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IC-821h no full duplex in satellite mode
by sergej kindsvater 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

I have recently bought a second hand ICOM ic-821h, that doesn't seem to be capable of the full duplex in the satellite mode. Once transmitting on the sub band, I have no receive on the main one. Does anybody have any idea as to how to remedy? Thanks

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Fw: Looking for Teletec DXP-U150 Amplifier
by Farrell Winder 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

From: Farrell Winder Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2015 9:10 AM To: AMSAT Subject: Looking for Teletec DXP-U150 Amplifier I am trying to locate a Teletec DXP-U150 amplifier for sale. Please reply off line . Thanks. Farrell Winder, W8ZCF

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IC-821h no full duplex in satellite mode
by Nicholas Mahr KE8AKW 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

Hello, Do you have the Squelch level on the side you are receiving on all the way down? Have you activaed satellite mode by press the FUNC key and one of the keys on the bottom right of the radio that says REV or NOR? 73's KE8AKW

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Dragonskolan, Umeå, Sweden
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Dragonskolan, Umeå, Sweden on 25 Nov. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:44 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VE4ISS. The contact should be audible over portions of Canada and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Dragonskolan is one of the biggest upper secondary schools in Sweden and is located in central Umeå. Currently hosting 1820 students aged 16-19 and 300 staff; it has recently been renovated to meet modern needs in a stimulating learning environment. At Dragonskolan, we have an ethos where we believe we can offer our students three meaningful and enjoyable years. Our core values are "open and bright", referring not only to the physical surroundings but also to the social climate. Dragonskolan is the biggest meeting place for young people in Umeå, A wide range of 3 year programs, college preparatory and vocational, are offered here, ranging from natural science to humanities and technological science. At the core of the school is the Dragonskolan Technology Center where everything is taught from industrial welding technology to electronics, automation, computer science, CAD and much more. With its close ties to the industry, the school keeps in pace with the latest industrial technology ensuring the students get the best education available within their chosen field. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. How would you describe the smell in space? 2. Is going to space what you expected it to be? 3. How dark is it dark in space? 4. Have you ever fantasized about seeing an alien life form? 5. Do you have access to internet and social media on the space station? 6. What is the first thing you want to do when you get back home? 7. What is the annual salary as an astronaut? 8. When are humans expected to go to Mars? 9. How does one feel in size aboard the space station? 10. If a person is in the middle of a room in aboard the space station without reaching the walls. How would that person move from that position without throwing something in the opposite direction? 11. Where does the oxygen come from? 12. How has your vision of life changed from being in space? 13. Which time is correct in space? 14. How do you take a shower in low gravity? 15. Do you ever get tired of each other on the space station? 16. Don't you miss your family and friends? 17. Do you think people get another view on our problems on earth after a trip to space? 18. What does it feel like to sleep in space? 19. Was it worth all the training to go to space? 20. What is the best experience you have had so far going to space? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available at ariss.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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W5PFG/P (EL15/EL16) - SO-50 @ 1757 UTC
by Paul Stoetzer 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

Good afternoon, Clayton, W5PFG, will be on the EL15/EL16 line on the SO-50 pass at 17:57 UTC. 73, Paul, N8HM

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Good Day all.
by Phillip Townsend Lontz 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

Newbie here... And as such I will ask some dumb ass questions. So I will thank you in advance... Thank you. Phil K5SSR Santa Fe, New Mexico 505 466 7575 I have never contacted a Sat or even heard one. I mostly work SOTA guys using CW. My station for the low bands is built around Elecraft radios and a simple vertical antenna. I don't own a radio for sat com yet. I would like to be able to work FM, CW, SSB. I am a EE and MBA... Not a great EE but a better MBA. Now retired... Yea! So long for now 73 Es dit dit.. What Me Worry?

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NO-84 sunlight?
by Jerry Pixton 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

When will NO-84 have enough sunlight that we can use PKS-31 again? -- ----------------------------------------------- Dr. Jerry R. Pixton, PIXOS Designs http://www.shentel.net/pixosdesigns/RadioTuner/ jpixton(a)shentel.net -----------------------------------------------

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-23 05:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2015-11-23 05:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Scuola Media Statale “G. Marconi”, Soleto, Lecce, Italy, telebridge via VK4KHZ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Contact is go for: Mon 2015-11-23 09:21:53 UTC 87 deg Watch for live stream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkFhGc2nes4 Dragonskolan, Umeå, Sweden, telebridge via VE4ISS The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Contact is a go for: Wed 2015-11-25 09:44:25 UTC 78 deg **************************************************************************** ** >From 2015-12-20 to 2016-01-04, there will be no US Operational Segment (USOS) hams on board ISS. So any schools contacts during this period will be conducted by the ARISS Russia team. **************************************************************************** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 114 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 112 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2015-11-23 05:00 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1009. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 974. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2015-11-17 19:00 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 44 on orbit Oleg Kononenko RN3DX Kimiya Yui KG5BPH Kjell Lindgren KO5MOS Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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High Performance Portable Rotor
by Bob Freeman 23 Nov '15

23 Nov '15

Tom, Well done and thank you for sharing your experience with the RPi and Arduino. I have only recently started looking at the Arduino since being exposed to it at HamJam (http://hamjam.info/) here a week ago. One of our speakers, via Skype, was Glen Popiel, KW5GP, of “Arduino for Ham Radio” fame. Lots of good stuff in his presentation. Also, good to see you have found the AccelStepper library. If I pursue an Arduino interface for my CNCTRK AZ/EL positioner (for SatPC32 folks who are not quite ready to dive into LinuxCNC) this library looks like the way to go for motion control. Thanks again. 73 Bob KI4SBL Subject: [amsat-bb] High Performance Portable Rotor > Message-ID: > < > CAHnRQRJX6JcuxkSu-1zttLT0twVRD6ULirp0PZ03byVL32q+5w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi, > > http://www.tomdoyle.org/hpr > > 73 W9KE Tom Doyle

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FUNcube-1 Operations report
by Graham Shirville 22 Nov '15

22 Nov '15

Hi All, FUNcube-1 is now back in autonomous mode for the week. High power tlm when in sunlight and transponder with low power tlm when in eclipse. 73 Graham G3VZV

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