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SO-67_22Nov2009_154455z audio
by John Papay 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

Here is the recording of SO-67 22November2009 at 1545z. This was a 15 degree pass for me. I was trying to work the bird mobile but was not making it through enough for a qso. The signal was very readable on the mobile using a 3/4 wave whip on 435 with a preamp right at the antenna. Transmit antenna was a dual band Larsen on the roof. Radio was a TS2000 running 50 watts. The recording was made at the home station, unattended. http://www.papays.com/SO-67_22Nov2009_154455z.mp3 There was no window on the 1717z pass. Hope someone else recorded that one. 73, John K8YSE

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Re: adding UX-910 to radio
by Bob- W7LRD 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

Hi Jack The 910 I believe is already discontinued or that process will be very forth coming. "Most" likely any "significant" satellites will have 1.2 capability. By significant I believe HEO or MEO. Then there is the opportunity for terrestrial, eme, atv, and general fun and games on 1296. Once on 1.2 a 70W amp from KJ6KO can really add to the fun! If you like to build and play with antennas, a super antenna about four feet long can make it all worth while. I believe there is some significant 1296 activity in New England, your performance will depend on local topography, antenna, etc. Here in Western Washington we bounce 1.2 off mountains and get some interesting propagation. In my opinion the 910 will not loose value, once out of production the demand may even go up. 73 Bob W7LRD Washington State AMSAT area coordinator ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Barbera" <barberaalderwood(a)yahoo.com> To: "Amsat Reflector" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 8:37:20 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [amsat-bb] adding UX-910 to radio I've been thinking about adding the 1200 MHz band unit to my 910 radio. My dilemma is foremost that will this band be used on any of the new satellites? The rumor is that the 910 radio may be discontinued. The question I have is whether to quickly obtain the module in the event that this is also discontinued. I would really appreciate any thoughts on what action I should take. I do like ICOM products but find it difficult to get information about this type of situation. Thanks for any input. Jack WA1ZDV _______________________________________________ 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

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SO-67 22Nov2009 1410z eastern USA
by John Papay 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

Audio is on my webserver: http://www.papays.com/SO-67_22Nov2009_141052z.mp3 Lots of activity as usual. I noted a slightly stronger signal on the downlink on Left Hand Polarization. 73, John K8YSE

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satpc32 rev 12.8a and new real time change - where?
by Mike Ryan 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

Version 12.8a has a new feature that allows satpc32 to update frequencies more often that once per second according to the Whatsnew file. But it doesnt say how to invoke or select this option. Has anyone found this in the menu? What am I missing? Whatsnew says: . In "Real Time" mode SatPC32 updates its calculations once per second. With previous program versions this speed couldn't be changed. Now the speed can be increased by 5- or 10-fold. The change is only temporary, however. Therefore, the program will always start with the 1-second updates. Selecting a new Configuration restarts the program, so the 5- or 10-fold updates must be re-selected after changing between configurations. If there is a better forum for this question, please advize. Mike WB1AAT

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FW: ANS-326 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
by Dee 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-326 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: * New Ham Antenna Installed * DQ11APOLLO Activation on All Bands * Next Hudson Valley Satcom Net * Satellite Shorts * ARISS Status - 16 November 2009 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-326.01 New Ham Antenna Installed AMSAT News Service Bulletin 326.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 22, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-326.01 New Ham Antenna Installed on the ISS Columbus Module ARISS US Hardware Manager Lou McFadin, W5DID says that all the teamwork and effort to expand the ARISS amateur radio station aboard the ISS were successful this weekend when the new dual band 2m/70CM antenna was installed on the outside of ESA's Columbus module. Lou congratulated the team, "This is an example of what can be achieved by volunteer hams working closely with a space agency. This antenna project was funded entirely by AMSAT-NA and volun- teers who built the antennas for both an ESA experiment and for ARISS. I am very proud of all the teamwork and effort that has gone into this project." The new ARISS antenna is very similar to the antennas already on the Russian service module. Once the antennas are in place the ARISS team will be working to bring amateur radio to the Columbus module. In conclusion Lou noted the tremendous contribution from ESA for the experiment, the launch and the EVA making this expansion of amateur radio aboard the ISS possible. [ANS thanks Lou McFadin, W5DID for the above the information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-326.02 DQ11APOLLO Activation on All Bands AMSAT News Service Bulletin 326.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 22, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-326.02 DQ11APOLLO Activation on All Bands DQ11APOLLO is a special-event station of the Deutsche Amateuer-Radio- Club (DARC) celebrating the 40th. anniversary of the first manned landing on the moon by NASA. July 20, 2009 marked the 40th annnivesary of the first manned landing on the moon by the Apollo-11 mission. To celebrate this brilliant tech- nical achievement of NASA, a group of space-flight enthusiast radio amateurs of the Deutsche Amateur-Radio-Club applied for the special- event callsign DQ11APOLLO. It was issued on July 15, 2009 and is valid 365 days. The station will be activated on the mission-dates of the past Apollo flights on all HF, VHF & UHF-bands using SSB, CW, FM and PSK. The call will be activated during several occasions in 2009 and 2010: Apollo 12 November 14-24, 2009 Apollo 17 December 07-19, 2009 Apollo 8 December 21-27, 2009 Apollo 14 January 31-Feb 9, 2010 Apollo 9 March 03-13, 2010 Apollo 13 April 11-17, 2010 Apollo 16 April 16-27, 2010 Apollo 10 May 18-26, 2010. Buereau-cards via DF3JO, c/o Deutscher Amateur-Radio Club-DARC, Germany Direct-cards via DF3JO, Thomas Stinder, Braukkamp 11, 48249 Dülmen, Germany Preference will be given to cards sent direct with return postage and will be answered directly. The alternative is to send cards via Bureau. The QSL cards DQ11APOLLO will be printed in late autumn with the first delivery expected in December 2009. Many details are available at the DQ11APOLLO web page: http://tinyurl.com/ylenq3k [ANS thanks the SouthGate ARC Site and DQ11APOLLO for the above Information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-326.03 Next Hudson Valley Satcom Net AMSAT News Service Bulletin 326.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 22, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-326.03 To all, The next "HV Satcom" net is Thursday December 10 at 8PM (EST), (Or 0100UTC), on the 146.97MHz. repeater, with in echolink node of N2EYH-L. For more info (and download pass predictions go to; www.hvsatcom.org/ The reason there was no Satcom net (Thursday of this week) was that the "97" Repeater went down! Also, there won't be a "HV Satcom" net on Nov. 26 (Thanksgiving evening) Thanks,, Stu Ballinger (WA2BSS) [ANS thanks Stuart, WA2BSS, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-326.04 Satellite Shorts AMSAT News Service Bulletin 326.04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 22, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-326.04 CUTE=1.7 Satellite Captures Image Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL reported the CO-65 control station received an image below from the CUTE-1.7 satellite camera. Their analysis indi- cates the image was taken on October 28, 2009 and downloaded this week. The image is from the region around 84.6392 degrees north latitude and was 128.3049 degrees longitude near the north pole. The CUTE-1.7 image can be viewed on-line at: http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/blog/1_48_caption.Jpeg ----- Antartica Planned for Activation on HamSats Bill, K7MT, is going to work at the McMurdo base (AN-011) between Nov 15 and Feb 20, 2010. He will sign KC4USV mostly on 20m during Sundays. Listen for him in SSB on 14243 kHz, in CW on 14043 kHz or in PSK-31 on 14070 kHz. He plans to bring his Arrow II antenna and a Kenwood TH-7 which he can use also on amateur radio satellites. QSL via K1IED. His homepage can be found at: http://www.mt.net/~k7mt ----- Indonesia to Launch Rescue Radio HamSat The Bernama dot com on line newspaper reports that the Indonesian Amateur Radio Organization called Orari and the Indonesian National Institute of Aeronautic and Space plan to launch the ham radio bird next year. But so far the president of the Orari has not revealed the satellite's size nor its orbital distance from Earth. According to the website, the new ham radio bird will be used to expand the nations ham radio communication network to remote districts. It went on to note that the satellite will play a major role in linking land, sea and air communication for rescue radio operations. The article also noted that ham radio operators from Orari had become the alternative communication tool. This, during disasters like the tsunami in Aceh and the recent earthquake in Padang. Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1683 ----- Call for Papers 14th Annual Southeastern VHF Society Conference April 23rd and 24th, 2010 Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky. The Southeastern VHF Society is calling for the submission of papers and presentations for the upcoming 14th Annual Southeastern VHF Society Conference to be held at Morehead State University in Morehead, KY on April 23rd and 24th, 2010. Papers and presentations are solicited on both the technical and operational aspects of VHF, UHF and Microwave weak signal amateur radio. The deadline for the submission of papers and presentations is February 5, 2010. All submissions for the proceedings should be in Microsoft Word (.doc). Submissions for presentation at the conference should be in PowerPoint (.ppt) format, and delivered on either a USB memory stick or CDROM or posted for download on a web site of your choice. For further information about the conference please go to http://www.svhfs.org Thank you, Robin Midgett K4IDC 2010 Program Chair, SVHFS [ANS thanks SVHFS for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-326.05 ARISS Status 16 November 2009 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 326.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 22, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-326.05 (ARISS) Status Report November 16, 2009 1. Upcoming School Contact Flanders District of Creativity and the Department of Education of the Flemish Government have teamed up for an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Tuesday, November 17 at 13:44 UTC via station LU8YY in Argentina. The groups are partnering to organize the very first congress for kids in Belgium. A conference has been set up with keynote speakers and interactive workshops for 1200 twelve year olds. Dirk Frimout and Sijtn Meuris will give a presentation about astronomy. 2. Italian Students Contact De Winne via ARISS On Friday, November 13, Frank De Winne, ON1DWN on the ISS spoke with youth from Scuola Istituto Salesiano "Sacro Cuore" Vomero in Napoli, Italy via an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact. De Winne answered twenty questions put to him by the students. Approximately six hundred children were present for the contact which highlighted a curriculum of English, astronomy and physics. Prior to the contact, the students learned from amateur radio operators about the history of radio transmissions, radio equipment, the structure and the scientific goals of the ISS, as well as real HF radio contacts with amateur radio stations from around the world. After the contact, an ESA Communication Office representative gave a presentation on the ESA education program and ESA Astronaut Paolo Nespoli was present to meet with and talk to the students. There was extensive media coverage including television and newspapers as well as video streaming on the Web. 3. ARISS Contact Between Robert Thirsk and Montreal Schoolchildren An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held between Marie-Rivier School in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and Robert Thirsk, VA3CSA on Friday, November 13 via telebridge station VK4KHZ in Australia. Sixteen questions were asked and answered during the space chat as students learned about the ISS and work and life in space. 4. ARISS International Team Meeting Held An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Team meeting was held on Tuesday, November 10. The team provided a status on both the Columbus module antennas and ARISSat-1. See: https://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2009-11-10.htm 5. ARRL Web Article on STS-129 Mission The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) ran a Web story on the STS-129 mission which will carry Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) antennas to the ISS and deploy them during the second spacewalk. See: https://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/11/12/11195/?nc=1 6. ARRL Letter Posts Two ARISS News Items The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) posted two ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) articles in its November 12 issue of the ARRL Letter. The first item covers the STS-129 mission carrying ARISS antennas to the ISS. The second is an article on the ARISS contact with Garfield Elementary School held in conjunction with the WHEELS NASA Exploration Experience traveling exhibit in Boise, Idaho. See: https://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/index.html?issue=2009-11-12 [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, Dee Interdonato, NB2F nb2f at amsat dot org

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Get up early=iceland
by Luc Leblanc 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

That was the lucky combination this morning who make's me reaching Ari TF3ARI in Reykjavik Iceland. This period of the year make's me remember a tradition a plane that brings Icelandic Christmas shoppers to St-John Newfoundland. Theses Visitors from Iceland have come to St. John's on special flights every year for a decade to buy Christmas gifts and stock up on supplies. "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe DSTAR urcall VE2DWE WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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SO-67 Question
by Dave Marthouse 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

I have a question about the timers on SO-67. Their configuration to drop out after a few seconds unless you transmit immediately after or upon a previous station, was that done purposely or is this a software configuration issue. What would be the purpose of setting the transponder to act this way? I am not stating this to criticize but get the answer to this puzzling question. I must say that signal levels are great with this new bird. I have heard it using my TH-F6A with nothing more than the standard rubber antenna which is a radiating dummy load. Congratulations to Amsat SA on this great addition to our satellite fleet. Dave Marthouse N2AAM dmart(a)pure.net

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FO-29 status (21:28-UTC, 21 Nov. 2009)
by Mineo Wakita 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/fo29tes5.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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AO-51 BBS Logistics
by Bruce Semple 22 Nov '09

22 Nov '09

Is the BBS call sign still PECHO-12? I am assuming WISP will work with the AO-51 BBS once I get it configured correctly -- Thanks, Bruce WA3SWJ

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SO-67 Western Pass 11/21 @ 1741
by w6zkh＠comcast.net 21 Nov '09

21 Nov '09

This mornings pass of SO-67 was the best one sofar, probably because it wasnt overloaded with signals being it was partially out over the Pacific. VA7VW, WC7V, W7JPI, K7CWQ, WD9EWK, N7EDK and a XE2 station were on, and for the mostpart good communications spaced out over the 12 minute pass. Once everyone waited for that 3 second tail audio was very good, with Leo, W7JPI having Hi-Fi studio audio from that 847 with Mic gain turned down. It is hard to wait for the tail, as all of us are use to the other birds. I copied the satellite down to 2 degs over the Pacific. Sorry no recording device of it.... guess we need to make a remote base for John K8YSE out here on the Left Coast, hi... John W6ZKH DM06

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