November 2014 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

FUNcube-1 AO73 Mode change
by Graham Shirville 16 Nov '14

16 Nov '14

Hi All, Just to confirm that FUNcube-1 AO73 has been placed in continuous Transponder mode during the 2055 UTC pass over Europe this evening. Of course the telemetry transmissions also continue but a low power. We plan to switch back to autonomous mode on Sunday evening. Please enjoy the bird! 73 Graham G3VZV

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Re: [amsat-bb] FUNcube-1 AO73 Mode change
by Graham Shirville 16 Nov '14

16 Nov '14

Hi All, We confirm that FUNcube-1 AO73 was returned to autonomous mode at approx 21:40UTC this evening. This means that the spacecraft will transmit high power telemetry when in sunlight. The next mode change can be expected to occur, exceptionally, on the Thursday 20th November. This will place the spacecraft in continuous transponder mode for a “long weekend” to enable everyone to enjoy the transponder on its birthday. 73 Graham G3VZV

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Oscar Locator 2014
by Thomas Doyle 16 Nov '14

16 Nov '14

A fun little Windows program you might find interesting. http://www.tomdoyle.org/OscarLocator 73 W9KE Tom Doyle

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QB50 TLM URL change
by Ken Swaggart 16 Nov '14

16 Nov '14

Around the first of the month I started having telemetry upload failures to the published QB50 telemetry upload URL. It appears they changed from https to just plain http. The following URL works, at least for today: http://upload.qb50.eu/ Also, I have some VB.net code that works for http post for the QB50 telemetry if anyone is interested in an example. Ken, W7KKE

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W7O Nov.16
by Ronald G. Parsons 15 Nov '14

15 Nov '14

I’ll be operating as W7O Nov 16 UTC at: 0035 UTC FO-29 USB 1712 UTC AO-73 USB 2051 UTC AO-7 USB 2155 UTC FO-29 USB 2243 UTC AO-7 USB 2339 UTC FO-29 USB Ron W5RKN

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Re: [amsat-bb] W7O Nov.15 2100-2300 UTC&In-Reply-To
by Kevin M 15 Nov '14

15 Nov '14

I’ll be operating as W7O this afternoon at: 2150 UTC AO-7 Mode A CW at 10 wpm around 29.45 MHz 2240 UTC FO-29 USB Ron W5RKN Heard you really well Ron, tried to answer your CQ on AO-7 about 5-6 times... you must have not been hearing the bird. If you have much background noise on 10m, AO-7 Mode A is really hard to hear. I have low noise, a small beam and my rig has a built in preamp... Also tried WA3NAN (?) on SSB on two Mode A passes and he didn't seem to hear anyone either. Thanks for the effort! 73!! Kevin N4UFO

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W7O Nov.15 2100-2300 UTC
by Ronald G. Parsons 15 Nov '14

15 Nov '14

I’ll be operating as W7O this afternoon at: 2150 UTC AO-7 Mode A CW at 10 wpm around 29.45 MHz 2240 UTC FO-29 USB Ron W5RKN

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HI2DX on SO-50 & HF/6m, 19-23 November 2014
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 15 Nov '14

15 Nov '14

Hi! I received an e-mail from Omar XE1AO, who forwarded a message from Ismael XE1AY about an upcoming DXpedition which is planning to also include some satellite activity. The DXpedition will go to Seora Island, IOTA NA-122, in grid FK58oe in the southeastern part of the Dominican Republic. The island has a maximum elevation of 35 meters (about 115 feet) above sea level. The DXpedition will be on between the 19th and 23rd of November, operating in CW, SSB, and digital modes on the HF and 6m bands. There will also be satellite operating on the SO-50 satellite. The radios for the HF/6m work will be Icom IC-7600s. DXpedition members will include hams from the Dominican Republic, some US hams, a Puerto Rican ham, and Ismael XE1AY from Mexico. The HI2DX QSL manager is M0URX in the UK. The group has updated the HI2DX information on QRZ: http://www.qrz.com/db/HI2DX Ismael also mentioned that 4 grids cover the Dominican Republic (FK48, FK49, FK58, FK59). Ismael may be able to travel to some of the other Dominican grids when he is not on Seora Island for the DXpedition. Ismael did not mention what call sign would be used for any activity outside of the DXpedition. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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W7O Nov.15 09:00 UTC
by Dave Webb KB1PVH 14 Nov '14

14 Nov '14

I will be on the 09:00 UTC FO-29 pass as W7O to give European stations a chance to get it in the log. Dave-KB1PVH Sent from my Samsung S4

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Move Telemetry program
by Vincenzo Mone 14 Nov '14

14 Nov '14

Hello Guys, I would like to have an hand on my issue. i have downloaded the Move Telemetry program that runs on Java to decode the 1200 bpsk birds with the Funcube Dongle Pro Plus, but when i click on it to run, it does not start. I have the Java installed and i am using Widows 7 64Bit. Any help? Thanks. 73's de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ********************************** ******* GSM +39 328 7110193 ******* ****** SMS +39 328 7110193 ****** *** 2nd e-mail: vimone(a)tin.it *** *********************************

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