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

UT1FG/MM Christmas Greetings
by John Papay 24 Dec '13

24 Dec '13

Yuri, UT1FG/MM, asked me to send his Christmas Greetings to everyone on the satellites. He is spending his Christmas in port at Constanta Romania and expects to be loaded and sailing 28 or 29 December. His next port will be in France. He will continue to listen for North America on FO-29 and AO-7B. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. John K8YSE

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CAPE-2 over Brazil
by Roland Zurmely 24 Dec '13

24 Dec '13

Please see here: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/cape.htm#f 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ GH70un

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Wimo antennas - polarisation ?
by Protest 23 Dec '13

23 Dec '13

Hi all, another newbie question. I have a Yaesu G5500 rotator and the 2m and 70cm Wimo quagies and the phased harnesses. I do not want to go go the expense of switching polarisation, so do I fix both at RHCP, or do I go vertical, or do I go horizontal? I am a complete newbie and want to work, SO50, AO51, AO73 etc. Thanks Sent from my iPad

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Office Closed
by Martha 23 Dec '13

23 Dec '13

The AMSAT Office will be closed the week of December 23rd. We will reopen after the first of the year. I will be spending my time recuperating (still!) from my ruptured achilles heel. -- 73- Martha

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FUNcube-1: One Month in Space + ISS Ham Video Commissioning
by M5AKA 23 Dec '13

23 Dec '13

FUNcube-1: One Month in Space http://amsat-uk.org/2013/12/23/funcube-1-one-month-in-space/ ISS Ham Video Commissioning http://amsat-uk.org/2013/12/22/iss-ham-video-commissioning/ Brazilian contact via FUNcube-1 (AO-73) http://amsat-uk.org/2013/12/21/brazilian-contact-via-funcube-1-ao-73/ Former radio ham plans Bitcoin CubeSat http://amsat-uk.org/2013/12/21/former-radio-ham-plans-bitcoin-cubesat/ Santa uses 434.075 MHz during sleigh test http://amsat-uk.org/2013/12/20/santa-uses-434-075-mhz-during-sleigh-test/ Merry Christmas and Best Wishes for the New Year ---- 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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Satellites and IT challenges
by PA3GUO 23 Dec '13

23 Dec '13

Just in case, hoping for some good tips/suggestions; IT topic 1: Funcube-1 Warehouse When I go to https://warehouse.funcube.org.uk/ranking.html?satelliteId=2 on my Nexus 7 tablet (Android 4.4) I get the explicit warning that this is unsafe. No other website gives this message. I knows it's an https site, but still. Any thoughts ? (ps: I just clock continue and it's all fine, but it still feels uncomfortable) IT topic 2: Triton-1 http://www.isispace.nl/HAM/ I have Bitdefender Internet Security as spam/virus/.. software on all my PCs here. Never I have seen it blocking a website. But: . this Triton website is immediately flagged as unsafe and blocked: so I did not go in. Any thoughts ? IT topic 3: AMSAT Email For the past 3..4 weeks my ISP blocks amsat, so pa3guo @ amsat.org does not reach me. Best way to contact me is via pa3guo @ upcmail.nl. .. Initially I thought it was my ISP, then I suspected AMSAT, and now I don't know anymore, but I hear more people in the Netherlands have this issue, also people with a different ISP, while other people with the same ISP can (!) use amsat.org without problems. It seems to be a sticky problem. Henk, PA3GUO

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Doppler correction with CAT and SATPC32
by Gabriel - EA6VQ 22 Dec '13

22 Dec '13

I'm playing around with SATPC32 and its CAT interface to automatically tune the transmitter to the correct frequency depending on receiver's frequency. After some initial trouble it's working reliably, but I don't see any way to fix the RX frequency so that it only changes the TX QRG. When I enable CAT it changes both QRGs RX and TX. It's cumbersome when making a QSO with a station which fixes his downlink frequency and SATPC32 is constantly retuning the receiver. Is there a way to configure SATPC32 so that it only changes TX QRG to compensate Doppler according to a fixed RX frequency? 73. Gabriel - EA6VQ _________________________________________________________

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ANTENNAS.US QFH Satellite Antennas?
by Alan 22 Dec '13

22 Dec '13

Hi, I was looking for something on QFHs, and found an interesting set of antennas. http://preview.tinyurl.com/ougah8b They donated an antenna to the AMSAT Symposium 2-3 years ago, but I have never heard one in use that I know of. Anybody use them, or know someone who has? 73s, Alan WA4SCA ----------------------------------- Keep Calm and Carry On

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Ham Radio Deluxe v6 Sat program
by Ted 22 Dec '13

22 Dec '13

With all the new activity, has anyone tried the new and improved HRD Sat program lately? Supposedly, there have been some improvements to the satellite portion of the suite. Thank, Ted K7TRK

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what's the best choice for my next HAM PC?
by PA3GUO 22 Dec '13

22 Dec '13

My current 'main' PC is about 10 years old now, and is getting slow (Medion Desktop, 10 yr old P4/3 GHz/2.5 GB with Win XP). I would like to have your inputs on what the next one should be. For all kinds of reasons, I want to keep Windows as the O/S. Plus I assume I will slowly upgrade from 2 to 3 monitors. Taking into account the future will bring - more SDR - more Spectran/Spectrum/WSJT like SW - more need to run multiple programs simultanious Should I go for an i3, i5 or i7 processor? What is the best way to still have (via USB?) serial connectors? Any other topics to consider? Henk, PA3GUO

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