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

de K4AMG
by Rich/wa4bue 12 Oct '13

12 Oct '13

Thank you everyone for the FO 29 "Qs" with our club station - W4FOS. We were operating from the Chesapeake , VA 50th anniversary event. We have pulled up stakes as we have been flooded out by so much rain. God bless Rich W4BUE

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Bob Twiggs' students - Skybox
by Gregory Beat 12 Oct '13

12 Oct '13

Space News story on SkySat-1 and SkySat-2 being shipped to Russia for upcoming launch. http://www.spacenews.com/article/civil-space/37671skybox-imagings-hopes-hig… "Skybox’s satellites weigh approximately 100 kilograms and are slightly larger than the miniature refrigerators often found in college dormitory rooms. Although the satellites dwarf the 1-kilogram cubesats many of the firm’s executives, including founders Berkenstock and Julian Mann, worked on in the Stanford laboratory — their professor at Stanford, Bob Twiggs, helped to invent the tiny spacecraft — the CubeSat approach is readily apparent at Skybox headquarters. The Skybox design team created satellites capable of gathering 1-meter resolution imagery while eschewing costly features that would raise the price of each satellite." == greg, w9gb

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Chesapeake Water Way Festival de K4AMG
by Rich/wa4bue 12 Oct '13

12 Oct '13

Looking forward to "Qs" with you all today from FM16US. We will try to start early on Oct. !2. Official starting time is 1400 UTC until 2100 UTC. On Sunday 13 we start at 1600 - 2100 UTC. We have a few good passes on AO7, FO29, and VO52. SO50 is always iffy with the images in the TS 2000. Call sign will either be K4AMG or W4FOS. WX CONDX showers for this outside event. God Bless R W4BUE Pres K4AMG.org

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Cornell CUSat Keps?
by Bryce Salmi 11 Oct '13

11 Oct '13

Does anyone know the designator and/or keps for the recently launched CUSat? Maybe I should stick roughly with any of the keps for the recent SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket body? My friend worked on CUSat and I'd really like to catch a pass of it and show him it operating in orbit! Thanks, Bryce KB1LQC

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Office Closed
by Martha 11 Oct '13

11 Oct '13

The AMSAT Office will be closed on Monday, October 14th in observance of Columbus Day. -- 73- Martha

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CO7WT (FL11) on SO-50 today at evening pass
by Pavel Milanes Costa 11 Oct '13

11 Oct '13

Hi to all, I will be this evening on the 1845 local (2245z) pass of SO-50... Cheers and 73

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Yaesu Rotor G5400B
by Les Rayburn 11 Oct '13

11 Oct '13

Picked up a like new Yaesu G5400B Az/El rotor and controller tonight from a friend. I'm thrilled to add to the station, but need some advice on how to best interface this rotor for computer control working with SATPC32. Any quirks, tricks, or other issues I should be aware of before installing? It's going inside the attic, so weatherproofing is a non-issue. As always, grateful for the advice. The satellite community is one of the most generous with sharing information, and as a newcomer I'm thankful. -- -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf 6M VUCC #1712 AMSAT #38965 Grid Bandits #222 Southeastern VHF Society Central States VHF Society Life Member Six Club #2484 Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz & Light

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D STAR AMSAT tonight
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 10 Oct '13

10 Oct '13

https://sites.google.com/site/memphisdstar/d-satellite-amsat-net D STAR AMSAT users net tonight @ 0100 utc on REF 58A (until REF 60B is repaired) Please join us. WA4HFN em55 Damon also check out http://www.starcommgroup.org/index.html GRID GORILLA and 5 in em55 news to come

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Juno Flyby
by M5AKA 09 Oct '13

09 Oct '13

Thanks to those in the JPL Juno team involved in organizing the Hi to Juno event. A video of students at Virginia Tech can be seen at http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/09/radio-hams-say-hi-to-juno/ Also on the AMAT-UK site: World Space Week – UKSA Tim Peake Video http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/09/world-space-week-uksa-tim-peake-video/ STRaND-1 talk at RSGB Convention this Sunday http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/08/strand-1-talk-at-rsgb-convention-this-sunday/ Ofcom’s Paul Jarvis to speak at RSGB Convention http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/07/ofcoms-paul-jarvis-to-speak-at-rsgb-conventi… Raspberry Pi at RSGB Convention http://amsat-uk.org/2013/10/09/raspberry-pi-at-rsgb-convention/ ---- 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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Say "HI" to Juno !
by Roland Zurmely 09 Oct '13

09 Oct '13

First "HI" registered on 10 meters band in Brazil: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/hijuno.htm 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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