[amsat-bb] ANS-040 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins

2014-02-08 Thread E.Mike McCardel
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-040 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Ra

[amsat-bb] Re: 150 cubesats to provide global WIFI multicasting

2014-02-08 Thread Bryce Salmi
AMSAT-NA FTP server was almost 3.5 GB last time I checked. On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Gus wrote: > On 02/08/2014 09:24 AM, Robert Bruninga wrote: > > Any ham wanting to collect this content simply puts his 96000 baud radio > > listing to that repeaer INPUT to join the net! An AP runs tog

[amsat-bb] Next SpaceX Dragon Launch Scheduled

2014-02-08 Thread B J
http://www.newspacejournal.com/2014/02/08/spacex-sets-date-for-next-crs-mission-as-orbital-makes-long-term-plans/ http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/02/spacex-dragons-crs-3-launch-march-16/ 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org.

[amsat-bb] Re: 150 cubesats to provide global WIFI multicasting

2014-02-08 Thread Gus
On 02/08/2014 09:24 AM, Robert Bruninga wrote: > Any ham wanting to collect this content simply puts his 96000 baud radio > listing to that repeaer INPUT to join the net! An AP runs together > building a buffer of that 70 megabytes of ham radio content per day, which > is then instantly accessibl

[amsat-bb] AO-7 Mode B Beacon

2014-02-08 Thread Paul Stoetzer
I had a 75 degree pass of AO-7 this afternoon and thought I'd try to hear the beacon. I've tried a couple of times now and not heard anything. Maybe my high local noise level prevents me from hearing it, but I don't have much noise with the antenna pointing almost straight up. Does the Mode B beac

[amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32 CAT with IC-9100

2014-02-08 Thread Dave Webb KB1PVH
Gabriel, I have the same setup and it works perfect. Email me direct and we can go over settings if you want to Dave-KB1PVH Sent from my Verizon Wireless Droid RAZR ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMS

[amsat-bb] Re: Listening on USB when operating CW

2014-02-08 Thread Rich/wa4bue
1/2 the time I do not have a key plugged into the rig. I do call a CW op on SSB but have not had a reply. Back in the 80s there were a lot more CW ops. Anyway I have no complaint any OSCAR contact is a good one. Wish I could have worked the Alaska station today, awesome signal. Hope he made

[amsat-bb] Re: Listening on USB when operating CW

2014-02-08 Thread tosca005
Kevin: I don't think that the OP was trying to complain about SSB operators being less capable or less polite or less facile in their Doppler tuning correction or whatever in comparison to CW operators. He was just making an observation that sometimes two pairs of communicating operators have

[amsat-bb] Re: IiNUSAT nanosatellite

2014-02-08 Thread M5AKA
IiNUSAT also mentioned at http://tinyurl.com/Indonesian-Satellites The page also mentions an Indonesian microsatellite INASAT-1 this I understand was planned to have a FM Transponder Cross band Repeater 2m to 70cm and APRS Digipeater but I don't know it's current status. , 73 Trevor M5AKA

[amsat-bb] IiNUSAT nanosatellite

2014-02-08 Thread M5AKA
The Indonesian IiNUSAT nanosatellite is slated for an April/May launch on the Indian PSLV C23. A paper describes it as having a 9600 bps downlink on 436.915 MHz with an uplink at 145.950 MHz.  http://tinyurl.com/pmzu3ph 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ Sent via AM

[amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32 CAT with IC-9100

2014-02-08 Thread David Beumer
Suggest you email Erich and ask him erich.eichm...@t-online.de -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Gabriel - EA6VQ Sent: Friday, February 7, 2014 11:22 AM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 CAT with IC-9100

[amsat-bb] Re: ICE/ISEE-3 to return to an Earth no longer capable of speaking to it

2014-02-08 Thread Floyd Rodgers
I have made a comment on the EME reflector about whether or not someone was capable of the contact. So far I have a couple of replies that capability exists. Now to do the math and see if it is a reasonable attempt. On 2/7/2014 12:18 PM, ka2pbt wrote: >From Emily Lakdawalla of The Planetary So

[amsat-bb] FUNcube Data Warehouse Server disruption

2014-02-08 Thread David A B Johnson
Hi, You may experience some outages to the server this weekened as I make some changes to it's database and operation. These are to improve the accuracy of the date and time receords in the database and hence the reporting / graphing. If the outages are short-lived, the Dashboard will retry a

[amsat-bb] Re: 150 cubesats to provide global WIFI multicasting

2014-02-08 Thread Andre
On 08-02-14 14:24, Robert Bruninga wrote: > Already Ham Radio has the technology, bandwidth, and evreything needed to > implement distribution of over 70 megabytes of Ham Radio data to every > mobile and handheld operator every day. That's a lot of content. > > And the frequencies exist, and the s

[amsat-bb] Re: 150 cubesats to provide global WIFI multicasting

2014-02-08 Thread Robert Bruninga
Already Ham Radio has the technology, bandwidth, and evreything needed to implement distribution of over 70 megabytes of Ham Radio data to every mobile and handheld operator every day. That's a lot of content. And the frequencies exist, and the sites exist. THink about it. Every single VOICE re

[amsat-bb] Re: 150 cubesats to provide global WIFI multicasting

2014-02-08 Thread M5AKA
Hi Michael, It'll be a weak lower-bit rate 802.11 signal since a 1U CubeSat could only provide an RF output of around 0.4 watts at 2400 MHz but it's certainly feasible. Signals probably won't be receivable in urban areas due the strength of other WiFi signals but my understanding is the syst

[amsat-bb] Re: SO-50 sat//Arctic/n6spp

2014-02-08 Thread Eric T-N6SPP
Its a go for 1849AK local time tonite, thnx guys 73 n6spp Bq40si76 ~via iP5 > On Feb 6, 2014, at 19:51, Eric T-N6SPP wrote: > > Hi guys(+bcc list here too)-Portable with > Ft-530 and anli800 tele whip from grid- BQ40SI76 > > Will try for the following passes: > (All AK local time) > > 2/7 f

[amsat-bb] 150 cubesats to provide global WIFI multicasting

2014-02-08 Thread Michael Chen
Maybe my knowledge is out dated, or is this another fiction? https://www.outernet.is/ Guys responsible for frequency coordination will freak out for such project. :) 发自我的 iPhone Michael Chen, BD5RV AMSAT-CHINA ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinio