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

Got Grids?
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 19 May '14

19 May '14

Congrats to Ron N8RO Got Grids ? award # 4 Good job Ron WA4HFN Damon em55 www.starcommgroup.org

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WD9EWK @ IN/OH border starting @ 1053 UTC today
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 19 May '14

19 May '14

Hi! Working my way back to Indianapolis for my flight home, I have stopped at the Indiana/Ohio state line to work a few passes. I will start with SO50 @ 1053 UTC, and may work through the FO-29 pass at 1307 UTC pass before resuming my drive. This location is in grid EM79ot, just east of the I-70/US-40 interchange at Richmond, Indiana. My location should be visible at http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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ARRL: ARISS Meeting Report
by M5AKA 19 May '14

19 May '14

The ARRL report representatives of the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) International partners met in person last month for the first time in 2-1/2 years to reassess the program’s direction and to consider new objectives. http://www.arrl.org/news/ariss-international-partners-regroup-at-first-in-p… ARISS ESTEC committee reports/minutes http://www.ariss.org/meeting-minutes.html ---- 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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LituanicaSAT-1 update
by M5AKA 19 May '14

19 May '14

>From the LituanicaSAT-1 Facebook page: Most probably spontaneous reboot was caused by Watchdog timeout due to accidental radio interference on I2C bus. Currently everything seems fine, batteries are charging. Next transponder test in a couple of days, thank you for your support! https://www.facebook.com/Lituanicasat1/photos/a.262860257183583.1073741825.… ---- 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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flex 5000,3000
by Nick Pugh K5QXJ 19 May '14

19 May '14

Hi All As you might know the Flex 3000,5000 will not receive 9.6 KBS data. We now have a commitment from Flex to fix this issue. To help in this effort we need testers. Please send me off list if you 1 if have a flex and 2 if you will be a tester. Thanks 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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Re: [amsat-bb] Lituansat
by George Henry 18 May '14

18 May '14

What is repeater traffic doing on the downlink frequency? 435.000 - 438.000 is satellite ONLY, internationally.... George, KA3HSW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Japha" <tjjapha(a)earthlink.net> To: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Sunday, May 18, 2014 9:34 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Lituansat > Nothing heard here in NYC either on the 1410Z pass, except, sadly, much > local repeater stuff on the downlink freq. > Tony, N2UN > LM183

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Mail now on commercial server
by Joe Fitzgerald 18 May '14

18 May '14

We are now in the early operational phase of amsat.org mail on a commercial server. There was an early glitch which prevented callsign(a)amsat.org mail aliases from flowing properly, but this is believed to be fixed now. Mailing lists have been a bit more problematic, but I am continuing to work out glitches in this area also. Additionally, we have moved all web and ftp traffic please report any difficulties to jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu -Joe KM1P

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Old FT-847 and doppler control
by Bill (W1PA) 05 May '14

05 May '14

I have one of the older FT-847's that does not have bidirectional CAT. My understanding is that I can still use a PC to control/adjust doppler, but that I must tune the radio from the software only. Is that correct? If so, what software would you suggest, Linux-preferred? I don't need any other control other than doppler correction on a linear bird pass. Does gpredict do this? Bill W1PA (btw, for those of you who I worked /P on SO-50 Friday mid-day, I was handheld at NEARfest hamfest (Deerfield, NH --FN43jc)

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AO-73 booming signal
by D. Craig Fox 05 May '14

05 May '14

I was on AO73 last night from southern Cal (DM13) at around 0555z, calling many CQs. I kept my downlink at about 145.955. My sigs peaked at S9 (no preamp), 5 el fixed at 30 deg. AO73 was very loud. I had no replies and heard no one but myself. It does take a little more work to keep up with the Doppler, but this is a great sat and I encourage you to take advantage when the transponder is turned on. NOTICE: This communication may contain privileged or other confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this communication to the intended recipient, please advise the sender by reply email and immediately delete the message and any attachments without copying or disclosing the contents. Thank you.

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Tuning on the transponder's center frequnecy
by Paul Stoetzer 05 May '14

05 May '14

Good evening, On the last pass of FO-29 over the United States, there were a couple of stations tuning and one that started calling CQ in CW right on the center frequency. HK3Z was already calling CQ on that frequency when the satellite rose over North America. I did work him, but several others could have as well if not for the QRM. Please go up or down a ways to find your signal so you are out of the way. Remember that FO-29's passband is 100 kHz wide - 435.800 MHz to 435.900 MHz. There's more than enough room for everyone. If I decide to call CQ, I generally start calling 10-15 kHz above center and move down only if nobody is responding there. Now, there was also non-ham FM QRM on the center frequency, but that's a different story and there's not much we can do about that. 73, Paul, N8HM

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