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

AO-51 V(ssb)/U fun!
by Mark L. Hammond 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Hi all, Had a great LONG QSO with Marc N1SDH this morning on AO-51 on the V(SSB)/U repeater. Audio sounds great on this mode and even lets you "double" a bit and still hear each other :) Here is my DOPPLER.SQF entry for SatPC32: AO-51,435150,145880,FM,USB,Nor,0,0,SSB V/U I was within 100Hz of being "on the money" with the uplink (TS-2000x). Give it a try...you too might find it fun and a bit different from the "same ol' same ol'" FM Repeater, V(SSB)/U Uplink: 145.880 MHz SSB Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM 73, -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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AO-7 DX-list NEW-UPDATE
by SV1BSX 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

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

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News for the Southern Hemisphere only
by Graham Shirville 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Hi All, VERY GENTLE DX-PEDITION TO THE SOUTH ATLANTIC Commencing March 7th 2009, I will be onboard MV Minerva which is visiting the islands off lying Antarctica. The schedule includes visits to South Georgia (VP8) on March 12 &13th and Tristan da Cunha (ZD9) on March 18 &19th before arriving in Cape Town on March 24th. Activity is planned via SO50, AO51 and the ISS (if available) from the ship and, if licences can be obtained, from the islands themselves. I intend to take FM handhelds and an Arrow antenna and hope to have at least some limited internet access which can be used to arrange skeds. 73 Graham G3VZV/MM

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CUTE TLM
by Dave Aitch 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI OFF CUTE 88 CB A4 68 3C 2B 27 A4 58 33 17 HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI OFF CUTE 87 CB A4 68 3C 2A 27 A9 5D 35 17 HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI OFF CUTE 88 CA A4 68 3C 2A 27 9F 56 31 17 HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI OFF CUTE 88 CA A4 67 3C 2A 27 9E 5D 34 17 HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI OFF CUTE 87 CB A7 99 3C 2A 27 7B 5B 30 17 HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI OFF CUTE 87 CB A8 9A 3C 29 27 81 51 31 17 HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI OFF CUTE 87 CC A9 94 3C 29 27 7C 5B 34 17 HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI OFF CUTE 88 CC A9 9B 3C 29 26 76 5D 34 17 73, Dave. G1OCN AMSAT UK 5766 IO80SM

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AO-7 Telemtry
by Pierre van Deventer 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

AO7 435.100 RTTY dump 2 March 2009 1620 UTC Hope this is of some use. 73, Pierre ZS6BB 16:18:52> Main -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ361-Ø1917-Ø2891-Ø3857-Ø4647-Ø5Ø1Ø-Ø6911-Ø79Ø5-ØØØØØ-Ø9682 -1ØØØØ-11771-12338-13715-146Ø3-15937-16429-174Ø2-1ØØØØ-19149 -2Ø484-21912-229Ø1-2388Ø-24636-25Ø1Ø-26888-27882-2ØØØØ-29667 -3ØØØØ-31ØØØ-32ØØØ-33472-34ØØØ-35234-36263-37292-3ØØØØ-39251 -4Ø5Ø1-41915-42911-43899-4463Ø-45Ø1Ø-46922-47916-4ØØØØ-49667 -5ØØØØ-51767-52331-53ØØ9-54ØØØ-55ØØØ-56ØØØ-57ØØØ-5ØØØØ-59857 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ362-Ø1914-Ø289Ø-Ø3891-Ø4619-Ø5Ø1Ø-Ø69Ø2-Ø79Ø5-ØØØØØ-Ø9665 -1ØØØØ-11771-12339-13715-146Ø3-15937-1643Ø-174Ø2-1ØØØØ-19149 -2Ø484-21878-229Ø1-239Ø3-24654-25Ø1Ø-26848-27882-2ØØØØ-29694 -3ØØØØ-31ØØØ-32ØØØ-33446-34ØØØ-35234-36267-373Ø2-3ØØØØ-39249 -4Ø5Ø1-41849-42912-43913-44689-45Ø1Ø-4685Ø-47916-4ØØØØ-49734 -5ØØØØ-51768-52331-53ØØ9-54ØØØ-55ØØØ-56ØØØ-57ØØØ-5ØØØØ-59864 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ362-Ø18Ø2-Ø2891-Ø3895-Ø4729-Ø5Ø11-Ø6792-Ø79Ø5-ØØØØØ-Ø9772 -1ØØØØ-11771-1233Ø-13715-146Ø3-15937-16426-174Ø1-1ØØØØ-1915Ø -2Ø484-21781-229Ø2-239Ø5-24748-25Ø11-26757-27883-2ØØØØ-29782 -3ØØ54-31ØØØ-32ØØØ-33463-34ØØØ-35234-36267-37296-3ØØØØ-39248 -4Ø5Ø1-41767-42912-43915-44767-45Ø11-46767-47916-4ØØØØ-49813 -5ØØ64-51767-52331-53ØØ9-54ØØØ-55ØØØ-56ØØØ-57ØØØ-5ØØØØ-59855 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-Ø)Ø47 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ363-Ø1711-Ø2892-Ø3897-Ø4818-Ø5Ø11-Ø67Ø2-ØKUUUU-Ø9863 -1ØØ62-11771-1238-13715-146Ø3-15937-16425-174ØØ-1ØØØØ-1915Ø -2Ø484-21689-229Ø3-239Ø7-24841-25Ø11-26667-27883-2ØØØØ-29875 -3ØØ58-31ØØØ-32ØØØ-33479-34ØØØ-35234-36259-37278-3ØØØØ-39248 -4Ø5Ø1-41676-42913-43916-44858-45Ø11-46679-47917-4ØØØØ-49899 -5ØØ56-51767-5233Ø-53ØØ9-54ØØØ-55ØØØ-56ØØØ-57ØØØ-5ØØØØ-59851 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ364-Ø1662-Ø2891-Ø3898-Ø4865-Ø5Ø11-Ø666Ø-Ø7899-ØØØØØ-Ø99Ø7 -1ØØ43-1177Ø-12338-13714-146Ø3-15937-1642Ø-17397-1ØØØØ-1915Ø -2Ø484-21681-2287Ø-239Ø7-24875-25Ø11-2667Ø-27844-2ØØØØ-299Ø7 -3ØØ8Ø-31ØØØ-32ØØØ-33495-34ØØØ-35235-36248-3729 -4Ø5Ø1-41716-42846-43916-44881-45Ø11-46729-47843-4ØØØØ-4992Ø -5ØØ97-51767-5233Ø-53ØØ9-54ØØØ-55ØØØ-56ØØØ-57ØØØ-5ØØØØ-59847 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ365-Ø177Ø-Ø2773-Ø3897-Ø4876-Ø5Ø11-Ø6769-Ø778Ø-ØØØØØ-Ø9916 -1Ø119-1177Ø-12337-13714-146Ø3-15937-1642Ø-17397-1ØØØØ-1915Ø -2Ø484-21783-2276Ø-239Ø6-24882-25Ø11-26766-27739-2ØØØØ-29913 -3Ø119-31ØØØ-32ØØØ-33528-34ØØØ-35234-36232-37226-3ØØØØ-3925Ø -4Ø5Ø1-418ØØ-4275Ø-43915-44886-45Ø11-468Ø9-4775Ø-4ØØØØ-49925 -5Ø11Ø-51765-52329-53ØØ9-54ØØØ-55ØØØ-56ØØØ(877-5ØØØØ-59845 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47-ØØ554-ØØØ47 -ØØ365-Ø1866-Ø2671-Ø3896-Ø4877-Ø5Ø11-Ø6866-Ø7676-ØØØØØ-Ø9917 -1ØØ74-1177Ø-12337-13714-146Ø3-15937-16422-17398-1ØØØØ-19149 -2Ø484-21882-2266Ø-239Ø5-2488Ø-25Ø11-)682-27639-2ØØØØ-29911 33ØØ5Ø-31ØØØ-32ØØØ-3364Ø-34ØØØ-35234-3622Ø-37211-3ØØØØ-39252 -4Ø5Ø1-41898-42652-43915-44885-45Ø11-469Ø8-47656-4ØØØØ-49923 -5ØØ28-51767-5233Ø-53ØØ9-54ØØØ-55ØØØ-56ØØØ-57ØØØ-5ØØØØ-59848

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AO-7 70-cm RTTY telemetry: Please capture, decode, and post.
by DeYoung James 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Greetings, The 70-cm beacon has been on again today. Unfortunately, the frequency was not stable at all times during the two passes monitored here. I encourage those with the capability to capture, decode, and post any 70-cm RTTY-based telemetry here on the AMSAT-BB to ensure archiving and general availability of the data obtained. Best regards, Jim, N8OQ

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Interesting orbit for a Japanese mission
by Andrew Glasbrenner 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/e/enterp/missions/astro-g/index.shtml Altitude Perigee 1,000km, Apogee 25,000 km Inclination 31° Type of Orbit Highly elliptical Period Approx. 7 hr 30 min That would sure be a good launch to have something with a transponder hitch a ride on. 73, Drew KO4MA

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Re: AMSAT-UK Colloquium Manchester England - First Call for Speakers
by G0MRF＠aol.com 02 Mar '09

02 Mar '09

Given that I have sent 8 e-mails to this address over the last 2 years and every one has been rejected, wouldn't it be an idea to get an additional address which does not have the very high levels of security present on this works QTH e-mail? (Blocks all AOL addresses among others) Dave is aware of the problem but it is never resolved. Thanks David In a message dated 01/03/2009 23:10:56 GMT Standard Time, m5aka(a)yahoo.co.uk writes: Offers of talks should be submitted as soon as possible; the final date for full documents to be received is late-June 2009 in order that the "Proceedings" document be available to participants. Submissions should be sent *ONLY* to G4DPZ via the following routes: e-mail: david dot johnson at blackpepper dot co dot uk

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W5ACM/C6A/MM QSLs start shipping tomorrow
by Andy MacAllister 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

To All, QSLs for the W5ACM/C6A/MM Western Caribbean Cruise 2009 start shipping tomorrow, March 2, 2009. Operators/participants for this event included W5ACM, WB5RMA, WA5TWT and WA5WOD. Observers included ex-WB5QCC and ex-WA5VJT. Hopefully QCC and VJT will renew their tickets! We operated from various grids (EL54, EK69, EK66, EL60, EL46 and EL37) in the Gulf of Mexico from Galveston to Roatan (just off the coast of Honduras). We had a great time, and hope to see more ports of call, and operate from more grids in November. 73 de Andy W5ACM/C6A/MM http://www.w5acm.net

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AMSAT-UK Colloquium Manchester England - First Call for Speakers
by Trevor 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

AMSAT-UK Colloquium Manchester England - First Call for Speakers This year AMSAT-UK will be holding their Colloquium from Friday July 24th to Sunday 26th July at the University of Manchester right in the centre of the city and within 200 metres of Piccadilly Railway Station. The station has direct trains to Manchester Airport and there is also an hourly bus service from the Liverpool John Lennon Airport. This 3 day event attracts an International audience of those involved in building and operating Amateur Radio satellites and CubeSats. Details of this and previous events can be found at: http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium AMSAT-UK invite speakers, about amateur radio space and associated activities, for this event. They are also invited to submit papers for the "Proceedings" document which will be published at the same time but printed papers are not mandatory. We normally prefer authors to present talks themselves rather than having someone else give them in the authors' absence. We also welcome "unpresented" papers for the Proceedings document. Offers of talks should be submitted as soon as possible; the final date for full documents to be received is late-June 2009 in order that the "Proceedings" document be available to participants. Submissions should be sent *ONLY* to G4DPZ via the following routes: e-mail: david dot johnson at blackpepper dot co dot uk SnailMail: QTHR from http://www.qrz.com/ (enter G4DPZ is the callsign box) AMSAT-UK also invite anyone with requests for Program Topics to submit them as soon as possible to G4DPZ. Invitations for any papers on specific subjects will be included in the future call. Likewise if anyone knows of a good speaker, please send contact and other information to G4DPZ. 73 Dave G4DPZ ---- AMSAT-UK website http://www.uk.amsat.org/ Join AMSAT-UK online at https://secure.amsat.org.uk/ Colloquium page: http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium/ ---- 73 Trevor M5AKA ----

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Question about NOAA-19
by Mark Lunday, WD4ELG 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

Today, I downloaded the latest Keps into HRD after being offline for 2 weeks. Suddenly, I noticed NOAA-19 listed as having a pass today. It shows an FM repeater capability. Wow. I need to keep up, I did not catch this new FM bird. Or am I out of synch and this is not correct? Mark Lunday WD4ELG wd4elg(a)arrl.net http://wd4elg.net

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Sumbandila satellite info.
by G0MRF＠aol.com 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

A power point presentation on this soon to be launched South African satellite can be downloaded from _http://www.amateurradio.org.za/Sumbandila_Intecnet.pdf_ (http://www.amateurradio.org.za/Sumbandila_Intecnet.pdf) The presentation is by Dr Gert-Jan van Rooyen, ZS1GVR and is dated 22nd Feb 2009. The 80kg satellite includes an AO-51 type VHF up and UHF down repeater as a secondary payload. Launch may be as early as the end of March. Regards David

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CUTE CW TLM - 1st March 2105 to 2111 UTC
by Dave Aitch 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

CUTE 88 CA A6 69 3C 29 25 84 5E 31 17 CUTE 87 CB AC 93 3C 28 25 6F 57 34 17 CUTE 88 CB A9 9A 3C 28 25 6E 5A 34 17 CUTE 87 CB AB _5 3C 28 25 71 5C 36 17 CUTE 86 CC AA 9C 3C 28 25

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AO-27 may return, once again...
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

Hi! I saw on the AO-27 web page: http://www.ao27.org/ that the satellite is transmitting once again. From the schedule posted on that page, it appears it will be transmitting several minutes of data on the same passes it would have been on in the past (for a few minutes over the Northern Hemisphere). Let's hope all checks out well, so this satellite can return to normal (for AO-27) operation soon. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Re: AO-7 70-cm RTTY beacon and telemetry on!
by DeYoung James 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

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

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2M1EUB/P QRV SCOTLAND
by paul robinson 01 Mar '09

01 Mar '09

Hi group ill be qrv all SATS from N.E.Scotland ,from 21.March.09 for one week .check out qrz.com under 2M1EUB listing for more info.should be qrv 160m and 80m as well. de paul 2E1EUB

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Re^2: CO-65 9k6 Digipeater hint... Award needed ?
by Mineo Wakita 28 Feb '09

28 Feb '09

Drew KO4MA wrote, > I had several packets repeated (presumably) on the 0310 pass but > I could not decode them. Signal was pretty strong on the downlink. > Just using HyperTerminal and I'm sure I have a setting wrong. > Is there an easy program to use to digi that doesn't involve agwpe? I'm now using UI-View32 with TNC modeled G3RUH. L-band loop antenna, 32 ele x 2, 24dBi U-band cubical quad, 14 ele x 1, 16dBd U-band preamp, RFgain 20dB JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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ARRL Satellite Handbook
by Bruce 28 Feb '09

28 Feb '09

Looking for something to keep you busy on those cold New England evenings? How about something to take with you to the beach while you catch some rays. Or even after hiking to the top of your favorite mountain and enjoying the breath taking view? The ARRL Satellite Handbook by Steve Ford, WB8IMY, is the perfect publication to take with you. For the new satellite and seasoned operator, this is for you. Now available at the AMSAT online store. Visit http://www.amsat.org and click on Online Store from the menu on the left. Follow the link to Publications 73...bruce AMSAT Online Store Manager (amongst other things) -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on SkyScanner Satellite Radio Network on Galaxy-25 @97° West, Transponder 23 (12115 Vert), Symbol Rate: 22425, APID: 1794 (DVB Free To Air) Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org

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Re: AO-7
by dobarrows＠aol.com 28 Feb '09

28 Feb '09

As W7LRD observed, AO-7 did not go to mode B as expected earlier today. As of 0100 March 1, it was still in mode A (with signals in the 10m downlink weak) and the 70cm beacon is on at 435.100 with a good signal. W8IJ Dave Barrows

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Re: CO-65 9k6 Digipeater hint... Award needed ?
by Mineo Wakita 28 Feb '09

28 Feb '09

Yes, the uplink frequency is 1267.603MHz. Up 1267.603MHz / Down 437.475MHz, GMSK 9k6 Unproto APRS via JQ1YTC Up Down 1267.576 437.484 AOS 1267.603 437.475 TCA 1267.630 437.466 LOS CO-65 continue doing ON of a transponder all the time for these periods in March 2009. > 2/28(Sat)12:29 - 3/02(Mon) 0:38 > 3/06(Fri)12:57 - 3/09(Mon) 1:13 > 3/14(Sat) 1:23 - 3/16(Mon) 0:12 > 3/20(Fri)12:31 - 3/23(Mon) 0:46 > 3/27(Fri)11:30 - 3/30(Mon) 1:22 > Coordinate Universal Time, UTC When it is the elevation more than about 30 degrees, you will be able to digipeat your GMSK signals. And you need to give power more than about 10 watts, and it's necessary to use a pre-amp for downlink because the output power from CO-65 is 300[mW]. This is VERY VERY weak output power from CO-65. Today 00:20-00:32UTC, 1st Mar 2009, Mel 49deg, GMSK 9600bps JE9PEL>APRS,JQ1YTC* [03/01/09 00:27:13] <UI R>::SAT :Hello via CO-65 9k6 JA5BLZ>CQ,JQ1YTC* [03/01/09 00:27:51] <UI>::JE9PEL :HELLO VIA CO-65 JA5BLZ>CQ,JQ1YTC* [03/01/09 00:30:37] <UI>:73 ALL JH1BCL>CQ,JQ1YTC* [03/01/09 00:30:40] <UI>::JA5BLZ :RGR TNX MSG 73 JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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AO-7
by w7lrd＠comcast.net 28 Feb '09

28 Feb '09

Was not AO-7 supposed to be switching over from mode A to B at about 2011Z? From the log it is still in mode A. I could not access it the last pass. 73 Bob W7LRD Seattle

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Re: AO-27 may return, once again...
by Rafael Valdez G. 28 Feb '09

28 Feb '09

Great news Pat XE2RV ------Original Message------ From: Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Sent: Feb 28, 2009 4:50 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-27 may return, once again... Hi! I saw on the AO-27 web page: http://www.ao27.org/ <http://www.ao27.org/> that the satellite is transmitting once again. From the schedule posted on that page, it appears it will be transmitting several minutes of data on the same passes it would have been on in the past (for a few minutes over the Northern Hemisphere). Let's hope all checks out well, so this satellite can return to normal (for AO-27) operation soon. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ <http://www.wd9ewk.net/> _______________________________________________ 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 <http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb>

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