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

RS-15 beacon heard over Europe
by Henk, PA3GUO 29 Jul '07

29 Jul '07

>From the newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.space I picked up this report on RS-15: > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2007 10:12 PM > Subject: RS-15 > > After a period of very intermittent appearances, RS-15's beacon has been > audible on most passes during the last three weeks or so. Its frequency > has fallen to ~29.35165MHz, and sometimes there's a near-continuous > carrier rather than the usual short, chirpy pulses, suggesting that the > voltage regulation may have failed. Catch it while you can! > > -- > Hil As it had been over 10 years that I had heard this satellite I decided to give it a go. Using the TS-2000 and a simple 14MHz dipol, no pre-amp, I was able to hear the beacon. Quite weak, but audible. Frequency as in the report; 29.3156MHz (assume this to be Beacon 1). On my website I have placed an mp3 recording and some 'waterfall' graphics: http://www.qsl.net/pa3guo You hear & see the beacon being switched on (~2 seconds) and off (~3 seconds). Also you hear & see the beacon 'tuning in' to the correct frequency every time it's switched on. Looking forward for your comments/feedback/experiences ! Henk, PA3GUO

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JAMSAT and P3E News
by Jeff Davis 29 Jul '07

29 Jul '07

Peter Gülzow, DB2OS reports on the DL Web site that JAMSAT (Japan) has made a generation donation of 1,000,000JPY (7500.00 euro) in support of the AMSAT P3-E satellite project. He went on to say that Mikio Mouri, president of JAMSAT is working on the structure of a command station for P3-E in Japan. There is close cooperation with the University for communications technology and the radio observatory in Sugadaira/Nagano to re-equip their 4m parabolic antenna for command use with P3-E in the 23cm and 13cm-Band. You can read the entire release (German) here: http://www.amsat-dl.org//index.php? option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=35&Itemid=97 Congrats to JAMSAT for their strong support of amateur radio in space! -- 73 de Jeff, KE9V

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Now back on Sats!
by John Geiger 29 Jul '07

29 Jul '07

After being off the satellites for a year or more due to the lack of a 70cm antenna, I finally put up a Cushcraft A270-10S dualband yagi. It doens't receive quite as well as the 719B I used to have, but did make 2 QSOs tonight on AO51 with it. It is great to be back, and AO51 sounds as good as ever! Look forward to meeting everyone on the sats again! 73s John AA5JG (ex: W5TD, NE0P, N0EEN, KA0IFG) Sat VUCC #129 Yaesu FT100D to Cushcraft A270-10S

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AO-51 status with TlmEcho
by Mineo Wakita 29 Jul '07

29 Jul '07

Status on 29 July 2007, http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ao51tlmf.htm

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so50 downlink
by Robert Turlington 28 Jul '07

28 Jul '07

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Sputnik recollections wanted for CQ
by Rich Moseson 28 Jul '07

28 Jul '07

Hi all from CQ Editor Rich Moseson, W2VU: The 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik is coming up in October, and we are currently working on our October issue. Many of you remember the launch well, and of course, hams were in the vanguard of listening for those beeps from above. We'd like to collect a representative sampling of your first-hand recollections to weave into an article for our October issue. Plus, we'd like to hear if this experience had a significant impact on your choice of careers, etc. - in short, did listening for Sputnik change your life? If so, how? Please respond as soon as possible by e-mail directly to a special mailbox we've set up at <sputnik(a)cq-amateur-radio.com>. Many thanks in advance and 73, Rich W2VU

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IC-821H TX problem on 70cm
by Scott Townley 28 Jul '07

28 Jul '07

Wondering if anyone else has experienced this: My IC-821H will just "quit" transmitting on 70cm. The PTT is still engaged in the radio (at least the band LED is red) but no RF comes out. This happens in either CW or SSB. The length of time it takes to quit varies, sometimes a couple of seconds, sometimes a minute, but it always happens eventually. If I let it set for several seconds, it always comes back, but not necessarily the first time I try. Needless to say, this puts a bit of a crimp in operations. Scott Townley NX7U Gilbert, AZ DM43di http://members.cox.net/nx7u

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2.4Ghz downconverter on Ebay
by w7lrd＠comcast.net 28 Jul '07

28 Jul '07

Hello I have a UEK-2000 down-converter listed on ebay. http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&from=R10&sati… -- 73 Bob W7LRD AMSAT member 28498 Seattle

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Hamvention 2008
by Doug Shields 28 Jul '07

28 Jul '07

If you look at the top left corner of the Hamvention web page it lists the dates of May 16, 17, and 18 of 2008. I hope to see you there. If you go, you must make it to the Amsat banquet - hopefully at the Air Force Museum again next year. http://www.hamvention.org/ Doug W4DAS

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Dayton 2008 ?
by Tony VK5ZAI 28 Jul '07

28 Jul '07

Could someone give me the dates for Dayton newt year please. We are thinking of getting together a group from VK to attend Thanks. -- Regards Tony. VK5ZAI J.A.(Tony)Hutchison P.O.Box 470 Kingston SE South Australia 5275 National ARISS Co-ordinator and Satellite ground Station. Web Site :- http://www.electric-web.org

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