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

Qsl's to Canada and Mexico
by David G Lewis 18 May '08

18 May '08

Ron, You can buy foreign postage stamps from Bill Plum at <plumdx(a)msn.com>.Another is James E. Mackey.I don't know his url,but you can Google it.As postal increases can happen,be sure to send enough.Hal at <www.k4hb.com> has info,on current foreign postage rates. Hope this helps. 73,David N5SJS

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Re: [AMSAT-BB] Audio from AO-40
by K & R Yoksh 17 May '08

17 May '08

----- Original Message ----- > Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 09:30:41 -0500 > From: Greg Wycoff > Subject: [amsat-bb] audio from AO-40 > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Message-ID: <DB480611-8A35-49FE-9A2B-456688B3F64F(a)havilandtelco.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > does anyone know of any links where one might find audio recordings > from AO-40. > > thanks > 73 Greg Hi Greg, There is an audio clip of the middle beacon and also a QSO sample on my web site: http://yokshs.fortunecity.com (click the AO-40 S-band tab) 73, Kyle K0KN

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RS-15 eclipse-free
by Auke de Jong, VE6PWN 17 May '08

17 May '08

Usually, this old one beeps continuously given steady sunlight, but nothing heard today over NA... 29.351MHz what's a good software programthat can be used to predict eclipse periods for satellites?? 73's Auke de Jong VE6PWN DO33go Edmonton, AB

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seeds telm
by Pedro Cruz 17 May '08

17 May '08

HI to all I use for receve seeds telm MIxWin and i get this telm when i decode in seeds telm decoder nothing a worng message in given by the seeds telm soft . With conficuration should i use for down lt in MIXWIN? Best 73 ! Pedro Cruz - cu2jx JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.½`..:Û............ Ù Ó Ñ.F ù.d.............€.ý.9.ô.W.A.¸.....".ø.g.³.(.¶.c JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.¾P..:ï............ Ý ç.1.H ü.~.............“.þ.8.þ.U.Þ.·.È.....÷.l.—.(...O JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Àä..;'............ ä á.1.L................™.þ.<.ï.T.....Ð.....ù.c.›.,...P JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Á ..;,............ á á.=.N...{.............™.ü.:.ç.R.....×.....ú.h.œ.....T JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Á\..;1............ ã æ.;.D...~.............ƒ.ù.:. .\.....×.....õ.l. .'...T JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Á˜..;6............ Ü Ù Ö.K ÷.e.............}.þ.:./.`..1.,...".÷.g.´.'.¹.i JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.ÁÔ..;;............ ã á.>.O...€.............˜.ý.6.#.^.....Ì.....ü.j.œ.,...Q JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Âˆ..;J............ å á.=.R...~.............˜.þ.9.ö.V...1.Î.....÷.i.œ.*...V JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.ÂÄ..;O............ ã ä.'.E...x.............‚.ý.7...\.$.?.à.....ø.j.œ.,.ö.T JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Ã...;T............ æ à.7.O................—.ý.7.(.]...@.È.....ú.g.œ.,.þ.R JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Ã<..;Y............ å Þ Ð.H ü.l.............j.ý.8...X.|._... .".ü.l.¯.$.¾.j JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Ãx..;^............ ç á.@.O................š.û.:.ã.X...P.Ä.....ú.h.œ.+.û.Q JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Ã´..;c............ ã ì.D.O................Ž.þ.6.ã.V...X.Ç.....ø.l.œ.)...X JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Ãð..;h............ è è.@.M.................þ.9...Z.ý.\.Ã.....ú.c.˜.+...R JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Ä,..;m............ å è.D.V................˜.þ.8.(.^.÷.`.¾.....÷.j.œ.'...S JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Äh..;r............ î á.;.P...€.............˜.ý.3...W.ø.g.¸.....þ.g.–.,.û.R JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Ä¤..;w............ ì ç.5.P...‚.............™.þ.7.è.T.ö.m.¸.....ù.k.œ.+.ý.R JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Å...;............ ë Û...T...q.............‚.û.>.þ.\.'.….ä...!.ü.i.°.,.Ó.c JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.ÅX..;†............ é è.A.V...|.............˜.þ.7...\.è.~.².....ø.h.™.....X JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Å”..;‹............ æ Ü Þ.I ú.h.............u.þ.6...^.[.™.....#.÷.k.´.+.º.n JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.ÅÐ..;............ ë ì.F.M................†.û.7.÷.X.Þ.‰.©.....ø.l.Ÿ.*...O JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.ÆH..;š............ î Ó Ö.S ú.g..............þ.9.æ.S.N.¦.....".ü.o.©.+.¼.g JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Æ„..;Ÿ............ î á.A.T................™.ý.8...\.Ï..¢.....ú.i../.û.P JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.ÆÀ..;¤............ ì Þ Ó.I ù.d.............g.û.4. .[.B.®.ù.!.&.û.l.´.,.¼.p JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Æü..;©............ ô ì.9.P...~.............‰.ü.4...[.Ä.•.˜.....õ.j.š.-.,.Q JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Ç8..;®............ ë ç.B.G...}.............†.û.8.Ú.Q.Ç.™......ø.l.œ.#...S JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Çt..;³............ í ê.H.Z................˜.þ.8.Ø.O.¸.›.–.....÷.j.œ.,...U JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Ç°..;¸............ ì Û ç.P ÷.k.............“.ý.7...X...¨.Ë... .ù.l.£.).Ü.[ JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Çì..;½............ ô ê.7.S ÿ.~.............‹.ý.5...^.¶.ž.“.....ø.k.›.)...R JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.È(..;Â............ ï é.D.X................”.þ.4...Y.§.œ.‰... .ø.l......X JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Èd..;Ç............ ñ ë.?.S................‹.û.<.ã.V.£..„.....ù.l.œ.+...R JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.È ..;Ì............ ñ ã.E.Z...{.............˜.ý.9.Ó.T..š.€.....û.i..+...T JQ1YGU>JQ1YGV>UI,?,F0: ù.Ê¼..;ù............ ö ë.=.X ÿ.€.............“.ý.4.ÿ.[.h..`.....÷.i.™.0...S

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17 May 2008 AM Reception Report
by Sion Chow Q. C. (9W2QC) 17 May '08

17 May '08

Dear All, 17 May 2008 0954 Hours Local or 0154 Hours UTC, 18 degree elevation SEEDS in Packet mode FM, Object J http://www.9w2qc.net/amsatbb/seeds17may00954.wav Sorry about the 57 MB file size as this is a wav file. 1127 Hours Local or 0327 Hours UTC, 19 degree elevation Cute-1.7 + APDII and COMPASS-1, Object C. http://www.9w2qc.net/amsatbb/cc17may1127.mp3 Thanks to Mineo-San, JE9PEL for introducing Tunaterm for copying SEEDS Packets. Could someone please help me on the following as I am still having problem to copy SEEDS packets. 1. I tried MixW2, TNC emulation, N8VB com port redirector, and Tunaterm. Tunaterm successfully decodes a bunch of Binary data, but because MixW2 is emulating a KISS TNC instead of a normal TNC, I am not sure if the data is accurate. 2. I tried also KPC-3+ in KISS and non-kiss mode directly with Tunaterm. Unfortunately Tunaterm did not successfully decode any packets except for one or two. I believe the SEEDS packet were standard AX.25 1200 baud packets? Could someone kindly guide me to the right path. Thank you very much in advance. 73, Sion Chow Q. C., 9W2QC. ---------------------------------------------- TRX: ICOM IC-910H Ant (2M): 2 x 10 Element Hor Polarity Ant (70CM): 2 x 15 Element Hor Polarity Preamp: SSB SP-2000 (2M), SSB SP-7000 (70CM) Tracker: LVB Tracker Coordinates: 03d04.57N 101d35.33E ----------------------------------------------

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Operating from North Scotland
by Ivo Klinkert, PA1IVO 17 May '08

17 May '08

Hello, >From 20-31 May I will be on holiday in North Scotland, and I take some amateur radio equipment with me. I will be QRV on LEO voice sats, AO-51 (on the second repeater when available), SO-50, VO-52 and possibly AO-16. My callsign seems to become MM/PA1IVO/P. For detailed information, query PA1IVO on QRZ.COM. There will also be some 'mutual visibility' between North Scotland and Canada in those days, which is probably not achievable with a portable setup, but I will see what a set of FT-817s is capable of ;-). 73, Ivo, PA1IVO

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audio from AO-40
by Greg Wycoff 17 May '08

17 May '08

does anyone know of any links where one might find audio recordings from AO-40. thanks 73 Greg

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sticking around DM32/DM42 for 0325-0350 UTC passes tonight
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 17 May '08

17 May '08

Hi! I am still south of Phoenix, and will be on the western AO-51 pass at 0325 UTC followed by the western SO-50 pass at 0339 UTC. Still on the DM32/DM42 boundary, about 50 miles/80km south of Phoenix. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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DO-64 not heard; SEEDS/COMPASS-1/CUTE all ok
by David 17 May '08

17 May '08

Hello All, A couple of reports of the latest cubesats. Yesterday morning's pass (2008/05/16/00:05 UTC) netted CUTE1.7+APD II - heard, recorded, decoded and sent telemetry COMPASS-1 - heard three times during CUTE pass, must be on 3 min timer DO-64 (Delfi) - not heard on either beacon frequency Today's morning pass (2008/05/16/22:52 UTC) netted CUTE1.7+APDII - heard COMPASS-1 - heard SEEDS - heard in CW mode, recorded and telemetry will be sent DO-64 - still not heard. So in around 20 attempts, I have only heard DO-64 twice and able to decode packets once. It's still turning off before it gets to the southern hemisphere. 73 de David VK5DG

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WD9EWK from DM32/DM42 tonight (0144-0211 UTC, 17 May)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 16 May '08

16 May '08

Hi! Later today, I will drive to a spot 50 miles/80km or so south of downtown Phoenix in Pinal County for a couple of satellite passes. I will park on the DM32/DM42 grid boundary (112 degrees West) down there in time for an AO-51 pass immediately followed by an SO-50 pass. Both passes go to the east of that location, and the footprints will cover much of North America. I will be on the AO-51 pass at 0144 UTC, followed by the SO-50 pass around 0158 UTC. I will switch over to SO-50 once I'm not able to hear or work AO-51, since those two passes have a slight overlap around 0158-0159 UTC in that area. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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