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

tracking programs
by James Cizek 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

Been "off the air" with sats once the demise of AO40 but with all the new birds up, thought I'd give it another go. Since hardware and software have changed a great deal, thought I'd get some opinions. I have a Yaesu FT736r and and Yaesu FT847. G5400b rotor and a 22 element 2M cross beam and a larger 440 (not sure how may elements) beam. All setup on 2.4ghz receive with a converted direct broadcast box i modified and recently finished an LVB tracker. So the big question remains.... what software? Kind of narrowed it to either SCRAP or Nova, but any suggestions good bad or otherwise? I used to use WinOrbit before but would like to use az/el AND radio tuning with the 847... Many thanks. -James KI0KN

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Re: tracking programs
by Alan P. Biddle 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

James, Give it a another try. I just checked with both Firefox and IE7 and everything is working. If you have specific questions about things you would like to know, or can't find, just ask. You will almost certainly get an answer, or a URL pointing to it. Alan WA4SCA

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Re: FO-29 and Field Day?
by Sam KC2LRC 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

According to the schedule posted by Mineo JE9PEL earlier, FO-29 will be fired up on the 02:31Z pass over Japan. It will remain in the light as it comes down the Atlantic. So that means around 03:00Z, FO-29 will come in range of the far east US and should still be on. It will be a pretty low pass but it will be well in range of Europe so contacts with DX stations will be posible (DX stations can participate in Field Day by giving their station class and section "DX" although they can't submit their entries.) When the bird gets down to about the latitude of New York City, it will enter the eclipse and turn off shortly after, as the batteries are not in good shape. 73, Sam KC2LRC

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Re: Need Radio Shack 15-1220 rotator manual and schematic
by David Donaldson 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

Did you check the Radio Shack web site? They do have manuals for discontiuned products there. Not sure about rotors. Dave Sent with Wireless Sync from Verizon Wireless ---- Original Message ---- From: "Robert L Lasso" <rlasso(a)zianet.com> Date: 6/22/08 9:32 am To: "amsat-bb(a)amsat.org" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subj: [amsat-bb] Need Radio Shack 15-1220 rotator manual and schematic I have a Radio Shack 15-1220 rotator and control unit and do not know how to connect the 5 wire cable. The control unit has terminals numbered 1-5, but the rotator has 5 screw terminals "without" numbers. do not want to damage the unit by hooking it up incorrectly. Anybody have a manual or schematic to advise me as to hookup would be GREATLY appreciated. Want to use it for Field Day SAT station. 73, Robert W6RQR _______________________________________________ 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 --- Get FREE High Speed Internet from USFamily.Net! -- http://www.usfamily.net/mkt-freepromo.html ---

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Spanish cubesat: grateful thanks
by rct＠uvigo.es 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

EA1RCT Radioclub wishes to thank you for your comments on our cubesat project. We have received very interesing ideas which are being taken into account. We will keep you informed when more information be released. http://lostrego.uvigo.es/xatcobeoENG.php http://lostrego.uvigo.es/xatcobeo.php

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Uni Trac 2003 for sale
by Bill Bruno 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

For Sale: Uni Trac 2003 with cable for Kenwood TS-2000, software CD. $285. If interested please contact me off list. Bill , KB2RC

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Need Radio Shack 15-1220 rotator manual and schematic
by Robert L Lasso 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

I have a Radio Shack 15-1220 rotator and control unit and do not know how to connect the 5 wire cable. The control unit has terminals numbered 1-5, but the rotator has 5 screw terminals "without" numbers. do not want to damage the unit by hooking it up incorrectly. Anybody have a manual or schematic to advise me as to hookup would be GREATLY appreciated. Want to use it for Field Day SAT station. 73, Robert W6RQR

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Re: AMSAT-DL DONATIONS
by Edward Cole 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

Dave, I ran the latest German Language link to Amsat-DL that Peter offered and it has several articles about the upcoming European Conference but I found nothing regarding progress of P3E toward launch. I used babelfish on-line English translation for this. So it gives us no real info. Perhaps those attending: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >HAM RADIO - the international amateur radio exhibition takes place from >the 27th until the 29th June 2008 in Friedrichshafen near Lake Constance. >http://www.hamradio-friedrichshafen.de/html/en/index.php 59th DARC Lake Constance Meeting Lectures and Meetings Saturday, Juni 28, 2008 10 a.m. Amateurfunksatelite P3E Speaker: Peter Gülzow, DB2OS Hall A2, room 3 11 a.m. Mars Project of AMSAT DL Speaker: Dr. Achim Vollhardt, DH2VA Hall A2, room 3 Sunday, Juni 29, 2008 10 a.m. Video Presentation of AMSAT DL Speaker: AMSAT DL Hall A2, room 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ will inform us of what is disclosed there? ***************************************************** 73, Ed - KL7UW BP40iq, 6m - 3cm 144-EME: FT-847, mgf-1801, 4x-xp20, 185w http://www.kl7uw.com AK VHF-Up Group NA Rep. for DUBUS: dubususa(a)hotmail.com *****************************************************

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FO-29 and Field Day?
by Chris Maness 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

For the past several years I have used FO-29 for field day. Is this sat usable? The sat status appears that it is in a questionable state. I have never used a FM mode J sat for field day, and would assume that it would turn into what CBer's call a key down contest, were the biggest amp wins due to the capture effect. It seems that mode J-FM birds are already crowded during a regular day. I could only imagine that it would be very difficult to work during FD. I had listen to VO-52 during FD and noticed that there was not any FD traffic on the bird. Could we use this sat if FO-29 is not functional? If so, that is the satellite I plan on trying to work for FD. I miss RS-12/13 Good bird for FD. Thanks, Chris KQ6UP

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ANS-174 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-174 ************************************************************** *** 2008 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting *** *** October 24-26 in Atlanta, Georgia *** ************************************************************** ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor(a)amsat.org In this edition: * AMSAT Receives CFC Certification for 2008 * 9 Cubesats on Maiden Vega Launch * Nominees for AMSAT Board of Directors * Call for Papers--2008 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference * AMSAT Award Recipients * ARISS Status - 16 June 2008 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-174.01 AMSAT Receives CFC Certification for 2008 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 174.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. June 22, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-174.01 On June 13, 2008 The Office of Combined Federal Campaign Operations issued the final draft of the listings for independent organizations that have been approved for participation in the 2008 CFC. The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) was again included in the approvals. The CFC, or Combined Federal Campaign, is the U.S. Government equivalent Of the United Way in the private sector. The campaign affords all US Government employees the opportunity to make donations from their regular paychecks to CFC approved Charities. AMSAT has again successfully applied to CFC for that status and is grate- ful for the approval. This stamp of approval means that AMSAT has met the strict standards set by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) assuring donors that AMSAT's programs of work and financial operational standards meet the CFC requirements. Those AMSAT supporters who wish to make payroll contributions should select the Radio Amateur satellite Corporation (AMSAT) during their campaign this coming fall. The AMSAT CFC Charity number is 10158. Payroll deduction is a simple, convenient way to support AMSAT. Gunther Meisse W8GSM Treasurer, AMSAT North America [ANS thanks Bunther, W8GSM, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-174.02 9 Cubesats on Maiden Vega Launch AMSAT News Service Bulletin 174.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. June 22, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-174.02 Cubesats built by students from universities in Poland Spain Italy Switzerland Romania France and Belgium have been selected for a free ride to low earth orbit. The launch is scheduled on the Vega maiden flight from Kourou at the end 2008 / early 2009. One Belgium cubesat proposes to use D-Star as a communications protocol [ANS thanks David, G0RMF, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-174.03 Nominees for AMSAT Board of Directors AMSAT News Service Bulletin 174.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. June 22, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-174.03 Nominations for the 2008 AMSAT Board of Directors have closed. The list of qualified candidates is: Tom Clark K3IO Lou McFadin W5DID Bill Ress N6GHZ Gould Smith WA4SXM Three Directors' terms are up this year. Directors serve a two year term. Ballots will be in the mail by July 15th and must be received in Silver Spring no later than the close of business on September 15th. [ANS thanks Martha for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-174.04 Call for Papers--2008 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference AMSAT News Service Bulletin 174.04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. June 22, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-174.04 Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the 27th Annual ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference to be held September 26-28, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois. These papers will also be published in the Conference Proceedings (you do NOT need to attend the conference to have your paper included in the Proceedings). The submission deadline is July 31, 2008. Please send papers to: Maty Weinberg ARRL 225 Main St Newington, CT 06111 or you can make your submission via e-mail to: maty(a)arrl.org Papers will be published exactly as submitted and authors will retain all rights. [ANS thanks Steve, WB8IMY, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-174.05 AMSAT Award Recipients AMSAT News Service Bulletin 174.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. June 22, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-174.05 We would like to welcome the following to the satellite community. They have made their first satellite contact and are now members of the AMSAT Satellite Communicators Club. Robert Netzband, NA2H Piyumi Perera, VE4WPL Keith Cutter, KD7GOP The following have earned the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award Dimitrios Pallis, SW1JGW #464 Rob Rousseau, KI4BKE #465 Rafael Valdez, Jr., XE2RV #466 The following have earned the AMSAT Robert Barbee, Jr., W4AMI Satellite Communication Achievement Award Rafael Valdez, Jr., XE2RV #51 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com [ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-174.06 ARISS Status -- 16 June 2008 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 174.06 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. June 22, 2008 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-174.06 1. Upcoming School Contact An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled with Robinson Elementary School in Robinson, Texas on Wednesday, June 25 at 15:45 UTC, via telebridge station WH6PN in Hawaii. This is the first ARISS contact to be held with astronaut Greg Chamitoff, KD5PKZ. Approximately 300 second and third graders are enrolled at the school. 2. ARRL PR Campaign Includes ARISS On June 10, the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran an article about its new PR campaign called "We Do That." A portion of a new brochure and accompanying Web material cover Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). There is also an audio sample of an ARISS contact on the Web site. For more information, go to: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/06/10/10151/?nc=1 The story also ran in the ARRL Letter. See: http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/08/0613/ 3. ARISS Face to Face Meeting Preparations continue for the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Face to Face Meeting. The conference will be held on July 17-18. It will be preceded by an Amateur Radio Working Group (ARWG) meeting on July 14-16 which will be attended by representatives from the international partner space agencies. Both meetings will be held in Moscow, Russia. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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