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

AMSAT-NA Fundraising
by Clint Bradford 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

I still have two plate blocks of Apollo-Soyuz commemorative stamps from last year's fundraising effort. Photos of them are here: http://www.work-sat.com/Work-Sat/FUNDRAISING.html The next two folks who contribute $20 OR MORE to AMSAT-NA, and have AMSAT-NA notify me via email with their names and mailing address, will receive this gift! Offer expires midnight PST on Monday, February 23. Clint K6LCS

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Heads up East Coast: Thursday at 1818 UTC ARISS School Contact on 145.800
by JoAnne Maenpaa 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Council Rock High School-South, Holland, PA on 19 Feb. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 18:18 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and K3DN. The contact should be audible over the eastern U.S 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. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org AMSAT VP User Services

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N2S 2005 info
by John Geiger 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

I am trying to get caught up on outstanding grids I need confirmed, and for FN22 I worked N2S (I believe) on Feb. 6, 2005 on AO51. I cannot find any info for N2S from that time period on the 1 x 1 callsign database. Does anyone have any information on this station from that time period on AO51? 73 John AF5CC

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Re: [amsat-bb] Software ?
by Pedro Converso 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

Hello Henk, I program in Visual Basic 2008 Express Edition, although not an expert on it. I have VB installed and run on an old Window-XP, it works and compiles flawlesly. I have made a satellite tracking application that doesn't use DDE, it speaks directly to com ports either legacy or also on bluetooth com ports. I am trying to learn android to port this to an app usable on cellphones/tablets. This aplication can be downloaded and/or executed from http://amsat.org.ar/Satrack.htm . For your needs, perhaps you can use as guidance the CX6DD development sources in visual basic 2005 of WISPDDE available at http://www.mederoscnc.com/CX6DD/wispdde/wispdde.htm . If you care to tell me the protocol of your rotor controller, I can add a selection to Satrack to support it. If I can be of any help please tell me. Best 73 from Buenos Aires, lu7abf, Pedro Converso pconver(a)gmail.com lu7abf(a)amsat.org.ar

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Recording your QSOs
by Tom Deeble - KA6SIP 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

Greetings, One low-tech thing I have been trying to do before a pass, say about two minutes before AOS, is talk into the recorder with details of the pass. It helps later to have some extra info about the pass such as max elevation, Sat name, date, time, weather - esp if it's raining, foggy, snowing or windy, equipment, details of your location for portable ops, etc. I know the date/time is redundant to what the recorder uses as part of the file name, but it only takes a few seconds to record it. I've been using Sony digital recorders and have had good luck with them. I just need to remember to turn the thing ON just before the pass. That's another reason I like to record the Sat info and then leave the recorder running with the radio then connected to the line in. Like Patrick says, storage is abundant & cheap. 73 - Tom Tom Deeble - KA6SIP, ka6sip(a)aol.com Mt. Diablo Amateur Radio Club Membership Chairman MDARC, PO Box 23222, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-0222 PACIFICON - Oct 16-18, 2015, San Ramon

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Re: [amsat-bb] Recording your QSOs
by Douglas Tabor, N6UA 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

Actually, I really like Patricks' "No patch cord" record strategy ... like a VOX on a recorder. If you didn't "talk to them" then you didn't talk with them. Makes perfect sense ... unless you WANT to hear about "the one that got away". Next time, for sure. Douglas Tabor, N6UA President(a)evarc.org Estes Valley ARC - N0FH repeaters IRLP - 7268 Echolink 625757 http://evarc.org

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2014 AMSAT Technical Symposium photos available.
by Arthur Feller 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rabi7h03xgxhwrv/AAASR33upRt1naHmWrX3CMc_a?dl=0 <https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rabi7h03xgxhwrv/AAASR33upRt1naHmWrX3CMc_a?dl=0> Hope you’ll enjoy! 73, art….. W4ART Arlington VA http://afeller.us <http://afeller.us/>

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K1N Logs and QSL Procedures for Satellites
by John Papay 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

Bob, N2OO, has advised that Clublog is not very compatible with satellites so they will be removing the satellite log from Clublog. In a day or two they will determine the qsl request procedures that will be available for confirming satellite qso's. I will post that information here. 73, John K8YSE

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ISS Thanks
by Kevin Deane 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

Thanks for all the input guys. I remember now about the US antenna didnt know about the handheld. Probably had a horible SWR is why that mobile blew the finals. Oh well, I just miss all the digi contacts was so easy back then. Really not worth my time now I have tried 30 times and made it through once. I have had better luck with NO-44 for cryin out loud. Anyway thanks again! Kevin KF7MYK

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ISS
by Kevin Deane 16 Feb '15

16 Feb '15

Is it just me or is the ISS APRS extremely weak? The SSTV signals were the strongest I has ever received from space. Of course they were 25 watts... Any help I am using UISS and works perfect off the local digipeater... :(> Kevin KF7MYK

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