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

5 in em55
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 21 Jun '11

21 Jun '11

Congrats to Bob AJ5C #008 5 in em55 award WA4HFN em55

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I Figured it out: SO50 Help Please
by Douglas Phelps 21 Jun '11

21 Jun '11

I figured it out with the help of a service monitor. It turns out that while you can set the frequency of the sub band by pushing the sub button, you can not turn on the Tone Encode that way. You have to move the TX to the main dial, turn on the Tone, and then move it back. Therefore, I was not putting out a tone. By the way - the manual did not mention this. Thank you to those who sent me suggestions. ________________________________ From: Douglas Phelps <dphelps1(a)ameritech.net> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Sent: Mon, June 20, 2011 4:24:53 PM Subject: SO50 Help Please My equipment is an FT-847 feeding a pair of 8 element RHCP antennas with Advanced Research Preamps mounted at the antenna. I use SatPC for the automatic tracking. I am supposedly transmitting a 67 Hz PL on TX. Ar elevations above 40 degrees, I can hear AO50 full quieting with just a little fading. What I can not sdeem to do is TX through AO50. I can TX OK through AO51 in its current mode (QRP transponder and no PL) but not AO50. I seemed that if TX right when someone ended the TX, I could get in for a fraction of a second. Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong? Is their some quirk with PL in the Sat Mode on the FT-847? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Re: ISS Repeater for Field Day!
by Clint Bradford 21 Jun '11

21 Jun '11

I see no time devoted to it in the astronauts' schedules this week. Clint Bradford

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SO50 Help Please
by Douglas Phelps 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

My equipment is an FT-847 feeding a pair of 8 element RHCP antennas with Advanced Research Preamps mounted at the antenna. I use SatPC for the automatic tracking. I am supposedly transmitting a 67 Hz PL on TX. Ar elevations above 40 degrees, I can hear AO50 full quieting with just a little fading. What I can not sdeem to do is TX through AO50. I can TX OK through AO51 in its current mode (QRP transponder and no PL) but not AO50. I seemed that if TX right when someone ended the TX, I could get in for a fraction of a second. Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong? Is their some quirk with PL in the Sat Mode on the FT-847? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

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AO-51 - CTCSS Being Used
by Clint Bradford 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

In the current UPLINK 145.880 - DOWNLINK 435.150 config, is the tone of 67.0 on the TX required? Clint Bradford clintbradford(a)mac.com

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Re: AO-51 - NO CTCSS is Being Used
by Mark L. Hammond 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

No tone required. 73, Mark N8MH On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Clint Bradford <clintbradford(a)mac.com> wrote: > In the current UPLINK 145.880 - DOWNLINK 435.150 config, is the tone of 67.0 on the TX required? > > > Clint Bradford > clintbradford(a)mac.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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OOREOS help
by Jack Barbera 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

I'd like to thanks everyone for your help.Got it to boot up so all I have to do is wait for a pass of OOREOS to see if everything works. The entry I used is: OOREOS,437305,0,FM,,,0,01200,Baud Jack WA1ZDV

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Fw: O\OREOS Help
by Jack Barbera 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

Jack WA1ZDV ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Jack Barbera <barberaalderwood(a)yahoo.com> To: "amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org" <amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 2:58 PM Subject: O\OREOS Help Need a little help.Trying to add O\OREOS to my Doppler.SQF file in note pad. Have entered O\OREOS,437.3050,AX.25,NOR,0,0;1200 Baud This does not work for me.What did I do incorrectly?Can anyone help? Thanks Jack WA1ZDV

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Re: Off Topic APRS Question
by Zachary Beougher 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

Resending with corrected verbiage and typos.... From: Zachary Beougher Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 12:49 PM To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Off Topic APRS Question Sorry for the off topic question, but I need some APRS help... If you go to http://aprs.fi/?call=a%2FKD8KSN-9 and view my path over the past three+ hours, you will see I made a trip down to Frazysburg and back home. I went down, came back, shut the beacon off, and it was about 10:40a this morning. I just got on APRSIS (KD8KSN-12), and I had a message that I sent from my mobile (KD8KSN-9 - the one I am having issues with) this morning *along with the response from the other station* waiting in my inbox. I went out to APRS.fi, and it has me plotted down in Frazysburg at 1620z, going 34mph. The beacon is shut off at the radio (it is just monitoring a repeater), and it is sitting about 50ft from me right now – definitely not in Frazysburg. I know that aprs.fi plots you at your last location, but according I checked it this morning and it had me back home, now it has me randomly in Frazysburg. It is almost like a packet is being saved at a specific location and then being transmitted at a random moment. I have had this issue over the past few days when I go into Columbus – I go in, come back, and about 2 hours later is suddenly plots me somewhere along the path I took 3 hours before, along with about 2-3 other stops along the way. One last thing regarding the message I received. Go to http://aprs.fi/?c=message&call=KD8KSN-9 The “gm!” that was sent at 1248z this morning, along with the auto response from W8KRF-1 were the original messages. The duplicate message that was sent at 1620z was sent while I was no where near the radio. This was sent at the same time that aprs.fi plotted me back in Frazysburg. Does anyone have ANY idea what this thing is doing? I am running the FTM-350AR w/ smartbeaconing. I have had absolutely NO issues up until this point. If you need clarification please email me. I will be going out in a few so the path on aprs.fi with probably be erased. Zack KD8KSN

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Off Topic APRS Question
by Zachary Beougher 20 Jun '11

20 Jun '11

Sorry for the off topic question, but I need some APRS help... If you go to http://aprs.fi/?call=a%2FKD8KSN-9 and view my path over the past three+ hours, you will see I made a trip down to Frazysburg and back home. I went down, came back, shut the beacon off, and it was about 10:40a this morning. I just got on APRSIS (KD8KSN-12), and I had a message that was sent to my mobile (-9 the one I am having issues with) this morning *along with the response from the other station* waiting in my inbox. I went out to APRS.fi, and it has me plotted down in Frazysburg at 1620z, going 34mph. The beacon is shut off at the radio (it is just monitoring a repeater), and it is sitting about 50ft from me right now – definitely not in Frazysburg. I have had this issue over the past few days when I go into Columbus – I go in, come back, and about 2 hours later is suddenly plots me somewhere along the path I took 3 hours before. One last thing regarding the message I received. Go to http://aprs.fi/?c=message&call=KD8KSN-9 The “gm!” that was sent at 1248z this morning, along with the auto response from W8KRF-1 were the original messages. The duplicate message that was sent at 1620z was sent while I was no where near the radio. This was along when it plotted me out in Frazysburg. Does anyone have ANY idea what this thing is doing? I am running the FTM-350AR w/ smartbeaconing. I have had absolutely NO issues up until this point. Zack KD8KSN

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