November 2022 - pacsat - mailman.amsat.org

Fwd: Falconsat-3 24hr ON period 11-25-22
by Mark L. Hammond 25 Nov '22

25 Nov '22

FYI! --------- Forwarded message --------- From: Mark L. Hammond <marklhammond(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 2:49 PM Subject: Falconsat-3 24hr ON period 11-25-22 To: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> I plan to command ON Falconsat-3 around 2136utc on 25 Nov 2022, with battery management OFF, hoping for over 24 hours of operations. 73! Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] AMSAT Director and Command Station

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Fwd: Falconsat-3 schedule this weekend 11/18-19/22
by Mark L. Hammond 18 Nov '22

18 Nov '22

FYI Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] AMSAT Director and Command Station ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Mark L. Hammond <marklhammond(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, Nov 18, 2022 at 4:13 PM Subject: Falconsat-3 schedule this weekend 11/18-19/22 To: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Hi folks, I hope to be able to turn ON Falconsat-3 for about 24 hours tonight at either 0110utc or 0245utc on 19 Nov 2022. 73, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] AMSAT Director and Command Station

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Basic BBS Operations
by Chris Thompson 03 Nov '22

03 Nov '22

I took an action at the last meeting to document basic BBS operations. I put some thoughts in the attached document. This is in Open Office format. For those without Open Office I attached a pdf. I will happily put this in git if someone points me to the git repository. All thoughts / comments welcome. This is mostly a brain dump of how things work "today" with some thoughts about the future. 73 Chris -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson(a)gmail.com g0kla(a)arrl.net

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A little QRM for the list :-)
by Zach Metzinger 03 Nov '22

03 Nov '22

Hello all, I can't tell if I'm signed up or not, so I'm sending this test message to probe. No need to ignore it -- I'm social enough, if you should want to reply. --- Zach N0ZGO

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by Zach Metzinger 02 Nov '22

02 Nov '22

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BBS Operations document
by Chris Thompson 02 Nov '22

02 Nov '22

I tried to send the BBS Operations document that I drafted to the list, but anything over 40kb is rejected. So I can't send it. Do we have a git repo now? Otherwise I can share a link to the document from somewhere. 73 Chris -- Chris E. Thompson chrisethompson(a)gmail.com g0kla(a)arrl.net

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GreenCube
by Jonathan Brandenburg 01 Nov '22

01 Nov '22

Did everybody else already know about this satellite or see it in ANS / on AMSAT-BB? According to the website, the digipeater is activated each weekend and the altitude provide a long pass. ============================== GreenCube in Digipeater Mode The S5Lab research team of the University "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy, the Italian Space Agency and AMSAT Italia are happy to inform the ham radio community that the GreenCube satellite will be switched in digipeater mode between 29-Oct-2022 00:01 UTC and 30-Oct-2022 23:59 UTC. Information on the setup required to access the satellite can be found on the team's web site https://www.s5lab.space/index.php/digipeater/. The S5lab team of Sapienza provides the software needed to communicate with the satellite along with a technical guide of the setup and the GUI features. The archive contains: The user manual The Graphical User Interface (GUI) The Terminal Node Controller (TNC) software The GNURadio script to receive and transmit The software kit can be downloaded from the same web page. The satellite digipeater implements a store-and-forward message service and works at 435.310 Mhz (U/L and D/L). The 3U cubesat was launched on the Vega-C maiden flight on 13-Jul-2022 in a MEO orbit. The GreenCube project is being carried out through a collaboration agreement between the Italian Space Agency and Sapienza University of Rome, with the participation of ENEA and University Federico II of Naples. As for the radio frequency communications, a strong and effective cooperation with AMSAT Italia has been established, whereby AMSAT Italia endorsed the frequency coordination request. The team can be reached via their website at the URL https://www.s5lab.space/index.php/contact-us/. ============================== -- Jonathan Brandenburg Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation 1-214-213-1066

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