I saw that 4U70UN logs have been uploaded to Clublog. Has anyone seen their
satellite QSO posted there?
My contact is not there or in LOTW yet. I suspect that it's just a matter
of getting the satellite data formatted correctly. I'm sure there is no
need to panic.yet.
Grant Zehr AA9LC
Hello,, I received a few Packet AX25 1200bd on aprx 145.825 today , And I
cant seem to find this one of the LIST. Can anyone tell me whats this Birds
main name is so I can put into my Tracking software.. TNX
1:Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=34 >[09:32:08]
T#891,813,347,926,757,823,00011100
1:Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=52 >[09:32:10]
s#019657,0z290,HDEjaGdgGFgFIGEdIFiGGifFFgEHEI0IJiIG
Nevermind, CANCEL…
Its back on the grouind in Bloomsburg, PA
Bob, WB4APR
*From:* Robert Bruninga [mailto:[email protected]]
*Sent:* Wednesday, October 28, 2015 4:14 PM
*To:* amsat-bb(a)amsat.org
*Subject:* 200' RADAR Blimp broke loose fm MD!
Just minutes ago, it has been reported that the 200’ radar blimp tethered
in Northern Maryland has broken loose.
It does NOT have APRS on it, but we need people in MD and PA to look up in
the sky for it and user your APRS to send DF bearing lines so we can track
it.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/aerostat-blimp-owned-army-untether…
I have not had time to VERIFY this, but am throwing it out there anyway.
This is what APRS is desiged to do. Just enter y our bearing line in a DF
packet and we can all see the plot on APRS.
Bob, WB4APR
Just minutes ago, it has been reported that the 200’ radar blimp tethered
in Northern Maryland has broken loose.
It does NOT have APRS on it, but we need people in MD and PA to look up in
the sky for it and user your APRS to send DF bearing lines so we can track
it.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/aerostat-blimp-owned-army-untether…
I have not had time to VERIFY this, but am throwing it out there anyway.
This is what APRS is desiged to do. Just enter y our bearing line in a DF
packet and we can all see the plot on APRS.
Bob, WB4APR
Yes, Thanks to Jerry for taking time from your day to type a reply and
answer questions.
I certainly didn't intend my message from early this morning to sound
harsh, and I apologize if I came off that way.
Like others, I spent quite a deal of time researching the new Fox-1
satellite and after watching the video posted on AMSATS "Meet The Fox
Project", around the 7:53 mark is where it is stated that operators with
hand held equipment would be able to work this new satellite. So, I was
quite eager and anxious to have something else circling the globe other
than just SO-50 for us FM'ers, as I do not have the proper equipment to
work the linear birds. I don't have to rehash the issues that came along
and I found that working this new bird with hand held equipment was not as
easy as it was presented in the video, and yes, I did become a bit
frustrated ... kind of like getting that new train for Christmas and
finding that you don't have a locomotive to pull the train. So if I
stepped on toes, I am truly sorry. I will sit back, be patient, and let
this be a learning experience, since from the time I entered into the
amateur radio satellite arena, there were already working FM birds in
place, two of those which have since "passed away". This is my first
experience of having a new FM bird launched into space and I admit, I was
expecting it to work as well as what is already up there. This is truly a
learning experience for the people who turned the first screw right down to
those of us who eagerly watch our tracking data and step outside to wave an
antenna at the sky (while getting peculiar looks from our neighbors). My
hats off to all those who are involved with the Fox project, and I do look
forward to the future Fox satellites. Take care and have a great day.
Loon
At about 1:40 pm EDT it was reported that the JLENS blimp normally tethered
at Aberdeen Proving Ground (NE of Baltimore) has broken free and is
drifting.. May be of interest for experiments involving radio tracking by
nearby radio amateurs.
K2ubc
Jerry:
On behalf of all who read the Amsat BB,
Thanks for taking time to answer Loons questions.I am sure many more
operators had the same ones.Your reply
Sure answered a LOT of questions.Also thanks for all of your countless
hours researching and solving problems which will insure the next
generation of fox satellites will even better as we learn from this one.
On behalf of all of us satellite operators,
A big thank you!
WB8RJY
jeff broughton
I received my duplexer through UPS yesterday and just gave it try on the
03:20 UTC pass of AO-85. It seems to be performing well, and I did make
contacts with K3NG and AD2KA.
I had, and continue to have, extreme difficulty with getting into AO-85
with just the HT's and Arrow antenna, and thought maybe it was because 2
meter receive and 435 up are 90 degrees to each other on the antenna's
boom. I have had success working AO-85 with the Elk antenna and the Icom
2800 (transmits wide only), but *only* with the radios maximum 20 watts
output on UHF, and even then it can be very difficult. I thought using the
duplexer, HT's with *narrow* band, and the Elk antenna may be the ticket.
I thought wrong. This was just as bad, or as difficult, as trying to get
in with the Arrow antenna. In my opinion, AO-85 is certainly not every hand
held radio and Arrow antenna operators easy to work satellite, like posted
on a YouTube video prior to its launch. I'm not a big fan of the U/V set
up for those of us that work hand held set ups. First it was very
difficult to find the correct uplink frequencies in its early stages, and
now that they have been posted and corrected in radio programming, its
still difficult to know just when to switch for doppler, especially when
its almost impossible to get into in the first place. I don't have multi
element, circular polarized antennas mounted on an azimuth/elevation rotor
connected to computer driven tracking and radio control software constantly
adjusting frequency, azimuth, and elevation, nor am I capable of
transmitting 50 watts of power on the uplink. I use simple, low power
equipment (normally only 5 watts) capable of no more than 20 watts of power
(Icom 2800). AO-85's FM performance certainly does not compete with the
current SO-50, or the now gone AO-51 and AO-27 birds (rest their souls).
Have a good night,
W3MAT
AMSAT,
Does AMSAT HQ/Server location sport Egg-Beater antennas or an auto-tracking SAT setup. Has AMSAT considered streaming FM SAT RX over the web when a SAT flies over AMSAT (priority given to AO's) ?
I'm sure it would be interesting to all, assist newbie learning curve, allow verification of tracking program setup, and give first hand training of what that SAT sounds like as well as real-time HAM OPs on that SAT. Web audio streaming would only happens when a SAT is view-able (otherwise teh stream could play an AMSAT voice ad). Just an idea.
Best regards,
Dale Kubichek, MS-EET, N6JSX
937-726-6677
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HAM-SATshttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/RDF-USA
