January 2012 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

ALERT
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 20 Jan '12

20 Jan '12

INCOMING CME: Active sunspot 1401 erupted yesterday, Jan. 19th around 16:30 UT, producing an M3-class solar flare and a full-halo coronal mass ejection (CME). The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory recorded the cloud expanding almost directly toward Earth: SEE spaceweather.com WA4HFN Damon

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Fw: AMSAT- Journal (Losted article "Modification of a CDETailtwister Control Unit for Satellite Automatic Tracking" by i8CVS
by i8cvs 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Hi JoAnne ,K9JKM Thank you very much ! But I have to send this message to you via AMSAT-BB because your @comcast.net rejects back all emails coming from my provider @tin.it 73" de i8CVS Domenico ----- Original Message ----- From: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm(a)comcast.net> To: "'i8cvs'" <domenico.i8cvs(a)tin.it> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 3:27 AM Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] AMSAT- Journal (Losted article "Modification of a CDETailtwister Control Unit for Satellite Automatic Tracking" by i8CVS > Hi Domenico, > > The most recent e-mail address I have for Ed Long is > texasmgr2000(a)yahoo.com. > I forwarded your request this address for Ed. > > -- > 73 de JoAnne K9JKM > k9jkm(a)amsat.org > Editor, AMSAT News Service

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Re: Man on a Mission
by aj9n 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

NEAR REAL TIME REVIEW JUST GOT OUT. I give it 4 stars. Lots of behind the scenes stuff. Shows about 1 minute of him on the radio. Pretty good music. Sent from my HTC on the Now Network from Sprint! ----- Reply message ----- From: n4csitwo(a)bellsouth.net Date: Wed, Jan 18, 2012 5:19 pm Subject: [amsat-bb] Man on a Mission To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> I see that Richard Garriot has released a documentary of his trip. See the trailer at http://firstrunfeatures.com/intheaters.html Web site is http://firstrunfeatures.com/manonamission/ Dave, AA4KN _______________________________________________ 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

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AMSAT- Journal (Losted article "Modification of a CDETailtwister Control Unit for Satellite Automatic Tracking" by i8CVS
by i8cvs 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Hi Ed Long ,WA4SWJ Unfortunately all my messages to you sent to wa4swj(a)hotmail.com were rejected to me several time with about 1 MB of attachements so that I hope you read this letter sent to you via AMSA-BB BTW I have asked Ed KL7UW to relay from Alaska this message to you. This is the problem: In March 11, 2008 I sent to you text and pictures for my article to be published into the AMSAT-journal March/April 2008 "Modification of a CDE Tailtwister Control Unit for Satellite Automatic Tracking" You publisced the article and sent to me by email a pdf file of it from the AMSAT-Journal March/April 2008 Unfortunately I got a crash in my HD and I lost your pdf file with my article. Can you please send back again to me a new pdf file of it ? It has been publisched in AMSAT Journal March/April 2008 Thank you very much in advance ! 73" de i8CVS Domenico email: domenico.i8cvs(a)tin.it

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Re: Linear birds with an IC-706MkIIG
by K5OE 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Bob, I have often worked the linear birds mobile using an FT-100 (Yaesu's similar rig). Obviously, working a linear satellite in half-duplex mode is not the easiests of ventures, but it is not all that hard either. FO-29 is the easiest of the LEOs to work in this mode as it is easy to mentally adjust for the easily estimated Doppler shift. I have also worked both AO-40 and AO-51 using this rig in mode L/S (using a downconverter and a trippler for the uplink). I find the easiest method is to find a clear spot, approximately the middle of the passband, estimate the Doppler for the uplink and call CQ, then tune around for someone coming back to me. This is not perfect, and runs the risk of interfering with an adjacent QSO, but will work in a pinch. Just set your rig to "split" and give it a try. 73, Jerry, K5OE > Hi all, > > Does anyone have experience working the linear birds with a single > IC-706MkIIG? > > Thanks > > Bob Herrell HI4/AJ5C

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AMSAT- Journal (Losted article "Modification of a CDE Tailtwister Control Unit for Satellite Automatic Tracking" by i8CVS
by i8cvs 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Hi Ed Long ,WA4SWJ Unfortunately all my messages to you sent to wa4swj(a)hotmail.com were rejected to me several time with about 1 MB of attachements so that I hope you read this letter sent to you via AMSA-BB This is the problem: In March 11, 2008 I sent to you text and pictures for my article to be published into the AMSAT-journal: "Modification of a CDE Tailtwister Control Unit for Satellite Automatic Tracking" You publisced the article and sent to me by email a pdf file of it from the AMSAT-Journal Unfortunately I got a crash in my HD and I lost your pdf file with my article. Can you please send back again to me a new pdf file of it ? It has been publisched in AMSAT Journal beginning from 2008 Thank you very much in advance ! 73" de i8CVS Domenico

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Re: Probably a silly idea...
by G0MRF＠aol.com 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Hi Ed / Dave / Group. It seems a very long time ago now, but in the dim and distant pass ESA approved a plan to have a permanent amateur station installed inside the European Columbus module. As a European (Well, on a little island over here) I'm almost embarrassed to mention this because having spent a lot of contributors money...and a lot of ESA's money on some very nice antennas, the organisers of this project seem to have gone into hibernation. Occasionally, you hear rumours of plans and rumours of rumours but the reality probably is that they don't have the ability to do the job. - I always think of the scene from Life of Brian where small ineffective groups sit around plotting the overthrow of the Romans and just have endless meetings. Sad. Very sad. David G0MRF In a message dated 18/01/2012 21:04:43 GMT Standard Time, kl7uw(a)acsalaska.net writes: AS I understand there are four antennas on the ISS available for ham use. So why does a package have to go outside? It can be installed inside, use ISS power, be turned on/off by astronauts at will or even unplugged? No batteries, no rocket propulsion, dangerous chemicals, no space-rated enclosure, no EVA. Last time I propose this I was told to shut my mouth and go away. 73, Ed - KL7UW At 08:02 AM 1/18/2012, Trevor . wrote: >PCSAT-2 did exactly that on the ISS in July 2005, however, it was >returned to Earth Sep 2006. > >It requires an expensive EVA to install and there may be frequency >coordination issues with the two amateur radio stations already on the ISS. > >I wonder what the capabilities of the Kibo Robot Arm are ? I believe >it can attach payloads to the exterior Exposed Facility (EF) with >the need for an EVA. > >73 Trevor M5AKA > >--- On Wed, 18/1/12, Raidel Abreu Espinet <cl2esp(a)frcuba.co.cu> wrote: > > > From: Raidel Abreu Espinet <cl2esp(a)frcuba.co.cu> > > Subject: [amsat-bb] Probably a silly idea... > > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > > Date: Wednesday, 18 January, 2012, 16:06 > > Hi all, > > > > This is probably a silly idea but who knows.... > > > > ARRISat-1 was a wonderfull satellite but with a short life. > > The ISS instead is a wonderfull platform, of course I know > > how difficult is to install inside it new radios and > > antennas for cross-repeaters, but how difficult is really to > > take a small box and firmly attach it to some low risk part > > of the ISS, the satellite-box will use its own power solar > > cells and antennas and the ISS is just the carrier. > > > > It may be something silly but probably not difficult, if > > the astronauts made a "hand launch" with ARISSat-1/KEDR why > > can not them just hold it with latches in a low risk part of > > the ISS. Of course if a battery is a risk we can just design > > a simple system capable of work only in sun light. > > > > If you think this is a bad idea, just ignore it, if not, > > well who knows, may be some day an astronaut attach an small > > satellite in the ISS side.... > > > > 73, > > Raydel, > > CM2ESP > > Este mensaje ha sido enviado mediante el servicio de correo > > electronico que ofrece la Federacion de Radioaficionados de > > Cuba a sus miembros para respaldar el cumplimiento de los > > objetivos de la organizacion y su politica informativa. La > > persona que envia este correo asume el compromiso de usar el > > servicio a tales fines y cumplir con las regulaciones > > establecidas. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > >_______________________________________________ >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 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-QRT, 1296-?, 3400-? DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa(a)gmail.com Coming Soon - "Kits made by KL7UW" ====================================== _______________________________________________ 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

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HVSatcomGroupNet tonightJan19@8PM Eastern on N2EYH-L
by cotejaune2＠aol.com 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Hello all. Please join us for the Net tonight @ 8 PM Eastern Jan 19 on Echolink N2EYH-L and MtBeacon repeater 146.970 pl100.Hope to hear there.73 Garywa2aqh/Tomkc2dtq

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Space Debris
by Joe Leikhim 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

I think the US itself declined to adhere to this for the latest DOD global communications satellite. That being said, the FCC has requirements. -- Joe Leikhim Leikhim and Associates Communications Consultants Oviedo, Florida www.Leikhim.com JLeikhim(a)Leikhim.com 407-982-0446 Note to GMail Account users. Due to an abnormally high volume of spam originating from bogus GMail accounts, I have found it necessary to block certain GMail traffic. Please phone me if you believe your message was not received.

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Re: LOTW Help
by Rsoifer＠aol.com 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Kevin, Once you have received your certificate, you can upload QSOs in two ways. You can enter them manually with the TQSL software (that's what I do) or, if you are using a compatible logging program (if it generates Cabrillo files, it is), you can do it automatically by uploading the Cabrillo file as a .tq8. If the other station uploads a matching QSO, it will produce a QSL in LOTW. 73 Ray W2RS

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