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Delfi-C3 Tranponder now activated over Europe
by Trevor 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Delfi-C3 Tranponder now activated over Europe The Delfi-C3 435 to 145 MHz SSB/CW transponponder has now been activated.. It will be switched on duing this weekend whenever it is within range of Europe and will automatically switch back to science (telemetry) mode when it goes into eclipse about 1 hour later. This means that only those within range of the European passes will be able to use it. The Delfi-C3 team will be giving presentations on their exciting new satellite during the AMSAT-UK Colloquium taking place at the University of Surrey, home of the Surrey Space Centre. The presentations start at 09:05 am (0805GMT) on Saturday July 26th and will will be streamed live to the web to a worldwide audience at http://www.batc.tv/ For more info see http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/658/68/ ---- __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html

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Re: Delfi-C3 Tranponder now activated over Europe
by G0MRF＠aol.com 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

In a message dated 25/07/2008 20:41:01 GMT Standard Time, dave(a)g1ocn.com writes: Did you actually hear anything at all during the last pass to the east of the UK Trevor ? Cheers, Dave. Heard a 2m beacon sending CW. " Hi de Delfi c3 " apx 9pm UK time That's new to me. Thanks David G0MRF

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DO64 and FO29 report
by Robert Turlington 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Hi All did not hear DO64 on the 1007 pass over the UK this morning Glad to report that the FO29 beacon and transponder were active on the 1036 pass over the UK this morning Managed a QSO with PA1TNO at 1039 using low power (less than 5 w) both ways good news indead. Regards Robert G8ATE _________________________________________________________________ Find the best and worst places on the planet http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/101719807/direct/01/

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Verta 1 - a new opportunity to fly your spacecraft
by Graham Shirville 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Hi all, Just spotted on the ESA website... http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Launchers_Home/SEM3MKXIPIF_0.html Please form an orderly queue(line) 73 from Guildford Graham G3VZV

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AO-51 2nd repeater switched to telemetry for Sunday UTC
by Andrew Glasbrenner 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

For roughly 24 hours from 0000UTC to 2400UTC Sunday the 27th, we are going to switch AO-51's 435.150 transmitter from repeater to telemetry. This is in order to gather important WOD (Whole Orbit Data) to manage the satellite, and to honor a late request by AMSAT-UK to demonstrate the GENSO (http://www.genso.org/) system at the AMSAT-UK meeting. 73, Drew KO4MA

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GO-32/TECHSAT1B NO-GO
by Mr Jeffrey L Ross 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Hi, folks, nothing again from go-32, tryed to xmit up to it just in case it needed turned on or something. but nothin. will have to go back to the drawing board i feel. everything should be working here. mast mount pre-amp, antenna, rig, tnc @ 9600 baud. did not hear a thing. I had a good pass also, 74 degrees. The pass was at 1010 this am USA. Coming WNW From me. Not sure if I should give up or not. Is anyone getting the downlink from her? I know once in awhile she goes down. kc8gkf

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help
by Bob Nave 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

All My husband (wb9adt) passed away suddenly in January of this year, he was a huge ham radio collector and operator. I have found help in selling his radios, but now I need help in selling his anntennas. I was hoping there was someone in the Decatur, Indiana area that could maybe contact me off site at patcher@mchsi with maybe a little advice on how to sell them. I know nothing about them other than the fact that they worked when he passed away. Any help I could get would be greatly appreciated.

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Re: Cal Poly Satellite Keps error!
by Alan P. Biddle 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

In trying to copy CP4, I noticed that there is a discrepancy in the Keps being distributed. Jason's Keps give the object number as 31132. You get this from Space-Track, and it seems to give a good agreement. However, the Celestrak and those distributed by AMSAT give the object number as 31122. Close, but off enough that it makes automatic tracking nearly impossible. So when you do an automatic update of your Keps, be certain to go back in and put in the correct object. Alan WA4SCA

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re polarity control help needed
by Angus 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

To all those who have offered advice, very many thanks, very much appreaciated. I thank those who also sent private emails and info, very much appreaciated. The outcome is I am going to leave it well alone now hi thanks again regards Gus M0IKB -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 1364 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len

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Delfi-C3 report
by i8cvs 25 Jul '08

25 Jul '08

Hi Wouter , PA3WEG To day 25 july during orbits 1305 and 1306 in full sun illumination Delfi-C3 was OFF both in science mode and transponder mode. When do you plan to switch ON the transponder ? 73" de i8CVS Domenico

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