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old Orbits magazines
by Bob DeVarney W1ICW 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Does anyone have old copies of Orbit magazine they would like to get rid of? I have been an AMSAT member since mid 1980 and can only find two of my old copies, Nov/Dec 1980 and April 1981. I'd like to have more if anyone has some getting moldy in their cellar. Or point me to an electronic archive... 73, Bob W1ICW

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ARISSat telemetry in Brazil
by Roland Zurmely 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Received a good Kursk frame and 1kBPSK telemetry ! Please see here: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/arissat.htm#a 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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wav recordings solicited
by Phil Karn 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Since the first passes over the US west coast aren't until after midnight local time (about 0730 UTC Thursday, 7 hours from now), it would be great if someone could put a recording of the BPSK beacon on the net somewhere. I'm anxious to see if my format actually works over a real space link, what the fade characteristics are like, etc. Just a couple of minutes would be fine. I prefer uncompressed .wav, not a lossy format like mp3 or mp4. I can convert sample rates, so there's no need to use a high one, just one high enough to capture the entire bandwidth of the signal. If you do post something, please announce it here so others needn't duplicate your efforts. Thanks! Phil, KA9Q

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ARISSat-1 reception report
by John Heath 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

0048 UTC South West of England IO82ej Strong SSTV signal heard but not decoded. Satellite at 5 degrees elevation. 73 John G7HIA

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ARISSat-1 Live telemetry feed working!
by Mark L. Hammond 04 Aug '11

04 Aug '11

Hi All, Douglas KA2UPW's telemetry server/web program is successfully being fed by radio stations! You can follow it here: http://www.arissattlm.org/mobile If you run his ARISSatTLM decoder, *please* be sure to feed the central server. It's been fun watching temps, etc. It has clearly been discharging and charging. Nice work, Douglas :) 73, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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OMG
by Kevin Deane 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

I am ashamed, even though the rookie ruskies broke it, the whole battery thing, everything about this to me is just embarrassing, pathetic actually... Kevin KF7MYK

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sstv reception
by normn3ykf＠stny.rr.com 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Hi all!! Have been searching for a method of recording sstv in the field and post processing it at home. MMSSTV uses a .mmv format. It (the audio format)doesn't look well supported. I'd prefer something like .wav which is pretty plain jane. Any ideas? Not married to MMSSTV, just the first one I'd found that was easy to use. Thanks, Norm

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Xponder on arisssat-1
by ryan woods 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

Has anyone tried the xponder on arisssat yet I mean it probably won't work but still worth a try? Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

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Three Words ...
by Andy Kellner 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

No .. Linear .. Transponder ! Thank you very much Alexander Samokutyaev, Sergei Volkov and Roscosmos for a job well done. VK4FHAW

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ARISSat-1 Reckless deployment
by Jason Charles 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

I second and third that this was a reckless deployment. They even lost a wing nut during the laser communication installation! The tone was oh well, it's gone now. Blog post with video of the final deployment and a few pictures of damage: http://www.n4jtc.com/?p=60 73 N4JTC

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