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

ICOM 910H 9k6 operation
by Pedro Cruz 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

Hello To all Does any one use with sucess the icom 910H with 9k6 packet operation? Best 73! Pedro Cruz - CU2JX

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Last night's presentation/demo in Glendale AZ
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

Hi! The presentation and demonstration last night for the ThunderBird Amateur Radio Club in Glendale, Arizona, was a success. There was a good turnout for both, even though the demonstration started about an hour before the club meeting. An unplanned surprise also helped with the evening. One of the club members, Rick K7TEJ, used his HT and homebrew dual-band Yagi to do a demonstration on an AO-51 pass about 20 minutes before my FO-29 demonstration. This allowed the club members to see FM and SSB satellite operation before the meeting and my presentation. On FO-29, I worked 5 stations from Tennessee and Kentucky to California, as well as Omar XE1AO in central Mexico. Thanks for the QSOs! Early in the pass, I tuned around and heard other CW activity, which reinforced the notion that more than one QSO can take place on a satellite like FO-29 at the same time. There were 15 to 20 people outside in the late-afternoon sun for the demonstrations by K7TEJ and me, not bad considering it was still around 100F/38C outside at that time. When the club meeting started, there were probably 25 to 30 in attendance. My presentation went just over an hour after the club finshed its normal business meeting. Along with talking about the various satellites, I added a bit of discussion about the ISS and in particular the recent activity by Doug Wheelock up there. I know that for many, myself included, working the ISS can be the spark to try working other amateur satellites. I put one of the recent photos from the ISS of Doug Wheelock at the ham station in my slideshow, along with some captions to identify the equipment at the ISS ham station, to give the audience an idea of who and what is on the other end of a QSO with the ISS. I was even able to show the audience an NA1SS QSL card I had just received for a QSO with Doug on 4 September (thanks to ARRL for the very quick turnaround on my QSL request!). The day after I worked Doug, NASA posted 3 photos of him at the ISS ham station. If you want to see them for yourself, they can be found at: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-24/html/iss024e0133… http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-24/html/iss024e0133… http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-24/html/iss024e0133… I used the photo in the third link in my slideshow. It was nice to see these on the NASA photo archive for this expedition, and especially nice to see the caption identify the radio as a "ham radio system" and not just a "communications system" as was done on similar photos from past ISS expeditions. Thanks to the ThunderBird Amateur Radio Club for inviting me out to another meeting for a presentation and demonstration. This was the fourth time I have done this at their meetings since 2007, in addition to having an AMSAT table at their January hamfests over the past few years. The club's program chairman, Israel AD7ND (also an AMSAT member), is already asking me to make another presentation to the club a year from now. :-) And a thank-you to Rick K7TEJ for adding the FM satellite demonstration to the evening. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Only 3 Weeks
by Martha 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

The 2010 AMSAT Symposium will take place in 3 weeks. If you have not registered, please do so ASAP. Information can be found on our website along with the registration form. See you in Elk Grove! -- 73- Martha

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Loading memories in Kenwood TM-V7a
by WB2LLP 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

Is there any software to load the memories in the subject radio? 73 de WB2LLP Gene

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New Falcon 9 Passes Test
by B J 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/002/100916wdr/ Next launch scheduled for next month. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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K3 with transverters or the IC-9100 Will be interesting how they compare.
by Jack KZ4USA 17 Sep '10

17 Sep '10

I plan to buy a new rig soon some Im looking. Oh and the Flex5000 I guess with transverters. Jack KZ4USA Bradenton, Florida

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ND9M Road Trip
by claryco＠aol.com 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

My XYL, Cori, and I will be leaving Cheyenne (DN71) tomorrow, 17 Sept, and take the long way to camp at Grand Teton Nat'l Park (DN43) and later on at Yellowstone in the northwestern corner of the state. There are 16 grids with significant chunks in Wyoming, and our plans are to operate from as many, if not all, of them on the way there. Most operating will be on the FM birds (including HO68 when it's in that mode), but I'll also be QRV on the linear sats as well. Several ops have indicated that the eastern-most grids are the most needed, so we'll start there; DN73 seems to be the most wanted in this area. I'll also be running counties, both CW and SSB, on the HF bands; along with hitting all the grids, there are 23 counties in Wyoming, so our route will vary as we zig zag to hit everything possible. Because of all the multi-band operating, we'll probably take three days to get to the first campsite. After our stays in those parks, we'll head into Montana for more camping at Glacier Nat'l Park in DN28, and then it'll be on to North Dakota. More on that part of the trip later. I don't have APRS (yet), but the county hunters have a spotting web site set up, which is http://ch.w6rk.com. (No registration is necessary.) The info will show where I am, but it'll only be as accurate and current as the spotter who puts it in. It'll give a good idea of what part of the state I'm in at the time. For the Fred Fish Award chasers, I've got 6M with me as well. I won't be monitoring the band - two modes on three HF bands plus the birds will keep me busy enough - but if a band opening appears, give me a call (850-960-8566) and I'll be glad to switch over to the Magic Band and put out the grid I'm in. Cell service in Wyoming and Montana is far from solid, but otherwise feel free to call any time during the day or evening. I'll post planned grids as the trip progesses. 73, Jim, ND9M / VQ9JC Cheyenne WY / Laramie Co. / DN71

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I: Re: PBS History Detectives Show Features Ham Radio &NASA Echo Satellite This Week
by Francesco Grappi 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

Hi Trevor, Thank you for the informations, very interesting video. I played it with my pc and no problem. My set-up : Amd Phenom 9600 Quad-Core processor Win XP pro Browser Explorer 8 2,3 Ghz clock 3 GB ram 73" Frank IW4DVZ -----Messaggio originale----- Da: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] Per conto di Trevor . Inviato: giovedì 16 settembre 2010 21.51 A: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Oggetto: [amsat-bb] Re: PBS History Detectives Show Features Ham Radio &NASA Echo Satellite This Week The video of Satelloon at http://video.pbs.org/video/1513607701/ seems reluctant to play on my PC, can other see it ? 73 Trevor M5AKA --- On Wed, 15/9/10, Mark Thompson <wb9qzb_groups(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Date: Wednesday, 15 September, 2010, 19:52 > PBS History Detectives Show Features > Ham Radio & NASA Echo Satellite > > Season 8, Episode 1 Airs This Week > > http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigations/801_satelloon.html _______________________________________________ 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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Fw: PBS History Detectives Show Features Ham Radio & NASA Echo Satellite This Week
by Mark Thompson 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Trevor . <m5aka(a)yahoo.co.uk> To: Mark Thompson <wb9qzb_groups(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Thu, September 16, 2010 2:48:21 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PBS History Detectives Show Features Ham Radio & NASA Echo Satellite This Week The video of Satelloon at http://video.pbs.org/video/1513607701/ seems reluctant to play on my PC, can others views it ? 73 Trevor M5AKA --- On Wed, 15/9/10, Mark Thompson <wb9qzb_groups(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Date: Wednesday, 15 September, 2010, 19:52 > PBS History Detectives Show Features > Ham Radio & NASA Echo Satellite > > Season 8, Episode 1 Airs This Week > > http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigations/801_satelloon.html

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PBS History Detectives Show Features Ham Radio & NASA Echo Satellite This Week
by Mark Thompson 16 Sep '10

16 Sep '10

PBS History Detectives Show Features Ham Radio & NASA Echo Satellite Season 8, Episode 1 Airs This Week http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigations/801_satelloon.html

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