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

Last Reminder for AMSAT Field Day Summary results
by Bruce 06 Jul '13

06 Jul '13

Just a quick reminder that you must have your AMSAT Field Day results received by me no later than Monday, July 8, 2013 at 23:59 PM Central Time. If I do not receive them, your group will not be listed in the AMSAT Field Day story in the journal and they will be mad at you. We have had 14 submissions so far, last year we had 19. I hope we beat that number. Even if your group made one contact, turn it in. That shows you participated in AMSAT Field Day and succeeded in the feat of getting through the mess to complete your contact. A lot of groups were unable to accomplish one. 73...bruce -- 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 live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat

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K2I DE sat trip
by Jeff KB2M 05 Jul '13

05 Jul '13

I'm sorry I didn't get to work everyone on SO-50 who called me this morning when I was in DE but I just wasn't hearing the bird as well as I would of liked to. I did work 3 of you, so I guess the trip was worth it. I was thinking of making the early morning passes tomorrow, but it is just too early for me to realistically think I could get there in time. I will be on at my summer home (with the good antennas in SNJ :-) ) for the rest of the event. I hope to work everyone from NJ as K2I..... 73 Jeff kb2m

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Re: Golden Packet 20 July gaps: Killington, VT and, Smokie Mountain!
by Wayne Estes 05 Jul '13

05 Jul '13

WB4APR wrote: Only two Mountains remaining to be covered for this historic event. Killington, Vermont and Clingman?s dome in the Great Smokies National Park. On Saturday, 20 July, Just drive up to the parking lots, set up a small mast to clear the cars with an Omni dual band vertical and play APRS (and other) Radios for 4 hours starting at noon. W9AE replies: If you put up a fixed mast in a popular parking lot in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, it would likely take much less than 4 hours for a park ranger to tell you that you can't do that without a permit. In general, U.S. National Parks have a uniform policy of NEVER issuing permits for temporary radio stations. You could use antennas mounted on your vehicle, but the National Park Service does not tolerate ground-mounted "radio stations" in public places. Wayne Estes W9AE Oakland, Oregon, USA, CN83ik

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Golden Packet 20 July gaps: Killington, VT and Smokie Mountain!
by Robert Bruninga 05 Jul '13

05 Jul '13

Only two Mountains remaining to be covered for this historic event. Killington, Vermont and Clingman’s dome in the Great Smokies National Park. On Saturday, 20 July, Just drive up to the parking lots, set up a small mast to clear the cars with an Omni dual band vertical and play APRS (and other) Radios for 4 hours starting at noon. Ideally you have a D700, D710 or D72 APRS radio that can digipeate the special event packets. To understand the entire event, getting a live APRS packet from Georgia/Alabama to Maine/Canada see the main web page: http://aprs.org/at-golden-packet.html Sorry, Im having FTP problems so that page has not yet been fully updated to 2013 participants but you can see them here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiYno6C9YkfGdHlkNHlVYUNyZEJ4S3… We must have all 14 mountain tops manned to complete the DX link. Thanks, WB4APR *From:* Robert Bruninga [mailto:bruninga@usna.edu] *Sent:* Tuesday, July 02, 2013 11:32 PM *To:* amsat-bb(a)amsat.org; aprssig(a)tapr.org; aprs(a)yahoogroups.com *Cc:* bruninga(a)usna.edu *Subject:* Golden Packet 20 July gaps: NH, MA, NY, NC/TN We have an urgent need for Ham Packet Ops on mountain tops in New Hampshire, Mount Greylock, MA, Sams Point, NY, Clingmans Dome in the Smokie Mountains and Roan Mountain NC. This is a 4 hour event making our annual attempt at the Golden Packet, an APRS packet message from Maine to Georgia along the Appalachian Mountain Chain on Saturday 20 July. All you need is an APRS radio that can digipeat (D72, D700, D710) and a power source and antenna. (and Know how to operate it!) All of these sites are “drive up” except Sam’s point in New York. The attempt is from noon to 4 PM. Remember, Tim, KA1YBS has to begin in the dark to climb a full MILE straight up to get to the top of Mt Katahdin in Main and then get back down before sunset. Hence, the 4 hour window. This is our 4th annual attempt and last year we were successful except for only one broken link in NH. Will you be available to help make history? The Golden Packet was proposed back in the early 80’s. It has never been claimed since the rise of the Internet that has eclipsed all DX packet attempts. We will do this every year even beyond success. It is a good test of emergency long distance packet techniques. If you can activate one of the above 5 sites, please see detail links on this page for each site and learn all you can: http://aprs.org/at-golden-packet.html Think of this as Packet Radio FIELD DAY! These 14 sites have been well surveyed and we know the links will work, if everyone can get in place and KNOW how to operate their radio. Other secondary sites are also invited on Stone Mountain, GA, Lookout Mountain TN, and Huntsville Mountain Bob, WB4aPR

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Dutch Amateur Radio Satellite User Meeting September 28th 2013
by PA3GUO 05 Jul '13

05 Jul '13

Dutch Amateur Radio Satellite User Meeting September 28th 2013 On September 28th, 2013 there will be an amateur radio meeting (in Dutch: "Interessedag Amateursatellieten") held for everyone who is interested in amateur radio satellites. It will be held in Paasloo, in the Northern part of The Netherlands. We are very pleased to join this day with the annual VHF day held by the Dutch amateur radio society VERON. There will be a series of presentations concerning amateur radio satellites. Amongst others, the following topics will be included: a portable radio setup, the support radio amateurs provide give to the scientific community, beginners sessions, and last but not least, the latest news about two new satellites to be launched soon: the FUNcube-1 and the Delfi-N3xT satellites (by their project representatives)! Besides these presentations, it is of course a great opportunity to meet other amateurs who are interested in satellites, and make plans for future meetings! While the main language will be Dutch (including the presentations), non-Dutch guests are of course welcome to join as well. If you need assistance with signing up, do not hesitate to ask either PA1IVO or PA3GUO (both callsign AT amsat.org) for help. The latest information about this event can be found on this webpage: http://ivok.home.xs4all.nl/other/SatDay2013.html (Dutch language with a summary in English) Ivo Klinkert, PA1IVO and Henk Hamoen, PA3GUO Dutch Amateur Radio Satellite User Meeting 2013

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Satellite LookDown Software
by Jerry 05 Jul '13

05 Jul '13

I was fooling around today and tried to download the v1.25 version of Satellite Lookdown (I had use the v1.0 before just fine). When I unzipped the files and clicked on the .exe file all I get....now don't laugh....is a sound of someone knocking! I just can't find what I'm doing wrong. The author has no email address that I can find, so I'm hoping someone here can provide some assistance. Tnx & 73 Jerry France K7LY Lake Havasu City, AZ

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Google Project Loon Interference Concerns
by M5AKA 05 Jul '13

05 Jul '13

It has been reported that concerns have been raised with Google about the interference their 2400 MHz and 5800 MHz Project Loon balloons could cause, see http://amsat-uk.org/2013/07/04/google-project-loon-interference-concerns/ ---- 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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Mailing list commands
by James Luhn 04 Jul '13

04 Jul '13

Can someone tell me how to access the amsat-bb command list. I am in digest mode at the moment. There are times when I would like to turn off digest mode. Thanks, 73, -james W5AOO

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Re: FITSAT-1 (NIWAKA) became a shooting star
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 04 Jul '13

04 Jul '13

Hi, I would also like add my congratulations to all concerned with the project - Fitsat-1 will be greatly missed it gave me great pleasure to follow its progress and the experiments that were part of a new experience with light. Thank you also for the way in which the information related its progress has been so very passed on by you and the teams. Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat-UK Amsat NA

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FITSAT-1 (NIWAKA)
by tanaka＠fit.ac.jp 04 Jul '13

04 Jul '13

Dear Ham friends, FITSAT-1(NIWAKA) will soon decay. I appreciate if I could receive the last signal report. The beacon signal is 437.250MHz (CW). The last one will be useful to decide the decay position in the world. 73 de Takushi -- Takushi Tanaka, JA6AVG FITSAT-project Fukuoka Institute of Technology

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