October 2008 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

ISS Contact
by Rick - WA4NVM 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

Hi Alan & fellow AMSAT, Congrats on your contact with Richard on the ISS! I heard him return your call. Maybe some more of us will snag him before he goes home. 73, Rick - LM1339

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Re: [sarex] tx time
by Dave Taylor 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

The delay between automatic transmissions is fixed at 3 minutes. That's built into the VC-H1. -- Dave, W8AAS On Oct 17, 2008, at 7:03 AM, amsat wrote: > Hi all, > Again i received a nice sstv image. orbit 56775. > Like SM5SRR Eskil posted, You have to be lucky to receive due to the > tx > hang time when iss is not on a overhead pass. > I wonder what happens after Richard leaves the iss. if the sstv stay's > on, leave it like it is. then we would have much opportunities to > receive sstv. > If sstv would not be on all the time or we have to wait as long as we > did now, maybe someone would set the hang time a little shorter... > > Tnx to all the people who have helped to setup this project. > > Grtz Ward > > ---- > Sent via sarex(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/sarex

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Re: ISS on voice over UK, 1106UTC
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

Hi Yes, Excellent copy hear in Wales on a HT -It was a link up with Budbrooke Primary School in Warwick in the UK. The video streaming also went very well - Congratulations to all of the team and the support given by all. The feedback from the video streaming text messages show how much the link up was appreciated. Ken GW1FKY Amsat -UK Amsat NA

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ISS on voice over UK, 1106UTC
by Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

I caught quite a lot of this pass this afternoon, again with just the omni and the old Trio. http://www.gjcp.net/~gordonjcp/friday1106.ogg Seems to be Richard talking to a group of school pupils. Gordon MM3YEQ

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Robotic satellite tracking - CJU antenna
by Pedro A. Perez 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

Hi all, this is a very nice job with the little CJU antenna working the AO-51 from our friend Jesus XE1AZJ: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWRZoZMjELA Best 73, Pedro EB4DKA http://eb4dka.laserenadigital.com

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ISS pass: 0731-0741 UTC
by Carlos E. Nuñez LU9JX 17 Oct '08

17 Oct '08

ISS pass 0731-0741 UTC (max elevation 83º!): nothing (144800 and 144825 kHz). Lalo LU9JX GF19af

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SSTV over PY
by Fabio Teixeira Magalhaes 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

Finally I copied 2 pictures (same, blue with call letters in the end - Robot 36) from ISS. Orbit nr 56.768 AOS 20:21 LOS 20:26 max elevation 3,3º...... Frequency was 145.825 not 145.800 (?). Xcvr FT847, Ant 2 x 6 ele OWA. 73 es DX Fabio - PY4AJ Amsat 19748

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Still no joy with ISS....Dang Windoze update!
by Michael Tondee 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

Came home today after leaving the rig and the PC running all of last night and today to find that Windoze had downloaded an update and restarted my computer at some point. I forgot to turn on autosave on CPIX and completely forgot about automatic updates being on so I got nothing! Oh, well back to the drawing board. Michael, W4HIJ

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ISS SSTV No Joy...
by Michael Tondee 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

Just had a pass of about 42 degrees at 21:13 UTC over the eastern part of the U.S. Grid EM83 and heard nothing. No SSTV, no voice. Looks like I'm going to have to leave the rig and PC running unattended 24 hours a day to have a chance at snagging anything. I should be able to copy this with a vertical right? I'm having some problems with my AZ/EL rotators and don't want to leave them unattended. 73, Michael, W4HIJ

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Congratulations Bob W7LRD!
by Michael Tondee 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

Just pulled my November QST out of the mailbox and discovered that our very own W7LRD won the photo contest with a beautiful picture of his satellite array in the snow! Nice going Bob! 73, Michael, W4HIJ

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