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Re: [eu-amsat] HO-68 trasatlantic pass
by Luc Leblanc 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '10

Date sent: Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:39:54 -0500 From: Luc Leblanc <lucleblanc6(a)videotron.ca> Subject: [eu-amsat] HO-68 trasatlantic pass To: eu-amsat(a)yahoogroups.com Send reply to: no_reply(a)yahoogroups.com Priority: normal > > The footprint of this pass will cover NA-Europe at the beginning of the pass. France. Spain UK and Scandinavia will be in range from here > (FN36) > > 07 Jan. 2010 > HO-68 FM and Digital Transponder > 14:10...Turn On UTC > Europe,NA,North Pole,South America > 14:40...Turn Off UTC > "-" Signal from HO-68 peak at S9+40 and i was able to work OZ1MY Ib from Denmark and Yoshio from Tegucigalpa Honduras and yes Packet can be present with phone but mode are not helping each other > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To reply to this message, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eu-amsat/post?act=reply&messageNum=3096 > Please do not reply to this message via email. More information here: > http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/messages/messages-23.html > > <*> Your email settings: > Individual Email | Traditional > > <*> To change settings online go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eu-amsat/join > (Yahoo! ID required) > > <*> To change settings via email: > eu-amsat-digest(a)yahoogroups.com > eu-amsat-fullfeatured(a)yahoogroups.com > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eu-amsat/ > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > eu-amsat-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe DSTAR urcall VE2DWE WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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HO-68 BBS upload!!
by Mineo Wakita 08 Jan '10

08 Jan '10

I succeeded in upload a file into BBS using WiSP, the file number was 'CB'. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/xw1_digi.htm#bottom JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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WD9EWK @ Glendale AZ hamfest, Saturday (9 January)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 07 Jan '10

07 Jan '10

Hi! I will have an AMSAT table at the ThunderBird Amateur Radio Club's WestFest hamfest in Glendale, Arizona, on Saturday 9 January 2010. The hamfest will be in the Activity Center on the Thunderbird School of Global Management campus, from 0700 to 1200 local time (1400-1900 UTC). More information about the hamfest, including a link to a map showing the hamfest site, is available at: http://www.w7tbc.org/Westfest.html WD9EWK will be on the air with demonstrations using a variety of satellites throughout the morning. The tentative schedule, with all times in UTC, is as follows: 1301-1315 UTC - AO-51 1441-1452 UTC - AO-51 1553-1604 UTC - VO-52 1632-1644 UTC - SO-67 1729-1741 UTC - VO-52 1759-1812 UTC - SO-50 The first AO-51 pass takes place before the hamfest officially opens, but I will be on the air from there with whatever audience happens to be around the hamfest site at that hour (possibly others setting up their tables/booths inside the building. The hamfest site is in grid DM33vo. Thanks, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Re: ARRL Sat Article
by Greg D. 07 Jan '10

07 Jan '10

Great article! But a question that has always nagged me... Perhaps someone on the BB knows the answer? I understand that the early Oscars got their ride into space by replacing a piece of concrete (or similar dead weight material) with our satellite. That's why they have the shape that they do (looking like a segment of a ring). But what about the antenna? Was it deployed after launch, or did it ride into space already sticking out the side? An on-orbit deploy would have been excessively complicated for that era (it's even difficult today!), but I can't see something like that surviving launch intact, either. Anybody know? Greg KO6TH > Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:07:25 +0000 > From: m5aka(a)yahoo.co.uk > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] ARRL Sat Article > > http://www.arrl.org/news/features/2009/12/30/11270/?nc=1 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141665/direct/01/

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Thanks
by w3vvp 07 Jan '10

07 Jan '10

Thanks to all who replied to my request for help on HO-68. Don't know of any one in 50 mile circle who ia into satellities,so no one around to ask questions or compare notes. Thanks to all again George

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The Brave AO-51
by ps8rf Piraja 07 Jan '10

07 Jan '10

Hello All, A few months ago, I had stopped working the AO-51, why I could not listen me on the downlink. I was a little frustrated because I can't heard me via AO-51. I thought it was because of software problems and changes to the settings of the satellite. There are 4 days ago, I discovered that the problem was in one of the cables from my UHF antenna. That would not let me listening to the stations that called via AO-51. In these last four days in several orbits I was able to keep QSO with our friend Hugo - EA8HB in Las Palmas Island with strong signals. And today in orbit 29,028, at 21:11 UTC, I heard the N1EL calling me, which is 3.466.9 miles of my station. I see that the AO-51 continues "brave" in the space. Congratulations to the AO-51 Control Team by incessant work. 73' from Brazil Piraja, PS8RF _________________________________________________________________ Com o Windows 7 nenhum arquivo vai se esconder de você. Clique para conhecer ! http://www.microsoft.com/brasil/windows7/default.html?WT.mc_id=1539

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REALY Old ...
by Clint Bradford 07 Jan '10

07 Jan '10

Want to see something old? Check out what the Hubble program just released - shots taken last August that show galaxies between 12.9 and 13.1 billion years old. Considering the universe is probably about 13.5 to 14 billion years old, this is incredible. (Insert your own "old age" joke here.) http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2010/02/ Hubble used the newly installed Wide Field Camera 3, which allows it to see near-infrared wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum. This allowed the telescope to observe light from the very beginnings of the universe.This is because the expansion of the universe distorts the ultraviolet and visible light from these galaxies over the course of their unimaginably long journey, pushing them into near-infrared wavelengths. These are some of the final images the Hubble will send back, as it's being replaced by the James Webb Telescope in 2014. Which is both sad an exciting, as the Hubble has shown us so much of the universe but the Webb will show us even more. Clint

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Re: probably simple
by Dave Guimont 07 Jan '10

07 Jan '10

At 12:44 PM 1/6/2010, you wrote: >Happy New Year all This is probably simple, >however, I need a quick and simple way of >determining my uplink frequency given a specific downlink frequency.Â Hi Bob, Use SATPC 32....once set for AO7 it will be within your rit knob in seconds.... 73, Dave, WB6LLO dguimon1(a)san.rr.com Disagree: I learn.... Pulling for P3E...

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AMSAT Awards
by Bruce 06 Jan '10

06 Jan '10

I hope everyone had a pleasant holiday season. Here at the AMSAT Awards Headquarters we have a few awards to announce. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Luis Benvenutty, WP4NYY Anotnio Barbieri, I0JOW The following have earned the South Africa Communications Achievement Award. Neven Nrdljas, 9A5YY #US140 Kent Frazier, K5KNT #US141 The following have earned the W4AMI Achievement Award (for 1000 contacts) David Webb, KB1PVH #59 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 0200z 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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XW-1 telemetry
by Mike Rupprecht 06 Jan '10

06 Jan '10

Dear Alan, some telemetry from today - Jan 05, 2010 21:35 UTC Lineartransponder ON BJ1SA XW XW TTT TTA AU4 TTT ETT UET VVU 6TT E4T U4U ETT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW TTT TTA AU4 TTT ETT U4D VUD BET EET U4U ETT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW TTT TTA AU4 TTT ETT U4D VU4 BTT EET U4U ETT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW TTT TTA AU4 ATA ETT U4D VUT 4EV E4T U4U ETT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW TTT TTA AU4 TTT ETT U4D VVD 4DV EVT U4U ETT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW TTT TTA AU4 TTT ETT U4D VV6 BET E6T U4U ETT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW TTT TTA AUE TTT ETT U46 VVU 6E6 EET U4U ETT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW TTT TTA AUE TTT ETT U4D VVU 6AT EET U4U ETT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW TTT TTA AUE TTT ETT U46 VAD BET EET U4U ETT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW TTT TTA AUE TTT ETT UET VUU 4NV EET U4U ETT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW TTT TTA AUE TTT ETT UET VA6 E4T E4T U4U ETT TTT TTT XW XW PA Output RF Switch Status : PA1 Works (Transponder and Beacon) Transponder Working Status : Beacon and Linear Transponder Transponder Temperature : 24 C Beacon RF Output Power : 0 mW Beacon Power Supply Volts : 5 V Receiver Power Supply Curr : 250 mA Linear Transponder ACG Volts : 3.32 V Transponder RF Output Power : 1800 mW Transponder PA Curr : 540 mA Linear Transponder Up Conv : 242 mA Linear Transponder Volts : 5 V FM Dig S/F Transponder Curr : 0 mA FM Dig S/F Transponder Volts : 0 V 18:50 UTC BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AUU ATT ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AUU ATT ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AUU AVT ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AUU AAE ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AUU TNT ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW EAA TTT AUU TBE ETT TTT TIT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AUU A4T ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AUU TNT ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AUU T6E ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AUU AUT ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AUU TNT ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AUU TBT ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW PA Output RF Switch Status : PA2 Works (Beacon only) Transponder Working Status : Beacon only Transponder Temperature : 22 C Beacon RF Output Power : 100 mW Beacon Power Supply Volts : 5 V Receiver Power Supply Curr : 0 mA Linear Transponder ACG Volts : 0 V Transponder RF Output Power : 0 mW Transponder PA Curr : 0 mA Linear Transponder Up Conv : 0 mA Linear Transponder Volts : 0 V FM Dig S/F Transponder Curr : 0 mA FM Dig S/F Transponder Volts : 0 V 73, Mike DK3WN

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