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Hamsat article on the Make blog
by Ollie Eisman 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

FYI http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/07/catching_satellites_on_ham_radio.h…

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W1AW Jul 28 AO-27
by Mark Spencer 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

I will be putting W1AW on AO27 for a demonstration (HT and ARROW) during the teachers institute on July 28 (Tuesday) probably during the 1216(L) pass. Your assistance with the demonstration would be appreciated. If you would like a QSL of the contact, please send yours to WA8SME, and I'll take care of it. No SASEs required. 73, Mark Mark Spencer, WA8SME ARRL-The national association for Amateur Radio Education and Technology Program Coordinator mspencer(a)arrl.org http://www.arrl.org/FandES/tbp/ 530-495-9150

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Sat Demo
by Douglas Anoman 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

Hello again, Sorry i forgot to put the times in and the date so here they are, Saterday the 25 i will work so-50 at 13:27 utc and ao-51 at 13:47 utc and if there is time maybe a couple more. Weather permitting. The chicago forcast is calling for rain. CFMC is the lagest club and repeater system in the chicago are so i'm hoping to get some amsat members out of it.. i hope. Thanks again everyone.. Thank You Douglas Anoman KC9MLN KC9MLN(a)AMSAT.ORG Amsat #37043

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WD9EWK's road trip - Wednesday (22 July) report
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

Hello! After 7 days and over 1905 miles/3066km on the road, I'm back home in Phoenix. Today was mainly a travel day, not wanting to make a late drive home tonight before returning to work tomorrow morning. I worked two passes to help some operators get QSOs with certain grids, had lunch in between the two passes, and drove about 400 miles/640km today. I started the day in Mesquite, Nevada - a small town along the I-15 freeway at the Nevada/Arizona border. Before leaving that area, I worked one SO-50 pass around 1449 UTC from the DM26xt/DM36at line just inside northwestern Arizona. DM26 is on regularly, but not DM36. I figured I'd make one pass from here, handing out more QSOs from there. I was in another part of DM36 in late May, operating from Grand Canyon Village. In 2008, I worked from 3 different spots in DM36 as part of my July 2008 road trip along Arizona's borders with Utah and Nevada. I worked 7 stations across the US and Canada, not a big number but pretty good for a weekday morning. After the SO-50 pass, I made the hour-long drive down to Las Vegas. I met Jeff WB3JFS, a Las Vegas resident and satellite ham, for lunch. Jeff had told me earlier that he had never worked anyone in his home grid (DM26), but had worked the other grid that covers the southern end of metropolitan Las Vegas (DM25). I said I would try to help him, and planned to work from the DM25jx/DM26ja grid boundary where I stopped last year. Jeff gave me some QSL cards for QSOs we had made earlier in my current road trip, saving the postage for those cards. :-) After lunch, Jeff went home and I went to the south end of the Las Vegas "Strip" for an AO-27 pass around 2029 UTC. In 7 minutes on AO-27, I worked 15 stations - including WB3JFS - from the DM25/DM26 grid boundary. I realize that these grids would not be the most rare of the grids in the state of Nevada. I was not intending on going to those rare spots on this trip. This stop, and the earlier stop in DM26/DM36, were made to help others specifically looking for at least one of the grids at those stops - and they were not out of my way for today's travels. After the AO-27 pass, I dismantled my portable station and stowed the gear. It was time to return home and wrap up this trip. Other than s-l-o-w traffic passing over Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, the drive was OK. Some rain near Hoover Dam and near Phoenix, otherwise a quiet drive where I could set the cruise control on my truck. I made a quick stop at Hoover Dam to get some photos of Lake Mead (the water level was much lower than I have ever seen it in person), and held my camera out the window to get pictures of the new bridge being built over the river that will replace Hoover Dam as the way to cross the river at that point on the Arizona/Nevada border. I will post a longer report covering all of my trip in a few days. So far, I know I made over 250 QSOs throughout the trip, working from 14 grids (DM25, DM26, DM35, DM36, DM37, DM38, DM45, DM46, DM47, DM48, DM49, DM57, DM58, DM59) in 3 states (Arizona, Nevada, Utah). In between the two AO-27 passes from DM58/DM59 in eastern Utah on Monday afternoon, I made a quick road trip to the Utah/Colorado border. I stopped at the state line to take some photos, then went to the first exit on I-70 in Colorado before returning to the DM58/DM59 boundary for the later pass. If you worked me during the past week - going back to last Thursday, the day before the hamfest in Williams AZ started - and would like QSL cards for those QSOs, please e-mail me with a listing of the QSOs. If you're in the log, you'll get a card (or multiple cards). Since I operated from so many unique locations, I will need a little bit of time to prepare cards. As I have tried to do in the last year with my QSL cards, all of these cards will have descriptions of the location for each QSO including the grid(s), name of the county I was in during the QSO, and an image of my GPS receiver's display showing the latitude and longitude for that location. I will include the GPS image even for those cards where my location was not on a grid boundary, to keep all of these cards similar in terms of the information I am presenting for my location. Was this a fun trip for me? Yes! I've never driven beyond the Arizona/Utah border area in Utah, and it was fun to see more of that state. Getting on the air a lot over the past week, whether I was at the hamfest or on the road after the hamfest closed, was great. Generally there was good cooperation on passes, allowing many to get QSOs with me in these different locations. Meeting WB3JFS in Las Vegas today was a nice surprise, and I was happy to help Jeff and a few others get QSOs with new grids throughout this trip. Time for bed. Good night, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - back home in Phoenix, Arizona http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Live Webcast of Colloquium
by Trevor . 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

--- On Thu, 23/7/09, Nitin Muttin [VU3TYG] <vu3tyg amsatindia.org> wrote: > Any live webcast available for the presentations. Yes the British Amateur Television Club (BATC) are streaming live video on their website at http://www.batc.tv/ Click on Live Events on the left-hand side and then select AMSAT There's also a Chat facility available - /nick “your callsign” - sets your ID, further details are at http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/695/68/ The Colloquium opens at 1000 BST (0900 GMT) Saturday, the programme is at http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/679/266/ AMSAT-UK Colloquium http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/32/42/ Booking details are at http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/25/49/ AMSAT-UK publish a colour A4 newsletter, OSCAR News, that is full of Amateur Satellite information. Join online at https://secure.amsat.org.uk/subscription/ 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Hudson Valley Satcom Group Net Tonight July 23 rd at 8 PM EST ON N2EYH-L
by Cotejaune2＠aol.com 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

Hello everyone. It's time again for the HVSG Net tonight at 8PM on N2EYH-L on Echolink or 146970 100 PL On the Mt. Beacon repeater. This is a biweekly net. Come join us and share your satellite knowledge. There are usually one or two Amsat area coordinators on the Net to answer your questions. Hope to hear you there. 73 Gary WA2AQH **************Dell Deals: Treat yourself to a sweet deal on popular laptops! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1223100673x1201716527/aol?redir=htt…)

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Demo Weekend
by Douglas Anoman 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

Hello, I will be doing a live demo for CFMC witch is the largest club in chicago. The past will be on all fm bird's, i will be trying to get some of the club members on the air thanks everyone.... Thank You Douglas Anoman KC9MLN KC9MLN(a)AMSAT.ORG Amsat #37043

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Re: Rare grid squares?
by Allen Vinegar 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

How about anything from Alaska?!?!? 73, Al W8KHP

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Rare grid squares?
by John W Lee 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

Well, for me, they are: DM28, DN37, DN67, DN73, DN75. That would clean up the entire "Lower 48" for me! 73, John K6YK P.S. I have given out 57 grids and around 18 states in my travels on the FM birds. ============================================== On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:31:47 -0500 "George Henry" <ka3hsw(a)att.net> writes: > What are considered "rare" grid squares for satellite ops? > > Maybe more of us could activate them, if we only knew where they > were..... > > > George, KA3HSW > ____________________________________________________________ Click to find the latest solutions to enhance your small business. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTI97ybgyAUyKHTTigA1U7wBuf…

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Re: SATpc32 doppler.sqf file (Marc Tessier - VE3TES)
by Marc Tessier - VE3TES 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

Thanks to John K8YSE, and also Jean-François Ménard VA2SS. I now have a great collection of birds added to my possible list of satellites... 73 and CU on the birds soon !!! Marc Tessier - VE3TES ve3tes(a)hotmail.com

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