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

ARISSat-1 Photos Added to Web Page
by JoAnne Maenpaa 28 Sep '10

28 Sep '10

Hello Everyone, Our http://www.amsat.org web page has been updated to show you a few of the latest photos of ARISSat-1 undergoing its successful vibration testing. Check out http://www.arrl.org/news/arissat-1-in-satellite-final-preparation for additional photos. Thanks to Gould WA4SXM for this latest information. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org Editor, AMSAT News Service Copy Editor, AMSAT Journal

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Gary Lockhart in MD AB3ID
by Loren 28 Sep '10

28 Sep '10

Gary, Would you please email me off list. I cannot find your email address. 73 Loren k7cwq lorenrasmussen(a)bendbroadband.com

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HRPT reception
by Bob- W7LRD 28 Sep '10

28 Sep '10

Does anyone have any experience in the reception of HRPT wx satellites. Specifically converting many of the cheap MMDS downconverters to 1.7Ghz. 73 Bob W7LRD Seatlle

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SSTL & DMCii - To build & Launch 3 UK Satellites
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 28 Sep '10

28 Sep '10

Hi all, It has been announced that SSTL (Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd ) and its partners DMCii are to build and launch 3 satellites at a cost of £100 million. A UK project of course. The satellites are expected to be launched in 2013 and used for imaging the earth with a resolution of 1 metre. It is also planned to let other countries whom may not be able to afford to build or launch satellites. Buy time for use of the SSTL satellites. Many congratulations to Sir Martin Sweeting and his teams on yet another major project for the group. Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat -UK Amsat NA

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K8YSE Lake Superior QSL cards
by John Papay 27 Sep '10

27 Sep '10

The Lake Superior Grid Expedition cards have been printed and are in transit. I hope to receive them in a few days. With that in mind, I should have some ready before the AMSAT Symposium. If you worked me on the trip and plan to attend the Symposium, please drop me an email off line. I will bring cards to Chicago and give them to you in person. There will be 11 different cards for the various locations. A picture of the Minnesota card is on my website, papays.com/sat and qrz.com. There were about 350 unique callsigns out of 2069 qso's. This is a good indicator that it's not just a handful of stations that are operating on the birds. There is a growing interest in satellites and many of the newer operators are working towards their Satellite VUCC! Operating "portable" away from your home grid is both challenging and rewarding. Once you try it, you'll always think about taking your gear with you when you have the opportunity to travel. There is always a need for uncommon grids. Many grids that were once active can become rare in a short time. Don't be afraid to show up from any grid. There will always be someone that needs it and they will appreciate the effort that you make to operate from there. 73, John K8YSE

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ISS
by Jack Barbera 27 Sep '10

27 Sep '10

Need a little help with ISS Was under the impression that ISS had a beacon, but have not been able to locate the frequency. To use ISS satpc32 I believed it was mentioned that some sort of a hand shake between the program/radio/computer was necessary. Can someone provide what has to be done. Thanks to anyone who can help me. Jack WA1ZDV

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ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf V ready to ship
by Gould Smith 27 Sep '10

27 Sep '10

This was an important week for ARISSat program. The ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf V satellite passed the vibration tests this week. Documents needed for the Phase 2 Safety Reveiw were sent to the committee for the NASA Safety Review scheduled for Oct 12 & 13, 2010. We are planning on crating the two satellites (flight and backup) next week and shipping them to NASA Houston for shipment to Russia. Thank you to all the team members that have worked so diligently over the life of the project and especially the last few weeks to get the satellites flight ready and prepared to ship. Gould, WA4SXM AMSAT ARISSat Project Manager

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Items For Sale
by David - KG4ZLB 27 Sep '10

27 Sep '10

LVB Tracker complete with all cables and instructions, perfect condition. $135 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Icom AG-25 (2m) and Icom AG-35 (70cm) mast mounted pre-amps for sale. $99 each or both for $160 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heil HS-2 hand switch $20 shipped ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All prices include shipping to the lower 48; Paypal fine! Contact me off list, thanks David KG4ZLB

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Re: Ham radio deluxe
by John Belstner 27 Sep '10

27 Sep '10

I'd highly recommend MacLoggerDX and/or MacDoppler. The functionality and graphics are much better and they are Mac apps. Sent from my iPad On Sep 27, 2010, at 5:49 AM, "Lawn, Richard" <RLawn(a)uarts.edu> wrote: I do not run a true windows machine only a Mac running win 7 using boot camp. Satpc32 runs the rotor just fin but can't get that to happen in HRD. Sent from my iPhone by Rick Lawn On Sep 27, 2010, at 7:56 AM, "Stefano Simonetti" <iw1rdz(a)yahoo.it> wrote: Have you tried to run the same on a different PC (not iMAc)? I had success controlling my rotor via g6lvb lvbtracker under hamradio deluxe on xp (INTEL PC). 73 de Steve - Iw1RDZ ----- Messaggio originale ----- Da: "Lawn, Richard" <RLawn(a)uarts.edu> A: "amsat-bb(a)amsat.org" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Inviato: Dom 26 settembre 2010, 23:04:56 Oggetto: [amsat-bb] Ham radio deluxe I've had no luck in getting the rotor app to talk to my easy com style rotor interface. I'm running win 7 now on my iMac via boot camp. I should say that the sat tracking program seems to controlling the radio but the rotor just sits there. Rotor works fine in satpc32 and macdoppler. Anybody using the HRD package for the birds? Sent from my iPhone by Rick Lawn W2JAZ _______________________________________________ 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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Ham radio deluxe
by Lawn, Richard 27 Sep '10

27 Sep '10

I've had no luck in getting the rotor app to talk to my easy com style rotor interface. I'm running win 7 now on my iMac via boot camp. I should say that the sat tracking program seems to controlling the radio but the rotor just sits there. Rotor works fine in satpc32 and macdoppler. Anybody using the HRD package for the birds? Sent from my iPhone by Rick Lawn W2JAZ

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