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Editor-in-Chief Joe Neil Kornowski, KB6IGK Assistant Editors Bernhard Jatzeck, VA6BMJ Douglas Quagliana, KA2UPW/5 W.M. Red Willoughby, KC4LE Volume 40, Number 1 Jan/Feb 2017 Packet Up! in this issue ... AO-85 AMSAT Announcement ..............2 Apogee View .................................3 Now Orbiting by Barry Baines • WD4ASW From Sea and Operating! Ten Things You Probably Didn’t to Satellites Know About Launching CubeSats .......................................4 by Jerry Buxton • N0JY ARISS Update .................................5 by Frank Bauer • KA3HDO Rosalie White • K1STO Get on the Air with ARISS Packet ..........................................12 by JoAnne Maenpaa • K9JKM Working Digipeaters with the Kenwood TH-D72A and TH-D74A ......................................19 by Joe Kornowski • KB6IGK Patrick Stoddard • WD9EWK Finding Veronica: Methods for Obtaining Recordings of Satellite Passes ..........................................23 by Douglas Quagliana • KA2UPW/5 Using DVB-S2X and Annex M to Implement Low-cost Phase 4B .....................................26 by Wallace Ritchie • WU1Y [ Joe Kornowski, KB6IGK, photo.] [Joe Kornowski,[Dave KB6IGK, Taylor, photo] W8AAS, photo.] mailing offices mailing and at additional at and At Kensington, MD Kensington, At Kensington, MD 20895-2526 MD Kensington, POSTAGE PAID POSTAGE 10605 Concord St., Suite 304 Suite St., Concord 10605 Periodicals AMSAT-NA The LEO-Pack Are you ready for Fo 1 1D ? 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We encourage technical The annual AMSAT Space Symposium features: and scientific innovation, and promote the training and development of skilled satellite * Space Symposium with Amateur Satellite Presentations and ground system designers and operators. * Operating Techniques, News, & Plans from the Amateur Satellite World * Board of Directors Meeting open to AMSAT members AMSAT’s Vision * Opportunities to Meet Board Members and Officers Our Vision is to deploy satellite systems * AMSAT-NA Annual General Membership Meeting with the goal of providing wide-area * Auction, Annual Banquet, Keynote Speaker and Door Prizes! and continuous coverage. AMSAT will continue active participation in human Several members from The Sierra Nevada Amateur Radio Society (SNARS), as well as space missions and support a stream of LEO many other local radio amateurs will be participating in helping with this event. satellites developed in cooperation with the educational community and other amateur Additional information about the 2017 AMSAT Symposium will be posted on the satellite groups. AMSAT web site, www.amsat.org as it becomes available. 2 The AMSAT Journal Jan/Feb 2017 www.amsat.org Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA) RadFxSat-2 (Fox-1E) is still scheduled 10605 Concord St., Suite 304, Kensington, MD 20895- Apogee View 2526 to be launched in December 2017 under Telephone: 301-822-4376 – Toll Free: 888-322-6728 Barry Baines, WD4ASW ELaNa-XX, though experience suggests that Facsimile: 301-822-4371 we shouldn’t be surprised if this time frame AMSAT-NA Club Callsign: W3ZM President AMSAT-NA Web site: http://www.amsat.org changes. IARU coordination has been filed. Transponder development is coming along The AMSAT Journal Staff appy New Year! I trust the holiday well, and the Engineering Team expects the Editor-in-Chief: Joe Neil Kornowski, KB6IGK, season was a joyous one for you satellite to be completed on schedule. [email protected] with good cheer and opportunities Assistant Editors: Douglas Quagliana, KA2UPW/5 to be with friends and family. May 2017 be Along with upcoming launches, we’re Bernhard Jatzeck, VA6BMJ H a wonderful year. also planning for two key events in 2017: W. M. Red Willoughby, KC4LE Circulation: Martha Saragovitz, [email protected] Hamvention (May 19-22), and the AMSAT During the holiday season, Kathy Space Symposium and Annual General AMSAT-NA Board of Directors (WD4ASX) and I were in the midst of Meeting. Our Dayton Team Leader is Steve Barry Baines, WD4ASW, [email protected] transition, establishing a new household in Jerry Buxton, N0JY, [email protected] Belter, N9IP, who already is communicating Tom Clark, K3IO, [email protected] Keller, TX. We wanted to be near one pair with the Hamvention Exhibit Chairman Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, [email protected] of grandchildren during the fall and winter about AMSAT’s booth presence at the new Mark Hammond, N8MH, [email protected] months. We’ve gotten to the point where the Bob McGwier, N4HY, [email protected] venue and securing an area for our satellite Bruce Paige, KK5DO, [email protected] majority of boxes and packing materials have demos led by Paul Stoetzer, N8HM. Steve First Alternate: Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, been recycled, and the residence is starting to and his team of volunteers are examining [email protected] feel like “home.” We have much yet to do to Second Alternate: Clayton Coleman, W5PFG, the new commercial exhibit booth layout [email protected] get the chaos under control, but at least we see and coming up with some enhancements to some daylight at the end of the tunnel. We’re improve AMSAT’s presence. AMSAT-NA Senior Officers looking forward to becoming more familiar President: Barry Baines, WD4ASW with the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. Executive Vice-President: Open Our initial impression is that the Hamvention Treasurer: Keith Baker, KB1SF/VA3KSF leadership is working hard to make the new Secretary: Paul Stoetzer, N8HM In the spring and summer, we’ll be spending venue at Greene County Fairgrounds a Manager: Martha Saragovitz time in the Boston area to be near the second Vice President, Engineering: Jerry Buxton, N0JY success. We’ll be releasing more information Vice President, Operations: Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA pair of grandchildren as we establish a second about AMSAT’s Hamvention participation Vice-President, User Services: Open residence. So the chaos will continue later. in the next couple of months Vice President, Human Spaceflight: Frank Bauer, KA3HDO Vice President, Educational Relations: Joe Spier, K6WAO The beginning of the New Year also serves Symposium as a kickoff for AMSAT as we transition our The 2016 AMSAT Space Symposium @ Honorary Positions focus towards this year’s activities. This year Sea was a resounding success based on the Immediate Past President: Rick Hambly, W2GPS promises to be an exciting one for AMSAT President Emeritus: Tom Clark, K3IO enthusiasm of the attendees, the number with new launches and new venues for two Founding President: Perry Klein, W3PK of participants, and the quality of the of the most popular gatherings for AMSAT presentations. Everyone who attended had Editorial Office: Joe Neil Kornowski KB6IGK, 5317 Musket members, Hamvention and Symposium, and Ridge, Austin, TX 78759. Please e-mail Journal submissions a great time, and the presence of so many ARISS continuing to make huge impacts on to: [email protected], Editor’s telephone: 512-574-1233 satellite operators with their portable stations (cell). Advertising Office: AMSAT-NA Headquarters, education. 10605 Concord St., Suite 304, Kensington, MD 20895-2526, operating from the decks of Carnival Liberty Telephone: 301-822-4376. Four Fox-1 Satellite Launches was certainly impressive. The AMSAT Journal (ISSN: 1407-3076) is published bi- First, we’re looking forward to the launch monthly ( Jan/Feb, Mar/Apr, May/Jun, Jul/Aug, Sep/Oct, Adding to the success was the number Nov/Dec) by AMSAT-NA, 10605 Concord St., Suite 304, of four Fox-1 class satellites. NASA has of spouses, significant others, and family Kensington, MD 20895-2526. Telephone: 301-822-4376, fax: announced that the launch of RadFXSat members who took advantage of the 301-822-4371. Periodicals postage paid at Kensington, MD (Fox-1B) under ELaNa-XIV has been and additional mailing offices. cruise ship venue to come along with their moved to August 29, 2017, as the primary Symposium attendee. I suspect that having Postmaster: Send address changes to The AMSAT Journal, payload ( JPSS-1) has been delayed. The a venue with lots of opportunities for non- 10605 Concord St., Suite 304, Kensington, MD 20895-2526. Mission Readiness Review is targeting May Opinions expressed in The AMSAT Journal are those of the Symposium participants helped build interest article authors and are not necessarily those of AMSAT-NA. 1-2 in San Luis Obispo, CA following the in Symposium itself. Copyright © 2016 by AMSAT-NA, The Radio Amateur Cal Poly CubeSat Workshop in San Luis Satellite Corporation.
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