39:32] Ping...# 39 [07:39:33] ZL1AOX>APRS,ANDE-1* <UI>:Ping...# 39 [07:39:50] ANDE-1>BEACON <UI>:T#004,002,010,009,004,003,01000000,000 [07:39:59] ZL3GA-1>APND12,ANDE-1*,WIDE2-2 <UI R>:=4322.91SN17238.49E#DIGI_NED: Kaiapoi [07:40:01] ZL3GA-1>APND12,ANDE-1*,WIDE2-2 <UI R>:=4322.91SN17238.49E#DIGI_NED: Kaiapoi [07:40:04] Ping...# 40 [07:40:06] ZL1AOX>APRS,ANDE-1* <UI>:Ping...# 40 [07:40:16] ZL1TYF>APRS,ANDE-1* <UI R>:Hi from Wellington at RE78jt

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ANDE: how much time is left ?
by Henk, PA3GUO 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

Today ANDE is at about 182 km. Looking at the plot, at the most one more day is left: http://home.vianetworks.nl/users/hamoen/pa3guo/ande_predict_pa3guo_22dec200… But it can be less. Henk http://www.qsl.net/pa3guo

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ANDE on 23 Dec
by Viktor Kudielka 23 Dec '07

23 Dec '07

To all, ANDE still transmitting. At 07:00:04 one packet could be decoded - but no telemetry. Vy 73, Viktor OE1VKW

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