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{ "url": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/email/YJFJHCL5TJFTCBRMB6ELWS7ELLJWPFBN/?format=api", "mailinglist": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/?format=api", "message_id": "CAJscT69_j72nCHMKZYN4=+eQvk67XhTwWMnkSPycOFV-B4ciwg@mail.gmail.com", "message_id_hash": "YJFJHCL5TJFTCBRMB6ELWS7ELLJWPFBN", "thread": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/list/[email protected]/thread/YJFJHCL5TJFTCBRMB6ELWS7ELLJWPFBN/?format=api", "sender": { "address": "kf1buz (a) gmail.com", "mailman_id": "8f037cabfa92442491c76e2b987cc745", "emails": "https://mailman.amsat.org/hyperkitty/api/sender/8f037cabfa92442491c76e2b987cc745/emails/?format=api" }, "sender_name": "Buzcut Ranger", "subject": "Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 11, Issue 53", "date": "2016-02-17T04:22:07Z", "parent": null, "children": [], "votes": { "likes": 0, "dislikes": 0, "status": "neutral" }, "content": "Hi All\n\nso is the issue with the iss packet system a radio or antenna? its as def a\nstump. had a nice 45 deg pass and it did not pick me up at all, but picked\nup a few others, 100w should beable to get a hit but nope, then there is\nthe odd person or persons that connect to the BBS and lock out any one else\nfrom reporting...\noh well..\n\nDan KF1BUZ\n\nOn Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 7:37 PM, <[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://www.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: Orlando hamcation (Rich/wa4bue)\n> 2. Re: Orlando hamcation (Rich/wa4bue)\n> 3. France (IN94) on AO-07B ( F6GLJ)\n> 4. Upcoming ARISS contact with UAH Space Hardware Club,\n> Huntsville, Alabama ([email protected])\n> 5. New AO7 Distance Record (Dave Swanson)\n> 6. Re: New AO7 Distance Record (Stefan Wagener)\n> 7. Fw: Fwd: LVB tracker (W2JV)\n> 8. Re: New AO7 Distance Record (Eduardo PY2RN)\n> 9. Re: New AO7 Distance Record (Stephen E. Belter)\n> 10. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-02-17 03:30 UTC\n> ([email protected])\n>\n>\n> ----------------------------------------------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 1\n> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:54:25 -0500\n> From: \"Rich/wa4bue\" <[email protected]>\n> To: <[email protected]>\n> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Orlando hamcation\n> Message-ID: <B2D595FFE58A45678B820466593240EB@BanjoPC>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1;\n> reply-type=original\n>\n> I think the link is Ham world . net\n>\n> Hope and family will be speaking this weekend at Old Dominion University\n> Open House for about 400 -600 middle & high school students touring the\n> engineering department.\n>\n> Hope is the key note speaker on Saturday.\n>\n> John KW4CR is coordinating the event.\n>\n> On Fri. 19th K4AMG will be on the air HF and SATS WX permitting\n>\n> God Bless\n>\n> R\n> W4BUE\n>\n> -----Original Message-----\n> From: jeffory broughton\n> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 9:32 AM\n> To: [email protected]\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] Orlando hamcation\n>\n> I saw the video ,I believe on facebook of Hope making contacts from the\n> hamfest.i can't find it again.Can some send me a link ?\n>\n> jeff broughton\n> _______________________________________________\n> Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\n> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions\n> expressed\n> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of\n> AMSAT-NA.\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 2\n> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 09:55:26 -0500\n> From: \"Rich/wa4bue\" <[email protected]>\n> To: \"James Lea - WX4TV\" <[email protected]>, \"jeffory broughton\"\n> <[email protected]>\n> Cc: [email protected]\n> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Orlando hamcation\n> Message-ID: <7C43E7C6A7C34EF09C5B79973137EF73@BanjoPC>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=iso-8859-1;\n> reply-type=original\n>\n> Maybe on K4AMG Face Book too!\n>\n> -----Original Message-----\n> From: James Lea - WX4TV\n> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 9:47 AM\n> To: jeffory broughton\n> Cc: [email protected]\n> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Orlando hamcation\n>\n> If it is her on SO-50, I've not seen it and would love to see it.\n>\n> James Lea\n> Sent from my iPhone\n>\n> On Feb 16, 2016, at 09:32, jeffory broughton <[email protected]>\n> wrote:\n>\n> I saw the video ,I believe on facebook of Hope making contacts from the\n> hamfest.i can't find it again.Can some send me a link ?\n>\n> jeff broughton\n> _______________________________________________\n> Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\n> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions\n> expressed\n> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of\n> AMSAT-NA.\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n> _______________________________________________\n> Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\n> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions\n> expressed\n> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of\n> AMSAT-NA.\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 3\n> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 18:32:16 +0100\n> From: \" F6GLJ\" <[email protected]>\n> To: <[email protected]>, \"VE1MAM\" <[email protected]>,\n> <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]\n> >\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] France (IN94) on AO-07B\n> Message-ID: <001f01d168df$fd2d1180$f7873480$@fr>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n>\n> Hello.\n>\n>\n>\n> I?ll be on AO-07 between 18 :00 to 18 :10, very good pass for qso France <>\n> SA and NA. Only 3? off elevation.\n>\n>\n>\n> I hope meet you.\n>\n>\n>\n> 73 Qro de F6GLJ\n> https://www.qrz.com/db/F6GLJ\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 4\n> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:41:30 -0500\n> From: <[email protected]>\n> To: \"Michael Lee\" <[email protected]>, \"Doug Rehman\" <[email protected]>,\n> <[email protected]>, \"amsat-edu\" <[email protected]>,\n> <[email protected]>\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS contact with UAH Space Hardware\n> Club, Huntsville, Alabama\n> Message-ID: <6FF0314C6CC1401098DBAEA39B2480BE@DHJ>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"iso-8859-1\"\n>\n> An International Space Station school contact has been planned with\n> participants at UAH Space Hardware Club, Huntsville, Alabama on Feb 19 The\n> event is scheduled to begin at approximately 17:20 UTC. The duration of the\n> contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be\n> direct between NA1SS and K4UAH. The contact should be audible over the\n> state of Alabama and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to\n> listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be\n> conducted in English.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> The Space Hardware Club at the University of Alabama in Huntsville is an\n> engineering club of students that builds balloon payloads, satellites and\n> rockets outside of their regular classes. The club has been working on this\n> contact for over a year. After deciding to focus on 8th grade students, we\n> reached out to Discovery Middle School, Westlawn Middle School, and the\n> Tennessee Valley Homeschool 4-H group - all from the northern Alabama area.\n> The students from Westlawn have been part of Project Lead The Way for 2\n> years now and have been exposed to robotics, modeling, and 3d printing. The\n> students from the homeschool group all have a passion for STEM, a love of\n> learning and being challenged, and are bubbling with excitement for this\n> opportunity of a lifetime. There are two STEM II classes from Discovery\n> Middle School that routinely rise to the expectations of their accelerated\n> STEM focused curriculum. By the time of the contact, the students will have\n> learned about the ISS, the\n> astronauts and some of the experiments aboard, and amateur radio. All\n> of the students and club members involved are passionate about this\n> opportunity, and thank you for your time.\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> 1. What is your favorite experiment that you've done in space?\n>\n> 2. What would you want to add to the ISS?\n>\n> 3. What is your favorite thing about living in space?\n>\n> 4. If someone wants to be an astronaut when they grow up, what should\n> they be doing now as a kid to prepare?\n>\n> 5. Was it hard to adjust to zero gravity?\n>\n> 6. What everyday task on Earth is the hardest in space?\n>\n> 7. Did you put any ranch on the lettuce grown in space?\n>\n> 8. What do the stars look like from up in space?\n>\n> 9. What happens in a case of an emergency?\n>\n> 10. What is your sleep schedule?\n>\n> 11. What do astronauts do for fun on the ISS?\n>\n> 12. Do you ever feel lonely?\n>\n> 13. When you get back on earth, do you feel different?\n>\n> 14. Do you have trouble telling whether it is night or day?\n>\n> 15. Why did you choose to go to space?\n>\n> 16. Do you feel like your background helped you to become an astronaut?\n>\n> 17. Does micogravity make your body tired or sick?\n>\n> 18. What is the hardest thing about being away from earth for so long?\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES:\n>\n>\n>\n> Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the\n>\n> International Space Station (ARISS).\n>\n>\n>\n> To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> Next planned event(s):\n>\n>\n>\n> TBD\n>\n>\n>\n> ABOUT ARISS\n>\n> Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative\n> venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies\n> that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States,\n> sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American\n> Radio Relay League (ARRL), and the National Aeronautics and Space\n> Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration\n> of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by\n> organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard\n> the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the\n> help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with\n> large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these\n> radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about\n> space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see\n> www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.a\n> rrl.org.\n>\n>\n>\n> Thank you & 73,\n>\n> David - AA4KN\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> ---\n> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.\n> https://www.avast.com/antivirus\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 5\n> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:14:52 -0600\n> From: Dave Swanson <[email protected]>\n> To: [email protected]\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] New AO7 Distance Record\n> Message-ID: <[email protected]>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed\n>\n> Satellite Friends and Colleagues,\n>\n> I wanted to share with everyone that on February 10th, at 2009UTC I made\n> a scheduled contact with Eduardo, PY2RN, using AO-7 Mode B, from\n> 'Shinnal Mountain' just west of Little Rock, Arkansas. My 10 digit grid\n> locator for the contact was EM34ST20SC, and Eduardo's station is located\n> at GG66LW77JQ in Vinhedo/SP, Brazil. Using the\n> http://no.nonsense.ee/qth/map.html website for reference, this equates\n> to 8030.895 km which we believe to be a new record for AO-7 Mode B. I've\n> been extremely busy this past week, but I had a few folks request that I\n> share a little background behind the contact, so here we go.\n>\n> Back on January 24th, I was on an AO-7(B) pass looking for Gustavo,\n> PT9BM. While not a record distance, Gustavo's QTH is just shy of 7500km\n> away from me, so I was up on my mountain, specifically in a spot with\n> great a great southeastern view of the Horizon. As the bird came into\n> view, while scanning the passband, I heard Eduardo, PY2RN, calling CQ. I\n> tried to answer him, but his signal disappeared quickly after that, and\n> I went ahead and had a great QSO with Gustavo, and didn't think anything\n> else of it until later that night when I decided to look up the station\n> I had heard. To my astonishment, Eduardo was 8030km away, which was way\n> beyond the theoretical range AO-7, even with elevation assistance. I\n> promptly emailed Eduardo and we both agreed to try and make a contact,\n> even though the math said it shouldn't be possible.\n>\n> At this point the random luck that had let me hear Eduardo on the 24th\n> seemed to elude us. We attempted contacts on the 26th, 28th, and 30th\n> all to no avail. After recalculating windows, our next shot was on\n> February 8th. WinListen (from Sat32pc) calculated a 3 second window on\n> the 8th, followed by 5 seconds on the 10th. The day of the 8th came, and\n> we prepared for the attempt. Murphy once again seemed to haunt us\n> though, as we successfully heard the calls and grids of each other, but\n> strong CW QRM was hitting the bird so hard that the intelligibility was\n> low and, more importantly, neither of us had a camera running. We\n> decided to not count the QSO due to these reasons. The good news was\n> though, we both heard each other (the first time that had happened) and\n> our frequency coordination was spot on. We knew it could be done, we\n> just needed a little luck.\n>\n> Finally, on February 10th, we got a bit of a break. We had already\n> determined that 5 seconds was simply not enough time to do a proper \"QSL\n> thanks for the grid, have a great day\" type of chat, so we both agreed\n> to simply repeat 'your call / my call / grid / report' rapidly, much in\n> the same way a digital or contest contact is made. At 2009UTC, both\n> stations cleanly heard the others call and grid, completing the\n> contact. It was extremely rapid, and very weak, but clear. Eduardo's\n> side of the QSO turned out way better than mine did, and he has uploaded\n> a recording of it to youtube here: https://youtu.be/pTGSlaY7K7A\n>\n> After all my work towards low-elevation contacts from mountain-tops, I\n> think this is approaching the limits of what can be done on AO-7. This\n> was by far the hardest sked I've ever attempted, and with the contact\n> window measured in mere seconds, it leaves absolutely no room for error.\n> Had I not heard Eduardo's call at random on the attempt with Gustavo, I\n> doubt I would have even pursued this as something that was possible.\n> That said, wow.. what a rush\n>\n> Big thanks to Eduardo, PY2RN, for humoring my obsession with making\n> ultra long-distance QSOs on the birds, and for sticking with it until we\n> finally made it work. Good DX my friend. Also thanks to Gustavo (PT9BM)\n> for persuading me to point my arrow to the South, and Drew (KO4MA) for\n> acting as a spotter during one of the passes to see just how far apart\n> we were from each other. Appreciate it guys.\n>\n> If anyone has any questions or comments, I'm happy to field them. Until\n> then, catch you on the birds! 73!\n>\n> -Dave, KG5CCI\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 6\n> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 16:24:03 -0600\n> From: Stefan Wagener <[email protected]>\n> To: Dave Swanson <[email protected]>\n> Cc: AMSAT BB <[email protected]>\n> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] New AO7 Distance Record\n> Message-ID:\n> <\n> CAKu8kHBqifxc+bEvoxVu6XhtOT8zep4oAWAYFJ4Q09-YOG6iHw@mail.gmail.com>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n>\n> Very nice Dave and Eduardo!\n>\n> Congratulations and thank you for the info.\n>\n> 73, Stefan, VE4NSA\n>\n> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 4:14 PM, Dave Swanson <[email protected]>\n> wrote:\n>\n> > Satellite Friends and Colleagues,\n> >\n> > I wanted to share with everyone that on February 10th, at 2009UTC I made\n> a\n> > scheduled contact with Eduardo, PY2RN, using AO-7 Mode B, from 'Shinnal\n> > Mountain' just west of Little Rock, Arkansas. My 10 digit grid locator\n> for\n> > the contact was EM34ST20SC, and Eduardo's station is located at\n> GG66LW77JQ\n> > in Vinhedo/SP, Brazil. Using the http://no.nonsense.ee/qth/map.html\n> > website for reference, this equates to 8030.895 km which we believe to\n> be a\n> > new record for AO-7 Mode B. I've been extremely busy this past week, but\n> I\n> > had a few folks request that I share a little background behind the\n> > contact, so here we go.\n> >\n> > Back on January 24th, I was on an AO-7(B) pass looking for Gustavo,\n> PT9BM.\n> > While not a record distance, Gustavo's QTH is just shy of 7500km away\n> from\n> > me, so I was up on my mountain, specifically in a spot with great a great\n> > southeastern view of the Horizon. As the bird came into view, while\n> > scanning the passband, I heard Eduardo, PY2RN, calling CQ. I tried to\n> > answer him, but his signal disappeared quickly after that, and I went\n> ahead\n> > and had a great QSO with Gustavo, and didn't think anything else of it\n> > until later that night when I decided to look up the station I had heard.\n> > To my astonishment, Eduardo was 8030km away, which was way beyond the\n> > theoretical range AO-7, even with elevation assistance. I promptly\n> emailed\n> > Eduardo and we both agreed to try and make a contact, even though the\n> math\n> > said it shouldn't be possible.\n> >\n> > At this point the random luck that had let me hear Eduardo on the 24th\n> > seemed to elude us. We attempted contacts on the 26th, 28th, and 30th all\n> > to no avail. After recalculating windows, our next shot was on February\n> > 8th. WinListen (from Sat32pc) calculated a 3 second window on the 8th,\n> > followed by 5 seconds on the 10th. The day of the 8th came, and we\n> prepared\n> > for the attempt. Murphy once again seemed to haunt us though, as we\n> > successfully heard the calls and grids of each other, but strong CW QRM\n> was\n> > hitting the bird so hard that the intelligibility was low and, more\n> > importantly, neither of us had a camera running. We decided to not count\n> > the QSO due to these reasons. The good news was though, we both heard\n> each\n> > other (the first time that had happened) and our frequency coordination\n> was\n> > spot on. We knew it could be done, we just needed a little luck.\n> >\n> > Finally, on February 10th, we got a bit of a break. We had already\n> > determined that 5 seconds was simply not enough time to do a proper \"QSL\n> > thanks for the grid, have a great day\" type of chat, so we both agreed to\n> > simply repeat 'your call / my call / grid / report' rapidly, much in the\n> > same way a digital or contest contact is made. At 2009UTC, both stations\n> > cleanly heard the others call and grid, completing the contact. It was\n> > extremely rapid, and very weak, but clear. Eduardo's side of the QSO\n> > turned out way better than mine did, and he has uploaded a recording of\n> it\n> > to youtube here: https://youtu.be/pTGSlaY7K7A\n> >\n> > After all my work towards low-elevation contacts from mountain-tops, I\n> > think this is approaching the limits of what can be done on AO-7. This\n> was\n> > by far the hardest sked I've ever attempted, and with the contact window\n> > measured in mere seconds, it leaves absolutely no room for error. Had I\n> not\n> > heard Eduardo's call at random on the attempt with Gustavo, I doubt I\n> would\n> > have even pursued this as something that was possible. That said, wow..\n> > what a rush\n> >\n> > Big thanks to Eduardo, PY2RN, for humoring my obsession with making ultra\n> > long-distance QSOs on the birds, and for sticking with it until we\n> finally\n> > made it work. Good DX my friend. Also thanks to Gustavo (PT9BM) for\n> > persuading me to point my arrow to the South, and Drew (KO4MA) for acting\n> > as a spotter during one of the passes to see just how far apart we were\n> > from each other. Appreciate it guys.\n> >\n> > If anyone has any questions or comments, I'm happy to field them. Until\n> > then, catch you on the birds! 73!\n> >\n> > -Dave, KG5CCI\n> > _______________________________________________\n> > Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\n> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.\n> Opinions\n> > expressed\n> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of\n> > AMSAT-NA.\n> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite\n> program!\n> > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n> >\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 7\n> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:30:03 -0500\n> From: \"W2JV\" <[email protected]>\n> To: <[email protected]>\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] Fw: Fwd: LVB tracker\n> Message-ID: <FA573863D2E24482AF2C393812B296C5@PeterPC>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"UTF-8\"\n>\n>\n> The Great South Bay, Amateur Radio Club, of which I?m a member wants to\n> put together a satellite station.\n> They have an existing home made AZ EL power unit which works. They are\n> looking into interfacing an LVB tracker with it.\n> and need to know what voltage level input is required for the feedback\n> loop. The unit currently puts out 0-6.25vdc corresponding to 0-360 AZ and\n> 0-180 EL. Looking at the G5500 schematic they go through an opamp\n> arrangement but do not provide any voltage levels.\n>\n> If anyone can the club with some info I'd sure appreciate it.\n>\n> Thanks,\n>\n> W2JV Peter\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 8\n> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 01:46:14 +0000 (UTC)\n> From: Eduardo PY2RN <[email protected]>\n> To: Dave Swanson <[email protected]>, \"[email protected]\"\n> <[email protected]>\n> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] New AO7 Distance Record\n> Message-ID:\n> <[email protected]>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n>\n> Thanks Dave for the QSO and well done with all the persistence.\n>\n> It is always good to double check even when everything is saying that it\n> wouldn't be possible, even the computer shouting \"satellite is not\n> visible!\" over your signal :o)\n> 73s\n> Eduardo? PY2RN\n>\n> From: Dave Swanson <[email protected]>\n> To: [email protected]\n> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 8:14 PM\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] New AO7 Distance Record\n>\n> Satellite Friends and Colleagues,\n>\n> I wanted to share with everyone that on February 10th, at 2009UTC I made\n> a scheduled contact with Eduardo, PY2RN, using AO-7 Mode B, from?\n> 'Shinnal Mountain' just west of Little Rock, Arkansas.? My 10 digit grid\n> locator for the contact was EM34ST20SC, and Eduardo's station is located\n> at GG66LW77JQ in Vinhedo/SP, Brazil.? Using the\n> http://no.nonsense.ee/qth/map.html website for reference, this equates\n> to 8030.895 km which we believe to be a new record for AO-7 Mode B. I've\n> been extremely busy this past week, but I had a few folks request that I\n> share a little background behind the contact, so here we go.\n>\n> Back on January 24th, I was on an AO-7(B) pass looking for Gustavo,\n> PT9BM. While not a record distance, Gustavo's QTH is just shy of 7500km\n> away from me, so I was up on my mountain, specifically in a spot with\n> great a great southeastern view of the Horizon. As the bird came into\n> view, while scanning the passband, I heard Eduardo, PY2RN, calling CQ. I\n> tried to answer him, but his signal disappeared quickly after that, and\n> I went ahead and had a great QSO with Gustavo, and didn't think anything\n> else of it until later that night when I decided to look up the station\n> I had heard. To my astonishment, Eduardo was 8030km away, which was way\n> beyond the theoretical range AO-7, even with elevation assistance. I\n> promptly emailed Eduardo and we both agreed to try and make a contact,\n> even though the math said it shouldn't be possible.\n>\n> At this point the random luck that had let me hear Eduardo on the 24th\n> seemed to elude us. We attempted contacts on the 26th, 28th, and 30th\n> all to no avail. After recalculating windows, our next shot was on\n> February 8th. WinListen (from Sat32pc) calculated a 3 second window on\n> the 8th, followed by 5 seconds on the 10th. The day of the 8th came, and\n> we prepared for the attempt. Murphy once again seemed to haunt us\n> though, as we successfully heard the calls and grids of each other, but\n> strong CW QRM was hitting the bird so hard that the intelligibility was\n> low and, more importantly, neither of us had a camera running. We\n> decided to not count the QSO due to these reasons. The good news was\n> though, we both heard each other (the first time that had happened) and\n> our frequency coordination was spot on. We knew it could be done, we\n> just needed a little luck.\n>\n> Finally, on February 10th, we got a bit of a break. We had already\n> determined that 5 seconds was simply not enough time to do a proper \"QSL\n> thanks for the grid, have a great day\" type of chat, so we both agreed\n> to simply repeat 'your call / my call / grid / report' rapidly, much in\n> the same way a digital or contest contact is made. At 2009UTC, both\n> stations cleanly heard the others call and grid, completing the\n> contact.? It was extremely rapid, and very weak, but clear.? Eduardo's\n> side of the QSO turned out way better than mine did, and he has uploaded\n> a recording of it to youtube here: https://youtu.be/pTGSlaY7K7A\n>\n> After all my work towards low-elevation contacts from mountain-tops, I\n> think this is approaching the limits of what can be done on AO-7. This\n> was by far the hardest sked I've ever attempted, and with the contact\n> window measured in mere seconds, it leaves absolutely no room for error.\n> Had I not heard Eduardo's call at random on the attempt with Gustavo, I\n> doubt I would have even pursued this as something that was possible.\n> That said, wow.. what a rush\n>\n> Big thanks to Eduardo, PY2RN, for humoring my obsession with making\n> ultra long-distance QSOs on the birds, and for sticking with it until we\n> finally made it work. Good DX my friend. Also thanks to Gustavo (PT9BM)\n> for persuading me to point my arrow to the South, and Drew (KO4MA) for\n> acting as a spotter during one of the passes to see just how far apart\n> we were from each other. Appreciate it guys.\n>\n> If anyone has any questions or comments, I'm happy to field them. Until\n> then, catch you on the birds! 73!\n>\n> -Dave, KG5CCI\n> _______________________________________________\n> Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\n> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions\n> expressed\n> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of\n> AMSAT-NA.\n> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 9\n> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 02:44:43 +0000\n> From: \"Stephen E. Belter\" <[email protected]>\n> To: Eduardo PY2RN <[email protected]>, Dave Swanson\n> <[email protected]>, \"[email protected]\" <\n> [email protected]>\n> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] New AO7 Distance Record\n> Message-ID: <D2E94831.5D11E%[email protected]>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"us-ascii\"\n>\n> Gentlemen:\n>\n> Congratulations!\n>\n> Would you describe your stations? Radios, antennas, coax, preamps,\n> software?\n>\n> Thanks!\n>\n> 73, Steve N9IP\n> --\n> Steve Belter, [email protected]\n>\n>\n>\n> On 2/16/16, 8:46 PM, \"AMSAT-BB on behalf of Eduardo PY2RN\"\n> <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote:\n>\n> >Thanks Dave for the QSO and well done with all the persistence.\n> >\n> >It is always good to double check even when everything is saying that it\n> >wouldn't be possible, even the computer shouting \"satellite is not\n> >visible!\" over your signal :o)\n> >73s\n> >Eduardo PY2RN\n> >\n> > From: Dave Swanson <[email protected]>\n> > To: [email protected]\n> > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 8:14 PM\n> > Subject: [amsat-bb] New AO7 Distance Record\n> >\n> >Satellite Friends and Colleagues,\n> >\n> >I wanted to share with everyone that on February 10th, at 2009UTC I made\n> >a scheduled contact with Eduardo, PY2RN, using AO-7 Mode B, from\n> >'Shinnal Mountain' just west of Little Rock, Arkansas. My 10 digit grid\n> >locator for the contact was EM34ST20SC, and Eduardo's station is located\n> >at GG66LW77JQ in Vinhedo/SP, Brazil. Using the\n> >http://no.nonsense.ee/qth/map.html website for reference, this equates\n> >to 8030.895 km which we believe to be a new record for AO-7 Mode B. I've\n> >been extremely busy this past week, but I had a few folks request that I\n> >share a little background behind the contact, so here we go.\n> >\n> >Back on January 24th, I was on an AO-7(B) pass looking for Gustavo,\n> >PT9BM. While not a record distance, Gustavo's QTH is just shy of 7500km\n> >away from me, so I was up on my mountain, specifically in a spot with\n> >great a great southeastern view of the Horizon. As the bird came into\n> >view, while scanning the passband, I heard Eduardo, PY2RN, calling CQ. I\n> >tried to answer him, but his signal disappeared quickly after that, and\n> >I went ahead and had a great QSO with Gustavo, and didn't think anything\n> >else of it until later that night when I decided to look up the station\n> >I had heard. To my astonishment, Eduardo was 8030km away, which was way\n> >beyond the theoretical range AO-7, even with elevation assistance. I\n> >promptly emailed Eduardo and we both agreed to try and make a contact,\n> >even though the math said it shouldn't be possible.\n> >\n> >At this point the random luck that had let me hear Eduardo on the 24th\n> >seemed to elude us. We attempted contacts on the 26th, 28th, and 30th\n> >all to no avail. After recalculating windows, our next shot was on\n> >February 8th. WinListen (from Sat32pc) calculated a 3 second window on\n> >the 8th, followed by 5 seconds on the 10th. The day of the 8th came, and\n> >we prepared for the attempt. Murphy once again seemed to haunt us\n> >though, as we successfully heard the calls and grids of each other, but\n> >strong CW QRM was hitting the bird so hard that the intelligibility was\n> >low and, more importantly, neither of us had a camera running. We\n> >decided to not count the QSO due to these reasons. The good news was\n> >though, we both heard each other (the first time that had happened) and\n> >our frequency coordination was spot on. We knew it could be done, we\n> >just needed a little luck.\n> >\n> >Finally, on February 10th, we got a bit of a break. We had already\n> >determined that 5 seconds was simply not enough time to do a proper \"QSL\n> >thanks for the grid, have a great day\" type of chat, so we both agreed\n> >to simply repeat 'your call / my call / grid / report' rapidly, much in\n> >the same way a digital or contest contact is made. At 2009UTC, both\n> >stations cleanly heard the others call and grid, completing the\n> >contact. It was extremely rapid, and very weak, but clear. Eduardo's\n> >side of the QSO turned out way better than mine did, and he has uploaded\n> >a recording of it to youtube here: https://youtu.be/pTGSlaY7K7A\n> >\n> >After all my work towards low-elevation contacts from mountain-tops, I\n> >think this is approaching the limits of what can be done on AO-7. This\n> >was by far the hardest sked I've ever attempted, and with the contact\n> >window measured in mere seconds, it leaves absolutely no room for error.\n> >Had I not heard Eduardo's call at random on the attempt with Gustavo, I\n> >doubt I would have even pursued this as something that was possible.\n> >That said, wow.. what a rush\n> >\n> >Big thanks to Eduardo, PY2RN, for humoring my obsession with making\n> >ultra long-distance QSOs on the birds, and for sticking with it until we\n> >finally made it work. Good DX my friend. Also thanks to Gustavo (PT9BM)\n> >for persuading me to point my arrow to the South, and Drew (KO4MA) for\n> >acting as a spotter during one of the passes to see just how far apart\n> >we were from each other. Appreciate it guys.\n> >\n> >If anyone has any questions or comments, I'm happy to field them. Until\n> >then, catch you on the birds! 73!\n> >\n> >-Dave, KG5CCI\n> >_______________________________________________\n> >Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\n> >to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.\n> >Opinions expressed\n> >are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of\n> >AMSAT-NA.\n> >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> >Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n> >\n> >\n> >\n> >_______________________________________________\n> >Sent via [email protected]. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available\n> >to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.\n> >Opinions expressed\n> >are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of\n> >AMSAT-NA.\n> >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> >Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Message: 10\n> Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 22:37:21 -0500\n> From: [email protected]\n> To: [email protected]\n> Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-02-17\n> 03:30 UTC\n> Message-ID: <[email protected]>\n> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=\"ISO-8859-1\"\n>\n> Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-02-17 03:30 UTC\n>\n> Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:\n>\n> Oasis Academy Brightstowe, Bristol, UK, direct via GB1OAB\n> The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS\n> The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI\n> Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-02-19 14:23:23 UTC 78 deg\n>\n> UAH Space Hardware Club, Huntsville, Alabama, direct via K4UAH\n> The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS\n> The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN\n> Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-02-19 17:20:14 UTC 72 deg\n>\n> Istituto Sobrero, Casale Monferrato, Italy, direct via IK1SLD\n> The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS\n> The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN\n> Contact is a go for: Thu 2016-02-25 09:10:55 UTC 40 deg (***)\n>\n> Norwich Schools, Norwich/East Anglia, UK, direct via GB2CNS\n> The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be GB1SS\n> The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI\n> Contact is a go for: Fri 2016-02-26 14:43:39 UTC 29 deg (***)\n>\n>\n> ****************************************************************************\n> **\n> ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.\n> ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send\n> your reports to [email protected] or [email protected].\n>\n>\n> ****************************************************************************\n> Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and\n> not being able to get in. That has now been changed to\n> http://www.ariss.org/\n>\n> Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.\n>\n>\n> ****************************************************************************\n> Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS?\n>\n> If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete\n> details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.\n>\n>\n> http://www.ariss-eu.org/\n>\n> If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to\n> provide some insight. Contact Kerry at [email protected]\n>\n> ****************************************************************************\n> ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100\n>\n> schools:\n>\n> Gaston ON4WF with 121\n> Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 116\n> Francesco IK?WGF with 116\n>\n>\n>\n> ****************************************************************************\n> The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date\n> webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are\n> additional\n> ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know.\n>\n> Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own\n> orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed\n> time.\n> All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date\n> and\n> time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS\n>\n> The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-02-17 03:30 UTC.\n> (***)\n>\n> Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and\n> questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and\n> instructions for any contact that may be streamed live.\n> http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf\n>\n> Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1023.\n> Each school counts as 1 event.\n> Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 988.\n> Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.\n> Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46.\n>\n> A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the\n> file.\n> http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf\n>\n> Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.\n>\n>\n> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\n>\n> The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:\n> Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota,\n> Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin\n> Islands.\n>\n>\n> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++\n>\n> QSL information may be found at:\n> http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html\n>\n> ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS\n>\n>\n> ****************************************************************************\n> The successful school list has been updated as of 2016-02-12 05:00 UTC.\n>\n> http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf\n>\n> Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing\n> Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC\n>\n> http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction\n> .rtf\n>\n> Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.\n> http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf\n>\n> Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts\n>\n> https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415\n>\n> ****************************************************************************\n> Exp. 43/44 on orbit\n> Scott Kelly\n> Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF\n>\n> Exp. 45 on orbit\n> Sergey Volkov RU3DIS\n>\n> Exp. 46 on orbit\n> Tim Kopra KE5UDN\n> Timothy Peake KG5BVI\n> Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP\n>\n>\n> ****************************************************************************\n>\n> 73,\n> Charlie Sufana AJ9N\n> One of the ARISS operation team mentors\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> Subject: Digest Footer\n>\n> _______________________________________________\n> Sent via [email protected].\n> AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons\n> worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed\n> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of\n> AMSAT-NA.\n> Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!\n> http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb\n>\n> ------------------------------\n>\n> End of AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 11, Issue 53\n> ****************************************\n>\n", "attachments": [] }