I heard the voice beacon on 145.825 Mhz from CAPE-2 when I was driving near Pondicherry on Dec 28th . The signal was strong.
A video can be seen at http://youtu.be/3TIZnvOQaNM
73
Nitin [VU3TYG]
CAPE II data
+W5UL,CAPE-2,0,GR,201301281902CST,6241mV,01003,0,-5C,-9C,ulcape.org#
>> AE6AAA984040FE AE6AAA98404061 03F0
2A72787661727300 010F230D0A
Thanks
nick ARS K5QXJ EM30xa 30.1N 92.1W
Office 337 593 8700
Cell 337 258 2527
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On 12/27/2013 in orbit # 576, pass with a continuous tone of 500 Hz FM, intersected by AX25 beacons.
Please see here:
http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/cape.htm#h
73 de Roland PY4ZBZ GH70un
> The satellite is only in transponder mode when it is in eclipse..
> In full sunlight it is in beacon mode only.
Just curious about the overall design goals of this operating mode?
Putting solar energy into and then taking it out of batteries suffers
about a 30% loss in efficiency. All else being equal it is usually better
to use solar power directly if possible.
Maybe the value of this mode is for hams to use the satellite in the
evenings during play time instead of during the day when schools and
students could benefit.
Just curious.
Thanks
Bob, WB4aPR
Hi Everyone,
I've used SatPC32 for a number of years, but I have been using it in
"simpleton" mode, it would seem. Now that AO-73 is in the "cubesat.txt"
keps file rather than amateur, I apparently have to take the next step in
my education about this program.
Here the current general question: How do "groups" work. I have googled,
and the term seems to be used both for Celestrak groups and for the groups
in SatPC32 (e.g. Diverse, Standard, etc). I mean the SatPC32 groups. What
I want to do is to have a number of satellites selectable with the A,B,C...
buttons in the lower right. But right now, I have to pull down the
satellites menu and select "cubesat.txt" to get AO-73 and "amateur.txt" to
get, say, VO-52 and SO-50. And whenever I switch to a new keps file, all
the satellites I have selected as current for the previous file disappear
from the right column.
Somehow, I suspect that 'groups' are the answer to this, but I can never
get the "edit" function under groups to do anything terribly useful. It
looks like I can edit "standard", for example, so that if selected, it uses
the satellites selected from amateur.txt or cubesat.txt but not both.
Ok, so when I get into a pickle like this, it is usually because I don't
understand the concept or the model that the program is using. So rather
than (or as well as) "click x, select y, edit xxx.txt" the kind of help I
hope I can get would be include "how are groups supposed to be used?" And
by the way, I have read the manual, and it again seems to assume that I
know what groups are supposed to be.
Thanks in advance,
Burns, W2BFJ
I am not associated with this item in anyway...
At one point in time I had a Yaesu FT-480. It was a good rig that helped me
make many satellite contacts.
I had read about the console, but no one had ever seen one and we just
assumed it didn't really exist.
We were wrong as one is on sale on eBay right now:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/YAESU-SC-1-FT480R-FT780R-/191015020883
There was a time when that truly would have been the ultimate satellite
station!
73,
Joe kk0sd
Dear Felloe Satellite Hams
I've been listening to AO-73 Telemetry beacon for about 2 weeks now and never hear any radio contact going on.
Is there any activity on the new satellite or is that mode not functional at this time?
Thanks for any help.
73
Peter,KB1HY
Hi!
In 2009 and 2010, I made the trip to southern Arizona and worked
different satellites from grid DM31 within sight of the USA/Mexico
border fence in Lukeville AZ (look up that town, or grid DM31ov, to
get an idea of the geography in that area). I worked many of the
active operators who were on at those times on several satellites
in SSB and FM. Some of those guys are still active, but newer
satellite operators (or those who were inactive in 2009 or 2010)
may have missed my previous DM31 trips. Since I've been asked
by a couple of satellite operators about those trips, and the
possibility of another DM31 trip, I'll pose the question here:
Is there any interest in a trip to activate DM31 in early 2014 on the
satellites? Or possibly multiple trips, before the summertime heat
arrives?
I would attempt to pick a day for this trip where SO-50 had
passes in the daytime - to allow more stations to have a shot at
working this rarely-heard grid, and also to avoid being down there
at night due to security concerns with the international border.
This means I would not be able to work AO-73 down there, but
would try to pick a Saturday with SO-50 and the other satellites
with SSB/CW transponders all being available - including AO-7 in
mode B. And another opportunity to have friendly conversations
with the law-enforcement officers and agents in that area. :-)
(They are great to talk with, some take an interest in my equipment,
and all will keep an eye on me to ensure I remain safe while in the
area)
I can't commit to any specific dates yet, but a Saturday is probably
the best day of the week for a trip down there. I might even throw
in a weekday trip, if time permits, in addition to a Saturday trip. I
would be able to leave early so I arrive in the area in daylight, and
stay until around sunset so I am on the highway north from the
border before darkness falls across that desert area. I am probably
not going to camp down there, even at the campground in the
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument that surrounds the Lukeville
border crossing. I like camping, but prefer to do that in other places
where I'm not as concerned about the local security situation. I
would prepare QSL cards as I do for my other trips to confirm QSOs
for DM31, and upload those QSOs to Logbook of the World after a
trip down there.
Please feel free to e-mail me directly if you would be interested in
working me during a road trip to DM31 in early 2014. I will post
more when I decide on a date (or dates) for a trip down there. I
am not looking for any contributions to cover expenses to go there,
since it is only a 3-hour drive from Phoenix to get there. Fuel
costs are manageable, and I don't need to drive off paved roads to
get to good locations to set up and still be safe (a good thing, now
that I don't drive a truck).
Thanks in advance, and 73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
