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AMSAT-SM-nätet 24/7 2011

Hej!

Dagens nät på 3740 klockan 10.00

Deltagare
SM0AIG
SM4EFW
SM4JLX
SM5HL
SM6NZV
SM7WSJ

Inte så mycket att ta upp för tillfället men vi kör på.

*Rymdfärjans sista nedfärd (sett från ISS)

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2014.html

*ARISSat-1 närmar sig aktivering.

ARISSat-1/KEDR Project Manager Gould Smith, WA4SXM said this week the latest
status, discussed during the International ARISS
teleconference Sergey Samburov,
RV3DR announced the ARISSat battery will be charged late July and a test of
the
system will be conducted on the ISS from 1915 UTC
30 July to about 1200-1400 UTC
31 July.

During the test ARISSat-1 will be in LOW power mode, this means that it will
transmit about 40 seconds and then shut down for
2 minutes and then transmit for
40 seconds, etc. The standard ARISSat-1/KEDR 2m downlink band plan should be
transmitted. Additionally, the FM signal also downlinked on 437.55 MHz.

As to the date of deployment, Gould summarized,
“The deployment date for ARISSat
is still subject to change. As of July 14 we are looking at a 3 Aug 2011
date
for EVA 29 and the ARISSat-1/KEDR deployment. The
ARISSat/KEDR deployment is the
first task of the EVA, so it will occur fairly soon after the EVA begins. We
will let everyone know more as we know more.”

145.950 MHz FM Downlink:
————————
FM transmissions will cycle between a voice ID as RS01S, select tele-
metry values, 24 international greeting messages in 15 languages and
SSTV images. One of the messages will be a conversation between Yuri
Gagarin and ground control. See the next news item for pointers to get
your station ready to receive the SSTV images.

435 MHz – 145 MHz Linear Transponder:
————————————-
The linear transponder will operate in Mode U/V (70 cm Up, 2m Down).
It is an 16 KHz wide inverting passband and the convention will be to
TX LSB on the 435 MHz uplink and RX USB on the 145 MHz downlink. This
mode is designed to work with low power transmitters and omni antenna.

145.919 MHz/145.939 MHz CW Beacon:
———————————-
The CW transmissions will be callsign ID RS01S, select telemetry, and
callsigns of people actively involved with the ARISS program.

145.920 MHz SSB BPSK-1000 Telemetry:
————————————
The BPSK transmissions will feature a new 1kBPSK protocol developed
by Phil Karn, KA9Q to be readable in low signal level conditions.
The BPSK data will transmit satellite telemetry.

The ARISSat-1/KEDR BPSK-1000 downlink is transmitted in SSB mode on
145.920 MHz. When the CW2 beacon on 145.919 MHz is active this
indicates that the BPSK-1000 format is being transmitted. If the
CW1 beacon on 145.939 MHz is active this indicates the backup of
BPSK-400 format is being transmitted.

Transmitting at 100 mW, both BPSK rates include Forward Error
Correction (FEC) and it is expected that modest quarter-wave
antennas with low-loss coaxial cable will provide sufficient
signal strength for decoding and display by the ARISSatTLM
software.

Download the Windows ARISSatTLM free ground station soundcard
demodulator and display software:
http://www.arissattlm.org/download/ARISSatTLM_050_Setup.exe

Download the Mac ARISSatTLM software:
http://www.arissattlm.org/download/ARISSATTLM.zip

The ARISSatTLM software user guide is available:
http://tinyurl.com/42uhtyf (amsat.org)

Get your color ARISSat-1/KEDR Frequency Guide:
http://tinyurl.com/4t497t2 (amsat.org)

ARISSat-1/KEDR Presentation Slides (~1MB)
http://tinyurl.com/4n4pzkm (amsat.org)

ARISSat-1/KEDR Dayton Presentation Slides
http://tinyurl.com/6zrfmzv (amsat.org)

Follow ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/arissat1

Hoppas någon klarar höra den vid provaktiveringen.

73 Håkan SM7WSJ

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AMSAT-SM-nätet 17/7 2011

Hej!

Ett tag sedan senaste rapport om HF nätet.

Deltagare
SM4EFW
SM4JLX
SM6NZV
SM7WSJ

*ARISSat-1

During the International ARISS teleconference Sergey Samburov, RV3DR
announced that the ARISSat battery will be charged late July and a test of
the system will be conducted on the ISS from 1915 UTC 30 July to about
1200-1400 UTC 31 July. The standard ARISSat-1/KEDR 2m downlink band plan
should be transmitted as well as the FM signal also downlinked on 437.55
MHz. More information as it becomes available.

Today we are looking at a 3 Aug 2011 date for EVA 29 and the ARISSat-1/KEDR
deployment. This is all subject to change.

*Lofar
http://lofar-se.org/

*Onsala på Månen

http://www.youtube.com/user/SM6CKU?feature=mhee

*Satellitpirater

http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2009/04/fleetcom?currentPage=all

*För övrigt så snurrar dom vanliga satelliterna på med lite osäkerhet runt
AO-51 och enbart beacon på HO-68.

73 Håkan SM7WSJ

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Ny styrelse AMSAT Italien

Dear Friends,
this is to inform you that AMSAT Italia has a new Board since 11 January 2011 which is so composed:

Emanuele D’ANDRIA – I0ELE – President
Piero TOGNOLATTI – I0KPT-Vice President
Francesco  DE PAOLIS – IK0WGF – Secretary
Fabio AZZARELLO – IW8QKU – Board Member
Tonino GIAGNACOVO – Board Member

Stefano LORU – I0LYO – Auditor
Antonio BALDIN – IW3QKU – Auditor
Michele MALLARDI – IZ7EVR – Auditor

Please send this information to all whom it may concern.
For more information please visit  AMSAT Italia website http://www.amsat.it
73,

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Läs senaste Oscar News

AMSAT-UK have made available a free PDF of the Spring 2011 edition of their newletter OSCAR News.

It contains reports on four UK CubeSat projects currently being developed. News of new South African CubeSats and details of the telemetry on ARISsat-1 currently scheduled to be deployed from the International Space Station in August.

A printed copy of OSCAR News is posted to members each quarter.

Membership of AMSAT-UK is open to anyone who has an interest in Amateur Radio satellites/space activities, including the ISS. You do not have to have an amateur radio licence to join, many of our members are interested in listening to satellites and decoding the telemetry.

Read the Oscar News PDF at
http://www.uk.amsat.org/on_193_final.pdf

Join AMSAT-UK at
http://tinyurl.com/JoinAMSAT-UK/

AMSAT-UK Colloquium July 30-31 Guildford
http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium-2011/

AMSAT-UK: http://www.uk.amsat.org/
—-
73 Trevor M5AKA

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Mer ARISSat-1 information

Getting Ready for ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Operation

Here are some reminders to help you get your station ready for
ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V operation. Your 2-meter FM radio or HT will work well to receive the FM voice messages and SSTV on the 145.950 MHz downlink.

You will need a SSB-capable receiver to copy the BPSK telemetry beacon, the
CW beacons, and the linear transponder passband.

Read about the details …

145.950 MHz FM Downlink:
————————
FM transmissions will cycle between a voice ID as RS01S, select tele- metry
values, 24 international greeting messages in 15 languages and SSTV images. One of the messages will be a conversation between Yuri Gagarin and ground control.

435 MHz – 145 MHz Linear Transponder:
————————————-
The linear transponder will operate in Mode U/V (70 cm Up, 2m Down).
It is an 16 KHz wide inverting passband and the convention will be to TX LSB
on the 435 MHz uplink and RX USB on the 145 MHz downlink. This mode is designed to work with low power transmitters and omni antenna.

145.919 MHz/145.939 MHz CW Beacon:
———————————-
The CW transmissions will be callsign ID RS01S, select telemetry, and
callsigns of people actively involved with the ARISS program.

145.920 MHz SSB BPSK-1000 Telemetry:
————————————
The BPSK transmissions will feature a new 1kBPSK protocol developed by Phil
Karn, KA9Q to be readable in low signal level conditions. The BPSK data will transmit satellite telemetry.

The ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V BPSK-1000 downlink is transmitted in SSB mode on 145.920 MHz. When the CW2 beacon on 145.919 MHz is active this indicates that the BPSK-1000 format is being transmitted. If the CW1 beacon on 145.939 MHz is active this indicates the backup of BPSK-400 format is being transmitted.

Transmitting at 100 mW, both BPSK rates include Forward Error Correction
(FEC) and it is expected that modest quarter-wave antennas with low-loss coaxial cable will provide sufficient signal strength for decoding and display by the ARISSatTLM software.

Download the Windows ARISSatTLM free ground station soundcard demodulator and display software:
http://www.arissattlm.org/download/ARISSatTLM_050_Setup.exe

Download the Mac ARISSatTLM software:
http://www.arissattlm.org/download/ARISSATTLM.zip

The ARISSatTLM software user guide is available:
http://tinyurl.com/42uhtyf (amsat.org)

Get your color ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Frequency Guide:
http://tinyurl.com/4t497t2 (amsat.org)

ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Presentation Slides (~1MB) http://tinyurl.com/4n4pzkm
(amsat.org)

[ANS thanks the ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Team for the above information]

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AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2011

Om ni har vägarna förbi England i sommar kanske AMSAT-UK Colloquium kan vara något?

http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium-2011