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

ND9M Sat Trip to Delaware
by claryco＠aol.com 11 Jun '09

11 Jun '09

I'll be making another "grid-pedition", leaving tomorrow, 11 June; this run will initially be to Delaware where I'll be QRV in both FM28 and FM29, perhaps on the grid line, on all FM sats on Sunday, the 14th. If Murphy takes the day off, I'll also hit the FO29, VO52, and AO7 birds as well. There are at least two ops that I know of that need Delaware to wrap up their WAS, so hopefully the satellite gods will be on our side. On Monday, the 15th, I'll start heading south again and will put out all FM0x and FM1x grids that have land in them and some, maybe all, of the FM2x grids, then into southeastern GA and on south to Fort Lauderdale in EM96. A couple of the less accessible grids appear to be FM02 and FM13. (An aqua-duck would be a great asset!) The trip up will be via interstate with no particular grids in mind, but I'll stop and operate from whatever grid I'm in during each pass as I head northeast. I don't know what, if any, grid boundaries I'll hit this time, but as before everything will be fully photo documented for anyone who may need it. CU on the birds. 73, Jim, ND9M

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AO-51 Hamfest Demonstration, Saturday evening, Medellin, Colombia
by Daniel Schultz 11 Jun '09

11 Jun '09

Guillermo, HK6IOP, will be operating a satellite demonstration at a ham radio conference in Medellin, Colombia, on Saturday June 13. He plans to be active on AO-51 on the 23:30 UTC pass over Colombia. Please listen for him on AO-51 at that time. If you speak a little Spanish that might be helpful but is not essential. Please help Guillermo in promoting satellite operation among the hams of Colombia. Dan Schultz N8FGV

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Re: Way-OT: Re: Full Duplex HT's (Howard Kowall) (Ben Jackson)
by R. Chastain 11 Jun '09

11 Jun '09

I disagree. Since amateur radio operators can build their gear, ANY radio can be used so long as it's spectral purity and power output are within the established limits. (At least here in the USA) RoD KD0XX --- On Wed, 6/10/09, Clint Bradford <clintbrad4d(a)earthlink.net> wrote: From: Clint Bradford <clintbrad4d(a)earthlink.net> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Way-OT: Re: Full Duplex HT's (Howard Kowall) (Ben Jackson) To: "Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" <nigel(a)ngunn.net> Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 2:23 PM The original post described a commercial HT ... operating WAY OUT of the 2M and 440 amateur bands. For marketing and sales within the United States, FCC certification is required. Do people purchase non-FCC-certified commercial rigs and use them on the amateur bands? Yes. Is it legal to do so? No. Clint Bradford _______________________________________________ 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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Re: Commercial Imports
by Clint Bradford 10 Jun '09

10 Jun '09

>> ... But I am with Clint here ... Oh, that'll win you friends ... (grin) Clint Bradford

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IC-910 Data Connections
by James Denneny 10 Jun '09

10 Jun '09

I would invite comments on a recent change to cabling my IC-910H with my AEA DSP-2232 TNC. Until now, I have cabled the 910 main & sub data port sockets to the 2232 five pin din radio input port. The cable was made up using the 910 data socket 9600 bps convention. I did this in order to communicate with satellite BB services such as GO-32. Unfortunately, this convention does not support 1200 bps. I would need to swap cables in order to switch RX audio from data port pin 4 to pin 5 for 1200bps AFSK. To get around this shortcoming, I am replacing the data socket cables with a cable using ACC port to connect with 2232. Icom manual says this should work for 9600bps FM mode or 1200bps FM/SSB modes. Does anyone know whether using ACC port vs Main & Sub data sockets compromises anything? Jim K7EG

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K5D Sat QSL
by Clare Fowler 10 Jun '09

10 Jun '09

Received my K5D sat qsl in mail today. Thanks for a new one. Clare VE3NPC Sat DXCC #64 211 submitted & confirmed by ARRL 17 more confirmed but not yet submitted

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Re: Full Duplex Radios - A Complete List
by Clint Bradford 10 Jun '09

10 Jun '09

Great work, Andrew. If you have the capacity, maybe we can submit specific programming instructions for working the birds on each of those radios, and ofer it on your site. Might be as simple as snipping a couple pages as .pdf from the owners manual ... Clint Bradford, K6LCS 909-241-7666

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We are planning a grid dxpedition to the EM27/E28 and EM37/EM38 grid boundaries in MO on 6/13/09.
by Gail A Mcdaniel 10 Jun '09

10 Jun '09

We are planning a grid dxpedition to the EM27/E28 and EM37/EM38 grid boundaries in MO on 6/13/09. We anticipate being active on the following passes: Satellite Date AOS(UTC) AO-27 13-Jun-09 18:56:41 SO-50 13-Jun-09 19:11:04 AO-27 13-Jun-09 20:35:02 The operation is contingent upon having acceptable weather and we hope to work everyone who needs these very rare grids. 73, David McDaniel - KB0RZE Gail McDaniel - KB0RZD

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VU2MKP Silent Key
by Gopal Madhavan 10 Jun '09

10 Jun '09

I have just got the very sad news from VU2RCR Chandru, that our friend Robert Kohli VU2MKP became a silent key in Bangalore just a few minutes ago in a hospital where he had been admitted a few days ago. For those of us fortunate people who knew Robert, he was a truly remarkable individual who in spite of his disabilities managed to do many things we would be happy to just attempt. He was an example of what can be done in spite of such severe handicaps. Being paralyzed from the neck down, he could only use his head and mouth to control his motorized wheel chair and it was a common sight for him to drive around the streets of Bangalore, visiting friends, going to restaurants and even shopping for radio components for his radio projects. He was an avid radio amateur, controlling the radio and associated equipment, all with plastic rods held in his mouth. He operated the computer also in this fashion and even made computer drawings on antenna designs etc which he shared with friends- my satellite antennae were home brewed from drawings he sent me. He was a keen DXer and had friends all over the world, on HF and satellites also. When AO 40 was operational he made several hundreds of contacts. Robert was Life member of ARSI and took an active part in all activities. He attended several ham fests and knew many, many hams all over VU and the rest of the world. He had recently constructed a home for himself in Bangalore in which the shack was on the first floor and had made a ramp from the ground floor to use his wheel chair to go to the first floor, so keen was he on amateur radio. Ham radio has lost a great operator who guided many hams and was a source of inspiration to many of us. - we will miss you Robert. May his soul rest in eternal peace Gopal VU2GMN Gopal Madhavan "Shreyas Apartments" 128 (old 63) Greenways Road R A Puram Chennai- 600 028, India Tel: +91 44 2493 7724/ 42303129 Mob: +91 94440 18452 E-mail: gopal.madhavan(a)gmail.com

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Another satellite-receiver option
by Jerry Clement 10 Jun '09

10 Jun '09

I use a Hamtronics R139 Weather fax Receiver with a QFH antenna that I built for receving and decoding images from the weather birds such as NOAA 18. I never had any luck with any of my other receivers such as my Icom R20, being to narrow for this purpose, although I know of guy's who have modified receivers successfully for just this purpose. My set up may be seen on my website: www.stormchaser.cjb.net click on: Quadrifilar Helix Antenna. The page needs to be upgraded, as I use a newer laptop than the one shown. Jerry VE6AB www.ve6ab.blogspot.com

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