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

K5VGU in EM67 ( and possibly EM68 ) on Thursday, 12/23/2010
by K5VGU Duane Vigue 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

I will be portable /4 for the last half of this week... Below is the list of passes that I anticipate working on Thursday, December 23, 2010. At this point, I will be working them from EM67, BUT may try to get up to EM68 for the last two. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2010 18:25Z SO-50 - SHALLOW PASS 19:04Z AO-27 - around 80 degree pass 20:05Z SO-50 - 50 degree pass 21:23Z AO-51 - 50 degree...depends on mode. Looks like it will be a rainy/sleety/snowy Christmas vacation for us, but I will try to get some QSOs in from these grids while I am there. I hope the weather and roads are decent enough for me to work some passes early next week from EM67 ( and maybe EM68 ), too. I will be traveling back to Alabama on Wednesday, December 29, 2010. I will try to give timely advanced notice via the bb when I am able to confirm other passes that I will work, etc. As always, if you need a QSL for the grids from which I work, please email me the details after the QSO and I will get a QSL out to you as soon as I can when I return home. Good luck and 73 to all! Duane, K5VGU Wetumpka, AL EM62wm ____________________________________________________________ Obama Urges Homeowners to Refinance If you owe under $729k you probably qualify for Obama's Refi Program http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL3231/4d10ce028cc68826943st02duc

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Re: Educating
by K5VGU Duane Vigue 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

I actually had someone start the explanation themselves for me one time...they were leaving the parking lot where my truck was all rigged up and they said, "Whatcha doing...tracking a bird?" I replied, "Well, sort of..." ____________________________________________________________ Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! http://www.netzero.net/freeemail?refcd=NZTAGOUT1FREM0210

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High Altitude Balloon and Satellite communication
by Wagner Sartori Junior 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Hello, I want to make a High Altitude Balloon and I want to make some questions to I don't loose my time learning and studying if satellite communication is not an option. I'm starting to study radio amateur from now, so I don't know almost anything. Sorry for that! Just simple questions that any of you can answer. 1) Will I be able to use a satellite for telemetry data from my balloon to a ground station? 2) It will be easier or cheaper to don't use satellite and just communicate directly to my ground station? The target altitude is 30km. My main fear is to loose my payload, so radio(maybe two radios for redundancy) is essential. I'll contact experienced people in Brazil regarding the radio things after project is ready. I'm just writing the project so I need this simple informations. I'll send GPS coordinates, altitude, speed, course information, two temperatures sensors, accelerometer/gyro, pressure informations. All text and simple things. I'm planning to send this data using APRS. Thanks, Wagner Sartori Junior

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HO-68 13:26 UTC.
by TERRY BROMLEY 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

Tnx Nick & Paul KB1RVT-N2BX great contact on HO)-68 guys thankyou. 73s Terry G1WPR

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Re: Malware
by Michael 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

I had the same problems try to get the HO birds schedule. My Mcaffee security software came up with a " caution " because some of the links have maleware. My guess its a 50/50 gamble I don't want to take ! Mike N8GBU

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help with dxkeeper
by Nick Pugh K5QXJ 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

When I try to use lotw from dxkeeper I get an error no sat name and this is even on non satellite contacts Any suggestions on how to fix it Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School

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OX/N0RC QSL Cards
by Reid Crowe 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

I'm finally getting around to getting all the QSL requests from OX/N0RC sent out. Sorry for the delay. 73, Reid N0RC

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Rotors
by Zachary Beougher 21 Dec '10

21 Dec '10

All, Is there any other good light duty rotor other than the Yaesu G-5500 that would work well for satellite work? I might like to consider getting one for some homemade antennas that I might use for a rover setup. Other than the rotor and a computer, what do I need to be able to get the thing to track the birds. I know I obviously need a tracking program like SatPC32, Orbitron, HRD – Are any of those better than another? Sorry for the “amateur” questions – I have never done anything with rotors – just the Arrow/HT and standing out in the cold freezing combination. ;-) 73! Zack KD8KSN

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no signals from RAX-1 heard
by Mike Rupprecht 20 Dec '10

20 Dec '10

All, nothing heard from RAX this morning over Europe . :-( 73, Mike DK3WN

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It's WORKING ...
by Clint Bradford 20 Dec '10

20 Dec '10

This $25 donation to AMSAT just DOUBLED by K6LCS at http://www.work-sat.com ... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Clint: You woke me up and got be excited about the sats again. I just donated 25.00 to AMSAT. Used AO-13 for years and then dropped out after it died. Have got a 910H and a gulf alpha antenna and plan to start on AO-51. Your site is just super. Thanks for all you are doing and best of holiday greetings. Best 73. Joe - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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