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UKube-1 Over DO33 2014-07-16 0408+ UTC
by B J 16 Jul '14

16 Jul '14

The signal was strong and clear as it was earlier. I started monitoring at 0408, when the satellite came from behind my apartment building. At 0409, it transmitted UKUBE1020A00000000780 AT 0412, it sent: UKUBE1020A00000000078 I listened until the end of the pass but no further transmissions were heard. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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5 in em55 award
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

Congrats to Joe N5JF for 5 in em55 Award #50 good job Thanks for donating to Amsat WA4HFN em55 Damon www.starcommgroup.org 1 WB4LHD 3/20/14 at 2227 utc on VO-52 U/V mode B -SSB 5/9 Randy EM-55 2 K4FEG 6/30/14 at 2121 to 2126 utc on AO-7 U/V mode B SSB 5/7 Frank EM-55 3 Wa4NVM 3-30-14 at 2328 utc 0n FO-29 V/U mode J SSB 5/9 Anderson EM-55 4 WA4HFN 6/29/14 at 2228 utc on FO-29 V/U mode J SSB 5/9 Damon EM-55 5 KD4NOQ 7/11/14 at 2237 to 2239 utc on FO-29 V/U mode J SSB 5/9 David EM-55

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UKube-1/2014-037F Heard In DO33
by B J 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

Sorry about my earlier empty message. I was a touch clumsy with my keyboard and sent it off while I was editing. Too much junk on my desk, hi. I listened to the CW beacon during the pass which finished here roughly half an hour ago. The signal was 48, but was not continuous like, say, the beacon for HO-68. I listened to the end of the transmission at 1843 but didn't copy too much as I was still tuning my radio to hear it. At 1845 UTC, it transmitted: UKUBE1020A00000000078 At 1847, it sent: UKUBE1020A000000000F0 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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2014-037
by B J 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

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W1AW/4 South Carolina on Satellite - 7/16 - 7/22
by Paul Stoetzer 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

Good morning, The W1AW/4 South Carolina schedule has been published and it looks like Art, K4YYL, will be activating W1AW/4 on the satellites. This is the only W1AW portable operation of the week. http://k4ro.net/w1aw-sc/index.php?date=2014-07-16 73, Paul, N8HM

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Re: [amsat-bb] LO78 Lituanicasat-1
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 15 Jul '14

15 Jul '14

Hi all, Pleased to report that I heard my own downlink on LO-78 over here in the UK (Wales) - Tuesday 15th July 0800 hrs GMT. The signal was quite strong but sadly no response to my CQ. Thanks to the team, pleased to add yet another satellite to my list of op's. but it would be nice to have a confirmed contact before it sadly re-enters. Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat -UK Amsat NA

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LO78
by PY5LF 14 Jul '14

14 Jul '14

Excellent signal of LO78 , 17:30 UTC , QSO with PY4ZBZ. 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF

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Another Successful Launch For SpaceX
by B J 14 Jul '14

14 Jul '14

http://www.parabolicarc.com/2014/07/14/falcon-9-launches-orbcomm-satellites/ http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2014/07/spacex-falcon-9-v1-1-orbcomm-og2-mis… 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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Satpc32 on a Mac
by Richard Lawn 14 Jul '14

14 Jul '14

Some of you may have followed my trials and frustrations in trying to get an old XP driven Dell computer to live again. This computer is at a vacation house and I hated to spend money on a new computer. I run eggbeaters and an ft847 there. Here are outcomes, good and bad so far. 1) installed Ubuntu and was confident this would be the solution and it might still, however even the latest version of GPredict is buggy. I suspect the real culprit is Hamlib. 2) I installed Wine in Ubuntu in hopes of getting SatPC32 to run. This nearly worked but a few features didn't. For example I could not switch between modes using SatPC32 and I'm not certain that the CAT frequency adjust is working. Further investigation is required here. 3) I then discovered CrossOver which essentially is a commercial version of Wine for the Mac. Since I never leave home without a Mac laptop I decided to try a CrossOver demo. It took a while and some good "Elmer" support using the terminal program to configure the comm port, but once I solved that problem I found that the MacBook Pro running CrossOver will run SatPC32 perfectly! CrossOver is reasonably priced for your Mac. So that's where I ended up. I've not yet abandoned learning my way around Linux as it's been a good learning experience and I really appreciate the online support I received from fellow hams. 73 Rick W2JAZ

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AMSAT Field Day Summary Sheets due by 11:59PM Central Time Today
by Bruce 14 Jul '14

14 Jul '14

Do not forget to turn in your summary sheets in time so that your group can be counted in AMSAT field day. The final date to turn them in is a lot sooner than the ARRL date. **** ARRL July 29 **** **** AMSAT July 14 **** The Satellite Summary Sheet should be used for submission of the AMSAT Field Day competition and be received by KK5DO (email or postal mail) by 11:59 P.M. Central Time, Monday, July 14, 2014. Attach your stories of field day and some pictures. In the past we have been able to use almost all the pictures sent. 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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