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ISS - SSTV
by KO6TZ BOB 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

North America pass. On the 10:15 UTC Pass I received an S-9+15 Carrier with no SSTV Video. KO6TZ Bob

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Fwd: SMAP & Other Satellites Launched
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

Hi, >From information displayed on their web sites it appears that the launch of SMAP,FIRBIRD 11,EXOCUBE (A/B) and GRIFEX has been a success. Deployment has also been achieved according to the progress reports. Congratulations to all concerned and "Good Luck " with missions/Objectives. Apologies if the information has already been posted to the BBS - nothing seen in my inbox. Ken Eaton GW1FKY

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Starter antenna question
by Jacob Tennant 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

I am exploring the purchase of my first satellite operations antennas. I live in a very small lot and the area for antennas is very small. I am just starting to try to operate the FM satellites so as to learn the ropes before trying anything bigger as a wise man once guided me (Thank you Don). I have seen many favorable reviews of the Antennas.US UC-4364-328 UHF QFH antenna. Not having ever used one of these type of antennas (QFH & Circular polarized) I was hoping for some advise from others in the satellite community. I was looking at getting this antenna set for Right-Hand circular polarization and the higher-power capability. I know and understand that this is a compromise antenna and as time goes by ( and I buy my own house & property) I will expand out to bigger & better things. For the 2 meter uplink I was hoping for suggestions such as I had read that for these FM satellites a basic 2 meter antenna (1/4 wave or 5/8 wave antenna will do the job? If by now you haven't figured out my theory of ham radio, Keep It Simple Stupid KISS. Jacob Tennant WF8S

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UT1FG next destination
by Andrew Glasbrenner 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

I noticed this morning that Yuri's ship AIS has updated with the next destination of Riga, Latvia. He is more or less out of range for me on all but the best passes of AO-7, but I thought those further north or east would be interested. 73, Drew KO4MA

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ISS - SSTV
by KO6TZ BOB 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

Second North America Pass at 64 degrees On the 11:50 UTC pass I received two 180 second cycles of S-9+60dB FM carrier. No SSTV Video. KO6TZ BOB

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ANS-025 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-025 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: * Listen In To Radar Observations of Near-Earth Asteroid 2004 BL86 * SKN on OSCAR Best Fist Nominations Due * Upcoming ARISS Contact * Containerized Satellite Survey * Search for NASA Educational Resources With New Search Tool SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-025.01 ANS-025 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 025.01 From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD. January 25, 2015 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-025.01 Listen In To Radar Observations of Near-Earth Asteroid 2004 BL86 On 2015 January 26, the near-Earth asteroid 2004 BL86 will pass within 0.008 AU of Earth (3.1 times as far away as the Moon). This will be the closest approach to Earth by this asteroid for at least the next 240 years. As part of an extensive campaign of radar observations to learn about BL86’s shape, spin state, and surface; and to refine knowledge of its trajectory; the Arecibo Observatory’s S-band planetary radar plans to illuminate the asteroid with a continuous-wave signal over 2015 January 27 03:45 – 04:00 UTC. Over that time, BL86’s radar echo will be received by elements of the Very Long Baseline Array and the Very Large Array in New Mexico. Anyone with an antenna and receiver capable of detecting the echo is welcome to listen in. BL86 will be above the horizon for most observers in North and South America, and for some parts of western Europe and western Africa. To readily detect its radar echo, observers should have an antenna with an effective collecting area of at least 10 square meters. BL86 will be moving rapidly across the sky. Over Jan 27 03:45 – 04:00, it will move by ~0.5º. The asteroid’s exact position on the sky will depend on where it is observed from as well as the time, but will be near (RA,Dec) = (130º,+17º). A current ephemeris can be obtained from JPL’s Horizons system: http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/?horizons. The Arecibo transmission will be tuned to give a nominal echo center frequency of exactly 2380 MHz at geocenter. Without correction for Earth’s rotation, BL86’s radar echo will appear as slowly-drifting and within 15 kHz of 2380 MHz. Predicted echo frequency as a function of time for a given location can be obtained on-request by emailing Michael Busch (mbusch(a)seti.org). We expect an echo bandwidth of 6 Hz or less. Details of the BL86 radar observing campaign at the Arecibo Observatory, NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar facility, and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory are available at: http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/2004BL86/2004BL86_planning.html. [ANS thanks JPL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- SKN on OSCAR Best Fist Nominations Due Thanks to all who participated in AMSAT's Straight Key Night on OSCAR 2015. If you haven't already done so, please take a moment to nominate someone you worked for Best Fist. Your nominee need not have had the best fist of those you heard, only of those you worked. Send your nomination to w2rs(a)amsat.org [ANS thanks Ray, W2RS, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming ARISS Contact An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Masakame" event, Shibuya, Japan on 24 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 14:21 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and JK1ZRW. The contact should be audible over Japan and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) are televising a regular science program Masakame (means Good Heavens) for young people and their parents. Aa special program focusing ARISS program and Amateur radio satellites, etc. on 2015-02-28 on air, with video record of ARISS school contact. Members of contact are TV talent (who has a amateur radio license) and high school students (age 15 to 18). [ANS thanks David, AA4KN, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Containerized Satellite Survey Bungo Shiotani is a Ph.D. student working with Dr. Norman Fitz-Coy at the University of Florida. He is requesting your assistance with this survey to assess the potential impact that containerized satellite have on the debris population in low Earth orbit. The results will be used as part of his Ph.D. dissertation to create a statistical database and to quantify the growth of debris population. The hope is the outcome will increase the awareness to the community regarding the potential growth of debris population due to containerized satellites. Your identify will not be collected unless you choose to disclose it in the survey. Additionally, if you would like the results sent directly to you, please disclose your contact information when requested in the survey. Please respond to this survey by Friday, February 27th 2015. The survey should take less than 30 minutes to complete. Survey link: https://ufl.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8CYyyDTFUGKHFbL Please forward this information to other members of the space community. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please feel free to contact: Bungo Shiotani Graduate Researcher bshiota(a)ufl.edu Dr. Norman Fitz-Coy Research Advisor nfc(a)ufl.edu [ANS thanks Bungo Shiotani for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Search for NASA Educational Resources With New Search Tool Are you looking for a lesson plan about the planet Jupiter? Do you need a poster with information about the Wright Brothers' first flight? Or maybe you're hunting for a website with information about NASA's deep space missions. NASA Education has a new tool to help you in your search! NASA's new Educational Resource Search Tool can help you find lesson plans, posters, educator guides and other materials to supplement your science, technology, engineering and mathematics curriculum. Search hundreds of resources by subject, grade level, type and keywords. To check out the new search tool and begin your educational resource hunt, visit http://www.nasa.gov/education/materials/ [ANS thanks the NASA Education Express Message -- Jan. 22, 2015 for the above information] /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, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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ISS - SSTV
by Roland Zurmely 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

Only a strong carrier, no SSTV audio, at 10:35 UTC over Brazil :-( 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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Re: [amsat-bb] Delta-2 with onboard Firebird-II, GRIFEX and Exocube (CP-10)
by Rick Tejera 30 Jan '15

30 Jan '15

Launch was scrubbed due to unfavorable high altitide winds. Rescheduled for tomorrow morning. 73 Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org PE0SAT | Amateur Radio <pe0sat(a)vgnet.nl> wrote: > > >Hi James, > >Thanks for the info, I'll make sure to be home from work >on time ;-) > >73 Jan PE0SAT > >On 29-01-2015 13:59, James Cutler wrote: > > >> Hi Jan, my estimate of the times are below. >> >> UTC, these times >should be: >> >> * 14:20:42 - Launch window opens >> * 16:07:29 - PPOD >Ejection (Predicted) >> * 16:52:29 - GRIFEX begins transmissions >(Predicted) >> >> First European pass times are around 17:00 so you'll >see them first! >> >> On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:52 AM, PE0SAT | Amateur >Radio <pe0sat(a)vgnet.nl> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Thanks for reading is >message. >>> >>> Does anybody now the launch sequence from the Delta-2 >rocket with the SMAP as primary payload? >>> >>> I wonder when the >Cubesats will be released and transmitting there first data. >>> >>> >Cubesat info: http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=54555 [1] >>> >>> 73 Jan >PE0SAT >>> >>> -- >>> With regards PE0SAT >>> Internet web-page >http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/ [2] >>> DK3WN SatBlog >http://www.dk3wn.info/p/ [3] >>> >_______________________________________________ >>> Sent via >AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >>> to all >interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions >expressed >>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the >official views of AMSAT-NA. >>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to >support the amateur satellite program! >>> Subscription settings: >http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb [4] >> >> -- >> >> James W. >Cutler, Associate Professor >> University of Michigan >> Department of >Aerospace Engineering >> 1320 Beal Avenue >> 3013 FXB Building >> Ann >Arbor, MI 48109-2140 >> Ph: 734-615-7238 >> Fax: 734-763-0578 >> >http://www.umich.edu/~jwcutler/ [5] > >-- >With regards PE0SAT >Internet >web-page http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/ >DK3WN SatBlog >http://www.dk3wn.info/p/ > > >Links: >------ >[1] >http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?p=54555 >[2] http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/ >[3] >http://www.dk3wn.info/p/ >[4] >http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >[5] >http://www.umich.edu/~jwcutler/ >_______________________________________________ >Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. >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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Re: [amsat-bb] ISS CubeSat Deployment
by M5AKA 30 Jan '15

30 Jan '15

Edson PY2SDR has confirmed the deployment is at 1430 UT on Thursday, February 5. He says the AESP-14 team would like to ask the help of the AMSAT community to forward any received telemetry frames back to the team. For this, please save the AX.25 frames in KISS format and forward the file to aesp14(a)ita.br AESP-14 website http://www.aer.ita.br/~aesp14/ Telemetry format is at http://www.aer.ita.br/~aesp14/AESP-14Telemetry.pdf The AESP-14 CubeSat, 437.600 MHz 9k6 AX25http://amsat-uk.org/2015/01/17/aesp-14-cubesat-on-iss-awaiting-deployme… ----Trevor M5AKAAMSAT-UKWebsite http://amsat-uk.org/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/amsatukTwitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK----

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ISS CubeSat Deployment
by M5AKA 30 Jan '15

30 Jan '15

Tetsurou Satou JA0CAW posts there will be a CubeSat deployment from the ISS. http://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/74/1a/890949c37017cb075fec35deada287ef.… http://blog.goo.ne.jp/ja0caw-je0mzi/e/d168897a5a3156c2ed1ece4646a0b8af The February 5 deployment is presumably of the Brazilian AESP-14 CubeSat ? http://amsat-uk.org/2015/01/17/aesp-14-cubesat-on-iss-awaiting-deployment/ ---- Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK Website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/amsatuk Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ----

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