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

iphone apps
by Josh Smith 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Has anyone used the Satellite Ham Radio (HamSat) iphone app? Or any other ham related iphone apps for that matter? Which if any would you recommend? Thanks, Josh -- Josh Smith KD8HRX email/jabber: juicewvu(a)gmail.com phone: 304.237.9369(c) () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments

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AO-7 RTTY Equations Conversions ???
by nader omer 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

HI All, http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/10day/msg70432.html Jim, N8OQ worte on the above link :- -------------------------------------- Greetings, I only recorded 1-minute of the RTTY from last evenings pass but was able to decode channel 11 through 16 from it to augment David's (VK5DG) decodes. Here is what I was able to decode using reverse,45,85 parameters. I also used the 1974 AMSAT J. final parameters and equations conversions. Great job to David for finding the 70-cm beacon on and decoding so much! Ch Value Ok? Description Converted Value ------------------------------------------------------- 11 734 Y Battery volts 13.74v 12 326 N Half battery volts 3.41v 13 695 Y Regulated volts 23.63v 14 602 Y 10v Reg volts 9.38v 15 937 Y 9v reg volts 9.37v 16 422 Y Ch reg1 volts 6.53v ------------------------------------------------------- Jim, N8OQ ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Question: What was the ( equations conversions ) Jim used with AO-7 RTTY data ????? 73 de Nader , st2nh www.st2nh.com

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LVB Tracker and HRD Sat Tracker setup Problem
by racer5039 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

I got my LVB Tracker box today and while going through the setup I have found a couple of things. To start off. I am using HRD 4.1 B2055, Sat Tracker 4.1 B 2019. Radio is a Kenwood 2000 Rotor is the G-5500 In the rotator set up of HRD there is no option for the GS 232B so I have no control of the ELEV. I have looked thought the other posts on HRD site but cant seem to find any talk of a fix for this. I have check the com to the rotor and can move them by hand just fine with both the GS 232 & EasyComm. Can someone point me to the right area to fix this problem please. Thanks Marv N0FJP

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AO-7 RTTY
by Geoff Matthews 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hi Guys,No RTTY tlm heard from AO-7's 70cm beacon 20:45 -> 21:07 UTC 03March. Last night local time the bird was strong on 70cm RTTY here in QF22hc. 73 de Geoff vk2tfg.

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Daylight Savings Time Coming
by Doug Kuitula 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hi all, Just a reminder that DST will this coming Sunday, March 8, here in the U.S. Don't forget to make the change on your tracking program if it doesn't change automatically. 73 de Doug KA8QCU

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SO-50 is OFF ???
by Raul Romero 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Try Open not Copy is OFF SO-50 ??? Raul CA3SOC

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Re: AO-7 70-cm RTTY telemetry: Please capture, decode, and post.
by nader omer 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hi All, AO-7 70-cm RTTY telemetry Beacon RX on 2nd March 2009 16:51 - 17:13 UTC Software MMRTTY 45 Baud 85 Shift,HRD Signal was strong from AOS TO LOS HRD deal wll with Doppler shift after TCA!! Here are some of the data:- -10000-11768-12338-13710-QPEAQTOEU-16421-17395-10000-19131 -20484-21912-22898-23864-24549-25073-26887-27880-20000-29630 -30000-31000-32000-33479-34000-35234-36260-37288-30000-39256 -40501-41913-4910-43900-44594-45072-46920-47914-40000-49638 -50000-51765-52331-53019-540P-55-56000-57000-50000-59854 -00555-00047-00555-00047-00555-00047-00555-00047-00555-00;(7 APVMOT-00047-00555-00047-00555-00047-00555-00047-00555-00047 -00365-11869-02810-03884-04640-0506APYITR207898-0010-09528N -10000-11745-12307-13712-14603-15937-16432217381(,17011-19055 -20484-21807-22900-23896-24612-25056-26797-27881-20000-2966MA Snapshot of MMRTTY with AO-7 RTTY Beacon data. http://www.st2nh.com/AO-7RTTYBEACONST2NH.JPG/AO-7RTTYBEACONST2NH-full;init:… 73 de Nader , st2nh www.st2nh.com

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FW: AO-7 DX-list NEW-UPDATE
by Pierre van Deventer 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Hmmmm beter QSL kry en aan stuur, ek is nog nie eers mooi op die lys nie en hy wil my afhaal Hi... Ek het nog nooit QSL van PY2UNU ontvang nie ? Ek dink ek het direk ge QSL !! Pierre -----Original Message----- From: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of SV1BSX Sent: 03 March 2009 01:32 To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 DX-list NEW-UPDATE Hello all, the new updated "AO-7 DX-List" is already uploaded and we have 2 NEW Records for the 1st & 2nd place of the "Longest Distance QSO" via AO-7!!! The 1st "New WW Record" has been achieved by W4FDU and LU2DPW on CW-Mode. The distance between the 2 stations (EL89TP <> GF05GI) is 7537 Km, about 99 Km more than previous record ! Well done ! The 2nd place has been also changed with a second New-Record of 7524 Km by AA4FL and LU2DPW (....LU2DPW "strikes" once again !). The previous Record (7438 Km) by Joe, K3SZH and Fabio, PY4AJ, it's now in the 3rd place of DX-List. Congratulations to all operators ! Great competition ! For more details visit the new URL of page: http://www.qsl.net/sv1bsx/oscardx/ao7-dx.html ....and a few "Tips": Please keep in mind, I have set a new "Limit" for each operator in order to send me NO more than 2 QSOs maximum. So, please send me just your "first two" best DX contacts - no more- in order to keep the List as short as possible (and interesting !). The participation does not have meaning if includes a lot of contacts for each one operator, there is not any sense to send me somebody 5-10 QSOs and the most of these with a distance lower than 6500 Km. We looking for the "Longest distance DX-QSOs" via AO-7 - NOT for a.... Long-long boring List. Actually, after a few months I will keep into the DX-List ONLY the confirmed QSOs . Thus, in my new page only these QSOs (Highlighted with Yellow-color) have "counting" - including the foto of QSL-card. The NON CONFIRMED QSOs are already without any number (counting) in the 1st column and they will be erased the next year from the list, if the concerned operators don't send me the relative QSL-cards. That it was a request by several operators which have already Confirmed QSOs and I agree with that, it's absolutely fair. As they used to say: "The Final Courtesy of DX-QSO is a QSL Card" ! BTW I am fully surprised about the complete absence of MODE-A in the DX-List ! Nobody? Why that? After a few weeks the Old-girl will enter in new eclipse-period, so we will lose the 24/7 "switching" between Mode-A & B. Finally, pse check your personal entries (...if you have) in the DX-List and let me know for any possible error -particularly- in the "Distance (Km)" and "Locator" columns. The most participators have different programs, they don't use the "TinyLocator" for the distance-calculation and thus, I need to re-calculate several entries in order to make an accurate DX-List. That is not easy if I have 10-15 new entries per update, so ...."don't shoot the pianist" ! Just let me know about the fault and I will correct it ASAP. Thanks in advance 73 de Mak, SV1BSX Email: sv1bsx "AT" yahoo .gr URL : http://sv1bsx.50webs.com _______________________________________________ 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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packet iss 145.800 or 145.825?
by Mr Jeffrey L Ross 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

hi folks. have not been keeping up on the freq for the iss last month or so, anyone know what one she is on? i am on vhf using uiss. 145.825 tonight. kc8gkf 1200 baud.

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AO51
by w7lrd＠comcast.net 03 Mar '09

03 Mar '09

Screaming downlink on current mode. I talked to myself from AOS to LOS. The footprint covered most of western U.S. Where is everyone?? 73 Bob W7LRD Seattle

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