Congratulations to Virginia Tech for the great result ! Any changes to see the camera on over Europe? 73 Fer IW1DTU On Wednesday, January 17, 2018, 7:06:09 PM GMT, Paul Stoetzer n8hm@arrl.net wrote:
Correct. Here is the applicable text from "Getting Ready for Fox-1D"
"Operating Schedule Notes
While the U/v FM transponders on AO-85 and AO-91 are generally available for amateur use continuously, Fox-1D carries several experimental payloads, including the Virginia Tech camera and the University of Iowa’s HERCI that require the use of the Fox-1 high speed telemetry downlink. The FM transponder is not available in this mode. In addition, times will be scheduled for the use of the L-band Downshifter. The 435 MHz uplink is not available in this mode. Following commissioning, AMSAT Operations will periodically publish an operating schedule via the AMSAT News Service, AMSAT-BB, and AMSAT social media accounts."
https://www.amsat.org/getting-ready-for-fox-1d/
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 1:59 PM, John Brier johnbrier@gmail.com wrote:
I have read AMSAT officials say it will be on a schedule between the 2m/70cm transponder and also the L band uplink.
The camera also turns off after 40 minutes from what I understand, so it couldn't be on 24/7 very easily.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Jan 17, 2018 08:34, "Don KB2YSI" kb2ysi@gmail.com wrote:
These are pretty cool and I hope to attempt to copy some at some point.
Will the picture experiment be running / accessible on a continuous basis or a schedule?
73, Don KB2YSI
On Jan 16, 2018 16:19, "Zach Leffke" zleffke@vt.edu wrote:
In an attempt to behave differently than I normally do...I'll try to keep this one short.
Quick warning....I'm speaking personally here, not on behalf of VT or anything, though I know there are many that share my sentiments here.
This entire experience would not have been possible without AMSAT and the Amateur Radio community. And I don't just mean the obviously awesome
folks
that are on the Engineering team and the Operations team that have helped us so much along the way. I also mean everyone out there collecting telemetry and forwarding to the server. We wouldn't have made it without the entire community backing us up, and we recognize that!
So for all of AMSAT and everyone else, HUGE thank you from VT. I hope the partnership continues for as long as possible with as many missions as possible.
Thanks again!
Zach, KJ4QLP
Research Associate Aerospace Systems Lab Ted & Karyn Hume Center for National Security & Technology Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Work Phone: 540-231-4174 Cell Phone: 540-808-6305
On 1/16/2018 12:34 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
For those that have not been following AMSAT on Twitter or Facebook, we have done a few camera runs with AO-92 with very good results. A pass this morning yielded 4 good images, two of which I have located their position on the ground. The images can be seen at http://www.amsat.org/tlm/fox1d/images/index1.html
Some side by side comparisons with Google Earth and NOAA images can be found at: https://twitter.com/AMSAT/status/953294176933896195 and https://twitter.com/AMSAT/status/953304248162406401 .
Congratulations again to Virginia Tech, and thanks for providing the camera experiments for AO-92 and Fox-1Cliff!
73, Drew KO4MA
AMSAT VP Operations
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