If I may, in name of the Amateur Radio Satellite followers here in Puerto Rico, say thanks for the team and their efforts for maintaining as long as possible the operation of ECHO, nice little satellite which you know was on AOS by the fading of the noise.
With it I could work from Brazil up to Canada withh all the limitations of a mountain to my north, even worked Drew on his Caribbean ventures. Field Days, JOTAS, special events and all, it gave us the taste to work fellow hams and different grids. And, I rarely used more than 1/2 watt for the QSO's.
Gracias Echo de
Angel Santana - WP3GW
and fellow KP4s
PATRICK>> ... 10931 satellite QSOs .... 4891 on AO-51 ...
PATRICK>> ... And it's still fun ...
I have written this before, but Patrick's gotta be one of the hardest workin' satellite
promoters on the planet.
Clint Bradford, K6LCS
The big Tampa Bay Hamfest is this weekend in Palmetto, and AMSAT will have a booth, forum, and demonstrations of working satellites. I invite you to come by on Saturday and learn about Fox and ARISSat-1, and just have a good time.
As always, I need a few members that are willing to help in the booth, in particular during the forum on Saturday at 10AM, and during demonstrations while I'm outside. Please drop me an email if you think you can attend and help out for a bit. No experience necessary.
73, Drew KO4MA
Birdies, schmirdies ... Turn off that 100W transceiver, grab your HT and work AO-27, SO-50, hear the ISS, and listen for ARISSat-1 with your handheld radio ...
(grin)
Clint Bradford, K6LCS
http://www.work-sat.com
Serious question regarding satellite durability. It seems with HO68, SO67, and now AO51, the FM satellites are quickly going away. It also seems that the older linear counterparts such as AO7, VO52 and FO29 all seem to continue working properly.
Is there a design issue with the FM birds that limits the useful lifespan or is it purely random luck? Usage rates, etc... play a role?
It seems to happen far too often (even with a small sample size) to be a fluke.
Zach
N4ERZ
For all you TS-2000 owners out there, this just in..
We are still SOL
----- Forwarded Message -----
From: KCC-Amateur <kcc-amateur(a)kenwoodusa.com>
To: Ted Krempa <trkrempa(a)yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 3:51 PM
Subject: RE: TS-2000 'birdie'
Hello Ted,
If you mean the internal beat on 436.800 MHz no firmware updates address
that.
The TS-2000 has several internal beats which are all mentioned on page 103
in the TS-2000 instruction manual.
The TS-2000 has been in production since 2000, the internal beats in the
TS-2000 have been documented for the last 11 years. Kenwood was aware of the
internal beats before the radio came to market outlining it in the
instruction manual. Kenwood has tried to correct the situation but due the
wide range multiple band capability of the TS-2000 was unable to change any
internal beats.
Sincerely, Leo Fahmie KJ6HI DM03tw
Kenwood Amateur Radio Customer Support
Kenwood U.S.A.
2201 E. Dominguez Street
Long Beach, CA 90810
Phone: (310) 639-4200 prompts 4, and 1
Fax: (310) 537-8235
E-Mail: kcc-amateur(a)kenwoodusa.com
We're (OK, perhaps not me) better than the mega-dollar pros. You did it
without the mega dollars.
On 29/11/11 22:34, amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org wrote:
> PS. I note that the UK-DMC1 satellite was retired today after 8 years in
> orbit due to battery condition. We are almost as good as the mega-dollar
> pros!
Thank you to all involved with the creation and maintenance of AO-51 - for
darned near 40,000 orbits of pure joy for the benefit of amateur radio
operators world-wide.
Clint Bradford, K6LCS
