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

Skype and Cell Phones
by Clint Bradford 28 Mar '15

28 Mar '15

I have experienced the phenomenon at conferences ... Gordon West reported the phenomenon this week on Ham Nation: Using WiFi devices while using WiFi for a Skype conversation can "interact" with each other - and cause Skype to drop out. Clint Bradford

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Battleship Iowa WILL Be On Satellite for Field Day 2014
by Jim Jerzycke 28 Mar '15

28 Mar '15

OK, everybody, we have approval to overnight and operate Field Day from the Battleship Iowa! I'll be operating as NI6BB from the aft deck using the same gear I've used for the K6AA FD operations I've done in the past. We're in DM03ur, and I will personally QSL 100% to all operators I work, so here's a chance to not only get DM03, but also a nice NI6BB card. I'll be setting up my sat station in the back yard in the next week or two to make sure everything works, so DM03 will be activated then, too. 73, and hope to work many of you on Field Day! 73, Jim KQ6EA

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Re: [amsat-bb] Whole Orbit Data
by Joe Fitzgerald 27 Mar '15

27 Mar '15

Dave, Whole Orbit Data refers to data collected on board the spacecraft for an entire orbit and downloaded later. This is said to distinguish from telemetry data received in real time - covering only that portion of the orbit in range of the ground station. This lets controllers know what happened while the spacecraft was out of communication, e.g. over the South Pacific. -Joe KM1P

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Whole Orbit Data
by Dave Marthouse 27 Mar '15

27 Mar '15

I've heard the term talked about over the years. I know it refers to satellite telemetry. What exactly is whole orbit data? -- Dave Marthouse N2AAM dmarthouse(a)gmail.com

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Weekend rover activity: KG5CCI/P, EM3x grids
by Clayton Coleman 27 Mar '15

27 Mar '15

As seen on his Twitter feed earlier today, KG5CCI has announced plans to visit some grids in the upper EM3x field over the weekend and operate satellites: EM36 AO73 03-29-15 1619Z EM37 FO29 03-29-15 2052Z EM38 FO29 03-29-15 2237Z EM38 SO50 03-29-15 2313Z EM38 SO50 03-30-15 0152Z EM37 FO29 3-30-15 1959Z EM36 FO29 3-30-15 2142Z EM35 SO50 3-30-15 2338Z He stated some of these were work-schedule-dependent. Good luck & 73 Clayton W5PFG

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Skype and Cell Phones
by Clint Bradford 27 Mar '15

27 Mar '15

>> ... if Skype is on I can not post to the LIVE OSCAR status page ... Possibly your computer/tablet is using WiFi, and a cell phone in the house is "competing" with it ... Clint K6LCS

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Skype Interference?
by Clint Bradford 27 Mar '15

27 Mar '15

>> ... if Skype is on I can not post to the LIVE OSCAR status page ... Possibly your computer/tablet is using WiFi, and a cell phone in the house is "competing" with it ... Clint K6LCS

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France (IN94) on FO-29
by Michel F6GLJ 26 Mar '15

26 Mar '15

Hello. I'll be on FO-29 for next pass (to 18:27 from 18:35), good footprint for north east of USA and Canada. 73 qro de Michel F6GLJ

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Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 + DST
by Wayne Estes 26 Mar '15

26 Mar '15

Sorry about the nonsensical subject line on the previous message. Wayne Estes W9AE Oakland, Oregon, USA, CN83ik

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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 10, Issue 96
by Wayne Estes 26 Mar '15

26 Mar '15

W4CX wrote: It appears to me that either SatPC32 does not handle Daylight Savings Time correctly or I missed a setting somewhere. My passes show to be an hour late, when compared with HamRadioDeluxe. If I disable DST on my Win7 OS, the tracks are in agreement. I'm running V12.8c. What am I missing? W9AE replies: The most likely explanation is that you changed the UTC Offset (in the SatPC32 Observer Setup menu) from "auto" to your local time zone. You probably set the UTC Offset to UTC-5, which makes the time one hour off during Daylight Savings Time. If you manually set the UTC Offset, you will need to set it to UTC-4 during daylight savings and UTC-5 during standard time. It's best to use the default UTC Offset of "auto". Then SatPC32 obtains the UTC Offset from the Windows operating system, which automatically adjusts when Daylight Savings comes and goes. Go into the Observer Setup menu and enter "auto" (without quotes) for the Offset. For this to work correctly, your time zone must be correct in the Windows Date and Time control panel. I know the "auto" UTC Offset feature well because I requested it many years ago after having the same problem you reported. Wayne Estes W9AE Oakland, Oregon, USA, CN83ik

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