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GeneSat-1
by Mike Rupprecht 13 Aug '09

13 Aug '09

downlink frequency has changed - now on 437.0695 MHz 20090813183201,KE7EGC>UNDEF,TELEM,qAR,DK3WN-2:GeneSat1.orgE4242E150100001600 0000270069008F0A4E132C1F0013923005 20090813183206,KE7EGC>UNDEF,TELEM,qAR,DK3WN-2:GeneSat1.orgE9242E8A00B6000000 040027006900013F029A8136C4F21CDC1F 20090813183211,KE7EGC>UNDEF,TELEM,qAR,DK3WN-2:GeneSat1.orgEE242E00005A010000 00002700690001F31930581C2830054002 20090813183226,KE7EGC>UNDEF,TELEM,qAR,DK3WN-2:GeneSat1.orgFD242E020000003E01 0000270068007802351A2C4F021AC61D1E 20090813183236,KE7EGC>UNDEF,TELEM,qAR,DK3WN-2:GeneSat1.org07252E21010B000000 0000270069008FEC02C5070B30C102761D 20090813183309,KE7EGC>UNDEF,TELEM,qAR,DK3WN-2:GeneSat1.org11252E020039010000 0000280068008F4F4B1C1EF8FC1C30023D 73, Mike DK3WN

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tracker
by Jerry 13 Aug '09

13 Aug '09

Hi: Does any one out there have interest in my AEA ST-1 satellite Tracker ???? If some one is interested contact me by e-mail off the amsat site W0sat(a)msn.com Jerry w0sat

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Yaesu FT857/897 on satellites
by John Geiger 13 Aug '09

13 Aug '09

Is anyone on the list using a Yaesu FT897 or FT857 on the LEO satellites (both FM and SSB)? I am currently using an Icom 706MKIIG with pretty good results, but have been thinking about "upgrading" to a Yaesu FT897D or maybe a FT857D. I have used some Yaesu rigs on the sats before and the 706MKIIG seems to hear them better, especially AO27. I don't have a big setup-Cushcraft dualband yagi (5 elements on each band) with no elevation, so signals are not rockcrushing from the satellites. The QST reviews show that the Icom has better sensitivity on 70cm SSB (MDS of -143 vs -139 dbm) and on FM (.16 vs .21 microvolts) but are those differences really meaningful? Do the 897 and 857 still receive the sats really good with a minimal setup? 73s John AA5JG

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Logging software or HRD for Linux
by Eric Seebohm 13 Aug '09

13 Aug '09

Any logging software for Linux? Is there a version of the beloved HRD for Linux?

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Discovery Channel - How do they do it?
by Trevor . 13 Aug '09

13 Aug '09

SSTL & DMCii are scheduled to be featured on Discovery Channel’s ‘How Do They Do It?’ programme on Wednesday 26th August at 8pm, followed by a US version on Science Channel in early September, see http://www.southgatearc.org/news/august2009/how_do_they_do_it.htm 73 Trevor M5AKA Daily Amateur Radio Email/RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ ----

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Best source for LMR-400 coax assemblies, pre-config with connectors?
by Mark Lunday 13 Aug '09

13 Aug '09

Looking for recommendations.don't want to go the eBay route. Thanks in advance. Mark Lunday WD4ELG Hillsborough, NC - FM06kb <mailto:wd4elg@arrl.net> wd4elg(a)arrl.net <http://wd4elg.net> http://wd4elg.net <http://wd4elg.net> http://wd4elg.blogspot.com

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Sumbandila
by Pieter Kotze 12 Aug '09

12 Aug '09

Hello all Intended orbit is around 500km to meet the imaging payload requirements. At this altitude and with the limited propulsion on board, 3 years is a good estimate of the satellite lifetime due to re-entry. No reason why the electronics should not last much longer than this. The Soyuz Fregat will return to a lower altitude to drop Sumbandila off after the main payload has been released. 73 Pieter >Gunter's Space Page lists the primary payload, Meteor-M 1, as going into an 830 km orbit. >I'm guessing SumbandilaSat will end up in a similar orbit as I'm not aware that the >launcher in question is capable of doing multi-drop of the payloads into different orbits. >SumbandilaSat was originally scheduled to be launched from a submarine platform, this >may be the source of the 500 km figure quoted, but the launch vehicle changed. >Unfortunately I've no definative information on SumbandilaSat's intended orbit. >Quoted design lifetimes are usually meaningless. For experimental systems it just means >the time required to complete the primary experiment. For many satellites it's quoted as 3 >or 6 months, but systems may continue to operate for many years after the primary >objective has been completed. -- This message is subject to the CSIR's copyright terms and conditions, e-mail legal notice, and implemented Open Document Format (ODF) standard. The full disclaimer details can be found at http://www.csir.co.za/disclaimer.html. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks Transtec Computers for their support.

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KEPS
by Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF 12 Aug '09

12 Aug '09

OSCAR 6 1 06236U 72082B 09223.96301254 -.00000027 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 02067 2 06236 101.3938 235.0908 0003865 136.9119 223.2257 12.53078183684394 OSCAR 7 1 07530U 74089B 09223.63401847 -.00000027 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 05532 2 07530 101.4243 246.2720 0011764 158.9444 201.2118 12.53576221589662 OSCAR 8 1 10703U 78026B 09223.70598801 +.00000325 +00000-0 +25490-3 0 05762 2 10703 098.8250 266.8473 0007428 022.1103 338.0375 13.98849682603782 OSCAR 10 1 14129U 83058B 09222.08706332 +.00000333 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 06838 2 14129 025.8121 142.5652 6030645 246.5160 041.1564 02.05866064168767 OSCAR 11 (UoSAT 2) 1 14781U 84021B 09223.66390103 .00000021 00000-0 10034-4 0 301 2 14781 098.1041 268.6530 0009325 151.4976 208.6723 14.79728682366038 OSCAR 16 (PACSAT) 1 20439U 90005D 09223.61972675 -.00000007 +00000-0 +12950-4 0 06751 2 20439 098.2829 189.5132 0011355 011.2957 348.8488 14.31830346021084 OSCAR 19 (LUSAT) 1 20442U 90005G 09223.59776281 -.00000007 +00000-0 +12565-4 0 05905 2 20442 098.2476 196.5411 0012031 007.5326 352.6038 14.32065296021241 JAS 1B (FUJI 2) 1 20480U 90013C 09223.45640268 -.00000013 +00000-0 +38577-4 0 02170 2 20480 099.0686 133.8813 0540829 045.3413 319.0476 12.83362300913998 INFORMATOR 1 1 21087U 91006A 09223.76464761 +.00000023 +00000-0 +72649-5 0 03498 2 21087 082.9428 004.8470 0036292 127.3643 233.0833 13.75045271930058 OSCAR 22 (UoSAT 5) 1 21575U 91050B 09223.64467842 -.00000023 +00000-0 +64813-5 0 06183 2 21575 098.4485 171.7909 0007021 206.5347 153.5481 14.39680757948683 KITSAT B 1 22825U 93061C 09223.59034576 -.00000009 00000-0 13169-4 0 3126 2 22825 098.4410 175.2801 0009411 100.7761 259.4488 14.29270750827822 POSAT 1 1 22826U 93061D 09223.78077008 +.00000007 +00000-0 +19369-4 0 00431 2 22826 098.4335 176.1892 0009931 094.8577 265.3727 14.29523318827951 ITAMSAT 1 22828U 93061F 09223.45351712 -.00000039 +00000-0 +12329-5 0 02476 2 22828 098.4259 175.7655 0010903 072.2903 287.9460 14.29822316796188 EYESAT A 1 22829U 93061G 09223.42190022 -.00000098 +00000-0 -21497-4 0 02818 2 22829 098.4220 176.8709 0010644 069.3402 290.8909 14.30220400828198 RADIO ROSTO 1 23439U 94085A 09223.94408562 -.00000039 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 02339 2 23439 064.8134 174.6511 0149302 040.9631 320.2390 11.27553442602401 JAS 2 1 24278U 96046B 09223.68852914 -.00000035 00000-0 69594-6 0 1087 2 24278 098.5448 090.2467 0350365 206.4377 151.8510 13.52944575641256 TMSAT 1 25396U 98043C 09223.86771137 +.00000023 +00000-0 +28026-4 0 04762 2 25396 098.3298 248.9379 0003586 076.4191 283.7388 14.23782357576221 TECHSAT 1B 1 25397U 98043D 09223.89580529 -.00000079 +00000-0 -17005-4 0 09661 2 25397 098.3252 243.2502 0002273 087.9870 272.1572 14.23161599576058 SEDSAT 1 1 25509U 98061B 09221.10790792 .00000059 00000-0 13592-5 0 5168 2 25509 031.4305 113.2442 0354007 081.2263 282.8284 14.28260535563405 ISS (ZARYA) 1 25544U 98067A 09223.87435278 +.00004919 +00000-0 +38794-4 0 03969 2 25544 051.6402 020.9601 0007800 322.5095 172.9419 15.73574002614726 KITSAT 3 1 25756U 99029A 09224.37482112 -.00000044 00000-0 11001-5 0 9794 2 25756 098.6633 059.0069 0014403 005.7341 354.4009 14.52542254541316 TIUNGSAT 1 1 26548U 00057D 09223.59541328 -.00000013 +00000-0 +16829-4 0 04653 2 26548 064.5552 269.2409 0052041 265.0100 094.5076 14.83378916480173 PCSAT 1 26931U 01043C 09224.25430983 -.00000168 00000-0 -33341-4 0 2381 2 26931 067.0512 279.9005 0006447 277.6183 082.4174 14.29562499410597 SAUDISAT 1C 1 27607U 02058C 09223.44265825 -.00000066 +00000-0 +11660-4 0 09585 2 27607 064.5562 217.2701 0061369 192.3069 167.6541 14.71451823356805 CUTE-1 1 27844U 03031E 09224.05459091 .00000034 00000-0 36214-4 0 6424 2 27844 098.7123 232.4309 0010111 348.2538 011.8414 14.20650633317197 CUBESAT XI-IV 1 27848U 03031J 09224.03993879 .00000023 00000-0 30980-4 0 5918 2 27848 098.7165 231.4800 0009839 352.6727 007.4278 14.20451123317154 MOZHAYETS 4 1 27939U 03042A 09223.65334093 +.00000055 +00000-0 +19469-4 0 08631 2 27939 097.9346 096.4812 0013026 321.8504 038.1769 14.63334161313682 AMSAT ECHO 1 28375U 04025K 09223.52742218 -.00000003 00000-0 11997-4 0 4588 2 28375 098.0528 229.9061 0084166 318.0509 041.4255 14.40648971268921 HAMSAT 1 28650U 05017B 09223.63142924 .00000088 00000-0 17691-4 0 2954 2 28650 097.7379 283.3698 0026518 206.1597 153.8252 14.81609667230858 BEIJING 1 (TSINGHUA) 1 28890U 05043A 09224.48470823 .00000000 00000-0 94930-5 0 4133 2 28890 098.0441 113.4341 0015557 164.6097 195.5580 14.60065789202124 TOPSAT 1 28891U 05043B 09224.44462347 -.00000054 00000-0 -17259-5 0 2590 2 28891 098.0423 112.6421 0017316 168.1988 191.9619 14.59769312202076 UWE-1 1 28892U 05043C 09223.62692431 .00000075 00000-0 25188-4 0 4030 2 28892 098.0458 112.1105 0017483 171.0505 189.1010 14.59758152201930 SINAH 1 1 28893U 05043D 09224.27101789 -.00000005 00000-0 84351-5 0 1932 2 28893 098.0465 113.4365 0015571 168.2788 191.8770 14.60079607202092 CUBESAT XI-V 1 28895U 05043F 09223.72188142 .00000065 00000-0 23148-4 0 3675 2 28895 098.0499 112.7624 0017978 170.8561 189.2984 14.59787075201834 MOZ.5/SAFIR/RUBIN 5/SL-8 1 28898U 05043G 09224.27022116 .00000061 00000-0 22821-4 0 3894 2 28898 098.0340 109.4277 0018632 182.7618 177.3493 14.58568251201871 CUTE 1.7 1 28941U 06005C 09224.48410105 .00051039 36888-5 13043-3 0 3393 2 28941 098.1357 049.8440 0066705 277.0486 082.3240 15.91628209196183 GENESIS 1 1 29252U 06029A 09223.93704890 -.00000181 +00000-0 +60124-7 0 08410 2 29252 064.5090 176.7351 0027245 201.5786 158.4184 15.03407393169298 HINODE (SOLAR B) 1 29479U 06041A 09223.94059277 +.00000094 +00000-0 +27600-4 0 09410 2 29479 098.0847 227.3984 0014471 218.4370 141.5803 14.62913821154139 GENESAT 1 29655U 06058C 09223.97492405 +.00009812 +00000-0 +93318-4 0 07842 2 29655 040.0220 193.4780 0003281 226.6121 133.4400 15.66676552151228 EGYPTSAT 1 1 31117U 07012A 09224.38474755 .00000006 00000-0 90446-5 0 6152 2 31117 098.0142 299.5085 0007250 074.0043 286.1963 14.69943564124585 CSTB 1 1 31122U 07012F 09223.62967078 +.00000555 +00000-0 +13192-3 0 07082 2 31122 097.9888 278.3313 0086634 100.8977 260.1955 14.55267216123223 MAST 1 31126U 07012K 09223.65751171 -.00000033 +00000-0 +28591-5 0 06615 2 31126 097.9839 275.9120 0095627 107.4038 253.7650 14.53511053123099 LIBERTAD 1 1 31128U 07012M 09223.62300386 -.00000045 00000-0 00000+0 0 7019 2 31128 097.9826 273.9198 0103799 113.3487 247.8681 14.52063056122949 CP3 1 31129U 07012N 09224.12283688 .00000056 00000-0 23286-4 0 1236 2 31129 097.9860 274.5122 0103437 111.5305 249.6992 14.52154177123008 CAPE 1 1 31130U 07012P 09223.61328302 +.00000079 +00000-0 +28776-4 0 06749 2 31130 097.9854 273.9303 0103697 113.4461 247.7666 14.52078982122734 CP4 1 31132U 07012Q 09223.63503960 -.00000032 00000-0 29908-5 0 6758 2 31132 097.9889 278.2331 0086714 100.7929 260.3022 14.55223131123099 AGILE 1 31135U 07013A 09223.22922553 .00001128 00000-0 12605-4 0 3725 2 31135 002.4685 075.4300 0020928 099.2296 261.0125 15.09919299127299 NFIRE 1 31140U 07014A 09223.57884556 .00002889 00000-0 40444-4 0 9048 2 31140 048.2357 268.6720 0051985 295.9981 063.5612 15.59031709130874 GENESIS 2 1 31789U 07028A 09224.43666084 -.00000127 00000-0 44850-5 0 5891 2 31789 064.5081 206.3041 0056932 253.9414 105.5431 15.03065207116582 GIOVE-B 1 32781U 08020A 09222.95159647 .00000059 00000-0 10000-3 0 2016 2 32781 055.9462 190.7895 0020723 221.0336 138.7777 01.70949905 8062 CARTOSAT 2A 1 32783U 08021A 09224.38008847 .00000010 00000-0 84343-5 0 4419 2 32783 097.9441 286.1328 0014521 228.9084 131.0872 14.78678530 69630 CANX-6 1 32784U 08021B 09223.17154424 +.00000173 +00000-0 +29169-4 0 04592 2 32784 097.9434 286.4540 0015368 204.0556 155.9940 14.81067127069562 CUTE 1.7 & AOD 2 1 32785U 08021C 09223.17037817 +.00000253 +00000-0 +39053-4 0 04513 2 32785 097.9396 286.6722 0014258 209.6264 150.4143 14.81507631069584 IMS-1 1 32786U 08021D 09223.74393191 .00000133 00000-0 24544-4 0 4513 2 32786 097.9447 286.3563 0011996 204.7676 155.2952 14.80056602 69601 COMPASS 1 1 32787U 08021E 09223.21003824 +.00000318 +00000-0 +47157-4 0 04371 2 32787 097.9392 286.5610 0015131 210.6841 149.3479 14.81638899069592 AAUSAT CUBESAT 2 1 32788U 08021F 09223.64602958 +.00000204 +00000-0 +32563-4 0 04304 2 32788 097.9375 287.0580 0014666 210.7216 149.3103 14.81763291069662 DELFI C3 1 32789U 08021G 09223.73545439 .00000248 00000-0 38168-4 0 4445 2 32789 097.9439 287.3461 0014928 208.0144 152.0265 14.81763553 69678 CANX-2 1 32790U 08021H 09223.17346179 +.00000197 +00000-0 +31895-4 0 04336 2 32790 097.9405 286.6399 0014854 209.8314 150.2047 14.81494256069568 SEEDS 1 32791U 08021J 09224.20486775 .00000168 00000-0 28256-4 0 4266 2 32791 097.9397 287.5784 0015316 206.0121 154.0319 14.81463974 69709 RUBIN 8/PSLV 1 32792U 08021K 09223.73553552 +.00000039 +00000-0 +12880-4 0 04221 2 32792 097.8633 279.1430 0029481 154.9356 205.3308 14.76499823069227 AMOS 3 1 32794U 08022A 09223.89781315 -.00000028 00000-0 10000-3 0 1778 2 32794 000.0389 259.7842 0001558 243.4157 136.4797 01.00272402 4749 YUBILEINY 1 32953U 08025A 09223.48617872 +.00000010 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 03788 2 32953 082.4970 222.2216 0020626 059.9406 300.3716 12.43002828055268 GOSAT (IBUKI) 1 33492U 09002A 09224.47361009 -.00000018 00000-0 53231-5 0 6018 2 33492 098.0630 332.8250 0001691 069.3527 290.7854 14.67552762 29529 PRISM (HITOMI) 1 33493U 09002B 09224.45817867 .00000161 00000-0 27935-4 0 6520 2 33493 098.0607 336.9262 0021295 061.8009 298.5349 14.80711647 29794 SPRITE-SAT (RISING) 1 33494U 09002C 09224.52611884 -.00000010 00000-0 65346-5 0 6185 2 33494 098.0458 332.8568 0005308 081.5985 278.5823 14.68728947 29569 SOHLA-1 (MAIDO-1) 1 33496U 09002E 09224.42810771 .00000024 00000-0 12219-4 0 6164 2 33496 098.0414 332.8696 0007833 100.9502 259.2585 14.69442620 29531 STARS (KUKAI) 1 33498U 09002G 09224.51291361 .00000110 00000-0 25818-4 0 6169 2 33498 098.0416 333.5483 0013761 140.5310 219.6902 14.71334027 29594 KKS-1 (KISEKI) 1 33499U 09002H 09224.46185114 .00000043 00000-0 15196-4 0 6233 2 33499 098.0427 333.3316 0010926 136.5961 223.6112 14.70699412 29574 EXPRESS AM-44 1 33595U 09007A 09224.42889527 -.00000083 00000-0 10000-3 0 1485 2 33595 000.0182 114.4281 0001479 122.5452 227.4237 01.00272210 1879 PROTOSTAR 2 1 34941U 09027A 09223.79879064 -.00000334 00000-0 10000-3 0 520 2 34941 000.0091 181.6215 0002896 344.5155 189.0872 01.00266161 928 PHARMASAT 1 35002U 09028B 09223.52328995 +.00001375 +00000-0 +39420-4 0 00762 2 35002 040.4699 269.2085 0027268 220.3869 139.4921 15.39784745012871 HAWKSAT 1 1 35003U 09028C 09224.21038239 .00001743 00000-0 47382-4 0 720 2 35003 040.4627 264.6729 0028539 227.9115 131.9304 15.40390812 12991 CP6 1 35004U 09028D 09223.49719790 .00006821 00000-0 16803-3 0 666 2 35004 040.4619 268.9430 0027578 223.7071 136.1453 15.40423645 12876 AEROCUBE 3 1 35005U 09028E 09223.57180317 .00002966 00000-0 76938-4 0 665 2 35005 040.4766 268.7291 0027562 221.7425 138.1288 15.40229439 12881 MERIDIAN 2 1 35008U 09029A 09222.71070389 +.00000412 +00000-0 +21923-3 0 00691 2 35008 062.8578 143.4175 7289625 290.5348 009.4245 02.22925382001818 DRAGONSAT 1 35690U 09038B 09223.85567830 .00020216 00000-0 10523-3 0 122 2 35690 051.6399 020.3562 0004721 120.7069 239.4394 15.80928957 1958 ANDE POLLUX SPHERE 1 35693U 09038E 09223.66978718 .00018310 00000-0 97923-4 0 127 2 35693 051.6410 021.3664 0003986 065.2708 294.8569 15.80420655 1898 ANDE CASTOR SPHERE 1 35694U 09038F 09223.73470237 .00010156 00000-0 56772-4 0 137 2 35694 051.6413 021.0516 0004598 069.4740 290.6717 15.80103585 1908 -- Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937 825 5032 Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF), e-mail nigel(a)ngunn.net www http://www.ngunn.net Member of ARRL, GQRP #11396, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP Club International #385, Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, AMSAT-UK 0182, MKARS, ALC, GCARES, XWARN.

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AMSAT Awards
by Bruce 12 Aug '09

12 Aug '09

The following have earned the AMSAT Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Rizkallah Azrak, OD5RI #503 Dave Glow, AA1VX #504 Evangelos Kafetzopoulos, SV1EEK #505 The following have earned the AMSAT Sexagesimal Award. David Bird, KC7USS #150 The following have earned the South Africa Communications Achievement Award. Evangelos Kafetzopoulos, SV1EEK #US137 The following have earned the W4AMI Achievement Award (for 1000 contacts) Dimtrios Pallis, SW1JGW #54 George Carr, WA5KBH #55 Evangelos Kafetzopoulos, SV1EEK #56 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* 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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Tuesday's DEMO
by James Jipping 12 Aug '09

12 Aug '09

Doug, KD8CAO (using the Holland Area Radio Club's call, K8DAA) and I (W8MRR) had a demo on Tuesday, 08/11/2009 of handheld operation through AO-51. It was a huge success. The success was due in a large part to the cooperation of the throngs of users -- some knew we were to do the demo and showed up for a QSO, some were already there and found us. AND thank you to those who chose not operate and cause QRM to give a chance to show our stuff. Everything went right, the weather was perfect, the bird and our equipment performed flawlessly. A huge crowd of hams were there for our monthly meeting, at which Doug and I gave a power point presentation on ham radio and satellites. Doug was using Kenwood TH-DA and an Arrow antenna, I was using a Yeasu VX-6R and a Arrow antenna. Doug was operating full duplex, I half duplex. He had a much easier time and more success than I. I guess I have some adjustments to make. SO, fellow hams and AMSATers, THANK YOU for making our evening a pleasant experience. The whole experience reminded me of the "good old days/ 1960's)" when as a young excited high school teacher/ham, I gave a slide (remember when cameras put images ONLY on film) presentation and a demo at a NSTA (National Science Teachers Association) convention. We used one of the early AMSATs (2 meters up/ 10 meters down). Same experience --- great interest, cooperative hams. And it's been that way as long as I can remember. THANKS! Jim Jipping, W8MRR AMSAT 5512 (small numbers translate to old geezer)

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