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

new satellite operators
by Mark L. Hammond 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

Hello All, In the last few weeks we have clearly been hearing new satellite operators on the air. It's a great thing. Let's continue to welcome them to the birds. Two calls come to mind: K4M0A--apparently our contact at K4T was his first satellite contact. How cool is that? :) And his call is rediculously close and confusing with KO4MA, HI HI. K4MF--Gary was on the K4T Team, and he's been active on AO-51 the last 2 mornings on newly constructed hombrew Moxon antennas. He's a CW guru from way back, but he was apparently moved by the satellites he helped me work during the trip :) Keep an ear open for these folks (and there are others, but their callsigns are in memory yet). They will appreciate your keen ears and kind words. 73, -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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eQSL to N8MH in EL94 = N8MH/EL94
by Mark L. Hammond 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

Hello All, If you need an eQSL for my portable operations in Key West Florday on 10 March 2010 (the day before the K4T event) look for my call of N8MH/EL94 That seemed intuitive :) 73, -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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WC7V/7 DN55 and DN46, DN56
by kladuke1144＠msn.com 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

All, On 20/3/2010 starting with AO27 at 1930Z I hope to be portable in DN55, and two grids at once in DN46, DN56. I will be operating AO27 and AO51. In the next couple of weeks I hope to be operating in DN43 and DN44. 73 WC7V Kerry

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QSL information for K4T Dry Tortugas Xpedition
by Mark L. Hammond 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

Hi All, 1) We are now working on the K4T logs so that the QSL Manager K5WW can handle the requests. Visit http://www.k5ww.com/ and use the QSL manager tab to request your QSL cards! 1 2) Can somebody point me to the "definitive source" that shows what fields/information that MUST be on the card in order to help you all with the various awards you are working on? There seems to be tremedous variablity on the satellite QSL cards I've seen over the years, especially regarding frequency, mode, etc. We want to get it "right" so links to the "perfect satellite QSL" will be appreciated. 3) Finally--the organizer Mike AC2V invested thousands of his own dollars into the K4T trip. Be aware that donations of any amount are appreciated and will be used to offset expenses in any way you see fit. Specific information is here: http://aroadventures.org/page8.html Thanks and 73, -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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Re: Devices in Icom preamps AG-25 AG-35
by i8cvs 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

----- Original Message ----- From: "Angelo Glorioso" <n5uxt(a)hotmail.com> To: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs(a)tin.it> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 12:53 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Devices in Icom preamps AG-25 AG-35 > Hello Domenico, > > I am not sure if you can help. I have been emailing Keps in Italy for > weeks with no > reply. I have a preamp that needs fixing.. I was wondering how far away > you > live from Keps?? > There is no phone number listed. > > http://www.keps.it/ > > > Any ideas how to get a hold of them?? > > My unit is a : > > > 2.4 GHz dual IF low noise downconverter > 13LNC72-DB > > 73 de Angelo Hi Angelo, N5UXT Keps was near Milano about 800 km away from me in Napoli. They were interested to sell downconverters when AO40 was alive and well. Nobody is actually able to communicate with Keps nor by phone or email so that I "believe" that they are anymore in business ! If I have more detailed informations I will write to you. 73" de i8CVS Domenico

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Re: Simple antennas
by Thomas McGrane 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

hi, I use a simple 30 dollar radio shack vertical scanner antenna on short 15 feet of 9913 cable and an arr preamp for uhf recieve and a regular low gain vhf vertical for transmit. These work quite well on the fm satellites where I start getting workable receive when the satellite is 10 to 20 degrees above the horizon and higher. Both antennas are connected to a duplexer and then to my ft8800r dual band fm rig. pat, n2oeq >------- Original Message ------- >From : Jacob Tennant[mailto:k8jwt@comcast.net] >Sent : 3/19/2010 7:44:32 AM >To : AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org >Cc : >Subject : RE: [amsat-bb] Simple antennas > >Could anyone give me some advice on using a setup consisting of the smaller antennas such as K5OE Eggbeaters, dual-crossed MOXON's from ARRL site. I am starting to build the dual-crossed MOXON setup as I am running into some snags getting my planned bigger antenna setup installed as well as I was hoping to use the smaller antenna setup for a Field Day setup but don't want to wait till that day to use them and look like a fool!!!! Would even consider the quadrifilliar antennas if I could find the plans for both bands? Jacob Tennant - K8JWT _______________________________________________ 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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Simple antennas
by Jacob Tennant 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

Could anyone give me some advice on using a setup consisting of the smaller antennas such as K5OE Eggbeaters, dual-crossed MOXON's from ARRL site. I am starting to build the dual-crossed MOXON setup as I am running into some snags getting my planned bigger antenna setup installed as well as I was hoping to use the smaller antenna setup for a Field Day setup but don't want to wait till that day to use them and look like a fool!!!! Would even consider the quadrifilliar antennas if I could find the plans for both bands? Jacob Tennant - K8JWT

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Devices in Icom preamps AG-25 AG-35
by Mark L. Hammond 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

Hello all, We either had two bad preamps to begin with, or they became casualties during transport to K4T, but regardless--the Icom preamps we took appear to have bad GAsFET devices in them. Can anybody tell me what is the device in each unit (AG-25 and AG-35)? And are they something a skilled ham can reasonably replace? Specific suggestions for a parts source will be appreciated, too. 73, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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Sorry folks!
by newsradio6＠gmail.com 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

On the 9pm edt pass tonight of HO68 I heard voice so I assumed this was a voice pass and called a few times...hope we didn't trample too many packet stations! Thanks to the unidentified station that notified us of the schedule on the air. Guess I best check the schedule myself rather than rely on other users! Again, my apologies! John VA3BL Sent wirelessly from my BlackBerry device on the Bell network. Envoyé sans fil par mon terminal mobile BlackBerry sur le réseau de Bell.

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AO-7 CW telemetry loud 435.106 +/-
by Mark L. Hammond 19 Mar '10

19 Mar '10

Hi All, We printed some CW telemetry from AO-7 at K4T during our trip. Just checked it now, and it's back on loud. 73, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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