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

Re: VO-52 Not Heard
by PE0SAT 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

Nothing heard from VO-52 during the pass of 28-02-2012 21:07 UTC over Europe. Also no signal on the beacon frequenties. 73 Jan PE0SAT -- With regards PE0SAT Internet web-page http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/

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Dayton Rooms
by Martha 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

If you are planning to stay with the AMSAT group while attending the Dayton Hamfest, now is the time to call the office and reserve your room. I will need the room nights and a credit card to secure the room. As we did last year, we are staying at the Country Inns & Suites located at 3971 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Beavercreek OH. -- 73- Martha

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VO-52 Not Heard
by John Papay 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

VO-52 was not heard over the US at 1330z, 28Feb2012. Reports on oscar.dcarr.org at 1100z also say that it was not heard over Europe. Please listen for VO-52 and submit reports to the oscar.dcarr.org website. 73, John K8YSE

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Memorial pictures
by Robert McGwier 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

I only took a small set of usable pictures. I really wish I'd brought the camera. Dick's children took a few hundred photos! Those apples fell close to the tree. http://n4hy.smugmug.com/AMSAT/Dick-Daniels-W4PUJ-Memorial -- Bob McGwier Facebook: N4HYBob ARS: N4HY

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Re: Memorial to Dick Daniels, W4PUJ
by Eric Rosenberg 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

Bob - As illness prevented me from attending Dick's memorial, I can't thank you enough for posting this video. Dick was great guy, wonderful to work with, both professionally (the taught the USTTI session on small satellites for us at his house when I was at VITA) and within AMSAT. He was treasure trove of information and defined corporate knowlege and memory. His collection of Oscar 10 telemetry on those hard sectored disks was legendary around here, but not as much as his pool table, upon which many of the early satellites were put together. Thanks again, Eric ------------- Eric Rosenberg, W3DQ Washington, DC On 2/27/2012 3:00 PM, amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org wrote: > Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:22:59 -0500 > From: Robert McGwier<rwmcgwier(a)gmail.com> > To: amsat bb<amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Memorial to Dick Daniels, W4PUJ > > Yesterday at Little Falls Church in Arlington, VA Family, friends, and > colleagues had a memorial for Dick Daniels W4PUJ (SK) who died recently > after a very brief fight against lung cancer. Barry, WD4ASW, President of > AMSAT read a tribute written by Jan King W3GEY/VK4GEY. > > http://youtu.be/pGhn1eC52Wo > > I apologize for the audio transients at the beginning, typical problems > from hand holding a smart phone. But the auto stabilization from YouTube is > simply awesome. > > Bob > > -- Bob McGwier Facebook: N4HYBob ARS: N4HY

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Re: COMPASS-1 needs your help
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

Apologies - Correction to the "keps" and spacing - for some reason the cut and paste did not work, I hope that this now posts in the right format for the software to read. Ken Eaton GW1FKY Hi Mike, Noted your request and will monitor but my set up is only an "Elk"antenna I regret. For those needing information on the satellite ( and I trust that I am correct ) listed as Norad 32787. Latest keps as follows: Hi Mike, Noted your request and will monitor but my set up is only an "Elk"antenna I regret. For those needing information on the satellite ( and I trust that I am correct ) listed as Norad 32787. Latest keps as follows: COMPASS-1 1 32787U 08021E 12058.67551252 .00001621 00000-0 20278-3 0 2341 2 32787 97.8131 122.4236 0016338 64.2362 296.0582 14.83546928207429 Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat -UK Amsat NA

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Re: COMPASS-1 needs your help
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

Hi Mike, Noted your request and will monitor but my set up is only an "Elk"antenna I regret. For those needing information on the satellite ( and I trust that I am correct ) listed as Norad 32787. Latest keps as follows: COMPASS-1 1 32787U 08021E 12058.67551252 .00001621 00000-0 20278-3 0 2341 2 32787 97.8131 122.4236 0016338 64.2362 296.0582 14.83546928207429 Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat -UK Amsat NA

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COMPASS-1 needs your help
by Mike Rupprecht 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

Hi all, We got an single beacon last night. COMPASS-1 did an complete restart and the tresholds for heater and battery voltages should be new set. Without changing the tresholds the heater will be on if the temperature inside goes under 10 deg. The batteries are weak and this leads to an crash. 2012-02-28 00:58 UTC FF032802180000210000900000 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Solar Cell Voltage 5.00 V Solar Panel 6 Cur (+Z) 18.82 mA Solar Panel 2 Cur (+Y) 0.00 mA Solar Panel 3 Cur (-X) 150.59 mA Solar Panel 4 Cur (-Y) 12.55 mA Solar Panel 5 Cur (-Z) 250.98 mA EPS Reset Counter 0 Power Level Critical Battery Capacity Heater Active Battery Heater ON Power Safe Counter 0 Emergency Mode Counter 0 Battery Voltage 2.82 V Battery Current 0.00 mA Battery Temperature 0 °C -------------------------------------------------------- Can anyone try to send the following DTMF sequences to COMPASS-1 (if in sunlight), please ? uplink: 145.980 MHz FM - DTMF confirmation beep on 437.275 MHz CW ** 13 # 200 # ** 14 # 200 # ** 15 # 178 # ** 16 # 170 # Any efforts and reports are very apprechiated. Thanks 73 Mike DK3WN

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Euroluna OZ9LUNA CubeSat Launch Update
by Trevor . 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

A video update on the Euroluna project. The 2U CubeSat Romit1 is planned to deploy in a 310 km orbit and will then raise that orbit to 700 km, see http://www.uk.amsat.org/5153 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK http://www.uk.amsat.org/ ----

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Looking for a copy of the 2011 San Jose Proceedings
by Alan P. Biddle 27 Feb '12

27 Feb '12

Hi, I am looking for a hard copy, gently used, of the Proceedings. If you have one gathering dust which you would be willing to part with, drop me a note off list. 73s, Alan WA4SCA

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