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Re: It only takes a Dongle + Antenna to hear NanoSail-D2
by G0MRF＠aol.com 21 Jan '11

21 Jan '11

OK Henk, you sold me the idea. I see there is a pass at 1650 and 1850 ish this evening in Europe. I'll give it a try and perhaps get that rare QSL from NASA. 73 David G0MRF In a message dated 21/01/2011 07:35:41 GMT Standard Time, pa3guo(a)upcmail.nl writes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1vZfm500hE As can be seen in this HD Video it only takes a FUNcubeDongle plus a 12 elements beam to hear & decode Nanosail-D2 ! Adding the control software of Mike & Mike, plus WRplus and MixW you have a ground station that can support small satellite missions. -- Henk, PA3GUO http://www.pa3guo.com

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restating LOTW question
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 21 Jan '11

21 Jan '11

Hi! Thanks to those who have responded to my post when I made my first uploads to LOTW. I had asked about what "mode" I should use when uploading AO-16 QSOs, since that is a cross-mode satellite (that's how I worked it - FM up, SSB down). I have heard about what to set the BAND field, and N5JB's document makes it pretty clear that you use the band you transmit on for that field. I am not uploading fields beyond the 7 necessary to make a valid LOTW QSO record, so other fields like FREQ and FREQ_RX don't matter. My guess is that, if I follow the way the BAND field is handled for satellite QSOs in LOTW, I would use the mode I transmitted with for the MODE field. In the case of AO-16, that would be FM. N5JB's document mentions an additional field BAND_RX that some may use. I have not seen any mention of a "MODE_RX" field, but I will go with "MODE" as the mode from my transmitter unless I get some authoritative information to the contrary. I will proceed to uploading CJ7EWK QSOs from November 2008, and try to get all of my July 2010 VA7EWK QSOs - including those at the Canada/USA border - done tonight. Then the huge task of the WD9EWK QSOs. By the way, is SO-67 still a no-go in LOTW? 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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XE2/WD9EWK QSOs in LOTW, and a question
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 21 Jan '11

21 Jan '11

Hi! I just uploaded all of my XE2/WD9EWK satellite QSOs to LOTW. Only 242 QSOs, and it took me about 20 minutes to massage my spreadsheet log into an ADIF file suitable for LOTW. Upon uploading my QSOs, I had 32 QSLs from 242 QSOs. Not bad at all! I will keep at it tonight, trying to get some of my Canadian QSOs (as VA7EWK and CJ7EWK) into LOTW this evening. The PDF by N5JB was extremely helpful. I uploaded only the 7 fields necessary to make an LOTW QSO entry, even though I have a lot more data for each QSO in my spreadsheet. I have a question for those who have uploaded AO-16 QSOs to LOTW. For the Mode field, do you use FM as the mode you transmitted, SSB for the mode you received, or something else? Just trying to make sure I get this one right, since I have some AO-16 QSOs as CJ7EWK (and a bunch more as WD9EWK). Thanks in advance, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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It only takes a Dongle + Antenna to hear NanoSail-D2
by PA3GUO 21 Jan '11

21 Jan '11

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1vZfm500hE As can be seen in this HD Video it only takes a FUNcubeDongle plus a 12 elements beam to hear & decode Nanosail-D2 ! Adding the control software of Mike & Mike, plus WRplus and MixW you have a ground station that can support small satellite missions. -- Henk, PA3GUO http://www.pa3guo.com

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Nanosail-D Sail Deploy Successful!
by Alan Sieg WB5RMG 20 Jan '11

20 Jan '11

John - VE8EV said : Received telemetry tonite that indicates a successful deploy of the sail. NanoSailD.org 8C0F0000D32101010104008B740200004BD6C47ACFC0F9C3C4 NanoSailD.org 8C0F0000D32101010104008B74020000C3D6C47ACFC0F9C3C4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Information from twitter.com/NanoSailD : RT: @NanoSailD: John @naeisel has done it! I have two valid data seta and both have the correct signatures. and then RT: @NanoSailD: NanoSail-D has sent data that it deployed the sail. Will wait until morning for ground based tracking to confirm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Looks very promising John. What I understood from Dean earlier this evening is that once the sail is deployed, there is a small S-Band Tx that will come on for a few seconds out of every minute... Hopefully that will be detected soon at one of the ground terminals for that final confirmation. Maybe I should find out what that freq is... I only learned about this S-band Tx tonite... Betcha there are some folks here that could hear that too ..!.. Thanks /;^) -- # Alan Sieg, WB5RMG since 1976 # http://wb5rmg.wordpress.com # http://www.linkedin.com/in/alansieg # wb5rmg(at)amsat(dot)org AMSAT#20554

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CJ7EWK & VA7EWK QSOs in LOTW
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 20 Jan '11

20 Jan '11

Hi! Just finished with my Canadian satellite QSOs as CJ7EWK and VA7EWK. All have been uploaded to LOTW, and the last few files are still being processed. I also uploaded a handful of QSO records for WD9EWK, the second half of the QSOs made at the Canada/USA border that are also in some of the VA7EWK QSO records. I have seen QSLs for some of my AO-16 QSOs using the transmit mode (FM) in the MODE field, so that seems to be a good way to go. Of course, everyone needs to follow the same band and mode conventions for this to work right. Overall, LOTW has taken 570 QSO entries for my Canadian and Mexican calls, and I have received 74 QSLs from them. There are still about 150 more QSOs the LOTW server needs to process, and I hope to see the results from those additional QSOs in the morning. Other than the SO-67 QSOs, I will start uploading my other satellite QSOs as WD9EWK this weekend. I'm taking care to set all the information in my LOTW station entries, including the IOTA number for those QSOs made from Vancouver Island and counties for the stateside QSOs. And, of course, the grids. Better to have all of that set up in the beginning. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Re: XE2/WD9EWK QSOs in LOTW, and a question
by Rodney Waln 20 Jan '11

20 Jan '11

yep my bad that is the correct format for LOTW, it should be transmit Kc0zhf --- On Thu, 1/20/11, Rodney Waln <kc0zhf(a)yahoo.com> wrote: From: Rodney Waln <kc0zhf(a)yahoo.com> Subject: RE: XE2/WD9EWK QSOs in LOTW, and a question To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Date: Thursday, January 20, 2011, 9:40 PM well i was always told that it should be the received frequency? is there any way that we all could adopt a agreement that it be that so there is no question and then every one benefits?? just a sugjestion, anyway that is the way i will upload contacts, just my $2 worth kc0zhf

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Re: XE2/WD9EWK QSOs in LOTW, and a question
by Rodney Waln 20 Jan '11

20 Jan '11

well i was always told that it should be the received frequency? is there any way that we all could adopt a agreement that it be that so there is no question and then every one benefits?? just a sugjestion, anyway that is the way i will upload contacts, just my $2 worth kc0zhf

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HO-68
by Gkcarr 20 Jan '11

20 Jan '11

HO-68 beacon heard good and strong during pass 5, 287 @ 0214 UTC itonight n EM30.No other signals heard. 73 George WA5KBH EM30

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FW: Re: em40 needed
by Angelo Glorioso 20 Jan '11

20 Jan '11

Zack, Damon is referring to me in this email. Many have no idea what it is to loose your TWO homes in a hurricane with 7ft of water ( Katrina ). Being displaced for another a year. Moving 3 times, having a new baby come to our lives. ( Happiest I have been since before Katrina.) Parents having health issues ( cancer - twice ). Finally moved back into my house but still not finished. Lots of painting, trim, rebuild of the garage and still have to put the HF tower up. ( Stepper 3 element sitting on the floor in the radio room ) and other stuff to do. Believe me when I say, this is not what I wanted this late in my life but life deals you a hand you have to deal with. I other words, QSL cards are not on the top of my list things to do. I will get to it but in time. I did check the web site but there is not option for GIRDS. So, be patience. They will come. 73 de Angelo > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Zachary Beougher" <zack.kd8ksn(a)hotmail.com> > To: <wa4hfn(a)comcast.net>; "AMSAT" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 9:12 AM > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: em40 needed > > > > Damon, > > > > Try Angelo, N5UXT. He just got back from EL59, but his home QTH is in > > EM40. > > I still need to get EM40 confirmed as well. > > > > Zack > > KD8KSN > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: wa4hfn(a)comcast.net > > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 9:47 AM > > To: AMSAT > > Subject: [amsat-bb] em40 needed > > > > Is there anyone that can go to EM40 to help many of us out with getting > > that > > grid confirmed ? Ive sent 2 SASE's to ????? and havent recieved a card > > back. > > Also here is a link to print free cards http://www.radioqth.net/qsl.aspx > > Cards can be onplain printer paper and will be fine > > > > Thanks to all the good hams that DO QSL > > WA4HFN Damon > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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