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

AMSAT Awards Update
by Bruce 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

Here are our newest award recipients and quite a good batch we have this time. AMSAT Communication Achievement Award Steve Kristoff, AI9IN #565 Fraser Bonnett, W3UTD #566 Carlton Noll, KA4H #567 (also a new member to AMSAT) ------ AMSAT Sexagesimal Award Frank Westphal, K6FW #169 Hector Luis Martinez Sis, CO6CBF #170 Carlton Noll, KA4H #171 ------ AMSAT Century Award Hector Luis Martinez Sis, CO6CBF #45 ------ AMSAT South Africa Communication Achievement Award Frank Westphal, K6FW #US193 Fraser Bonnett, W3UTD #US194 Carlton Noll, KA4H #US195 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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73 on 73 Award #27 - NX9B
by Paul Stoetzer 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

Good afternoon, Congratulations to Jeff Lamb, NX9B, for working 73 different stations on AO-73 since September 1, 2014 and becoming the 27th recipient of the 73 on 73 Award. For more information on the award see http://amsat-uk.org/funcube/73-on-73-award/ 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM

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FT 847/windows 10issue
by James Brown 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

Upgraded windows 8.1 laptop to win 10 this weekend. HRD and N3FJP logging programs play ok with FT847. SAT32 rotor plays ok but radio is showing up and down link frequencies in reverse on FT 847.FO 29 example SAT32 says 435.850 in downlink box but the FT847 shows 145.959 in the left window for down link.changing track to reverse only last a few seconds then display reverts back. This condition cropped up after win 10 upgrade. Now for the confusing part. I still worked FO 29 stations even though the display said vhf lsb in the uplink? SO whats happening, or any ideas on what I need to do to correct this issue? Thanks Jim KI6WJ

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Preamp sequencer sold
by wa6ilt 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

Thanks all who inquired. Dave Reinhart WA6ILT

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Re: [amsat-bb] Recommended satellite tracking app for Android?
by Ed Cunningham 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

I use "Heavens Above" on my Android phone, it is easy to use and gives me all the info I need. It also has a ground track with crosshairs, I use an Elk antenna on a camera tripod, I can hold the phone on the end of the antenna and move it around until I get the crosshairs on the satellite image. Check both this Heavens above and amsat droid free, I have both on my phone. 73, Ed N7EC

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SatPC32 crashing after downloading or switching to the nasa.all
by Tom Schuessler 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

I tried to close the "Satellite" dialog after I downloaded the nasa.all keps and I get an error message (In German of course). Will look closer later tonight. Maybe try and clear the keps out of the "Roaming\kepler" location and trying again, or just downloading them manually from AMSAT.org and adding it manually to the location. Any wisdom from the group? Google translate of error message is Access violation at address 0041baae in module 'satpc32.exe'. Read of address 00,000,008th. Help. 73, DE Tom, N5HYP

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UK Ham in the news contacted the ISS in October 2014? !
by John Brier 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

In his own words in this video [1] you can hear Adrian Lane, 2E0SDR, say he contacted the ISS "in October of last year." I think everyone thought this happened in the last few weeks, even AMSAT-UK who said he talked to Kjell Lindgren [2] who only just went into space last month. I was really excited thinking Kjell was going to be the next Doug Wheelock but now it seems this, at least, is not a sign of that. Why did this get all over the media *now* ? John Brier, KG4AKV, FM05, Raleigh, NC 1) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3186534/Radio-ham-contacts-Internat… 2) http://amsat-uk.org/2015/08/05/uk-radio-hams-iss-contact-in-the-press/

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Re: [amsat-bb] Recommended satellite tracking app for Android?
by Chris Del Plato KQ2RP 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

I regularly use AmsatDroid. HeavensAbove now has a very nice app that tracks radio sats as well as shows upcoming Iridium flares, ISS passes and nightly celestial events. SatelliteAR is another option. 73, Chris KQ2RP

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Possible satellite operation: an upcoming special event station/ham radio demos
by Philip Jenkins 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

I'm going to be heavily involved with a special event station - and ham radio demos for the public - at a 10 day long regional (multi-county) Fair starting September 11. This is the third year for our multi-club effort as N4F; see the details of what we're doing and have done in the past on pages 65-66 of September 2015 QST, and HamRadioNow.tv, episode 171. (Email me off-list if you want to know more, have questions, about what we're doing at the NC Mountain State Fair after reading the article or seeing the video.) This year we're going to try to add some satellite activity, and since I'm the only one in this area with any satellite experience (which is a gross overstatement :-) ), I'm looking for ideas from this bulletin board for a list of potential demos. I posted earlier about dual-band tape measure antennas (we may even try to build some at the Fair) to be used for SO-50, but mainly those will be for transmitter hunts. We just want to show the public how easy - and inexpensive - it can be to build some of your own equipment. Linear sats are pretty much out, unless I take my TS-2000 to the Fairgrounds, and even then I won't be there all the time. So that is low on the possibility list. Some things I have batted around are: 1) Dedicated APRS station for ISS 2) Dedicated Weather Fax reception station 3) SO-50 demos 4) ISS voice contacts (I know this is very hit or miss) 5) IF the ISS were doing SSTV picture downloads like twice earlier this year....I know this isn't going to happen :-) Are there any satellites currently sending pictures on a regular basis? 6) Are there any satellites with easily decodable telemetry? So I'm very open to other ideas, and even open as to what not to even consider.. Email me off the list if you like - N4HF(a)AMSAT.ORG; I know that replies via the bulletin board can get rather long and unwieldy when the original email broaches so many ideas (like this one) Thanks Philip N4HF

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Recommended satellite tracking app for Android?
by David Rush 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

Can anybody recommend a specific Android app that's good for manually tracking a ham satellite and predicting upcoming passes? 73, David, ky7dr

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