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RadFxSat
by Red Willoughby 18 Nov '17

18 Nov '17

I was able to decode only one frame during the 1722Z pass. It was just 15 degrees maximum elevation. The next pass will be 58 degrees for me, so perhaps the number of decodes will increase. Congrats to all who have worked so long and hard on this project. Red KC4LE

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Fox-1B just heard in Chicagoland!
by George Henry 18 Nov '17

18 Nov '17

Just heard her announce "Fox-1B Safe Mode"! Not currently set up to decode telemetry, though. George, KA3HSW

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RadFxSat
by PY5LF 18 Nov '17

18 Nov '17

Hi Very good signal over here at 18NOV2017 , 17:10UTC. 73

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Re: [amsat-bb] recordings of RadFXSat . Project finding Verronica - ex Douglas KA2UPW/5
by Albert van Deursen 18 Nov '17

18 Nov '17

Hi Douglas, Plse send me a mail at avdeur(a)home.nl so we can discuss how / where to upload the 1.7 Gb IQ file I recorded is a first 27 NOV 17 12:31Z TLM pass over W-EU. 73 Albert PD0OXW -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org Sent: 18 November 2017 16:49 To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 12, Issue 299 Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to amsat-bb(a)amsat.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org You can reach the person managing the list at amsat-bb-owner(a)amsat.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..."

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ANS Special Bulletin RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Launched
by Lee McLamb 18 Nov '17

18 Nov '17

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-322.01 RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Launched, Designated AMSAT-OSCAR 91 (AO-91) AMSAT News Service Bulletin 322.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE November 18, 2017 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-322.01 RadFxSat (Fox-1B) Launched, Designated AMSAT-OSCAR 91 (AO-91) The Delta II rocket carrying RadFxSat (Fox-1B) launched at 09:47:36 UTC on November 18, 2017 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Following a picture-perfect launch, RadFxSat was deployed at 11:09 UTC. Then the wait began. At 12:12 UTC, the AMSAT Engineering team, watching ZR6AIC's WebSDR waterfall, saw the characteristic "Fox Tail" of the Fox-1 series FM transmitter, confirming that the satellite was alive and transmitting over South Africa. Shortly after 12:34 UTC, the first telemetry was received and uploaded to AMSAT servers by Maurizio Balducci, IV3RYQ, in Cervignano del Friuli, Italy. Initial telemetry confirmed that the satellite was healthy. After confirmation of signal reception, OSCAR Number Administrator Bill Tynan, W3XO, sent an email to the AMSAT Board of Directors designating the satellite AMSAT-OSCAR 91 (AO-91). Bill's email stated: "RadFxSat (Fox-1B) was launched successfully at 09:47 UTC today November 18, 2017 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and has been received by several amateur stations. RadFxSat (Fox-1B), a 1U CubeSat, is a joint mission of AMSAT and the Institute for Space and Defense Electronics at Vanderbilt University. The Vanderbilt package is intended to measure the effects of radiation on electronic components, including demonstration of an on-orbit platform for space qualification of components as well as to validate and improve computer models for predicting radiation tolerance of semiconductors. AMSAT constructed the remainder of the satellite including the spaceframe, on-board computer and power system. The amateur radio package is similar to that currently on orbit on AO-85 with an uplink on 435.250 MHz (67.0 Hz CTCSS) and a downlink on 145.960 MHz. Experiment telemetry will be downlinked via the DUV subaudible telemetry stream, which can be decoded using the FoxTelem software. RadFxSat (Fox-1B) was sent aloft as a secondary payload on the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket that will transport the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-1 mission. RadFxSat (Fox-1B) is one of four CubeSats making up this NASA Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) XIV mission, riding as secondary payloads aboard the JPSS-1 mission. Since RadFxSat (Fox-1B) has met all of the qualifications necessary to receive an OSCAR number, I, by the authority vested in me by the AMSAT President, do hereby confer on this satellite the designation AMSAT-OSCAR 91 or AO-91. I join amateur radio operators in the U.S. and around the world in wishing AO-91 a long and successful life in both its amateur and scientific missions. I, along with the rest of the amateur community, congratulate all of the volunteers who worked so diligently to construct, test and prepare for launch the newest amateur radio satellite. William A. (Bill) Tynan, W3XO AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Administrator" AMSAT Engineering reminds stations that the satellite will not be available for general use until the on-orbit checkouts are complete. Please continue to submit telemetry to assist the Engineering team in completing the commissioning process. [ANS thanks Paul, N8HM, for the above information] /EX

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First Postlaunch Keps
by Alan 18 Nov '17

18 Nov '17

RadFxSat 1 00000U 17000A 17322.46057870 -.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 00004 2 00000 97.6996 257.5922 0258900 235.2917 178.7268 14.79536000 07

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Fox 1B Audio Recording
by Simon Brown 18 Nov '17

18 Nov '17

All, On http://www.sdr-radio.com/Blog/PostId/19/radfxsat-fox-1b there's a MP3 of the audio. The recent TLE seems pretty accurate: 1 00000U 17000A 17322.46057870 -.00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 00004 2 00000 97.6996 257.5922 0258900 235.2917 178.7268 14.79536000 07 Simon Brown, G4ELI www.dxgalaxy.com <http://www.dxgalaxy.com/> www.sdr-radio.com <http://www.sdr-radio.com/> www.sdr-satellites.com <http://www.sdr-satellites.com>

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Recordings of RadFXSat in safe/beacon mode
by Douglas Quagliana 18 Nov '17

18 Nov '17

Friends, If anybody has any recordings of RadFXSat in beacon or safe mode, I would really like to get a copy of your recording -- even if the telemetry did not decode. This is for a followup project based on the Fox1A project that I described in my previous Symposium paper "Finding Veronica: Methods for Obtaining Recordings of Satellite Passes and Searching for Fox-1 Satellite Telemetry Beacons using Known Noise on an FM demodulated downlink" -- except now for RadFXSat. Douglas KA2UPW/5

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Fox-1B Telemetry received!
by Alan 18 Nov '17

18 Nov '17

Telemetry being received. http://www.amsat.org/tlm/health.php?id=2&port= 73s, Alan WA4SCA

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Re: [amsat-bb] RadFxSat Heard
by Simon Brown 18 Nov '17

18 Nov '17

And again, loud and clear announcing Fox 1B over Cornwall. Simon Brown, G4ELI <http://www.dxgalaxy.com/> www.dxgalaxy.com <http://www.sdr-radio.com/> www.sdr-radio.com <http://www.sdr-satellites.com> www.sdr-satellites.com From: Simon Brown [mailto:simon@sdr-radio.com] Sent: 18 November 2017 12:36 To: 'amsat-bb(a)amsat.org' <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: RadFxSat Heard Yea! Just heard 'her' on 145.960, brief ~ 10 second transmission, this is *not* Fox-1A 'cos that's also transmitting 20kHz up. Running SDR, have the IQ data recorded. IO70kc Simon Brown, G4ELI www.dxgalaxy.com <http://www.dxgalaxy.com/> www.sdr-radio.com <http://www.sdr-radio.com/> www.sdr-satellites.com <http://www.sdr-satellites.com>

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