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

910 MHZ AMTV Reception
by Les Rayburn 27 Apr '13

27 Apr '13

Just realized that my Icom R-7000 with the NTSC TV Adapter should be able to receive these signals. I've got a nice loop Yagi for 900 MHz as well sitting in the attic. Just sold the receiver on Ebay, but not shipping it until Monday morning--so may have to try to receive a pass over the weekend. Sounds like fun! I sold the R-7000 thinking that I'd simply replace it with a FunCube Dongle Pro at some point. Never dreamed that I'd have a nearly immediate use for my old standby. Ah, well. -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf 6M VUCC #1712 AMSAT #38965 Grid Bandits #222 Southeastern VHF Society Central States VHF Society Life Member Six Club #2484 Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz & Light

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new keps
by paul robinson 27 Apr '13

27 Apr '13

New keps- hi Bob im using instrack on the base computer here at home so its easy to mod keps,but dont get excited Turksat becon isnt that stong,and the foot print is about ao51 or a bit less,so it wont be even a fo29 ,....shame i was hoping for abetter foot print,still will wait and see what comes of all tamsats hard work.and at least its got a transponder. paul 2E1EUB

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Fwd: HAMSAT Transponder Performance - Reg.
by Mani VU2WMY 27 Apr '13

27 Apr '13

Dear HAMSAT VO-52 users, As you all are aware that HAMSAT VO-52 is completing 8 years of fruitful services in orbit on 5th May 2013. As usual, an 'Annual Performance Report' needs to be prepared and submitted to the HAMSAT Mission Management Board at the earliest. In this connection, I'm herewith forwarding the mail received from HAMSAT Operations Director requesting for the 'User Reports' on the performance of the transponder. Hence, on behalf of HAMSAT Operations Director, I request HAMSAT VO-52 users to kindly send us your valuable feed back/comments/suggestions on the performance of the transponder and the same shall be mailed directly to: tprangan(a)istrac.org and copied to: wmy(a)isac.gov.in NOTE: We also look forward for suggestions and proposal for future transponders and orbit preferred for possible next HAMSAT from India. 73 de Mani, VU2WMY Secretary & Station-In-Charge Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC ISRO Satellite Centre HAL Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. Phone:(O)91-80-25082054/2598/2192 Mobile: 91-80-98803 41456 E-mail ID: wmy(a)isac.gov.in vu2wmy_mani(a)yahoo.com isrohams(a)yahoo.com ----- Forwarded message from tprangan(a)istrac.gov.in ----- Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2013 04:46:19 +0000 From: tprangan <tprangan(a)istrac.gov.in> Subject: HAMSAT Transponder Performance - Reg. To: "wmy(a)isac.gov.in" <wmy(a)isac.gov.in> Cc: tprangan <tprangan(a)istrac.gov.in> Dear Mani, 1 We are in the process of compiling the 8-year performance report of HAMSAT. 2 Kinldy arrange to get the feedback from the HAMSAT user community on the: Performance of the on-board transponder, both qualitative and quantitative. Also, their comments on the existing transponder and the orbit And their suggestions / proposals for the future transponder / orbit preferred. Feedback to my mail id (tprangan(a)istrac.org) by 1 May 2013 would be highly appreciated, as we would like to distribute the report on 5.5.2013, the B-day for HAMSAT. With Best Regards, T PARIMALARANGAN HAMSAT Operations Director ISTRAC/ISRO Ph: 080 - 2202 9011 (O) 080 - 2535 0132 (R) 0 - 9480333563 (M) ------------------------- Disclaimer: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies and the original message. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email or any action taken in reliance on this e-mail is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. The recipient acknowledges that any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and no binding nature of the message shall be implied or assumed unless the sender does so expressly with due authority of ISTRAC Management. Before opening any attachments please check them for viruses and defects as all liability for viruses is excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law. ------------------------- ----- End forwarded message ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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new keps
by Bob- W7LRD 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

For the digitally challenged-what is the easiest way to input new keps? Use monosyllabic words..keep it simple for simple people. Been messing around for a couple of hours & ready to heave the computer out the window. 73 Bob W7LRD

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Turksat keps
by Andrew Glasbrenner 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

I grabbed these off their website a few minutes ago...have had a few folks ask about them, so thought I'd send to the list. http://www.tamsat.org.tr/tr/tle.txt TURKSAT 1 12345U 12345A 13116.18500615 .00000000 00000-0 10000-4 0 6 2 12345 98.0372 191.7767 0017397 251.4298 279.4470 14.76467545 04 73, Drew KO4MA

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SATPC32 and New Sat KEPS
by Les Rayburn 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Like many, I'm eager to track the new satellites launched over the past few days. If everyone will pardon more newbie questions, here goes: 1.) How do I input the published KEPS data for the new satellites into SATPC32? 2.) How long before the standard files (amateur.txt, etc) will be updated to include the new birds? -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf 6M VUCC #1712 AMSAT #38965 Grid Bandits #222 Southeastern VHF Society Central States VHF Society Life Member Six Club #2484 Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz & Light

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Turksat heard
by paul robinson 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Turksat head last pass ,just.. over UK weak becon but easy to copy,transponder off . paul 2E1EUB

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Virginia Tech and Nasa SCAN Testbed
by Robert McGwier 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

My team at Virginia Tech was selected to conduct experiments on the SCAN Testbed on the ISS. Details will follow. Bob N4HY

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keps senior moment
by Bob- W7LRD 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Hello..having a senior moment here...I forget... how does one input keps manually into satpc32? 73 Bob W7LRD

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nee pegaso 01
by Lizeth Norman 26 Apr '13

26 Apr '13

Nothing heard.

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