Well done Alan , you should put your reply up on the BBS I am sure we will weed out a VE who will know the whole story !How were you tied to the Alouette program ? >From memory we used to command and record the data from the satellites a few >times a day on a regular schedule.I was working at Orroral valley at the time. cheers Andy vk3as
On 13/12/2010, at 2:29 PM, Alan Cresswell wrote: > Hi, > > I also had a lot to do with these satellites and may still have the handbooks > somewhere but it was a long time ago. > The series of satellites was the Alouette/ISIS series (Canadian, 4 > satellites) and ISIS-2 had the most sophisticated VLF receiver (And topside > sounder) on board. > Essentially an audio amplifier attached to an antenna, and there is certainly > a lot of interesting “whistlers” etc almost continuously available. > Just another option I guess. > > 73 > Alan > ZL2BX > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Andrew Squires > Sent: Monday, 13 December 2010 02:16 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Alouette > > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Andrew Squires <[email protected]> > > Date: 13 December 2010 1:14:50 PM AEDT > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Alouette > > > > John read with interest you posting on the Amsat board.I used to work for > > NASA in the 70's and we used to track a satellite called Alouette > > (spelling?).It was a Canadian satellite and officially listed as a top side > > sounder.It would listen to the VLF band and the sounds it recorded were > > amazing,sounds of lighting and the aurora etc.You may be able to find > > something via google? > > cheers Andy VK3AS > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via [email protected]. 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 > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1170 / Virus Database: 426/3311 - Release Date: 12/12/10 > _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. 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
