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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/D2RA5ODABC26MAR6V7754HARIPEXR7UR/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "[email protected]", "message_id_hash": "D2RA5ODABC26MAR6V7754HARIPEXR7UR", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/D2RA5ODABC26MAR6V7754HARIPEXR7UR/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "clintbrad4d (a) earthlink.net", "mailman_id": "34e9746137e540a4914cb0d9e0db52fd", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/34e9746137e540a4914cb0d9e0db52fd/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Clint Bradford", "subject": "[amsat-bb] Palm Springs HamFest - Arrow Deal", "date": "2010-01-29T20:47:45Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "Heading to the Desert RATS ham Fest tomorrow? If you want a new Arrow \nII sat antenna with duplexer for twenty bucks off normal HRO price, \ncontact me ASAP. Only two available at this discount.\n\nClint, K6LCS\n909-241-7666\n\nSent from my iPod.\n\nOn Jan 29, 2010, at 12:00, [email protected] wrote:\n\n> Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to\n> [email protected]\n>\n> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit\n> http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to\n> [email protected]\n>\n> You can reach the person managing the list at\n> [email protected]\n>\n> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific\n> than \"Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest...\"\n>\n>\n> Today's Topics:\n>\n> 1. Re: A0-27 on Sat the 30th (Clint Bradford)\n> 2. Re: A0-27 on Sat the 30th (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))\n> 3. FO-29 (David - KG4ZLB)\n> 4. Re: Heard on FO-29 (i8cvs)\n> 5. Re: FO-29 ([email protected])\n> 6. HO-68 Schedule - 01-07 Feb 2010 (Alan Kung)\n> 7. Re: HO-68 Schedule - 01-07 Feb 2010 (Peter Scheller)\n> 8. Re: HO-68 29-01 1320utc (Pedro A. Perez)\n> 9. Re: [Mw] Satellite to carry Amateur Radio 5840.00\n> MHztelemetry beacon (Stephen Hicks, N5AC)\n> 10. DK7ZB 435MHz aerial question (Phil)\n> 11. updated pseudo moon keps (Bob DeVarney W1ICW)\n> 12. Re: DK7ZB 435MHz aerial question (Stan, W1LE)\n> 13. ND9M Road Trip Update #3 ([email protected])\n> 14. More great FO-29 passes ([email protected])\n> 15. UX-14 (Jim)\n>\n>\n> ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 1\n> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:14:28 -0800\n> From: Clint Bradford <[email protected]>\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: A0-27 on Sat the 30th\n> To: [email protected]\n> Message-ID: <[email protected]>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii\n>\n> PATRICK - ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKIN' AMSAT-TERS>> ... I will have a \n> demonstration using the AO-27 satellite just after 2.00pm ...\n>\n> I am showing a pass at 1:01PM Pacific - is that the same pass, \n> Patrick?\n>\n> I will be working it at the Desert RATS HamFest in Palm Springs.\n>\n> Clint, K6LCS\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 2\n> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:52:28 -0700\n> From: \"Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)\" <[email protected]>\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: A0-27 on Sat the 30th\n> To: [email protected]\n> Message-ID:\n> <[email protected]>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1\n>\n> Clint,\n>\n>> I am showing a pass at 1:01PM Pacific - is that the same pass, \n>> Patrick?\n>\n> That will be the same pass. I think the software predicts the start \n> of the 7-\n> minute repeater time around 6 minutes past the hour, and I will be on\n> as KM7CC.\n>\n>> I will be working it at the Desert RATS HamFest in Palm Springs.\n>\n> Hope to hear you on Saturday.\n>\n> 73!\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK\n> http://www.wd9ewk.net/\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 3\n> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:53:51 -0500\n> From: David - KG4ZLB <[email protected]>\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] FO-29\n> To: [email protected]\n> Message-ID: <[email protected]>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n>\n> So nice to hear FO-29 booming again on this last pass at 00:46, really\n> strong and loud - congrats to the team on getting this one back in\n> shape, very much appreciated!\n>\n> And hi to VE4EMU who obliged me with a contact although I lost you\n> completely after the exchange!\n>\n> A couple of others on as well!\n>\n> -- \n> David\n> KG4ZLB\n> www.kg4zlb.com\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 4\n> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:07:27 +0100\n> From: \"i8cvs\" <[email protected]>\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Heard on FO-29\n> To: \"AMSAT-BB\" <[email protected]>, \"Pierre van Deventer\"\n> <[email protected]>, \"Hal Lund ZS6WB\" \n> <[email protected]>, \"Mineo\n> Wakita\" <[email protected]>\n> Cc: [email protected], I6IBE Ivo <[email protected]>,\n> Marco Niccolini IW5EJM <[email protected]>\n> Message-ID: <[email protected]>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n>\n> ----- Original Message -----\n> From: \"Hal Lund ZS6WB\" <[email protected]>\n> To: \"I8CVS Dom\" <[email protected]>\n> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:59 AM\n> Subject: Heard on FO-29\n>\n>> Hello Dom\n>>\n>> I just wanted to let you know that I heard you calling this morning \n>> on\n>> FO-29 at 0615 utc. You were on CW on a downlink of about 435.840 \n>> MHz. You\n>> were heard for several minutes and I copied your call distinctly \n>> several\n>> times.\n>\n>> You were probably transmitting on AO-7 at the time as AO-7 and \n>> FO-29 were\n>> very close together but AO-7 was just below a ridge to the west of \n>> me and\n>> I could not hear it directly at that time.\n>\n>> We could almost make it on AO-7 if my station wasn't sitting in a \n>> bit of a\n>> hole.\n>>\n>> It appears that FO-29 has been operational for several hours \n>> continuously\n>> now so that looks very promising.\n>>\n>> 73 - Hal ZS6WB\n>>\n>> Pretoria (KG44ee)\n>>\n>\n> Hello Hal, ZS6WB and All on the List\n>\n> Tank you very much for the above important information and I will \n> try to\n> explain you what was really happening this night/morning on day 28 jan\n> at 06:15 UTC\n>\n> Infact during orbit 61091 at 06:15 UTC I was transmitting to AO-07 \n> around\n> 432.158 MHz searching to be translated exactly on 145.940 MHz at the \n> exact\n> moment in wich AO-7 was at the very LOS for me with less than 0.3? \n> elevation\n> on South at the end of the descending orbit 61091 from North to \n> South when\n> AO-7 was about over ZS-land in South Africa and despite a few hills \n> 20 km\n> away over my horizon I received back my CW succesfully up to 0.3? \n> elevation.\n>\n> To determine my exact uplink frequency in order to be translated by \n> AO-7 at\n> 145.940 MHz +/- at the very AOS moment when the bird comes to me from\n> South to North during an ascending orbit it was also very important \n> for me\n> this night because in the following days I plan to contact on \n> skedule at\n> 145.940 +/- MHz the friend ZS6BB, Pierre in KG43EU\n>\n> But what was really happening this night ? You are right !\n>\n> The distance into free space between AO-7 and FO-29 was about 1500 \n> km at\n> 06:15 UTC and both satellites where in mutual covisibility so that my\n> 145.940 MHz CW signal that was translated by AO-7 was received by \n> FO-29\n> and retranslated by FO-29 in 435.840 MHz at 06:15 UTC when you \n> received\n> my CW signal in Pretoria KG44EE through two satellites !\n>\n> In more details at 06.15 UTC the subsatellite point (SSP) of AO7 \n> was over\n> Nigeria at 8.557? Latitude North and 10.095? Longitude Est and his \n> footprint\n> was not completely covering ZS land while the SSP of FO-29 was over \n> Zaire\n> at 6.482? Latitude South and Longitude 16.500? Est but his \n> footprint was\n> fully including ZS land where you was able to receive me in KG44EE\n>\n> The above demonstrates that when the footprints of two satellites \n> about\n> overlaps a two way QSO between two satellites is possible \n> particularly on\n> CW provided that the uplink and downlink frequency bands are the \n> same and\n> one station transmit to one satellite in 70 cm listening in 2 meters \n> while\n> the other one transmit to the other satellite in 2 meters listening \n> in 70 cm\n>\n> Unfortunately this is not the case betwen AO-7 and FO-29 because the \n> 70 cm\n> bands are different 435.800 to 435.900 MHz for FO-29 and 432.125 to \n> 432.175\n> MHz for AO-7 so that only one way two satellite link is possible as \n> you Hal\n> experienced because the same 2 meters band is in common between both\n> satellites.\n>\n> The above reception of my signal by you via FO-29 also demontrates \n> that\n> actually FO-29 is working very well after a very long QRT because it \n> was\n> so sensitive to receive my signal in 2 meters via AO-7 and \n> retranslate it\n> into 70 cm with sufficient power to be received by you in 70 cm in \n> Pretoria\n> South Africa\n>\n> By the way since you in KG44EE are very close to Pierre in KG43EU I am\n> confident the at the end of testing and try with Pierre via AO-7 I \n> can try a\n> QSO via AO-7 as well with you and I will informe you about if you \n> agree.\n>\n> The distance from my JN70ES and Pierre in KG43EU is 7548 km and with\n> you in KG44EE is 7511 km both no bad distances from South Italy and\n> South Africa via AO-7\n>\n> Best 73\" de\n>\n> i8CVS Domenico\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 5\n> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:47:45 +0000 (UTC)\n> From: [email protected]\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FO-29\n> To: [email protected]\n> Cc: amsat-bb <[email protected]>\n> Message-ID:\n> \n> <1461961093.1075411264733265894. \n> [email protected]>\n>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n>\n> Pass over central US was still in operation with several SSB \n> stations on. I was on CW but no contacts. Pass was a 19 deg pass for \n> me, and the 0408 utc pass will be 40 degs so hopefully more West \n> Coast will be on...\n>\n> John W6ZKH\n>\n>\n> ----- Original Message -----\n> From: \"David - KG4ZLB\" <[email protected]>\n> To: [email protected]\n> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 4:53:51 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada \n> Pacific\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] FO-29\n>\n> So nice to hear FO-29 booming again on this last pass at 00:46, \n> really strong and loud - congrats to the team on getting this one \n> back in shape, very much appreciated! And hi to VE4EMU who obliged \n> me with a contact although I lost you completely after the exchange! \n> A couple of others on as well! -- David KG4ZLB www.kg4zlb.com\n> _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected] \n> . Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA \n> member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! \n> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 6\n> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:56:13 +0800\n> From: \"Alan Kung\" <[email protected]>\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 Schedule - 01-07 Feb 2010\n> To: <[email protected]>\n> Message-ID: <002501caa098$c1711fd0$6c01a8c0@ba1duoffice>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"gb2312\"\n>\n> 31 Jan. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder\n> =======================================\n> 19:20...Turn On\n> South Africa, Europe, NA\n> 20:05...Turn Off\n>\n> 23:05...Turn On\n> South Africa,South America,Europe,\n> NA,North Pole,North Asia\n> 23:50...Turn Off\n>\n> 01 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder\n> =======================================\n> 02:35...Turn On\n> South Pole, South America,NA,North\n> Asia,North Pole\n> 03:20...Turn Off\n>\n> 11:40...Turn On\n> Australia,New Zealand,South Asia,\n> East Asia,North Asia,Europe\n> 12:25...Turn Off\n>\n> 19:05...Turn On\n> South Africa,Europe,NA,North Pole,North Asia\n> 19:50...Turn Off\n>\n> 02 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder\n> =======================================\n> 00:30...Turn On\n> South America,NA,North Asia, North Pole\n> 01:15...Turn Off\n>\n> 04:20...Turn On\n> South America,NA,Middle Asia\n> 05:05...Turn Off\n>\n> 15:15...Turn On\n> Australia, India,South Asia,Europe,NA\n> 16:00...Turn Off\n>\n> 18:45...Turn On\n> Africa,Europe,NA\n> 19:30...Turn Off\n>\n> 03 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder\n> =======================================\n> 00:20...Turn On\n> South America, NA,North Asia\n> 01:05...Turn Off\n>\n> 03:45...Turn On\n> South Pole,South America, NA\n> North Asia, North Pole\n> 04:30...Turn Off\n>\n> 13:10...Turn On\n> Australia, South Asia, East Asia,North Asia\n> 13:26...Turn Off\n>\n> 16:55...Turn On\n> India,Middle East Asia,Europe,NA,\n> 17:40...Turn Off\n>\n> 04 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder\n> =======================================\n> 01:40...Turn On\n> South Pole,South America,NA,North Asia\n> 02:25...Turn Off\n>\n> 01:55...Turn On\n> South America,NA,North Asia\n> 02:40...Turn Off\n>\n> 03:45...Turn On\n> South America,NA,North Asia\n> 04:30...Turn Off\n>\n> 10:50...Turn On\n> Oceania,South Asia,East Asia,North Asia\n> 11:35...Turn Off\n>\n> 16:35...Turn On\n> India,Middle Asia,Africa,Europe,NA\n> 17:20...Turn Off\n>\n> 20:00...Turn On\n> Africa,Europe,NA,North Asia\n> 20:45...Turn Off\n>\n> 05 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder\n> =======================================\n> 01:25...Turn On\n> South America,NA,North Asia\n> 02:10...Turn Off\n>\n> 03:15...Turn On\n> South America,NA,North Asia\n> 04:00...Turn Off\n>\n> 12:37...Turn On\n> Oceania,South Asia, East Asia, North Asia\n> 12:52...Turn Off\n>\n> 16:15...Turn On\n> India,Middle Asia,Europe,NA\n> 17:00...Turn Off\n>\n> 19:45...Turn On\n> Africa,Europe,NA\n> 20:30...Turn Off\n>\n> 06 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder\n> =======================================\n> 01:10...Turn On\n> South America,NA,North Asia\n> 01:55...Turn Off\n>\n> 10:15...Turn On\n> Oceania,East Asia,North Asia,Europe\n> 11:00...Turn Off\n>\n> 16:00...Turn On\n> India,Middle Asia,Europe,NA\n> 16:45...Turn Off\n>\n> 19:25...Turn On\n> Africa,Europe,NA,North Asia\n> 20:10...Turn Off\n>\n> 07 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder\n> =======================================\n> 00:50...Turn On\n> South America,NA,North Asia\n> 01:35...Turn Off\n>\n> 01:47...Turn On\n> South Asia,East Asia, North Asia\n> 02:02...Turn Off\n>\n>\n> 73\n> Alan Kung, BA1DU\n> HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager\n> www.camsat.cn\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 7\n> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:43:07 -1000\n> From: Peter Scheller <[email protected]>\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HO-68 Schedule - 01-07 Feb 2010\n> To: <[email protected]>, amsat-bb <[email protected]>\n> Message-ID: <[email protected]>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n>\n>\n> Mr. Kung,\n>\n>\n>\n> It is heartbreaking to watch the HO-68 schedule, and see the \n> satellite virtually cutting off\n>\n> seconds before the footprint reaches KH6 land. We are not asking to \n> amend an existing and\n>\n> published schedule, but would be grateful for future considerations.\n>\n>\n>\n> Respectfully submitted\n>\n> Peter Scheller, NH6VB\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>> From: [email protected]\n>> To: [email protected]\n>> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:56:13 +0800\n>> Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 Schedule - 01-07 Feb 2010\n>>\n>> 31 Jan. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder\n>> =======================================\n>> 19:20...Turn On\n>> South Africa, Europe, NA\n>> 20:05...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 23:05...Turn On\n>> South Africa,South America,Europe,\n>> NA,North Pole,North Asia\n>> 23:50...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 01 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder\n>> =======================================\n>> 02:35...Turn On\n>> South Pole, South America,NA,North\n>> Asia,North Pole\n>> 03:20...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 11:40...Turn On\n>> Australia,New Zealand,South Asia,\n>> East Asia,North Asia,Europe\n>> 12:25...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 19:05...Turn On\n>> South Africa,Europe,NA,North Pole,North Asia\n>> 19:50...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 02 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder\n>> =======================================\n>> 00:30...Turn On\n>> South America,NA,North Asia, North Pole\n>> 01:15...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 04:20...Turn On\n>> South America,NA,Middle Asia\n>> 05:05...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 15:15...Turn On\n>> Australia, India,South Asia,Europe,NA\n>> 16:00...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 18:45...Turn On\n>> Africa,Europe,NA\n>> 19:30...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 03 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder\n>> =======================================\n>> 00:20...Turn On\n>> South America, NA,North Asia\n>> 01:05...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 03:45...Turn On\n>> South Pole,South America, NA\n>> North Asia, North Pole\n>> 04:30...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 13:10...Turn On\n>> Australia, South Asia, East Asia,North Asia\n>> 13:26...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 16:55...Turn On\n>> India,Middle East Asia,Europe,NA,\n>> 17:40...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 04 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder\n>> =======================================\n>> 01:40...Turn On\n>> South Pole,South America,NA,North Asia\n>> 02:25...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 01:55...Turn On\n>> South America,NA,North Asia\n>> 02:40...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 03:45...Turn On\n>> South America,NA,North Asia\n>> 04:30...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 10:50...Turn On\n>> Oceania,South Asia,East Asia,North Asia\n>> 11:35...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 16:35...Turn On\n>> India,Middle Asia,Africa,Europe,NA\n>> 17:20...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 20:00...Turn On\n>> Africa,Europe,NA,North Asia\n>> 20:45...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 05 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder\n>> =======================================\n>> 01:25...Turn On\n>> South America,NA,North Asia\n>> 02:10...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 03:15...Turn On\n>> South America,NA,North Asia\n>> 04:00...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 12:37...Turn On\n>> Oceania,South Asia, East Asia, North Asia\n>> 12:52...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 16:15...Turn On\n>> India,Middle Asia,Europe,NA\n>> 17:00...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 19:45...Turn On\n>> Africa,Europe,NA\n>> 20:30...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 06 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder\n>> =======================================\n>> 01:10...Turn On\n>> South America,NA,North Asia\n>> 01:55...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 10:15...Turn On\n>> Oceania,East Asia,North Asia,Europe\n>> 11:00...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 16:00...Turn On\n>> India,Middle Asia,Europe,NA\n>> 16:45...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 19:25...Turn On\n>> Africa,Europe,NA,North Asia\n>> 20:10...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 07 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder\n>> =======================================\n>> 00:50...Turn On\n>> South America,NA,North Asia\n>> 01:35...Turn Off\n>>\n>> 01:47...Turn On\n>> South Asia,East Asia, North Asia\n>> 02:02...Turn Off\n>>\n>>\n>> 73\n>> Alan Kung, BA1DU\n>> HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager\n>> www.camsat.cn\n>>\n>>\n>> _______________________________________________\n>> Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the \n>> author.\n>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite \n>> program!\n>> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>\n>\n> _________________________________________________________________\n> Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service.\n> http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390708/direct/01/\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 8\n> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:44:09 +0100\n> From: \"Pedro A. Perez\" <[email protected]>\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HO-68 29-01 1320utc\n> To: <[email protected]>\n> Message-ID: <77E3AE86412946B791AF947425446532@gfas>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=\"iso-8859-1\";\n> reply-type=original\n>\n> Yep! I'll try to work from my mobile station from IM79.\n>\n> Pedro EB4DKA\n> http://eb4dka.laserenadigital.com\n>\n>\n> ----- Original Message -----\n> From: \"jp-byj-free\" <[email protected]>\n> To: <[email protected]>\n> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:10 PM\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 29-01 1320utc\n>\n>\n>> Hi\n>>\n>> Ho-68 Linear Transponder\n>> Tomorrow 1320UTC very good conditions for QSO NorthAmerica - Europe.\n>>\n>> S'73 Jep.\n>>\n>>\n>> _______________________________________________\n>> Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the \n>> author.\n>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite \n>> program!\n>> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 9\n> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:41:48 -0600\n> From: \"Stephen Hicks, N5AC\" <[email protected]>\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: [Mw] Satellite to carry Amateur Radio 5840.00\n> MHztelemetry beacon\n> To: Graham Shirville <[email protected]>\n> Cc: [email protected], Amsat Reflector\n> <[email protected]>, Stan <[email protected]>\n> Message-ID:\n> <[email protected]>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1\n>\n> I'd be happy to program the additional frequency in the A32 if that \n> would\n> help. Let me know if you would like this done. generally, I add it \n> to the\n> software and then state what release it is in and then any after that\n> release will always have that frequency.\n>\n> 73,\n> Steve\n>\n>\n> Sent from Austin, Texas, United States\n>\n> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:10, Graham Shirville\n> <[email protected]>wrote:\n>\n>> Hi Stan,\n>>\n>> The website http://www.unisec.jp/unitec-1/en/cooperation.html gives \n>> quite\n>> a lot of info as well...if you wish to make direct contact then you \n>> can\n>> email Naomi Kurahara<[email protected]>\n>>\n>> 73\n>>\n>> Graham G3VZV\n>> ----- Original Message ----- From: \"Stan\" <[email protected]>\n>> To: \"Trevor .\" <[email protected]>\n>> Cc: <[email protected]>; \"Amsat Reflector\" <\n>> [email protected]>; \"Stephen Hicks, N5AC\" <[email protected]>\n>> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:25 PM\n>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: [Mw] Satellite to carry Amateur Radio 5840.00\n>> MHztelemetry beacon\n>>\n>>\n>> This satellite holds some promise of a decent and doable microwave\n>>> technical challenge.\n>>>\n>>> It will be possible to use our 5760 Transverters for a RX only\n>>> application, maybe with minor tweaking.\n>>>\n>>> The LO is 5616 MHz, with the RF of 5840 MHz, the IF is 224 MHz, \n>>> right in\n>>> the US 222 MHz band.\n>>>\n>>> Maybe with a bigger dish, and a very low noise figure preamplifier,\n>>> optimized at 5840 MHz,\n>>> we could be in the UNITEC-1 deep space telemetry collection \n>>> business.\n>>>\n>>> The DEMI A32 LO with an external 10 MHz reference, can add the\n>>> frequency stability needed.\n>>> Or maybe Steve, N5AC, can preprogramm the A32 for a 5,840-145= \n>>> 5,695 / 5\n>>> = 1,139.0 MHz\n>>>\n>>> A reasonable challenge this winter morning, as I sip my lukewarm \n>>> tea at\n>>> the dining room table.\n>>>\n>>> But more questions are raised:\n>>>\n>>> 1. Keplerian elements are great for satellites, but once UNITEC1 \n>>> enters\n>>> deep space,\n>>> what do we use to calculate and predict the path for our accurate \n>>> tracking\n>>> ?\n>>>\n>>> 2. Is there anything special about the modulation scheme ?\n>>>\n>>> Stan, W1LE Cape Cod FN41sr\n>>>\n>>>\n>>>\n>>>\n>>>\n>>>\n>>> Trevor . wrote:\n>>>\n>>>> On May 20 Japan is planning to launch four \"CubeSats\". The \n>>>> largest of\n>>>> them, UNITEC-1, will carry a 15 watt Amateur Radio 5840.00 MHz \n>>>> telemetry\n>>>> beacon and travel into deep space towards Venus\n>>>>\n>>>> Three of the satellites will carry Amateur Radio payloads. On the \n>>>> AMSAT\n>>>> bulletin board Mineo Wakita JE9PEL writes\n>>>>\n>>>> Four CubeSats in Japan are planned to launch at 20 May 2010\n>>>> together with PLANET-C which belongs to JAXA by H-IIA rocket.\n>>>> http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html\n>>>>\n>>>> UNITEC-1, NPO UNISEC (University Space Engineering Consortium)\n>>>> 5.8GHz\n>>>> http://www.unisec.jp/unitec-1/en/top.html\n>>>>\n>>>> Negai*\", Soka University\n>>>> 437.305MHz CW, Packet 1200bps FSK AX.25\n>>>> http://kuro.t.soka.ac.jp/main.html\n>>>>\n>>>> WASEDA-SAT2, Waseda University\n>>>> 437.485 MHz CW(FM), PCM-FSK(FM) 9600bps\n>>>> http://www.miyashita.mmech.waseda.ac.jp/Waseda-Sat2/index.htm\n>>>>\n>>>> KSAT, Kagoshima University\n>>>> Uplink: S-band(2GHz, 10kbps), Downlink: Ku-band(13.275GHz, 10kbps/ \n>>>> 1Mbps)\n>>>> http://www.sci.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/~nishio/download/Ukaren2008Nishio.pdf\n>>>>\n>>>> IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination information\n>>>> Unitec-1 http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp? \n>>>> serial=141\n>>>> Negai http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=90\n>>>> WASEDA-SAT2 http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=123\n>>>>\n>>>> AMSAT Bulletin Board AMSAT-BB\n>>>> http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/maillist/\n>>>>\n>>>> AMSAT-UK publish a colour A4 newsletter, OSCAR News, that is full \n>>>> of\n>>>> Amateur Satellite information.\n>>>> Join online at https://secure.amsat.org.uk/subs_form/\n>>>> ----\n>>>> 73 Trevor M5AKA\n>>>> Daily Amateur Radio News (Email/RSS): http://www.southgatearc.org/\n>>>> Email Your News To: editor at southgatearc.org\n>>>> Or Use Form at: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news_1.htm\n>>>> ---\n>>>>\n>>>>\n>>>>\n>>>>\n>>>>\n>>>>\n>>>> _______________________________________________\n>>>> Microwave mailing list\n>>>> [email protected]\n>>>> http://www.valinet.com/mailman/listinfo/microwave\n>>>>\n>>>>\n>>>>\n>>> _______________________________________________\n>>> Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the \n>>> author.\n>>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite \n>>> program!\n>>> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>>>\n>>\n>>\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 10\n> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:53:18 +1000\n> From: Phil <[email protected]>\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] DK7ZB 435MHz aerial question\n> To: [email protected]\n> Message-ID: <[email protected]>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"us-ascii\"\n>\n> Thank you for reading this.\n>\n> I'm in the process of setting up my satellite station after a five \n> year break\n> and my UHF aerial doesn't seem to be performing as well as I expect it\n> should. I always suspected that it's performance was below par. \n> AO-51, for\n> instance, is received no better than strength 3 on my FT-847.\n>\n> The aerial is a twelve element design (twelve elements in each \n> plane) by\n> DK7ZB and is without a doubt the best 435MHz aerial that I have ever \n> built.\n> The extra twelve elements have been removed for testing purposes and \n> is\n> currently hand held and rotated as accurately as possible.\n>\n> I suspect that the poor gain might be due to the matching system \n> because I\n> was always unsure of the exact physical length of parallel quarter \n> wave\n> matching cable. The element lengths are spot on and the element \n> spacing is\n> within a millimetre of the design figures. The SWR, even after all \n> this time,\n> is still around 1.2:1. The Belden 9913 cable connecting the aerial \n> to the\n> radio is only nine metres long and, as best I can tell, has a about \n> a half DB\n> loss.\n>\n> I would like to make e-mail contact with anyone who may have built \n> this\n> aerial or one of the other UHF designs by DK7ZB.\n>\n> -- \n> Regards,\n> Phil\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 11\n> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:49:36 -0500\n> From: Bob DeVarney W1ICW <[email protected]>\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] updated pseudo moon keps\n> To: [email protected], [email protected]\n> Message-ID: <[email protected]>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed\n>\n> Here is a set of pseudo keps for the moon calculated using the \n> MoonKeps\n> program by HB9BNI ( thank you ! ) to calculate them, and then \n> rewritten\n> in two line form.\n> These work fine for my Uni_Trac 2003 using both the -2003 and the \n> -2000\n> software.\n> Perhaps they may help someone else with a stand-alone tracker like \n> mine.\n>\n> Cheers,\n>\n> Bob W1ICW\n>\n> MOON\n> 1 00000U 00000A 10019.90529622 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0004\n> 2 00000 25.1631 348.5977 0637000 142.8591 221.8486 00.036600996 6\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 12\n> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:49:10 -0500\n> From: \"Stan, W1LE\" <[email protected]>\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DK7ZB 435MHz aerial question\n> To: Phil <[email protected]>\n> Cc: [email protected]\n> Message-ID: <[email protected]>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed\n>\n> Hello Phil,\n>\n> One big problem....\n>\n> ALL elements must be installed to effectively test.\n> The V and H elements do interact, but that interaction is designed\n> around by the designer.\n>\n> Add the other elements with matching system and retest.\n>\n> To prove this try modeling the entire element then remove all of the V\n> or H elements.\n>\n> Stan, W1LE Cape Cod FN41sr\n>\n>\n> Phil wrote:\n>> Thank you for reading this.\n>>\n>> I'm in the process of setting up my satellite station after a five \n>> year break\n>> and my UHF aerial doesn't seem to be performing as well as I expect \n>> it\n>> should. I always suspected that it's performance was below par. \n>> AO-51, for\n>> instance, is received no better than strength 3 on my FT-847.\n>>\n>> The aerial is a twelve element design (twelve elements in each \n>> plane) by\n>> DK7ZB and is without a doubt the best 435MHz aerial that I have \n>> ever built.\n>> The extra twelve elements have been removed for testing purposes \n>> and is\n>> currently hand held and rotated as accurately as possible.\n>>\n>> I suspect that the poor gain might be due to the matching system \n>> because I\n>> was always unsure of the exact physical length of parallel quarter \n>> wave\n>> matching cable. The element lengths are spot on and the element \n>> spacing is\n>> within a millimetre of the design figures. The SWR, even after all \n>> this time,\n>> is still around 1.2:1. The Belden 9913 cable connecting the aerial \n>> to the\n>> radio is only nine metres long and, as best I can tell, has a about \n>> a half DB\n>> loss.\n>>\n>> I would like to make e-mail contact with anyone who may have built \n>> this\n>> aerial or one of the other UHF designs by DK7ZB.\n>>\n>>\n>\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 13\n> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:59:23 -0500\n> From: [email protected]\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] ND9M Road Trip Update #3\n> To: [email protected]\n> Message-ID: <[email protected]>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"us-ascii\"\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> Yesterday's snowfall in SW Kansas complicated road conditions and \n> especially safety so I opted to hold off getting to the DM98/EM08 \n> line until today (Friday). I'll operate from that line during the \n> AO27 pass that starts at about 29/1950Z. Depending on accessibiltiy, \n> I may get to the quad grid point and add DM99/EM09.\n>\n>> From there, we'll head north to Nebraska and put out DM99/EM09 \n>> during the AO51 pass at 2236Z and then either put out the DN90/EN00 \n>> grid line or the DM99/EM09/DN90/EN09 quad field point on the AO51 \n>> pass starting at 30/0014Z.\n>\n> We have to focus on getting to Denver now, so time permitting, \n> Saturday's game plan will be to hit the DN91/EN01 line on AO27 at \n> 30/1922Z, stop again in DN91 for the second AO27 pass at 2101Z, and \n> then the DN80/DN81 grid line on AO51 at 30/2335.\n>\n> After that, we'll be in Denver (DN70) and Cheyenne (DN71) with \n> family for a few days before heading south through NM and into TX.\n>\n> 73 for now,\n>\n> Jim, ND9M / VQ9JC\n> Wekeeney, KS / EM09\n>\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 14\n> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:50:44 +0000 (UTC)\n> From: [email protected]\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] More great FO-29 passes\n> To: amsat-bb <[email protected]>\n> Message-ID:\n> \n> <1354380632.1292461264783844056. \n> [email protected]>\n>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8\n>\n> It sure is nice to have FO-29 back online, after being off for \n> awhile. The 0415 utc 2/29 pass provided my first QSO with VE4AMU and \n> this last pass of 1602 utc provided a contact with Larry, WA6DIR. \n> This last pass was out over the Pacific. (I missed the 1416 utc \n> pass; was still in bed). I hope it stays active, but do know it is \n> in a test phase.\n>\n> John W6ZKH\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 15\n> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:39:54 -0800\n> From: \"Jim\" <[email protected]>\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] UX-14\n> To: <[email protected]>\n> Message-ID: <000601caa10a$1226d480$36747d80$@net>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"us-ascii\"\n>\n> Hi all\n>\n> I am looking for a ICOM UX-14 interface board.\n>\n>\n>\n> TNX\n>\n> Jim\n>\n> K7UDG\n>\n> [email protected]\n>\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> _______________________________________________\n> Sent via [email protected]. Opinions expressed are those of the \n> author.\n> Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite \n> program!\n> http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>\n>\n> End of AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 5, Issue 54\n> ***************************************\n", "attachments": [] }