December 2009 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Installing/running WISP in Vista 64 bit problem
by Alan P. Biddle 22 Dec '09

22 Dec '09

Hi, I got this question, and not having a 64 bit OS, don't have a solid answer. PKWARE is still around, and does have according to their web site a 64 bit version, though it may not be freeware. Any help I can pass on about whether there is a way to do this, and particularly whether WISP will run at all on a 64 bit machine? Alan WA4SCA >I have been unable to install WISP on my "Vista >64bit" computer. It keeps looking for a file it can't find. I think it is >PKUNZIP. EXE. >PKZIP & PKUNZIP have been around for a long time. I guess they don't work >on the 64bit OS.

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HO-68 beacon
by Gkcarr 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

I copied the HO-68 beacon tonight during pass 90. Here is what I noted: 0153 at 16 degrees cw sig was at 795 0155 at 20 degrees cw sig was at 792.8 0156 at 22 degrees cw sig was at 790 0158 at 20 degrees sig was at 787.32 0159 at 16 degrees sig was at 785.3 0201 at 12 degrees sig was at 784. It was clear and clean. 73 George WA5KBH EM30

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RS-22 telemetry
by David Giles 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

Hello All, Just heard RS-22's CW telemetry for 2009/12/22 00:30 UTC. RS22 UBS - 139 137 on board voltage/10v IBS - 20 20 on board current mA USUN - 146 0 solar cell voltage ISUN - 78 0 solar cell current mA ITXA - 0 0 ITXB - 0 0 TTXA - 111 111 TTXB - 109 109 TNAP - 110 110 TCTR - 110 110 TSBA - 107 108 TSBB 88 104 125 MODB 145 145 145 MODC 6 6 6 MTX 35 35 - MRX 34 34 - Using details from Mike DK3WN's site to crunch the data, I come up with the following. USUN and ISUN give the the solar panel outputs as producing 14.6v at 78mA working during one frame and nothing during the next. I suppose this indicates a faulty solar panel. The satellite was in full sunlight during the pass. More monitoring needed. 73 de David VK5DG

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one of a kind QSO
by Bob- W7LRD 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

This may tickle some ones funny bone. I was talking with Joe-K3SZH on AO-7, Joe was talking with Eric PA1TNO on Skype, I then was able to talk to Eric. Is this valid for a QSL (kidding). Eric and I are trying to have a (short) qso via AO-7 in the future. We share about a 25 second window. This was fun! 73 Bob W7LRD Seattle, Wa.

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Unable to use HO-68 in JO21 (18:37 UTC)
by PE0SAT 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

Hi, I was unable to open the uplink with my Yaesu FT-847. The PL tone was set 67.0 Hz but unable to open the uplink channel. During the pass I tryed the following. - Checked Subtone.SQF file twice SatPC32 (XW-1,67.0,$3F,1) - Checked Doppler.SQF (XW-1,435675,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Repeater-BBS) - Restarted SatPC32 - Switched of and on the Yaesu FT-847 - Did a manual setup via menu option 12 for the tone frequentie - Used FMN on the uplink Nothing worked :( There where only three or four stations active during this pass and that makes me wonder if I was the only one with tone problems? I did receive some BBS Packets: BJ1SA-12>BBSTAT>UI,C,F0: Open BJ1SA-12:0 BJ1SA-12>BBSTAT>UI,C,F0: Open BJ1SA-12:0 Maybe beter luck next time 73's PE0SAT

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RS-22 heard
by David Giles 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

Hello All, Just heard RS-22's CW beacon. Unfortunately it was at the end of the pass so I didn't get a full frame of telemetry. 73 de David VK5DG

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AO-51 down
by Andrew Glasbrenner 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

It looks like AO-51 has had a software crash. We'll start reloading next pass. 73, Drew KO4MA

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unable to use HO-68 JO91RR
by Mateusz 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

I was trying, even with full power with no effect. Signal from transponder was noisy but strong (HB9 and IK...), i thing they had problems too. Matt SQ7DQX

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Re: Unable to use HO-68 in JO21 (18:37 UTC)
by Cor 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

Hello All, PE0SAT earlier mentioned that he could not work over the XW1 FM repeater. I noticed the same, I couldn't either via uplink 145.825Mhz (tone 67hz). Was there something chanced? Was the freq. and tone (written above) correct? 73's Cor PD0RKC Hi, I was unable to open the uplink with my Yaesu FT-847. The PL tone was set 67.0 Hz but unable to open the uplink channel. During the pass I tryed the following. - Checked Subtone.SQF file twice SatPC32 (XW-1,67.0,$3F,1) - Checked Doppler.SQF (XW-1,435675,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Repeater-BBS) - Restarted SatPC32 - Switched of and on the Yaesu FT-847 - Did a manual setup via menu option 12 for the tone frequentie - Used FMN on the uplink Nothing worked :( There where only three or four stations active during this pass and that makes me wonder if I was the only one with tone problems? I did receive some BBS Packets: BJ1SA-12>BBSTAT>UI,C,F0: Open BJ1SA-12:0 BJ1SA-12>BBSTAT>UI,C,F0: Open BJ1SA-12:0 Maybe beter luck next time 73's PE0SAT

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unable to use ho68 in io92bx
by paul robinson 21 Dec '09

21 Dec '09

i was also unable to get an up link sig via the bird,with the published uplink and ctcss tone.did here one station via the fm repeater ,and did see some packets....did we have a simular problem with this up link frq on ao51?? do i remember over europe? id like to thk ho68 team and look forward to the transponder...paul 2e1eub

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