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

Re: Swan Island DXpedition update
by John W Lee 11 Mar '08

11 Mar '08

Please try the WESTERN passes on the birds. Thanks, John, K6YK CM97 Calif. On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:55:38 -0700 (PDT) Bill Dzurilla <billdz.geo(a)yahoo.com> writes: > It looks like a go for the HQ6A expedition this > weekend. The 6m and 2m gear has arrived safely in > Honduras, so let's hope for favorable propogation. I > arrive in San Pedro Sula, EK65, on Thursday afternoon. > At the very least, I hope to make some satellite > contacts from there on Thursday evening and Friday > morning. On Friday, we go by land to Trujillo, EK75, > then 23 hours by boat, leaving Saturday morning, > through grid EK76, and arriving at our destination, > Big Swan Island, EK87, on Sunday morning. Satellite > contacts should be possible from any of these > locations, and I know a major HF operation is planned > from the boat, but since the amps and big antennas are > packed up it seems doubtful any serious EME or meteor > work can be done before we get to the island, maybe if > lucky some 6m E skip with a small antenna. > > We will have internet and will post news on reflectors > and DX clusters. Log and other info on our website at > http://www.hondurasdx.com/. > > 73, Bill NZ5N > > > > _________________________________________________________________________ ___________ > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. > http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >

1 0

Swan Island DXpedition update
by Bill Dzurilla 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

It looks like a go for the HQ6A expedition this weekend. The 6m and 2m gear has arrived safely in Honduras, so let's hope for favorable propogation. I arrive in San Pedro Sula, EK65, on Thursday afternoon. At the very least, I hope to make some satellite contacts from there on Thursday evening and Friday morning. On Friday, we go by land to Trujillo, EK75, then 23 hours by boat, leaving Saturday morning, through grid EK76, and arriving at our destination, Big Swan Island, EK87, on Sunday morning. Satellite contacts should be possible from any of these locations, and I know a major HF operation is planned from the boat, but since the amps and big antennas are packed up it seems doubtful any serious EME or meteor work can be done before we get to the island, maybe if lucky some 6m E skip with a small antenna. We will have internet and will post news on reflectors and DX clusters. Log and other info on our website at http://www.hondurasdx.com/. 73, Bill NZ5N ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping

1 0

Second-time lucky for ARISS space station contact
by Trevor 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Good to see that todays ISS - School Amateur Radio contact worked out okay on a subsequent pass, see http://www.southgatearc.org/news/march2008/ariss_result_10mar.htm 73 Trevor M5AKA --------------- Daily Amateur Radio RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ Email your news items to: editor at southgatearc.org News On Your Website: http://www.southgatearc.org/rss/index.htm News On Your PC: http://www.southgatearc.org/rss/newsreader.htm Upload Your News: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news.htm --------------- __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. The World's Favourite Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

1 0

VO-52
by Mike McConnell 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

I have not actually made a contact on VO-52 but I tried last pass. The person I tried to contact indicated that it sounded like someone (I assume me) was possibly on the wrong sideband. Should I be transmitting and receiving in upper sideband? I can sort of hear myself come back, but I sound off frequency. I am using TRX-Manager and Nova help with the Doppler Effect. Any comments are appreciated as I am new at satellites. I am going to try again next pass. Mike McConnell W0PD W0pd(a)mchsi.com

3 2

AO-51 mode changes
by Jeff Mock 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

When AO-51 changes modes, what time is the change generally done? For example, the schedule says that AO-51 will start broadcasting 9600 baud telemetry on 3/10 (today). Is this done in the morning on the east coast, is it preprogrammed to happen at some specific UTC time, or what? When are these changes actually made? It would be nice if the schedule announcement had some additional precision, something like: on orbit-xyz during the pass over the abc groundstation, the mode switch is planned. thanks, jeff AD6EO

3 3

Re: IT-1.50 _vs_ new TZ rules
by Alan Sieg WB5RMG 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

> ... Of course it took me 30 minutes trying to remember > how to edit a file in DOS. > 73 again KA8QCU I run IT under WinDoze... I created a shortcut to start it with. Used to be it required all sorts of memory adjustments, etc - but it runs in a small window until I go into real-time map mode - and it takes the full screen. When I quit out of the map, I just do an <ALT>enter, and it goes back into a small window. Most often I'll use the "position table" showing time, direction, doppler for the upcoming pass(s) - or run the real-time 'text' display. Having it in Windows file system makes it very convenient for editing .ini file and creating kep.txt files for updating it.orb.... I know there are lots of new fancy whiz-bang tracking programs, but I just love watching all the numbers twitch - remembering how much faster they updated when I added a math co-processor to my 16MHz 80386 PC (back in the day). This ol DOS program must really enjoy the luxury of today's number crunchers. I know I do... 73 /;^) -- <- WB5RMG is Alan Sieg * http://wb5rmg.somenet.net ->

3 2

ao51-modes email list
by Andrew Glasbrenner 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

Just a little reminder that the -modes list is open to everyone _for submissions only_. Anyone is welcome to submit a request by sending an email to ao51-modes(a)amsat.org. However, the email will be held for review by a moderator just to filter the spam, and you may get an indication of this in a return email. Rest assured we do not filter anything other than spam, and there are usually 20+ of those per day. Recently several people have tried to subscribe to the list and have been upset when that request was not honored. Please understand that subscribing to the list is only for command stations and the AO-51 Operations Committee. Believe me you are not missing anything. Please continue to check the webpage (http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php), -bb, and ANS for the monthly schedule, and let us know what modes you'd like to see on AO-51. 73, Drew KO4MA

1 0

Fwd: Save Jodrell Bank
by John Heaton 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Please read either the AMSAT-UK website or The Times Online for background information. Begin forwarded message: > Please sign this petition to save Jodrell Bank. > > http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/jodrellfunding/ Bye for now, John AMSAT-UK: http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/637/68/ Times-Online article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/ science/article3492504.ece -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (Darwin) iD8DBQFH1U5lDwhbGQHPUt0RAgXcAJ9gFI1r1FhRXmUjhx2PMUtgQNcapwCfYPJh 0NB+lMaUGd4Rbe++FeFyIVU= =aUZc -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

2 1

keps2 ATV
by Udo Schneider 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

ARIANE 5 R/B 1 32687U 08008B 08069.69664560 -.04773439 77562-2 -81171-2 0 31 2 32687 051.6396 170.3503 0008051 199.5483 317.9464 16.01301421 70 ATV-1 1 32686U 08008A 08070.62791619 .00094917 15425-4 14518-3 0 81 2 32686 051.6411 165.3511 0014028 260.4414 238.2866 16.04058354 228 Udo, DL7OL

1 0

Sats transmitting on 145.825
by Fred (VE3FAL) 10 Mar '08

10 Mar '08

My old AMSAT laminated chart needs some tweaking and updating, but how can I find out what sats that are active are transmitting on 145.825? This morning I had the volume up on my radio and heard packet, looked at Nova and no sats on my sat list were overhead, not was I getting any decode, maybe signal was not strong enough. I will search the AMSAT site and see what I can find. Fred VE3FAL --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 080309-0, 09/03/2008 Tested on: 10/03/2008 10:05:43 AM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2008 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com

2 2