October 2012 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

We Wish SSTV picture
by Roland Zurmely 05 Oct '12

05 Oct '12

Please see here: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/satelite.htm#ww 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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E-mail adress for F0FIG please
by Ib Christoffersen 05 Oct '12

05 Oct '12

Hi, Can someone please give me F0FIGs e-mail adress ? I just want to ask about SO-50 reports. 73 OZ1MY Ib

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WEWISHSTV
by Kevin Deane 05 Oct '12

05 Oct '12

Anyone get any good SSTV pictures yet? Heard FitSat.... Kevin KF7MYK

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FITSAT-1 heard!
by Mineo Wakita 05 Oct '12

05 Oct '12

I heard the first FITSAT-1 CW signal. FITSAT-1, 17:02-17:10UTC, 5 Oct 2012, Ele 8 WN-N-NE, 437.250MHz CW HI DE NIWAKA JAPAN S1 F0 03 00 BA S2 88 D5 81 81 .......... JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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Space photography - 50 years later
by Gregory Beat 05 Oct '12

05 Oct '12

This week is the 50th anniversary of the launch of Mercury Sigma 7 capsule with astronaut Wally Schirra on October 3, 1962. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mercury/missions/sigma7.html Sigma 7 featured the first Hasselblad camera and photography from earth orbit. The camera was purchased at a Houston photo shop. http://www.space.com/17873-schirra-sigma-7-50th-anniversary.html 50 years of technology later, beautiful photographs were released today by NASA from ISS. The photos are of small satellites released outside the ISS Kibo laboratory using a Small Satellite Orbital Deployer attached to the Japanese module's robotic arm. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Aki Hoshide, flight engineer, set up the satellite deployment gear inside the lab and placed it in the Kibo airlock for deployment. http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/multimedia/gallery/iss033e009286.… Space Reference http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=42238 w9gb

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FITSAT Heard over VU
by Nitin Muttin 05 Oct '12

05 Oct '12

Very strong CW signals from FITSAT-1 on 437.250 Mhz during the 01:03 UTC pass over India. A recording of the CW beacon heard can be found at http://vu3tyg.info/Telemetry-Reports/ or http://vu3tyg.info/Telemetry-Reports/FITSAT/rec1005-063137.mp3. Will continue to listen for F1, We Wish and Techedsat. 73 Nitin [VU3TYG]

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WE_WISH heard!
by Mineo Wakita 05 Oct '12

05 Oct '12

JE1CVL heard WE_WISH SSTV signal! Great! This SSTV image is the infrared temperature indication image. http://heiseiturezuregusa.blog.ocn.ne.jp/photos/uncategorized/2012/10/05/we… http://heiseiturezuregusa.blog.ocn.ne.jp/a/2012/10/105_f9ac.html http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/wishdata.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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IC-910H Transceiver Question
by WB2LLP 05 Oct '12

05 Oct '12

For many years I have used this Transceiver intermittently as a receiver in a protected location, so I never got around to grounding it. Now I am not in a protected location and want to transmit, so the Transceiver must be grounded. I check the manual on page 14. Yes, there is an empty, threaded location on the back panel for the ground connection, but it does not say what thread the connection has. Now this normally would not be a big deal, as I would go to my bucket of nuts and bolts and get a few bolts and find which one had the correct thread. Unfortunately, I am not near my normal location and the junk box so I look more carefully at the manual for the thread size and do not find the information. If someone reading this knows the thread size I would appreciate it if you would let me know, so I can go get one, maybe two so I will have a spare, and then mark up my manual. . TNX 73 de WB2LLP Gene Marks

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Heard FITSAT-1
by Masahiro Arai 05 Oct '12

05 Oct '12

I heard signal from FITSAT-1 at 1700z pass over JA. 437.250 CW was loud and clear. I could not hear WE WISH, TechEdSat and F-1 at the pass. Congratulations FITSAT-1 team! Masa JN1GKZ Tokyo

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Re: RES: FITSAT-1 heard!
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 04 Oct '12

04 Oct '12

Hi, I had a very low elevation pass here in Wales (UK ) at around 2130 hrs GMT - Despite a few obstructions was also successful in hearing FItsat-1 and another of the satellites beacons higher up in frequency. I was only using my ELK antenna and tracking using the ISS keps so they are operating quite well. Congratulations to all concerned in the project and of course the management of the release of the satellites from the ISS. Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat UK Amsat NA

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