October 2013 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

QB50 satellites apply for IARU frequency coordination
by M5AKA 16 Oct '13

16 Oct '13

QB50 satellites apply for IARU frequency coordination http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/13/qb50-satellites-apply-for-frequency-coordina… Also on the AMSAT-UK site: 50DollarSat PocketQube Satellite http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/16/50dollarsat-pocketqube-satellite/ CAMSAT DX Party October 19-28 http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/16/camsat-dx-party-october-19-28/ UK Amateur Radio Licence Review http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/15/ofcom-amateur-radio-licence-review/ UK High Altitude Balloon launch at BATC Convention http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/15/hab-launch-at-batc-convention/ UK Daily Mail Newspaper: PocketQube Satellites http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/12/daily-mail-newspaper-pocketqube-satellites/ ---- 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/AMSAT-UK/208113275898396 Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ----

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Need help dismantling KR-500
by Richard Limebear 16 Oct '13

16 Oct '13

Its been up on the mast 20+ years but still turns ok. I now have it off the mast and, before I sell it, I'd like to clean it up, replace the grease etc. Loosening the screws has been quite a journey, strong wrench and lots of blowlamp. Before I finally open it up I recall that someone had put dismantling instructions online somewhere but I can't find them; grateful for a pointer and/or other tips. Also which grease to use (USA greases are not available here in the UK). 73 Richard G3RWL

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Re: UT1FG heard FO-29
by Andrew Glasbrenner 16 Oct '13

16 Oct '13

> >For those interested in such things, I clearly heard Yuri on FO-29 this evening for a minute or so, but couldn't make the QSO. PV8DX later told me he was in FF35. Now at anchor in FF46, offshore San Antonio, Chile, and in the log via AO-7. 73, Drew KO4MA

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Symposium - VUCC/WAS card checking
by Bruce 16 Oct '13

16 Oct '13

I will be at the symposium friday, saturday and sunday (sunday is the trip to the uss texas so not much time). I can check anyone's cards for VUCC satellite or WAS satellite. Download, the application from the ARRL for vucc have a computer generated list in grid square order of your cards with grid in column 1 and callsign in column 2 (cards sorted in grid square order to match list, put multiple grid cards at the very end of the stack) for was have a computer generated list in alphabetical order by state in column 1 and callsign in column 2 (cards sorted in state order to match list, put multiple state cards at end of stack) have a payment for the arrl either by entering your credit card info on the application or have a check made out to the arrl for the appropriate fee. i will then check your cards and return them to you and send your application and payment to the arrl. find me near the table where martha will be. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat

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Re: [Part-L] CUSat and Falcon 9 R/B (2nd Stage) Los Angeles Sunday Evening Pass
by Bryce Salmi 15 Oct '13

15 Oct '13

Thanks to the Jan, PE0SAT <http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/>, for pointing out that AAUSAT3 has a CW beacon on 437.425MHZ and was directly north during the pass of CUSat Sunday night. I went back in time on my satellite tracking program (Linux) and sure enough the cubesat launched in February pumping out 1W CW was there! As you can see in the lower left “radar” display, AAUSAT3 and CUSat were close enough for my handheld antenna to easily pick both up. AAUSAT3 Radio Information http://www.space.aau.dk/aausat3/index.php?n=Ham.HAMAndRadioInfo Correct CW Decoding of Sunday’s Pass: OZ3CUB B7.4 T34 (EOM) Which meant that the battery voltage was 7.4V and temperature was 34C. Simple but fun! *GPredict Pass Screenshot:* http://www.flickr.com/photos/101448394@N02/10294137536/ Bryce Salmi KB1LQC

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Skybox Imaging ready for SkySat launch
by M5AKA 15 Oct '13

15 Oct '13

This article reports that SkySat-1 has started its journey to Dombarovsky near Yasny in the Russian Federation for a November 21 launch. SkySat-2 is currently slated for a launch from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on February 20. http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/37671commercial-earth-observat… Both of these launches will also carry a number of Amateur Radio satellites, some with linear transponders. The Yasny launch should see the largest number of Amateur Radio satellites ever launched on a single rocket. I believe the total may be close to 20 (some of the satellites are themselves deploying other sats) so there should be plenty of signals to listen out for. http://amsat-uk.org/2012/05/25/italian-microsat-to-deploy-six-amateur-radio… 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Re: Need help dismantling KR-500
by Richard Limebear 15 Oct '13

15 Oct '13

Thanks to all the kind folks who responded. All I need now are the product names of greases available in the UK 73 Richard G3RWL

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CUSat and Falcon 9 R/B (2nd Stage) Los Angeles Sunday Evening Pass
by Bryce Salmi 15 Oct '13

15 Oct '13

Hey All, I figured I’d share some neat stuff I did over the weekend. I’m still working on getting a good satellite capability at my apartment but otherwise I am able to do some basic stuff. I noticed that there was a 89.6 degree elevation (about as straight overhead as they get) last night around 7:49PM, just after dusk. Below are some images and links. First is the output of my satellite tracking program and you can see on the map just how good the pass was as well as the “radar” view on the bottom right which is a polar map also indicating the amazing pass overhead. Below that is the 1200 baud APRS telemetry signal from what I believe was CUSat. The APRS was a bit lower than the beacon frequency but maybe I read the Cornell website incorrectly. The signal obviously had Doppler shift and 1 minute intervals of transmission as expected. The third image is of a CW beacon signal also from what I believe was CUSat which occurred extremely close to the CUSat beacon frequency and had obvious Doppler shift too as shown in the image (it’s moving left, lower in frequency as it moved away from me). I made my best attempt to decode the Morse Code (I’m a bit rusty, but I think I got it) and it appears to be telemetry? I was hoping for a callsign! If you would like to listen to this CW (Morse Code) beacon, I decoded the audio here <http://snd.sc/1hQ17II>. *** I've later found out that there is absolutely no CW beacon on CUSat from some coworkers who helped build CUSat in college*** The last two images are from AGI Satellite Toolkit and show the 3D view of the orbit as it went over LA. We’re pretty sure we actually saw Falcon 9 Stage 2 (Falcon 9 R/B) as it was leading CUSat and was a bright moving object in the sky just in-front of where we expected CUSat to be following the exact path. It was apparently bright enough to see in Redondo Beach, CA and the timing puts it in the correct spot to be illuminated by the sun at that altitude. Amazing Pass: http://www.flickr.com/photos/101448394@N02/10285812794/ APRS From CUSat (2.2W output): http://www.flickr.com/photos/101448394@N02/10285928525/ Some CW Beacon, Not CUSat...(Coworkers helped build CUSat, it has absolutely no CW capabilities) so this was some other bird... http://www.flickr.com/photos/101448394@N02/10285909706/ AGI Satellite Toolkit View of the Pass: http://www.flickr.com/photos/101448394@N02/10285812324/ AGI Satellite Toolkit View Neat Side View of the Orbit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/101448394@N02/10286035693/ If anyone has any idea of the CW beacon and what it belongs to I'd love to hear it! I thought it might be Compass-1 (not even sure if it's stil alive, just same freq) but it was nowhere near LA during the pass. Bryce Salmi KB1LQC

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UT1FG heard FO-29
by Andrew Glasbrenner 15 Oct '13

15 Oct '13

For those interested in such things, I clearly heard Yuri on FO-29 this evening for a minute or so, but couldn't make the QSO. PV8DX later told me he was in FF35. 73, Drew KO4MA

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HamTV on the ISS Yahoo Group
by Stefan Wagener 14 Oct '13

14 Oct '13

Hi folks, A Yahoo group specifically for HamTV on the ISS is active. Hopefully this will help everyone to get started on receiving DATV form the ISS. http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/HamTV See you in the group, 73, Stefan VE4NSA

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