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Shoot Sat - add
by Clint Bradford 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

The Pentagon's statement... http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=11691 Clint Bradford, K6LCS / KAF3359 909-241-7666

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Shoot Sat - add
by Clint Bradford 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

The Navy will use a Standard Missile 3 in an attempt to intercept the satellite just prior to it re-entering Earth's atmosphere. It would be "next to impossible" to hit the satellite after that because of atmospheric disturbances. A second goal is to directly hit the fuel tank in order to minimize the amount of fuel that returns to Earth. Joint Chief of Staff chairman Cartwright also said that if an initial shootdown attempt fails, a decision will be made whether to take a second shot. Clint Bradford, K6LCS / KAF3359 909-241-7666

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Re: [aprssig] More than one PCSAT?
by Robert Bruninga 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

> More than one PCSAT? Yes, PCSAT contains two identical redundant transponders. The W3ADO-1 side has uplink and downlink on 145.825. Side B (PCSAT-11) has secret uplink, but a downlink on 144.39 over North America (the continent wide APRS channel). The secret uplink is available for special applications if anyone can think of one. If you see both downlinks on 145.825, then it means the CPU has crashed an has cross connected the transmitters for "redundancy". We must send the command to isolate the two sides or we are wasting DOUBLE power each time it transmits on either side. Actually, PCSAT has a total of FOUR callsigns and FOUR uplink receivers. And FOUR transponders, but the two UHF uplinks at 9600 baud are kept turned off to save power. In fact it is the default ON of these extra two 9600 baud systems that cause PCSAT to be power negative and therefore only be useable twice a year in Full sun. We wont make that mistake again... Bob, WB4APR > -----Original Message----- > From: aprssig-bounces(a)lists.tapr.org > [mailto:aprssig-bounces@lists.tapr.org] On Behalf Of > Francisco Rogerio Fontenele Aragão > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 5:50 PM > To: aprssig(a)lists.tapr.org > Subject: [aprssig] More than one PCSAT? > > Today PCSAT had a pass over Brasilia from 2207 UTC to 2223 > UTC but Findu showed the following log during the pass: > > > 20080213222151 : > LW5DGM]CQ,W3ADO-1*,qAo,LW4DEM-4:=3801.42S/05734.03W`73' Via > Satelite {UISS50} > 20080213222107 : > W3ADO-1]BEACON,SGATE,qAo,LW4DEM-4:T#128,155,156,065,208,214,00 > 111111,0011,1 > 20080213222022 : LW5DGM]CQ,W3ADO-1*,qAo,LW4DEM-4::EMAIL > :peludobueno@yahoo.com.ar > 20080213221938 : LW5DGM]CQ,W3ADO-1*,qAo,LW4DEM-4::LW4DEM > :Hola Jorge Saludos..... > 20080213221908 : W3ADO-1]APRS4,qAo,LW4DEM-4:Default LT4 > 20080213221907 : > W3ADO-1]BEACON,SGATE,qAo,LW4DEM-4:T#126,132,140,143,134,214,00 > 111111,0001,1 > 20080213221900 : > N9FLX]APRX46,N9AMN-2*,WIDE3-2,qAo,WB9TLH-12:;PCSAT-11 > *131309z0000.00N/00000.00W/ > 20080213221847 : W3ADO-1]APRS3,qAo,LW4DEM-4:Default LT3 > 20080213221742 : N9FLX]APRX46,TCPIP*,qAO,WB8NUT:;PCSAT-11 > *131309z0000.00N/00000.00W/ > 20080213221734 : > LW5DGM]CQ,W3ADO-1*,qAo,LW4DEM-4::BLNQSL1/1:W3ADO-1{UISS50} > 20080213221707 : > W3ADO-1]BEACON,SGATE,qAo,LW4DEM-4:T#124,156,157,073,209,214,00 > 111111,0011,1 > 20080213221704 : > LW5DGM]CQ,W3ADO-1*,qAo,LW4DEM-4:=3801.42S/05734.03W`73' Via > Satelite {UISS50} > 20080213221413 : > PCSAT-11]BEACON,SGATE,qAR,KC8OBZ-2:T#587,135,134,096,128,214,0 > 0111111,1110,1 > 20080213221113 : > N9FLX]APRX46,N9AMN-2*,WIDE3-2,qAo,WB9TLH-12:;PCSAT-11 > *131309z0000.00N/00000.00W/ > 20080213221111 : > PCSAT-11]BEACON,SGATE,qAR,KC8OBZ-2:T#586,137,139,138,123,214,0 > 0111111,1101,1 > 20080213220946 : > PCSAT-11]BEACON,SGATE,qAo,9Z4GFB-7:T#594,137,139,138,123,214,0 > 0111111,1101,1 > 20080213220855 : > PCSAT-11]BEACON,SGATE,qAR,KC8OBZ-2:T#585,142,052,095,063,214,0 > 0111111,1100,1 > 20080213220840 : PCSAT-11]APRS4,qAR,KC8OBZ-2::BLN4PCSAT:In > View now. QSY 145.825 for QSO. > 20080213220758 : PCSAT-11]BEACON,SGATE,qAo,WP4YF:]131456z reset wb4apr > > How can one understand the beacons of PCSAT-11 digipeated > by KC8OBZ-2 station? How about the beacons of N9FLX? > > 73, Francisco > PT2TD > Loc GH64bf (Lat 15.76020 S, Lon 47.83656 W) > -- > Francisco Rogerio F. Aragão > >

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by Clint Bradford 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

Is everyone satisfied with this exam question? E2A08 What is the primary reason for satellite users to limit their transmit ERP? A. For RF exposure safety B. Because the satellite transmitter output power is limited C. To avoid limiting the signal of the other users D. To avoid interfering with terrestrial QSOs I just find its Answer B "incomplete" ... Clint Bradford, K6LCS / KAF3359 909-241-7666

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Looking forward to a British astronaut
by andy thomas 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

story at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7244028.stm Not our first cosmonaut or asronaut for that matter. Who was it who said that if we Brits had invented the Walkman it would have been a polished mahogony box with a pair of war surplus headphones from a Lancaster bomber? I look forward to our polished wooden space vehicle with glass portholes and a leather Chesterfield. 73 de andy G0SFJ ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/

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Libertad-1
by John Hackett 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

Hello folks, Does anyone happen to know the current status of Libertad-1 for APRS?. Yesterday the Amsat status page said ??? ... (unknown). 73 John. <la2qaa(a)amsat.org>

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Re: FCAL & Quakesat
by Mineo Wakita 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

We can decode QuakeSat signals as "KISS ON + RESTART" on TNC. But the sigal strength is very weak, so it's difficult to decode. (436.675MHz, 9600bps FSK, KISS) de JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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Re: Ham Shacks ?
by Edward Cole 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

When I setup my shack in our new home (one of the spare bedrooms), I built new shelves from 3/4-inch plywood to provide enough support. The radios are on a two level shelf while the computers on single level 6-foot long shelf about 8-inches high. I currently have three towers side by side and that is causing a little sag (one of the computers is headed for recycle after I pull the HD and install it in the other old tower (P3-1GHz). The two remaining towers sit either side of a riser support which takes the load. In the old house I used pressboard shelving boards and they did a real "wow"! The old CRT is gone and a 20-inch LCD display replaces it (shared by the two computers using a keyboard/mouse/monitor switch). Having a nice layout makes operating easier. Ed At 04:03 PM 2/13/2008, Dave Guimont wrote: > >The pressboard that most of the less expensive computer "desks/cabinets" use > >will not even hold a monitor on a shelf without warping...I use a computer > >desk for some of my ham stuff and the larger lowband transceivers can't go > >in the middle of the unsupported top shelf without creating a tendency for > >it to bow downward. > > > >If you have real wood...go for it! > >Exactly, Roger, I built my shelves from 3/4 plywood over 20 years >ago, sitting on a 4 X 8 cut out sheet of marine ply, sitting on a >fabricated light weight angle iron steel frame, and it would take >more than any computer or ham radio gear to bow it!! > >And I've used computers sitting alongside the gear for over twenty >years, and have had little interference except for the first two >years or so of computers. > >But I also use the best co-ax available, carefully installed premium >N connectors on everything, and I don't "bundle" the coax to the >outside...I use separate holes for every cable, 3/4 and 1 1/2 PVC, >angled to keep out the rain, and plugged with rags, even tho San >Diego is pretty temperate year around... > >Colder climes may wish to use foam insulation.... > >But I guess HT users wouldn't have to bother like that!! > > > > > > 73, Dave, WB6LLO > dguimon1(a)san.rr.com > > Disagree: I learn.... > > Pulling for P3E... > >_______________________________________________ >Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Ham Shacks ?
by John W Lee 14 Feb '08

14 Feb '08

Hello out there! Anybody ever set up a satellite station or any type ham station in a computer armoire? Seems like it would be swell for limited space areas, etc. What with all the mini-radios, amps, power supplies, etc. these days, it would be pretty feasible and make a nice setup complete with computer, etc. I've been thinking of it but have not taken the plunge yet. (I have LARGE tube type amps, etc), they would not fit and if they did the shelves wouldn't hold them. 73 John K6YK

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Re: Ham Shacks
by Clint Bradford 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

>>...ham setup in an amoire... I mis-interpreted this the first time I read it, and my mind screamed out, "Your wife won't like ham equipment in her boudoir!!!" Oh, never mind. Immediate concerns - interference to/from computer and ham radio equipment in such a close proximity. The routing of wires - and tight turns of coax - may be problematic. A ham setup OR a computer setupm individually, GREAT. But use both at the same time in the same cabinet, and you may receive less-than-perfect signal reports. Monitors can be horrible sources of noise.... Clint Bradford, K6LCS 909-241-7666 -------------------------------------- Clint Bradford, K6LCS / KAF3359 909-241-7666 - cell

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Extra Class Question Pool
by Clint Bradford 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

Thank you for your help with that proposed Extra Class exam pool question. It will be edited/amended/deleted for the new exam. There's one more I might need to submit to you...more later. Clint Bradford, K6LCS -------------------------------------- Clint Bradford, K6LCS / KAF3359 909-241-7666 - cell

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Houston AMSAT Net
by Bruce 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

The Houston AMSAT Net has once again gone through some morphing. After being on the W0KIE Satellite Radio Network from our 121st net using SBS-6 on June 18, 1996 we had to move. The W0KIE Satellite Radio Network was a wonderful long term spot for us. Our 726th net on February 5, 2008 began on our new home, Galaxy-25 and the SkyScanner Satellite Radio Network (SSRN). If you would like to hear us on K-band satellite, you can set your dish and receiver as follows: The Houston AMSAT Net is on the SkyScanner Satellite Radio Network on Galaxy-25 @97° West, Transponder 23 (12115 Vert), Symbol Rate: 22425, APID: 1794 (DVB Free To Air) Our internet audio can now be heard at: RFD1 16k (dialup speed) at http://www.cband.info/rfd1.m3u RFD2 (broadband speed) at http://www.cband.info/rfd2.m3u If you would like to join us on the IRC either during the net or at any other time. The IRC is: irc.dishnuts.net Then join the channel #amsat 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on SkyScanner Satellite Radio Network - Galaxy-25 at 97° West, Transponder 23 (12115 Vert), Symbol Rate: 22425, APID: 1794 (DVB Free To Air) Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org

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AO-51 L-band antenna
by Jeff Mock 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

What is a good choice for an L-band uplink antenna for AO-51? Is it possible to use an omni antenna or do you need to be able to point at the satellite? thanks, jeff AD6EO

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Gearing Up For World's Largest Rocket Contest
by Eric Rosenberg 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

>From Space Daily Express ======================== The students are vying for a total of $60,000 in scholarships and prizes. by Staff Writers Arlington VA (SPX) Feb 13, 2008 Students around the country are testing altimeters and trimming tail fins in anticipation of qualifying for the final round of the Sixth Annual Team America Rocketry Challenge in May. A total of 643 middle and high school teams from 43 states and the District of Columbia have registered for the world's largest rocket contest and are designing and building their vehicles by hand. The contest, aimed at increasing interest in math and science and promoting aerospace careers among young people, will involve approximately 7,000 students from start to finish. The 3- to 15-member teams registered for the contest in November and have until April 7 to successfully launch their model rockets and achieve a score qualifying them for the final competition. This year's challenge is to build and fly a model rocket that reaches 750 feet while remaining aloft for 45 seconds, returning the payload of two raw eggs to the ground unbroken. The students are vying for a total of $60,000 in scholarships and prizes. Lockheed Martin provides $5,000 scholarships to each of the top three teams, and Raytheon sponsors the winning team's trip to the Farnborough International Airshow in July. NASA invites some the top teams to participate in their Student Launch Initiative, an advanced rocketry program. The top 100 teams will convene Saturday, May 17, for the national finals at the Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia. The public is invited to watch the competition.

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UO-11 switched ON again
by Edward Chuang 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

Hi, UO-11 was heard during 11:39 ~ 11:50 UTC (Feb.13,2008), max elev.= 33 deg. QTH = GL:PL04vq The following is a decoded frame: UOSAT-2 0711234070757 000000010001020002030003040004050005060006070007080008090009 100001110000120003130002140005150004160007170006180009190008 20000221000322000023000124000625000726000427000528000A29000B 30000331000232000133000034000735000636000537080438000B39000A 40000441000542000603000744000045000146000247000348000C49000D 50000%51000452000753000654000155000056000357000258000D59000C 60800E615FC1620004633305644402651E0C6627EB67000168000E69000F 73 de Edward / BX1AD -----

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way off topic
by don 13 Feb '08

13 Feb '08

Hello to the list, My thanks to all the respondents to my "last hope" request for info on the MC1460 regulator IC. I have had several "off list " replies all of which were extremely helpful so I would like to thank the folk who have responded and to all the other folk who offered helpful and kind information. The Amsat bb must be the most friendly and helpful BB I belong to, as well as the most technically interesting. I have tried to reply to all the respondents to my original post on an individual basis, if You did not get a reply please accept this message as personal thanks for your help. Don, zl1tho

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AO-51
by Vincenzo Mone 12 Feb '08

12 Feb '08

Hi to the list, I have read in an latest Amsat bulletin that in this week or at the most next week AO-51 will be switched in 430/1200 MHz Phone None PL, Unfortunately I've lost the bulletin. Please anybody can resend me the bulletin or the part of that bulletin when it talks about it? Thanks in advance. 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 *************************************** ***** GSM +39 338 9749786 ***** ***** SMS +39 338 9749786 ***** ***** FAX +39 328 7244294 ***** *** 2nd e-mail: vimone(a)tin.it *** ***************************************

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EZ-Lindenblad
by Mike Miller 12 Feb '08

12 Feb '08

I built the EZ-Lindenblad from the QST article. I have it mounted about 20 feet above the ground. The elevation radiation patten in the article is for 6 feet above the ground. From looking at similar designs at cebik.com it would appear that at 20 feet the elevation pattern breaks up badly. Is there a practical way create an artificial ground to restore the pattern to what it is a 1 wavelength above ground? Mike KC9DOA

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RHCP for P3-E & Eagle?
by Peter Sils 12 Feb '08

12 Feb '08

Hello to the Group, I am considering buying a set of RHCP yagi's (2M and 70CM) and wonder if RHCP will be preferred for TX/RX for P3-E and Eagle. (Due to the cost of the switching arrangement (more than the cost of the antenna) I am forced financially to think just RHCP). Any insight would be appreciated! TNX in advance! 73 Peter KD0AA --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

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Yaesu NC-88 Charger
by Clint Bradford 12 Feb '08

12 Feb '08

Anyone have a spare Yaesu NC-88 120VAC-US wall wart charger for the FT-60R that I can send, say, twenty bucks for via PayPal or money order? Clint Bradford, K6LCS / KAF3359 909-241-7666

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Doppler tuning for linux?
by Bruce Robertson 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

Gang: Linux has several tracking programs, including the venerable predict, and it has the hamlib library that abstracts out the control of radios. However, as far as I can tell, there is no doppler tuning glue that does all the heavy lifting done by, e.g., instantune or the SatPC32 code or other DDE-based programs. Is this true? If it is, it seems to me, with the increasing proliferation of embedded linux, that something along these lines could be pretty handy.

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Re: Automatic doppler tracking of DSB
by James Whitfield 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

Many thanks to each of you who have replied to my inquiry. VE7LDH: I am curious what got you to thinking about Doppler frequency tracking on the BPSK signals. Did you consider a specific approach on how? Had it occurred to you that it might have application beyond BPSK or AO-16? If you would rather not post the reply, you may contact me directly. KD6OZH: Your reference to pilot carrier technique allowed me to find some interesting web reading, mostly IEEE and patent stuff. QEX had nothing of interest and the AMSAT journal does not seem to be available prior to 1995. Pilot carriers seem to have been proven to be workable, but not advantageous in the long run. I do not have the expertise to demonstrate, but I suspect that a pilot carrier required a minimum power to acquire and maintain lock on the signal and that the more modulation power being sent, the more pilot carrier power needed to maintain the lock. I will comment more below, but with a Costas Loop, the more power in the modulation information, the easier it is to acquire and maintain lock. As a result, a pilot carrier consumes power without benefit, while at the same time, as you suggest, accurate satellite data allows the shift to be predicted. Tuning the radio becomes something that can be learned by the "handy" or built into the radio. From my limited experience it seems intimidating and more than a touch expensive. Nothing suggests that DSB will work, or that it might become popular if it did work. If DSB had ever been considered, it seems to have been cast aside pretty quickly. That may have been due to the double bandwidth of DSB. I was somewhat puzzled that AO-16 had used DSB downlink. I can only assume that the weight penalty for an SSB transmitter was traded for what was intended to be single channel BPSK. If the downlink design had been multiple BPSK, it would have required a more powerful transmitter and DSB bandwidth would have been a bigger problem. KD6BD and ZL1TYF: I am glad that I sparked an exchange of ideas. My first thought concerning CTCSS is that it shouldn't be necessary. The time for the Costas Loop to lock should be no worse than the time for a VOX circuit to key a transmitter. That is an opinion based on faith in the concept and the building skills of someone much better than I. But I suggest that it would do no harm. At least no more harm to the equipment than someone using very long AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHs! between words. The Costas loop would be able to maintain lock. It fact it seems to me that the level of CTCSS should be specifically set low, to barely maintain lock. The engergy to acquire the signal should come from speech, particularly intelligent speech rather than someone whistling into the mike. As for a standardized tone, and again this comes from my personal bias that a tone should not be required to make the system work, I fail to see the purpose of standardizing the tone. The Costas Loop will not care what tone is used. It could even be a BPSK8 signal at 50 Hz with your callsign ID and latitude / longitude co-ordinates. I would not suggest using a 1KHz tone unless you expect everyone listening to have a sharp filter, or just listen to it. Adjust the tone for "minimum lock maintenance signal strength with no audio" to reduce the annoyance. You asked about multiple overlaping uplinks. I am not sure that I understand. If we are talking about AO-16 with an FM uplink, is this really a problem? If this was a translating repeater ( sorry if I used the wrong term, I go back before OSCAR, but I am pretty new to this stuff. It took me several hours to find a clear reference to TCA. Once I did it was obvious that is the point that has zero doppler shift and maximum doppler rate... ) then two signals in the uplink passband would result in two signals in the downlink. With an FM receiver providing audio to a DSB transmitter, you are going to hear what the FM receiver locks onto. If that is one strong signal, or the interference between two weak signals that cannot maintain lock, you are going to get one signal to downlink. Here is a slightly ficticious example: I live in Kansas and tune my FM radio to a frequency unused in the local area, but that is used in both Denver and Dallas. Most of the time, I don't hear any music from the radio. If a meteor streaks over Cheyenne, I hear Denver until the meteor trail fades. If a meteor comes in over Austin, I hear Dallas. If the meteor comes overhead, I hear the overlap of Denver and Dallas which is probably unintelligible. Using the measured downlink Doppler shift to derive the proper uplink shift. By theory, the shift is proportional to frequency. So multiply the downlink shift by the ratio of the uplink frequency to the downlink frequency. For AO-16, it is a waste of effort since the uplink is FM. If on the other hand you had a DSB uplink that you were monitoring to correct your shift through a translating repeater, you would a much more complex situation that would depend not only on the uplink and downlink frequencies, but the inverting or non-inverting type of repeater... The control function math is getting me confused so I think you would need to break the loop somewhere to prevent instability or oscillation. What my years of flight control development tell me is to design the system from the ground up with each transmitter fixed and just compensate at each receiver. If AO-16 is manifesting a residual "pilot carrier" it may be an indication of an imbalance in what I can only presume is a double balanced mixer. On the other hand if the uplink FM receiver does not have the functionality of a squelch, there may be a "real" DSB downlink of the audio received by the uplink. The difference would be obvious to a synchronous detector. Thank you again for your input. James n5gui

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Service Manual
by David Barber 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

Anyone have a service manual in pdf or other format for a Marconi Instruments (IFR) 6960B power meter please?

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SAT contacts and eQSL (And LOTW)
by John W Lee 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

Hello Jay, I dread getting into this discussion because it will cause an avalanche of e-mail! First of all, E-QSL's don't count for any meaningful awards. Too bad. It would be nice if they did. I still upload my logs every month faithfully year after year. LOTW confirmations DO count for DXCC and WAS. I spent a lot of time figuring out what it took to get satellite QSO's uploaded that actually were correct. I don't know how many log programs actually export all the correct required info for satellite contacts. My program does not, so what I've been doing is this: Exporting the non-satellite contacts and satellite contacts separately. This way I can massage the ADIF file to make the satellite contacts correct for LOTW and E-QSL. Satellite contacts need to have some additional information: 1. The "band" or "freq" should be the UPLINK frequency (your transmit). 2. Then you need "band_rx" <band_rx:4>70CM, for instance. 3. Then you need "sat_name" <sat_name:5>AO-51 for instance. 4. Then you need "prop_mode" <prop_mode:3>SAT for instance Any contacts that match all the correct info will be confirmed as satellite QSO's. These changes in the ADIF file are not hard to do unless you operate on a lot of different satellites then you have to do them in bunches. Recently all of my Sat QSO's are on mode J "V/U" so I just have to do a wholesale "add in" of the "band_rx" and "prop_mode" part on every QSO. When I log the QSO's in the computer I put the sat name in the "comment" field. So when editing I do a wholesale change (search & replace) "comment" to "sat_name". Not a big job, and it makes things work. I've got a few countries confirmed on LOTW for satellite QSO's but I have a feeling there are a lot of folks that uploaded their stuff without the required info, so the confirmations don't happen. And I get a ton of "70CM" and "2M" FM E-QSL's which I know are not right. Also, I went and exported all the AO-40 QSO's, fixed the file up, sent it in to LOTW and don't think I got a single confirmation on any of it. Too bad again! Does this help ? 73, John, K6YK

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Re: AO-51 Fail ????
by gouldsmi＠bellsouth.net 11 Feb '08

11 Feb '08

AO-51 is fine. The repeater was off due to an automatic shut down of the satellite from not receiving a command for a number of days. This was my fault for not increasing the shut down time while I was out of town. Drew, KO4MA turned the transmitters back on and set the power levels and frequencies tonight - Thanks Drew. 73, Gould, WA4SXM -------------- Original message from Dale-KL7XJ <daleh(a)alaska.net>: -------------- > Andrew Glasbrenner wrote: > > The 145.920/435.300 FM repeater is back on as of about 0025Z. I'll get > > S-band restarted next pass. > > > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "CE3SOC Raul Romero" > > To: "Amsat-Bb(a)Amsat.Org" > > Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 7:14 PM > > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 Fail ???? > > > > > Drew, > Thanks for all you do. Hope it is not a serious event. You folks have > done some great > work with this Satellite. > > 73, Dale KL7XJ > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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