October 2008 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

New Batteries on the ISS
by Simon (HB9DRV) 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Pics being sent: http://www.ham-radio-deluxe.com/SSTV/tabid/85/Default.aspx Simon Brown, HB9DRV www.ham-radio-deluxe.com

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ARISS CONTACT WITH RICHARD GARRIOTT
by Graham Shirville 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Hi all, The ARISS team led by Carlos Eavis G0AKI from RSGB and Howard Long G6LVB from AMSAT-UK provided a perfect ARISS School Contact yesterday. The local BBC Television news report can be found here - plenty of good "amateur radio" references are included! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7677274.stm as they say - enjoy:) 73 Graham G3VZV PS a copy of the webstreamed video of the whole QSO will shortly be available at www.batc.tv

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W5KWQ
by n1jez＠burlingtontelecom.net 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Had a quick contact with Richard, W5KWQ as the ISS was setting here in Vermont. 1216 10/18/08 The ISS was at 2 degrees here. Also got another good picture. 73, Mike, N1JEZ "A closed mouth gathers no feet"

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Re: [sarex] Re: Pass today 18 oct 2008
by Jeffrey Koehler 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Apparently my 70 cm. Preamp is fried... Unhooked power to it just as the ISS flew over, and heard SSTV at 20 db over S9!!! Rats....missed all those pics over the last 36 hrs AND my preamp needs fixing!! 73 all, Jeff WB2sYK FN13xc --- On Sat, 10/18/08, WIlliam L Reyna Jr <n2qbr(a)msn.com> wrote: > From: WIlliam L Reyna Jr <n2qbr(a)msn.com> > Subject: Re: [sarex] Re: Pass today 18 oct 2008 > To: jeffk13057(a)yahoo.com > Date: Saturday, October 18, 2008, 10:18 AM > Heard a good sstv transmission but wasn't ready to > record it and 3 min later heard another sstv signal that > went to los. > > FN-20 Wayne, NJ 25 miles west of NYC. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jeffrey Koehler<mailto:jeffk13057@yahoo.com> > To: sarex(a)AMSAT.Org<mailto:sarex@AMSAT.Org> > Cc: amsat-bb(a)AMSAT.Org<mailto:amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org> > Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2008 10:02 AM > Subject: [sarex] Re: Pass today 18 oct 2008 > > > > > > > Orbit 56794, nice 57 deg pass here in FN13-AOS @ 1256z > > Nothing heard. > > 73, > > jeff WB2SYK FN13 > > > --- On Sat, 10/18/08, Eskil van Loosdrecht > <evl(a)post.utfors.se<mailto:evl@post.utfors.se>> > wrote: > > > From: Eskil van Loosdrecht > <evl(a)post.utfors.se<mailto:evl@post.utfors.se>> > > Subject: [sarex] Pass today 18 oct 2008 AOS > 10:01:16 UTC > > To: sarex(a)AMSAT.Org<mailto:sarex@AMSAT.Org> > > Date: Saturday, October 18, 2008, 6:40 AM > > Hello All; > > > > > > > > Good copy of 2 complete SSTV pictures and part of > the end > > of one in > > conjunction with AOS. The setting of 3 minutes as > Ward > > mentions seems about > > right . Everybody should be able to copy at least > one > > complete picture > > during a pass. No hanging TX anymore. > > > > > > > > To all who have been involved in realizing this > project: > > Congratulatins!!! > > > > > > > > 73, Eskil/SM5SRR > > > > ---- > > Sent via > sarex(a)amsat.org<mailto:sarex@amsat.org>. Opinions > expressed are those of > > the author. > > Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur > > satellite program! > > Subscription settings: > > > http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex<http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex> > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection > around > http://mail.yahoo.com<http://mail.yahoo.com/> > ---- > Sent via sarex(a)amsat.org<mailto:sarex@amsat.org>. > Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur > satellite program! > Subscription settings: > http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex<http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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JOTA
by n3tl＠bellsouth.net 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Hey everyone, I hope as many of you as possible get a chance to work at least one of the satellites stations on the air for this JOTA weekend. I've worked two so far, and both contacts have been really cool. Both operators let scouts take the mic, and I'm sure those kids were thrilled to have stations calling them like they were. I'm sending 2 QSL cards to both stations - 1 with a note of thanks to the operator(s) who made the effort to get some scouts into orbit this weekend, and another to the scout I spoke to. I hope those of you who work stations - especially if you get to talk to a scout - will do the same. 73 to all, Tim - N3TL AMSAT Member No. 36820 Athens, Ga. - EM84ha

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Re: [sarex] Pass today 18 oct 2008
by Jeffrey Koehler 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Orbit 56794, nice 57 deg pass here in FN13-AOS @ 1256z Nothing heard. 73, jeff WB2SYK FN13 --- On Sat, 10/18/08, Eskil van Loosdrecht <evl(a)post.utfors.se> wrote: > From: Eskil van Loosdrecht <evl(a)post.utfors.se> > Subject: [sarex] Pass today 18 oct 2008 AOS 10:01:16 UTC > To: sarex(a)AMSAT.Org > Date: Saturday, October 18, 2008, 6:40 AM > Hello All; > > > > Good copy of 2 complete SSTV pictures and part of the end > of one in > conjunction with AOS. The setting of 3 minutes as Ward > mentions seems about > right . Everybody should be able to copy at least one > complete picture > during a pass. No hanging TX anymore. > > > > To all who have been involved in realizing this project: > Congratulatins!!! > > > > 73, Eskil/SM5SRR > > ---- > Sent via sarex(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of > the author. > Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur > satellite program! > Subscription settings: > http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Richard from ISS doing random contacts on EU at 18Oct.
by Cor 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Hello All, Richard Garriott made some random contacts (18 Oct) on europe. In case anybody who read this and made a contact today can find a good recording on my website. 73's Cor PD0RKC Ham Radio In Space: http://iss.ontwikkel.nl

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2 ISS SSTV photo's at orbit number 56791
by Cor 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Hallo All, Seems that Garriott put back his kenwood VH-C1 unit on the window. Pics received today 18 Oct. http://iss.ontwikkel.nl/ISSTV/18Oct2008_0827UTC_ISS_orbit_56791_i.jpg http://iss.ontwikkel.nl/ISSTV/18Oct2008_0831UTC_ISS_orbit_56791_i.jpg A request to everyone, please send your received ISS SSTV images to: http://www.amsat.com/ARISS_SSTV/submit.php 73's Cor PD0RKC

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Re: Delfi-c3 Telemetry Capture & Decoding
by Gerard Aalbers 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Hi Clive, Good to hear you are listening for our satellite! We have not published the telemetry format and conversion equations at this point. The reasoning behind this is that all this has been incorporated in RASCAL, so you can just read if off the screen there. Unfortunately, tuning and getting RASCAL to lock properly turned out be harder than we thought. Therefore we have written a small manual on our website and you can find it at http://www.delfic3.nl/rascal/ under 'instructions'. The audio clip on our website is perfectly suited for this purpose and has in fact been used by ourselves and many radio-amateurs to get their set-ups up and running. Please note that this audio clip has been recorded at an exact frequency in order to get RASCAL decode and does not contain any Doppler shift. Good luck! Best regards, Gerard Aalbers, Delfi-C3 team

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SSTV Active 08.23utc over UK
by David Barber 18 Oct '08

18 Oct '08

Another two superb pictures this morning. David G8OQW

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