January 2009 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

ISS Re-boost Feb. 4...No surprises
by Armando Mercado 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

Greetings, The ISS will be doing a re-boost Feb. 4, 2009. The last re-boost a week or two ago surprised and confounded a few people judging by the postings to the BBS. Now you know. 73 Armando, N8IGJ

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radio equipment for sale
by Bill Bruno 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

I'm cleaning out my shack and offering the following equipment at approximately half the original cost. I'll wait a couple of weeks before I put it on Ebay. All in excellent condition. Please feel free to email me with any questions. Please contact me off list if interested Comet CF-4160 duplexer $25 Diamond MX-2000 Triplexer $45 Heil Goldline GM-4 Mike $75 Heil Basic mike stand $10 Heil SB-1 mike boom $25 Heil CC1 mike adapter for Kenwood radio $15 MFJ-864 cross needle swr/wattmeter 2m & 70cm $45 MFJ-264 Dummy Load $35 Maha MH-C20 aa/aaa nicd/nimh rapid batt charger $40 Kenwood BC-19 Rapid charger $35 Kenwood SMC-34 Speaker mike $20 Kenwood HMC-3 headset/mike $30 Plus shipping Bill KB2RC

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Re: Cant get keps for new sats on satpc32
by Alan P. Biddle 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

Ryan, Glad to hear it is working. Alan

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AO-51 SSTV
by Allen Vinegar 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

Lots of noise on AO-51 prevented me from getting clear download of pictures. Did get two that were clear enough to see they were from WP4CNU and KB2HSH. Several interfering carriers came on several times during SSTV transmissions. Anyone who is copying pictures please let us know if we are getting through. Copies of pictures would also be appreciated. Don't know if I succeeded last night or not. Thanks & 73, Al W8KHP

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SATPC32 KEPS
by Mike McConnell 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

I was reading the post concerning the Kepler files in SATPC 32. I think I might be having trouble with getting the recent downloads. I don't see any of the new SATS. I have enabled SATPC32 in my firewall. Here is what is in my Kepler folder: Amatur.txt 11/11/2007 Doppler.SQF.txt 10/10/2008 geo.txt 11/12/2007 intelsat.txt 11/11/2007 nasa.all 11/18/2007 noaa.txt 9/1/2005 weather.txt 11/11/2007 The files look old, is that right? Mike McConnell, Ph.D. W0PD AMSAT #36792 ARRL#0001168388

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New Japanese satellites - late nigth fun .
by nader omer 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

Hi Still nothing down from KAGAYAKI nor SOHLA-1! PRISM have the strongest signal but I noticed sligth frequency drift during starting of each transmisson.! very cold up there for the VFO :-) !! here the last Beacon TLM I Have got 26/1/2009 22:11 - 22:24 prc//www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp ovetherhythm fromcosmos. pr0 00024a4a421a4a4 pr1 000a51db1b60010 pr2 000000700009000 pr3 000800000000002 pr4 003872002f2a0500 pr5 005b0000868a8bt pr6 006b6a6b6a626600 pr7 0sm7e7e7d7d606000 pr8 0000090000007070787 pr9 3f3f403f4043f3f0403f403f3f pra 0004db9f53 prb 010420000006 prc --www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp prd beautiful.mitsuhitokomatsur ------------------------- kks-1 is so stable but with fading (here fix vertical polarazation yagi ) the last TLE works very well with HRD... (tnx Mike , DK3WN) here the last Beacon TLM. 26/01/2009 RX KKS-1 CW BEACON 22:45 - 22:59 UTC 9/01/22 16:07:24 hello this is kks-1 hello this is kks-1 hello this is kks-1 hello this is kks-1 hello this is kks-1 374 067 004 So far as Ib OZ1MY mentions PRISM is OBJECT B (sure) STARS is OBJECT G (99% sure) KKS-1 is OBJECT H (99% sure) congratulations to all the new Japanese sat groups I have a lot of fun during last 3 days local time here is 3 am 73's Nader , st2nh www.st2nh.com

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Re: Cant get keps for new sats on satpc32
by Alan P. Biddle 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

Ryan, Checked this morning, and the Celestrak server is working fine. The usual problem with downloading is a firewall which needs an exception to permit SATPC32 to access the Internet. If your program was downloading, and now isn't, I would still check the firewall for blockage. If all else fails, cut the URL from the Celestrak.SQF file and paste it into the URL window of your browser. You should get the desired file, which you can save as a text file, and then copy it to the Kepler directory. Make certain you get the right directory. It will be something like C:\Documents and Settings\WA4SCA\Application Data\SatPC32\Kepler There will be other Kepler directories, but they are for backup and default data. Let us know the results. Alan WA4SCA

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Wounderful New Software from Mike DK3WN
by nader omer 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

HI All Mike DK3WN just release two software for the new Japanase PRISM and STARS satellite - CW TLM decoder http://www.dk3wn.info/software.shtml GREAT GREAT WORK ,MIKE DK3WN THANKS 73 de Nader , st2nh www.st2nh.com

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ISS packet ?
by Alan Sieg WB5RMG 27 Jan '09

27 Jan '09

Tony -K2MO said : > Iss in packet mode (Orbit 58,375) - 145.800 - and I just listened in on the 0305z pass here from Huntsville... I heard some packets, but couldn't decode anything. Also don't see any current beacons via findu .. .. Signal seemed pretty weak. Any other reports ? Maybe I just got out of practice .?. Thanks /;^) -- <- Licensed in 1976, WB5RMG = Alan Sieg * AMSAT#20554 -> <- http://www.somenet.net * http://wb5rmg.somenet.net -> <- http://www.linkedin.com/in/alansieg * My 'Day Job' ->

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Packet burst at 145.800
by Luc Leblanc 26 Jan '09

26 Jan '09

On January 25 at 2040 EDT my transceiver was left on 145.800mhz and i hear a couple of packet burst. ISS was not in view at that time and no other packet cube sat orbits seems to match? Is it something i heard in direct? the signal fade and he was shifting in frequency exactly as it was coming from a satellite? Any clues? "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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