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

"Letters"
by Martha 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

Please note that all email messages of condolence will be given to Dick's family. -- 73- Martha

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Dick Daniels
by Martha 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

A memorial service will be held for Dick Daniels, W4PUJ on Saturday, February 25th at 1:00PM . The location is the Little River Presbyterian Church, 6025 Little Falls Rd, Arlington VA 22207. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a contribution to: Capital Caring, 950 N Glebe Rd #500, Arlington VA 22203. This is the organization that provided hospice care for Dick. -- 73- Martha

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HVSATCOMNETFEB16@8PMEASTERNOn
by cotejaune2＠aol.com 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

It is time again for the HVSATCOM GROUPNET.Please join us for the Net on Echolink N2EYH-L and the MtBeacon ARC Repeater @ 146.970 pl100.All the cool people.will be there.73/Gary WA2AQH-Tom KC2DTQ

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Masat-1 - Object E
by Carl Rimmer W8KRF 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

I just went to the Masat-1 Website and see that they are now using Object E keps (38081), so I will try them during the next pass. 73 -- *Carl W8KRF*

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Masat-1 (Object D)
by Carl Rimmer W8KRF 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

During the 02/16/2012 1138UTC pass here at EN91ck, I used Object D and was right on. Object C AOS and LOS was off by a minute or more although that is what the Masat-1 website is using. I still have no local indication that my packets are being uploaded, but I am showing 97 packets received on the website. Of course, my logs show many more than that. This is fun. 73, -- *Carl W8KRF*

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Re: Masat website update - 'packets received' now working.
by Mark L. Hammond 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

Okay, I had a brain failure here (least I think so...) I used my gmail address to register my station on the webpage, but used my amsat address when the program started. I registered online weeks ago, so when the registration page came up, I didn't even consider that it was supposed to "match" to the website registration page. Will know tomorrow, but that has to be my problem. Makes sense...another "duh" moment :) 73, Mark N8MH At 05:13 PM 2/15/2012 -0500, Mark L. Hammond wrote: >FYI: I have sent a couple hundred packets in, and they don't show... > >Mark N8MH > >On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Andy Kellner <hawat1(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> Looks like the Masat team updated / fixed their website, too. >> Now when you go to the 'track our satellite' section, it actually shows the position >> of the satellite and - more importantly - the 'Packets Received' from each registered >> >> Amateur station ! So now you can check if the packet upload is actually working. >> >> http://cubesat.bme.hu/en/ >> >> >> Good stuff. Nicely Done, Masat team. >> >> Andreas - VK4HHH >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > >-- >Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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Last packet in MaSat Sequence ?
by Andy Kellner 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

I wonder if somebody has any clue what that very last packet in the MaSat - 1 sequence could be ? The single packet which gets transmitted at the end of the sequence, before the 10 seconds or so of silence and the beginning of the CW. It never decodes with the software, even in excellent signal conditions. So I think the decoder doesn't understand it, or can not/want not to show its contents. Some kind of checksum ? Signal calibration ? Hidden Telemetry data ? Message to E.T. ? Just curious. And yes, 006D has my vote. Andreas - VK4HHH

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ARISSat-1 Keplerian Elements Analysis - Eclipses and Elevation
by Joseph Armbruster 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

All, I did some work tonight calculating Eclipses and looking at differences in elevation. If you are interested in peer reviewing my calculations, please let me know and I will send you some files. http://libjoe.blogspot.com/2012/02/arissat-1-analysis-eclipses-and.html Enjoy! Joseph Armbruster, KJ4JIO

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Yaesu G-5400 light
by Bob- W7LRD 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

Has anyone come up with a bulb, led, candle anything that will stop burning out in the control unit? 73 Bob W7LRD

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Feb 16th Sat Demo
by Dale Hershberger 16 Feb '12

16 Feb '12

I am passing this on to the BBS. I know it is short notice but wanted to get it out. Craig (KL4E) will be working out of Anchorage on site and I will be at my home QTH approx 70 air miles south on the Kenai Peninsula. Hope to make contact with you.... These classes are put on by the Anchorage Amateur Radio Club. De KL7XJ AMSAT Area Coordinator Alaska Hello Everyone>>> As you can see from the message traffic below, we have been invited to deliver a special satellite technology briefing and demonstration to a group of Anchorage Police who have signed up for Amateur Radio training. The plan, as shown in red below is to attempt to make contacts on at least two passes on SO-50 during the class period on the evening of the 16th and to conduct classroom training between the appearances of the bird. We also plan to check into the Anchorage area ARES Net on both 2M voice and packet at 8 PM AST in the midst of all the other activities! If SO-50 is locally visible to you during the appropriate time frame, we would like to ask you to please come up on this FM LEO and provide our new hams with some contacts so that they'll gain some knowledge and appreciation of what AMSAT and our ham radio satellites are all about. Thank you so very much. Hope to hear you on the satellites really soon! Best of 73s, Craig, KL4E

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