Here's something to try this beautiful weekend!
Including the International Space Station, there are at least SIX satellites operating in orbit with an FM repeater built in. Wanna try to listen for some with me?
Listen on your 2-meter radio. If you have a dual-band with 440 MHz FM then you can talk too. (But we'll talk more about talking later. Let's see if we can hear the sats first.)
Suggest a repeater around the Washington- Annapolis-Baltimore area and we can start some chats about this. Or use the amsat-dc@amsat.org to share your findings!
Maybe start with the ISS, whose primary down- link or output is on 145.800 MHz FM. The other frequencies can be found in many places, including:
FREQUENICES AND LATEST SAT STATUS http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/2011/000507.html
and more info all around this link:
Print out this message with the chart below for the satellite schedule. Make sure the schedule is printed in Courier or Courier New, font size 10, to appear nicely lined up in columns on paper. If desired get the free AMSAT booklet "Working the Easy Sats" at the link below.
Heck. See even more links below for more scoop for oldsters and newbies alike.
Let's do it. Give it a try.
Let's hear from you!
Cheers,
Pat N8PK
SATELLITE SCHEDULE by N8PK using SatPC32
WinAos QTH: -77.0/39.4 T#: 12163 Sat.: 6 [Standard] ---------------------------------------------------------- Day Object AOS (L) LOS Period maxEl AZ ---------------------------------------------------------- 21.04.2011 AO-51 16:40 16:51 11 71 159 - 350 21.04.2011 AO-51 18:23 18:27 04 13 249 - 297 21.04.2011 ISS 19:21 19:26 05 43 211 - 062 21.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6820:02 20:07 05 13 076 - 025 21.04.2011 SUMBANDILA (S20:17 20:22 05 19 114 - 019 21.04.2011 SO-50 20:18 20:19 01 10 110 - 098 21.04.2011 ISS 20:57 21:01 04 19 290 - 031 21.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6821:44 21:58 14 70 152 - 349 21.04.2011 SUMBANDILA (S21:51 21:56 05 24 211 - 323 21.04.2011 SO-50 21:54 22:03 09 71 215 - 030 21.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6823:35 23:44 09 20 225 - 314 21.04.2011 SO-50 23:38 23:42 04 12 299 - 347
WinAos QTH: -77.0/39.4 T#: 12164 Sat.: 6 [Standard] ---------------------------------------------------------- Day Object AOS (L) LOS Period maxEl AZ ---------------------------------------------------------- 22.04.2011 ISS 00:11 00:13 02 10 007 - 043 22.04.2011 ISS 01:45 01:50 05 40 320 - 110 22.04.2011 AO-27 01:53 01:56 03 12 074 - 112 22.04.2011 ISS 03:21 03:25 04 15 265 - 181 22.04.2011 AO-27 03:29 03:39 10 73 010 - 200 22.04.2011 SO-50 04:49 04:53 04 13 016 - 068 22.04.2011 AO-51 04:50 04:58 08 26 039 - 155 22.04.2011 SO-50 06:27 06:37 10 74 331 - 143 22.04.2011 AO-51 06:28 06:37 09 33 353 - 226 22.04.2011 SO-50 08:10 08:14 04 13 276 - 221 22.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6809:16 09:21 05 12 068 - 114 22.04.2011 SUMBANDILA (S09:21 09:27 06 28 036 - 162 22.04.2011 SUMBANDILA (S10:55 10:59 04 16 331 - 250 22.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6811:00 11:15 15 76 018 - 193 22.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6812:50 12:59 09 21 344 - 257 22.04.2011 AO-27 13:09 13:16 07 18 104 - 017 22.04.2011 AO-27 14:47 14:57 10 55 181 - 339 22.04.2011 AO-51 16:02 16:11 09 32 128 - 003 22.04.2011 AO-51 17:40 17:49 09 30 204 - 326 22.04.2011 ISS 18:12 18:16 04 13 161 - 087 22.04.2011 ISS 19:46 19:51 05 41 253 - 044 22.04.2011 SUMBANDILA (S20:01 20:03 02 11 080 - 042 22.04.2011 SO-50 20:43 20:51 08 29 172 - 050 22.04.2011 ISS 21:24 21:26 02 10 331 - 017 22.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6821:28 21:41 13 54 142 - 353 22.04.2011 SUMBANDILA (S21:32 21:38 06 43 190 - 335 22.04.2011 SO-50 22:24 22:32 08 30 248 - 018 22.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6823:17 23:28 11 27 211 - 322
WinAos QTH: -77.0/39.4 T#: 12165 Sat.: 6 [Standard] ---------------------------------------------------------- Day Object AOS (L) LOS Period maxEl AZ ---------------------------------------------------------- 23.04.2011 ISS 00:35 00:39 04 18 344 - 082 23.04.2011 ISS 02:10 02:15 05 47 297 - 143 23.04.2011 AO-27 03:01 03:11 10 57 022 - 181 23.04.2011 AO-51 04:13 04:15 02 10 080 - 101 23.04.2011 AO-27 04:42 04:48 06 17 336 - 252 23.04.2011 SO-50 05:16 05:24 08 26 352 - 107 23.04.2011 AO-51 05:49 05:58 09 72 010 - 198 23.04.2011 SO-50 06:57 07:06 09 42 313 - 171 23.04.2011 SUMBANDILA (S09:03 09:07 04 17 056 - 137 23.04.2011 SUMBANDILA (S10:36 10:42 06 27 346 - 227 23.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6810:44 10:58 14 60 024 - 183 23.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6812:32 12:43 11 27 352 - 246 23.04.2011 AO-27 14:18 14:28 10 73 161 - 349 23.04.2011 AO-51 15:24 15:30 06 15 094 - 022 23.04.2011 AO-27 16:02 16:05 03 11 257 - 289 23.04.2011 AO-51 17:00 17:11 11 69 174 - 344 23.04.2011 ISS 18:36 18:41 05 48 213 - 059 23.04.2011 ISS 20:12 20:16 04 18 291 - 026 23.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6821:11 21:24 13 42 132 - 357 23.04.2011 SO-50 21:12 21:20 08 82 207 - 034 23.04.2011 SUMBANDILA (S21:13 21:20 07 69 172 - 346 23.04.2011 SO-50 22:55 22:59 04 14 287 - 354 23.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6822:59 23:12 13 36 199 - 329 23.04.2011 ISS 23:26 23:27 01 10 007 - 036
WinAos QTH: -77.0/39.4 T#: 12166 Sat.: 6 [Standard] ---------------------------------------------------------- Day Object AOS (L) LOS Period maxEl AZ ---------------------------------------------------------- 24.04.2011 ISS 00:59 01:04 05 45 319 - 110 24.04.2011 AO-27 02:33 02:42 09 30 038 - 162 24.04.2011 ISS 02:36 02:39 03 14 255 - 187 24.04.2011 SO-50 04:07 04:09 02 10 025 - 053 24.04.2011 AO-27 04:13 04:21 08 30 350 - 230 24.04.2011 AO-51 05:09 05:19 10 41 028 - 172 24.04.2011 SO-50 05:45 05:54 09 57 335 - 136 24.04.2011 AO-51 06:49 06:56 07 22 343 - 242 24.04.2011 SO-50 07:27 07:32 05 16 288 - 212 24.04.2011 SUMBANDILA (S10:18 10:24 06 46 358 - 211 24.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6810:27 10:41 14 46 028 - 174 24.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6812:15 12:27 12 34 358 - 235 24.04.2011 AO-27 13:50 14:00 10 42 140 - 359 24.04.2011 AO-27 15:31 15:38 07 22 220 - 316 24.04.2011 AO-51 16:21 16:31 10 49 144 - 357 24.04.2011 ISS 17:27 17:30 03 15 160 - 090 24.04.2011 AO-51 18:01 18:09 08 20 222 - 320 24.04.2011 ISS 19:00 19:05 05 43 253 - 041 24.04.2011 SO-50 20:01 20:08 07 23 161 - 056 24.04.2011 ISS 20:38 20:40 02 11 333 - 010 24.04.2011 SUMBANDILA (S20:55 21:02 07 56 154 - 355 24.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6820:55 21:07 12 33 122 - 001 24.04.2011 SO-50 21:41 21:49 08 38 243 - 019 24.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6822:42 22:55 13 47 187 - 333 24.04.2011 ISS 23:49 23:53 04 19 337 - 080
WinAos QTH: -77.0/39.4 T#: 12167 Sat.: 6 [Standard] ---------------------------------------------------------- Day Object AOS (L) LOS Period maxEl AZ ---------------------------------------------------------- 25.04.2011 ISS 01:24 01:29 05 42 295 - 146 25.04.2011 AO-27 02:06 02:12 06 16 056 - 138 25.04.2011 AO-27 03:44 03:54 10 55 004 - 209 25.04.2011 AO-51 04:31 04:37 06 17 054 - 135 25.04.2011 SO-50 04:34 04:41 07 22 356 - 100 25.04.2011 AO-51 06:09 06:18 09 50 001 - 212 25.04.2011 SO-50 06:14 06:23 09 52 318 - 166 25.04.2011 SUMBANDILA (S09:59 10:06 07 69 010 - 195 25.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6810:10 10:23 13 35 034 - 162 25.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6811:58 12:11 13 44 003 - 225 25.04.2011 AO-27 13:23 13:31 08 24 114 - 009 25.04.2011 AO-27 15:02 15:11 09 40 194 - 334 25.04.2011 AO-51 15:43 15:51 08 22 111 - 011 25.04.2011 AO-51 17:20 17:30 10 45 189 - 335 25.04.2011 ISS 17:50 17:55 05 46 217 - 059 25.04.2011 ISS 19:26 19:30 04 18 295 - 032 25.04.2011 SO-50 20:29 20:38 09 62 199 - 037 25.04.2011 SUMBANDILA (S20:37 20:43 06 32 136 - 005 25.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6820:39 20:50 11 25 111 - 005 25.04.2011 SO-50 22:12 22:17 05 17 279 - 002 25.04.2011 SUMBANDILA (S22:12 22:16 04 14 240 - 302 25.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6822:25 22:39 14 62 177 - 339 25.04.2011 ISS 22:40 22:42 02 10 002 - 048
WinAos QTH: -77.0/39.4 T#: 12168 Sat.: 6 [Standard] ---------------------------------------------------------- Day Object AOS (L) LOS Period maxEl AZ ---------------------------------------------------------- 26.04.2011 ISS 00:14 00:19 05 48 319 - 114 26.04.2011 ISS 01:50 01:53 03 13 259 - 192 26.04.2011 AO-27 03:15 03:25 10 76 016 - 190 26.04.2011 AO-27 04:57 05:01 04 13 321 - 268 26.04.2011 SO-50 05:02 05:11 09 48 340 - 129 26.04.2011 AO-51 05:29 05:39 10 66 019 - 185 26.04.2011 SO-50 06:44 06:50 06 21 295 - 202 26.04.2011 AO-51 07:10 07:14 04 14 328 - 265 26.04.2011 SUMBANDILA (S09:41 09:48 07 52 022 - 181 26.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6809:54 10:05 11 26 041 - 150 26.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6811:41 11:55 14 57 007 - 214 26.04.2011 AO-27 12:57 13:01 04 13 085 - 026 26.04.2011 HOPE-1 (HO-6813:33 13:35 02 10 319 - 299 26.04.2011 AO-27 14:33 14:43 10 75 171 - 344
Other Links:
WORKING THE EASY SATS (PDF) http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/information/faqs/easysat.pdf
SATELLITE FAQ http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/information/faqs/
SATELLITE WEB STATUS http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/status.php
Happy Passover.
Happy Easter!
Pat Kilroy pat@patkilroy.com