February 2014 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Alliance U110
by Tom Lubbers K8TL 06 Feb '14

06 Feb '14

I have an Alliance U110 taking up shack space. Used as an elevation rotor. Hardware very oxidized but otherwise ok. If interested contact me at k8tl(a)earthlink.net. Tom K8TL

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Problem Deploying from ISS
by Clint Bradford 06 Feb '14

06 Feb '14

>From NASA - Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata spent his morning working in the Japanese Kibo module to install a deployer mechanism that will be used in concert with the Kibo robotic arm to “launch” the first set of NanoRacks CubeSats. Wakata, who ran into some difficulty last week installing an electronics box that would help control the deployment of the mini-satellites, successfully installed that box after troubleshooting an alignment issue. The deployment of the first batch of CubeSats, which had originally been scheduled for this week before being postponed following last week’s installation issue, has been postponed further to make sure that the CubeSats do not fall into the intended orbit of the Global Precipitation Measurement satellite launching later this month. The exact date of the CubeSat deployment is still being evaluated. Clint K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com ---------------------------------- Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.clintbradford.com

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ISS CubeSat trouble??
by Masahiro Arai 06 Feb '14

06 Feb '14

I was watching Live ISS stream about one hour aog. It showed Koich Wataka looked like struggling with NanoRacks CubeSat Launcher cable trouble The stream is silent now. Does anyone know the the status?? http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/iss_ustream.html JN1GKZ Masa Tokyo Japan

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STAR COMM AWARDS
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 06 Feb '14

06 Feb '14

Check your logs and look at the list of 5 in em55 award holders, you may qualify http://www.starcommgroup.org/5in55.html If you have worked 5 satellite stations that have an the award then send us the list Thanks WA4HFN Damon em55

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CAPE-2 #1185 over Brazil
by Roland Zurmely 06 Feb '14

06 Feb '14

3 successful commands: W5UL>W5UL-15>UI,C,F0: *forcebeac# W5UL-15>W5UL>UI,C,F0: +W5UL,CAPE-2,1,GR,201301281926CST,5158mV,010-1,1,11C,11C,ulcape.org# W5UL>W5UL-15>UI,C,F0: *dump# W5UL-15>W5UL>UI,C,F0: W5UL,5249,820,5245,-1,5221,55,5221,GR,001,22,12,ulcape.org# W5UL>W5UL-15>UI,C,F0: *forcebeac# W5UL-15>W5UL>UI,C,F0: +W5UL,CAPE-2,2,GR,201301281928CST,5145mV,010-1,2,16C,13C,ulcape.org# 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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How to decode Signal from Dongle
by Roland Zurmely 05 Feb '14

05 Feb '14

Please see here (use Google translator): http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/strand.htm 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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FUNcube Data Warehouse maintenance
by David A B Johnson 05 Feb '14

05 Feb '14

Hi, As part of the changes to improve the calculation of satellite time I've got to take the server down for about 20 minutes to make and validate some database changes. I detail, I'm changing attributes currently stored as datetime into timestamp. This gives us sub-second accuracy which I need for calculating the packet times and hence better graphing and csv contents. I plan to do this between 12:30 - 14:00 UTC (4th Feb). Any problems, with that I will delay it until 19:30 UTC (4th Feb) - Dave, G4DPZ

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Re: Great satellite article in February 2014 CQ
by Dino Papas 05 Feb '14

05 Feb '14

Don’t think the issue was QST (which almost always arrives according to schedule)…however, CQ’s print publications have been being delivered later and later over the last year or so. Obviously they’re having problems as they’ve now shifted several pubs over to electronic form only and I think CQ itself is their only remaining print publication. Dino KL0S On Feb052014, at 0857 AM, Burns Fisher <burns(a)fisher.cc> wrote: > How odd! I've had the January QST for weeks. In fact, I think I got it in December. I remember because I was particularly looking forward to the article by Mark Spencer, WA8SME, about the inexpensive Az/El rotor that he showed at the AMSAT Symposium. > > Burns,W2BFJ > > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 3:20 PM, Dino Papas <kl0s(a)cox.net> wrote: > The January and February issues are now available on Zinio…got announcement e-mail from CQ earlier today. Yet to see January in print yet though. > > Dino KL0S > > On Feb042014, at 1436 PM, Lee Maisel <maisel(a)lobo.net> wrote: > > > February? Well weirdly enough I just got my DECEMBER issue about 2 weeks ago. I dont know what's going on with CQ Mag. > > > > > > On 2/4/2014 10:54 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > >> Mike Herr, WA6ARA, has an excellent article on pp. 54-59 of the > >> February 2014 CQ Magazine entiitled "Satellites and the QRPer...or > >> Don't Worry About Sunspots" focusing on operating the linear > >> transponder satellites using QRP equipment. > >> > >> Very nicely done, Mike! > >> > >> 73, > >> > >> Paul Stoetzer, N8HM > > _______________________________________________ > 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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How to decode Signal from Dongle
by Vincenzo Mone 05 Feb '14

05 Feb '14

Hi to the list, I am trying to decode the 9600 baud received from the Dongle USB Stick. Anybody can tell me the procedure and which software I need? 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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Re: Great satellite article in February 2014 CQ
by Dino Papas 05 Feb '14

05 Feb '14

The January and February issues are now available on Zinio…got announcement e-mail from CQ earlier today. Yet to see January in print yet though. Dino KL0S On Feb042014, at 1436 PM, Lee Maisel <maisel(a)lobo.net> wrote: > February? Well weirdly enough I just got my DECEMBER issue about 2 weeks ago. I dont know what's going on with CQ Mag. > > > On 2/4/2014 10:54 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: >> Mike Herr, WA6ARA, has an excellent article on pp. 54-59 of the >> February 2014 CQ Magazine entiitled "Satellites and the QRPer...or >> Don't Worry About Sunspots" focusing on operating the linear >> transponder satellites using QRP equipment. >> >> Very nicely done, Mike! >> >> 73, >> >> Paul Stoetzer, N8HM

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