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

Sat Protocol
by Dads 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

Sat operators: When I started in satellites in the 1990,s.things were different. They had a person that sort of monitored a lot of satellite passes and conversations. He was a ham that operated sats too. What he did was sort of police the operators, When you used too much power he sent you an e- mail. I believe the rule of thumb to operate on the satellite is never use no morepower on the uplink than you have on the beacon signal downlink. So when he became a SK we didn,t have any body to monitor our QSO,s. Maybe you old timers can remember his call. Maybe we can have comments from the real old satellite operators. Jerry w0sat

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Fwd: Re: Re: Sat protocol
by Edward R. Cole 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

My original post got rejected by either networkref.com or comcast.net Re: Amsat Journal - the readership of the journal probably are already aware of proper sat. protocol you want a wider readership to be published. 73, ED >Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:11:51 -0900 >To: "rnutter(a)networkref.com" <rnutter(a)networkref.com>, >"wa4hfn(a)comcast.net" <wa4hfn(a)comcast.net> >From: "Edward R. Cole" <kl7uw(a)acsalaska.net> >Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Sat protocol >Cc: AMSAT <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > >May I suggest you write Joe Lynch, N6CL, editor of CQ-VHF Magazine: >cq-vhf(a)cq-vhf.com >Bob Witte, K0NR, is the FM columnist for CQ-VHF: bob(a)k0nr.com > >73, Ed - KL7UW > >At 12:00 PM 1/10/2011, rnutter(a)networkref.com wrote: >>I have talked directly to the editor in chief of QST. I got a "not >>interested" response >> >>Ron >> >>Sent from my iPhone >> >>On Jan 10, 2011, at 1:40 PM, wa4hfn(a)comcast.net wrote: >> >> > >> > >> > >> > Maybe now would be a good time for someone to write an artical >> for QST on how to work the birds! >> > >> > Perhaps send an email to the new satellite ops explaining to >> them proper way ( BE A MENTOR ) >> > >> > Something needs to be done thats for sure >> > >> > WA4HFN Damon em55 >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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 > > >73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 >====================================== >BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com >EME: 144-1.4kw*, 432-100w*, 1296-testing*, 3400-winter? >DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa(a)hotmail.com >====================================== >*temp not in service 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 144-1.4kw*, 432-100w*, 1296-testing*, 3400-winter? DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa(a)hotmail.com ====================================== *temp not in service

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Italian Repeaters on IARU Satellite Freqs
by Keith Baker KB1SF/VA3KSF 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

Greetings All. By way of a "heads up:, I'm not sure we (AMSAT-NA) can do anyting about this. However, our friends in Europe might bring up the issue in discussion. http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?t=279925 As time goes on, my hunch is that this problem is only going to get worse. 73, Keith KB1SF

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Re: unknown signal
by Mike Rupprecht 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

Hi Jerry, you heard the GO-32 beacon (every 30 sec a short burst). It's no UI-frame so you can't use MixW. If you use a TNC in KISS mode you will receive a short beacon like that: [47 Bytes KISS Frame (without CRC)] 1 > C0 00 0A 0B 15 00 8C 00 3C 7D 01 00 54 65 63 68 53 61 74 2D 21 > 56 34 2E 32 10 40 00 00 00 00 40 08 10 00 40 00 04 00 00 00 41 > 00 00 50 0E 00 00 C0 À.....Œ.<}..TechSat-V4.2.@....@[email protected]...À 73, Mike DK3WN PS: At the moment GO-32 is active in beacon mode with CPU-B. I expect that GO-32 will fall back into its emergency mode very soon. -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von jerry keeton Gesendet: Samstag, 8. Januar 2011 00:41 An: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Betreff: [amsat-bb] unknown signal Was monitoring 435.325 listening for GO-32 . Got the message below but not sure if that is from Oscar 32 . Was on 9600 bps . Anyone have any clues? Jerry WB5LHD 1:Fm -2 To vr-2 <I P R3 S2 pid=7C Len=7 >[17:19:51] ìâ¿Îà^ 2:Fm -2 To vr-2 <I P R3 S2 pid=7C Len=7 >[17:19:51] ìâ¿Îà^ _______________________________________________ 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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unknown signal
by jerry 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

Robert G8ATE Thanks for the reply . I live in the boonies , at least 10 miles from the nearest super market scanner . So I think I can rule that out . I do have a remote weather station , Maybe from that , but I've never seen it before . I thought maybe that or some internal software message ? I just thought it strange it happened as GO32 was overhead and that is what I was listening for. Thanks again Jerry WB5LHD

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Helped needed--AO-51 activity reports
by Mark L. Hammond 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

Hell All, The command team could really use your help. If you work AO-51 (or hear it) and there isn't a recent entry, please make a report entry here http://oscar.dcarr.org/ so we know all is well. Things are touch-and-go now that we are experiencing eclipses, and reports on the OSCAR Status Page that the bird is up and functional are extremely helpful. We do expect the transmitter to go OFF during eclipse, but eclipses are only a couple minutes or less at the moment. Thanks for your help! Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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Saturday @ hamfest in Glendale AZ...
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

Hi! Saturday (8 January) morning at the Thunderbird Hamfest in Glendale, Arizona, was a great time. This is the only indoor hamfest in the Phoenix area, and there was a good turnout. At different times in the late morning, I had some help at the AMSAT table from Israel AD7ND (I still need to get him on the satellites) and Rick K7TEJ. Both are in the radio club that organized the hamfest, and worked at the hamfest during the morning. Since I didn't have anyone else to help with the table, I had no opportunities to go outside and do any demonstrations until an HO-68 pass around 1722 UTC that morning. Or so I thought... This HO-68 pass would have been the best pass to demonstrate SSB operating. It was a pass with maximum elevation of 89 degrees at the hamfest site in grid DM33vo, and I had my portable SSB satellite station ready - Yaesu FT-817ND as my transmitter, Kenwood TH-F6A as my receiver, and Elk Antennas 2m/70cm log periodic as my antenna. I set my radios where I normally would to start out on an SSB pass for HO-68, and sent some dits toward the satellite. I heard nothing. As I am doing this, I'm talking with the crowd who followed me outside, and we still heard nothing for several minutes. I kept with the CW for a few more minutes, until after the midpoint for the pass, before I stopped. I hoped there were no problems with my gear, and ended up taking the rest of the pass time to answer questions about satellite operating in general and SSB satellite operating specifically. Then we all went back inside the hall, and I was able to relieve Rick at the AMSAT table. Thanks to KD5QGR's web site, I saw a few others had already posted they didn't hear HO-68 on that pass. I was relieved to know that I wasn't the only one who heard nothing from the satellite, and added my report on that site. It would have been a really nice pass for a demonstration, seeing some of the calls listed for HO-68 around that time. Oh well... Despite not having any successful demonstrations for the morning, it was a good day for spreading the word about satellite operating. The ThunderBird Amateur Radio Club, the hamfest organizer, was helpful as usual in making room for AMSAT at their event. This was the 4th straight year I've had an AMSAT table at their January hamfest, the last 3 being indoors on the Thunderbird School of Global Management campus. My next hamfest where I will bring an AMSAT table will be the two- day Yuma Hamfest and Emergency Preparedness Show in Yuma AZ on 18-19 February. Thanks to those who were hoping to hear WD9EWK on passes Saturday morning, and my apologies for not being on the air anywhere during the hamfest. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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SASI Satellite Tracker Software
by Jeff Kelly 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

Does anyone have a set of the SASI satellite tracker drivers or install program they can send to me? Thanks, Jeff K2SDR

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HO-68 Schedule 09-16 Jan 2011
by Alan Kung 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

UTC: 09 Jan 2011 ================================ 16:35...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 17:20...Turn Off 18:25...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Africa,Europe,NA 19:10...Turn Off 19:50...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 20:35...Turn Off 22:25...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia, South Asia,Oceania 23:10...Turn Off 10 Jan 2011 ================================ 02:11...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia, East Asia,South Asia 02:26...Turn Off 13:05...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA, South America 13:50...Turn Off 16:20...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Middle East,Europe,NA 17:05...Turn Off 18:05...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Middle East,Europe,NA 18:50...Turn Off 11 Jan 2011 ================================= 00:00...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA,East Asia,Oceania 00:45...Turn Off 01:59...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:14...Turn Off 10:05...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA,East Asia,Oceania 10:50...Turn Off 12:50...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe,NA,South America 13:35...Turn Off 16:05...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India, Africa,Europe,NA South America 16:50...Turn Off 17:40...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Middle East,Europe,NA 18:25...Turn Off 19:15...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Middle East,Europe,NA 20:00...Turn Off 12 Jan 2011 ================================= 23:40...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 00:25...Turn Off 01:41...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 01:55...Turn Off 12:35...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 13:20...Turn Off 17:35...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,India,Middle East Europe,NA 18:20...Turn Off 19:05...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 19:50...Turn Off 20:45...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 21:30...Turn Off 13 Jan 2011 ================================ 23:25...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 00:10...Turn Off 01:20...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:05...Turn Off 14:05...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe, NA,South America 14:50...Turn Off 17:15...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Africa,Europe,NA 18:00...Turn Off 18:45...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Africa,Europe,NA 19:30...Turn Off 20:30...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 21:15...Turn Off 23:05...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA,North Asia, Oceania 23:50...Turn Off 14 Jan 2011 ================================ 01:00...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 01:45...Turn Off 13:45...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe, NA,South America 14:30...Turn Off 17:00...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 17:45...Turn Off 18:30...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Africa,Europe,NA 19:15...Turn Off 20:15...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 21:00...Turn Off 22:50...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia, South Asia,Oceania 23:35...Turn Off 15 Jan 2011 ================================ 02:34...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia Oceania 02:50...Turn Off 13:30...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe,NA,South America 14:15...Turn Off 16:45...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 17:30...Turn Off 18:30...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Africa,Europe,NA 19:15...Turn Off 19:55...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 20:40...Turn Off 22:35...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia, South Asia,Oceania 23:20...Turn Off 16 Jan 2011 ================================ 02:22...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia Oceania 02:37...Turn Off 13:15...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe,NA,South America 14:00...Turn Off 73 Alan Kung, BA1DU HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager www.camsat.cn

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WB2OQQ/ W2V special event Ham Radio University
by Peter Portanova 10 Jan '11

10 Jan '11

Hello, I wanted to thank all the satellite operators who contacted me, as W2V today on the 19:23 pass of AO-27 and the 20:08 pass of AO-51. I had a blast, we had 65 "satellite students" in my presentation and 17 braved the 22 degree wind chill to hear you, and you folks are what "bonds" the entire presentation. We had a review after the passes and they could not get over the camaraderie and crisp manner that everyone exhibited on the passes, thank you for helping me and AMSAT to grow. If you would like a QSL card, just visit QRZ, W2V and send your information, I really appreciated your overwhelming response to this event. 73- Pete WB2OQQ www.massapequanyweather.com http://www.qrz.com/db/WB2OQQ?

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