AMSAT-BB July 2013

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Fitsat-1: not heard 07:20 UTC (over Netherlands/Europe)
by PA3GUO 04 Jul '13

04 Jul '13

Did not copy Fitsat-1 during the 7:20 UTC pass (max 10 degrees elevation for me) over Europe. Orbit 4277 Henk, PA3GUO The Netherlands JO21RJ

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AC0RA/m
by wyattdirks 04 Jul '13

04 Jul '13

Good morning This saturday the 6th I will be leaving on a trip to Yellowstone national park at 6utc. I will be head north to i90 then pretty much west over to the park. Hopefully by saturday evening about 3 utc sunday will be in Cody Wyoming for the night. Then for the whole week I will be going around the park and putting on grids as I have time. Ill try to do as many grids as I can but this isn't a grid trip so no promises. For the return trip I live leave out of the park to the south and catch i80 east. While mobile I will be able to operate fo29 vo52 and so50. I can try ao7 but I have never had luck getting in to ao7 from the mobile. When stationary I will be able to work ao7 with out a problem along with the other three sats. If you want more info on which grids I will be in and when just reply to this email and let me know. I can send updates on my progress of the trip but won't annoy the bb with such info. Also if there are any specific requests for grids I might be close to or going through I can try to activate those as well. Again just send me an email. I will be traveling through plenty of grids that I am sure some of you grid chasers need so keep an ear open throughout the week and I hope to give out some new grids. 73 Wyatt AC0RA

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Re: Call sign change
by Rodney Waln 04 Jul '13

04 Jul '13

congrats, did you get the upgrade in estes park colorado?? hihi, i was looking for you but we did not cross paths, Rodney kc0zhf DN71 ________________________________ Message: 10 Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 23:04:42 -0600 From: Jim Adams <jim9251(a)gmail.com> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Call sign change Message-ID: <CAD6RR8imMdgA_8VnWVadrEqbiyLwvTHt7E1BFoRGsCu7R3=yZw(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Miraculously I passed my Extra Class exam and my call sign is changed from K0BAM to AA0CW. Still in DM68 Ouray County Colorado. So if yall hear this new call on the sats er sat don't go crazy, it's just me. Jim Adams - AA0CW ------------------------------

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Re: amsat droid
by WCP 03 Jul '13

03 Jul '13

Thanks very much Dave! works just fine on my Pipo.... ----- Original Message ----- From: David Johnson To: WCP Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2013 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] amsat droid HI, Please find a attached a working copy of the APK, let me know if it's ok and then we can try to do a bit more investigation about why you are not seeing in on Google Play. 73 Dave On 30/06/2013 19:02, WCP wrote: No it is 4.1.1 Arm. If I search for "AMSATDroidfree" it does not see it in the play store. If I can find just the apk file I think I can install it. I had the same trouble with Echo link but was able to find the apk file and it works just fine on my PIPO tablet. My wife's Nexus 7 is no problem.

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FITsat-1 over California
by Pete Rowe 03 Jul '13

03 Jul '13

The satellite was loud here in San Jose, California and right on time with the latest keps from Space Track. I started to copy at 22:51z on 3 July 13. 73, Pete WA6WOA

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FITSAT-1 alive 1826Z
by Armando Mercado 03 Jul '13

03 Jul '13

FITSAT-1 heard 1819-1826Z. -Armando, N8IGJ

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fitsat-1
by Bob- W7LRD 03 Jul '13

03 Jul '13

are any of the "downloadable" keps on FITSAT-1 into Satpc32. accurate? When I download current keps the FITSAT-1 goes away from the folder where it was. simply confused (again) 73 Bob W7LRD

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Golden Packet 20 July gaps: NH, MA, NY, NC/TN
by Robert Bruninga 03 Jul '13

03 Jul '13

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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FITSAT-1 Alive 1654Z
by Armando Mercado 03 Jul '13

03 Jul '13

Just copied FITSAT-1. 7 deg. pass. Keps for orbit 4263 seems to work good. Next pass here at 1819Z 73 Armando N8IGJ

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FITSAT1 came over Texas still transmitting at 1344utc
by James Luhn 03 Jul '13

03 Jul '13

FITSAT-1 was heard over Texas (EL29) at 1344UTC (7/3/2013) Signal strength was changing considerably and it seemed the time between CW bursts was changing. Perhaps the signal strength changing simply caused me to miss part of the transmission. Maybe the satellite is tumbling. I updated my Keps but I have a feeling the numbers are changing and I actually did not have my beam pointed perfectly. I am sure I looked like a one-armed paper hanger while tuning everything on this pass. I also forgot to turn on my recorder (or I simply ran out of hands) for this pass. My next opportunity to hear FITSAT will be later today. 73, -james W5AOO

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