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Fox-1a keps problem
by Bruce Brown 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

I cannot get satpc32 to read the data from the preliminary keps posted on amsat.org. any one else have this problem? anyone else find a solution? bruce ke0lx EN25lc Sent from Windows Mail

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Telemetry in XW-2 CW beacon?
by skristof＠etczone.com 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

I've been copying the CW beacon from XW-2C and I'm wondering if there is telemetry in there somewhere. I get mostly "T" but not all the characters are T. If someone knows more about the CW beacons on these satellites or can point me to a URL, I'd appreciate the info! Thanks Steve AI9IN

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Satellites in Make Magazine
by Sean K. 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Hi all- Not sure if this was recently shared here, but Make magazine recently talked up SATNOGS and covered how to build a ground station at one of their Maker Faires. Apologies if this is a repeat. Build Your Own Satellite Ground Station | Make: | | | | | | | | | | | Build Your Own Satellite Ground Station | Make:We talk to the creator of SatNOGS, an open hardware satellite ground station built using a 3D printer and off the shelf components for $300. | | | | View on makezine.com | Preview by Yahoo | | | | | Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X

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Re: [amsat-bb] Fox-1a keps problem
by W M Willoughby 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Formatting has to be precise. Be sure you copied the TLE exactly, without adding any extra characters or spaces.

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file doppler.sqf and satnames.txt for SAT PC32
by f5gva-1＠wanadoo.fr 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Hi all For SAT PC32, 2 files with news satellites attached to this email. Good DX satellites ! Best 73 Claude F5GVA Satellite amateur radio station http://f5gva.pagesperso-orange.fr/

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Information about Fox-1a post launch expectations
by Burns Fisher 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

As you may be aware AMSAT-NA’s Fox-1A satellite is planned for launch on the morning of October 8th. We would like to set your expectations about what will be going on in the days immediately following the launch. *Keplerian Elements: * We will provide the Keplerian elements (aka Keps or TLEs) to enable you to track Fox-1a as soon after launch as we get them (and are cleared to release them). The information will be placed on http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt and on the main AMSAT page at http://www.amsat.org . We have no control over when we can release the information, although we hope it will be within hours of the satellite deployment. *Initial Commissioning Period:* Initially the transponder will not be on and will not respond to uplinks. *Please do not attempt to uplink while we check out the satellite and commission it*. We will publicize when we have opened the transponder to general use. You should expect the checkout phase to last for a minimum of several days and possibly for several weeks. *What To Listen For:* During the initial checkout period and when the satellite is in range, every two minutes you will generally hear about 5 seconds of data followed by a few seconds of a voice ID (and possibly a second data packet). You may occasionally hear 'data' mode which Chris, G0KLA, has famously described as sounding like an old-fashioned telephone modem. If you should happen to hear what appear to be QSOs, please resist the temptation to join in before the commissioning period is over. *Please Send Telemetry Reports and Data: *We would love to have you collect and upload as much data as you can, and to give any other kind of report on the amsat-bb mailing list (which some of the Fox team will monitor). You can also report hearing or not hearing it on http://www.amsat.org/status/ You can upload data using the FoxTelem telemetry program that we recently released. (Check the "upload to server" box in the properties/preference page). More data will help us do the checkout faster! Remember if you hear the “telephone modem” sound, you must switch FoxTelem to high-speed mode manually. Similarly FoxTelem must be in low-speed mode at other times. We are planning a special award to the person who submits the first data from the satellite (by which we mean the earliest downlinked mission elapsed time), so get your rigs ready! 73, Burns Fisher, W2BFJ For the Fox-1a checkout team

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NEW TO 9k6 GMSK TLM
by Karn Suwanrat 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Hi all, I'm interested in decoding a GMSK signal from satellite. But, I'm using iMac and can't find any app that I can use. Any idea which app should I try? Please let me know if anyone have any recommends. Also, I don't know if I need to set my radio on FM or USB? Thank you all Karn e20zfd(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: [Launch Alert] Thursday Launch
by Rick Tejera 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Just got this from the VDB alert service I subscribe to Rick Tejera K7TEJSaguaroAstro(a)cox.net623-203-4121 -------- Original message -------- From: Launch Alert <launch-alert(a)mailman.qth.net> Date: 10/06/2015 12:32 (GMT-07:00) To: launch-alert(a)mailman.qth.net Subject: [Launch Alert] Thursday Launch The launch time for Thursday morning's Atlas V launch from Vandenberg AFB is 05:49 PDT. Following liftoff, the Atlas will rise vertically for several seconds and then probably begin a gradual turn towards the south. The announced launch time is several minutes before the start of morning twilight at Vandenberg. If the rocket makes a gradual climb into orbit, the powered phase of the launch will probably end before the Atlas climbs into sunlight. In this case, the Atlas will resemble a moving orange or white light. However, if the rocket makes a steep climb into orbit, the Atlas initially will resemble a moving orange or white light. The rocket may then climb high enough during the powered phase of the launch for the exhaust plume to catch the Sun's rays, creating a weak Twilight Effect. Regardless of the angle of the rocket's climb, the event could be visible to the naked eye for a few hundred miles. The probability of acceptable weather at launch time is 70%. Webcasts of the launch should be available from the following web sites: https://spaceflightnow.com/ http://www.ulalaunch.com/ https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/ Because of my schedule, I will not be able to answer questions regarding this launch. For information about viewing Vandenberg AFB launches, go to: http://www.spacearchive.info/vafbview.htm For information about photographing Vandenberg launches, go to: http://www.spacearchive.info/vafbphoto.htm Please note that I do not add people to the Launch Alert mailing list. Launch Alert is a self-service newsletter. In other words, people interested in subscribing need to do so themselves. Also, I do not change reader e-mail addresses or unsubscribe readers. ______________________________________________________________ Launch-Alert mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/launch-alert Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] Message delivered to saguaroastro(a)cox.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-06 20:00 UTC Quick list of schedu
by AJ9N＠aol.com 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-10-06 20:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Corpus Christi Catholic School, Chambersburg, PA, telebridge via LU1CGB The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact was successful: Tue 2015-10-06 16:29:32 UTC 33 deg (***) Sekolah Kebangsaan Taman Tun Dr Ismail (1), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, direct via 9M2RPN The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Fri 2015-10-09 08:00:04 UTC 47 deg Bay View Elementary School, Burlington, WA, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Wed 2015-10-14 19:41:44 UTC 59 deg **************************************************************************** ** Interested in hosting an ARISS contact? The window is now open from 2015-09-01 to 2015-11-01. These proposals will be for school contacts during the second half of 2016. Go to http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact or http://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html for full details. To help organizations in preparing their proposals, the ARISS Program Coordinator will offer hour-long online information sessions. These are designed to provide more information regarding US ARISS contacts and the proposal process and offer an opportunity to ask questions. While attending an online information session is not required, it is strongly encouraged. These will be offered Thursday, September 17, at 2000 UTC; Tuesday, September 22, at 2000 UTC, and Wednesday, September 30, at 2300 UTC. Advance registration is necessary. Email ARISS (ariss(a)arrl.org) to sign up for an information session. **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 110 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-10-06 20:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 997. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 962. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-10-06 20:00 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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FoxTelem Source Code
by Chris Thompson 06 Oct '15

06 Oct '15

Several people asked me about the source code for FoxTelem, given it is released under the GNU GPL. I'm pleased to say that the source code is now available on github. You can find it here: https://github.com/ac2cz/FoxTelem No doubt there are many errors, omissions and poor coding practices. Please feel free to contact me with suggestions or fixes. Additionally, if you would like to contribute to future development of FoxTelem them please contact me. 73 Chris g0kla / ac2cz -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson(a)gmail.com g0kla(a)arrl.net

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