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

Slightly OT
by Glenn AA5PK 04 Sep '13

04 Sep '13

Say "Hi" to Juno NASA's Juno spacecraft will fly past Earth on October 9, 2013 to receive a gravity assist from our planet, putting it on course for Jupiter. To celebrate this event, the Juno mission is inviting amateur radio operators around the world to say "HI" to Juno in a coordinated Morse Code message. Juno's radio & plasma wave experiment, called Waves, should be able to detect the message if enough people participate. So please join in, and help spread the word to fellow amateur radio enthusiasts! <http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/hijuno/>

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ISS SSTV Active on 145.800 MHz
by M5AKA 04 Sep '13

04 Sep '13

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Best Available Information
by Clint Bradford 04 Sep '13

04 Sep '13

Just received an email message from one new to working the ham sats. Asked me why he was having trouble accessing / working Pegasus, TurkSat, and PW-Sat. Huh? A weird trio of birds - and as I offered resources to him like the Live OSCAR Status Page and others, I asked him why he was working this trio of birds. Well, he was using our own AMSAT "operational analog amateur satellites" publication. And sonofagun, in today's release, there they are: --------------------------------------------------- Part 1 (S1) - operational analog amateur satellites WSR 245 Part 1 09/02/2013 ... NEE-01 Pegasus ... TURKSAT-3USAT ... PW-Sat --------------------------------------------------- Why are these the first three listed in our official "operational analog amateur sats" reference guide? Clint K6LCS ---------------------------------- Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.clintbradford.com

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Field Day 2013 - Sats
by Clint Bradford 04 Sep '13

04 Sep '13

I thought that the Field Day rules (both ARRL and AMSAT rules) limited the number of contacts for each entrant/submission/club to one QSO per satellite. Was that correct? Would there be any point in a club making, say, 20 contacts on Field Day? Would additional points be available for a club making more than one QSO per bird? And as far as it is known, will the same sat rule be in effect for 2014? Thanks. Clint K6LCS ---------------------------------- Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.clintbradford.com

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help G-5500
by Nick Pugh K5QXJ 04 Sep '13

04 Sep '13

The pot on the elevation rotator has gone open. Does any on the list have a good replacement part and where to buy it. Thanks nick ARS K5QXJ EM30xa 30.1N 92.1W Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School

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UT1FG/MM in GF24
by Roland Zurmely 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

QSO with Yuri UT1FG/MM in GF24 near Montevideo on AO-7 mode B orbit #177.564. 73 de Roland in GH70un

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Re: US Space Fence Shut Down
by Joe Fitzgerald 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

Gambling with a Space Fence: http://www.thespacereview.com/article/2357/1 -Joe KM1P

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Accidental Contacts
by Clint Bradford 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

>> ... Making a proper contact with them would be accidental ... That's one of the funniest lines I have heard in quite a while. Thanks. Clint K6LCS ---------------------------------- Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.clintbradford.com

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Speaking of SO-50, ARRL Poll
by Alan 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

Hi, There is a poll which is loosely about what to do when HF propagation is bad. One of the questions is whether you have ever operated SO-50. http://www.arrl.org/news/new-quickstats-poll-now-available-on-arrl-website-… If you are a League member, have at it. 73s, Alan WA4SCA

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US Space Fence Shut Down
by M5AKA 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

Isn't that the source of satellite near-miss information ? See http://amsat-uk.org/2013/09/02/us-space-fence-shut-down/ ---- 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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