FUNcube-1 AO73 Mode change
Hi All,
Just to confirm that FUNcube-1 AO73 has been placed in continuous Transponder mode during the 2055 UTC pass over Europe this evening. Of course the telemetry transmissions also continue but a low power.
We plan to switch back to autonomous mode on Sunday evening.
Please enjoy the bird!
73
Graham G3VZV
I am working on a proposal to the Board of Directors and need some information. I have tried Emailing the Engineering Team but have not gotten a responce. Perhaps my Emails are not making it through the system. I need answers to the following (approx answer are ok):
1 - Is Fox 1C carrying any experiments and, if yes, how many empty card slots remain?
2 - Approximate weight, in grams, of Fox 1C without the experiment cards.
3 - Approximate weight of the ballast added to Fox 1A?
I would appreciate the answers to the above questions.
Thank You,
Doug K9DLP AMSAT Member
Hi Doug,
I got your email but I have not responded because I have not had "a good time for you to call" yet. I've been pretty busy with Foxes, and you did not indicate that there was a deadline to respond. If this is what you are interested in knowing, I will let you know soon. The answer to 1 is yes, and none. I'll have to dig in the docs for the answers to 2 and 3, I don't have that information right on hand.
Jerry Buxton, NØJY
On 11/14/2014 16:54, Douglas Phelps wrote:
I am working on a proposal to the Board of Directors and need some information. I have tried Emailing the Engineering Team but have not gotten a responce. Perhaps my Emails are not making it through the system. I need answers to the following (approx answer are ok):
1 - Is Fox 1C carrying any experiments and, if yes, how many empty card slots remain?
2 - Approximate weight, in grams, of Fox 1C without the experiment cards.
3 - Approximate weight of the ballast added to Fox 1A?
I would appreciate the answers to the above questions.
Thank You,
Doug K9DLP AMSAT Member _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Doug,
(I included amsat-bb on this response so that everyone knows where we still appear to be held in regard to U.S. regulations)
I don't believe that the mass properties for Fox-1 have been published yet, although you could certainly take a look at the Symposium Proceedings from 2011-2014 to see if I missed something. Since I turn in the papers on Fox-1 for those publications, I believe I "know it all" but hey, that's 4 years to remember. :-)
Being that control of amateur radio satellites was just transitioned from ITAR to EAR, and we have not had a chance to get a legal opinion regarding EAR and the "items subject to EAR" in regard to the "deemed export" rules; while I have just taken a look at sections 734.2 and 734.3 of the EAR to see if I could quickly glean something, I have to say that I feel that it does restrict me from talking openly about the information you requested in your questions 2 and 3.
That having been said, while it appears that I could divulge it to a "U.S. Person" that would mean that we have to discuss it privately and you would have to convince me that you qualify as a "U.S. Person" and then you become held responsible for protecting that information, and so on.
So rather than open a can of worms (or stick my neck on the Federal chopping block), I would rather just say that I can't share that information with you and ask if you might be able to determine what you need to know by asking me something in a way that does not seek specific information like that, or perhaps make some assumptions yourself.
I am sorry, it is the way we have to conduct ourselves in this activity these days and until we get some strong advice on the legal aspects of what can and can't be discussed for fear of violating "deemed exports"... it appears to be similar to ITAR in that regard.
73
Jerry Buxton, NØJY
On 11/14/2014 19:53, Jerry Buxton wrote:
Hi Doug,
I got your email but I have not responded because I have not had "a good time for you to call" yet. I've been pretty busy with Foxes, and you did not indicate that there was a deadline to respond. If this is what you are interested in knowing, I will let you know soon. The answer to 1 is yes, and none. I'll have to dig in the docs for the answers to 2 and 3, I don't have that information right on hand.
Jerry Buxton, NØJY
On 11/14/2014 16:54, Douglas Phelps wrote:
I am working on a proposal to the Board of Directors and need some information. I have tried Emailing the Engineering Team but have not gotten a responce. Perhaps my Emails are not making it through the system. I need answers to the following (approx answer are ok):
1 - Is Fox 1C carrying any experiments and, if yes, how many empty card slots remain?
2 - Approximate weight, in grams, of Fox 1C without the experiment cards.
3 - Approximate weight of the ballast added to Fox 1A?
I would appreciate the answers to the above questions.
Thank You,
Doug K9DLP AMSAT Member _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Jerry,
I understand. Thanks
From: Jerry Buxton [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 11:14 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FUNcube-1 AO73 Mode change
Doug,
(I included amsat-bb on this response so that everyone knows where we still appear to be held in regard to U.S. regulations)
I don't believe that the mass properties for Fox-1 have been published yet, although you could certainly take a look at the Symposium Proceedings from 2011-2014 to see if I missed something. Since I turn in the papers on Fox-1 for those publications, I believe I "know it all" but hey, that's 4 years to remember. :-)
Being that control of amateur radio satellites was just transitioned from ITAR to EAR, and we have not had a chance to get a legal opinion regarding EAR and the "items subject to EAR" in regard to the "deemed export" rules; while I have just taken a look at sections 734.2 and 734.3 of the EAR to see if I could quickly glean something, I have to say that I feel that it does restrict me from talking openly about the information you requested in your questions 2 and 3.
That having been said, while it appears that I could divulge it to a "U.S. Person" that would mean that we have to discuss it privately and you would have to convince me that you qualify as a "U.S. Person" and then you become held responsible for protecting that information, and so on.
So rather than open a can of worms (or stick my neck on the Federal chopping block), I would rather just say that I can't share that information with you and ask if you might be able to determine what you need to know by asking me something in a way that does not seek specific information like that, or perhaps make some assumptions yourself.
I am sorry, it is the way we have to conduct ourselves in this activity these days and until we get some strong advice on the legal aspects of what can and can't be discussed for fear of violating "deemed exports"... it appears to be similar to ITAR in that regard.
73
Jerry Buxton, NØJY
On 11/14/2014 19:53, Jerry Buxton wrote:
Hi Doug,
I got your email but I have not responded because I have not had "a good time for you to call" yet. I've been pretty busy with Foxes, and you did not indicate that there was a deadline to respond. If this is what you are interested in knowing, I will let you know soon. The answer to 1 is yes, and none. I'll have to dig in the docs for the answers to 2 and 3, I don't have that information right on hand.
Jerry Buxton, NØJY
On 11/14/2014 16:54, Douglas Phelps wrote:
I am working on a proposal to the Board of Directors and need some information. I have tried Emailing the Engineering Team but have not gotten a responce. Perhaps my Emails are not making it through the system. I need answers to the following (approx answer are ok):
1 - Is Fox 1C carrying any experiments and, if yes, how many empty card slots remain?
2 - Approximate weight, in grams, of Fox 1C without the experiment cards.
3 - Approximate weight of the ballast added to Fox 1A?
I would appreciate the answers to the above questions.
Thank You,
Doug K9DLP AMSAT Member _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Hi Doug,
Maybe it also helps to start a *new* email instead of replying on the E-mails you get from the BB. For instance, this E-mail you just sent shows up under AO-73 mode change, as you replied on that E-mail. I have threading enabled in my E-mail viewer, so it wont show yours until I unfold the thread.
I see you have received a reply now, but that's only because Jerry read the mode change E-mail!
73
Wouter PA3WEG
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 11:54 PM, Douglas Phelps [email protected] wrote:
I am working on a proposal to the Board of Directors and need some information. I have tried Emailing the Engineering Team but have not gotten a responce. Perhaps my Emails are not making it through the system. I need answers to the following (approx answer are ok):
1 - Is Fox 1C carrying any experiments and, if yes, how many empty card slots remain?
2 - Approximate weight, in grams, of Fox 1C without the experiment cards.
3 - Approximate weight of the ballast added to Fox 1A?
I would appreciate the answers to the above questions.
Thank You,
Doug K9DLP AMSAT Member _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
Agreed, however, my posts do not seem to go through from my address book, only when I reply. I was going to change the subject line but forgot. Sorry about that.
From: Wouter Weggelaar [email protected] To: Douglas Phelps [email protected] Cc: AMSAT BB [email protected] Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2014 3:51 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FUNcube-1 AO73 Mode change
Hi Doug,
Maybe it also helps to start a *new* email instead of replying on the E-mails you get from the BB. For instance, this E-mail you just sent shows up under AO-73 mode change, as you replied on that E-mail. I have threading enabled in my E-mail viewer, so it wont show yours until I unfold the thread.
I see you have received a reply now, but that's only because Jerry read the mode change E-mail!
73
Wouter PA3WEG
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 11:54 PM, Douglas Phelps [email protected] wrote:
I am working on a proposal to the Board of Directors and need some information. I have tried Emailing the Engineering Team but have not gotten a responce. Perhaps my Emails are not making it through the system. I need answers to the following (approx answer are ok):
1 - Is Fox 1C carrying any experiments and, if yes, how many empty card slots remain?
2 - Approximate weight, in grams, of Fox 1C without the experiment cards.
3 - Approximate weight of the ballast added to Fox 1A?
I would appreciate the answers to the above questions.
Thank You,
Doug K9DLP AMSAT Member
Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. 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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