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Re: Editing nasa.all file for SatPC32
by Mark L. Hammond 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

Hi Wayne, The folder is hidden, as I recall. It's here on my WinXP Pro system using SatPC32 12.8a: C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\SatPC32\Kepler You may have to adjust your folder options to show all folders, etc. under "Tools/Folder Options/View/Show hidden Files and Folders" Hope that helps! -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] _____ Editing nasa.all file for SatPC32 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: [amsat-bb] Editing nasa.all file for SatPC32 From: Wayne Estes <w9ae@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:09:28 -0800 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I want to manually add XW-1 Keps to my nasa.all file for SatPC32. The SatPC32 Satellites menu says the file should be in C:\Documents and Settings\Wayne Estes\Application Data\SatPC32\Kepler But the "Application Data" directory doesn't exist. I searched the entire C: drive for "nasa.all", and the file wasn't found. Where the heck does SatPC32 12.8a put the Keps file in WinXP? Wayne Estes W9AE Oakland, Oregon, USA

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XW-1 Decoded telemetry
by PE0SAT 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

Hi, With the help of www.ham.vgnet.nl/downloads/XW-1_Telemetry_Format.pdf I decoded the beacon information I received. The output power is fluctuating, is there any idea why this is happening? And an other thing, don't we miss a lot of information within the telemetry? channels 6 to 13 have a value 000? Maybe my decoding isn't correct and other amateurs have other information. CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 CH5 CH6 CH7 CH8 CH9 CH10 CH11 CH12 CH13 BJ1SA XW XW 111 000 120 070 500 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 XW XW BJ1SA XW XW 111 000 120 135 500 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 XW XW BJ1SA XW XW 111 000 119 135 500 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 XW XW BJ1SA XW XW 111 000 119 095 500 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 XW XW BJ1SA XW XW 111 000 119 150 500 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 XW XW CH1 PA Output RF Switch Status Status 111=PA2 Works (Beacon only) CH2 Transponder Working Status Status 000=Beacon only CH3 Transponder Temperature Data First character =0, T= -N First \ character=1, T= +Last Two character Celsius CH4 Beacon RF Output Power Data P=N mW CH5 Beacon Power Supply Voltage Data 000 999 V=N/100 V 73's -- With regards PE0SAT Internet web-page http://www.ham.vgnet.nl/

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Congratulation to AMSAT-China
by Nader Omer 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

Congratulation to AMSAT-China . A wounderful gift for the New Year . Thanks AMSAT-CHINA . 73;st2nh www.st2nh.com

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Italy - NA AO51 common windows V/S mode
by IK2CFR marco 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

Hallo all, I'm interested to try AO51 on V/S mode with NA . I have these UTC windows for US (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont) and Canadian Atlantic coast: dec 16 18:39 to 18:40 dec 17 08:17 to 08:20 dec 18 18:57 to 18:59 Always lower then 4deg over the horizon. My qth near Milan in JN45PP Best 73 Marco IK2CFR

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Editing nasa.all file for SatPC32
by Wayne Estes 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

I want to manually add XW-1 Keps to my nasa.all file for SatPC32. The SatPC32 Satellites menu says the file should be in C:\Documents and Settings\Wayne Estes\Application Data\SatPC32\Kepler But the "Application Data" directory doesn't exist. I searched the entire C: drive for "nasa.all", and the file wasn't found. Where the heck does SatPC32 12.8a put the Keps file in WinXP? Wayne Estes W9AE Oakland, Oregon, USA

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XW-1 Footprint
by Jeff Yanko 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

If my numbers are correct, this bird is certainly much higher than AO-27 and AO-51. At an orbit 800 miles above earth, this will stretch the footprint a bit further east for those needing KH6 on the birds. Let's hope for more activity from KH6! 73, Jeff WB3JFS Las Vegas, NV DM26

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AO-51 S BAND REPORT
by Luc Leblanc 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

On the 1550 EDT Dec 15) pass i was able to copy from AOS TO LOS if it was not the presence of 2 deep fades one of 15 seconds (making signal going below my noise level) and the other near 30 seconds (making signal just above the noise level) on a +-3 minutes cycle i cannot see much difference from the before attitude change but it will have to be reevaluated when the sat return back to his previous attitude. "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe DSTAR urcall VE2DWE WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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xw-1 great sig over uk
by paul robinson 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

nice copy of becon of xw-1 here in England..looking forward to transponder! de 2E1EUB

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XW-1 heard during the 19:30 CEST pass (JO21)
by PE0SAT 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

Congratulations Camsat, This satellite is also heard in JO21 and follow the link below to hear the recording I made :) http://www.ham.vgnet.nl/downloads/XW-1_14-12-2009_1930CEST.mp3 Please keep us informed regarding schedules so we can experiment further with this new Amsat Satellite. One other question, is it possible to give us a website url with an english translation of the www.camsat.cn website regarding XW-1? 73's -- With regards PE0SAT Internet web-page http://www.ham.vgnet.nl/

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XW-1 Western North America 15Dec2009 1702z
by John Papay 15 Dec '09

15 Dec '09

XW-1 was again heard over western North America with an excellent signal. The new keps provided by Nigel G8IFF/W8IFF were used for Object A and found to be spot on. I set SatPC32 for automatic operation with the TS2000 in the CW mode and the computer clock synchronized with NIST. I never touched the radio dial or the antennas during the entire pass and as you will hear on the recording, the CW tone never changed. The TS2000 was updating the frequency every second. Again I found polarization shifts but the bird did best on Left Hand during most of the pass. This was a 22 degree pass for me to the west. One of the three letter code groups changes on every string of CW starting with BJ1SA XW XW etc and ending with XW XW. For example, the 3 letter groups for some successive transmissions were: TNE TDT AAE ATE 4VE A6E TBT 4VE T6E ATE. Every other code group in the string stayed the same, at least during this pass. I started the recording late. It is much better than my first recording with the older keps on the amsat webpge. http://www.papays.com/XW-1_15Dec2009_170842z.mp3 Let's hope we can start using the v/u transponders for voice/cw soon. Thanks again to all who were involved with this satellite. It is operating very well. 73, John K8YSE EN91dh

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