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

LOTW Satellites from the Old Days
by Gary "Joe" Mayfield 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

One of my winter projects is to get all of my OSCAR contacts back to 1989 in LOTW. Unfortunately, my older logs are not available. What are folks doing about contacts made on RS-10/11? My log book says RS-10/11 and LOTW wants either RS-10 or RS-11 and I really don't have a way to tell which? The same conundrum applies to RS-12/13, but it appears I logged most of them as RS-13 for some reason. Thanks and 73, Joe kk0sd

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Thunderbird Hamfest (Phoenix AZ) report, from yesterday
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

Hi! Ysterday's Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club hamfest in Phoenix AZ was a great event. A new outdoor location (it had been indoors for the past few years), along with great weather, brought out a good crowd for the morning. I was out there with an AMSAT table, and gave demonstrations using two SO-50 passes and a VO-52 pass. There were good crowds for the demonstrations, as usual. Around 1415 UTC, I had overlapping passes on SO-50 and VO-52. Since the VO-52 pass had a maximum elevation of only 7 degrees, I opted to work the SO-50 pass with maximum elevation of 21 degrees. This was a good choice, as it allowed 8 stations from across the central and eastern USA along with Canada and Cuba to say "hello" to the hamfest crowd at that hour. Just before 1600 UTC, I had passes on VO-52 and SO-50 that did not overlap as much. This allowed me to work VO-52 at 1550-1603 UTC, then switch over to SO-50 for the remainder of that pass. For these two passes, I used an FT-817ND as my transmit radio and a Kenwood TH-F6A for the receiver. I was able to work 4 stations on the VO-52 pass, and 3 of those 4 stations moved over to SO-50 where I was able to work them again. When working SSB via satellite, I try to show that it can be done with equipment that is not terribly expensive. Both the FT-817 and TH-F6A have been manufactured for over a decade, and are plentiful on the resale market. The FT-817 and FT-817ND can be computer controlled, where the TH-F6A can't. In the field, this combination is one option to work more than just the FM satellites. When I switched from VO-52 to SO-50, I changed the frequencies on the two radios, and swapped the coax connected to the 2m and 70cm ports on my diplexer, so I was not transmitting into the wrong port on the diplexer. I was recorded working part of the 1603 UTC SO-50 pass yesterday. Thanks to Chris N7ICE, that video is on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5CaLvpAcJQ AMSAT did very well at the hamfest as well. Lots of the WA4SXM Getting Started with Amateur Satellites books flew off the table, along with one new member. Thanks to the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club for providing AMSAT with a space at the hamfest, as they have done for the past several years. And, as always, thanks to everyone who called WD9EWK during those demonstrations. :-) 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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RS-22 vs UO-22
by Tom Schuessler 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

I am just full of questions tonight. The AMSAT Sat status page has an RS-22 and the Celestrak keps in SatPC32 has UO-22. Are they the same satellite? Tom Schuessler N5HYP

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Re: LOTW Satellites from the Old Days
by i8cvs 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

Hi Bob, W7LRD Yes ! I remember, we worked on AO40 I belive in Mode-U/S particularly when the satellite was very low over the horizon for both of us. I will check on my tape recorder and as soon i will find a QSO with you I will made for you a WAV file I send this email to you as well via AMSAT-BB because your provider @comcast.net very often rejects all emails coming from my provider @tin.it and so probably it will be a problem to send you a WAV flle ! If you have another email address please let me know. Best 73" de i8CVS Domenico ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob- W7LRD To: i8cvs Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: LOTW Satellites from the Old Days Hi Domenico..Just wondering...did we every work on AO-40? 73 Bob W7LRD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs(a)tin.it> To: "Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield(a)hotmail.com>, "AMSAT" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 10:34:32 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LOTW Satellites from the Old Days ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary "Joe" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield(a)hotmail.com> To: "'AMSAT'" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 9:36 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] LOTW Satellites from the Old Days > One of my winter projects is to get all of my OSCAR contacts back to 1989 > in LOTW. Unfortunately, my older logs are not available. > > What are folks doing about contacts made on RS-10/11? My log book says > RS-10/11 and LOTW wants either RS-10 or RS-11 and I really don't have a > way to tell which? The same conundrum applies to RS-12/13, but it appears > I logged most of them as RS-13 for some reason. > > Thanks and 73, > > Joe kk0sd Hi Joe, Beginning from OSCAR-6 up to AO40 I have all my QSO recorded on a professional tape recorder REVOX A77 using 1/4" tape winded in many and many big coils each 10.63 " in diameter and so I can enjoy to hear time to time the voice of my old satellite friends and as well the CW ROBOT of the RS satellites.Before to start any QSO I mention on tape the name of the satellite the orbit numbar and the date, just for record along with the log on paper. 73" de i8CVS Domenico _______________________________________________ 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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K2BSA/5 at Nat. Scouting Museum for ARRL Kids Day.
by Tom Schuessler 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

Again a reminder that K2BSA/5 will be active on 1937Z and 2117Z AO-27 passes January 8th from the National Scouting Museum in Irving, TX, EM12. ARRL Kids Day is Sunday afternoon. Give us a call. Tom Schuessler N5HYP

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Update the AMSAT available sats list on "Passes" page./Celestrak Keps "Amateur"
by Tom Schuessler 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

A suggestion for the AMSAT.ORG web site pass prediction page. Please add some of the newer cubesats. It would be helpful if the sats that are listed as active on the status page were also reflected on the passes page. Additional interesting note. ARISSAT-1 (Radioscaf-B) still shows on the "amateur" Keps that download to SatPC32. I know they come from Celestrak, but who sets up the list and order? Here is another place those new cubesats should be listed as well. This especially since some of them have OSCAR numbers. Thanks much. 73, Tom, N5HYP

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EL97 Operation Wrap up 7Jan2012
by John Papay 08 Jan '12

08 Jan '12

The trip down to EL97 was uneventful. The location chosen was on US1 in Sebastian Florida, Indian River County. 21 stations were worked on the AO-27 1825z pass and 6 more were worked on the low elevation western pass at 2005z. It was sunny with temps in the low 70's, a very nice day for a grid expedition. All contacts have been uploaded to LOTW (using K8YSE) for those who collect grids electrically. Anyone who needs a qsl card should send me an email; no qsl card or sase needed. Equipment used for this operation is what I started with back in 2006. The radio was a Kenwood V7A mobile (full duplex) with a strap around my neck, a 7AH UPS battery sitting on the ground, headphones along with a digital recorder, mic in one hand and the Arrow Antenna with a MFJ duplexer in the other hand. Pass recordings (as heard from EN91) are on my website. Thanks to everyone who worked me and then stood by when others were calling me. You can't make 21 q's in 7 minutes without a lot of cooperation from everyone on the bird. 73, John K8YSE

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Triton-1 and Triton-2 to launch late 2012
by Trevor . 07 Jan '12

07 Jan '12

Triton-1 and Triton 2 will launch with UKube-1 and Delfi n3Xt later this year. Full Story at http://www.uk.amsat.org/3434 AMSAT-UK: http://www.uk.amsat.org/ 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Re: ARISSat-1 Die Hards
by Andrew Glasbrenner 07 Jan '12

07 Jan '12

-----Original Message----- >From: Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd(a)comcast.net> > We have some very smart people who are involved with Universities, launch vendors and the like. A bird could have a "gizzmo" that would have > what a univ ersity wants to accomplish (with added transponder) . You just described Fox-1, and we are building four of them. So far we have an experiment for one, and have applied for a free launch from NASA. We find out January 30th if we get it, then it's a race to finish and test the satellite in time (and pay for it). Rides to orbit are much easier to find for 1kg cubes, than for 50kg ones. 73, Drew KO4MA

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ARISSat-1 Die Hards
by John Spasojevich 07 Jan '12

07 Jan '12

If you go to www.n9xh.org you will find some shots of a young man, new to the hobby, with his freshly delivered by Santa HT and a home brew antenna catching the last few SSTV images from ARISSat. I think he's been a ham for just a couple of months. Great to see. 73, John - AG9D

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