[amsat-bb] Re: ESA CubeSats Launch

2011-07-30 Thread Mineo Wakita
The launch seems to be December 2011 at earliest or possibly new year. JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita ___ 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!

[amsat-bb] Re: FT726 opinions

2011-07-30 Thread Dee
If it doesn't have the 430 module, I would pass it by... You could look for months for one because most people sell it with the unit. Unless someone out there has one for sale in radio land Good luck, Dee, NB2F -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org

[amsat-bb] Re: FT726 opinions

2011-07-30 Thread Jim Jerzycke
Hamguy123 on eBay frequently has the modules for sale. From looking at his auctions, he appears to buy the radios (726/736) and sell the modules separately. 73, Jim KQ6EA On 07/30/2011 02:33 PM, Dee wrote: If it doesn't have the 430 module, I would pass it by... You could look for months

[amsat-bb] ISS active on 437.55

2011-07-30 Thread Armando Mercado
The ISS was transmitting packet on 437.550 during 1540 UTC US pass. 73, Armando N8IGJ ___ 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

[amsat-bb] Re: ISS active on 437.55

2011-07-30 Thread Dave Webb KB1PVH
I just worked it on 145.825 Dave - KB1PVH Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X On Jul 30, 2011 11:57 AM, Armando Mercado am25...@triton.net wrote: The ISS was transmitting packet on 437.550 during 1540 UTC US pass. 73, Armando N8IGJ ___ Sent via

[amsat-bb] Re: ISS active on 437.55

2011-07-30 Thread Dave Webb KB1PVH
That is the ARISSat-1 downlink freq. Maybe they started early? Dave - KB1PVH Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X On Jul 30, 2011 11:58 AM, Dave Webb KB1PVH kb1...@gmail.com wrote: I just worked it on 145.825 Dave - KB1PVH Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X On Jul 30, 2011 11:57 AM,

[amsat-bb] NASA-TV ISS Update During ARISSat-1 Activation

2011-07-30 Thread Clint Bradford
NASA is scheduled to be broadcasting a live ISS update at 12:00 Noon PDT today (Sat) - which should include coverage of the Russians' activation of ARISSat-1/Kedr, which is scheduled for 12:15PM PDT. The Russian Federal Space Agency shows ... prepare and test integration of microsatellite

[amsat-bb] Re: ISS active on 437.55

2011-07-30 Thread Dave Taylor
That is the Ericsson UHF HT and old packet module, operating in Columbus module for a test of the antenna and cabling. -- Dave, W8AAS On Jul 30, 2011, at 11:47 AM, Armando Mercado wrote: The ISS was transmitting packet on 437.550 during 1540 UTC US pass. 73, Armando N8IGJ

[amsat-bb] Re: FT726 opinions

2011-07-30 Thread Michael Schulz
The modules (at least for the 736R) usually sell for around $300 - $800 depending on band (1.2GHz being the expensive one). By the time you have factored that into the $200 for the 726 you're at $500. 736Rs go for around $600 and are the better radio which will have the sat feature included. The

[amsat-bb] Yaesu FT-726

2011-07-30 Thread Bob DeVarney W1ICW
The Yaesu FT-726 was a decent sat rig back in the day. Cons: Low power output ( only ten watts ) and limited frequency coverage on UHF ( either 430-440 or 440-450 but not the full range ) I think it lacked the tracking VFOs implemented in the FT-736 which was a real nice feature. Also no CAT

[amsat-bb] Mississippi EM44 and EM54

2011-07-30 Thread Rick - WA4NVM
Hi All, Damon, WA4HFN just called me and asked that I post to the BB he is heading back south into MS. He plans to work the next few FM birds, either from EM44 or EM54. 73 all and have a great weekend, Rick WA4NVM ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org.

[amsat-bb] Re: Kudos To Amsat UK

2011-07-30 Thread Clint Bradford
And AMSAT-UK was responsible for the grab handles that the cosmonauts will use to deploy ARISSat-1 next week ... No sleep for a few days for those guys! Clint Bradford, K6LCS Member: ANSAT-NA, AMSAT-UK ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions

[amsat-bb] NASA TV

2011-07-30 Thread Clint Bradford
Aw, crud ... appears the Noon PDT NASA TV show is a re-broadcast of this morning's show ... darn ... Clint Bradford clintbradf...@mac.com ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now

[amsat-bb] ZR5JT Heard ARISSat-1?

2011-07-30 Thread Clint Bradford
Is John ZR5JT here? If so - what did you just hear from the ISS??? (reported on dcarr.org) Clint Bradford, K6LCS ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur

[amsat-bb] Re: ZR5JT Heard ARISSat-1?

2011-07-30 Thread Bruce Robertson
ZS1I Tweeted: Just finished making a recording of ARISSat. ISS passed over South Africa 21h20 SAST. Slowscan active at the time. On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Clint Bradford clintbradf...@mac.com wrote: Is John ZR5JT here? If so - what did you just hear from the ISS??? (reported on

[amsat-bb] Re: ZR5JT Heard ARISSat-1?

2011-07-30 Thread Clint Bradford
Awesome! And a Japanese station reported it ON, too! Clint On Jul 30, 2011, at 1:10 PM, Bruce Robertson wrote: ZS1I Tweeted: Just finished making a recording of ARISSat. ISS passed over South Africa 21h20 SAST. Slowscan active at the time. On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Clint Bradford

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 Activated

2011-07-30 Thread Clint Bradford
Japan's JA0CAW just sent me an mp3 of his hearing ARISSat-1 ... and South Africa has heard it ... Make sure your Keps are current! What AMSAT-NA is showing matches NASA's data precisely as of right now. Clint Bradford, K6LCS ___ Sent via

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Activated

2011-07-30 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Great news! Voice doesn't matter, but be certain to record the telemetry in WAV rather than MP3 format if you want to post process it. 73s, Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Clint Bradford Sent:

[amsat-bb] Re: ESA CubeSats Launch

2011-07-30 Thread Trevor .
Hi Mineo, I have the launch as currently scheduled for October with the SwissCube2 satellite cancelled but additionally carrying UWE3. 73 Trevor M5AKA --- On Fri, 29/7/11, Mineo Wakita ei7m-...@asahi-net.or.jp wrote: From: Mineo Wakita ei7m-...@asahi-net.or.jp Subject: [amsat-bb] ESA

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 test

2011-07-30 Thread Gould Smith
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

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1/Kedr signals heard!

2011-07-30 Thread Gould Smith
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

[amsat-bb] Re: ZR5JT Heard ARISSat-1?

2011-07-30 Thread Jan ON7UX
Hi all, Lou, W5DID, is happy to read this message: @ AMSAT-UK, Guildford! 73, Jan ON7UX On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:48:49 -0700, Clint Bradford wrote: Is John ZR5JT here? If so - what did you just hear from the ISS??? (reported on dcarr.org) Clint Bradford, K6LCS

[amsat-bb] SSTV image from ARISSat-1

2011-07-30 Thread Masahiro Arai
I got SSTV picture from ARISSat-1 at 2140z. The picture is noisy but fine! Masa JN1GKZ Tokyo ___ 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!

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 recordings wanted

2011-07-30 Thread Douglas Quagliana
All, If you are able to make an audio recording of the signals from ARISSat-1, I would be very interested in obtaining a copy of your recording. I would be most interested in recordings of the CW and BPSK signals, but if are able to record the voice and SSTV signals I would be interested in

[amsat-bb] Re: SSTV image from ARISSat-1

2011-07-30 Thread Masahiro Arai
CW and BPSK-1000 signal were also transmitting same time with SSTV. I recored all the signal with FUNcube Dongle. I'm trying to decod them. Masa JN1GKZ Tokyo I got SSTV picture from ARISSat-1 at 2140z. The picture is noisy but fine! Masa JN1GKZ Tokyo

[amsat-bb] Re: SSTV image from ARISSat-1

2011-07-30 Thread Masahiro Arai
Here is the CW telemetry. cp +24c bat 30.07v -214ma hf 500ma hi this is ariss It's difficult to decode BPSK-1000. No frame could be decoded. Masa JN1GKZ Tokyo CW and BPSK-1000 signal were also transmitting same time with SSTV. I recored all the signal with FUNcube Dongle. I'm trying to

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1

2011-07-30 Thread Nader Omer
Last pass 22.50 UTC I heard a weak voice before LOS ! looks like a recorded message.No SSTV or Telemetry 73's  Nader ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 signal heard 2318z

2011-07-30 Thread Masahiro Arai
I also heard at 2318z pass. I heard voice message and SSTV. ISS retransmitting ARISSat-1 signal at 437.55MHz. 73 Masa JN1GKZ ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 test signal heard

2011-07-30 Thread Mineo Wakita
I heard ARISSat-1 VOICE and SSTV strong signal, S9 + over 40dB. 23:12-23:22UTC, 30 Jul 2011, Ele 34 East, 437.550MHz 1200 bps AFSK JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA

[amsat-bb] Re: ZR 5JT Heard ARISSat-1?

2011-07-30 Thread Jan ON7UX
hi all, Lou W5DID and AMSAT-UK are stand by, pse QSL 73. Jan ON7UX On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:05:17 +0200, Jan ON7UX wrote: Hi all, Lou, W5DID, is happy to read this message: @ AMSAT-UK, Guildford! 73, Jan ON7UX On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 12:48:49 -0700, Clint Bradford wrote: Is

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1

2011-07-30 Thread Jan ON7UX
hi all, quote Lou, W5DID: i it is the ISS transponder who repeat ARISSat_1 73, Jan ON7UX On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 16:22:19 -0700 (PDT), Nader Omer wrote: Last pass 22.50 UTC I heard a weak voice before LOS ! looks like a recorded message.No SSTV or Telemetry 73's  Nader

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1

2011-07-30 Thread PY5LF
Signal heard a few minutes ago in 145950.0 ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_-DLZq9gmc 73 PY5LF LUCIANO FABRICIO Curitiba-PR-Brazil GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/py5lf http://www.qrz.com/db/py5lf ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 CW tlm

2011-07-30 Thread Masahiro Arai
0051z pass was also good signal from ARISSat-1 and ISS. SSTV, voice msg and voice tlm were heard. Is the BPSK 1000bps? The sound looks like 400bps for me. Here is CW telemetry which I decoded. 7/30 2140z cp +24c bat 30.07v -214ma rf 500ma hi this is ariss 7/30 2318z -197ma rf 443ma hi this

[amsat-bb] Re: Operation from FM27 tomorrow

2011-07-30 Thread Don Snider
Thanks for everyone's patience today. I was able to log about 20 contacts on AO-27 and SO-50. Not bad for a first day out. I used the antennas as mounted on the tower today. Tomorrow I will be on again and will play with the arrow some more. 73 all, Don N3MK FM27 -Original Message-

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 CW and BPSK audio file

2011-07-30 Thread Masahiro Arai
I put 2318z ARISSat-1 CW and BPSK mp3 file on my web site. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/m-arai/gkz/sound/ARISSat-1_TestOp_CW_BPSK_20110730_2318z-JN1GKZ.mp3 I recorded all the ARISSat-1 band with FCD and HDSDR . The mp3 file was made with replay the recorded file. FCD is fun for ARISSat-1. Masa

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 CW tlm

2011-07-30 Thread Gould Smith
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.

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 test signal saved

2011-07-30 Thread Mineo Wakita
00:49-00:58UTC, 31 Jul 2011, Ele 17 West, 437.550MHz VOICE/SSTV/BPSK SSTV image, http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/10731ari.png Voice of the England girl, http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/10731ar1.mp3 Voice of the Robot, http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/10731ar2.mp3 JE9PEL,

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 test signal saved

2011-07-30 Thread Gould Smith
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

[amsat-bb] ANS-212 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

2011-07-30 Thread JoAnne Maenpaa
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-212 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

[amsat-bb] ARISSat over Brazil

2011-07-30 Thread Roland Zurmely
SSTV images received and decoded BPSK and CW telemetry, voice messages, in Brazil. Please see and hear at the end of the page here: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/arissat.htm 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 test signal heard

2011-07-30 Thread Viktor Kudielka
On 145.950 MHz FM: 02:05 UTC Faint SSTV signal 03:43 and 03:45 UTC Female voices RS 59 On 145.919 USB: No decode with ArissatTLM - continuous terrestrial signal(birdie ?) on 145.920 Loc:JN88DF Vienna,Austria 73, Vik OE1VKW -- e-mail: viktor.kudie...@ieee.org,oe1...@amsat.org,oe1...@oevsv.at

[amsat-bb] ARISSat over UK - 03.35utc Pass

2011-07-30 Thread David Barber
UK Pass 03.35utc. Recorded audio message copied on 145.950MHz toward the end of the pass. Password / Secret word = Italy Too much local interference on the CW/Telemetry frequency to copy anything. David G8OQW ___ Sent via

[amsat-bb] DX QSOs on AO7,,,,

2011-07-30 Thread Luis Quintas
I TNX Jerry (K5EO) for 2 QSOs on CW on AO7 Mode B, done July 28, at 23.23Z (Orbit 67958) and July 30, at 23.16Z (Orbit 67983). We get covered 7650 km between both QTHs, EL29GR - - FF66TQ. It is my actual longest distance QSO on AO7 (still almost 200 km below the world record). I find vy

[amsat-bb] Recorded Voice Message from ARISSat/ISS

2011-07-30 Thread Mani VU2WMY
Received the recorded YL voice message on 437.550 at the fag end of 03:57 pass at 1.2 degree elevation over Bangalore with a 3X5/8 vertical collinear. Great signals! Looking forward for the next high elevation pass. 73 de Mani, VU2WMY Secretary Station-In-Charge Upagrah Amateur Radio Club

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Activated

2011-07-30 Thread Alan Cresswell
Good signals over ZL on the 0422 18 deg pass. Two voice and one robot message on 145.950. No SSTV. Fair to good telemetry on 145.920, 2 frames decoded. 73 Alan ZL2BX ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 Activated

2011-07-30 Thread Sebastian, W4AS
Very low pass (about 7 degrees) for me at 0457 UTC. I heard the voice of a 'YL' saying the voltage, current, temperature etc. Didn't have a chance to hook up my FCD and record the pass. 73 de Sebastian, W4AS ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions

[amsat-bb] ARISSat over UK - 05.11utc Pass

2011-07-30 Thread David Barber
UK Pass 05.11utc. Chinese (Password = China) and English audio message copied on 145.950MHz but not too strong. One SSTV image received. CW/Telemetry frequency obliterated by local QRM. David G8OQW ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org.