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

The practicality of the Ten Tec 2510
by Bill Acito W1PA 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

1. I have one, but have never used it. If I am reading the satellite guide correctly, the only current bird I can use one on (mode B, 435MHz -- not 432) is VO-52. Is that correct? Or is the TX-RX completely wrong? (RX+TX=581.005) 2. I have read that the 2510 (newer version) was much easier to use than the 2510 -- any comment from current or former users? 3. The 2510 could accept a second, add-on oscillator board (the 2511) to give you 435.5 as well as 435.0. I am considering building a version of the board re-crystalled to give me 432.0 (understanding that I will have to go through and re-tune the unit, as well as adjusting the RX-TX offset) --- but this seems like a nice "non-destructive" way to try it. Or should I put it on the shelf and hope the next transponder bird uses the same band plan as AO-10/13? :-) Bill W1PA

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Special Bulletin ANS 195
by Dee 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-195.01 ARISSat-1/KEDR Deployment Information AMSAT News Service Bulletin 195.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. July 14, 2011 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-195.01 14 July 2011 During the International ARISS teleconference Sergey Samburov, RV3DR announced that the ARISSat battery will be charged late July and a test of the system will be conducted on the ISS from 1915 UTC 30 July to about 1200-1400 UTC 31 July. The standard ARISSat-1/KEDR 2m downlink band plan should be transmitted as well as the FM signal also downlinked on 437.55 MHz. More information as it becomes available. Today we are looking at a 3 Aug 2011 date for EVA 29 and the ARISSat-1/KEDR deployment. This is all subject to change. (ANS Thanks Gould, WA4SXM, for this latest info) /EX NB2F

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Re: help with the few states I need for WAS by sat
by Bill Acito W1PA 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

I can give you MA and possibly RI or NH with some planning on the FM birds (you didn't say which bird). Since I read via the bb archive, you'll need to send me your call or an email address, 'cause I have no idea where you are. :-) I have been active hand-held (FN42) on AO-27 and AO-51 the past few days, east and west passes. Bill W1PA (my call letters at hotmail) >Can anyone help me set up a sked with someone in UTAH, NEW MEXICO, NORTH >AND >SOUTH DAKOTA, ARKANSAS >AND ALL OF NEW ENGLAND?

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Re: Any way I can get AOS.EXE to run on Win7 64-bit?
by Bill Acito W1PA 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

So that must be the issue... the standalone “zip” version (AOS205.zip) located here: http://www.amsat-warenvertrieb.de/english.htm does not appear to work, but the SatPC32 version does. I’ll need to play more. Good leads, everyone. Bill W1PA From: kq6ea(a)verizon.net Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 4:52 PM To: ka3hsw(a)att.net ; w1pa(a)hotmail.com ; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Any way I can get AOS.EXE to run on Win7 64-bit? I've also had no trouble getting it to run in Win7/64. I installed it by right-clicking on the executable, and installing it as Administrator. When I run it, I right-click the icon, and chose "Run As Administrator". Works fine that way, but others might consider it a clunky way to do it. Jim KQ6EA

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Any way I can get AOS.EXE to run on Win7 64-bit?
by Bill Acito W1PA 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

I really like the simplicity of this program... it does what I want. I am relatively new to both Win 7 and 64-bit; is there a simple way to get it running in this OS? A compatibility mode, or some sort of emulator/wrapper? Bill W1PA

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Thanks IC7000 help
by Tom Lubbers K8TL 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

Thanks, for the help. Seems most of my concerns were centered around a typo!!! ICOM IC-910 manual (@2000) says CAT code for FM is 04 when in fact it is 05 as in all the other ICOMS I could research!! All indications are the pair or IC-7000’s will work just fine and a lot less expensive than the 9100. Set it up with the 910 as transmitter and 7000 as receiver and the other way around. Now what to do with the old 910?? Sell as is or repair and sell??? 73 Tom K8TL

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EM99 Friday
by Helmuth Kump 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

I'm hoping to operate satellite portable from EM99rv, Marshall County West Virginia, on the daytime passes from 1200 till about 2200 UTC tomorrow 7/15. As always, weather- and Murphy-permitting. 73 de KT3L

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OM/OE/HU/NZ5N Tuesday on AO-7 from the former Iron Curtain
by Bill Dzurilla 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

I'm going to make a portable AO-7 satellite attempt this Tuesday July 10 from JN88na, at the spot where Slovakia, Hungary, and Austria touch each other. Prior to 1989, this was part of the Iron Curtain, where the Communist regimes in Czechoslovakia and Hungary tried to keep their people from going to Austria. Now, it is just a field with a border marker. My AOS will be at 0933Z and North America will be in the window for several minutes. Hope to work several of you, look for me at the high end of the passband. 73, Bill NZ5N/OM3BD

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Free sample edition of OSCAR News
by Trevor . 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

AMSAT-UK have made available a free PDF of the Spring 2011 edition of their newletter OSCAR News. It contains reports on four UK CubeSat projects currently being developed. News of new South African CubeSats and details of the telemetry on ARISsat-1 currently scheduled to be deployed from the International Space Station in August. A printed copy of OSCAR News is posted to members each quarter. Membership of AMSAT-UK is open to anyone who has an interest in Amateur Radio satellites/space activities, including the ISS. You do not have to have an amateur radio licence to join, many of our members are interested in listening to satellites and decoding the telemetry. Read the Oscar News PDF at http://www.uk.amsat.org/on_193_final.pdf Join AMSAT-UK at http://tinyurl.com/JoinAMSAT-UK/ AMSAT-UK Colloquium July 30-31 Guildford http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium-2011/ AMSAT-UK: http://www.uk.amsat.org/ ---- 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Re: heard with fo-29 this am
by Dave Webb KB1PVH 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

It doesn't look like he was in the footprint of HO-68 on that pass. I messed around with Orbitron and looks like possibly FO-20 beacon on 435.795? Dave - KB1PVH Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X On Jul 13, 2011 11:43 AM, "Mika Siira" <oh8mbn(a)suomi24.fi> wrote:

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