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UT1FG/mm report
by Robert Turlington 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Hi All yesterday Yuri UT1FG/mm was in KO19 and today in JO85 ,off the coast of Sweden I think, so he must have left St Petersburgh a few days ago heading out of the Baltic then through the English Channel out into the Atlantic and then to South AmericaRegards Robert G8ATE _________________________________________________________________ Be a superhero and win! Play the Iron Man Mashup Game http://www.ironmanmashup.co.uk

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LVB Tracker Assistance
by Joel Kandel 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

I'm looking for assistance from anyone who is successfully using the LVB Tracker with the UBS RS-232 simulator drivers, either SatPC32 or Nova tracking software, and preferrably a TS-2000 xcvr. I'm also using a G-5400 rotor. Your help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Joel Kandel, KI4T

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Re: Using an 817 on AO-51
by Pughkeithd＠cs.com 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

In a message dated 4/23/2008 9:42:22 PM Central Daylight Time, wb2llp(a)optonline.net writes: > My memory says that someone wrote a very nice article on using an FT-817 > with satellites and used AO-51 as an example. However, I can not remember the > magazine that contained the article and can not find the note that mentioned > it. Hopefully there is someone whose brain has more working cells than > mine, can tell me where the article is located. > > TNX es 73 de WB2LLP > Try the Summer 2007 issue of CQ/VHF. The cover photo shows a set of Field Day Satellite antennas. The article is not about 817's in patricular, but two of them are used as the basis of a complete multimode satellite station. I do use the FT-817 on all of the FM birds as well for demonstrations. It works quite well and, as someone else pointed out, the setup instructions for this are in the back of the FT-817 manual. 73 - Keith, W5IU

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CubeSats Preliminary TLE
by Mineo Wakita 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

SEEDS 1 XXXXXU 08XXXXXU 08119.17465972 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000X 2 XXXXX 97.9533 178.9040 0004500 6.0427 209.0053 14.7954000000001X Cute-1.7 II 1 XXXXXU 08XXXXXU 08119.17374537 .00000091 00000-0 00000-0 0 0000X 2 99999 97.9419 179.0062 0011471 292.3990 277.6939 14.7828229200001X Preliminary TLE 1 00000U 00000C 08119.17443982 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0013 2 00012 97.9497 178.9014 0004270 015.5590 198.2466 14.79780033 00004

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UISS-SatGate
by Mineo Wakita 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

[How to SatGate using UISS only] I could satgate many data to findu.com: http://www1.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi?absolute=1 Please see my web: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/uisssate.htm Thank you very much, Dany/LU4EG and Guy/ON6MU. de JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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W0DXZ in DM25,DM26
by w0dxz＠aol.com 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

I am planning to go to Laughlin NV and then on to LasVegas Thursday through Sunday. If possible, I will be on? AO-27 and AO-51 sometime during that period,? if all works well. Not sure how much activity there is from those two. BoW0DXZ DM33 Sun City AZ

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Six teams vie for satellite prize
by Trevor 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Six teams of students are vying for the chance to build an experiment for a satellite that will launch in 2010, see http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2008/satellite_prize.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. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Re: A reminder re: phonetic alphabet and digits... (N7JK)
by John Kopala 24 Apr '08

24 Apr '08

Dale and Pat, I'd like to add a few more comments. I know the passes are short, but I've observed a lot of time wasted by multiple stations transmitting at the same time, not letting a station finish their exchange, and the use of excessive power. The handheld stations don't have a chance when big guns blasting away with gobs of power. The other night a K1... station was obliterated and stomped on. How many "1" calls do you hear these days? Please folks, especially on the busy FM birds. A chaos is inevitable, but we can minimize it if we... 1. Run the minimum power necessary to reach the satellite - 5 watts or less if your radio allows. 2. Listen for the weak station operators. 3. Operate full duplex so you can hear the downlink while transmitting. 4. Be patient and let others complete their exchange. If we stomp on each other nobody wins. 5. If you hear multiple stations (usually just a grunge sound) on the downlink, stop transmitting. Nobody makes a contact when everybody transmits at the same time. 6. If you can't hear the downlink, don't keep transmitting. Just because you can't hear the bird doesn't mean that the bird can't hear you and that you are not interfering with others. 7. We all mess up from time to time, so be patient with us. 8. Oh, and did I say, "Use the minimum power necessary....?" And yes, I'm probably preaching to the choir, but I guess we all need to be reminded from time to time. John Kopala - N7JK From: Dale-KL7XJ <daleh(a)alaska.net> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: A reminder re: phonetic alphabet and digits... To: amsat-bb(a)wd9ewk.net Cc: amsat-bbs <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Message-ID: <480E562F.6020501(a)alaska.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I have been diligently waiting and trying to work the XE stations. It is as exciting for me as I suppose it for them. The other night I had a call from XE2BRL I was not sure on his suffix so I asked him to repeat to be sure and when he came back he was covered up by QRM by other stations trying to get him that I never was able to complete the QSO or grid squares. I know the passes are short but for fringe area to fringe are on the foot print I sure wish folks would give some consideration. I try to keep my transmissions short and consider other folks needs over mine. I will keep trying though. I do have confirmation from Japan on the other hand... That was pretty cool. 73, Dale - KL7XJ BP40

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AO7 now in mode B only?
by dobarrows＠aol.com 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

Frank, K9CIS, just told me AO7 is starting to go in eclipse again and is stuck in mode B. He also reported that the beacon was back. --- Dave W8IJ

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Using an 817 on AO-51
by WB2LLP 23 Apr '08

23 Apr '08

My memory says that someone wrote a very nice article on using an FT-817 with satellites and used AO-51 as an example. However, I can not remember the magazine that contained the article and can not find the note that mentioned it. Hopefully there is someone whose brain has more working cells than mine, can tell me where the article is located. TNX es 73 de WB2LLP

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