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

FW: Re: Request for help with satellite capable old rig ECHO 70 by KLM
by Kevin Deane 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

I am fowarding this I did not catch Hector's friend's email... :) Kevin KF7MYK From: wk4r(a)charter.net To: summit496(a)live.com CC: coro(a)enet.cu Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: Request for help with satellite capable old rig ECHO 70 by KLM Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 23:52:19 -0400 Try to forward this to him: http://6mt.com/echo70.zip Not sure again if it has the schematic but there is something there. From: Kevin Deane [mailto:summit496@live.com] Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 2:58 PM To: wk4r(a)charter.net Subject: FW: [amsat-bb] Re: Request for help with satellite capable old rig ECHO 70 by KLM I was trying to get him the schematics/manual maybe you can help. Kevin KF7MYK > Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:14:16 -0400 > From: coro(a)enet.cu > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Request for help with satellite capable old rig ECHO 70 by KLM > > Dear amigos : > I am new to this list. My very good friend CO6CBF Hector asked me to make > a comeback into the ham satellites world. > I found an ECHO 70 KLM transceiver that was in bad shape, but that could > be repaired. Now it is receiving , but on transmit the power is only 1 > Watt. > The receive sensitivity is not great, but enough for Hector to make a two > way contact with it... Hector has a very good 70 cms band antenna system > that really helped. > The 70 cms signal level at the input of the first of two output filters is > 10 Watts, measured with professional test instruments, but after the > filters there is only 1 Watt. > I suggested to Hector that he blew hot air over the ceramic trimmers > of the two filters in order to remove humidity ... > It worked on one of the filters... now there is good power output > on the 435 megaHertz segment , but 432 megaHertz is still at the > low power output level. > FYI, we are not authorized to operate on the 432 megaHertz segment > used by the Oscar 7 AO7 ancient satellite... but do have permission > to operate on the 435 megaHertz segment that other satellites use. > Any information about the ECHO 70 KLM transceiver that can be found > will be most useful, as once the rig is in good working conditions it > will be used frequently from my EL83td grid square location in downtown > Havana, and possibly by mini dx satellite expeditions to other nearby > grid squares too. > If the files that contain the information about the ECHO 70 KLM rig > are large, please send them to: > arnaldo.coro at gmail dot com > > Thanks in advance for your help and hope to make many new friends > in my return to the amateur satellites world after many years > of absence * I am from the days of Oscar 7, RS 10 and RS 12 and > RS 15 * !!!! > > 73 and DX > Arnie Coro > CO2KK > _______________________________________________ > 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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Work Moon Day - 2012 on the Amateur Radio Satellites
by Keith Pugh 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

Tom, N5HYP; Doug, W5BL; and Keith, W5IU, will be operating on the satellites from Moon Day - 2012 at the Frontiers of Flight Museum on Love Field, Dallas, TX, on Saturday, 21 July 2012. We should be available on at least the passes shown below. The ISS and HO-68 passes will be listen only. If you have 70 cm APRS capability (437.550), beacon on the ISS pass shown and we should be able to display at least your call to the crowd. Work us on the other passes. Times shown are CDT. WinAos QTH: -96.9/32.9 T#: 12620 Sat.: 7 [Standard] ---------------------------------------------------------- Day Object AOS (L) LOS Period maxEl AZ ---------------------------------------------------------- 21.07.2012 HO-68 11:06 11:26 20 79 016 - 194 21.07.2012 ISS 11:51 12:01 10 72 316 - 132 21.07.2012 FO-29 12:51 13:10 19 41 021 - 174 21.07.2012 FO-29 14:36 14:55 19 36 001 - 221 21.07.2012 AO-27 14:48 15:03 15 76 169 - 346 Frontiers of Flight Museum Love Field, Dallas, TX N32.842360 deg W96.835223 deg El = 150 m Grid = EM12nu See you on the "Birds!" 73 - Keith, W5IU

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HTV-3 CubeSats Launched
by Trevor . 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=9070 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Request for help with ECHO 70 rig that could put me back on ham satellites
by JoAnne Maenpaa 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

This arrived on the ANS-Editor list and is probably better handled on the amsat-bb so here it is ... Subject: [ans-editor] Re: Request for help with ECHO 70 rig that could put me back on ham satellites Dear amigos : I am new to this list. My very good friend CO6CBF Hector asked me to make a comeback into the ham satellites world. I found an ECHO 70 KLM transceiver that was in bad shape, but that could be repaired. Now it is receiving , but on transmit the power is only 1 Watt. The receive sensitivity is not great, but enough for Hector to make a two way contact with it... Hector has a very good 70 cms band antenna system that really helped. The 70 cms signal level at the input of the first of two output filters is 10 Watts, measured with professional test instruments, but after the filters there is only 1 Watt. I suggested to Hector that he blew hot air over the ceramic trimmers of the two filters in order to remove humidity ... It worked on one of the filters... now there is good power output on the 435 megaHertz segment , but 432 megaHertz is still at the low power output level. FYI, we are not authorized to operate on the 432 megaHertz segment used by the Oscar 7 AO7 ancient satellite... but do have permission to operate on the 435 megaHertz segment that other satellites use. We are looking forward to a rules changes that will allow us to use the 432 mHz segment soon. Any information about the ECHO 70 KLM transceiver that can be found will be most useful, as once the rig is in good working conditions it will be used frequently from my EL83td grid square location in downtown Havana, and possibly by mini dx satellite expeditions to other nearby grid squares too. If the files that contain the information about the ECHO 70 KLM rig are large, please send them to: arnaldo.coro at gmail dot com Thanks in advance for your help and hope to make many new friends in my return to the amateur satellites world after many years of absence * I am from the days of Oscar 7, RS 10 and RS 12 and RS 15 * !!!! 73 and DX Arnie Coro CO2KK:

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Re: Want to buy m2 70 cm eggbeater
by Andrew Glasbrenner 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

For the money an eggbeater costs, you could put a small UHF beam on a old tv rotor with a bit of uptilt and have much more signal to work with. Just a thought. 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- >From: "Lawn, Richard" <RLawn(a)uarts.edu> >Sent: Jul 20, 2012 4:09 PM >To: "amsat-bb(a)amsat.org" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> >Subject: [amsat-bb] Want to buy m2 70 cm eggbeater > >Let me know if anyone had a m2 70cm eggbeater they want to sell. I'm tired of working with these home brewed antennas! The weather gets to them too easily and my 2meter m2 eggbeater works great! >Rick >W2JAZ > > >Sent from my iPad >http://RickLawn.com > > > >_______________________________________________ >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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List of QSO´s from EL60 and EL61
by Omar Alvarez 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

Sorry for the delay, I have the recorded QSO´s done from EL60 and EL61, all will upload to LotW with with call XE1AO Let me know if some of you need the printed QSL card or if someone was missing, I can check again the audios. Thank you. AO-27 14 jul 2012 EL61 ISLA MUJERES IOTA NA-045 K4FEG 18:14 UTC WA4NVM 18:14 UTC CO6CBF 18:14 UTC NX9B 18:15 UTC KB1RVT 18:15 UTC AC0RA 18:16 UTC N8MS 18:16 UTC XE3ISS 18:16 UTC WA5KBH 18:17 UTC N5UXT 18:17 UTC AO-27 14 JUL EL61 ISLA MUJERES XE1HG 19:48 UTC SO-50 EL61 15 JUL 2012 CO6CBF 00:26 UTC XE1YMY 00:27 UTC K5OE 00:29 UTC NX9B 00:32 UTC N9AMV 00:33 UTC AO-27 EL60 XCARET 15 JUL 2012 XE1HG 19:26 UTC CO6CBF 19:27 UTC AC0RA 19:27 K4TB 19:27 UTC SO-50 16 JUL 2012 EL61 CO6CBF 23:42 UTC K4FEG 23:44 UTC N8RO 23:44 UTC K4MOA 23:45 UTC W5PFG 23:45 UTC KD4EQA 23:46 UTC Regards 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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[amsat-bb] KJ6TVO “Pursuing My Childhood Dream”
by Trevor . 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

Ali Guarneros Luna KJ6TVO was one of the team who worked on TechEdSat that launches with four other CubeSats to the ISS in a few hours time. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=9058 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium takes place Guildford Sept. 15-16 http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium/twelve AMSAT-UK News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ----

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Re: Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Anniversary
by andy thomas 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

...is being remembered as we speak by IQ1TW (I have just worked them on HF). I remember my dad waking me up and saying "you must see this, son" - GW1MLA, SK 73 de andy g0sfj

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http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt
by Thomas Doyle 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

Anyone else notice that a few sats (AO-27, FO-29) seem to be missing from the list http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt It could just be a problem on my end. -- Sent from my computer. tom ...

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Fo-29
by Lawn, Richard 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

I just tried fo-29 from fn21 at about 1pm today. There should have been a good pass in terms of elevation even with my stationary antennas. Nothing hear here not even my cw downlink. I tried a few days ago and had the same results. Isn't me or is the bird not operational? Rick W2JAZ Sent from my iPad http://RickLawn.com

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