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

KPC and IC910
by Jim White 04 Sep '14

04 Sep '14

Following up on the 9612 and IC 910 problems: The diagnosis is the IC 910 had a problem, possibly caused by lightening, which damaged the FET that provides PTT ground from the KPC 9612. I've sent the KPC to Kantronics and the IC 910 to ICOM for repair. The 9612 Plus is a current product and Kantronics will repair them. ICOM service centers still repair the IC 910 but the person at the Washington center indicated they may not for much longer. This is too bad because in my view the 910 is still a great satellite rig. Jim

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K2BSA/5 on Saturday, September 13th
by Tom Schuessler 04 Sep '14

04 Sep '14

Hi all, I wanted to let all of you know that I will be activating K2BSA/5 for a Radio Merit Badge workshop at the National Scouting Museum in Irving, Texas in EM12 on Saturday, September 13th. Unfortunately the only satellite operation I will be able to do that day will be a 1545Z SO-50 western pass. I would like to make a good show for the Scouts for the workshop that we will have in tow so please keep this activity in mind and give us a shout. I plan to have the Scouts shout back at you. 73 and see you then. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP

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LO 75
by Nick Pugh K5QXJ 04 Sep '14

04 Sep '14

Lo 75 is still operational in sun only and about ½ the time is putting carrier only and the rest of the time it is operational. It is close to end of life and you need to update the TLE every week 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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SatPC32 - SDR-Console - HDSDR - FUNcube
by Thomas Doyle 04 Sep '14

04 Sep '14

This update may be of interest. http://www.tomdoyle.org/FUNcube-SatPC32 73 W9KE Tom Doyle

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Triton-1 And LO-75
by Dave Marthouse 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

Does anyone know the status of the Triton-1 and LO-75 satellites? I was just on the Triton webpage and there were no updates. Any information would be appreciated. -- Dave Marthouse N2AAM dmarthouse(a)gmail.com

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AMSAT Awards Update
by Bruce 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

Here is our latest induction into some of the AMSAT awards community. There is a pretty good batch since my last report. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Kelly Davis, KC3CGT David Coutts, VE3KLX Michael Parrott, N4MEP Michael Jones, W6GYC Richard Weil, KW0U The following have earned their AMSAT Sexagesimal Award. Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, #166 The following have earned their Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Award. Hector Martinez, CO6CBF, #81 (Basic 1,000 plus endorsements through 4,000) Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, #82 The following have earned their Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI 5,000 Award. Hector Martinez, CO6CBF, #31 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html 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 streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes _______________________________________________ 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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W1AW/4 TN. satellite em55
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

WA4NVM and WA4HFN will be taking turns operating W1AW/4 on the birds . Anyone needing an extra em55 contact for the 5 in em55 award this contact will be allowed . www.starcommgroup.org click on awards

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You Can Run But You Can't Hide Award - K9CIS
by Thomas Doyle 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

On an early morning FO-29 pass I was doing some SDR desense tests. I was looking for an open spot to do the tests so as to not interfere with anyone. I send a bunch of dots or dashes to check the downlink signal on the SDR and identify myself with the call sign. There were some ssb contacts going on and some CW so I had to move from time to time. It seemed as if I was often in danger of interfering with a cw contact so I would have to move frequently. The sdr latency is an issue when trying to monitor your cw downlink. I heard my callsign on the downlink and thought that a two second latency delay was a bit much. I finally figured out that someone was calling me - it was the person that I had been trying to not interfere with by moving away from his frequency. It was K9CIS. He deserves an award for working someone who was not even trying to make a contact. He is a very skilled operator who had no trouble with the fact that I was operating without any Doppler correction and I had been jumping (not swooping) around trying to stay off his frequency for some time. Well done. 73 W9KE Tom Doyle

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ARTSAT1:INVADER (CO-77)
by akihiro kubota 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

Dear all, Good morning from Tokyo! ARTSAT1: INVADER (CO-77) decayed yesterday. It was only 186 days since launch. However, we are so glad that many hams listen and report it. ARTSAT team is now concentrating the next project, ARTSAT2: DESPATCH as announced by JI1IZR last night. We are continuously going to develop our concept and philosophy through the creation of artworks using the data from INVADER and launch of next deep-space amateur spacecrafts, DESPATCH. We would be grateful for your continued cooperation. Thanks again and all the best, Akihiro Kubota, ARTSAT Project

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Chasqui-1 in Sat Magazine
by M5AKA 02 Sep '14

02 Sep '14

The CubeSat Chasqui-1 features on page 44 of the September issue of the free publication Sat Magazine http://www.satmagazine.com/download.php# I'm not to sure quite what these words mean "The satellite will have four monitoring sessions per day for a period of six months." but at least the satellite achieved lots of international publicity. 73 Trevor M5AKA

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