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WD9EWK & K8YSE @ EN51/EN52/EN61/EN62 in 15 min
by Patrick STODDARD 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

Hi! John K8YSE and I will be on the upcoming SO50 pass at 1402 UTC from the EN51/EN52/EN61/EN62 intersection southwest of the AMSAT Symposium. One pass only, then back to the hotel. Photos for VUCC validation have been taken by both of us. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Corrected passes for demo
by Bob Herrell 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

Hi all, This Saturday Jason (N5NBJ) and I will be conducting a Satellite Demo for the Northwest Arkansas UHF Group in Springdale, AR. EM26 We will be using the callsign N5NBJ. Hope to be able to work the following passes: SO-50 Sat 16:13Z HO-68 Sat 17:44Z SO-50 Sat 17:55Z (Might be too low) AO-27 Sat 18:06Z ( Might be too low) AO-27 Sat 19:43Z We will be using an Arrow & FT-817ND, plus TH- D7A & Elk Will also have the IC-910H on display, hooked to my laptop running Windows 7 and SatPC32. Hope to work you during the demo. 73, Bob Herrell, AJ5C AMSAT # 36645

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2M1EUB/P QRV SCOTLAND
by paul robinson 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

Hi group just a reminder im qrv from this weekend for 14 days in scotland,the first 7 days at my normal qth then the last 7 days from the north west coast,should be interesting from the new grid sq,...qrz for latest info 2m1eub........73 de paul 2E1EUB

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Top 100 Photographs
by Clint Bradford 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

The European Southern Observatory is a veritable factory of mind-blowing space photos, and now they've compiled their top 100 images ever all in one place. You could win a trip to the observatory in Chile by finding more treasures in the photo archive. Here are some of Wired Magazine's favorites for inspiration. http://t.co/m6SHxEj

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thanks for AO-51 & FO-29 QSOs today!
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

Hi! Thanks for all the QSOs on AO-51 and FO-29 this afternoon/evening, from the parking lot of the Holiday Inn hosting this year's AMSAT Symposium here in the Chicago area (grid EN62aa). With 15 QSOs on the AO-51 pass at 2235 UTC, and 5 more on the FO-29 pass around 2330 UTC, it was a great way to enjoy the nice weather outside the hotel. Thanks to W4DFU for showing up on both of these passes, as part of the College Satellite Night. For both of these passes, I had audiences - something I had not planned on. I'm not operating as an "official station" for the Symposium, but as an opportunity to work from yet another different location. I had an audience of 1 for the AO-51 pass (Mark N8MH wandered out to see what I was doing), then a larger audience when I was on FO-29. I'm sorry I didn't note the names and calls of everyone who was outside for the later pass. Along with John K8YSE, the rest of the crowd were hams from the Chicago area - most of whom John and I followed to a nearby restaurant for dinner after that pass. Photos were taken, so they may surface at some point. :-) I'm looking forward to the official start of the Symposium tomorrow afternoon. I plan on working a few more passes between now and Sunday morning, and then more activity once the Symposium closes before returning home Monday evening. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - Elk Grove Village, Illinois http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Satellite Demo from NW Arkansas (EM26)
by Bob Herrell 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

Hi all, This Saturday I and Jason (N5NBJ) will be conducting a Satellite Demo for the Northwest Arkansas UHF Group in Springdale, AR. EM26 We will be using the callsign N5NBJ. Hope to be able to work the following passes: HO-68 Sat 15:56 SO-50 Sat 16:13 HO-68 Sat 17:44 SO-50 Sat 17:55 AO-27 Sat 18:06 ( Might be too low) AO-27 Sat 19:43 We will be using an Arrow & FT-817ND, plus TM- D7A & Elk. Will also have the IC-910H on display, hooked to my laptop running Windows 7 and SatPC32. Hope to work you during the demo. 73, Bob Herrell, AJ5C AMSAT # 36645 PS - My OSCAR VUCC is at ARRL along with OSCAR WAS.

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Sebastian Mohr
by Aj9n 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

http://www.japesca.com.br/net.php

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HO-68 Schedule 10-17 Oct 2010
by Alan Kung 08 Oct '10

08 Oct '10

UTC: 10 Oct 2010 ================================ 17:00...Turn On--CW/SSB India, Africa, Middle East, Europe,NA 17:45...Turn Off 18:50...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Europe,Middle East,NA 19:35...Turn Off 20:15...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Europe,Middle East,NA 21:00...Turn Off 22:55...Turn On--CW/SSB South America,NA,North Asia 23:40...Turn Off 11 Oct 2010 ================================ 02:35...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:50...Turn Off 13:30...Turn On--CW/SSB NA,South America 14:15...Turn Off 16:40...Turn On--CW/SSB India, Africa, Middle East, Europe,NA 17:25...Turn Off 18:35...Turn On--CW/SSB NA,East Asia,Oceania 19:20...Turn Off 22:35...Turn On--CW/SSB NA,North Asia,East Asia, Oceania 23:20...Turn Off 12 Oct 2010 ================================ 02:20...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia, East Asia,South Asia 02:35...Turn Off 10:35...Turn On--CW/SSB Oceania,Asia,Europe 11:20...Turn Off 13:15...Turn On--CW/SSB NA, South America 14:00...Turn Off 16:25...Turn On--CW/SSB India,Middle East,Europe,NA 17:10...Turn Off 18:15...Turn On--CW/SSB India,Middle East,Europe,NA 19:00...Turn Off 19:40...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Europe,NA 20:25...Turn Off 13 Octp 2010 ================================= 00:10...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia,East Asia,South Asia Oceania 00:55...Turn Off 02:00...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:15...Turn Off 13:00...Turn On--CW/SSB Europe,NA,South America 13:45...Turn Off 16:10...Turn On--CW/SSB India, Africa,Europe,NA South America 16:55...Turn Off 18:00...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Middle East,Europe,NA 18:45...Turn Off 19:25...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Middle East,Europe,NA 20:10...Turn Off 14 Oct 2010 ================================= 23:50...Turn On--CW/SSB NA,North Asia,East Asia,Oceania 00:35...Turn Off 01:45...Turn On--CW/SSB Asia,Oceania 02:00...Turn Off 12:40...Turn On--CW/SSB Europe,NA,South America 13:25...Turn Off 16:00...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,India,Middle East Europe,NA 16:45...Turn Off 17:45...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Europe,NA 18:30...Turn Off 19:10...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Europe,NA 19:55...Turn Off 15 Oct 2010 ================================ 23:35...Turn On--CW/SSB Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 00:20...Turn Off 01:25...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 01:40...Turn Off 12:25...Turn On--CW/SSB Europe, NA,South America 13:10...Turn Off 17:20...Turn On--FM India,Africa,Europe,NA 18:05...Turn Off 19:15...Turn On--FM India,Africa,Europe,NA 20:00...Turn Off 20:40...Turn On--FM Africa,Europe,NA 21:25...Turn Off 23:15...Turn On--FM South America,NA,North Asia 00:00...Turn Off 16 Oct 2010 ================================ 01:10...Turn On--FM North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 01:25...Turn Off 02:55...Turn On--FM North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 03:10...Turn Off 13:55...Turn On--FM Europe, NA,South America 14:40...Turn Off 17:05...Turn On--FM Africa,Europe,NA 17:50...Turn Off 18:55...Turn On--FM India,Africa,Europe,NA 19:40...Turn Off 20:25...Turn On--FM Africa,Europe,NA 21:10...Turn Off 23:00...Turn On--FM North Asia,East Asia, South Asia,Oceania 23:45...Turn Off 17 Oct 2010 ================================ 02:40...Turn On--FM North Asia,East Asia,South Asia Oceania 02:55...Turn Off 13:40...Turn On--FM Europe,NA,South America 14:25...Turn Off 16:50...Turn On--FM Africa,Europe,NA 17:35...Turn Off 18:40...Turn On--FM India,Africa,Europe,NA 19:25...Turn Off 20:05...Turn On--FM Africa,Europe,NA 20:45...Turn Off 22:45...Turn On--FM North Asia,East Asia, South Asia,Oceania 73 Alan Kung, BA1DU HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager www.camsat.cn

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WD9EWK on AO51 & FO29 from Symposium this afternoon
by Patrick STODDARD 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

Hello from Chicagoland! I arrived at the AMSAT Symposium an hour or so ago, and will be here through Sunday morning. Until the Symposium wraps up, I will work selected passes. For this afternoon, WD9EWK will be on the following passes: AO51, 2235-2249 UTC FO29, 2327-2344 UTC The Symposium site is in grid EN62aa. Great weather here, and the AMSAT Board meeting that's going on now has been interesting so far. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - Elk Grove Village, Illinois http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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HO-68 FM live audiostream also on today (Oct 7th)
by PA3GUO 07 Oct '10

07 Oct '10

Also today (Oct 7) the HO-68 FM live audio stream will be running all day: http://www.pa3guo.com/webradio.html You will hear noise when the satellite is not overhead my station (JO21RJ, Netherlands, Europe). Last night there was quite some (very disciplined) activity with many countries present. Henk, PA3GUO The Netherlands

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