AfriCUBE update from AMSAT-SA:
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/AfriCUBE.htm
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From ANS-103:
The latest version of TrustedQSL (TQSL), version 2.5.2, offers
improved Logbook of The World (LoTW) support for operations from
several locations, as well as the ability to detect uploads that
contain incorrect location data.
The primary new feature in TQSL 2.5.2 allows logging programs, in
conjunction with TQSL, to avoid incorrect contact uploads, while
adding mechanisms to allow easy uploading of logs for roving
stations. LoTW had required rovers to identify each location used
as a separate location in TQSL. The new version of TQSL allows these
operations to be handled much more smoothly by using information from
the station’s logging program.
When a log is signed by TQSL, the station details — call Sign, DXCC
entity, grid square, and other location details provided by the
selected station location (and call sign certificate) — are compared
with the details in the log. If the US state and station location in
a log do not agree, TQSL 2.5.2 will reject the contact, detecting
errors in instances when an incorrect station location has been
chosen.
This feature will necessitate changes in many logging programs,
because it requires that the log provide station details previously
not used by TQSL. Once a logging program supplies these (MY_STATE,
MY_DXCC, MY_CQ_ZONE, etc.), then TQSL will validate them against the
log. Currently, Cabrillo logs use the CALLSIGN field to verify that
the contacts are for the correct call sign.
Optionally, a station performing roaming operations (e.g., from
multiple grid squares) can choose to have TQSL assume that the log is
correct. When call sign or home station are provided with the log,
TQSL will automatically update the details on the upload. Select
“Override Station Location with QTH Details from your Log” on the
“Log Handling” preference page to enable this feature.
This release also includes an update to the most recent TQSL
configuration file.
FoxTelem has been updated to version 1.08z5 and the latest version is here: http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/windows/ http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/linux/ http://amsat.us/FoxTelem/mac/ This is not a mandatory upgrade. It fixes some minor bugs that caused crashes and corrects the calculation of the bit SNR for the Dot Pro- duct BPSK detector. If you use the Dot Product detector and you care about the measured bit signal to noise ratio, then you want to upgrade. Note that if you use Find Signal in IQ mode then the bit SNR level is used to determine if the signal is found. Because the level has changed you will need to adjust the threshold value. Email Chris Thompson at g0kla at arrl.net if you need more information. Please let me know if you see any issues, or log them on GitHub here: https://github.com/ac2cz/FoxTelem/issues [ANS thanks Chris Thompson, AC2CZ/G0KLA, AMSAT FoxTelem Developer for the above information]
Idag den 10 mars 2020 bildades sammanslutningen AMSAT-SM i samband med att föreningen AMSAT-SM lades ner. Processen att skapa ett AMSAT-SM för framtiden påbörjades efter årsmötet 2019 och nu är vi redo för att driva AMSAT-SM vidare på ett nytt och enklare sätt.
Alla aktiviteter som ingick i föreningen övergår till nu till sammanslutningen. Hemsidan kommer att uppdateras under mars med nya riktlinjer och övrig relevant information.
Välkommen med oss in i framtiden. AMSAT-SM är amatörradio via satellit!
Today, March 10, 2020, the AMSAT-SM group was formed in connection with the closure of the AMSAT-SM organization. The process of creating AMSAT-SM for the future began after the 2019 annual meeting and now we are ready to continue with AMSAT-SM in a new and simpler way.
All activities that were part of the old AMSAT-SM are now transferred to the new group. The website will be updated in March with new steering guidelines and other relevant information.
Welcome with us into the future. AMSAT-SM is Amateur Radio via Satellite!
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SK0TM satellitstation
Jan Olof Nilsson SMØIFP hälsar att SK0TM Tekniska museet nu har en komplett station för satellittrafik med bla. följande:
- ICOM IC-910E VHF UHF duobander allmode
- Vårgårda 2*6el VHF och 2*13el UHF monterade med 45 grader på bom
- Gpredict satellitspårning (Linux)
De har bla. tagit emot SSTV från ISS. AMSAT-SM tycker såklart det är roligt att de kommit igång med denna fina utrustning. Besök gärna stationen nästa gång du är på Tekniska museet!
AO-85 (Oscar 85) är numera förklarad som icke fungerande, batterierna verkar ha slutat fungera //Lars SM0TGU
AMSAT-OSCAR 85 Declared End of Mission
After a long decline in the health of its batteries, AO-85 has gone
silent. Having not been heard throughout the most recent period of
full illumination, it is reasonable to believe the batteries have
deteriorated to the point of no longer being able to power the trans-
mitter. Should some future event cause a cell to open, it is possible
the satellite may be heard again, but for now it is time to declare
end-of-mission.
AO-85 was conceived as the first AMSAT cubesat, and was designed to be
a successor to the popular AO-51 microsat. Accepted into the NASA
CubeSat Launch Initative in February 2012, AO-85 was launched October
8, 2015. AO-85’s success led to further Fox satellites AO-91, AO-92,
AO-95, and RadFxSat2 / Fox-1E which will be launched later this year.
The Fox-1E transponder was also spun off into a radio system now in
orbitonboard HuskySat-1, and soon to be in several other university
cubesats.
Development continues on GOLF-TEE and GOLF-1, which will include a
legacy V/u linear transponder and a SDR-based multiband uplink and 10
GHz downlink radio system. Your continued support of AMSAT by member-
ship and donations will help us Keep Amateur Radio in Space.
[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT Vice President – Operations
for the above information]