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Re: [amsat-bb] Fm this afternoon on FO 29
by Dale Urban 19 Dec '15

19 Dec '15

We're likely to see more of this on the ham bands with the influx of cheap Chinese radios. Sent from my iPad > On Dec 19, 2015, at 18:15, Lizeth Norman <normanlizeth(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > If you'd like I can post fliers on I 95 while between here and there. > Imagine some bored trucker looking at the fliers board when he sees...... > > On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner > <glasbrenner(a)mindspring.com> wrote: >> I heard them today as well, right dead center of the transponder. >> >> 73, Drew KO4MA >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Dec 19, 2015, at 7:00 PM, Glenn Miller - AA5PK <aa5pk(a)suddenlink.net> wrote: >>> >>> Most likely truckers. I hear them frequently on FO-29 downlink. >>> >>> Glenn AA5PK >>> >>> -----Original Message----- From: jeffory broughton Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2015 5:57 PM To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Fm this afternoon on FO 29 >>> This afternoons pass on the fo29 as it came up the east coast had 3 mobils >>> on simplex talking to each other.They did not appear to be amateurs. They >>> all had >>> Strong southern accents.As the bird made its way north,their mobil flutter >>> disappeared.When the sat was parallel with North and south Carolina they >>> were were rock solid.They were discussing their location on the >>> Beltline,which means nothing to me here in Michigan. >>> They were on 145.950 mhz.Does this make sense to anyone in that area? >>> WB8RJY >>> >>> jeff broughton >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. >>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >>> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. >>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >>> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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NO-84
by KO6TZ Bob 19 Dec '15

19 Dec '15

Rough band conditions and hard copy, but we finally made the PSK-31 contact via NO-84. KO6TZ - DM13rw & W6IHG - FM09tb Virginia to California It works...

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Re: [amsat-bb] ISS DIGI
by Roger Kolakowski 19 Dec '15

19 Dec '15

I used to be a regular user of the ISS digi exchanging one or two messages a pass and grids from keyboard to keyboard. It was a fun, quick activity. I went away for a while and when I can back two mid Atlantic stations were beaconing up to every 3 seconds with occasional keyboard use. I tried for a couple of weeks and shut it down. If you print your log or maintain rolling hard copy it is fun to treat it as a background "news" service of pass times and your antenna pattern. Beacon every 1-2 min is probably fine during usable passes....maybe more often with a btext saying you are at the keyboard looking for contacts. Stations should adjust for activity. Jmho Roger WA1KAT "E.Mike McCardel" <mccardelm(a)gmail.com> wrote: >I have made QSOs through the ISS digipeater. More often than not I use the >digipeater to simply send my coordinates to test my equipment and make sure >I'm tracking and getting through. It is a bit fun to see my transmission on >ARISS.net. It's even more fun when I catch my own digipeat. > >Usin the digipeater is a great way for beginners to build skills. It's not >used often but there is an official ARISS activity where schools can use >the digipeater by send a couple lines of code to operate a remote robot >some distance from their school. ARISS has also promoted and encouraged its >use for schools who are preparing for an ARISS contact to send messages to >other schools who are doing the same, so they get a first hand >demonstration of space communication. > >73 >EMike > >On Thursday, December 17, 2015, Kevin Deane <summit496(a)live.com> wrote: > >> Has anyone made any contacts at all? I doubt it, all shown are beacons >> which are lame because they wear down the bats on PC-SAT -44 remember that >> bird? >> >> The packet on ISS is a waste of time maybe they should move the antenna or >> something... >> >> Kevin >> KF7MYK >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org <javascript:;>. AMSAT-NA makes this open >> forum available >> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions >> expressed >> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of >> AMSAT-NA. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> > > >-- >E. Michael McCardel, KC8YLD >V.P. for Educational Relations, AMSAT-NA > >Have you donated to get your Fox-1 Challenge Coin Yet? >http://www.amsat.org/?p=3275 >_______________________________________________ >Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available >to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed >are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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WD9EWK now @ DM34
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 19 Dec '15

19 Dec '15

Hi! I am now at the rest area north of Phoenix, where I plan on working several passes over the next few hours. This is in grid DM34we, a few miles north of Black Canyon City, Arizona. More updates throughout the day will be on my @WD9EWK Twitter feed, http://twitter.com/WD9EWK , including some photos. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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SpaceX Scheduled To Launch On Sunday
by B J 18 Dec '15

18 Dec '15

http://spacenews.com/spacex-planning-sunday-falcon-9-launch-after-test/ http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/12/spacex-static-fire-falcon-9-og-2-rtf/ The static test firing was successful. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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PSLV-C29 TeLEOS-1 Launch
by Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS] 18 Dec '15

18 Dec '15

Good Wishes and Greetings for the successful launch of PSLV-C29 and TeLEOS-1 Mission. This is PSLV's 32nd flight. PSLV C-29 is a core alone version and will launch Six Satellites of Singapore into a 550 km circular orbit inclined at 15 degrees to the equator. TeLEOS-1 is the primary satellite and the other five satellites Kent Ridge-1, VELOX-C1, VELOX-II, Gallassia and Athanoxat-1 are co-passenger satellites. Launch on 16.12.2015. 12:30 UTC from Satish Dhawan Space Centre [SDSC], Shriharikota So far, 51 satellites from 20 countries have been successfully launched by PSLV. NOTE: Athenoxat-1, a 3U Cubesat has a CW beacon transmitting on 437.485 Mhz Athenoxat-1 seperation from PSLV at 12:51:02 UTC Athenoxat-1 would starting sending CW message 30 minutes after separation. CW message will be “ATX1” on 437.485 MHz every 1 minute and also with an indication of battery voltage. Preliminary TLE for Athenoxat-1 1 12346U 12346U 15350.53544190 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0003 2 12346 14.9868 209.7101 0004511 307.5625 258.2924 15.05575123 00007 Reception reports are welcome and could be sent to: giulio.manzoni(a)micro-space.org 73 de Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS] Secretary & Station-In-Charge Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC ISRO Satellite Centre HAL Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. Phone:(Office)91-80-25082598/25082054/25082192 Mobile: 91-9880 341 456 E-mail ID: wmy(a)isac.gov.in vu2wmy_mani(a)yahoo.com isrohams(a)yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [amsat-bb] PSLV-C29 TeLEOS-1 Launch
by Ray Hoad 18 Dec '15

18 Dec '15

TNX for info. I just found them on Space-Track. Ray Hoad WA5QGD From: Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 8:21 PM To: Ray Hoad <ray.hoad(a)mypbmail.com> Cc: 'Dr.(Eng.) Giulio MANZONI' <giulio.manzoni(a)micro-space.org>; 'Paulo PV8DX' <paulopv8dx(a)gmail.com>; 'amsat-bb' <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>; 'Yesie L. Brama' <yesie.l.brama(a)micro-space.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PSLV-C29 TeLEOS-1 Launch Dear Ray, The latest Keps are already out there in Celestrak as objects 2015-077A through object 077F. At the moment all the six satellites are almost close to each other. Athenoxat-1 was the last object to have been ejected from PSLV C-29. 73 de Mani VU2WMY Quoting Ray Hoad <ray.hoad(a)mypbmail.com <mailto:[email protected]> >: Does anyone have a source of current Keplerian elements (TLEs) for Athanoxat-1? I would like to include them in the next AMSAT KEP distribution. TNX. Ray Hoad WA5QGD -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> ] On Behalf Of Dr.(Eng.) Giulio MANZONI Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 7:45 PM To: Paulo PV8DX <paulopv8dx(a)gmail.com <mailto:[email protected]> >; amsat-bb <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]> > Cc: Yesie L. Brama <yesie.l.brama(a)micro-space.org <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PSLV-C29 TeLEOS-1 Launch thanks Paulo, probably the CW decoding is not complete, voltage should be in the range of 8V as the satellite cannot work at 3V and we confirmed voltages about 8.2V and 8.3V. 73 Giulio -----Original Message----- From: Paulo PV8DX Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 9:12 AM To: amsat-bb ; giulio.manzoni(a)micro-space.org <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PSLV-C29 TeLEOS-1 Launch Hi Hearing Morse code (Low sound here) ATX1 M . 3 5V ...... 3 6V In eclipse - 23:50 UTC 16/DEC 73 de Paulo PV8DX LABRE/ARRL AMSAT-BR/AMSAT-NA member FJ92pt - VUCC SAT www.labre-rr.org <http://www.labre-rr.org> http://amsat-br.org/ Boa Vista-Roraima pv8dx(a)labre-rr.org <mailto:[email protected]> pv8dx(a)arrl.net <mailto:[email protected]> -----Mensagem Original----- From: Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS] Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 6:14 AM To: BB, AMSAT ; AMSAT-INDIA ; VUHAMS ; isrohams(a)yahoogroups.com <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [amsat-bb] PSLV-C29 TeLEOS-1 Launch Good Wishes and Greetings for the successful launch of PSLV-C29 and TeLEOS-1 Mission. This is PSLV's 32nd flight. PSLV C-29 is a core alone version and will launch Six Satellites of Singapore into a 550 km circular orbit inclined at 15 degrees to the equator. TeLEOS-1 is the primary satellite and the other five satellites Kent Ridge-1, VELOX-C1, VELOX-II, Gallassia and Athanoxat-1 are co-passenger satellites. Launch on 16.12.2015. 12:30 UTC from Satish Dhawan Space Centre [SDSC], Shriharikota So far, 51 satellites from 20 countries have been successfully launched by PSLV. NOTE: Athenoxat-1, a 3U Cubesat has a CW beacon transmitting on 437.485 Mhz Athenoxat-1 seperation from PSLV at 12:51:02 UTC Athenoxat-1 would starting sending CW message 30 minutes after separation. CW message will be “ATX1” on 437.485 MHz every 1 minute and also with an indication of battery voltage. Preliminary TLE for Athenoxat-1 1 12346U 12346U 15350.53544190 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0003 2 12346 14.9868 209.7101 0004511 307.5625 258.2924 15.05575123 00007 Reception reports are welcome and could be sent to: giulio.manzoni(a)micro-space.org <mailto:[email protected]> 73 de Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS] Secretary & Station-In-Charge Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC ISRO Satellite Centre HAL Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. Phone:(Office)91-80-25082598/25082054/25082192 Mobile: 91-9880 341 456 E-mail ID: wmy(a)isac.gov.in <mailto:[email protected]> vu2wmy_mani(a)yahoo.com <mailto:[email protected]> isrohams(a)yahoo.com <mailto:[email protected]> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]> . AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]> . AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org <mailto:[email protected]> . AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb Mani [VU2WMY/KJ6LRS] Secretary & Station-In-Charge Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC ISRO Satellite Centre HAL Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. Phone:(Office)91-80-25082598/25082054/25082192 Mobile: 91-9880 341 456 E-mail ID: wmy(a)isac.gov.in <mailto:[email protected]> vu2wmy_mani(a)yahoo.com <mailto:[email protected]> isrohams(a)yahoo.com <mailto:[email protected]> _____ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. _____

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Re: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK @ DM34, tomorrow
by Richard Tejera 18 Dec '15

18 Dec '15

Sunset Point? Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org On December 18, 2015, at 10:17, "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb(a)wd9ewk.net> wrote: Hi! I will make a quick drive to grid DM34we tomorrow (Saturday, 19 December) morning for a few hours of working different satellite passes. I plan on operating from a freeway rest area about 50 miles/80km north of Phoenix, starting around 1500 to 1600 UTC into the mid-afternoon. If the ISS radios are back on, I may try to work stations through the ISS packet/APRS digipeater on 145.825 MHz during a couple of passes around midday. As with my other trips, I will post updates via my @WD9EWK Twitter feed. This is also visible at http://twitter.com/WD9EWK in a web browser, even if you do not use Twitter. I will use APRS to show my location while on the road, squawking as WD9EWK-9. This should be visible online at (among other places) http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 After this quick day-trip, I will upload my log to Logbook of the World. If you'd like a QSL card to confirm a contact with WD9EWK at DM34, please e-mail me directly with the QSO details. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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ISS ham operation further delay
by D.Jordan 18 Dec '15

18 Dec '15

Due to unplanned EVA, the return of ham radio operation with the ISS faces further delay ... details on the eva at https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/12/18/unscheduled-spacewalk-possib… From my Android phone on T-Mobile. The first nationwide 4G network.

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SSTV+RTL on Android?
by Ed K9EK 18 Dec '15

18 Dec '15

Hi, all: This may be more of an operating system question than pure radio but... since ISS to be transmitting SSTV on Dec 26, I'd sure like to receive some pictures. Unfortunately, wife would not be amused if I dragged radio gear to grandkid's house. So I am looking for a portable route. There is the usual HT to an SSTV decoder running on either an iPhone or Android device. But what about using an Android (Samsung GT-N5110) tablet to do double duty as both receiver and decoder? The tablet receives RF just fine when connected to an RTL820 DVB-T module with either RF Analyzer or SDRTouch. And it decodes SSTV with Robot36 decoder. Is there some way to have the output of the RF program ported directly (internally) to the input of the SSTV decoder? On a Windows machine, that is easily done with a virtual audio cable setup. Is there something similar for Android devices? Sure would make a nice, compact SSTV receiving setup. And wife would be just fine with it. Thanks! Ed K9EK

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