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

PhoneSat at Maker Faire
by Trevor . 24 May '12

24 May '12

The 2012 Bay Area Maker Faire in San Mateo took place May 19-20 and among the stands was one displaying the PhoneSat amateur radio satellites. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/7696 ---- 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ----

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Dragon Near ISS
by B J 24 May '12

24 May '12

http://spacecoalition.com/blog/nasa/dragon-flyby-sets-stage-for-1st-u-s-com… View of Dragon from the ISS: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html?media_id=144472261 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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HORYU-2 Status?
by Ford, Steve, WB8IMY 24 May '12

24 May '12

Is anyone aware of the current status of HORYU-2? We've been attempting to receive the telemetry at W1AW, but without success. It is possible that we are using the wrong Keps (we have located two different sets). 73 . . . Steve Ford, WB8IMY QST Editor / Publications Manager ARRL - The national association for Amateur Radio(tm) 225 Main Street Newington, CT 06111 (860) 594-0200

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SpaceX Dragon C2+ and the ISS CUCU Communications Orbit 29 @ 3:23 AM EST over Chelmsford, MA
by Bryce Salmi 24 May '12

24 May '12

AMSAT-BB, So my dad and brother and I all decided to get up and catch the pass over Chelmsford, MA at 3:23AM this morning of the ISS and Dragon. We were pleasantly suprised due to the pre-dawn light when we saw a bright ISS and not too far behind it a trailing dimmer Dragon C2+ flying overhead! We used our normal amateur satellite setup with an Arrow handheld antenna and a Yaesu VX-8R. At 10 seconds into the audio you hear us change the mode of the radio to AM. We know from the FCC papers I linked to in the sound file description that 400.5 MHz was the only SpaceX UHF licensed frequency and it was well known that the CUCU is a UHF radio. Being 153.6 Kbps it's likely a form of spread spectrum or similar so we only expected to hear a small portion of the transmissions. I suggest reading the soundcloud description to get a full sense of where to listen in the audio but there are clear data bursts in there. CUCU and the ISS only need to transmit to each other so unlike most amateur satellites that are designed to be heard from the ground... we're picking up what's left of the 1.5W as it leaks past the spacecraft to the ground. The signals are weak but enjoy! http://soundcloud.com/kb1lqc/dragon-orbit-29-am-uhf-yagi 73's Bryce Salmi KB1LQC

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New ARISS Web page
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 24 May '12

24 May '12

The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) has a new Web page for ARISS-US volunteers. For more information about these opportunities, see: http://www.arrl.org/ariss-volunteers Dave, AA4KN

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UKube-1 Taking Shape + KN-SAT1 Video
by Trevor . 24 May '12

24 May '12

The 3U CubeSat UKube-1 is moving towards full integration in July. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/7636 A TEDxKhartoum presentation on KN-SAT1 by ST2AB. It's not in English, however, the segment from 09:12 until 13:25 contains video showing the development of the KN-SAT1 CubeSat including a test of the deployment of the antennas. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/7680 ---- 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK: http://www.uk.amsat.org/ ----

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Huudson Valley Satcom Group Net May24@8PM Eastern on N2EYH-L Echolink
by cotejaune2＠aol.com 24 May '12

24 May '12

It is time again for the HVSGN tomorrow May24 @ 8PM Eastern on. N2EYH-L Echolink or the Mt.Beacon 146.970 pl 100 repeater.Please join us for the Net and share your satellite knowledge with us.I am sorry if you tried to checkin for the last Net and did not hear us.There were computer problems and we were unable to bring up Echolink. Echolink is only on for the Net then it is shut off.73 Gary wa2aqh-Tom kc2dtq Hope to hear you there.

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Vintage Spacelab 2 video featuring Amateur Radio
by Trevor . 23 May '12

23 May '12

A video of the 1985 Space Shuttle STS-51-F Challenger Spacelab 2 Post Flight Press Conference has been made available on YouTube. The SAREX contacts of Tony England W0ORE are mentioned at 11:40 into the video. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/7639 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK: http://www.uk.amsat.org/ ----

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ez model for 1u cube
by Nick Pugh 23 May '12

23 May '12

Does anyone on the list have a ez nec model for a 1 u cube sat Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School

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Horyu-2 TLE and FM
by Mineo Wakita 23 May '12

23 May '12

Hi Luciano, thanks for your nice video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zetBYKzBpMk I, JE9PEL, used TLE's OBJECT D as Horyu-2, it was OBJECT B so far. The control station are operating FM transmission test over Japan now. I decoded today FM sensor data 86 bytes, packet No.300 of table_sector 4. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/20523ho2.wav http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/20523ho2.png JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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