[amsat-bb] tiungsat-1 mo-46
If this has been posted already sorry There any freqs for the bird of china? Thanks Dan Thank you for your time KF1BUZ k1gem KF7LJV and the birds Fred N (RIP) oli. and Kilo ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-UK - Fall OSCAR News
Trevor Wrote: On 30/09/11 00:26, Trevor . wrote: AMSAT-UK - Fall OSCAR News The Fall edition of the color A4 newsletter OSCAR News is being posted to AMSAT-UK members this week As usual it's packed with Amateur Satellite articles: [SNIP] - Syncart geostationary transponder [SNIP] Teases! (All of you involved in OSCAR News, not just Trevor!) I read this last night, and was hoping it might be an announcement of a possible opportunity. OSCAR News arrived here this morning, and it's just an article about the transponder. Good article, and great edition of OSCAR News though 73s Iain ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: FO-29 off
FO-29 is now OFF status. I think that FO-29 is OFF when a ratio of the eclipse is less than approximately 11% according to my past experiment. Because the eclipse rate of these past several days is approximately 28%, the other causes are thought about this FO-29 OFF. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/fo29tron.htm (posted 16Nov2010) Date Mins/DaySun% Thu 29Sep111034 71.81% Fri 30Sep111049 72.85% Sat 01Oct111030 71.53% Sun 02Oct111049 72.85% Mon 03Oct111020 70.83% Tue 04Oct111055 73.26% JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: Width of the Earth's penumbra
Hi Greg, Making my head hurt too. Buts it interesting. I though I might get a 70cms antenna up and try the telemetry from FO-29 which flies much higher = wider penumbra. Perhaps the changed light level will be detectable in the solar panel current. I don't know how dark it is in the penumbra either. 73 John G7HIA From: Greg D. ko6th_g...@hotmail.com To: g7...@btinternet.com; amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org Sent: Saturday, 1 October, 2011 5:18:47 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Width of the Earth's penumbra The ISS isn't going straight through the Penumbra, top to bottom, but rather diagonally through it. Neglecting that the ISS isn't going in a straight line either (it's an arc), the 8-ish seconds are the hypotenuse of the triangle. We still don't know the height. I wonder if we can figure out more about the shape of the Penumbra by looking at the transit times for satellites at different elevations? Sorry, this is starting to make my head hurt, Greg KO6TH Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:17:08 +0100 From: g7...@btinternet.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Width of the Earth's penumbra This bb never fails to amaze me with how helpful folks can be. It was G0SFJ's postings about ARISSAt-1 MET time which set me thinking about the width of the half shadow (Penumbra) experienced by the satellite before and after eclipse. I was pointed to the simulation option in the satellite tracker Orbitron 3.17 which shows the selected satellites Eclipse condition No, Penumbra, Umbra. To activate this option click on the data tab at the bottom of the satellite listing. The simulation mode offers a variety of time steps down to 0.25 seconds. Selecting the ISS and stepping through an eclipsed part of the orbit tonight I estimated that it took the ISS 8.75 seconds to cross the Penumbra. If 7km per second is about right for the ISS then the Penumbra is 59.5 kilometres wide +/- about 1.75km. My workings may well be adrift but you get the idea. What an interesting utility, for us telemetry nuts it will add an extra dimension to solar panel data. Off to try it on some higher flying birds. 73 All G7HIA Happy Weekend ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-UK - Fall OSCAR News
It was July 1971 that AMSAT submitted the initial proposal to NASA. Here is some information ANS received from Perry Klein, W3PK, who worked on the proposal: SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-219.06 AMSAT History: 40th Anniversary of First Synchronous Satellite Proposal AMSAT News Service Bulletin 219.06 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. August 7, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-219.06 July 24 marked the 40th anniversary of AMSAT's original SYNCART proposal to NASA, in 1971, to fly a Synchronous Amateur Radio Transponder on NASA's Applications Technology Satellite ATS-G. NASA's response to our proposal appeared to be favorable, but unfortunately NASA cancelled the ATS-G mission. The SYNCART proposal is on AMSAT-DL's web site at for those who would like to read it. It gives the justification why NASA should fly it for free, listing a number of amateur experiments and applications, most of which would still apply today. The 1971 WARC on Space Technology was held around the same time (June 7 - July 17, 1971, in Geneva). That's the ITU conference that established the amateur-satellite service and allocated frequencies to it. Several satellite manufacturers are now advertising that they host pay- loads aboard their satellite platforms. Think how it would transform amateur radio if we could get SYNCART packages aboard one or more of them! Read a copy of the original proposal at: http://www.amsat-dl.org/images/stories/satellites/syncart/sync.pdf AMSAT-DL article (in German) at: http://www.amsat-dl.org/index.php/news-mainmenu-97/185-syncart [ANS thanks AMSAT Past President Perry Klein, W3PK for this information] /EX -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9...@amsat.org Editor, AMSAT News Service ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] VY1RM is QRV Satellite from Whitehorse, YT CP20
And just in time! John, K8YSE worked his number 1000 grid with Ron, VY1RM last night on VO-52. Congrats John on joining a very small group to accomplish this. 73 all, Rick WA4NVM Hello All, After many months of station design, assembly and testing, Ron VY1RM in Whitehorse, YT Canada CP20, is now QRV satellite. Ron, having been active on satellite many years ago, was already equipped with the necessary antennas and radios, but had required a rotor upgrade to get his antennas pointing automatically. This past summer, he and a team of local hams reinstalled his antennas on a G-5500 rotor at his QTH. He is now running SatPC32 to control both the rotor (with LVBTracker) and his radios. Ron's accomplishment puts a permanent satellite station in the Yukon Territory (likely the only one.) Please be listening for Ron VY1RM on both FM and linear birds in the weeks to come; give him a call if you happen to hear his callsign and welcome him back to satellite! In addition to the fact that Ron will put the rare CP20 grid within reach, the Yukon territory is also a valid entity for those who are working on the AMSAT sexagesimal or century awards. And for those up for a real challenge--the CANADAward is available from the RAC for those who complete a 2-way QSO with each of Canada's 13 provinces/territories via satellite. (not easy!) 73, Doug KD8CAO ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] New ITU Service for CubeSats and Nanosats ?
The latest issue of the AMSAT-UK publication OSCAR News highlights the US NTIA proposal to create a new ITU satellite service for CubeSats and NanoSats. The proposal seeks one or more frequency bands, totalling up to 10 MHz of spectrum, to support command, control, and data relay for nanosatellites and picosatellites performing a variety of functions. It proposes that a study be undertaken after WRC 2012 so that the item be placed on the preliminary agenda for WRC 2019. It is unclear where the UHF spectrum for a new ITU service would come from. Read the NTIA proposal #39;Studies for identifying up to 10 MHz of spectrum for space research service in the 400-2025 MHz range for the operation of nanosatellites and picosatellites#39;. a href=http://www.ntia.doc.gov/WRC_2012/Documents/NTIA_Proposal/NTIA_Proposal_2011-02-23_8.2; target=_blankhttp://www.ntia.doc.gov/WRC_2012/Documents/NTIA_Proposal/NTIA_Proposal_2011-02-23_8.2/a(Nanosat).doc Other NTIA WRC documents can be downloaded from a href=http://www.ntia.doc.gov/page/documents-and-proposals; target=_blankhttp://www.ntia.doc.gov/page/documents-and-proposals/a OSCAR News is published quarterly by AMSAT-UK and posted to members. To get your copy join AMSAT-UK online at a href=http://tinyurl.com/JoinAMSAT-UK/; target=_blankhttp://tinyurl.com/JoinAMSAT-UK//a If you#39;ve never seen OSCAR News before you can get an idea of what it#39;s like by downloading a sample issue from a href=http://www.uk.amsat.org/on_193_final.pdf; target=_blankhttp://www.uk.amsat.org/on_193_final.pdf/a AMSAT-UK a href=http://www.uk.amsat.org/; target=_blankhttp://www.uk.amsat.org//a 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: tiungsat-1 mo-46
--- On Sat, 1/10/11, Daniel Lind kf1...@gmail.com wrote: If this has been posted already sorry There any freqs for the bird of china? Hi Daniel, It's Malaysian and freqs are given in the excellent AMSAT.org satellite pages http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/tiungsat1.php 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: VY1RM is QRV Satellite from Whitehorse, YT CP20
Great work, John! Congrats! 73, Zack KD8KSN -Original Message- From: Rick - WA4NVM Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 8:25 AM To: Doug Papay ; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] VY1RM is QRV Satellite from Whitehorse, YT CP20 And just in time! John, K8YSE worked his number 1000 grid with Ron, VY1RM last night on VO-52. Congrats John on joining a very small group to accomplish this. 73 all, Rick WA4NVM Hello All, After many months of station design, assembly and testing, Ron VY1RM in Whitehorse, YT Canada CP20, is now QRV satellite. Ron, having been active on satellite many years ago, was already equipped with the necessary antennas and radios, but had required a rotor upgrade to get his antennas pointing automatically. This past summer, he and a team of local hams reinstalled his antennas on a G-5500 rotor at his QTH. He is now running SatPC32 to control both the rotor (with LVBTracker) and his radios. Ron's accomplishment puts a permanent satellite station in the Yukon Territory (likely the only one.) Please be listening for Ron VY1RM on both FM and linear birds in the weeks to come; give him a call if you happen to hear his callsign and welcome him back to satellite! In addition to the fact that Ron will put the rare CP20 grid within reach, the Yukon territory is also a valid entity for those who are working on the AMSAT sexagesimal or century awards. And for those up for a real challenge--the CANADAward is available from the RAC for those who complete a 2-way QSO with each of Canada's 13 provinces/territories via satellite. (not easy!) 73, Doug KD8CAO ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] EL18 on Sunday Monday
I will be fishing down near Rockport, TX, Sunday Monday and will try to make the late afternoon passes of AO-51. Sorry, but AO-27 and SO-50 are too early in the day and I don't want to take the HT either on the boat or wading :-) Equipment will be just an FT-51R and Pryme whip antenna. 73, Jerry, K5OE ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: VY1RM is QRV Satellite from Whitehorse, YT CP20
Hi all!! My wife suspects that John has IV caffeine and feeding tubes at the operating position! Definitely an awesome accomplishment. 73 de Norm n3ykf ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] EM53 on AO-51
Damon, WA4HFN just called and asked I post he will be in EM53 mobile on the next AO-51 pass at 2032z. Good luck to those that need the grid, Rick WA4NVM ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] XE2RCE in DM11 qsl manager KI6YAA
I will be the QSL Manager for this date at the Ensenada Baja Mexico Radio Club Annual meeting, please be advice that the QRZ.COM info is wrong, please request QSL to KI6YAA email or Direct is ok Thanks you all for your patiente and attention! There will be some cub members operating also 73 Larry KI6YAA ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] VY1RM VO-52, 1000th grid worked
It is difficult for me to believe that there have been 1000 grids active in the last 5 years. When I first started in satellites I thought two or three hundred grids would be about it, but many things happened to move that estimate up. Last night I worked VY1RM in the Yukon for grid number 1000 with VO-52 at 2-3 degrees. This total would not have been possible had it not been for the many who have gone to grids away from their home comfort zone and operated on the birds, sometimes under very difficult conditions. I thought it might be interesting to create a listing of those who have given me more than one NEW grid. Many have also operated in multiple grids that I already had. This list does not reflect the many who have given others NEW grids over the past five years. UT1FG/MM 175 2M1EUB/P 4 XE1AO 3 ND9M 113 G7MAR/MM 4 AJ9K 2 WD9EWK 31 KB5WIA 4 K0BAM 2 WC7V 21KB9BIT 4 K7CWQ 2 KD4ZGW 16 KI6YAA 4 K7DRA 2 K5OE 10KK0SD 4K7TRK 2 KB0RZD 10 VE6AB 4KA0RID 2 KD8CAO 9 W5ACM 4KC2LRC 2 AA5CK 8WA8SME 4 KE7DOV 2 N5AFV 8XE2AT 4KG6NUB 2 XE3DX 8XE2JA 4KL1WE 2 KC0YBM 7 AA5PK 3KL7AC 2 N5ZNL 7CO6CBF 3 N0RC 2 VE8EV 7DL7VTX 3 N3TL 2 W6GMT 7G7KES/MM 3 VA3BL 2 N0JE 6 KC0ZHF 3 VE3NKL 2 N2SPI 6LA4FPA 3 VE7JMN 2 VO1ONE 6 N9AMW 3WA5KBH 2 WA4NVM 5 W6ZKH 3XE1BRX 2 XE1AY 5WA6ARA 3 XE2JTS 2 WA7HQD 3 UT1FG/MM tops the list from operations onboard cargo ships in 2009-2010-2011. Yuri is the ship's Master and has sailed across the Atlantic, around South America, through the Panama Canal, into the Caribbean and up the Atlantic coast to the St. Lawrence Seaway. Pictures of his most recent voyage on the Mottler are on my website. They were taken by Walt WP4T, Carmen WP3PJ, and Walner, WP4NYS. Wes KP4WES was also on board the Mottler. You may recall hearing his voice on one of the ARRISat-1 broadcasts. http://papays.com/sat/mottlerweb/page_01.htm Next on the list is ND9M who recently operated /MM on a voyage from Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, across the Pacific, through the Panama Canal to Jacksonville FL and then on to Charleston SC. He got up in the middle of the night to work the birds. Jim has also operated from hundreds of grids in the US. He holds reverse-VUCC at 325 grids! Patrick, WD9EWK is an experienced satellite rover and has made trips to Canada to put on the rare ones. He is always active traveling to Arizona grids and setting up AMSAT tables at hamfests in the West. Next up is Kerry, WC7V. He has traveled to many of the DN grids by car and sometimes by flying there in his personal airplane. He continues to be active on all the birds. Rob, KD4ZGW, is an over-the-road truck driver who has traveled all over the United States. He was very active from his big rig in many rare grids. He holds reverse-VUCC at 100 grids! Many have had the chance to meet him when he has traveled through their home town. Jerry, K5OE, was a very active satellite operator years ago and has recently become active again. His cruise ship vacation netted quite a few water grids for me and for many others. Gail, KB0RZD, is a very active satellite operator and has traveled to many rare grids around his QTH. His photo qsl cards give an idea of where he actually operated from. He continues to be an active, away from home, grid expeditioner. My son Doug, KD8CAO, has traveled to many grids that I needed. He got me started in satellites and we have enjoyed the hobby together. He is on the AMSAT Operations Team and very active on the birds. He has designed both hardware and software that is used in my home station. The list is huge and there are stories associated with each operator. They all have made life on the birds more interesting. Interest in satellites is higher now than at any time since I started 5 years ago. In the DX world, dxpeditions create challenges and activity. It's no different in satellites. It can get very crowded at times but it would be very boring if there was nothing new to work. Most everyone lives close to another grid and sometimes those grids can be very rare. If there is no regular operator active in a particular grid, there will be many that need it. So if you are up for a challenge you will find the experience very satisfying. Thanks again to everyone that made this milestone possible. 73, John K8YSE ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] PACIFICON October 14-16
Any AMSAT members (or satellite enthusiasts) attending PACIFICON October 14-16 in Santa Clara this month??? YOU can help AMSAT! I have a table in the main hallway reserved JUST FOR US! How 'bout manning the table for an hour or two Saturday? TENTATIVE satellite passes for the show ... FRIDAY 10/14/11 4:31PM PDT - AO-51 SATURDAY 10/15/11 2:43 PM PDT - AO-27 3:52 PM PDT - AO-51 7:51 PM PDT - ARISSat-1 10:16 PM PDT - SO-50 ... so I'll be outside working those at those times. And giving my presentation at 11AM and 1PM Saturday. SO ... Bring your rig and show it off at the Sat Comms table! Bring some QSL cards, too ... or biz cards from your own club ... If it is satellite-related, bring it and get it in front of a few hundred fellow hams! Call me at 909-241-7666 (or my Skypename is clintbradford). Or send email to cl...@clintbradford.com if you are able to help out! Clint Bradford, K6LCS ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] AO-51 pass at 22:06 UTC 2011-10-01
What a shame this pass, just a few QSOs can be finished because all calling others without give a chance the complete the current QSO. What we need to fix that? I will wait for a better pass. Have a nice weekend. Omar XE1AO DK89df M.C. Omar Alvarez Cárdenas Facultad de Telematica, U de C 316 1075 xe1...@ucol.mx omar...@hotmail.com ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 pass at 22:06 UTC 2011-10-01
WA4HFN has referred to AO51 as a 'goat rope' The 'fix', as has been debated here before, is common courtesy. But good luck with that. See you next pass 73, Ted K7TRK -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Omar Alvarez Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 3:26 PM To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 pass at 22:06 UTC 2011-10-01 What a shame this pass, just a few QSOs can be finished because all calling others without give a chance the complete the current QSO. What we need to fix that? I will wait for a better pass. Have a nice weekend. Omar XE1AO DK89df M.C. Omar Alvarez Cárdenas Facultad de Telematica, U de C 316 1075 xe1...@ucol.mx omar...@hotmail.com ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] EM53
If you worked me in EM53 mobile today on AO51 and need a card, email me your log entry and I will QSL Thanks WA4HFN Damon ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] ANS-275 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-275 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS 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. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-edi...@amsat.org In this edition: * Lance Ginner, K6GSJ 2011 AMSAT Symposium Banquet Speaker * OSCAR 1 Prototype Will Be Operating at the 2011 Symposium * Auburn University AubieSat-1 Scheduled for Launch from Vandenberg * K6LCS Satellite Presentation at the Anchorage Hamfest * ARISS Status - 26 September 2011 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-275.01 Lance Ginner, K6GSJ 2011 AMSAT Symposium Banquet Speaker AMSAT News Service Bulletin 275.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 2, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-275.01 AMSAT is privileged to have Lance Ginner, K6GSJ as our banquet speaker. As AMSAT and the amateur radio community celebrate the 50th anniversary of the launch of OSCAR 1 (placed in orbit on 12 DEC 61), we look forward to Lance's remarks about how OSCAR 1 was developed and the impact of amateur radio satellites on his professional career. We will hear about the personal, technical, political, and security issues regarding the early OSCARs. First licensed in 1954 at the age of 16, Lance started his amateur career as a novice (KN6GSJ) and quickly upgraded to become K6GSJ, the same general class license he holds today. Following his grad- uation from college in 1959, he joined Lockheed Missiles and Space Division in Sunnyvale, CA. While at Lockheed, Lance became involved with Chuck Towns, K6LFH and others in Project Oscar and helped build OSCAR 1 (Launched on 12 DEC 61) and OSCAR 2 (Launched on 2 JUN 62) and test and integrate those spacecraft to the Discoverer host vehicle. OSCAR 1 became one of the first free flying 'secondary payloads' to be flown into space. Lance's involvement with amateur radio spacecraft continued with his work with OSCAR 3, OSCAR 4, OSCAR 5 (the first for the newly formed Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation in 1970), OSCAR 6, OSCAR 7, and OSCAR 8. Lance's involvement with the early OSCAR satellites continued with AMSAT, working with Jan King, W3GEY (AMSAT VP-Engineering), Perry Klein, W3PK (AMSAT's first President), and Dick Daniels, W4PUJ (AMSAT Propulsion). You are invited to read more of Lance's career as one of Amateur Radio in Space pioneers on the 2011 Symposium web page: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2011/BanquetSpeaker.php [ANS thanks the 2011 Symposium Committee for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-275.02 OSCAR 1 Prototype Will Be Operating at the 2011 Symposium AMSAT News Service Bulletin 275.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 2, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-275.02 The AMSAT 2011 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held on Friday, November 4th through Sunday, November 6th at the Windham Hotel in San Jose, California. This year's Symposium coincides the cele- bration of the 50th anniversary of OSCAR 1. Symposium Banquet Speaker and OSCAR 1 developer Lance Ginner, K6GSJ provided Bob Allison, WB1GCM of ARRL's Technical Lab and his team with technical advice to help getting the satellite operational again. Bob will also be at the Symposium and will give a brief talk on the refurbishment process. The refurbished OSCAR-1 was on display at the ARRL exhibit area at the 2011 Dayton Hamvention. We look forward to having the OSCAR 1 prototype on display during the AMSAT Symposium as well as hear the CW transmissions (now managed by a PIC controller) in the 145 MHz band. Additionally, the AMSAT News Service will re-run the weekly Project OSCAR Newsletters to commemorate the 50th anniversary of OSCAR 1. During the November/December 2011 time frame you will be able to share the excitement of the launch campaign that started it all 50 years ago. Watch for the re-publication of the Project OSCAR Newsletters in the AMSAT Journal. The Newsletters were hand-typed back in 1961. Thanks to Don Ferguson, KD6IRE for scanning the original documents announ- cing OSCAR 1. [ANS thanks the 2011 Symposium Committee for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-275.03 Auburn University AubieSat-1 Scheduled for Launch from Vandenberg AMSAT News Service Bulletin 275.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 2, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-275.03 JM Wersinger, PhD, KI4YAU, Professor Emeritus and Director of Auburn University Student Space Program in Alabama wrote this week, We fer- vently request your assistance in receiving transmissions from an up- coming satellite, AubieSat-1, immediately after its launch from Van- denberg AFB, California, 25 October 2011 at 9:52 UTC. AubieSat-1 (AS-1) is an undergraduate - built CubeSat satellite developed by Auburn Uni- versity. AS-1 is designed to transmit with a power of
[amsat-bb] 100 Year Star Ship Symposium
I have attended the 100 year SSS the past two days. The real eye opener was a presentation by Claudio Maccone about using the Sun's gravitational field as a lens for optical and RF path enhancement. The effect works with any orbital mass (moon perhaps?), but the proposal was to establish fixed interstellar comm links with little path loss. I present this here because it might be food for discussion about placement of relay satellites in orbits around masses other than Earth, may have an apparent and usable gain. There are a bunch of links, you can start here. Perhaps some might want to take the math and work out how we could use our sun or moon for a gain lens for the next OSCAR, and perhaps with a wideband RX experiment. Secondly, I think SETI can benefit! The topic of ET knowing this trick was suggested. http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=785 -- Joe Leikhim Leikhim and Associates Communications Consultants Oviedo, Florida www.Leikhim.com jleik...@leikhim.com 407-982-0446 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 pass at 22:06 UTC 2011-10-01
- Original Message - From: Omar Alvarez xe1...@yahoo.com To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 12:25 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 pass at 22:06 UTC 2011-10-01 What a shame this pass, just a few QSOs can be finished because all calling others without give a chance the complete the current QSO. What we need to fix that? I will wait for a better pass. Have a nice weekend. Omar XE1AO DK89df Hi Omar, XE1AO You only need satellites with linear transponders. 73 de i8CVS Domenico ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 pass at 22:06 UTC 2011-10-01
On Sun, 2011-10-02 at 04:31 +0200, i8cvs wrote: - Original Message - From: Omar Alvarez xe1...@yahoo.com To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 12:25 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 pass at 22:06 UTC 2011-10-01 What a shame this pass, just a few QSOs can be finished because all calling others without give a chance the complete the current QSO. What we need to fix that? I will wait for a better pass. Have a nice weekend. Omar XE1AO DK89df Hi Omar, XE1AO You only need satellites with linear transponders. 73 de i8CVS Domenico If you pair that with good operating practice like giving call signs so that they're understandable and checking for available frequency first you may have a winner ;). 73 Mike K5TRI ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Anyone up for late night fun??
Will be out for so-50 and will try ao-27 again. 530 and 630z respectively. Anyone want to play?? Norm n3ykf fn11rx ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
