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

cube this am
by Nick Pugh 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

On the pass at 1134 today I copied sat on the flowing frequencies 145.905,437.355,437.375,437.459 MHz see video at url http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5kVXrRRnFo <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5kVXrRRnFo&context=C3076e55ADOEgsToPDskJtA7 vLKGEwrAo5UfF_UN9w> &context=C3076e55ADOEgsToPDskJtA7vLKGEwrAo5UfF_UN9w Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School

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MASAT-1 received by ST2UOK station
by yasir osman 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

MASAT-1 CW beacon and packet was successfully heard over Africa (Khartoum the capital of Sudan) by ST2UOK ground station team. the received signal was recorded as an audio file and will be posted on our website soon. the CW heard as a short time signal decoded like: SAT 410 24 EHH ----- SAT 410 25 ------------ SAT 411 ----------------- Right now the team is trying to decode the received packet using MASAT-1 decoder software. 73 de ST2UOK http://cubesat.uofk.edu www.facebook.com/cubesat

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Masat-1 and CW TLM Heard Over Africa
by Nader Omer 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

Just heard MaSat-1 with a max elevation of 11 degrees @ Khartoum Strong signal also I succeed to recorded CW beacon? I well post it later>> Nice launch Vega congratulation to all 73 de st2nh

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ALMASat-1 decoded
by Mike Rupprecht 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

1k2 AFSK, beacon every 2 min 2012-02-13 13:54:21.440 UTC: [126 Bytes KISS Frame (without CRC)] ctrl: 19 PID: F0 {UI!} 107 Payload Bytes from ALMSAT to IW4DUL: 1 > CC 00 FF 00 00 65 21 B3 38 E9 8C 74 00 81 28 00 11 D9 00 12 21 > 51 00 00 09 0D 90 05 26 40 02 01 00 1F 02 90 35 03 D0 00 18 41 > D0 42 04 70 48 04 8A 12 00 0F FF 20 BA 12 00 09 F9 9D 8A 31 61 > 9D B0 00 9E 09 E7 9E 9A 0A 11 00 00 9D 71 56 9D 71 33 9C E4 81 > 1C A5 69 B1 FE D1 E4 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 101 > 00 00 82 A8 00 00 03 73, Mike DK3WN

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MaSat-1 and XATCOBEO heard
by Mark L. Hammond 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

Based on frequencies of signals---just "heard" MASAT-1 (437.345) and XATCOBEO (437.365) with Funcube dongle, at 1340utc 13 Feb during a 7 deg pass. Recording was made, hope to process tonight. I was remotely logged in watching the waterfall; but frequencies appeared to be correct. Using the pre-launch TLEs with the "1000utc" time in the name. Congrats to ALL the teams! 73, Mark N8MH On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Mani VU2WMY <wmy(a)isac.gov.in> wrote: > I too heard some signals on 437.345 possibly from Masat at 12:25 pass over > Bangalore,India (Max El 60 deg) for a while. In between heard some thing > like a high speed CW for a short time. Unable to decode. > > Mani VU2WMY > > > Quoting Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh(a)gmail.com>: > >> Just heard MaSat-1 with a max elevation of 20 degrees over Massachusetts. >> Strong signal but I was unable to decode due to operator error. >> >> Dave - KB1PVH >> >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is > for > the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and > privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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MaSat-1 heard
by Dave Webb KB1PVH 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

Just heard MaSat-1 with a max elevation of 20 degrees over Massachusetts. Strong signal but I was unable to decode due to operator error. Dave - KB1PVH Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X

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Vega Launch Success – Satellite Signals Heard
by Trevor . 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

http://www.uk.amsat.org/4657 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Vega launch
by Graham Shirville 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

Latest update from Kourou timed at 0724UTC “The chronology is on going smoothly for a launch today at 11:00 for a launch window that has been extended to 3 hours. The launcher is under control, flight software is up loaded in the on board computer, the inertial reference system is aligned. Mechanical teams are now removing the mobile gantry. Meteo is fine for the launch up to now.” (I believe the 11:00 time indicated is actually 11:00 CET therefore the start of the launch window remains at 10:00 UTC) 73 Graham G3VZV

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Video of K7UGA working AO-7 this evening now available
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

Hi! During the first AO-7 pass I worked as K7UGA this evening, I made a video of that pass. Since I only made 3 QSOs early in the pass, I trimmed it down to about 6 minutes in length. The video is now available on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=790OQThYtX0 More videos should follow later, either like this one or combinations of the audio I record when working each pass combined with still photos to make a slideshow that plays with the audio track. I'm using the same two FT-817NDs I used in other videos I recently posted, along with an Elk log periodic. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK (K7UGA) http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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K7UGA report for Sunday, upcoming passes through Tuesday (14th) afternoon
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 13 Feb '12

13 Feb '12

Hi! The Central Arizona DX Association's commemoration of the Arizona Statehood Centennial is underway. Thanks to Bob K7BHM, the CADXA's organizer of this week-long event and the K7UGA QSL manager, I was able to get on the air this evening as the UTC clock passed the midnight hour earlier today, starting with an AO-7 pass. K7UGA logged a total 16 QSOs on 5 different passes, using 3 different satellites (AO-7, SO-50, VO-52). Thanks for the QSOs! K7UGA will also be on the HF bands from stations around Arizona, with some of the HF operations already in progress. More will be on the HF bands after 1500 UTC today, through next Sunday (19th). To read more about the CADXA's commemoration, which received the OK from the Arizona Centennial Commission as an official event connected with the state centennial celebrations, please visit http://cadxa.org/ For Monday evening (early Tuesday on the UTC clock), I am planning to work the following passes: VO-52 at 0218-0230 UTC (passes to the east of Arizona) SO-50 at 0351-0404 UTC (passes from the north of Arizona to the southeast) I know there is a second VO-52 pass I could work at the same time as the SO-50 pass, but I would like to work both SSB and FM where possible. The 0218 UTC VO-52 pass practically covers from coast to coast, and those on the west coast can get an early jump on the 0351 UTC SO-50 pass before that footprint stretches too far east. Tuesday, 14 February, is Statehood Day here in Arizona. Along with the planned operations on HF from the 3 cities that served as capitals in Arizona's pre-statehood territorial days (Phoenix, Tucson, and Prescott) and my planned activity tomorrow night (which will be the 14th on the UTC clock), I am hoping to be able to work one or two passes around the 1930-2030 UTC timeframe from here in the Phoenix area. This will allow satellite operators a chance to do the same thing as those working HF. I see an SO-50 pass at 1943-1958 UTC on Tuesday, followed by an AO-27 pass where the repeater should switch on around 2019 UTC. I would like to work both passes if possible, but will try for at least one of the two. I will take a closer look at the Tuesday evening (early Wednesday, UTC time) passes tomorrow. I expect there should be VO-52 and SO-50 passes that K7UGA can be on, and I will post more about that later. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK (K7UGA on the satellites this week) http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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