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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Lost recording AO-91 (Roy Dean)
2. PSAT2 and BRICSAT2 status... (Robert Bruninga)
3. [Video] Satellite ground station build progress videos (video
4) (John Brier)
4. Re: Lost recording AO-91 (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
5. Kicksat-2 summary update (andy thomas)
6. Re: PACSAT/Falconsat-3 telemetry decoder (Chris Thompson)
7. Unidentified call (johnv@????????.????
8. Re: Unidentified call (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
9. Re: Unidentified call (KI7UNJ Tucker)
10. Re: FM Birds, New Grids, and Chaos (k6vug@?????????.????
11. For Sale: MOTU 8A Thunderbolt / USB3 audio interface
(Jerry Buxton)
12. HRD sat help (James Brown)
13. W0LMD Tracker (BeetleJerald Oliver)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 16:09:41 -0500
From: Roy Dean <royldean@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Lost recording AO-91
Message-ID:
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Bob, it indeed looks like there is only one SatNogs capture of the pass.
--Roy
K3RLD
> Does anyone have a recording of that pass
> or is there likely to be another upload to the SATNOGS site? I know I
> missed some good grid squares out there. Thanks a bunch. 73, Bob N6REK
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 16:36:21 -0500
From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT2 and BRICSAT2 status...
Message-ID: <12d203ecb75e16576131cd791889114d@????.?????.???>
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> I remember reading somewhere that PSAT-2 and Bricsat-2,
> the replacements for PSAT and Bricsat, are going up here very soon...
PSAT2 and BRICSAT2 are slated for launch this spring on SpaceX's heavy
lift.
After 4 years with the FCC, we finally have confirmation that the FCC
submitted our Notification to the ITU. This has been a long and very
frustrating experience. The FCC's insistence that our student projects
also be licensed as military sateliltes has essentially blocked our two
previous student Amateur packet transponder payloads from ever being
activated. QIKCOM1 was launched to the ISS but after sitting in storage
on ISS until a year later when the FCC finally authorized its release, the
HOST that was to provide the power never activated.
Then, the QIKCOM2 power cord had to be cut right before launch, because
again the FCC insisted that although it was an amateur satellite, it was
built by students who are actually military employees and so it had to get
an NTIA license. And the small NTIA office who is busy enough with
BILLION dollar Defense satellites, just simply understandably cannot be
bothered with a student project. So that satellite was/is being launched
as a dead brick.
I have not announced PSAT2 or BRICSAT2 because I simply don't trust
anything anymore. The FCC has simply made it impossible for academy
students to participate in small low cost amateur satellite projects.
This has occupied all my time for 4 years and it is just not worth it. I
have put in my papers to retire at the end of the year.
Though, I do encourage anyone building a cubesat without DoD entnglements
to consider using our single board APRS transponders as an excellent
comms, command/control and telemetry board. See http://aprs.org/satt4.html
They are basically a Byonics TinyTrack4 board hacked for satellite use...
Bob, WB4APR
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Subject: [amsat-bb] NO-84 Digipeater Online
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 16:57:17 -0500
From: John Brier <johnbrier@?????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] [Video] Satellite ground station build progress
videos (video 4)
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I've been doing livestreams on my YouTube channel on my efforts to
build a satellite ground station. This was mentioned in ANS recently
but I haven't emailed to the list about it in a while if at all. I
just finished livestreaming the fourth video. Links to previous videos
are at the bottom of this email.
Satellite ground station build - video 4 - W4CX setup:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Uz5XojX6M
This video includes footage of a local ham, Darrell, W4CX and his
satellite ground station. I learned from him so I can build my station
more easily. Other topics covered:
* How an M2 employee who saw my last livestream messaged me with
helpful information about the LEO Pack and the cross boom I should
use.
* I found pics of NS3L's sat setup on his QRZ.com profile which show
he is using almost all the same equipment as me except larger
antennas. This is great because I can learn from how he did his setup
as well. It's very clean partly because he mounted his preamps on the
crossboom instead of the mast like most people.
* I talk about how I decided not to use boards mounted to the joists
in the attic for tripod mounting but use two-by-fours instead (like
Darrell).
* Finally, there is a short mention of how I'm going to use magnets to
find out where to drill the holes in the roof.
Corrections:
At 8:25 I say "left hand and right hand cross polarization," I meant
left hand and right hand *circular polarization*.
At 12:20 I say the antenna with ringed elements is the helical... well
they are circular so it's not. Steve told me that is a new Directive
Systems 55 element super loop for 1296 he hasn't connected feedline to
yet. It wasn't in the pics on his QRZ profile but because they were
similar sized loops (since it's the same band) I got a little
confused.
There may be other issues I'll notice when I watch this again. If you
see something let me know.
Subscribe for livestream notifications (click bell too)
http://bit.ly/YouTubeSComms
video 1 - background
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hz4bWVByDw
video 2 - buying stuff and more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zTnsQgFMIU
video 3 - surveying and more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pp5WZRNb8Y
video 4 - W4CX setup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9Uz5XojX6M
73, John Brier KG4AKV
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 03:21:19 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@??????.???>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Lost recording AO-91
Message-ID:
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Hi Bob!
Thanks for the AO-91 QSO this afternoon! I have a recording
from that pass, which I'll use to update my log tomorrow.
As I pull the audio from my recorder, I will put it in my
Dropbox space http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ (look in the
folder "Satellite_Audio-2019" sometime tomorrow).
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @?????? or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
On Sunday, February 17, 2019, Bob Keating <bkeating1954@?????.???> wrote:
> I had a great pass on AO-91 this morning (2-17-2019) at 19:06 UTC,
> contacting W4BCX in Florida and Patrick WD9EWK on DM12/22 in addition to a
> couple of other stations with my HT and Arrow II handheld antenna, only to
> discover that I did not get it recorded on my TASCAM recorder. I went to
> the SATNOGS website and found the only recording by N5CNB was very noisy. I
> could only make out my QSO with W4BCX and barely could hear my contact with
> Patrick. Does anyone have a recording of that pass or is there likely to be
> another upload to the SATNOGS site? I know I missed some good grid squares
> out there. Thanks a bunch.
>
> 73,
>
> Bob N6REK
>
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 09:03:08 +0000 (UTC)
From: andy thomas <andythomasmail@?????.??.??>
To: Amsat Bulitin Board <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Kicksat-2 summary update
Message-ID: <532983571.1243904.1550480588271@????.?????.???>
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Hi guys
Here is the latest on the mother cubesat Kicksat-2 and its cargo of Sprites.
All information is updated at the google group Google Groups
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The most important information this morning is from the PI, Zac Manchester:
"We've now been able to decode some telemetry data from KickSat-2 and can
confirm that the CubeSat is alive and working well aside from a
communication issue. It seems likely that the antenna did not deploy properly.
We would appreciate IQ recordings from anyone with a large high-gain antenna
as we continue trying to establish communication with the satellite (even if
the signal is weak and not decodable using standard methods). I'm working on
some fancy signal processing tricks to try to pull some useable data out of
these very noisy packets."
The KickSat-2 cubesat is transmitting telemetry data on 437.505 MHz. The
telemetry packets are standard AX.25, 1200 baud FSK (not AFSK).?
But the signal from Kicksat-2 is very weak. Here is a snippet from Mike
Rupprecht DK3WN :
KickSat-2 beacons ? very weak?? and his twitter account.
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When deployed, the Sprites are on/will be on 437.240 with a weird MSK
modulation at 10 mw when the Sprite is in sunlight (no batteries).
At the British Interplanetary Society we are trying to set up for the
Sprites using receivers as specified here:? zacmanchester/kicksat
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A tiny open source/open hardware spacecraft project - zacmanchester/kicksat
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I'm sure everyoine involved in Kicksat would welcome AMSAT'ers listening out
for the cubesat and the Sprites, and joining in the project at the
googlegroup.
73 de andy g0sfj
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 16:36:17 -0500
From: Chris Thompson <g0kla@????.???>
To: Apostolos Kefalas <sv1ljj@????.???>
Cc: AMSAT <AMSAT-BB@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PACSAT/Falconsat-3 telemetry decoder
Message-ID:
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You should not need to run as root. What error do you get? Make sure the
data directory you picked is writable. Make sure the user can read and
write to the serial or tcp port for the tnc.
I have not had time to put together any instructions to compile this. The
com.g0kla dependencies are from libTelem which should be in the lib
directory.
Chris
On Sun, Feb 17, 2019, 10:41 Apostolos Kefalas <sv1ljj@????.???> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to run the new Telemetry Decoder for Falconsat-3 on Linux,
> but it refuses to start when run as a normal user.
>
> Only way to start it, is as super-user (root). Has anyone else this
> problem?
>
> Has anyone tried to compile PacSatGround under Linux? Do you have any
> advice?
>
> I get more than a 100 times ".... error: package com.g0kla.telem.gui
> does not exist" and it stops there.
>
>
> 73 de SV1LJJ
> Apostolos
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>
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 23:50:52 +0000 (UTC)
From: "johnv@????????.???? <johnv@????????.???>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Unidentified call
Message-ID: <436638581.1373489.1550533852374@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
This morning I worked several calls and thank you your patience and boy was
AO-91 busy with multiple calls and CW into the bandwidth.???? But one call
comes up blank in QRZ.com.???? N1NIA with a grid of DM43 (AZ) but the call
has not information. ? ?
Does anyone know of him?
John
N7AME
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 18:58:12 -0500
From: Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh@?????.???>
To: AMSAT -BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Unidentified call
Message-ID:
<CAEMY9FenzaCdPRy9015qFE4RXn+TpVhNp5rf-Ain9pJCb6NxVg@????.?????.???>
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His call is N1AIA and he's in FN43 in Maine.
Dave-KB1PVH
Sent from my Galaxy S9
On Mon, Feb 18, 2019, 6:52 PM johnv@????????.??? <johnv@????????.??? wrote:
> This morning I worked several calls and thank you your patience and boy
> was AO-91 busy with multiple calls and CW into the bandwidth. But one
> call comes up blank in QRZ.com. N1NIA with a grid of DM43 (AZ) but the
> call has not information.
>
> Does anyone know of him?
> John
> N7AME
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 15:57:51 -0800
From: KI7UNJ Tucker <ki7unj@?????.???>
To: "johnv@????????.???? <johnv@????????.???>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Unidentified call
Message-ID:
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It was N1AIA and FN43 (Maine), I was on that pass and heard you work him.
On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 3:51 PM johnv@????????.??? <johnv@????????.???>
wrote:
> This morning I worked several calls and thank you your patience and boy
> was AO-91 busy with multiple calls and CW into the bandwidth. But one
> call comes up blank in QRZ.com. N1NIA with a grid of DM43 (AZ) but the
> call has not information.
>
> Does anyone know of him?
> John
> N7AME
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--
Casey Tucker KI7UNJ
https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ
https://www.qrz.com/db/KI7UNJ
http://bit.do/ki7unj
<https://www.google.com/url?q=http://bit.do/ki7unj&sa=D&source=hangouts&ust=15
21073499558000&usg=AFQjCNFcQLn6C9nmmvpQiBbD6XvN-QjKug>
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 03:04:54 +0000 (UTC)
From: "k6vug@?????????.???? <k6vug@?????????.???>
To: Les Rayburn <les@????????????.???>
Cc: Work-Sat@??????.??? AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM Birds, New Grids, and Chaos
Message-ID: <1885678132.1346417.1550545494193@????.?????.???>
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Dear Les N1LF,
You wrote "Do wish more operators would be more considerate when the bird is
busy" that rings a bell.? In the last six months or so, the fun of getting
into the easy sats is attracting more hams.? It is getting more crowded than
ever, and the simple recommendation from AMSAT (below) is starting to make
much more sense...
As a good practice, AMSAT recommends NOT to call stations that one has
QSO-ed in the recent past, giving others a better chance, esp., when someone
has taken the trouble to put a new grid on the air.? I do notice some of the
"seasoned" hams? practice this quite literally.? Something to think about...
73!Umeshk6vug
On Saturday, February 16, 2019, 8:30:47 PM PST, Les Rayburn
<les@????????????.???> wrote:
Those are good suggestions. I try to write down calls and grid squares by
?reading the mail? on other QSO?s. Then I call that specific station.
I rarely (if ever) just throw out my call. Sometimes when I?m up late at
night I?ll do that, or even call CQ but only when the bird is dead quiet.
I?ve got a TH-D72A, and an ELK antenna configured for portable operation.
Just waiting on warm and dry days to give it a try from the backyard. This
winter has been one of the wettest on record here.
Do wish more operators would be more considerate when the bird is busy. My
?wish list? would include:
Make one QSO, then just monitor the rest of the pass?unless someone calls you.
Check Twitter to see if anyone is activating a rare grid. If so, let them
control the flow of contacts on the bird. This is especially true of Western
grids. Often the pass is very short for those grids, and stations in the
East have a limited time to work them. But the bird is often filled with
Eastern stations working other Eastern stations during the whole pass.
Resist turning up the power to ?muscle? your way in.
During one pass earlier this evening, I listened to a single QRO station
make 5 or 6 contacts during a very crowded pass?simply by muscling other
stations, talking over other operators, etc.
We clearly need more FM birds because the demand is very high. Meanwhile a
lot of the linear satellites are empty or nearly so.
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
Maylene, AL
EM63nf
AMSAT #38965, ARRL Life Member, CVHS Life Member, SVHF Member
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 21:36:04 -0600
From: Jerry Buxton <n0jy@?????.???>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] For Sale: MOTU 8A Thunderbolt / USB3 audio
interface
Message-ID: <1c2165b8-a851-dc29-f157-9a68a6bfd9f2@?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
For Sale: MOTU 8A Thunderbolt / USB3 audio interface
$600 shipped
I used this audio interface for all manner of sound card digital and
receive/transmit audio with several different radios, including AO-85
and ISS SSTV.
Please see http://home.n0jy.org/images/MOTU8A/motu.html if you are
interested.
Send replies or inquiries direct to this address, please.
Thank you.
--
Jerry Buxton, N?JY
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 17:35:31 +0000 (UTC)
From: James Brown <jimki6wj@?????????.???>
To: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] HRD sat help
Message-ID: <759260767.1658295.1550597731761@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Need help with HRD sat program setup with two radios.
How do I save all of the settings once HRD is configured. I have to restart
every part of HRD each session.
How do I save the rotator settings so that HRD can restart with the correct
rotator file.
How do I log a qso on HRD sat program.
HRD tech was unable to answer these questions as he was not familiar with
the sat program.
Thanks
Jim
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Message: 13
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 21:20:35 +0000 (UTC)
From: BeetleJerald Oliver <revjwo@???.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] W0LMD Tracker
Message-ID: <360228111.1877024.1550611235538@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
I have had to reinstall my windows operating system, and downloaded an
updated copy of SatPC32....However, I cannot get the rotor interface to
function (W0LMD Tracker).? I cannot remember if I had to install a driver
for it or not...?.If so, where can I get the driver for this now......HELP !
KJ4EU ?? Jerry
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