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SpaceX F9R First Hop Video
by Bryce Salmi 18 Apr '14

18 Apr '14

http://youtu.be/0UjWqQPWmsY Just wanted to share the events from yesterday. Very cool and one step closer to drastically reducing launch costs! Bryce KB1LQC

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Any latest news on the Cubesats that fly with SpaceX CRS-3 mission
by PE0SAT | Amateur Radio 18 Apr '14

18 Apr '14

Is there some more information available? I found information on http://www.cubesat.org/index.php/missions/upcoming-launches/139-crs3-launch… but nothing else. Any extra info would be appreciated. 73 Jan PE0SAT -- With regards PE0SAT Internet web-page http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/

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K5UTD Is On The Air
by Andrew Koenig 18 Apr '14

18 Apr '14

Hello Group! After about 6 months of work, I'm proud to say that the K5UTD Amateur Radio Club (University of Texas at Dallas) has finished setting up our satellite station. Typically it should take a weekend and a case of beer to get the job done, but this required a little more planning and involvement as we had to collect the parts from various people and build several components on our own; not to mention the fact that we get side-tracked like no other club. For example, an effort to get the rotor controller resulted in moving about four truckloads worth of gear. We're using an FT-847 for our primary radio, and a Kenpro G-5400 for our rotor system. We've interfaced the G-5400 to the computer using an Arduino. It works rather well with GPredict. The final bug in the system has to do with GPredict talking to the '847, but that should be easily fixed with an update. The antennas are on the roof of our Engineering and Computer Science building, about 20 feet off the roof, 70 feet above ground. Out of luck, we had a GlenMartin RT-936 and the associated non-penetrating mount just hanging out in our closet. Carrying the 50 cinder blocks up to the roof for that mount was not fun though. Coax wise, we have about 20 feet of Davis Bury-flex for our initial run, which then feeds some very nice ARR preamps. The final 200 foot run of coax to the shack is 1/2" Heliax. There are a few jumpers here in the shack too. I was able to make a few contacts through SO-50 today, and plan to be more active. With the help of DK3WN's SatBlog, I've had no trouble picking out some cubesats and listening to the beacons and telemetry. Telemetry collection is one of the primary goals for this station. Our other goals for this station, aside from having fun on the air, are to get club recognition on campus and to work with the William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences on upper atmospheric projects. Station photos: http://imgur.com/a/6TGOJ Also, if you know a member of the former TI club, give them a hug (or handshake) on our behalf. None of the current K5UTD projects could have been possible without them. 73! Andrew Koenig, KE5GDB Vice President, K5UTD Research Assistant, Center for Space Sciences

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FUNcube items in AMSAT-UK shop
by M5AKA 17 Apr '14

17 Apr '14

FUNcube items in AMSAT-UK shop http://amsat-uk.org/2014/04/17/funcube-items-now-in-the-amsat-uk-shop/ Video - Excalibur Amateur Radio Satellite Antenna http://amsat-uk.org/2014/04/17/excalibur-amateur-radio-satellite-antenna/ ---- Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK Website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/AMSAT-UK/208113275898396 Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK----

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Info Satellite XW-1 (HO-68)
by Francesco Grappi 17 Apr '14

17 Apr '14

XW-1 satellite (HO-68) Any news about ? 73" Frank IW4DVZ

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Re: K5UTD Is On The Air
by W M Willoughby 17 Apr '14

17 Apr '14

Nice story, Andrew, and great work! Kudos to the K5UTD team. > On Apr 17, 2014, at 2:00 PM, amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org wrote: > > Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to > amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > amsat-bb-owner(a)amsat.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. K5UTD Is On The Air (Andrew Koenig) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:05:57 -0500 > From: Andrew Koenig <ke5gdb(a)gmail.com> > To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: [amsat-bb] K5UTD Is On The Air > Message-ID: > <CAFingdP=W1W38QL8KK9KN6Y_9PEUPsbvP_DxUUUGgR+x_561bw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hello Group! > > After about 6 months of work, I'm proud to say that the K5UTD Amateur Radio > Club (University of Texas at Dallas) has finished setting up our satellite > station. Typically it should take a weekend and a case of beer to get the > job done, but this required a little more planning and involvement as we > had to collect the parts from various people and build several components > on our own; not to mention the fact that we get side-tracked like no other > club. For example, an effort to get the rotor controller resulted in moving > about four truckloads worth of gear. > > We're using an FT-847 for our primary radio, and a Kenpro G-5400 for our > rotor system. We've interfaced the G-5400 to the computer using an Arduino. > It works rather well with GPredict. The final bug in the system has to do > with GPredict talking to the '847, but that should be easily fixed with an > update. > > The antennas are on the roof of our Engineering and Computer Science > building, about 20 feet off the roof, 70 feet above ground. Out of luck, we > had a GlenMartin RT-936 and the associated non-penetrating mount just > hanging out in our closet. Carrying the 50 cinder blocks up to the roof for > that mount was not fun though. Coax wise, we have about 20 feet of Davis > Bury-flex for our initial run, which then feeds some very nice ARR preamps. > The final 200 foot run of coax to the shack is 1/2" Heliax. There are a few > jumpers here in the shack too. > > I was able to make a few contacts through SO-50 today, and plan to be more > active. With the help of DK3WN's SatBlog, I've had no trouble picking out > some cubesats and listening to the beacons and telemetry. Telemetry > collection is one of the primary goals for this station. Our other goals > for this station, aside from having fun on the air, are to get club > recognition on campus and to work with the William B. Hanson Center for > Space Sciences on upper atmospheric projects. > > Station photos: http://imgur.com/a/6TGOJ > > Also, if you know a member of the former TI club, give them a hug (or > handshake) on our behalf. None of the current K5UTD projects could have > been possible without them. > > 73! > Andrew Koenig, KE5GDB > Vice President, K5UTD > Research Assistant, Center for Space Sciences > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via amsat-bb(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > End of AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 9, Issue 138 > ****************************************

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The STELAR Project 2014 + RAGazine
by M5AKA 16 Apr '14

16 Apr '14

The STELAR organisation supplied a number of FUNcube Dongle SDR's to schools for use in receiving the FUNcube-1 satellite http://amsat-uk.org/2014/04/15/the-stelar-project-2014/ The RAGazine amateur radio astronomy magazine now available for free download http://amsat-uk.org/2014/04/16/ragazine-now-available-for-download/ The SpaceX CRS-3 Dragon launch of five CubeSats and 104 Sprite satellites may take place on Friday, April 18, 2014 at 1925 UT, see KickSat Sprites – Radio Competition http://amsat-uk.org/2014/04/10/kicksat-sprites-radio-competition/ ---- Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK Website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/AMSAT-UK/208113275898396 Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK----

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Fwd: [Amateur Radio] BREAKING NEWS: Final Ham Video Commissioning Pass 4 is Planned for Sunday April 13 at 18.23 UTC.
by Mark Thompson 15 Apr '14

15 Apr '14

-----Original Message----- Bill Pasternak posted in Amateur Radio https://www.facebook.com/groups/AmateurRadioGroup/permalink/101520479572207… Bill Pasternak BREAKING NEWS: HamTV Bulletin #11 April 12, 2014 Final Ham Video Commissioning Pass 4 is Planned for Sunday April 13 at 18.23 UTC. Configuration 4 will be used: • ARISS antenna 43 • Frequency 2395 MHz • Symbol rate 2.0 MS/s Koichi Wakata will operate OR4ISS. Ground stations F6DZP and IK1SLD will receive the signals and stream the video over the BATC server. The video is expected to be received during 5 minutes. This will mark the end of the Blank Transmissions. We thank the operators who filed reception reports of blank transmissions. Your participation to the Ham Video testing campaign has been invaluable. No decision has been taken yet on the future use of Ham Video. We will keep you informed on any progress. 73, Gaston Bertels, ON4WF ARISS Europe chairman

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FUNcube Data Warehouse Outage
by David Johnson 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

Hi, If you experienced problems uploading or accessing the warehouse at around 21:00 UTC on the 14th March, we were appliying security patches and the Apache web server did not come up cleanly after the reboot. All fixed now. 73 Dave, G4DPZ FUNCube Team Member

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Video of ISS HamTV – Koichi Wakata KC5ZTA April 13, 2014
by M5AKA 14 Apr '14

14 Apr '14

HamTV video recorded by Jean Pierre F6DZP http://amsat-uk.org/2014/04/14/video-of-iss-hamtv-koichi-wakata-kc5zta-apri… ---- Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK Website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/AMSAT-UK/208113275898396 Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK----

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