January 2018 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Getting Ready for Fox-1D
by Paul Stoetzer 12 Jan '18

12 Jan '18

AMSAT’s next Fox-1 satellite, Fox-1D, is scheduled for launch at 03:58 UTC on January 12, 2018 (10:58pm EST on Thursday, January 11th) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India. Further information about the launch and the satellite's early operations, including preliminary TLEs and FoxTelem settings suggestions, can be found at https://www.amsat.org/getting-ready-for-fox-1d/ 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Executive Vice President Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)

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Fox-1D is now on GoSatWatch.. It's listed as "99934" in the Amateur radio folder
by Steve Nordahl 12 Jan '18

12 Jan '18

FYI..!! Fox-1D is now on GoSatWatch.. It's listed as "99934" in the Amateur Radio Satellite folder..Steve NS3L

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PSLV LAUNCH SUCCESSFUL...
by William Herzberg 12 Jan '18

12 Jan '18

It was a textbook launch... Fox 1D is currently making it first approach towards the west coast... It should be approaching Hawaii... I watched the launch from indian TV... Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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Updated Fox-1D Preliminary TLEs
by Paul Stoetzer 12 Jan '18

12 Jan '18

Good afternoon, Fox-1D launches in less than 10 hours! ISRO reports that fourth stage fueling is complete, second stage fueling is underway, and the countdown is proceeding nominally. Updated preliminary TLEs for Fox-1D are: Fox-1D 1 99934U 1801D 18012.18138657 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 19 2 99934 97.5671 73.8300 0006273 277.3678 311.7572 15.21737581 17 Unfortunately the AMSAT website is currently down. We hope it will be working in time to provide launch coverage, but if not, please follow the AMSAT Twitter account (@AMSAT) and AMSAT North America Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/7828379515/) for live updates. If you have finished setting up your station to collect telemetry (remember that the downlink frequency is 145.880 MHz, if using an SDR, make sure you have set your LO frequency to cover Fox-1D's downlink), then please take a look at the following video explaining the PSLV-C40 mission. Fox-1D is featured prominently among the American satellites on the launch at 5:02 of the video https://www.isro.gov.in/pslv-c40-cartosat-2-series-satellite-mission/pslv-c… Live launch video will be available at https://www.isro.gov.in/pslv-c40-cartosat-2-series-satellite-mission/watch-… 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Executive Vice President Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT)

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GoSatWatch
by David Johnson 12 Jan '18

12 Jan '18

Just looked at my phone and noticed the GoSatWatch app is now updated with 99934 for Fox-1D. That was quick. -- David Johnson W9DWJ <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Handy Links for the Fox-1D Launch
by Paul Stoetzer 12 Jan '18

12 Jan '18

Less than four hours until launch! Here are some handy links to keep track of tonight's launch and the early orbits of Fox-1D Fox-1D Launch Live Blog https://www.amsat.org/fox-1d-launch-live-blog/ Fox Telemetry Leaderboard (With links to FoxTelem) http://www.amsat.org/tlm/ AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page (Report Fox-1D reception here) http://amsat.org/status/ Getting Ready for Fox-1D PDF https://www.amsat.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Getting-Ready-fo… Live Launch Video (Video will be live at 03:30 UTC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNEcE7-odCo In addition to the live blog, updates will be found on AMSAT's Twitter account (@AMSAT). Note that you do not need to be a Twitter user to view AMSAT's tweets. https://twitter.com/AMSAT The latest prelaunch Keps can be found in AMSAT's Keps distribution. Any tracking software using the AMSAT Keps distribution should identify new object "99934" after refreshing your Keps. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Executive Vice President Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA)

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PK96 TNC / Falconsat
by Tony 11 Jan '18

11 Jan '18

All: Anyone in the group using the PK-96 TNC for 9600 baud satellites? Tony -K2MO

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YB0X digipeating?
by Robert Bruninga 11 Jan '18

11 Jan '18

Yono, I just looked at some web pages that are captureing YB0X packets and I do not see any digipeated packets? Is this because the digi is off, or there have not been any recent users? Or the web pages are not looking for YBOX-1* etc? For example SATWATCH: http://59.167.159.165/ And this one: https://yc3bvg.blogspot.com/2015/12/raw-data-yb0x-1-digipeater-on-io-86.ht ml Or am I looking in the wrong place? Thanks Bob, WB4APR -----Original Message----- From: Suryono Adisoemarta [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 11, 2017 11:20 AM To: Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu> Cc: Scott Miller <scott(a)opentrac.org>; aprssig(a)tapr.org; Suryono Adisoemarta via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] [aprssig] What satellite is this ? Bob , The callsign: YB0X-1 Alias: YBSAT Callsign substitution on alias The hardware is Tracker2 I believe I emailed you in 2011 when the payload was complete and waiting for launch opportunity. Note: I can add APRSAT as another alias. 73 de Yono - YD0NXX / N5SNN Sent from my mobile device > On Aug 11, 2017, at 8:26 PM, Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu> wrote: > > Scott, > > What kind of digipeater is it? We need to know how to parse the digi > path to pull it out as a satellite digipeated packet. > > > > What aliases does it support? Only YOBX-1 as a path? or does it also > support APRSAT and ARISS? > > > > Does it do callsign substitution or insertion? > > IE, when it digipeates on an alias does it do substitution like this: > YBOX-1*, > > Or does it do substitution like this: YBOX-1,APRSAT*? > > > > Then Steve can add a parser for it to show up on pcsat.findu.com > > Bob > > > > *From:* aprssig [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Scott > Miller > *Sent:* Thursday, August 10, 2017 7:01 PM > *To:* aprssig(a)tapr.org > *Subject:* Re: [aprssig] What satellite is this ? > > > > Oh hey, that's one of mine! LAPAN-A2/ORARI is carrying a Tracker2 as > a sub-payload. > > Scott > N1VG > > On 8/10/2017 3:28 PM, vk2tv wrote: > > Andrew, > > It really isn't rocket science to put "Indonesia YB0X" into Google and > arrive at the answer. > > This was the first hit .... > https://aprs.link/app/aprs/stations/basic-YB0X-1 > > Ray vk2tv > > > > On 10/08/17 19:08, Andrew Rich wrote: > > Guys > > > > I left my satgate running on 145.825 and snagged these packets > > > > What are they from ? > > > > 1:Fm YB0X-1 To APOT21 Via SGATE <UI R Pid=F0 Len=65> [11:32:31R] [+++] > >> -4C DARK NIGHT MOMENT FOR INDONESIAN SPACE DAY AUGUST 6 th 2017 > > > > 1:Fm YB0X-1 To APOT21 Via SGATE <UI R Pid=F0 Len=65> [11:36:11R] [+++] > >> -4C DARK NIGHT MOMENT FOR INDONESIAN SPACE DAY AUGUST 6 th 2017 > > > > Andrew > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > aprssig mailing list > > aprssig(a)tapr.org > > http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > aprssig mailing list > > aprssig(a)tapr.org > > http://www.tapr.org/mailman/listinfo/aprssig > _______________________________________________ > 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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Fox Tlm with FC dongle
by David G0MRF 11 Jan '18

11 Jan '18

Hi all. I've returned from a break over Christmas and noticed the signal level on my fox-tlm screen has dropped. I've also noticed that the various parameters for the dongle include LNA and Mixer gain along with IF bandwidth of 200kHz However, there is also a box that says RF filter and that is set to 0-4MHz. I can't see anyway to change the RF filter setting ! I assume this should be 2m to select the internal SAW filter. Any idea where I can start looking? Many thanks David G0MRF

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Problems with SatPC32 CAT control and FT-736R
by Bernie and Cheryl 11 Jan '18

11 Jan '18

Dear Folks: I have been able to get my computer and the Yaesu FT-736R to play nicely together, and indeed, have had several QSO's with the frequency compensated for by the computer quite nicely (on both AO-7 and FO-29). But, I have now run into a problem. A few days ago, I was trying to hear myself on the downlink for FO-29. I couldn't hear myself, and started adjusting the frequency controls on SatPC32 to try to find myself on the downlink. I was completely unable to do it. Then, I noticed that whenever I turned on the CAT control on the software (the "C+" toggle), the receive frequency was jumping out of band (explains why I couldn't hear myself). I looked on SatPC32, and it was showing an out-of-band frequency for the downlink. I have since tried all sorts of things to get that downlink frequency back into the band and can't figure out how to do it. And, tonight, during an FO-29 pass, I noticed that I could only change the uplink frequency but the downlink frequency was stuck where it was (it was in the middle of the downlink passband) and it wasn't being adjusted by the computer at all. So, I suspect I've completely hosed up the CAT parameters. Can anyone send me an email (hamdan(a)ix.netcom.com) and walk me through the process of getting SatPC32 properly working for CAT purposes? Like I said, the hardware is working fine. It's the software. It's also the sysop. :-( I appreciate any help you can give me. 73 de Bernie, KF0QS

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