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

Montagues & Capulets (was: FM vs SSB, HEO vs LEO, etc)
by Clayton Coleman 23 Oct '12

23 Oct '12

Regularly we see passionate emails about the following subjects: - Cubesats vs microsats - FM vs SSB - HEO vs MEO vs LEO - Pacsats vs voice - Easy vs hard sats One desire stands out as a common element in most of these heated email threads. That is the desire for a satellite to facilitate 2-way communications. I happen to find that aspect of satellites most enjoyable whether on an FM, SSB, or digital bird. You can keep pimping your ideas for the perfect satellite to the Internet OR get with an existing program that is working to launch a transponder. Sending emails over and over stating how beep-beeps don’t put entries in your logbook doesn’t contribute to the launch of new satellites. Do something productive to contribute (or send money.) 73 Clayton W5PFG

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NO-44 SATPC worked today with an HT and Elk.
by transbets＠gmail.com 23 Oct '12

23 Oct '12

Hi all I just wanted to share my excitement that I worked NO-44 at 14:47 today, 10/23, with my Yaesu VX8DR HT with a five element Elk, for the first time. I have been trying for awhile and didn't expect much in the way of results. Now, I can proceed to jump around my living room. 73, Elizabeth K3ODX

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Re: PRISM HAM Radio Service OPEN
by Mineo Wakita 23 Oct '12

23 Oct '12

Uplink frequency, Command and the other attention are written in detail. Please click the bottom button. http://www.space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/prism/en/HAMservice.html JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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UT1FG/MM in FH20 on VO-52
by Roland Zurmely 22 Oct '12

22 Oct '12

QSO with Yuri UT1FG/MM on VO-52 #40390. 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ in GH70un

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ISS digi on 145.800
by JoAnne Maenpaa 22 Oct '12

22 Oct '12

ISS digipeater has been running on 145.800 MHz simplex for the past couple of passes. So if you don't copy anything on 145.825 try 145.800. It was lonely for a mid-continent prime time pass. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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Report on Japanese University Micro/Nano/Pico-satellite Projects
by Trevor . 22 Oct '12

22 Oct '12

Report on the current state of "Japanese University Micro/Nano/Pico-satellite Projects" http://www.unisec.jp/member/jusat-e.html http://www.unisec.jp/member/files/2012Oct_Satellite_2ndEdition_120925_v1.1_… 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/ ----

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Hector update - Monday 10/22
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 22 Oct '12

22 Oct '12

Hi! Thanks again to all the hams who have been sending me checks to help with the effort to bring Hector to the AMSAT Symposium later this week. As of today, I have received a total of $935 from those checks. This will cover almost half of what I estimate the total costs will end up being for this effort, and I appreciate the help. I told Hector about this via e-mail earlier today, and he also appreciates the generosity of everyone who is helping with this trip. Hector will fly to Miami on Wednesday, arriving a couple of hours before I arrive later in the afternoon. Hector has a friend in Miami who will meet him in the Miami airport after clearing US Customs and Immigration, and then I'll get with him after I arrive. The current plan is for the two of us to drive up from Miami to Orlando on Thursday morning, arriving in Orlando around midday depending on when we get out of the Miami area. Hector will be at the Symposium all weekend, and also take the KSC tour next Monday (10/29). His flight home is next Wednesday (10/31), so we will return to Miami either after the KSC tour Monday evening or early Tuesday morning, so he has more time to spend with his friends down there before his flight home. Thanks again for all the support - and not just those sending me checks. I have received lots of e-mails, and also seen posts on other public forums, with good words about this effort. Seeing Hector in person later this week will make this worth all the time and money spent over the past 7 months. :-) 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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G-5500
by Bob- W7LRD 22 Oct '12

22 Oct '12

looking for a N center scale for the G-5500 az/el control unit. Yaesu does not make them. 73 Bob W7LRD

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Kansas City Tracker board on Ebay
by K&R Yoksh 22 Oct '12

22 Oct '12

I put my Kansas City tracker board on Ebay. $35 + $7.95 shipping to Conus. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kansas-City-Tracker-Tuner-ISA-board-/170929470490?p… Thanks, 73 Kyle K0KN

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Video Streaming as Next ISS Crew Launches From Baikonur on Tuesday Morning
by JoAnne Maenpaa 22 Oct '12

22 Oct '12

A Russian Soyuz booster will launch two cosmonauts and an American astronaut from Baikonur on Tuesday at 6:51 a.m. EDT (1051 GMT). Live updates and streaming video will be carried at: http://spaceflightnow.com/station/exp33/status.html -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org Editor, AMSAT News Service Associate Editor, AMSAT Journal

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