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All Satellites
by Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

Here's a list of all (known to me) satellites still in orbit with some designed in (but not necessarily operational) amateur band functionality. For those that think nothing has been happening recently, there have been 26 (so far) satellites launched this year, 13 in 2008 and 11 in 2007. Thats 50 birds in less than the past 3 years. Catalog Number Common Name International Designator Comments 1293 OSCAR 3 1965-016F 6236 OSCAR 6 1972-082B 7530 OSCAR 7 1974-089B 10703 OSCAR 8 1978-026B 14129 OSCAR 10 1983-058B 14781 OSCAR 11 (UoSAT 2) 1984-021B 16909 JAS 1 (FUJI 1) 1986-061B 20437 OSCAR 14 (UoSAT 3) 1990-005B 20438 OSCAR 15 (UoSAT 4) 1990-005C 20439 OSCAR 16 (PACSAT) 1990-005D 20440 OSCAR 17 (DOVE) 1990-005E 20441 OSCAR 18 (WEBERSAT) 1990-005F 20442 OSCAR 19 (LUSAT) 1990-005G 20480 JAS 1B (FUJI 2) 1990-013C 21039 SL-12 R/B(1) 1990-116B 21087 INFORMATOR 1 1991-006A 21089 COSMOS 2123 1991-007A 21575 OSCAR 22 (UoSAT 5) 1991-050B 22825 KITSAT B 1993-061C 22826 POSAT 1 1993-061D 22828 ITAMSAT 1993-061F 22829 EYESAT A 1993-061G 23439 RADIO ROSTO 1994-085A 24278 JAS 2 1996-046B 24305 UNAMSAT 1996-052B 25396 TMSAT 1998-043C 25397 TECHSAT 1B 1998-043D 25509 SEDSAT 1 1998-061B 25520 PAN SAT 1998-064B 25544 ISS (ZARYA) 1998-067A 25636 SUNSAT 1999-008C 25693 OSCAR 36 (UoSAT 12) 1999-021A 25756 KITSAT 3 1999-029A 26063 OPAL 2000-004C 26545 SAUDISAT 1A 2000-057A 26548 TIUNGSAT 1 2000-057D 26609 AMSAT OSCAR 40 2000-072B 26931 PCSAT 2001-043C 26932 SAPPHIRE 2001-043D 27605 RUBIN 2 2002-058A 27607 SAUDISAT 1C 2002-058C 27842 DTUSAT 2003-031C 27844 CUTE-1 2003-031E 27845 QUAKESAT 2003-031F 27847 CANX-1 2003-031H 27848 CUBESAT XI-IV 2003-031J 27939 MOZHAYETS 4 2003-042A 28375 AMSAT ECHO 2004-025K 28650 HAMSAT 2005-017B 28890 BEIJING 1 (TSINGHUA) 2005-043A 28891 TOPSAT 2005-043B 28892 UWE-1 2005-043C 28893 SINAH 1 2005-043D 28894 SSETI-EXPRESS 2005-043E 28895 CUBESAT XI-V 2005-043F 28897 SSETI-EXPRESS DEB 2005-043H 28898 MOZ.5/SAFIR/RUBIN 5/SL-8 2005-043G 28941 CUTE 1.7 2006-005C 29252 GENESIS 1 2006-029A 29479 HINODE (SOLAR B) 2006-041A 29655 GENESAT 2006-058C 29712 PEHUENSAT 1 2007-001D 31117 EGYPTSAT 1 2007-012A 31122 CSTB 1 2007-012F 31126 MAST 2007-012K 31128 LIBERTAD 1 2007-012M 31129 CP3 2007-012N 31130 CAPE 1 2007-012P 31132 CP4 2007-012Q 31135 AGILE 2007-013A 31140 NFIRE 2007-014A 31789 GENESIS 2 2007-028A 32781 GIOVE-B 2008-020A 32783 CARTOSAT 2A 2008-021A 32784 CANX-6 2008-021B 32785 CUTE 1.7 & AOD 2 2008-021C 32786 IMS-1 2008-021D 32787 COMPASS 1 2008-021E 32788 AAUSAT CUBESAT 2 2008-021F 32789 DELFI C3 2008-021G 32790 CANX-2 2008-021H 32791 SEEDS 2008-021J 32792 RUBIN 8/PSLV 2008-021K 32794 AMOS 3 2008-022A 32953 YUBILEINY 2008-025A 33492 GOSAT (IBUKI) 2009-002A 33493 PRISM (HITOMI) 2009-002B 33494 SPRITE-SAT (RISING) 2009-002C 33495 KAGAYAKI 2009-002D 33496 SOHLA-1 (MAIDO-1) 2009-002E 33498 STARS (KUKAI) 2009-002G 33499 KKS-1 (KISEKI) 2009-002H 33595 EXPRESS AM-44 2009-007A 34808 ANUSAT 2009-019B 34941 PROTOSTAR 2 2009-027A 35002 PHARMASAT 2009-028B 35003 HAWKSAT 1 2009-028C 35004 CP6 2009-028D 35005 AEROCUBE 3 2009-028E 35008 MERIDIAN 2 2009-029A 35690 DRAGONSAT 2009-038B 35693 ANDE POLLUX SPHERE 2009-038E 35694 ANDE CASTOR SPHERE 2009-038F 35866 OBJECT B 2009-049B 35867 FREGAT/IRIS 2009-049C 35868 OBJECT D 2009-049D 35869 OBJECT E 2009-049E 35870 SUMBANDILA 2009-049F 35871 BLITS 2009-049G 35931 OCEANSAT 2 2009-051A 35932 OBJECT B 2009-051B 35933 OBJECT C 2009-051C 35934 OBJECT D 2009-051D 35935 OBJECT E 2009-051E 35936 RUBIN 9.1/RUBIN 9.2/PSLV 2009-051F -- Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937 825 5032 Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF), e-mail nigel(a)ngunn.net www http://www.ngunn.net Member of ARRL, GQRP #11396, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP Club International #385, Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, AMSAT-UK 0182, MKARS, ALC, GCARES, XWARN.

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Only Two Weeks Away
by Martha 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

The 2009 AMSAT Symposium and Annual Meeting is only two weeks away. If you haven't registered on-line, please do so as soon as possible. All the information can be found on our website. I need to give the hotel a count for attendees so that they can set up the meeting rooms. In addition, we need to give the caterer a count for dinner. It's our 40th Anniversary - that's something to celebrate! -- 73- Martha

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SwissCube telemetry
by Mike Rupprecht 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

All, 11:06 UTC CW and 1k2 BPSK active , 250 packets decoded hb9eg/1 1 0 3 2 323 325 3 301001 37 Error flags: EPS: OK COM: OK CDMS: OK ADCS: OK Payload: OK Power states: COM: On Beacon: On CDMS: Off ADCS: Off Payload: Off ADS: Off Battery 1 voltage: 4.12 V Battery 2 voltage: 4.16 V Produced current: -X: [375;500[ mA +X: [0;125[ mA -Y: [125;250[ mA +Y: [0;125[ mA -Z: [0;125[ mA +Z: [125;250[ mA Battery 1 temperature: -4°C 1k2 packets e.g.: 2009-09-25 12:15:41.410 UTC: [72 Bytes KISS Frame (without CRC)] ctrl: 3 PID: F0 {UI} 49 Payload Bytes from HB9EG1-1 to HB9EG1: 1 > 08 8C 47 00 08 08 C0 BB 00 0D 10 01 01 00 02 E1 DE 00 18 08 21 > C0 27 41 8E 08 08 C0 BD 00 0D 10 01 07 00 02 E1 DE 00 18 08 41 > C0 27 8A 3A B0 00 2E 1D E8 __________________________________________________________________ 2009-09-25 12:15:43.550 UTC: [274 Bytes KISS Frame (without CRC)] ctrl: 3 PID: F0 {UI} 254 Payload Bytes from HB9EG1-1 to HB9EG1: 1 > 38 8D 1A 00 08 08 C0 BC 00 EE 10 03 19 00 02 CC 04 00 62 FF 21 > FE 05 FA FB 05 02 04 05 F8 02 05 00 00 0A 00 00 0B 07 09 08 41 > FE 07 0A 02 01 0F 04 05 0F 0B 0C 09 03 0A 0E 03 03 11 08 09 61 > 13 0E 0F 0A 07 0D 12 05 05 14 0C 0E 17 10 11 0B 0C 10 14 07 81 > 06 16 0F 11 1A 12 12 0C 0F 12 16 09 08 18 11 14 1C 14 14 0D 101 > 11 13 18 0B 0B 17 0F 15 1B 12 13 0D 0F 12 16 0C 0C 15 0D 14 121 > 19 10 12 0D 0D 11 15 0D 0D 08 07 11 11 05 06 01 08 06 08 0C 141 > 0C FF 00 0A 07 FE FF F8 01 FF FF 0A 0A F8 F8 04 00 F8 F8 F2 161 > FA F8 F8 08 08 F3 F3 FE FA F2 F3 EF F4 F3 F3 05 05 EE EE F9 181 > F4 ED EE EB EE ED EE 02 02 E9 E8 F3 EF E9 EA E9 E9 E9 E9 00 201 > 00 E5 E4 EF EB E5 E5 E6 E5 E5 E5 FC FC ED E5 EC ED EC EE EF 221 > E4 EB ED FC FC F5 EA EE F5 F3 F5 F8 E9 F2 F5 FC FC FC F0 F2 241 > FA F9 FB 00 EE F8 FB B3 13 B0 00 2E 1D F1 See here: http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=8439 73, Mike DK3WN

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New Board
by Clint Bradford 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

Didn't see much excitement about the recent election results here. But you should know we're in capable hands with the following board members in place: Barry Baines, WD4ASW Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA Bill Ress, N6GHZ Alan Biddle, WA4SCA Tony Monteiro, AA2TX (first alternate) In my humble opinion, we're in good hands. These gentlemen should be commended for stepping up and committing themselves (well, "committing" could be interpreted as a psychiatric term ... ) to the cause of promoting AMSAT. Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com

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Sat status
by Andrew Rich 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

http://vk4tec.no-ip.org/sat_status/ Working well, capturing ISS PCSAT AO-51 With manual entries as well Cheers ---------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Rich Airways Technical Officer Grade 4 Surveillance - RADAR ADS-B Amateur Radio Callsign VK4TEC email: vk4tec(a)tech-software.net web: www.tech-software.net

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OT: CQWW RTTY
by Jeff Yanko 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

Hi all, I have an OT question about this weekends CQWW RTTY contest. Does one in the US send the 599 03 (Zone) or 599 NV (State) as the exchange? I was reading the rules and I'm a bit confused. Here is what's written: EXCHANGE: RST plus zone (e.g., 59905). US and VE stations also send US state or VE area. Looking forward to the replies! 73, Jeff WB3JFS

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Antenna Polarization
by Patrick Domack 25 Sep '09

25 Sep '09

I've been meaning to setup some antennas for satellite operation for awhile here. And since I will probably end up doing it this fall/winder I had a question I was wondering about, before I get the antennas completely built connected up. I plan on using a circular polarized antenna, for lhcr and rhcr. Since this setup has two coax that your switch a 1/4wave (if I remember right) to either side to create the two rotations in the antenna. Is there a way I can modify this to feed two radios? so one radio would receive lhcr, and the other rhcr? Or would I be forced to use two antennas to do this? The only idea I have is to use a signal splitter on each of the two antenna halfs before joining them, then join each of those splits into the cr parts. But I'm not sure if there is a better way to do this without as much loss, or if this might cause a backfeed that would defeat the me from getting any signal at all. Maybe there is a good writeup of this on the web somewhere, but I have no clue what the proper terms to google it are, and haven't had any luck. Thanks.

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Presentation Feedback
by Clint Bradford 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

I gave my presentation to a club back on September 3. They'll remain nameless - it doesn't matter who they were. At times during the show, I felt like Rodney Dangerfield - it was a rough crowd. I know my timing was a little "off" due to my wife's recovering from an emergency medical problem. But we did work AO-51 from the parking lot right before the meeting ... I had my club-specific trivia questions all prepared ... the presentation SHOULD have gone well ... Well, I just chalked it up to the law o' averages. I mean, Give the presentation, say, ten times, and there'll be one group that isn't as receptive as they should be (grin). I forgot about that night - until I received the email reprinted below last night. I am almost ashamed to post this. In my mind, I thought I had somehow failed the group. This post is not to glorify me and what I am doing - I mean it to be a "keep working at spreading the gospel of AMSAT" to all of us - no matter what silly little setbacks may occur. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Hello Clint Thanks for the great AMSAT presentation at our club on 3 Sept. 09. And the demonstration of tracking and working an amateur satellite was very spectacular. The members are still talking about it. I hope you continue to give this lecture to various groups, it is one of the most viable ones that I have seen. I made a dvd of your lecture and finally got it completed. Graphics on the top thanks to my son Eddie, our resident computer graphics person. I would like to send you a copy and was wondering if you were ok in QRZ at : 5085 Trail Canyon Drive, Mira Loma, Ca. 91752-1685 ? If this is ok, then i will mail it to you. Thanks again. /s/ (club board member) = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Clint, K6LCS 909-241-7666 http://www.work-sat.com

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Re: [sarex] Re: SSTV planned for Sept 24 and 25
by Jeffrey Koehler 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

good evening all: I had a 87 degree pass here in Syracuse, FN13 a minute ago. No ISS heard, unfortunately. beautiful pass outside under mostly clear skies. Orbitron says magnitude -2.0. I never get tired of watching the ISS fly over my house. Good night all, 73 jeff WB2SYK Syracuse FN13xc --- On Thu, 9/24/09, David Barber <david.barber(a)dbelectronics.co.uk> wrote: > From: David Barber <david.barber(a)dbelectronics.co.uk> > Subject: [sarex] Re: SSTV planned for Sept 24 and 25 > To: "'SAREX'" <sarex(a)AMSAT.Org> > Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 9:11 AM > ISS SSTV is active. > > Two pictures received during 13.00utc UK Pass. > > Freq. 145.800MHz > > Robot 36 format. > > David > G8OQW > > -----Original Message----- > From: sarex-bounces(a)AMSAT.Org > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of > Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BARRIOS TECHNOLOGY] > Sent: 24 September 2009 13:00 > To: SAREX > Subject: [sarex] SSTV planned for Sept 24 and 25 > > Sergey Samburov reports that the MAI-75 experiment will be > activate on Sept > 24 and 25 from about 1000-1600 UTC. The expected mode is > Robot 36 and images > should be transmitted on 145.80 MHz. > > Good luck to all in capturing some Earth views. > > Kenneth - N5VHO > > > ---- > 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 > > ---- > 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 >

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2 Cubes sat Keps
by Randy 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Whats the Keps for these 2 ? > ITUpsAT1 is on 437.325 MHz CW > > UWE-2 is on 437.385 MHz, 1200 bps Ax.25 packet Randy - N2CUA Thanks

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