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

Re: Live ARISS web TV broadcast - Cambridge, UK
by Ciaran Morgan 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Folks, Many thanks to all of you who watched the live stream of the Parkside ARISS contact and who sent your best wishes. I have recorded contacts watching from Puerto Rico India Netherlands upstate New York Canada Marshall Space Flight Center Johnson Space Center And many, many in the UK (including non amateurs !!) We are working on a video of the contact which we will release hopefully - it was a late night after the teardown and travelling home! I would appreciate comments on the stream itself - we hope to make this a regular part of future ARISS contacts in the UK. Regards Ciaran Morgan M0XTD

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AO-7 milestone QSOs
by k3szh＠netzero.net 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

With 660 stations using Emily's logger worldwide 24 stations have made the 1000 plus list of QSOs. Five of those stations eclipsed the the 2000 mark. AJ9K Dan (2001) with his mixed CW & SSB N3TE Steve (2045)using his smooth CW skills 9A2SB Zlatko (2103) always with a great signal OH8MBN Mika (3000) steady as a rock IN REMEMBRANCE OF A SILENT KEY SV1BSX Mak made his last entry March 14, 2009 (2109) QSOs - he will be missed by all of us and his love of AO-7 The AO-7 friendly group salute you with our antennas pointed straight up. 73s Joe K3SZH AMSAT 3788 ____________________________________________________________ Click here to find the perfect picture with our powerful photo search features. http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/BLSrjpYR2bnWIUXDdn4czVB3rfGu…

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Re: Nothing heard GO-32
by Mike Rupprecht 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Hi All, it seems that GO-32 crashed again and is now again in a reloading process. Heard heavy download traffic in the range of control station. GO-32 was sending a pretty old beacon format (47 byte length) -> TechSat-V4.2. New format is : 49 byte length -> TechRam1V9.87 [47 Bytes KISS Frame (without CRC)] 1 > C0 00 0A 0B 15 00 8C 00 AB 3B B9 49 54 65 63 68 53 61 74 2D 21 > 56 34 2E 32 00 70 00 00 00 00 40 08 10 00 40 00 04 00 00 00 41 > 00 00 4D 0E 03 00 C0 À.....Œ.«;¹ITechSat-V4.2.p....@...@.......M...À 30.03.2009 18:10:27 UTC Key : 8C 00 ASCII Header : TechSat-V4.2 Statusbits [1] : 0111.0000 0000.0000 (70 00h) Statusbits [2] : 0000.0000 0000.0000 (00h) choosen RAM : 1 Attidude State : 4 Start Datasegment : 2112 (08 40h) PIC Vector : 16 (10h) Start Codesegment : 64 (40h) Power State : 0 Power Current : 0.00 A Power VBattery : 14.59 V Power AH Counter : 3 Does someone have contact to the control team in Israel? 73, Mike DK3WN -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Mark L. Hammond [mailto:marklhammond@gmail.com] Gesendet: Sonntag, 29. März 2009 14:21 An: Mike Rupprecht Betreff: Nothing heard GO-32 Hi Mike! Nothing heard from GO-32 right now. Strange...when is last time you heard it? From your satblog, it looks like Friday? 73, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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Internet via Dish?
by John Marranca, Jr 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

My boss used to have "DirectPC". Whether pr not it's still available today...I couldn't say. But circa 2004 when he had it, it was pretty cool. He was able to connect at minimum 256 KB/s in a rural area. Good Luck. John KB2HSH -- _______________________________ John Marranca, Jr PBX Technician/Shop Steward CWA Local 1122 BN Systems, Inc Orchard Park, NY (716)972-2006

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Re: Live ARISS web TV broadcast - Cambridge, UK
by Alan Sieg WB5RMG 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Excellent job folks ... I went around the building here at MSFC and got several folks watching. Very good show !! 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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NASA Approved Lacing Tape Needed
by Bill Ress 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Hello all, I'm working with an Amateur satellite team that has reached the stage where lacing of the satellite wiring harness in fast upon them. We're looking for about 100 feet or so of lacing tape which is NASA approved. An approved source is from Gudebrod for their 18DPTH (per MIL-T-43435B Type II Size 3 Finish C). They current have a 6 to 8 week lead time and a 8 spool (1500 feet per spool minimum). Other NASA approved sources would be acceptable such as Federal Mogue HT-30TVS - I think!! If you have any leads on obtaining this material, please contact me off list. Regards...Bill - N6GHz

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AMSAT Journal
by Kent Frazier 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Is the AMSAT Journal web page (http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/journal/) correct in that the current issue is November/December 2008? If not, when was the last issue mailed, as I haven't received any since the November/December 2008 issue. Also is there any way to order backissues? I can't seem to find any of the other 2008 issues. I'm asking as my magazine delivery has been rather unreliable lately. -- 73, Kent K5KNT AMSAT #36765 ARRL

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info for WB7QXU Mike
by w7lrd＠comcast.net 30 Mar '09

30 Mar '09

Mike asked me to get some information for his satellite efforts. He is not yet on the BB. What is the general consensus of egg beaters for LOE's. What is the consensus of Icom preamps, he recently got a 910. His email is WB7QXU(a)juno.com 73 Bob W7LRD

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YouTube - Morse Code: Digital mode for interplanetary communication?
by m5aka＠yahoo.co.uk 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

I liked this YouTube video Morse Code: Digital mode for interplanetary communication? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovIc7lkQMfY 73 Trevor M5AKA Daily Amateur Radio RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ Get Daily Amateur Radio News by Email: http://tinyurl.com/ARemailnews ---- AMSAT-UK publish a quarterly newsletter OSCAR News, you can join at https://secure.amsat.org.uk/ AMSAT-UK Colloquium: http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium/ ----

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SSTV/ Icom- IC-910
by Peter 29 Mar '09

29 Mar '09

Hi, I have an IC-910 and I'm not able to receive SSTV when the radio is in satellite mode, has anyone worked around this problem, thank you. I'm using MMSSTV and when I attempt to transmit, I receive an e access violation and the program shuts down, any ideas? 73, Pete, WB2OQQ

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