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

June AO51 schedule is up
by Andrew Glasbrenner 29 May '07

29 May '07

http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php June 2007 AO-51 (AMSAT Echo) Schedule June 1 until June 30, subject to modification June 1 - June 15 FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM, NO PL Tone Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 9k6 Digital, V/U, Telemetry Only Downlink: 435.150 Mhz FM, 9k6 Telemetry June 16 ARRL Kid's Day (QSOs by or with Kid's Day stations ONLY please) FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM, NO PL Tone Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM June 17 - June 25 AMSAT/ARRL Field Day (June 23-24) FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM, NO PL Tone Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM FM Repeater, L/U Uplink: 1268.700 MHz FM, NO PL Tone Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM June 26 -June 30 FM Repeater, V/S Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM, NO PL Tone Downlink: 2401.200 MHz FM 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Operations

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Re: Trip to CN79, CN69, CO70, and possibly CO60 in Canada.
by John Mock KD6PAG 29 May '07

29 May '07

On 5/29/07, Patrick Green <pagreen(a)gmail.com> wrote: > These squares seem rare to me. I was wondering what the desire for them > would be. I would have to make a special effort to hit CO60 but I would do > it if there are a bunch of people that want it. Let me know. I would be > operating FM sats and APRS packet with my HT and Arrow from these areas. Wow, those are unusual grid squares... that is, finding a grid square (CN69) that N7SFI [now WI7P] hasn't worked is rare indeed! I would be pleased just to get three grids. So for me, CO60 would be frosting the cake, but others may have other opinions. Thank you so much for going out there! -- KD6PAG (Networking Old-Timer, Satellite QRPer) P.S. I'll be in CM86 on Saturday afternoon (and possibly one pass on Sunday afternoon/early evening). KA9SCF, please try to work me there if you don't have it already, so i can return your favor in advance.

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Re: RAFT keps now 5 minutes late now
by Lee McLamb 29 May '07

29 May '07

About 3.5 minutes early to the 07148.59248876 epoch TLE here in Cocoa, FL at 0126Z RAFT/SGATE>BEACON>UI,?,F0: T#652,080,002,035,034,149,10100000,999 RAFT/SGATE>BEACON>UI,?,F0: T#652,080,002,035,034,149,10100000,999 RAFT/SGATE>BEACON>UI,?,F0: T#653,080,002,035,034,148,10100000,999 RAFT/SGATE>BEACON>UI,?,F0: T#653,080,002,035,034,148,10100000,999 Lee-KU4OS On Tuesday 29 May 2007 21:02:44 Robert Bruninga wrote: > > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 6:51 PM > > RAFT is ~2 minutes ahead of current keps. > > Henk PA3GUO > > May 29 22:50 UTC > > Now it is 2 hours later: > and I see on pcsat.aprs.org packets captured by PE1ITR are now > about * 5 minutes early! *** > > Latest keps were dated 1400z on the 28th which is really old > now. > > Be there 10 minutes early and point beam to AOS and wait... > > Bob, Wb4APR > > _______________________________________________ > 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: RAFT is coming down! Grab telemetry
by Geoff Clark 29 May '07

29 May '07

Hi Bob, I'm at work but my antenna is beaming at the average max elevation points of all today's passes (basically South) and should be sending in the TLM via ZL2BAU. David, ZL3AI may also be monitoring/gating. 73 Geoff ZL3GA Christchurch, New Zealand RE66ho > > -----Original Message----- > > From: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org > > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Robert > > Bruninga Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 7:03 PM > > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: RAFT is coming down! Grab > telemetry > > > > > RAFT is de-orbiting within the next 12 hours or so. > > > > It will arrive much earlier than any prediction based on > > Keplarian Elements because they are always too old. > > Best bet is to start 20 minutes early and point your > > beam towards AOS and where it will get about 10 deg > > above the horizon and wait. Then manually follow the > short 3 minutes along the track... > > > - Who will get the last telemetry? > > - How hot will it get before telemetry dies? > > > > We need worldwide operators collecting telemetry packets > > if they want to capture the last packet. > > > > See the live temperature plot on the RAFT-RE_ENTRY WEB > > PAGE... > http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/craft/save-raft.html > > > We particularly need data from the southern hemisphere > > where the passes are in the sun and will show the > highest temps... > > > Tune in 145.825 1200 baud AX.25 packet. And even with a > > small antenna, on the two overhead passes per day, you > > should get at least one telemetry packet. They are > > every 10 seconds.. Each one begins with a unique serial > > T#nnn and so we can merge different captures from > different folks. > > > Bob, WB4APR > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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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SO-50 jumped 5 kHz up in downlink frequency
by OZ1MY 29 May '07

29 May '07

Hi all, I listened yesterday to SO-50 and it appeared to be 5 kHz higher in frequency than normal on the downlink - approximately. Tested it right now and got it confirmed. Did anybody else hear it ? The pass had AOS at 1840 UTC here in Copenhagen. I have heard this before - but it is a long time ago. 73 OZ1MY Ib

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Re: RAFT is coming down! Grab telemetry
by Robert Bruninga 29 May '07

29 May '07

RAFT is de-orbiting within the next 12 hours or so. It will arrive much earlier than any prediction based on Keplarian Elements because they are always too old. Best bet is to start 20 minutes early and point your beam towards AOS and where it will get about 10 deg above the horizon and wait. Then manually follow the short 3 minutes along the track... - Who will get the last telemetry? - How hot will it get before telemetry dies? We need worldwide operators collecting telemetry packets if they want to capture the last packet. See the live temperature plot on the RAFT-RE_ENTRY WEB PAGE... http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/craft/save-raft.html We particularly need data from the southern hemisphere where the passes are in the sun and will show the highest temps... Tune in 145.825 1200 baud AX.25 packet. And even with a small antenna, on the two overhead passes per day, you should get at least one telemetry packet. They are every 10 seconds.. Each one begins with a unique serial T#nnn and so we can merge different captures from different folks. Bob, WB4APR

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RAFT still functional !
by Henk, PA3GUO 29 May '07

29 May '07

RAFT is still digipeating ! During the May 29 22:45 UTC pass (max 18 degrees elevation) both PE1ITR and PA3GUO could use the digipeat function: 20070529224150 : PA3GUO-8]APRS,RAFT*,qAr,DF5FF-10:QSL PE1ITR de PA3GUO 20070529224131 : PE1IT2-3]APRS,RAFT*,WIDE2-2,qAO,PA3GUO:ping 20070529224108 : PA3GUO-8]APRS,RAFT*,qAO,PA3GUO:btext 20070529224059 : PG3GUO-8]APRS,RAFT*,qAO,PA3GUO:Bye RAFT ! Tempatures are rising from 0 to 20 degrees in the past 8 days. 20070529224201 : RAFT]BEACON,SGATE,qAo,DK3WN-1:T#669,079,002,034,033,115,10000000,999 20070529224150 : RAFT]BEACON,SGATE,qAo,DK3WN-1:T#668,079,002,035,034,115,10000000,999 20070529224129 : RAFT]BEACON,SGATE,qAo,DK3WN-1:T#666,079,002,035,034,115,10000000,999 20070529224120 : RAFT]BEACON,SGATE,qAo,DK3WN-1:T#665,079,002,035,034,115,10000000,999 20070529224109 : RAFT]BEACON,SGATE,qAO,PA3GUO:T#664,079,002,035,034,115,10000000,999 20070529224059 : RAFT]BEACON,SGATE,qAO,PA3GUO:T#663,079,002,035,033,115,10000000,999 Henk, PA3GUO

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ISS Spacewalk may be on VHF-2 Frequency early Thursday morning.
by andy thomas 29 May '07

29 May '07

I know that when the Russian suits are used for EVA from the ISS they use the VHF-2 FM frequency 130.165 and they can be heard from England. So stand by, Russia, India, Africa and Europe for an eavesdropping opportunity: Following from NASA: "Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineer Oleg Kotov are preparing for two spacewalks. The main objectives of the first Russian excursion on May 30 are to install orbital debris protection panels on the Zvezda service module, route cables associated with the Automated Transfer Vehicle navigation systems and replace experiments on the module's hull. .... Wednesday's spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 2:20 p.m. EDT (1820 UTC) and will last about six hours. NASA Television coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 1:30 p.m. (1730 UTC)" So if you check the new keps (orbital boost last Wednesday) I bet she will be orbiting over Russia from that time, so Eastern Europe, India and Africa will hear first and later that evening might be audible on VHF-2 130.165(Russian suits again)from the UK. Use your 2m beam and track the ISS. TIMES: 1820 +6h = 0020 utc. Heavens-above has ISS visible my QTH at 0038 utc 31 May. BTW you can get NASA TV on broadband internet nowadays. 73 es gud dx de andy G0SFJ ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/

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Ts-2000x
by Don Blachura 28 May '07

28 May '07

FYI, TS-2000x for sale on e-bay. Item# 160122023330 Don...w2xb

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CP4 telemetry May 28, 2007
by Mike Rupprecht 28 May '07

28 May '07

Hi, confirm the 5 minutes interval 28.05.2007, 20:56:10 UTC ctrl: 3 {UI} PID: F0 {No L3} Frame Bytes: 24 [Payload Bytes: 7] from N6CP to N6CP: 1 > 04 43 4F 4D 4D 20 41 .COMM A ________________________________________________________________________________ 28.05.2007, 20:56:11 UTC ctrl: 3 {UI} PID: F0 {No L3} Frame Bytes: 116 [Payload Bytes: 99] from N6CP to N6CP: 1 > 01 6D 74 0C 2B 13 91 02 07 04 5D A2 DA EA C0 92 04 00 03 7A 21 > C0 CD CB C1 8E 01 00 09 A5 2E C9 D6 BD 93 03 02 03 89 4D EB 41 > E0 C4 90 00 00 03 6F 93 EC EF C0 00 05 B8 9F B8 B8 A6 11 10 61 > 0B 03 09 01 73 85 85 B9 BA 83 C7 67 F5 B9 FF FE E6 83 C7 68 81 > F6 D2 FF 8A E8 03 01 00 01 26 26 08 6B 01 25 2B 2C 5C 82 .mt.+.‘...]¢ÚêÀ’...zÀÍËÁŽ...¥.ÉÖ½“...‰MëàÄ...o“ìïÀ..¸Ÿ¸¸¦......s……¹ºƒÇgõ¹ÿþæƒÇhöÒÿŠè....&&.k.%+,\‚ ________________________________________________________________________________ 28.05.2007, 21:01:10 UTC ctrl: 3 {UI} PID: F0 {No L3} Frame Bytes: 24 [Payload Bytes: 7] from N6CP to N6CP: 1 > 04 43 4F 4D 4D 20 42 .COMM B ________________________________________________________________________________ 28.05.2007, 21:01:11 UTC ctrl: 3 {UI} PID: F0 {No L3} Frame Bytes: 116 [Payload Bytes: 99] from N6CP to N6CP: 1 > 01 70 74 0C 31 11 CE 02 07 03 53 9F 70 7A C0 A7 02 00 02 83 21 > B5 55 54 C2 C5 10 0C 09 AE 20 AD B7 BD C3 04 04 03 93 49 F7 41 > E8 C5 8C 00 00 03 74 9A B7 BA C0 00 05 B8 9C B8 B8 A1 11 11 61 > 0C 0B 04 01 79 8A 88 BA BA 83 C7 65 F3 86 FF FD E6 8B C7 6A 81 > F3 FF FF 8B E8 03 01 00 01 66 26 08 5C 01 25 29 29 5C E6 .pt.1.Î...SŸpzÀ§...ƒµUTÂÅ...® ·½Ã...“I÷èÅŒ...tš·ºÀ..¸œ¸¸¡......yŠˆººƒÇeó†ÿýæ‹Çjóÿÿ‹è....f&.\.%))\æ ________________________________________________________________________________ CP4 Telemetry Decoder (c) Mike Rupprecht, DK3WN CAPE Telemetry *** Seq No: 10400 [ RTC: 12:12:26 ] ####################################################### ------ JP5 SIDE PANEL -Y AXIS ------ Solar Panel Volts : 4,78 V Solar Panel Curr : 3,68 mA Peak Power Track : 12,87 mA Magnetorquer Curr : 5,51 mA Magnetometer A : 86,00 magnetometer B : 165,00 internal Temp : -15,56 °C external Temp : -18,32 °C FPP 3V : 3,01 V ------ JP6 SIDE PANEL -X AXIS ------ Solar Panel Volts : 3,67 V Solar Panel Curr : 3,68 mA Peak Power Track : 0,00 mA Magnetorquer Curr : 3,68 mA Magnetometer A : 124,00 magnetometer B : 189,00 internal Temp : -10,95 °C external Temp : -10,49 °C FPP 3V : 3,04 V ------ JP7 SIDE PANEL +Z AXIS ------ Solar Panel Volts : 4,71 V Solar Panel Curr : 137,87 mA Peak Power Track : 130,51 mA Magnetorquer Curr : 16,54 mA Magnetometer A : 173,00 magnetometer B : 37,00 internal Temp : -17,61 °C external Temp : -18,32 °C FPP 3V : 2,98 V ------ JP8 SIDE PANEL +X AXIS ------ Solar Panel Volts : 3,67 V Solar Panel Curr : 5,51 mA Peak Power Track : 5,51 mA Magnetorquer Curr : 5,51 mA Magnetometer A : 139,00 magnetometer B : 72,00 internal Temp : -30,30 °C external Temp : -28,77 °C FPP 3V : 3,09 V ------ JP9 SIDE PANEL -Z AXIS ------ Solar Panel Volts : 3,58 V Solar Panel Curr : 0,00 mA Peak Power Track : 0,00 mA Magnetorquer Curr : 5,51 mA Magnetometer A : 111,00 magnetometer B : 152,00 internal Temp : -27,52 °C external Temp : -27,90 °C FPP 3V : 3,01 V ------ CDH DAQ ---------------------- RF Amp A Curr : 0,00 mA RF Amp B Curr : 45,96 mA CDH RegPow 3V : 2,89 V RF Amp Temp : -18,32 °C CommA RegPow 3V : 2,89 V CommB RegPow 3V : 2,89 V VSUM : 4,07 V ------ POWER -------------------- CDH Curr : 29,41 mA SP A Curr : 31,25 mA SP B Curr : 22,06 mA Comm A Curr : 20,22 mA Comm B Curr : 5,51 mA Payload Curr : 9,19 mA CDH Power Temp : -9,56 °C Comm A Pow Temp : -13,56 °C Comm B Pow Temp : -13,35 °C 3V Side Panel A : 2,90 V 3V Side Panel B : 2,92 V ------ BATTERY A ---------------- Protection Byte : 10000011 Status Byte : 11000111 Voltage : 4,18 V Temperature : -13,00 °C Current : 25,00 mA accumulated Curr : -1322,00 mAh ------ BATTERY B ---------------- Protection Byte : 10000011 Status Byte : 11000111 voltage : 4,18 V Temperature : -12,00 °C Current : 20,00 mA accumulated Curr : -1197,50 mAh ------ CDH ---------------------- CDH Status Byte : 00000011 CDH Current State : 00000001 CDH Reset Count : 0,00 ------ COMM --------------------- Statusbyte : 01100110 CC1000 Cal Reg : 38,00 CC1000 Pow Reg : 8,00 CC1000 max RSSI : 99,00 ------ PAYLOAD ----------------- Statusbyte : 1,00 RTC Temp : -13,00 °C Face Temp : -9,00 °C URC Temp : -7,00 V URC Voltage : 4,43 V 73, Mike DK3WN

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