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

New ICOM VHF / UHF / SHF Radio
by Simon (HB9DRV) 21 Aug '09

21 Aug '09

Looks like the IC-9100 will make a possible sneak appearance in a few days, there's a Yahoo! group here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ic9100/ This group for the new ICOM transceiver, IC-9100 HF+VHF+UHF+(D-Star+23CM, optional), built-in HF/50MHz ATU(tuner), 32 bit IF-DSP, 24 bit A/D conv. HF/50MHz 100 watts, 144MHz 50 watts, 430MHz 50 watts, optional 1200MHz 10 watts output. Simon Brown, HB9DRV www.ham-radio-deluxe.com

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The future of the ISS.
by John Hackett 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

Group, Once again, it seems that some of the Amsat-bb members have apparently no clue as to what goes on outside America. The future of the ISS, discussion ... It does appear that some of the contributors are oblivious to the fact that The Russians have already informed NASA that they (The Russians) intend to pull the plug, to concentrate on their own space station ... more than likely backed by The European Space Agency. News and comments at the end of the following website. ... <http://www.russianspaceweb.com/opsek.html> GM1SXX and myself wrote an article on this very subject some time ago. Those interested may read it at ... <http://www.observations.biz/Joint_Observations/Joint_observations_07_07_200…> Somebody commented - "It's politics" ... that part is true, it's mainly a combination of politics and money. My own personal opinion is that the Russians don't fancy the idea of footing the bill alone, and prefer to do things their own way. 73 John. <la2qaa(a)amsat.org>

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KLM 2M 22C
by Luc Leblanc 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

I just assemble and "old" oscar 1 era KLM 2M 22C beam over the week end to ended stuck up with one element and no matching pre drilled hole in the boom tube. Did anyone recollect if KLM ever missed pre drilled hole in their workmanship? My assembly was on the side of a bit hurry and i will have to recheck al the measurements but with the pre drilled bolt holes boom section attachment it is hard to make mistakes but we never know! Thank's for your inputs? "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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A memorable night in the AO-7
by ps8rf ps8 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

Hello to all, I published a video/audio on the Internet with a few QSOs among of friends via AO-7 - in the same orbit. I found interesting post the video file because I still had not heard at other times this number of friends by using the AO-7. I feel privileged to be in my city and listen to many friends through the AO-7. I gave the name the video "A memorable night in the AO-7". Well, I am not an expert in assembling the videos, but I hope we all enjoy and feel excited to participate actively in future projects of satellites for radio amateurs. The video is approximately 22 minutes, see here: http://spacesat.blogspot.com/2009/08/uma-noite-memoravel-no-ao-7.html Listened: Miguel, CX1TH Ignacio, LU1ESY Tadeu, PY2SAD Roland, PY4ZBZ Luciano, PY5LF Piraja, PS8RF Juan , LU2DPW Guillermo , HK6IOP Josef, K3SZH Arthur, K4YYL Gregory, N3MVF Douglas, KD8CAO Daniel, AJ9K Michael, KC9ELU. Thanks Piraja, PS8RF _________________________________________________________________ Novo Internet Explorer 8. Baixe agora, é grátis! http://brasil.microsoft.com.br/IE8/mergulhe/?utm_source=MSN%3BHotmail&utm_m…

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Re: A memorable night in the AO-7
by Rodney Waln 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

very nice video, very good pictures to go with the audio, you did good, Rodney kc0zhf

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IC910 and AO-51 VS
by WB2LLP 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

I have been trying to get Instant Track 150 to control my IC910 when tracking AO-51 VS. Since my down converter translates to 145 Mhz, I assign the down path to the 2 meter side of the 910. I then create a factious path for the 432 side. When I enter the R command, IT starts displaying both the 144 and 432 sides but in alternating places. Is it possible to tell Instant Track to concentrate solely on the 144 path and ignore the 432 path? I have not found a way to do this and a search of the documentation does not find a solution. What I was trying to do was let Instant track handle the 2401 Doppler shift and I would handle a separate radio for the 144 uplink. Can I do what I want to do with IT or is it time to say goodbye to a friend and move up. TNX es 73 de WB2LLP Gene

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EM18/19 Activated Aug 22
by Gail A Mcdaniel 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

We will activate grid-boundary EM18xx/EM19xa just northeast of Keene, KS (Wabaunsee County) on August 22nd during the AO-27 pass @ 19:04UTC, the SO-50 pass @ 20:43UTC and AO-27 pass @ 20:43UTC (times are approximate). We will be using our HT's w/Arrow and ELK antennas. If you need a QSL for the contact, just send me an e-mail, I'll confirm with the log and send you a card. No need for SASE or return card. David McDaniel - KB0RZE Gail McDaniel - KB0RZD

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Hudson Valley Satcom Group Net Tonight August 20 at8PM ET on Echolink N2EYH-L
by Cotejaune2＠aol.com 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

Hello everyone It is time once again for the HVSG Net tonight at 8 PM on Echolink N2EYH-L.Please join us for the Net and share your satellite knowledge with the group. Tell us about any exciting contacts you have made. Tell us about your station. Your favorite antennas. Hope to hear you there. 73 Gary WA2AQH

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South Africa - Brasil on FO-29
by Roland Zurmely 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

QSO with Allan ZS1LS 09:48 UTC #64243 on FO-29 near apogee. Distance 6339 km. 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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You learn something new every day...
by N0JY 20 Aug '09

20 Aug '09

Hello AO-51 V/S gang! I've been on the past couple of nights trying out my modified K5GNA BBQ dish, I had removed the dipole and replaced it with a LHCP patch feed I built. Past mode */S runs on AO-51 were spent getting the feed back in the focus. The passes this week though still left me with some bad fades and signals varying from S9+ to nothing but noise. Well I finally figured it out during the 00:00 pass tonight... I'm using SATPC32 rotor control and I was fiddling with the pointing corrections. Tonight was an overhead pass, so the signals should have been great. They weren't though, so I started tweaking the rotor degree corrections. Came to find that a +14 degree azimuth gave me the great signals I expected to hear! So I got to thinking about it. I know the rotator/antenna assembly is pointed right, north is north and east is east and such. All of the other antennas give me the kind of signals I expect, when pointing toward a particular satellite and some local beacons and sweeping around them. So it must be one of two things: either the patch feed is off center, and I'll admit that it was heck to line up exactly using the PVC arrangement that I have created to get the AIDC downconverter pointed back toward the dish. I looks pretty centered... but, could it be off just a tad to the side so that I am actually feeding off-center, hence the need for a 15 degree adjustment to get the best signal? The other thought, the dish is mounted with the left edge about 1 foot to the right of the 70cm 40el crossed yagi, could the yagi be influencing the signal causing the apparent bend in the pointing? And probably vice versa, if so. Your thoughts on this would be appreciated. Meantime, I have at least a workaround to get the solid downlink that I was looking for. No polarization fades with the CP patch, and the 15 degrees offpoint isn't going to affect the 2m uplink as the bandwidth of that antenna (20el crossed) doesn't seem to mind. So, hopefully you won't have to hear me sign because I lost the downlink anymore this week! 73 and thanks, Jerry N0JY

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