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

2 Tracker Boxes
by Martha 14 Apr '10

14 Apr '10

Due to 2 cancellations, I now have 2 Tracker boxes in stock. You can place your order on the AMSAT store found on the AMSAT website. The first 2 orders will get the boxes. -- 73- Martha

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Re: Moon
by K8KFJ＠aol.com 14 Apr '10

14 Apr '10

Below is an email quoting some 60 lines of text for a 6 word reply? Can't we do better than this gang? What ever happened to just quoting the significant part of the text that you wish to reply to? I'm just askin' 73, Gary -K8KFJ- Sat VUCC #125 In a message dated 4/11/2010 6:46:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, vlfiscus(a)mcn.net writes: At 06:15 PM 4/11/2010 -0400, you wrote: >I was just thinking about the version number...it is 12.6. I'll get it from >your website..viele dank! > >Philip N4HF > >On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Erich Eichmann ><erich.eichmann(a)t-online.de>wrote: > > > Hello Philip, > > what SatPC32 version are you using? Older program versions (older than 12.8 > > if I remember correctly) didn't include the SuM files. These programs could > > be downloaded separately from my website. Beginning with V. 12.8 the > > SatPC32 > > setup program installs also the SuM files into the SatPC32 folders. > > > > 73s, Erich, DK1TB > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Jenkins" <wythe25(a)gmail.com> > > To: "Jari Koivurinne" <jari.koivurinne(a)aina.net> > > Cc: "Jack Barbera" <barberaalderwood(a)yahoo.com>; <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > > Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2010 9:58 PM > > > > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Moon > > > > > > I joined AMSAT as a life member at the Orlando Hamcation a couple of years > >> ago, and acquired SAT32 at the same time. > >> > >> I followed the directions on the previous email and cannot find the > >> program > >> SuM in the SAT32 folder or in the program list when SAT32 is running. (Do > >> I > >> need to look on the original CD installation disk as well?) > >> > >> Alternatively, I think I will load the keps for the Moon into SAT32; I > >> know > >> there was a thread on this subject a few months ago. > >> > >> Thanks for a great BB! > >> > >> Philip N4HF > >> > >> On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 1:35 PM, Jari Koivurinne > >> <jari.koivurinne(a)aina.net>wrote: > >> > >> > >>> > > >>> > Little help. > >>> > Where in SAT32 do I look for SuM for moon tracking. > >>> > Also looking for suggestions as to the best way to record SAT > >>> > contact from head set out put using sat 32 and a 910 radio. > >>> > Thanks > >>> > Jack WA1ZDV > >>> > >>> In Orbitron there is selection TARGET. Choose there MOON. > >>> > >>> -jari oh3uw > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > >> > >> > > > > >_______________________________________________ >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 Ahhhhhhh, The luxury of InstantTrack. :) KB7ADL _______________________________________________ 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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NH6VB back on the satellites from Hawaii
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 14 Apr '10

14 Apr '10

Hi! On Saturday (10 April) morning, there was an HO-68 SSB/CW pass that went from the north toward the Pacific Ocean. I was out at my normal Phoenix QTH (DM33xp/DM43ap boundary), and worked 3 stations. Early in the pass, John VE8EV called me from CP38. I've worked John in the past when I was on a road trip, and this was the first time I have heard him - or worked him - from my "home QTH". After that, Mike KC9ELU in Indiana called me. Then I went back to CQing, until the third station I heard on that pass called me - Peter NH6VB. I remembered seeing his posts to the -BB last month about getting a new satellite radio, and then trying to get SatPC32 working again. We ended up chatting for a few minutes, as the satellite was approaching LOS for me. It was fun to work VE8EV and KC9ELU, but hearing NH6VB calling me on HO-68 in SSB was a huge - and pleasant - surprise. After the pass, Peter sent me an e-mail explaining his setup. His larger Yagis are still on the ground, but he was using an Arrow Yagi until those other antennas are back on his tower. For those that missed AA5UK/KH6 recently, and have not heard the only resident station working the SSB satellites from Hawaii in recent years (WH6BIE), we may now have another option for those looking to work Hawaii via satellite in modes other than FM. Hopefully Peter will show up on more passes, as he continues to get his satellite station back on the air. And, maybe, we can return this list to its regularly-scheduled subject matter... :-) 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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OX Dxpedition Update
by Reid Crowe 14 Apr '10

14 Apr '10

I just wanted to give everyone an update on an upcoming QTH change. Although I am scheduled to be in Thule until April 23rd, there is a chance I could leave as early as April 21st. I will be going to Wallops Island, VA to put our radar equipment on a P-3 aircraft and do flight tests. I will be returning to Greenland on May 1st (although there is talk that it will be pushed back to May 4). I will be in Sondrestrom, grid GP47pa, for two weeks before returning to Thule for two more weeks around May 18. Thanks to everyone that has tried to work me. You've made this trip a lot of fun! 73, Reid, OX/N0RC

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SDR Forum at Dayton
by Bob McGwier 13 Apr '10

13 Apr '10

Speakers at Dayton SDR Forum 2:30-5 PM for Friday May 14. Me, N4HY "SDR status, ARRL SDR committee evolution" Lyle Johnson "Choices in Embedded DSP for SDR" Scotty Cowling, "Open HPSDR Status" John Melton, "Linux ghpsdr" Gerald Youngblood, "Flex Radio new offerings, amateur and commercial (Flex 1500, New V/U satellite capable add on, etc.) Jeremy McDermond "MacHPSDR" Average length of talk 25 minutes but this is the list. I will work with each author to square away the time and get it into Dayton for the program. Thank you all for volunteering! Looks like a great year indeed. I am very excited. Bob N4HY

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Most Hams in Space at one time?
by James French W8ISS 13 Apr '10

13 Apr '10

Currently there are 9 licensed American Amateur Radio operators on the ISS currently going by the list that is at the ARISS site on RAC.org. Is this the most hams in space to date or has there been more before this shuttle-ISS mission? James W8ISS

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Yaesu FT-847 vs. Kenwood TS-2000?
by Bill Dzurilla 13 Apr '10

13 Apr '10

Any thoughts on the pros and cons of each of these rigs, particularly for satellite work? The used price for each is about the same, maybe a little higher for a fairly new TS-2000. I am aware of the TS-2000 birdie issue. 73, Bill NZ5N

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You Know What's Really Annoying?
by Joel Black 13 Apr '10

13 Apr '10

A lot of you incessantly bitching about the inane. Talk about taking up bandwidth... Yeah, I just took up your BW and bitched about the inane, but at least I realize it. Joel, W4JBB

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Re: Most Hams in Space at one time?
by Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL 13 Apr '10

13 Apr '10

> >Currently there are 9 licensed American Amateur Radio operators on the ISS >currently going by the list that is at the ARISS site on RAC.org. > >Is this the most hams in space to date or has there been more before this >shuttle-ISS mission? > >James W8ISS I don't know the answer to your question Jim, but I DO know it is the largest group of Non-Active hams in space at one time. KB7ADL

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Space Debris: Predicted near impact for AO-51
by Tom Clark, K3IO 13 Apr '10

13 Apr '10

The Joint Space Operations Center at Vandenberg AFB has reported that AO-51 will have a ~200 meter (i.e. 2 football fields) approach to object #34890 at 08:51Z on April 13th. Object #34890 (see http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=34890 and http://celestrak.com/NORAD/elements/iridium-33-debris.txt) is one piece of the more than 500 pieces of debris left over after the Iridium-33 -- Kosmos-2251 collision on Feb. 10,2009 (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_satellite_collision). The total mass of the two spacecraft was about 1600 kg (well over one ton). You can get an HD movie animation of the Iridium/Kosmos collision here (warning -- 50 MB ZIP file). 73, Tom

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