Anyone posted any KSC photos from our incredible trip yet?
73,
Gould
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Hello Ryan,
We are aware of the lack of timely AMSAT Journals and apologize to the
membership. We have had some difficulties getting the Journals put together
during this transition period between editors. We discuss this every month
during the executive teleconferences. We are working on a
We are having some issues with the AMSAT Store. We will be closing the AMSAT
Store while we are fixing these issues.
Please don’t use the AMSAT Store until you get a post on the BB from Gould,
WA4SXM saying the AMSAT Store is open again.
73,
Gould, WA4SXM
It is with great sadness that I learned of Dee's passing today.
Dee was a long time friend and hard working AMSAT volunteer. He took his
AMSAT Area Coordinator position seriously, by continuously representing
AMSAT at many, many hamfests over the years. He was a primary resource in
Hi Doug,
Thank you for joining AMSAT. When you completed your transaction using the
AMSAT Store, you should get displayed on the screen a unique transaction
number (that probably is not the name used by the store) that confirms that
your purchase completed.
Martha at the AMSAT office
Hi Dee,
It may a month or two until we get a date settled. We have to find and
negotiate with the hotel.
Happy Holidays,
Gould
-Original Message-
From: Dee
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 2:32 PM
To: Amsat BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2012 Symposium
I know the place (Orlando,FL.) but
That is good to hear Clint.
What we need is exactly what EMike requested:
With ARISSat-1's main mission being Educational I would like to hear about
people's experiences with
schools in using ARISSat-1 as a teaching tool, in class demonstration, data
collection, etc.
I am especially interested
Of course we do.
The request is for using the ARISSat-1 satellite in classrooms not ARISS.
Gould
-Original Message-
From: Clint Bradford
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 4:48 PM
To: Gould Smith
Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: In School ARSSat Demos / lessons
I am writing an article for the Journal about the 2011 Symposium.
Please email me any photos or links to your online image storage to include in
the article.
Thanks,
Gould, WA4SXM
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The 2011 AMSAT Annual General Meeting will be broadcast on EchoLink Saturday 5
Nov 2001 beginning about 3:15pm Pacific time (2215 UTC).
The Annual Meeting is being held in conjunction with the AMSAT Symposium in San
Jose, CA from 4-6 Nov 2011.
The Meeting is scheduled to last one hour and
I have posted an update to the 2011 AMSAT Symposium schedule to include the
list of presentations.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2011/SymposiumSchedule.php
Looking forward to a great meeting and learning a great deal from this stellar
list of presenters.
73,
Gould
Hi Stefan,
I am working on it. Should be available this weekend.
73,
Gould
-Original Message-
From: Stefan Wagener
Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 3:28 PM
To: Barry A. Baines
Cc: Alan Bowker ; Amsat BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT Symposium November 4-6 at San Jose, CA
Just
During the 2320Z pass of ARISSat-1 over North America this evening a number of
changes to the 2m FM transmissions were noted.
1) Male voice for telemetry means that the female voice files on the SD card
could not be read
2) No greetings, mean that the greetings stored on the SD card could not
The ARISSat-1 Battery voltage is decreasing each eclipse period. It therefore
is taking longer for the Battery to charge up to 32.5V to allow the switch from
Low Power to High Power when the satellite enters an illumination period.
Kenneth Ransom, N5VHO has plotted the battery min/max for the
Steve Belter, N9IP has put together an excellent tutorial on setting and
using HDSDR especially with the FCD.
Find it in the Yahoo group
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/funcube/files/User%20Guides/
Gould, WA4SXM
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From: Mark L. Hammond marklhamm...@gmail.com
To:
Hello Burns,
You should try a handheld antenna like an Elk or Arrow antenna with your
handheld. These are basically handheld antennas, but will greatly improve
both your uplink and downlink.
73,
Gould, WA4SXM
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From: Burns Fisher bu...@fisher.cc
To:
Hello Sion,
You can get the information about the spoken telemetry on the arissat1.org
site
Select FAQ ARISSat-1 signals
Under FM signals are descriptions of all of the FM transmissions.
73,
Gould, WA4SXM
- Original Message -
From: Sion Chow Q. C. (9W2QC) 9w...@9w2qc.net
To:
Hello Dean,
Requests for SSTV reception certificates (as described on arissat1.org
FAQ Reception Certificates Web site) request an
Email a description of SSTV image, your name or group, date/time received,
city, state, country and your email address to sstvrep...@arissat1.orgto
The Joomla site is up and running, but I am having trouble organizing the
sections and categories and placing the articles in them.
Need someone willing to explain and help document the processes so other
content developers can contribute with limited knowledge, i.e the reason for
CMS system.
ARISSat-1/Kedr continues to work well with good reports coming in from around
the world.
Good SSTV images submitted to the SSTV database, even earth and cosmonaut
images, check out http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/SSTV/
The transponder is working! Drew, KO4MA was successful in easily working
Hello Sion,
Thank you for the reception report.
1) I have forwarded your request to store the callsign and enable forwarding
to the ARISSatTLM software developer.
2) Good question. We look forward to your help in determining this. We are
anxious to optimize the software, once we get real
The ARISSat-1 space craft was deployed from the ISS today at 1443Z after a hold
based upon questions about the 70cm antenna.
Congratulations to the ARISSat-1 team! Now bring on those reception reports.
The ARISSat-1 satellite will be in High power mode (continuous transmission)
when in the
In my haste to get the announcement out I put the wrong time zone in the
announcement - it should read
The ARISSat-1 space craft was deployed from the ISS today at 1443 EDT (1843
UTC) after a hold based upon questions about the 70cm antenna.
Congratulations to the ARISSat-1 team! Now bring on
A local TV station, WBIR produced a nice story about ARISSat launch today
and its potential for STEM education.
View at
http://www.wbir.com/news/article/178784/2/STEM-education-reaches-new-heights
73,
Gould
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We are looking for stations to make early reception reports (1520Z-1800Z) after
the ARISSat-1/Kedr release on Wednesday.
It looks like southern South America, very southern South Africa, followed by
southeast Asia should be the first areas to receive the signals.
The satellite is scheduled to
Reception reports of the ARISSat-1/Kedr signals flooded in from around the
world to the arissat1 mailbox during the 20 hour test period last weekend. Some
of the areas reporting were: South Africa, Japan, Hawaii, Sweden, Europe,
China, Brazil, Barbados, Czech Republic, United States and
The ARISSat-1/Kedr transmission test is scheduled to begin at 1915Z. There
is a 15 minute transmission delay, so don't expect to receive any signals
until 1930Z. The satellite transmissions will be in low power mode, which
means that there are no transmissions for 2 minutes (seems like a long
Johan, ZS1I in South Africa reports hearing the ARISSat-1/Kedr SSTV signal
using a handheld and a rubber duck antenna.
Sergey Samburov reports the 2m (145.950 Mhz) and the repeated 70 cm (437.55
MHz) signals active.
Please report signals heard, location and equipment to
Hello Masahiro,
Thank you for the report.
BPSK-1000 looks like the old 400 bps signals on a spectrum analyzer, but
sounds more like a shusch than a raar, if that makes sense. There is a 400
bps BPSK signal capability on board, but should only come into play if the
BPSK-1000 is not working.
Hello Mineo,
Thank you for the report, image and audio.
73,
Gould, WA4SXM
- Original Message -
From: Mineo Wakita ei7m-...@asahi-net.or.jp
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 9:59 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 test signal saved
00:49-00:58UTC, 31 Jul 2011, Ele 17
I would like to be able to give a firm date for the ARISSat deployment, but
there are a few issues that make that a moving target.
The deployment is scheduled to occur during Russian EVA 29, today that is 27
July 2011.
From a teleconference last week there was a notice that the EVA may be
This thread needs to end. ADP violation emails have been issued.
73,
Gould, WA4SXM
AMSAT VP User Services
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We will be picking up people Thursday 19 May around noon at the Dayton airport.
Anyone wishing a ride to Hara (to work) and later to the hotel, let me know
ASAP.
73,
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Yes.
Check out David's site if you want the latest information on amateur
satellite activity.
http://oscar.dcarr.org
73,
Gould, WA4SXM
- Original Message -
From: Paul Delaney - K6HR paul.hamra...@verizon.net
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 4:52 PM
Subject:
Hi Ron,
Use a tracking program to help explain this. The altitude/height for SO-59
varies between 615-704 km above the earth because of the orbit. The range
depends upon the maximum elevation that the satellite reaches on each pass.
At the beginning of a pass for SO-50 the range is around
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-104 ANS Special Bulletin - ARISSat-1 Not Heard During Gagarin Commemoration
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-104.01
ARISSat-1 Not Heard During Gagarin Commemoration
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 104.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
April 14, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-104.01
As Armando, N8IGJ noted in his earlier email, NASA as published an update of
today's activities ( it can be found at
:http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/reports/iss_reports/index.html)
.Contained this document is a section about ARISSat
Dmitri performed hardware setup and test activation of
FYI
The task for the cosmonauts to turn on ARISSat-1 is scheduled to begin at 1430
UTC on April 11. That means that they will begin the procedure of getting the
satellite, moving the antenna coax, adjusting the antenna switches in the ISS,
then flipping the three switches on the satellite
Hi David and BB,
We hope to release a development version of the BPSK/CW decoding software
next week. We don't have the schedule specifics of the 12 April
transmissions yet. These will be posted on the AMSAT and ARISSat1 web sites
when available.
The transmissions on the 12th will see
Patrick,
Thank you for the report and all the great work you do promoting satellite
operation for AMSAT.
73,
Gould, WA4SXM
- Original Message -
From: Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) amsat...@wd9ewk.net
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 1:41 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb]
As I posted on Monday, the ARISSatTLM software is not yet ready for
distribution. We are still testing it.
We expect to release the free ARISSatTLM software next week.
This software will demodulate, decode and display the BPSK-1000 telemetry and
Experiment data as well as the CW signal.
The ARISSat-1 team is still working on the first release version of the
BPSK-1000 software.
We hope to release a version within the next week. The PC version is only
running on XP at the moment. There will be a Mac version also.
There will a wav file available to test the operation.
73,
Hello John,
Obviously we need to test it to be sure, but you should be good to go.
The main development platform is Win XP. I am using an XP laptop and the
software is working fine.
73,
Gould
- Original Message -
From: John Heath g7...@btinternet.com
To: Amsat amsat-bb@amsat.org
Hello Armando and BB,
AMSAT will sponsor a Chicken Little contest after ARISSat-1 is
operational.
We are currently all too busy getting ready for the operational part of the
mission starting in 11 days to setup this contest, but it will come.
Best Regards,
Gould, WA4SXM
- Original
Hello Giulio and BB,
NASA calculates 3 - 6 months lifetime. It has to do with the original
altitude of the ISS, the force and the angle.
73,
Gould, WA4SXM
- Original Message -
From: Giulio P. AOL giulio...@aim.com
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 5:49 PM
Hello Kevin,
Glad you are finding information and sharing it.
AMSAT does offer a publication specifically to assist the newcomer Getting
Started With Amateur Satellites, available at the AMSAT store. It has
yearly updates and many years of input that cover most everything that those
new to
Hello Vince and BB,
Thanks for your interest.
We have working software to demodulate and decode the BPSK-1000 signal for
both the PC and Mac. We got a live stream of realtime data running over the
Internet last weekend.
The developers are refining the software and we expect to make this
Hello John,
There is current information about ARISSat on the front page of the AMSAT
Web site. We will use the AMSAT Web site as well as weekly ANS bulletins to
release information about ARISSat during the next three weeks.
Launch to the ISS 28 Jan 2011
EVA to deploy ARISSat on 16 Feb 2011.
Hi Howard,
We have already taken care of them.
Thanks,
Gould
- Original Message -
From: Howard Long how...@howardlong.com
To: 'Mark n Kathy Rowland' stretc...@msn.com; amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 7:25 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LVB Tracker Help
Hi Mark
Sorry
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-311
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
Hello Dave and the BB,
It was just an oversite that the ANS-311 bulletins didn't get posted to the
BB on Saturday.
You can also subscribe to the ANS mailing list directly.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/maillist/maillist.php
I have now posted them to the BB.
73,
Gould
- Original
This was an important week for ARISSat program.
The ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf V satellite passed the vibration tests this week.
Documents needed for the Phase 2 Safety Reveiw were sent to the committee for
the NASA Safety Review scheduled for Oct 12 13, 2010.
We are planning on crating the two
The latest AMSAT Journal (July/August 2010) will be at the printer's next
week.
We are always open to new submissions, this is he main contributing factor
for the delay in getting the Journal out.
Kudos to Ed Long, JoAnne Maenpaa and Bill Hook for doing a great job!
Also, Many Thanks to the
Hi Shamai,
1) Do the front buttons on the LVB Tracker control the rotor?
2) Check the wiring to the LCD display (one bad connection can easily cause
this)
3) If it is not an LCD wiring problem, I would suggest programming another
PIC chip.
73,
Gould, WA4SXM
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From:
Hi Enzo,
I found it easiest just to make my own using something like Audacity. I
have a number of them on the AMSAT Digital Disk, but you reminded me that I
should add some of the newer satellites.
73,
Gould, WA4SXM
- Original Message -
From: Vincenzo Mone vim...@alice.it
To: Amsat -
below in text format or is available via a link on the
front page of the amsat.org Web site or directly from this link
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/images/fck_images/AMSAT%20AUP.pdf
Following the October 2009 AMSAT Board meeting Gould Smith, WA4SXM AMSAT VP of
User Services appointed a committe
The overall Symposium Schedule as well as the presentation schedule are now on
the AMSAT web site.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2009/index.php
Thanks to Frank, KA3HDO and Dan, N8FGV
Looking forward to seein gany of you at BWI later this week,
Gould, WA4SXM
I turned on the main AO-51 repeater this morning (145.92/435.300). The
software reload continues, the software could crash when the last two tasks are
loaded and activated.
73,
Gould, WA4SXM for the Command Team
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AO-51 experienced a software crash sometime this afternoon/evening. I got the
boot code loaded into ram and running and working on setting the power level.
Drew and I don't have a good pass until tomorrow morning, when we will start
the software reload.
73,
Gould, WA4SXM
I'm missing the connection here. Dues - volunteer maintained web site
Gould - WA4SXM
- Original Message -
From: Randy rswa...@twcny.rr.com
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:26 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Volunteered
Although I agree that a phone call is good
Hello Scott,
I have not received any email from you from this address. The only posts I
have were sent to the BB.
73,
Gould
- Original Message -
From: Scott Richardson sc...@aves-specta.com
To: Joel Black jbblac...@gmail.com; Alan VE4YZ ve...@mts.net
Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent:
Alan, David, Tim Joel, et al,
I have prepared a presentation to the Board on the web site. We need 1)
content 2) people to periodically update the information 3) new software
to access the web site for periodic update 4) possibly a new structure to
add to the current web site.
All of
I am not speaking for Barry, but as a Board member and an Officer.
This business of nit-picking and taking things out of context is not
productive. Certainly not of my time.
The Board can vote at any meeting or teleconference with the appropriate
number of members present. The Board
- Original Message -
From: Gould Smith
To: Rocky Jones
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: BoD Elections
I expected this.
The board did vote to spend money at the last board meeting as documented, we
haven't had the need to approve anything since
Hello Stefano,
I experimented with a few crystals on LVB Trackers and got the best results
with the one closest to 4.00 MHz. A number of things are run off of timers
that are based on having a 4.0 MHz clock, so a 4.4 MHz clock will make 9600
bps communication difficult.
73,
Gould, WA4SXM
The AMSAT Office will be closed today due to the loss of the power transformer
that supplies the building.
73,
Gould
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Hi Greg and BB,
After the software reload the end of July, AO-51 went into a no eclipse
period. This no eclipse period will last until next May.
We will be able to run higher power levels since there is always solar power
and the batteries stay charged.
AO-51 is TXing more power than it has
I have most of the tasks uploaded. We are now in a no eclipse period, so we
can run higher power levels. I will be bringing the power up slowly as I watch
the response.
I turned on TXB tonight in V/U mode 145.920/435.300 and instantly heard people
talking. Both transponders are running
I need some help from stations west of the US east coast to look at realtime
AO-51 telemetry during a pass over your QTH.
Please send me AO-51 realtime values of :
Battery 1 temp and Battery 1 voltage.
I haven't gotten far enough in the reload process to collect WOD as a file.
Just a few
The AMSAT web site now has a link to the 2009 AMSAT BOD Candidate
Statements/Biographies in pdf format.
The link in under the announcement about the corrected ballot at the top right
of the web site www.amsat.org
73,
Gould, WA4SXM
Thanks to Rick, W2GPS for getting the page created.
I find that both the portable Elk and Arrow antennas elements unscrew over
time. Outside in the elements, you may soon find a bare boom unless you secure
the elements to the center boom.
73,
Gould, WA4SXM
From: Roger Kolakowski rogerk...@aol.com
To: Jerry
Hello Greg and the BB,
There is an announcement on the front page of the AMSAT web site about the
ballot problem. There will also be an announcement in this week's ANS. A
new colored, ballot with correct instructions is being sent out and will be
the one counted.
Sorry for the problem.
73,
as they
become available, as well as test new technology.
Gould
- Original Message -
From: Greg D. ko6th_g...@hotmail.com
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 10:17 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] SuitSat-II question
Hi folks,
I just watched the video of Gould Smith talking about SuitSat
Tim, Fabiano and the BB,
This topic has been discussed for many decades.
Many approaches have valid logic, but there needs to be some recognized
standard or multiple approaches will be used.
Even with a standard, there are always new (and old) users that don't know
about it, and thus don't
The AO-51 telemetry archive is up to date as of last night. AO-51 telemetry
data is available in raw format, CSA (comma separated variable) format that has
the channel data converted by the configuration equations and there are some
Excel files (most with graphs).
There are a number of Excel
I am working with the satellite to get the Field Day configuration operational
long term.. I turned TXB back on during the 1300Z pass.
During this pass I adjusted the TX levels to TXA 240 mW and TXB 290 mW.
These are lower power levels than I have ever used before, but necessary to get
the
Message -
From: David - KG4ZLB kg4...@googlemail.com
To: n...@bellsouth.net
Cc: Andrew Glasbrenner glasbren...@mindspring.com; Gould Smith
gould...@bellsouth.net; amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 L/U
Listening on the 22:24utc pass
AO-51 TXB was shut off due to low battery voltage earlier this afternoon. I
will turn TXB on ( in a matter of minutes) and turn down the TXB transmit
power and TXA transmit power to get it through another day or so.
73,
Gould, WA4SXM
- Original Message -
From: Raul Romero
Hi Tony,
You can manually move them. Bring up two directory windows one with the
floppy drive and one with the SatPC32
kep directory (generally C:\Program Files\SatPC32\Kepler).
I would recommend that you rename the kep file on the floppy drive as
amateur.txt or nasa.all, so that it will make
As VP of User Services, the team and I welcome input from the membership.
Bruce has been a long term Director of Contests and Awards. As far as I
know there have been no questions about the order that the other 489 AMSAT
Satellite Communications Achievement Awards have been assigned. Bruce has
I am looking for photos of the AMSAT booth during Dayton. I have some, but
always looking for others.
Especially interested in photos of Owen and Richard Garriott at the booth on
Friday or Saturday.
Thanks,
Gould, WA4SXM
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We will be demonstrating the SuitSat-2 system at Dayton and we will have a
complete SuitSat system for demonstration at AMSAT events
I need a 2m CW/SSB receiver to demonstrate the CW and SSB digital data signals.
If you have one that has an operational receive system and would like to donate
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