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Sked with NA East coast to try FO-29 QSO tomorrow 20th-3-2013
by David 19 Mar '13

19 Mar '13

Hello all: Looking for stations located in the east coast of NorthAmerica to try a QSO via FO-29 tomorrow 20th-March-2013. There is a nice usable 5 minutes window between 13:25 UTC to 13:30 UTC . My location is Madrid, grid locator IN80CP Please send me an email to arrange the sked. Thanks David EA4SG.

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Sked with NA East coast to try FO-29 QSO tomorrow 20th-3-2013
by David 19 Mar '13

19 Mar '13

Hello all: Looking for stations located in the east coast of NorthAmerica to try a QSO via FO-29 tomorrow 20th-March-2013. There is a nice usable 5 minutes window between 13:25 UTC to 13:30 UTC . Please send me an email to arrange the sked. Thanks David EA4SG.

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Request: VO-52 [Hamsat] user report & feed backs
by Mani VU2WMY 19 Mar '13

19 Mar '13

Dear VO-52 [Hamsat] users, We are in need of the latest user feed backs and reports on the performance of the current transponder on-board VO-52 [Hamsat] for routine official documentation purposes. Hence, We request VO-52 users to kindly send in their latest reports and valuable feed backs, so as to enable us to complete the procedures at the earliest. Gentle request: kindly copy the same to:tprangan@istrac.org 73 es thanks in advance. Mani [VU2WMY] Secretary & Station-In-Charge Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC ISRO Satellite Centre HAL Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. Phone:(O)91-80-25082054/2598/2192 Mobile: 91-80-98803 41456 E-mail ID: wmy(a)isac.gov.in vu2wmy_mani(a)yahoo.com isrohams(a)yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: Working from FK97
by Nikolai Ozerov 18 Mar '13

18 Mar '13

I am back and I will be preparing and sending out QSL cards. Please, drop me an email with a record from your log if you need one, no QSL card required. I already have email requests from AC0RA, K4FEG, CO6CBF and KD8CAO. Filing my contacts with LOTW will be the next step... I will keep you updated on the progress on my QRZ page (VE3NKL). 73, Nikolai / V26NK

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ESA's Ops-Sat To Be Used For Software Experimentation
by B J 17 Mar '13

17 Mar '13

http://www.esa.int/About_Us/GSP/ESA_seeks_software_innovators_for_superchar… 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 8, Issue 86
by ray gaschk 16 Mar '13

16 Mar '13

Have you tried buying mini-circuits through Digi_Key or Mouser? Best wishes de ray AG6SI 3/16/2013 12:00 PM, amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org wrote: > Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to > amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > amsat-bb-owner(a)amsat.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. TeikyoSat-3 ? Slime Mold from Space (Trevor M5AKA) > 2. Re: TeikyoSat-3 ? Slime Mold from Space (Dale Hershberger) > 3. JAXA SmallSats with GPM and ALOS-2 (Mineo Wakita) > 4. SOMP Cubesat etc. (Mineo Wakita) > 5. Re: TeikyoSat-3 ? Slime Mold from Space (Gus) > 6. Anyone know a way to get a small qty. of MAR-6 or MAR-7 > devices? (Michael) > 7. Re: TeikyoSat-3 ? Slime Mold from Space (Adrian Engele) > 8. Re: TeikyoSat-3 ? Slime Mold from Space (Rick Tejera) > 9. Re: TeikyoSat-3 ? Slime Mold from Space (B J) > 10. Re: TeikyoSat-3 ? Slime Mold from Space (Gus) > 11. Re: TeikyoSat-3 ? Slime Mold from Space (B J) > 12. google earth satellite tracker (Joseph Armbruster) > 13. Re: Anyone know a way to get a small qty. of MAR-6 or MAR-7 > devices? (Zach Leffke) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:15:42 +0000 (GMT) > From: Trevor M5AKA <m5aka(a)yahoo.co.uk> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] TeikyoSat-3 ? Slime Mold from Space > Message-ID: > <1363389342.37988.YahooMailClassic(a)web172306.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Students from Teikyo University plan to transmit images of Slime Mold growth from space using amateur radio. > > Wiki lists their satellite TeikyoSat-3 as launching with several other satellites carrying amateur radio payloads in June 2014. > > See http://amsat-uk.org/2013/03/15/teikyosat-3-slime-mold-from-space/ > > 73 Trevor M5AKA > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 15:31:58 -0800 > From: Dale Hershberger <daleh(a)alaska.net> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: TeikyoSat-3 ? Slime Mold from Space > Message-ID: <5143AF6E.9030306(a)alaska.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > Thanks for all the info you post Trevor. I enjoy following it. > Dale kl7xj > On 3/15/2013 3:15 PM, Trevor M5AKA wrote: >> Students from Teikyo University plan to transmit images of Slime Mold growth from space using amateur radio. >> >> Wiki lists their satellite TeikyoSat-3 as launching with several other satellites carrying amateur radio payloads in June 2014. >> >> See http://amsat-uk.org/2013/03/15/teikyosat-3-slime-mold-from-space/ >> >> 73 Trevor M5AKA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> >> ----- >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 2641/6177 - Release Date: 03/15/13 >> >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 09:17:13 +0900 > From: "Mineo Wakita" <ei7m-wkt(a)asahi-net.or.jp> > To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: [amsat-bb] JAXA SmallSats with GPM and ALOS-2 > Message-ID: <63C35DD1BD9644108F6C32B998E04231@FM4D8C73527130> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-2022-jp"; > reply-type=original > > > http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/jaxa_gpm.htm > http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/jaxalos2.htm > > JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:18:25 +0900 > From: "Mineo Wakita" <ei7m-wkt(a)asahi-net.or.jp> > To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: [amsat-bb] SOMP Cubesat etc. > Message-ID: <D7F5D3A942CD48028953CF97FC63C657@FM4D8C73527130> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-2022-jp"; > reply-type=original > > > http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ossisomp.htm > > JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:19:29 -0400 > From: Gus <8p6sm(a)anjo.com> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: TeikyoSat-3 ? Slime Mold from Space > Message-ID: <5143E4C1.9070408(a)anjo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > On 03/15/2013 07:15 PM, Trevor M5AKA wrote: >> Students from Teikyo University plan to transmit images of Slime Mold growth from space using amateur radio. > Wait! I've seen this movie! > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066769/ > > -- 73, de Gus 8P6SM > Barbados, the easternmost isle. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:46:34 -0400 > From: Michael <Mat_62(a)charter.net> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Anyone know a way to get a small qty. of MAR-6 or > MAR-7 devices? > Message-ID: <5143EB1A.1040900(a)charter.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > I was going to try and roll my own version of the preamp circuit shown > in the AMSAT store. I wish I had a spare 50 bucks to just buy one > because I know it would go to help FOX but my money is extremely tight > right now. Unfortunately when I go to the mini circuits site, I find > that their minimum order is twenty and I'd be spending close to 25 or 30 > bucks anyway. At that point, I would be better off buying the prebuilt > amp if I could afford it! I'm trying to get back ito sats on a budget. I > have a DVB-T stick and an omnidirectional scanner antenna that I'm > experimenting with as a poor mans RX solution. I've been able to > definitely hear transmissions but not make out anything legible from > V0-52 and I've had no luck hearing S0-50 at all. Considering that I have > about a 30 foot run of RG-6 quad shield from the antenna to the shack, > I imagine that a preamp at the antenna would help and give me a definite > yes or no if my RX experiment is even feasible. I am using SDR# right > now because I find it easier but my eventual plan is to try and use > HDSDR with the doppler being controlled by SatPC-32. I could go cheap > handhelds and may eventually when I can afford them but given that I > like to operate from my shack and not outdoors with handheld beams, I'll > still need the preamp. > 73, > Michael, W4HIJ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 20:58:57 -0700 (PDT) > From: Adrian Engele <aa5uk(a)yahoo.com> > To: Amsat BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>, "8p6sm(a)anjo.com" <8p6sm(a)anjo.com> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: TeikyoSat-3 ? Slime Mold from Space > Message-ID: > <1363406337.8478.androidMobile(a)web121004.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > One of my favorite movies! > > How about:? > http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0064393/ > > 73, Adrian AA5UK > > from Yahoo! Mail on Android > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:09:00 -0700 > From: "Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro(a)cox.net> > To: "'Adrian Engele'" <aa5uk(a)yahoo.com>, "'Amsat BB'" > <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>, <8p6sm(a)anjo.com> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: TeikyoSat-3 ? Slime Mold from Space > Message-ID: <000501ce21fb$fd296720$f77c3560$@net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > My Sister took me to see that when I was 8, I couldn?t sleep without cocooning myself under the covers for weeks, I rented it a few years back and just laughed.. > > Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) > Sagauro Astronomy Club > www.saguaroastro.org > Thunderbird Amatuer Radio Club > www.w7tbc.org > 30 Meter Digital Group # 5794 > Feld Hell Club #3994 > OMISS #8629 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Engele > Sent: Friday, 15 March, 2013 20:59 > To: Amsat BB; 8p6sm(a)anjo.com > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: TeikyoSat-3 ? Slime Mold from Space > > One of my favorite movies! > > How about: > http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0064393/ > > 73, Adrian AA5UK > > from Yahoo! Mail on Android > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 05:15:18 +0000 > From: B J <va6bmj(a)gmail.com> > To: Gus <8p6sm(a)anjo.com> > Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: TeikyoSat-3 ? Slime Mold from Space > Message-ID: > <CAP7QzkO8ZmWSRwf2b05GPkqah71PfnUhaj96X97LbCExtaYXZg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On 3/16/13, Gus <8p6sm(a)anjo.com> wrote: >> On 03/15/2013 07:15 PM, Trevor M5AKA wrote: >>> Students from Teikyo University plan to transmit images of Slime Mold >>> growth from space using amateur radio. >> Wait! I've seen this movie! >> >> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066769/ >> > I watched my DVD copy of it a few days ago. It's one of the best > science fiction movies ever made. > > 73s > > Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL > > <snip> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 02:29:55 -0400 > From: Gus <8p6sm(a)anjo.com> > To: B J <va6bmj(a)gmail.com> > Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: TeikyoSat-3 ? Slime Mold from Space > Message-ID: <51441163.6000303(a)anjo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > On 03/16/2013 01:15 AM, B J wrote: >> On 3/16/13, Gus <8p6sm(a)anjo.com> wrote: >>> On 03/15/2013 07:15 PM, Trevor M5AKA wrote: >>>> Students from Teikyo University plan to transmit images of Slime Mold >>>> growth from space using amateur radio. >>> Wait! I've seen this movie! >>> >>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066769/ >>> >> I watched my DVD copy of it a few days ago. It's one of the best >> science fiction movies ever made. >> >> 73s >> >> Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL > Right after my last post, I put it on. Just finished watching. > > Yes, it's a real classic. > > -- > 73, de Gus 8P6SM > Barbados, the easternmost isle. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 13:29:11 +0000 > From: B J <va6bmj(a)gmail.com> > To: Gus <8p6sm(a)anjo.com> > Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: TeikyoSat-3 ? Slime Mold from Space > Message-ID: > <CAP7QzkNGPg21=wGovECtU7q8GMEk3pgYkUSU9+es8WLADZhdsQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > <snip> > >> Right after my last post, I put it on. Just finished watching. >> >> Yes, it's a real classic. > It's certainly much better than the made-for-TV remake of a few years > ago. That version was absolutely dreadful. > > 73s > > Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL > > <snip> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 11:58:01 -0400 > From: Joseph Armbruster <josepharmbruster(a)gmail.com> > To: "amsat-bb(a)amsat.org BB" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: [amsat-bb] google earth satellite tracker > Message-ID: <E9FF72AD-80F6-4929-BBF5-4582006D4B18(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > All, > > I decided to buckle down and make an open source Google Earth based satellite tracker. See: https://code.google.com/p/ge-satellite-tracker/ > > It is designed to pull it's ephemerides directly from space-track.org, so you will need an account to use it (for now). Eventually, I will get around to implementing all the fancies I rendered for arissat-1. > > The code is currently in its infancy, so I am open to questions, comments and suggestions. > > Joseph Armbruster > http://libjoe.blogspot.com/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2013 10:24:33 -0400 > From: "Zach Leffke" <zleffke(a)vt.edu> > To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Anyone know a way to get a small qty. of MAR-6 > or MAR-7 devices? > Message-ID: <000001ce2251$fbbb6220$f3322660$(a)vt.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi Michael, > Check out Down East Microwave at www.downeastmicrowave.com. From > the main page scroll down and click on catalog/Price List on the left. On > the next page click on Our Online Catalog. On the left side of the page > click on Components. Scroll down a bit to the MMIC section. They are > selling MAR-6s for $2.20 a piece with no minimum. There are probably a few > other components you can use in your project as well on their site. Their > order process is a bit different than usual, but follow the instructions on > their online order form and you'll be fine. > > Hope this helps, > -Zach, KJ4QLP > > -----Original Message----- > From: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On > Behalf Of Michael > Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 11:47 PM > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Anyone know a way to get a small qty. of MAR-6 or MAR-7 > devices? > > I was going to try and roll my own version of the preamp circuit shown in > the AMSAT store. I wish I had a spare 50 bucks to just buy one because I > know it would go to help FOX but my money is extremely tight right now. > Unfortunately when I go to the mini circuits site, I find that their minimum > order is twenty and I'd be spending close to 25 or 30 bucks anyway. At that > point, I would be better off buying the prebuilt amp if I could afford it! > I'm trying to get back ito sats on a budget. I have a DVB-T stick and an > omnidirectional scanner antenna that I'm experimenting with as a poor mans > RX solution. I've been able to definitely hear transmissions but not make > out anything legible from > V0-52 and I've had no luck hearing S0-50 at all. Considering that I have > about a 30 foot run of RG-6 quad shield from the antenna to the shack, I > imagine that a preamp at the antenna would help and give me a definite yes > or no if my RX experiment is even feasible. I am using SDR# right now > because I find it easier but my eventual plan is to try and use HDSDR with > the doppler being controlled by SatPC-32. I could go cheap handhelds and > may eventually when I can afford them but given that I like to operate from > my shack and not outdoors with handheld beams, I'll still need the preamp. > 73, > Michael, W4HIJ > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via amsat-bb(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > End of AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 8, Issue 86 > *************************************** >

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ESTCube-1 Tether CubeSat hopes for April launch
by Trevor M5AKA 16 Mar '13

16 Mar '13

ESTCube-1, 437.250 / 437.505 MHz, is planned to fly on a VEGA launcher on April 19, 2013. See http://amsat-uk.org/?p=14774 Also on the AMSAT-UK site: NASA EDGE Video – CubeSat Launch Initiative http://amsat-uk.org/2013/03/16/nasa-edge-cubesat-launch-initiative/ ---- 73 Trevor M5AKA

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US Towers TMM-433HD for sale
by David Reinhart 16 Mar '13

16 Mar '13

On the ground, heavy duty 33 ft. crank up tower with fold-down fixture. Ten ft. mast, four coax arms, inverted vee arm. Everything except anchor bolts. Pick up only in Holden, MA. Originally $2,500. Asking $1,500. Contact Dave at wa6ilt(a)amsat.org.

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TeikyoSat-3 – Slime Mold from Space
by Trevor M5AKA 16 Mar '13

16 Mar '13

Students from Teikyo University plan to transmit images of Slime Mold growth from space using amateur radio. Wiki lists their satellite TeikyoSat-3 as launching with several other satellites carrying amateur radio payloads in June 2014. See http://amsat-uk.org/2013/03/15/teikyosat-3-slime-mold-from-space/ 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Anyone know a way to get a small qty. of MAR-6 or MAR-7 devices?
by Michael 16 Mar '13

16 Mar '13

I was going to try and roll my own version of the preamp circuit shown in the AMSAT store. I wish I had a spare 50 bucks to just buy one because I know it would go to help FOX but my money is extremely tight right now. Unfortunately when I go to the mini circuits site, I find that their minimum order is twenty and I'd be spending close to 25 or 30 bucks anyway. At that point, I would be better off buying the prebuilt amp if I could afford it! I'm trying to get back ito sats on a budget. I have a DVB-T stick and an omnidirectional scanner antenna that I'm experimenting with as a poor mans RX solution. I've been able to definitely hear transmissions but not make out anything legible from V0-52 and I've had no luck hearing S0-50 at all. Considering that I have about a 30 foot run of RG-6 quad shield from the antenna to the shack, I imagine that a preamp at the antenna would help and give me a definite yes or no if my RX experiment is even feasible. I am using SDR# right now because I find it easier but my eventual plan is to try and use HDSDR with the doppler being controlled by SatPC-32. I could go cheap handhelds and may eventually when I can afford them but given that I like to operate from my shack and not outdoors with handheld beams, I'll still need the preamp. 73, Michael, W4HIJ

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