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

lunar pseudo keplers in TLE format
by Todd W. Deckard 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

Greetings, can anyone on the list point me to pseudo keplers for the moon in TLE format. The Celestrak site has them decoded, but its easiest for me to integrate if I can use the conventional two line format. Regards Todd KE0CMD

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ARISS Contact Tuesday - Audio
by John Spasojevich 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the *Kiluutaq School, Umiujaq, Nunavik Quebec, Canada *on Tuesday November 17th. AOS is anticipated 16:47 UTC The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and W6SRJ in California. The contact should be audible over the west coast of the U.S. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Audio from this contact will be fed into the: EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector Streaming Audio at: https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ Audio on Echolink & web stream is generally transmitted around 20 minutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the preparation that occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station call to the ISS. ** Contact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a reboost or other manoeuvre, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes ** 73, John AG9D ARISS Audio Distribution Group

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Colorado Amateur Satellite net Begins in 1 hour
by Skyler F 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

This is a reminder that the Colorado Amateur Satellite net will begin in 1 hour from now (7PM mountain time Thursday). 6PM Pacific 7PM Mountain 8PM Central 9PM Eastern Please visit us on *AMSATNET.INFO <http://amsatnet.info/>* *IRLP* 9870, the Denver Reflector *ALLSTAR LINK* 40764, direct hookup to the repeater here. 41715, KC9ZHV hub at a data center if I am out of bandwidth. More info on AllStar - amsatnet.info/#node *ECHOLINK* *AMSAT* unless there is an ARISS contact, then go direct to KD0WHB-L *LOCAL RF* 449.875 (-) 103.5 (the Rocky Mountain Radio League repeater on Eldorado Mountain) 447.225 (-) 141.3 (The STEM school repeater we set up) 447.850 (-) 141.3 (ACØKQ's repeater where he lives on TOP of saddleback mountain) 449.625 (-) 141.3 ( WØKU Lookout Mountain) Possibly here, not for sure yet 147.450 SIMPLEX (Aurora, CO) 446.275 (-) 100.0 Galena St. Local repeater at my house, giving a whoppin 5 blocks of great coverage *REMOTE RF* Your Repeater here!, Email me if you want to link in or me to link your echolink or allstar repeater in automatically (no automatic IRLP linking supported) Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KDØWHB electricity440(a)gmail.com

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test
by Ted 12 Nov '15

12 Nov '15

test

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Xw-2A transponder
by jeffory broughton 12 Nov '15

12 Nov '15

At 12:13 utc XW-2A appears off.beacon strong.Lilacsat transponder on. jeff broughton

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WTB LVB Tracker rotor interface
by The Romagni's 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

I am looking for a LVB Tracker interface, if you have one for sale, please email me at eromagni(a)gmail.com Thanks Steve W4DTA

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Polarization Switch
by Jim Bennett 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Does anyone know anything about this remote control polarization switch? Can it be mounted on the antenna boom? Or do I need to run dual loops from the tower mounted switch to the antennas? http://www.wimo.com/power-splitter-combiner_e.html I am trying to do EME and it seems that my circular polarization switch might not be the best for EME. It is suggested to use Horizontal or Vertical. Not circular. Right? Thanks for any input. Jim, Ke4kol

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Xw-2A
by jeffory broughton 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

P.s. AC0RA and myself started our QSO'S on XW-2A at .1 and .2 degrees and the signals were already S6 . unbelievable! WB8RJY jeff broughton

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XW-2A ON !
by jeffory broughton 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Just finished up a qso with a whole group on XW-2A. Downlink was very strong.Worked the entire pass using only 1/2 watt.A bit lower than most,maybe that accounts for its killer signal.fun. jeff broughton

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XW-2A On
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Hi! I heard from someone else on a XW-2F pass that XW-2A has been on all day, so I tried the recent 23:43 UTC pass and it was on, Strong downlink and works just like the 2F and 2E satellites. 73's KE8AKW, Nick

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