[aprssig] Wallops ADAMSat Launch Thurs 7-9 AM

[Jason Rausch]

> All that is needed is a Windows machine, a radio and TNC
> which
> can receive on 144.390 MHz, a serial or USB cable, and a
> suitable location. The GUI parses the APRS packets as they
> are
> received, graphing temperatures on-board the payload and
> reporting status of the mission in real-time. 

One thing to point out is, the software requires a TNC that is capable of a full ASCII packet (human readable), NOT KISS.  I ran into this today when trying a test run with the logging program.  The program does not specify what the interface is, so I first tried with a KISS TNC and it did'nt work.  I switched over to a Kantronics KPC-3 in converse mode and it worked.  Anyone with a TNC-X or similar KISS only TNC cannot simply start running the logging software and have it work.

The backup to this would be the HyperTerminal solution to capture and log the raw packets.  Save this log as a file and email it to the KY guys.

Jason Rausch KE4NYV
RPC Electronics, LLC
www.rpc-electronis.com


--- On Wed, 3/10/10, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote:

> From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu>
> Subject: [aprssig] Wallops ADAMSat Launch Thurs 7-9 AM
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Cc: aprssig at tapr.org
> Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 5:47 PM
> > The Wallops launch window is
> (Thursday) 7- 9 AM. 
> > They require < 10% cloud cover, and the forecast 
> > is not promising. But they  decided to go through
> 
> > the preparations and launch if the cloud breaks 
> > just enough tomorrow.
> >
> > Wallops Launch team will be "tweeting" about all 
> > the launch news or delays as they happen on:
> >
> > http://twitter.com/KyspaceADAMASat
> 
> APRS stations can receive Launch announcements even while
> mobile
> via the APRS CQSRVR.  Just send APRS message to CQSRVR
> beginning
> with the group name CQ WALLOPS ...
> (for info on cqsrvr see www.aprs.org/cqsrvr.html
> 
> Remember, Point beams towards Wallops and capture all data
> on
> 144.39 1200 baud for the duration of the flight! Which
> should be
> visible over most of the mid-atlantic states. 
> Callsign will be
> KJ4HVJ.
> 
> The sounding rocket with amateur satellite operates on
> 144.39
> MHZ APRS will rise to 100 miles or so for an 8 minute
> mission.  
> 
> The payload is called SOCEM/ADAMASat.  There is a
> computer
> program and GUI to interface to your PC so you can grab
> the
> telemetry live.  It is on:
> http://ssl.engr.uky.edu/adamasat_free_gui.exe
> 
> It's a one shot deal, so I'm gonna have a backup TNC and
> HYPERTERM collecting everything.   
>     
> ADAMASat is the Antenna Deployment and Mono-filament
> Actuator
> Satellite. It's a 2U CubeSat designed by Kentucky Space as
> part
> of SOCEM, the Sub-Orbital CubeSat Experimental Mission.
> ADAMASat, which is scheduled to launch on Hall 12.067 out
> of
> Wallops Flight Facility on 11 March, will fly in space for
> roughly 8 minutes performing an engineering experiment and
> transmitting data down to Earth via APRS packets. 
> 
> More information on ADAMASat is available at
> http://ssl.engr.uky.edu/suborbital/adamasat 
> 
> Kentucky Space is hereby releasing to the AMSAT-NA
> community the
> ADAMASat FREE GUI, a free 32-bit Windows binary for
> amateur
> radio operators in the Eastern United States who are
> interested
> in tracking ADAMASat on its launch day. The GUI is a
> standalone
> application and upon opening it on his/her computer, the
> HAM
> will be greeted with a popup window which explains the
> steps
> required to track the payload. 
> 
> All that is needed is a Windows machine, a radio and TNC
> which
> can receive on 144.390 MHz, a serial or USB cable, and a
> suitable location. The GUI parses the APRS packets as they
> are
> received, graphing temperatures on-board the payload and
> reporting status of the mission in real-time. It also
> includes
> instructions on e-mailing the packet log to Kentucky Space
> to
> aid in post-processing, and a built-in aggregator for the
> official ADAMASat Twitter RSS feed. 
> 
> Disclaimer: Kentucky Space provides the GUI "as is"
> without
> warranties of any kind, and shall not incur any liability
> for
> any damages connected to the use of the GUI.
>         
> 
> 
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