Re: [amsat-bb] Current Launch Costs From Spaceflight

2014-08-02 Thread M5AKA
We're not going to see another satellite with a 144 MHz yagi. TheMode B HEO ship has long since sailed Paul, The problem is there aren't any global primary Amateur-Satellite microwave bands below 24 GHz. While our allocations at 29 MHz and 144 MHz may be primary world-wide the other

Re: [amsat-bb] Telemetry freq for Ukcube-1/Funcube-2?

2014-08-02 Thread g0mrf
Hi Mark Someone with an IQ file should be able to give you an exact figure. My estimate is just under 3kHz high. The good news is that possibly due to the increased thermal mass of the 3U structure, the temp stability seems better than AO-73. 73 David -Original Message- From:

Re: [amsat-bb] Round-the-world M0XER-4

2014-08-02 Thread Wouter Weggelaar
I have just confirmed that B-64 is also transmitting at 144.800MHz The balloon carries a geofence in code, that will turn off 2m APRS in countries that do not allow airborne APRS. Wouter PA3WEG On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:51 AM, Wouter Weggelaar wouter...@gmail.com wrote: Just to confirm,

Re: [amsat-bb] FUNcube-2 Telemetry Beacon

2014-08-02 Thread Wouter Weggelaar
Hi Peter, At the moment there is no schedule as the UKube-1 team continues their work to commission the satellite. When the FUNcube team has a schedule available, we will make this know on our website and by E-mail to this BB. At the moment the FUNcube-2 subsystem may be turned on on ad-hoc

Re: [amsat-bb] Telemetry freq for Ukcube-1/Funcube-2?

2014-08-02 Thread Colin Hurst
Mark, Try 145915.2 +/- 1kHz It is a tad frequency agile. Passes are very infrequent due to testing. 73 Colin VK5HI -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Mark L. Hammond Sent: Saturday, 2 August 2014 23:46 To:

[amsat-bb] ANS-215 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

2014-08-02 Thread Joseph Spier
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-215 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