Just to make sure I'm on schedual. I see the next pass at about 1933Z at CN87
with a elevation of about 76 degrees. I realize the keps on this thing can
change by the minute.
73 Bob W7LRD
Seattle, Wa.
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Nice clear signal at 1803 Z here in San Jose, CA. IHU temp 42 degrees.
Pete
WA6WOA
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About 12 years ago, I was really into amateur radio satellites (the
analog birds). I always wanted to try the PacSats, but I was a
college student, and could not afford all of the necessary hardware.
I tried to do it in software (and ended up falling in love with
Linux). Now I have a good source
Hi all
I heard ARISSAT-1 briefly at 1824 and 1826z,
but I was unable to decode the BPSK TLM (only
a single Kusrk frame).
73 F.Costa, CT1EAT
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23:50-23:56 UTC, 3 Jan 2012, Ele 22 S-SE-E, 145.950MHz FM over Japan
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/20104ar1.mp3
1:22-1:27 UTC, 4 Jan 2012, Ele 7 W-WN-N, 145.950MHz FM over Japan
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/20104ar2.mp3
JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita
My pass this morning (1003AM PST) was actually about three minutes AHEAD of
AMSAT-NA's Keplerian data from last Thursday.
Clint Bradford
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You probably have one of the K5GNA BBQ dishes. The G3RUH is a solid round
spun dish.
73, Drew
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Subject: RE: [amsat-bb]
Good telemetry during the 1933Z pass today. No major changes in temperature
noted. Using today's keps, height is 184.2 km, so it can't stay up much
longer. Max elevation was 39 degrees and had to manually tune to keep the
audio in the telemetry decoder.
73,
Ken, W7KKE
CN75xa
Hi David
I heard that pass, and it seemed to be in low power mode, so on for 30
seconds and then off.
It should be around for a few hours more.
Thanks
David G0MRF
In a message dated 03/01/2012 17:34:39 GMT Standard Time,
at746da...@gmail.com writes:
Hello everybody:
This is David
No reception over NH at the predicted time of around 14:25. I kept the
receiver on for a while before and after, but nothing. One of my programs
said it was at 147Km; the other said 127. If 127 is right, then it's
probably down. Otherwise, maybe it overheated.
Also the last telemetry on the
On the nominal 0015 UTC pass over Texas, the ARISSat-1 telemetry seemed normal
but at about 4-5 minutes before LOS, the frequency of the CW marker and the
BPSK telemetry envelope started dropping very rapidly. I lost track how many
times I had to adjust the Doppler-corrected frequency down by
Hi,
My updated (and probably last) prediction for the decay of ARISSat 1:
January 4, 09:00 UTC ± 5 hours.
Recent predictions from other sources:
- USSTRATCOM TIP message:
January 4, 05:34 UTC ± 11 hours
- Aerospace:
January 4, 07:35 UTC ± 4 hours
(http://reentrynews.aero.org/1998067ck.html).
I will be doing a live broadcast of the 1610 EST pass over new England at
http://www.livestream.com/w1msgsat it will be a 65 degree pass and should be
pretty good if things aren't already cooking inside the satellite.
Craig
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Hi!
According to the morning numbers from Space Track, ARISSat-1 is down to 191
km, and losing about 1.5 km per orbit, or about 1 km per hour. The drag
effects are increasing rapidly, so TODAY would be an excellent time to make
any last minute QSOs through the transponder. Thanks to those
Email me off-list if you need the grid EL28 confirmed. I am going to
make a brief trip there later in the week and have several people
who've expressed they need it confirmed. I will do at least one pass
on an FM satellite.
73
Clayton
W5PFG
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Just copy sstv on 145950 FM , at 19:59 utc max elev. 4 dgr with good signals.
Best 73!
Pedro Cruz - CU2JX
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Hi!
Since becoming active on satellites again in April 2011, I have
managed to work 48 states on the FM transponders with portable
equipment. I did not set out to accomplish this minor feat on FM
alone because I do also operate VO-52, AO-7, and FO-29 /P. Hawaii is
impossible for me unless
Applause and accolades to the ARISSat-1 Team, for the tremendous amount of
fun, excitement, opportunities and activity that ARISSat-1 provided!
I got hooked at launch, listening/watching on the internet even as I was
also on HF that day conducting an exercise with the local and state
R.A.C.E.S.
Hi,
Nothing heard on the 10:10 Z pass over the south of England.
I was monitoring from 5 minutes before predicted AOS to take into account the
rapid changes in the keps.
73 John G7HIA
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23:50-23:56UTC, 3 Jan 2012, Ele 22 S-SE-E, 145.950MHz FM over Japan
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/20104ar1.mp3
JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita
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Forgot to note the altitude give by the most recent keps was 175 km.
Ron W5RKN
From: Ronald G. Parsons
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 6:27 PM
To: AMSAT-BB
Subject: Rapid frequency change on ARISSat pass
On the nominal 0015 UTC pass over Texas, the ARISSat-1 telemetry seemed normal
but at
Does anyone have any preliminary keps for this one? I'm not so worried about
whether they are correct with respect to launch/pass times, but just for a
generic orbit of the same dimensions. I think it's supposed to be 350x1500km,
71 degree inclination, or thereabouts?
73, Drew KO4MA
The last pre-recorded voice message heard from ARISSat-1 today? That of Yuri
Gagarin speaking to his ground crew. How appropriate.
Clint Bradford, K6LCS
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-004
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ANS-004 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin: ARISSat-1/KEDR Goes Silent
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 004.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 4, 2012
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-004.01
Reception reports indicate that ARISSat-1/KEDR
All,
Our busy satellite reentered sometime early on 4 January, 2012. The last
telemetry was received at 06:02:14 UTC with the temperatures showing very
high:
http://www.arissattlm.org/live
It was not expected that Space Command would do a TIP, but they did, so we
have relatively good
Journalist David Meyer interviewed Jim Heck G3WGM for his article on FUNcube-1.
Read the article at
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/emerging-tech/2012/01/04/radio-amateurs-prep-launch-of-tiny-funcube-satellite-40094737/
73 Trevor M5AKA
AMSAT-UK: http://www.uk.amsat.org/
Hi all
No signs from ARISSAT-1 at 1011z.
It must be SK by now...
Thanks for the great memories!
Congratulations to all team for this
absolute sucess.
73 F.Costa, CT1EAT
http://ct1eat.no.sapo.pt
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Looks like that the satellite reentered at 0602z today and JA0CAW caught the
last signal http://ja0caw-je0mzi.mo-blog.jp/syumi/2012/01/arissat1_950f.html
It's sad to see it went away :(
-Original Message-
From: Vu Trong Thu [mailto:th...@fpt.edu.vn]
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012
I worked many of the east coast states (specifically the 13 original states,
from Indiana) during the 13 Colony Special Event over the 4th of July weekend
in 2011. With luck they'll hold this special event in 2012.
73, Steve N9IP
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Hi,
Unfortunately my previous message did not make it through the BB
because it was down.
As expected, ARISSat 1 has now decayed. According to the first
Final Report of USSTRATCOM their last decay prediction was at
07:00 UTC +/- 3 hours on January 4, 2012, during an ascending
pass in orbit 2411
Is this list now moderated? I have joined with a new email address,
and my messages from the new email have not come through yet. I am
just wondering what is new with this reflector as it has been a very
long time since I have posted here.
Thanks,
Chris Maness
KQ6UP
DM13
Sure!
I´ve worked very low passes (5º and less) using a TH-F7E and a CJU antenna
(even a dual band whip). Lots of transatlantic QSOs from mobile. My F7E is
quite sensitive, but the bandwith is somewhat wide for SSB:
ALL,
I very much regret to report that on the pass over Cincinnati this
Morning using Dr. Kelso's Keps for January 4, 2011 with the AOS predicted at
14:24Z, there was no evidence of any signal on 145.950 or 145.930 MHz.
It may be that this very enjoyable, interesting and challenging
Hi!
On Saturday (7 January) morning, I will be at the ThunderBird
Amateur Radio Club's hamfest in Phoenix AZ with an AMSAT table.
The hamfest is in a new location, and is back to being an
outdoor event (it had been indoors for the last 3 years). More
information about the hamfest is available
Hmmm ... One of the first reception reports of ARISSat-1 after deployment comes
from JN1GKZ in Japan.
And the satellite re-enters Earth's atmosphere - over Japan.
Just wonderin' out loud ... (grin)
Clint Bradford K6LCS
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Nothing heard on this morning's pass, AOS 1422UTC, Orbit 2415, EL89.
SatPC32 had the altitude at 121km.
73-Larry.
K4OZS
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An agreement has now been reached with ISIS Launch Services BV, who are based
in Delft in the Netherlands, for them to provide a launch of the FUNcube-1
CubeSat. See
http://www.uk.amsat.org/2012/01/03/funcube-launch-details/
73 Trevor M5AKA
AMSAT-UK: http://www.uk.amsat.org/
I have not heard anything from ARISSat-1 this morning during the past
two calculated passes. I notice the last Telemetry entry was at 0602
UTC, so it is safe to say she has died. It is like losing a friend.
It was a lot of fun and I certainly hope the community has learned much
from it.
Can someone send me the Doppler SQF information for for ARRISAT-1?
Thanks
Pat McGrath
Ka6tya
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FUNcube -1 – Launch details and time frame finalised
An agreement has now been reached with ISIS Launch Services BV, who are
based in Delft in the Netherlands, for them to provide a launch of the
FUNcube-1 CubeSat.
It is anticipated that FUNcube-1, which has been created by a team of
Chris,
Like you, I really enjoyed the old digital birds. However, the interest in
that has fallen off. AO-51 did have a very nice system, and a few other
satellites have had more traditional Packet BBS capabilities. The interest
just does not seem to be there, when the old satellites died,
Hi Chris,
The golden days of the Pacsat Store/forward operations appear to be
gone for now, if not for good...I am still addicted, and wish everyday
for a rebirth...
The old pacsat birds are up there, just not functional. For a while a
few years ago, we had AO-16 running in voice mode (FM up,
As an avid Hamsat operator with limited equipment I was able to listen and
record a pass
of arissat-1 two days ago. My goal was to make a memento of sorts for my log
of new
acheivements for 2012.I thought some readers might like to see it.
73, VE7DAO / VA7ISS
Pat,
I used these:
ARISSAT1,145918.180,0,USB,,,0,0,BPSK/CW-2
ARISSAT1,145950.0,0,FM,,,0,0,VOICE/SSTV
ARISSAT1,145930.0,435750.0,USB,LSB,REV,0,0,XPDR
ARISSAT1,145938.2,0,USB,,,0,0,CW-1
Fingers crossed we will need them again.
Alan
WA4SCA
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There are still the aprs sats like iss pcsat go-32 and maybe some more I
forgot.
offcourse this is direct digpeating and not store and forward but can
still be a lot fun.
73 Andre PE1RDW
Op 4-1-2012 20:27, Mark L. Hammond schreef:
Hi Chris,
The golden days of the Pacsat Store/forward
Hi Drew.
If you would like to have a look at the Vega orbit, find a LEO sat in NOVA and
change the following:
Inclination 70 degrees
Mean motion 14.05
Eccentricity 0.079
It does not show everything correctly because of launch time but it does show
coverage and an orbital period near 105
I've had several requests for EL97. I will plan to be on the
AO-27 pass at 1824z or so on Saturday, 7 January 2012. This
pass should work well for the eastern half of the US. If there
are any west coast stations that need it, I will stay for the
next AO-27 pass at 2005z. If you can't make the
I've been wondering if the issue is not lack of interest but lack of
education and marketing. If newer hams were to see and understand the
benefits of a store-and-forward PacSat, I believe you'd see a level of
support as strong as days passed. I have been playing with
terrestrial packet and
Op 4-1-2012 21:29, Chris Maness schreef:
I have been looking into using the APRS digipeater on the ISS to send
txt messages. Is this possible? I go hiking and camping a lot, and
it would be cool to at least digipeat through the ISS. What would be
even better is an email sat. Store and
Maybe this the last confirmed Two-way contact via Arrisat-1 ?
03/01/2012 15:20 2E0SQL-GW1FKY sent 55 rx 58-9
73
Rob M0TFO
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Sorry had a sticky RRR
On 4 Jan 2012, at 21:20, Rob Styles wrote:
Maybe this the last confirmed Two-way contact via ARISSat-1?
03/01/2012 15:20 2E0SQL-GW1FKY sent 55 rx 58-9
73
Rob M0TFO
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Steve, maybe you could email me the calls of the people you worked and I could
contact them?
Merv
mervynhe...@yahoo.com
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OK, maybe my last post was too general in asking about East Coast contacts.
If anyone is New York or New Jersey sees this message please contact me to set
up a schedule. Merv K)6E
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Many of the pacsats were university sats built for missions similar to today's
cubesats. GO-32, the Korean ones, the University of Surrey ones, Tiuansat, etc.
They operated in the amateur bands, and were generally open access to the store
and forward parts, while
Hi all...
I am wondering with the lack of Operational Satellites up at the
moment.what is actually wrong with HO-68...
All I could find out is that it had a scheduling problem, so what does
this mean...its hardware or software...?
With the limited life of these birds I would think they
Merv,
Maybe you could list the states you are looking to work.
Dave - KB1PVH
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Hi Clayton / Alan
Since the original launch of the store and forward satellites - Was it the
mid 1980s? -we've had all sorts of terrestrial methods of doing the same
thing. E-mail, texting, social media etc. All have depleted interest.
Arissat has (sorry...had...sob..) some very innovative
Bob,
Regarding your Cu wire dish... you might look at the Tek Sharp dishes as an
easier alternative to rolling your own. I picked one up on ebay about a year
ago and put it in my attic... waiting for amsat-dl :-)
http://www.plumdragon.com/teksharp/hr_AO-40_products.htm
Drew,
I have a spare
John,
Alan Kung, BA1DU and CEO of CAMSAT was one of the speakers at the Dayton AMSAT
Forum. He reported that HO-68 is suffering from a bad relay or relay driver
that is used to switch from the beacon to the transponder. The likelihood of
recovery is low, but not zero.
Here is the
Hi Chris
IMHO Pacsat interest decrease at same
rate internet connections increase.
By early 90's, electronic messaging was
something new, and not available to ordinary
people, like us hams.
But now we can do it almost anywhere in the
world, for an infinite fraction of the price,
with minimal
As I recall it was a problem with a relay.
73 Trevor M5AKA
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Hi all...
I am wondering with the lack of Operational Satellites up
at the
moment.what is actually wrong with HO-68...
All I could find out is that it had a scheduling
Regarding your Cu wire dish... you might look at
the Tek Sharp dishes as an easier alternative to rolling your own.
We are after absolute minimum wind drag. I don't think the Tek dish would
survive accurate tracking while driving along the interstate at 70 PMPH to
catch a balloon. And we
John at Spectrum International used to sell a strong 3 foot mesh dish for
HRPT (WX).
Jeff
K2SDR
-Original Message-
From: Bob Bruninga
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 5:54 PM
To: 'K5OE' ; amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Looking for a G3RUH dish
Regarding your Cu wire
I am not sure Tek Sharp continues to make the patch feeds. They certainly
do not make the tri-band feed, but I was able to get a dual band patch from
them in June 2009 for one of their hardware cloth dishes.
73's,
Tim - N8DEU
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From: K5OE k...@aol.com
To:
Short emails are posible trough iss
http://wa8lmf.net/bruninga/aprs/sset-email.GIF
it's one way only but good enough for checkin messages, there are enough
monitoring stations to cover most needs, africa might be a bit hard at
places but even there, there should be posibileties.
73 Andre
Hello all. It is time again for our HVSG net tomorrow Jan.05 @ 8 PM Eastern.
You can find us on Echolink @ N2EYH-L or on the Mt. Beacon Repeater 146.970 pl
100. We usually have an Amsat area Coordinator,Dee NB2F,check into the Net. So
if you have any questions about Amsat Dee is the man to
I'm surprised that nobody has made an online repository for the
Doppler.SQF files for ALL amateur satellites.
What would be the best place to keep one? AMSAT-NA web site? On the
DK1TB's web site, where people go to download SATPC32?
Maintaining a Doppler.SQF repository would be relatively
On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Andre pe1...@amsat.org wrote:
Op 5-1-2012 1:45, Chris Maness schreef:
Short emails are posible trough iss
http://wa8lmf.net/bruninga/aprs/sset-email.GIF
it's one way only but good enough for checkin messages, there are enough
monitoring stations to cover most
KQ6UPBEACON,ARISS: UI: :EMAIL:kq...@kq6up.orgThis is a test
of ISS mail.
That is a good APRS email packet. But the3 next lines indicate
that you were CONNECTING to RS0ISS and not remaining in UI mode. If y ou are
connected, then you get the crew not available text, and you will
I have a brother in Strafford, NH (not a ham) - next time we go out there
for a visit, I will take the radio and the Elk antenna and activate NH, ME
and MA. (I wonder if there's a spot where I can activate all three at once?
Oh, Google Earth...)
George, KA3HSW
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On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Bob Bruninga bruni...@usna.edu wrote:
KQ6UPBEACON,ARISS: UI: :EMAIL :kq...@kq6up.org This is a test
of ISS mail.
That is a good APRS email packet. But the3 next lines indicate
that you were CONNECTING to RS0ISS and not remaining in UI mode. If y ou
This is a quick note to thank Paul, KB5MU, the gentleman behind the
listma...@amsat.org curtain for all the hard work to get the AMSAT e-mail
lists operational. Today was a day of headlines for AMSAT. Paul got things
moving. Thank you for what you do for AMSAT!
--
73 de JoAnne K9JKM
K2BSA/5 will be on the air this Sunday for ARRL Kids Day from the National
Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas, EM12. Although satellite pass
opportunities will be limited, we should be able to hit the 1936Z and 2117Z
AO27 passes. 1936 will be almost 66 degrees but the later pass will be only
10 or
Amen JoAnne,
And he was doing at least by 1980, and helped me get started on the
computer in connection with satellite communications. And I am sure,
many othersTnx, Paul 73
88's JoAnne Dave
This is a quick note to thank Paul, KB5MU, the gentleman behind the
listma...@amsat.org
Hi Bob,
I'm trying to visualize you driving (bouncing) down the freeway at 70 mph with
a square yard of curved (airfoil!) metal sitting at odd angles to the air flow,
trying to aim it at a target you may not be able to see clearly, which is also
moving at some rate in another direction, with
Speaking of which, can any of the available amateur software packages
handle a moving ground station? I'd like to be able to automate the
antenna tracking on a boat.
73, doug
On 05-Jan-12 05:55, Greg D. wrote:
Hi Bob,
I'm trying to visualize you driving (bouncing) down the freeway at 70
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