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Fw: AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - ANS-216 RadFXSat/Fox-1B Launch Opportunity
by afesan＠gmail.com 04 Aug '15

04 Aug '15

I´ll be back on satellites (after 7 years off) with (also) 23cm operational.. Planned mount all the antennas & station in September-October. Antonio (EA1IW) -----Mensaje original----- From: Luc Leblanc Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2015 3:49 PM To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - ANS-216 RadFXSat/Fox-1B Launch Opportunity 24 elements loop yagi is ready just have to connect the coax line to the shack. > > High time to get 23cm equipment including antennas operational again! > Excellent news! > Which will be the first 15 stations that can report they are ready for > this? > Henk, PA3GUO > > Fox-1C* 435.300 MHz/1267.300 MHz ** 145.920 MHz > Fox-1D* 435.350 > > MHz/1267.350 MHz ** 145.880 MHz > _______________________________________________ Luc Leblanc VE2DWE _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Last Call for Papers: ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference
by Ford, Steve, WB8IMY 04 Aug '15

04 Aug '15

We're soliciting technical papers for presentation at the 34th Annual ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference, to be held October 9-11 in Chicago, Illinois. Papers will also be published in the Conference Proceedings. You do not have to attend the conference to have your paper included in the Proceedings. The submission deadline is August 17, 2015. E-mail your submission to Maty Weinberg at ARRL Headquarters at maty(a)arrl.org<mailto:maty@arrl.org>. Please to do not send zip files as these will be rejected by our e-mail server.

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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - ANS-216 RadFXSat/Fox-1B Launch Opportunity
by PA3GUO 04 Aug '15

04 Aug '15

High time to get 23cm equipment including antennas operational again! Excellent news! Which will be the first 15 stations that can report they are ready for this? Henk, PA3GUO > Fox-1C* 435.300 MHz/1267.300 MHz ** 145.920 MHz > Fox-1D* 435.350 MHz/1267.350 MHz ** 145.880 MHz

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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - ANS-216 RadFXSat/Fox-1B Launch Opportunity
by Mike Seguin 04 Aug '15

04 Aug '15

Ready as well. Mike, N1JEZ > On 8/4/2015 6:09 AM, Alan wrote: >> Henk, >> >> 1267.300 MHz---READY! >> >> Alan >> WA4SCA >> >> >> <-----Original Message----- >> <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of PA3GUO >> <Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2015 3:17 AM >> <To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >> <Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - ANS-216 >> RadFXSat/Fox-1B Launch >> <Opportunity >> < >> < >> <High time to get 23cm equipment including antennas operational again! >> <Excellent news! >> <Which will be the first 15 stations that can report they are ready >> for this? >> <Henk, PA3GUO >> <> Fox-1C* 435.300 MHz/1267.300 MHz ** 145.920 MHz > Fox-1D* 435.350 >> MHz/1267.350 MHz ** >> <145.880 MHz -- 73, Mike, N1JEZ "A closed mouth gathers no feet"

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Re: [amsat-bb] AO83, 84 orbit
by Joe Fitzgerald 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

Please note that Mike's list identifies these spacecraft as BRICSAT and PSAT respectively. They are identified as NO-83 and NO-84 on the AMSAT site http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt -Joe

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cn76
by Bob- W7LRD 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

too many "murphy's" I was hearing stations the last couple of pass, could not get into the bird. Will still be here through Tues. afternoon..Will try. It worked from my driveway but not here 73 Bob W7LRD CN76

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AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - ANS-216 RadFXSat/Fox-1B Launch Opportunity
by JoAnne Maenpaa 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-216 In this edition: * RadFXSat/Fox-1B Launch Opportunity Announcement November 2016 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-216.01 ANS-216 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Bulletin 216.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. August 4, 2015 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-216.01 RadFXSat/Fox-1B Launch Opportunity Announcement November 2016 AMSAT has been notified by Scott Higginbotham, Mission Manager for ELaNa-12 (Fox-1A launch) and ELaNa-14 (RadFxSat/Fox-1B launch) in NASA's Launch Services Program at Kennedy Space Center, "The ELaNa-14 CubeSat complement is scheduled to fly along with NOAA's JPSS-1 spacecraft on a Delta II that will be launching from VAFB on November 15, 2016. Due to a number of CubeSats recently dropping off of the manifest for this flight, a door has been opened, and it is my pleasure to inform you that your respective CubeSats (RadFXSat, GoldenEagle-1, EagleSat, and MiRaTA) have all been officially added to the manifest." AMSAT will begin working with Tyvak, the CubeSat Dispenser and Dispenser Integration Contractor for this flight. Additional news regarding the schedule milestones toward meeting launch requirements will be released as more information becomes available. In a message sent to AMSAT Vice President Engineering, Jerry Buxton, N0JY, Higginbotham concluded, "Congratulations and welcome aboard!" Planned Frequencies for the Fox-1 FM Series Cubesats -------------------------------------------------------------- Uplink FM (67 Hz tone) Downlink FM ---------------------------- ----------- Fox-1A 435.180 MHz 145.980 MHz RadFxSat/Fox-1B * 435.250 MHz 145.960 MHz Fox-1C* 435.300 MHz/1267.300 MHz ** 145.920 MHz Fox-1D* 435.350 MHz/1267.350 MHz ** 145.880 MHz * Pending IARU Coordination, Changes will be announced ** Switchable by command station, not operational simultaneously Download the Fox-1A Operating Guide from the AMSAT Station and Operating Hints page: http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=2144 [ANS thanks NASA and Jerry Buxton, N0JY, AMSAT Vice President Engineering for the above information] /EX

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cn76primit
by Bob- W7LRD 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

had some rx problems last pass-will be on at 2153z- jury rugged set up will work on it. 73 Bob-cn76

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AO83, 84 orbit
by Bob 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

Is there site where I can get orbit information? My program does not list these. Bob

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so50 cn76
by Bob- W7LRD 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

I will try so50 at 1848Z 73 bob w7lrd cn76

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AO-27 Turned On?
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

New website update on AO-27, *Aug 1, 2015* Turned on low power during first pass. Had good tone, received a few TLM frames but then lost commanding of it as it came over the US. Seems to have major interference on uplink while over the US. It faded mid pass and was not heard from for the rest of the pass. Sent off commands in the blind. Don't know if the TX turned off or not. The good news is it was at least heard from after last weekend's problems. - Michael, N3UC http://www2.umbrasi.com/ 73's KE8AKW

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cn76 fo29
by Bob- W7LRD 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

I plan to be on at 2011z,2153z,2339z my satpc32 crashed (murphy). will someone send me a quickie sat tracker link 73 Bob CN76

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Why too much uplink power is bad/eggbeater antennas on xmit
by Philip Jenkins 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

The discussion on uplink power fits right in with a conversation I had last weekend... While I was not wearing my AMSAT badge at a hamfest on July 25, a married couple - both hams, both fairly recently licensed - recognized me from a previous hamfest when I was wearing that badge. Their question for me was to why they could hear (a) satellite(s), but no one could hear them... The satellite in question is SO-50 (and I did take a few minutes explaining the difference between linear birds and FM-only ones). Before the OM joined us, his YL told me that her husband doesn't want to use antennas like the Elk or Arrow, even on a tripod. I then suggested to her that he consider a fixed elevation mount, so as to only have to track the azimuth. Then the OM showed up. He doesn't even want to consider the fixed-elevation, because he'd still have to track . I suggested he leave the tracking to a computer...still not acceptable He then explained that they spend a lot of time in a motorhome. For his antennas now, he is using eggbeaters. On the 440 receive side, he is thankfully using a pre-amp, so he can hear adequately, For the transmit, he is using 50 watts into an eggbeater, and still can't be heard on the satellite. He told me one recommendation he was given was to increase the xmit power to 150 watts (*I visibly shuddered*) so as to overcome the non-directionality of the eggbeater. (And I explained why too much uplink power is bad for both FM and linear sats, in terms of bandwidth and power consumption on the satellite.) On further questioning, he knew about the PL tone to turn-on SO-50, but didn't know about the different PL to actually access the satellite on each transmission. I explained to him that it is like terrestrial repeaters; no matter how much power you run, the repeater won't "hear" you unless you transmit the PL every time. In a follow-up email the next day, I passed on the SO-50 operating guide (PDF) from the AMSAT website, and advised him to try programming his radio with the proper PL and frequencies for adjacent memories BEFORE consdering increasing transmit power. I really think his problem is not using PLs, rather than inadequate power levels on an omni antenna. My question is two-fold (I still need to follow-up with him). 1) For those of you successfully using eggbeaters for the uplink (and he is adamant about not using a yagi, despite my advice that the performance will suffer quite a bit with eggbeaters), what output power do you typically use? I think 50 watts into an eggbeater is probably still too much power, considering 5 watts into an Arrow is usually enough for successful communications. 2) I know that various power levels are suggested for various gain antennas, but I'm wondering what the suggested EIRP is for successful - not ones which would hog the satellite - uplinks. Philip N4HF

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W5PFG/P contacts from NM & CO grids
by Clayton Coleman 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

Thanks to all for the contacts we made last week while I was in DM57 (CO), DM66 (NM), DM67 (CO), and DM76 (NM.) It may be up to a week before these contacts are uploaded to Logbook of the World. Paper QSL requests with Self Addressed, Stamped Envelope (SASE) included will be answered within two weeks. 73, Clayton W5PFG

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ARISS APRS MIA?
by Ted 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

I do not know, but will keep trying. Maybe someone here knows. 73, Ted K7TRK -----Original Message----- From: Mark Johns [mailto:mjohns166@yahoo.com] Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2015 6:41 AM To: Ted; 'Mark Johns' Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ARISS APRS Yes, I'm fully aware it's not working, Ted. The question is, "WHY?" There are no scheduled dockings or EVAs, so no one seems to know. -- Mark D. Johns, KØMDJ Decorah, Iowa USA EN43 ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain ----- Original Message ----- From: Ted <k7trkradio(a)charter.net> To: 'Mark Johns' <mjohns(a)luther.edu>; 'Mark Johns' <mjohns166(a)yahoo.com> Cc: Sent: Sunday, August 2, 2015 12:21 AM Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] ARISS APRS Mark...zip on the 05:15 pass 73, K7TRK cn82oh p.s. heavy smoke in our valley. Don't know if that impacts signals...it is really dense -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Mark Johns via AMSAT-BB Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2015 9:06 AM To: AMSAT BB Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS APRS Does anyone know what's up with APRS on ARISS? Nothing heard last two days. -- Mark D. Johns, KØMDJ Decorah, Iowa USA EN43 ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Re: [amsat-bb] Why too much uplink power is bad/eggbeater antennas on xmit
by Kevin M 02 Aug '15

02 Aug '15

Philip, when I first got back on the birds in 2013, SO-50 was my first attempt ever on an FM bird. I used a HT for receive with a small directional antenna mounted on it and a mere 10 watts to a 2m Squalo. For all intents and purposes, an eggbeater is likely better than my Squalo on transmit gain and my 10 watts was more than enough. Using 50 watts of transmit power is bordering on obscene... using 150 watts by comparison seems downright criminal. Put it to the OM this way... he's hearing a 1/4 watt transmitter using a 1/4 wave whip from space... some people have talked back to it with 5 watts or less to a rubber duck. Why in the world would it take 50 watts to talk to it, regardless of the antenna?!!! Sometimes it just takes some common sense and the right point of view to get these things, I guess. =^) 73, Kevin N4UFO ----------------------------My question is two-fold (I still need to follow-up with him). 1) For those of you successfully using eggbeaters for the uplink (and he is adamant about not using a yagi, despite my advice that the performance will suffer quite a bit with eggbeaters), what output power do you typically use? I think 50 watts into an eggbeater is probably still too much power, considering 5 watts into an Arrow is usually enough for successful communications. 2) I know that various power levels are suggested for various gain antennas, but I'm wondering what the suggested EIRP is for successful - not ones which would hog the satellite - uplinks. Philip N4HF

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Re: [amsat-bb] Windows-10
by Terence (PD3T) 02 Aug '15

02 Aug '15

Small addition ;) HDSDR FUNcube Dashboard Orbitron + WispDDE com0com Virtual Audio Cable WXtoImg PSTRotator RASCAL (Delfi-C3 Dashboard) Regards PD3T Terence -----Original message----- From:KO6TZ Bob <my.callsign(a)verizon.net> Sent:Sun 02-08-2015 17:24 Subject:[amsat-bb] Windows-10 To:amsat-bb@amsat.org; Although further testing will need to be done, based on a "quick test", all of the HAM programs I have that ran on Windows-8.1 are working on Windows-10. MMSSTV CHIRP CAPTURI MMTTY DIGI-PAN MMVARI MIX-W EASYPAL AGWPE DIREWOLF UISS OUTPOST FLDIGI SatPC32 WIN-PSK/SATELLITE This is by no means a full list of programs, just the ones I had installed on the laptop prior to the O/S upgrade. I did not have to reinstall anything so far. Everything moved over. Bob Vislay KO6TZ _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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AO-7 at 2000Z
by Paul Stoetzer 02 Aug '15

02 Aug '15

Good afternoon, AO-7 was sounding very healthy in Mode B on the pass that just concluded over North America. The beacon was in CW mode and producing strong clean tones without a hint of FMing. Most signals sounded good in the passband. For much of the pass, I was running 500 mW into my Arrow for about 4 watts ERP and getting return signals of S4-S6. Always nice to have a pass where AO-7 sounds as good as that. There was not much activity, though. I only heard KC4LE, AF5CC, and WI9I. 73, Paul, N8HM

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Windows-10
by KO6TZ Bob 02 Aug '15

02 Aug '15

Although further testing will need to be done, based on a "quick test", all of the HAM programs I have that ran on Windows-8.1 are working on Windows-10. MMSSTV CHIRP CAPTURI MMTTY DIGI-PAN MMVARI MIX-W EASYPAL AGWPE DIREWOLF UISS OUTPOST FLDIGI SatPC32 WIN-PSK/SATELLITE This is by no means a full list of programs, just the ones I had installed on the laptop prior to the O/S upgrade. I did not have to reinstall anything so far. Everything moved over. Bob Vislay KO6TZ

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CN76 Sun/Mon
by Bob- W7LRD 01 Aug '15

01 Aug '15

I will be in CN76 late Sun and most of the day Monday. Tested my IC910 to arrow in the driveway and it works fine. I will not have doppler control so I may be drifting all over the place. If there are many calling spread out +/-. I may give SO-50 a shot though that can be a zoo. If you want a QSL drop me a email and I will get one off later in the week. Wasn't Uri in CN76 earlier this year? 73 Bob W7LRD Seattle

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ANS-214 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 01 Aug '15

01 Aug '15

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-214 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * Fox-1A Mated to the Centaur for Launch * AMSAT 2015 Symposium Papers * PCSAT Default Beacon Transmissions on 144.390 MHz * 2015 AMSAT-UK Colloquim Videos Aavilable Online * FUNcube Certificate of Achievement and QSL Card * Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-214.01 ANS-214 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 214.01 From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD. August 2, 2015 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-214.01 Fox-1A Mated to the Centaur for Launch AMSAT-NA's Fox-1A satellite which will launch on a NASA ELaNa flight from Vandenburg AFB has been mated to the Centaur upper stage which will carry it to orbit. A photo of the NPSCuL mated to the Centaur with the P-POD containing Fox-1A, BisonSat, ARC1 and 7 other P-PODs can be seen on the AMSAT website. http://www.amsat.org/?cat=21 [ANS thanks Jerry, N0JY, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT 2015 Symposium Papers The 2015 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on the weekend of October 16-18, 2015. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations and poster presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite community. We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as possible. The final copy must be submitted by September 15 for inclusion in the printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz at n8fgv at amsat.org The 2015 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting will be held October 16, 17, 18, 2015 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 33 East 5th Street, in Downtown, Dayton, Ohio. [ANS thanks the 2015 Symposium Committee for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- PCSAT Default Beacon Transmissions on 144.390 MHz An FM APRS signal has been received in England causing interference to the MGM frequency and weak-signal Meteor Scatter (MS) operation which is just below 144.390 MHz. A MS DXpedition was disrupted by such activity earlier in the month and interference has been occurring at various times since. Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, explains that the beacon was planned over 15 years ago for operation only when PCSAT is over North America based on published band plans at that time. Now, after 14 years on orbit, the ability to turn that backup beacon off has been lost. PCSAT (now 14 years old) had a backup fail-safe beacon on 144.39 that would activate after any unknown spacecraft reset to give a backup comm link in case the primary 145.825 channel died. Being on the North American APRS frequency with hundreds of IGates there would always be at least one that would hear this "emergency call home" from PCSAT even though the channel is generally saturated. It worked. The problem is, that now PCSAT resets on every orbit due to negative power budget and so, on every orbit that beacon comes back on. Even if we did get a command up to reset it, that setting would last only 15 minutes to the next eclipse. We learned our lesson! That was our FIRST amateur satellite and we sure learned NOT to use a "connected-packet-command link" that needs ACKS and Retries and logon passwords just to LOGON before you can even send a SHUTUP command. All our satellites since, operate without the multiple Send, connect, ACK, retry, ACK, command, ACK overhead.... just to get one command understood. Now, only the receiver on the spacecraft has to be functional to command it to silence in a single packet. But too late for PCSAT. We are sorry that we have no good answers. But we hope we can mitigate this instance of "friendly fire" collateral damage so that we don't cause an overall black-eye to amateur radio overall friendly operations? What you may hear will be 2 one-second packets per minute, one at 1200 baud and one at 9600 baud, trying to "call home". [ANS thanks Bob, WB4APR, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2015 AMSAT-UK Colloquim Videos Aavilable Online Thanks to the cooperation between the BATC and AMSAT-UK, this years colloquium footage is becoming available online already. The BATC and AMSAT-UK teams are working to upload all video material on to the AMSAT-UK YouTube account. (http://youtube.com/user/AMSATUK) Video's will become available as soon as uploading is complete. Since the high-definition files are rather large, please allow for some time for editing and uploading. For convenience, if you wish to watch the entire colloquium, go to the playlist at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTDI7lbh1cWq2av8hb6EzddopHERvDH0i [ANS thanks Wouter, PA3WEG, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- FUNcube Certificate of Achievement and QSL Card As announced at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium 2015, a ‘Certificate of Achievement’ and/or an amateur radio style ‘QSL’ card are now available online. Only those who have successfully received telemetry from FUNcube-1 and uploaded it to the Data Warehouse are able to download these documents. AO-73 (FUNcube-1) The Certificate of Achievement is aimed at educational establishments such as schools, and the QSL card at radio amateurs who would like confirmation of their report. However, station operators are welcome to download both if they wish. Each is personalised with the callsign/name which has been previously registered with the Warehouse, and the date and time of the first packet to be uploaded by the requesting station is also added. Download your Certificate or QSL card from http://amsatuk.me.uk/on/funcube_qsl.php FUNcube-1 (AO-73) Telemetry: • Dashboard App http://funcube.org.uk/working-documents/funcube-telemetry-dashboard/ • Data Warehouse Archive http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/ • Whole orbit data http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/wod.html?satelliteId=2 BBC News video about FUNcube-1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25084547 FUNcube website http://www.FUNcube.org.uk/ FUNcube Yahoo Group http://amsat-uk.org/funcube/yahoo-group/ [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-07-31 23:30 UTC ESA Space Camp, Külsheim, Gemany, via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Mon 2015-08-03 10:47:58 UTC 67 deg Maroochydore State School, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia, telebridge via W6SRJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-08-06 10:10:15 UTC 59 deg via LU1CGB Space Jam 9, Rantoul, IL, telebridge via IK1SLD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Sat 2015-08-08 16:57:49 UTC 33 deg ************************************************************************* >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. /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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Re: [amsat-bb] CW heard
by Andrew Glasbrenner 01 Aug '15

01 Aug '15

Take a look at http://www.move2space.de/?page_id=910&lang=en 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- >From: Richard Lawn <rjlawn(a)gmail.com> >Sent: Aug 1, 2015 3:15 PM >To: Amsat BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> >Subject: [amsat-bb] CW heard > >In FN21, the northern Pocono area of PA near Scranton, I copied "MOVE1" >every 60" around 145.975 +- Doppler. The time was 14:25 UTC give or take. > >Anyone know what I heard? At it's peak the signal was 59 here while I was >waiting for one of our ham sats around that same freq. > >Rick, W2JAZ >_______________________________________________ >Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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CW heard
by Richard Lawn 01 Aug '15

01 Aug '15

In FN21, the northern Pocono area of PA near Scranton, I copied "MOVE1" every 60" around 145.975 +- Doppler. The time was 14:25 UTC give or take. Anyone know what I heard? At it's peak the signal was 59 here while I was waiting for one of our ham sats around that same freq. Rick, W2JAZ

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ARISS APRS
by Mark Johns 01 Aug '15

01 Aug '15

Does anyone know what's up with APRS on ARISS? Nothing heard last two days. -- Mark D. Johns, KØMDJ Decorah, Iowa USA EN43 ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain

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Decoding UO-11 (UOSAT-2)
by Bob KD7YZ 01 Aug '15

01 Aug '15

Once I got the correct Mode-Setting for UO-11, I had no trouble getting what I think are good decode sets. Others here had said UO-11 gives garbage decodes. The last couple days I have gotten true garbage, a snippet here: -------------------------------------------------------- 0pA}4VRX 4CKIp(zhp#W13 z R<#`{M|4C 2Gr%xa5,RtCX`Xa\:#X{ <("!"i(TpB?B$B7(4="BzF<("ai)5H)0L$0\C/~HPT, $"b}EE=0"lw` L`V A-.7Pq\E54,xX|/ab(+F! ^88 (a`h"i!B @, #%\95!!_C$[P`dD &4 XhQHV3& )FPj( rPA4-`}BH!}0PF!/B-.H9)GP0jSDd rI"-<er HbP 9fQyMb3\@`1_`TEBfS(!YhyC&a@9Dt%|&8N5U0A.N7TX"@k82!|`FF@PtT!ed@dLtr12^I $#xP"VvIBJ$ -------------------------------------------------------------- So this morning I started fiddling around with the Mode-Settings Charset as-well-as Invert. I walked thru the available Charsets in UISS. Then I toggled Invert for each. Finally when I got back to Ascii-7 and inverted, it all worked/decoded. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 000000010001020002030003040004050005060006070007080008090009 100001110000120003130002140005150004160007170006180009190008 20000221000322000023000124000625000726000427000528000A29000B 30000331000232000133000034000735000636000537000438000B39000A 40000441000542000643000744000045000146000247000348000C49000D 50000551000452000753000654000155000056000357000258000D59000C 60800E615FC1620105633341644402651E0C66200267000168000E69000F UOSAT-2 1408060015554 000000010001020002030003040004050005060006070007080008090009 100001110000120003130002140005150004160007170006180009190008 20000221000322000023000124000625000726000427000528000A29000B 30000331000232000133000034000735000636000537000438000B39000A 40000441000542000643000744000045000146000247000348000C49000D 50000551000452000753000654000155000056000357000258000D59000C 60800E615FC1620105633341644402651E0C66200267000168000E69000F UOSAT-2 1408060015559 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am certain the Mode-Settings were the same from begin with garbage decodes to end when I returned them to original settings. go figure. 73, -- Bob KD7YZ http://www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AMSAT LM#901

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LVB Tracker Question
by Greg 31 Jul '15

31 Jul '15

Hi all, Been about 4 weeks since I went and turned my sat radio on and rotor. The rotor is a G5500 with and LVB Tracker. I noticed that the azimuth reading on the LVD Tracker display is not stable and jumps around to 350-370 degree’s when the antenna is parked at 360 degrees. Playing with the voltage quickly in the back can change the Tracker display from 350-800 degree’s. Not sure if this is a wiring issue to the rotor as I had some landscape done and we had heavy rains this summer. The rotor turns on command when using Nova or PCsat and if I follow a satellite the needle on the Yaesu box is close to indicated satellite azimuth on the program. Howver, the Tracker will still jump around 10 degrees from that needle heading. Ideas welcomed? Greg N3MVF

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