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EM53 on AO51
by John Geiger 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Who was the N5 mobile in EM53 during the 2300Z pass of AO51 today? 73s John AA5JG

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Re: EM53 on AO51
by Gkcarr 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

yes. 73 George WA5KBH EM30 -----Original message----- From: Dave Webb KB1PVH kb1pvh(a)gmail.com Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:46:21 -0600 To: John Geiger aa5jg(a)yahoo.com Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: EM53 on AO51 > Was it N5ZNL? > > 73, > > Dave KB1PVH > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID > > On Feb 5, 2010 9:32 PM, "John Geiger" <aa5jg(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > Who was the N5 mobile in EM53 during the 2300Z pass of AO51 today? > > 73s John AA5JG > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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

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Photos From ISS via Twitter
by Clint Bradford 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Last month we received the first Twit from space. Now, Astronaut Soichi is sending some spectacular photos via his Twitter account ... http://tinyurl.com/space-twitter Clint Bradford

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Re: Orbitron help
by Sam KC2LRC 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

This problem, in my experience, was caused by Vista's User Account Control not allowing Orbitron to write any new data to the hard drive. There are two ways to solve this: 1. Run Orbitron as Administrator (right click on the icon -> Run as Administrator) 2. Disable User Account Control. This can be done by going to the Control Panel, then User Accounts, and somewhere in there (I do not remember exactly since all my boxes run Windows 7 now) there is a checkbox that will allow you to turn UAC off. Reboot the computer after disabling UAC for the changes to take effect. Hope this helps. 73, Sam KC2LRC

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1st messages from S.Africa To Sudan on HO-68 BBS in single pass.
by Nader Omer 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Hi The 1st messages from S.Africa To Sudan on HO-68 BBS in single pass. Well done Allan ZS1LS. http://st2nh-blogger.blogspot.com/2010/02/ho-68-messages.html Wait for my reply tomorow OM .Happy dream . 73 .Nader

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Orbitron help
by Dads 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Hi: Some one helped me before with an Orbitron problem but I lost his e- mail address. The problem is I got a new laptop with Vista Everything works except it won,t download the keps on the internet. The strange part it says it is doing the download but it never shows the update on the sat /Orb info on the program. When I first bring the program up on my computer it says to update because they are over 30 days old. So I say yes to up date but it never gets to the program. I have worked it this for quite awhile with no success. Jerry w0sat

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FSK transmitter at 1268.9MHz
by Howie DeFelice 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Hi Jonas, If you have something capable of generating 422.967 MHz you should be able to easily use the third harmonic. Remember that the original frequency shift at 422 is also tripled, so reduce the shift on the original signal accordingly. Howie AB2S _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469229/direct/01/

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Re: Calling DX in vain on AO-7
by Bob- W7LRD 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Hello Andras and all I feel your pain! I am the other end of the footprint (CN87wk- Seattle Wa. ) looking into Northern Europe for dx contacts. Unfortunately Andras we are about 8775Km apart, which is beyond the footprint. There are not that many VE stations on AO7. There are a few VE7's I chat with occasionally, probably still beyond your range. I talk with Mika fairly regularly, I am still attempting to contact RN1NW, UA1OEJ, G1WPR,PA1TNO, 2E1EUB, and a few others. There are some KL7's that are on occasionally, KL7XJ, AL1F. We must remember, "if this were easy, everyone would be doing it"! Of course everyone has talked with Joe, K3SZGH hihi. There are several east coast stations within your footprint. As far as a qso between you and I, we will have to wait for the next HEO. Good luck with your efforts. 73 Bob W7LRD CN87- Seattle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andras Bato" <bato(a)starjan.hu> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Sent: Friday, February 5, 2010 9:50:28 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [amsat-bb] Calling DX in vain on AO-7 Gentlemen, I was calling CQ Canada and CQ Alaska again during two AO-7. I had been doing it many many times. Please visit http://www.ha5mrc.hu/hamsat/satas.html where you can see a screenshot of DK1TB's SatPC32 which shows very well how does AO-7 footprint buries almost the whole territory of Canada when the old bird is flying above Greenland and I can still hear myself. Once upon a time a Canadian fellow answered my call but the question arises: Are the only one station in the whole country which uses AO-7 time to time? As for the USA I met K3SZH twice. At the beginning I always use CW and make Qs with those regulars like UA9CS, OH8MBN, 9A2EY, F2IL, RW9SL, UN7CY and Polish and other European stations as well. Than I often switch to SSB to pick up G1WPR and I send endless CQs in SSB callnig Canada and DX. Sometimes EA8 and similar stations call me back. I wonder if more stations could be found from the American continent when AO-7 makes a QSO really easy -when there are active stations listening at the satellite. gl de ha6nn Andras _______________________________________________ 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

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Calling DX in vain on AO-7
by Bato, Andras 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

Gentlemen, I was calling CQ Canada and CQ Alaska again during two AO-7. I had been doing it many many times. Please visit http://www.ha5mrc.hu/hamsat/satas.html where you can see a screenshot of DK1TB's SatPC32 which shows very well how does AO-7 footprint buries almost the whole territory of Canada when the old bird is flying above Greenland and I can still hear myself. Once upon a time a Canadian fellow answered my call but the question arises: Are the only one station in the whole country which uses AO-7 time to time? As for the USA I met K3SZH twice. At the beginning I always use CW and make Qs with those regulars like UA9CS, OH8MBN, 9A2EY, F2IL, RW9SL, UN7CY and Polish and other European stations as well. Than I often switch to SSB to pick up G1WPR and I send endless CQs in SSB callnig Canada and DX. Sometimes EA8 and similar stations call me back. I wonder if more stations could be found from the American continent when AO-7 makes a QSO really easy -when there are active stations listening at the satellite. gl de ha6nn Andras

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First time on HO68
by John Geiger 05 Feb '10

05 Feb '10

I was on HO68 for the first time last night, and had a blast. Congrats to the satellite team for a very well operating satellite-the downlink signal was very strong here. I look forward to getting on this one again. What was all of the packet I was hearing on it? Is that other amateurs using packet through it, or some other type of user with packet? 73s John AA5JG EM04to

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