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Re: N3TL/portable tonight
by Glenn AA5PK 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

A million thanks to Tim/N3TL for the SC contact this evening on AO-51. That makes all 50 states. 73 Glenn AA5PK AMSAT #6694

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N3TL/portable tonight
by n3tl＠bellsouth.net 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Hey everyone, I plan to operate AO-51 this evening (March 16 local time, March 17 UTC) from South Carolina. I should be in the footprint from around 00:15 UTC to 00:23 UTC (8:15 p.m. - 8:23 p.m., EDT) on 145.920 up/435.150 down. If we work and you need a QSL card to confirm South Carolina, please email me. I'll get a card on the way to you. No return card to me is necessary. 73 to all, Tim - N3TL Athens, Ga. - EM84ha

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S band downlink - AO-51
by Michael Heim 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Worked VE3NPC on AO-51 V/s just now. We had the transponder totally to ourselves, and had a nice little chat. I was on this morning around 7:30, by myself. We have V/s all week. This is my favorite configuration, the signals are a LOT stronger on 2401.2 then on 70cm. What is the TPO and antenna on S band on AO-51? Such good conditions, I hope to hear you on!! Michael Heim ARS KD0AR

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AO-10 Report On Sat Status
by Chris Bloy 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

Hi All, I see that IK2MKE has reported hearing AO-10, any idea if this is possible? -- Thanks, Chris Callsign: M0DQO AMSAT UK & GB3PC/GB3PD Membership Officer http://www.gb3pc.co.uk

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SwissCube Slide Show
by m5aka＠yahoo.co.uk 16 Mar '09

16 Mar '09

SwissCube is scheduled for launch at the end of April and pictures from a recent presentation on the satellite are now available on the web, see http://www.southgatearc.org/news/march2009/swisscube_slideshow.htm 73 Trevor M5AKA Daily Amateur Radio RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ Get Daily Amateur Radio News by Email http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=2783644&loc=en_US ----

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Re: ISS Webcam Streaming Video
by Alan Sieg WB5RMG 16 Mar '09

16 Mar '09

Trevor M5AKA said : > Does anyone know if the camera is connected via cable > or do they make use of a WiFi connection ? We'll assume you are speaking of the connections on ISS, as it is most certainly wireless back to earth. TDRSS tho, not LinkSys. They have several new HD video cameras mounted outside, in addition to several indoor cameras. The Ku band downlink carries 4 simultaneous video channels, as selected by ground control or crew. I'm not sure why this is considered new, as it seems like the same thing they have been doing during crew sleep - showing lots of outside camera views on NASA-TV as streaming video. I think maybe there is a new URL, it's just that during Joint Ops they are showing Mission Coverage, same as on the main public channel. AhHa - looks like http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/isslivestream.asx by itself will kick open a Media Player window. Maybe after this shuttle mission this new URL will not go back to the regular public channel content. I love watching the earth ball rolling underneath ISS, and hope that this new URL will give us more of that, and less 'NASA Edge' . . . Thanks /;^) -- <- Licensed in 1976, WB5RMG = Alan Sieg * AMSAT#20554 -> <- http://www.somenet.net * http://wb5rmg.somenet.net -> <- http://www.linkedin.com/in/alansieg * My 'Day Job' ->

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ISS Webcam Streaming Video
by Trevor 16 Mar '09

16 Mar '09

The ISS streaming video camera seems to be a great idea http://www.southgatearc.org/news/march2009/iss_webcam.htm Does anyone know if the camera is connected via cable or do they make use of a WiFi connection ? 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Re: Orbiting Debris - Again
by m5aka＠yahoo.co.uk 16 Mar '09

16 Mar '09

--- On Mon, 16/3/09, Rich Dailey <richdailey(a)windstream.net> wrote: > I try hard to maintain optimism, but I see this problem > only getting much worse in the future. Solutions? One solution may be to put the ISS in a 1200 km orbit and thus above most of the debris that originates from decaying sats and debris in 500-1000 km orbits. The big drawback is that it would cost more per kilo to get payload up there but once construction is completed there shouldn't be the need to ship up so much stuff. 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Re: ISS Packet off/on?
by Nader Omer 16 Mar '09

16 Mar '09

HI Jeffrey kc8gkf I think you mean you lost your position Icon at http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/ariss/index.cgi The server will not hold the info for good !!! Only the fresh APRS data shows up. Bob WB4APR can tell us more about this. 73 Nader.st2nh

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ISS Packet off/on?
by Mr Jeffrey L Ross 16 Mar '09

16 Mar '09

Hi folks, wow was nice to get mycall on the ariss map, but I lost it. Not sure if its because they turned off the iss packet for the shuttle or if its still on, any one know? I see other calls still on the web page. 73 kc8gkf using uiss 5.2.3c jpole @10 feet 5 watts/low ft-8100 kpc3+ 1200 baud 145.825 mhz

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