October 2013 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Re: Spam through amsat.org
by Jim Walls 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

> A significant fraction of the spam I get on my primary email account > comes by way of the amsat.org email reflector; by my count, 18 of the 76 > spam emails I've received in the last day. Same here. I stopped using my amsat.org address about a decade ago because it was so badly spammed. It is still a valid address but it forwards to a separate address on my mail server. I check it every few days. These days, most of the spam is in Chinese. Only reason I keep it at all is because that is the address used on several very old references that I did and I get E-Mail regarding those now and then. <snip> > I wonder if it would be possible to set up some sort of auto-responder > on amsat.org so that instead of just forwarding email, returns a message > to the sender with a non-machine-readable image of the user's actual > email address, possibly accompanied with a sound file with the same > information for anyone with impaired vision. Spammers couldn't handle > it, especially since most don't even use valid return addresses. But any > real human could resend his email directly to its destination. An interesting idea for getting around the spammers... Almost any of the autoresponders do block most of the spam, but some legit users will also get blocked. 73 --------------------- Jim Walls - K6CCC jim(a)k6ccc.org Res: 626-914-4641 Ofc: 818-548-4804 Cell: 626-482-0927

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DSTAR/AMSAT USERS NET tonight
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

Amsat users net tonight at 0100 utc on REF 60B on W4LET repeater in Memphis, TN https://sites.google.com/site/memphisdstar/d-satellite-amsat-net DX stations welcomed Also check www.starcommgroup.org for news and future events coming in 2014 Thanks WA4HFN em55 Damon

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Video of ISS HamTV Presentation by G3VZV
by M5AKA 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

In this video Graham Shirville G3VZV, talks about the ISS Ham TV project and how to receive it. http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/29/iss-hamtv-presentation-by-g3vzv/ Balloon Test for EagleSat Engineering Model http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/29/balloon-test-for-eaglesat/ Some ISS SSTV pictures received today by Pete Sipple M0PSX can be seen at http://www.essexham.co.uk/news/iss-sstv-images-29-october-2013.html The Yuri Gagarin SSTV transmissions are planned for October 31 http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/28/iss-slow-scan-tv-active/ ---- 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/AMSAT-UK/208113275898396 Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ----

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AMSAT Awards Update
by Bruce 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

Here is our latest induction into some of the AMSAT awards community. There is a pretty good batch since my last report. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Jim Whitfield, K5JAW Giancarlo Guenzi, IZ1JPS Roberto Rachelli, IZ1WIX Brad Smith, KC9UQR Paul Stoetzer, N8HM The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Charles Allen, KM5LY, #556 Brad Smith, KC9UQR, #557 David Johnson, KC9GHA, #558 Rolf Krogstad, NR0T, #559 Randy Morden, VE6RGU, #560 Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, #561 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Charles Allen, KM5LY, #US186 David Johnson, KC9GHA, #US187 Randy Morden, VE6RGU, #US188 Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, #US189 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes

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ISS Slow Scan TV Active + UKube-1 Launch Date
by M5AKA 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

October 28-29 and October 31 on 145.800 MHz http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/28/iss-slow-scan-tv-active/ Clyde Space are giving a date of February 10 for the launch of UKube-1 which carries a FUNcube 435/145 MHz linear transponder. http://www.clyde-space.com/news/382_lift-off-for-sales-at-clyde-space-as-sc… ---- 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/AMSAT-UK/208113275898396 Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ----

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Space News: CubeSats Need Coordination Too
by M5AKA 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Space News editorial - CubeSats Need Coordination Too http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/28/cubesats-need-coordination-too/ November Deployment for ISS CubeSats http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/28/november-deployment-for-iss-cubesats/ ---- 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/AMSAT-UK/208113275898396 Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ----

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Mark Spencer's AMSAT Journal Articles
by n0jy 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Through his work on the educational aspects of the Fox satellites, Mark Spencer has produced some great experiments and materials. The Fox-1 attitude determination experiment, and now the Fox-2 MPPT system have both been presented in the AMSAT Journal. If you aren't a member of AMSAT you are missing some great stuff in the Journal. But in this research and work for the Fox-2 MPPT system I believe that Mark may have inadvertently answered an age old question that has (to my knowledge) never been definitively been answered before. A question as old as the icebox itself. In the MPPT article figure 3, Mark presents a measure of voltage and power in three environments: a room (presumably in his home), the refrigerator compartment of his refrigerator, and the freezer compartment of his refrigerator. The measured power is higher in the refrigerator and even higher in the freezer. EUREKA! I believe that Mark has finally proven that the light in the refrigerator (or freezer) STAYS ON WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSED! Otherwise, how could there have been any power output in the refrigerator or freezer at all? A solar panel requires light to work. Thank you, Mark! I can now share with my mother (poor Pop isn't around to enjoy this discovery although he first posed the question to me 50+ years ago) that I KNOW. And keep up the good work that you are doing for the ARRL Education and Technology Program too.! 73 Jerry N0JY (The above was for fun and in no way meant to diminish Mark's work.)

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SatPC32 SuM and ServerSDX language priblem
by Richard Ferryman 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

I recently updated SatPC32 from 12.8b to 12.8c. I backed up my old data, removed SatPC32 and installed the newer version then restored my backup data. Everything is working and SatPC32 itself is using English language. However any error with comms (ServerSDX) returns an error message in German and SuM is also using German. Unfortunately the only German words I know are not very polite so can someone tell me how to change the language of SuM and ServerSDX back to English. I suspect I will also find some other parts of the package that are in German too. Thanks from Dick G4BBH.

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Office Closed
by Martha 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

The AMSAT Office is closed. FridayI fell and tore my achilles heel.. I am in a fiberglass cast for 2 weeks and then a plaster cast for four weeks. I cannot put any weight on my left leg. I do have a wheel chair so I hope my husband (N4QQ) will take me to the office until I can manage on my own. -- 73- Martha

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AO7
by Robert Smith 27 Oct '13

27 Oct '13

Aloha All It appears AO7 may be in MODE A around 0100Z today. If so, I may give it a try via CW. Mahalo and 73 de robert, NH7WN Honolulu

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