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

HO-68 Schedule -29-05 Sep 2010
by Alan Kung 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

UTC: 29 Aug 2010 ================================ 16:15...Turn On--FM India, Africa, Middle East, Europe,NA 17:00...Turn Off 18:05...Turn On--FM Africa,Europe,Middle East,NA 18:50...Turn Off 19:30...Turn On--FM Africa,Europe,Middle East,NA 20:15...Turn Off 30 Aug 2010 ================================ 23:55...Turn On--FM South America,NA,North Asia 00:40...Turn Off 01:53...Turn On--FM North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:09...Turn Off 12:12...Turn On--FM NA,North Asia,East Asia, Oceania 12:26...Turn Off 16:00...Turn On--FM India, Africa, Middle East, Europe,NA 16:45...Turn Off 19:55...Turn On--FM Africa, Middle East, Europe,NA 20:40...Turn Off 23:40...Turn On--FM NA,North Asia,East Asia, Oceania 24:25...Turn Off 31 Aug 2010 ================================ 01:36...Turn On--FM North Asia, East Asia,South Asia 01:52...Turn Off 11:35...Turn On--FM Oceania,Asia,Europe 12:20...Turn Off 17:30...Turn On--FM India,Middle East,Europe,NA 18:15...Turn Off 18:55...Turn On--FM India,Middle East,Europe,NA 19:40...Turn Off 23:20...Turn On--FM NA,North Asia,East Asia, Oceania 24:05...Turn Off 01 Sep 2010 ================================= 03:03...Turn On--FM North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 03:19...Turn Off 06:35...Turn On--FM NA,North Asia,Eroupe, Africa 17:20...Turn Off 13:55...Turn On--FM Europe,NA,South America 14:40...Turn Off 15:50...Turn On--FM Europe,NA, South America 16:35...Turn Off 18:40...Turn On--FM Africa,Middle East,Europe,NA 19:25...Turn Off 20:30...Turn On--FM Africa,Middle East,Europe,NA 21:15...Turn Off 02 Sep 2010 ================================= 00:50...Turn On--FM NA,North Asia,East Asia,Oceania 01:35...Turn Off 02:48...Turn On--FM Asia,Oceania 03:03...Turn Off 13:45...Turn On--FM Europe,NA,South America 14:30...Turn Off 16:55...Turn On--FM Africa,India,Middle East,Europe,NA 17:40...Turn Off 18:45...Turn On--FM Africa,Europe,NA 19:30...Turn Off 20:10...Turn On--FM Africa,Europe,NA 20:55...Turn Off 03 Sep 2010 ================================ 00:35...Turn On--FM Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 01:20...Turn Off 02:31...Turn On--FM North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:47...Turn Off 14:39...Turn On--FM Oceania,India,East Asia 14:54...Turn Off 16:40...Turn On--FM India,Africa,Europe,NA 17:25...Turn Off 18:25...Turn On--FM India,Africa,Europe,NA 19:10...Turn Off 19:50...Turn On--FM Africa,Europe,NA 20:35...Turn Off 04 Sep 2010 ================================ 00:20...Turn On--FM South America,NA,North Asia 01:05...Turn Off 02:14...Turn On--FM North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:30...Turn Off 14:30...Turn On--FM Oceania, East Asia,North Asia 14:44...Turn Off 16:25...Turn On--FM Africa,Europe,NA 17:10...Turn Off 18:10...Turn On--FM India,Africa,Europe,NA 18:55...Turn Off 19:35...Turn On--FM Africa,Europe,NA 20:20...Turn Off 05 Sep 2010 ================================ 00:00...Turn On--FM North Asia,East Asia, South Asia,Oceania 00:45...Turn Off 02:00...Turn On--FM North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:15...Turn Off 14:05...Turn On--FM Oceania,India,East Asia 14:21...Turn Off 73 Alan Kung, BA1DU HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager www.camsat.cn

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It's Time to Register for the 2010 AMSAT Symposium
by JoAnne Maenpaa 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Hello Everyone, Here is a relay of Symposium news from the AMSAT News Service Bulletins ... SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-241.01 It's Time to Register for the 2010 AMSAT Symposium AMSAT News Service Bulletin 241.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. August 29, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-241.01 It is time to register for the 2010 AMSAT Space Symposium and General meeting. You can register on-line at the AMSAT Store: http://www.amsat-na.com/store/SymposiumReg.php Your conference fee includes entrance to the Symposium, refreshments and a copy of the 2010 Symposium Proceedings: $40.00 per person before 15 September 2010 $45.00 from 21 September through 5 October Online registration closes 5 October at Midnight. Registration at the door will be $50.00. The Saturday Night Banquet is the highlight of the Space Symposium. Join us for great food, major announcements and the traditional banquet prize awards. Saturday Evening Banquet $45.00 per person. The keynote speaker at the banquet will be Dr. Albert Stebbins, a theoretical astrophysicist working with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey in the Fermilab Theoretical Astrophysics Group. AMSAT Area Coordinators typically gather to exchange ideas and tech- niques for supporting AMSAT members and promoting amateur satellite operations. Sunday Morning Area Coordinator's Breakfast: $15.00 per person Symposium Hotel Information: ---------------------------- The Chicago/Elk Grove Holiday Inn is located west of O'Hare Airport at 1000 Busse Road, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007. Telephone 1-847-437-6010. The registration code for the discount rate of $79.00 per night is AMS. The direct link to the www.holidayinn.com hotel web page is: http://tinyurl.com/2aptoeu You can also reach this page from the Symposium web page at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2010/Hotel.php Flight & Airport Information: ----------------------------- Chicago-O'Hare International Airport is the closest to the Chicago/ Elk Grove Holiday Inn Hotel. The hotel offers free hourly shuttle service to and from O'Hare Airport. Call the hotel upon arrival to let them know to come pick you up. Note that Chicago-Midway Airport is approximately 40 miles from the hotel and will require commuting or a $22.00 Shuttle fee. O'Hare Airport is served by all major air carriers. Getting there by car: The hotel address is 1000 Busse Road, Elk Grove Village, IL 60007. A map link is included on the hotel web page. The GPS coordinates are 42° 00' 37.30" N 87° 57' 36.5" W. Sunday Afternoon Tour --------------------- At the conclusion of the Symposium activities you are invited to participate in a tour of the Tevatron at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory on Sunday. Part of the tour will include a tour of the multi-megawatt RF portions of the particle accelerator as well as a tour of the new Super Conducting RF Test Facility. The Symposium registration form includes a place to indicate whether you can help with the car pools for travel to FermiLab and back to the hotel. The planned start time for the FermiLab tour will be 12 Noon. [ANS thanks the 2010 Symposium Committee for the above information] /EX PS - If you don't get the AMSAT News Service weekly bulletins you can sign up on-line at: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org Editor, AMSAT News Service Copy Editor, AMSAT Journal

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Re: Latest AMSAT Journal
by James French 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

Hello Joe and the list. If I can explain a little about how bulk mailing works, it might help explain some issues that people have with getting the journal. I work for a printer that does bulk mailings also and this is how they do things. AMSAT's printer may do it a totally different way than how my employer does it. First, It all depends on when the mailer gets the printed copies. There may be issues with paper used, when the files arrive, scheduled deadlines met on time, things like that. Second, the sender supplies a file with names and addresses that need to be printed onto either labels or onto the printed material in a certain space. This takes about anywhere from 30 minutes to a whole day (equipment issues) to set up aligning the print heads. Each process has its own procedures and differs between mailers. Third, depending on what the volume (quantity) is, it could take a day to a week to print names and addresses onto the printed material. Fourth, keeping the addresses sorted so that they are going to the right destination can get complex sometimes. Fifth, after everything is sorted by zip codes and destinations, then comes shipping via semi to the separate sort facilities across the country and outside country destinations. Yes, depending on quantity, bulk mailing gets shipped to sort facilities across the country by contracted carriers. Sixth, it could take as much as a week to get from the mailers dock to a sort facility on the other side of the country depending on where the mailer is located. If you look at the mailing label area on your journal next time, you'll see that little square that has this saying in it: Periodicals POSTAGE PAID At Silver Springs, MD and at additional mailing offices that means that it has gone from the mailer to at least one sort facility in the path before it gets to your local post office and your home mailbox. There is also meeting the criteria of how the USPS wants things sorted and weighed and..... The list is endless currently. My place of employment has had the USPS reject a load because it either weighed one pound more or less than what is stated on the documents. The USPS also has guidelines that have to be met about thickness and weight of paper. That can hold up a mailing also. This is not to say that this is how AMSAT does the mailing of the journal. I am just stating how its done at my place of employment to give everyone an idea of what it takes to mail the Journal each time. Things do change each time the Journal is mailed so that has to be taken into account each time. Proposed deadlines have to be met to keep things flowing. If one deadline is not met, that can hold things up by a week or more. The times I gave are based on a mailing of several hundreds of thousands having to have addresses printed onto them. You also have to remember that the printer that AMSAT uses has to make deadlines also. The printer could be the same business that does the mailing which does help. AMSAT only has to do roughly almost ten thousand printings of the Journal each time. This takes time on the presses to set up. Based on where I work, the Journal would go onto the sheetfed press not the 4 color offset press because of the quantity amount. Which means a little bit more cost in paper, press time, and setup. Then it moves out to the bindery department to be folded, cut, and stapled to its final size for the mailing department. I hope this explains some about why one person may get a journal before another person does. I know it doesn't explain everything but it gives everyone an idea of what it takes to get the journal mailed. James W8ISS

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Keps Question
by Dave Marthouse 31 Aug '10

31 Aug '10

I was just on the Amsat keps page. What is the difference between nasa two line and bare nasa two line elements? Dave Marthouse N2AAM dmarthouse(a)gmail.com

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for sale: 2M5WL
by D. Craig Fox 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

Hello fello sat-ops I bought a beautiful M squared 2M5WL SERIOUS 2mtr boomer to step up for EME JT65, meteor scatter and even those low AO7 passes. But, to get that serious gain, it is 33 ft long and, well, on top of my modest tract home, it is a little too much for the XYL, and where it would be installed would make it swing a bit too close to my tower. This comes from W5UN's serious EME array as he replaced it with another design. It is used, but in primo condition, typical M2 quality, SS hardware, etc.. Texas Towers is selling it for $249 plus shipping. I am selling this for $150 plus shipping (UPS from Texas to Calif. ran about $35). Paypal is fine. I wanted to offer it here before the usual ham outlets. Thanks Craig N6RSX dcfox(a)rwglaw.com NOTICE: This communication may contain privileged or other confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this communication to the intended recipient, please advise the sender by reply email and immediately delete the message and any attachments without copying or disclosing the contents. Thank you.

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RE AO27 18:45z
by Donald Pittman 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

I had a little technical difficulty when working this pas. Had a good QSO wit a K0w?? And the thing is my recorder was on pause EEEEEK. By chance did any one get a recording of that qso or if your read this K0??? Please let me know the info we worked to get it done and I have a memory that can be measured in nano meters HI Any help drop me a email or here is ok WB8ZOM @ARRL.NET It was near the end of the pass. Thanks DON

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VA7EWK QSLs - please send to WD9EWK, not to Canada
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

Hi! I just heard from a ham friend of mine in Vancouver, whose address is the station address on my Canadian call VA7EWK. He's received some QSL cards for me from my trip up there last month. I should have those cards in my hands shortly, but please remember that the Canadian address listed on QRZ.com and other online sources is not the QSL route for VA7EWK. Please use the address for WD9EWK, the PO box in Scottsdale AZ, when sending QSLs for VA7EWK. For those who sent me QSL requests before I had my VA7EWK cards printed - many thanks! All of those requests have been answered. For many others, I have sent out my VA7EWK QSLs with SASEs in the last 7-10 days. If you have not received anything from me but would like a VA7EWK card (or cards from any of my recent trips), please e-mail me directly with the QSO information. I will be happy to send out a card, and (for VA7EWK and XE2/WD9EWK QSOs) probably an SASE to get your card in return. Thanks, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Re: New Satellite Downlink?
by Gordon JC Pearce 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

On Sat, 2010-08-28 at 19:31 +0000, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote: > Dear Gordon. > > Please get a copy of the Wireless Telegraphy Act from the library and read it. > You are only allowed to listen to authorised broadcast stations, Amateur Radio stations and transmissions in the > Standard Frequency and Time Service (or an exempt service such as CB or a baby monitor for example) unless you have been > seperately authorised to do otherwise. > If the US Navy authorises you to listen to their satellite, you're OK, otherwise you're in breach of the act. And isn't the idea that we are authorised to experiment with these satellites, now that the US Navy is no longer using them? Gordon MM0YEQ

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TAPR Trakbox Kit
by Gary "Joe" Mayfield 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

Shameless plug for item for sale on eBay --- http://cgi.ebay.com/TAPR-Trakbox-Stand-Alone-Satellite-Tracker-Kit-/25068943 7836 It is a Trakbox kit I never assembled. 73, Joe kk0sd

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SO67 scheduled for NA and SA this week
by Andrew Glasbrenner 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

SO67 is scheduled for passes over North and South America this week: see http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ 73, Drew KO4MA Sent from my iPhone

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