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LOTW
by Kevin Deane 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

Went through no problem Good Deal!!! Pretty easy like I said I was discouraged for a long time but now I am glad I tried it. Now can I search for stuff others have uploaded that I may not have logged and match theirs??? Kevin KF7MYK

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Oscar 1 Mentioned in Oc.t Milsat Magazine
by Edwin M. "EMike" McCardel, KC8YLD 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

There is a good article on Early U.S. Recon Satellites in the October 2011 issue of Milsat Magazine http://www.milsatmagazine.com/2011/MSM_Oct_2011.pdf It mentions Oscar-1 as a hitchhiker onboard Discoverr -36. Lance Ginner K6GSJ talked about this in his Keynote address during the last AMSAT Symposium. EMike, KC8YLD E. Michael McCardel, KC8YLD Ohio Section Affiliated Club Coordinator, ARRL AMSAT-Edu Moderator NO CODE REQUIRED When All Else Fails... There's Amateur Radio Learn more via www.ARRL.org

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Space Debris
by Trevor . 19 Jan '12

19 Jan '12

US joins effort to draw up space 'code of conduct' http://www.space-travel.com/reports/US_joins_effort_to_draw_up_space_code_o… Appears an aim is to prevent other countries developing and testing anti-satellite weapons. 73 Trevor M5AKA

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LOTW Help
by Kevin Deane 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Is there anyone intersted in helping me with LOTW? I did all the requirements, do I upload all my qso's individually? and how do I know if the other guy is going to do the same? Maybe someone on here could do an old qso we have together and I could see how it works? Thanks for any help! :) Kevin KF7MYK

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VUCC #226
by Ted 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Finally arrived today. My thanks to all who contributed with contacts and cards. Most of the blame goes to John, K8YSE, who got me started on the venture and to Loren, K7CWQ for continuing encouragement and advice. 73, Ted K7TRK

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Re: Probably a silly idea...
by charlie Cantrill 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

A fantastic idea! Thank you for suggesting this! This is just what is needed to promote ARISS and STEM. How about just like ARISSAT with telemetry and SSTV with a schedule switching between SSB and FM transponder like HO-68 did? My students would love to get pictures and data from the ISS on orbit plus take advantage of an easy to use transponder. How about having cameras, one inside and one outside. I know this is a tall order, but this would be a killer app for the ARISS program. Charlie Cantrill KI4RDT ----- Mensaje original ----- De: Edward R. Cole <kl7uw(a)acsalaska.net> Para: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Enviado: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:43:43 +0100 (CET) Asunto: [amsat-bb] Re: Probably a silly idea... My thinking is this package could be designed as the (needed) upgrade/replacement for the existing digi-peater/ham radio equipment used in the "school contact" program. The advantage is a long-term orbiting transponder with much easier maintenance access. As with most of the advanced satellites being put up one would have a fully functional spare. Since the environment would be much more friendly so the unit could be built modular for additional ease in maintenance. To aid in the "selling to NASA", I propose the telemetry system be provided with data-ports for connection of school experiments in support of STEM. Thus Amsat would be providing comm support in those programs. A local mic, power on/off and channel selector would enable astronaut use (both for ham and personal use). So we hams would get part of what we want while providing support of what NASA wants. Get creative on what this could do. 73, Ed - KL7UW

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Record for # QSO in space?
by Don Hoover (WS4E) 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Anyone know who has the record for the most ham QSO's in space? Astronaut Doug Wheelock maybe? Just curious. It would be a nice record to have some other people try to break and incentive to keep the activity going.

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Man on a Mission
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

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

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Ebb and Flow
by Clint Bradford 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

NSASA has a marvelous public relations / marketing team in place. From yesterday's media alerts ... MONTANA STUDENTS SUBMIT WINNING NAMES FOR NASA LUNAR SPACECRAFT WASHINGTON -- Twin NASA spacecraft that achieved orbit around the moon New Year's Eve and New Year's Day have new names thanks to elementary students in Bozeman, Montana. Their winning entry, "Ebb and Flow," was selected as part of a nation-wide school contest that began in October 2011. The names were submitted by fourth graders from the Emily Dickinson Elementary School. Nearly 900 classrooms with more than 11,000 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia, participated in the contest. Previously named Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory, or GRAIL A and B, the washing machine-sized spacecraft begin science operations in March. "The 28 students of Nina DiMauro's class at the Emily Dickinson Elementary School have really hit the nail on the head," said Maria Zuber, GRAIL principal investigator from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "We were really impressed that the students drew their inspiration by researching GRAIL and its goal of measuring gravity. Ebb and Flow truly capture the spirit and excitement of our mission." Zuber and Sally Ride, America's first woman in space and CEO of Sally Ride Science in San Diego, selected the names following the contest, which attracted 890 proposals via the Internet and mail. The contest invited ideas from students ages 5 to 18 enrolled in U.S. schools. Although everything from spelling and grammar to creativity were considered, Zuber and Ride primarily took into account the quality of submitted essays. "With submissions from all over the United States and even some from abroad, there were a lot of great entries to review," Ride said. "This contest generated a great deal of excitement in classrooms across America, and along with it an opportunity to use that excitement to teach science." GRAIL is NASA's first planetary mission carrying instruments fully dedicated to education and public outreach. Each spacecraft carries a small camera called GRAIL MoonKAM (Moon Knowledge Acquired by Middle school students). Thousands of students in grades five through eight will select target areas on the lunar surface and send requests for study to the GRAIL MoonKAM Mission Operations Center in San Diego. The winning prize for the Dickinson students is to choose the first camera images. Dickinson is one of nearly 2,000 schools registered for the MoonKAM program, which is led by Ride and her team at Sally Ride Science in collaboration with undergraduate students at the University of California in San Diego. "These spacecraft represent not only great science but great inspiration for our future," said Jim Green, director of NASA's Planetary Science Division in Washington. "As they study our lunar neighbor, Ebb and Flow will undergo nearly the same motion as the tides we feel here on Earth." Launched in September 2011, Ebb and Flow will be placed in a near-polar, near-circular orbit with an altitude of about 34 miles (55 kilometers). During their science mission, the duo will answer longstanding questions about the moon and give scientists a better understanding of how Earth and other rocky planets in the solar system formed. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., manages the GRAIL mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. The GRAIL mission is part of the Discovery Program managed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver built the spacecraft. To read the winning submission visit: https://moonkam.ucsd.edu/about/spacecraft_names Information about MoonKAM is available online at: https://moonkam.ucsd.edu For more information about GRAIL visit: http://www.nasa.gov/grail or http://grail.nasa.gov -end- Clint Bradford clintbradford(a)mac.com

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Need ID, ND, NV, UT, WA States
by Bryan Herbert 18 Jan '12

18 Jan '12

Im working on my WAS and VUCC awards and am currently half way done with WAS Basic via LOTW, a little more than half way if I combine with QSL cards but still have a long ways to go for WAS Satellite and VUCC. I'm usually on any pass with a max elevation of 50+ degrees however the following passes are ideal to help me get Idaho, North Dakota, Nevada, Utah and Washington. AO-27 January 19th 2100-2110 UTC January 22nd 2114-2124 UTC January 26th 2100-2110 UTC SO-50 January 27th 0037-0046 UTC Obviously the pass times of the later dates may vary but if any of you can help it would be greatly appreciated. -- Bryan Herbert - KE6ZGP Newhall, CA. DM04RJ USA http://bryanherbert.com http://twitter.com/ke6zgp

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