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Title: SuitSat-1 Launches today Post by: WD8BIL on February 03, 2006, 12:43:37 PM http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060203/ap_on_sc/space_station
read about it here: SuitSat-1 Story (http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2006/26jan_suitsat.htm) Title: Re: SuitSat-1 Launches today Post by: WA1GFZ on February 03, 2006, 07:31:22 PM stuffed shirt in space...............
Title: Re: SuitSat-1 Launches today Post by: WA3VJB on February 03, 2006, 08:04:31 PM Just saw TV coverage of them tossing it out the hatch.
They mentioned a "radio" that people can hear on the ground. No frequency mentioned, no mention of "ham radio." Title: Re: SuitSat-1 Launches today Post by: Bill, KD0HG on February 03, 2006, 09:21:30 PM I'd have it transmitting on 88.2 and playing a loop of the '62 hit "Telstar" by the Tornados as it orbited around the earth. Major Tom wouldn't be a bad choice, either.
(http://jesuisgothique.free.fr/musique/mp3/the-tornados.jpeg) ...........................THE TORNADOS!......................... Title: Re: SuitSat-1 Launches today Post by: Pete, WA2CWA on February 03, 2006, 10:35:56 PM Just saw TV coverage of them tossing it out the hatch. They mentioned a "radio" that people can hear on the ground. No frequency mentioned, no mention of "ham radio." Either ABC or NBC evening news, NYC, did a piece on it this evening. I don't remember what channel was on at the time. They mentioned radio operators will be able to pick up the messages by tuning into FM frequency 145.990 MHz. Also, here's the ARRL report: http://www.remote.arrl.org/news/stories/2006/02/03/103/?nc=1 Title: Re: SuitSat-1 Launches today Post by: W3SLK on February 03, 2006, 11:10:16 PM Its a helluva way to get your suit cleaned! ;D
Title: Re: SuitSat-1 Launches today Post by: KL7OF on February 04, 2006, 12:34:49 AM Suit sat seems very cool,,,,A much better example of advancement of the radio art thru amateurs...... than passing e-mail traffic on the HF bands
Title: Re: SuitSat-1 Launches today Post by: WA3VJB on February 04, 2006, 08:14:03 AM Quote They mentioned radio operators will be able to pick up the messages by tuning into FM frequency 145.990 MHz. Right Pete, generic "radio operators." I guess there's something slightly unsavory about calling it a ham radio, since that group in Newington has made such a mess of our image. (I was thinking of moving this to ARRL Forum but QTF) Title: Re: SuitSat-1 Launched Friday,NE US pass~10:20 am Sat. Post by: Tom WA3KLR on February 04, 2006, 09:13:14 AM The BBC-TV news at 7 p.m. Friday night had a very good piece on SuitSat. They mentioned amateur radio many times. The transmitter is on 145.990 MHz.
Here is the official SuitSat site with status and reports: http://suitsat.org/ The word is that the satellite died after 2 orbits. This site gives the real-time track for the International Space Station, which the SuitSat is dogging: http://science.nasa.gov/realtime/jtrack/Amateur.html Eyeballing the map, it looks like a very good pass will come over the northeastern U.S. around 10:20 a.m. Eastern time Saturday morning. Title: Re: SuitSat-1 Launches today Post by: Pete, WA2CWA on February 04, 2006, 11:51:06 AM Quote They mentioned radio operators will be able to pick up the messages by tuning into FM frequency 145.990 MHz. Right Pete, generic "radio operators." I guess there's something slightly unsavory about calling it a ham radio, since that group in Newington has made such a mess of our image. (I was thinking of moving this to ARRL Forum but QTF) You don't need to look to Newington for an image blast; just listen to some of our amateur bands. |