January 2010 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Fullerton, CA Presentation 01/20/10
by Clint Bradford 10 Jan '10

10 Jan '10

AMSAT area coordinator Clint Bradford, K6LCS, will be presenting his "Working Amateur Satellites With Your HT" multimedia session at the January 20, 2010 meeting of the Fullerton Radio Club. All are welcome to attend. "Tentatively, we'll have a workable pass of AO-51 at 5:12PM that evening," Clint reports. "If you would like to show up early, I'll be working the satellite from the Ruby's Diner parking lot ... " - which is where the club informally meets before the 7PM meeting. Wednesday, January 20, 2010 5:15PM - dinner before the meeting Ruby's Diner 1301 S. Harbor Blvd. Fullerton, CA 92832 7:00PM - FRC Club Meeting Fullerton Senior Center 340 West Commonwealth Avenue Fullerton, CA 92832-1711 Attendees should download Clint's four-page tutorial and radio programming matrix before the meeting from ... http://www.work-sat.com And Clint welcomes pre-presentation questions - call him at 909-241-7666, or send email to clint(a)clintbradford.com If you'd like this lively, hour-long presentation to be held at your club or organization - just contact Clint. /end/

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Delfi-C3 update January 10 2010
by wouter weggelaar 10 Jan '10

10 Jan '10

Hi all, Recently, we have released an updated version of the RASCAL software for the reception of Delfi-C3 (DO-64) telemetry. You can grab a copy at http://www.delfic3.nl/rascal If you already have RASCAL installed, you can use the upgrade package. The upgrade package leaves all your settings intact. Improvements: - Current & voltage of reference diodes added. This is a measure for the solar intensity received on the solar panels. These diode outputs correlate with the output of the TFSC measurements, and can be found in the IV-curves window (Options -> Show IV Curves) - AWSS data presence indicators added. These indicators light up green if data from the sun sensors (AWSS) is received, and in which quadrant there is data. The AWSS data presence indicators can be found in the lower right corner of the RASCAL main screen. In the mean time, Delfi-C3 is still in good health and performing fine in science mode. The total number of frames as of today is 849670 (approx. 121.5 MB) and the number of registered users is now at 335. Many people are submitting data on the guest account (RASCAL default). Delfi-C3 has been on orbit for 622 days and her second birthday is coming up on April 28th. There are no signs of considerable degradation in science mode, so everything is still healthy. Thank you for your continued support and efforts to receive and send in telemetry data. 73 and Happy new year on behalf of the Delfi-C3 / DO-64 team, Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG

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ANDE-2 (Castor) is back !
by Henk, PA3GUO 10 Jan '10

10 Jan '10

Since this news was not (yet) shared via this BB (as far as I am aware); We do hear since a few days one of the ANDE-2 satellites again: Castor (KD4HDO-1) transmits every 30 seconds an APRS telemetry beacon at ~145.827 MHz. For those with an accurate clock: at ~28 and ~58 seconds in each minute. .. yes, this is on the uplink of other satellites, including HO-68 (XW-1, Hope-1), interesting ! http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/raw.cgi?call=kd4hbo-1&start=100&time=1 http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?cat=38 (Mike's SatBlog) 73, Henk http://www.pa3guo.com

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Europe AO-7
by Bob- W7LRD 10 Jan '10

10 Jan '10

Hello At 2013Z I will will have a short footprint into Northern Europe from CN87wk. Downlink about 145.950 +/-. 73 Bob W7LRD Seattle, Wa.

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AO-51 returned to normal attitude
by Andrew Glasbrenner 10 Jan '10

10 Jan '10

Last night we repolarized the magnet on AO-51 to again favor the northern hemisphere. There may be some rapid fading as the nutation dampers do their job over the next few weeks. The command team appreciates all the reports and observations during this experiment. 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Operations

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Winter Project
by Douglas Anoman 10 Jan '10

10 Jan '10

I'm looking for a winter project can any one point me in the direction of a 2 meter tube amp nothing crazy about 25-50 out, 1-10 in. I have never used or played with a tube circuit so i thougt winter why not. Thanks 73 Thank You Douglas Anoman KC9MLN KC9MLN(a)AMSAT.ORG Amsat #37043

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AO-7 QSO between PS8RF and ZS2BK
by Pierre van Deventer 10 Jan '10

10 Jan '10

Congratulations to Piraja PS8RF and Andre ZS2BK for their world record breaking two way SSB QSO over 7,694 km. This is a mere 203 km short of the theoretical maximum of 7,907 km ?? Very well done on this great achievement !! 73, Pierre ZS6BB

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SO-67
by Luc Leblanc 10 Jan '10

10 Jan '10

SO-67 was not on at the schedule 1300Z pass over NA "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe DSTAR urcall VE2DWE WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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January SatMag - G3YJO
by Trevor . 10 Jan '10

10 Jan '10

The January edition of SatMag is now available and pages 37-42 have an interview with Martin Sweeting G3YJO of SSTL. Download January 2010 SatMag from http://www.satmagazine.com/2010/SatMag_Jan10.pdf 73 Trevor M5AKA Daily Amateur Radio news (Email/RSS): http://www.southgatearc.org/ Email Your News to: editot at southgatearc.org Or Upload Your News at: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news_1.htm ----

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Azimuth question
by Randy 10 Jan '10

10 Jan '10

Is azimuth base on true or magnetic north When lining up the antenna system for satellites? When I looked it up, says true north. Is that true for ALL satrellite tracking software? One website says 12 degrees 58 seconds West is the magnetic declination. So does that mean turn my antenna west by that amount from Magnetic north? Randy - N2CUA

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