Students at the Ivy League Brown University are developing an amateur radio satellite EQUiSat that will carry a Xenon Flash Tube (XFT) subsystem to act as an Optical Beacon that should be visible to the unaided eye of observers on Earth.
See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=10635
73 Trevor M5AKA
AMSAK-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/
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Has anyone located a driver for the LVB Tracker internal USB to serial
port adapter on Windows 7 x64?
If not, has anyone reverted to the serial port connection on LVB Tracker
and used an external USB to serial port adapter successfully with
SatPC32 on Windows 7 x64?
I have an Edgeport multiple USB to serial port that has drivers for
Windows 7 x64 that I will use if I have to. I would prefer using the LVB
Tracker with its USB to serial adapter if someone has another solution.
73,
Bill
NJ1H
Hi All,
Here is a quick AO-16 update. On Sunday I turned AO-16 long enough to
get some telemetry packets. The satellite would remain on for less
than one minute after being commanded on. A quick test of the "bent
pipe" voice mode repeater was successful. . The "hardware watchdog
timer problem" is still evident; as expected, spacecraft temperatures
are insufficient to keep the transmitter ON (needs to be above 15 deg
C).
Orbit projections suggest that satellite illumination conditions will
not result in increased temperatures for nearly 10 years. Command
stations do periodically turn AO-16 "ON" to check on its condition and
see if the hardware timer problem has "automagically" fixed itself
(which in not anticipated, but who knows...).
AO-16 telemetry
3 Oct 2010 1838 utc
PACSAT MBL Telemetry Decoder Ver. 1.3 (c) Mike Rupprecht, DK3WN
===============================================================================
(average values)
+10V Battery Bus : 0.00 V
Battery Charge Reg : 0.55 mA
Base Temp : 9.07 °C
PSK RF Out : 1.90 W
+5V RX Bus : 4.87 V
+8.5V RX Bus : 8.49 V
+10V RX Bus : 11.24 V
Here is another teaser :) Several months ago I commanded the AO-16
S-band transmitter ON; it too remains functional (albeit weak), and
was received by me, Drew KO4MA, and Alan WA4SCA.
73,
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Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
Dear friends from University of loisiana in Lafayette,
Your bird was heard in the North of France when flying over Oran
(Algeria), orbit number 204, especially the CW beacon (on 145.823 MHz +-
Doppler) between 12:12:52 and 12:13:06 UTC, content was "EUL CAPE 2 OR
UF231". The signal was somewhat chirpy, but it's exactly the sound which
the real lover of CW like above all. Really ! :-)
http://f5yg.pagesperso-orange.fr/forum/CAPE-2_orb204_03dec2013.mp3
The signal to noise ratio is not too good because I'm using an old AM/FM
scanner from the 80s heterodyned by my medium wave homebrew transmitter
fitted with a 456.9 Xtal. The antenna was a vertical half-wave inside the
attic.
The next orbit, number 205, was heard too, with the CW beacon affected
at that time by a hoarse voice and suffering from a strong fadding. So I'm
not absolutly sure, poor lonesome telegraphist, of my human decoding,
"M5UL CAPE 2 ÜR 5045", something like that. It was over the East coast of
Spain, between 12:12:52 and 12:13:06 :
http://f5yg.pagesperso-orange.fr/forum/CAPE-2_orb205_03dec2013.mp3
Congratulation to the Cajun Advanced Picosat Experiment team from France !
Jean-Pierre F5YG
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The Alinco DJ-G7 claims to be full-duplex capable. Anybody have thoughts on
that radio?
Steve AI9IN
skristof(a)etczone.com
On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 1:11 PM, D. Craig Fox <DFox(a)rwglaw.com> wrote:
> All of the foregoing responses express valid approaches. One thing to keep
> in mind if going the HT approach, is the long term reliability of the
> radio. The fact that there are still so many Icoms, Kenwoods, Yaesus out
> there is evidence of their long term reliability. Perhaps the inexpensive
> Chinese radios will stand the test of time- maybe not. But for very little
> more than the cost of two of the new cheap radios, you can have a full
> duplex HT. As others have said, there is no real substitute for hearing
> your downlink. I happen to like my full duplex Kenwood D7 because of its
> on board TNC giving me the ability to communicate through the ISS
> digipeater as I point my elk antenna while watching it go by. Way cool
> experience.
>
> If you get really bitten by the sat bug like most of us, you will
> eventually want a full duplex, all function transceiver to enable you to
> work the linear (rd: low stress, high fun) satellites. Consider saving up
> for that instead.
>
> Just my $.02
>
> Craig
> N6RSX
>
>
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Hi All,
Just to advise that FUNcube-1 AO73 has just (at approx 1905UTC) been commanded into continuous amateur mode for the holiday weekend. We expect to change it back to autonomous mode on Monday 6th evening.
Have FUN!
73
Graham
G3VZV
The latest AMSAT Bulletin Vol. 38 No. 3 was great.
Quite a number of interesting articles. I found the CNCTRK article by
KI4SBL particularly interesting. The modular, metal construction seems like
a really good idea. Bob is very good on returning emails so let him know if
you have any questions about his interesting system.
In addition to CNCTRK there are a number of other portable rotors that have
been around for a while (satnnogs, WRAPS and
http://www.mobypicture.com/user/MeltdownCore/view/18165109 to name a few).
Has anyone built and used any of these relatively new lightweight portable
rotors. If you have any first hand experience with one or know of any
others please let me know direct and/or on the board.
tnx & 73 W9KE Tom Doyle
From the SAREX Listserv
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-06-30 07:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Tulsa Community College, NE Campus, Tulsa, OK, direct via WD5AGO
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS/RSØISS or
RSØISS/OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is TBD
Contact is a go for: Wed 2015-07-01 15:59:17 UTC 20 deg (***)
****************************************************************************
**
From 2015-06-11 to 2015-07-24, there will be no US Operational Segment
(USOS)
hams on board ISS. So any school contacts during this period will be
conducted by the ARISS Russia team.
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**
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.
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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 oraj9n(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 107
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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 2015-06-30 07:00 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 975.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 940.
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
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The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-06-28 06:00 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
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Exp. 43/44 on orbit
Gennady Padalka RN3DT
Scott Kelly
Mikhail Korniyenko RN3BF
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Hey guys.
I just took a lighting strike the other day. Wipe out the big stick in the
air. Also took out one preamp and possible a circular polarization switch
on the sat antennas alone with both PCs that I had, a power supply, plus my
network. The pair of KLM appear ok. So I am going to redo my tower layout.
New coax(probably hard line), new preamps, new cp switch and new control
cable to the preamps and CP switches. Rotor cables appear good, but will
check to make sure.
I put this system together about 20 years ago. So I am starting out fresh
trying to find the stuff. Is Lanwear amps still available? If not, what is
the next best. Are there any shelf available CP switches. The ones I have
were on the antennas when purchased. And they appear home built.
Any suggestions are appreciate.
Jim
Ke4kol
I am on the Space Track website and cannot find any Keps for either PSAT or
BricSat. Where are you guys getting the Keps?
I have used all these designations.
PSAT (NO 84) = 90720 = ULTRASat 1 = 40654 = 2015-025D
BRICSat (NO 83) = 90729 = ULTRASat 10 = 40655 = 2015-025E
I find them but the Keps are blank.
I've been using Space Track for all my Sat Keps and this is the first time I
have had problems.
73,
Carl W8KRF
