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

DX watering Hole
by w7lrd＠comcast.net 13 Apr '08

13 Apr '08

Greetings from the North West I would like to suggest (may have been done in the past) we establish a unofficial DX watering hole on AO-7. Given the very limited time to just find footprint edge to edge contacts. The middle of the passband (145-155), is usually filled with "local" cw/ssb qso's. How does 145.957-145.960 sound as our DX "hot spot"? Mika OH8MBN usually hangs out there, I have talked to him with elevations 2-4 degrees each way. With this "unofficial" DX watering hole we (I) can be challenged to "stretch" the footprint. comments/suggestions? 73 Bob W7LRD Seattle CN87 -- "if this were easy, everyone would be doing it"

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GB0CD on air for Cosmonautics Day
by Robert Turlington 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

Hi All had my first few contacts on air this moning as follows:- G7HIA,OE3GPB & EA8CEI on AO51 DL5RDI & RS3X on VO52 DG9YIP,OE3GBP,HB9DSU,DB1NT & DM9LSB on AO7(b)Regards Robert G8ATE/GB0CD _________________________________________________________________ Get Hotmail on your mobile. Text MSN to 63463 now! http://mobile.uk.msn.com/pc/mail.aspx

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NatGeo to Use TV Frequencies for Wildlife Sensing, Imaging in DC Area
by Eric Rosenberg 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

FYI, Eric W3DQ Washington, DC --------------------------- TV Technology Email Newsletters :: Doug Lung's RF Report NatGeo to Use TV Frequencies for Wildlife Sensing, Imaging by Doug Lung, April 11, 2008 The latest list of FCC experimental license grants, covering the period from Jan. 1, 2008, to Feb. 1, 2008, includes a license allowing use of VHF and UHF TV frequencies for wildlife sensing and imaging within Washington, D.C. License WE2XMB allows National Geographic to operate in the 54–72, 76–88, 174–216, 420–432, 433.92, 470–608, 614–806 and 902–928 MHz bands Ham Radio operators around Boulder, Colo., may hear unusual signals in the 2 meter and 440 MHz bands. The Colorado Space Grant Consortium at the University of Colorado in Boulder received a license to operate in the 144–146 and 435–440 MHz bands for testing the atmospheric neutral density explorer. As previously covered in RF Report, the FCC has been granting experimental licenses to nuclear power plant operators allowing them to use broadcast TV spectrum for communications around nuclear reactors. In the latest list, Nuclear Management Company LLC was allowed to use 470–806 MHz at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant in Welch, Minn. Boeing was granted an experimental license to use Ku-band satellite frequencies for testing a Maritime Mobile Satellite Earth terminal in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, U.S territories and international waters. See the latest list of FCC experimental license grants for the complete list.

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Re: NatGeo to Use TV Frequencies for Wildlife Sensing, Ima ging in DC Area
by Keith N4ZQ 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

Can someone explain to me why this message had hieroglyphics in the frequency listings? Makes it just a tad hard to read. Is there something I can do on my end to correct it? Keith -- Eric Rosenberg <w3dq(a)arrl.net> wrote: FYI, Eric W3DQ Washington, DC --------------------------- TV Technology Email Newsletters :: Doug Lung's RF Report NatGeo to Use TV Frequencies for Wildlife Sensing, Imaging by Doug Lung, April 11, 2008 The latest list of FCC experimental license grants, covering the period from Jan. 1, 2008, to Feb. 1, 2008, includes a license allowing use of VHF and UHF TV frequencies for wildlife sensing and imaging within Washington, D.C. License WE2XMB allows National Geographic to operate in the 54â€“72, 76â€“88, 174â€“216, 420â€“432, 433.92, 470â€“608, 614â€“806 and 902â€“928 MHz bands Ham Radio operators around Boulder, Colo., may hear unusual signals in the 2 meter and 440 MHz bands. The Colorado Space Grant Consortium at the University of Colorado in Boulder received a license to operate in the 144â€“146 and 435â€“440 MHz bands for testing the atmospheric neutral density explorer. As previously covered in RF Report, the FCC has been granting experimental licenses to nuclear power plant operators allowing them to use broadcast TV spectrum for communications around nuclear reactors. In the latest list, Nuclear Management Company LLC was allowed to use 470â€“806 MHz at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant in Welch, Minn. Boeing was granted an experimental license to use Ku-band satellite frequencies for testing a Maritime Mobile Satellite Earth terminal in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, U.S territories and international waters. See the latest list of FCC experimental license grants for the complete list. _______________________________________________ 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 _____________________________________________________________ Click for your daily horoscope, learn about money, love & family. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2221/fc/Ioyw6i4suW4gj5MAnmj9f2RIHGSA…

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Telemetry postings
by john heath 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

At the risk of getting flamed - I am quite happy to see the occasional telemetry postings on this bb. Mike DK3WN does a great job with FREE software which you can download off his web site. It has software for telemetry decode for just about all of the current satellites. Software is easy to load and use, and works. Give it a try, telemetry can be fun. If you want an up to the minute quick overview of which sats are being heard/worked go to KD5QGR's site http://oscar.dcarr.org You can post your reports there too. 73 John G7HIA

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Re: LO-19 Apr 11, 2008
by Chris Bloy 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

Hi, I don't agree, this is informative and lets us know that these old birds are still there.. Well done Mike on providing this info. Thanks ' Chris - M0DQO -----Original Message----- From: "Alex Perez" <aperez(a)alexperez.com> To: "Mike Rupprecht" <mail(a)mike-rupprecht.de> Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Sent: 11/04/08 21:04 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LO-19 Apr 11, 2008 Has anyone here ever considered spiltting the ML in half for this kind of "spam"? I enjoy lurking here but these get old fast. On Apr 11, 2008, at 11:04 AM, Mike Rupprecht wrote: > .and the last one - LO-19 heard at 1618 UTC > > > > ao ava abu tb4 anv tbt anv avd ae6 > > ao ava abu tb4 anv tbt anv avd ae6 > > ao ava abu tb4 anv t6n anv avn ae6 > > ao ava abv tb4 anv t6n anv avn ae6 > > ao ava abu tb4 anv t6n an4 avn ae6 > > ao ava abv tb4 anv t6n anv avn ae6 > > ao ava abv tb4 anv t6n an4 avn ae6 > > ao ava abv tb4 anv t6n anv a4a ae6 > > ao ava abv tb4 anv t6n an4 a4u ae6 > > > > that was an good practice for CW within 30 minutes . > > > > 73, Mike > > DK3WN > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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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LO-19 Apr 11, 2008
by Mike Rupprecht 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

.and the last one - LO-19 heard at 1618 UTC ao ava abu tb4 anv tbt anv avd ae6 ao ava abu tb4 anv tbt anv avd ae6 ao ava abu tb4 anv t6n anv avn ae6 ao ava abv tb4 anv t6n anv avn ae6 ao ava abu tb4 anv t6n an4 avn ae6 ao ava abv tb4 anv t6n anv avn ae6 ao ava abv tb4 anv t6n an4 avn ae6 ao ava abv tb4 anv t6n anv a4a ae6 ao ava abv tb4 anv t6n an4 a4u ae6 that was an good practice for CW within 30 minutes . 73, Mike DK3WN

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Structure of Alog, Blog and Elog files on AO-51 and GO-32
by Bent, OZ6BL 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

Hi I'm trying to set up www.amsat.dk so that it can display the contents of the log files generated by the satellites. I have the alogdisp and blogdisp programs from the amsat.org SW repositories but they appear not to use the correct structure definitions. Could somebody please supply me with the current structure. Thanks in advance. Best 73 de Bent/OZ6BL

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GeneSat-1 Apr 11, 2008
by Mike Rupprecht 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

. still active at 1551 UTC 20080411155150,KE7EGC>UNDEF,TELEM,qAo,DK3WN-1:GeneSat1.org3243AB5F01D200DC01 C1010000A4015B948B441C428F44AC023B 20080411155155,KE7EGC>UNDEF,TELEM,qAo,DK3WN-1:GeneSat1.org3743AB5F01D300DC01 C1010000A401011CEB1BAC02191BC61C42 20080411155200,KE7EGC>UNDEF,TELEM,qAo,DK3WN-1:GeneSat1.org3C43AB00005C010300 0000270069008F0A0613F21C0013EDAC02 20080411155205,KE7EGC>UNDEF,TELEM,qAo,DK3WN-1:GeneSat1.org4143AB010065010400 0000270069008F3702DD5626C0091A1E1D 20080411155215,KE7EGC>UNDEF,TELEM,qAo,DK3WN-1:GeneSat1.org4B43AB000000000000 3A01270069008F6F1CA202EFC64A1DC61C 20080411155224,KE7EGC>UNDEF,TELEM,qAo,DK3WN-1:GeneSat1.org5043AB6601D400D701 C1010000A4015BD512251D9A0B611B02E9 20080411155226,KE7EGC>UNDEF,TELEM,qAo,DK3WN-1:GeneSat1.org5543AB000000002001 1300270069005B02B1191C940219431C6F 20080411155230,KE7EGC>UNDEF,TELEM,qAo,DK3WN-1:GeneSat1.org5A43AB250000000601 000026006900011CE200431C1C00DD1E94 20080411155235,KE7EGC>UNDEF,TELEM,qAo,DK3WN-1:GeneSat1.org5F43AB5B00C0000E00 00002700690001EF02C0CB0AACC102171C 20080411155239,KE7EGC>UNDEF,TELEM,qAo,DK3WN-1:GeneSat1.org6443AB0000C2000000 0000280000008E431C6F023BC66F1CA20A 20080411155244,KE7EGC>UNDEF,TELEM,qAo,DK3WN-1:GeneSat1.org6943AB6901D500D601 C2010100A4015B948B441C428F44AC023B 20080411155256,KE7EGC>UNDEF,TELEM,qAo,DK3WN-1:GeneSat1.org7343AB010000000000 3901280069008F0A0613F21C0013EDAC02 20080411155300,KE7EGC>UNDEF,TELEM,qAo,DK3WN-1:GeneSat1.org7843AB00000000BE00 8200270069008F3702DD5626C0091A1E1D 73, Mike DK3WN

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XIIV Apr 11, 2008
by Mike Rupprecht 12 Apr '08

12 Apr '08

. heard at 1553 UTC ut3 afb80061 ut4 334265 ut5 402004 ut6 7777777748 ut1 www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp ut2 aa81c0 ut3 afb80051 ut4 2f4352 ut5 0a4070 ut6 6676656642 ut1 www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp ut2 aa8229 ut3 afb8004b ut4 304253 ut5 205004 ut6 6766666645 ut1 www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp ut2 aa8297 ut3 afb80037 ut4 304252 ut5 041540 ut6 6666666637 ut1 www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp ut2 aa8300 ut3 afb80036 ut4 2f4252 ut5 007007 ut6 776766662a ut1 www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp ut2 aa836e ut3 afb8002c ut4 314252 ut5 112720 ut6 7676677726 ut1 www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp ut2 aa83dc ut3 afb80027 ut4 314252 ut5 00000a ut6 666666662a 73, Mike DK3WN

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