[amsat-bb] Mars Watch

2010-01-26 Thread Clint Bradford
On Jan. 27, Mars will be closer to Earth than any other time between 2008 and 2014. A mere 60 million miles away, the red planet will be a great target for backyard telescopes, and will appear bright to the naked eye as well. Every 26 months, the two planets’ orbits bring them closer together, s

[amsat-bb] ND9M Road Trip Update #2

2010-01-26 Thread claryco
We'll be running the DM95/DM96 and EM06/EM07 grid lines tomorrow (Wed). (All planned grid line ops assume that we can actually GET to the line itself; we've been very lucky so far...) >From there we'll overnight in Dodge City, KS, which sits on the DM97/EM07 >line. With a winter storm warning

[amsat-bb] Winrotor drivers

2010-01-26 Thread Jean Jacques FILIPPI
Hello all I ‘m using Winrotor LPT Interface for my Sat Tracking . The drivers contained in my original CD purchased from Funkbox are  unreadable. Strange ... Have you anything for me and allow me to reinstall these drivers ?  In advance, thank you . 73's de TK5JJ _

[amsat-bb] Re: Found it: MAI-75

2010-01-26 Thread Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BARRIOS TECHNOLOGY]
http://ariss-sstv.blogspot.com/ Kenneth - N5VHO From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Randy [rswa...@twcny.rr.com] Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 8:42 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Found it: MAI-75 I

[amsat-bb] DOKA-B Telemetry Question

2010-01-26 Thread PE0SAT
I am not sure, but as far as I know DOKA-B is the telemetry software on Russian Satellites. RS-30, RS-38 etc Does anybody know how to decode this telemetry data? 73 Jan - PE0SAT -- With regards PE0SAT Internet web-page http://www.ham.vgnet.nl/ ___

[amsat-bb] MAI-75

2010-01-26 Thread andy thomas
Gogle with the Russian characters Маи-75 and you get results like http://www.mcc.rsa.ru/exp/mai-75.htm that can be dropped into babelfish to get: In English Experiment of " MAI -75" (it continues with s -11) Automatic spacecraft and the contemporary technologies the personal communications of

[amsat-bb] Re: LEO/cube sat for sale 8000$

2010-01-26 Thread Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
Unless they are going to buy launches from elseware rather than develop the launch hardware themselves. On 26-Jan-10 16:55, Trevor . wrote: > Hi Willliam, > > Also the very low orbit only gives the Tubesats a life of a few weeks. > > The very well funded company SpaceX took many years and 3 laun

[amsat-bb] Re: Amateur Satellites Close Conjuctions

2010-01-26 Thread Edward Cole
Sort of like walking 1000 paces, turning, and firing...not much danger of anyone perishing in such a duel? Better yet try to hit the other's bullet. The most amazing is that two orbiting satellites actually collided. 73, Ed - KL7UW afterall space is not like the San Diego Fwy in rush hour At

[amsat-bb] Re: LEO/cube sat for sale 8000$

2010-01-26 Thread Trevor .
Hi Willliam, Also the very low orbit only gives the Tubesats a life of a few weeks. The very well funded company SpaceX took many years and 3 launch failures before they finally got the Falcon 1 into space. It may be reasonable to assume the company behind Tubesat will take just as long befor

[amsat-bb] Re: Genesat-1 Operational?

2010-01-26 Thread Mark L. Hammond
Bob, I suggest you also visit DK3WN's satblog for current satellte updates. Looks like reports as recent as Jan 24th. http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?cat=12 73, Mark N8MH On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Robert Bruninga wrote: > The AMSAT SATS page says that GENESAT-1 is operational > It is not li

[amsat-bb] Genesat-1 Operational?

2010-01-26 Thread Robert Bruninga
The AMSAT SATS page says that GENESAT-1 is operational It is not listed on D Carr's web page as being reported by anyone. We listended for it with a class of students today and heard nothing at around 11:15 EST. Google finds nothing but reports of OPERATIONAL, but then none of them are newer than

[amsat-bb] Re: Mobile Sat antenna

2010-01-26 Thread w6zkh
My first SAT antenna was a very ugly CJU, but it worked as well as the Arrow or Elk for downlink. John W6ZKH - Original Message - From: "Pedro A. Perez" To: "joe barkley" , amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 4:04:30 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [amsat-

[amsat-bb] Re: LEO/cube sat for sale 8000$

2010-01-26 Thread Alexandru Csete
Quoting William Leijenaar : > Hi AMSATs, > > I just read the message about the tube-sats. > I was having a look to their options, but when I understand well in > the structure there is already a radio integrated ? Hi William, You can get a tubesat both with or without electronics/radio. I think

[amsat-bb] Re: First Tweet from space

2010-01-26 Thread Roger Kolakowski
This is one of the more obvious reasons why the ISS crew doesn't need to use Ham Radio http://twitter.com/Astro_TJ Thoughtful comments during the times they have to play Roger WA1KAT Trevor . wrote: > Expedition 22 sends first Tweet from space > http://www.southgatearc.org/news/janua

[amsat-bb] Re: Amateur Satellites Close Conjuctions

2010-01-26 Thread Joe Fitzgerald
> Hello, > > Given the recent close conjunction between Compass-1 and Sich 1, > I was curious how common such encounters were. Using > SOCRATES on the celestrak site, http://celestrak.com/SOCRATES/, > it looks like they are fairly common. > > Take those forecasts with a grain of salt since the

[amsat-bb] Re: LEO/cube sat for sale 8000$

2010-01-26 Thread William Leijenaar
Hi AMSATs, I just read the message about the tube-sats. I was having a look to their options, but when I understand well in the structure there is already a radio integrated ? What is the area that can be used for electronics ? The weight is max. 250 grams, which is no problem to handle one off

[amsat-bb] Re: HO-68 Schedule - 24-31 Jan 2010

2010-01-26 Thread Pedro A. Perez
Hi all, The available schedule are night passes except for the Friday 29 @ 13:20 UTC. This is the one I'll try to record due to light conditions. 73s, Pedro EB4DKA http://eb4dka.laserenadigital.com - Original Message - From: "i8cvs" To: "Pedro A. Perez" ; "AMSAT-BB" Sent: Thursday,

[amsat-bb] Re: Mobile Sat antenna

2010-01-26 Thread Pedro A. Perez
Hi, I use for mobile this setup (FM and linear birds mode J): http://eb4dka.laserenadigital.com/Amateur%20Satellite%20Articles/FO29_MOBILE.pdf I upgraded the downlink antenna using a CJU with better results: http://eb4dka.laserenadigital.com/Videos%20AMSAT/VIDEO_EB4DKA%20via%20FO29%20desde%20mo

[amsat-bb] First Tweet from space

2010-01-26 Thread Trevor .
Expedition 22 sends first Tweet from space http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2010/first_tweets_from_space.htm 73 Trevor M5AKA Daily Amateur Radio News (Email/RSS): http://www.southgatearc.org/ Email Your News To: editor at southgatearc.org Or Use Form at: http://www.southgatearc.org/news

[amsat-bb] Re: Found it: MAI-75

2010-01-26 Thread Trevor .
It's down for Wednesday and Thursday as well. 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ 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-bb] Re: HO-68 Tracking

2010-01-26 Thread Erich Eichmann
Peter, what is your location (locator, longitude, latitude), what are your entries for HO-68 in Doppler.SQF and what were the predicted AOS and LOS times for the pass you mean? You can check that with the Preview function or the list programs WinAOS or WinListen. I never heard that the predict

[amsat-bb] Amateur Satellites Close Conjuctions

2010-01-26 Thread Armando Mercado
Hello, Given the recent close conjunction between Compass-1 and Sich 1, I was curious how common such encounters were. Using SOCRATES on the celestrak site, http://celestrak.com/SOCRATES/, it looks like they are fairly common. Here are some up coming conjunctions: Objects