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Great satellite article in February 2014 CQ
by Paul Stoetzer 04 Feb '14

04 Feb '14

Mike Herr, WA6ARA, has an excellent article on pp. 54-59 of the February 2014 CQ Magazine entiitled "Satellites and the QRPer...or Don't Worry About Sunspots" focusing on operating the linear transponder satellites using QRP equipment. Very nicely done, Mike! 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM

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CAPE-2 over Brazil #1170
by Roland Zurmely 04 Feb '14

04 Feb '14

3 succesfull commands ! Satellite date/time set to Brazilian time ;-) (I could not put the CST time...) W5UL>W5UL-15>UI,C,F0: *clock201402041624CST# W5UL>W5UL-15>UI,C,F0: *dump# W5UL-15>W5UL>UI,C,F0: W5UL,5014,881,5004,7,4995,56,4995,OR,001,20,24,ulcape.org# W5UL>W5UL-15>UI,C,F0: *forcebeac# W5UL-15>W5UL>UI,C,F0: +W5UL,CAPE-2,9,OR,201402041625CST,5190mV,01007,9,20C,24C,ulcape.org# Please see here: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/cape.htm#l 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ.

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help with satpc32
by Nick Pugh K5QXJ 04 Feb '14

04 Feb '14

I have been using satpc32 for years wsing win 7. All of a sudden the AOS time is incorrect and the LOS is not displayed. Using satpc32iss everything works five. Help nick Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School

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Logging software - eQSL
by Protest 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

Thanks to everyone who gave me advice on HRD and eQSL. I have now configured HRD to send each QSO, including satellites, automatically, as well as LoTW. It was very easy (when you know how). Peter G8KEK Sent from my iPad

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GO ... SATS!!!
by Clint Bradford 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

SO-50 just flew right over my barn here in Jurupa Valley, CA - talked to San Diego, Hesperia, and Colorado ... at least SOME folks aren't busy preparing guacamole for later ... And AO-73 just flew over - telemetry strong. Didn't expect to hear the new Delfi-N3XT, but was already outside ... nada heard. In the spirit of the day: GO SATS! Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com

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Re: FUNcube-1 Dashboard - auto start data capture?
by Andrew Glasbrenner 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

Hi Ken, I don't have an answer, but I felt you might want to know that Dashboard will run for weeks with no issues, or at least it has on my system. I've seen the failed decode increment over 100,000, without issue. I guess what I'm saying is I just let it run 24/7. 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- >From: Ken Swaggart <k.swaggart(a)charter.net> >Sent: Jan 31, 2014 1:19 PM >To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube-1 Dashboard - auto start data capture? > > >Is there anyway to auto-start the data capture? I'm trying to fully automate >the telemetry capture and can start the dashboard when the satellite rises >and kill the process when it sets, but can't auto start "Capture from >FUNcube Dongle". Could this be added to a future release? > >Tnx, >Ken, W7KKE > > >_______________________________________________ >Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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FUNcube-1 (AO-73)
by David Johnson 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

Hi, I've just had confirmation from Chris Peat, who runs Heavens-Above that FUNcube-1 has been added to the list of Amateur Satellites. http://www.heavens-above.com/AmateurSats.aspx 73 Dave, G4DPZ FUNcube Team Member

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Decoding Satellite with USB Stick
by Vincenzo Mone 03 Feb '14

03 Feb '14

Hi Folks, anybody can point me how to decode the satellites with a RTL-SDR FM+DAB USB DVB-T Dongle DVB-T STICK RTL2832U+R820T? I have tried to attach the antenna coming from the roof into the USB Stick, Turned on the downlink frequencies of the various bird but nothing heard. I can hear local Broadcast radio but I would like to decode the birds like 9600 Baud and the AO-73 Beacon. Can anybody help me step by step which program I need and how to set them properly? Maybe out the list. Thanks in advance. 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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Battleship Texas
by Bruce 02 Feb '14

02 Feb '14

For those of you that visited Houston back in November for the symposium and then took the tour of the Battleship Texas, it will be celebrating a birthday on March 15. Take a look at the video. They will be firing the 4 forward guns off. Will be a sight to see. http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/html5/video?id=9416496&pid=null&section=null 73...bruce

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Possible Balloon launch in VA 8 Feb?
by Robert Bruninga 02 Feb '14

02 Feb '14

> Sure would had liked advanced notice on this. > A project we would have enjoyed doing. I have some students planning a possible launch in Northern VA sometime this coming weekend. Probably Saturday. Wont know details until the day before. Intent is to predict the path the morning of, and then drive to a launch point to get a desired landing point. It will be a HIGH altitude one with APRS on 144.39 Details (if any) will be posted when avaialble. (This is students, not me, so nothing is guaranteed). Bob, Wb4aPR

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