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AMSAT CubeSatSim First Official Release v1.0
by Alan Johnston 08 Jul '21

08 Jul '21

I am very pleased to announce the first software release of the CubeSatSim software v1.0! Along with the first hardware release v1.0 last month, this is an important milestone for this AMSAT educational project. All the CubeSatSim software and hardware is fully open source. The v1.0 release info is available on GitHub here: https://github.com/alanbjohnston/CubeSatSim/releases/tag/v1.0 and the v1.0 hardware info including gerber files is available here: https://github.com/alanbjohnston/CubeSatSim/tree/v1.0/hardware/v1.0 Thanks to Bruce Paige, KK5DO, we have CubeSatSim blank PCB sets and CubeSatSim Raspberry Pi SD cards available on the AMSAT Store. For the moment, they are only available to ship to US addresses. In a post-COVID future, we hope to offer worldwide shipping. The CubeSatSim Raspberry Pi SD Card is a 16 GB micro SD card with Raspberry Pi OS Lite and all the CubeSatSim software installed and configured on it. It is available at the AMSAT Store for $20 https://www.amsat.org/product/amsat-cubesatsim-raspberry-pi-sd-card/ You can also download the image and flash it to your own SD card using these instructions https://github.com/alanbjohnston/CubeSatSim/wiki/2.-Software-Install Here is the readme file for the CubeSatSim software https://cubesatsim.org/download/cubesatsim-readme.pdf With the 3 board sets of blank PCBs, you can order the parts and solder your own CubeSatSim. They are available at the AMSAT Store for $35 https://www.amsat.org/product/amsat-cubesatsim-pcb/ I want to take this opportunity to thank the team that has been working on the CubeSatSim Project including Pat Kilory, N8PK, Jim McLaughlin, KI6ZUM, and David White, WD6DRI. In addition, Chris Thompson, G0KLA/AC2CZ has been instrumental in helping me get the FSK/BPSK transmit code working and has added support for the CubeSatSim to FoxTelem. Yesterday's release of FoxTelem v1.11 has full CubeSatSim support. And of course, thank you to the AMSAT Board of Directors and the AMSAT membership who have supported this project for many years. 73, Alan KU2Y AMSAT Vice President for Educational Relations P.S. AMSAT has CubeSatSim Loaners available to ship to your event or presentation or STEM outreach activity - just contact me if you have an upcoming event.

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K2H on sats
by John Brier 08 Jul '21

08 Jul '21

Hi, KC1DKY is the only K2H sat op and he is FM only and has been very busy. It's possible he will be able to work some passes tonight after he gets off work. Please don't email him for info. He has already gotten lots of emails. Next year hopefully we will have more ops. Good luck and hope everyone had fun. We do have at least a couple clean sweeps on sats which is great! 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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FoxTelem Version 1.11
by Chris Thompson 07 Jul '21

07 Jul '21

I am releasing version 1.11 of FoxTelem. This primarily supports new features needed for GOLF-T development and the CubeSat Simulator. If you are using FoxTelem in the lab or classroom then this release should be installed. It also fixes several bugs that will help with live decoding of AO-95. It is not a mandatory upgrade but it is recommended. Specifically it addresses the following: * Fixes a bug where Costas decoding can stop if audio is being monitored * Supports all the latest features needed for the CubeSatSimulator * Better warnings for tracking and Find Signal errors * Supports all the latest GOLF-T layouts * Fixes a bug where strong signals may not be tracked correctly * Supports math expressions in telemetry conversions * Better handles USB device errors You can download FoxTelem here: http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/windows/FoxTelem_1.11g_windows.zip http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/linux/FoxTelem_1.11g_linux.tar.gz http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/mac/FoxTelem_1.11g_mac.tar.gz Feel free to reach out to me with questions or comments. 73 Chris G0KLA / AC2CZ -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson(a)gmail.com g0kla(a)arrl.net

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Field Day Results
by Bruce 06 Jul '21

06 Jul '21

Ahhh, I caught you trying to get a peak at the Field Day results. No they are not ready yet. You have until 11:59 P.M. Central Time on Friday, July 16, 2021 to turn in your Field Day scores. I am going to be out of town the week of July 12th. I will still try to acknowledge when I get your score in my inbox. It would be nice to get some pictures and a short note about how your field day was. I always like to share the stories in the AMSAT Journal article. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Member 2016-2022 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live 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 AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat

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volunteers needed for space themed event in Dallas
by tjschuessler＠verizon.net 06 Jul '21

06 Jul '21

Hi all, In person events are back! The Frontiers of Flight Museum in Dallas, TX is this year returning to their in-person "Moon Day" space themed STEM event on July 24th. I have signed up for AMSAT and Amateur Radio in Space as an exhibito, as we have in past years. I will have the AMAT Cubesat Simulator and the Fox Engineering model to show off to the kids attending and will use iPad apps and SatPC32 to show orbits/footprints and such. There even are a couple AO-91 passes during the event. I have already a few volunteers for the event but if you live in the DFW area and enjoy communicating with young people, I would love to hear from you. Evet details: Location, Frontiers of Flight Museum, Love Field, Dallas, TX Time, Setup 7:30-9:45AM, Event 10:00AM through 3PM, teardown to follow. Drop me an email off list, and I will give you more details. 73 Tom Schuessler, N5HYP at amsat.org

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13 Colonies
by Jeff Parsons 06 Jul '21

06 Jul '21

Many thanks to all the volunteers who took the time to put all 13 colonies on the air via satellite. Your efforts are greatly appreciated! 73 Jeff VE3KY Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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DE K2E 13 Colonies rove
by jeff griffin 06 Jul '21

06 Jul '21

Here's the passes I'm planning on working tomorrow on my Delaware trip.... 06.07.2021 SO-50 11:14 11:27 65 324 - 157 06.07.2021 AO-91 12:16 12:30 34 192 - 340 06.07.2021 RS-44 12:56 13:15 83 186 - 008 06.07.2021 CAS-4A 13:15 13:25 22 208 - 077 06.07.2021 CAS-4B 13:30 13:41 26 213 - 074 if an official K2E QSL card is desired... https://www.qrz.com/db/k2e If you want a card from me as KB2M, K2E, or KB2M/K2E just send me a SASE to my NJ address... Jeff Griffin 55 Freedom Rd Sewell NJ 08080 73 Jeff kb2m

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AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page maintenance complete
by Joseph B. Fitzgerald 06 Jul '21

06 Jul '21

The AMSAT Live OSCAR Satellite Status Page has undergone a bit of maintenance and was temporarily redirected. This maintenance is now complete, be sure your browsers point to: https://www.amsat.org/status/ -Joe Fitzgerald KM1P

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MIR-SAT1 Platinum Award winners -MIR-SAT1 news
by Jean Marc Momple 06 Jul '21

06 Jul '21

Dear All, This is to inform you that the winners of MIR-SAT1 Awards are: S59ZM PY4ZBZ K4OZS N6RFM G8AFC DK3WN N8MH JA0CAW PU7ORD 3B8GL Congratulations to them. Their certificate has been sent by MARS a few minutes ago. To note that the award criteria is based on following: First that one received telemetry of MIR-SAT1 and second the participation form on the MARS WEB has been submitted. There are a few who successfully received MIR-SAT1 telemetry (even before the winners above) and uploaded same to Satnogs but have not submitted the participation form. They are still eligible for the Gold Award if they request same by filing their application on URL: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdCAAKTMtTmARDwrjIE_Coai1WR9b2zUFj… Good luck for the Gold Award. Thanking you all for uploading telemetry on Satnogs, we is really appreciated as we are in testing phase presently. 73 Jean Marc (3B8DU)

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EM67
by Bob Liddy (K8BL) 05 Jul '21

05 Jul '21

Gridders, Logged the following Stations from EM67 today on CAS4A/B. LMK if I botched or missed ur Call in an e-mail with the data and I'll re-check my recording. KQ4DO,WA4VOC,N3DWB,VE1VOX,VE!CWJ,KE8FZT,KX9X,N9NCY,W4ALF,WB4NCT. 73, Bob K8BL

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