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

satellite WAS S.C.
by Bob- W7LRD 13 Aug '11

13 Aug '11

I was getting my cards ready to apply for sat WAS and I could only find 49! I knew I worked South Carolina, but no card. So if you're in S.C. email me for a sked on any satellite so I can get this one more piece of wall paper. 73 Bob W7LRD CN87 Seattle

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EL91/FL01
by K5OE 13 Aug '11

13 Aug '11

Listen for Hector, CO6CBF, who has travelled to Trinidad City, with his girlfriend and brother, to operate portable (with mostly home brew gear) from on or near the grid line. Sat/Sun... 73, Jerry, K5OE

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ARRISat-1 heard
by Dee 13 Aug '11

13 Aug '11

I heard this satellite loud and clear and started to decode the data- When the satellite went from sunlite to eclipse, after a few seconds-the data stream ended. It was a low pass and will listen for the next pass (83 deg.) and see what happens. No decoding this pass. Will advise. Dee Dee Interdonato 118 Westervelt Place Lodi, NJ 07644

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ARISSat SSTV and telemetry over Brazil
by Roland Zurmely 13 Aug '11

13 Aug '11

Please see here: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/arissat.htm#g And forwarded 99 frames (47 Kursk and 52 telemetry) today. 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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Question (arissat; Home Page?)
by Stuart Balanger 13 Aug '11

13 Aug '11

*Hi All, Was looking on the "arissat1.org" & tried to download the arissat1 Software, & was wondering how do I do that? I have a Kenwood TS-2000 (no 1.2GHz option), & have the Computer cable going from the Kenwood terminating @ the USB (4 port hub), & when I plugged the USB port plug into the Computer (windows XP), the computer detected it! Also, the next "HV Satcom" net is Thursday 18 August & more info: www.hvsatcom.org 73,.Stu (WA2BSS) PS Also saw the pictures of the ARISSat team, & very inpressive! *

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Arissat
by PY5LF 13 Aug '11

13 Aug '11

Hi Voice telemetry , 145950.0 , 20:00 UTC : MET - 51min IHU Temp - 44C Control Panel Temp - 49C Battery Voltage - 35.6V Battery Current - +12mA 73 PY5LF LUCIANO FABRICIO Curitiba-PR-Brazil GG54jm <http://www.qrz.com/db/py5lf> http://www.qrz.com/db/py5lf

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ARISSat-1 High to low power .sun to eclipse!
by Nader Omer 13 Aug '11

13 Aug '11

Hi Last pass 17:12 17:19 UTC A good and very clear signal heard at KK65GP from ARISSat-1 Power Mode was High at AOS changed to low power mode before LOS. TM sent to command station 73 Nader st2nh

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EL39,EL29,DM94,DM95,EM04,EM03,EM10,EM11 contacts
by Clayton W5PFG 13 Aug '11

13 Aug '11

If you need confirmation on any of these grids we worked this past week, please email me. In most cases a QSL card or SASE is not necessary. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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Who heard me on AO-51
by Richard Lawn 13 Aug '11

13 Aug '11

I finally heard and worked AC0RA during a late afternoon pass on Friday using a home brew moxon turnstile for down link and k5oe for uplink. I believe I heard other stations calling me but was unable to copy them. Clearly I'll need to ove the preamp as close to the antenna as possible but it seems I'm at least moving in the right direction with home brew fixed antennas. The downlink ais still significantly down inthe noise however. Rick W2jaz

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Yaesu 5500 rotator
by Mike 13 Aug '11

13 Aug '11

I was wondering how long of a shaft I should use to go through the rotator? What is the norm. to have on each side if there is one? Mike N8GBU

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