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satellite piracy
by Nate Duehr 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Interesting article in SANS News today. (SANS is a network/computer security organization... http://www.sans.org) --Tamil Rebels Hijack US Satellite Signal (April 13, 2007) Rebel independence fighters in Sri Lanka have been pirating the services of a US satellite to send radio and television broadcasts to other countries. In 1997, the US government identified this particular group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, or LTTE, as a terrorist organization. The satellite belongs to Intelstat, a US company. Intelstat officials have been meeting with technical experts and Sri Lanka's Ambassador to the US to discuss measures the company it is taking to prevent the satellite's unauthorized use. The rebels maintain they are not accessing the satellite illegally. http://australianit.news.com<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21549846%5E15322%5E%5Enbv%5…> .au/articles/0,7204,21549846%5E15322%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html<http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21549846%5E15322%5E%5Enbv%5…> http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/s1897037.htm The question comes to mind -- what if the "rebels" were licensed hams and using a ham HEO (if one were up)? Talk about a political nightmare... Unlikely, but interesting to think about. Nate WY0X

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VQlog and LoTW
by Scott Townley 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

All, I'm considering moving my VHF/Sat logs to VQlog, because DX4WIN isn't really built for the oddities of sat logging. Especially the super-oddities of satellites and LoTW. Can anyone tell me if VQLog generates an ADIF log for satellite QSOs that LoTW likes, without any user post-processing? Right now I have to hand-edit DX4WIN output to include things like satellite name etc. Thanks, -- Scott Townley NX7U Gilbert, AZ DM43di

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Quick aerial tip.
by John Hackett 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Hi All, Here's a quick tip. (More like a right! tip.....GM1SXX). <http://www.observations.biz/Observations_from_Norway/observations_17_04_200…> The following site may also be of interest to amateur satellite operators. <http://www.observations.biz/> Have a good day. 73 John. <la2qaa(a)amsat.org>

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First telemetry reception from new CubeSats by ZL1AOX
by Ralph Wallio, W0RPK 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Ian Ashley, ZL1AOX, reports the first successful reception and reporting of LIBERTAD-1 telemetry: [10:56:13] 5K3L>5K3USA,BEACON <UI C>:A11O44C33I22P25R14_LIBERTAD_1COL_B:2__AA [10:56:16] 5K3L>5K3USA,BEACON <UI C>:A11O44C33I22P25R14_LIBERTAD_1COL_B:2__AA [10:56:18] 5K3L>5K3USA,BEACON <UI C>:A11O44C33I22P25R14_LIBERTAD_1COL_B:2__AA [10:56:20] 5K3L>5K3USA,BEACON <UI C>:A11O44C33I22P25R14_LIBERTAD_1COL_B:2__AA Multiple ground stations have heard but not demodulated telemetry from LIBERTAD-1 and CAPE-1 including CalPoly (first), AAU-Denmark, G3ZVZ-UK and IS0LNF-Italy. See http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/CubeSat.htm for frequencies, modes, et al. TNX es 73 de Ralph Wallio, WØRPK W0RPK(a)netINS.net http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/ Hubbert's Peak - The Mother of all Perfect Storms

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CAPE-1 Pass#1
by Edward Cole 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

I listened with my FT-817 (USB) with Arrow outside and heard nothing. MY FT-847 with 11-elem yagi on 30-foot tower was pointed at AOS+ with MixW running and nothing seen on 9600 bps packet. About 2/3 of the pass I came inside and rotated the 11-elem to track the LOS and still heard or saw nothing. 73, Ed - KL7UW ====================================== BP40IQ 50-MHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com 144-EME: FT-847, mgf-1801, 4x-xpol-20, 185w DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa(a)hotmail.com ======================================

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Fw: [CubeSat] Congratulations to our developers on a successful launch!
by Ralph Wallio, W0RPK 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:31 AM Subject: [CubeSat] Congratulations to our developers on a successful launch! Hi all,At 0645 UTC April 17, a Dnepr rocket lifted off from Kazakhstan and sucessfully deployed 7 CubeSats (along with 7 other satellites from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the Ukraine) into orbit.We offer our sincerest congratulations to everyone on a successful launch! ¡Ofrecemos las felicitaciones especiales a Colombia por el lanzamiento con exito de su primer satélite! ¡Gracias por permitirnos ser una parte de la mision! We offer our special congratulations to Colombia on the successful launch of their first satellite! Thank you for allowing us to be a part of this mission! We hope that you all are able to help us track the satellites. We expect CAPE 1 and Libertad-1 to start beaconing by the time you receive this email, with CP3 and CP4 turning on 2 hours after launch. We will update the TLE's on our website, www.cubesat.org, as soon as we receive them to ensure accurate tracking. Thank you all for your help and support, Lori BrooksCubeSat Program Manager

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GO-32's BBS services in next 4 weeks !
by roni waller 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

to Radio-Amateur's community, During next 4 weeks we will try to add some feature to I/O file System in Techsat1b satellite. During this time, BBS's services will be suspended from time to time. Further more, in some cases the BBS content will be lost without preliminary message. We apologize for the inconvenience to all go-32 BBS's users . We hope that after we will finish, the system will work again according to Radio-Amateurs community's expectations. regaeds, 4X6EM / 4Z7DFC Techsat's Ground Control Station http://www.technion.ac.il/ASRI __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: Stop whining about trees.
by John Champa 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

God bless him and his perseverance. That shuts my mouth! If he can put up with THAT, I guess the rest of us learn to manage. Thanks, John - K8OCL ----Original Message Follows---- From: "John Hackett" <archie.hackett(a)hotmail.com> Reply-To: la2qaa(a)amsat.org To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Stop whinging about trees. Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:56:44 +0200 Hi all, The following link will give you some idea of what some of us have to contend with. <http://www.observations.biz/Observations_from_Norway/Observations_15_04_200…> Further "Obswervations From Norway" can be found at <http://www.observations.biz/> 73 John. <la2qaa(a)amsat.org> _______________________________________________ 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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Re: CubeSat launch 17Apr07 06:46:35UT - INFO UPDATE
by G0MRF＠aol.com 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Hi. I have a couple of good passes of CAPE1 before it comes within range of the Louisiana control station. Is it possible for someone to confirm on the BB in the morning that the launch has gone OK? Pass for London UK 10.00 - 10.13 and 11.38 to 11.52 UTC beacon 435.245. 9k6 and CW Thanks and good luck to all David G0MRF In a message dated 14/04/2007 12:06:02 GMT Standard Time, W0RPK(a)netins.net writes: The next CubeSat launch is scheduled for 17Apr07 06:46:35UT via an ISC Kosmotras Dnepr launch vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Four-of-seven CubeSats will be using Amateur Radio frequencies and modes as follows:

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Help with Foddrive board
by James Murray 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

Still looking help with fod drive board have posted several requests, was wondering if something is wrong with the bb, or something here at home. have not got any replies Jim http://www.knology.net/~w4lwt

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