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

New Hams on FO-29
by Clint Bradford 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

That would be a great recording to listen to! Congratulations! Clint K6LCS

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AMSAT @ Science City/Tucson Festival of Books, 14 March
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

Hi! AMSAT will be part of the University of Arizona's K7UAZ Amateur Radio Club booth at the 2015 Science City/Tucson Festival of Books, on the main mall of the University of Arizona in Tucson on Saturday, 14 March 2015. This is a large science fair held yearly in Tucson, and AMSAT is happy to support the K7UAZ club. This is a two-day event, but I will only be able to attend on Saturday. More information about this event is available at: http://www.sciencecity.arizona.edu/ During the day (0930-1730 local, 1630-0030 UTC), there may be opportunities for on-air demonstrations of amateur satellite activity. I will have my gear in Tucson for this event, and demonstrations would be done either with my WD9EWK call sign or the radio club's K7UAZ call sign. The University of Arizona campus is in grid DM42. I will post updates during the day from Science City on my @WD9EWK Twitter feed. If you aren't on Twitter, you can still see these updates in a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK If WD9EWK is used for the demonstrations, I will upload those QSOs to the Logbook of the World, and have QSL cards available on request for those wanting to receive a written confirmation. Please e-mail me with the QSO details. If K7UAZ is used, please direct those QSL requests to the K7UAZ club. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Re: [amsat-bb] Settings for Kenwood 710
by Clint Bradford 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

http://www.ariss.org/uploads/1/9/6/8/19681527/k9jkm_2012_symposium_ver2.pdf Sent from my iPod touch.

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Photo upload
by Lee Ernstrom 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

Hi Sat Grid Chasers, For those of you I worked and those interested I just uploaded the photo of my grid expedition to DN42ca to my QRZ.com page. Thanks to all for the fun! Doc, WA7HQD

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Kenwood TM-D710 Settings
by Clint Bradford 11 Mar '15

11 Mar '15

There is a great article for you at http://www.ariss.org on this! Sent from my iPod touch.

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Settings for Kenwood 710
by John Fickes 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

Hi Folks I've recently been in talks with a Teacher, that is a ham, and he has done a great job at getting a station set up for his school. And he now is starting to incorporate satellites and has a Kenwwod 710.They have it set up for regular APRS on .390 and it works fine. He found the article from N4LS on setting up a 710 for ISS and give it a try with no luck. Now we know it was a first try with no luck but we just want to make sure on the settings for the radio. For the path the article calls for path to be Type=Other and path=ARISS is this still correct ? I know I use UISS and AGWPE for the ISS and the path I use is To: CQ Via: RS0ISS. I don't remember if ARISS and RS0ISS will both work and I guess I don't understand what Kenwood means by Type. I've told him about the amsat-BB, so he might be signed up,not sure though. So any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks 73 John KC0BMF

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DN42 Idaho QSOs
by Lee Ernstrom 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

Hi Grid chasers, I had a very successful rover expedition to DN42 this evening and I even got to demonstrate the satellite operation to a guy who was hired by the city of Franklin, Idaho to eradicate the moles, boles and mice in the Franklin cemetary. He held the iPad and told me what direction to point the antenna. I worked K8YSE/7, NR0T, W6GMT, W0DHB, W5CBF, W7SXM, WC7V, VA7VW, and K8YSE. This was great practice and I'm starting to iron out the bugs in my operating techniques. I think I need better coax because I'm getting a little rf feedback. Better to work out the kinks now before the alaska cruise in August. I will upload all contacts to LOTW when I get home. Lee ( Doc) Ernstrom, WA7HQD Sent from my iPad

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DN42
by Lee Ernstrom 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

I will be on FO-29 for Pass at 2234 UTC in DN42 WA7HQD

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Yaesu Rotator Controller Parallel Port for sale
by Daniel Cussen 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

I noticed on ebay a UK HAM has a Rotator Computer Interface for sale. It is quite an old model with parallel port control and looks to have been home assembled. Photos on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/EA4TX-ARS-Antenna-Rotator-system-controller-wired-f… Info from manufacturer: http://www.ea4tx.com/download/download-ars-manuals/ It seems to be RCI-SE Board which was sold from 2002 till End-2011. It seems to be PIC or similar microcontroller operated, rather than the newer USB arduino version. I don't know the seller but someone here might be glad of the tip.

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Re: [amsat-bb] New M2 LEO Antenna System
by Clint Bradford 10 Mar '15

10 Mar '15

>> ... how many were made on SO-50 ... You are missing the point - ESPECIALLY with the ISS and the upcoming AMSAT-NA FOX-1A project with its 2M downlink, providing up to 400mW TX power, and approximately 6db stronger receive signal than having a 440 downlink. SO ... if one's more "simple" antenna is doing well now with SO-50 and the ISS, just imagine how exciting an educational project FOX-1A is going to be! Clint Bradford K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com

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