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

Receiving TigriSat Satellite
by Rupesh Lad 18 Jul '14

18 Jul '14

Hello all, I am trying to receive TigriSat, First Iraqi satellite which have a FSK Beacon on 435MHz frequency. I use a 2 unit array of cross Yagi antenna and Kenwood TS2000 TRX. The packet sounds quite good on TS2k whereas nothing is decoded on OnlineKISS+ ver 8.2.2 by DK3WN. The COMM port is connected to the serial port of TRX. The internal TNC of TS2000 was set to KISS mode. On air baud rate 9k6 and COMM port baud rate to 9k6 as expected. The COMM port also goes green on the software screen. Have I miss any setting or is anything else required to decode the signals? -- Regards, Rupesh Lad

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On Ebay : Yaesu-G-5400B AZ/EL Rotor unused NOS only $550
by Les Rayburn 18 Jul '14

18 Jul '14

Not associated with the seller, but this is a great deal. Especially since it contains the computer interface too. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yaesu-G-5400B-AZ-EL-Rotator-/291192259873?ssPageNam… Hope this helps another satellite operator out. -- -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf 6M VUCC #1712 AMSAT #38965 Grid Bandits #222 Southeastern VHF Society Central States VHF Society Life Member Six Club #2484 Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz & Light

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5 in em55 got grids award
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 18 Jul '14

18 Jul '14

Congrats to Humberto XE1HG for both awards 5 in em55 #51 ( who will be #55 ) Got Grids award # 13 Good job Humberto WA4HFN em55 Damon Runion www.starcommgroup.org GRID CALLSIGN DATE TIME UTC MODE CN88 WA7ETH 17-Jul-14 02:15 SSB CM87 W6YX 15-Jun-14 00:00 SSB DN70 W0DHB 08-Mar-14 01:21 SSB DM42 KC7MG 17-Mar-14 14:58 SSB DL89 W5PFG 02-Jul-14 00:06 SSB EN70 K9SLQ 08-May-14 01:40 SSB EM92 KM4ID 31-Mar-14 01:15 SSB EL16 KC5FP 03-Abr-14 01:57 SSB FN31 W1AW/7 17-Mar-14 14:53 SSB FM18 N8HM 08-Mar-14 01:17 SSB and for EM55: CALLSIGN DATE TIME UTC MODE KD4NOQ 08-Jun-14 18:24 FM K4FEG 02-Jul-14 00:04 SSB WA4DHN 31-Mar-14 01:17 SSB WA4HFN 03-Abr-14 02:01 SSB WA4NVM 16-Feb-14 02:01 SSB

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AO7 demo @ 2025 UTC today
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 17 Jul '14

17 Jul '14

Hi! Depending on weather, QRM/QRN, and AO-7, I hope to be on the AO-7 pass around 2025 UTC this afternoon from outside the ARRL Centennial Convention in Hartford (grid FN31ps). I will use my two FT-817NDs and Elk log periodic antenna, and should have a nice audience listening to wrap up AMSAT's training seminar today. This is an 81-degree pass for Hartford, which should be good for us to deal with the buildings around the convention site. I have been sending out photos and other comments from today's training seminar via Twitter. You can see them on my @WD9EWK Twitter feed, or visit http://twitter.com/WD9EWK using a web browser if you don't use Twitter. We are hoping for more demonstrations during Friday and Saturday. Due to the buildings here in the center of Hartford, we will look to try for higher passes instead of trying to work shallow passes. I will try to post advance notice of other demonstrations here, as well as my Twitter feed I mentioned above. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - Hartford, Connecticut http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Re: [amsat-bb] L-Band (1260) signals on CO-65
by Andrew Glasbrenner 17 Jul '14

17 Jul '14

It's just the big linearly polarized M2. I primarily use it on terrestrial 1296. 73, Drew Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 17, 2014, at 9:24 AM, "Eric H. Christensen" <eric(a)christensenplace.us> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 08:16:50AM -0400, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote: >> I played with the digipeater several years ago. It takes significant ERP. I >> was using 30 something elements and 35 watts at the antenna with some >> success. I doubt you'd ever run across another NA station on it. > > What antenna is this that you are using? I've got 20-something elements on L but I've never pointed it skyward. I'm working on replacing my single-polarization 2m and 70cm antennas with dual/circular polarized and might want to upgrade my 1.2GHz side as well. > > 73, > Eric W4OTN

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Fwd: Last Call for Papers - ARRL/TAPR DCC (Digital Communications Conference), Austin, TX
by Mark Thompson 16 Jul '14

16 Jul '14

Note: More details on DCC Call for Papers are at: http://www.tapr.org/dcc.html#call Presentations can be made at the DCC if you have not submitted a paper in advance, however those who have submitted a paper get priority in scheduling a presentation at the DCC. Presentations made only at the DCC & not included in the proceedings can be submitted after July 14th and should be made submitted directly to TAPR. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 14:27:18 +0000 From: "Ford, Steve, WB8IMY" <sford(a)arrl.org> To: Subject: Last Call for Digital Communications Conference Papers July 14 is the deadline to submit papers for the proceedings of the 2014 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference http://www.tapr.org/dcc, September 5 - 7, in Austin, Texas. You do not have to attend the conference to have your paper included in the proceedings. Your paper on any technical topic relevant to amateur digital communications will be published as submitted and you will retain all rights. Please e-mail your submission no later than July 14 to Maty Weinberg, KB1EIB, ARRL Production Coordinator, at maty(a)arrl.org. Send text files and images separately and do not attach Zip files. Total of attachments cannot exceed 5 Mbytes per message.

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July/August SatMagazine Available for Free Download
by M5AKA 16 Jul '14

16 Jul '14

The July/August 2014 issue of the free professional publication SatMagazine features TechDemoSat, UKube-1 with FUNcube-2 boards, DX-1 and the publication OSCAR News produced quarterly by AMSAT-UK. http://amsat-uk.org/2014/07/16/july-august-satmagazine/ ---- 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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Cygnus At ISS
by B J 16 Jul '14

16 Jul '14

http://www.americaspace.com/?p=64278 http://innerspace.net/cotscommercial-crew/cygnus-vessel-ss-janice-e-voss-be… http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/07/orb-2-cygnus-iss-rendezvous-berthing/ http://www.parabolicarc.com/2014/07/16/cygnus-berths-space-station/ It's an appropriate day for it as it's 45 years since Apollo 11 was launched: http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/07/apollo-11-marks-45-years-since-histo… 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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L-Band (1260) signals on CO-65
by John / NS1Z 16 Jul '14

16 Jul '14

Can anyone report activity on CO-65 satellite? I am looking for a satellite I can test my TS-2000X on and optimize its performance.

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SHERPA to deploy CubeSats in LEO or GTO
by M5AKA 16 Jul '14

16 Jul '14

SHERPA to deploy up to 84 3U CubeSats in LEO or GTO http://amsat-uk.org/2014/07/16/sherpa-to-deploy-cubesats-in-leo-or-gto/ ---- 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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