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

XE1AY/m
by Omar Alvarez 11 Jul '12

11 Jul '12

Hello My friend Ismael Martinez XE1AY will be driving tomorrow (13:00 UTC) from Manzanillo Colima (DK79) to Queretaro If the weather is ok he will be activating the grids along his travel: DK79, DK78, DK89, DL80,DL81, DL91, DL90, EL00 y EL01 All in FM satellites. From Colima also, Hugo XE1BEP will be active in FM satellites from DK89ec. Good luck. Omar XE1AO DK89df ******************************** M.C. Omar Alvarez Cárdenas Facultad de Telematica, U de C 316 1075 xe1aom(a)ucol.mx omar_ac(a)hotmail.com ********************************

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aprs iss freq: is there anyone out there?
by Lizeth Norman 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Are there any stations in South America to gate aprs packets to the net from the uhf freq? How does one do this? I've got a few Byonics TT4's from a balloon project. The story: I'll be driving the Panamerica Sur from Lima to Nazca Peru and would like to have the ability to be seen via the net. Norm n3ykf

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New Grids on Trip *XE3DX*
by David Maciel (XE3DX) 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Hey guys, I'm on vacation with the family on the trip I can work some squares for you, on the 16th-20th july, on SO-50 and AO-27 only, I will be active in most of the day passes, I want to work EK48.EK49, EK69, EL50, EL51, EL61 and EL60.Campeche,Yucatan and Quintana Roo States. I returned home on July 30th - 04th August, a second chance for activate this for you, I await your comments. On xe3dx(a)amsat.org or @xe3dx twitter... XE3DX David Maciel

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Looking for WY
by davekn4ok＠aol.com 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Anyone from WY on the satellite? Dave, kn4ok

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aprs iss frequency
by Nick Pugh 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

What is the current frequency of the packet tx on the iss Tnx nick

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Telstar Launched 50 Years Ago Today
by B J 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2012/07/04/50-years-ago-the-first-tv-satelli… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstar I remember how people were fascinated by what it could do. "Live via satellite" was a magic phrase back then. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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Telstar's 50th Anniversary QSO Party (TODAY!!)
by ka2pbt 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Jul 10, 1500Z-2100Z To commemorate the launch of TELSTAR, W2NFA AT&T Middletown Amateur Radio Club will operate a special event station at the site of the Holmdel Horn Antenna. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmdel_Horn_Antenna ) The horn antenna at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Holmdel, New Jersey, was constructed in 1959 to support Project Echo—the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's passive communications satellite project which used orbiting aluminized plastic balloons as reflectors to bounce radio signals from one point on Earth to another. Later the horn was used as a radio telescope by Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson in the discovery of the cosmic microwave background radiation leftover from the "Big Bang." SSB 21.325 14.275 7.275 CW 7.040 14.040 21.040. We will be attempting satellite contacts on FO-29 and AO27 at the following times (UTC): AO27 16:48 - 16:54 FO29: 17:20 - 17:40 AO27: 18:28 - 18:35 Certificate Available: AT&T Amateur Radio Club c/o Steve Wolkovitz 200 Laurel Ave, Rm A3-4A35 Middletown, NJ 07748-1998.

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TV interview with 10 year old ham
by Trevor . 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Channel 9 TV talked to a 10 year old ham about his DIY space projects. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/8821 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium Sept. 15-16 http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium/twelve AMSAT-UK News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ----

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Peru trip July 22-August
by Lizeth Norman 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

Hi all, I have finally received my customs docs for the equipment. Will drive down to Nazca activating grid squares along the way. Norm n3ykf

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Latests and Last rev to APEEx
by Mark Spencer 10 Jul '12

10 Jul '12

The last rev to the APEEx concept. Included a couple of slides on command details is all. Mark Mark Spencer, WA8SME Education and Technology Program Director ARRL, the national association for Amateur RadioTM 43 Pinelock Dr. Gales Ferry, CT 06335 860-381-5335 860-460-1139 (cell) mspencer(a)arrl.org

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