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

145.825 MHz APRS on Katy to Nanjing Balloon
by Trevor . 12 Feb '12

12 Feb '12

The kt5tk-11 balloon will be using the ISS Digipeater frequency of 145.825 MHz while in mid-Atlantic on its journey from Texas to China. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/4505 Launch date 3pm CST Feb. 11 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Fox is a go! Please donate to make it happen
by Stefan Wagener 11 Feb '12

11 Feb '12

Great announcement by NASA! Now FOX1 is getting real and will need all of our support. Use the AMSAT website (PayPal) to donate. Just added my financial support. Hope many will follow. Every $ will make a difference. 73, Stefan VE4NSA

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Fox fantastic
by Nick Pugh 11 Feb '12

11 Feb '12

Hats off to the FOX team for winning the NASA grant for a launch for FOX. GO FOX Thanks Nick k5qxj Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School

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NASA to Broadcast Spacewalk
by Clint Bradford 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

NASA TV TO BROADCAST SPACE STATION SPACEWALK FEB. 16 HOUSTON -- Two cosmonauts will conduct a five-and-a-half-hour spacewalk Thursday, Feb. 16, to continue outfitting the International Space Station. NASA Television will broadcast the spacewalk beginning at 7:45 a.m. CST. Expedition 30 Russian Flight Engineers Oleg Kononenko and Anton Shkaplerov will move one of the two Strela cranes from Pirs, the oldest Russian airlock and docking module, to the newer Poisk docking module. The 46-foot boom will be used for future assembly and maintenance work. The duo also will install five debris shields on the Zvezda service module and, if time permits, a small experiment on the forward section of the module, an experiment sample pack on Poisk and support struts on the Pirs ladder. Both spacewalkers will wear Russian Orlan suits bearing blue stripes and equipped with NASA helmet cameras. They will emerge from the Pirs airlock at about 8:15 a.m. This spacewalk will be the 162nd in support of space station assembly and maintenance. The last spacewalk occurred Aug. 3, 2011. For Kononenko, it will be his third spacewalk following two in July 2008 during Expedition 17. His two previous spacewalks lasted a total of 12 hours and 12 minutes. It will be Shkaplerov's first spacewalk and the only one scheduled during Expedition 30. Because of the location of the activities, Expedition 30 Commander Dan Burbank of NASA and Russian Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin will be isolated in their Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft, which is attached to the Poisk module, for the duration of the spacewalk. NASA Flight Engineer Don Pettit of NASA and European Space Agency Flight Engineer Andre Kuipers will be free to move about the U.S. segment of the complex. Their Soyuz TMA-03M is attached to the Rassvet module. For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For more information about the International Space Station and its crew, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station -end- Clint Bradford clintbradford(a)mac.com

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2300-2450 MHz in Sweden
by Trevor . 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

The SSA has responded to a consultation that proposes to remove access to 2300-2450 MHz in Sweden. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/4551 73 Trevor M5AKA

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ESA Frequency Change
by Mineo Wakita 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

Downlink,CW frequency of MaSat-1 and UNICubeSAT were changed. They are MaSat1: 437.345MHz, UNICubeSAT: 437.305MHz as follows. The initial TLEs will be opened to public after launch Vega Rocket. Satellite Uplink Downlink Beacon Mode ---------- ------- -------- ------- ------------------- Xatcobeo . 437.365 145.940 1200bps FFSK,SSR e-st@r . 437.445 437.445 1200bps AFSK Goliat . 437.485 437.485 1200bps AFSK Robusta . 437.325 437.325 1200bps FM MaSat-1 . 437.345 437.345 625/1250bps GFSK,CW PW-Sat1 435.020 145.900 145.900 1200bps BPSK,FM UNICubeSAT . 437.305 437.305 9600bps FSK ALMASat-1 . 437.465 2407.850 1200bps FSK ---------- ------- -------- -------- ------------------- http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/esa9cubf.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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K2BSA/5 National Scouting Museum for 11 Feb, 2012 passes.
by Tom Schuessler 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

Conducting another Radio Merit Badge class at the National Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas, EM12, this Saturday the 11th. With operations as K2BSA/5. In addition to local VHF/UHF and HF stations for Scouts to make contacts for the badge requirement, we will again conduct satellite ops as well. Our pass times this outing will be around 2000Z with both SO-50 and AO-27 active at the same time and somewhat similar sky positions. SO-50 has a 67 Hz tone and AO-27 does not so I will be turning off the tone when 27 comes up. Hopefully the dueling satellites will not be as big a problem as I fear. Oh well give K2BSA/5 a call and get some Scouts excited about Ham Radio and Satellites as well. By the way, check out this site page, http://www.k2bsa.net/on-the-air/ published by Jim Wilson, K5ND. Jim is the custodian of the K2BSA call, and works for the BSA National HQ next door to the Museum building. Our previous satellite operations, including the ARRL Kids Day ops on January 8 figure prominently on his newly minted site. Check out the recording provided by Rick, WA4NVM for that day and K8YSE's from back in September. Thanks guys for the contributions. I sent out QSL cards from the January 8th event so hopefully all of you we worked have gotten them by now. See you on the birds. Tom Schuessler 2713 Lake Gardens Drive Irving, Texas 75060 972-986-7456 214-403-1464 (Cell) n5hyp(a)arrl.net n5hyp(a)amsat.org

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Price question on two radios
by Ronny Julian 10 Feb '12

10 Feb '12

A friend of mine is looking to sell both of these. What he does not know is what they are worth. since they are good for sats and SSB I thought I'd ask here. Please reply off list. Thanks! Ronny K4RJJ Kenwood TR-9500 UHF all mode Kenwood TR-751A 2 meter all mode

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Re: 437.550 Packet
by VK2MAL 09 Feb '12

09 Feb '12

I have accessed the 70cm Packet system a few times the last week or so. There seems to be no one else down here using it across VK. Interesting that the 70cm Ericson packet system is left on when the 2m Kenwood system is off. Mal - VK2MAL Sent from my iPhone

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ISS packet
by Daniel 09 Feb '12

09 Feb '12

Hey all it seems that the ISS is doing packet on 437.550 KF7MYK and myself just sent packets Back and forth on that freq and heard the ISS making its wonderful noises, Dan,

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