October 2007 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

ARISS-Europe needs your help!
by Stefan Wagener 21 Oct '07

21 Oct '07

Hi folks, A short time ago, two ARISS antennas for L/S band were installed on the European Space Laboratory Columbus. The Columbus module will be delivered to the International Space Station by a Shuttle mission in 2008. These antennas and associated equipment will allow us to work with and through the ISS on L and S band. This will be just fantastic and opens up great opportunities for Amateur Radio on the ISS. ARISS-Europe and its chairman Gaston Bertels ON4WF have done a tremendous job getting this done with the help of many others. Significant funds were raised by folks all around the globe and ESA (European Space Agency) has taken on a major portion of the cost. However, the project still needs to raise funds. Please go to: http://www.ariss-eu.org/columbus.htm and make a donation via PayPal or CC ( use the DONATE button). Please help our teams and give Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) a new set of equipment. Remember, this is for you and YES, every donation and amount will make a difference and secures our ability to continue to use amateur radio on the ISS! Thanks everyone, 73, Stefan VE4NSA

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AO-51 signals 21 Oct.2007
by Mineo Wakita 21 Oct '07

21 Oct '07

I received a piece of signal from AO-51. fm PACB-1 to TIME-1 ctl UI pid F0 PHT: uptime is 005/06:40:38 fm PACB-1 to BCR-1 ctl UI pid F0 BCR: batv=1210 bati=205 batsense=1365 battop=1210 batlow=0 batt1=517 batt2=1042 sav=106 sai=0. de JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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FW: OH to JH
by John Hackett 21 Oct '07

21 Oct '07

Mika, Congrats on the JH but remember, they're not allowed to use AO-7's mode-B uplink so I hope you didn't work Johnny Depp ... (a pirate). 73 John. <la2qaa(a)amsat.org> ....................................................... > Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:56:33 +0000 > From: sv1bsx(a)yahoo.gr > To: la2qaa(a)amsat.org > Subject: Re: OH to JH > > John, > > I think Mika is not a member. I remember that (and I surprised) > he answered only via Amsat-BB in a message which posted in both > reflectors, a few days before. > > I was searching the "Members" of Eu-Amsat", I didn't find him > with his known Email (oh8bmn(a)suomi24.fi) or with his callsign. > > Strange... how is possible to slide from our.... traps?! > > 73, Mak > > --- In eu-amsat(a)yahoogroups.com, John Hackett <archie.hackett@...> > wrote: > > > > > > Mika, > > I see you worked a JH station on AO-7 today at 11:58 > > (orbit 50703). > > > > I know what it takes to work Japan from Scandinavia on a LEO Mika, > well done!!!. > > > > 73 John. <la2qaa@...> > > > >

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HITSAT sounds today
by Mineo Wakita 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Today I also heard HITSAT CW. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/71021hit.wav de JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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AO-51 on 435.150 9600
by CE3SOC Raul Romero 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

iam hear AO-51 to 9600 baud Signal 5 mi Rig kenwood TM-733a Ant Disconne --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Are you still wasting your time with spam?... There is a solution!" Protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector The most powerful anti-spam software available. http://mail.spaminspector.com

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Re: Equipment and ITUNE
by john heath 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Hi Tony and the list I also use the excellent InstanTrack software. Runs fine on an ancient laptop discarded by my employer. Didn't know about the option to use the parallel"printer" port on old PC's. Is that the way to do rotator control and Doppler at the same time. Serial port to the CAT port on the radio - doing this already Parallel port to the rotator control box - would like to do this What would the command line look like in the .cfg file 73 John G7HIA

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AO-7
by Frank A Cahoy 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Greetings to all, I have not been QRV on any satellites for a couple of years. Trouble with my AZ rotor. It's now fixed and I've been trying to hear AO-7 and VO-52 on several recent passes. Success with 52 but nothing heard from AO-7. I've been reading on the BB about how well AO-7 is currently playing and I'm therefore discouraged that I seem unable to hear it. I have a pass in less than an hour from now but the bird seems to be mostly east of the gray line. Can I expect to hear it on such a pass? Always such good and quick responses via our BB. I'll be waiting for someone to tell me what I'm doing wrong. BTW, I have been listening both 10 m. and 2 m. downlinks. Sad day when I have to ask for some Elmering after working nearly 1K Qs on AO-40!! Thanks and 73 to all. Frank, K0BLT

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Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 2, Issue 652
by John Kopala 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Pieter, I believe ICOM still offers the AG-25 and the AG-35 preamps. I bought a set of these around the end of March. They are still listed as available options for the IC-910H on the ICOM website. What is no longer available is the AG-1200 preamp, but you shouldn't have much need for that. John Kopala N7JK Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 09:16:33 +0200 From: "Pieter Kotze" <PKotze(a)csir.co.za> Subject: [amsat-bb] UHF/70cm preamps To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Message-ID: <471875F1.A154.0020.0(a)csir.co.za> Hello all In the past I have used the ICOM line of pre-amps e.g. AG-25 AG-35. It seems that these are no longer being made, have they been replaced by something new or is there simply not enough being sold for ICOM to make them anymore? I am looking for a mastmount UHF/70cm one, similar to the AG-35 which was a convenient size and could switch itself from RF transmissions. To make things that little bit more interesting I would like to use this at 400MHz as well. Regards Pieter ZS1PK/M0PAK

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Re: HITSAT heard
by Mineo Wakita 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Hello Mike and ALL, Yes, HITSAT is still active only in full sunlight. de JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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Re: FO-29 new schedule
by Mineo Wakita 20 Oct '07

20 Oct '07

Hello Chris, This is UTC.

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