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

help
by Jack Barbera 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

Need a little help.Now that FAST1& 2 have been separated how should they be listed in the Doppler.SQF file?Also this information for O/OREOS would be appreciated as what I,ve put in does not work. Thanks Jack WA1ZDV

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NYT podcast spoke about Hamradio
by Giulio P. AOL 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

NY Times podcasting service, these week, have an interesting theme : Hamradio Listen here: http://dts.podtrac.nytimes.com/redirect.mp3/podcasts.nytimes.com/podcasts/2… 73 de Giulio AB2VY 08753 Toms River NJ

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Elk Antennas
by Martha 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

AMSAT now has 7 Elk Antennas in stock. The cost is $125 plus shipping. We also have the bag which is $25. If you are interested, please give me a call at 301-589-6062. -- 73- Martha

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Re: Broadcasting
by Jeremy Bomkamp 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

Bash Kevin if you want, but isn't 99.9% of all APRS broadcasting? You never really expect a response from anyone, and what true purpose does the digi on the ISS perform? Most of it is amateurs BROADCASTING their locations, no emergency traffic, the only real protocol is to ID and no swearing which both KF7MYK and KF7BUZ complied with, at least it wasn't HI HI, roger, roger

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MAIL SYSTEM ERROR - RETURNED MAIL
by db＠db.net 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

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OM3BD Looking for N. America Sat Contacts
by Bill Dzurilla 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

Hi folks, I am leaving this Thursday for my annual 7-week trip to Slovakia, grid locator JN88mf. My Slovak call has been changed to OM3BD. I will be active on the sats. North American stations, if you did not work me last year, please contact me for OSCAR 7 mode B skeds, if we will have any mutual footprints. Last year best DX was Ohio to the west and Virginia to the south. Too bad HO-68 is not working, looks like no chance for additional trans-Atlantic FM contacts this year. Time permitting. there's also a possibility of some portable operations to different grids, and/or sat expeditions to Austria and Hungary (both less than 20 miles from my QTH). 73, Bill NZ5N/OM3BD

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Oscar 7 Question
by Dave Marthouse 08 Jun '11

08 Jun '11

Can someone please refresh my memory. What is the apogee and perigee of Oscar 7. Thanks in advance. Dave Marthouse N2AAM dmarthouse(a)gmail.com

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Re: Broadcasting
by Bob Bruninga 07 Jun '11

07 Jun '11

> I'm not understanding the legalities of beaconing > and broadcasting. Are they not the same. Neither one describes APRS. APRS is a group of stations participating in a network no different than the round table discussions on the local voice repeater during commute times. Someone that has info to contribute, transmits and everyone copies it. With one transmission, everyone in the net is updated, a very efficient 2-way system. What is frustrating to see on APRS is so little USEFUL real-time content of interest to the mobile operator. What the local network should provide to the front panel of your radio when you are driving are these things (and their location): Frequency of the locally recommended voice repeater (and TONE) Frequency of local IRLP/Echolink or other asset Local weather Any NETS in progress Any hamfest coming up in the next 2 weeks ANY other ham activity in progress Any incoming messages from your friends See www.aprs.org/localinfo.html In addition, of course, you see all the other APRS mobiles nearby, and if one is within direct SIMPLEX range, you can hear a "Voice Alert Beep" letting you know he is looking for a contact. See www.aprs.org/VoiceAlert3.html On satellites what we used to see was not only the location of the satellite, but also all the other participants. In addition to the range and direction to the satellite, we used to see the instantaneous uplink and downlink and Doppler. This was very handy for handheld satellite operation. But again, this required someone in the footprint to be running software that would uplink this info in real time. After over a decade, the excitement wore off, and now we have too many lights-on-nobody-home type operations. See www.aprs.org/astars.html about 65% down the page "APRS Bulletins and Objects" Bob, WB4APR

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FunCube Dongle on Ebay
by Rick Tejera 07 Jun '11

07 Jun '11

All, A few days ago I warned of a seller on Ebay who, after not getting his hoped for price from my friend, sent him the dongle, but only after taking a hammer to it. Just happens Chris works as a senior systems engineer for Ebay. He gave me the guys details to post here so you can avoid him if you are bidding on a FCD: User ID: aaronm10000 Name: Aaron D. McClure City: Fremont State:CA Country: US Phone: (510) 366-8710 Registered Since: Saturday, Jun 10, 2000 22:47:28 PDT Clear Skies Rick Tejera Saguaro Astronomy Club Phoenix, Arizona www.saguaroastro.org <http://www.saguaroastro.org/> saguaroastro(a)cox.net K7TEJ, AMSAT 38452

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CO6BCF in LotW
by Omar Alvarez 07 Jun '11

07 Jun '11

Thanks Héctor: Call sign Worked Date/Time Band Mode Freq QSL VUCC Details XE1AO CO6CBF 2011-03-07 22:12:32 Sat FM 435.300000 CUBA EL92: VUCC Satellite Omar XE1AO DK89df ******************************** M.C. Omar Alvarez Cárdenas Facultad de Telematica, U de C 316 1075 xe1aom(a)ucol.mx omar_ac(a)hotmail.com ********************************

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