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XE3DX on EK45
by David Maciel 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

hi group, In the next 2 days will be working the grid EK45. I hope to hear. SO-50 16:39z 07-04-2011 AO-51 21:31z 07-04-2011 AO-51 23:10z 07-04-2011 SO-67 03:00z 08-04-2011 SO-67 14:41z 08-04-2011 SO-50 17:08z 08-04-2011 AO-51 22:30z 08-04-2011 Near the border with the Republic of Guatemala. David Maciel XE3DX Amateur Ham Radio www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ xe3dx(a)amsat.org __._,_.___ Reply to sender | Reply to group | Reply via web post | Start a New Topic Messages in this topic (1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group Switch to: Text-Only, Daily Digest • Unsubscribe • Terms of Use. __,_._,___

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XE3DX on EK45
by David Maciel 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

hi group, In the next 2 days will be working the grid EK45. I hope to hear. SO-50 16:39z 07-04-2011 AO-51 21:31z 07-04-2011 AO-51 23:10z 07-04-2011 SO-67 03:00z 08-04-2011 SO-67 14:41z 08-04-2011 SO-50 17:08z 08-04-2011 AO-51 22:30z 08-04-2011 Near the border with the Republic of Guatemala. David Maciel XE3DX Amateur Ham Radio www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ xe3dx(a)amsat.org

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K5OE QRV Caribbean MM 11-April to 16-April
by K5OE 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

I will be QRV aboard the Carnival Ecstasy from late on 11-Apri-2011 till early on 16 April-2011 (CDT). This is a family holiday (10 of us), but I will work as many FM satellite passes as our hectic schedule allows. This trip crosses grids between Galveston and Yucatan/Cozumel and I expect to be the most active on 12 April and 15 April (days at sea). Per IARP rules I will be signing HP/K5OE/MM while at sea and XE/K5OE/P while in Mexico. No QSLs are needed: just send me an email request (k5oe at amsat dot org) with your QSO date/time and I’ll confirm and send a QSL. Please wait until 18 April to send requests for a QSL card. Special thanks, again, to Allen, N5AFV, for his excellent, detailed how-to guides (http://www.qsl.net/n5afv/cruise.html) and to the AO-51 command team for leaving AO-51 in mode V/U. 73, Jerry, K5OE

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AMSAT Awards
by Bruce 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

Here is a list of awards issued in the last month or so. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Joseph Patrick, K4XZ Scott Rights, N6PG Dave McFadden, VE3ECV Rene Bourrassa, VE2SUD Paul-Ernest Plante, VE2DBX Joe Lemieux, VE3EUS Claudio Ferrari, IK1YRC Robert Foster, KD0JLN The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Branko Martincic, 9A3ST #533 Pozdrawiam Mariusz, SQ9MES #534 The following have earned the AMSAT Sexagesimal Award. Gerry Krebs, N0JE #159 The following have earned the AMSAT Century Award. Doug Papay, KD8CAO #41 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement award Branko Martincic, 9A3ST #US165 The following have earned their Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award. Jim Bennett, KE4KOL #68 Loren Rasmussen, K7CWQ #69 Jim Adams, K0BAM #70 Bill Dzurilla, NZ5N #71 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes

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Out of the Office
by Martha 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

I will be out of the office tomorrow. Going to the beach with my family to celebrate my birthday (4/13). I will be back in the office on Monday morning. -- 73- Martha

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Re: AO-27 Eclipse
by Jeremy Bomkamp 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

AO-27 is on a timer and is usually only active on ascending passes about the time it crosses 30 degrees North latitude. There is a program that will predict when it is in analog repeater mode and it can be downloaded at http://sites.google.com/site/ao27satellitescheduler/ When you first run the program you need to update the files(TOPR and EPOCH) instructions are on the page, simple as pressing CTRL+U

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AO-7 switch
by Bob- W7LRD 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

to those interested-AO-7 switches mode at 2335Z exactly. Seems to increase in time very very slowly. 73 Bob W7LRD

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a0-51 this afternooner
by KF1BUZ 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

Wow, what can I say? Thank you for being up there, hahah got 3 qsl's east coast to west coast, all on my HT.. Really love playing on the sats. KF1BUZ dm09 Reno Nevada.

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Re: AO-27 Eclipse
by Zachary Beougher 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

If AO27 was on you would hear the carrier. I honestly am not sure about AO27 only working in the sun since whenever I work it it is in the sun, but I don’t think it is ever scheduled to be on during overnight passes anyhow. Someone please correct me if I am wrong. Here is the schedule: http://www.ao27.org/AO27/index.shtml Zack KD8KSN From: Kevin Deane Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 10:14 AM To: Zachary Beougher Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] AO-27 Eclipse Well I thought it only worked in the sunlight? I have tried to talk to myself on it at night time to no avail, so I have been watching it go into shadow wondering if it is working just before that, maybe I was doing something wrong, but I swear I have tried it several times. Kevin > From: zack.kd8ksn(a)hotmail.com > To: summit496(a)live.com; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-27 Eclipse > Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 09:59:28 -0400 > > Hi Kevin, > > AO27 is usually (if ever) on for morning passes. Did you mean AO51? > > 73, > > Zack > KD8KSN > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Deane > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2011 6:36 AM > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-27 Eclipse > > > > Please correct me if I am wrong, but it seems to me that the AO-27 is > creeping further and farther down into the US before it goes into eclipse. A > lot of times at great elevation, with Alaska, Canada and some of the US well > inside the footprint. > > Of course everyone is asleep at this time, but I was wondering if this will > keep getting better and maybe some of the earlybirds would like to try > workin it like we do the 51 so early in the morning as we so often do? > > Thank's for any input, > Kevin > KF7MYK > > _______________________________________________ > 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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K7TEJ operation from this past weekend
by saguaroastro＠cox.net 07 Apr '11

07 Apr '11

All, This past weekend (Friday & Saturday to be exact) I was at a telescoping event about 100 miles west of my usual QTH in DM33vq. I incorrectly gave my grid as DM33eo as that is the usual location we observe from, but we had moved to a larger site about 1 1/2 miles east to accommodate a larger crowd. I didn’t; realize it till now that I was in DM33ln. I know DM33 isn't; exactly a rare grid, but some of you that I worked might actually care about these things, I know I'm pretty anal about stuff like that. Also the location is in La Paz County, not Maricopa for county chasers. QSL's will go out later this week or early next. Now for something totally different and I hope someone here can shed some light on a problem that developed with my Kenwood TH7-DA. My battery dies on the drive out and when I tried to turn the radio off, it started making a high pitched beeping that would not stop until I removed the battery. I put in my extra battery and the radio seemed fine , but I noticed that many sub functions we not working, for example, I have SO-67's uplink in memory that I saved with the tone, I tried to turn the tone off but couldn’t; access the menu item. I just got the same high pitched beep as before. Also not working are Switching from VFO to memory, Switching from memory name tag to frequency display, memory insert, among others. I can switch bands and sub bands, change power levels and open squelch and switch on & off Duplex. I'm thinking a reset to default settings may fix things, but I'd rather not if possible as it would mean programming the radio again and My cable does not work, so that'd be a manual thing I'd rather avoid. Any ideas? 73 de Rick K7TEJ

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