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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Good evening,
I can report that FUNcube-1 was switched back to autonomous mode at around 21:19 UTC this evening.
A reminder for next weekend – As AMSAT-UK is holding their Collloquium event in Guildford Surrey, it is expected that FUNcube-1 will be switched to continuous transponder mode , exceptionally, from Thursday evening (July 23rd) until either Sunday evening (July 26th) or, more likely, Monday evening (July 27th).
This will enable the Colloquium attendees to view or demonstrate and enjoy the transponder operations for the maximum possible time. Thanks for your understanding!
best 73
Graham
G3VZV
Hello to the Group
Here is what I copied from NO-84 on UTC 8/27/15 around 04:30 ish. The
time in the packets is Central time. I tried the digi once, but no
response.
73 John W0JW
Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=34 >[23:29:57]
T#768,802,072,860,910,839,00011100
Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=34 >[23:30:58]
T#769,800,070,870,913,839,00011100
Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=50 >[23:31:34]
!54 . N\055 . WS090/999/W3ADO s#016124,0z290
Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=52 >[23:31:34]
s#016124,0z290,000000000000000000000000000000000000
Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=34 >[23:31:58]
T#770,798,073,878,915,840,00011100
Fm W0JW-6 To APEG02 Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=46 >[23:32:51]
=4111.15N/09352.30W`>73' Via Satellite 145.825
Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=34 >[23:32:59]
T#771,784,352,885,918,840,00011100
Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=50 >[23:33:07]
!55 . N\051 . WS090/999/W3ADO s#016125,0z290
Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=52 >[23:33:07]
s#016125,0z290,000000000000000000000000000000000000
Fm W0JW-6 To APEG02 Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=46 >[23:33:08]
=4111.15N/09352.30W`>73' Via Satellite 145.825
Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=50 >[23:34:41]
!55 . N\045 . WS090/999/W3ADO s#016126,0z290
Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=52 >[23:34:42]
s#016126,0z290,000000000000000000000000000000000000
Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=34 >[23:35:02]
T#773,793,070,893,922,842,00011100
Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=34 >[23:36:02]
T#774,792,071,895,925,843,00011100
Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=50 >[23:36:18]
!55 . N\039 . WS090/999/W3ADO s#016127,0z290
Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=52 >[23:36:19]
s#016127,0z290,000000000000000000000000000000000000
Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=34 >[23:37:03]
T#775,787,071,896,927,844,00011100
Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=50 >[23:37:51]
!55 . N\033 . WS090/999/W3ADO s#016128,0z290
Fm PSAT-1 To APOFF Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=52 >[23:37:51]
s#016128,0z290,000000000000000000000000000000000000
They said they would send out diplomas in early August, and since they
haven't gone out and it's basically September I asked for an update
(while thanking them profusely for their volunteer efforts). This is
what I got back:
Hello John,
I kno, we are out of date. I hope soon we will send diplomas. I'm so soooorrry!
73, Armi
You should have gotten an email if you passed the first stage of
verification, but I couldn't find mine until I searched my email
(subject was "Apollo-Soyuz PASS1verif KG4AKV FM05rv").
You can also see if you are on the list of people who has passed the
first stage of verification by searching for your name on the
following page (CTRL + F)
http://www.arisspolska.info/?page_id=4015
I made it!
73, John KG4AKV
Hello,
reading the old SatGen I've found this particular issue:
ftp://ftp.amsat.org/amsat/articles/satgen/sgen383.txt
Is anybody aware of the SEE13 sw ?
Is it still available somewhere?
Thanks!
73s
Fabio
IZ5XRC
(ex iw8qku)
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you know of a qualified person who would like to lead a satellite team, a
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teach please contact me off list.
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