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

Re: Field Day logging program
by Dave 02 May '07

02 May '07

Another program used by many is the N1MM program. I have used this with several different clubs over the years. Since it is a free program, the price cannot be beat. Support for the program is excellant. I wrote to 6 or 7 logging programs asking for support for the Colorado QSO Party in July. N1MM was the first to respond and to make the update availble to support the event. 73, Dave N0EOP -----Original Message----- >From: Garie Halstead K8KFJ <khyberpass65(a)yahoo.com> >Sent: May 2, 2007 5:13 PM >To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Field Day logging program > >Jim Shorney <jshorney(a)inebraska.com> wrote: > > > LARC has been using the N3FJP program with good > > results. It has a fair amount of nice features, > > and great support from the author. > > I have to echo Jim's comments regarding the N3FJP software. > We've used it at KARC for years at FD and it plays really well. > > 73, Gary -K8KFJ- > West Virginia > > > > >--------------------------------- >Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? > Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos. >_______________________________________________ >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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Recording of AO-51 02/May/07 02:30 UTC Pass over U.S.
by Stephen Genusa 02 May '07

02 May '07

I finally did something I wanted to do since I was a kid. I worked my first pass of a satellite, AO-51 in this case. I made one big mistake and did not record the pass. If anyone has this pass on tape could you please email it to me? I would be very grateful if you can send me a copy. I learned a ton by finally doing it, most of all, the necessity of having a recorder. Thank you, Stephen WD5EAE http://www.wd5eae.org

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Journals
by MARTHA SARAGOVITZ 02 May '07

02 May '07

One of our members would like to donate the following Journals: 1999 Nov/Dec 2000 Sep-Dec 2001 - all 2002-all 2003-all 2004-all 2005-all 2006-all If you are interested, please call me ( 301-589-6062) and I will give you the contact information. 73- Martha-AMSAT Manager

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Recording of AO-51 02/May/07 02:30 UTC Pass over Southern US
by Stephen Genusa 01 May '07

01 May '07

I finally did something I wanted to do since I was a kid. I worked my first pass of a satellite, AO-51 in this case. I made one big mistake and did not record the pass. If anyone has this pass on tape could you please email it to me? I would be very grateful if you can send me a copy. I learned a ton by finally doing it, most of all, the necessity of having a recorder. Thank you, Stephen WD5EAE http://www.wd5eae.org

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Fw: Returned mail: User unknown
by Roger Kolakowski 01 May '07

01 May '07

----- Original Message ----- From: "Mail Delivery Subsystem" <MAILER-DAEMON(a)aol.com> To: <RogerKola(a)aol.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 1:41 AM Subject: Returned mail: User unknown > The original message was received at Wed, 2 May 2007 00:41:28 -0400 (EDT) > from root@localhost > > > *** ATTENTION *** > > Your e-mail is being returned to you because there was a problem with its > delivery. The address which was undeliverable is listed in the section > labeled: "----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----". > > The reason your mail is being returned to you is listed in the section > labeled: "----- Transcript of Session Follows -----". > > The line beginning with "<<<" describes the specific reason your e-mail could > not be delivered. The next line contains a second error message which is a > general translation for other e-mail servers. > > Please direct further questions regarding this message to the e-mail > administrator or Postmaster at that destination. > > --AOL Postmaster > > > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > <Patrick.McGrane(a)aceweb.com> > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > ... while talking to mail.aceweb.net.: > >>> RCPT To:<Patrick.McGrane(a)aceweb.com> > <<< 550 5.1.1 <Patrick.McGrane(a)aceweb.com> is not a valid mailbox > 550 <Patrick.McGrane(a)aceweb.com>... User unknown > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Final-Recipient: RFC822; Patrick.McGrane(a)aceweb.com > Action: failed > Status: 5.1.1 > Remote-MTA: DNS; mail.aceweb.net > Diagnostic-Code: SMTP; 550 5.1.1 <Patrick.McGrane(a)aceweb.com> is not a valid mailbox > Last-Attempt-Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 00:41:33 -0400 (EDT) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Received: from RogerKola(a)aol.com > by imo-m22.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r9.2.) id g.bf7.157b309a (48350); > Wed, 2 May 2007 00:41:28 -0400 (EDT) > Return-Path: <rogerkola(a)aol.com> > Received: from Tanguray (pool-71-243-8-223.bos.east.verizon.net [71.243.8.223]) by ciaaol-m06.mx.aol.com (v115.11) with ESMTP id MAILCIAAOLM066-bcde46381677195; Wed, 02 May 2007 00:41:28 -0400 > Message-ID: <005801c78c6c$02b32540$0200a8c0@Tanguray> > From: "Roger Kolakowski" <rogerkola(a)aol.com> > To: <Patrick.McGrane(a)aceweb.com>, <sarex(a)AMSAT.Org> > References: <e17501e6dc8546f38eeafad700e7d93f.N2OEQ(a)aceweb.com> > Subject: Re: [sarex] ISS amateur radio Mode > Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 00:43:10 -0300 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > X-Priority: 3 > X-MSMail-Priority: Normal > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 > X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 > X-AOL-IP: 71.243.8.223 > X-Spam-Flag: NO >

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Satellite telemetry data
by Rob Hardenberg PE1ITR 01 May '07

01 May '07

The findu is a good site for packet satellite telemetry data. Search is possible for any satellite. Libertad http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/raw.cgi?call=5k3l&start=300&length=288&time=1 Raft http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/raw.cgi?call=raft&start=48&length=48&time=1 73 Rob PE1ITR http://www.pe1itr.com

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Re: The need for telemetry data -or what happened to FO-29-
by Robert Bruninga 01 May '07

01 May '07

> ...One key component of failure analysis is the > availability of data, especially telemetry. > > My question is, can the satellite user community at > large come up with a system that allows the routine > capturing of satellite telemetry? Is there a > role that AMSAT can play? What would it take? All of the APRS satellites (PCSAT-1, PCSAT2, ANDE and RAFT) use AX.25 and beacon their telemetry around the world. Any telemetry packets, heard by any station that is on the internet, feeds the packets live into the global APRS internet. Not only does this make it available to anyone at any time, but the data is also archived and is available in graphical form over any date period. For example, Simple URL's can be constructed to access and plot any of the telemetry parameters. See this WEB page: http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/andeTemps.html And look at the source code. You will see that each plot is simply a URL constructed to access the correct period of data, and to select the range of values and the labels. This way, this data can be incorporated into any application. Thanks to the work fof K4HG, Steve Dimese and the FINDU system. This is all hands-off, fully automated, and routine. Not only does it work for the satellites, but it can also plot all of this same data for ANY KPC-3+ TNC that is sending periodic telemetry packets anywhere in the world on any APRS frequency. For example, this simple URL will plot the telemetry for ANY KPC-3+ TNC on the air. This one is my local digipeater: http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/tele2.cgi?call=wb4apr-1&last=240 Just change the ULR callsign to your TNC's callsign (if it is tramnsmitting its 5 channel telemetry beacons on any APRS frequency) and you will see it show up here. This is a fantastic system for quick-and-dirty experiments, since the global collection and plotting is already done. Bob, WB4APR

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CP-4 telemetry (May 01, 2007)
by Mike Rupprecht 01 May '07

01 May '07

Hi, last pass over europe I catched 2 frames at 21:58:00 UTC ctrl: 3 {UI} PID: F0 {No L3} Frame Bytes: 23 [Payload Bytes: 7] from N6CP to N6CP: 1 > 04 43 4F 4D 4D 20 41 .COMM A ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ ctrl: 3 {UI} PID: F0 {No L3} Frame Bytes: 115 [Payload Bytes: 99] from N6CP to N6CP: 1 > 01 D0 28 0D 30 03 91 02 07 04 5E A4 D8 E9 C0 92 03 00 03 79 21 > C3 D0 CE C1 8E 01 00 09 A2 2F C3 D0 BD 93 03 03 03 87 4B EC 41 > E1 C4 8F 00 00 03 6E 92 F3 F6 C0 00 05 B8 A0 B8 B8 A6 10 0F 61 > 0B 03 0A 01 72 84 84 B9 BA 83 C7 67 F5 B9 FF 90 EB 83 C7 68 81 > F6 CC FF E3 EC 03 01 00 00 26 26 08 69 01 22 2B 2B 5C C4 ..( 0.....^........y........./........K.......n...........__ . .r......g.......h.........&&.i."++\. ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ 22:03:00 UTC ctrl: 3 {UI} PID: F0 {No L3} Frame Bytes: 23 [Payload Bytes: 7] from N6CP to N6CP: 1 > 04 43 4F 4D 4D 20 42 .COMM B ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ ctrl: 3 {UI} PID: F0 {No L3} Frame Bytes: 115 [Payload Bytes: 99] from N6CP to N6CP: 1 > 01 D2 28 0D 34 02 B3 02 04 03 52 A6 92 A3 C0 CB 42 56 02 72 21 > C2 85 7D C2 C2 0A 08 08 91 24 6C 73 BE B1 03 03 03 7A 48 F9 41 > EE C5 A3 00 00 03 60 9D EB EF C0 00 05 B8 A3 B8 B9 BE 11 0F 61 > 0C 0A 03 02 79 8B 8A BA BA 83 C7 6A F3 FF FF 8E EB 8B C7 6A 81 > F4 FA FF E7 EC 03 01 00 00 66 26 08 62 01 25 28 2A 5C BF ..( 4.....R.....BV.r..}.. ...$ls.....zH.......`...........__ ..y......j.......j.........f&.b.%(*\. That means for the last record: CAPE Telemetry *** Seq No: 10450 [ RTC: 13:52:02 ] ####################################################### ------ JP5 SIDE PANEL -Y AXIS ------ Solar Panel Volts : 4,21 V Solar Panel Curr : 3,68 mA Peak Power Track : 7,35 mA Magnetorquer Curr : 5,51 mA Magnetometer A : 82,00 magnetometer B : 166,00 internal Temp : -15,36 °C external Temp : -18,49 °C FPP 3V : 3,01 V ------ JP6 SIDE PANEL -X AXIS ------ Solar Panel Volts : 4,78 V Solar Panel Curr : 121,32 mA Peak Power Track : 158,09 mA Magnetorquer Curr : 3,68 mA Magnetometer A : 114,00 magnetometer B : 194,00 internal Temp : -12,72 °C external Temp : -10,95 °C FPP 3V : 3,04 V ------ JP7 SIDE PANEL +Z AXIS ------ Solar Panel Volts : 4,56 V Solar Panel Curr : 1,84 mA Peak Power Track : 14,71 mA Magnetorquer Curr : 14,71 mA Magnetometer A : 145,00 magnetometer B : 36,00 internal Temp : -6,80 °C external Temp : -8,58 °C FPP 3V : 2,98 V ------ JP8 SIDE PANEL +X AXIS ------ Solar Panel Volts : 4,16 V Solar Panel Curr : 5,51 mA Peak Power Track : 5,51 mA Magnetorquer Curr : 5,51 mA Magnetometer A : 122,00 magnetometer B : 72,00 internal Temp : -30,53 °C external Temp : -29,25 °C FPP 3V : 3,09 V ------ JP9 SIDE PANEL -Z AXIS ------ Solar Panel Volts : 3,84 V Solar Panel Curr : 0,00 mA Peak Power Track : 0,00 mA Magnetorquer Curr : 5,51 mA Magnetometer A : 96,00 magnetometer B : 157,00 internal Temp : -28,89 °C external Temp : -29,37 °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 : -18,49 °C CommA RegPow 3V : 2,89 V CommB RegPow 3V : 2,90 V VSUM : 4,47 V ------ POWER -------------------- CDH Curr : 31,25 mA SP A Curr : 27,57 mA SP B Curr : 22,06 mA Comm A Curr : 5,51 mA Comm B Curr : 5,51 mA Payload Curr : 18,38 mA CDH Power Temp : -10,03 °C Comm A Pow Temp : -13,97 °C Comm B Pow Temp : -13,76 °C 3V Side Panel A : 2,92 V 3V Side Panel B : 2,92 V ------ BATTERY A ---------------- Protection Byte : 10000011 Status Byte : 11000111 Voltage : 4,14 V Temperature : -13,00 °C Current : -5,00 mA accumulated Curr : -1308,50 mAh ------ BATTERY B ---------------- Protection Byte : 10001011 Status Byte : 11000111 voltage : 4,14 V Temperature : -12,00 °C Current : -5,00 mA accumulated Curr : -1222,25 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 : 98,00 ------ PAYLOAD ----------------- Statusbyte : 1,00 RTC Temp : -13,00 °C Face Temp : -10,00 °C URC Temp : -8,00 V URC Voltage : 4,43 V 73, Mike DK3WN

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Libertad-1 telemetry
by Mike Rupprecht 01 May '07

01 May '07

Hi, Apr 01, 2007 at 09:51 UTC 20070501095120: fm 5K3L to 5K3USA via BEACON ctl UI^ pid F0: 20070501095120: A00O77C11I66P29R-2_LIBERTAD_1COL_B:198AA 11:33 UTC 20070501113317: fm 5K3L to 5K3USA via BEACON ctl UI^ pid F0: 20070501113317: A00O55C88I44P50R00_LIBERTAD_1COL_B:199AA 20070501113319: fm 5K3L to 5K3USA via BEACON ctl UI^ pid F0: 20070501113319: A00O55C88I44P50R00_LIBERTAD_1COL_B:199AA 20070501113322: fm 5K3L to 5K3USA via BEACON ctl UI^ pid F0: 20070501113322: A00O55C88I44P50R00_LIBERTAD_1COL_B:199AA 20070501113324: fm 5K3L to 5K3USA via BEACON ctl UI^ pid F0: 20070501113324: A00O55C88I44P50R00_LIBERTAD_1COL_B:199AA 20070501113326: fm 5K3L to 5K3USA via BEACON ctl UI^ pid F0: 20070501113326: A00O55C88I44P50R00_LIBERTAD_1COL_B:199AA 73, Mike DK3WN

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CP-4 telemetry May 01, 2007
by Mike Rupprecht 01 May '07

01 May '07

Hi, 20:23:00 UTC ctrl: 3 {UI} PID: F0 {No L3} Frame Bytes: 23 [Payload Bytes: 7] from N6CP to N6CP: 1 > 04 43 4F 4D 4D 20 42 .COMM B ____________________________________________________________________________ ____ ctrl: 3 {UI} PID: F0 {No L3} Frame Bytes: 115 [Payload Bytes: 99] from N6CP to N6CP: 1 > 01 A0 28 0C 0C 1A CB 02 07 03 56 A5 93 A2 C0 9C 02 00 02 7C 21 > BD 7D 7B C2 C8 4B 47 09 AD 25 9E A2 BE 9C 03 03 03 8B 48 F7 41 > EA C5 98 00 00 03 6F 98 E0 E3 C0 00 05 B8 A2 B8 B8 AD 10 11 61 > 0C 0B 03 01 77 89 88 B9 BA 83 C7 6B F3 2D 00 58 EB 83 C7 6B 81 > F4 26 00 4A ED 03 01 00 00 66 26 08 63 01 25 29 2B 5C 9A 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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