I'd appreciate a scan of the article from QST too, please, if anyone has one available. I have just figured out how to order the board.
g0sfj at amsat dot org
many thanks
73 de andy g0sfj
Hello All,
This may be old news, but I
came across this from:
http://www.kosmonauta.net/menu-bezzalogowe/menu-artykuly-bezzalogowe/orbita…
The following is a google translation
(a little rough but you can get the idea):
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Since our last report on the PW-Sat
satellite, it's been five months.
What has happened with the first
Polish satellite in the meantime?
PW-Sat - the first Polish satellite
and the first Polish satellite
student - was placed in orbit
13 February 2012. The satellite was
released from the P-POD tray about
70 minutes after launch Vega rocket,
which is at about 12:10 CET. The
original orbit of the satellite is
about 310 x 1442 km. The first
signal from the PW-Sat has already
taken an hour after the release of
the tray P-POD, during his first
flight over the Polish. The signal
received from the radio amateurs
all over the world.
Then began the work of
PW-SATEMA in orbit. The first
week passed on listening
satellites. Then studied the
satellite parameters and
assumptions were verified. In
the coming weeks, a team of
students from the Warsaw
University of Technology,
tested the different modes of
operation PW-SATA, which is
one of the goals of this
project. Satellite work
properly, and then it seemed
like before Easter this year
should lead to the development
of the tail PW-SAT. That did
not happen - it turned out that
during the first work of
PW-SATEMA were used in a large
amount of stored energy in the
batteries satellites.
In May, there is information
that will be renewed attempt
to open a satellite tail.
Unfortunately, in the coming
weeks, the operation failed.
Currently (11 October 2012)
PW-Sat still stays in orbit
without the striped tail.
Satellite works, although it
is quite a serious problem
with the communication system,
which is probably a bug in the
hardware (there were similar
failures with other users of
the equipment). This problem
very limited communication
capabilities of PW-SATEMA.
Soon to be published instructions
for amateurs - perhaps because
it can be spread tail PW-Sata
- are, therefore, still some
chance of achieving this mission.
Currently, the mission met PW-Sat
to 4 of 7 total goals of the
expedition. The fifth goal was
partially completed. It is
therefore clear that the mission
PW-Sat, despite the difficulties,
already can be considered a
great success. On the basis of
experience - the positive and
the negative - it will be
possible to conduct further
advanced projects. Warsaw
University of Technology
recently sent a request to the
mission PW-Sat 2 to the
European Space Agency (ESA),
which offers a small gathering
a CubeSat mission. It was one
of two or three (edit - the
source of a comment below this
article) CubeSatowych Polish
projects submitted to the ESA.
(IAC 2012, Maciej Urbanowicz)
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The catolog number of PW-Sat is 38083.
It beacons irregularly in daylight on 145.902.
I have not listened for it for several weeks.
It enters an eclipse free period from
Dec 29, 2012 to Jan. 13, 2013 so the next
couple of weeks would be a good time to
give a listen. This satellite carries an
AO-16 style transponder, but given the
power and commanding issues, it does not
look like it will ever be turned on.
73, Armando N8IGJ
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What does this board do?
I have an FT-817. but I don't have a subscription to QST.
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Mark Spencer <wa8sme(a)comcast.net> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> A while back, an article about a FT-817 Satellite Control Interface was
> published in QST. There were numerous requests for boards and kits
on the
> project. There is a small quantity of the boards and kits available
but the
> procurement information didn't make it in the original article.
>
>
>
> The raw boards are available for $20, and a kit with the board, parts and
> programmed PIC is available for $35. You can send an email to Debra
Johnson
> at ARRL HQ and order them from her (djohnson(a)arrl.org). The proceeds
from
> this effort is going back to AMSAT and the Fox birds, so anything
above and
> beyond these amounts (which are basically at cost) will go into space as
> part of Fox.
>
For those who are interested in reading about a portable setup, my
article called "A Multi-purpose Portable Setup" can be found at
http://ivok.home.xs4all.nl/pa1ivo/portable_satellite_setup.html.
The article already appeared in the March 2012 issue of the AMSAT-DL
Journal and later in two issues of OSCAR NEWS (July and September 2012),
but the on-line version includes some more images (and can be read in
one go :-) ).
73, Ivo PA1IVO
Better bring your snow shoes :)
Tom K5VOU
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Tomorrow I will be heading south from my home to Texas. I will be
going through EN31/30/20 and EM29-22. I will try and work every
satellite pass along the way as conditions permit. I will even try ao7
mode A if you want to give a listen.? I will also be heading back
through on the way home early next week as well.? Merry Christmas to all
73 Wyatt AC0RA
Tomorrow I will be heading south from my home to Texas. I will be going through EN31/30/20 and EM29-22. I will try and work every satellite pass along the way as conditions permit. I will even try ao7 mode A if you want to give a listen.
I will also be heading back through on the way home early next week as well.
Merry Christmas to all
73 Wyatt
AC0RA
As I think back on 2012, I find it hard to believe that the end of the
world has passed and the end of the year is so near (urgh, another end
of something). Especially when it is going to reach 74 degrees in
Houston today (75 degrees on Christmas Day) and we still have our air
conditioner running. We have to put our tree in the freezer just to get
some frost on it. What's up with that? Is Santa going to be wearing his
beach ware this year? Will the sled have pontoons?
AMSAT Awards are doing well although they were a bit shy this year
compared to other years. Hopefully in 2013, they will pick up as new
satellites are launched and new hams find their way to satellite
operations.
We closed down the old AMSAT online store and dusted off all the
products we had and opened a new AMSAT online store right down the
street from the old one at the corner of Electron and Byte. Now newer
and improved to serve you better.
73 and Happy Holidays...bruce
--
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