[amsat-bb] Alpha Spid Big-RAS AZ EL Rotator
Dear All, I understand that the Alpha Spid Big-RAS AZ EL Rotator requires 4 control cables each for it Azimuth and Elevation control. However, I am not able to find out if the connector on the outdoor rotator end consist of 2 separate connectors for the AZ and EL motor (like the Yaesu G-5500) or if they are connected all together at one point. Also would be great if someone could advice if the connection point consists of screw on terminals or some kind of connector plug is used. This is in preparation of ISS HAM TV reception and would like to understand the above before deciding if I should purchase this rotor. Thank you. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9M2CQC, WQ2C ___ 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] Re: Alpha Spid Big-RAS AZ EL Rotator
Hi Stefan, Thank you for the reply and also to those who have replied privately. I have taken a look the high resolution version and though I agree that this is a better option to go, cost is unfortunately prohibitive at this time. Anyhow will still re-evaluate the options and perhaps in a long run this would better, since I have intention to work EME in the future. 73, Sion, 9M2CQC, WQ2C Quoting Stefan Wagener wagen...@gmail.com: Hi Sion, Look at the images at: http://www.rfhamdesign.com/products/antennerotor/bigrashr/index.html there is one picture with the terminal box open on the rotor. Also, the rotors are now available with a high resolution option (0.1 degree). If you get a new one, might as well do that. We are planning on doing the same for a station here in Winnipeg. Also, compare prices for the rotor. Even with shipping and taxes the above mentioned source is still far less expensive then anyone in NA. Hope that helps, Stefan VE4NSA On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 3:11 AM, Sion Chow Q. C. (9W2QC) 9w...@9w2qc.netwrote: Dear All, I understand that the Alpha Spid Big-RAS AZ EL Rotator requires 4 control cables each for it Azimuth and Elevation control. However, I am not able to find out if the connector on the outdoor rotator end consist of 2 separate connectors for the AZ and EL motor (like the Yaesu G-5500) or if they are connected all together at one point. Also would be great if someone could advice if the connection point consists of screw on terminals or some kind of connector plug is used. This is in preparation of ISS HAM TV reception and would like to understand the above before deciding if I should purchase this rotor. Thank you. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9M2CQC, WQ2C __**_ 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-bbhttp://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ___ 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] Yaesu G-5500 Azimuth Motor Replacement
Dear All, Greetings from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I have a Yaesu G-5500 rotator that has a spoilt azimuth motor while the elevation motor works fine. Looking at the specifications published by Yaesu, the G-800 rotator seems to be very similar with the azimuth motor of the G-5500. Instead of purchasing a whole new set of G-5500 just to replace the spoilt azimuth motor (the control box is working and this has been verified with another working azimuth motor), I wonder if anyone has tried replacing the azimuth motor the G-800 instead? Will the G-5500 control box work with the G-800 motor, are there some modifications needed, or is this simply not possible? Any pointers will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9M2CQC, WQ2C ___ 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] Yaesu Rotator Repair Services in VK
Dear All, I have two units of stuck Yaesu rotators (G-5500 azimuth unit and G-2800) that I use for satellite and terrestrial communications and have been finding it difficult to locate repair services around this region. As I will be heading to Sydney, Australia next month, I wonder if there are such repair services available. If anyone has any info, kindly drop me an e-mail off the list. Sorry for the bandwidth and appreciate any help or pointers given. Thank you. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9M2CQC, WQ2C ___ 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] IC-910H with SATPC32ISS
Dear All, Previously we have been using the ICOM IC-910H transceiver with SATPC32ISS for doppler control for our ARISS school contacts. Due to ISS has both its TX and RX frequencies in the 2M band, we had to use an extra wire between the IC-910H's ACC jack and the PC's COM port to inhibit frequency changes while the radio is transmitting. Based on the What's New document of SATPC32ISS (http://www.dk1tb.de/What's%20New.txt), it is noted that the extra wire between IC-910H's ACC jack and the PC's COM port is no longer needed from version 12.8a onwards. However, when we did a simulation of this, we notice that should the frequency changes (due to doppler shift) while the radio is in transmit mode, the TX and RX frequency swaps (TX frequency becomes RX while RX frequency becomes TX) - as what used to happen during previous version when the ACC wire is not installed. I wonder if there are some configurations that we need to check? Or is there something that we are doing wrong here? The IC-910H is connected via a G4ZLP ICOM CI-V cable to the PC's build in COM port. Any pointers or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9M2CQC, Also: WQ2C /HL1, 9V1QC, JG1XHM, ex: 9W2QC, AB3IO ___ 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] Re: Decoding wideband recordings
Mike, First of all, thank you for the very great software :) Just to clarify, in this case you will be tuning dopper at HDSDR instead of FCD control level? Which if I get it right will result in the I/Q of the pass being recorded without doppler control? 73, Sion, 9M2CQC Quoting Mike Rupprecht m...@mike-rupprecht.de: Sion, another point to the DDE aspect: just working on the DDE link between SATCONTROL and HDSDR. At the moment HDSDR supports only Orbitron (Doppler tracking interval 1s), HRD and WXtrack. If I change the application name of SATCONTROL to Orbitron, the link can be established and it works. The idea behind is to end the LO Frequency to the FUNCubeDonge once - and keep it fix - BUT change the TUNE frequency of HDSDR. This is possible in 1 Hz steps, so you can follow a narrowband signal (CW/BPSK) much continuously. (You can't change the LO Frequency of the FCD in 1 Hz steps). 73, Mike DK3WN If HDSDR could use the DDE output of WISP, it can start recording when a satellite name appears, and stop when '*** NO Satellite ***' appears. These are just some of my thoughts to make automatic unattended reception easier, but I must say that DK3WN's FCD control + HDSDR are really great pieces of software. Thank you to all those involved in their development :) 73, Sion, 9M2CQC ___ 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 ___ 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] Re: Decoding wideband recordings
Quoting Bruce Robertson ve9...@gmail.com: On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 7:07 PM, Phil Karn k...@philkarn.net wrote: On 8/10/11 8:24 PM, Tom Azlin N4ZPT wrote: I have a Fun Cube Dongle so I would Phil. Thanks and 73, Tom n4zpt Okay, everybody make and keep your wideband I/Q recordings and I'll work on an enhancement to my demodulation/decoding software to process them. It may not run in real time on slower machines because of the need to search a wider frequency range, but this won't matter if it can work on a recording. I can probably speed things up by including an orbit model in the modem to predict Doppler open-loop, but this will take time to implement and it will still be vulnerable to small errors in the elements and/or your clock, especially around closest approach. So record the date and time of your recordings and the current eleset at that time. For those who have not noted this feature, HDSDR will open a recording scheduler if you right click on the 'record' button. It saves files with UTC time appended. The tricky part is that you have to set the scheduler manually in local time. I've been thinking it would be a nifty hack to make a FCD recorder for a set of satellites using a very small computer, like the BeagleBoard. It seems to me that a daily cron job with 'Predict' would just about do what was necessary, especially now that we have a commandline tool for the FCD. The only part that would take some fiddling would be piping the USB sound card into a file with the proper headers for HDSDR. 73, Bruce VE9QRP I have to agree that HDSDR's recording scheduler is a really neat feature. However, two improvements that I believe can make this even better will be: 1. Although HDSDR can 'start' the receiving based on the start time of a scheduler record, it only stops the recording at the end time of the scheduler. It does not 'stop' the receiving - which will be good to save CPU resources if the SDR is used in an automated unattended satellite tracking station that has the PC shared with other stuff. 2. The need to set the scheduler manually could be eliminated if HDSDR can make use of DDE output of satellite tracking software. For example, in my station I use WISP + WISPDDE for antenna tracking while the FCD is controlled by DK3WN's FCD control software. If HDSDR could use the DDE output of WISP, it can start recording when a satellite name appears, and stop when '*** NO Satellite ***' appears. These are just some of my thoughts to make automatic unattended reception easier, but I must say that DK3WN's FCD control + HDSDR are really great pieces of software. Thank you to all those involved in their development :) 73, Sion, 9M2CQC ___ 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] ARISSat-1 13 Aug 1057 UTC
Dear All, Below are telemetry from ARISSat-1, 13 Aug 1057 UTC. Satelite was in high power mode then switched to low power mode: MET - 60 Min IHU Temp - +40C Control Panel Temp - +48C Battery Voltage - 35.77v Battery Current - -8mA (discharging) This was also the first time using the FCD to copy ARISSat-1. I will try to replay and send the BPSK telemetry later on. 73, Sion, 9M2CQC ___ 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] ARISSat-1 Telemetry 12 Aug 1022 UTC and 1155 UTC
Dear All, I notice that the MET was reset too as per the following telemetry copied from ARISSat-1 over West Malaysia: 12 Aug at 1822 MYT (3 deg Elevation) MET - 69min IHU Temp - 42c -Nothing else heard due to strong QSB- 12 Aug at 1955 MYT (57 deg Elevation) MET - 65 min IHU Temp - 42C Control Panel Temp - 31C Battery Voltage - 35.50v Battery Current - ??? (strong QSB) Sorry for the delay in sending this out, as I was away from the shack. And hope that this will be useful to the command team. 73, Sion, 9M2CQC ___ 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] ARISSat-1 HEARD over West Malaysia 12 Aug 2151 UTC
Dear All, After seeing so many NOT heard reports, I am pleased to inform that I heard ARISSat-1 as below: 12 August, 2151 Hours, all time UTC or 13 August, 0551 Hours, MYT Maximum elevation: 3 degrees FM Voice Telemetry: Battery Voltage 35.66v Battery Current (unfortunately there seems to be no +ve or -ve announcement) 34 mA It seems like ARISSat-1 is in low power mode but I might be wrong, as I cant differentiate low power and emergency mode. I have a 57 degrees pass in 1 hrs 20 miutes from now and will try to listen out for FM and BPSK telemetry. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9M2CQC, Also: WQ2C /HL1, 9V1QC, JG1XHM, ex: 9W2QC, AB3IO ___ 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] ARISSat-1 over West Malaysia 12 Aug 2325 UTC
Dear All, ARISSat-1 over West Malaysia, 12 Aug at 2325 UTC: 1. Satellite was in high power mode 2. FM downlink was heard very clearly 3. Managed to capture and forward 24 telemetry on the BPSK1000 downlink which was strong Based on telemetry from CW decoder (unfortunately I had my telemetry window in ARISSatTLM software accidentally closed): MET - 9 min IHU Temp - 31C Control Panel Temp - 23C Batt Voltage - 35.90v Batt Current - -8mA However, battery was observed charging later on during the pass. I hope that all will go well for ARISSat-1. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9M2CQC Also: WQ2C /HL1, 9V1QC, JG1XHM, ex: 9W2QC, AB3IO ___ 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] ARISSat-1 10 Aug 2340 UTC over West Malaysia
Dear All, Not sure if this was low power or high power, but the TX seems to be on continuously, so I believe the satellite was in high power mode. The following was copied from the voice telemetry on 145.950 MHz +/- FM 11 Aug at 0740 MYT or 10 Aug at 2340 UTC, ARISSat-1 Telemetry: MET - 10387min IHU Temp - 38C Control Panel Temp - 47C Battery Voltage - 33.03v Battery Current - +325mA (charging) MET - 10390min IHU Temp - 38C Control Panel Temp - 48C Battery Voltage - 33.36v Battery Current - +325ma MET - 10392min IHU Temp - 38C Control Panel Temp - 48C Battery Voltage - 33.43v Battery Current - +379ma 73, Sion, 9M2CQC ___ 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] ARISSat-1 11-12 Aug Telemetry
Dear All, ARISSat-1 Telemetry over West Malaysia: ARISSat-1, 12 Aug 0648 MYT or 11 Aug 2248 UTC MET - 11772min IHU Temp - 38C Control Panel Temp - 42C Battery Voltage - 35.73v Battery Current - +119mA (charging) ARISSat-1, 12 Aug 0823 MYT or 12 Aug 0023 UTC MET - 11865min IHU Temp - 39C Control Panel Temp - 42C Battery Voltage - 35.73v Battery Current - +99mA (charging) MET - 11867min IHU Temp - 39C Control Panel Temp - 42C Battery Voltage - 35.89v Battery Current - +94mA (charging) 73, Sion, 9M2CQC ___ 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] Diamond A430S15 Antenna Dimensions
Hi Group, First of all, sorry for the bandwidth. I am trying to model a new satellite system for the V/U/L/S bands and wonder if anyone happen to have the element spacing for the Diamond A430S15 yagi. Unfortunately, the manual provides only the individual element lengths, but not the spacing between elements. I have tried searching on the net but unfortunately failed to find any positive results. Any pointers to this are truely appreciated. Thank you. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9M2CQC, Also: WQ2C /HL1, 9V1QC, JG1XHM, ex: 9W2QC, AB3IO ___ 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] SSB Preamp Dealers in Japan
Dear All, Sorry for the bandwidth again. I would be glad if anyone could advice me if there are any dealers or distributors dealing with SSB Electronic Preamps in Japan. Any pointers will be greatly appreciated, and kindly reply me off the list. Thank you. 73, Sion, 9M2CQC ___ 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] Re: ARISSat TLM soundcard selection (and submission listings)
Hi Henk, I totally agree with your suggestion, and to make it easy student is the key to get the younger generation interested in all these. I also understand that the ARISSat-1 team is already working on a page to show the submission of telemetry, so we shall wait a while and see. 73, Sion, 9M2CQC Quoting PA3GUO pa3...@amsat.org: Hi Sion, Great suggestion. Another suggestion: Not for us experimenters, but for schools / teachers / others / .. : ARISSatTLM setup under Win7 worked fine, the assumed directory for the TLM storage was indeed used. For Win XP this did not work: I got an error message when starting ARISSatTLM, it looked for the directory on the wrong place (it was created somewhere else). So I moved that directory to the place it was looking for it, and it works. I know there is a heads up on this issue during the install process, but still. For those many new people we try to interest (those 1+ million AMSAT reached with the press release), it would be good to fix this. Just my 2 cents. Henk (btw: the SW overall looks good quite appealing (also important in this case), it seems to incorporate the best ideas of recent other space programs, including Delfi-C3, RAX, ..) Another idea (maybe this is already in place and I missed it) It would be nice to have on the ARISSat telemtry website (latest values) an overview of which stations submitted the data (they entered their callsign under 'tools'). That would highly motivate new people to contribute. Imagine you are a student, and build a receive set-up, and can show your teacher your name/call is listed on the official ARISSat website ! Projects like RAX and FASTRAC do this already: http://fastrac.ae.utexas.edu/for_radio_operators/users/phpBB3/topuploads.php Henk -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Sion Chow Q. C. [mailto:9w...@9w2qc.net] Verzonden: zondag 7 augustus 2011 18:00 Aan: PA3GUO CC: amsat-bb@amsat.org Onderwerp: Re: [amsat-bb] ARISSat TLM soundcard selection ? Hi Henk, I seem to have the same problem as you do, and how I overcame it is to ensure that the sound card that you want ARISSatTLM to use is the default system sound card. Perhaps the developer of ARISSatTLM can place an option in the software to allow us to select the desired sound card to use with it? 73, Sion, 9M2CQC On 7 Aug 2011, at 11:23 PM, PA3GUO pa3...@amsat.org wrote: Case: Using ARISSatTLM with the output of HDSDR (connected to FCD SDR). - using Win XP (by luck ?) ARISSatTLM selects the decoded output of HDSDR (volume of HDSDR varies the input level of the ARISSTLM window) - using Win7 64bit ARISSatTLM seems to select another input (unclear which) How can I select which sound card ARISSatTLM should use ? Henk, PA3GUO ___ 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 ___ 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] ARISSat-1 over West Malaysia 07 Aug 0202 UTC
Dear All, Had a 20 degree elevation pass in sunlight of ARISSat-1 over West Malaysia at 0202 UTC, 07 August 2011. Managed to copy and forward 21 telemetry and kursk frames to the ARISSatTLM server, and this time I had SATPC32 adjust the doppler in 10 Hz steps. Although the doppler correction seems to be a bit too frequent, but it made the CW signal stay on the yellow marker fairly accurately. However, due to fading only 21 frames were copied. I guess the copying would be better if the fading rate is reduced. Still experimenting with this mode, and hope that the above will be useful to someone. Also noticed from previous observations that it is difficult to get a lock when the satellite is in low power eclipse mode, as the TX gets turned off too quickly. Have a great weekend to all. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9M2CQC, Also: WQ2C /HL1, 9V1QC, JG1XHM, ex: 9W2QC, AB3IO ___ 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] ARISSSat-1 5th August at 1356 UTC
Hi All, ARISSat-1 Telemetry copied on 145.950 MHz Voice FM at 1356 UTC: Following the announcement sequence: ? Unknown Temperature: 40 C ? Unknown Temperature: 29 C Battery: 32.37 V Current: -201 mA Can someone advice what is the sequence of voice telemetry, so that we can understand what is being sent even though we miss the first part? Thank you. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9M2CQC, Also: WQ2C /HL1, 9V1QC, JG1XHM, ex: 9W2QC, AB3IO ___ 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] ARISSat-1 over West Malaysia
Dear All, It was great to receive ARISSsat-1 over West Malaysia during 5th August 2011, 0223 UTC pass. Maximum elevation was 89 degrees. The downlink of both 145.919 MHz USB and 145.950 MHz FM was 59+60db, very strong but with huge QSB observed. A total of 3 SSTV pictures were forwarded to the ARISS SSTV gallery and some telemetry/Kursk data were forwarded by ARISSatTLM. Congratulations to all those involved with ARISSsat-1 and we look forward to trying out the transponder on the next pass. A few questions I have if someone could please help me clarify them: 1. Is it possible to have the callsign and forwarding telemetry option always set in ARISSsatTLM? This way, we do not have to manually enter the callsign and enable telemetry forwarding each time the program starts up. 2. Does the CW beacon needs to be really +/- 100 Hz of the yellow line? The reason for this is that I would like to see how much offset should I apply to doppler control, for possible automated reception. 3. In low power (eclipse) mode, how often does the BPSK1000 telemetry transmits? Thank you. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9M2CQC, Also: WQ2C /HL1, 9V1QC, JG1XHM ex: 9W2QC, AB3IO ___ 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] Repair of SSB Preamp/Downconverter
Dear All, I remember asking on this list before about sources to repair a fault SSB SP-7000 70CM Masthead Preamp and SSB UEK-3000 2.4 GHz - 144 MHz downconverter a while back (should be about 2 years ago if my memory serves me right) and got a reply from someone in Japan who does provide this service. Would be glad if that person could kindly e-mail to me off the list as I have some inquiries to make about the repair service. Unfortunately I lost his email address and could not trace back that e-mail. Thank you, and please accept my apologies for the bandwidth. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9M2CQC, 9V1QC, WQ2C /HL1, ex: 9W2QC, AB3IO ___ 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] XW-1 over Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dear All, After a long time away from the satellites, I am pleased to report the reception of XW-1 over Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Time was 1416 UTC to 1435 UTC and I had a maximum elevation of 68 degrees. Managed to copy the beacon on 435.790 CW +/- with a very good signal of S9+. Tried to work the FM and Linear transponder, but unfortunately could not get the downlink. Is the transponder off during this pass? Time permitting, will try out again 1.5 hours from now. Congratulations to the China team for the very successful launch. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9W2QC, WQ2C. ___ Sent via amsat...@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] Re: XW-1 over Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dear All, Just a resent in case this one did not go through. Here is a recording of the 2nd pass, 17th December 2009, 0005 hours MYT, 12 degrees elevation. This is equivalent to 16 December 2009, 1605 UTC. http://www.9w2qc.net/amsatbb/xw-1_171209_0005_MYT_12_deg.mp3 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9W2QC, WQ2C. ___ Sent via amsat...@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] Re: For Sale - Assorted Satellite Related Items
Hi A. J. Farmer, Just wondering, is the M2 2MCP22 still available? Thank you. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9W2QC / WQ2C. -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of A.J. Farmer Sent: Monday, 6 July 2009 7:02 AM To: AMSAT BB Subject: [amsat-bb] For Sale - Assorted Satellite Related Items Yaesu G-5500 Az/El Rotator Includes control box, cables, and manual Works fine - no problems $400 or best offer Labjack Piggyback Combined with the Labjack U12 (below), allows computer control of the G-5500 rotator by Nova Satellite Tracking software http://www.nlsa.com/labjack/labjack_piggyback.html $20 Labjack U12 http://www.nlsa.com/labjack/labjack_u12.html $100 or best offer M2 2MCP22 Circ. Pol. Antenna http://www.m2inc.com/products/vhf/2m/2mcp22.html All parts are in excellent condition except some of the element retaining clips must be broken to disassemble the antenna. These clips are one way only and are impossible to remove once the antenna is assembled. A bag of 50 replacement clips is available from M2 for $13, or you can use other techniques instead of the clips. $200 or best offer Pickup available from Hollywood, MD or will ship anywhere via UPS at cost. No reasonable offers refused! If interested, contact me at farmer...@gmail.com Thanks! A.J. Farmer, AJ3U ___ Sent via amsat...@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 ___ Sent via amsat...@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
