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Keplerian Elements Question
by Thomas Doyle 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

I am sure this has been asked before but here goe. The educational satellite RadioSkaf-V has been operational for a few days. The Amsat online pass prediction / tracking lists the satellite but I can not find it in any of the files used to update the tracking software.

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ARISSSat-1 5th August at 1356 UTC
by Sion Chow Q. C. (9W2QC) 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

Hi All, ARISSat-1 Telemetry copied on 145.950 MHz Voice FM at 1356 UTC: Following the announcement sequence: ? Unknown Temperature: 40 C ? Unknown Temperature: 29 C Battery: 32.37 V Current: -201 mA Can someone advice what is the sequence of voice telemetry, so that we can understand what is being sent even though we miss the first part? Thank you. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9M2CQC, Also: WQ2C /HL1, 9V1QC, JG1XHM, ex: 9W2QC, AB3IO

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Arissat from Puerto Rico
by (kp4tr)Ramon Gonzalez 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

Hello Last night KP4WK and myself (KP4TR) listened to Arissat when overhead in Puerto Rico last night. In our case we both live in Florida and was out of reach at that time, but we each own a remotely operated stations at our parents home. This gives us the advantage of listening and maybe working arissat when outside our reach over the Atlantic. My remote radio in San Juan has a computer with SSTV capability so on the weekend ill try to capture some images as it flies over puerto rico. Sent from my Adobe Flash and Java challenged iPhone

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Juno Spacecraft Scheduled For Launch Today
by B J 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

NASA TV coverage is available at: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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Trent severn waterway dxpedition
by newsradio6＠gmail.com 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

Going to head east today and try operating this afternoon from FN14 on so50 + ao27. Va3BL Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network. Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell.

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Transponder very weak here
by Rsoifer＠aol.com 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

During the ARISSSat-1 pass that just went by (81 degrees max elevation), I tried the linear transponder. My CW signal peaked at RST 449. No other identifiable signals were heard, except for the CW and FM beacons, both of which were over S9. My 435 MHz EIRP was approximately 50 watts. 73 Ray W2RS

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arrisTLM tuning window
by ON5UE 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

Hello dr satfriends; What can be the reason why i can't get the tuningwindow and de telemetry as text window too. Execpt when i click right in the taskbar and chouse to open those windows maximized. No other format is possible. They just appear as maximized window Could that be a little bug? (I hope not the same bug that eaten the 70cm antenna on arrisat Hi hi) 73 Dan ON5UE PS: using XP and decoding software decodes cw and telemetrie

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Today's Success
by Edward R. Cole 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

I'll try to keep this short...."Whose Success?" If I were still a member of Amsat, I would be very upset with the handling of this project. There is nothing for the contributions that ham radio members invested. It ends up only glory for ARISS and the Russian's commemoration of Yuri Gagarin. I would vote to cut the relationship between Amsat and ARISS. It isn't offering anything for ham radio. Let ARISS raise their own funds and build their own educational satellites. Those that want to contribute to that, go ahead. Amsat was created to build satellites capable of ham radio communications (and be used by hams)...this education outreach was added, much later. But then I quit Amsat after 36-years. You know what? Keep this up and it could become a trend. Ed - KL7UW former #3212 PS: They were right about my proposal: It would fail. Now you have the evidence.

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ARISSat over FN36KA - 0918utc Pass
by Luc Leblanc 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

145.950Mhz was as expected very strong S90+60 with deep fades S3 to 4 I will try again the linear transponder on my 1044UTC near overhead pass. "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe DSTAR urcall VE2DWE WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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Re: TLE?
by Jeffrey Koehler 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

Anybody have any idea when new TLEs will be available for ARISSAT? I would think it has to be some Distance from the ISS by now. Kudos to the ARISSAT team also. 73 Jeff WB2SYK FN13xc. Syracuse Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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