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

AO-7
by john hackett 27 Mar '10

27 Mar '10

To whom it may concern, I no longer edit the AO-7 Resource Page. 73 John. <la2qaa(a)amsat.org> ................................................................................................... > Subject: AO-7 Logbook Website Contact - AO-7 Info For Site > To: emily(a)planetemily.com; la2qaa(a)hotmail.com > From: postmaster(a)planetemily.com > Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:20:34 -0700 > > The following message was received from the AO-7 Logbook website on 26 Mar, 2010 at 10:20 ................................................................................................................................... Message delete, it was spam. 73 LA2QAA. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969

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UK CubeSail satellite
by Trevor . 27 Mar '10

27 Mar '10

The UK CubeSail project to develop a means of reducing space debris was announced yesterday. A 3U CubeSat demonstrator is planned for launch next year, see http://www.southgatearc.org/news/march2010/cubesail.htm 73 Trevor M5AKA Daily Amateur Radio Email/RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ Email Your News To: editor at southgatearc.org Or Upload Using Form At: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news_1.htm ----

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Flying the Shuttle
by Clint Bradford 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

WIRED Magazine's take on flying the Space Shuttle simulator ... http://tinyurl.com/flyshuttle Clint, K6LCS http://www.k6lcs.com

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Re: [aprssig] March 27th: APRS Sounding Rocket Launch on the East Coast
by Robert Bruninga 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

> Will you be updating CQSRVR as the WALLOPS group again? Yes, anyone that wants real-time info on what is happening should logon to the APRS CQSRVR by sending an APRS message to CQSRVR beginning with the text CQ WALLOPS and then their comment. Hopefully ANYONE with info will post it. I will be at a hamgest and will have NO INFO. So someone at home, please keep us updated on CQSRVR. Bob, WB4APR >Jason Rausch wrote: >> Just a reminder, the Kentucky Space group will be >> attempting another launch tomorrow of their ADAMsat >> APRS payload aboard a sub-orbital sounding rocket >> to be launched from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, >> in Wallops Island, VA. >> >> Launch window is from 1000-1400 local time. If you >> are on the east coast, be sure to log any packets >> from callsign KJ4HVJ and submit them to the Kentucky >> Space group. >> >> The telemetry logger can be found at: >> >> http://ssl.engr.uky.edu/suborbital/socem >> >> Make sure that you have a TNC capable of a NON-KISS >> interface. The program is not compatiable with KISS >> only TNCs. They will be operating on 144.390 > >> Jason Rausch

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SO-50 Down????
by John Neeley 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

Couldnt bring it to life, nor did I hear anyone else on the 2130 Pass over California.. Wonder if it's just me or the bird?? Right 74.4hz start tone with 67 hz normal pl tone... was a 68 deg pass so know I should have been able to throw rocks at it... John W6ZKH

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special Mexican prefix 4B in 2010
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

Hi! The Mexican Federal Telecommunications Commission ("CoFeTel"), Mexico's "FCC", announced today that hams in Mexico have been authorized the use of the 4B prefix for 2010, to commemorate both the 200th anniversary of Mexican independence and the 100th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution. With this in mind, maybe we will hear some of our Mexican friends using this prefix on the satellites throughout the rest of 2010. The formal announcement of this, in Spanish, is available from the CoFeTel web site at: http://www.cofetel.gob.mx/wb/Cofetel_2008/resolucion_mediante_la_cual_el_pl… (put all of that on one line, with no spaces after the 2008, if the e-mail cuts the link in half) Good luck, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Grid trip possible
by newsradio6＠gmail.com 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

Is anyone interested in getting grid EN92 or 93? Just looking at my map and chatting with k8yse by email and I realized that a 45min drive from my qth would put me into these grids...might be a plan to pack up the arrow and ht for short trip in the next week or two. 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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AMSAT Awards
by Bruce 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN Mesa Community College ARC, KM7CC David Sharpe, KF7DRQ Jim Adams, K0BAM Richard Rowe, KJ4OUQ The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Randal Schulze, KD0HKD, #509 Michael Vargo, AC8CX, #510 Jose Toste, CU3EQ, #511 The following have earned the W4AMI Achievement Award (for 1000 contacts) Douglas Anoman, KC9MLN, #60 Howard Merritt, KD7ZLF, #61 Chip Weems, W4PBG, #62 The following have earned the South Africa AMSAT Communications Achievement Award Randal Schulze, KD0HKD, #US142 Michael Vargo, AC8CX, #US143 Jose Toste, CU3EQ, #US144 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org

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Myers Barbeque Grill Antenna
by Farrell Winder 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

For AO-40, many stations, I recall, used the R. Myers Communications L.L.C. Model SB-32 DXC 2.4 GHz Parabolic Antenna. Does anyone have the specs showing gain? Would like to see results of some actual gain testing . Could not find any results on Central States antenna measurements tabulations. . Thanks , any info , please reply off line. Farrell Winder, W8ZCF, Cincinnati, Ohio

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Shanghai Ham Radio Expo
by William Leijenaar 26 Mar '10

26 Mar '10

Hi AMSATs, Next weekend (3,4,5 April) I will be at the Shanghai Ham Expo, where I will show my transponder design and I will also promote amateurs satellites to the people. Most of the people on this AMSAT-BB will not travel all the way to China to see this expo, but for the people who have the chance to go to the Shanghai Expo it would be nice to meet them. I will be there with two (none-ham) friends that will join and help me. Maybe there will be some amateur satellite hams that will visit the expo and maybe would like to join me ? (I don't mind nationality, as ham radio is like one big world-wide family) 73 de William Leijenaar, PE1RAH www.leijenaarelectronics.nl

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