AO-92 camera mode
July 10 and 11 we'll be running the camera on AO-92 in support of the ARRL Teachers Institute. Exact pass times TBD, but expect anything that passes over Florida in the morning to be possible. More to follow.
73, Drew KO4MA
AMSAT VP Operations
Why not leave the camera on for an entire day or two so people around the world can enjoy AO-92 in another way?
73 de Hans
BX2ABT
On 07/08/2019 12:46 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB wrote:
July 10 and 11 we'll be running the camera on AO-92 in support of the ARRL Teachers Institute. Exact pass times TBD, but expect anything that passes over Florida in the morning to be possible. More to follow.
73, Drew KO4MA
AMSAT VP Operations
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It’s on a timer, that cannot be changed. Mark N8MH
On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 3:04 PM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB [email protected] wrote:
Why not leave the camera on for an entire day or two so people around the world can enjoy AO-92 in another way?
73 de Hans
BX2ABT
On 07/08/2019 12:46 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB wrote:
July 10 and 11 we'll be running the camera on AO-92 in support of the
ARRL
Teachers Institute. Exact pass times TBD, but expect anything that passes over Florida in the morning to be possible. More to follow.
73, Drew KO4MA
AMSAT VP Operations
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Any reason for this limited setup? Would love to get some 9k6 frames.
Hans
BX2ABT
On 07/08/2019 09:57 AM, Mark L. Hammond wrote:
It’s on a timer, that cannot be changed. Mark N8MH
On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 3:04 PM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
Why not leave the camera on for an entire day or two so people around the world can enjoy AO-92 in another way? 73 de Hans BX2ABT On 07/08/2019 12:46 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > > July 10 and 11 we'll be running the camera on AO-92 in support of the ARRL > Teachers Institute. Exact pass times TBD, but expect anything that passes > over Florida in the morning to be possible. More to follow. > > > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > AMSAT VP Operations > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected] <mailto:[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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected] <mailto:[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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb-- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
It was necessary as a consequence of our original imaging license from NOAA. We could not image anything other than the surface of the earth, and since the satellite is stabilized with a bar magnet, the camera points up in the southern hemisphere. 45 minutes on an ascending pass means the camera is off by the time it is pointed the wrong way. That's the reason as far as I remember it. Jerry or Burns might be along to correct me if my memory is faulty.
You may have some shot at receiving the signal as the ascending passes over the US go over the pole and down over China and western Japan. I can add some of those passes if you will be ready to copy.
73, Drew KO4MA
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [email protected] On Behalf Of Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2019 10:01 PM To: Mark L. Hammond [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-92 camera mode
Any reason for this limited setup? Would love to get some 9k6 frames.
Hans
BX2ABT
On 07/08/2019 09:57 AM, Mark L. Hammond wrote:
It’s on a timer, that cannot be changed. Mark N8MH
On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 3:04 PM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
Why not leave the camera on for an entire day or two so people around the world can enjoy AO-92 in another way? 73 de Hans BX2ABT On 07/08/2019 12:46 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > > July 10 and 11 we'll be running the camera on AO-92 in support of the ARRL > Teachers Institute. Exact pass times TBD, but expect anything that passes > over Florida in the morning to be possible. More to follow. > > > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > AMSAT VP Operations > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected] <mailto:[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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected] <mailto:[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:https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
-- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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These are my N/S over the north pole passes for July 10/11 UTC
10-Jul 01:40 E 96° 27° 10-Jul 03:14 WNW 289° 11° 11-Jul 01:15 E 97° 13° 11-Jul 02:48 W 285° 21°
Elevations are not very high, so it might work with my fixed elevation setup. If you could, then yes, please. I know for sure the guys in Japan would love to track this.
73 de Hans
BX2ABT
On 07/08/2019 11:08 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
It was necessary as a consequence of our original imaging license from NOAA. We could not image anything other than the surface of the earth, and since the satellite is stabilized with a bar magnet, the camera points up in the southern hemisphere. 45 minutes on an ascending pass means the camera is off by the time it is pointed the wrong way. That's the reason as far as I remember it. Jerry or Burns might be along to correct me if my memory is faulty.
You may have some shot at receiving the signal as the ascending passes over the US go over the pole and down over China and western Japan. I can add some of those passes if you will be ready to copy.
73, Drew KO4MA
-----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [email protected] On Behalf Of Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2019 10:01 PM To: Mark L. Hammond [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-92 camera mode
Any reason for this limited setup? Would love to get some 9k6 frames.
Hans
BX2ABT
On 07/08/2019 09:57 AM, Mark L. Hammond wrote:
It’s on a timer, that cannot be changed. Mark N8MH
On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 3:04 PM Hans BX2ABT via AMSAT-BB <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
Why not leave the camera on for an entire day or two so people around the world can enjoy AO-92 in another way? 73 de Hans BX2ABT On 07/08/2019 12:46 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB wrote: > > > July 10 and 11 we'll be running the camera on AO-92 in support of the ARRL > Teachers Institute. Exact pass times TBD, but expect anything that passes > over Florida in the morning to be possible. More to follow. > > > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > AMSAT VP Operations > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected] <mailto:[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: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected] <mailto:[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:https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
-- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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Drew's response is correct. In addition the camera software ignores images that do not appear to be of Earth and during eclipse so if left on for a longer period, it would essentially waste repeater opportunities by running high speed data that only contains the small satellite/experiment telemetry. It should keep repeating the last good image until it changes modes or again sees Earth and captures a new image but we considered that to be of lesser value vs. the power required to maintain 100% duty cycle especially in eclipse, and the loss of the use of the repeater in the southern hemisphere while in camera mode.
Jerry Buxton, NØJY
On 7/7/2019 22:08, Andrew Glasbrenner via AMSAT-BB wrote:
It was necessary as a consequence of our original imaging license from NOAA. We could not image anything other than the surface of the earth, and since the satellite is stabilized with a bar magnet, the camera points up in the southern hemisphere. 45 minutes on an ascending pass means the camera is off by the time it is pointed the wrong way. That's the reason as far as I remember it. Jerry or Burns might be along to correct me if my memory is faulty.
You may have some shot at receiving the signal as the ascending passes over the US go over the pole and down over China and western Japan. I can add some of those passes if you will be ready to copy.
73, Drew KO4MA
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