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

AO-7 N. Europe
by Bob- W7LRD 24 Nov '10

24 Nov '10

I will have a 3-4 minute footprint into N. Europe next pass at 1858Z. Check your tracking program to CN87, maybe we can make it happen! Around 145.951 +/- a little. 73 Bob -W7LRD Seattle- CN87

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New birds
by Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF 24 Nov '10

24 Nov '10

It surpprises me that, 4 days after launch, Space Track appears to not have keps for the bird despite having given it (and the other payload components) int.designators on Sunday. We usually get keps first and designators/names some days later. -- Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937 825 5032 Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF 9H3GN), 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, EAA382.

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OREOS
by Roland Zurmely 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Signal from OREOS over Brasil, orbit#28, on 437.305 MHz: KF6JBP/TELEM>UNDEF>UI,C,F0: OOREOS.org D8453701BE000103020E031900160012040D5F094300204B46 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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Office Closed
by Martha 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

The AMSAT Office will be closed from Wednesday, November 24th through Monday, November 29th. I will be at Long Beach Island celebrating Thanksgiving with my family minus one. My husband, John, N4QQ will be in operating radio in Curacao ! -- 73- MarthaQQ

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KB5WIA DM17 / DM16 Grid Xpeditions
by Mike and Paula Herr 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

KB5WIA is in DM17 and looking for contacts! Dave expect to be in DM17 tonight (22November) and tomorrow (23November) till about noon then will be moving to DM16. He is active on both the FM an linear birds. Give him a shout! Go to his QRZ.com site for info as to where he is via Spot. 73 Mike WA6ARA

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Listening For OSCAR 51 ?
by Peter Moscatt 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

Ok..... I see that there are a couple of frequencies I can listen on for AO-51. Which one of these two is the most common? Mode V/U (J) FM Voice Repeater (QRP): Uplink: 145.8800 MHz FM Downlink 435.1500 MHz FM Mode V/U (J) FM Voice Repeater: Uplink: 145.9200 MHz FM Downlink 435.3000 MHz FM Pete VK4CCV

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Verticals on FM sats
by John Geiger 23 Nov '10

23 Nov '10

I apologize if this topic has been covered recently, but I am asking again. I am in the middle of redoing antennas, and am looking to keep something up for the FM satellites. How well will a 1/4 wave dualband groundplane work on the satellites? I remember reading a review in QST in the past year or so about a dualband J pole,and the reviewer said he got into AO27 and AO51 just fine. What can I expect out of a 1/4 wave antenna? 73s John AA5JG

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Space-X Gets Licence For Spacecraft Re-entry
by B J 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2010/nov/10-298_NASA_Statements.html http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/002/101122license/ The next launch is still scheduled for early next month. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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Updated TLEs to track FASTRAC, Nov 22, 2010!
by Sebastian Muñoz 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

All, Below are a new set of TLEs to track the FASTRAC satellites, please let us know if you track them as the previous ones were leading the satellites: FASTRAC 1 90025U 0 10326.13951925 +.00000264 +00000-0 +45941-4 0 00117 2 90025 071.9712 135.6738 0018042 303.2380 056.7051 14.76371385000304 Thanks, 73, Sebastian (KE5FKV) FASTRAC Student Program Manager -- Sebastian Muñoz Toro Graduate Research Assistant The University of Texas at Austin Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Satellite Design Laboratory email: sebastian_munoz(a)mail.utexas.edu phone: +1 (512) 471-5144 cell: +1 (512) 825-3857

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Re: The Easy SATs?
by Clint Bradford 22 Nov '10

22 Nov '10

>> ... a brief list of Sats to initially target that are pretty easy to get into ... Complete info for working the easy FM birds is at ... http://www.work-sat.com >> ... I have a FT847 ... Turn the power way down ... (grin) >> ... and use 2M 70CM antennas (vertical) ... Not as much "easily aim-able" gain there than a little ole handheld Yagi or beam! We are talking really weak signals from 500+ miles away ... A handheld Yagi is going to probably out-perform the verticals! Clint Bradford, K6LCS

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