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

Re: HELP!
by Clint Bradford 25 Apr '14

25 Apr '14

Stephen - here is a site that offers the basics of working FM birds ... http://www.work-sat.com For working the SSB birds - and a LOT more, please visit ... http://www.amsat-uk.org ... and ... http://ww2.amsat.org/ (AMSAT-NA) There are plenty of excellent articles and help on those three sites for you! And do not hesitate to ask your question here! Clint K6LCS

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Re: W1AW/2 NJ on SO-50
by Chris Del Plato KQ2RP 25 Apr '14

25 Apr '14

Sorry for the confusion. Doesn't look great tonite, with over 80% chance of rain at the time of the pass, but we'll see. At any rate, to clarify - 11PM eastern, 0300z. 73, Chris KQ2RP

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Re: W1AW/2 NJ on SO-50
by Bill (W1PA) 25 Apr '14

25 Apr '14

Chris, My bad... I read the previous post as _last night_ (Thr) at 0347Z, not Wednesday. There were a couple of us that read it wrong, so we worked each other instead. :-) Will look for you tonight (Friday) if the rain holds off. I am handheld portable as well (Arrow and FT530). Bill W1PA

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Re: W1AW/2 NJ on SO-50
by Chris Del Plato KQ2RP 25 Apr '14

25 Apr '14

Bill, I worked the 4/23 0320z and 4/24 0347z passes. Did not try last night as I was operating W1AW/2 on 20/40m CW. http://kq2rp.tumblr.com/post/83741319734/w1aw-2-nj-on-last-nights-so-50-pass Would like to try again tonight at 0301z, but I am portable/handheld so impending rain may preempt. Chris KQ2RP ---------------------------------- We were there... where we you? :-) Will you try again tonight? Would love to get at least one of the W1AW remotes on satellite. Bill W1PA

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Re: W1AW/2 NJ on SO-50
by Bill (W1PA) 25 Apr '14

25 Apr '14

Chris, We were there... where we you? :-) Will you try again tonight? Would love to get at least one of the W1AW remotes on satellite. Bill W1PA

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ISS keps
by jean paul 25 Apr '14

25 Apr '14

Hello For many and many years I receive the keps from Ray Hoad to update my IT .I just look ISS keps are not the week . How to get these one..? Best regards from FR5CY

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ANS-114 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - AMSAT-NA Is Moving!
by JoAnne Maenpaa 24 Apr '14

24 Apr '14

SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-114.01 ANS-114 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - AMSAT-NA Is Moving! AMSAT News Service Bulletin 114.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. April 24, 2014 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-114.01 After 30 years in the same location, AMSAT-NA is moving to a new office. The office will be closed Friday, 25 April, and will reopen Friday, 2 May. During the move, our e-mail will be operational, however responses will be delayed. Purchases through the AMSAT Store may be made normally, but they will not be processed until the move is completed. Our new street address will be: Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT-NA) 10605 Concord St, #304 Kensington, MD 20895 For those visiting, we are about 5 miles north of the old office, outside I-495, the Capital Beltway. During the move, we are changing some phone numbers. After the new office opens, the new numbers will be: >From the US call toll free: (888) 322-6728 (Unchanged) >From all other locations call: (301) 822-4376 FAX: (301) 822-4371 The deterioration of the current building has been discussed in the AMSAT Journal Apogee View. Martha Saragovitz and the rest of the office team have gone to great lengths to minimize disruptions under very trying, uncomfortable, and sometimes unsafe circumstances in the old office. Finally, the county authorities ordered the building closed. It will take some time to get the new office fully up and running. However, the improvements in building facilities and especially safety will be worth it. If you are in the area after the move, give us a call, and come by and visit. [ANS thanks AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW for the above information] /EX --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com

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Satellite operation from IO68 Isle of Lewis by GS3PYE/P
by M5AKA 24 Apr '14

24 Apr '14

Satellite operation by GS3PYE/P from the Isle of Lewis starts April 26 http://amsat-uk.org/2014/04/24/gs3pyep-isle-of-lewis-from-april-26/ 7-Day Arctic Tour for B-46 Party Balloon http://amsat-uk.org/2014/04/24/7-day-arctic-tour-for-b-46-balloon/ ---- Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK Website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/amsatuk Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ----

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ALL-STAR Tracking
by Franklin Hinckley 24 Apr '14

24 Apr '14

The Colorado SpaceGrant Consortium had their ALL-STAR/THEIA satellite launch on the Dragon CRS-3 mission on Friday the 18th and the student team here at University of Colorado-Boulder is working on verifying that the satellite is indeed functioning. If anyone with an S-Band receiver would be able to assist in this it would be greatly appreciated. The satellite is currently identified by JSPOC as NORAD ID 39684, identifier 14022E. The downlink is 2401.7 MHz 254kbps BPSK. The satellite, when over the Boulder, CO area will point the transmit antenna at the ground station and transmit constant carrier with a 15s beacon interval, when not over Boulder the satellite will align the transmit antenna nadir and beacon every 15s, with no carrier in between. Any assistance in confirming that the satellite is transmitting, and beacon data if possible would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, -- Franklin Hinckley *Aerospace Engineering Sciences* BS/MS Co-term -- Remote Sensing *Colorado SpaceGrant Consortium* Ground Station Lead DANDE COM/Science Lead

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LoTW
by Bruce 24 Apr '14

24 Apr '14

i had so much fun the past few weeks loading all my satellite qso's up on lotw that i thought i would do it for my daughter's (w5bts) log. i just finished loading her 520 satellite qso's from 2000-2003 and she wound up with 19 matches. of those, 2 had cards sent with no return, 3 never had cards requested as they were dupes for grids or states, etc. the rest were all confirmed with qsl cards. did not expect a big return as lotw was not around then and it is a lot of work to convert a log to the proper format. 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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