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

Re: Update: OSCAR 7 Close Approach Notification
by Gregory Beat 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

As long as the beacon does not change to V'GER, probably be OK. w9gb == Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2013 11:02:57 -0400 (GMT-04:00) From: Andrew Glasbrenner To: amsat-bb Subject: [amsat-bb] Fw: Update: OSCAR 7 Close Approach Notification This was a little close...I'm interested in reports of AO-7 after 14:13Z today. 73, Drew KO4MA > The United States Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) has updated a > predicted conjunction between OSCAR 7 (SCC# 7530) and SCC# 10306. > > Primary Object: OSCAR 7 (SCC# 7530) > Secondary Object: SCC# 10306 > Time of Closest Approach: 03 APR 2013 14:13 UTC

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Fw: Update: OSCAR 7 Close Approach Notification
by Andrew Glasbrenner 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

This was a little close...I'm interested in reports of AO-7 after 14:13Z today. 73, Drew KO4MA >The United States Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) has updated a >predicted conjunction between OSCAR 7 (SCC# 7530) and SCC# 10306. > >Primary Object: OSCAR 7 (SCC# 7530) >Secondary Object: SCC# 10306 >Time of Closest Approach: 03 APR 2013 14:13 UTC > >Overall miss distance: 119 meters >Radial (dU) miss distance: 118 meters >In-Track (dV) miss distance: 12 meters >Cross-track (dW) miss distance: 13 meters > >Primary Radial Error (U): 8 meters >Primary In-Track Error (U): 23 meters >Primary Cross-track Error (U): 14 meters > >Secondary Radial Error (U): 256 meters >Secondary In-Track Error (U): 4140 meters >Secondary Cross-Track Error (U): 858 meters >

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AMSAT Awards
by Bruce 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Awards have been very slow this year. Might be due to the lack of satellites. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Christopher Friesen, VE4CWF Michael Haman, KB7SNQ Ron Rappel, W1RPR The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Glyn Dodwell, GM4CFS, #554 The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications Achievement Award. Glyn Dodwell, GM4CFS, #US184 The following have earned the AMSAT Century Club Award. This award is not that easy to earn. Wyatt Dirks, AC0RA, #42 Until the amsat.org website is fully restored, you can see all the awards at my website. To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0200z 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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AMSAT/TAPR Joint Hamvention Banquet, Friday, May 17th @ 6:30 pm
by Mark Thompson 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

AMSAT/TAPR Joint Hamvention Banquet Friday, May 17th Bruce Perens, K6BP Presents "The Evangelist's Dilemma: Driving New Ideas With Nothing But Words". Kohler Presidential Banquet Center, 4548 Presidential Way, Kettering, OH Doors open at 1830 for a cash bar with buffet dinner served at 1915. Orders must be placed in advance at AMSAT's web site http://store.amsat.org/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=88 or through the AMSAT Office. Tickets will not be sold at Dayton, but tickets purchased online may be collected at the AMSAT booth at Hamvention. Orders must be placed by Tuesday, May 14th. Cost is $30 per person.

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Yaesu 5400b rotor control box wanted
by Lizeth Norman 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

Title says it all. Other Az-El boxes considered. Have been playing with the beepsats over the last few days. Box got a workout and decided to die. The rotators are good as far as I can tell. A bit of trivia. The m2 az/el replacement option is 4k. Thanks Norm

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Final IARU-R1 Vienna 2013 VHF/UHF/uW Papers Released
by M5AKA 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

They include a number of papers related to Amateur-Satellite Service allocations, see http://amsat-uk.org/2013/04/02/final-iaru-r1-vienna-2013-papers-released/ Have you let the delegates from your national society know your opinion on these papers ? 73 Trevor M5AKA ----

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FW: [Bod] Re: FCC Experimental Licensing-What is AMSAT's Strategy
by Nick Pugh 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

The FCC allows teachers to use ham radio in their class and collect a salary. I believe this also applies to professors at university and the ground station students that are licensed. Nick k5qxj From: Rsoifer(a)aol.com [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, April 01, 2013 7:19 PM To: jan.king(a)concepts.aero; quadpugh(a)bellsouth.net; aa2tx(a)comcast.net; bod(a)amsat.org; Senior-officers(a)amsat.org Cc: afeller(a)ieee.org; jking(a)concepts.aero; ku4os(a)cfl.rr.com; r.twiggs(a)moreheadstate.edu; jfoley(a)calpoly.edu Subject: Re: [Bod] Re: FCC Experimental Licensing-What is AMSAT's Strategy Jan and all, The late Michael Owen, who wrote most of the present RR Article 25 at WRC 03, said that even if the "technical investigation" does not relate to "radio technique," radio transmissions related to it may still be considered "self training" and thus permissible for amateur stations if the other requirements (e.g. "without pecuniary interest") are meti. 73 Ray In a message dated 4/1/2013 8:33:13 P.M. GMT Standard Time, jan.king(a)concepts.aero writes: And, Nick and Tony, The Cubesatters aren't going away any time soon. We can share our spectrum with them or they will take it all, sooner or later. That is the reality. They already think of it as their spectrum, by the way. Jan, W3GEY -----Original Message----- From: Nick Pugh [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, 29 March 2013 2:34 AM To: 'Anthony Monteiro'; bod(a)amsat.org; Senior-officers(a)amsat.org Cc: 'Arthur Feller'; Rsoifer(a)aol.com; jking(a)concepts.aero; ku4os(a)cfl.rr.com; 'Robert Twiggs'; Justin Foley Subject: RE: [Bod] Re: FCC Experimental Licensing-What is AMSAT's Strategy Tony well stated and this should become official AMSAT policy. Reality the cube sats are here and they are good for our hobby Nick k5qxj -----Original Message----- From: Anthony Monteiro [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 10:26 AM To: bod(a)amsat.org; Senior-officers(a)amsat.org Cc: Arthur Feller; Rsoifer(a)aol.com; jking(a)concepts.aero; ku4os(a)cfl.rr.com; nick pugh; Robert Twiggs Subject: Re: [Bod] Re: FCC Experimental Licensing-What is AMSAT's Strategy Dear Friends, These are MY opinions, not an official AMSAT position, but I think it is important to recognize the significant benefits that AMSAT and the entire ham radio community gets from having non-commercial, university CubeSats licensed as amateur radio satellites: 1. It introduces hundreds/thousands of students to ham radio who would never have heard of it. Large numbers of students and professors have gotten ham tickets as a result and are now part of the ranks of ham radio operators. 2. It introduces students and professors to AMSAT. We have many people work on AMSAT projects because they learned about us from a university CubeSat program. 3. It enables direct cooperation between AMSAT and universities in developing satellite projects that benefit all hams who are interested in amateur satellite operating activities. 4. Non-commercial, university CubeSats that are licensed as amateur radio satellites help PROTECT our ham bands! The operating activity from these satellites helps show that we (hams) are actually USING these bands for something. 5. Many AMSAT members thoroughly ENJOY collecting telemetry and data from university CubeSats. Just because it doesn't have a 2-way transponder does not mean it isn't ham radio or it isn't a fun part of the hobby. 6. Grad students who have learned about operating a ham station and who control a (non-commercial) satellite are doing so only incidentally to their paid "job" of getting a PhD. They are obviously not getting paid to operate the ham station; they are getting paid for teaching or for their technical work. This is no different than a teacher in the classroom who is getting paid and using ham radio to teach students. These are GOOD uses of ham radio! 7. Many hams and especially AMSAT members thoroughly ENJOY working with students and their teachers, helping them improve their knowledge of radio communications and radio technology. I certainly hope that AMSAT and AMSAT members can continue to work with universities on amateur-radio CubeSats and promote amateur radio to a new generation of scientists and engineers. These are our future AMSAT members. 73, Tony AA2TX AMSAT, VP Engineering

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2M1EUB/P OPPS SCOTLAND 6/4/13
by paul robinson 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

Hi guys i will be qrv from io87nc scotland from 6/4/13 for 7 days on all sats as 2M1EUB/P more info on http://www.qrz.com/ under 2m1eub 73 de paul 2E1EUB

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Re: CW Decoding Software
by Mike Farkas 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

I use FLDIGI myself as I suffer from Parkinson's like tremors that keep me from using a straight key or bug to send. Works great for decoding. 73's Mike/N8GBU

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European Interparliamentary Space Conference Video
by M5AKA 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

Jan Poppeliers ON7UX has released a video of the European Interparliamentary Space Conference (EISC) workshop which includes FUNcube-1, European Student Earth Orbiter ESEO satellite, ALMASat-1, and the QB50 project. See http://amsat-uk.org/?p=16196 ---- Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/ Join or Renew your AMSAT-UK membership at http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_7/Membership-of-AMSAT-UK.html ----

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