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Today's Topics:
1. 14-Sept. WX balloon launch with UHF->VHF FM transponder. (Cor)
2. Re: Yaesu G-5400B computer control (Ronald G. Parsons)
3. NASA closes Johnson Space Center (Rob Rousseau)
4. Re: NASA closes Johnson Space Center (Jeffrey Koehler)
5. College Station Night Thursday Sept. 18 (Dr. Jay Garlitz)
6. Re: NASA closes Johnson Space Center
(Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR])
7. Re: Uh, ISS, We Have a Problem... (Andrew Koenig)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:10:45 +0200
From: "Cor" <spacecor(AT)hetnet.nl>
Subject: [amsat-bb] 14-Sept. WX balloon launch with UHF->VHF FM
transponder.
To: <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
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Hello All,
At 14 September is a balloon Fox hunt in Holland.
On the Weather balloon is mounted:
UHF -> VHF FM transponder.
ATV video transmitter (with camera on balloon looking down to earth).
The ATV video stream is also to follow (live) via internet.
The ATV video transmitter TX on 2330Mhz.
The FM transponder frequenties are:
Uplink: 432.550Mhz FM
Downlink: 145.475Mhz FM
In the past I was been able to work hams
from five (nearby) countries via the balloon
transponder.
More info is to see on:
http://www.ballonvossenjacht.nl/gbtaal.html
73's Cor PD0RKC
Ham Radio In Space: http://iss.ontwikkel.nl
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:21:29 -0500
From: "Ronald G. Parsons" <w5rkn(AT)amsat.org>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Yaesu G-5400B computer control
To: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
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An inexpensive solution is the FD ST1 kit. See my mini-review here in the
archives and also
http://www.foxdelta.com/products/st1.htm
It uses the EasyComm interface.
Ron W5RKN
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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:03:53 -0400
From: Sebastian <w4as(AT)bellsouth.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Yaesu G-5400B computer control
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
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What do I need to connect my G-5400B to my computer in order to
automate satellite antenna tracking?
I'm current using Ham Radio Deluxe. I've heard of the LVB tracker,
and the GS-232 but I wonder if there is a cheaper or easier solution,
being that the software program now does a lot of the functions (or so
I believe it does).
73 de W4AS
Sebastian
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:36:54 -0400
From: Rob Rousseau <ki4bke(AT)nc.rr.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] NASA closes Johnson Space Center
To: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
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Clint,
Thanks for the heads up. That is pretty cool they can do all that
from laptops from a hotel room no less. The (large-ish) company I work
for has about 42% of their employees working working from home.
I found a news article about NASA here:
-Rob, KI4BKE
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5996566.html
By MARK CARREAU Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
Sept. 11, 2008, 6:55PM
NASA closed the Johnson Space Center, including Mission Control, at
midday as Hurricane Ike neared the Texas coast. The agency activated a
temporary control center near Austin to watch over the international
space station until the storm threat passes.
As part of the storm precautions, NASA postponed the docking of a
Russian Progress cargo capsule with the station, which had been
scheduled for Friday, just after 4 p.m. CDT.
The station's three-man crew includes American Greg Chamitoff, the
science officer and two Russians, commander Sergei Volkov and flight
engineer Oleg Kononenko.
"We will assess any damage, and decide when it's safe to come back,"
said NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries as Johnson prepared to release its
16,500 workers, many of them residents of the communities around
Galveston Bay.
The temporary control center, set up in a hotel outside Austin, is
equipped to communicate with the space station's crew around the clock
through NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
The space agency dispatched more flight controllers to Marshall, home to
the station's payload operations center, which supervises scientific
research aboard the orbital outpost. In an adjoining control center
established as an emergency backup to Houston's Mission Control, NASA
was prepared to take over long-term support of the station if the
Johnson Space Center sustained severe damage from Ike.
The Progress cargo capsule was launched from Kazakhstan on Wednesday
with fuel, food, water, spare parts and other supplies for the 220-mile
high orbital outpost.
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:46:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jeffrey Koehler <jeffk13057(AT)yahoo.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: NASA closes Johnson Space Center
To: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
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Hi guys:
I wonder if wouldn't be a good idea to get the 700 powered up in the event of
a problem with comms on the ground?
Any thoughts, Ken?
73,
Jeff WB2SYK #36011
--- On Fri, 9/12/08, Rob Rousseau <ki4bke(AT)nc.rr.com> wrote:
> From: Rob Rousseau <ki4bke(AT)nc.rr.com>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] NASA closes Johnson Space Center
> To: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
> Date: Friday, September 12, 2008, 1:36 PM
> Clint,
> Thanks for the heads up. That is pretty cool they can
> do all that
> from laptops from a hotel room no less. The (large-ish)
> company I work
> for has about 42% of their employees working working from
> home.
> I found a news article about NASA here:
> -Rob, KI4BKE
>
> http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5996566.html
>
>
> By MARK CARREAU Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
>
>
> Sept. 11, 2008, 6:55PM
>
>
> NASA closed the Johnson Space Center, including Mission
> Control, at
> midday as Hurricane Ike neared the Texas coast. The agency
> activated a
> temporary control center near Austin to watch over the
> international
> space station until the storm threat passes.
>
> As part of the storm precautions, NASA postponed the
> docking of a
> Russian Progress cargo capsule with the station, which had
> been
> scheduled for Friday, just after 4 p.m. CDT.
>
> The station's three-man crew includes American Greg
> Chamitoff, the
> science officer and two Russians, commander Sergei Volkov
> and flight
> engineer Oleg Kononenko.
>
> "We will assess any damage, and decide when it's
> safe to come back,"
> said NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries as Johnson prepared to
> release its
> 16,500 workers, many of them residents of the communities
> around
> Galveston Bay.
>
> The temporary control center, set up in a hotel outside
> Austin, is
> equipped to communicate with the space station's crew
> around the clock
> through NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in
> Huntsville, Ala.
>
> The space agency dispatched more flight controllers to
> Marshall, home to
> the station's payload operations center, which
> supervises scientific
> research aboard the orbital outpost. In an adjoining
> control center
> established as an emergency backup to Houston's Mission
> Control, NASA
> was prepared to take over long-term support of the station
> if the
> Johnson Space Center sustained severe damage from Ike.
>
> The Progress cargo capsule was launched from Kazakhstan on
> Wednesday
> with fuel, food, water, spare parts and other supplies for
> the 220-mile
> high orbital outpost.
>
>
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:19:11 -0400
From: "Dr. Jay Garlitz" <drjay(AT)gatordental.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] College Station Night Thursday Sept. 18
To: <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
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A college Satellite night will be held Thursday September 18, 2008 (local
time). This event is a great opportunity for hams that are satellite active
to interact with college students and elmer a new generation! Do you know a
college student who would find amateur satellites interesting and
intellectually challenging? Have them as a guest at your station and
introduce them to amateur radio in a way they will never forget.
Look for college stations and students on all the birds that evening and
please give them preference for operation. With the new school year just
starting, new student guests and thus potential young hams will be present
in college shacks around the country. They look forward to meeting you
through the exciting venue of Orbiting Satellites carrying Amateur Radio!
73, Hope to see you on the birds!
Dr. Jay Garlitz, AA4FL
Faculty Advisor, Gator Amateur Radio Club at the University of Florida
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:34:12 -0500
From: "Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR]" <kenneth.g.ransom(AT)nasa.gov>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: NASA closes Johnson Space Center
To: <jeffk13057(AT)yahoo.com>, <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
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White Sands handles the TDRS comm link to where ever it is needed. Russians
have their VHF ground stations and they have 3 backup ground sites in the USA.
Moscow can also handle many of the command duties for ISS so I think the crew
is safe but they can used the ham radio anytime they want. It is part of their
training should a multiple communications failure occur.
Kenneth - N5VHO
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From: amsat-bb-bounces(AT)amsat.org on behalf of Jeffrey Koehler
Sent: Fri 9/12/2008 12:46 PM
To: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: NASA closes Johnson Space Center
Hi guys:
I wonder if wouldn't be a good idea to get the 700 powered up in the event of
a problem with comms on the ground?
Any thoughts, Ken?
73,
Jeff WB2SYK #36011
--- On Fri, 9/12/08, Rob Rousseau <ki4bke(AT)nc.rr.com> wrote:
> From: Rob Rousseau <ki4bke(AT)nc.rr.com>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] NASA closes Johnson Space Center
> To: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
> Date: Friday, September 12, 2008, 1:36 PM
> Clint,
> Thanks for the heads up. That is pretty cool they can
> do all that
> from laptops from a hotel room no less. The (large-ish)
> company I work
> for has about 42% of their employees working working from
> home.
> I found a news article about NASA here:
> -Rob, KI4BKE
>
> http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5996566.html
>
>
> By MARK CARREAU Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle
>
>
> Sept. 11, 2008, 6:55PM
>
>
> NASA closed the Johnson Space Center, including Mission
> Control, at
> midday as Hurricane Ike neared the Texas coast. The agency
> activated a
> temporary control center near Austin to watch over the
> international
> space station until the storm threat passes.
>
> As part of the storm precautions, NASA postponed the
> docking of a
> Russian Progress cargo capsule with the station, which had
> been
> scheduled for Friday, just after 4 p.m. CDT.
>
> The station's three-man crew includes American Greg
> Chamitoff, the
> science officer and two Russians, commander Sergei Volkov
> and flight
> engineer Oleg Kononenko.
>
> "We will assess any damage, and decide when it's
> safe to come back,"
> said NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries as Johnson prepared to
> release its
> 16,500 workers, many of them residents of the communities
> around
> Galveston Bay.
>
> The temporary control center, set up in a hotel outside
> Austin, is
> equipped to communicate with the space station's crew
> around the clock
> through NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in
> Huntsville, Ala.
>
> The space agency dispatched more flight controllers to
> Marshall, home to
> the station's payload operations center, which
> supervises scientific
> research aboard the orbital outpost. In an adjoining
> control center
> established as an emergency backup to Houston's Mission
> Control, NASA
> was prepared to take over long-term support of the station
> if the
> Johnson Space Center sustained severe damage from Ike.
>
> The Progress cargo capsule was launched from Kazakhstan on
> Wednesday
> with fuel, food, water, spare parts and other supplies for
> the 220-mile
> high orbital outpost.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> of the author.
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:38:32 -0500
From: "Andrew Koenig" <andrewkoenig(AT)thathamkid.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Uh, ISS, We Have a Problem...
To: "Nate Duehr" <nate(AT)natetech.com>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
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To be honest, I'm not surprised that they can control a billion dollar
station with just a few laptops from hundreds of miles away from Mission
Control. I remember during Hurricane Rita, mission control was given to the
Russian space agency, and NASA was evacuated (look into Zone A and Zone B in
Houston evac maps, I live in Zone B btw).
Hopefully the JSC isn't flattened, since the track is headed right up
towards it.
>From my evacuation site, KE5GDB
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 3:10 AM, Nate Duehr <nate(AT)natetech.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 11, 2008, at 11:07 PM, Clint Bradford wrote:
>
> > Well, it's happening right now. Eleven laptop computers in a nearby
> > hotel are controlling the ISS, since NASA's Johnson Space Center in
> > Houston closed Thursday due to the approaching storm.
>
>
> Working for a company that makes videoconferencing gear, and putting
> that out as a "disclaimer"... it made me think ... wow... not a whole
> lot of excuses for not using modern technology and closing down LOTS
> of "old fashioned" office buildings whenever possible, with more
> professionals working from home.
>
> Less fuel/cars, less travel, lots of other benefits... and the kicker
> phrase to use to get people thinking differently...
>
> "Hey, if you can control ISS from a hotel room..."
>
> Lots of hams with complete "remote control" ham shacks, and clubs
> doing it too for the folks who can't have towers/antennas. I'd rather
> see those folks able to do what they like with their land they OWN,
> including towers if they want. So un-American to put up with
> Homeowner's Associations and forced contracts of behavior for your own
> LAND... but... it's cool that the technology along with broadband
> Internet, allows things to get done easily from "somewhere else",
> securely, safely, and it all works.
>
> Of course, the geek in me wants to know HOW they're doing it.
> Wouldn't it be cool if there's a bunch of VNC or similar free tools
> doing the job? I doubt it, but hey... whatever. They're pulling it
> off.
>
> Wonder how they're getting the comms back and forth too... is the
> voice comm person in the hotel room too?
>
> Yeah, yeah, I know they have some folks staying in Mission Control...
> but it's still cool. And obviously "do-able" to "remote control"
> everything -- well mostly everything. (There's mention on
> SpaceFlightNow's article that the solar panel pointing, of all goofy
> things, isn't something they can do from the hotel room. Wonder why?)
>
> --
> Nate Duehr, WY0X
> nate(AT)natetech.com
>
>
>
>
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--
73's
Andrew K.
KE5GDB
http://www.thathamkid.com
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