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Satellite Demonstrations at Ham-Com 13-14 June 2008
by Keith D. Pugh 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

We will attempt to work/listen to as many of the passes below as possible within the constraints of weather, manpower, etc. The callsign will be W5IU and the times listed are in CDT. Ham-Com 2008 Plano, Texas Potential Satellite Demos WinAos QTH: -96.7/33.1 T#: 11121 Sat.: 7 [Standard] ---------------------------------------------------------- Day Object AOS (L) LOS Period maxEl AZ ---------------------------------------------------------- 13.06.2008 AO-07 08:38 08:59 21 45 024 - 179 13.06.2008 AO-51 09:23 09:36 13 41 003 - 210 13.06.2008 AO-07 10:31 10:51 20 35 005 - 226 13.06.2008 VO-52 12:09 12:21 12 38 002 - 209 13.06.2008 ISS 12:42 12:51 09 33 242 - 041 13.06.2008 SO-50 12:54 13:08 14 50 195 - 034 13.06.2008 AO-27 15:13 15:27 14 36 145 - 357 13.06.2008 RS-30 15:50 16:12 22 53 168 - 012 13.06.2008 AO-27 16:53 17:06 13 21 201 - 331 13.06.2008 RS-30 17:47 18:08 21 28 220 - 356 WinAos QTH: -96.7/33.1 T#: 11122 Sat.: 7 [Standard] ---------------------------------------------------------- Day Object AOS (L) LOS Period maxEl AZ ---------------------------------------------------------- 14.06.2008 AO-51 08:44 08:57 13 71 015 - 189 14.06.2008 AO-07 09:31 09:52 21 84 015 - 201 14.06.2008 AO-51 10:24 10:33 09 09 341 - 246 14.06.2008 VO-52 10:52 11:03 11 21 031 - 166 14.06.2008 AO-07 11:25 11:42 17 16 358 - 251 14.06.2008 ISS 11:29 11:38 09 46 214 - 051 14.06.2008 SO-50 11:44 11:55 11 13 161 - 051 14.06.2008 VO-52 12:28 12:39 11 23 354 - 220 14.06.2008 ISS 13:05 13:12 07 12 270 - 029 14.06.2008 SO-50 13:23 13:37 14 53 219 - 025 14.06.2008 AO-27 14:45 14:58 13 20 129 - 005 14.06.2008 RS-30 15:02 15:21 19 27 148 - 020 14.06.2008 AO-27 16:24 16:38 14 41 184 - 339 14.06.2008 RS-30 16:57 17:19 22 54 200 - 002 Lat: N 33.0550 deg Long: W 96.6821 deg Elev: 211.8 meters Grid: EM13pb See you on the "Birds!" 73 - Keith, W5IU

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French QRM on the uplink of AO-51
by OZ1MY 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

Hi, At the pass with AOS at 1837 UTC here in Copenhagen there was a VERY strong QRM from the North of France. My French is too bad to understand it :-) The uplink frequency is 145.880 MHz now with AO-51 in Mode-V/S. Hope someone can stop it. 73 OZ1MY Ib

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ESA CubeSats website
by Mineo Wakita 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

http://www.esa.int/esaED/SEM2BPUG3HF_index_0.html 1. SwissCube (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland): http://www.epfl.ch/ http://swisscube.epfl.ch/ 2. Xatcobeo (a collaboration of the University of Vigo and INTA, Spain): http://www.uvigo.es/indice/index.gl.htm 3. UNICubeSAT (University of Rome, Italy): http://www.uniroma1.it/ http://www.mat.uniroma2.it/english/main.html 4. Robusta (University of Montpellier 2, France): http://www.univ-montp2.fr/ http://robusta.ies.univ-montp2.fr/ 5. AtmoCube (University of Trieste, Italy): http://www.univ.trieste.it/ http://www2.units.it/~atmocube/ 6. e-st@r (Politecnico di Torino, Italy): http://www.polito.it/ 7. OUFTI-1 (University of Liege, Belgium): http://www.ulg.ac.be/cms/c_5000/accueil/ http://www.leodium.ulg.ac.be/cmsms/ 8. Goliat (University of Bucharest, Romania): http://www.unibuc.ro/en/home/ 9. PW-Sat (Warsaw University of Technology, Poland): http://www.iem.pw.edu.pl/Eindex.html 10. UWE-3 (University of Wuerzburg, Germany): http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/home/ 11. HiNCube (Narvik University College, Norway): http://www.hin.no/index.php?ID=1717/

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Hamcon in Dallas
by K5GNA＠aol.com 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

To All: I will be in Dallas at Hamcon with an inside table on Friday, June 13 and Saturday, June 14 and will have some downconverter packages, downconverters and signal sources with me. I am fully stocked with downconverters and shipping in less than 3 days after receipt of order. _www.k5gna.com_ (http://www.k5gna.com) TNX & 73, Bob K5GNA **************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102)

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Cute over Europe (11:10utc)
by Henk, PA3GUO 11 Jun '08

11 Jun '08

June 11, 11:10utc cute 87ccadad382724526336f7 hihi de jq1ytc digi off cute 87ccadb2382824536a3af7 hihi de jq1ytc digi off And indeed I did not hear the packet downlink Henk, PA3GUO

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D-STAR experiment on Cubesat
by gi pi 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

from OUFTI-1 website : >> The key, innovative feature of OUFTI-1 is the use of the D-STAR amateur-radio >>digital-communication protocol. This means of radio-communication will be used for control and >> telemetry, and will of course be made available to ham-radio operators worldwide. In the future, it will also be used to control space experiments. >> more info on: http://www.leodium.ulg.ac.be/cmsms/ my questions are: what do you think about this experiment? and, is it possible to use this digital protocoll on a satellite (cubesat) ? 73 de Giulio AB2VY ___________________________________ Scopri il Blog di Yahoo! Mail: trucchi, novità, consigli... e la tua opinione! http://www.ymailblogit.com/blog/

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Cute-1.7 APD heard from 9M4CAN, Banting, Malaysia
by Yushida Mohd Yunus 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

New Cute banner heard from 9M4CAN this morning. AOS: 01:41 UTC LOS: 01:52 UTC MAX EL: 11 deg. cute 87cbab95392825546437f7 hihi de jq1ytc digion cute 87 ......................9328637f7 hihi de jq1ytc digion cute 87cb...........92825566536f7 hihi de jq1ytc digion cute 86ccadreø39282557612ff7 hihi de jq1ytc digion cute 87cbadesi392925576634f7 hihi de jq1ytc digion cute 87cbaea4392925576a3....7 hihi de jq1ytc digion 9W2YMY & 9W2VSK

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Uni_Trac2003
by Gerry 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Having a problem setting up V/S mode for AO-51 on my Uni_Trac system. Could someone share their Satellite Data base file used for this mode with me . please reply off list to ve4gtb(a)mts.net 73 Gerry VE4GTB / KD7MDB

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Yaesu G-5400B az/el rotor for sal
by Bill Bruno 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

I have a buyer for the rotor, Thanks for all the replies Bill

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SATPC32 Updated version
by Alan P. Biddle 10 Jun '08

10 Jun '08

Hi, There is what appears to be an updated version of 12.8 available. It is still listed as 12.8, but the SETUP program is dated 9 Jun 08. After backing everything up, I installed this version, and then restored my SQF and other configuration files. The only issues I had noticed previously were with the available maps, and SuM. Both are now working correctly, and nothing new seems to be broken. Note that unlike past upgrades, the installation program detected the previous version and required me to uninstall it first. Perhaps the new installer? So be certain to keep copies of the configuration files. Alan WA4SCA ----------------------------------- There is something fascinating about science. One gets such wholesale returns of conjecture from such a trifling investment of fact. Mark Twain

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