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SO-67 schedule - 25-30 June 2010
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Hi! Drew KO4MA asked me to post this to the -BB. This is the SO-67 schedule for today (25 June) through the 30th. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ *********** Below is a nominal schedule of SO-67 for Amsat until the 30th. Please note that the schedule is subject to change if there are some higher priority activities like imaging activities. 25/6/2010 North America 17:40 19:15 23:40 26/6/2010 North America 01:15 02:50 04:25 06:00 07:35 12:40 14:15 15:50 17:25 19:00 South Africa 06:38 08:11 South India 03:20 04:56 27/6/2010 North America 00:55 02:30 04:05 05:40 07:15 13:55 15:30 17:05 18:40 20:15 South Africa 06:20 07:53 South India 03:02 04:36 28/6/2010 North America 00:40 02:15 03:50 05:20 06:55 13:40 15:10 16:45 18:20 20:00 South Africa 06:00 07:35 29/6/2010 North America 00:20 01:55 03:30 05:05 06:40 13:20 14:55 16:00 18:05 19:35 South Africa 05:41 07:16 30/6/2010 North America 00:00 01:35 03:10 04:45 06:20 13:00 14:35 16:10 17:45 19:15 20:45 23:40 South Africa 07:00 08:29

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2M1EUB/P QRV NOW!!!!!
by paul robinson 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

2M1EUB/P QRV NOW...im just setting up now to be qrv ao7 last few passes....as before difficult location due to mountains....make it quick guys!!! 73 de paul NORTH SCOTLAND...mobile.....

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Re: SO-67 schedules for June 25
by Andrew Glasbrenner 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

-----Original Message----- >From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb(a)wd9ewk.net> > >Hi Drew! > >Just got off SO67's 0310 UTC pass. Several stations on, >and nice not having to run the high PL tone. A suggestion... >could you please suggest an earlier >turn-on time for evening passes? >Here at 33.6 degrees North, SO67 did not turn on >until the halfway point of the pass. > >73! > > > > >Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK >http://www.wd9ewk.net/ > The Sumbandila team asked that we only request passes while the satellite is illuminated. Currently, the evening passes are only possible after the satellite has moved far enough north to be in the sun. 73, Drew KO4MA

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VHF and the space station
by Rocky Jones 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

http://onorbit.com/node/2309 interesting story Robert G. Oler WB5MZO life member AMSAT ARRL _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:…

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FT-817 Hmmm
by Don 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

The FT-817 appears to be a popular rig among satellite users of the fm birds. As they a all mode rigs I wonder how well they would work for a linear transponder set up? Rigs for that use are a little hard to come by. I am hoping to move in that direction some time. However it kind of needs to be portable as I am surrounded by trees at my house. Must say now that I got the hang of working LEO's I am having fun no. 73 WB8ZOM Don

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VHF PLT (BPL) Report
by Trevor . 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

These devices go up to 300 MHz and yes they do wipeout the 2m Satellite segment, see PLT Radio Frequency Interference Report http://www.southgatearc.org/news/june2010/ofcom_plt_report.htm 73 Trevor MI5AKA 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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some details for upcoming VA7EWK Canada trip
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Hi! I'm still working through some scenarios for my travels and radio operating while I am in Canada in just over a week from now. It is looking like I will spend most of Sunday, 4 July 2010, operating from somewhere on the CO60/CO70 grid boundary on Vancouver Island. Depending on how AO-7 is operating at that time, I may possibly extend that into Monday, 5 July, so I get an opportunity to work AO-7's mode B from that location. If I can find a way to safely get into CO50 on the far northwest end of that island, I will look for a spot at the CO50/CO60 grid boundary as my first operating stop on Vancouver Island. I still plan on visiting other grids on the island, but have not decided yet how and when I will do that. I will not have a 4-wheel-drive vehicle for this trip, so I will confine my travels to well-maintained roads and highways. There is a scheduled meeting of the North Shore Amateur Radio Club (VE7NSR) in North Vancouver on the evening of Thursday, 8 July, that I am planning on attending. I will only be a spectator there, but would welcome the opportunity to meet any satellite operators in metro Vancouver that might make it up to that meeting. More information about that club and its meeting are available at the club's http://www.nsarc.ca/ web site. As I mentioned on my http://july2010.wd9ewk.net/ web page, I hope to be able to stretch footprints to work stations in northern and northwestern Europe and possibly even northern Japan. That web page has a map I created, centered on metro Vancouver, with circles every 2500km. Since I will have my all-mode satellite station (two FT-817s) with me, I will look to work AO-7 (mode B) and FO-29 passes at every opportunity I find a spot to get on the air. HO-68 as well, depending on its schedule during the week of 4-10 July while I am in Canada. If you are interested in making plans to try specific passes, please e-mail me directly with your requests. I can't guarantee I will be able to make the times you suggest, but I will try. After seeing what Adrian AA5UK did on his Hawaii trip, and all the operating Jim ND9M did on his long road trip through many US states earlier this year, I hope to get many stations contacts with these grids while I am up in that part of Canada. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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received K4T QSL today
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Hi! Thanks to the K4T group and their QSL manager, K5WW, for the nice QSL card that was in the mailbox today - along with the new grid EL84. Not only was the satellite operation top-notch, the way the QSOs were listed on the card was perfectly done. Each QSO is listed, including the satellite and the mode (V/U or U/V) along with the other standard data - and it is all printed on the card! None of the QSO data is written in, as some DXpeditions have done in the past to deal with satellite QSOs on their cards. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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SO-67 schedules for June 25
by Andrew Glasbrenner 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Passing this along from the Sumbandila Team...The repeater should be on for the 15 minutes following each time listed. 73, Drew KO4MA The following schedules have been uploaded for 25/6/2010 North America 01:35 03:10 04:45 06:20 South India 03:39 South Africa 06:57

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7839 Km via AO-7 - "The kick hit the crossbar"
by ps8rf Piraja 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

Hello All, It was very close, to Joe K3SZH not made contact with Luciano, PY5LF via AO-7. Joe could hear the call of Luciano, but Luciano did not answer the called from Joe. The kick hit the crossbar, more is very close, very close to a new record via AO-7. If the locator of the two stations are correct in QRZ.com, the distance between the two stations is 7839 KM. We are looking forward and hoping that soon, Joe and Luciano, can establish a QSO and confirm this great distance via AO-7. But anyway, Joe was able to hear the calls of Luciano, which proves that it is possible to make a QSO in the limits approximate of the Footprint of AO-7. Congratulations to both 73' Pirajá, PS8RF _________________________________________________________________ ACESSE O MESSENGER DO SEU CELULAR AGORA MESMO. CLIQUE E VEJA AQUI UM PASSO A PASSO. http://celular.windowslive.com.br/messenger.asp?produto=Messenger&utm_sourc…

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