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

Is ISS Digipeater not always on for use?
by Bob KD7YZ 23 Jul '15

23 Jul '15

The reason I ask is because the other day when ISS was xmit SSTV, I was able to digipeat through the 145.800 ax.25. As this was my first ever try at such a mode, I wasn't real sure what the heck I was doing. The last couple days I have tried to digipeat through but don't even hear anything on 145.800/145/990 . 73, -- Bob KD7YZ http://www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz AMSAT LM#901

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PSAT Digipeating is turned off
by Robert Bruninga 23 Jul '15

23 Jul '15

PSAT digipeater has been turned off. The spacecraft has entered safe mode now several times due to low power. So we will keep it off until conditions improve. Do not use the PSK31 transponder either. We were so accustomed to excess power during the previous full sun period that we had evertyhign on… 95 miunte orbit 100% always in the sun. But now we are in a maximum eclipse period with only 59 minutes in the sun and 36 minutes in the dark. Cleary that is only 61% of the power we had before! The times of lowest power of course are just before dawn. Bob, WB4APR

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Ballot
by John Fickes 23 Jul '15

23 Jul '15

Hello I don't recall and the directions didn't state, do we put a return address with call-sign on the return envelope, so you can check off who has voted ? Thanks and GL to the candidates John W0JW 1:16 Minutes:Greatest commercial EVER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxU1ZhINaHk

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QIKCOM-2 Satellite messages
by Robert Bruninga 22 Jul '15

22 Jul '15

Inviting proposed standard messages for the next APRS Satelltie: Our next QIKCOM-2 APRS satellite will accept 2 digit uplink DTMF messages to be spoken on the downlink. We have already programmed all of the ARRL standard radio grams and emergency messages. But there is room for more. So think.... What kind of message would you want to send (that is not included in the existing ones) from your HT out in the wilderness. At a hamfest? or any other HAM Radio event or opportunity. Keep them simple and of the same order of length as the existing ones. The existing ones are listed here: http://nts.ema.arrl.org/node/30 But the implementation cannot include blanks for fill-in like the regular ones. But any sentence that stands alone can work. Just thought I'd open it up. Plenty of RAM and only 1 week before delivery... Serious considerations only. Thanks Bob, WB4APR

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AMSAT Awards Update
by Bruce 22 Jul '15

22 Jul '15

Here are our newest award recipients and quite a good batch we have this time. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Andrew Chaloupka, KB9WHV Lesley Swann, KM4BKO Joseph Kornowski, KB6IGK Bill Dillon, KG5FQX ------ AMSAT Communication Achievement Award Toralf Renkwitz, DJ8MS #563 Steve Kristoff, AI9IN #564 ------ AMSAT Sexagesimal Award Toralf Renkwitz, DJ8MS #167 David Webb, KB1VPH #168 ------ AMSAT Century Award David Webb, KB1PVH #43 Paul Stoetzer, N8HM #44 ------ AMSAT South Africa Communication Achievement Award Toralf Renkwitz, DJ8MS #US191 Steve Kristoff, AI9IN #US192 ------ AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Satellite Operator Achievement Award for 1000 contacts Michael McCoy, KC9ELU #83 with 2000, 3000, 4000 endorsements ------ AMSAT Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Satellite Operator Achievement Award for 5000 contacts Michael McCoy, KC9ELU #32 73...bruce To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes

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FUNcube Warehouse Connectivity
by David A B Johnson 22 Jul '15

22 Jul '15

Hi, There is a problem at the hosting company and we may experience a few outages today as they work on the VM host. Sorry for the inconvenience caused. 73 Dave, G4DPZ

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Just curious
by Steve Kristoff 21 Jul '15

21 Jul '15

Is NO-84 OK? I seemed to hear a lot fewer packets than usual on this evening's pass, just a few minutes ago. Could be me. Just checking. Steve Kristoff AI9IN EM79ji skristof(a)etczone.com

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SO-50 AK,Yukon,BC -N6SPP
by Eric T-N6SPP 21 Jul '15

21 Jul '15

Hello group- I am relocating back to SFO from Anchorage,Ak. We plan on being mobile and ELK/HT portable from July 23-Aug 4.. Route is Anchorage - Fairbanks- Tok,Ak- Whitehorse,Yukon -Prince George, BC , WA ,and south to SFO. Will try to post pass attempts here pending cell mobile service etc.. (and on my closed facebook group "hf radio plus") Have hf/6 mobile too... Will chk in to "Noontime" & AK hf nets etc.. Hope to wk a some of you! 73,Eric n6spp ~via iP5

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73 on 73 Awards #21-#26
by Paul Stoetzer 21 Jul '15

21 Jul '15

Good evening, Several 73 on 73 Awards have been issued since my last update. Congratulations to all! #21 - Kiyosi Hasegawa, JA3FWT #22 - Mariusz Kocot, SQ9MES #23 - Hector Luis Martinez, W5CBF #24 - George Carr, WA5KBH #25 - Michel Ribot, F6GLJ #26 - Paul Stoetzer, N8HM (application reviewed and award issued by 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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A Book for Manned Spaceflight Junkies!
by Eric Rosenberg 21 Jul '15

21 Jul '15

For those of you who are nostalgic about manned spaceflight, I've just run across a fabulous book: "Marketing The Moon, The selling of the Apollo Lunar Program by David Meerman Scott and Richard Jurek with a forward by Captain Eugene A. Cernan. (130 pgs) MIT Press, 2014 ISBN 978-0-262-02696-3 ------------- To quote from the MIT website: In July 1969, ninety-four percent of American televisions were tuned to coverage of Apollo 11’s mission to the moon. How did space exploration, once the purview of rocket scientists, reach a larger audience than *My Three Sons*? Why did a government program whose standard operating procedure had been secrecy turn its greatest achievement into a communal experience? In* Marketing the Moon*, David Meerman Scott and Richard Jurek tell the story of one of the most successful marketing and public relations campaigns in history: the selling of the Apollo program. Primed by science fiction, magazine articles, and appearances by Wernher von Braun on the “Tomorrowland" segments of the *Disneyland* prime time television show, Americans were a receptive audience for NASA’s pioneering “brand journalism." Scott and Jurek describe sophisticated efforts by NASA and its many contractors to market the facts about space travel—through press releases, bylined articles, lavishly detailed background materials, and fully produced radio and television features—rather than push an agenda. American astronauts, who signed exclusive agreements with Life magazine, became the heroic and patriotic faces of the program. And there was some judicious product placement: Hasselblad was the “first camera on the moon"; Sony cassette recorders and supplies of Tang were on board the capsule; and astronauts were equipped with the Exer-Genie personal exerciser. Everyone wanted a place on the bandwagon. Generously illustrated with vintage photographs, artwork, and advertisements, many never published before, *Marketing the Moon* shows that when Neil Armstrong took that giant leap for mankind, it was a triumph not just for American engineering and rocketry but for American marketing and public relations." ------------------ It's a combination of a coffee table full of great photographs and an engaging, well researched, well annotated, and well written story. Don't miss it... it's well worth the (affordable) price. 73, Eric W3DQ

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Re: [amsat-bb] Grid Needs in W1/W2?
by Kevin M 21 Jul '15

21 Jul '15

along lakes & the border: EN92, FN02, FN13, FN24 Cape Cod: FN51 Western Maine / NH: FN44, FN45, FN46 Coastal Maine: FN53, FN64 Thanks!!!

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FT-817 For Sale Addendum
by Mike Jones, W6GYC 21 Jul '15

21 Jul '15

I forgot to mention, please contact via personal email: w6gyc at w6gyc dot com

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W5PFG/P operation from NM & CO, 24 Jul to 1 Aug
by Clayton Coleman 20 Jul '15

20 Jul '15

Starting this weekend, I will be operating from grid squares in the states of New Mexico and Colorado. Saturday-Tuesday I'll be mostly near DM66/76 and continuing on Tuesday-Friday to DM57/67. This is a family holiday. Therefore I will likely be unable to accommodate any special pass requests. I'll be bringing equipment to operate all the current voice satellite fleet. I'll try to send periodic updates to Twitter @w5pfg if I know for certain I will work a specific satellite pass. 73, Clayton W5PFG

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Grid Needs in W1/W2?
by Sean K. 20 Jul '15

20 Jul '15

Hi all- I'm considering a vacation in the next few weeks. Are there any grids in W1/W2 that folks need? I seem to recall that FN24 was needed by a few folks. Would be operating SO50 and half-duplex on FO-29, both with an Arrow. Lemmee know what y'all need and I'll take it under advisement. Sean Kutzko Amateur Radio KX9X

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4 x 10 70cm yagi array available
by John Geiger 20 Jul '15

20 Jul '15

I have for sale a set of 4 10 element 70cm antennas. These have 6 1/2 foot booms and are end mounted. With these antennas comes the H frame stacking framework with mounting brackets. The stacking distance is 3 feet by 4 feet. It also comes with the power divider for the 4 yagis. Everything you need to get the 4 bay system going is there. The antennas are homebrew but very well made, resembling M2 yagis. This system has been used for 70cm EME with good results. The 4 antennas have a common horizontal cross boom to mount in an elevation rotor if desired. I will have these available at Ham Holiday in Oklahoma Cityon Friday and Saturday. I am asking $200 or best reasonable offer for them. I can be reached by email or at 580-591-6885. I can also deliver these to the Dallas/Fort Worth area over the weekend of August 15-16 if you live there and are interested. 73 John AF5CC

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Fwd: Ham It Forward
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 20 Jul '15

20 Jul '15

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MMSSTV question
by Cor PDØRKC 20 Jul '15

20 Jul '15

Hello Steve, Try RX-SSTV it can save the pictures directly in jpg or bmp. After installing the software go to the menu-->RX-SSTV--->Default Save Format-->choose BMP or JPG It also suport the PD180 mode, it is simple and perfect! 73s Cor PD0RKC

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MMSSTV question
by Steve Kristoff 20 Jul '15

20 Jul '15

Anyone else use MMSSTV to get the ISS pictures? I'm having difficulties pulling the pictures out as jpeg files so I can upload them to the appropriate places. Any help or suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you! Steve Kristoff AI9IN skristof(a)etczone.com

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SatPC32 Multisat
by Raul Romero 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

Hello all Have cuestión SatPC32 only Tracking 12 satellite in mode multisat? Have another opción for more Satellite? Raul CA3SOC

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CN74/CN75 SO-50 0330z tonight
by Bryan Green 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

Will be on SO-50 0330z from CN74/CN75 line tonight. LotW=KL7CN/W7

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PSAT spinning fast?
by Robert Bruninga 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

On the last pass 1500 EDT or so, I was hearing a fade almost every 3 seconds in the PSK31 audio downlink. That would be 20 RPM. So I upped the Sun Vector telemetry sample rate to the highest to get now 24 samples per minute. But this plot shows only about 6 RPM. But if the audio is right, then we are sampling below the Nyquist rate and so the plot can be aliasing… So the question is. What do “you” hear as the audio spin rate in the PSK31 downlink on 435.350? Bob, Wb4APR

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cable needed
by n4qwf . 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

Anyone have a VC-H1 video camera to Kenwood D-700 mobile they would be willing to sell? Thanks <<John -- N4QWF Amateur Radio Operator Email N4QWF(a)AMSAT.ORG Formerly KC4AHW VK3FEZ 8BDXCC DXCC mixed 316 WAS HF #57,114 WAS Triple Play #1270 WAZ HF #9073 VUCC SAT #135 WAS SAT #296 OSCAR-11 20th birthday #1 51 on AO-51 #13 LON -79.256 LAT 37.459 Grid FM07il >From the Foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains *Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming - "WOW, What a ride!"

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More ISS SSTV stuff from this morning...
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

Hi! I had a total of 3 passes where I could try to copy the SSTV pictures from the ISS this morning (1429, 1604, and 1742 UTC). I was able to get a picture on each pass, and one pass had about 1 2/3 pictures (most of one picture, then a nice and clean picture before LOS). I have uploaded my pictures to the ARISS SSTV picture gallery: http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/index.php My 4 pictures are at: http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/uploads/10506.jpg (1431 UTC) http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/uploads/10554.jpg (1605 UTC) http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/uploads/10556.jpg (1610 UTC) http://www.spaceflightsoftware.com/ARISS_SSTV/uploads/10575.jpg (1743 UTC) After the 1610-1613 UTC picture (the third link above), a Russian voice came on the 145.800 MHz frequency. I had not prepared for this, but tried some different uplink frequencies in an attempt to make a voice QSO. This was near my LOS time, and I was unsuccessful. I didn't hear anything that would indicate any station was working RS0ISS. Don't forget that there is an award for copying the current crop of SSTV pictures, which you can apply for online: http://ariss.pzk.org.pl/Apollo-Soyuz/en I wish I had more chances to get more pictures, but the 3 passes this morning were fun to be outside to see what I could get. I'm very happy to have received a clean picture, around the middle of a 65-degree pass here. :-) 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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Program like Satsked
by Vincenzo Mone 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

Hi folks, since the launch of the new birds like PSAT BRICSAT and DEORBITSAIL, I was using Satsked. I prefer it because it has a terminal section built-in That I used and still use to send the keplerians to the Trakbox. Now with these three new birds as I put the new datas the program Crashes showing me in the middle of the program numbers letters And symbols that are content in the Keplerian file, and after it stucks So I cannot use it. Is there any program similar to the satsked that I can use without problems? Also I have problem using HalloKepler by DB3DH as it does not recognize The satellites Catalog numbers of the new bird. Any help will be really appreciated. 73's de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ********************************** ******* GSM +39 328 7110193 ******* ****** SMS +39 328 7110193 ****** *** 2nd e-mail: vimone(a)tin.it *** *********************************

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SO-50 1903z CN84 LotW
by Bryan Green 19 Jul '15

19 Jul '15

Will be on SO-50 this afternoon at 1903z from CN84. LotW = KL7CN/W7 Looks to be good eastern coverage. Sent from my iPhone

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