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

AMSAT at Ft. Wayne
by Jeff Davis, KE9V 18 Nov '07

18 Nov '07

I had a good time at the Ft Wayne (Indiana) Hamfest yesterday and I caught Gerd, WB8IFM manning the AMSAT booth and speaking at the AMSAT forum. http://ke9v.smugmug.com/photos/222644028-L.jpg http://ke9v.smugmug.com/photos/222648515-L.jpg 73, -- Jeff, KE9V

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AMSAT-UK and ESA Co-operation on GENSO
by Trevor 18 Nov '07

18 Nov '07

The European Space Agency (ESA) has published details of the 5th GENSO workshop which took place in Aalborg, Denmark. For links and further details see the news item "AMSAT-UK and ESA Co-operation on GENSO" at the AMSAT-UK website: http://www.uk.amsat.org/ BTW a recent NASA picture clearly shows the two ARISS antennas on Columbus, details at http://www.southgatearc.org/news/november2007/columbus_amateur_radio_antenn… 73 Trevor M5AKA ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/

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GO-32 SSET messages
by Mineo Wakita 18 Nov '07

18 Nov '07

JE9PEL>APRS,4XTECH* [11/18/07 10:02:46z] <UI R>::EMAIL :[email protected] /SatSE Test WU2Z>APM385,TCPIP*,qAC,THIRD::JE9PEL :EMail message delivered OK{825 APRS Message from JE9PEL From: [email protected] To: ei7m-wkt(a)asahi-net.or.jp Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 05:02:52 -0500 (EST) /SatSE Test Message received by MacAPRS IGate station WU2Z Located in NO BRUNSWICK, NJ APRS path = JE9PEL>APRS,TCPIP*,qAC,T2SOCAL

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AO-16 soundcard BPSK demodulator
by Wouter Jan Ubbels 18 Nov '07

18 Nov '07

Hi all, with AO-16 coming back to live, I have put some more work into Warbler, a JAVA 1200bit/s BPSK AX.25 soundcard demodulator. A Beta version can be found and downloaded at: http://home.casema.nl/b.ubbels/Warbler.htm note that this is a work in progress, the program is still in its early stages, more polishing will be done as time permits :) 73 Wouter Jan Ubbels PE4WJ

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Re: AO-16 soundcard BPSK demodulator
by Mineo Wakita 18 Nov '07

18 Nov '07

I tried to test it for AO-16 BPSK. Very Nice! de JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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PicoPacket on PCSAT/ECHO
by Roger Kolakowski 17 Nov '07

17 Nov '07

I picked up an early PicoPacket at a recent flea and I'm trying to set it up for the handheld and the sats. I already have a TNC-3 (ver 6.0) so naturally I figured that I could work out the commands. Not so. I got it talking to the computer at 9600 baud but any sent packets are read on the screen as gibberish (though real alphabetic/numeric gibberish, not the symbols you see when you are at the wrong baud rate.) Of course there is no quick start guide or manual with it and the company seems to have successfully kept such things off the net. I have Googled what little brains I have left, out. Can someone help walk me through a basic setup or does anyone have a copy of the quickstart guide (or the manual if it's not too long?) Startup version is 1995 so it doesn't have any of the 2 port upgrades to it or anything...just plain old vanilla. Please reply off list direct to Rogerkola at aol dot com. Thanks in advance! Roger WA1KAT

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Planetarium program?
by Alan P. Biddle 17 Nov '07

17 Nov '07

Hi, Any recommendations of a good freeware planetarium program, or web site, where you can put in the parameters of an object such as a comet and your QTH, and get the azimuth and elevation? Somewhat off topic, but someone who saw my antennas asked. Google of course is very productive, probably too much so. 73s, Alan WA4SCA

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PCSAT QSL
by Mr Jeffrey L Ross 17 Nov '07

17 Nov '07

HI, HERES MY COPY OF PCSAT THIS AM. USED MIXW WITH A HT AND OUTDOOR ANT. LOOKING FOR THE ISS. 73 KC8GKF 09:23 PCSAT-1/SGATE>BEACON>UI,?,F0 (1200 baud): T#671,113,125,120,107,214,00111111,0010,1 09:23 KG0YJ-3/PCSAT-1*>APRS>UI,C,F0 (1200 baud): =3841.47N/09029.98W- Beacon frm Bill in MO via ISS 11:02 VE3FFR/W3ADO-1*/SGATE/WIDE>APRS>UI,R,F0 (1200 baud): =4416.01N/07629.01W- (UIV32N) 11:04 W4RVZ/W3ADO-1*>APRS>UI,?,F0 (1200 baud): =3610.46N/07628.25W-Hertford NC/FM16 {UISS33} 11:04 W3ADO-1/SGATE>BEACON>UI,?,F0 (1200 baud): T#001,018,060,098,045,214,00111111,0000,1 11:06 VE3FFR/W3ADO-1*/SGATE/WIDE>APRS

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FAO Kevin WA6FWF - Sputnik
by Dave Aitch 17 Nov '07

17 Nov '07

Hi Kevin. I have sent you the details you requested with three different e-mail addresses. Two have been bounced back. Have you received ALL the information your require yet ? 73, Dave. G1OCN.

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boyscouts
by Nick Pugh 17 Nov '07

17 Nov '07

Hi ALL I will be at Boy Scout winter camp teaching radio merit badge. I will be qrv on the sats with a hand held. Please give me a call K5QXJ thanks nick

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