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13 Colonies QSL cards
by Dave Webb KB1PVH 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

If anyone that worked me during the 13 Colonies Special Event as KB1PVH / K2H wants a special QSL card, send me an email with contact details, if your in the log, I'll send you a card. Thanks, Dave - KB1PVH Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID

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VA7EWK on AO7 @ 2018-2031 UTC today
by Patrick STODDARD 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

Hi! I will try one more AO7 pass at CN89ob between Vancouver and the Canada/USA border at 2018 UTC. Look for me around 145.955-960 MHz on the downlink, but I will also tune around hoping to hear anyone. Especially in Europe. 73! Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - Surrey, British Columbia http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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VA7EWK-CN89 on AO-7 for Europe (short notice)
by John Papay 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

Patrick, VA7EWK, will be on the AO-7 pass coming up shortly at 1827-1844 UTC. He'll be looking for any Europeans that need CN89. AO-7 is in Mode B. 73, John K8YSE

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VA7EWK on Wednesday (7 July) - report
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

Hi! For a day where I did not plan on doing much radio, I was on more than I had thought I would attempt. I got on an early AO-51 pass around 1410 UTC yesterday morning from where I spent Tuesday night (Port Alberni, CN79). After that, I drove down to Victoria on the southern end of Vancouver Island, and worked 5 passes on 3 different satellites in CN88. I was on an SO-50 pass from near Mill Bay, north of Victoria in CN88fp (thanks Brock W6GMT for keeping me from talking to myself and the polar bears on that pass), then an HO-68 pass from the Victoria suburb of View Royal in CN88gk. I made it to Victoria proper for a pair of SO-50 passes and an AO-27 pass, working from the Mile 0 monument (the western end of the Trans-Canada Highway) near the waterfront in CN88hj. After some sightseeing and filling up the fuel tank in my car, it was time to wrap up my stay on Vancouver Island. I took the 3pm (2200 UTC) sailing from the Swartz Bay ferry terminal north of Victoria to the Tsawwassen terminal south of Vancouver, but that did not end my time operating from CN88. I saw there was an AO-27 pass coming around the midpoint of the 95-minute trip on the ferry. I decided to try working that pass, but not with my log periodic and mobile radio. With my IC-T7H HT and a Smiley Antenna tri-band telescoping whip, I was able to make a pair of QSOs with K7WIN in Arizona followed by KG6NUB in California. I tried to also get KL7XJ in the log, but being so far north I simply ran out of time before the post-repeater telemetry. All of this took place in grid CN88hu - taking that from my Garmin GPS receiver's display while I was on for that pass. I also had the GPS receiver's compass function on, to verify what direction the ship was moving while I was on the rear open-air deck of the ferry. I did not realize until I had parked on the ferry and gathered my gear for the AO-27 pass that I left my Maldol AH-510R telescoping whip at home. This is similar to the more popular AL-800, but also covers 6m and has a BNC connector that makes a better physical connection to my HTs' BNC connectors. I still had the Smiley whip, and made that work as good as I could considering the AO-27 pass. In any event, the shipborne QSOs were a learning experience. >From this point on, all my operating will be on the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, and not from an island. I may be on some passes this afternoon, but since CN89 is not a rare grid thanks to local operators like VE7JRX I am not looking to set a schedule nor plan on being by the radio for many passes. I will make a point of working more passes on Friday - similar to how I worked from the Vancouver Island grids earlier this week - when I go up to Whistler and operate from somewhere around that town in grid CO80. Depending on how early I start out, I will work as many passes as I can while mixing in sightseeing and wandering around Whistler Village at the base of the ski hills up there. For Whistler/CO80, that will be using both FM and SSB satellites. So far, with Whistler still to come, I have logged 271 QSOs from 5 grids on Vancouver Island (CN78, CN79, CN88, CO60, CO70) and on the ferry, and one grid in the metro Vancouver area (CN89), since arriving in Vancouver Saturday afternoon. It's been fun handing out new grids, and working some passes with challenges - AO-27's timer in relation to being so far north, shallow passes, dealing with surroundings that don't help satellite operating, etc. 73! Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - North Vancouver, British Columbia http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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CN93 activation
by LOREN RASMUSSEN 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

July 10 - July 16, I will be camping at Cultus Lake, Oregon. The grid is CN93. I will try to work as many passes as I can. (AO-51, AO-27, SO-50, SO-67 and HO-68) Please advise via email if you need a card. Loren k7cwq

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OSCAR News Archive CD
by Trevor . 08 Jul '10

08 Jul '10

OSCAR News is the official journal of AMSAT-UK and all 47 issues published from 2000-2009 are now available on CD. Containing more than 2000 pages of information about amateur satellites ranging from homebrew electronics projects to scientific papers, this archive offers an intriguing insight into the development of amateur radio satellites during a fast moving decade. The CD can be ordered online from http://www.tinyurl.com/on-archive-2000/ AMSAT-UK http://www.uk.amsat.org/ ---- 73 Trevor M5AKA

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DN35
by kladuke1144＠msn.com 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

All, I plan to operate from DN35 starting about 2000Z on July 8, 2010. Look for me on ao51, ao27, so50 and ho68 until around 0100Z on July 9. 73 WC7V Kerry

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[OTish] Reasonably Dual-Band Large Crossed Beam
by Iain Young, G7III 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

Hi All, I have been looking at replacing my 3/6 ele Dual Band Beam with a larger one (actually for some semi-local packet work rather than satellite, hence the OT-ishness of this post. I know there is the 9/19 ele crossed Tonna, but I also understand the build quality on the boom isn't wonderful. I'm also aware of the Hygain equivalent, but they look to be owned by MFJ now... I'm sure M2 did one at one point, but the only dual band I can see from them is a 5 ele on 2. I was looking closer to 9 ele to be honest. Does anyone know of any other supplier that does something similiar to the Tonna ? 73s Iain

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VA7EWK on AO27 @ 2247 UTC today
by Patrick STODDARD 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

Hi! I will attempt this upcoming AO27 pass from the M/V Spirit of Vamcouver Island, a ferry sailing between Swartz Bay (north of Victoria) and Tsawassen (south of Vancouver) around 2247 UTC today. HT with telescoping whip only, either in CN88 or CN89 depending on where the ship is. 73! Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Re: [OTish] Reasonably Dual-Band Large Crossed Beam
by Dave Webb KB1PVH 07 Jul '10

07 Jul '10

Take a look at Gulf Alpha Antennas, he makes a dual band crossed 8 elements on UHF and 6 on VHF. Sounds like what you are looking for. I have one and love it Dave - KB1PVH http://gulfalphaantennas.com/ Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID On Jul 7, 2010 12:39 PM, "Iain Young, G7III" <g7iii(a)g7iii.net> wrote: Hi All, I have been looking at replacing my 3/6 ele Dual Band Beam with a larger one (actually for some semi-local packet work rather than satellite, hence the OT-ishness of this post. I know there is the 9/19 ele crossed Tonna, but I also understand the build quality on the boom isn't wonderful. I'm also aware of the Hygain equivalent, but they look to be owned by MFJ now... I'm sure M2 did one at one point, but the only dual band I can see from them is a 5 ele on 2. I was looking closer to 9 ele to be honest. Does anyone know of any other supplier that does something similiar to the Tonna ? 73s Iain _______________________________________________ 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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