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

ICOM 821H Split Mode operation
by Nitin Muttin 10 Jul '10

10 Jul '10

All, I am using ICOM 821H with Orbitron and WispDDE for Radio control, is it possible to use wispdde to put the Radio in split mode ( Example 145.825 for ISS ) so the Doppler correction is done for both TX / RX. 73's Nitin [VU3TYG]

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VA7EWK @ CO80 Saturday (10 July) - again
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 10 Jul '10

10 Jul '10

Hi! I will go back out to Whistler (grid CO80) on Saturday morning, hopefully in time for the HO68 pass (my pass time is 1620-1636 UTC). Later in the morning, I will ride a gondola up to Whistler Mountain, and - hopefully - have my HT and log periodic in a duffel bag with me for that ride. If so, that takes care of fighting the mountains when trying to work satellites from down in the village area. :-) I will only work FM satellites from the mountaintop, and those times depend on when I get to Whistler and get up the mountain. I will not stay all day up there, although that is a nice place to be. Good night, and 73! Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - North Vancouver, British Columbia http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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CO80, take two - Saturday (10 July)
by Patrick STODDARD 10 Jul '10

10 Jul '10

Hi! After having problems finding a decent spot to work the birds around Whistler, I set out on a clockwise loop through the countryside. Along with working a few passes from CO80, I also worked a pass in CO90 and a few from CN99. Thanks for the QSOs! I am still on the road, about 2 hours east of Vancouver. When I get back to my motel room, I will see if I can make it to someplace in CO80 for a handful of passes tomorrow. Not a full-day effort, but I want to see if I can do a little better from there than I did today. I may put together a short list of passes to work, to help those who missed me today, and post it here on the -BB. Since Saturday is my last full day for this trip, I want to leave a little bit of non-radio time to enjoy before going back to Vancouver airport for the flight home. I still need to go through some of the recordings from today's passes, but I am pretty sure I have logged around 350 QSOs since arriving in Vancouver last weekend. It has been fun, even with the setbacks like not working from CO50 and not much from CO80 today. 73! Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - Hope, British Columbia http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Re: Can I work w/just egg beaters?
by Yanko Yankov 10 Jul '10

10 Jul '10

Yaa . I have 2 of them and they work but you will need a pre amp too KC9RDT - original message - Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Can I work w/just egg beaters? From: "Pat McGrath" <ka6tya(a)arrl.net> Date: 09/07/2010 10:34 PM Sure. I have same working. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeremy Cowgar" <jeremy(a)cowgar.com> To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 4:38 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Can I work w/just egg beaters? > Hello, > > I am curious if the M2 egg beaters w/mast mount preamps would allow me > to use the current satellites, including AO-7? > > Jeremy > KB8LFA > > _______________________________________________ > 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

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V01 Grids
by Ian MacFarquhar 09 Jul '10

09 Jul '10

If you are looking for some Newfoundland grids, I will be trying to work the FM sats while travelling across Newfoundland from West to East between the 9th and 16th. I have worked most of the bugs out of the setup (2 hand helds and an Arrow) and have made some contacts from GN19 (Rocky Harbour/Gros Morne Park area) yesterday and today. I will be trying to work AO51, 27 and perhaps SO50 during the week. Give a listen for me if you need some NL grids. 73, Ian VE9IM/VO1

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HO-68 Schedule -11-18 July 2010
by Alan Kung 09 Jul '10

09 Jul '10

UTC: 11 July 2010 ================================ 17:25...Turn On--SSB/CW India, Africa, Middle East, Europe,NA 18:10...Turn Off 20:40...Turn On--SSB/CW Africa,Europe,Middle East,NA 21:25...Turn Off 12 July 2010 ================================ 00:25...Turn On--SSB/CW South America,NA,North Asia 01:10...Turn Off 03:07...Turn On--SSB/CW North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 03:22...Turn Off 15:00...Turn On--SSB/CW Oceania,India,South Asia, Middle East,Europe,North Asia 15:45...Turn Off 17:10...Turn On--SSB/CW Africa,Europe,NA 17:55...Turn Off 23:00...Turn On--SSB/CW South America,NA,North Asia 23:45...Turn Off 13 July 2010 ================================ 01:55...Turn On--SSB/CW South America,NA,North Asia 02:40...Turn Off 02:48...Turn On--SSB/CW North Asia, East Asia, South Asia 03:03...Turn Off 11:00...Turn On--SSB/CW Oceania,Asia,Europe 11:45...Turn Off 13:40...Turn On--SSB/CW NA,Europe,Africa,South America 14:25...Turn Off 16:50...Turn On--SSB/CW India,Middle East,Europe,NA 17:35...Turn Off 18:25...Turn On--SSB/CW Africa,Europe,NA 19:10...Turn Off 14 July 2010 ================================= 02:29...Turn On--SSB/CW North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:44...Turn Off 10:45...Turn On--SSB/CW Oceania,East Asia,North Asia,Europe 11:30...Turn Off 13:25...Turn On--SSB/CW Oceania,East Asia,North Asia,Europe 14:10...Turn Off 16:25...Turn On--SSB/CW Africa,Europe,NA 17:10...Turn Off 22:30...Turn On--SSB/CW NA,North Asia,East Asia,Oceania 23:15...Turn Off 15 July 2010 ================================= 02:12...Turn On--SSB/CW North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:28...Turn Off 05:40...Turn On--SSB/CW NA,North Asia,Middle East, Europe,Africa 06:25...Turn Off 10:25...Turn On--SSB/CW Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 11:10...Turn Off 13:05...Turn On--SSB/CW Europe,NA,South America 13:50...Turn Off 16:20...Turn On--SSB/CW Africa,India,Middle East,Europe,NA 17:05...Turn Off 18:10...Turn On--SSB/CW Africa,Europe,NA 18:55...Turn Off 22:10...Turn On--SSB/CW Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 22:55...Turn Off 16 July 2010 ================================ 01:57...Turn On--SSB/CW North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:13...Turn Off 10:10...Turn On--SSB/CW Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 10:55...Turn Off 12:50...Turn On--SSB/CW Europe,NA,South America 13:35...Turn Off 16:00...Turn On--SSB/CW India,Africa,Europe,NA 16:45...Turn Off 21:55...Turn On--SSB/CW South America,Africa,NA, Europe,North Asia,East Asia 22:40...Turn Off 17 July 2010 ================================ 00:45...Turn On--SSB/CW South America,NA,North Asia 01:30...Turn Off 01:39...Turn On--SSB/CW North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 01:53...Turn Off 11:40...Turn On--SSB/CW Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 12:25...Turn Off 14:20...Turn On--SSB/CW Europe,NA,South America 15:25...Turn Off 17:35...Turn On--SSB/CW Africa,Europe,NA 18:20...Turn Off 18 July 2010 ================================ 23:25...Turn On--SSB/CW South America,NA,North Asia 00:10...Turn Off 01:22...Turn On--SSB/CW North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 01:36...Turn Off 06:40...Turn On--SSB/CW North Asia,Europe,Africa 07:25...Turn Off 14:05...Turn On--SSB/CW Europe,NA,South America 14:50...Turn Off 73 Alan Kung, BA1DU HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager www.camsat.cn

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CO80 today (Friday, 9 July)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 09 Jul '10

09 Jul '10

Hi! I must have been rather sleepy when I wrote the Subject line of my message last night. Today, Friday, will be my day-trip to Whistler and grid CO80. I will be on the way up there in the next half- hour. 73! Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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EN36
by w6gmt＠bak.rr.com 09 Jul '10

09 Jul '10

I will Pass through EN36 on Saturday I will work the AO-51 passes at 10:28 UTC and 12:06 also on the way back will work the AO-27 pass at 19:38 Unfortunately this trip is not a real Sat grid Expedition but I have had several requests for this grid. Also I will be in EN28 and EN38 next weekend for the VHF Contest and will activate those grids. more information on those two grids next week. NO SASE NEEDED FOR QSL CARD SEND ME A CARD OR EMAIL ME 73 BROCK

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CN89 and the USA/Canada border on Friday, CO80 on Saturday
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 09 Jul '10

09 Jul '10

Hi! I did not plan on a lot of radio today, since I was in metro Vancouver and CN89 is not a rare grid. I worked a couple of AO-7 passes, and a few others from two different locations south of Vancouver. One of those locations was standing on the USA/Canada border, west of the Peace Arch at the border between Washington state and British Columbia. The first location was in grid CN89ob, a few miles/km north of the USA border in the south-side suburb of Surrey. I was heading down to the town of White Rock, which has a beach and was rather crowded today due to the heat gripping British Columbia just as it has much of eastern North America. I worked 2 HO-68 passes, 2 AO-7 passes, and an AO-27 pass. Twenty QSOs went in the log at this location. After spending some time in the town of White Rock, just north of the USA border with a busy waterfront, I went to the spot where I had thought about working some passes before I came up to Vancouver - at the Peace Arch, on the USA/Canada border between Washington state and British Columbia, where the I-5 and BC-99 freeways come together. Peace Arch Park is actually two separate parks divided by the border - a provincial park in British Columbia, and a state park in Washington state. Effectively, this is one large park that sprawls across the border, with the white arch standing on the border along with the other boundary markers in the park(s). As long as one exits the park the way it was entered, there are no border checks. I could not drive out to this point, but I could walk out there. I did that, taking my IC-T7H HT along with my Elk 2m/70cm log periodic, a camera, and my Garmin GPS receiver. At this point on the USA/Canada border, it is supposed to be at 49 degrees North exactly. Surveying technology over 100 years ago is not what it is now, and the international border through the park is just north of 49 degrees North. I stood next to a metal marker west of the Peace Arch in CN89oa (49 0.119 N 122 45.438 W). I stood with one foot on each side of the border, and identified my station using both of my callsigns WD9EWK and VA7EWK during two passes - one AO-27 pass, followed by an AO-51 pass. This was the first time I had every worked satellites from Washington state, albeit with only one foot inside the state. It was a hot day for this part of North America. Vancouver saw 95F/35C, and in the sunlight I was sweating a lot. I stood at the border to work the AO-27 pass at 2218 UTC, and 7 minutes was more than enough. I was able to log 6 QSOs with stations from central Mexico up to Vancouver itself on this pass. I had thought about heading back to Vancouver after this pass, but thought I might try the upcoming AO-51 pass around 2307 UTC. I stayed, sitting in the shade just north of the boundary until the AO-51 pass. Despite using only 5 watts sitting so far west on a pass to my east, I was able to log 10 more QSOs on AO-51. Then I walked north back to my rental car - sitting in a parking lot on the Canadian side of the border - to return to Vancouver for the rest of the day. Around the time of the AO-51 pass, a couple of US Customs and Border Protection offices walked by me while escorting someone to the Canada Customs building on the north side of the park. A few minutes later, the officers passed by me as I walked back to my car. Other than pleasantries, there were no questions about the radio and antenna I was carrying with me. Had I tried to bring more gear, and especially if I carried the gear in a bag or backpack, it is possible there would have been more interest in what I was doing while standing on the international border. Much of the border east of this park in this area has no fence, and only has the concrete border markers. There is water to the west. Between patrols by officials on both sides, along with cameras and other sensors that monitor for people crossing away from an official border crossing, I figured the park had to be the place I attempted this. I had no intention of trying this from any other point on the border, since I could stay within the boundaries of the two parks and freely cross between the two countries without issue. I did put my US passport in my pocket, just in case - but it was not needed. I will have double-sided QSL cards prepared for the QSOs made at the border. One side will have information for the USA side of the border (Blaine, Washington, in Whatcom County), and the other for Surrey, British Columbia. For these QSOs, and any others during this trip, I will be happy to send you my QSL card(s) if you e-mail me with the QSO details. For contacts with VA7EWK, I *am* interested in receiving your QSL cards. Tomorrow (Friday) will be my day-trip toward Whistler and grid CO80. Whenever I wake up, I will get ready for the two-hour drive up from Vancouver. I hope to be up there in time for passes in the afternoon, but may get up there earlier. I am not going to commit to a specific time or time window when to look for me, since it is now 0040 local (0740 UTC), and I need to get some sleep. I will work both FM and SSB satellites, including AO-7 after 0000 UTC when it should return to mode B. I may not be on every pass in the afternoon and early evening, but will try to make a decent effort to be on from CO80. If I have Internet access from wherever I stop and operate from, I will post a message to the -BB. 73! Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - North Vancouver, British Columbia http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Riverside CA AO-51 Pass 5:40PM PDT
by Clint Bradford 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

Tentatively, we have a great pass of AO-51 at 5:40PM PDT this afternoon here in Riverside, CA ... I'll be working it from the Riverside ham club's parking lot - followed by my presentation, "How to Work the FM Ham Sats with your HT." Hope to meet some of you on '51 tonight! Clint, K6LCS 909-241-7666

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