January 2011 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Desensitized Receiver Issues
by Zachary Beougher 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

Hi All, I have a friend who is experiencing receiver sensitivity issues when he tries to transmit into the birds using his IC-V82 and IC-U82 and Arrow II antenna. When he transmits on 2m the 440 downlinked is wiped out. I have never had this issue before, so I don’t really know the easiest solution to it when using 2 HTs. Could someone please pass along some tips on how to resolve this issue to me, and I will forward them on to him? Thank you! Zack KD8KSN

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Fw: SATPC32
by Jack Barbera 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

need a little help.Is it possible to add addition Sats to track?Go from 12 to18 or 24.If not could it be added to the wish list? Thanks Jack WA1ZDV

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Office Closed
by Martha 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

The AMSAT office will be closed on Monday, January 17th in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. -- 73- Martha

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Re: HO-68 Not Heard
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

Hi all, Thanks to Alan & Mike for the acknowledgement and update regarding HO-68 problems. Apologies to all for my spelling mistake by the way - I stated that I had checked out my equipment using "VO-53" - It should have course read as VO-52. The brain with age and my keyboard abilities have declined ! Ken Eaton GW1FKY

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HO-68 Status
by Alan Kung 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

In this week I received many reports from all over the world about faults of HO-68 telemetry beacon. After we analyzed situation of the satellite, we think that the software of payload management MPU was not running properly, the communication of onboard data bus between payload management MPU and the satellite management unit was stopped because of the software crashes. It led to the beacon problem and abnormal switch of transponder. Today we switched the satellite into safety mode at 0300Z , turn off most of onboard units, and then we re-powered up at 0440Z, the satellite was back to normal operating mode, so far the beacon operates normally. We will not upload command to the satellite for transponder operating skeds of next week, we will monitor continually in next week. Please send your report if you find any abnormal operation of HO-68. 73! Alan Kung, BA1DU HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager www.camsat.cn

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VUCC Satellite now supported on LOTW
by Bill Dzurilla 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

Finally! Just activated this morning. Go to your LOTW account, click on Awards, and in the lower left hand corner you will see Create New VUCC Award Account. Create the account and you will immediately see your confirmed satellite (and other VHF-UHF) grids. 73, Bill NZ5N

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Shack Changes - FS IC-910H plus Accessories
by David A. B. Johnson 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

Hi, I'm upgrading the shack so have an IC-910H with the following accessories for sale: CR-293 : Crystal unit UX-910 : Band Unit 2 x UT-106 : DSP units Power Cable Icom Hand Mic Original Box and Manuals CT-17 : Interface The rig is about 9 years old and is still in regular service on all modes. Shipping to the UK/Europe only. Please contact off-line 73 - Dave, G4DPZ

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Re: Desensitized Receiver Issues
by Dave Webb KB1PVH 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

Zack, You can use a duplexer/diplexer on the 70cm side. http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/articles/Mode-J/ Dave - KB1PVH Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X On Jan 14, 2011 9:53 AM, "Zachary Beougher" <zack.kd8ksn(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

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Re: Zack's Setup
by Clint Bradford 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

>> ... having a hard time with the Arrow ... stuck the duck on, and I can get into all the repeaters fine ... Check out Arrow ops on both 2M and 440 - and see if there might be a short or problem with either of the gamma matching elements. Are there any connectors or jumpers between the Arrow's leads and your equipment? If so, check their integrity. It just sounds like it's going to be a simple fix, Zack! Clint, K6LCS 909-241-7666

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Re: VUCC & LoTW
by k6yk 14 Jan '11

14 Jan '11

Well, it's not that easy... You need to have (at least) all the "regular" QSO info. Then you need to have the following in your ADIF: Examples: <sat_name:5>AO-27 <prop_mode:3>SAT <band_rx:4>70CM I have some (not all that many!) satellite QSO's confirmed on LOTW for the DXCC countries. I've been sending in my logs for about 5 years. 73, John, K6YK On Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:02:10 -0800 "Ted" <k7trkradio(a)charter.net> writes: > > > Boy, after playing with this on LOTW, we may need an 'owners > manual'. I > created a 'VUCC Satellite' account and uploaded my entire HRD > Logbook: > > Prior to the upload, I added a 'propagation' field to the log and > did a bulk > edit to add 'sat' to each FM contact in my log (you can choose > another field > to search, but since I don't log anything on FM other than the sats > that > works for me). > > Uploaded the log to LOTW. Nothing shows under the 'VUCC Satellite' > account. > (note: when I created just a pure VUCC account, several contacts > showed up > as FM contacts) > > So, Im guessing we need to find out which ADIF fields are necessary > in a log > upload to make the LOTW happy... > > THAT is above my pay grade, so I hope to see some good answers from > the > group when I wake up tomorrow.. > > 73, Ted, K7TRK > > FYI.from LoTW site: > > "Jan 13, 2011: VUCC award support is now live -- Under the Awards > tab you > will find a VUCC button. The VUCC <http://www.arrl.org/vucc> is > ARRL's > award recognizing VHF, UHF, and SHF work and counts Maidenhead grid > squares." > > > Is this a good thing or ??? do we need to set up anything different > in an > HRD Logbook to make this work ?? questions, questions.. > > 73, Ted K7TRK > _______________________________________________ > 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 > ____________________________________________________________ Refinance Rates at 2.8% $160,000 Mortgage $434/mo. No Hidden Fees- 3.1% APR! Get a Free Quote http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d2fb57be1d1cc2f81est02vuc

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