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

Amateur Satellite to Investigate Power Line Interference
by Trevor . 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

It may carry a linear transponder as well, see http://www.uk.amsat.org/ 73 Trevor M5AKA 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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thanks for QSOs tonight in CN89
by Patrick STODDARD 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

Hi! I had fun working those 3 passes earlier. I was in Burnaby, a suburb to the east of Vancouver in CN89lg, and made QSOs all across North America. Even XE2AT called me on AO7. I logged 13 QSOs on a western AO51 pass, 7 on AO7, and 4 more on FO29. Fun! I still plan on bing at CO60/CO70 tomorrow. No guarantees on how early, but with sunset around 0500 UTC up here I may work more passes than I originally planned. Please note my call here does not use the traditional VE prefix... when I obtained my Canadian license in 2002, VE7EWK was already issued. The VA prefix had been available in many provinces for a couple of years, and I went with VA7EWK. This is the first time in 8+ years VA7EWK has been on anything other than local repeaters; I used CJ7EWK on satellites from Vancouver in late 2008. 73! Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - sailing between Horseshoe Bay and Nanaimo, British Columbia, watching the sunset http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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CO-65 Digipeater Mode
by Mineo Wakita 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

CO-65 (Cute-1.7+APD II) is in Digipeater Mode during weekends, so it's only Saturday and Sunday. CO-65 digipeater is operated using a standard AX.25 protocol. SRLL protocol is not usually used. The uplink of the digipeater is 1267.600 MHz and the downlink 437.475 MHz using 9600 bps GMSK. http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/amateur_service_e.html http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ct17gmsk.htm http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ct17gms2.htm http://www.kc2rlm.info/soundcardpacket/ http://www.southgatearc.org/news/july2010/co65_digipeater_active.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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Delaware for 13 Colonies
by Dave Webb KB1PVH 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

Jeff, KB2M will be /MM in Delaware Bay on on either Saturday or Sunday and agreed to put Delaware on the birds for the 13 Colonies Special Event. Keep an ear open for KB2M/K2E/MM!!! He will post here when he has more info. Thanks Jeff! Dave - KB1PVH/K2H Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID

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VA7EWK @ CN89, 0043-0142 UTC tonight
by Patrick STODDARD 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

Hello from Vancouver! Before I head for the ferry terminal and cross over to Vancouver Island, I will attempt an AO51 pass @ 0043 UTC, then AO7 @ 0106 UTC if it is in mode B, then FO29 @ 0128 UTC. A test of my gear, before my ambitious plans for tomorrow. 73! Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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WRONG TIMES
by Tim - N3TL 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

ISS will get to me in range to hit about 2317 UTC . NOT 2342.

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Hey ISS Packeteers!
by Tim - N3TL 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

If anyone is interested in working one of the "orbiting" 13 colonies special events stations, I should have 4-5 minutes of the next ISS pass available to me. Foliage to my east (a thick stand of trees that starts less than 50 feet from my back door, and runs east for 50-60 yards) will keep me from doing much with the southern half of the pass, but I should be ok by no later than 2343 UTC. Look for N3TL/K2G on your UISS display, and send me a message! I also should be able to make the north half of the next pass, to my west, too. 73 to all, and God Bless, Tim - N3TL/K2G Georgia EM84ha

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Re: [CubeSat] Cubesat Group purchase of EMCOR cells
by Ignacio de León 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Hi everyone. Finally we bought 12 solars cells. The company is AZURSPACE from Germany. We would like to thank Mr. Bob Bruninga who put the post in Amsat comunity Mr. Vu Trong Thu who told us about his experience with AZURSPACE. Mr. Jürgen Grein who works in AZURSPACE and who made the purchase possible giving us an excelent support Mr. Jürgen Grein´s email: juergen.grein(a)azurspace.com We recommend AZURSPACE. http://www.azurspace.com/ Thanks again to everyone involved Best regards from Uruguay Ignacio de León 2010/5/24 Andrew Kalman <aek(a)pumpkininc.com> > Which size cell? > > That's a great deal if it's for the large ones (roughly 40x70mm ...). > > Dunno how good the rejects are. > > > --Andrew > > _______________________________________ > Andrew E. Kalman, Ph.D. aek(a)pumpkininc.com > > CubeSat Kit(TM) > A Product of Pumpkin, Inc. > 750 Naples Street > San Francisco, CA 94112 > tel: (415) 584-6360 > fax: (415) 585-7948 > web: http://www.cubesatkit.com > email: cubesatkit(a)pumpkininc.com > > The information contained in this email message is intended only for > the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may > contain information that is confidential. Furthermore, this > information may be protected by Federal law relating to > confidentiality (42 CFR Part 2) prohibiting any further disclosure. > If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the > employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to its > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, > dissemination, distribution or copying of the communication is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in > error, please notify Pumpkin, Inc. immediately by telephone, email or > fax and return the original message to us via the means by which it > was originally delivered. Thank you. > _______________________________________ > > > > At 1:32 PM -0400 5/24/10, Robert Bruninga wrote: > > > How much is Emcore quoting per cell? > > > >$50 per cell for rejects, minimum order $7500 > > > >Bob, WB4APR > >> > >> --Andrew > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> Andrew E. Kalman, Ph.D. aek(a)pumpkininc.com > >> > >> CubeSat Kit(TM) > >> A Product of Pumpkin, Inc. > >> 750 Naples Street > >> San Francisco, CA 94112 > >> tel: (415) 584-6360 > >> fax: (415) 585-7948 > >> web: http://www.cubesatkit.com > >> email: cubesatkit(a)pumpkininc.com > >> > >> The information contained in this email message is intended > >only for > >> the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed > >and may > >> contain information that is confidential. Furthermore, this > >> information may be protected by Federal law relating to > >> confidentiality (42 CFR Part 2) prohibiting any further > >disclosure. > >> If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or > >the > >> employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to > >its > >> intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, > >> dissemination, distribution or copying of the communication is > > > >> strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication > >in > >> error, please notify Pumpkin, Inc. immediately by telephone, > >email or > >> fax and return the original message to us via the means by > >which it > >> was originally delivered. Thank you. > >> _______________________________________ > >> > >> At 2:15 PM -0400 5/21/10, Robert Bruninga wrote: > >> >AMSAT and CUBESAT: > >> > > >> >A student CUBESAT group in Uruguay wants to partner with > >another > >> >CUBESAT group to purchase the minimum quantity (150) of > >triple > >> >jnction solar cells from EMCOR. They only need a dozen. > >> > > >> >Anyone want to team up? > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >CubeSat mailing list > >> >CubeSat(a)cubesat.org > >> >http://lists.cubesat.org/mailman/listinfo/cubesat > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > 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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Wow, what a civil and courteous crowd on AO-27
by Mark Lunday 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

I worked four stations. Two of those called me after my first two QSO's. A bunch of other QSO's happened, all with civility and good amateur practice. There was almost no cross-talk QRM among stations. EXTREMELY courteous. 4B2NV, KB0RZD, K0BAM, KD8KSN, WC7V heard or worked. This is my first FM satellite pass in more than a year, I gave up after the absurdity on AO-51 in April of 2009. Nicely done, Gentlemen. Obviously rule #1 was in effect today: don't be a bird "hog" 73 Mark Lunday, WD4ELG Greensboro, NC FM06be wd4elg(a)arrl.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com http://wd4elg.net

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Upcoming Southern CA Shows
by Clint Bradford 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

AMSAT area coordinator Clint Bradford, K6LCS, will be presenting his "Working Amateur Satellites With Your HT" multimedia session at the July 8, 2010 meeting of the Riverside County Amateur Radio Association and at the July 22, 2010 meeting of the Antelope Valley ARC. ALL are welcome to attend! "Tentatively, we have workable passes of satellites before both of these meetings," Clint reports. "If you would like to show up early, I'll be working the satellite from the meetings' parking lots." Email Clint for details on times. Attendees should download Clint's four-page tutorial and radio programming matrix before the meeting from ... http://www.work-sat.com And Clint welcomes pre-presentation questions - call him at 909-241-7666, or send email to clint(a)clintbradford.com The Riverside club meeting starts at 7:00PM (new time!) at the La Sierra University Church, 4937 Sierra Vista Ave (at Pierce St), Riverside CA 92505. The Antelope Valley club meets at the Lancaster EOC building at City Hall, 45026 Fern Ave, Lancaster, CA 93534. Meeting starts at 7:30PM.

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