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witch object corresponde witch object
by Pedro Cruz 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

HI to all any one know witch object correspont witch sat. Best 73 ! Pedro Cruz - CU2JX

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Delfi-C3 heard over TU Delft Groundstation 1843 UTC
by Wouter Jan Ubbels 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

All, Delfi-C3 was heard again over the Delfi-C3 groundstation at 1843 UTC with solid signals on 145.930MHz 1200bd BPSK, using the "old" TLE's which are still on our mission ops page at: http://www.delfic3.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=93&Itemid=1… it's been a long and exciting day! 73 Wouter Jan Ubbels PE4WJ

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DELFI-C3 heard in JN35
by Piero Baudino 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Dear all, just heard the satellite during the pass starting at about 19.35 UTC. The sat was transmitting on 145.930, I have used RASCAL to try to decode the signal, but It was very difficult for me, it was very difficult to "Sync" the signal, and so nothing was decoded. My setup: - ICOM IC-910H - antenna KLM 2x7 el. - signal sometimes better in RHCP, sometimes in LHCP - signal about S3-S4 I'll try again tomorrow .... Best '73 de Piero IZ1ERR JN35UI - north west Italy

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Congrats to Delfi-C3 and all other Cubesat teams
by William Leijenaar 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Hi AMSATs, I am happy to hear that the PSLV-C9 has safely delivered all the new ham satellites in their orbit. My congratulations to all the people who have worked on this. Also to the ISRO team, as I met some of them in 2005. In 2005 the PSLV-C6 was the rocket that brought my transponder onboard VO-52 into space, and now some 3 years later the Delfi-C3 added another Dutch transponder in space. It gives a great feeling when after many hours of work the satellite is safe in space and doing its job. Even after 3 years the memory that is still clear in my mind is the actual launch of PSLV-C6, with the noise of the engine and extreem bright light from the flame that comes out of the rocket engine. Finaly silence comes back and a trail of smoke is left. Then its waiting for the first sign of life from the satellite, what seems to take ages hihi. I just checked the orbit of Delfi-C3 and the interresting thing that I noticed is that Delfi-C3 and VO-52 are in the same orbit, even the hight is almost the same. This can be interresting as one can hop from one to the other satellite when they are passing. However, VO-52 is little faster in speed than DELFI-C3 and somewhere in May/June they will be almost at the same place. Wonder how that will work out hihi... Unfortunatly I have QRL at daytime, but Wednesday and Thursday is QRL off and will have my ear listen to Delfi-C3 and all the other new sats. Good job to all the teams, Delfi-C3, SEEDS, Cute1.7, Compass-1, AAUSAT-II, and CANX-2 73 PE1RAH William Leijenaar --- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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Strong signal from Delfi over Canada
by Jean-Pierre Houle 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Very strong signal from Delfi telemetry transmitter on 15:07 U.T.C 28 April 2008. Maximum elevation was 58 degres but was unable to synchronize de telemetry decoding software,will have to get use of the doppler shift which was quite high for this pass that was almost overhead. Set up here is: Receiver: Yaesu FT-726R Antenna: Cushcraft 10 elements Yagi, Azimuth and elevation controlled. The bird was at the rendez-vous using the kepler elements downloaded from the Delfi website. Have recorded the entire pass in wav format. Good work and congratulations to the Delfi team! Best 73 to all! Jean-Pierre VE2AHD

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AO-7 Log book?
by Chris Bloy 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Hi all, Any idea why no one is updating the Planet Emily site? Last entry is April 30th with “Please: keep this field CLEAR. NO Comments here (like "CQ" etc) - ONLY CALLSIGNS. Tks for cooperation – 73” as the comment? Thanks, Chris – M0DQO No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.5/1401 - Release Date: 28/04/2008 07:18

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Re^2: CubeSats new TLE
by Mineo Wakita 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

plus one more again! OBJECT G 1 32789U 07021G 08119.60740078 -.00000054 00000-0 00000+0 0 13 2 32789 098.0082 179.6267 0015321 307.2977 051.0656 14.81417433 68

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C3 heard at KM17VX
by Kostas Ioannidis 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

I heard c3 at 18:00 utc at a low east pass (10deg elevation max.) . Signal was low so packets could not be decoded. 73 de sw1ixp

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Delfi-C3
by Miroslav Kasal 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Congrats Delfi-C3 team! Just now on April 28 at 18.02 UTC on 145.930 MHz the telemetry from Delfi-C3 was received here in Brno JN89hf: from: DLFIC3 to: TLM a8 98 9b 40 40 40 00 88 98 8c 92 86 66 01 03 f0 fc 00 58 00 01 89 2f 86 53 81 67 74 7c 5f 88 44 92 23 9b 03 a1 00 33 00 33 00 33 00 33 00 33 00 32 00 30 00 2f 5c 3f 5a 55 57 5e 4d 6a 3f 73 2d 7b 17 81 02 87 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 9c a5 ae 86 92 00 8f 00 8f 06 57 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 from: DLFIC3 to: TLM a8 98 9b 40 40 40 00 88 98 8c 92 86 66 01 03 f0 fc 00 83 00 ce 83 eb ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 3f bf be 4a 00 6a 00 25 00 58 40 01 00 52 00 00 00 4e 00 a0 0a 40 11 00 3c 0d 80 5a 00 b0 05 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0d 00 00 93 8a be 2e ........ Signal is clean and strong. 73, Mirek OK2AQK

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C3 heard ok at KM17VX
by Kostas Ioannidis 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

I heard c3 at 18:00 utc at a low east pass (10deg elevation max.) . Signal was low so packets could not be decoded. 73 de sw1ixp

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Re: [eu-amsat] Re: DELFI C-3 F SECOND PASS
by Luc Leblanc 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

On 28 Apr 2008 at 19:31, SV1BSX wrote: > Hi Luc, > > also very nice job this excellent TLM-copy from your side! > > Congratulations.. well done ! > > 73 de Mak, SV1BSX > > ps: can you post here the Keplerians that you have used? is it the OBJECT-A? Here is the last summary I track in the middle of the pack "Object C" but on the last noon pass i heard 3 additional carrier on 145.93 without any modulation? i don't know where they are coming from. It is near a full time job to be able to listen for about 10 sats so closed in orbit... OBJECT A 1 32783U 08021A 08119.33805163 .00165610 00000-0 23146-1 0 23 2 32783 097.9217 179.2401 0029749 230.8058 129.0516 14.76344380 27 OBJECT B 1 32784U 08021B 08119.40514136 -.00000054 00000-0 00000+0 0 11 2 32784 098.0072 179.4195 0015546 332.7115 027.3251 14.80994958 31 OBJECT C 1 32785U 08021B 08119.40517004 -.00000054 00000-0 00000+0 0 19 2 32785 098.0039 179.4530 0012580 286.0559 073.9245 14.80543386 31 OBJECT D 1 32786U 08021D 08119.40511310 -.00000054 00000-0 00000+0 0 14 2 32786 098.0112 179.4423 0012438 298.8152 061.1764 14.80937264 34 OBJECT E 1 32787U 08021E 08119.47361555 -.00000052 00000-0 00000+0 0 14 2 32787 097.9345 179.3954 0032911 220.1231 139.8515 14.76313341 40 OBJECT A 1 32794U 08022A 08119.44406574 .00000040 88710-6 00000+0 0 28 2 32794 048.8128 300.5404 7477587 359.9142 134.7509 02.07074130 16 OBJECT F 0 1 32788U 08021F 08119.53974580 .00174098 00000-0 21624-1 0 18 2 32788 097.9787 179.6173 0015896 285.5399 072.4839 14.81494237 52 OBJECT G 1 32789U 07021G 08119.60740078 -.00000054 00000-0 00000+0 0 13 2 32789 098.0082 179.6267 0015321 307.2977 051.0656 14.81417433 68 P.S. I don't know why they named 2 Object A? "-" "It is not the class of license the amateur holds, but the class of the amateur that holds the license." Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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Delfi-C3 Heard Well in Northern CA
by Bill Ress 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

The Delfi-C3 signal was heard on 145.930 on the 1646 to 1654 UTC in Northern CA using the initial keps provided by Delft which seemed very close. The antenna was just a M2 2 meter halo and signals were very readable. Signal nulls were every 30 or so seconds. Won't bother recoding data until I get the gain antenna on it after I become more comfortable with its orbit and signal characteristic. So congratulations to the U of Delft crew for a job well done. I'm especially keen to see how the satellite performs without the use of batteries. Regards...Bill - N6GHz

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DELFI C3 data analysis
by Luc Leblanc 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Here is some data from the (1)60 deg and (2) 8 deg morning pass 1- 968 packet decoded 2- 950 packet decoded (a very low pass s5 to S6 signal) Data has been received on 145.930 Mhz science frq (antenna SWR 1:1) all solar panels and antennas deployed "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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SEEDS and Other CubeSat TLE
by Matt Bennett 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Hi All, I received a number of requests for SEEDS TLE this morning. The truth is that there aren't any specific elements for SEEDS or any of the other CubeSats...yet. I used the preliminary launch vehicle elements published by UTIAS-SFL last night to track SEEDS (http://www.utias-sfl.net/NLS-4/). Since the sats did not get to far from the launch vehicle in the first hour, those elements were accurate. Now that it's been T+12 hours, those elements are likely to be inaccurate. In this case, you should use the elements on SpaceTrack under the "Search by Satellite Launch Date" (use April 28th for the date). Objects A-G should correspond to the CubeSats launched. Now it's a game to figure out which Object ID belongs to which satellite! The last I heard from other stations was that *Object B* worked well for SEEDS, but you should try switching objects and finding out which one is SEEDS for yourself. As time goes by, you'll see suggestions on the BB as to which TLE works for which spacecraft. Eventually you'll start seeing their common names appearing on the SpaceTrack site as well. Hope that answers your questions. BTW, can any AMSAT member tell what the rules are for reposting TLE? I thought that it was prohibited unless you had special permission, so I have omitted the latest elements from my post until I find out for sure... Thanks all. I know the students and developers REALLY appreciate your help and the telemetry you're capturing! It's certainly been fun and rewarding for me. Good luck on your upcoming passes. 73, Matt KF6RTB ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ

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Need manual for Yaesu GS-232
by Ronald G. Parsons 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

I need the manual for my Yaesu GS-232 Computer Controller for the Yaesu G-5400B rotators. Note: this is NOT the 232A or 232B which are newer products. This is a unit I purchased in 1993. Yaesu Parts has no info in the unit. The circuit board has the part number CS-232. There is a DB-25, two 5-pin headers and a power connector on the rear, and two pots (AZ and EL) near the left-rear of the circuit board. A pdf file of the manual would be ideal, but a copy would be fine. Please respond directly to my email w5rkn(a)amsat.org Ron W5RKN

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Delfi-C3 HEARD, strong signal over the Delfi-C3 groundstation 1148UTC 145.930MHz
by Wouter Jan Ubbels 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

All, we have heard Delfi-C3 during the 1148UTC pass over the TU Delft groundstation, she was on the backup freq of 145.930MHz, with a really strong signal!!! The spacecraft is in science mode, everything has deployed nominally. We got quite some decoded frames which indicate that the spacecraft is in good health. We are currently investigating the telemetry in order to determine the status into more detail. It was incredible to finally hear the faint signals out of the noise, rising to comfortable strength! Reports from accross the globe are welcome, and we have already got quite some hams receiving and uploading good telemetry!!! We were using our old TLE's from the mission ops page, which seemed to fit best, so it's probably best to keep using those for now. 73 on behalf of an even more excited Delfi-C3 team Wouter Jan Ubbels PE4WJ

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Delfi-C3 TLE's
by Wouter Jan Ubbels 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Hi all, w.r.t TLE's for Delfi-C3, for now we advise everyone to keep using the "old" TLE's as published on our Mission Operations Page at http://www.delfic3.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=93&Itemid=1… These seemed to match best on the last good pass over our groundstation this afternoon. 73! Wouter Jan Ubbels PE4WJ

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Re: DELFI C-3 F SECOND PASS
by Luc Leblanc 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Forgot to mention DELFI C 3 was on 145.93mhz in the morning pass here FN36KA Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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DELFI C-3 F SECOND PASS
by Luc Leblanc 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

My first DELFI c3 TLM reception signal s6 TO s7 copy Q5 reception. The first low pass elevation has not been heard (Bad Keps) now all is working smootly. Here is a part of the 70KB file i got from this new bird from: DLFIC3 to: TLM a8 98 9b 40 40 40 00 88 98 8c 92 86 66 01 03 f0 f6 00 d4 01 01 15 45 14 56 14 63 11 74 0e 7e 0a 85 05 8b 00 8e b4 23 b0 2f ab 39 99 4a 7d 59 59 66 2e 72 04 7b 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b0 cf 00 00 6f 80 17 b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 from: DLFIC3 to: TLM a8 98 9b 40 40 40 00 88 98 8c 92 86 66 01 03 f0 f6 00 e2 01 b6 83 cb ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 3f f9 fa 48 2c 6c 12 01 09 00 00 00 00 3b 00 80 83 4b 00 58 02 40 0c 00 70 0d 00 66 00 68 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 79 7b 3b 6f 00 00 00 00 from: DLFIC3 to: TLM a8 98 9b 40 40 40 00 88 98 8c 92 86 66 01 03 f0 f6 00 e3 01 01 3d 32 3c 50 3a 62 34 74 2a 7f 1e 87 0f 8e 01 93 6e 22 6c 39 68 47 5d 58 4d 65 37 6f 1c 79 02 80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 cb b9 00 00 79 7b 3d 6f 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 from: DLFIC3 to: TLM a8 98 9b 40 40 40 00 88 98 8c 92 86 66 01 03 f0 f6 00 e5 01 01 41 31 3f 4d 3d 5e 37 70 2d 7b 20 83 10 8b 01 8f 6f 23 6d 3c 69 4b 5e 5c 4d 69 37 73 1c 7c 02 83 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 cd b5 00 00 7a 7b 41 72 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Congratulations to the teams they make it!!!! "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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CubeSats new TLE
by Mineo Wakita 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Space Track: OBJECT A 1 32783U 08021A 08119.33805163 .00165610 00000-0 23146-1 0 23 2 32783 097.9217 179.2401 0029749 230.8058 129.0516 14.76344380 27 OBJECT B 1 32784U 08021B 08119.40514136 -.00000054 00000-0 00000+0 0 11 2 32784 098.0072 179.4195 0015546 332.7115 027.3251 14.80994958 31 OBJECT C 1 32785U 08021B 08119.40517004 -.00000054 00000-0 00000+0 0 19 2 32785 098.0039 179.4530 0012580 286.0559 073.9245 14.80543386 31 OBJECT D 1 32786U 08021D 08119.40511310 -.00000054 00000-0 00000+0 0 14 2 32786 098.0112 179.4423 0012438 298.8152 061.1764 14.80937264 34 OBJECT E 1 32787U 08021E 08119.47361555 -.00000052 00000-0 00000+0 0 14 2 32787 097.9345 179.3954 0032911 220.1231 139.8515 14.76313341 40 OBJECT A 1 32794U 08022A 08119.44406574 .00000040 88710-6 00000+0 0 28 2 32794 048.8128 300.5404 7477587 359.9142 134.7509 02.07074130 16

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New cubesats monitoring result
by Edward Chuang 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Hi all, Monitoring the pass during 12:58 - 13:12 UTC over Taiwan, max. elev.=80 deg. Copied 3 cubesats CW signal as following: *CUTE 1.7+APD II 437.275 MHz cute86cba367382825ac643017 compass-1 **437.275 MHz compass29000000000000001602c31508 SEEDS 437.485 MHz jq1yguseedsg0d85ffe jq1yguseedsg0d28ffe jq1yguseedsg0d10ffe Compass-1 sounded a little bit weird! 73 Edward / BX1AD ----- P.S. I also recoded the frames **mentioned above. *

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cube sat keps
by Pedro Cruz 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Hi to all Any one have the heps for the cube sats. Best 73 ! Pedro Cruz - cu2jx

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Correction: New Satellite Observations.
by Colin Hurst 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Having listened to a recording of the pass mentioned below, the chirpy signal is crystal locked, but the doppler shift deviated significantly from the auto-tuning, which suggests the keps in use need some refinement. Unfortunately the two signals are only 300 Hz apart. >From the chirpy signal I was able to decode from the start of a sequence 00C01.A..29000000000000000.502C5... Apologies about jumping to the conclusion about the crystal. Colin VK5HI -----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Colin Hurst Sent: Monday, 28 April 2008 10:41 PM To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] New Satellite Observations. Observations from the pass 1242 UTC to 1255 UTC, over VK. Copied two CW signals on nominal 437.275. One was very unstable and chirpy with slow CW, the other was clean, fast CW, but quite weak in signal strength. The unstable signal drifted down the band very quickly, definitely not crystal locked. Also copied SEEDS on nominal 437.485, but may be slightly lower in frequency. Signal clean but very weak. Visible on Spectran but not decode-able. This pass was in Eclipse. Used auto-tracking throughout the pass, which may have been a retrograde move. Colin VK5HI. _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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New Satellite Observations.
by Colin Hurst 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Observations from the pass 1242 UTC to 1255 UTC, over VK. Copied two CW signals on nominal 437.275. One was very unstable and chirpy with slow CW, the other was clean, fast CW, but quite weak in signal strength. The unstable signal drifted down the band very quickly, definitely not crystal locked. Also copied SEEDS on nominal 437.485, but may be slightly lower in frequency. Signal clean but very weak. Visible on Spectran but not decode-able. This pass was in Eclipse. Used auto-tracking throughout the pass, which may have been a retrograde move. Colin VK5HI.

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(no subject)
by Robert Turlington 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Hi All can anyone recomend a doppler tuning program that will tune the ft847 in 1hz steps ,at the moment I am using Instant Tune but thats only 10hz as is HRDRegards Robert G8ATE _________________________________________________________________ 100’s of prizes to be won at BigSnapSearch.com http://www.bigsnapsearch.com

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New Sattelites Keps ????
by Raul Romero CA3SOC 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

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Re: Delfi-C3 HEARD, strong signal over the Delfi-C3 groundstation...
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Hi Wouter, Glad to hear the good news - Also copied over here in the UK - South Wales - IO81EM. As with my report on Cute 1 , I was only using a THD-7 with its helical antenna. Regret although this I had been prepared to make a digital recording, I had some local interference from somewhere nearby however which badly effected the quality etc. I will try again later this evening and also perhaps use an Arrow antenna. Thanks again and further congratulations on the satellite now being confirmed as operational. Regards Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat -UK Amsat NA

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Re: DelfiC3 heard
by G0MRF＠aol.com 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Hi all. Hooray! Can I recommend Spectran as a good piece of software for recording and displaying weak signals. The screen shows frequency and time and signal level so you can very easily adjust the tuning for 1600Hz required for the RASCAL decoding software. I used it to identfy Suitsat 1 and estimate its ERP. Set the sample rate for 44kHz to get the highest bandwidth and quality. _www.weaksignals.com_ (http://www.weaksignals.com/) Thanks David - Sadly at work and not near the radio..... In a message dated 28/04/2008 12:29:29 GMT Standard Time, rob_g8ate(a)hotmail.com writes: Hi All I managed to hear Delfi-c3b beacon this afternoon using spacetrack object A #32783 the Sat was running approx 1min early ,so far as I could tell ,the beacon was centred on 145.930+- doppler, at los the recorded frequency on my ft847 was 145.927.6 I was unable to decode the telemetry due to a shortcoming in my doppler control progarm in that it tunes in 10hz steps which is to high but will try and rectify this as soon as I can.At times the signal was s7 but with very deep fading using a 6 el quad with horiz pol.Regards Robert G8ATE

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Congrats to ISRO
by Prathap Kumar 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

We the members of Amsat India and the Indian Ham fraternity congratulate ISRO for the successful 10 pack satellite launch via the PSLV C9 this morning. We would also congratulate the DELFI team, CUTE team and the SEEDS team for their amateur radio satellites which are now placed in orbit. Looking forward to hearing the first telemetry in a few minutes which ofcourse is a low westrly pass for us. VU3TYG and myself would try to monitor and record. Looking forward to a the new exciting sats. Best 73 Pop VU2POP Secy Amsat India

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Delfi-c3 heard in io92jp
by Robert Turlington 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Hi All I managed to hear Delfi-c3b beacon this afternoon using spacetrack object A #32783 the Sat was running approx 1min early ,so far as I could tell ,the beacon was centred on 145.930+- doppler, at los the recorded frequency on my ft847 was 145.927.6 I was unable to decode the telemetry due to a shortcoming in my doppler control progarm in that it tunes in 10hz steps which is to high but will try and rectify this as soon as I can.At times the signal was s7 but with very deep fading using a 6 el quad with horiz pol.Regards Robert G8ATE _________________________________________________________________ Search and win with BigSnapSearch.com http://www.bigsnapsearch.com

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Delfi-C3 received in Belgium
by ON5QI Claude 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Delfi-C3 received in Belgium during the third pass between 11:49 and 11:57 utc on 145.930 MHz. 194 packets received, decoded with RASCAL and sent to the command station. Signals were loud and decodable during 90 % of the pass. Congratulations to the team. Long life to Delfi-C3. 73 Claude ON5QI

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Re: TS-2000X question
by Henk, PA3GUO 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Domenico, Just tested this with Rob, PE1ITR. Myself using the TS2000X (TX), Rob receiving. Compared 144 FM vs 1244 FM/USB: quality was the same. Henk, PA3GUO ------------------------------------------------------------- Hi All, I got advise that the quality of modulation on 23 cm for the TS-2000X in SSB is not so good as in 2 meters and 70 cm. Any experience ? Tanks and 73" de i8CVS Domenico

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CUTE1.7 and SEEDS
by Miroslav Kasal 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Both the CUTE1.7 (437.275) and the SEEDS (437.485) CW signals were monitored in Brno JN85HF during pass between 10.12 and 10.23. 73, Mirek OK2AQK

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Re: CubeSats launch congratulation!
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Hi all. I have just copied Cute -1.7 over here in the UK (Wales - IO81EM) Using Kenwood THD-7 and just its helical antenna - copied CW on a frequency 437 .275 Mhz +/- doppler. The over head pass N//S was at approx. 1012 hrs Zulu and an max elevation about 76 degrees. Sorry I did not have any device with me to make a recording. Now looking out for a possible pass of Delfi C-3. Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat -UK Amsat NA

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ISRO launch
by vu3sxegmail 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Hello All ISRO making history, congrats to all involved for the success of the launch on 10 satellites, fantastic feat. Does anyone know if any satellites can be tracked by Radio Amateurs, if so which frequencies, and satellites. Regards, Sundeep Shah. Vu3sxe / +91 94484 26365

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Delfi-C3 is ALIVE!!!!
by Wouter Jan Ubbels 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Hi all, Delfi-C3 was heard by Rick Mann, while she was over the US. From the wav file Rick sent us, we can deduce that she is tranmitting on the backup frequency (145.930) in science mode. This is very very good news, we are all extremely excited. We have not been able to decode the wav file yet since it is rather noisy, but the satellite is definitely there. Note that Delfi-C3 decides by herself on which freq the transmitter comes up, so be sure to check both 145.870MHz and 145.930MHz. Any wav files, or if possible even decoded TLM using RASCAL or a KISS file is highly appreciated! 73 on behalf of an excited Delfi-C3 team Wouter Jan Ubbels PE4WJ

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Aloha SEEDS
by Robert Smith 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Aloha I copied SEEDS this evening at 44 degrees el. in Honolulu. The KEPS provided by Mineo worked very well. I used an FM HT so I had to interpret the CW via graphics. There seemed to be a lot of polarity shifts. The CW sequence was: JQ1YGU SEEDS GO CDA FFF...... repeated with varying 3 letter groups following "GO." This was my first attempt with this bird so I hope my data is reliable. 73 to all and congratulations to the Nihon University Cubesat Team!!! Domo, arigato gozaimashita! Respectfully with Aloha robert NH7WN in Honolulu

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Re: No success with Delfi-C3
by Edward Cole 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

At 11:28 PM 4/27/2008, Delfi-C3 Mission Control wrote: >Edward Cole wrote: >> >>Is there any update on keps for Delfi-C3? Uploading the launch keps >>gave me questionable results with NOVA. Nothing heard here but not >>sure that I listened at the correct time. >> >>I will try again at 8:16utc pass for Cute-1.7 (keps per Hiroki >>Ashida), but will it be out of eclipse? We are in local night-time >>here in BP40IQ since 5:52utc. According to NOVA the sun terminator >>will be crossed by Cute-1.7 at 8:24utc northbound. I am heading to >>bed so hope to wake in an hour to observe on 144.870. I have not >>installed the telemetry sw so am only hoping to detect a signal. >> >>73 Ed - KL7UW >>lat=60.675N, lon=151.316W >>receiving with 4x 10 element x-yagis and mgf-1801 LNA to FT-847 >> >>At 09:18 PM 4/27/2008, Rick Mann wrote: >> >>> >>>Well, I went to a hilltop at the appointed time, but try as I might, I >>>heard nothing. >>> >>>Was Delfi-C3 really out of eclipse at 0455 - 0510 UTC? >>> >>> >>>-- >>>Rick >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Sent via <mailto:[email protected]>AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions >>>expressed are those of the author. >>>Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >>>Subscription settings: >>><http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb>http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >>> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Sent via <mailto:[email protected]>AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions >>expressed are those of the author. >>Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >>Subscription settings: >><http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb>http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> >Delfi has been heard over north america, so keep tracking, it's transmitting! > >Bram >Delfi-C3 mission control Listened to pass a 8:16-8:28 utc 2008/04/28. Did not hear anything either at 144.870 or 144.930. Ed - KL7UW

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Re: No success hearing Delfi- C3
by Mika Siira 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

> >Nothing heard my QTH Winnipeg, Manitoba EN 19. Listened from 0500 UTC to >0510 UTC on 145.870 145.920-..930 >Dave I also get the same from my Dr (overweight) but I'm going to bed..... >good night all > >Gerry VE4GTB > >www.ve4gtb.com > Hello folks, I monitored first two passes during morning and didn't hear any signal from the sat here in northern Finland. Max. elevations were 3 degrees for the first pass and 17 degrees for the second (according to given keps for Delfi- C3). Mika, OH8MBN

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Heard Delfi-C3 at 063908 UTC
by Rick Mann 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

I heard Delfi-C3 on the second pass (San Francisco Bay Area), but not the first. Also, it was transmitting on 145.930 MHz (the backup frequency), not 145.870 MHz. The ICOM IC-R1500 didn't have the crackling you hear in the recording when listening on the speaker, but for some reason it got into the ADC: http://roderickmann.org/stuff/Delfi-C3.mov How very exciting! Congrats to all! -- Rick

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No success with Delfi-C3
by Rick Mann 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Well, I went to a hilltop at the appointed time, but try as I might, I heard nothing. Was Delfi-C3 really out of eclipse at 0455 - 0510 UTC? -- Rick

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CubeSats launch congratulation!
by Mineo Wakita 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

The satellites which are confirmed now a nominal transmission of its beacon are as follows: - Cute-1.7 + APD II - SEEDS - COMPASS- Cute-1.7 first decode from Tokyo Institute of Tchnology ------------------------------------------------------- We successfully decoded the 1st voice from the Cute-1.7 + APD II. All status is completely normal. Cute-1.7 + APD #2 Analyzed Telemetry (CW House Keeping) : JST: 2008/04/28 15:21:24:417 UTC: 2008/04/28 06:21:24:417 JD: 2454584.76486594 Analyzed raw data (House Keeping) : 87 CA A5 68 38 20 2A AC 54 2D 17 Voltage of 3.3V system is 3.261 [V] Voltage of 5V system is 4.880 [V] Voltage of battery is 3.986 [V] Voltage of main bus is 3.768 [V] Satellite mode is FLIGHT USB Power is turned off Rx mutual monitor is active Tx mutual monitor is active Antenna is deployed DTMF flag is turned off Amatuer service mode : DIGI off Temperature of communication board is -5.998 ['C] Temperature of battery is13.327 ['C] Current of battery is -0.598 [A] S meter of 144MHz is 1.015 [V] S meter of 1.2GHz is 0.544 [V] APD 3.3V A power is turned off APD 3.3V B power is turned off APD main power is turned off DAQ power is turned on PDA is turned off TH-59 power is turned on CW power is turned on DJ-C5(TX) power is turned on

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No success hearing Delfi- C3
by Gerry 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Nothing heard my QTH Winnipeg, Manitoba EN 19. Listened from 0500 UTC to 0510 UTC on 145.870 145.920-..930 Dave I also get the same from my Dr (overweight) but I'm going to bed..... good night all Gerry VE4GTB www.ve4gtb.com

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Delfi-C3 - Not Heard - - - - - Yet!!!
by Bill Ress 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Congratulations on what appears to be a successful launch and satellite deployment!! Listened for Delfi-C3 from 0500 UTC to 0510 UTC here in Northern California on .870 and ,930 +/- 10 KHz and heard nothing - - - - but the satellite was in eclipse until late in my pass and then it was getting near the horizon. Just listened for Delfi-C3. Perhaps Alaska will have better luck!!! Regards...Bill - N6GHz

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Indian launch webcast tonight?
by G0MRF＠aol.com 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Hi. >From the University of Toronto site. "The launch webcast may be viewed on this link: " rtsp://164.100.51.207/broadcast/DDLive?start= Flight Sequence T=0.0s PS1 Ignition T=113.34s PS2 Ignition (h=50.60km) T=188.14s Heat shield separation T=265.14s PS3 Ignition (h=205.56km) T=540.0s PS4 Ignition (h=518.42km) T=848.1s PS4 Cut off (h=637.66km) + 37.0s Cartosat-2A separation + 47.0s Reorientation of PS4 + 82.0s TWSAT separation +122.0s Reorientation of PS4 +183.5s Cute-1.7+APDII separation +203.5s CanX-2 separation +223.5s Delfi-C3 separation +243.5s AAUSat-II separation +263.5s SEEDS separation +283.5s COMPASS-1 separation +303.5s CanX-6/NTS separation

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Congratualations for a successful launch
by Sion Chow Q. C. (9W2QC) 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Dear All, Just witnessed the very successful launch of Delfi-C3 and all other satellites launched from India via DD National live. My congratulations to all those involved in making this launch a success. Now awaiting the reception of the first signals some 9 hours from now. Will have to wait for tomorrow morning to copy the first signal from Delfi-C3 due to it being in eclipse during the first pass over West Malaysia. Good luck to all those in copying the downlink. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9W2QC.

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Delfi C3 launch succes
by Luc Leblanc 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

I am watching the PLSV-C9 launch from India and at 0408Z PSLV-C9 was at 2932 km downrange at an altitude of 626KM and the launch was perfect at 0353Z. The tentative Delfi C3 KEPS "seems" to be ahead of the actual PSLV-C9 position. We will not be able here on the eastern North American side to get the sat before 1329Z (0929 EST) RASCALS is working tracking is ready i just wait for the real KEPS and the first report from the western coast of NA. Congratulations for the launch team in India and it's could be a world premiere a 10 satellites launch on a single rocket. P.S. Europe will have couple of pass jin the morning just send your report on the BB Thank's "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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by Sion Chow Q. C. (9W2QC) 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

Dear All, Just witnessed the very successful launch of Delfi-C3 and all other satellites launched from India via DD National live. My congratulations to all those involved in making this launch a success. Now awaiting the reception of the first signals some 9 hours from now. Will have to wait for tomorrow morning to copy the first signal from Delfi-C3 due to it being in eclipse during the first pass over West Malaysia. Good luck to all those in copying the downlink. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9W2QC.

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PSLV launch stream...
by Rafael Valdez G. 28 Apr '08

28 Apr '08

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/videopod/default.aspx?id=27750 Rafael Valdez Jr. XE2RV @ DL55 10X-52716 QRV V/U Sat EX-XE2PWF P Before printing, please think about your responsibilityand commitment with the ENVIRONMENT. Antes de Imprimir, piensa entu responsabilidad y compromiso con el MEDIO AMBIENTE

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Big Bear CA ARC Demo
by Clint Bradford 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

Thank you, Patrick, for helping me show off AO-51 last night! It's one thing to give a 45-minute presentation on the topic...but to then tell the assembled group, "Let's step outside and see what happens" makes it all come alive. Clint, K6LCS -------------------------------------- Clint Bradford, K6LCS / KAF3359 909-241-7666 - cell

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Delfi C3 first orbit
by G0MRF＠aol.com 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

Hi all. Delfi C3 is being launched at 03.53 UTC on Monday. I've loaded the keps from the web site, and it looks like the first stations to hear the satellite will be on the west coast of the USA at around 05.01 when the satellite exits eclipse heading north. Can anyone confirm this sounds about right? It doesn't look like the satellite will have a good pass over the University ground station until around 4.5 hours after launch. All the more reason to collect some valuable telemetry in the first few hours. Exciting times...... David

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RASCAL 1.0.1 has been posted
by Mark L. Hammond 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

For those of you wishing to collect Delfi-C3 telemetry--there is a new RASCAL version 1.0.1 posted: http://www.delfic3.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=94&Itemid=1… 73, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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Re: [ans] ANS-118 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
by Pughkeithd＠cs.com 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

In a message dated 4/27/2008 1:03:21 PM Central Daylight Time, morsesat(a)optonline.net writes: > JerryE5109(a)aol.com wrote: > > >Why can't ANS-118 be saved to AOL or my files.? > >Jerry KCYRE #20098 > > > > > >In a message dated 4/27/2008 9 02 35 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > >morsesat(a)optonline.net writes: > > > > http://www.delfic3.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=94& > Itemid=12 > > 3 > > > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings > >at AOL Autos <http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851>. > > Jerry, > In almost all cases involving a received message, It is usually the > problem of the mail program you are using. > I would look into your help file and determine what setting is required > since no one else is aware of the same problem. > I copied to the BB so if there is an immediate answer the BB guru's > will answer to you. > We also get requests not to send the ANS to people and they forget they > requested to be on the ANS list in the first place.(HA!) > I hope you and the BB group enjoy the news the ANS crew gathers for you > so you'll all be better informed. AMSAT BOD Take note > to the importance of keeping AMSAT members up to date!. > 73, > Dee, NB2F > One of the jr. ANS Crew > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb Dee, I also had some difficulty with ANS-118 and probably any of the other bulletins that originate with you. I use Compuserve 7.0 which is related to AOL. I am usually able to recover the bulletin as a download, but it does not display as a part of the message like other ANS-Bulletins and most other messages. I mentioned this to Joanne at Dayton (or Pittsburg) last year and neither of us can explain it. Do you send the bulletin as an attachment or embedded in a message? I occaisionally miss an ANS-Bulletin altoghther, but that is another problem. 73 - Keith, W5IU

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AO-16 status update #3
by Mark L. Hammond 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

Hello all, A quick look at the telemetry suggests that AO-16 is doing fine. The current transmitter output power is about 1.5 Watts. This is reduced from the earlier setting of about 1.8 Watts. As of 21:37 UTC 27 April 2008, AO-16 is again configured for voice mode and is open for normal operations: Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM Downlink: 437.0260 MHz DSB (LSB and USB). Users of AO-16 are encouraged to report any aberrant operations by either posting to the AMSAT-BB or by emailing the command team at n8mh AT amsat.org "Aberrant operations" might include the following: complete loss of signal from the spacecraft or significant change in the transmitter frequency. Oh behalf of the command team, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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AO-16 status update #2
by Mark L. Hammond 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

Hello all, I was able to command AO-16 ON during the 19:52 UTC pass over my QTH. The satellite is currently in 1200 BPSK digital MBL telemetry mode on the 437.026 MHz transmitter. As requested in the previous update, please refrain from transmitting to AO-16 until further notice. 73, Mark L. Hammond, N8MH AO-16 Command Team

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Frequencies
by Walter M 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

Where could the satellite frequencies be found? I'm thinking that I would use the USB mode. My 2M/70cm antenna is a arrow OSJ 146/440 which is a J Pole vertical. Do I need a hand held antenna to get the satellites?Thanks, newbie - Walter

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Re: [ans] ANS-118 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
by Dee 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

JerryE5109(a)aol.com wrote: > Why can't ANS-118 be saved to AOL or my files.? > Jerry KCYRE #20098 > > > In a message dated 4/27/2008 9 02 35 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > morsesat(a)optonline.net writes: > > http://www.delfic3.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=94&Itemid=12 > 3 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings > at AOL Autos <http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp00300000002851>. Jerry, In almost all cases involving a received message, It is usually the problem of the mail program you are using. I would look into your help file and determine what setting is required since no one else is aware of the same problem. I copied to the BB so if there is an immediate answer the BB guru's will answer to you. We also get requests not to send the ANS to people and they forget they requested to be on the ANS list in the first place.(HA!) I hope you and the BB group enjoy the news the ANS crew gathers for you so you'll all be better informed. AMSAT BOD Take note to the importance of keeping AMSAT members up to date!. 73, Dee, NB2F One of the jr. ANS Crew

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AO-16 status update
by Mark L. Hammond 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

Hello all, There are reports at http://oscar.dcarr.org/ that AO-16 has gone silent. Should this be the case, there is no cause for alarm. Over the last month AO-16 has gone from full illumination (0 minutes of eclipse) to over 250 minutes of eclipse. Since the bird has no fancy housekeeping code running, a reasonable explanation is that the battery voltage dropped low enough to put the bird into a protected (and silent) mode. Over the next few days I'll work at collecting telemetry and restoring the voice mode operations of AO-16. Please refrain from transmitting to the satellite until further notice. On behalf of the AO-16 Command Team, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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Nevada Trip Update for grid square activity
by Ronald Nutter 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

I am doing the last bit of packing for my trip to Las Vegas tomorrow. I am taking gear with me to operate AO-16, AO-27, SO-50 and AO-51. Just before posting this email, I saw an update from N8MH that AO-16 may be silent due to the eclipse period it is now in, so operating from that one may not be an option. That should still leave me the FM birds to work with. If I get off the plan and to the rental car in time Monday, I should be able to operate a couple of the morning passes. I have a mid day meeting with a vendor which should finish in time to operate a couple of the afternoon passes. No sure how much time I will have during the week but will try to operate when I can. I try announce my presence on the passes I will be on as KA4KYI Portable followed by the grid square I am operating from. My signal may not be the best since I will be operating with handhelds and minimal antennas. I hope to operate with mag mount antennas on the rental car and a 3 element uhf beam from Arrow for the downlink. I am taking an AL-800 and my trusty IC-W32 for some operating possibilities from where I will be in Vegas. Ron KA4KYI

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[ans] ANS-118 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
by Dee 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-118 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS 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. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor(a)amsat.org In this edition: * Delphi C3 Launch date confirmed * AMSAT goes to the Races * Call for Papers * Dayton Update * Final Monthly OSCAR-11 Report * ARISS UPDATE SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-118.01 CalPoly and Delphi C3 Launch date confirmed AMSAT News Service Bulletin 118.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. April 27, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-118.01 The PSLV-C9 launch from India carrying the CUTE-1.7, SEEDS, DELFI-C3, COMPASS-1, AAUSAT-II, and CANX-2 Cubesats into orbit has been confirmed for April 28, 2008 at 03L53 UTC. Here is a summary of the PSLV-C9 CubeSat payload: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Uplink Downlink Beacon Mode Callsign CUTE1.7 1267.600 . . 9600bd GMSK JQ1YTC CUTE1.7 . 437.475 . 9600bd GMSK JQ1YTC CUTE1.7 . 437.475 . 1200bd AFSK JQ1YTC CUTE1.7 . . 437.275 CW SEEDS . 437.485 . FM,CW,Talk JQ1YGU DELFI-C3 . 145.870 . 1200bd BPSK DLFIC3 DELFI-C3 435.570-530 145.880-920 145.930 FM,CW COMPASS-1 . 437.405 . 1200bd AFSK COMPASS-1 . . 437.275 CW AAUSAT-II . 437.425 437.425 1200bd AFSK OZ2CUB AAUSAT-II . 437.425 437.425 9600bd FSK OZ2CUB CANX-2 . 437.478 . 32Kbd- VA3SFL CANX-2 . 2407.650 . 256Kbd GMSK VA3SFL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks to Mineo, JE9PEL for this table. http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/CubeSat.htm http://www.dk3wn.info/calendar/satellit.php?language=german http://www.delfic3.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=96&Itemid=71 The Delfi-C3 team has released RASCAL, the telemetry decoding software for their satellite mission. You can find the download page at: http://www.delfic3.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=94&Itemid=12 3 This page also includes instructions on how to apply for a user account to submit telemetry to our servers, and how to use RASCAL. The Delfi-C3 Mission Operations page is online at: http://www.delfic3.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=93&Itemid=12 2 Here you can find all information regarding frequencies, TLE's and so on. The CalPoly CubeSat Team will be in their IRC Chat Room before, during and after the launch, and during the passes at Cal Poly. This is the #cubesat channel on on irc.freenode.net network. Or, for those of you without an IRC client, you can use the web client on the Polysat site: http://polysat.calpoly.edu/irc/ (it has trouble when more than 10 people use it though, so try getting a real IRC client). Preliminary TLE's: SEEDS 1 XXXXXU 08XXXXXU 08119.17465972 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000X 2 XXXXX 97.9533 178.9040 0004500 6.0427 209.0053 14.7954000000001X Cute-1.7 II 1 XXXXXU 08XXXXXU 08119.17374537 .00000091 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000X 2 99999 97.9419 179.0062 0011471 292.3990 277.6939 14.7828229200001X Preliminary TLE 1 00000U 00000C 08119.17443982 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0013 2 00012 97.9497 178.9014 0004270 015.5590 198.2466 14.79780033 00004 [ANS thanks the following ... Wouter Jan Ubbels PE4WJ of the Delfi-C3 Team, Bryan Klofas, KF6ZEO of the Cal Poly State University, Mineo Wakita JE9PEL, and Mark Hammond, N8MH for this latest, up-to-date CubeSat launch information.] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-118.02 AMSAT goes to the Races AMSAT News Service Bulletin 118.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. April 27, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-118.02 This coming Sunday, April 27th, AMSAT will have its premiere at a major sports car race -- The Bosch Engineering 250 at the Virginia International Raceway (VIR) Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series; VIR is located near Danville, VA on the VA/NC border. Brad Jaeger (see http://www.bradjaeger.com) is the son of AMSAT member Jim Jaeger (K8RQ) and is piloting the bright yellow #77 Doran Racing Kodak Ford machine (which you can see at http://www.bradjaeger.com/?q=node/110 and at http://www.grand-am.com/rolex/drivers/driver.cfm?did=1110). K8RQ has arranged for AMSAT to display its colors on Brad's car on a "space available" basis. If you can make it to Danville for the weekend, the detailed schedule of events can be found at http://www.grand-am.com/assets/08VIROfficialSched2.pdf. But if you can't make it, the race will be carried on the cable SPEED channel from 12:00 to 15:00 EDT on Saturday, May 3rd. For more details about the Grand-Am Rolex racing series, see http://www.grand-am.com/rolex/ and http://www.virclub.com/latest-news/bosch-engineering-becomes-title-sponsor-…. 73 de Tom, K3IO [ANS thanks Tom, K3IO, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-118.03 Call for Papers AMSAT News Service Bulletin 118.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. April 27, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-118.03 Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the 27th Annual ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference to be held September 26-28, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. These papers will also be published in the Conference Proceedings (you do NOT need to attend the conference to have your paper included in the Proceedings). The submission deadline is July 31, 2008. Please send papers to: Maty Weinberg ARRL 225 Main St Newington, CT 06111 or you can make your submission via e-mail to: maty(a)arrl.org Papers will be published exactly as submitted and authors will retain all rights. 73 . . . Steve, WB8IMY ARRL [ANS thanks Steve, WB8IMY, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-118.04 Dayton Update AMSAT News Service Bulletin 118.04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. April 27, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-118.04 We are less than three weeks before the 2008 Dayton Hamvention. Make your plans to come and visit the AMSAT booth, check out our new offerings, talk with the Engineering development teams, talk with the Officers and Board members and renew your membership. We have a great Forum on Saturday morning, live satellite demonstrations each day, a number of satellite models, information and actual parts. So come by and find out about the progress on SuitSat-2, Eagle and Intelsat. There is a scheduled ARISS contact on Saturday. AMSAT we will provide the live uplink/downlink audio in multiple locations. Reservations for the Friday night AMSAT/TAPR Banquet close on Monday May 12. Just giving Martha your name doesn't make a reservation. You must have full payment. Contact Martha at the AMSAT office to make your reservations. Complete information about the AMSAT presence at Dayton can be found on the AMSAT web site, http://www.amsat.org a l s o . . . Gould, WA4SXM is still looking for volunteers to help man the booth during Hamvention. If you can talk about satellite operation with potential members, demonstrate SatPC32, help with administrative tasks we have a job for you. Please contact wa4sxm(a)amsat.org if you can volunteer a few hours to give back to AMSAT. [ANS thanks Gould, WA4SXM, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-118.05 Final Monthly OSCAR-11 Report AMSAT News Service Bulletin 118.05 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. April 27, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-118.05 Clive, G3CWV sent the 144th monthly report for OSCAR-11. Clive says, "Unless there is an unexpected change of status (such as occured with OSCAR-7), I'm expecting this to be my last report." This report covers the period from 17 March to 21 April 2008. During this period the satellite has not been heard and no reports of reception have been received. Transmissions were expected to resume on 24 March, after the beacon switched-off on 14 March. However, permanent eclipses started a few days beforehand, which probably caused the transmission period to be terminated prematurely. It is now unlikely that the satellite will support any sustained period of operation, and will only transmit for a short time, possibly less than a single orbit, every 21 days. In the years ahead, it is possible that you may hear OSCAR-11, by accident, when tuning around the frequency. If you are able to record the satellite on audio tape or as a WAV file (not MP3), please do so, as it is unlikely that it will be heard on the next pass! Please send reception reports to xxxxx(a)amsat.org (replace xxxxx by g3cwv) or post to amsat-bb. If you have a file, please let Clive know what you have, before sending it! If you need to hear what the satellite sounds like, please visit his website at http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew/ The satellite transmits on 145.826 MHz. Clive concludes, "I am indebted to all those who sent reception reports during the last 12 years. Initially there was much interest in hearing the mode-S beacon, which was very weak. Recently, interest has changed to hearing when the two metre beacon switched on/off. Special thanks must go to Jeff KB2M who recorded telemetry during my holidays, and Peter ZL3TC, who has monitored the beacon daily, during recent months. Many thanks to everyone." OSCAR-11 was the second satellite from the University of Surrey, http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/SSC. It was designed, built and launched, within a time scale of six months, by a team headed by Martin Sweeting G3YJO. Amateur radio groups working at various locations in the world, Also contributed to the project. It used commercially available 'off the shelf' components (COTS). Following the success of these satellites, in 1985 Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (http://www.sstl.co.uk) was formed, as a commercial venture. This grew into a major company which has produced over 27 small satellite projects for a global market. [ANS thanks Clive G3CWV for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-118.06 ARISS UPDATE AMSAT News Service Bulletin 118.06 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. April 27, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-118.06 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report April 21, 2008 1. Upcoming School Contacts Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando, Florida has been scheduled for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Monday, April 21 at 17:48 UTC via the telebridge station W6SRJ in Santa Rosa, California. Arnold Palmer is one of 8 hospitals under the Orlando Regional Healthcare umbrella and addresses the unique medical needs of children in the Central Florida area. The children who participate in this contact will be patients at the hospital. It will be an exciting surprise and enriching experience that will make their hospital stay a memorable event. The audio from this contact will be fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) Conference Room servers and the IRLP Discovery Reflector 9010. Students from the Shchelkovo School in Star City, Russia, will experience an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Wednesday, April 23 at 09:24 UTC. The school will be assisted by the telebridge station ON4ISS in Belgium. Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko, RN3DX, will participate using the callsign OR4ISS. The audio from this contact will be fed into the EchoLink AMSAT (101 377) and JK1ZRW (277 208) Conference Room servers and the IRLP Discovery Reflector 9010. The National Air and Space Museum (NASM) in Washington, D.C. has been approved for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Saturday, May 3 at 15:52 UTC via the telebridge station NN1SS in Greenbelt. This year Space Day will celebrate the 50th anniversary of NASA and NASA’s achievements through space exploration. Youth, ages 12 -18, will participate in the contact. The Washington Post, the NASM Web site and NASM e-news will cover the event which is open to the public. Thousands are expected to attend. 2. New Jersey School Contact, a Success On Monday, April 14, students from Central Middle School in Parsippany, New Jersey, participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with alumnus Garrett Reisman, KE5HAE. Eighteen questions were asked and answered. Over 900 students, parents and others gathered at the school to witness the event. One radio station, three television stations (ABC, CBS, NJ12) and four newspapers including the Star Ledger, the Daily Record, Parsippany Life and the New York Times reported on the contact. The school also had its district communication, “Video on the Go” hooked up. The activity was recorded and available for viewing on their Web site. All 14 district schools had the opportunity to view the contact live. The Daily Record article may be found on: http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080415/COMMUNITIES3… To view the Star Ledger article, go to: http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-4/120823411560940… 3. ARISS - Korean Museum Contact Successful Students visiting the National Science Museum of Korea participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Friday, April 18. Spaceflight participant Yi So-yeon, HL0ARISS, answered nine questions posed to her by the students in front of an audience of approximately 800. Over five television stations and four newspapers covered the event. 4. ARISS International Team Meeting Held The monthly Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) teleconference was held on Tuesday, April 15. Agenda items discussed included the preparations for the ARISS meeting in Moscow and the status of new telebridge stations under consideration. The minutes have been posted to the ARISS Web site. See: http://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2008-04-15.htm 5. Astronaut Training Status An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) training session was held for Expedition 19 crew member Bob Thirsk, VA3CSA, on Thursday, April 17. Chris Hadfield, KC5RNJ/VA3OOG, Thirsk’s back-up, will attend an ARISS training session on Friday, May 2. [ANS thanks Carol, for the above information] /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 additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Dee Interdonato, NB2F nb2f at amsat dot org

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GO-32 not Responding
by Colin Hurst 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

GO-32 appears to have dropped into the Boot Loader. Colin VK5HI.

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add keps
by Pedro Cruz 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

Hi to all Any one knows how to add keps in satpc32 ? Best 73 ! Pedro Cruz - CU2JX

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SEEDS TLE update
by Mineo Wakita 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

SEEDS 1 XXXXXU 08XXXXXU 08119.17526667 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000X 2 XXXXX 97.9521 179.1184 0004570 8.6293 206.4181 14.7957000000001X

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Re: FINAL MONTHLY OSCAR-11 REPORT
by Clive Wallis 27 Apr '08

27 Apr '08

Jeff KB2m wrote - >It was a pleasure to work with you on UO-11 Clive. I still listen for >her >at least a couple of times a week, last time was yesterday. And, I >will >continue to do so in the future. Thanks Jeff. Thanks also to all those who e-mailed similar kind words. BTW since sending the report, Peter ZL3TC has e-mailed to say that he heard UO-11 on 23 April 2008, for a single pass. Interestingly, it was just over 40 days since we last heard it, ie. two complete watchdog cycles. -- 73 Clive G3CWV Hitchin, North Hertfordshire, UK.

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Re^2: AMSAT Web Update: Multiple CubeSat Launch April 28
by Mineo Wakita 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

I corrected and complemented this amsat news into my_site: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/80428cub.htm de JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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Re: AMSAT Web Update: Multiple CubeSat Launch April 28
by Mineo Wakita 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

Please revise at the bottom of http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/index.php Information from Mike DK3WN: CanX-2 doesn't have an UHF beacon anymore. They decided to remove UHF! Modulation of AAUSat-II ist FFSK(MSK) - not AFSK! Correct table by JE9PEL: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Satellite Uplink Downlink Beacon Mode Callsign CUTE1.7+APDII 1267.600 . . 9600bd GMSK JQ1YTC CUTE1.7+APDII . 437.475 . 9600bd GMSK JQ1YTC CUTE1.7+APDII . 437.475 . 1200bd AFSK JQ1YTC CUTE1.7+APDII . . 437.275 CW SEEDS . 437.485 . FM,CW,Talk JQ1YGU DELFI-C3 . 145.870 . 1200bd BPSK DLFIC3 DELFI-C3 435.570-530 145.880-920 145.930 FM,CW COMPASS-1 . 437.405 . 1200bd AFSK COMPASS-1 . . 437.275 CW AAUSAT-II . 437.425 437.425 1200bd FFSK(MSK) AAUSAT-II . 437.425 437.425 9600bd FSK OZ2CUB CANX-2 . 2407.650 32Kbd-256Kbd GMSK VA3SFL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ de JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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SEEDS CW/FM Analyzer
by Mineo Wakita 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

We are available a new analyzer at Nihon University site. http://cubesat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/english/index.html http://cubesat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/english/blog.html http://cubesat.aero.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp/download/Downlink_Code_for_Distributi…

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Re: FT817 service manual, repair or parts
by David Donaldson 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

I will admit publically I toasted my 817 and took 6 months and $500 to fix. I spent the money in order to prove I could fix it. There are more voltages then the 12 and 5 volt. There is 9V TX, 9V RX and regulators on the both the main board and the PA board (but not the module). To save the list my painful story I will contact you directly with my hints. Others my have simular help. I need to get to a real computer other then this moble phone.... Dave WB7DRU Burnsville ,MN US Sent with Wireless Sync from Verizon Wireless by DAVE DONALDSON-Burnsville MN Amateur radio: WB7DRU Navy Mars: NNN0AXK ---- Original Message ---- From: "Pieter Kotze" <PKotze(a)csir.co.za> Date: 4/25/08 2:32 am To: "amsat-bb(a)amsat.org" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subj: [amsat-bb] FT817 service manual, repair or parts Hello all Managed to kill my 817 some time ago with a power spike from a dodgy power supply. Found some burnt components and tracks on the main board next to the ribbon cable leading to the front panel and LCD. This prevented the 12V from reaching the front panel. Did a small mod to get the 12V around this burnt track. Still no switch on from the 817. Then found another burnt component, the 5V regulator next to the power switch on the front panel PCB. Temporary replaced the 5v surface mount with a 7805 regulator, but still no joy. Beginning to think that a lot more must have been damaged by the power spike. Anyone out there got more of a service manual to try and track the fault? Otherwise anyone got an 817 that has damage elsewhere from which I could try and swop subparts / PCB to get mine working again? Regards Pieter ZS1PK -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support. _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb --- Get FREE High Speed Internet from USFamily.Net! -- http://www.usfamily.net/mkt-freepromo.html ---

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FS: Kenwood TS-811
by Jack 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

I have for sale a very nice TS-811 I bought new and used for satellite activity. I plan to attend Dayton Hamvention and will bring it along for inspection by anyone interested. Please contact me off list for additional info. hr_gear at charter.net See you at Dayton.

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AMSAT Web Update: Multiple CubeSat Launch April 28
by JoAnne Maenpaa 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

Hello everyone, The AMSAT Web page http://www.amsat.org has been updated to provide summary information about the multiple CubeSat launch on April 28. Scroll to the bottom of the page for this information. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org Editor, AMSAT News Service

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CUTE1.7+APDII
by Mineo Wakita 26 Apr '08

26 Apr '08

CW Telemetry Checker Ver 0.5 Beta http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/index_e.html Screen shot http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/80426cut.jpg de JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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Re: Using an 817 on AO-51
by John Marranca, Jr 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Likewise, I too, use nothing more than an FT-817ND...but I don't use automation for Doppler Correction. The 817 is quite adept at making QSOs via Satellite. (Next project: Making satellite contacts with a 2AT and a 4AT) John KB2HSH -- _______________________________ John Marranca, Jr PBX Technician/Shop Steward CWA Local 1122 BN Systems, Inc Orchard Park, NY (716)972-2006

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Re: FT817 service manual, repair or parts
by Henk, PA3GUO 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Hi Pieter, I had the same 2 yrs ago ... including smoke from within :-( All the el.cap's in the 12V input line exploded. They are rated only 16V or so, and there is NO protection at all inside the 817 for wrong polarity or too high voltage. As soon as you apply ~16V it's most likely damaged big time (!) At first I hoped only the C's, then the 5V regulator, but it turned out to be the main CPU that was dead. Felt also quite hot. The main CPU is located at the front PCB. You hardly see it. It tried here in the Netherlands at the local Yeasu, for a new front PCB or new front, but they didnt want to help (or offer it at the price of a brand new 817). Then I got help from Yaesu in the UK. Very friendly, and the shipped it I believe for something like 50 dollars. In any case much less as 500..600 for a new 817 ! On trick after that was to de-solder the old CPU and get the new one in. And: I got an old part, so have only 2 colors for the display, and I miss that 3rd bright nice color. Well, anything better as no 817. (wife would NOT allow spending again 600$ due to stupid me applying too much voltage to a new toy :-)) Hope this helps & Hope your CPU is NOT dead. ps1: I now have 2 diodes in the power supply cable to prevent wrong polarity. ps2: I do not complain about the 817, everything comes at a price, more safe/secure DC input design would have resulted in a higher price ! ps3: try a front from another HAM to trace down if you have the same issue. ps4: I also had to remove a C in the HF Amp, also that one caused a short. Henk, PA3GUO http://www.qsl.net/pa3guo ==================================== Hello all Managed to kill my 817 some time ago with a power spike from a dodgy power supply. Found some burnt components and tracks on the main board next to the ribbon cable leading to the front panel and LCD. This prevented the 12V from reaching the front panel. Did a small mod to get the 12V around this burnt track. Still no switch on from the 817. Then found another burnt component, the 5V regulator next to the power switch on the front panel PCB. Temporary replaced the 5v surface mount with a 7805 regulator, but still no joy. Beginning to think that a lot more must have been damaged by the power spike. Anyone out there got more of a service manual to try and track the fault? Otherwise anyone got an 817 that has damage elsewhere from which I could try and swop subparts / PCB to get mine working again? Regards Pieter ZS1PK

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TS-2000X question
by i8cvs 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Hi All, I got advise that the quality of modulation on 23 cm for the TS-2000X in SSB is not so good as in 2 meters and 70 cm. Any experience ? Tanks and 73" de i8CVS Domenico

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Dish position pulse counter
by Phil 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Thank you for reading this. While looking for something to do recently, I came across a project that I was working on four years ago. It's the basis of a PIC controller for a home-built satellite dish rotator. It's taken me the better part of a week to figure out what it's all about and I now remember one of the problems that slowed the pace of the project. I'm wondering if it's worth the effort of continuing. The PIC was counting pulses reasonably well from the elevation jack but was not always accurate because of noise pulses from the motor. I expect the larger azimuth rotator motor will produce even more hash. An accurate pulse count is important so as not to accumulate a large error towards the end of a satellite pass. Constant stopping and starting would probably add extra pulses too. Do home TV dish pointers use shielded cable to take the position pulses back to the controller? It's not something that I can test myself because my satellite gear is in storage more that 1100km from where I live. I'm having second thoughts about the pulse counting scheme and I'm beginning to think that the tried and proven ten-turn pot method might be more fool proof. Has anyone else had any success, or otherwise, with pulse counting? It's an interesting project but it might be impractical. Regards, Phil.

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AMSAT Awards
by Bruce 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

We would like to welcome the following to the satellite community. They have made their first satellite contact and are now members of the AMSAT Satellite Communicators Club. University of Florida, Gator Amateur Radio Club, W4DFU The following have earned the AMSAT Sattelite Communications Achievement Award Clyde de Rossett, KI4CKT #462 University of Florida, Gator Amateur Radio Club, W4DFU #463 The following have earned the AMSAT South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award Dimitrios Pallis, SW1JGW #US120 University of Florida, Gator Amateur Radio Club, W4DFU #US121 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on SkyScanner Satellite Radio Network on Galaxy-25 @97° West, Transponder 23 (12115 Vert), Symbol Rate: 22425, APID: 1794 (DVB Free To Air) Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org

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rs-22
by Robert Smith 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Aloha All I have copied RS-22 off and on over the last year. About the same time I read the AMSAT postings re: battery loss etc., I fired up SATPC32 and saw that the bird was almost directly overhead Honolulu (my QTH). I ran outside with my HT and Arrow and received a strong distinct signal. The time was 0833Z (1030p Honolulu time). Accordingly, although the sat. may be experiencing difficulties she was "op normal" under eclipse conditions this evening. My curiousity is now up however and I listen more frequently over the next several days. Aloha from Honolulu. robert NH7WN

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FT817 service manual, repair or parts
by Pieter Kotze 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Hello all Managed to kill my 817 some time ago with a power spike from a dodgy power supply. Found some burnt components and tracks on the main board next to the ribbon cable leading to the front panel and LCD. This prevented the 12V from reaching the front panel. Did a small mod to get the 12V around this burnt track. Still no switch on from the 817. Then found another burnt component, the 5V regulator next to the power switch on the front panel PCB. Temporary replaced the 5v surface mount with a 7805 regulator, but still no joy. Beginning to think that a lot more must have been damaged by the power spike. Anyone out there got more of a service manual to try and track the fault? Otherwise anyone got an 817 that has damage elsewhere from which I could try and swop subparts / PCB to get mine working again? Regards Pieter ZS1PK -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support.

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RS-22 not heard
by David 25 Apr '08

25 Apr '08

Hello All, Just had a listen for RS-22 on 435.352 but didn't hear anything. Anyone know of its current status? 73 de David VK5DG

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Re: Dish position pulse counter
by Steve harrison 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Hi Phil, Just a thought regarding pulse counting of the jack (Actuator arm). Feed DC to the reed switch and then detect it with an opto coupler with the appropriate series resistor. Then count the pulses from the output transistor of the opto-coupler. This will stop the false counts from noise etc. I would be very interested in your results with this project as pulse counting has lots of merit as an accurate position sensor. Regards, Steve. VK2XDE

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Any PSLV CubeSat Launch Coverage ?
by Keith N4ZQ 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

To anyone in the know, is there going to be any live Internet coverage of the PSLV CubeSat Launch in a few days? Maybe a live web cast or at least an IRC chat room? I would appreciate the URL if there is any. Cal Poly has had great success with it's chat room during their pre launch, launch and post launch activities. Keith N4ZQ _____________________________________________________________ Click here to find answers for Love, Problems, and what your Future holds. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2221/fc/Ioyw6i4sufAlIMJRZIPwUryVQQAT…

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Delfi-C3 launch date confirmed!
by Mark L. Hammond 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Just read this: http://www.delfic3.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=96&Itemid=71 "Launch date confirmed The launch provider has officially announched a launch date and time: April 28th at 03:53 UTC. All clocks are counting down and preparations for the launch are in progress!" Congratulations to the team! I bet they are excited beyond belief :) 73, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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Thanks for the 817 info
by WB2LLP 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Keith and Ronald, Thanks for the information and pointers to the information. Normally I use an IC-W32A in the driveway or front yard and I wanted to try it with the 817 also. I had forgotten about the example on page 77 of the 817 manual. With all this help, it should be simple. 73 de WB2LLP Gene

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Tickets to Dayton Banquet
by Martha 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

This is a reminder that you MUST pay for your banquet ticket before May 12th. Giving me your name only will not hold a ticket. I understand it is difficult since the store is down but you need to call the AMSAT office. The number is 301-589-6062. -- 73- Martha

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O7 23apr08
by Dave Guimont 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

O7 beacon on 145.972 +/- doppler, S9 signals in San Diego at 1830z.... Mode B loud and clear the entire pass, ~50 watts ERP.. 73, Dave, WB6LLO dguimon1(a)san.rr.com Disagree: I learn.... Pulling for P3E...

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Re: Using an 817 on AO-51
by Angus 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

All my sat QSO's are done with a single FT817 and its no problem with any of the FM sats, very simple to set up, and any one with the FT817 should use the FT Commander software for easy setting of the 817 memorys. regards Gus M0IKB -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 3464 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len

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UT1FG/mm report
by Robert Turlington 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Hi All yesterday Yuri UT1FG/mm was in KO19 and today in JO85 ,off the coast of Sweden I think, so he must have left St Petersburgh a few days ago heading out of the Baltic then through the English Channel out into the Atlantic and then to South AmericaRegards Robert G8ATE _________________________________________________________________ Be a superhero and win! Play the Iron Man Mashup Game http://www.ironmanmashup.co.uk

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LVB Tracker Assistance
by Joel Kandel 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

I'm looking for assistance from anyone who is successfully using the LVB Tracker with the UBS RS-232 simulator drivers, either SatPC32 or Nova tracking software, and preferrably a TS-2000 xcvr. I'm also using a G-5400 rotor. Your help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Joel Kandel, KI4T

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Re: Using an 817 on AO-51
by Pughkeithd＠cs.com 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

In a message dated 4/23/2008 9:42:22 PM Central Daylight Time, wb2llp(a)optonline.net writes: > My memory says that someone wrote a very nice article on using an FT-817 > with satellites and used AO-51 as an example. However, I can not remember the > magazine that contained the article and can not find the note that mentioned > it. Hopefully there is someone whose brain has more working cells than > mine, can tell me where the article is located. > > TNX es 73 de WB2LLP > Try the Summer 2007 issue of CQ/VHF. The cover photo shows a set of Field Day Satellite antennas. The article is not about 817's in patricular, but two of them are used as the basis of a complete multimode satellite station. I do use the FT-817 on all of the FM birds as well for demonstrations. It works quite well and, as someone else pointed out, the setup instructions for this are in the back of the FT-817 manual. 73 - Keith, W5IU

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CubeSats Preliminary TLE
by Mineo Wakita 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

SEEDS 1 XXXXXU 08XXXXXU 08119.17465972 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000X 2 XXXXX 97.9533 178.9040 0004500 6.0427 209.0053 14.7954000000001X Cute-1.7 II 1 XXXXXU 08XXXXXU 08119.17374537 .00000091 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000X 2 99999 97.9419 179.0062 0011471 292.3990 277.6939 14.7828229200001X Preliminary TLE 1 00000U 00000C 08119.17443982 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0013 2 00012 97.9497 178.9014 0004270 015.5590 198.2466 14.79780033 00004

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UISS-SatGate
by Mineo Wakita 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

[How to SatGate using UISS only] I could satgate many data to findu.com: http://www1.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi?absolute=1 Please see my web: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uisssate.htm Thank you very much, Dany/LU4EG and Guy/ON6MU. de JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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W0DXZ in DM25,DM26
by w0dxz＠aol.com 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

I am planning to go to Laughlin NV and then on to LasVegas Thursday through Sunday. If possible, I will be on? AO-27 and AO-51 sometime during that period,? if all works well. Not sure how much activity there is from those two. BoW0DXZ DM33 Sun City AZ

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Six teams vie for satellite prize
by Trevor 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Six teams of students are vying for the chance to build an experiment for a satellite that will launch in 2010, see http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2008/satellite_prize.htm 73 Trevor M5AKA --------------- Daily Amateur Radio RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ Email your news items to: editor at southgatearc.org News On Your Website: http://www.southgatearc.org/rss/index.htm News On Your PC: http://www.southgatearc.org/rss/newsreader.htm Upload Your News: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news.htm --------------- __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Re: A reminder re: phonetic alphabet and digits... (N7JK)
by John Kopala 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Dale and Pat, I'd like to add a few more comments. I know the passes are short, but I've observed a lot of time wasted by multiple stations transmitting at the same time, not letting a station finish their exchange, and the use of excessive power. The handheld stations don't have a chance when big guns blasting away with gobs of power. The other night a K1... station was obliterated and stomped on. How many "1" calls do you hear these days? Please folks, especially on the busy FM birds. A chaos is inevitable, but we can minimize it if we... 1. Run the minimum power necessary to reach the satellite - 5 watts or less if your radio allows. 2. Listen for the weak station operators. 3. Operate full duplex so you can hear the downlink while transmitting. 4. Be patient and let others complete their exchange. If we stomp on each other nobody wins. 5. If you hear multiple stations (usually just a grunge sound) on the downlink, stop transmitting. Nobody makes a contact when everybody transmits at the same time. 6. If you can't hear the downlink, don't keep transmitting. Just because you can't hear the bird doesn't mean that the bird can't hear you and that you are not interfering with others. 7. We all mess up from time to time, so be patient with us. 8. Oh, and did I say, "Use the minimum power necessary....?" And yes, I'm probably preaching to the choir, but I guess we all need to be reminded from time to time. John Kopala - N7JK From: Dale-KL7XJ <daleh(a)alaska.net> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: A reminder re: phonetic alphabet and digits... To: amsat-bb(a)wd9ewk.net Cc: amsat-bbs <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Message-ID: <480E562F.6020501(a)alaska.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I have been diligently waiting and trying to work the XE stations. It is as exciting for me as I suppose it for them. The other night I had a call from XE2BRL I was not sure on his suffix so I asked him to repeat to be sure and when he came back he was covered up by QRM by other stations trying to get him that I never was able to complete the QSO or grid squares. I know the passes are short but for fringe area to fringe are on the foot print I sure wish folks would give some consideration. I try to keep my transmissions short and consider other folks needs over mine. I will keep trying though. I do have confirmation from Japan on the other hand... That was pretty cool. 73, Dale - KL7XJ BP40

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AO7 now in mode B only?
by dobarrows＠aol.com 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Frank, K9CIS, just told me AO7 is starting to go in eclipse again and is stuck in mode B. He also reported that the beacon was back. --- Dave W8IJ

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Using an 817 on AO-51
by WB2LLP 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

My memory says that someone wrote a very nice article on using an FT-817 with satellites and used AO-51 as an example. However, I can not remember the magazine that contained the article and can not find the note that mentioned it. Hopefully there is someone whose brain has more working cells than mine, can tell me where the article is located. TNX es 73 de WB2LLP

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N5AFV Special Event Operation from the Alamo
by Allen F. Mattis 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

I had a wonderful time Tuesday and Wednesday (April 22 & 23) operating two passes of AO-51 and one pass of SO-50 from the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. I was using my W32A HT and an AL800 telescoping antenna. For one pass I was only 50 feet from the front door of the Alamo, and for other passes I stayed across the street approximately 150 feet from the front door due to the presence of Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers that looked like they might arrest me. Both of these locations were within the walls of the fortified Alamo at the battle. Stations worked were W7JPI, W5VG, W4KI, XE2RV, KI5FIA, XE2BHL, WB2VUN, WA8SME, W6ASL, K6YK, WA6DIR, W6ZQ, and XE2HWB and I have a special QSL card made up for the operation. This was my third satellite operation from EL09sk, the Alamo, and on future trips to San Antonio I hope to operate again from the Alamo. 73 Allen N5AFV

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N5AFV Special Event Operation from the Alamo
by Allen F. Mattis 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

I had a wonderful time Tuesday and Wednesday (April 22 & 23) operating two passes of AO-51 and one pass of SO-50 from the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas. I was using my W32A HT and an AL800 telescoping antenna. For one pass I was only 50 feet from the front door of the Alamo, and for other passes I stayed across the street approximately 150 feet from the front door due to the presence of Department of Public Safety (DPS) officers that looked like they might arrest me. Both of these locations were within the walls of the fortified Alamo at the battle. Stations worked were W7JPI, W5VG, W4KI, XE2RV, KI5FIA, XE2BHL, WB2VUN, WA8SME, W6ASL, K6YK, WA6DIR, W6ZQ, and XE2HWB and I have a special QSL card made up for the operation. This was my third satellite operation from EL09sk, the Alamo, and on future trips to San Antonio I hope to operate again from the Alamo. 73 Allen N5AFV

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GloboSat 01 confirmed date and time
by CX2SA Ham Radio Services 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

Hello and thank you for read my message. Confirmed date and time for CV1LAI - GloboSat 01. Globosat 01 is the first uruguayan telemetry test from high altitude balloon of the LAI Project. * Date April 24 of 2008 (10:00 UTC) * Telemetry The platform send telemetry information in standard APRS format in 2m. band. The APRS message goes encapsulated in a AX.25 (Packet) frames and modulated in AFSK (1200 bps) FM. * Data: Callsign: CV1LAI (special callsign for the Globosat during these days) Mode: APRS (over AX.25 1200bps) Frequency: 145.030 MHz Power: 1W. Antenna: dipole 1/2 wavelenght in vertical position. * Web site of the Lai Project: <http://iie.fing.edu.uy/twiki/bin/view.cgi/Satelite/GloboSat01Instructivo> <http://iie.fing.edu.uy/twiki/bin/view.cgi/Satelite/GloboRadiacion01> * E-mail: CX0CFI(at)fing.edu.uy Best 73, Jose CX2SA

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Fun Ham Video ...
by JoAnne Maenpaa 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

Ya'll just might like this ... Good fun ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MgOyWW5uG8 -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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