On 3/31/2011 10:33 AM, Dale Hershberger wrote:
> Myself, Dale/KL7XJ, Dan O'Barr/KL7DR and Craig/KL4E will be giving a
> Satellite presentation
> at the monthly meeting of the Anchorage Amateur Radio Club on Friday
> April 1st. Meeting will
> be in the in the Carr-Gottsein building at Alaska Pacific University,
> Anchorage, Alaska.
>
> I will give a intro to satellite ppt, Dan and Craig will help. We
> will try a real demo but the
> only two sats will be SO67 and HO68. HO68 shows as being down even
> though it is scheduled to be on over the Americas for two weeks
> starting Mar 30. Our best try will be the SO67 pass.
>
> HO68 AOS at 1956 Local/0356 UTC
> SO67 AOS at 2110 Local/0510 UTC
>
> Hope to make some contacts...
> Thanks for listening.
>
> Dale/KL7XJ
> Area Coordinator-Alaska
>
I have corrections to make on my previous post. It looks like there will be
two passes on SO67 only. HO68 will not be on and SO67 will be on during
passes according their schedule and it is the satellite that will be on over
the Americas.
SO-67 AOS 1938 Local / 0338 UTC
SO-67 AOS 2110 Local / 0510 UTC
Will have to see if we can both or only one. It all depends on the
meeting schedule.
Thanks to Mark for info on the corrections.
73,
Dale/KL7XJ
Myself, Dale/KL7XJ, Dan O'Barr/KL7DR and Craig/KL4E will be giving a
Satellite presentation
at the monthly meeting of the Anchorage Amateur Radio Club on Friday
April 1st. Meeting will
be in the in the Carr-Gottsein building at Alaska Pacific University,
Anchorage, Alaska.
I will give a intro to satellite ppt, Dan and Craig will help. We will
try a real demo but the
only two sats will be SO67 and HO68. HO68 shows as being down even
though it is scheduled to be on over the Americas for two weeks starting
Mar 30. Our best try will be the SO67 pass.
HO68 AOS at 1956 Local/0356 UTC
SO67 AOS at 2110 Local/0510 UTC
Hope to make some contacts...
Thanks for listening.
Dale/KL7XJ
Area Coordinator-Alaska
There is only ONE WAY to stop the mess on AO51. Turn it off and let Drew turn it on when he wants to make a sked with someone . He caused me to miss a grid contact Sunday when he changed the TX freq in the middle of a pass . He was wrong in doing that. AO51 is out of control. If an operator needs to be contacted by email and have proper operation explaned to them ,let KO4MA do it. We can type these usless messages here till we all get blisters on our fingers and it will not make any difference. Alot of the people who are causing the mess dont even use the Amsat BB .
WA4HFN Damon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Kolakowski" <Rogerkola(a)aol.com>
To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 3:03:02 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: -={Echo Madness}=-
Not directed at the authors, but in listening to the recording of that
pass, I think it could have easily done without the multiple CQ's along
with the whistling and blowing into the mike...eliminate those bad
habits first and then working on not interrupting quick, 4 transmission
exchanges and trying to keep transmissions short would result in a much
less chaotic atmosphere, even without running full duplex.
Roger
WA1KAT
Zachary Beougher wrote:
> Hello Kevin and group,
>
>
>> Back to the point, please let me know if you think I
>> need any correcting, I would rather help not hinder.
>> I really enjoy this HOBBY, but I dont know if there is
>> a solution...
>>
>
> At this stage in the game, there really is no solution per say. When there
> is 30-40
> guys on ONE frequency trying to make QSOs, what else can we expect?
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Please allow a little perspective on AO-51 from someone who has worked it for a long time and from all over the world.
I left the USA in late 2003 for a work assignment in Darwin, NT (Australia as VK8OE), where I talked to myself for over a year on AO-51 mode L/S (I took my AO-40 setup and it died before I could work it as DX). I did the same thing on ISS packet, having great keyboard QSO's with myself. The only sat contacts I ever made while VK8OE was on AO-51 in mode V/U FM (mobile while at work) with a few ops on the other side of the continent (VK5ZAI, VK3FGN, VK2TU, VK2TRF, et al).
Ditto in the UK (M0GOE), where every pass sounds like the one from last weekend--or worse. I gave up working FM satellites for several years while in Europe--and I had an Arrow! The only operating time on sats I had for a number of years was a Mexican cruise in 2007 where 100% of the succesful contacts were on AO-51. I am repeating that cruise in two weeks and hope to work a few of you on this venerable bird.
I spent most of last year in Papua New Guinea (V29OE) and the only satellite traffic I ever heard was on AO-51 V/U FM (VK's of course). I never completed a QSO as I just could not make it with a bad battery in my FT51R (less than a Watt) and a whip antenna.
Sorry for the rambling.... the bottom line is birds like AO-51 are a great resource to us and finding ways to manage them for everyone's benefit is a challenge. They are a priviledge to work, not a right. Control of them is not a democracy. And regardless if you consider this a casual interest or a seriously competitive sport, it is still just a hobby.
The thing that really annoys me, though, is that I saw Drew's posting, I wrote down the new uplink frequency, I had it in front of me on a sticky note, and I still didn't connect the dots when I couldn't hear myself in the downlink! I deserved to miss that grid :-)
73,
Jerry, K5OE
Hi Zach,
You might find either a 'regular' or average sized soldering gun to be of use,
or a 40W-50W iron, mainly depending on the size of wire / connector you plan
to typically work on. Soldering guns typically will have a higher wattage
rating and a larger surface contact area, lending them to better handle
heating of, say, the shell of a PL-259. An iron is better suited for smaller
or lower power (i.e. more sensitive to heat) applications. Various tips can be
had on irons also to help suit them to the work to be done. The most common
are round tips or chisel points.
Weller is probably the best known and distrubuted brand of the consumer
brands. A local hardware store or some hobby stores would be likely to carry
them as well as might big box stores.
Kind regards & 73,
Lowell
K9LDW
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Received: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:33:15 PM CDT
From: zach hillerson <qstick333(a)yahoo.com>
To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] soldering iron recommendation
> A bit off topic - I am hoping to get better at making cables and dipoles
etc... and would like to replace the antiquated soldering iron I am attempting
to use with something more suited to the job. I'd appreciate a
recommendation as to brands/models I should be looking at for this type of
work. I'm not sure what wattage would be appropriate. I do not plan to do
circuit work at this time, strictly connectors and HF dipoles.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Zach
> N4ERZ
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Just so everyone knows, I find all of this utter ridiculous; and while
I disagree with all of the folks who say "this is just a hobby" (since
many of us are also commercial operators and heavily involved in
ARES/RACES, etc. as certified emergency radio operators), I do believe
that some civility is in order.
Rather than complain incessantly though, I'm just going to get off the
birds altogether. I'm thinking of selling my FT-60R, my Elk antenna,
and my digital recorder and moseying on down the bands. I really
prefer HF DX and contesting anyway, but satellite was fun while it
lasted...
I do hope you're all able to sort this mess out though. It's really
seeming petty from the outside, and I know most of us don't like
infighting like this.
Good luck! I'm out....
- Jake, K3UAZ
A bit off topic - I am hoping to get better at making cables and dipoles etc... and would like to replace the antiquated soldering iron I am attempting to use with something more suited to the job. I'd appreciate a recommendation as to brands/models I should be looking at for this type of work. I'm not sure what wattage would be appropriate. I do not plan to do circuit work at this time, strictly connectors and HF dipoles.
Thanks!
Zach
N4ERZ
It is time again for the HVSCG Net at 8 PM on Echolink N2EYH-L and the MT
beacon Repeater 146.970 pl 100. Please join us for the net and share your
satellite knowledge and talk about any contacts you have made on the birds.
An Amsat coordinator or two will be there to answer any questions you may
have. Hope to hear you there.
I mentioned this BB to a fellow Sat user and he has joined. I think everyone should, I have found this a very usefull source of information. Plus you can reply to certain users without posting to everyone which I think is nice.
Except of course when you hit the wrong button.
Anyway seems some of the other forums are stale, year + old post and all. I saw mentioned here about not everyone reading this BB so I thought I would spread the word.
This is a good thing right?
Kevin
KF7MYK
OK, here is the game plan. I will be making a special trip over to FK09 today.
I plan to be on during 1900 UTC through 2300 UTC today only!!!
I hope to get on:
AO27 at 19:06 UTC
FO-29 at 21:03 UTC
AO-51 at 21:11 UTC
Please, please, please be patient and listen, listen, listen. This makes it
easier on this operator and I can work more stations efficiently as was done
yesterday.
73, Adrian AA5UK - ZF2AE/ZF8 EK99xp > FK09 later today
