Re: [amsat-bb] AO92 L/V mode?? A suggestion

22 Feb 2020

      I guess we just have to hope that something like Lilacsat-1 is launched
again by the Chinese amateurs, without these US licensing issues...
73
Mark VK5QI
On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 3:50 PM Paul Stoetzer [email protected] wrote:
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Jerry discussed the camera licensing in this post:
https://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2020-February/076352.html
One thing he didn't mention in that post is that the camera mode only
stays active for 45 minutes after its turned on before the satellite
automatically switches back to U/v FM mode. Since it can only be
turned on by the licensed stations in the U. S., this greatly limis
where pictures can be taken. The only pictures we've gotten from
outside North America are from over Japan when the camera has been
turned on during an ascending pass over the U. S. during the evening
and is still on when it passes Japan.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 11:56 PM Mark Jessop via AMSAT-BB
[email protected] wrote:
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I heard rumours that the camera on AO-92 was only allowed to be activated
over the US, for fixed time periods? Something to do with imagery
licensing
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Perhaps someone from the team could provide further information?
73
Mark VK5QI
On Sat, Feb 22, 2020 at 3:05 PM Scott Harvey via AMSAT-BB <
[email protected]> wrote:
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I have been reading all of the suggestions on flipping form U/v and L/v
modes during the week.  Unless I have missed it no one had requested
high
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speed data mode, camera downlink.  It seems like this mode is used way
to
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little.  There are several satellites in orbit that have the ability to
downlink pictures of the earth and it seems like the feature is under
used.  We need a day during the week that  AO-92 is in high speed data
mode
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so we can capture some of those pictures.  Active for a full 24 hours
not
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just a couple of orbits over the US.  This would give some of us that
are a
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little rusty at capturing FOX data a little more practice as well.
73, Scott, KA7FVV
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On Thursday, February 20, 2020, 03:43:38 AM PST, Ev Tupis via

AMSAT-BB
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Sorry for jumping in on this late.  I admit that I'm new to the FM
sats,
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and have found a local Elmer to change that.  Still...
If one is willing to abandon the human construct of days-of-the-week,
flipping L/V and U/V every UTC day equally advantages each mode.
M T W T F S S M T W T F S S repeatU L U L U L U L U L U L U L
Some weekends it's U/V Saturday and some weekends it's L/V Saturday.
Rinse-and-repeat.
Again, I'm joining "late" so this may have well been discussed and
abandoned for good reason. :-)
Ev, W2EV
On Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 9:37:27 PM EST, Tom Schuessler,

N5HYP
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via AMSAT-BB [email protected] wrote:
I would like to propose a compromise on the L/V mode day.  I
understand
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that
the week days have fewer stations for L Band folks to work.  The
reality is
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that many folks have to work during the week and that means they will
probably not have the ability to get on.
The problem with making it from Saturday evening to Sunday evening
local
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time is that it cuts off a whole segment of people who might only get
to
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use
U/V but on these weekend passes.  Yes I know, there are plenty of U/V
passes
for the average Joe to use  I am concerned that newer ops, might not
understand and think that the hobby was only for the privileged few.
My compromise suggestion would be a Sunday evening to Monday schedule.
Turn
it on first pass on Sunday Evening (Monday UTC) and letting the 24 hour
timer go from there.  It is still a weekend for many and I bet the
activity
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level on those two local Sunday evening passes would go up from the
week
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day
version of L/V but still offer more opportunities for the U/V only
operators/rovers to get their fun in.
Just a thought.
Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
EM12ms

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