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

ARRL: FCC Proposes More Spectrum at 5 GHz for Unlicensed Broadband
by Trevor . 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

ARRL story at http://www.arrl.org/news/fcc-proposes-more-spectrum-at-5-ghz-for-unlicensed… 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Re: Mars Flight In 2018
by Trevor . 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

It sounds like a suicide mission but I'm sure that won't stop people applying to go on the trip. They'd have a guaranteed place in the history books whatever the outcome. But it's the timescales that are the problem. Realistically 2018 for a Human flight would be unacheivable but the 2030's is feasible. The spacecraft would need to carry a massive amount of supplies so probably not much room for Ham equipment. Of course eliminating clothes would save a bit but its a still a huge quantity of food not to mention 18 months supply of Morphine. Still the project is just what is needed - some adventurous thinking to move Space Exploration forward. 73 Trevor M5AKA

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STRaND1 TLM decoder
by Ken Swaggart 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

Noticed that Mike, DK3WN, has a beta STRaND1 telemetry decoder available at: http://www.dk3wn.info/software.shtml Ken, W7KKE

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Re: Mars Flight In 2018
by Edward R Cole 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

At 12:14 PM 2/27/2013, B J wrote: >http://moonandback.com/2013/02/27/dennis-tito-and-team-outline-audacious-pl… > >73s > >Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL >_______________________________________________ >Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb This excites and inspires like the original Apollo mission. I thought we would be going much sooner after the lunar landings, but I may live to see this done. That would be terrific. Not sure there is any ham radio opportunity with the mission. No harm in thinking about that. 2019 is 50-years after Apollo-11 landing on the Moon. 73, Ed - KL7UW

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STRaND-1 decoded over Brazil !
by Roland Zurmely 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

Please see here: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/strand.htm 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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Mars Flight In 2018
by B J 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

http://moonandback.com/2013/02/27/dennis-tito-and-team-outline-audacious-pl… 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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fun with AO-7/FO-29
by Bob- W7LRD 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

Hi all. An interesting observation this morning (in CN87) I coppied OH5LK on FO-29 calling CQ in CW at about 1840Z while uplinking to AO-7. FO-29 was out of LK's footprint at the time. So ground to sat-to sat-to ground was observed. The downlink of AO-7 is the uplink of FO-29. To complete a qso in that mode one to tx and rx at the same time on 70cm. The mind goes numb! having fun 73 Bob W7LRD

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Beginners information on AMSAT-UK website
by Trevor . 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

The is some beginners information including a couple of YouTube videos by Simon 2E0HTS on the AMSAT-UK website. How to work a FM satellite http://amsat-uk.org/beginners/how-to-work-an-fm-satellite/ How to work a SSB satellite http://amsat-uk.org/beginners/how-to-work-the-ssb-satellites/ RadCom article: Getting started on satellites http://amsat-uk.org/beginners/radcom-getting-started-on-satellites/ ---- 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Re: Radio-Archeology (xponder?)
by Joe Fitzgerald 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

Bob, WB4aPR wrote: > I wonder if the billion to one chance that the transponder came on too? If it did, the Brazilian CB'ers will know! -Joe KM1P

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NASA Announces Fourth Round of CubeSat Space Mission Candidates
by Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

RELEASE: 13-064 NASA ANNOUNCES FOURTH ROUND OF CUBESAT SPACE MISSION CANDIDATES WASHINGTON -- NASA has selected 24 small satellites to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets planned to launch in 2014, 2015 and 2016. The proposed CubeSats come from universities across the country, a Florida high school, several non-profit organizations and NASA field centers. CubeSats belong to a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites. The cube-shaped satellites measure about 4 inches on each side, have a volume of about 1 quart, and weigh less than 3 pounds. The selections are from the fourth round of the CubeSat Launch Initiative. After launch, the satellites will conduct technology demonstrations, educational research or science missions. The selected CubeSats will be eligible for flight after final negotiations and an opportunity for flight becomes available. The following organizations submitted winning satellite proposals: -- The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, Calif. -- The Discovery Museum and Planetarium, Bridgeport, Conn. -- Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, Ariz. -- Morehead State University, Morehead, Ky., in partnership with the University of California at Berkeley -- Montana State University, Bozeman (2 CubeSats) in partnership with The University of New Hampshire, Durham -- Merritt Island High School, Florida, in partnership with California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo -- NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif. -- NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. (3 CubeSats) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., in partnership with the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (3 CubeSats) -- NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida -- Pennsylvania State University, in partnership with the Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey, Calif., and the Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, Calif. -- Saint Louis University, St. Louis -- Tyvak Nano-Satellites Systems, Irvine, Calif., in partnership with the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo -- University at Buffalo, The State University of New York -- University of Colorado, Boulder -- University of Florida, Gainesville, in partnership with Stanford University -- University of Maryland, Baltimore County -- University of Texas, Austin -- Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., in partnership with the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, Silver Spring, Md. In the three previous rounds of the CubeSat initiative, NASA has selected 63 missions for flight. The agency's Launch Services Program Educational Launch of Nanosatellite (ELaNa) Program has launched 12 CubeSat missions. This year, 22 CubeSat missions are scheduled for flight. For additional information on NASA's CubeSat Launch Initiative program, visit: http://go.nasa.gov/nXOuPI For information about NASA and agency programs, visit: http://www.nasa.gov

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