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HO68 2:00 UTC
by PY5LF 13 Jan '10

13 Jan '10

Ni hao Alan You had posted this schedule for HO68 ; 14 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 02:00...Turn On South America,NA,North Pole,North Asia 02:40...Turn Off But I think there are type error and instead 14 JAN , must be 15 JAN. I just tried to heard the sat but I had heard only telemetry. I'm right or not ? 73 PY5LF LUCIANO FABRICIO CURITIBA-PR-BRAZIL GG54JM <http://www.qrz.com/db/py5lf> http://www.qrz.com/db/py5lf <http://www.falautomation.com.br/> www.falautomation.com.br

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HO-68 Schedule Jan 10-17
by Alan Kung 13 Jan '10

13 Jan '10

10 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 16:25...Turn On India,Middle East Asia, Europe, NA 17:10...Turn Off 10 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 21:55...Turn On South Africa,Europe,NA,North Pole,North Asia 22:40...Turn Off 11 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 10:20...Turn On Australia,South Pole, New Zealand, East Asia, North Asia,Europe,North Pole 11:05...Turn Off 11 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 12:28...Turn On Australia,South Asia,East Asia,North Asia 12:42...Turn Off 11 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 19:35...Turn On South Africa,Europe,NA,North Pole,North Asia 20:20...Turn Off 12 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 01:00...Turn On South America,NA,North Asia 01:45...Turn Off 12 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 11:50...Turn On South Pole, Australia,New Zealand,South Asia 12:10...Turn Off 12 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 13:57...Turn On Australia,South Asia,East Asia, North Asia 14:12...Turn Off 12 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 19:205...Turn On South America,NA,North Asia 20:05...Turn Off 13 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 02:35...Turn On South America,NA,North Pole,North Asia 03:14...Turn Off 13 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 11:35...Turn On South Pole,Australia, New Zealand,East Asia 11:58...Turn Off 13 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 13:40...Turn On Australia,South Asia,Est Asia, 13:55...Turn Off 13 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 17:25...Turn On East Africa,Middle East Asia,Europe,NA 18:10...Turn Off 13 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 22:55...Turn On Europe,NA,North Pole,North Asia,East Asia 23:40...Turn Off 14 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 11:15...Turn On South Pole,Australia, New Zealand 11:34...Turn Off 14 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 11:40...Turn On South Asia,East Asia,North Asia 11:50...Turn Off 14 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 20:35...Turn On South Africa,Europe,NA,North Pole,North Asia 21:20...Turn Off 14 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 02:00...Turn On South America,NA,North Pole,North Asia 02:40...Turn Off 15 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 13:07...Turn On Oceania,South Asia,East Asia,North Asia 13:23...Turn Off 15 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 14:40...Turn On Oceania,South Asia,Middle Asia,Europe,North Pole 15:25...Turn Off 15 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 20:15...Turn On South Africa,Middle East Asia,Europe,NA,North Pole, North As 21:00...Turn Off 15 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 22:20...Turn On North Africa,Europe,North Pole,NA,North Asia, East Asia 23:05...Turn Off 16 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 10:50...Turn On South Pole,Oceania,East Asia, North Asia, Europe,North Pole 11:35...Turn Off 16 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 12:54...Turn On Oceania,South Asia,East Asia,North Asia 13:09...Turn Off 16 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 18:25...Turn On India,Middle East Asia, Europe, NA 19:10...Turn Off 16 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 22:05...Turn On West Africa,East South America,Europe,NA, North Pole,North Asia 22:50...Turn Off 17 Jan. 2010 HO-68 Linear Tansponder 00:10...Turn On South Pole,Australia,New Zealand,East Asia,North Asia 00:55...Turn Off 17 Jan. 2010 HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder 02:15...Turn On North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:31...Turn Off 73 Alan Kung, BA1DU HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager www.camsat.cn

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FW: SO-67 schedule
by Gladys Magagula 13 Jan '10

13 Jan '10

Australia/NZ 14/1 21:21 15/1 00:32 Southern Africa 14/1 08:41 16/1 06:27 17/1 06:06 North America 13/1 21:19 14/1 14:47 14/1 19:25 15/1 12:50 15/1 16:00 15/1 20:39 16/1 15:40 exUSSR 15/1 4:57 17/1 5:38 South Asia/India 14/1 2:23:58 14/1 3:57:38 15/1 3:37:06 17/1 2:55:58 Japan 16/1 01:29 16/1 23/33 Europe 14/1 08:24 15/1 08:04 16/1 07:43 16/1 09:17 16/1 10:51 South America 14/1 10:20 15/1 11:33 15/1 13:10 16/1 11:12 16/1 12/47 Regards, Gladys E-mail Disclaimer http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm

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SO-67 schedule
by Gladys Magagula 13 Jan '10

13 Jan '10

Australia/NZ 14/1 21:21 15/1 00:32 Southern Africa 14/1 08:41 16/1 06:27 17/1 06:06 North America 13/1 21:19 14/1 14:47 14/1 19:25 15/1 12:50 15/1 16:00 15/1 20:39 16/1 15:40 exUSSR 15/1 4:57 17/1 5:38 South Asia/India 14/1 2:23:58 14/1 3:57:38 15/1 3:37:06 17/1 2:55:58 Japan 16/1 01:29 16/1 23/33 Europe 14/1 08:24 15/1 08:04 16/1 07:43 16/1 09:17 16/1 10:51 South America 14/1 10:20 15/1 11:33 15/1 13:10 16/1 11:12 16/1 12/47 Regards, Gladys E-mail Disclaimer http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm

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SO-67 schedule
by Gladys Magagula 12 Jan '10

12 Jan '10

Here are the schedules for tonight and tomorrow morning. The rest will be published tomorrow. exUSSR 13/1 5:38 South Asia 13/1 02:44:34 13/1 04:18:08 Australia/NZ 12/1 22:03 USA/Canada 12/1 23:13 13/1 11:55 13/1 15:08 Europe 13/1 08:45 South America 13/1 10:41 13/1 12:14 E-mail Disclaimer http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm

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Request for Elmer
by Peter 12 Jan '10

12 Jan '10

Myles, I would be happy you help you in your satellite setup and answer your questions, please send me an e-mail WB2OQQ(a)AMSAT.org and we can arrange a time to talk. 73, Pete, WB2OQQ AMSAT NY Area Coordinator

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AO-51 and Wisp
by Robert 12 Jan '10

12 Jan '10

Hi! I am able to recv a good amount of data from AO-51 utilizing the AO-51 tlm program. Unfortunately, I am not able to collect any data thru wisp. I'm pretty sure I have the app setup correctly but never see any messages show up. Had better success years ago with AO-16 and running PB. Is there a way to get data into the program to check it operation rather then wait for passes? I notice from the data I see utilizing TLM that I see a string PB-list empty does this mean there are no messages ? Appreciate any feedback but a pointer to more wisp help aside from mineo's site would be appreciated. Cheers BOB K0TZ

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FT817 and SatPc32
by Howard Kowall 12 Jan '10

12 Jan '10

Hello to all I am running SatPc32 ver 12.8a and a FT817ND(vhf) and a FT897D(uhf) It all works fine until I go to Sat HO-68,every time I go to that ast it shuts off my FT817nd Has anyone else had this problem Its almost like it is getting the cat command to shut off Below is my doppler settings from the sqf file that iI have put in. HO-68,435765,145925,USB,LSB,REV,0,0,Xponder HO-68,435675,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Rptr HO-68,435790,145910,USB,LSB.REV,0,0,CWbcn Thanx to all Howard VE4ISP

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SatPC32 and CAT control
by n1jez＠burlingtontelecom.net 12 Jan '10

12 Jan '10

I have a weird one. I'm trying to help another ham out. He has an FT-847 running SatPC32. He's trying to get Doppler correction working. SatPC32ISS works fine. The radio tunes as it should. SatPC32 does not tune. When he hits C+, the radio will go into Sat mode and preset the freqs, but when the satellite is in view, the radio doesn't tune. He can manually tune the radio with the up/dwn button on screen. Ideas? 73, Mike, N1JEZ AMSAT 29649 "A closed mouth gathers no feet"

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WD9EWK at Glendale AZ "WestFest" - report
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 11 Jan '10

11 Jan '10

Hi! Sorry for the delay in posting this report. Between fighting off a cold and spending much of the weekend at work, I am getting caught up with things like this. The WestFest hamfest in Glendale AZ, a west-side suburb of Phoenix, is the only indoor hamfest in the Phoenix area. Ever since it became an indoor event, it has been popular. The ThunderBird Amateur Radio Club, sponsor of this hamfest, has been gracious in providing a free space for AMSAT at their hamfests for the past few years. I have done presentations and demonstrations at 3 different club meetings over the past 3 years, so I looked forward to the hamfest on Saturday morning. I was still setting up my table when the first AO-51 pass came by in the 1300 UTC hour, and I was talking to a bunch of hams through the second AO-51 pass. I did go outside and work the first VO-52 pass to the east around 1600 UTC. I heard WA4HFN in Tennessee clearly, but he had issues hearing my callsign. Jim KE4KOL also worked me on that pass, where I had my FT-817s in a duffel bag to illustrate the portable nature of my gear. I was outside for an SO-67 pass after this, but nothing was heard. I thought that there might have been an issue with my setup, until I saw KD5QGR's status page and AA5PK's report that he also didn't hear the satellite. So I went outside to work the SO-50 pass around 1800 UTC, near the end of the hamfest. This was the most productive pass, and thanks to all the stations that called me. I have to tell a quick story... Norm WV7K, a local ham who used to be very active on the satellites, stopped by my table at the hamfest in Mesa AZ last month with his son David. David got his license a few months ago (KF7DRQ), and appeared to be interested in satellites. Norm still has lots of his satellite gear, but they both were interested in my demonstrations. We talked a bit at that hamfest, and I gave them copies of a flyer to get started on the FM satellites. Fast forward a few weeks to last Saturday, and they were both at this hamfest. David had an HT, and needed an antenna to try the satellites. A vendor had Arrow antennas, and Norm had a diplexer at home that could be used with the dual-band Yagi. They bought the Yagi, saw my SO-50 demonstration at 1800 UTC, and a few hours later David made his first satellite QSO using his HT and new Yagi on AO-51 with K4YYL in South Carolina. I apologize if anyone was looking for me on the passes I did not show up on. Even with trying for 3 passes and working 2 of them, the demonstrations were well received. The SO-67 pass where we heard no downlink signals was also a good time with lots of questions and answers for the crowd that followed me outside. As always, thanks to all who called me during those other two passes, especially mentioning your location along with your callsigns and grids to better illustrate the coverage of these satellites. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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