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

73 on 73 Awards #12, #13, and #14
by Paul Stoetzer 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

Good evening, Three more 73 on 73 Awards have been issued since my last update. Congratulations to the following operators for working 73 different stations on AO-73 since September 1, 2014: #12 - Jerry Tuyls, ON4CJQ #13 - Jose Elias Diaz Rodriquez, EB1FVQ #14 - Clayton Coleman, W5PFG For more information on the award see http://amsat-uk.org/funcube/73-on-73-award/ 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM

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AMSAT-BB outage and changes.
by Joe Fitzgerald 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

The GNU Mailman software used to manage our mailing lists is in the process of being upgraded to address the problem with some ISP's rejecting messages. Some difficulties in this upgrade caused an outage for the last day or so. The outage is believed to be behind us, however additional configuration work still needs to be done to take advantage of the new capabilities of the upgrade and get mail to all addressees with a minimum of confusion and delay. Thank you for your patience. -Joe KM1P

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FT-8800 SO-50
by Bob- W7LRD 03 Mar '15

03 Mar '15

I am having some "issues" setting up the frequencies for SO-50 with a FT8800. Anyone familiar, email me off list. 73 Bob W7LRD

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73 on 73
by on4cjq＠telenet.be 02 Mar '15

02 Mar '15

Hello all Today i received my 73 on 73 Award, #12 ! Only my last name is written wrong on it,but it doesn't bother me(on the envelop it was correct),hihi. Thank you all for working me on AO-73, i got 78 initials in 5weeks of activity on the sat. Best 73's,hope te meet you on the birds. Jerry,ON4CJQ

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I0/W5PFG/P JN61et, 7-12 March Marzo
by Clayton Coleman 01 Mar '15

01 Mar '15

During 7-12 of March, I will operate satellites from Rome, Italy. Due to my work schedule, I will only be available to work satellite passes in the late evening or early morning hours. If you would like to schedule a contact, please send an email to w5pfg at arrl.net. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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EL84 Dry Tortugas May 4-6th, 2015
by John Papay 01 Mar '15

01 Mar '15

The March 2, 2015 edition of the OPDX Bulletin edited by Tedd Mirgilotta KB8NW states the following: "NA-079. Mike, WA0SPG, who will be on his first DXpedition, will be active as WA0SPG/4 from the Dry Tortugas between May 4-6th. Activity will be on the HF bands using CW and SSB. Equipment will be a KX3 and a FT-817 into a buddipole vertical dipole near saltwater, Alpha vertical and Loop antenna. Mike will also be on the satellite using 2x FT-817's for SO-50 and FO-29 (CW/SSB) with both arrow and elk antennas. All power will be by Goal Zero batteries being charged by Solar PV panels. QSL via his home callsign." The OPDX Bulletin can be read every Sunday on http://wwww.papays.com/opdx.html EL84 is one of the grids that is needed for the 488 Continental USA Gridmasters Award offered by the Star Comm Group (http://starcommgroup.org/index.html) hosted by Rick WA4NVM and Damon WA4HFN. The last operation from the Dry Tortugas was by K4T back in 2010. You can read about it at http://www.papays.com/sat/k4t.html This one is a little more rare than DM03, but only if you don't have it confirmed! 73, John K8YSE

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Anyone still need DN-30?
by Lee Ernstrom 01 Mar '15

01 Mar '15

I'm thinking about heading out to Antelope Island for the 22:05 to 22:30 pass of FO-29. Anyone still need DN30? WA7HQD Lee (Doc) Ernstrom Sent from my iPad

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help with satps32 update
by Nick Pugh K5QXJ 01 Mar '15

01 Mar '15

This is an update on my earlier post when I open satpc32 it puts in Germen an error invalid floating point operation clicking the ok button does not respond and it continues to through errors and the only way to stop the program is to reboot Please help? Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn

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satpc 32 help
by Nick Pugh K5QXJ 01 Mar '15

01 Mar '15

On start up satpc32 running on xp on start up throws an error I think divide by 0 error What file do I have to delete to get going again Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn

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Best portable beam
by John Geiger 01 Mar '15

01 Mar '15

I am looking at getting a dualband antenna to take on some grid activations while traveling this year, and wonder if there is a consensus as to which one is the best? It wouldn't have to be a specific handheld one as I think most of the dualband ones can be held by the end of the boom and also mounted for portable operations. 73 John AF5CC

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