[amsat-bb] Re: TURKSAT-3USAT article + CubeBug-1 April 26 launch

2013-04-26 Thread Graham Shirville
Hi All, I understand that the launch took place on time and that all payloads have been successfully deployed from the launch vehicle. 73 Graham G3VZV -Original Message- From: M5AKA Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2013 6:51 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] TURKSAT-3USAT

[amsat-bb] CubeSats Successfully Launched from Jiuquan Space Center

2013-04-26 Thread M5AKA
TURKSAT-3USAT has a Mode J (145/435 MHz) linear transponder for SSB/CW communications and CubeBug-1 a packet radio digipeater, see http://amsat-uk.org/2013/04/26/ham-radio-cubesats-successfully-launched/ 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ Sent via

[amsat-bb] Looking for sats with beacons on 2 metres for antenna test this weekend

2013-04-26 Thread Jim List
Hi Folks, Has anyone got any ideas which sats would be good to listen for this week end on two metres; we will be doing some antennas tests. The list I've compiled so far is surprisingly small, eg ISS, Delfi C3. I dont think UO-11 is audible at present (in eclipse), and I think all of the

[amsat-bb] TurkSat and CubeBug heard

2013-04-26 Thread Wouter Weggelaar
Hi All, Just received The TurkSat CW beacon and some TX that looks like 9k6 from CubeBug-1.My TNC was set to 1200bd, and I did not have recording on the second RX. I did record TurkSat and will be posting the MP3 soon. CW Message as decoded by Wouter Jan PE4WJ: TURKSAT 3U SAT HAA YM2RTU 0 0

[amsat-bb] Re: TurkSat and CubeBug heard

2013-04-26 Thread Wouter Weggelaar
The Recordings can be found at: http://pa3weg.nl/pa3weg/recordings/TurkSat-26-04-2013_0904UTC_1_PA3WEG.mp3 and http://pa3weg.nl/pa3weg/recordings/TurkSat-26-04-2013_0904UTC_2_PA3WEG.mp3 The first half of the pass we were adjusting to the two tone CW. Then we tried if the transponder was on, which

[amsat-bb] Turksat cw beacob

2013-04-26 Thread Nader Omer
a week turksat ! beacon copied - low pass elevation Xponder not heard - !!! Cubebug-1 beacon not heard !!! congratulation for all cubesats team for the  successful launch . ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author.

[amsat-bb] Chinese LM-2D TLE

2013-04-26 Thread Wouter Weggelaar
Hi All, I have used the following TLEs provided by ISL, the launch broker for the cubes. LM-2D 1 12345U 12345A 13116.18500615 . 0-0 1-4 0 6 2 12345 98.0463 191.7751 0017453 249.8818 280.9944 14.7636258107 These are for the upper stage. The ISIPODS were all

[amsat-bb] new sat beacon around 435.800 ?

2013-04-26 Thread Jean-Pierre Godet
Hi my friends ! I was preparing to listen the next pass, orbit nr 16160, of Hope-1 HO-68, the beacon of which is on 435.790 MHz when by chance, I came across another CW beacon about 10 kHz higher transmitting numbers at about 25 wpm. The max Doppler shift was at about 0919 UTC from my

[amsat-bb] 1st Pass Turksat Beacon

2013-04-26 Thread Nader Omer
At the 1st pass I detect the beacon too at the IQ audio record file ! RTL-SDR confused me with it low resolution . again congratulation Nader Omer ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member?

[amsat-bb] Re: Chinese LM-2D TLE

2013-04-26 Thread Wouter Weggelaar
Updated TLE, now including calculated satellite positions: LM-2D 1 12344U 12344A 13116.18500615 . 0-0 1-4 0 6 2 12344 98.0463 191.7751 0017453 249.8818 280.9944 14.7636258107 TURKSAT 1 12345U 12345A 13116.18500615 . 0-0 1-4 0 6 2 12345

[amsat-bb] Re: Looking for sats with beacons on 2 metres for antennatest this weekend

2013-04-26 Thread Ib Christoffersen
Hi Jim, VO-52 is OK with the Dutch transponder on and the corresponding beacon at 145.862 MHz. Passes late afternoon and evenings (or early mornings). The frequency may vary 1 to 2 kHz. 2 meter downlink antenna is LHCP. Good luck and have a nice weekend. 73 OZ1MY/Ib -Oprindelig

[amsat-bb] Re: new sat beacon around 435.800 ?

2013-04-26 Thread Mika Siira
Alkuperäinen viesti Lähettäjä: god...@wanadoo.fr Päivämäärä: 26.04.2013 13:04 Vastaanottaja: amsat-bb@amsat.org Kopio: amsa...@yahoogroups.com Aihe: [amsat-bb] new sat beacon around 435.800 ? Hi my friends ! I was preparing to listen the next pass, orbit nr 16160, of Hope- 1

[amsat-bb] Re: TurkSat and CubeBug heard

2013-04-26 Thread Wouter Weggelaar
CubeBug-1 Heard on the 12:20UTC pass again. Hi All, CubeBug-1 has been heard here again on the 12:20 UTC pass. Its modulation is AFSK 1200bd but seems to be lacking deviation.A recording can be found on http://pa3weg.nl/pa3weg/recordings/CubeBug-1t-26-04-2013_1220UTC_PA3WEG.mp3 The beacon

[amsat-bb] Re: TurkSat and CubeBug heard

2013-04-26 Thread Wouter Weggelaar
Last recording for me today: http://www.pa3weg.nl/pa3weg/recordings/CubeBug-1-26-04-2013_1040UTC_PA3WEG.mp3 On the second orbit I was listening in SSB and captured the AFSK beacon. Just got the confirmation from the CubeBug-1 team I was the first confirmed RX ;) Wouter PA3WEG On Fri, Apr 26,

[amsat-bb] Re: new sat beacon around 435.800 ?

2013-04-26 Thread Jean-Pierre Godet
Many thanks Scott/N1AIA and Mika/OH8MBN, Yes, it was FO-29... I wrote 435.910 for the beacon of FO-29 and this wrong frequency was leading me to mistake. The JAS-2/FO-29 beacon is very close to the one of Hope-1. Thank you again, best 73 ! J-P/F5YG -- Powered by Linux (Slackware

[amsat-bb] nee pegaso 01

2013-04-26 Thread Lizeth Norman
Nothing heard. ___ 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] Turksat transponder

2013-04-26 Thread Dave WØDHB
Was able to hear my carrier thru the Turksat transponder on 17:20 pass at DN70 Behavior was strange, almost behaved like it wasn’t inverting (it is inverting, correct ?). SSB did not come through cleanly. TX/RX offset varied during the pass. I will be better prepared for 18:49 pass and

[amsat-bb] Pegasus Nee-01? anyone else listening?

2013-04-26 Thread Lizeth Norman
Nothing heard on two passes. Not sure as I all I can hear are what I think are timing sigs from cell towers. They had a direct pass over HC on orbit 7. ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member?

[amsat-bb] keps senior moment

2013-04-26 Thread Bob- W7LRD
Hello..having a senior moment here...I forget... how does one input keps manually into satpc32? 73 Bob W7LRD ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur

[amsat-bb] Re: Pegasus Nee-01? anyone else listening?

2013-04-26 Thread M5AKA
I've not listened for Pegasus (Pegagso) but a Tweet from Ecuador said (Google English translation): An amateur radio operator in Germany we pass the audio signal PEGASUS and the first thing we heard was the NATIONAL ANTHEM! PEGASUS is alive! 73 Trevor M5AKA

[amsat-bb] Re: Pegasus Nee-01? anyone else listening?

2013-04-26 Thread Mark L. Hammond
So what is the actual frequency/mode/etc.? Can't find it...and their website isn't opening from work... 73, Mark N8MH On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner glasbren...@mindspring.com wrote: Thinking about this, I have a 900mhz yagi in the garage, and both a dongle or vr-5000

[amsat-bb] Re: Pegasus Nee-01? anyone else listening?

2013-04-26 Thread Mark L. Hammond
Okay, webpage finally came up--got this: Frequency: Central: 910Mhz Bandwidth: 25Mhz EIRP:32.9dBm Carrier: FM Modulation: AMTV CW (3 carriers) SSTV (various modes) 73, Mark N8MH On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Mark L. Hammond marklhamm...@gmail.comwrote: So what is the actual

[amsat-bb] Re: Pegasus Nee-01? anyone else listening?

2013-04-26 Thread Lizeth Norman
910 MHz and it transmits a voice/martin1/cw On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Mark L. Hammond marklhamm...@gmail.comwrote: So what is the actual frequency/mode/etc.? Can't find it...and their website isn't opening from work... 73, Mark N8MH On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Andrew

[amsat-bb] Re: Pegasus Nee-01? anyone else listening?

2013-04-26 Thread jlv
really that antenna and receiver I should use to listen that? CX2AN - Original Message - From: Mark L. Hammond marklhamm...@gmail.com To: Andrew Glasbrenner glasbren...@mindspring.com Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 4:26 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Pegasus

[amsat-bb] SATPC32 and New Sat KEPS

2013-04-26 Thread Les Rayburn
Like many, I'm eager to track the new satellites launched over the past few days. If everyone will pardon more newbie questions, here goes: 1.) How do I input the published KEPS data for the new satellites into SATPC32? 2.) How long before the standard files (amateur.txt, etc) will be

[amsat-bb] Virginia Tech and Nasa SCAN Testbed

2013-04-26 Thread Robert McGwier
My team at Virginia Tech was selected to conduct experiments on the SCAN Testbed on the ISS. Details will follow. Bob N4HY ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the

[amsat-bb] Re: Pegasus Nee-01? anyone else listening?

2013-04-26 Thread Lizeth Norman
Homebrew ant from wa5vjb, fcd and an ar3 preamp ___ 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:

[amsat-bb] Turksat heard

2013-04-26 Thread paul robinson
Turksat head  last pass ,just.. over UK weak becon but easy to copy,transponder off . paul 2E1EUB ___ 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!

[amsat-bb] Re: Pegasus Nee-01? anyone else listening?

2013-04-26 Thread Mike Rupprecht
Yes, continuously on 910 MHz. But it's an video signal. 73 Mike DK3WN -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] Im Auftrag von Andrew Glasbrenner Gesendet: Freitag, 26. April 2013 21:08 An: M5AKA Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Betreff:

[amsat-bb] Re: Turksat transponder

2013-04-26 Thread Dave WØDHB
Update based on 18:50 pass A keyed carrier goes through the transponder. With both RX and TX Doppler shifting, Carrier Downlink shifts upward in frequency at a rate faster than Doppler shift. Shot of Panadapter showing downlink signal https://www.dropbox.com/s/bfx9d4x5n2eg60q/TurkSat.pdf

[amsat-bb] Turksat keps

2013-04-26 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
I grabbed these off their website a few minutes ago...have had a few folks ask about them, so thought I'd send to the list. http://www.tamsat.org.tr/tr/tle.txt TURKSAT 1 12345U 12345A 13116.18500615 . 0-0 1-4 0 6 2 12345 98.0372 191.7767 0017397

[amsat-bb] Re: SATPC32 and New Sat KEPS

2013-04-26 Thread Erich Eichmann
Hello Les, regarding question 1 read the tutorial by Wayne Estes, W9AE: http://www.dk1tb.de/W9AE_Tutorial.htm and the FAQs file on my website http://www.dk1tb.de/FAQ_e.htm#NewSat 73s, Erich, DK1TB Am 26.04.2013 10:03, schrieb Les Rayburn: Like many, I'm eager to track the new satellites

[amsat-bb] new keps

2013-04-26 Thread Bob- W7LRD
For the digitally challenged-what is the easiest way to input new keps? Use monosyllabic words..keep it simple for simple people. Been messing around for a couple of hours ready to heave the computer out the window. 73 Bob W7LRD ___ Sent via

[amsat-bb] Re: new keps

2013-04-26 Thread Bryce Salmi
What software are you using? I had issues with Orbitron for a while since I realized that whenever I updated the keps nothing would actually happen. Later on I found out that to update the keps you must run Orbitron as the administrator to update it. Maybe this is relevant to you, maybe not.

[amsat-bb] Re: new keps

2013-04-26 Thread Lizeth Norman
Bob, Welcome to the world of the TLE's that don't work. Each proggie seems to have it's own flavour. Not all work together. Try to manually edit the tle's in their appropriate folder. Then on to modify the .sqf file that I've never had any success doing. If you're trying to use the turksat TLE,

[amsat-bb] Re: Pegasus Nee-01? anyone else listening?

2013-04-26 Thread Lizeth Norman
Nothing heard for four passes here now. Tried all configs. Anyone heard this bird? This thing ought to scream through the sky. Should hear it with a whip. ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA