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FUNcube-1 Beacon in High Power mode
by M5AKA 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

FUNcube-1 was commanded to Educational (high power 300 mW) Mode to raise the onboard temperature. It is being left in this mode for at least the next 3 orbits (over USA). ---- 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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funcube-1 heard
by F5GVA Claude 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

Hi Funcube-1 heard here near Paris in JN18IT orbit number 3 Signal balise very good 58/59+10 Good good job ! congratulations 73 Claude F5GVA/77-JN18IT Member : Amsat 780-REF 34929-CDXC 1480-EPC 16293-ERC 641-30MDG 5772-F6KOP TEAM 56 Satellite Amateur Radio Station Site web : http://pagesperso-orange.fr/f5gva/

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ISS_KIBO Deployment
by Mineo Wakita 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

ISS_KIBO Deployment PicoDragon, ArduSat-1, X : 12:10 UTC (21:10 JST), 19 Nov 2013 TechEdSat-3 : 07:50 UTC (16:50 JST), 20 Nov 2013 http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/iss_pico.htm http://iss.jaxa.jp/iss/jaxa_exp/wakata/news/131119.html JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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FUNcube -1 Heard Wales UK
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

Hi It is 1026 GMT over here in Wales - UK . Pleased to report that I hearing FUNcube-1 and only using my "Elk" antenna mounted on rotator. Radio Kenwood TS-2000. Congratulations and another new one for me. Looking forward to the next giant step Hi! Hi! Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat-UK Amsat NA

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Update from the FUNcube-1 Project Team
by Ciaran Morgan 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

Greetings from the National Radio Centre at Bletchley Park (BP) here in the UK. FUNcube-1 was launched, on time, at 07:10:11 UTC this morning from Yasny and approximately 8 minutes later, was deployed from the upper stage of the dnepr rocket. About 10 minutes after separation, telemetry was successfully been received, decoded, and uploaded to the data warehouse by ZS1LS (at 07:37) and ZS6BMN in South Africa. There was a huge cheer here at BP and the FUNcube-1 Project team toasted the successful launch . All main parameters on FUNcube look nominal; temp, battery voltage, solar panel charging rate, etc and the data received so far is available in the Data Warehouse. We are already seeing some superb examples of the data that will be fundamental to the educational aspect of FUNcube - thank you to all stations around the world for your efforts so far. The first signals from FUNcube-1 were heard in the UK on the first visible pass at 3 degrees above the horizon and Mike, G0MJW, became the first UK station to receive and decode the telemetry from FUNcube-1 - congratulations Mike. We are continuing our efforts here at the NRC and have just heard FUNcube-1 on its second pass over the UK at 4 degrees above the horizon. We have successfully commanded FUNcube-1 on the first attempt. We encourage all stations to continue to receive the telemetry and upload it to the Data Warehouse as we monitor the spacecraft and continue with the early operations tasks. Thank you all for your efforts and we look forward to further reports from around the world. For the FUNcube-1 Project team. Web Stream : http://www.batc.tv/streams/funcube1 FUNcube website : http://funcube.org.uk

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Triton-1 update #2 21 November 2013 09:30UTC - Triton1 HEARD and healthy!
by Wouter Jan Ubbels 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

Hi all, Signals from Triton-1 have been heard during the first pass over The Netherlands at 08:46UTC! :) The satellite is in safe mode, as expected, transmitting its safe mode CW beacon. All safe mode telemetry looks nominal at this stage. Signals from both radios have been heard, the downlink frequencies are a couple of kHz above their nominal frequencies due to radio temperature which is slightly low. Reception reports are welcome, please see http://www.isispace.nl/HAM/ for information on how to submit reports. We will keep you posted! On behalf of the Triton-1 team, Wouter Jan Ubbels PE4WJ

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speechless - Great work FUNCUBE-1
by Nader Omer 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

Great reward to great work congratulation funcube team every thing works fine from 1st pass satellite - funcube dongle - decoder - internet upload etc etc Great great and thanks so much Nader Omer st2nh

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Funcube Dashboard configuration
by wa7eth＠frontier.com 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

I am having some difficulty configuring my Windows SP laptop to work with the Funcube Dashboard application. I am not able to get the test files to transfer to the Dashboard using SDR#. Anyone willing to assist? Would prefer to talk on the phone and I will make the call. Thanks. . 73'...Ed WA7ETH

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FUNCUBE-1 heard in Copenhagen 0844 UTC
by Ib Christoffersen 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

Hi all and congratulations to all the friends in the UK. Signal was good and preliminary Keps do not seem to be too far off. 73 OZ1MY Ib

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Congrats!
by Gaston BERTELS 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

Dear Jim, A memorable day! A great achievement! Congrats to the Team! 73, Gaston Bertels - ON4WF ARISS- Europe chairman

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