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EQUiSat Optical Beacon CubeSat
by Trevor . 17 Oct '18

17 Oct '18

Students at the Ivy League Brown University are developing an amateur radio satellite EQUiSat that will carry a Xenon Flash Tube (XFT) subsystem to act as an Optical Beacon that should be visible to the unaided eye of observers on Earth. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=10635 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAK-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/ ----

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LVB Tracker USB serial port driver for Windows 7 x64?
by Bill Bordy, NJ1H 22 Dec '16

22 Dec '16

Has anyone located a driver for the LVB Tracker internal USB to serial port adapter on Windows 7 x64? If not, has anyone reverted to the serial port connection on LVB Tracker and used an external USB to serial port adapter successfully with SatPC32 on Windows 7 x64? I have an Edgeport multiple USB to serial port that has drivers for Windows 7 x64 that I will use if I have to. I would prefer using the LVB Tracker with its USB to serial adapter if someone has another solution. 73, Bill NJ1H

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AO-16 telemetry 3 Oct 2010
by Mark L. Hammond 01 Jul '16

01 Jul '16

Hi All, Here is a quick AO-16 update. On Sunday I turned AO-16 long enough to get some telemetry packets. The satellite would remain on for less than one minute after being commanded on. A quick test of the "bent pipe" voice mode repeater was successful. . The "hardware watchdog timer problem" is still evident; as expected, spacecraft temperatures are insufficient to keep the transmitter ON (needs to be above 15 deg C). Orbit projections suggest that satellite illumination conditions will not result in increased temperatures for nearly 10 years. Command stations do periodically turn AO-16 "ON" to check on its condition and see if the hardware timer problem has "automagically" fixed itself (which in not anticipated, but who knows...). AO-16 telemetry 3 Oct 2010 1838 utc PACSAT MBL Telemetry Decoder Ver. 1.3 (c) Mike Rupprecht, DK3WN =============================================================================== (average values) +10V Battery Bus : 0.00 V Battery Charge Reg : 0.55 mA Base Temp : 9.07 °C PSK RF Out : 1.90 W +5V RX Bus : 4.87 V +8.5V RX Bus : 8.49 V +10V RX Bus : 11.24 V Here is another teaser :) Several months ago I commanded the AO-16 S-band transmitter ON; it too remains functional (albeit weak), and was received by me, Drew KO4MA, and Alan WA4SCA. 73, -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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ANS-181
by Joe Spier 15 Dec '13

15 Dec '13

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-181 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * ESA Education Office announce six CubeSats chosen for Phase 1 Initiative * 13 Colonies Special Event Includes Satellite Operations * 2013 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium Starts July 19, 2013 * Two Lithuanian Amateur Radio CubeSats Plan 2013 Launch To ISS * July Space Station Spacewalks To Be Previewed And Broadcast On NASA TV * Upcoming ARISS Contacts * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-181.01 ANS-181 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 181.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. June 30, 2013 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-181.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ESA Education Office announce six CubeSats chosen for Phase 1 Initiative Six student teams and their supervisors have gathered at ESA's ESTEC centre in The Netherlands for the kick-off of the new Fly Your Satellite! Programme under the ESA Education Office. On June 26-28, ESA experts will introduce the objectives and present the activities to be performed during the first phase of the programme. In January, ESA's Education Office announced the 'Fly Your Satellite!' initiative. This is aimed at offering student teams the opportunity to become familiar with good engineering practice to build and perform satellite testing in order to increase the chances of a successful mission. The 2013 edition of the programme is however only focusing on testing selected university-built satellites that are already at an advanced stage of development. 'Fly Your Satellite!' builds on the success of the 'CubeSats for the Vega Maiden Flight' pilot programme. This culminated in 2012 with the launch of seven student-built CubeSats on the first flight of the new ESA Vega launcher. The focus of the kick-off meeting will consist of coordinating the activity to be performed during the first phase of Fly Your Satellite! enabling the teams to complete the construction of their satellite. This will include extensive satellite testing in ambient conditions under the supervision of ESA specialists who will decide which satellites should participate in the next phase of the programme. The second phase will see the satellites tested in the simulated conditions of outer space and in those the satellites will experience at launch. These will include vibration and thermal-vacuum tests. The six CubeSats chosen for Phase 1 are: Robusta-1B from France will validate a radiation test methodology for specific transistor components. Oufti-1 from Belgium will demonstrate the D-STAR digital communication protocol and validate high-efficiency solar cells. ConSat-1 from Canada will analyse radiation characteristics in the South-Atlantic Anomaly, and test technology payloads. e-st@r-II from Italy will test an Active-Attitude Determination Control System. AAUSAT4 from Denmark will test an improved version of student built AIS (Automated Identification System) receivers. Politech.1 from Spain will carry a student built C-band communication system, a "GEODEYE" Earth Observation camera for academic purposes, and solar wind experiments. Read the full ESA article at http://www.esa.int/Education/ESA_and_student_teams_kick-off_Fly_Your_Satell… Fly Your Satellite! initiative http://www.esa.int/Education/Students_are_you_ready_to_fly_your_satellites_… space [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Colonies Special Event Includes Satellite Operations The 13 Colonies Special Event Stations will be active on the air for Independence Week, July 1-6, 2013. Get all of the details at http://www.13colonies.info/ On the high frequency amateur bands the 13 Colonies stations will operate from 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Savings Time (1300Z), on July 1st, to 12:00 PM (midnight) Eastern Daylight Savings Time, July 6 (0400Z, July 7). The 13 Colonies Satellite Stations will be active as shown in the table below: STATE SE CALL STATION CALL OPERATOR ----- ------- ------------ -------- NY K2A WB2OQQ Pete VA K2B NL7VX Steve CT K2D WA8SME Mark DE K2E KB2M Jeffrey MD K2F WA3SWJ Bruce MA K2H KB1PVH David NJ K2I KB2M Jeffrey NC K2J N8MH Mark SC K2L K4YYL Art PA K2M WB3U Elizabeth (FM Birds Only) K3BFS Richard (Linear Birds Only) Any satellite station can work the 13 Colonies states off the birds. Please indicate your contacts are Satellite. More information can be found at http://www.13colonies.info/Satellites.htm [ANS thanks the 13 Colonies Special Event for the above information] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium Starts July 19, 2013 The 2013 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium will start late afternoon on Friday, July 19 and will run through until the afternoon on Sunday, July 21 at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, GU2 7XZ, UK. It will be preceded by a "Hands-on" CubeSat Workshop. This free workshop will take place at the nearby University of Surrey on Friday, July 19 and this will be followed, at the hotel, by the usual Colloquium "Beginners Session" in the late afternoon. It is anticipated that both the FUNcube-1 and FUNcube-2 missions will be launched later this year and the FUNcube team will be on hand to talk about the missions and the planned educational outreach. A full demonstration of the Engineering Model, which has been performing flawlessly for almost a year, will also be provided. Further details and booking information at http://amsat-uk.org/colloquium/colloquium-2013/ [ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA for the above information] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Two Lithuanian Amateur Radio CubeSats Plan 2013 Launch To ISS It is hoped that two Lithuanian satellites will be among the CubeSats sent by Nanoracks LLC to the International Space Station (ISS) on the SpaceX CRS-3 mission in November, 2013. They will be deployed from the ISS by the JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J- SSOD) of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The Kaunas University of Technology is developing LituanicaSAT-1 while the Lithuanian Space Federation is working on LitSat-1. 2013 is the 80th anniversary of the historic flight by Lithuanian pilots Steponas Darius and Stasys Gire.nas in the airplane Lituanica. On July 15, 1933, they took off from Floyd Bennett Field in New York and flew across the Atlantic Ocean, covering a distance of 6,411 kilometers without landing, in 37 hours and 11 minutes. Tragically they crashed by the village of Kuhdamm, near Soldin, Germany just 650 km from their destination of Kaunas in Lithuania. LituanicaSAT-1 plans to carry a VGA camera, GPS receiver, 9k6 AX25 FSK telemetry beacon and a 150 mW V/U FM voice transponder. Links: • Google English web http://tinyurl.com/KosmonautaiLituanicaSAT-1 • Google English Wiki http://tinyurl.com/WikiLituanicaSAT-1 • Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Lituanicasat1 LitSat-1 is understood to be planning a U/V linear transponder for SSB/CW communications. Links: • Lithuanian Space Association in Google English http://tinyurl.com/LithuanianSpaceAssociation • Facebook https://www.facebook.com/palydovas • Google English article http://tinyurl.com/LitSat-1-Article Google English article on the two Lithuanian CubeSats http://tinyurl.com/LithuanianCubeSats 1933 Lituanica flight http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanica [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- JULY SPACE STATION SPACEWALKS TO BE PREVIEWED AND BROADCAST ON NASA TV WASHINGTON -- Two Expedition 36 astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station twice in July on spacewalks to prepare for a new Russian module and perform additional installations on the station's backbone. NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will host a NASA Television briefing to preview the spacewalks at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, July 2. Reporters may attend the briefing at Johnson and other participating NASA centers, or ask questions by calling Johnson's newsroom at 281-483-5111 no later than 1:45 p.m. Tuesday. Briefers will include: -- David Korth, NASA spacewalk flight director -- Ernest Bell, Spacewalk 22 spacewalk officer -- Karina Eversley, Spacewalk 23 spacewalk officer Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency will conduct the spacewalks July 9 and July 16 from the station's Quest airlock. Each spacewalk is scheduled to last 6 1/2 hours. Cassidy and Parmitano will replace a space-to-ground communications receiver and wireless video equipment and install power and cables for a Russian multipurpose laboratory module that will be launched later this year. The new module will serve as a research facility, docking port and airlock for future Russian spacewalks and will replace the Pirs module. Cassidy, who is designated EV1 for the spacewalks, will wear a U.S. extravehicular mobility suit bearing red stripes. The spacewalks will be the fifth and sixth of Cassidy's career. Parmitano, who is designated EV2, will wear a spacesuit with no stripes and will be making the first two spacewalks of his career. He will become the first Italian astronaut to walk in space. Both spacewalkers will wear helmet cameras to provide up close views of their work. NASA TV coverage of the spacewalks will begin at 7 a.m. on both July 9 and July 16. Both spacewalks are scheduled to begin at 8:10 a.m. For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/ntv For more information about the International Space Station and its crew, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/station [ANS thanks NASA for the above information] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming ARISS contact with Scuola Secondaria grado "Arturo Toscanini", Capiago Intimiano, Italy and Scuola Media Massimiliano Kolbe, Vercurago, Lecco, Italy An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Scuola Secondaria 1? grado "Arturo Toscanini", Capiago Intimiano, Italy and Scuola Media Massimiliano Kolbe, Vercurago, Lecco, Italy on 29 June. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:50 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a combination of direct and telebridge with the contact starting with IK1SLD, then proceeds to IZ2WLC and finishes back with IK1SLD . The contact should be audible over Italy. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in Italian. Scuola Secondaria 1? grado "Arturo Toscanini", Capiago Intimiano, Italy The school is located in Capiago Intimiano, a small town in the north part of Italy, 7 km far from Como. Como and the surrounding area can be clearly seen from space due to the unique shape of Lario lake (like a Y upside down). It tooks the name from "Arturo Toscanini", a famous musician and conductor lived across the end of 19th century and early 20th. There are 10 classes and the students are from 11 years old to 14. Scuola Media Massimiliano Kolbe, Vercurago, Lecco, Italy Local secondary school with students aged from 10 to 14. It's located in a building, built in 1950 by the government, originally used as a sanatorium converted into school in late 1970. Vercurago is a small town not far from Lecco, built on the shores of Garlate's lake (as it comes out of Lario lake and become Adda river). Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Why did you decide to become an astronaut? 2. How do you recycle water? 3. How did you feel on your first day in space? 4. What are the main characteristics of the Earth seen from space? 5. What was your first impression of the ISS? 6. How the northern lights appear from space? 7. How is life in space for six months with only five other people? 8. What is the most difficult activity you've carried out in space? 9. When you see the Earth from the space, what do you think? 10. How do you treat waste? 11. Is the Sun different seen from the space? 12. How do you shave in space? 13. What do you usually do in your free time? 14. How does life in orbit influence vital functions? 15. When you'll come back to the Earth, what will be the first thing you'll do? 16. When the Earth is in the dark, which are the brightest cities? 17. Can you see pollution on the Earth from the ISS? 18. What kind of studies did you attend to become an astronaut? 19. Which was the strongest emotion you felt when you passed quickly from the Earth to space? 20. What is the human construction visible from the space station? 21. How hard was the training before departure? 22. What do you eat in space? 23. What did you miss more from the earth? 24. Have you ever experimented how spiders build webs in space? 25. Have you ever had any serious technical problems on the ISS? 26. What kind of experiments are you carrying out? 27. What do you like most about your job? 28. What is the most ambitious project for the future? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be obtained by subscribing to the SAREX maillist. To subscribe, go to http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/maillist/ and choose "How to Subscribe". Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. Association Intercultura Onlus, Frascati, Italy, telebridge Sat, 06July2013, 17:02 UTC 40 deg via W6SRJ ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from participating countries. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on- board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio Amateurs of Canada). (ANS thanks David Jordan, AA4KN for this ARISS update) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Satelite Shorts From All Over Kevin, N4UFO reported on June 25 he was able to work three transatlantic contacts via AO-7. The stations he contacted included EA8HB, CT3FM, and G7BTA. Kevin noted, "I must say... three QSOs in one pass, WOW! That was a lot of fun! AO-7 is a grand old bird, long may she live! I just had to share how exciting it was!" (via N4UFO on starcomm-bb) In the July 2013 edition of the ARRL publication of QST, ARRL Chief Executive Officer, David Sumner, K1ZZ, presents a feature on CubeSats. Steve Ford, WB8IMY, presents a column, Eclectic Technology, titled "More Satellites on the Way", a listing of the 7 satellites due to be launched in 2013. (via www.arrl.org ) A CubeSat presentation was given by AMSAT Francophone to a scientific conference held by the Radio Club of Paris F6KVP on May 29, 2013. A video of the presentation has been made available on the web. AMSAT-Francophone site in Google English: http://tinyurl.com/AMSAT-Francophone Radio Club of Paris F6KVP in Google English: http://tinyurl.com/RadioClubParis F6KVP on Twitter: https://twitter.com/F6KVP (via AMSAT-UK) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org

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ISS Ham-tv
by Robert C. Campbell 02 Aug '13

02 Aug '13

I got my TechnoTrend S2-1600 the other day and tried to get it to work on a Windows XP and a Windows 7 machine. Both machines are presently out of commission because of driver issues and an array of error codes. Seems all is not as simple as plug and play with these little monsters. I don't think I will ship it back to Europe for some other victim got get his hands on. Destruction with a 5 lb. hammer seems most likely. Anyone with a recommendation for another product that has good drivers packaged with it along with good vendor support would be welcome to contact me off line at the above address. Thanks in advance. Bob KB3PMR

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Re: V/U Linear Transponder
by Tanan Rangseeprom HS1JAN 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

Dear All Thanks respond for help to me 1.Thailand has regular to forbid for transmitt UHF band but can receive the signal for amateur radio satellites only. we need to used VHF band same like transponder of Japanes (FO-29) , AmSat AO-51 , Saudiarabia SO-50 and other satellites. for interference from China Thailand and other countries on VHF is normal. 2.Ok, I do not have knowledge 100 khz bandwidth is too much for the over power. please advice me for 30 khz uplink 145.90-145.92 MHz VHF / 435.10 - 435.12 MHz UHF of liner transponder. 3.We have to design FM repeater use to modify HX1 / RX2A RADIOMETRIX VHF / UHF transmitter module we have change x-tal to 145.90 MHz / 13.59 MHz and used MC3361 with x-tal 10.245 MHz and CML IC FX465 CTCSS Encode/Decode build test it to be successful. We and technical team of TAMSAT group would like to help and advice for circuit diagram of V/U transponder same like transponder of Japanes (FO-29) and other satellites. We had mail to Mr.William Leijenaar PE1RAH but do not have respond feedback. Mrs Thida of 100watts ham radio magazine of thailand sugges me to know Mr.William.because she meet him on Tokyo ham fair 2009. On this time we and technical team of TAMSAT group need help very urgent. we need advice of circuit diagram or datasheet IC for build V/U Liner transponder for payload 1U cubesat of JAISAT satellite project. best regards Tanan Rangseeprom HS1JAN Project Manager of JAISAT-1 member of RAST email : hs1jan(a)tamsat.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <g0mrf(a)aol.com> To: <hs1jan(a)tamsat.org> Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] V/U Linear Transponder Dear Tanan. Thanks for the mail via AMSAT.org My name is David Bowman G0MRF and I'm a member of the team building FUNcube, due for launch this November. I can help with transponder design, but there are some points which you need to consider. 1) The use of V band for the uplink will be a poor choice for your location. The interference from China and other countries on 145MHz will mean the transponder will not be usable. Using U band for the uplink is a much better choice. 2) The 100kHz bandwidth is too much for the typical power available from a CubeSat. If you get your RF team to do a link budget analysis, you will see the cubesat power budget will not support 100kHz of bandwidth. Ususally 30kHz is as much as you can do with a 1U cube. 3) You may want to consider a FM 'repeater' as there is now only 1 in orbit, while there are several linear transponder satellites ready to be launched. The FM design will allow you to run a very efficient power amplifier (70%) and power can be saved over oceans and areas of low population by using a 67Hz access tone (CML FX465) I can assist with design but would need to know if you are planning a 1U 2U or 3U design. William PE???? is good, but will probably just offer to sell you a transponder. Regards David G0MRF some old info is available at www.g0mrf.com/transponder.htm The attached powerpoint has some pictures of the UV transponder and other boards in FUNcube from AMSAT-UK

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Alpha Spid Big-RAS AZ & EL Rotator
by Sion Chow Q. C. (9W2QC) 01 Aug '13

01 Aug '13

Dear All, I understand that the Alpha Spid Big-RAS AZ & EL Rotator requires 4 control cables each for it Azimuth and Elevation control. However, I am not able to find out if the connector on the outdoor rotator end consist of 2 separate connectors for the AZ and EL motor (like the Yaesu G-5500) or if they are connected all together at one point. Also would be great if someone could advice if the connection point consists of screw on terminals or some kind of connector plug is used. This is in preparation of ISS HAM TV reception and would like to understand the above before deciding if I should purchase this rotor. Thank you. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9M2CQC, WQ2C

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AO7 mode switch
by K4FEG 31 Jul '13

31 Jul '13

Hello Satellite People; it is my opinion that we are quickly approaching the end of the Eclipse Cycle for AO7 this season. I had previously estimated the "final" eclipse to be on August the 2nd between 0200 and 0300 UTC but upon closer check with fresh Kep's it looks like the eclipse durations are decreasing by approximately 10 seconds per orbit at this time and with the current durations of the orbits the final eclipse of 20 seconds will end at 21:00:50UTC, when the satellite is rising over Australia. I would guess that at that point the 24 hour mode switch will begin once the satellite is in full illumination once again. It appears to have been 9 full weeks of eclipse's for AO7 and over 98% of the time it seemed to come up in Mode B, I know there were reports over Europe of a Mode A pass on individual orbits and I had noted the same for the USA as well, but once the satellite had gone into eclipse on the next orbital pass it would come back up in Mode B. In May of 2014 I hope to look at the beginning of the Eclipse Cycle and work at predicting the beginning and end of it better. This has been a fun exercise for me and I appreciate those from around the world that forwarded their observations to me. Now it is time to sit and wait to see if the switches start back on August 2, 2013 at @21:00UTC 73 ALL FRM K4FEG EM55aj84ta

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Re: V/U Linear Transponder
by Tanan Rangseeprom HS1JAN 31 Jul '13

31 Jul '13

Dear Andrew Glasbrenner and All We had mail to bilgi(a)tamsat.org.tr but do not have respond feedback. if you have detail e-mail or contact list of turksat team please advice to me. best Regards Tanan Rangseeprom HS1JAN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner(a)mindspring.com> To: "Tanan Rangseeprom HS1JAN" <hs1jan(a)tamsat.org> Cc: "PE1RDW" <sats(a)pe1rdw.demon.nl>; <g0mrf(a)aol.com>; <hs2jfw(a)gmail.com>; <hs5igy(a)hotmail.com>; <chawalit(a)station.in.th>; <thidad1(a)gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 12:08 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: V/U Linear Transponder You may want to reach out to the turksat 3U team. Although the satellite has has problems, I believe it has redundant v/u transponders on board. 73, Drew KO4MA Sent from my iPhone On Jul 30, 2013, at 12:04 PM, "Tanan Rangseeprom HS1JAN" <hs1jan(a)tamsat.org> wrote: > Dear All > > Thanks respond for help to me > > 1.Thailand has regular to forbid for transmitt UHF band but can receive > the signal for amateur radio satellites only. we need to used VHF band > same like transponder of Japanes (FO-29) , AmSat AO-51 , Saudiarabia > SO-50 and other satellites. for interference from China Thailand and other > countries on VHF is normal. > > 2.Ok, I do not have knowledge 100 khz bandwidth is too much for the over > power. please advice me for 30 khz uplink 145.90-145.92 MHz VHF / 435.10 - > 435.12 MHz UHF of liner transponder. > > 3.We have to design FM repeater use to modify HX1 / RX2A RADIOMETRIX VHF / > UHF transmitter module we have change x-tal to 145.90 MHz / 13.59 MHz and > used MC3361 with x-tal 10.245 MHz and CML IC FX465 CTCSS Encode/Decode > build test it to be successful. > > We and technical team of TAMSAT group would like to help and advice for > circuit diagram of V/U transponder same like transponder of Japanes > (FO-29) and other satellites. We had mail to Mr.William Leijenaar PE1RAH > but do not have respond feedback. Mrs Thida of 100watts ham radio magazine > of thailand sugges me to know Mr.William.because she meet him on Tokyo ham > fair 2009. > > On this time we and technical team of TAMSAT group need help very urgent. > we need advice of circuit diagram or datasheet IC for build V/U Liner > transponder for payload 1U cubesat of JAISAT satellite project. > > best regards > > Tanan Rangseeprom HS1JAN > Project Manager of JAISAT-1 > member of RAST > email : hs1jan(a)tamsat.org > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: <g0mrf(a)aol.com> > To: <hs1jan(a)tamsat.org> > Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 5:24 PM > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] V/U Linear Transponder > > > Dear Tanan. > > Thanks for the mail via AMSAT.org > > My name is David Bowman G0MRF and I'm a member of the team building > FUNcube, due for launch this November. > > I can help with transponder design, but there are some points which you > need to consider. > > 1) The use of V band for the uplink will be a poor choice for your > location. The interference from China and other countries on 145MHz > will mean the transponder will not be usable. Using U band for the > uplink is a much better choice. > > 2) The 100kHz bandwidth is too much for the typical power available > from a CubeSat. If you get your RF team to do a link budget analysis, > you will see the cubesat power budget will not support 100kHz of > bandwidth. Ususally 30kHz is as much as you can do with a 1U cube. > > 3) You may want to consider a FM 'repeater' as there is now only 1 in > orbit, while there are several linear transponder satellites ready to > be launched. > The FM design will allow you to run a very efficient power amplifier > (70%) and power can be saved over oceans and areas of low population by > using a 67Hz access tone (CML FX465) > > I can assist with design but would need to know if you are planning a > 1U 2U or 3U design. > > William PE???? is good, but will probably just offer to sell you a > transponder. > > Regards > > David G0MRF > > some old info is available at www.g0mrf.com/transponder.htm > > The attached powerpoint has some pictures of the UV transponder and > other boards in FUNcube from AMSAT-UK > _______________________________________________ > 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

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Turksat-3USAT Status
by Paul Stoetzer 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

There seems to be total silence about the fate of this satellite. I've listened for the beacon a couple of times and heard nothing. No word from TAMSAT or anyone else. Does anyone have any information about the current status at all. Does anyone from AMSAT-NA have any contacts within TAMSAT to get an update? 73, Paul, N8HM

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AMSAT Phone
by Martha 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

The AMSAT phone is temporarily out of service. Verizon said there is a problem with the outside line. It should be back in service some time tomorrow.

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GRE, Alinco and Grove electronics
by Bruce 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

This was sent to a local club reflector and I thought it might be of interest to my satellite ham friends. 73...bruce > Changes are ahead that you need to know about. > GRE Electronics filled for Bankrupty after they lost there warehouse in > China. GRE Electronics made Alinco Radios and GRE Police Scanners and > police > scanner products. Alinco Radios were not being made for several months > in a > row. GRE Will not come back, but Alinco Radios are now being made by > Remtronix _http://www.remtronix.com/_ > Radio Shack will also no longer have police scanners. All of the police > scanners that Radio Shack had under the Realistic label were made by GRE. > Also Grove Electronics a big police scanner supplier owned by Bob Grove is > closing down. Bob has decided to retire, and with a slow economy he > decided > to sell everything. Grove Electronics also has decided to stop publishing > the magazine Monitoring Times. the last issue of Monitoring Times will be > issued on December 2013. > > > > > > > > NOTE TO ALL: > When forwarding e-mails, PLEASE use only "Blind Carbon Copy" or "Bcc" > for all recipients. Please "delete", or "highlight & cut", any > forwarding history > which includes my e-mail address! It is a courtesy to me and > others who > may not wish to have their e-mail addresses sent all over the world! > Erasing the history helps prevent Spammers from mining addresses > THANK YOU!

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CALL for PAPERS: ARRL/TAPR DCC (Digital Communications Conference), Seattle, WA, 9/20 - 22
by Mark Thompson 29 Jul '13

29 Jul '13

CALL for PAPERS: ARRL/TAPR DCC (Digital Communications Conference), Seattle, WA, 9/20 - 22 Digital communications enthusiasts will be heading to the Pacific Northwest this autumn for the 32nd annual ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference (DCC), September 20-22, at Cedarbrook Lodge near Seattle, Washington. The ARRL/TAPR DCC is an international forum for radio amateurs to meet, publish their work and present new ideas and techniques. Presenters and attendees will have the opportunity to exchange ideas and learn about recent hardware and software advances, theories, experimental results, and practical applications. The DCC is for all levels of technical experience -- not just the expert. Introductory sessions are scheduled throughout the conference to present new technical topics for beginners and experts alike. Amateurs are invited to submit papers for publication in the conference proceedings (you do not have to attend the conference to submit a paper). Send papers by July 31 to Maty Weinberg, KB1EIB, ARRL 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111, or e-mail to maty(a)arrl.org. More details and conference reservation information is on the TAPR website at: www.tapr.org/dcc or call 972-671-8277.

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Makeover for www.amsat.org
by Joe Fitzgerald 28 Jul '13

28 Jul '13

Thanks to the effort of a bunch of people , especially Brent Salmi, Steve Kenwolf and Brent Salmi, we have pushed a new, more colorful theme to the AMSAT web site, as well as some updated content. We are by no means done, and welcome the assistance of others to generate content and features for the site. We are using the WordPress content management system. so changing content is much simpler than earlier schemes used on www.amsat.org. It's got a nice web based interface that should be familiar to anyone with basic word processing skills. If you see something you think you can improve on, drop me a note! -Joe KM1P

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R: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 8, Issue 245
by Vincenzo Mone 28 Jul '13

28 Jul '13

Hi Jan, I mean the RAW file. Which program to use to see the RAW file.? Thanks 73's de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ********************************** ******* GSM +39 328 7110193 ******* ****** SMS +39 328 7110193 ****** *** 2nd e-mail: vimone(a)tin.it *** ********************************* > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 21:49:42 +0200 > From: PE0SAT | Amateur Radio <pe0sat(a)vgnet.nl> > To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Strand 1 Reception > Message-ID: <e4a76c583d17fdf999926f6e039a27b4(a)vgnet.nl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > > On 27-07-2013 19:50, Vincenzo Mone wrote: > > > Hi to all, > > Hi Om, > > > right now I had a pass for STRAND 1. > > I have decoded it using Mike's program. > > I have noticed that the kiss program has also created a RAW file. > > Please Which program to use to see it? > > Use the .kss file and open this data with the STRaND-1 decoder that can be > downloaded via the website from Mike DK3WN at the following location: > http://www.dk3wn.info/files/strand1.zip > > > > Thanks > > > > 73's de Enzo IK8OZV > > EasyLog 5 BetaTester > > EasyLog PDA BetaTester > > WinBollet BetaTester > > D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania > > Skype: ik8ozv8520 > > > > 73 Jan PE0SAT > > > -- > With regards PE0SAT > Internet web-page http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/ > > > ------------------------------

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V/U Linear Transponder
by Tanan Rangseeprom HS1JAN 28 Jul '13

28 Jul '13

Dear Sir; My name Mr.Tanan Rangseeprom my callsign HS1JAN. I need help and advice from you for circuit diagram of V/U Liner transponder .I and team want to build it for payload of JAISAT-1 amateur radio satellites of Thailand. JAISAT means is HEART in thai language. JAISAT is Joint Academies Intelligent Satellites for Amateur Radio of Thailand. this is project research and developmentean consists of RAST and Amateur Radio University inThailand both instructor and students. JAISAT-1 have payload liner transponder V/U uplink at 145.800 - 145.90 MHz and Downlink at 435.10 - 435.20 MHz on CW/SSB to fit in CUBESAT design. but this time I and technical team have no knowledge of the circuit diagram of liner transponder V/U. So you can help and advice me for Electronic Circuit Diagram of liner transponder V/U. Best Regards Tanan Rangseeprom HS1JAN / XU7ADN Project Manager of JAISAT-1 member of RAST email : hs1jan(a)tamsat.org

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KO4MA EM74 and area
by Andrew Glasbrenner 28 Jul '13

28 Jul '13

I'm on vacation this week, currently near Ft Payne AL. EM74 isn't particularly rare, but if anyone needs it, or anything nearby, let me know. SO50 and FO29 preferably as I left the 2m half of the Arrow at home and am using a whip for 2m. 73, Drew KO4MA Sent from my iPhone On Jul 27, 2013, at 10:30 PM, John Papay <john(a)papays.com> wrote: > Stefan has a summer home in EO20 and has just finished > installing his station there. He doesn't have his polarity > switches wired in yet but he seems to be hearing ok. > 73, > John K8YSE > > _______________________________________________ > Starcom-bb bulletin board > Starcom-bb(a)star-com.net > http://lists.star-com.net/listinfo/starcom-bb

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Help with contacts for WAS
by Rick - WA4NVM 28 Jul '13

28 Jul '13

Good Morning, Mike, WB7QXU asked that I post this for him. He is looking for contacts with the following states to finish up his WAS. 1. CT 2. MD 3. ME 4. MO 5. MS 6. NC 7. NE 8. WV Anyone in these states can just send me an email and we can set up a schedule. Michael J. Finn wb7qxu(a)juno.com Thanks for any help with this request, Rick WA4NVM

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next deployment from ISS by J-SSOD
by Masahiro Arai 28 Jul '13

28 Jul '13

The JAXA announced four CubeSats deployment from ISS by the JEM Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD). The four CubeSats are followings. PicoDragon 1U CubeSat Developer: Vietnam National Satellite Center(VNSC), University of Tokyo, IHI aerospace ArduSat-1 and ArduSat-X 1U CubeSat Developer: Nanorack, NanoSatisfi TechEdSat-3 3U CubeSat Developer: NASA Ames Research Center PicoDragon, ArduSat-1 and ArduSat-X operates on amateur band. TechEdSat-3 could not find on the IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination list. All the satellites sent ISS by the HTV4 at 4th August. The HTV4 is also known as HamTV set vehicle. Deployment is planed from October 2013 to March 2014. Masa JN1GKZ Tokyo Japan

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ANS-209 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by E.Mike McCardel 28 Jul '13

28 Jul '13

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-209 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * AMSAT Submits Comments to the US Government on ITAR Transition * ARISS Leadership from AMSAT and ARRL to be on-hand for EAA Airventure ARISS contact * July/August AMSAT Journal is Ready * 2013 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Ballot Has Been Mailed * STRaND-1 Heard After 113 Days of Silence * Slime Mold Satellite gets into the media * QB50: Ham Radio transponder payloads to launch 2014 * AMSAT-UK Colloquium videos now available * AMSAT members wave at Cassini * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-209.01 ANS-209 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 209.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. DATE July 28, 2013 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-209.01 AMSAT Submits Comments to the US Government on ITAR Transition On May 24, 2013 the Department of State's Directorate of Defense Trade Controls (DDTC) released proposed changes to the US Munitions List (USML) Category XV ("Spacecraft Systems and Related Articles"), redefining what constitutes satellites that would remain under the USML. Satellites removed from USML will be transferred to the Department of Commerce's Commerce Control List (CCL). Consequently, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) also released proposed changes on May 24, 2013 regarding modifications to the Commerce Control List, creating a separate category for satellites that were formerly controlled under ITAR (International Traffic in Arms Regulations). AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW and AMSAT Congressional Liaison Peter Portanova, WB2OQQ took on the task of drafting comments in response to the combined 105 pages of "bureaucratize" drafted by the DDTC and the BIS. Former AMSAT President Bill Tynan, W3XO crafted initial comments that provided a starting point. Peter, using various points of contact in Washington to help gauge how AMSAT might submit remarks, made recommendations on the crafting of AMSAT's response. Barry then wrote two different drafts, one addressed to the DDTC in response to the USML changes, requesting confirmation that Amateur Satellite Service spacecraft and associated equipment will be removed from the USML. The other document is addressed to the BIS in response to the proposed changes to the CCL, suggesting that Amateur Satellite Service spacecraft and associated equipment be separately categorized and controlled given the significant differences between Commercial and Amateur Satellite Service spacecraft. Both drafts were initially reviewed by the AMSAT Board of Directors with the final versions submitted on 6 JUL 13. If you would like to review both submissions they have been placed on the AMSAT website (www.amsat.org). In addition, AMSAT's submission to BIS (along with the comments of others) may be viewed at: http://tinyurl.com/k75u2go AMSAT's submission to the DDTC along with other interested parties may be found here: http://tinyurl.com/lxobvxh Note that this PDF contains "all" comments received; AMSAT's comments start on page 138. Both DDTC and BIS will now review the comments received and presumably make modifications to the original proposals. It will likely take several months before both agencies respond to the comments that they've received. [ANS thanks Barry WD4ASW for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS Leadership from AMSAT and ARRL to be on-hand for EAA Airventure ARISS contact ARISS International Chair and AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO and ARISS U.S. delegate for the ARRL, Rosalie White, K1STO, will be supporting this week’s ARISS Contact in Oshkosh Wisconsin at Airventure, the Experimental Aircraft Association’s (EAA) annual airshow and convention, which normally hosts 500,000 visitors each year. Possessing private pilot and amateur radio licenses, Frank and Rosalie independently planned to attend Airventure this year, long before the ARISS contact was planned. “My wife Janet and I have attended Airventure 3 years straight,” Frank stated. “It is an outstanding opportunity for us to immerse ourselves in all things aviation. And it enables me to hone one of my other passions, amateur photography. When Rosalie and I heard that a contact was planned for Airventure and we learned that we were both planning a trip to Airventure, we jumped at the chance to mentor the EAA team.” While they will plan to keep a bustling agenda of “all-things aviation,” Frank, Janet and Rosalie will be focused on the ARISS contact. Planned for 12:01 CT on August 1, the contact will be conducted using the telebridge station AH6NM at the Sacred Hearts School in Hawaii. ISS astronaut Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP, plans to be at the microphone during the contact. The ARISS contact will be held as part of EAA’s Science, Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) initiative, where the focus on August 1 is space—past present and the future. Students attending the contact will include 125 women and their mentors from the EAA’s Women Sour group and students from Flabob Airport High School and Lakeland Aviation High School. Several former astronauts will also on-hand for the contact, including Charlie Precourt, KB5YSQ, who supported SAREX (STS-55 & STS- 71), Jim Voss, who supported ARISS (Expedition 2) and Kent Rominger. They will share their experiences as former astronauts and leaders in NASA’s Commercial Crew program. They will also provide the students a unique view of what it is like to perform SAREX and ARISS contacts from orbit. ARISS is an international STEM outreach program that is jointly sponsored in the U.S. by NASA, ARRL and AMSAT-NA. [ANS thanks Frank KA3HDO for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- July/August AMSAT Journal is Ready The July/August 2013 AMSAT Journal has been sent to the print shop. They are getting geared up for the production printing run. It should arrive at your QTH in a few weeks. Thanks for all the help from the Journal's editorial team: Bernhard VA6BMJ, Mike K4ERA, and Douglas KA2UPW/5. In this issue you will find: + Apogee View Column by AMSAT President Barry Baines + AMSAT-Rochester Institute of Technology Academic Team Complete Fox-2 MPPT Prototype + Fox-1 Attitude Determination Experiment Simulator + A Full-Duplex VHF-UHF Satellite System Using SDR + NASA-Built Nanosatellite Launch Adaptor System Ready for Flight + AMSAT Forum at the 2013 Dayton Hamvention + 2013 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting Announcement + AMSAT on Campus - Development of the Penn State Supercapacitor Power System + Thanks to AMSAT's 2013 Dayton Hamvention Volunteers! + Photo Gallery: AMSAT at the 2013 Dayton Hamvention [ANS thanks JoAnne K9JKM for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Ballot Has Been Mailed Ballots were mailed to members in good standing by July 15th, and must be returned to the AMSAT-NA office no later than the close of business on September 15th, 2013. If you have not received your ballot by August 5th, please contact the AMSAT Office. Ballots sent to members outside North America are automatically sent via air mail. It is suggested that they be returned the same way. This year there are eight candidates running for the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors. The four candidates receiving the highest number of votes will be seated as voting Board Members with two year terms. The two candidates receiving the next highest number of votes will be non-voting Alternate Board Members with terms of one year. Please vote for no more than four candidates. AMSAT-NA Board candidates in alphabetical order by last name: Barry Baines, WD4ASW Alan Biddle, WA4SCA Steve Coy, K8UD Frank Griffin, K4FEG Mark Hammond, N8MH Brian Klofas, KF6ZEO JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM Tony Monteiro, AA2TX [ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- STRaND-1 Heard After 113 Days of Silence Graham Shirville, G3VZV, announced on the AMSAT-BB that Mike DK3WN has just reported hearing STRaND-1 and decoding telemetry this evening. The spacecraft has been silent since March 31st so this is really good news. I am certain that the project leader, Dr Chris Bridges, who presented a paper about STRaND-1 at the AMSAT-UK Colloquium last Sunday, would be really pleased to receive any and all reports from other amateurs around the world. Mike has an info page about this spacecraft here: http://www.dk3wn.info/sat/afu/sat_strand.shtml STRaND-1 transmits on frequency of 437.568 MHz (+/- 10 kHz Doppler) Please send your reports to C.P.Bridges at surrey.ac.uk A video of the presentation on STRaND-1 given on July 21 by Chris Bridges M6OBC / M0GKK to the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium can be seen via: http://amsat-uk.org/2013/07/23/uk-strand-1-cubesat-is-back/ Download the video by right-clicking on http://www.batc.tv/vod/strand.flv See the report from Mike Rupprecht DK3WN http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=35582 STRaND-1 information http://amsat-uk.org/satellites/strand-1/ How to decode the telemetry http://amsat-uk.org/satellites/strand-1/strand-1-telemetry/ [ANS thanks Graham G3VZV, Mike DK3WN and Trevor M5AKA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Slime Mold Satellite gets into the media A brief mention of the Slime Mold CubeSat posted last March on the AMSAT-UK and Southgatearc.org sites has been picked up by one of the Space.Com website writers, Leonard David, who has written a good article which retained a mention of amateur radio. It's Summer in the northern hemisphereand media outlets can be short of stories at this time of year so Leonards story has in turn been picked up by a few other news outlets and hopefully that will spread. I guess the thought of Slime in Space captures the imagination.Most of the resulting stories seem to have retained the mention of amateur radio. You can read Leonard David's article at http://www.space.com/21982-space-slime-grows-mold-tiny-satellite.html March AUK mention http://amsat-uk.org/2013/03/15/teikyosat-3-slime-mold-from-space/ [ANS thanks Trevor M5AKA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- QB50: Ham Radio transponder payloads to launch 2014 It was announced during the QB50 presentation at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium that two CubeSats, carrying SSB/CW and FM voice transponders should be launched into a 600 km orbit in the first half of 2014 The QB50 project team has announced that on July 19, 2013 they signed a Memorandum of Understanding with AMSAT-UK, AMSAT- Francophone, and AMSAT-NL to enable two amateur radio payloads to fly on two 2-Unit CubeSats in the first half of 2014. These precursor CubeSats, which have still to be named, will be placed into a conventional 600 km 98o orbit in advance of the main mission. This allows for the testing of key satellite and payload components ahead of the full QB50 mission. In addition, the precursor mission allows for experimentation and validation of operational concept of the QB50 mission. Next to these objectives the amateur radio payloads will be operated as well. At the beginning of the mission, the various payloads onboard the spacecraft will be operated in an alternating fashion, whilst the amateur radio payloads will be operated as the primary payload of the spacecraft once all QB50 related experimentation has been concluded. The main mission of QB50 has the scientific objective to study in situ the temporal and spatial variations of a number of key constituents and parameters in the lower thermosphere (90-320 km) with a network of about 40 double CubeSats. These, university built, CubeSats will be launched into a 320km circular orbit, will be separated by a few hundred kilometres and carry identical science sensors. The sensors will monitor parameters that will greatly increase our knowledge and understanding of this little explored region of the E and F layers of the Ionosphere. QB50 will also study the re-entry process by measuring a number of key parameters during re-entry and by comparing predicted and actual CubeSat trajectories and orbital lifetimes. The AMSAT-Francophone (AMSAT-F) payload for one of the satellites will be an FM voice relay with VHF uplink and UHF downlink. It will also transmit FX25 telemetry at 9.6kbit. This secondary payload will be also used in several satellites in the main constellation as their main receiver and transmitter. The AMSAT-NL payload, on the other precursor satellite, will incorporate an SDR based, linear, V/U, transponder core and is being designed to allow the uploading of firmware updates to enable enhanced performance and functionality. It will also provide a telemetry downlink at 1.2kbit using FUNcube compatible BPSK modulation. The QB50 spacecraft in the main, short duration, mission will, generally, have downlinks operating on frequencies in the 435-438 MHz Amateur Satellite Service allocation and some are expected to use 2.4GHz. They will be notified to the ITU as a Belgian network after having been coordinated by the IARU Frequency Coordination Panel. Some of these will also, on occasions, act as FM voice relays during their missions. Watch the video of the QB50 Presentation at the 2013 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium http://www.batc.tv/streams/amsat1308 Direct video download http://www.batc.tv/vod/qb50.flv More information about the QB50 project can be found at http://www.qb50.eu/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-UK Colloquium Videos Now Available Thanks to the hard work of volunteers from the British Amateur Television Club (BATC) videos of the presentations given to the AMSAT- UK International Space Colloquium held in Guildford July 20-21, 2013 are now available to view online or download to your PC. To access them follow these steps: • Go to http://www.batc.tv/ • Click on the ‘Film Archive’ icon • Select ‘AMSAT-UK 2013' from the Category drop down menu • Click ‘Select Category’ • Select the video you wish to watch • Click on ‘Select Stream’ • Click the play icon ‘>’ on the player • Clicking on the icon to the left of the player volume control will give you full screen display. You can also download a video file to your PC by right-clicking on the ‘Click Here’ link under the player. [ANS thanks Trevor M5AKA and AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT members wave at Cassini NASA asked people to wave at the Cassini space probe which was taking pictures from near Saturn. Attendees at the AMSAT-UK International Space Collquium responded enthusiastically On Friday, July 19 between 21:27 and 21:47 UT NASA's Cassini spacecraft took images of Saturn, with the planet Earth in the background nearly 1.5 billion kilometers away. NASA encouraged the public to look and wave in the direction of Saturn at the time of the portrait and share their pictures via the Internet. AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium attendees were among the many world-wide who did just that. NASA Interplanetary Probes to Take Pictures of Earth From Space http://tinyurl.com/np6v38g JPLers Wave at Saturn as Part of Worldwide Campaign http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-228 [ANS thanks Southgate Amateur Radio News for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News Recent Successful Contacts + A Successful contact was made between Boy Scouts of America, 2013 National Jamboree, Mount Hope, WV, USA and Astronaut Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP, using callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2013-07-20 15:34 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was direct via K2BSA. The ARISS mentor for the contact was W2CYK. + A Successful contact was made between Colegio Urugua, El Pinar, Uruguay and Astronaut Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP, using callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2013-07-20 19:05 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridged via LU8YY. The ARISS mentors for the contact were IKØWGF and IKØUSO. + A Successful contact was made between Scuola Italiana di Montevideo (SIM), Montevideo, Uruguay and Astronaut Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP using callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2013-07-22 11:39 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridged via VK5ZAI. The ARISS mentors for the contact were IKØWGF and IKØUSO. + A Successful contact was made between ESA Space Camp 2013, Radstadt, Austria, and Astronaut Luca Parmitano, KF5KDP using callsign NA1SS. The contact began 2013-07-24 11:44 UTC and lasted about nine and a half minutes. Contact was telebridged via VK4KHZ. The ARISS mentor for the contact were IN3GHZ. + A Successful simulation contact was made between Radioclub of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium and Alexander Gerst KF5ONO. The contact ocurred 2013-07-22 between 18:30 and 19:30 UTC. Contact was direct via ON4CP. This terrestrial contact served as a training session for Alexander Gerst KF5ONO, who is expected to serve as a Flight Engineer with Expedition 40 scheduled to launch in April 2014. + A Successful simulation contact was made between Radioclub of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium and Reid Wiseman KF5LKT. The contact ocurred 2013-07-22 between 18:30 and 19:30] UTC and lasted about ten minutes. Contact was direct via ON4CP. This terrestrial contact serves as a training session for Reid Wiseman KF5LKT, who is expected to serve as a Flight Engineer with Expedition 40 scheduled to launch in April 2014. Upcoming Contacts +Italian Bilingual School, Leichhardt (Sydney), NSW, Australia, telebridge via VK5ZAI Contact is a go for: Tue 2013-07-30 08:26:02 UTC OR Contact is a go for: Wed 2013-07-31 07:37:40 UTC +Oshkosh Air Venture Air Show, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, telebridge via AH6NM Contact is a go for: Thu 2013-08-01 17:01:31 UTC +Space Jam 7 at the Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL, telebridge via LU8YY Contact is a go for: Sat 2013-08-03 20:46:15 ARISS is requesting listener reports for the above contacts. Due to issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at present, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please review the document provided by Gaston Bertels ON4WF, the ARISS-Europe Chairman. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/HamTV.pdf Crew members currently onboard the ISS Exp. 35/36 on orbit Pavel Vinogradov RV3BS Aleksandr Misurkin Christopher J. Cassidy KF5KDR Exp. 36/37 on orbit Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Karen L. Nyberg Luca Parmitano KF5KDP [ANS thanks ARISS, Charlie AJ9N and Dave AA4KN for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over +++ Satellite Operation from Guernsey >From Peter Goodhall via AMSAT-BB Hi All, Just a quick note to say that from the 24th of July till the 30th of July, I will be active sporadically on satellite passes from Guernsey (IN89RL) as 2U0SQL. I shall be focusing on FO-29 and SO-50 passes but no firm pass times, but hopefully will have internet access and will try posting on Twitter (@2E0SQL) when I'll be on. Due to this being camping I will be battery powered using a FT-817 and an Arrow antenna. If anyone needs a QSL Card its direct to 2E0SQL or bureau. +++ iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch 'Satellite Explorer Pro' app >From Tom Doyle via AMSAT-BB iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch 'Satellite Explorer Pro' app is available in the Apple app store. It is free. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRM16bIucQ8 +++ Gospodin Murphy was right! >From Alan WA4SCA via AMSAT-BB An interesting article on the recent launch failure of a Proton-M: http://preview.tinyurl.com/kt5x9hw The latest in a long line of bizarre, expensive errors in the world launch business. +++ D-STAR AMSAT User's Net D-STAR AMSAT User's Net meets Thursday Evenings @ 01:00 UTC / 20:00 CDT, Reflector 60B https://sites.google.com/site/memphisdstar/d-satellite-amsat-net If you do not have a d star radio or dv dongle ,you can still checkin using drats , The down load is on the above link Meet us in the "dratsamsat" chat room. For more information contact Damon WA4HFN, wa4hfn at comcast dot net +++ July/August Issue of SatMagazine Is Now Online Download it in PDF format from http://www.satmagazine.com/ +++ DARPA Seeks to Eliminate GPS Dependence The same impulse that led to the invention of GPS now has engendered a drive to beget non-GPS. Because of vulnerability to jamming, spoofing, and other intentional or unintentional modifications of position, orientation, and time information, DARPA has put forth a new goal "to completely eliminate dependence on GPS or any other external signals during the mission and rely solely on self-contained solutions such as inertial navigation." Read more at http://tinyurl.com/ms8t6yz [ANS Thanks Alan Cameron and GPS World for the above information] +++ AMSAT Mentions in the Press World Radio Online August 2013 Carole Perry's WB2MPG article "Great Expectations Fulfilled" is about presenters at Dayton's Youth Forum. In his forum presentation, "Getting Started with Amateur Radio Satellites" Young Ben Jacobs KC9RO recommends "... http://amsat.org as the best resource for more information." In his column "Amateur Satellites" Terry Douds N8KI mentions AMSAT's YouTube Channel, the upcoming AMSAT Space Symposium in Houston, and the Fox-1 launch announcement. CQ VHF Spring 2013 CQ VHF many articles related amateur radio satellites. Catch Hector Martinez's CO6CBF "Working Satellites with a Homebrew Setup Cuban Style" He retools his presentation from last year's Symposium. In Christopher Friesen's VE4CWF "Building The Slap Shot - A HockeyStick Satellite Antenna" He suggests "... with AMSAT working on two satellites, and plans to depoly them in the next few years, now is the time to build a satellite antenna and begin operating." Keith Pugh W5IU offers "What to do While Waiting for the Next Satellite or the next Band Opening". Amongs other activities he mentions the Dayton Hamvention Forums, the Houston AMSAT Space Symposium November 1, the AMSAT UK Space Colloqium which just finished up and makes an appeal to continue to "... support AMSAT's plans for the future of amateur radio satellites," as well as refering to AMSAT's newly designed web page at http://www.amsat.org. --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, EMike McCardel, KC8YLD kc8yld at amsat dot org

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Strand 1 Reception
by Vincenzo Mone 27 Jul '13

27 Jul '13

Hi to all, right now I had a pass for STRAND 1. I have decoded it using Mike's program. I have noticed that the kiss program has also created a RAW file. Please Which program to use to see it? Thanks 73's de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ********************************** ******* GSM +39 328 7110193 ******* ****** SMS +39 328 7110193 ****** *** 2nd e-mail: vimone(a)tin.it *** *********************************

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2U0SQL Guernsey IN89
by John Papay 27 Jul '13

27 Jul '13

From the OPDX Bulletin by KB8NW, Nr. 1121 dated 29July2013: 2U, GUERNSEY (Satellite Op!) Peter, 2E0SQL, is now active as 2U0SQL from Guernsey (IN89RL) until July 30th. Activity will be sporadic on the satel- lite passes. He will be focusing on FO-29 and SO-50 passes. Peter states, "... no firm pass times, but hopefully will have internet access and will try posting on Twitter (@2E0SQL) when I'll be on." Due that he is camping, Peter will be battery powered using a FT-817 and a Arrow antenna. QSL via his home callsign, direct or by the Bureau. 73, John K8YSE

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STRAND-! over Brazil
by Roland Zurmely 26 Jul '13

26 Jul '13

Telemetry received in Brazil, with FCD, 6el yagi, Orbitron and SDR# with sat track plugin: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/strand.htm#d 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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WB2OQQ- Special Event
by Peter Portanova 26 Jul '13

26 Jul '13

Hello, I will be joining the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club at the Custer Observatory in Southold, NY beginning at 1400 U to 0100 tomorrow. The observatory is located in FN 31, for those of you that might need the grid, thank you. I will be using my call. 73’s Pete WB2OQQ

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Pacificon website is now online, Call for Presenters
by David W6DTW 26 Jul '13

26 Jul '13

Website is now online for attendee and vendor registration. http://www.pacificon.org/ There is also a Call for Presenters. Submit your proposal via the website. http://www.pacificon.org/2013/#cfp Also FYI there are 16 tables set aside for non-profit amateur organizations. AMSAT could request one. Vendor coordinator is Joel Nadler. Best, ...dtw

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