[amsat-bb] transponder at 4:00Z

2011-08-05 Thread Bruce Robertson
I, and many others were able to get into the transponder at 4:00Z on August 6th. I used about 40w into a Lindenblad on TX and another omni on receive. One 'window' seemed much better for all of us than did the others, probably having something to do with the orientation of the RX antenna. I say thi

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 transponder worked over Australia

2011-08-05 Thread Alex
Worked VK2ZAZ briefly around 0144UTC Signals quite weak but readable. A couple of other stations heard but too noisy to get call signs. Nothing heard on the following (low) pass. Alex / VK5ALX ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are t

[amsat-bb] MacDoppler fixed by re-installing

2011-08-05 Thread James Luhn
I could not make RADIOSCAF (ARISSAT) show up in MacDoppler earlier today. When all else fails, re-install! I downloaded the program file again and installed it. All appears working now. 73, James W5AOO ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expr

[amsat-bb] Wisat32 Question

2011-08-05 Thread Sion Chow Q. C.
Dear All, I am trying to use Wisat32 for unattended automated satellite tracking and have some questions if anyone could help me clarify: 1. Is it possible for Wisat32 to run a normal .bat batch file say 20 seconds before AOS and 20 seconds after LOS? This is used for power on and off to the

[amsat-bb] W1AW/5 Taos, NM

2011-08-05 Thread Rodney Waln
http://www.2011convention.org/w1aw.html   aj1o and kc0zhf will be operating and demoing from the 1973 pinzgauer and tripod trailer as w1aw/5 on numerous satellite passes from dm76 please follow instructions for qsl on the above link, Fri, sat and Sunday morning from the convention, hope to work yo

[amsat-bb] Need Joomla Guru to help with arissat1 site

2011-08-05 Thread Gould Smith
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.

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 over Vietnam

2011-08-05 Thread Vu Trong Thu
Hello everybody, I've just had my first try with ARISSat-1 this morning (max elevation 22 degrees), the CW2 signal is audible from AOS till LOS though the Morse Code Decoder had some trouble decoding the audio. Here's what I've got "ARIISATQ RS 1S NSPSI OET 327 M IH~30C CP +~3 C B~ 35N~TA IUHIS IE

[amsat-bb] New keps

2011-08-05 Thread Nigel A. Gunn, W8IFF/G8IFF
RADIOSCAF-B 1 37772U 98067CK 11217.72992057 .00017961 0-0 21855-3 044 2 37772 051.6393 271.3741 0013139 048.1304 051.8180 15.60521963 222 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member?

[amsat-bb] Re: Arissat-1 Commanding?

2011-08-05 Thread Luc Leblanc
On 5 Aug 2011 at 14:03, Burns Fisher wrote: Date sent: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:03:56 -0400 From: Burns Fisher Subject:[amsat-bb] Arissat-1 Commanding? To: amsat-bb@amsat.org > I saw on one of the NASA announcements that the snarffle

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 over West Malaysia

2011-08-05 Thread Luc Leblanc
On 5 Aug 2011 at 10:28, Phil Karn wrote: Date sent: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:28:23 -0700 From: Phil Karn Subject:[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 over West Malaysia To: "Sion Chow Q. C. (9W2QC)" <9w...@9w2qc.net> Copies to: sangat

[amsat-bb] ARISSKAF-1?

2011-08-05 Thread Luc Leblanc
On 5 Aug 2011 at 13:49, Greg D. wrote: Date sent: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:49:53 -0700 From: "Greg D." Subject:[amsat-bb] Re: [sarex] Re: Re: ARRISat-1 Keps now available from Celestrak To: amsat-bb@amsat.org, sa...@amsat.org

[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat-1 Report and Thanks

2011-08-05 Thread Luc Leblanc
On 5 Aug 2011 at 19:39, i8cvs wrote: Date sent: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:39:33 +0200 From: i8cvs Subject:[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat-1 Report and Thanks To: vu3...@amsatindia.org, amsatin...@yahoogroups.com Copies to: Amsat -

[amsat-bb] Re: A rose is a rose... is a rose

2011-08-05 Thread R Oler
Trevor...there is not a chance that is going to happen. The US is on the verge of a revolution in space affairs (to mimic Admiral Bill Owens) and we are about to leave a technowelfare program and go into something truly free enterprise. Watch Robert G. Oler WB5MZO life member AMSAT ARRL NARS

[amsat-bb] AClog/LOTW Working and uploaded back to 7/05

2011-08-05 Thread John Henderson N4NAB
Thanks to all who offered guidance, especially W5MPC Mike... all is working now. I have uploaded SAT logs back to July 2005 so hopefully some of us will get some confirmations! r/ John N4NAB ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are thos

[amsat-bb] MacDoppler help

2011-08-05 Thread Perry Yantis
MacDoppler help click (lower left) to ADD SATELLITE go down to bottom of list and click on RADIOSCAF-B next click macdoppler-preferences-modes go down to bottom of list and click on RADIOSCAF-B click the + sign at the top left of the window 2 times this will add 2 lines to fill in the freq informa

[amsat-bb] Re: Arissat-1 Commanding? with better link to article

2011-08-05 Thread W4ART Arthur Feller
The radio regulations govern here. Both the USA and Russian administrations are signatory parties, along with about all others around the world. The pertinent provision is: RR 22.1 Space stations shall be fitted with devices to ensure immediate cessation of their radio emissions by telecomman

[amsat-bb] Re: A rose is a rose... is a rose

2011-08-05 Thread Dee
Congrats to Gould- Looks like a great spot for AMSAT. Hopefully we can pass all this STEM info to many in the teaching profession and make them aware of this great science item and tool... 73, Dee, NB2F Bob, Politicians are the same the world over. I note that some of your Politicians seem pa

[amsat-bb] Re: [sarex] Re: Re: ARRISat-1 Keps now available from Celestrak

2011-08-05 Thread Phil Karn
On 8/5/11 2:33 PM, Ted wrote: > Americans built it. They should have the naming rights. > > Just because some Russians threw it off their space ship does not give them > the right to name it (it just gives them the right to break it!) Americans built the spacecraft BUS. That's most of the space

[amsat-bb] ARISSat 70cms antenna?

2011-08-05 Thread John Heath
Hi satelliters, Delighted to see on the satus page http://oscar.dcarr.org/ that the transponder is working. Congratulations to everyone involved. What was the problem/fix for the antenna problem that delayed the launch to later in the spacewalk. Can't find anything new on the amsat.org web sit

[amsat-bb] Re: MacDoppler Help

2011-08-05 Thread Michael Schulz
I just downloaded the Celestrak keps and Radiskaf-B is in the list when you scroll all the way down. It doesn't show up when one selects the AMSAT keps. 73 Mike K5TRI On Aug 5, 2011, at 2:43 PM, James Luhn wrote: > I saw the post by WA4SCA in regards to AMATEUR.TXT and ARISSAT-1. I am > runni

[amsat-bb] Re: Arissat-1 Commanding?

2011-08-05 Thread W4ART Arthur Feller
The radio regulations govern here. Both the USA and Russian administrations are signatory parties, along with about all others around the world. The pertinent provision is: RR 22.1 Space stations shall be fitted with devices to ensure immediate cessation of their radio emissions by telecomman

[amsat-bb] Re: [sarex] Re: Re: ARRISat-1 Keps now available from Celestrak

2011-08-05 Thread Phil Karn
On 8/5/11 2:14 PM, Nigel A. Gunn, W8IFF/G8IFF wrote: > As many have said before. > Perhaps we should get away from the American system of allocating Oscar > numbers and use the real world name that the builders and launch > agencies use. It's longstanding tradition to give a spacecraft a pre-lau

[amsat-bb] Re: Arissat-1 Commanding?

2011-08-05 Thread Phil Karn
On 8/5/11 11:03 AM, Burns Fisher wrote: > I saw on one of the NASA announcements that the snarffled 70cm antenna would > mean no commanding of the bird. (This was probably before it was realized > that that receive actually seems to work). But the question I have is > whether there IS some comman

[amsat-bb] report of QRP ARISSAT-1 transponder operation

2011-08-05 Thread Bruce Robertson
I thought the members of the list would be glad to read the following from Bob, WB4SON, written on the funcube list: "Guys I keep reading false rumors here about big-guns or high power needed to access ARISSAT. That is NOT correct. I had no issue hearing my signal on the downlink. I'm using omnidi

[amsat-bb] Re: Juno On Its Way To Jupiter with LEGO toys

2011-08-05 Thread B J
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:30 PM, Trevor . wrote: > --- On Fri, 5/8/11, B J wrote: > > The launch went smoothly this morning > > though it was delayed by about three > > quarters of an hour due to a leak. > > > > Now we have to wait several years before Juno reaches > > Jupiter. > > Complete with

[amsat-bb] Re: A rose is a rose... is a rose

2011-08-05 Thread Trevor .
Bob, Politicians are the same the world over. I note that some of your Politicians seem paranoid about the USA's biggest trading partner, Beijing. I don't mind betting that in a few years time your Politicians will be falling over themselves to vote billions of tax dollars to the Space program

[amsat-bb] Re: [sarex] Re: Re: ARRISat-1 Keps now available from Celestrak

2011-08-05 Thread Ted
'use the real world name that the builders and launch agencies use.' Then how do you decide who gets the right to name? The builder? Or the 'launcher'? Yaesu builds a radio in Japan and sells it in the USA. It's still called a Yaesu. The name does not change because it came here on a Maersk car

[amsat-bb] Re: Juno On Its Way To Jupiter with LEGO toys

2011-08-05 Thread Trevor .
--- On Fri, 5/8/11, B J wrote: > The launch went smoothly this morning > though it was delayed by about three > quarters of an hour due to a leak. > > Now we have to wait several years before Juno reaches > Jupiter. Complete with 3 toys from the Danish LEGO company - I guess it's one way to rai

[amsat-bb] Re: [sarex] Re: Re: ARRISat-1 Keps now available from Celestrak

2011-08-05 Thread Nigel A. Gunn, W8IFF/G8IFF
As many have said before. Perhaps we should get away from the American system of allocating Oscar numbers and use the real world name that the builders and launch agencies use. On 08/05/2011 08:49 PM, Greg D. wrote: > It doesn't. > > But it speaks to what many are feeling - well, speaking for my

[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISat-1 Keps now available from Celestrak

2011-08-05 Thread George Henry
You can certainly edit the keps file in Notepad or any other text editor to display ARISSAT-1 if you prefer... one nice feature of SatPC32 is the "AmsatNames" file, which maps the NORAD or international designator of any satellite in the keps file to whatever name you wish. George, KA3

[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISat-1 Keps now available from Celestrak

2011-08-05 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Ted, No, the first name assigned usually sticks. A few times they have initially assigned a name to the wrong object. Even in that case, they just swap the names around. Remember, it has a Russian callsign, so that is as logical a choice as another. Some programs such as SATPC32 allow you to c

[amsat-bb] Re: [sarex] Re: Re: ARRISat-1 Keps now available from Celestrak

2011-08-05 Thread Greg D.
It doesn't. But it speaks to what many are feeling - well, speaking for myself at least - that it would be a really good idea, politically, that when ARISSat-1 gets an Oscar number, it should have an AO-prefix, not an RS-prefix. There, it's been said. Greg KO6TH > Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 20:

[amsat-bb] A rose is a rose... is a rose

2011-08-05 Thread Bob Bruninga
>> ,,,it now lists keps for 'Radioscaf-B'. (no >> ARRISat-1' listing). Will that eventually change? I chuckle. We in the USA have virtually abandoned manned space. We have no manned space flight vehicles because all we do is squabble with the attention span of 2 year olds in our politics and l

[amsat-bb] Juno On Its Way To Jupiter

2011-08-05 Thread B J
The launch went smoothly this morning though it was delayed by about three quarters of an hour due to a leak. Now we have to wait several years before Juno reaches Jupiter. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expresse

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 reception report.

2011-08-05 Thread on3swy
Hi Amsat, Arissat1.org, My name is Gert (ON3SWY) and I was able to receive the ARISSat1 2m FM downlink signal this morning CET. It goes without saying that I am very interested in receiving your PDF certificate. I received the FM signal with an honest 59. The secret word copied from my end was "E

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 WAV file

2011-08-05 Thread Edwin M. "EMike" McCardel, KC8YLD
I made this recording this morning from EN80um beginning Approx. 1124 UTC http://www.kc8yld.com/arissat.wav Recording was made on an Olympus handheld digital recorder. My equipment was Wouxan handheld and Arrow Antenna. I had my Yaesu VX-8R equiped with a rubber duck antenna laying on the ground.

[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISSat-1 Report and Thanks

2011-08-05 Thread i8cvs
Hi Nitin ,VU3TYG I would like to tanks again AMSAT India for the effort made to launch and commandind the satellite VO-52 the only one actually usable for decent CW and SSB QSO's ! 73" de i8CVS Domenico - Original Message - From: "Nitin Muttin" To: Cc: ; Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011

[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISat-1 Keps now available from Celestrak

2011-08-05 Thread Ted
Well, every bit of information I have read here and elsewhere would lead one to the conclusion that the satellite name is 'ARISSat-1'. Therefore it seems logical that it would be named so in the information provided by the people that provide the keps. Of course it doesn't 'need to change' as you

[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISat-1 Keps now available from Celestrak

2011-08-05 Thread Nigel A. Gunn, W8IFF/G8IFF
Why does it need to change. On 08/05/2011 07:47 PM, Ted wrote: > Just updated my HRD Sat program and it now lists keps for 'Radioscaf-B'. > (no ARRISat-1' listing) > > Will that eventually change? > > Ted K7TRK ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions

[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISat-1 Keps now available from Celestrak

2011-08-05 Thread Ted
Just updated my HRD Sat program and it now lists keps for 'Radioscaf-B'. (no ARRISat-1' listing) Will that eventually change? Ted K7TRK -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Alan P. Biddle Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 11:47

[amsat-bb] MacDoppler Help

2011-08-05 Thread James Luhn
I saw the post by WA4SCA in regards to AMATEUR.TXT and ARISSAT-1. I am runningMacDoppler and I am such a newbie. Can someone tell me how to get MacDoppler to see the Keps for RADIOSCAF? I have downloaded keps from AMSAT and Celestrak. I can be such a slow learner. At least I am having fun

[amsat-bb] NASA Accepting CubeSat Proposals

2011-08-05 Thread Clint Bradford
August 05, 2011 Joshua Buck Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1100 jb...@nasa.gov RELEASE: 11-256 NASA ANNOUNCES NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR CUBESAT SPACE MISSIONS WASHINGTON -- NASA is seeking proposals for small satellite payloads to fly on rockets planned

[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISat-1 Keps now available from Celestrak

2011-08-05 Thread George Henry
Also good because ISS keps are no longer valid for ARISSat-1, as it is now slightly ahead of the ISS, so AOS/LOS and doppler values would all be off. George, KA3HSW - Original Message > From: George Henry > To: apbid...@mailaps.org; AMSAT-BB ; SAREX-BB > > Sent: Fri, August 5, 2011

[amsat-bb] Re: ARRISat-1 Keps now available from Celestrak

2011-08-05 Thread George Henry
Good, 'cause I can't remember my SpaceTrack username or password... George, KA3HSW - Original Message > From: Alan P. Biddle > To: AMSAT-BB ; SAREX-BB > Sent: Fri, August 5, 2011 1:46:31 PM > Subject: [amsat-bb] ARRISat-1 Keps now available from Celestrak > > Just checked the late

[amsat-bb] ARRISat-1 Keps now available from Celestrak

2011-08-05 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Just checked the latest AMATEUR.TXT download from Celestrak, used by many tracking programs. ARRISat-1 is now included, though with the alternate name RADIOSCAF-B. Thanks as always to Tim Kelso. Alan WA4SCA ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions

[amsat-bb] Arissat-1 Commanding?

2011-08-05 Thread Burns Fisher
I saw on one of the NASA announcements that the snarffled 70cm antenna would mean no commanding of the bird. (This was probably before it was realized that that receive actually seems to work). But the question I have is whether there IS some commanding of the bird possible. I guess you have to b

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 over West Malaysia

2011-08-05 Thread Phil Karn
On 8/4/11 8:04 PM, Sion Chow Q. C. (9W2QC) wrote: > > 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. Tuning the CW beacon to 500 Hz

[amsat-bb] 2 X CW QSO via ArisSat-1

2011-08-05 Thread Andre' v Deventer
a 2x way cw contact with ZS6A Pierre. Got to be quick to beat the fades. Got a nice recording of this contact too.\ 73 andre ZS2BK ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support th

[amsat-bb] More on the transponder.

2011-08-05 Thread Rsoifer
Further to my last email, a full quarter-wavelength antenna for 435 MHz would be about 6.5 inches long. Lou estimates that the actual antenna is only about 1.5 inches. The short length has two effects: a reduced capture area for reception, and a greater likelihood of blockage by the main bo

[amsat-bb] TLM Rx 1579utc

2011-08-05 Thread Edward R. Cole
My system received 5 frames of Telemetry and 2 Frames of Kursk - while I was sleeping! Yeah, I set the radio to 145.920 and had the telemetry program running, and went to bed after the utc pass over Alaska. That was only a 1-degree elevation pass and I saw no signal. I overslept this mor

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 SSTV reception certificate

2011-08-05 Thread Gould Smith
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 recei

[amsat-bb] KB5WIA Update - CM79+

2011-08-05 Thread David Palmer KB5WIA
Hi Everyone, Here's an update on the CM79/CM89/CN70/CN80 plans. CM79 is not an easy grid to work from. Aside from being physically remote, and being a strenuous hike (800' climbing) from the nearest road, the actual topography of the grid is difficult for radio operations. The actual grid corne

[amsat-bb] Re : ARISSat-1 Question

2011-08-05 Thread Roland Zurmely
Olá Piraja ! Operations •Three modes of operation •High – Everything 24/7 •Low – FM, 1kBPSK,CW with 50% duty cycle (2mn OFF, 50s ON) •Emergency – FM, 1kBPSK,CW @ 10 sec / 1 minute rate Operations •At launch, satellite will operate in high power mode for at least 2 hours •High power mode will be

[amsat-bb] ARRISSat-1 Report and Thanks

2011-08-05 Thread Nitin Muttin
It was a great pleasure to watch the deployment of the ARRISSat-1 from the ISS on NASA TV. On behalf of AMSAT INDIA I would like to thank all at AMSAT , ARRISSat project team for enabling this capability for the Amateur Radio fraternity. I was able to hear the signals on 145.950 during the 03:57 U

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 reception report

2011-08-05 Thread Christoph Feenders
Hi, I heard the ARISSat this morning in North-West Germany (JO43bd): date time RS type 05.08.11 0201-0202 UTC 33 telemetry (voice) 05.08.11 0204-0205 UTC 22 voice (English) 05.08.11 0206-0209 UTC 45 telemetry (data), voice (greetings), teleme

[amsat-bb] Arrisat-1 reception report

2011-08-05 Thread Dean Meredith
I am sending you information about my reception report of the satellite i received this morning. Here is the Details you need so i can receive my certificate for reception of the satellite. 1. My reception report was 5/7 It was via SSTV using MMSSTV to decode. JPG. picture attached as file to thi

[amsat-bb] Re: LOTW-Sats-AClog

2011-08-05 Thread Gary "Joe" Mayfield
John, It is not hard, once you get it set up :) I have been doing it for some time now. I always start folks here: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/LoTW%20Instructions/N5JB.pdf The two fields you really need and don't already have are: Propagation Mode: SAT Satellite Name: AO-7 (example)

[amsat-bb] Keplerian Elements

2011-08-05 Thread Nigel A. Gunn, W8IFF/G8IFF
Here's another update. RADIOSCAF-B 1 37772U 98067CK 11217.41309442 .00015548 0-0 19021-3 030 2 37772 051.6392 272.9690 0013085 046.7791 072.0942 15.60506459 173 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author.

[amsat-bb] ARISSat over EL83TD - 1305 utc Pass

2011-08-05 Thread CO2HA Francisco Hernandez
Reception Report ARISSat-1 145.950MHz voice ID RS01S very strong S9+++ with deep fades S1 1305 UTC Female voice spoken words "PASWOORD= "PAEJALI" ( ??? in russian language) Receiver was a handy QUANSHENG TG-UV2 with his own rubber duck antenna 72/73 es DX Ing. Francisco Hernández Alon

[amsat-bb] Receive Report

2011-08-05 Thread Joe Batty
Gould and Dee,   It is with pleasure that I'm able to say I heard the the new ARISS1 at 0946Z (0246 local) from CN85mm. A solid copy but didn't last very long. I heard the lady's intro for about 20 seconds then gone. My first experience with the new satellite and only my 4th or 5 total contacts

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSSat-1 5th August at 1356 UTC

2011-08-05 Thread Gould Smith
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: Se

[amsat-bb] Re: Arissat from Puerto Rico

2011-08-05 Thread (kp4tr)Ramon Gonzalez
Last night i heard an ID in a girls voice and then in japanese. I wasnt able to take video but will be listening on the weekend more closely and try to capture SSTV image. Sent from my Adobe Flash and Java challenged iPhone On Aug 5, 2011, at 9:19 AM, "David H. Jordan" wrote: > Be sure to lis

[amsat-bb] Juno Spacecraft Scheduled For Launch Today

2011-08-05 Thread B J
NASA TV coverage is available at: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satell

[amsat-bb] Trent severn waterway dxpedition

2011-08-05 Thread newsradio6
Going to head east today and try operating this afternoon from FN14 on so50 + ao27. Va3BL Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network. Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell. ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@a

[amsat-bb] Transponder very weak here

2011-08-05 Thread Rsoifer
During the ARISSSat-1 pass that just went by (81 degrees max elevation), I tried the linear transponder. My CW signal peaked at RST 449. No other identifiable signals were heard, except for the CW and FM beacons, both of which were over S9. My 435 MHz EIRP was approximately 50 watts. 7

[amsat-bb] Re: arrisTLM tuning window

2011-08-05 Thread Danny Casier
No. If they are maximized and i try to resize them they disapear. I found huge numbers in the configfile. So i've reset the configfile and the problem is solved now. Tnx for enswering. 73 Dan ON5UE -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.or

[amsat-bb] ARISSSat-1 5th August at 1356 UTC

2011-08-05 Thread Sion Chow Q. C. (9W2QC)
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

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 over West Malaysia

2011-08-05 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Sion, Glad the simple solution worked. For others reading this, if the simple solution does not work, try the complicated one I gave. I always use the File | Exit method of closing a program for exactly this reason. In my case, it didn't work. 73s, Alan WA4SCA -Original Message-

[amsat-bb] Re: arrisTLM tuning window

2011-08-05 Thread David Moisan
I've found that I can maximize the windows and then resize them. 73, de N1KGH ___ 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:

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 over West Malaysia

2011-08-05 Thread Sion Chow Q. C.
Hi Maza-San, Just tried this and yes it works FB. Thank you for your help. And also thank you Alan for the reply. This is something that I could look out for future other problems with Windows 7. 73, Sion, 9M2CQC On 5 Aug 2011, at 09:07 PM, Masahiro Arai wrote: > Sion, > >> 1. Is it poss

[amsat-bb] Re: Today's Success

2011-08-05 Thread Michael Schulz
On Aug 5, 2011, at 8:24 AM, Bob Bruninga wrote: >> They provided those millions of dollars of launch and > integration services for EDUCATION!. PERIOD. And so EDUCATION is what they > thought they were getting and so EDUCATION is what they talk about. I may be wrong here, but isn't Amateur Radio

[amsat-bb] Re: Today's Success

2011-08-05 Thread Bob Bruninga
> At least one other website also emphasized that > ARISSat was built for educational purposes, > which disappointed me as I was always under the > impression that ARISSat was primarily an amateur radio bird. It *IS* an Amateur Radio Bird, but that is not what the Russians, NASA and the Interna

[amsat-bb] Re: Arissat from Puerto Rico

2011-08-05 Thread David H. Jordan
Be sure to listen for the voice message from the Puerto Rican student. Dave, AA4KN Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: "(kp4tr)Ramon Gonzalez" Sender: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 08:26:13 To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Arissat fro

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 over West Malaysia

2011-08-05 Thread Masahiro Arai
Sion, >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. When you close ARISSatTLM, did you push X button on right upp

[amsat-bb] Re: Keplerian Elements Question

2011-08-05 Thread Nigel A. Gunn, W8IFF/G8IFF
Try this: RADIOSCAF-B 1 37772U 98067CK 11217.21207942 .00016502 0-0 20151-3 026 2 37772 051.6391 273.9819 0013128 045.8900 022.9677 15.60501782 146 On 08/05/2011 12:42 PM, Thomas Doyle wrote: > I am sure this has been asked before but here goe. The educational satellite > RadioSka

[amsat-bb] Re: TLE?

2011-08-05 Thread Nigel A. Gunn, W8IFF/G8IFF
I posted them at least 12 hours ago. Here's the latest set. RADIOSCAF-B 1 37772U 98067CK 11217.21207942 .00016502 0-0 20151-3 026 2 37772 051.6391 273.9819 0013128 045.8900 022.9677 15.60501782 146 On 08/04/2011 10:07 PM, Jeffrey Koehler wrote: > Anybody have any idea when new TL

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSAT-1 TLEs

2011-08-05 Thread Nigel A. Gunn, W8IFF/G8IFF
ISS DEB 1 37771U 98067CJ 11217.13582195 .00090997 0-0 10693-2 021 2 37771 051.6418 274.3636 0012805 043.8913 316.2869 15.60594196 143 RADIOSCAF-B 1 37772U 98067CK 11217.21207942 .00016502 0-0 20151-3 026 2 37772 051.6391 273.9819 0013128 045.8900 022.9677 15.60501782 146

[amsat-bb] SDX on eclipse pass

2011-08-05 Thread Masahiro Arai
I got my downlink signal on ARISSat-1 SDX at eclipse pass 1233-1240z 5th Aug. SDX was open at the same time CW, BPSK, FM transmitting at eclipse aka low power mode. I heard BPSK signal then QSY to SDX band. I got clear and laud my downlink though the elevation was less then 5deg. My uplink system

[amsat-bb] Re: Keplerian Elements Question

2011-08-05 Thread Alan P. Biddle
It takes a few days for a new satellite to propagate into the correct lists. Initially, about the only place to find it is on Space Track and cut and paste it. Here is the latest, as of 1200 UTC today: RADIOSCAF-B 1 37772U 98067CK 11217.21207942 .00016502 0-0 20151-3 026 2 37772 051.6

[amsat-bb] Keplerian Elements Question

2011-08-05 Thread Thomas Doyle
I am sure this has been asked before but here goe. The educational satellite RadioSkaf-V has been operational for a few days. The Amsat online pass prediction / tracking lists the satellite but I can not find it in any of the files used to update the tracking software.

[amsat-bb] Arissat from Puerto Rico

2011-08-05 Thread (kp4tr)Ramon Gonzalez
Hello Last night KP4WK and myself (KP4TR) listened to Arissat when overhead in Puerto Rico last night. In our case we both live in Florida and was out of reach at that time, but we each own a remotely operated stations at our parents home. This gives us the advantage of listening and maybe work

[amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat-1 over West Malaysia

2011-08-05 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Hi, 2. The program does allow you to enter the callsign and forwarding permanently. However, it doesn't always work. : Earlier this year, I had it running with no problem on my XP machine. I bought a new WIN7 machine, and the install seemed to go well, except that it complained there was no

[amsat-bb] ARISSAT-1 question

2011-08-05 Thread ps8rf Piraja
Hello All, I have a question about the transmission of voice and images of the ARISSAT-1. I had understood that he would send at intervals of 2 minutes an image and a voice message. But in the orbit over the Atlantic 11:38 UTC I was able to hear messages of greetings, reports of temperature

[amsat-bb] arisat heard

2011-08-05 Thread Perry Yantis
heard ssb signals from K8YSE and KB8CAO briefly at 1126 utc on arisat I could not hear my signals for some reason Perry WB8OTH Perry p...@att.net sent from my Apple IMac ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author.

[amsat-bb] 2-way SSB Contact on ARRISat

2011-08-05 Thread John Papay
KD8CAO and K8YSE completed an unscheduled 2 way ssb qso on the ARRISat satellite this morning 5 August 2011 at 1125z. Signals were weak but readable. My keps were way off as the doppler shifted 1700 Hz from AOS till overhead elevation. If it had a uhf antenna, we would be doing a lot better, but

[amsat-bb] Kudos Re: a little perspective

2011-08-05 Thread Buckley, Jack
Nicely DONE Phil ! That's what I'm talking about :) May I second Dale's motion on the Kudos to Phil = Message: 13 Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:32:47 -0800 From: Dale Hershberger mailto:da...@alaska.net>> Subject: [ams

[amsat-bb] ARISSat-1 BPSK Reception Challenge

2011-08-05 Thread Trevor .
The signal levels from ARISSat-1 should be similar to those expected from the AMSAT-UK FUNcube-1 satellite (and also from UKube-1) and the AMSAT-UK team are keen to discover what will be the minimum and best type of antennas for schools to use. To encourage everyone to receive and report the AR

[amsat-bb] arrisTLM tuning window

2011-08-05 Thread ON5UE
Hello dr satfriends; What can be the reason why i can't get the tuningwindow and de telemetry as text window too. Execpt when i click right in the taskbar and chouse to open those windows maximized. No other format is possible. They just appear as maximized window Could that be a little bug?