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QSOs North America LU/Q on AO7
by Luis Quintas 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Bob (N3LL) and I (LU6QI) made a QSO on AO7 in SSB Mode B at 22.22 UTC on April 5, 2011, during orbit 66529. The distance between our respective QTHs is 6914.6 km. I also contacted Adrian ZF8/ZF2AE a few days before, covering agn more than 6000 km. I use some antennas from Cushcratf (Oscar Boomers) 22XB (14db) in 2mts and 738XB (15.5 db) in 70cm with an elevation-azimuth rotor. There is some kind of smooth valley to the north and west of my location and it looks vy clear in those directions, so I can listen quite often this satellite almost at the horizon level. I have worked on AO7 Mode B other stations from North America and in some cases they used portable antennas or yagis fixed at some angle (named 20 degrees up) and we could still make a QSO. I am QRV for other stations who would like to attempt a QSO either in SSB or CW. My grid locator is FF66TQ. My mail is lu6quintas(a)gmail.com Tnx, Best 73 de --luis LU6QI

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Re: Bird
by Reicher, James 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

The song is "Surfin' Bird". It was released in 1963 by The Trashmen. The song was included in Dr. Demento's 20th Anniversary Collection 73 de W0HV, Jim in Raymore, MO (ex-N8AU) Light travels faster than sound... This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2011 21:11:49 -0700 From: Kevin Deane <summit496(a)live.com> Subject: [amsat-bb] Bird To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Message-ID: <COL107-W5615A9C71AED7876BD264C83A50(a)phx.gbl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird B-b-b-bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, the bird is the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word A-well-a don't you know about the bird? Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word! A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word A-well-a... By: Peter Griffin I do not know the year of that song but I am sure some of you do. I would like to thank ALL of those responsible for the Birds up there and keeping them going. I had a great time this last weekend and made lots of new contacts. Also thanks to those who participated in my FUN!!! Kevin KF7MYK

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ND9M/MM Sat Ops: 06-10 April
by Clary, James T, Civilian 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

My ship was originally scheduled to sail from Jacksonville today, and do donuts in the ocean for a few days before heading up to Charleston on Sunday. All that has been chucked out the window; now we're to leave tomorrow (07 April) in the late afternoon and head straight for Charleston, so there won't be any new wet grid squares along the way. We'll get to Charleston early Friday morning, and I'll sign off the ship on Sunday. The shipyard we're going to is in grid FM02. That grid isn't super rare, but it's not all that common on the birds either. I should be able to get on from FM02 at various times on Friday and/or Saturday before I jump the rail. Unfortunately, there will still be a lot going on aboard the ship, so I can't in good conscience predict what pass(es) I'll be on. My XYL Cori has fully recovered from her shoulder surgery and will pick me up when I leave the ship on Sunday. We'll drive to south Florida where I will get a physical check up I need for renewing my merchant marine documents that will be expiring this summer. Our driving route will be FM02 - FM03 - EM93 - EM92 - EM91 - EM90 - EL99 - EL98 - EL97 - EL96 - EL95. If you need any of those, send me an e-mail and I'll see if we can work something out. Pse note that my shipboard e-mail address will remain valid while I'm off the ship, but I will not have access to it until I return to the ship in several months. After Saturday (09 April), pse use my "regular" e-mail address, claryco @ aol.com. Now it's back to working on the logs... 73 for now, Jim, ND9M / VQ9JC

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ISS close call
by Mike1234 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

I was following the space junk that was heading very close to the space station. The news said the junk was part of a Chinese communications satellite. Being a newbie here I was wonder if it was an old bird which was used for ham communications at one time? Mike N8GBU

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Re: Bird
by Mike1234 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

I remember that song from the early sixty's. There was a show on that had a mad scientist clown type guy called Glue Arty. That was kind of his theme song when he appeared on the show. He was pulled off the air for trying to blow up an animal, "a rat I think" with a fire cracker. There maybe someone on here that remembers more than I do. I was about ten years old at the time. Mike N8GBU

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Has anyone heard KC7CN???
by zach hillerson 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

I miss most of the mid-day passes due to work (uughhhhh) but am on most of the evening passes and I haven't heard KL7CN yet on his Caribbean adventure. I'm curious if anyone has heard/worked him and if so, is there a pattern to the passes he is on? I'd like to try and "sneak" home during a day pass if I thought he would be on... Thanks, Zach N4ERZ

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AO-27 Eclipse
by Kevin Deane 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

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

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Bird
by Kevin Deane 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird B-b-b-bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, the bird is the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word A-well-a don't you know about the bird? Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word! A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word A-well-a... By: Peter Griffin I do not know the year of that song but I am sure some of you do. I would like to thank ALL of those responsible for the Birds up there and keeping them going. I had a great time this last weekend and made lots of new contacts. Also thanks to those who participated in my FUN!!! Kevin KF7MYK

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Re: icom r-20, control software and satellites
by Nader Omer 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Hi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKwVSqDZ81k 73 , Nader

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Re: Bird
by Bob- W7LRD 06 Apr '11

06 Apr '11

Well I was in high school when that was "popular". Should it be our satellites theme song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZThquH5t0ow Fun topic for a slow afternoon. We really need a big bird (heo). 73 Bob W7LRD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Deane" <summit496(a)live.com> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2011 9:11:49 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Bird A-well-a everybody's heard about the bird B-b-b-bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, the bird is the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, b-bird's the word A-well-a bird, bird, bird, well the bird is the word A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word A-well-a don't you know about the bird? Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word! A-well-a bird, bird, b-bird's the word A-well-a... By: Peter Griffin I do not know the year of that song but I am sure some of you do. I would like to thank ALL of those responsible for the Birds up there and keeping them going. I had a great time this last weekend and made lots of new contacts. Also thanks to those who participated in my FUN!!! 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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