Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Report From Washington, DC

2014-06-01 Thread Paul Stoetzer
I was the only person on the 0855Z pass over North America. Maximum elevation was 70 degrees. The satellite still sounded good. I again noted that Narrow FM and making the fine adjustments for Doppler on the uplink worked better. Downlink signals were stronger than SO-50, likely due to the lower

Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Report From Washington, DC

2014-06-01 Thread Paul Stoetzer
Unfortunately I did not listen for the CW beacon. Sorry! 73, Paul, N8HM On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 6:37 AM, Laurynas Mačiulis aviator...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Paul, Many thanks for your reports! Maybe you have also made a record of the CW telemetry during the last pass? It is interesting to

[amsat-bb] RES: LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Report From Washington, DC

2014-06-01 Thread PY5LF
Paul Lituanicasat passed over Brazil , GG54JM , few minutes ago ( 10:50UTC) and I had a nice QSO with PY2FFG . Good signal , similar to SO50 . Today we have more few chances later. 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF -Mensagem original- De:

[amsat-bb] CAPE-2 over Brazil #2964

2014-06-01 Thread Roland Zurmely
12:27 W5UL-15W5ULUI,C,F0: +W5UL,CAPE-2,29,GR,201301281928CST,5207mV,01004,29,12C,12C,ulcape.org# 12:27 W5UL-15W5ULUI,C,F0: +W5UL,CAPE-2,2a,GR,201301281929CST,5236mV,01004,2a,12C,12C,ulcape.org# 12:28 W5UL-15W5ULUI,C,F0: +W5UL,CAPE-2,2b,GR,201301281929CST,5174mV,01004,2b,12C,13C,ulcape.org#

[amsat-bb] TrakBox Yaesu G-5500 Connections

2014-06-01 Thread Vincenzo Mone
Hi Folks, till now i 've used a Yaesu G-5400B Rotator interfaced with the Trakbox. I have changed the Rotator with a Yaesu G-5500. Since I have changed it, it seems that the Switch on the Trakbox that had to switch ON/OFF the rotator to turn them manually, does not work anymore. I mean if I

[amsat-bb] AMSAT-bb list administrivia

2014-06-01 Thread Joe Fitzgerald
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[amsat-bb] Orbit Decay - SatPC32, Calsky, DK3WN/N8MH, Orbitron

2014-06-01 Thread Thomas Doyle
Some of you may remember the Chicken Little Contest run by Alan a while back. I have taken another look at decay using the XATCOBEO satellite as an example. My first try at a program calculated the decay in early June 2014. I am all but positive this is several weeks too soon. On the other end

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 Transponder Off

2014-06-01 Thread Paul Stoetzer
Good evening, It appears that the LituanicaSAT-1 FM transponder was off over North America at 0121Z. Strong signals were heard from the FM morse beacon. I will listen to my recording and decode the telemetry. 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC (FM18lv)

Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 Transponder Off

2014-06-01 Thread Paul Stoetzer
Here is the telemetry frame decoded at about 0124Z in Washington, DC, USA (FM18lv): ly5n v 427 372 370 85 c 014 0124 t p 31 s 6 3 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC (FM18lv) On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Paul Stoetzer n...@arrl.net wrote: Good evening, It appears that the