At 02:47 PM 3/21/2007, Ralph Wallio, W0RPK wrote:

The next CubeSat launch is scheduled for 27Mar07 6:46:35UT via a ISC Kosmotras Dnepr launch vehicle from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Four-of-seven CubeSats will be using Amateur Radio frequencies and modes as follows:

CalPoly PolySat CP3 436.845MHz (1W) 1200bps FM AFSK AX.25 (Part-5 experimental license) http://polysat.calpoly.edu/

CalPoly PolySat CP4 437.325MHz (1W) 1200bps FM AFSK AX.25 http://polysat.calpoly.edu/

University of Louisiana CAPE-1 435.245MHz (1W) 9600bps FM FSK AX.25 and CW telemetry during opposite 30sec intervals using call sign K5USL http://ulcape.org/wiki/Main_Page http://ulcape.org/wiki/CAPE1_Telemetry Forward received telemetry to jd.harrist@gmail.com

Universidad Sergio Arboleda (Colombia) Libertad-1 437.405MHz (400mw) 1200bps FM AFSK AX.25 http://www.usergioarboleda.edu.co/proyecto_espacial/index.htm http://www.usergioarboleda.edu.co/proyecto_espacial/english_libertad.pdf

Also see http://cubesat.atl.calpoly.edu/ and http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/CubeSat.htm for more information.

P-POD A (Preliminary) 1 xxxxxU xxxxxxxx 07086.29310451 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000x 2 xxxxx 098.0870 161.6633 0071000 198.4663 339.8290 14.52700000 1x P-POD C (Preliminary) 1 xxxxxU xxxxxxxx 07086.29311609 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000x 2 xxxxx 098.0870 161.6633 0084000 198.3918 339.9240 14.51600000 1x P-POD B (Preliminary) 1 xxxxxU xxxxxxxx 07086.29312766 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000x 2 xxxxx 098.0870 161.6633 0090000 199.4051 339.9000 14.50500000 1x

Preliminary First Orbit Schedule 27Mar07 06:46:35UT Launch 07:02 CubeSat separation 07:08 AOS South Africa 07:52 AOS Hawaii 07:59 AOS CalPoly 08:01 AOS Alaska 08:20 AOS Northern Europe 08:25 AOS Central Europe & UK

        11:16       First AOS Japan
        11:30       CP3/CP4 start transmitting
        15:04       First AOS WØRPK-Iowa

TNX es 73 de Ralph Wallio, WØRPK W0RPK@netINS.net http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/ Hubbert's Peak - The Mother of all Perfect Storms

I will be attempting to detect CAPE-1 on the 3/27 08:01 UTC AOS in Alaska.

I plan a two-fold approach to detecting the cubesat: 1- Monitor CW with my FT-817 and Arrow out on my driveway (9.6 Kb FSK is inaudible except for slight quieting of the frequency). 2- Monitor 9.6 kb FM using my FT-847 and 11-elem M2 yagi (fixed on horizon) with input to my sound card and MixW2.

The first will be easy, though a bit coolish in single-digit temps at local midnight. The second I have not done since early AO-51 telemetry was watched. I need a tutor to help me set up MixW2. I will attempt to find those old instructions on the Amsat website if they still exist. A question is whether AO-51 9.6 Kb tlm mode is the same as the cubesat. I'm hoping to make a trial run on AO-51 to test my setup before next Monday night (0801 utc 3/27).

I have MixW2 installed and a audio cable that connects the 9600 packet output of my FT-847 to my sound card. MixW2 launches OK, but I have forgotten everything on running it.

The keps shown above are refused by my NOVA so I am not able to get accurate AOS predicted time and azimuth. Likewise, I do not know what to expect for Doppler on 435.245 MHz...I assume it will be high side at AOS. Nick Pugh, K5QXJ, is getting the AOS predicts for me, so any help on the rest is appreciated:

My lat=60.675N, lon=151.316W, AST=UTC-8

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