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

CO-65 CW message
by Mineo Wakita 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

12:06-12:18UTC, 26 Mar 2011 HI HI DE JQ1YTC DIGI ON CUTE 1.7 GANBARE JAPAN CUTE 86 CA A4 67 3D 2B 27 A2 61 31 17 'GANBARE' in Japanese means 'Show spirit' concerning about this Earthquake and Tsunami. JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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WD9EWK @ DM52ax/DM53aa now
by Patrick STODDARD 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

Hi. I will be out here until approximately 0046 UTC, working upcoming FO29 and AO51 passes at this grid boundary, northwest of Safford (Graham County) AZ. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Online satellite data ?
by Andrew Rich 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

Is there somewhere online I can query the position of a satellite in real time using code ? It would return the lat and lon Apart from running predict locally ;-) Andrew VK4TEC

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LOTW reg outside US
by P.H. 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

I'm trying to validate my callsign on LOTW however to do this, as I am outside the US I need to mail some supporting documents. The help file directs me to https://www.arrl.org/lotw/docreq however this url does not exist! Can anyone tell me where I need to send the supporting documents? Thanks Pete

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SSB Birds
by Kevin Deane 26 Mar '11

26 Mar '11

Will anyone give me some help on operating, I was copying people on AO-7 and VO-52 tonight but was not able to get in... I am not sure I am operating the freqs right, I got the LSB up USB down part. How do you match the up and down? Maybe the radio is not good enough... Kevin KF7MYK

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AMSAT-UK March OSCAR NEWS
by Clint Bradford 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

Marvelous job on the March, 2011 issue of the AMSAT-UK's OSCAR NEWS. WONDERFUL, frame-able cover photo of Yuri Gagarin (I am giving away sets of Yuri postage stamps from 1962 as door prizes at my Yuri Party April 12, by the way). And although I differ with AMSAT-UK's "bottom line" regarding iPhone/iPod touch sat tracking apps, my personal choice - PocketSat3 - is actually in second place, according to the article's chart! Clint Bradford, K6LCS

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EN96
by John Geiger 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

Who was the EN96 on today on the 2200Z pass of AO51? I thought I copied it as VE3TYN but according to QRZ.COM that isn't correct. Just picked up a Kenwood TM-251A and it sure hears the sats great. Glad I got it to use on the FM birds. 73s John AA5JG

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QSOs XE1-K4 with LU/Q on AO7
by Luis Quintas 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

Omar (XE1AO) and I (LU6QI) made a QSO on AO7 in SSB Mode B at 2355 UTC on March 25, 2011, during orbit 66392. I also contacted in the same orbit with Keith (N4ZQ). In each QSO our respective QTHs were a little more than 7000 km apart. AO7 is working great and it would be wonderful to attempt others QSOs with the bird at low angle over the horizon

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QSL Route for UT1FG/MM
by John Papay 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

Yuri, UT1FG/MM, is currently reviewing a draft of a proposed qsl procedure for his maritime mobile operation on satellites. As soon as he finalizes the procedure, it will be posted here on the -bb. Please hold off on sending for cards. Yuri is currently at anchor in FN58 awaiting dock space to unload their cargo. He will likely leave the ship shortly and return home for a well deserved vacation. He has certainly gone all out to work the birds in hundreds of wet grids. Thanks Yuri! 73, John K8YSE

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ND9M/MM Op Sked: Update - EK98
by Clary, James T, Civilian 25 Mar '11

25 Mar '11

After the just completed VO52 pass that started here at 26/0111Z, I checked with the ship's bridge watchstanders who confirmed that we won't cross into EK98 in time for the next VO52 pass; we won't cross the line until a half hour or so afterward. That's too bad because that particular pass will cover nearly all of the US as well as Latin America, and at a halfway decent hour too. So since I've already been from EK97 on seven passes today on five different satellites, I'll forego the next VO52 pass and grab a little sleep so I can get up in time for FO29 to hit the eastern areas at least while we're hopefully still in EK98. This will likely be the only pass available for EK98 as we'll cross out that grid pretty soon afterward. I'll still be on FO29 at 26/0901Z, but we should have crossed into EK88 by then. 73, Jim, ND9M / VQ9JC

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