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

ND9M Road Trip #2
by claryco＠aol.com 20 Sep '10

20 Sep '10

Cori and I re-routed ourselves because of questionable road conditions and are camping at the Little Big Horn in DN65. This was to be our fourth stop off after Cheyenne (DN71), Grand Teton (DN43) and Yellowstone (DN44); instead it's the second. We'll be here through Monday and resume our trek back into Wyoming on Tuesday. I'll be on whatever passes I can sneak away to get to tomorrow. I've got a hill to my east that blocks passes lower than about 15 degrees elevation, but all other directions are clear for miles around. I've been checking 6M after each pass that I'm on, but not surprisingly, I haven't heard any sigs at all so far. I'm using 50.125 for CQs and tuning the band. 73, Jim, ND9M / VQ9JC Garryowen, MT / Big Horn Co. / DN65

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need help with satpc32 on windows 7
by ryan woods 19 Sep '10

19 Sep '10

Ok still need help trying to install satpc32 ver12.6 on win7 home I cant even run it as admin it keeps saying I need a 64bit version.

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Dual V/U and L/U repeaters: AO-51 mode change 2115utc 19 Sept 2010
by Mark L. Hammond 19 Sep '10

19 Sep '10

Hi All, The mode change has occurred. The L/U voice repeater is now active and working fine. Enjoyed L/U QSOs with KC9ELU, N5UXT, and WA3SWJ. Note--remember to experiment with your L-band uplink frequency! Many users (including myself) find that tuning your uplink higher (in the 1268.703-1276.708 MHz range) works best. Currently 435.300 is running at 480 mW and 435.150 is running at 390 mW. If you can switch U-band antenna polarity, please remember that 435.300 is RHCP (right hand circular polarization) and 435.150 is LHCP (left hand). September 19 (late UTC) FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM (no PL tone) Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM FM Repeater, L/U Uplink: 1268.700 MHz FM (no PL tone) Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM 73, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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Icom Interface cables
by joe barkley 19 Sep '10

19 Sep '10

Hi All, I am looking for recommendations and experiences with commercially available Computer interfaces for Icom. Specifically the 910H. I need USB. I have bought a couple cheapies over the years for other Icoms but would like to get one that will last and work as it should. Thanks for any info and I will post results if sent through private email. 73, Joe KI4TZ

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Operation from BL02 Sunday thru Thursday 9/23
by Tom Deeble 19 Sep '10

19 Sep '10

Greetings, It looks like operation from BL02 (Kauai) will work. Earlier this afternoon I made a contact with WC7V, Kerry in Montana, on a 1.5 degree pass here. Looking at the new HO-68 schedule and the AO-51 passes, I'll try for the following seven passes: Sunday, 9/19 HO-68: 9:54 - 10:03 HST 1954 - 2003 UTC AO-51: 4:15 - 4:22 PM HST 0215 - 0222 (9/20) UTC Monday, 9/20 AO-51: 3:32 - 3:40 PM HST 0132 - 0140 UTC Tuesday, 9/21 HO-68: 9:20 - 9:30 HST 1920 - 1930 UTC Wednesday, 9/22 HO-68: 9:04 - 9:14 HST 1904 - 1914 UTC AO-51: 3:53 - 4:01 PM HST 0153 - 0201 (9/23) UTC Thursday, 9/23 HO-68: 8:49 - 8:59 HST 1849 - 1859 UTC Hopefully the morning passes won't get rained on. We had some good rain last night and this morning. Aloha & 73's, Tom - KA6SIP

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HO-68 Schedule -19-26 Sep 2010
by Alan Kung 19 Sep '10

19 Sep '10

UTC: 19 Sep 2010 ================================ 17:35...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India, Africa, Middle East, Europe,NA 18:20...Turn Off 18:25...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,Middle East,NA 19:10...Turn Off 19:20...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,Middle East,NA 20:05...Turn Off 20 Sep 2010 ================================ 23:25...Turn On--FM/PACSAT South America,NA,North Asia 00:10...Turn Off 03:06...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 03:22...Turn Off 14:05...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA,South America 14:50...Turn Off 17:15...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India, Africa, Middle East, Europe,NA 18:00...Turn Off 18:45...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA,East Asia,Oceania 19:30...Turn Off 23:10...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA,North Asia,East Asia, Oceania 23:55...Turn Off 21 Sep 2010 ================================ 02:54...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia, East Asia,South Asia 03:02...Turn Off 10:05...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Oceania,Asia,Europe 10:50...Turn Off 13:45...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA, South America 14:30...Turn Off 17:00...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Middle East,Europe,NA 17:45...Turn Off 18:45...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Middle East,Europe,NA 19:30...Turn Off 20:15...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 21:00...Turn Off 22 Sep 2010 ================================= 00:40...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia Oceania 01:25...Turn Off 02:34...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:49...Turn Off 13:30...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe,NA,South America 14:15...Turn Off 16:45...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India, Africa,Europe,NA South America 17:30...Turn Off 18:30...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Middle East,Europe,NA 19:15...Turn Off 19:55...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Middle East,Europe,NA 20:40...Turn Off 23 Sep 2010 ================================= 00:20...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA,North Asia,East Asia,Oceania 01:05...Turn Off 02:22...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Asia,Oceania 02:37...Turn Off 13:10...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe,NA,South America 13:55...Turn Off 16:25...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,India,Middle East Europe,NA 17:10...Turn Off 18:15...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 19:00...Turn Off 19:40...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 20:25...Turn Off 24 Sep 2010 ================================ 00:05...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 00:50...Turn Off 02:00...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:15...Turn Off 12:55...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe, NA,South America 13:40...Turn Off 16:10...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Africa,Europe,NA 16:55...Turn Off 17:55...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Africa,Europe,NA 18:40...Turn Off 19:20...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 20:05...Turn Off 25 Sep 2010 ================================ 23:50...Turn On--FM/PACSAT South America,NA,North Asia 00:35...Turn Off 01:48...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:03...Turn Off 12:40...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe, NA,South America 13:25...Turn Off 16:00...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 16:45...Turn Off 17:40...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Africa,Europe,NA 18:25...Turn Off 19:05...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 19:50...Turn Off 26 Sep 2010 ================================ 23:30...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia, South Asia,Oceania 00:15...Turn Off 03:18...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia Oceania 03:29...Turn Off 14:10...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe,NA,South America 14:55...Turn Off 73 Alan Kung, BA1DU HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager www.camsat.cn

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More On Upcoming Falcon 9 Launch
by B J 18 Sep '10

18 Sep '10

http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewnews.html?id=1438 The first Dragon spacecraft is to fly this time. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ@DO33FL

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23:43 UTC ISS pass
by David H. Jordan 18 Sep '10

18 Sep '10

If anyone was recording the last pass of the ISS over the eastern US including Florida and have my contact with NA1SS, I would appreciate a .wav or .mp3 sound file of the contact. Thanks in advance, Dave. AA4KN Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

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ND9M in DN65
by John Papay 18 Sep '10

18 Sep '10

Jim, ND9M, just advised that he is headed to DN65, a change of plans. He may be there for the 2334z pass of AO-51 and should be operating from DN65 tomorrow (Sunday) as well. 73, John K8YSE John Papay john(a)papays.com

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Re: HO-68 question
by Ib Christoffersen 18 Sep '10

18 Sep '10

Hi Pat, As pointed out by Henk there are two entries for September 18th. The last one is probably for September 19th. The first is for the "real" 18th. 73 OZ1MY/Ib -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Patrick E. Farcon [mailto:[email protected]] Sendt: 18. september 2010 19:36 Til: Ib Christoffersen Emne: Re: SV: [amsat-bb] HO-68 question Yes. Sorry for today. I was confused when I checked the website versus reports on Oscar website. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 18, 2010, at 12:27 PM, "Ib Christoffersen" <oz1my(a)privat.dk> wrote: > Hi Pat, > Are you talking about today ? > September 18 ? > > By the way it was/is on now starting 1605 ending 1650 in FM mode. > > 73 OZ1MY/Ib > > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]] På vegne > af Patrick Farcon > Sendt: 18. september 2010 18:06 > Til: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Emne: [amsat-bb] HO-68 question > > I finally got an opportunity to try and work HO-68 again on the weekend. > Very tough during the week due to work schedule. I had a 65 deg at peak pass > over FN20un but was unable to hear the satellite at all during the entire > pass. Often I have a high 70cm noise level here so I figured it was operator > tracking error (Arrow on a tripod) and the high noise level. I went to > http://oscar.dcarr.org to see if anyone had heard the pass and unfortunately > there were no reports either way. What I did find was a bit confusing unless > the past work week took a real toll on me...LOL!... > > There were 4 reports out of Europe earlier in the day of the satellite being > heard. When I had checked the schedule on http://www.camsat.cn I thought I > understood the satellite to be off between 1:51 and 14:20 UTC. The pass I > was trying to catch was at 14:39 UTC but the reported heard times were in > the OFF period for HO-68. Am I reading this all wrong? I was hoping to > perhaps catch a European station or two on that pass and also work others > here in the US. > > Thanks in advance and maybe it¹s just a tough morning for me! > > 73, > > Pat > _______________________________________________ > 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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