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

VO52 questions....
by asd asd 02 May '08

02 May '08

I have been trying for a week to get into the VO52 satellite and have some questions... I can hear people talking and have to constantly manually tune them in in crazy patterns. One persons doppler will go up and another will go down. It is like I am chasing people that are constantly changing their transmit frequency and does not fit a normal doppler change. Another thing is that I cannot tune myself in at all. It is like I am transmitting in the wrong sideband. I am recieving the downlink in USB and it is my understanding that the uplink is supposed to be LSB. The program I am using is SatPC32 that CAT tunes an IC910H into a M2 2MCP14 - M2436CP30 both with right hand polarization. Just trying to get away from the FM Birds and try some new ones and looking for some help to figure out what I may be overlooking or doing wrong. Thanks... --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.

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AMSAT Goes to the races: Video available Saturday on SPEED Channel
by Tom Clark, K3IO 02 May '08

02 May '08

Just a reminder that the debut of the AMSAT colors flying on the #77 Kodak Doran Dallaria/Ford will be on the cable SPEED channel from 12:00-15:00 EDT (1600-1900 UTC) today (Saturday, May 3rd). 73, Tom

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SEEDS FREQ
by Mr Jeffrey L Ross 02 May '08

02 May '08

I have 437.485 fm, cw, talk, I hope sstv is there also, Will try to copy. kc8gkf USA

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Seeds over PY
by Fabio Teixeira Magalhaes 02 May '08

02 May '08

Copy Seeds from 23:46 to 23:58 utc... Fabio PY4AJ Loc GH70un

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Delfi over VK
by Colin Hurst 02 May '08

02 May '08

Delfi-C3 just copied over VK and packets decoded and sent. 2312 utc to 2324 utc, 2nd May 2008. Copying on dipole at 30 feet. Very nice signal. Colin VK5HI.

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Delfi-C3 heard over VK, SEEDS in voice/SSTV
by David 02 May '08

02 May '08

Hello All, Finally heard Delfi-C3 during 2008/05/03:2310 UTC pass. Pity, I was tracking SEEDS' digitalker and SSTV at the time. At least I know it works. 73 de David VK5DG

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SEEDS Keps?
by John Marranca, Jr 02 May '08

02 May '08

Happy Friday, everyone! Does anyone have any Keps for the SEEDS satellite? _______________________________ John Marranca, Jr PBX Technician/Shop Steward CWA Local 1122 BN Systems, Inc Orchard Park, NY (716)972-2006

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SEEDS Digi-talker and SSTV success
by Masahiro Arai 02 May '08

02 May '08

SEEDS team turned on Digi-talker and SSTV at 1103z-1115z and 1239z- 1251z 2nd May. Her voice was very clear. I also decoded SSTV picture. The picture is noisy but nice Japanese scenery is showed up. I'll put them on my web site if I got permission form SEEDS team. Congratulations SEEDS team! 73 Masa JN1GKZ

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Delfi-C3 report
by Stargate 02 May '08

02 May '08

Not heard, EM86TN, 2008-05-02, 1452 UTC, 37 degree pass. 73's RoD KD0XX

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AO-16 operational
by Mark L. Hammond 02 May '08

02 May '08

Hello All, At about 2043utc on 2 May 2008 I commanded AO-16 back ON. Apparently the increasing eclipse periods require another reduction in the transmitter output power. AO-16 is now back and operational in voice repeater mode, with a slightly reduced output. It is reporting around 1.2 watts output, so it is still quite loud. AO-16 is again configured for voice mode and is open for normal operations: Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM Downlink: 437.0260 MHz DSB (LSB and USB). Users of AO-16 are encouraged to report any aberrant operations by either posting to the AMSAT-BB or by emailing the command team at n8mh AT amsat.org "Aberrant operations" might include the following: complete loss of signal from the spacecraft or significant change in the transmitter frequency. Oh behalf of the command team, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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