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College Satellite night Thursday October 1st
by Dr. Jay Garlitz 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

It's time for another College Satellite night! Expect to hear many Oscar capable NA college club stations on the air Thursday evening Oct. 1st-2nd (NA local times) from 22:00 UTC to 0500 UTC for this special event. College clubs are getting priority on the QRP AO-51 repeater that night (uplink: 145.880 MHz FM. downlink: 435.150 MHz FM). Please work each college station but afford them the ability to take calls and make as many QSOs as possible. Club stations will also be on other birds so make as many contacts if you can, on each bird. We have encouraged college stations to QSL all the stations they work during the event as we (either through AMSAT or a college group) are planning on creating an award for working college club stations on satellite. Make sure to e-mail or call as many hams that you know associated with college ham radio clubs so that they will know about this special event and get on the air.usage and NA-wide involvement is important. While we are focusing on North American activity let me know of interest and participation from other parts of the globe, e-mail me off-list at <mailto:[email protected]> jgarlitz(a)ufl.edu. 73, Dr. Jay Garlitz, AA4FL Gator ARC Faculty Advisor at UF <http://www.gatorradio.org/> www.gatorradio.org

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SwissCube
by PY2ZX 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

Hello, Very good copy of SwissCube over Brazil on orbit # 12. Another signal was also loud but I did not identify. Here the audios of these receptions and video of the PSLV-C14 launch: http://archangelo.net/misc/sat/new/sep09/pslvc14/view.htm Flavio PY2ZX

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http://oscar.dcarr.org/ Site
by Danny Casier 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

What is going on with the http://oscar.dcarr.org/ site? 73 Dan ON5UE

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Re: Status SumbandilaSat
by Rodney Waln 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

hi, now another source had changed things completely and listing it as SUMBANDILA 1 35870U 09049F 09266.79835424 .00002270 00000-0 10000-3 0 110 2 35870 097.3734 316.7536 0009970 273.6366 222.0670 15.22797757 929 from AMSAT-SA SUMBA2 1 35867U 09049C 09262.83922800 .00002262 00000-0 10000-3 0 90 2 35867 097.3749 312.8740 0008567 282.8306 122.0522 15.22695743 323 any one hear becons or signals to confurm? frequency? i guess we will have to see what they use on commissioning? thanks Rodney kc0zhf

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Digital sats
by Andrew Rich 24 Sep '09

24 Sep '09

I have a question regarding digital birds. What space objects can I pick up with a TNC, and what birds do I need a special modem for ? Some that come to mind, that I can use a TNC for are + ISS 1200 Baud AFSK + PCSAT 1200 Baud AFSK Is the aim to have birds launch that obey + AX25 encoded packets + 1200 or 9600

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keps
by Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

OK, look what this mornings launch has brought!!!! METEOR-M 1 35865U 09049A 09266.00323756 .00000176 00000-0 10000-3 0 76 2 35865 098.8004 316.1656 0003476 067.7453 292.4070 14.21825238 750 OBJECT B 1 35866U 09049B 09264.66487042 +.00000178 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 00090 2 35866 098.8018 314.8382 0004210 068.3988 291.7637 14.22295239000567 FREGAT/IRIS 1 35867U 09049C 09265.41739588 .00002263 00000-0 10000-3 0 176 2 35867 097.3746 315.4051 0008482 273.0438 215.5580 15.22704583 716 OBJECT D 1 35868U 09049D 09265.43940506 .00000177 00000-0 10000-3 0 63 2 35868 098.8009 315.6061 0005085 055.6014 304.5630 14.22083867 672 OBJECT E 1 35869U 09049E 09266.14339662 .00000176 00000-0 10000-3 0 78 2 35869 098.7999 316.3042 0005431 066.8861 293.2888 14.21977776 776 SUMBANDILA 1 35870U 09049F 09266.19788419 .00002269 00000-0 10000-3 0 90 2 35870 097.3735 316.1642 0010079 276.3165 169.6899 15.22795828 837 OBJECT G 1 35871U 09049G 09265.58122617 .00000174 00000-0 10000-3 0 21 2 35871 098.8000 315.7440 0005563 052.1646 308.0103 14.21536584 80 SL-4 R/B 1 35872U 09049H 09263.43249120 .31159888 35761-5 18689-3 0 178 2 35872 098.8050 314.7119 0006656 268.2084 222.6333 16.54567232 446 NIMIQ 5 1 35873U 09050A 09264.47059077 -.00000135 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 00052 2 35873 004.4433 294.8579 2167851 359.9780 000.3548 01.34434691000073 No Common Name Found No Record BREEZE-M DEB (TANK) 1 35875U 09050C 09261.47132024 -.00000009 00000-0 00000+0 0 16 2 35875 049.3166 295.3579 5999242 356.0530 001.4302 03.85048789 25 COSMOS 192 DEB 1 35876U 67116C 09265.90852780 .00380546 00000-0 57031-1 0 52 2 35876 074.0436 089.9297 0131057 048.3162 312.9119 14.66838029 3118 COSMOS 192 DEB 1 35877U 67116D 09262.96295204 .05704868 00000-0 70396-1 0 15 2 35877 074.3897 094.7400 0136641 085.7055 306.6361 15.45942677 2451 COSMOS 192 DEB 1 35878U 67116E 09265.55201046 .00233319 00000-0 50860-1 0 23 2 35878 074.2061 091.5883 0064862 126.8474 234.0669 14.55058298 3252 No Common Name Found 1 35879U 93036ATS 09265.05959825 .00011035 00000-0 44234-3 0 12 2 35879 074.0582 284.8249 0247279 109.5827 253.1279 15.01257899 18881 No Common Name Found 1 35880U 93036ATT 09265.05659263 .00002261 00000-0 16155-3 0 19 2 35880 074.0512 293.8010 0233461 120.6508 241.6284 14.85727313 26252 No Common Name Found 1 35881U 93036ATU 09264.23691720 .00000028 00000-0 29407-4 0 17 2 35881 074.1961 351.1281 0091226 032.2740 328.4383 14.06730591 28191 No Common Name Found 1 35882U 93036ATV 09265.04106334 .00008393 00000-0 37750-3 0 12 2 35882 074.0553 286.4649 0247428 124.5239 237.9580 14.97862855 18642 No Common Name Found 1 35883U 93036ATW 09265.49426819 .00000048 00000-0 21768-4 0 17 2 35883 074.0291 321.9055 0094465 100.1275 261.0497 14.42469479 14971 No Common Name Found 1 35884U 93036ATX 09264.58235828 .00000458 00000-0 28286-3 0 11 2 35884 074.0082 349.9801 0162524 033.4763 327.6540 14.01752559 19287 No Common Name Found 1 35885U 93036ATY 09264.84981258 .00000040 00000-0 24844-4 0 10 2 35885 074.0287 330.9214 0026043 040.3663 319.9448 14.30938810 15616 No Common Name Found 1 35886U 93036ATZ 09265.44687837 .00001092 00000-0 22500-3 0 18 2 35886 074.0155 311.2511 0107346 137.4686 223.4947 14.58199881 19616 No Common Name Found 1 35887U 93036AUA 09265.83377630 .00000829 00000-0 45580-3 0 20 2 35887 073.9802 342.4823 0128628 026.8671 334.0797 14.09124881 12155 No Common Name Found 1 35888U 93036AUB 09264.48583470 .00000103 00000-0 36385-4 0 10 2 35888 074.0386 322.0407 0060484 130.5807 230.0650 14.45418568 4721 No Common Name Found 1 35889U 93036AUC 09265.47619992 .00000897 00000-0 17031-3 0 16 2 35889 074.0658 310.6886 0132705 120.0451 241.3958 14.60220243 4491 No Common Name Found 1 35890U 93036AUD 09265.53579411 .00000615 00000-0 27216-3 0 10 2 35890 073.9529 333.5522 0092986 312.1802 047.1468 14.23058363 4230 No Common Name Found 1 35891U 93036AUE 09265.45780470 .00000324 00000-0 52994-4 0 10 2 35891 074.0080 304.6261 0157976 129.6711 231.8500 14.67354617 5098 No Common Name Found 1 35892U 93036AUF 09265.40675697 .00018266 00000-0 80020-3 0 14 2 35892 074.0941 285.2660 0226580 135.1483 226.8498 15.01777096 4861 No Common Name Found 1 35893U 93036AUG 09265.53355925 .00000539 00000-0 22071-3 0 14 2 35893 073.6708 326.0603 0093061 302.5911 056.6322 14.27555596 4255 No Common Name Found 1 35894U 93036AUH 09265.74806030 .00002941 00000-0 30755-3 0 24 2 35894 074.0038 296.8757 0185133 133.6915 227.9630 14.78284206 4540 No Common Name Found 1 35895U 93036AUJ 09265.93101793 -.00000072 00000-0 -35116-4 0 22 2 35895 074.0549 359.2324 0242153 021.7303 339.3904 13.84365782 3980 No Common Name Found 1 35896U 93036AUK 09265.50829234 .00001239 00000-0 33581-3 0 19 2 35896 073.9721 317.5105 0050502 157.4841 202.8966 14.48003598 21688 No Common Name Found 1 35897U 93036AUL 09265.44841871 .00000476 00000-0 59392-4 0 15 2 35897 073.9733 298.9594 0182102 148.4160 212.7995 14.74619073 10604 No Common Name Found 1 35898U 93036AUM 09265.45560234 .00000301 00000-0 58565-4 0 16 2 35898 074.0084 308.6511 0141374 123.8185 237.6540 14.61544262 10081 No Common Name Found 1 35899U 93036AUN 09264.47989842 .00002103 00000-0 43177-3 0 12 2 35899 074.0263 313.3338 0095689 151.7371 208.9059 14.58454216 3763 -- 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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contest??
by w7lrd＠comcast.net 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

Just a thought coming from the North West. There are lots of short VHF/UHF sprint type contests. They may only last a few hours. Have "we" considered a similar sprint type contest where the exchange would be your grid square and your AMSAT member number. No AMSAT number? Maybe you should get one. Most of the exchanges on AO-51 are contest like already. The winning prize would be a attaboy. Going back in my corner now. 73 Bob W7LRD

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VUCC Award XE1AO and WA5KBH
by John Papay 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

Congratulations to Omar, XE1AO, for achieving Satellite VUCC #182 and to George, WA5KHB, for confirming 225 Grids for his VUCC! Both are recognized in the October, 2009, issue of QST on page 94. Also Jerry, VE6AB, is shown with his "CJU" antenna on page 76. Plans for this simple antenna were in February QST. This antenna is also used by Rob, KD4ZGW/M, our over-the-road truck driver, who has handed out many rare grids during his travels across the United States. If you are just getting into satellites and are not hearing the birds very well, the CJU antenna may be just the ticket to making your first contact. 73, John K8YSE

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Need help selling KPC-9612 Plus 512K
by Peter Sils 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

I am in need of help trying to sell my Kantronics KPC-9612 Plus with 512K. I did not receive any interest asking $295 shipped. Is my price too high? I would truly appreciate any insight and direction. TNX in advance! 73 Peter KD0AA

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ITUpSat1 and SwissCube Frequencies
by Jason Anderson 23 Sep '09

23 Sep '09

We've had some requests to share our listening setup for the satellites we heard. SwissCube-1: 437.505 BeeSat: 436.000 UWE-2: 437.385 ITUpSat1: 437.325 We were doing manual Doppler correction and searching around the above frequencies. We used the TLE's found in the Sept 22nd posting on ISIS's blog http://blog.isilaunch.com/ although I believe they now have objects numbers from Norad which might be more accurate. Happy Tracking. - Jason Anderson, KI6GIV

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