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ARISSat-1 Recording 2011-11-11

Saturday, November 12, 2011 / posted in Amateur Radio / No Comments

This video was recorded this evening from my QTH as ARISSat-1 passed under Australia.

Equipment used:
Yaesu FT-897D
Gpredict, for controlling the radio for doppler
Homemade dual band J-Pole mounted few meters up.

Video captured on Canon EOS DSLR and edited in OpenShot for your enjoyment.

ARISSat-1 Transponder file for GPredict

Friday, November 11, 2011 / posted in Amateur Radio / No Comments

This is the transponder file I made up for GPredict as it not have one for the ARISSat-1 satellite.

Just copy and pasted the below info into a text file and save it to ~/.config/Gpredict/trsp/37772.trsp

[Mode V Digitalker (Voices Messages and Telemetry)]
DOWN_LOW=145950000
MODE=FM

[Mode V Imaging (Robot 36 SSTV from onboard cameras)]
DOWN_LOW=145950000
MODE=SSTV in FM carrier

[Mode V Telemetry (1000 baud (400 baud backup))]
DOWN_LOW=145920000
MODE=BPSK 1000 bps

[Mode U/V (B) Linear Transponder]
UP_LOW=435742000
UP_HIGH=435758000
DOWN_LOW=145922000
DOWN_HIGH=145938000
INVERT=true

[Mode V TLM Beacon (CW-2, BPSK-1000)]
DOWN_LOW=145919000
MODE=CW

[Mode V TLM Beacon (CW-1, BPSK-400)]
DOWN_LOW=145939000
MODE=CW

Now sit back and enjoy listening and transmitting to the ARISSat-1 🙂

Reference:
Satellite Detail – ARISSat-1

Satellite AR

Friday, July 22, 2011 / posted in Android / No Comments

Point your Android phone at the sky and see actual satellites flying overhead.

This is a nice satellite app that a friend pointed out to me. The app is surprisingly fast, and has advantages of having the camera on to help find and line up satellites.

Satellite AR