I also signed up and have bought a few things but it is my understanding
only 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products goes to AMSAT. So if
you buy a DVD worth $19.99 and it's eligible for AmazonSmile, roughly $0.10
of that $19.99 will go to AMSAT but I think Amazon waits until something
It is very sad to confirm this. In fact I was among the very first to note
the silence of VO52 and I notified Mani a few days ago. A bird meant for a
year and lasting for a decade speaks of ISRO'S brilliance in SAT designs
and launches. I would prefer to laud ISRO for this 10 yr gift rather than
In addition most cubsats just buy prebut of commercial modules
(clydespace...) so those teams have to do little actual engineering. Those
teams however are limited I. Their scope for the future whereas AMSAT-NA is
developing the basic building blocks of heir own platform to build on. I.
Addition
Hi all!
I'm planning on attending the Orlando Maker Faire on Sept 13,14 2014 to
showcase amateur satellites.
Anyone else planning on attending? I've got all the necessary gear for a
fun filled day.
Norm n3ykf
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It looks like the Clearwater Amateur Radio Society is also attending.
Is their table going to be the Sat table?
Joe
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 4:45 AM, Lizeth Norman normanliz...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi all!
I'm planning on attending the Orlando Maker Faire on Sept 13,14 2014 to
showcase amateur
Thanks to you and the Sprout team for the QSL card, issuance No. 5, for
receiving and reporting telemetry from Sprout.
73 de andy G0SFJ
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I've also signed up, and have probably bought a few hundred dollars worth
of stuff since then. .5% is not huge, and is probably more helpful to
Amazon (via publicity) than to AMSAT, but it can't hurt.
I would add that usually I go directly to the Smile page with my link, but
on the rare occasion
Hi Phil,
The new era I speak of is AMSAT-NA's foray into CubeSats. Certainly FM
birds are nothing new. I'd like to see more efficient modes and methods
in the future. Perhaps leverage a smartphone interface for the roving
digital operator?
I am a firm believer in the direction of
Hi
Heard the transponder of Lutianicasat-1 a few minutes ago , good signal
.Only me calling .
73
PY5LF
Luciano Fabricio
Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm
http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF
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I dont keep up with these things at all but what happen to the others?
failed, dropped out of orbit, what?
One day someone is going to be saying sorry, ghost rider the pattern
is full
JAB
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Off the top of my head:
AO-51 - Battery failure (Problem fixed in Fox series - shorted
batteries will be cut loose from the circuit and the satellite will
operate when in the sun)
AO-27 - Likely radiation damaged memory (Problem fixed in Fox series -
IHU failure will cause it to become a dumb FM
Successful commands:
22/07/2014 10:24:26 *forcebeac#
Recieved Beacon:
+W5UL,CAPE-2,f,GR,201301281930CST,5324mV,01003,f,19C,18C,ulcape.org#
22/07/2014 10:24:54 *dump#
Recieved Health Beacon:
W5UL,5318,825,5303,3,5298,53,5298,GR,001,19,18,ulcape.org#
Satélite CAPE
Circumstances in the launch business have driven many groups,
including AMSAT, to select the cubesat path to space. Arguing about an
on-going project isn't productive but I find discussions about future
possibilities interesting. These discussions don't have come at the
expense of the current
To date, we have received $66.62 from Amazon Smile
73- Martha
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 8:35 AM, Burns Fisher bu...@fisher.cc wrote:
I've also signed up, and have probably bought a few hundred dollars worth
of stuff since then. .5% is not huge, and is probably more helpful to
Amazon (via
I hope someone can launch a 100 of them, single channel ,pileup ,total chaos
,someone keying down on the entire pass what more would you want.
All we need to bust a crazy pile up is a 300 watt mfj amp right? Lets all work
to the good of the satellite part of the hobby. SSB/CW birds are the only
Damon,
They can certainly be frustrating when you have all these lids calling
CQ and keying up who obviously cannot hear the satellite, but there is
a ton of popular demand for FM satellites. I had a lot of people ask
me what FM satellites were working at Dayton and at the hamfest I did
a demo at
I have been following the digital satellite discussion with great
interest. Both sides have valid points.
I would like to pose a strictly engineering question. Keep in mind that
I'm not an engineer but consider myself reasonably well read on the
amateur satellite
world.
A digital
Wait, if my math is right that means a total of $13,324 has gone through
Amazon smile in the name of AMSAT!
- Brent
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 7:45 AM, Martha mar...@amsat.org wrote:
To date, we have received $66.62 from Amazon Smile
73- Martha
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 8:35 AM, Burns
Good day all,
Let me attempt to add a few cogent thoughts to the ongoing 'future of AMSAT'
discussion...
I don't know if I am the typical ham or not, but I've been licensed for 35+
years... started in my teens. Have built some of my own gear, joined clubs,
worked HF, chased DX, dabbled in
On 07/22/2014 06:49 AM, Clayton Coleman wrote:
Hi Phil,
The new era I speak of is AMSAT-NA's foray into CubeSats.
Well, I guess I could read that as when all you have is lemons, make
lemonade. AMSAT used to make spacecraft that, while small by
commercial/military/scientific standards, dwarfed
Thats actually an impressive total, the percentage for AMSAT Is small but
wow! Every bit counts.
On Tuesday, July 22, 2014, Brenton Salmi kb1...@gmail.com wrote:
Wait, if my math is right that means a total of $13,324 has gone through
Amazon smile in the name of AMSAT!
- Brent
On Tue,
And, in a related question, wouldn't more proccessing demand more power from
the batteries/solar panels? I know my PC cetainly draws a lot more power when
the CPO is working hard. Just curiosity questions, I support digital, FM, and
Linear satellites. If it were not for FM sats, I would
Dear Mani and Suresh,
This is the culmination of an important phase of 'Ham-History' of India.
'HAMSAT VO-52' was a dream fulfilled; an emotional outcome of many
contributors and well-wishers. I would like to join you all in thanking and
expressing heartfelt gratefulness to all those who made it
Phil,
You're missing the point. Do I personally think Fox-1 is pushing the
bleeding edge of technology? No. Buts it's a great step to building a good
foundation. I think your frustration with the lack of digital birds is
overcoming an understanding of where AMSAT currently is and where it's
going.
Day visitors to this weekends International Space Colloquium in Guildford
should note that if they wish to attend the Gala Meal on the Saturday evening
they must book it at
http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_10/Colloquium-2014-Fri-25-July-to-Sun-27-July.html
(Please note that we need to
Regarding real LOW Earth “orbits”, G6UIM reports a Balloon launched in the
UK is approaching Washington state from across Asia and the Pacific right
now.
See: http://spacenear.us/tracker/ look for Balloon B-63
It is being well received by the APRS network in Canada, Washington and
Oregon as it
Not withstanding all the brouhaha over various satellite types. I don't care
if it's FM, I don't care if it's digital, I don't care if it's linear, I don't
care if it's LEO, I don't care if it's MEO, I don't care if it's HEO. To quote
Frank-K4FEG, work 'em till the antennas vaporize. I would
Been a member of AMSAT since the early 80s. Like most of you joined to
support the SAT Program. Most of us probably joined for the same reason.
How does AMSAT survive? Survival is through volunteers and financial
resources. Where does that come from
Like any other amateur radio club
On 7/22/2014 9:21 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
Off the top of my head:
AO-51 - Battery failure (Problem fixed in Fox series - shorted
batteries will be cut loose from the circuit and the satellite will
operate when in the sun)
This is an original conops for Fox-1 that did not make it to reality.
Rich,
From your email:
It is hard to use the birds in our K4AMG mentoring program since their
orbits are mostly incompatible with classroom times. NO SOLUTION IN SITE.
I would disagree that no solution is in site. Check the pass times for
EO-79, EO-80, and UKube-1. You'll find they are very
Jerry,
Thanks for the clarification. It is unfortunate that it got removed,
but understandable. Hopefully the batteries will last the entire 11
year lifetime of the orbit and, if not, that newer and better
satellites will continually be launched!
Is the feature that allows the FM transponder to
Having three Fox1 cubesats in orbit will significantly increase the
opportunities too :D Power in numbers!
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Paul Stoetzer n...@arrl.net wrote:
Rich,
From your email:
It is hard to use the birds in our K4AMG mentoring program since their
orbits are mostly
On 07/22/2014 11:54 AM, Kevin M wrote:
I've heard comments that basically imply anyone who wants to go outside with an
HT and wave a yagi around is stupid.
I will respond to this because of comments I've made in the past, which
may have been misunderstood.
Standing outside with a yagi in
Being involved in the power system, I personally am hoping to get this
included in the near future on some of the next Fox's. We will see!
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Jerry Buxton am...@n0jy.org wrote:
On 7/22/2014 9:21 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
Off the top of my head:
AO-51 - Battery
It isn't a lot of revenue earned but it's one more capacitor on a
cubesat board, I guess. The thing is to persuade more people to sign up.
On 07/22/2014 12:03 PM, Bryce Salmi wrote:
Thats actually an impressive total, the percentage for AMSAT Is small but
wow! Every bit counts.
On Tuesday,
It just got me to sign up. I spend at least 10% of the total AMSAT smile amount
every year on Amazon. If everyone signs up the total would be significantly
larger...
73 Jeff KB2M
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On 07/22/2014 01:18 PM, Rich/wa4bue wrote:
So there is a need to plan ahead for more accessible birds with more
Linear
transponders and other features. How do we get there?
We need wideband software receivers that can look at the entire
passband, detect individual signals and determine type,
But if the goal of satellite operation is from the shack-potato position,
why not just use the internet and not bother.
Don't forget the TOTAL FAILURE of the original SAT-PHONE industry when
they ignored cellphones and fiber. No one would bother with a sat-phone
when their $9/mo cell phone could
On 07/22/2014 01:52 PM, Bryce Salmi wrote:
Capacitors are like $0.01 each nowadays.
We call it HUMOR. :-)
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Gus 8P6SM
The Easternmost Isle
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Easy Art
I just went to smile.amazon.com to sign up. It also explains the whole thing...
73 Jeff KB2M
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From: Arthur Feller afel...@ieee.org
To: k...@comcast.net
Sent: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 17:52:48 - (UTC)
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Amazon Smile
Suggest explaining:
I know :D
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:05 AM, Gus g...@8p6sm.net wrote:
On 07/22/2014 01:52 PM, Bryce Salmi wrote:
Capacitors are like $0.01 each nowadays.
We call it HUMOR. :-)
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Gus 8P6SM
The Easternmost Isle
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All this requires much much much more power than a 1U satellite is
currently capable of producing. At least for always on type operating.
We'll get there eventually.
Also, there's definitely the critical mass effect of having a constellation
of smaller satellites in orbit. Look at ORBCOMM. No GEO
For those of us who enjoy the roar of a big rocket on a Wednesday
afternoon ...
NASA TV will broadcast the ISS Progress 56 cargo craft launch from
Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday at 5:44 p.m. EDT on a
4-orbit, 6-hour fast track rendezvous to dock with the station's Pirs
docking
But as far as I'm concerned, it IS NOT the ultimate objective of a
satellite operator. It is the BARE MINIMUM of satellite operation, and
there is no way I'm going to be satisfied with that for more than one or
two passes.
Fair opinion to have, you are entitled to it. However, stating it the
On 07/22/2014 04:09 PM, Kevin M wrote:
But as far as I'm concerned, it IS NOT the ultimate objective of a
satellite operator. It is the BARE MINIMUM of satellite operation, and
there is no way I'm going to be satisfied with that for more than one or
two passes.
Fair opinion to have, you are
Gus,
I have a modest Satellite Station at home and I've worked
many Countries and many Grids with it. It's very enjoyable.
But, I also have equipment and antennas that I take on Grid
Expeditions to hand out rare Grids to the folks that need them
and would otherwise probably not get them. I drive
On 07/22/2014 06:25 PM, R.T.Liddy wrote:
You may think it's stupid...
Oh, for heavens sake. I DIDN'T SAY IT WAS STUPID!!! I said:
To imply to the uneducated observer and potential future satellite
operator, that
standing in the rain is the pinnacle of hamsat ground station
technology is
Now, as far as the bad behavior on SO-50. At least 75% of that is due
to people who can't hear the thing, but the Fox satellites are going
to be 13 dB stronger than SO-50 (9 dB advantage due to the 2m
downlink, about 4 dB due to the 750 mW power output compared to SO-50s
250 mW), so hopefully
They simply don't realize how much more could be done with
21st century technology. That's what I'm trying to change, so far
without much success.
Phil, the technology you describe could equally well be used in cross-band
terrestrial transponders. Has anyone yet developed it for terrestrial
Hi Gus!
You would have been happy with how AMSAT presented satellite
operating at the ARRL Centennial Convention that just concluded
in Hartford over the weekend. We had a day-long training seminar
last Thursday (17 July), and we touched on the extremes for stations
capable of satellite
On 07/22/2014 07:11 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) wrote:
You would have been happy with how AMSAT presented satellite
operating at the ARRL Centennial Convention that just concluded
in Hartford over the weekend.
Sounds like a great party! I know it wouldn't have been easy to set up,
and
HAM video Blank Transmission from the ISS was activated again today
Tuesday July 22 at 9:55 UTC, which is 11:55 CEST. It will be switched
off again on
August 6th so make the most of the chance to receive and test equipment.
The Ham Video transmitter will stay on in Configuration 4 till August 6:
On 07/22/2014 04:06 PM, M5AKA wrote:
Phil, the technology you describe could equally well be used in
cross-band terrestrial transponders. Has anyone yet developed it for
terrestrial use ?
Sure, there are several digital schemes now appearing for ham VHF/UHF
voice use, such as D*Star
Bob,
Are these balloon's on 144.390
73
Nitin [VU3TYG]
From: Robert Bruninga bruni...@usna.edu
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Tuesday, 22 July 2014 10:27 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Round-world balloon approaching Noth America M0XER-3
Regarding real LOW Earth
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