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Today's Topics:
1. xastir : xastir-development (Curt, WE7U)
2. APRS USER Operations Plan for ANDE and RAFT (Robert Bruninga)
3. Re: APRS USER Operations Plan for ANDE and RAFT (Robert Kirk)
4. Mt. Hood Climber Search (A.J. Farmer (AJ3U))
5. Re: Mt. Hood Climber Search (Jim Duncan)
6. Get ready to receive RAFT and ANDE telemetry! (A.J. Farmer (AJ3U))
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 13:41:21 -0800 (PST)
From: "Curt, WE7U" <archer_at_eskimo.com>
Subject: [aprssig] xastir : xastir-development
Project: XASTIR (xastir)
Package: xastir-development
Date : 2006-12-18 13:30
Project "XASTIR" ('xastir') has released the new version of package
'xastir-development'. You can download it from SourceForge.net by following
this link:
or browse Release Notes and ChangeLog by visiting this link:
Homepage: <http://www.xastir.org>
Something new:
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There's a Linux Standard Base compatible binary package for Xastir
available now. It should run on any Linux system that is LSB-3.0
compliant. This new package plus the SuSE binary packages were updated
from the latest Xastir sources today and reside here:
--
Curt, WE7U. APRS Client Comparisons: http://www.eskimo.com/~archer
"Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math." -- unknown
"Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates." -- WE7U
"The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!"
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:58:21 -0500
From: "Robert Bruninga" <bruninga_at_usna.edu>
Subject: [aprssig] APRS USER Operations Plan for ANDE and RAFT
RAFT and ANDE are APRS satellites to be deployed on Thursday.
We ask that ALL radio amateurs (except for command stations) refrain from
any transmissions until after the spacecraft have been opened for general
use. There are many stations involved in the checkout, so wait until you
see specific authorization for general use before using the digipeater. If
all goes well in a few days, we hope to open the satellites up for general
use in accordance with the User Service Agreement. See:
http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/ande/ANDEcontract.txt
The success of these digipeaters is protocol driven and depends on user
adherence to published operating parameters. Please check the User Service
Agreement before operating and periodically throughout the short life of
these satellites. Basically it says you are authorized for these initial
beacon rates:
Unattended, beacon one APRS packet per 5 minutes only Attended Base, beacon
one Position packet per 2 minutes Mobile, beacon no higher than 2 minutes
Attended 5W HT, is authorized to beacon at a 1 minute rate.
To aid everyone in understanding the statistics of this channel, please
include your Effective Radiated Power (ERP) and beacon rate in your packet.
Example: !DDMM.HHN/DDDMM.HHW-Bob,50W,2min mobile.
Remember that ERP is your TX power plus your antenna system gain.
Operating authorization will change as we learn the demands on the uplink
and the load on the systems. Keep up to date on WEB page that covers all
three satellites (ANDE, RAFT and NMARS). See:
http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/ande-raft-ops.html
All of these new satellites have less than optimum antennas and so they
will probably be harder to operate than PCSAT-1. We do hope that PCSAT-1
will come out of hybernation the first week of January for some
multi-satellite opportunities. Stay tuned.
Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
USNA Satellite Lab
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 19:52:36 -0500
From: Robert Kirk <isobar_at_bcpl.net>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] APRS USER Operations Plan for ANDE and RAFT
At 06:58 PM 12/18/2006, Robert Bruninga wrote:
>RAFT and ANDE are APRS satellites to be deployed on Thursday.
>
>We ask that ALL radio amateurs (except for command stations)
>refrain from any transmissions until after the spacecraft have
>been opened for general use. [...]
Bob... What about Genesat? Apparantly it's up and operating with ham
contacts, 2350 so far:
http://genesat1.engr.scu.edu/dashboard/index.htm
Also, see it at http://www.n2yo.com/?s=29655
Bob Kirk
N3OZB
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:40:18 -0500
From: "A.J. Farmer (AJ3U)" <farmer.aj_at_gmail.com>
Subject: [aprssig] Mt. Hood Climber Search
Just curious - anyone know of any APRS activity as part of the search for
the climbers on Mt. Hood in Oregon?
--
A.J. Farmer, AJ3U
http://www.aj3u.com
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:05:52 -0600
From: Jim Duncan <jdbandman_at_earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [aprssig] Mt. Hood Climber Search
APRS, not that I know of A.J., but the dead person was found by going to
the GPS coordinates provided by his GPS-enable cell phone... As I
understand it he was found within about 50 feet of his reported position..
--
73 de Jim, KU0G
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 12:21:48 -0500
From: "A.J. Farmer (AJ3U)" <farmer.aj_at_gmail.com>
Subject: [aprssig] Get ready to receive RAFT and ANDE telemetry!
The RAFT and ANDE satellites are due to be launched from Shuttle Discovery
after it undocks from the ISS. Like PCSAT and PCSAT-2, they will be
transmitting telemetry and digipeating APRS packets on 145.825. We are in
need of stations around the world to receive this telemetry and gate it to
the APRS-IS.
You do not need a complex station to help out! A 2-meter receiver and
omni-directional antenna will work just fine. If we have many stations
with omni antennas that participate, it will be just as effective as a
smaller number of stations that have full tracking antennas. When you are
away from your home 2M station, put it to good use by setting it to 145.825
and gate the packets heard to the APRS-IS using software such as UI-View32
(http://www.ui-view.org). You can also use ALogger which was designed for
this purpose. You can download ALogger here:
http://www.billdiaz.dynip.com/Alogger204.zip
An easier option: If you have a TM-D700 radio, it is very easy to set up
your radio to work as a SatGate to help capture these packets. You do not
need an Internet connection at all for this setup! See details here:
http://aj3u.com/aprs/aj3u-10.php
Here is the operations website for ANDE and RAFT:
http://eng.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/ande-raft-ops.html
Access for digipeating is not granted until their primary mission is
complete. Look for an e-mail from Bob (WB4APR) for a go-ahead to start
digipeating.
--
A.J. Farmer, AJ3U
http://www.aj3u.com
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