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

Re Payload
by andy thomas 06 Dec '12

06 Dec '12

Knowing little about design, I just wonder if rather than deploying cubesats fitted as ballast, a transponder could not be fitted to the hull of the appropriate vessel which contains the sats and ballast? It could also relay vibrations from the vessel as it tumbled in the sky and would therefore have some utility to launch provider? I think this approach was adopted by Aatis in Germany a few years ago. 73 de andy g0sfj

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Re: payload potential
by Trevor . 06 Dec '12

06 Dec '12

--- On Thu, 6/12/12, R Oler <orbitjet(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/12/spacex-foot-eelv-door-double-launch-… Agreed a lot of ballast. The orbit is 651 km by 642 km, 72°, isn't it ? Anyone know what the costs are to fly P-Pod payloads on this flight ? CubeSat launch costs seem to have been creeping up in recent years. One launch provider is charging $100,000 for a 1U CubeSat on a Soyuz to fly next April. Hopefully as more launchers enter the market prices will eventually fall. 73 Trevor M5AKA

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EC4TR Looking for NA
by John Papay 06 Dec '12

06 Dec '12

Luis, EC4TR, is looking for North American stations to set up schedules with. His grid in IN80er. Email him at his qrz.com email address if you would like to contact him. FO-29 is over 1300km high during morning passes over the Atlantic now. AO-7 is always around 1450km and is in Mode B on odd days during December. 73, John K8YSE

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AO-7 DX
by Randy Morden 06 Dec '12

06 Dec '12

Hello All, I was quite surprised today to work Neil, ES6DO in Estonia just before 18:00Z on AO-7 mode B. I was listening to that pass with the hopes of working a few UK stations I heard a few days ago, and was just about to shut the rig down at the end of the pass, when I heard a CW station calling CQ. At first I though it was an Irish station with an EI prefix, but two dits turned out to be three - ES rather than EI! With less than one minute to make the contact on that pass, it all worked out with a new grid and new DX in my log, and Neil's first VE QSO. Many thanks Neil!

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payload potential
by R Oler 06 Dec '12

06 Dec '12

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2012/12/spacex-foot-eelv-door-double-launch-… "The STP-2 mission will be launched on SpaceX’s new Falcon Heavy from SLC-40 and is targeted for mid-2015. The goals of the mission are to launch an Integrated Payload Stack (IPS) consisting of two co-prime space vehicles (SVs), up to six auxiliary payloads (APLs) (minimum of two APLs), up to eight separate Poly-PicoSatellite Orbital Deployers (P-PODs) (TBD cubesats), and LSC-provided ballast of up to 5,000kg." lots of ballast... The Falcon9D launch looks like the rebirth of Triana. Robert WB5MZO

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Cat issue with TS2000 and satpc32
by Lawn, Richard 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

I decided to swap out my ft-847 and TS2000. Te 847 was working fine along with my Flex5000A, both being controlled by SatPC32. Aside from redefining the radio 2 parameters in satpc's setup window,image no changes. I tried several different cat baud rates bot on the ts2k and saps, but without success. I then bypassed my keyspan 4port serial to USB hub and used a separate serial to USB converter (another brand) wired from the radio to by USB powered hub. Still no cat control of the radio when satpc32 starts. Anyone have any suggestion? Rick Sent from my iPad http://RickLawn.com

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SO-50 today
by Daniel 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Hey all that were on, I was hearing a strange extra noise on the bird, might have been bleed over from my out of aligned antenna ( fixed ) will try again on the next pass. Thanks N8ro and Bam out there.. Dan KF1BUZ Dm09

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AMSAT Office Closed
by Martha 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

I will be out of the office Thursday, December 6th, 7th, 10th and 11th. Back on Wednesday at 10:00 PM ET -- 73- Martha

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My first transatlantic contact on satellites
by Hector, CO6CBF 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Hello everyone! I am pleased to report that yesterday morning I had my first transatlantic contact on satellites. I worked EA4CYQ Juan Antonio in IM78cx. I had looked for intercontinental contacts before but it had been very hard for me. Now, running my new donated satellite gear I am able to work FO-29 until 0 degree in any direction. It was my third attempt and was successful! Cubans cannot operate on AO-7 mode B due to a 432MHz restriction in our country, so we have only a few chances on FO-29 every five months when the satellite is getting close to apogee. Juan Antonio and I had a two minutes window and we had enough time to interchange reports, grids and greetings. Here is the recording: <https://ucf-pegasus.ucf.edu.cu/owa/redir.aspx?C=2dad444d014b4ba394baa23be53 ca8a2&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.papays.com%2fsat%2fgeneral.html> http://www.papays.com/sat/general.html Thanks very much to Juan Antonio EA4CYQ for the great contact and to John K8YSE for look for us and record the contact! Right Now, FO-29 has a big footprint in the morning passes. Please, if you are into the footprint and want to try a long contact, just drop me an email directly. I will try until have a contact with you. 73! Hector, CO6CBF EL92sd --- Consulte la Enciclopedia Colaborativa Cubana http://www.ecured.cu/

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Re: My first transatlantic contact on satellites
by Andrew Glasbrenner 05 Dec '12

05 Dec '12

Congratulations Hector! Europe is not easy so far south! Keep an ear out for the Brazilians and Argentinians (and others) to the south too. 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- >From: "Hector, CO6CBF" <hmartinez(a)ucf.edu.cu> >Sent: Dec 5, 2012 10:27 AM >To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >Subject: [amsat-bb] My first transatlantic contact on satellites > >Hello everyone! > >I am pleased to report that yesterday morning I had my first transatlantic >contact on satellites. I worked EA4CYQ Juan Antonio in IM78cx. > >I had looked for intercontinental contacts before but it had been very hard >for me. Now, running my new donated satellite gear I am able to work FO-29 >until 0 degree in any direction. It was my third attempt and was successful! > >Cubans cannot operate on AO-7 mode B due to a 432MHz restriction in our >country, so we have only a few chances on FO-29 every five months when the >satellite is getting close to apogee. Juan Antonio and I had a two minutes >window and we had enough time to interchange reports, grids and greetings. > >Here is the recording: ><https://ucf-pegasus.ucf.edu.cu/owa/redir.aspx?C=2dad444d014b4ba394baa23be53 >ca8a2&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.papays.com%2fsat%2fgeneral.html> >http://www.papays.com/sat/general.html > >Thanks very much to Juan Antonio EA4CYQ for the great contact and to John >K8YSE for look for us and record the contact! > >Right Now, FO-29 has a big footprint in the morning passes. Please, if you >are into the footprint and want to try a long contact, just drop me an email >directly. I will try until have a contact with you. > >73! > >Hector, CO6CBF > >EL92sd > > > > > > > > > > > >--- >Consulte la Enciclopedia Colaborativa Cubana >http://www.ecured.cu/ >_______________________________________________ >Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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