April 2011 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

ARISSat-1 will be activated on Monday, April 11 at approximately 14:30 UTC ...
by Roger Kolakowski 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

Last recorded packet from the Space Station was 20110411140912...so that transmitter was shut down 20 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the "sat." Roger WA1KAT

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Cans o' Worms
by Clint Bradford 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

>> ... Boy did I open up a can of worms ... Yes, you did. I propose that we all NOT initiate ANY threads with the following titles until AFTER the ARISSat-1 activation this week ... -Elk versus Arrow -ITU vs. MY Phonetics -Circular polarization on the FM birds -When will we have a ham Geo-synschronous bird over North America? -What is the difference between UTC and GMT? -I live in Kansas, and there's no one on the FM birds to talk to -I live on the West Coast, and it is hard to get in with all the traffic Clint (readying for our Yuri / ARISSat-1 party) Bradford, K6LCS http://tinyurl.com/YURI-K6LCS

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ARISSat-1
by Mani VU2WMY 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

Nothing heard during the 14:42 pass (10 deg max EL) over south India. Mani, VU2WMY Secretary & Station-In-Charge Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC ISRO Satellite Centre HAL Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. Phone:(O)91-80-25082054/2598/2192 Mobile: 91-80-98803 41456 E-mail ID: wmy(a)isac.gov.in vu2wmy_mani(a)yahoo.com isrohams(a)yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Arissat-1 15:44
by CA3SOC Raul Romero 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

Not Copied Raul Romero 9-7190753 ce3soc(a)gmail.com

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No Reception 8:21AM PDT
by Clint Bradford 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

Didn't really expect to hear anything on this 8-degree pass at 8:21Am PDT - and didn't. But we have a great pass at 1106PM PDY tonight in Southern California! Clint http://tinyurl.com/YURI-K6LCS

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AMSAT-France NEWS
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

I just saw a tweet from Joe N6CL that AMSAT- France by a vote of 11 to 10 has voted itself out of existence.

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STANDARD
by Kevin Deane 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

Boy did I open up a can of worms... I personaly think that even though we dont "Have" to use the standard I think is not only sounds the best but just seems everyone should use the same one in my opinion. Sure if you know you are talking with some guy in Mexico or whatever, maybe then use the geographical one. There is always going to be a language barrier, and I will agree with some of you to do what it takes to get the job done. But on a general rule I will be using the STANDARD and I also agree that "Kilowatt" is the stupidest most insecure substitute ever. Might as well start talking like the cops, boy and george for chist's sake. Oh and by the way its HAND HELD not handy talky, you guys talkin on your baby moniter or somethin? I dont like being told what to use any more than the other guy, BUT the STANDARD IS BEST why do you think us pilots use it? (student pilot here...) Have a nice day! :) Kevin KF7MYK

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ARRISSat Reception 14.45 UTC
by Nitin Muttin 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

All, Nothing heard from the ARRISSat-1 on 145.950 / 437.550 and 145.919 during the 14.42 UTC pass over India. 73's Nitin [VU3TYG] _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3564 - Release Date: 04/10/11

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Wanted: ARISSat-1 audio recordings
by Douglas Quagliana 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

First call for ARISSat-1 audio recordings If you haven't already heard about it, ARISSat-1 will be activated while still inside the International Space Station. The transmissions are scheduled to begin around Monday 11 April 2011 at 14:30 UTC and continue until 10:30 UTC on 13 April 2011. The satellite will be running off of the battery, so the transmissions will be only 40-60 second long. There will be a delay of about two minutes between transmissions. That is, about 40-60 seconds ON, then about two minutes OFF (silence). If you are able to make an audio recording of the signals from ARISSat-1, I would be very interested in obtaining a copy of your recording. I would be most interested in recordings of the CW and BPSK signals, but if are able to record the voice and SSTV signals I would be interested in those too. If you can make an SDR recordings ( I and Q ) with a Funcube dongle, FlexRadio, or SDR-IQ, record at the highest rate that your hardware and software supports. If you are making a regular audio recording, set the sampling rate to the "highest quality." If you can choose sample sizes, for example between 8-bit and 16-bit samples, choose the largest size. If you get any recordings with any of the signals from ARISSat, I would be very interested in obtaining a copy even if the recording is huge. Save your recordings as .WAV files. Don't use MP3 format and don't convert the recordings into MP3 recordings. Leave the recordings as big huge .WAV files. If you successfully record ARISSat-1's signals, please contact me for details on how to get the recording to me. Douglas KA2UPW/5

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Arissat-1
by CA3SOC Raul Romero 11 Apr '11

11 Apr '11

Not copied 14::08 UTC Raul Romero 9-7190753 ce3soc(a)gmail.com

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