May 2015 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Radio Shack Rotator
by Franklyn A. Ballentine, Jr 30 May '15

30 May '15

Hi All, I picked up the Getting On The Sats book at Dayton this year and it makes mention of TV rotators. Another local Radio Shack is going under. Is it worth picking up their antenna rotator since it's probably at 60% off? Thanks and 73 Frank B kb1qzh

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PSAT reports from IN94
by Michel F6GLJ 30 May '15

30 May '15

On 30/05/2015 13:20 /13:28 UT beacon B 025 09 23 867 237 +5 W3ADO-5 beacon B 026 46 27 811 248 +10 W3ADO-5 beacon B 027 34 23 862 238 +7 W3ADO-5 beacon B 030 90 34 810 248 +16 73 qro de Michel F6GLJ

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PSAT PSK31 telemetry
by Daniel Estévez 30 May '15

30 May '15

Hi everybody! More PSAT telemetry reports. Time 11:40 UTC, 30/5/2015, locator IN80do. Handheld arrow antenna and Funcube Pro + dongle. PSAT's signal was sometimes quite strong S5, despite the very bad urban receiving location with some buildings on the way of this low elevation pass. I also saw OE1KYA ending a QSO and then calling CQ, probably on terrestrial PSK31. I also saw some very short "blips" quickly raising in frequency (before FM demod). I have the SDR recording if anyone is interested. 73 de EA4GPZ. ------- 3A5`eacon B u 31 23 875 2jauŸr t W3ADO-óbeacon B 046 15 238G3 5»1utu9 +12ttQ eo eeo-Ox\ OiC © *on B 04 e e3 O21 251 +11 — W3ADO-5 beacon B 0h 0 18 30 826 249 +1I eo o WenADO-5 neacon B 051 6ó2öw 252 +15 eE HIA„ QŒ asie. e ykA ¡-ta ®acon eae h h h W3ADO-C beacon B 057 96 23 8ei2 250 +15 s o nW3ADO-5 beacon B 05ie 68 28 819 251 +1D eem t W3ADO-5 acon B 059booo0e1 81" 252 +18 n e # ooe 60 99 42 818 251 +19 iV W3ADO-5 beadon B 061 87 29 816 51 +19 o o i W3,DO-5 beacon B 062 9F 32 815 251 +20 eIa W3ADO-5 beacon¾ 063 71 23 815 25C +ƒ2eml¾ W3ADO- l beacon B 000 31 37 6 246 +16 nsVo W3ADO-5 beacon B 00G 75 35 813 252 +19 8s W3ADO-5 ceacon È002 34 41 81- 251 +20 snr WIADO-5 beacon B 0 ik 23 813 250 +n)U - u bO-5 beacon B 00o6 33 814 2 l1 +21 ´ W3A:O-5 beacon B 005 99 [1 811 251 +22 3o e W3ADO-5 beacon 006 99 4! 810 25Ë+22 v eEaÎol W3ADO-5 beacon B 0ae- Ž7 3( 830 24V l tieu

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W5PFG/P EM72nu skeds
by Clayton Coleman 29 May '15

29 May '15

30 May 2015 - All times UTC AO-73 02:45 AO-73 16:14 SO-50 16:46 FO-29 20:05 FO-29 21:51 73 Clayton W5PFG

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G-5400 az meter 4 sale
by Bob- W7LRD 29 May '15

29 May '15

I have a "extra" Yaesu G-5400 az meter south center scale for sale $15 plus shipping. Meter face is cardboard by G4DMF. 73 Bob W7LRD

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PSAT reports
by Bob KD7YZ 29 May '15

29 May '15

I "seemed" to have made things work this pass. I copied the beacon form Annapolis I was also sending on 28.120 but didn't see myself ... or so it seems anyway. "W3ADO-5 beacon B ØØ1 34 23 838 262 +1Ø aiH " circa 1828Z 29-may 435.34 73, -- Bob KD7YZ http://www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AMSAT LM#901

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PSAT. BRICSAT KEPS
by Tom schuessler 29 May '15

29 May '15

> A separate email was sent out to the KEPS distribution list listing the 10 ULTRASat objects. W 5QGD did not have either of the amateur payloads on last week at all. hey were added by somebody else over the weekend to the past predictions. I think ULTRASat3 is PSAT ----------------------------- Message: 12 Date: Fri, 29 May 2015 08:49:36 -0400 From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm(a)arrl.net> To: David L Warnberg <dwarnberg(a)verizon.net> Cc: "amsat-bb(a)amsat.org" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] BRICSat Message-ID: <CABzOSOojzvTQeURy-s8HdzNqQNJr-=A-uavtS7A93X8LXOXwuQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Yes. Both of them were removed from today's set of AMSAT keps for some reason. The AMSAT keps are what populate the Online Pass Predictions page. 73, Paul, N8HM

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SATPC32 and PSAT
by Fraser Bonnett 29 May '15

29 May '15

I am a somewhat of newbie to Satellites, but right now I feel like a complete idiot. How can I get PSAT into SatPC32 so I can track it? Thanks, Fraser, W3UTD --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com

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PSAT and BRICSat identified
by Nico Janssen 29 May '15

29 May '15

All, Using detailed doppler shift measurements, I find that PSAT is object 90720, ULTRASat 1, and BRICSat is object 90729, ULTRASat 10. Up-to-date TLE sets for these satellites can be found here: http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~ops/ultrasat/ultrasat_jspoc.txt http://mstl.atl.calpoly.edu/~ops/keps/kepler.txt https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o48dswYcTHb-op9ygaKhrizrelMGV9pYcUm0SFm… This means that PSAT is actually object 40652, 2015-025B, and BRICSat is actually object 40661, 2015-025L, in the JSpOC catalog. But Space-Track does not publish TLE sets for these objects. Meanwhile, The Planetary Society suggests that the TLE set for object 90721, ULTRASat 2, gives the best match for LightSail. If that is correct, then LightSail is actually object 40653, 2015-025C, in the JSpOC catalog. 73, Nico PA0DLO

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Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT
by Red Willoughby 28 May '15

28 May '15

Thanks Paul - I am hoping to get home in time to give it a try on the next pass.

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