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

SDO
by Trevor . 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

Some great SDO pics and videos at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sdo/news/briefing-materials-20100421.html 73 Trevor M5AKA

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AMSAT-TAPR Banquet
by Martha 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

Please be advised that tickets for the AMSAT-TAPR banquet at Dayton will not be sold at the booth. All tickets must be purchased at the AMSAT store found on the AMSAT website. -- 73- Martha

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XE1AO @ DK88 on AO-27 today
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

Hi! Omar XE1AO will be in grid DK88 for the AO-27 pass at 2050 UTC today. Omar did not mention if he would use his normal call or 4B1AO with the special prefix XE hams are allowed to use this year. Good luck and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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NASA Photos of Icelandic Plume
by Clint Bradford 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

NASA Observes Ash Plume of Icelandic Volcano - http://tinyurl.com/y5ucox7 Clint Bradford, K6LCS

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Re: HAMSAT Transponder Performance and Utilization - Reg.
by Elan Portnoy 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

I wonder if we might design a form for submission regarding 52's perceived health. If you all want to forward some items to include, I would be glad to brew something up and present it to the list.

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HAMSAT Transponder Performance and Utilization - Reg.
by Mani VU2WMY 21 Apr '10

21 Apr '10

Dear friends, On behalf of the Programme Director, Mission Director, Operations Director and the entire "HAMSAT" project team, I convey their message to the Global Amateur Radio Satellite enthusiasts & users through my mail. It gives us a great pleasure to inform the World Amateur Radio community that, on 4th May 2010, HAMSAT (VO-52) is completing 5 years of successful existence in Space rendering useful and fruitful services to the Amateur radio community. We as well take this opportunity with great pleasure to inform the Global Amateur Radio community, that the overall system health and performance of "Hamsat" - "The gift from INDIA/ISRO to World of Ham Radio" is good and satisfactory. To commemorate this mile stone achievement, we have intended to bring out a 'Comprehensive Performance & Utilization Report' of the payload (Transponder) based on the user feed backs from across the Globe. In this regard, we request all the Amateur Satellite Enthusiasts and users to kindly send us their feed backs about the performance and utilization of the transponder. A detailed report expressing their views, suggestions, comments, ratings and preferably a comparison note made with other linear transponders, those already been flown and currently available one's would be greatly appreciated. The feed backs may kindly be copied to my mail ID as well. I have herewith attached the mail received from Operation Director, HAMSAT. Looking forward to hear from you all. Thanking you 73 de Mani, VU2WMY Secretary & Station-In-Charge Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC ISRO Satellite Centre Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. Phone:(O)91-80-2508 2054/2192/2537 Mobile: 91-80-98803 41456 E-mail ID: wmy(a)isac.gov.in vu2wmy_mani(a)yahoo.com isrohams(a)yahoo.com ----- Forwarded message from tprangan(a)istrac.org ----- Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:00:58 +0530 From: tprangan(a)istrac.org Reply-To: tprangan(a)istrac.org Subject: HAMSAT Transponder Performance and Utilization - Reg. To: wmy(a)isac.gov.in Cc: tprangan(a)istrac.org DEAR MR. SUBRAMANAI, This is to bring to your kind attention that HAMSAT is COMPLETING 5 YEARS of successful existence in space. I am sure, HAMSAT continues to be the DARLING of the HAM Community. To commemorate this event, ISTRAC is bringing out a "5-YEARS OF HAMSAT PERFORMANCE" Report. To make the report a comprehensive one, we would like to add the FOLLOWING INFORMATION. 1 PERFORMANCE of the HAMSAT TRANSPONDER as _perceived by the users_ 2 COMPARISON of the HAMSAT Transponder with her CONTEMPORARIES 3 Details of SATELLITES providing SIMILAR SERVICES 4 Approximate NUMBER OF USERS of HAMSAT in _India / over the globe_ 5 GROWTH of HAMSAT USERS, since launch 6 Approximate HAMSAT TRANSPONDER UTILISATION (transponder interaction period) over the globe (transponder is ON always) 7 Any more INTERESTING INFORMATION on HAMSAT KINDLY _DO THE NEEDFUL_ BY CIRCULATING THIS REQUEST TO OUR HAM FRIENDS. With Best Regards, T.PARIMALARANGAN Operations Director HAMSAT 0-9480333563 (M) 080-22029011 (O) 080-25350132 (R) ----- End forwarded message -----

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VO52 OK??
by John Geiger 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

Is VO52 doing ok? Got on a pass a few minutes ago (0330Z) which was a long lasting one here (80 degrees max elevation) and called CQ repeatedly. Didn't hear a single other station on. 73s JOhn AA5JG

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For sale, Yaesu VX-3R HT, ARR RF switched pre amp
by Michael Tondee 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

I have for sale a Yaesu VX-3R dual band HT. While it is not full duplex, it works well as the RX side of a mode J handheld station. I've had it less than six months if even that long. It has never even been outside the house and is in like new condition. Of course box, manual, charger and stock rubber duck are all included. I'll also throw in a 3ft. long adapter cable that goes from the SMA jack on the radio to an SO-239 where an external antenna can be used. Price is $110.00 shipped priority mail in the lower 48. The pre amp is an Advanced Receiver Research SP432VDG with N connectors. The RF switching circuit is rated at 25 watts, I actually only ever used it on a receive only setup with the VX-3R. The pre amp has been mast mounted in a weatherproof enclosure. ARR says these units will withstand heat and cold extremes with no problem, they just have to be mounted in a waterproof enclosure if put outside. As with the HT the unit has seen very little use and is like new. Price is $85.00 shipped priority mail in the lower48. I will accept Paypal or a United States Postal Service money order as payment. Sorry, no international shipping. If you are interested, please contact me off list. Thanks for the bandwidth everyone, Michael, W4HIJ

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NH6VB on HO-68
by John Neeley 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

This last pass of HO-68 over the Pacific produced another Hawaiian station, Peter, NH6VB. Leo, W7JPI and I were in QSO and at the last 5 minutes of the pass, Peter broke in from Honolulu which was a surprise. He is a local there from what we gathered. He's in BL01 grid square. John W6ZKH

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AO-51 V/S
by Bob- W7LRD 20 Apr '10

20 Apr '10

This last pass worked W6YX and heard Kerry, WC7V. Noticed some very deep fades. 73 Bob W7LRD

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