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PacsatGround station Version 0.42
by Chris Thompson 23 Jun '21

23 Jun '21

I have released an updated version of the Pacsat Ground station which now does a better job displaying the decoded beacons from Mir-Sat-1. It also fixes several small bugs in the conversions and in decodes. This also fixes a bug that impacts FalconSat-3 file downloads in some cases. Download it from here: https://www.g0kla.com/pacsat/index.php Let me know any issues or problems you see. Please continue to download telemetry for Mir-Sat-1 during their commissioning period. All telemetry is sent to SatNogs assuming you check "Send Server Telemetry" on the File > Settings tab. You can see that your Mir-Sat-1 telemetry was uploaded here: https://dashboard.satnogs.org/d/TaZh29gnz/mir-sat1?orgId=1&refresh=30s 73 Chris G0KLA / AC2CZ -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson(a)gmail.com g0kla(a)arrl.net

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PSAT2 APRS-to-Voice (A2V)
by Robert Bruninga 22 Jun '21

22 Jun '21

> I have my I gate up this eve and picked up several digipeats’s from > stations using PSAT2 & PSAT… none made it into the aprs system… > I have noticed also when my gate is off most of the stations don’t > make it then also… > > I think I’m the only one using A2V because the only bulletins are > TX’d shortly after I use it then it goes back to sleep until the next > time I use it…. > > McKinley Henson - KE4AZZ I guess APRS-to-Voice is a new mode and people are just not used to using it. Its really easy as described on the PSAT2 page: http://aprs.org/psat2.html Bob > > > 73 > >

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Nasabare Keps for SatPC32 not functioning
by Richard Lawn 22 Jun '21

22 Jun '21

For some reason the URL for downloading keps in nasabare format from AMSAT website is failing using the update Keps function in SatPC32. Did I miss something and has the address been changed or is the site down? 73 Rick, W2JAZ

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Mir-Sat-1 Deployment from ISS Tuesday Morning
by Chris Thompson 22 Jun '21

22 Jun '21

Mir-Sat-1 will be deployed from the ISS Tuesday at 10.55 UTC by JAXA. This satellite will support an AX25 digipeter and images broadcast with the pacsat protocol. The images will be taken by its camera and stored in the onboard file system. Amateur stations will be able to request the directory of files and request the broadcast of images using a suitable ground station. Many thanks to Jean Marc and the amateurs on Mauritius for collaborating and getting Amateur Radio included on this mission. I have updated the Pacsat ground station to support Mir-Sat-1. See my post here: https://www.g0kla.com/workbench/2021-06-18.php. If you use a GNU Radio tool chain then Dani has updated gr-satellites to support Mir-Sat-1. SatNogs is adding Mir-Sat-1 to its decoders and will also store the received telemetry. If you come up with your own decoder then please forward to SatNogs. Use the ISS Keps initially to track it. There is an award for the first telemetry. Feel free to ask any questions. 73 Chris -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson(a)gmail.com g0kla(a)arrl.net

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The requested URL not foung
by James Jipping 22 Jun '21

22 Jun '21

Good Morning: I tried to access the FoxTelem Leaderboard and get this error message: Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu) Server at www.amsat.org Port 80 Does anybody know what has happened?? Thanke Jim Jipping, W8MRR AMSAT #5512

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Satellite on 427.025 sending callsign OM9XPA
by Graham c 22 Jun '21

22 Jun '21

I was tuning around on 70cm this morning looking for satellites and found a signal on 437.025MHz sending callsign OM9XPA plus a short burst of digital signal. Time was around 2021-06-1230utc. I thought it might be GRBAlpha but that one was not in range at the time. Can't put my finger on which one it might be. Ideas? cheers, Graham ve3gtc FN25ig ( Eastern Ontario )

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SDR# and ISS pics?
by Steve Kristoff 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

Is anyone out there successfully using an RTL-SDR with SDR#, a virtual cable, and MMSSTV to receive the pictures from ISS? If so, can you please share your settings with me or point me to a tutorial or something. I can see the signal coming in strong on SDR# and I can see that it's not static noise on MMSSTV, but it's not a coherent photo. I'm getting offset lines of color. For some reason, MMSSTV isn't getting the sync signals (that's a guess on my part). What am I missing? Steve AI9IN Oldenburg IN Grid EM79ji

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MIR-SAT1 Live from the ISS tomorrow
by Jean Marc Momple 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

Dear All, FYI Deployment of MIR-SAT1 into orbit from the ISS on June 22, 2021 at 10:55 UTC will be broadcasted live on JAXA Youtube channel starting at 10:35 UTC (14:35hrs local time). URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqXMy3NDZn0 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqXMy3NDZn0> Please send me a tweet @3b8du or mail to this forum if you receive its signal as it would be really greet to have an early feedback if the bird is alive asap. Also Awards are offered by the Mauritius Amateur Society (MARS) see URL: https://mars3b8.wordpress.com/news/ good luck and good hunt. 73 Jean Marc (3B8DU)

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URL Change for nasabare
by Clint Bradford 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

Is this URL change "permanent?" http://lansing182.amsat.org/tle/current/nasabare.txt Sent from my iPhone

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Falconsat-3
by Jean Marc Momple 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

Dear All, Is anyone getting TLM from Falconsat-3 or at least its carrier? 4 OM’s here did not receive its transmission (not even carrier) over last 3 passes. 73 Jean Marc (3B8DU)

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