August 2006 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

SpaceCam1 now on MSNBC
by Trevor 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

Ham Radio's Space Vision http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/08/17/2213.aspx 73 Trevor M5AKA --------------- Daily Amateur Radio RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ News On Your Website: http://www.southgatearc.org/rss/index.htm News On Your PC: http://www.southgatearc.org/rss/newsreader.htm Upload Your News: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news.htm --------------- ___________________________________________________________ Inbox full of spam? Get leading spam protection and 1GB storage with All New Yahoo! Mail. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Doppler Shift :-)
by Félim Doyle M3HIM 18 Aug '06

18 Aug '06

>From the September 2006 edition of the RSGB publication RadCom ... Doppler Shift - the tendency for daft ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. 73 de Félim M3HIM IO91ot Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK

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FO-29 turns 10
by ANTHONY JAPHA 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

FO-29 is a wonderful, reliable bird. Here on the east coast, it's possible to work DX (Eu.) with low power and the equivalent of an Arrow ant. (My own experience is that the Arrow doesn't do well because of overload on 70cm, but when put on 2 booms--2 mtrs on 1, and 70cm on the other-- using 2 small tripods, it's usually fine.) On a recent trip to several QTHs up and down the west coast, FO-29 was almost always heard from predicted AOS to LOS, though without much activity. Sometimes a preamp was used, which made life easier, but that's by no means essential for routine QSOs. A big disappointment on that trip was AO-7, which, even when it's in mode B (I didn't have mode A capability operating portable at oceanside QTHs), was nearly impossible to get into. I was using 5 watts on both FO-29 and AO-7 from excellent QTHs. I was not able to make a single QSO on AO-7, though a few stations were heard. I have seen reports of good success with 5 watts and small antennas on AO-7, but I can't verify that experience. I'd appreciate your thoughts on whether I should buy a 20 watt amp. and try that on AO-7. Long live FO-29! 73, Tony, N2UN

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Re: HITSAT
by Mineo Wakita 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Yes, you must NOT uplink untill GSC announce. --------------------------------------------- Name: Mineo Wakita / JE9PEL, JAMSAT member Mail: ei7m-wkt(a)asahi-net.or.jp URL : http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ QTH : Yokohama Japan, GL:PM95TJ Date: Aug 18, 2006 ---------------------------------------------

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Coax
by CHUCK 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

I have for sale 99 feet of Davis RF 50 ohm bury flex with "N" connectors on each end. This coax is in good condition and is 3 years old. It was removed from my tower eariler this year. I am asking $40.00 OBO plus shipping from 95121. Thanks for reading this ad.

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Re: NEW GRIDS !!! XE2AT
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Hi! > Dear boys and girls Bernardo XE2HWB will make a trip to DL27-37 from 17th to > 20th of this month, is in Baja California for the 10GHZ and UP contest, I > sent a small 6 ele yagi and he will be in AO51 from those new grids. > I think he will try to be in DL28 after the 20th so keep in touch, I will > advise to BB about the status from Bernardo. I talked with Bernardo on AO-51 this morning, and he said he will be in DL37 (a desert in southern Baja California) tomorrow. He previously mentioned via e-mail his plans to be on from there and other grids in the area (DL27, DL28, and DL38) between Friday 18th and Monday 21st, saying he would spend the most time in DL27 and DL37 with maybe one pass each for DL28 and DL38. All of the satellite work will be via AO-51. The rest of the weekend will be spent working the ARRL 10 GHz and Up contest from down there. Bernardo's English is pretty good, but please use the phonetic alphabet when calling him - or call him in Spanish. :-) He has antennas and a new duplexer for his satellite work, in addition to what XE2AT sent him, so hopefully he can show up from those spots. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - Phoenix, Arizona USA http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Office Closed
by MARTHA SARAGOVITZ 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

The office will be closed from August 28th - September 8th. I will be going on my first 2 week vacation in over 25 years! 73- Martha

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New Satellite Award from JAMSAT
by Mikio_Mouri 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Hello, Alls, On behalf of the JAMSAT(Japan-AMSAT) board, it is my great honor to draw your attention to our brand new award, named JAMSAT Five Stars Award. Issuing of this award is intended to get more higher activity of radio amateur communication over satellites and eventually to have more fellows in this field and protect the frequency allocation given to the amateur satellites use. This Award is opened for world wide, with following terms and conditions. 1.The applicant is required to establish a QSO with five(5) different stations over five (5) different Satellites.(Total 25 QSL Cards required) 2. One specific satellite is counted once, even the QSO was made on different mode or band on the same satellite. 3. Valid only 2way QSOs. Cross mode QSOs are not valid on this award. 4.The QSOs using Digital mode and SSTV are valid, however you are requested to get QSL Cards. (e-QSL is not acceptable) 5.No specific endosement (eg. CW, SSB) is provided. 6. QSOs made after the January 1st, 2006 00:00 UTC are valid. 7. As for the application, no specific format is provided. You can use your own QSO list, however it is recomended to use a format of ARRL or JARL. Please send your GCR, certified by 2 radio amateurs, but please DO NOT send QSL cards to us. (We can not take any responsiblity against it) 8. Fee on the application >From abroad, Ten(10) "NEW" IRCs should be sent with the application form. For the domestic application, 800yen should be remited by Postal Money Order. (If you were member of the JAMSAT, then 400yen is applicable) 9. Donatios are welcomed This is not a duty, but your any donations to build new amateur satellites will be most welcomed by us. If you were agree with this, then please add some amount on top of the award application fee. JAMSAT will surely remit those your warm donations to the AMSAT-DL and/or AMSAT-NA accordingly. (Please understand that the JAMSAT-Board is entitled to divide the sum of donations for each party and project.) 10. Mailing address--Please forward your application to the following. JAMSAT AWARD OFFICE For the attenion of Mr. S. Muramaki PO Box 26, Mizushima Post Office, Kurashiki, Okayama 712-8691, Japan 11. Query If you have had any query, please send your message by e-mail to: madoguchi(a)jamsat.or.jp Mikio Mouri JA3GEP President of the Japan-AMSAT (JAMSAT) August 17, 2006

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Yaesu UT-20 23CM module
by Stargate 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Can the UT-20 1.2ghz module be purchased anywhere? All the websites I have seen says the factory has to install it. I have an offer of a 4 month old TS-2000 with M60 Desk Mike, Kenwood HT Dual Bander TH-D7AG, and a M2 9 element SSB antenna. I really want 1.2ghz for terrestrial work and satellites. (if they put another one on 1.2ghz someday:-) I'm still looking to trade my mint FT-1000MPMK5 for a TS-2000X + something extra. Thanks RoD KD0XX

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Florida AMSAT Net
by Robert Davies 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

The Florida AMSAT Net will meet at the regular time of 07:30 ET, 23:30 UTC this Thursday evening. Access to the net is through the NI4CE repeater system (see www.NI4CE.org <http://www.ni4ce.org/> for details), the N4HHA Orlando repeater on 443.1 MHz w/103.5 pl, the N4LEM 2M repeater on 147.36 MHz w/ 107.2 pl in Cocoa Fl., and finally over echolink over N4HHA-R and KG4YZY-R. All amateur are welcome to check in. -- KI4HXT EL97af Robert Davies AMSAT Area Coordinator AMSAT Member#35649 AMSAT President's Club Bronze Sustaining Donor IFC#2880

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