January 2015 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Satellite access
by jacob.tennant 20 Jan '15

20 Jan '15

Am I mistaken as I thought the satellites were only accessible when in sunlight? Heard a few stations on SO-50 last night around 10:30pm Eastern time and it was definitely after sundown locally. Jacob Tennant WF8S Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 5 ACTIVE™, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone

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UT1FG/mm
by Tom Lubbers K8TL 19 Jan '15

19 Jan '15

Just worked Yuri in FN17 on FO29 (1936Z) . Looks Like I can start adding new grids again.

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UT1FG/MM heard on FO-29 today
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 19 Jan '15

19 Jan '15

Hi! I just saw a tweet from Abdel M0NPT, who reported that he worked Yuri UT1FG/MM on a shallow FO-29 pass. Abdel reported that Yuri's grid was GN67, east of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic. Thanks for the report, Abdel! Good luck, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Comet Duplexers CF-4160J
by Bryan Green 19 Jan '15

19 Jan '15

Anyone have trouble with these? Mine seems unreliable. Sent from my iPhone

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KL4E on SO-50 @ DM16 tonight
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 19 Jan '15

19 Jan '15

Hi! I received an e-mail from Craig KL4E. After working some SO-50 passes from grid DM16 in southern Nevada yesterday, he will be on SO-50 again tonight from DM16 for two more passes - 0441 and 0620 UTC. If you missed him yesterday and want to work him out there, you have another chance or two tonight. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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For Sale - M2 EB-432 and EB-144 with radial kits
by Chris Spacone 19 Jan '15

19 Jan '15

Greetings all, I have the following for sale: M2 EB-432 w/RK70CM, asking $110.00 plus delivery by shipping method of your choice. M2 EB-144 w/RK2M, asking $120.00 plus delivery by shipping method of your choice. Both antennas have been mounted outside and have minor oxidation on the aluminum parts and the copper loops but otherwise are in fine shape. 10% of the sale goes to AMSAT. Please respond off list. 73, Chris, KD6OUB

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Office Closed
by Martha 18 Jan '15

18 Jan '15

The AMSAT Office will be closed on January 19th in observance of Dr Martin Luther King Day. -- 73- Martha

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Audio Mixer for Portable recording?
by Bryan Green 18 Jan '15

18 Jan '15

Hello, all! Bryan KL7CN/W6 CM98fn here. Regarding portable operation, I like to record my QSOs using a small MP3 device. I feed the audio from the radio (an IC-W32A) through the MP3 player to my headphones. It works so-so. I can hear my own downlink sometimes. And, sometimes I can't. I've often though it would be nice to mix my mic and speaker together somehow, and then feed that to the MP3 recorder. It would be some sort of an audio mixer. I found this device for motorcycle operators, and it comes close to what I have in mind: http://www.mixitproducts.com/ It lacks a passthrough for the mic. Any ideas on a device to do that? -- bag

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Radio control software
by Jake Tennant 18 Jan '15

18 Jan '15

Good afternoon everyone, My name is Jacob Tennant WF8S and I am just getting started in Amateur Satellites and was wondering about what all software folks were using for radio control to adapt for the doppler shift changes and tuning differences (inverted tuning)? My main station computer is a Mac but I also have a Windows laptop available. I had been looking at MacDoppler. . . Currently I only have a Yaesu FT85D for satellite use but that will improve over time. Jacob Tennant WF8S

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First ever reception attempt.
by wf8s 18 Jan '15

18 Jan '15

Got a 3 day weekend so going to try to see if I can hear some activity on my mean setup. Trying both the FM and SSB satellites. Yaesu FT857d to a Diamond 2/70 base vertical. Since I already use all Apple computers I am going with MacDoppler for tracking and radio tuning. I am located in Morgantown, WV FG 09 AP just for informational purposes. Will post my results if anyone is interested. Jacob Tennant WF8S Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 5 ACTIVE™, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone

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