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ARISSat-1 - 145.95 Not for All
by Clint Bradford 31 Jul '11

31 Jul '11

Do "we" know why some has tremendous success hearing 145.95 - while some passes had nothing on 145.95? I experienced both - just a "keying up" and dead silence for a few seconds at 1:03AM PDT this morning, and wonder, full kids' message during the 2:38AM PDT pass. Clint Bradford

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ARISSat-1 Heard in ENY (1130 UTC)
by Stuart Balanger 31 Jul '11

31 Jul '11

*Hi Guys & Gals, I heard ARISSSat-1 here in ENY (Hudson Vly.) @ 1130 UTC , &the st thing I heard was a tome burst (Like on 2M repeaters) , & then some voice announcement, & this was on 145.95 MHz. w/ an S-1 or 2 signal. the rig used was a Kenwood TS-2000 w/ a Horizontilly polerized "Aqualo" Antenna (Clamped to the Chimmy of Moms House (abt.30 ft. up!, (ant.) My congrats to AMSAT,ETC, for a Job WELL Done, & a long time coming!! Was wondering if the "AMSAT weekend Symposium" is going to be webcasted (Or on Echolink)? 73,Stu (WA2BSS) *

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SO-67
by Ted 31 Jul '11

31 Jul '11

Should be appearing in a sky near you beginning 8-1, correct ? Ted, K7TRK

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ARISSat-1 over Ca
by Larry Teran 31 Jul '11

31 Jul '11

Very strong signal in it pass at 09:38 UTC on 145.950 SSTV and the message from the little girls from England, secret word "Eagle" now time to go to bed and will not wake up until AO-27 19:33 UTC pass to work ND9M from DM66! all of you have a great Sunday!!! Very Big 73's Larry KI6YAA

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Special Word
by Scott Richardson 31 Jul '11

31 Jul '11

I'm curious to know if the ARISSat-1 education team prefers the "special words" to be kept secret or to be shared freely. Scott N1AIA

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Re: DX QSOs on AO7,,,,
by K5OE 31 Jul '11

31 Jul '11

I thank Allen, N5AFV, for the inspiration to try this. Allen lives about 5 or 6 miles south of me so he had at least 5 seconds longer windows than I did :-) The mutual windows Luis and I had were about 40 seconds, but the ground gain on VHF at the horizon helps a lot and made these below-1-degree contacts possible. I don't think we could stretch it any more given the geography and inclination of AO-7, but somebody living further to the East and North (LA, MS, GA, NFL) might have a window that would allow Luis to reach and beat the world record on AO-7. If you have a good 2m setup and can put 100 W ERP on 432 MHz, give it a try. He is patient, as it took us about 6 attempts to get it right (and I got a 70 cm amp up in the attic). 73, Jerry, K5OE ----original message--- I TNX Jerry (K5EO) for 2 QSOs on CW on AO7 Mode B, done July 28, at 23.23Z (Orbit 67958) and July 30, at 23.16Z (Orbit 67983). We get covered 7650 km between both QTHs, EL29GR - - FF66TQ. It is my actual longest distance QSO on AO7 (still almost 200 km below the world record). I find vy challenging this type of QSOs and I still hope to receive some proposals for others DX attempts (also QRV on Mode A). Best 73 to all the satellite dxers and all enthusiastic hams that keep the”Birds” alive !!! --luis LU6QI

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ARISSat-1 heard in EL92. CO6CBF, Hector
by Hector Luis Martinez Sis 31 Jul '11

31 Jul '11

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Re: ARISSat-1 report
by K5OE 31 Jul '11

31 Jul '11

Also received packet burst, voice message in several languages, and SSTV in South Texas at 1440. Was the special word "Hola"? It seems to precede every transmission :-) 73, Jerry -----original message---- Recorded Greetings, message, US special word, and SSTV in FN43 at 1304-1307z on 145.950. Handheld and Arrow. 73, Scott N1AIA

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ARISSat-1 - 31 Jul 1430 Pass
by Ron G. Seiler 31 Jul '11

31 Jul '11

Very strong signals. Recorded greetings, message, SSTV and US special word, on 437.550. 73, Ron VA7VW Vernon, BC DO00ig

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Early STS Videos
by Trevor . 31 Jul '11

31 Jul '11

A number of STS videos have recently appeared on YouTube The STS-70 one mentions the SAREX Amateur Radio experiment 21:40 into the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAxOAq9ujX4 Other videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/nasacasi 73 Trevor M5AKA

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