If you go to www.n9xh.org you will find some shots of a young man, new to the hobby, with his freshly delivered by Santa HT and a home brew antenna catching the last few SSTV images from ARISSat. I think he's been a ham for just a couple of months. Great to see.
73, John - AG9D
John, This is reality... This young man outside in the cold is dedication. I wish him well. Maybe our new editor of the Journal can use this as a cover page to show that ARISSAT-1 was a great attention getter to all hams. Thanks for noticing this. All the best for the New Year, John. 73, Dee, NB2F
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of John Spasojevich Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 1:08 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Die Hards
If you go to www.n9xh.org you will find some shots of a young man, new to the hobby, with his freshly delivered by Santa HT and a home brew antenna catching the last few SSTV images from ARISSat. I think he's been a ham for just a couple of months. Great to see.
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I'll do that.
Ed
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Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 16:10:44 -0500 From: morsesat@optonline.net To: johnag9d@gmail.com; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Die Hards
John, This is reality... This young man outside in the cold is dedication. I wish him well. Maybe our new editor of the Journal can use this as a cover page to show that ARISSAT-1 was a great attention getter to all hams. Thanks for noticing this. All the best for the New Year, John. 73, Dee, NB2F
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of John Spasojevich Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 1:08 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Die Hards
If you go to www.n9xh.org you will find some shots of a young man, new to the hobby, with his freshly delivered by Santa HT and a home brew antenna catching the last few SSTV images from ARISSat. I think he's been a ham for just a couple of months. Great to see.
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That one had me going because I was on a hike on Jan 3 near Polk County (http://tinyurl.com/7u5rxvk) and copied just the audio from ARISSat-1 on an HT just on a lark. But we were only in flannel shirts and sweat shirts. Then I noticed the state differential - I was in Florida wheres N9XH is in Wisconsin!
Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Author of APRSISCE for Windows Mobile and Win32
On 1/6/2012 4:10 PM, Dee wrote:
John, This is reality... This young man outside in the cold is dedication. I wish him well. Maybe our new editor of the Journal can use this as a cover page to show that ARISSAT-1 was a great attention getter to all hams. Thanks for noticing this. All the best for the New Year, John. 73, Dee, NB2F
-----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of John Spasojevich Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 1:08 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Die Hards
If you go to www.n9xh.org you will find some shots of a young man, new to the hobby, with his freshly delivered by Santa HT and a home brew antenna catching the last few SSTV images from ARISSat. I think he's been a ham for just a couple of months. Great to see.
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On 1/6/2012 9:07 AM, John Spasojevich wrote:
If you go to www.n9xh.org you will find some shots of a young man, new to the hobby, with his freshly delivered by Santa HT and a home brew antenna catching the last few SSTV images from ARISSat. I think he's been a ham for just a couple of months. Great to see.
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John, I think this is excellent. A good way to show the dedication of a new ham. It is a very fitting tribute to demise of ARISSAT-1.
Dale KL7XJ
Couldn't we have a "ARISSat-1-2-3 etc. sitting on the shelf and everytime they send up a supply/crew change bring another ARISSat. Then throw it out whenever available. Seems simple however I am sure the logistics would be complex.
73 Bob W7LRD
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From: "Dale Hershberger" daleh@alaska.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, January 6, 2012 2:14:06 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Die Hards
On 1/6/2012 9:07 AM, John Spasojevich wrote:
If you go to www.n9xh.org you will find some shots of a young man, new to the hobby, with his freshly delivered by Santa HT and a home brew antenna catching the last few SSTV images from ARISSat. I think he's been a ham for just a couple of months. Great to see.
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John, I think this is excellent. A good way to show the dedication of a new ham. It is a very fitting tribute to demise of ARISSAT-1.
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On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 23:07:47 +0000 (UTC) Bob- W7LRD w7lrd@comcast.net wrote:
Couldn't we have a "ARISSat-1-2-3 etc. sitting on the shelf and everytime they send up a supply/crew change bring another ARISSat. Then throw it out whenever available. Seems simple however I am sure the logistics would be complex.
I keep saying this over and over but no-one has taken me seriously yet ;-)
A cubesat is the size and weight of a bag of sugar. We need a rucksack full of cubesats to send up to the ISS. The next time an ISS crewmember is on an EVA they can toss it over the side and let it fly. When it breaks or re-enters, toss the next one out.
We could easily use cheap off-the-shelf parts, even old HTs with a bit of "added lightness". I'll even throw in a rucksack. Let's get on this.
--- On Sat, 7/1/12, Gordon JC Pearce gordonjcp@gjcp.net wrote:
Couldn't we have a "ARISSat-1-2-3 etc. sitting on the shelf and everytime they send up a supply/crew change bring another ARISSat. Then throw it out whenever available.
I keep saying this over and over but no-one has taken me seriously yet ;-)
But there is already another ARISSat on the ground in Russia, two were shipped, also two engineering versions in the States.
However, someone has to pay what must be in excess of $150,000 to get the sat to the ISS and then get half an hour of very valuable EVA time to deploy it.
The Japanese Experiment Module Remote Manipulator System on the ISS Kibo module will be able to deploy CubeSats from the ISS without the need for a very expensive EVA. As I recall there are several amateur radio CubeSats slated for deployment by the Kibo Robot Arm later this year, see
CubeSat to use 5.8 GHz and Optical Comms http://www.uk.amsat.org/2037
73 Trevor M5AKA
These potential ARRisats don't even have to be as sophisticated as the last. A simple 16-20khz linear transponder (from http://www.qsl.net/pe1rah/ ) or a simple single channel FM bird. One or two of these every six months or so would keep us happy campers! Maybe even one with L/S mode. The mind runs wild! I am sure it takes a just short of an act of congress to work through the logistics and process. However with a well defined process in place, and necessary hoops already resolved. Just set up the assembly line.. As Bill O"Reilly says, "I' m a simple man". We have some very smart people who are involved with Universities, launch vendors and the like. A bird could have a "gizzmo" that would have what a univ ersity wants to accomplish (with added transponder) . I always subscribe to the KISS (keep it simple stupid) principle . This entire concept "appears" simple enough, however the devil is in the details, which is why we have smart people in charge.
73 Bob W7LRD
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From: "Trevor ." m5aka@yahoo.co.uk To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 3:01:24 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Die Hards
--- On Sat, 7/1/12, Gordon JC Pearce gordonjcp@gjcp.net wrote:
Couldn't we have a "ARISSat-1-2-3 etc. sitting on the shelf and everytime they send up a supply/crew change bring another ARISSat. Then throw it out whenever available.
I keep saying this over and over but no-one has taken me seriously yet ;-)
But there is already another ARISSat on the ground in Russia, two were shipped, also two engineering versions in the States.
However, someone has to pay what must be in excess of $150,000 to get the sat to the ISS and then get half an hour of very valuable EVA time to deploy it.
The Japanese Experiment Module Remote Manipulator System on the ISS Kibo module will be able to deploy CubeSats from the ISS without the need for a very expensive EVA. As I recall there are several amateur radio CubeSats slated for deployment by the Kibo Robot Arm later this year, see
CubeSat to use 5.8 GHz and Optical Comms http://www.uk.amsat.org/2037
73 Trevor M5AKA
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Ok, I'll bite. Is there a standard design? Is any group currently working on a design that could be mass produced? What would the per article cost be for the sat itself, testing, etc broken down by line item.
On 1/7/2012 4:22 AM, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
On Fri, 6 Jan 2012 23:07:47 +0000 (UTC) Bob- W7LRDw7lrd@comcast.net wrote:
Couldn't we have a "ARISSat-1-2-3 etc. sitting on the shelf and everytime they send up a supply/crew change bring another ARISSat. Then throw it out whenever available. Seems simple however I am sure the logistics would be complex.
I keep saying this over and over but no-one has taken me seriously yet ;-)
A cubesat is the size and weight of a bag of sugar. We need a rucksack full of cubesats to send up to the ISS. The next time an ISS crewmember is on an EVA they can toss it over the side and let it fly. When it breaks or re-enters, toss the next one out.
We could easily use cheap off-the-shelf parts, even old HTs with a bit of "added lightness". I'll even throw in a rucksack. Let's get on this.
Dale, Yep...we plant enough seeds and every so often one sprouts. My friend and associate in crime Greg, N9CHA is a member there and if you scroll through their archived pages you will see that the club was having a "build a tape measure yagi" get together and this young man and his dad happened to see about it and stopped by, I don't think either of them were hams at that time ( just a couple of months ago) the session was to build up antennas for a fox hunt. The club members welcomed them and dug up anough parts for them. The young man got his ticket and took that fox hunting yagi and pointed it to the sky! There is an ARISS contact coming in St. Paul in May and N9XH will be assisting with that. I've met some of the hams up there and they are a super group.
73, John- AG9D
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Dale Hershberger daleh@alaska.net wrote:
On 1/6/2012 9:07 AM, John Spasojevich wrote:
If you go to www.n9xh.org you will find some shots of a young man, new to the hobby, with his freshly delivered by Santa HT and a home brew antenna catching the last few SSTV images from ARISSat. I think he's been a ham for just a couple of months. Great to see.
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John,
I think this is excellent. A good way to show the dedication of a new ham. It is a very fitting tribute to demise of ARISSAT-1.
Dale KL7XJ
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