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Today's Topics:
1. Yeah Seriously (Kevin Deane)
2. CN76 in a couple of days (Bob- W7LRD)
3. FUNcube Warehouse (dave@xxxxx.xx.xxx
4. Colorado moto-roving Friday (Douglas B Tabor)
5. FS: ICOM 970H TRANSCEIVER (Bill Booth)
6. AMSAT-NA office phone and internet unavailable (Alan)
7. Decoding UO-11 (UOSAT-2) (Bob KD7YZ)
8. Re: Decoding UO-11 (UOSAT-2) (Rick Walter)
9. LVB Tracker Question (Greg)
10. Re: Decoding UO-11 (UOSAT-2) (Bob KD7YZ)
11. Re: Decoding UO-11 (UOSAT-2) (ON5UE)
12. Re: Decoding UO-11 (UOSAT-2) (Bob KD7YZ)
13. ARISS APRS (Mark Johns)
14. CW heard (Richard Lawn)
15. Re: CW heard (Andrew Glasbrenner)
16. ANS-214 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (Lee McLamb)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 16:11:16 -0700
From: Kevin Deane <summit496@xxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Yeah Seriously
Message-ID: <BLU174-W502F079A51003FE2D3A4EE838B0@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
What Bob said.
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 02:00:33 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] CN76 in a couple of days
Message-ID:
<1015963108.7328594.1438308033509.JavaMail.zimbra@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
There is a good possibility I will be in CN76 on 8/2 & 8/3. Will bring
radio/arrow, FO29 most productive. More to follow when I know for sure.
73 Bob W7LRD
Seattle
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 07:55:26 +0100
From: dave@xxxxx.xx.xx
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube Warehouse
Message-ID: <8F86F37D-E58D-47D7-8582-2905FDB4B5C5@xxxxx.xx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Hi
We are investigating the server error being returned when the page is shown
in the browser.
Will update as soon as we know anything.
73
Dave, G4DPZ
Sent from my iPhone
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:27:10 -0600
From: Douglas B Tabor <dtabor52@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Colorado moto-roving Friday
Message-ID: <F22979F5-E3A2-4356-9FBD-D81CD32B3C59@xxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Plan is to motorcycle to DM69 for the 1550 pass of SO-50 tomorrow morning,
near Silverthorne, CO.
Then hit DN60 on the next pass on the return home from Kremmling.
73,
Doug, N6UA/mm (the land-based mm)
Douglas Tabor
- Sent from my iPad
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 09:02:22 -0400
From: Bill Booth <ve3nxk@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FS: ICOM 970H TRANSCEIVER
Message-ID: <55BB71DE.6080305@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
I am selling my ICOM IC-970H Higher Power version 144-430 all mode
transceiver.
This unit has been well cared for, and comes from a non smoking environment.
It
has been my primary rig for satellite, repeater and VHF/UHF work since I
purchased
it new.
This sale comes as part of my down sizing for an eventual move, and the fact
that
I hardly use it anymore. I really do miss A040. I have used this for many
satellite, contacts, but the best was in 2009 when I contacted W5KWQ, Richard
Garriott on the International Space Station.
The only things I added over time were the electronic keyer board and the tone
board, both of which are internal.
To get maxim exposure to those who may be interested I have listed in on
eBay as
item number 181815105226
Thanks for the use of the reflector for this post.
--
Bill Booth VE3NXK
Sundridge ON, Canada
79.23.37 W x 45.46.18 N
FN05ns
Visit my weather WebCam at http://www.almaguin.com/wxcurrent/weather.html
Organ and Tissue Donation - The Gift of Life
Talk to your family. Your decision can make a difference.
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:14:48 -0500
From: Alan <wa4sca@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, "SAREX-BB" <SAREX@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-NA office phone and internet unavailable
Message-ID: <000001d0cba3$a47df3d0$ed79db70$@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
All,
As of 1100 EDT Friday, the AMSAT-NA office phone and internet service is
down. Both are supplied by
Comcast. The voice mail is operative, but we do not have an estimate of
when normal service will be
restored.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
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Keep Calm and Carry On
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:57:32 -0400
From: Bob KD7YZ <kd7yz@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Decoding UO-11 (UOSAT-2)
Message-ID: <55BBA8FC.6020406@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Once I got the correct Mode-Setting for UO-11, I had no trouble getting
what I think are good decode sets. Others here had said UO-11 gives
garbage decodes.
The last couple days I have gotten true garbage, a snippet here:
--------------------------------------------------------
0pA}4VRX 4CKIp(zhp#W13
z R<#`{M|4C 2Gr%xa5,RtCX`Xa\:#X{
<("!"i(TpB?B$B7(4="BzF<("ai)5H)0L$0\C/~HPT, $"b}EE=0"lw` L`V
A-.7Pq\E54,xX|/ab(+F! ^88 (a`h"i!B @x #%\95!!_C$[P`dD &4 XhQHV3& )FPj(
rPA4-`}BH!}0PF!/B-.H9)GP0jSDd rI"-<er HbP
9fQyMb3\@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx
$#xP"VvIBJ$
--------------------------------------------------------------
So this morning I started fiddling around with the Mode-Settings Charset
as-well-as Invert.
I walked thru the available Charsets in UISS. Then I toggled Invert for
each.
Finally when I got back to Ascii-7 and inverted, it all worked/decoded.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
000000010001020002030003040004050005060006070007080008090009
100001110000120003130002140005150004160007170006180009190008
20000221000322000023000124000625000726000427000528000A29000B
30000331000232000133000034000735000636000537000438000B39000A
40000441000542000643000744000045000146000247000348000C49000D
50000551000452000753000654000155000056000357000258000D59000C
60800E615FC1620105633341644402651E0C66200267000168000E69000F
UOSAT-2 1408060015554
000000010001020002030003040004050005060006070007080008090009
100001110000120003130002140005150004160007170006180009190008
20000221000322000023000124000625000726000427000528000A29000B
30000331000232000133000034000735000636000537000438000B39000A
40000441000542000643000744000045000146000247000348000C49000D
50000551000452000753000654000155000056000357000258000D59000C
60800E615FC1620105633341644402651E0C66200267000168000E69000F
UOSAT-2 1408060015559
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--
I am certain the Mode-Settings were the same from begin with garbage
decodes to end when I returned them to original settings.
go figure.
73,
--
Bob KD7YZ
http://www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz
AMSAT LM#901
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 14:34:13 -0400
From: Rick Walter <wb3csy@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Bob KD7YZ <kd7yz@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Decoding UO-11 (UOSAT-2)
Message-ID:
<CAJckjgNXjr_rRtFVzO1OTDEVqLHoqc9QOwaWE5zhRkGDaUqLrQ@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Hi Bob. I copied and decoded UO-11 telemetry for years and used it in my
Earth Science classes to show students near earth orbit space conditions.
When you said "Others here had said UO-11 gives garbage decodes", they
actually meant the telemetry you decode from the tones will look fine like
what you included, but when you put the values in the formulas to determine
the "real" data, that value will be garbage. You can see the date and time
are way off in the header of each frame of 7 lines.
I sent this on Friday at 2:33 PM EDT. You may have 3 replies ahead of me
because I never know how long it finally takes to show up on the BB. I do
not see any replies at this time.
73,
Rick - WB3CSY
On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Bob KD7YZ <kd7yz@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx> wrote:
> Once I got the correct Mode-Setting for UO-11, I had no trouble getting
> what I think are good decode sets. Others here had said UO-11 gives
> garbage decodes.
>
> The last couple days I have gotten true garbage, a snippet here:
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 0pA}4VRX 4CKIp(zhp#W13
> z R<#`{M|4C 2Gr%xa5,RtCX`Xa\:#X{
> <("!"i(TpB?B$B7(4="BzF<("ai)5H)0L$0\C/~HPT, $"b}EE=0"lw` L`V
> A-.7Pq\E54,xX|/ab(+F! ^88 (a`h"i!B @x #%\95!!_C$[P`dD &4 XhQHV3&
> )FPj(
> rPA4-`}BH!}0PF!/B-.H9)GP0jSDd rI"-<er HbP
> 9fQyMb3\@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx@xx tr12^I
> $#xP"VvIBJ$
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> So this morning I started fiddling around with the Mode-Settings Charset
> as-well-as Invert.
> I walked thru the available Charsets in UISS. Then I toggled Invert for
> each.
>
> Finally when I got back to Ascii-7 and inverted, it all worked/decoded.
>
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
> 000000010001020002030003040004050005060006070007080008090009
> 100001110000120003130002140005150004160007170006180009190008
> 20000221000322000023000124000625000726000427000528000A29000B
> 30000331000232000133000034000735000636000537000438000B39000A
> 40000441000542000643000744000045000146000247000348000C49000D
> 50000551000452000753000654000155000056000357000258000D59000C
> 60800E615FC1620105633341644402651E0C66200267000168000E69000F
> UOSAT-2 1408060015554
>
> 000000010001020002030003040004050005060006070007080008090009
> 100001110000120003130002140005150004160007170006180009190008
> 20000221000322000023000124000625000726000427000528000A29000B
> 30000331000232000133000034000735000636000537000438000B39000A
> 40000441000542000643000744000045000146000247000348000C49000D
> 50000551000452000753000654000155000056000357000258000D59000C
> 60800E615FC1620105633341644402651E0C66200267000168000E69000F
> UOSAT-2 1408060015559
>
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
>
> I am certain the Mode-Settings were the same from begin with garbage
> decodes to end when I returned them to original settings.
>
> go figure.
> 73,
> --
> Bob KD7YZ
> http://www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz
> AMSAT LM#901
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
--
Sent from Rick's gmail account
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 21:07:43 -0400
From: Greg <gjd1958@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] LVB Tracker Question
Message-ID: <B16C89D6-6119-4C0E-9C50-013D151FDF64@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
Hi all,
Been about 4 weeks since I went and turned my sat radio on and rotor. The
rotor is a G5500 with and LVB Tracker. I noticed that the azimuth reading
on the LVD Tracker display is not stable and jumps around to 350-370
degree?s when the antenna is parked at 360 degrees. Playing with the
voltage quickly in the back can change the Tracker display from 350-800
degree?s. Not sure if this is a wiring issue to the rotor as I had some
landscape done and we had heavy rains this summer. The rotor turns on
command when using Nova or PCsat and if I follow a satellite the needle on
the Yaesu box is close to indicated satellite azimuth on the program.
Howver, the Tracker will still jump around 10 degrees from that needle
heading.
Ideas welcomed?
Greg
N3MVF
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2015 22:11:05 -0400
From: Bob KD7YZ <kd7yz@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
To: Rick Walter <wb3csy@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Decoding UO-11 (UOSAT-2)
Message-ID: <55BC2AB9.6080103@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
On 31-Jul-15 1434, Rick Walter wrote:
> When you said "Others here had said UO-11 gives garbage
> decodes", they actually meant the telemetry you decode from the tones
> will look fine like what you included, but when you put the values in
> the formulas to determine the "real" data, that value will be garbage.
Well I learn more every day. Thanks for the help and explanation Rick!
I'll take it off my list to decode or watch.
73,
--
Bob KD7YZ
http://www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz
AMSAT LM#901
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 11:44:12 +0200
From: "ON5UE" <on5ue@xxxxxx.xx>
To: "'Bob KD7YZ'" <kd7yz@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx>, "'AMSAT BB'"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Decoding UO-11 (UOSAT-2)
Message-ID: <003901d0cc3e$9f389ab0$dda9d010$@xxxxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
You have to use software to decode these blocs of data.
The information about the sat:
http://www.dk3wn.info/sat/afu/sat_uo11.shtml
The software:
http://www.dk3wn.info/software.shtml
Good luck
73
Dan ON5UE
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx Namens Bob KD7YZ
Verzonden: vrijdag 31 juli 2015 18:58
Aan: AMSAT BB
Onderwerp: [amsat-bb] Decoding UO-11 (UOSAT-2)
Once I got the correct Mode-Setting for UO-11, I had no trouble getting what
I think are good decode sets. Others here had said UO-11 gives garbage
decodes.
The last couple days I have gotten true garbage, a snippet here:
--------------------------------------------------------
0pA}4VRX 4CKIp(zhp#W13
z R<#`{M|4C 2Gr%xa5,RtCX`Xa\:#X{
<("!"i(TpB?B$B7(4="BzF<("ai)5H)0L$0\C/~HPT, $"b}EE=0"lw` L`V
A-.7Pq\E54,xX|/ab(+F! ^88 (a`h"i!B @x #%\95!!_C$[P`dD &4 XhQHV3& )FPj(
rPA4-`}BH!}0PF!/B-.H9)GP0jSDd rI"-<er HbP
9fQyMb3\@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxx@xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx
$#xP"VvIBJ$
--------------------------------------------------------------
So this morning I started fiddling around with the Mode-Settings Charset
as-well-as Invert.
I walked thru the available Charsets in UISS. Then I toggled Invert for
each.
Finally when I got back to Ascii-7 and inverted, it all worked/decoded.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---
000000010001020002030003040004050005060006070007080008090009
100001110000120003130002140005150004160007170006180009190008
20000221000322000023000124000625000726000427000528000A29000B
30000331000232000133000034000735000636000537000438000B39000A
40000441000542000643000744000045000146000247000348000C49000D
50000551000452000753000654000155000056000357000258000D59000C
60800E615FC1620105633341644402651E0C66200267000168000E69000F
UOSAT-2 1408060015554
000000010001020002030003040004050005060006070007080008090009
100001110000120003130002140005150004160007170006180009190008
20000221000322000023000124000625000726000427000528000A29000B
30000331000232000133000034000735000636000537000438000B39000A
40000441000542000643000744000045000146000247000348000C49000D
50000551000452000753000654000155000056000357000258000D59000C
60800E615FC1620105633341644402651E0C66200267000168000E69000F
UOSAT-2 1408060015559
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----
I am certain the Mode-Settings were the same from begin with garbage decodes
to end when I returned them to original settings.
go figure.
73,
--
Bob KD7YZ
http://www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz
AMSAT LM#901
_______________________________________________
Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all
interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official
views of AMSAT-NA.
Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 06:53:33 -0400
From: Bob KD7YZ <kd7yz@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
To: ON5UE <on5ue@xxxxxx.xx>, 'AMSAT BB' <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Decoding UO-11 (UOSAT-2)
Message-ID: <55BCA52D.4020404@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
On 01-Aug-15 0544, ON5UE wrote:
> You have to use software to decode these blocs of data.
> The software:
> http://www.dk3wn.info/software.shtml
>
> Good luck
> 73
> Dan ON5UE
Excellent, Dan. I ran the program on a recent capture of UO-11 and
looking at the numbers in the chart, I "SEE" the wacky values. For
example, all temperatures of anything are 96.1 ...
tnx !
73,
--
Bob KD7YZ
http://www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz
AMSAT LM#901
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 16:05:49 +0000 (UTC)
From: Mark Johns <mjohns166@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISS APRS
Message-ID:
<1476068136.152468.1438445149875.JavaMail.yahoo@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Does anyone know what's up with APRS on ARISS?
Nothing heard last two days.
--
Mark D. Johns, K?MDJ
Decorah, Iowa USA EN43
-----------------------------------------------
"Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit,
you would stay out and your dog would go in."
---Mark Twain
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 15:15:19 -0400
From: Richard Lawn <rjlawn@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] CW heard
Message-ID:
<CADQmrTGApmG358VJ4giKzcukOJej40d9LoNd9pFbxRG8R30McQ@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
In FN21, the northern Pocono area of PA near Scranton, I copied "MOVE1"
every 60" around 145.975 +- Doppler. The time was 14:25 UTC give or take.
Anyone know what I heard? At it's peak the signal was 59 here while I was
waiting for one of our ham sats around that same freq.
Rick, W2JAZ
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Message: 15
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 15:29:07 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Richard Lawn <rjlawn@xxxxx.xxx>, Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] CW heard
Message-ID:
<32796404.1438457347287.JavaMail.root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Take a look at http://www.move2space.de/?page_id=910&lang=en
73, Drew KO4MA
-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Lawn <rjlawn@xxxxx.xxx>
>Sent: Aug 1, 2015 3:15 PM
>To: Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
>Subject: [amsat-bb] CW heard
>
>In FN21, the northern Pocono area of PA near Scranton, I copied "MOVE1"
>every 60" around 145.975 +- Doppler. The time was 14:25 UTC give or take.
>
>Anyone know what I heard? At it's peak the signal was 59 here while I was
>waiting for one of our ham sats around that same freq.
>
>Rick, W2JAZ
>_______________________________________________
>Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
>are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
>Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Message: 16
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2015 22:43:51 -0400
From: Lee McLamb <ku4os@xxx.xx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-214 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
Message-ID: <55BD83E7.209@xxx.xx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-214
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space
including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur
Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,
launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio
satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat.org.
In this edition:
* Fox-1A Mated to the Centaur for Launch
* AMSAT 2015 Symposium Papers
* PCSAT Default Beacon Transmissions on 144.390 MHz
* 2015 AMSAT-UK Colloquim Videos Aavilable Online
* FUNcube Certificate of Achievement and QSL Card
* Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-214.01
ANS-214 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 214.01
From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD.
August 2, 2015
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-214.01
Fox-1A Mated to the Centaur for Launch
AMSAT-NA's Fox-1A satellite which will launch on a NASA ELaNa flight from
Vandenburg AFB has been mated to the Centaur upper stage which will
carry it to
orbit. A photo of the NPSCuL mated to the Centaur with the P-POD containing
Fox-1A, BisonSat, ARC1 and 7 other P-PODs can be seen on the AMSAT website.
http://www.amsat.org/?cat=21
[ANS thanks Jerry, N0JY, for the above information]
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AMSAT 2015 Symposium Papers
The 2015 AMSAT-NA Annual Meeting and Space Symposium to be held on the
weekend
of October 16-18, 2015. Proposals for papers, symposium presentations
and poster
presentations are invited on any topic of interest to the amateur satellite
community. We request a tentative title of your presentation as soon as
possible. The final copy must be submitted by September 15 for inclusion
in the
printed proceedings. Abstracts and papers should be sent to Dan Schultz
at n8fgv
at amsat.org
The 2015 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting will be held October
16, 17,
18, 2015 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 33 East 5th Street, in Downtown, Dayton,
Ohio.
[ANS thanks the 2015 Symposium Committee for the above information]
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PCSAT Default Beacon Transmissions on 144.390 MHz
An FM APRS signal has been received in England causing interference to
the MGM
frequency and weak-signal Meteor Scatter (MS) operation which is just below
144.390 MHz. A MS DXpedition was disrupted by such activity earlier in
the month
and interference has been occurring at various times since.
Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, explains that the beacon was planned over 15 years
ago for
operation only when PCSAT is over North America based on published band
plans at
that time. Now, after 14 years on orbit, the ability to turn that backup
beacon
off has been lost.
PCSAT (now 14 years old) had a backup fail-safe beacon on 144.39 that
would activate after any unknown spacecraft reset to give a backup comm
link in case the primary 145.825 channel died. Being on the North
American APRS frequency with hundreds of IGates there would always be at
least one that would hear this "emergency call home" from PCSAT even
though the channel is generally saturated. It worked.
The problem is, that now PCSAT resets on every orbit due to negative power
budget and so, on every orbit that beacon comes back on. Even if we did
get a command up to reset it, that setting would last only 15 minutes to
the next eclipse.
We learned our lesson! That was our FIRST amateur satellite and we sure
learned NOT to use a "connected-packet-command link" that needs ACKS and
Retries and logon passwords just to LOGON before you can even send a
SHUTUP command. All our satellites since, operate without the multiple
Send, connect, ACK, retry, ACK, command, ACK overhead.... just to get one
command understood. Now, only the receiver on the spacecraft has to be
functional to command it to silence in a single packet. But too late for
PCSAT.
We are sorry that we have no good answers. But we hope we can mitigate
this instance of "friendly fire" collateral damage so that we don't cause
an overall black-eye to amateur radio overall friendly operations?
What you may hear will be 2 one-second packets per minute, one at 1200
baud and one at 9600 baud, trying to "call home".
[ANS thanks Bob, WB4APR, for the above information]
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2015 AMSAT-UK Colloquim Videos Aavilable Online
Thanks to the cooperation between the BATC and AMSAT-UK, this years
colloquium footage is becoming available online already.
The BATC and AMSAT-UK teams are working to upload all video material on to
the AMSAT-UK YouTube account. (http://youtube.com/user/AMSATUK)
Video's will become available as soon as uploading is complete. Since the
high-definition files are rather large, please allow for some time for
editing and uploading.
For convenience, if you wish to watch the entire colloquium, go to the
playlist at
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTDI7lbh1cWq2av8hb6EzddopHERvDH0i
[ANS thanks Wouter, PA3WEG, for the above information]
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FUNcube Certificate of Achievement and QSL Card
As announced at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium 2015, a
?Certificate
of Achievement? and/or an amateur radio style ?QSL? card are now available
online. Only those who have successfully received telemetry from
FUNcube-1 and
uploaded it to the Data Warehouse are able to download these documents.
AO-73 (FUNcube-1)
The Certificate of Achievement is aimed at educational establishments
such as
schools, and the QSL card at radio amateurs who would like confirmation
of their
report. However, station operators are welcome to download both if they
wish.
Each is personalised with the callsign/name which has been previously
registered
with the Warehouse, and the date and time of the first packet to be
uploaded by
the requesting station is also added.
Download your Certificate or QSL card from
http://amsatuk.me.uk/on/funcube_qsl.php
FUNcube-1 (AO-73) Telemetry:
? Dashboard App
http://funcube.org.uk/working-documents/funcube-telemetry-dashboard/
? Data Warehouse Archive http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/
? Whole orbit data http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/wod.html?satelliteId=2
BBC News video about FUNcube-1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25084547
FUNcube website http://www.FUNcube.org.uk/
FUNcube Yahoo Group http://amsat-uk.org/funcube/yahoo-group/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-07-31 23:30 UTC
ESA Space Camp, K?lsheim, Gemany, via W6SRJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Contact is a go for: Mon 2015-08-03 10:47:58 UTC 67 deg
Maroochydore State School, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia, telebridge
via W6SRJ
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Contact is a go for: Thu 2015-08-06 10:10:15 UTC 59 deg via LU1CGB
Space Jam 9, Rantoul, IL, telebridge via IK1SLD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS
Contact is a go for: Sat 2015-08-08 16:57:49 UTC 33 deg
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>From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment
(USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period
will be
conducted by the ARISS Russia team.
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Lee McLamb, KU4OS
ku4os at amsat dot org
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