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

Dick Daniels' Memorial Service
by Martha 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

If you are planning to attend Dick Daniels' Memorial Service on Saturday, Please send me an email or phone call (301-589-6062) by Wednesday, February 22nd. -- 73- Martha

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Free Gulf Alpha Satellite Antenna
by guyjeanbraun＠comcast.net 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

Thank you for reading this message. I have a Gulf Alpha brand satellite antenna that I am no longer using. It is in good shape and free to someone willing to pick it up. I will not disassemble it for shipping. It is a circularly polarized dual band antenna.... 3 X 3 elements on 2 Mtrs and 5 X 5 elements on 432 MHZ. It served me well on both the FM and linear satellites for about two years. Please contact me off the list for further information. I live approximately 20 miles northwest of Baltimore City, MD. Guy Brauning N3SCR guyjeanbraun(a)comcast.net

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Re: 1962-02-20: Friendship 7
by B J 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

I remember someone I knew while I was in elementary school who, each time there was a launch (which were all televised back then), was conveniently sick on those days. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL On 2/20/12, kq6ea(a)verizon.net <kq6ea(a)verizon.net> wrote: > Yeah, my Mom called me in "sick" that day! > > 73, Jim KQ6EA > > > On 02/20/12, B J<va6bmj(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > http://www.cleveland.com/friendship-7/index.ssf/2012/02/friendship_7_john_g… > http://www.cleveland.com/friendship-7/index.ssf/2012/02/50_years_ago_john_g… > > This mission I definitely remember as it was news here in Canada. I > was able to watch coverage of it on TV as I happened to miss school > that day because I was ill (no, I didn't plan it that way, hi). > > 73s > > Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL > _______________________________________________ > 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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1962-02-20: Friendship 7
by B J 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

http://www.cleveland.com/friendship-7/index.ssf/2012/02/friendship_7_john_g… http://www.cleveland.com/friendship-7/index.ssf/2012/02/50_years_ago_john_g… This mission I definitely remember as it was news here in Canada. I was able to watch coverage of it on TV as I happened to miss school that day because I was ill (no, I didn't plan it that way, hi). 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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Vega launch video
by Greg Beat 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

Near the end of this ASI provided video posted on SpaceFlightNow, you can see the launch of some of the Cubesats ! http://www.spaceflightnow.com/vega/vv01/onboard.html greg w9gb

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W5PFG/P EM14-16, 20-22 Feb 2012
by Clayton Coleman W5PFG 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

I've the opportunity to work from EM14, EM15, and EM16 this week. If these grids are on your wish list, email me off-BB. EM15 encompasses Oklahoma City and is not too rare. I have worked EM14-15 previously on other trips. FM satellites only, this trip. I'm working on adding a compact SSB station to my work-mobile soon. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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Hawaii
by Kevin Deane 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

Just worked NH7WN 6 degress, he said he was lookin for people on the linear birds for those needing HI, N8RO! Kevin KF7MYK

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ARISSat-1 GeoReferenced SSTV Images
by Joseph Armbruster 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

Hi Everyone, I spent some time plotting the ARISSat-1 SSTV images geo-spatially. Let me know what you think! http://libjoe.blogspot.com/2012/02/arissat-1-sstv-images-geo-referenced.html Joseph Armbruster KJ4JIO

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Hawaii Trip March 22 - April 4th, 2012
by Adrian Engele 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

Aloha fellow satellite operators, I am happy to announce that I will be traveling to Hawaii on March 21st and plan to stay on the Big Island and Oahu for two weeks. My trip is a primarily a scuba diving and sightseeing trip with my girlfriend, which means ham radio will be a secondary activity unlike my trip to Kauai in 2010 when I made a big effort to activate BL02 with mixed results. I will be bringing a limited amount of satellite gear as I am already loaded with HF equipment and Scuba gear. I will try to get on the satellites as often as my schedule permits within our vacation activities. My primary focus will be on FO-29, VO-52 and AO-7 Mode B passes. I may try to get on SO-50 and AO-27, but the passes on those satellites are short and I will be focusing less on those satellites. Here are the current travel plans: March 21st: Fly Chicago to LAX, LAX to Honolulu, Honolulu to Hilo; arrive late evening. March 22nd to March 25th: I will be South of Hilo in BK29nn by the water front. This will be the best time to work stations past central CONUS, perhaps as far East as Florida. Opportunities to work VE, KL and some RU/UA stations will also be possible. Contacts with Japan may be possible but I suspect I will have blockage from the Mauna Kea Volcano on the Western passes. I will know more once I am in Hilo. March 26th through April 1st: I will be in Kailua-Kona in BK29an at a local resort (March 26/28th) and I will be moving further North to BK29ao to a condo (March 29th/ April 1st). This will be the best opportunity to work Japan on FO-29. Based on some early pass evaluations, I see some slim opportunities of working Northern New Zealand and Eastern Australia (Brisbane/Gold Coast area) on AO-7. There may be some opportunities to work some West Coast stations on FO-29, VO-52 and AO-7 on higher elevation passes. There are two 13,000 ft. Volcanoes blocking the Eastern passes and this will create some logistical issues. There may be a small chance I can make it over BK19xp. April 2nd through April 4th: I will on Oahu Waikiki beach in BL11cg. I expect limited operating due to sightseeing activities and some blockage from the local mountain range. I have already had numerous sked requests. I cannot guarantee that I will be on a specific pass as this will be determined by my activities schedule, the weather and the anticipated pile-ups, as I am operating portable. I encourage you to stay tuned via AMSAT BB for schedule updates. I also recommend signing up to my Twitter feed @AA5UK. I will also be updating my QRZ.com page in the coming weeks with additional information. I know activities on satellite from KH6 have been low and there is great demand for Hawaii for WAS awards. Collectively we will work together and get as many contacts in our logs as possible. I highly encourage operators that are new to working the linear satellites to start learning to operate on SSB now. Please do not wait until the last minute to understand the subtleties of operating SSB. It takes some skill and technical knowhow to properly operate this mode. I plan to operate using SatPC but if needed I will operate Doppler manually. Once we get closer to my trip, I will post some additional information and operating suggestions that I have learned over many years of operating from Hawaii and the Cayman Islands. I encourage US and DX operators to send me a note (see email address at QRZ.com) so I know you need to work me for a WAS award or a DX contact. I also encourage any interested RU, ZL and VK stations to contact me directly should a try on AO-7 be of interest. I will make an effort to work Japan on FO-29 knowing the preferred local operating hours. Stay tuned for additional information in the coming weeks. Mahalo, Adrian AA5UK

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K7UGA update - Saturday evening
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 19 Feb '12

19 Feb '12

Hi! As I just posted in another -BB message, I operated as K7UGA on one AO-27 pass this afternoon from the Yuma hamfest. This brought my QSO count as K7UGA on the satellites this week to 111. Over the past day or so, you may have heard another voice on the FM satellites and VO-52 as K7UGA. You would have been hearing Tom NQ7R. Tom used to work satellites many years ago, and is starting to try them again. Tom was operating from his home in central Arizona, in grid DM42. I will work one more pass from here in Yuma to wrap up my K7UGA activity. I will be on the VO-52 pass at 1536-1549 UTC (an eastern pass with maximum elevation of 71 degrees). After this pass, I am planning to have lunch with a bunch of friends in this area, before driving home in the mid-afternoon. It's been fun to operate using the former call of a famous ham this week, trying to extend the Central Arizona DX Association's Arizona statehood centennial commemoration to the satellites. In the brief QSOs on the FM birds, and some of the longer chats on the SSB birds, I've heard some comments from people who worked Barry Goldwater on HF - amateur bands, or the MARS frequencies - in the past. I never had the chance to work Barry on the radio, but it has been fun to hear them. If you wish to receive a K7UGA QSL card, please send your QSL request with an SASE to the K7UGA QSL manager, Bob K7BHM. You can see the K7UGA card at: http://www.qrz.com/db/k7uga 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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