AMSAT-UK would like to wish all its members and friends a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Good Luck in 2014.
Tag Archives: Ham Radio
Updated Dashboard Software now available
The FUNcube Team are pleased to announce the latest version of the Dashboard Software.
Version 814 can be downloaded from http://funcube.org.uk/working-documents/funcube-telemetry-dashboard/
We thank everyone for their interest and reports of the success of FUNcube-1 (AO-73) and we look forward to continued operations.
Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas
73 The FUNcube Project Team
FUNcube-1 High Resolution Graphs Available
Sun Sensors
Total Photo Current
There is now a facility to view the latest FUNcube-1 (AO-73) High Resolution Data uploaded to the Data Warehouse. The link can be found in the Navigation Bar on the warehouse.
Following on from this will be making Hi-Res data available to download via .csv files, in a similar way we do for Whole Orbit Data. Watch this space.
Seasons Greetings
Dave, G4DPZ
Battery Volts
Dashboard App – Telemetry Decoder
http://funcube.org.uk/working-documents/funcube-telemetry-dashboard/
Data Warehouse – Telemetry Archive
http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/
Satellite Tracking Apps
https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/satellite-tracking/
FUNcube-1: One Month in Space
FUNcube-1 flight model – Image credit Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG
The FUNcube-1 (AO-73) spacecraft has now been in orbit and fully operational for one month.
We are very happy and VERY grateful to all the stations who have committed their time and effort into regularly receiving the telemetry and uploading it to our Data Warehouse. We really want to say a BIG THANK YOU and please keep it coming.
Dave G4DPZ is still busy refining the operation of the Warehouse and is promising more features over the next few days/weeks. Further updates to the Dashboard are also expected soon.
If anyone knows of potential additional stations that could be established in some of the remoter parts of the globe we would be grateful to have your ideas and introductions. “Simple” stations with omnidirectional antennas, dongles and internet connected laptops would be all that is needed.
AMSAT-UK FUNcube Mission Patch
We intend to keep the present operating schedule in place for the time being whilst various on board parameters continue to be characterized by the team.
The present low internal temperatures being experienced by the spacecraft, at least in the northern hemisphere, are causing some frequency shifting to take place – especially on the uplink frequencies – roll on summer!
We are not yet 100% certain that Object 2013-066AE is FUNcube-1 but it is looking the most likely candidate.
As the launch was more than 30 days ago, the record for this object has now moved to the http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/cubesat.txt file and the object is now referred to as DNEPR OBJECT AE.
The http://funcube.org.uk/working-documents/latest-two-line-elements/ page has been updated to match.
73! de the FUNcube team
ISS Ham Video Commissioning
Front panel of the HamTV transmitter
As announced August 21, 2013 the Ham Video transmitter is onboard the International Space Station and stored in the Columbus module.
September 10, 2013 we informed about the Experiment Sequences Test (EST) and the Simulations performed by the European Space Agency in collaboration with ARISS.
September 20, 2013 we announced the Ham Video Launch Campaign and described a simple station for Ham Video reception.
New HamTV Antennas for ARISS Telebridge Station IK1SLD at Casale Monferrato, Italy
The Commissioning of the Ham Video transmitter needs to cover different configurations involving 2 antennas, 4 frequencies and 2 symbol rates. As announced earlier, the signals transmitted during the Commissioning steps will be received by the Matera ground station, located in south Italy (see HamTV Bulletin #2).
Moreover, during the Commissioning period, the Ham Video transmitter will transmit permanently for several days (weeks). This will allow ground stations to test their equipment and to provide useful information concerning the efficiency of the transmitter.
For these transmissions, no camera will be used. The so-called “blank” transmissions will nevertheless provide a complete DVB-S signal, as described hereafter.
We hoped that the Commissioning of the Ham Video transmitter would be planned October 2013. It appeared that the “Flight Rules” regarding ARISS activities, which cover VHF and UHF transmissions, needed to be updated for S-band.
One of the Columbus Module 2.4 / 1.2 GHz Antennas
Writing Flight Rules and having them verified, accepted and signed by all parties involved is a process that takes time. ARISS matters have low priority among the countless activities that populate the International Space Station. Unforeseen events, such as the recent failing of a cooling system, evidently cause further delay.
Finally, the January – February 2014 time frame seems a reasonable guess for the Ham Video Commissioning.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year !
73
Gaston Bertels, ON4WF
ARISS-Europe chairman
December 22, 2013
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HamTV Bulletins are available at www.ariss-eu.org
See left side column : HamTV Bulletin 4 (with annexes)
OZ/KO4MA on the satellites December 25-31
Drew Glasbrenner KO4MA
AMSAT Vice President of Operations Drew Glasbrenner will be operating through the satellites from Denmark from December 25-31 using the call OZ/KO4MA.
He’ll be portable in the Kolding area and hopes to be active on all the satellite transponders.
Mark Hammond plans to be active in the satellites from Madrid in Spain from Dec 24 – Jan 2 using the call EA/N8MH.
Getting started in satellites https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/radcom-getting-started-on-satellites/
How to work SSB satellites https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/how-to-work-the-ssb-satellites/
How to work FM satellites https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/how-to-work-a-fm-satellite/
Satellite Tracking https://amsat-uk.org/beginners/satellite-tracking/
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