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UT1FG/mm
by Robert Turlington 22 Mar '08

22 Mar '08

Hi All Yuri UT1FG/mm QSL cards are to be sent via the Bureau only He started off from Japan last year then through the Panama Canal but not sure where he making to, may be back home,Regards Robert G8ATE _________________________________________________________________ Win 100’s of Virgin Experience days with BigSnapSearch.com http://www.bigsnapsearch.com

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ISS South Pacific Pass
by Jim Jerzycke 22 Mar '08

22 Mar '08

A group of us just watched the ISS make a spectacular pass from 5*51'N, 147*57'W on the deck of the Sea Launch Commander. It was a bit to the East of us, and we watched it come up over the horizon, and disappear into eclipse. Several of the people had worked on the ISS before they transferred here, and they really had big smiles. Big, bright, beautiful, and really moving! 73, Jim KQ6EA

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1st contact!!!!
by Stargate 22 Mar '08

22 Mar '08

Yeah!!!! I just made my 1st confirmed QSO with N2BX on AO-51!! I called CQ a couple of weeks ago and N2BX must have thought I heard him but I didn't at that time. I received a card in the mail from him about a week ago and have been trying to make a QSO with him or email message to set up a sked so I could send one back. NOW I CAN!! :-) 73's all, STOKED!! (I feel like a dancing hamster now) LOL RoD KD0XX

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Re: RS-15
by ryan woods 22 Mar '08

22 Mar '08

What is the last know report of people being able to hear RS-15 ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Transatlantic Ballon attempt on 29.498 now
by Robert Bruninga 22 Mar '08

22 Mar '08

Europeans standby for balloon! Subject: SDG-9 update 21 March 2008 [from Robert, KC8UCH] > The balloon should be over central Pennsylvania > right now (1900z). By 2000z it should be > crossing the New Jersey coast and heading > for Europe. If anyone hears SDG-9 on 29.499, > please let me or Pierre know! Actually it was very strong over Annapolis at 2035z when I first heard about it. In 30 minutes it was down an S unit, by an hour it was down 12 dB and by another 20 minutes it was gone. This 12 dB change in signal strength in one hour, matched with the estimated speed of the balloon, could be used to estimate position. See my attempts at this estimated track based on signal strength alone on this web page: http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/dfing.html See the balloon's web page: http://arhab.blogspot.com/ Lets hope it survives the nights to arrive in Europe in a few days! Bob, Wb4APR

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UT1FG/mm report
by Robert Turlington 21 Mar '08

21 Mar '08

Hi AllYuri UT1FG/mm is or was off the coast of AlgeriaI worked him on 18th March at 1450utc on AO27 in JM36WWand again on 20th Mar at 1352utc on AO27 in JM36VV which is very close to or in the Port of Annaba,AlgeriaToday 21st Mar at 1544utc on AO16 but due to QRM didn't manage to get his locator ,perhaps better luck tomorrow!Regards Robert G8ATE _________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the next generation of Windows Live http://www.windowslive.co.uk/get-live

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RS-15
by Auke de Jong, VE6PWN 21 Mar '08

21 Mar '08

Is there any command-station left which can control RS-15? all the searches I've done lead to non-working email addresses and/or websites. 73's Auke de Jong VE6PWN DO33go Edmonton, AB

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ISS - Jules Verne
by Udo Schneider 21 Mar '08

21 Mar '08

Have a look at http://www.esa.int/esaCP/index.html Udo, DL7OL

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F.S.
by Jim Randall 21 Mar '08

21 Mar '08

Looking for a new home for a brand new,in box with warranty Icom IC910H.Never been used.Would like to sell before going on Ebay. $950.00. Jim n3ydt

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Re: Icom IC2720H Full Duplex
by G8IFF/KC8NHF 21 Mar '08

21 Mar '08

Does the radio mute the audio or is the UHF receiver blocked by the transmitter's third harmonic? > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:35:51 -0500, Kent K5KNT wrote: > >> I was trying to work AO-27 this afternoon...I thought the >> IC2720H would operate in "Full Duplex",..transmit on one band while >> simultaneously receiving on the other. I had my left band set on >> the uplink of 145.850 and the right band set to the downlink of >> 436.795 (adjusting for doppler). I was able to hear the downlink >> just fine. When I tried to transmit on the left band (set as the >> main band) the audio on the right band would mute. Thus, I was >> unable to hear if I was hitting the satellite. I have the sub-band >> mute feature set to off. >>

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