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

KH2?
by Stephen J. Melachrinos 15 Apr '12

15 Apr '12

Is there any interest/need for FM satellite contacts from Guam? I have a long business trip starting tomorrow (on the island from 18-28 April), and am willing to make the effort if there are those who need KH2 and the satellites are available. It's been a number of years since I was active on the birds, and I'm not sure of the status of all of them. I know that AO-51 is gone, I think AO-27 and SO-50 are still available, and don't know about any of the newer ones. My equipment consists of a Yaesu VX5R and Arrow, so I'm limited to the FM satellites. Given the coverage of LEOs, I don't even know if there are other operators that could work me while on Guam. But I'm willing to give it a shot. My other limitation is that this is primarily a work trip, so operating times will be limited and controlled by work schedules. So if this is of interest and useful to someone, please let me know, and we'll see if I can make it happen. Steve W3HF (soon to be /KH2)

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NOAA weather picture received with funcube dongle.
by Eric Knaps, ON4HF 14 Apr '12

14 Apr '12

Hello all, Anybody wants to see my received NOAA APT pictures that I receive with my FunCube dongle? Here's the link: https://picasaweb.google.com/ON4HF.Eric/NOAAWeatherPictures Pictures will be added in the future. 73, Eric. -- Amateur Radio Station ON4HF Eric Knaps Satellite manager UBA http://www.on4hf.be

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Fox-1 PayPal widget
by Andrew Glasbrenner 14 Apr '12

14 Apr '12

I just noticed our PayPal widget is one modest donation from breaking $6000! Thank you to all of you who have helped fund the Fox satellite, some of you multiple times. Be sure to stop by the booth at Dayton to see what we have been up to! 73, Drew KO4MA

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TechEdSat – Challenge for Space Hackers – April 21-22
by Trevor . 14 Apr '12

14 Apr '12

The International Space Apps Challenge is a 2 day technology development event, taking place April 21-22. Among the challenges for Space Hackers is one relating to the amateur radio CubeSat TechEdSat. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/6478 ---- 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK news on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ----

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TSUBAME
by Mineo Wakita 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

TSUBAME is the meaning of 'Swallow'. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/tsubame1.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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NB2F/SK
by Vince Waelti 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

We did on the Friday Night Fun net at 2000hrs Central tonight, a one minute all keys down moment of silence for NB2F, Dee. This was held on the WX9MCS/r in Rockford,Il. I have the net recorded. He will be missed. Vince Waelti, K9TSUWX9MCS Skywarn Control Operator Green County ARES/SKYWARN Winnebago County ARES/SKYWARN (608)312.0138 www.k9tsu.tk

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UT1FG/MM QSL Manager UX0FY
by John Papay 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

I just received an email from Eugene UX0FY regarding the UT1FG/MM qsl status. Eugene has received a new batch of cards and he also has logs from Yuri. I'm not sure of the last date in the log but I would suppose that Yuri sent that info to his manager within the last week or two. So if you are wanting to confirm some contacts, please send your requests to Eugene at his QRZ.com address. 73, John K8YSE

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The Yuri Gagarin International DX Contest 2012
by kl 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

All, Fedor, RN1NW reports that he and others will be active on satellite this weekend for the Yuri Gagarin DX contest. AO7 offers good windows for contacts. This contest offers a good opportunity to work DX via satellite. Date: from 21.00 UTC on April 14th till 21.00 UTC on April 15th, 2012. See the link for contest details. http://gc.qst.ru/en/section/32 73 WC7V Kerry

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AO-51 wikipedia error
by Andrew Glasbrenner 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

Hi All, Would someone more familiar with wikipedia please edit the photo currently claimed as AO-51 in that entry? I'm not sure what satellite that is, maybe one of the SaudiSats, but it's not 51. The error was carried over to this month's QST even. http://n4hy.smugmug.com/AMSAT/AO-51-ECHO/02-Preparing-ECHO/042-CIMG1769/108… is a good shot of AO-51 just before launch. Thanks, Drew KO4MA

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Japanese Satellites Future
by Mineo Wakita 13 Apr '12

13 Apr '12

Horyu-2 http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/horyu2jp.htm RAIKO, FITSAT-1, WE WISH http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/kibocube.htm STARS-II, TeikyoSat-3, Komolebi, KSAT2, INVADER, OPUSAT, ITF-1 http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/jaxa_gpm.htm RISING-2, SPROUT, UNIFORM-1, SOCRATES http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/jaxalos2.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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