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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 11, Issue 101
by james.4.savage＠bt.com 31 Mar '16

31 Mar '16

UNSUBSCRIBE -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org Sent: 31 March 2016 16:10 To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 11, Issue 101 Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to amsat-bb(a)amsat.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org You can reach the person managing the list at amsat-bb-owner(a)amsat.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Do I need to figure in declination adjustment for my array? (hdskullfire2 .) 2. Re: Do I need to figure in declination adjustment for my array? (Dave Webb KB1PVH) 3. Xw-2a (jeffory broughton) 4. Aggiesat keps (Rick Tejera) 5. Re: Aggiesat keps (Scott) 6. Re: Aggiesat keps (Alan) 7. Re: Aggiesat keps (Rick Tejera) 8. WD9EWK @ Radio Society of Tucson hamfest, & other operating on 26-27 March (long) (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) 9. Transceiver with UHF/VHF and S-Band or upto 3GHz support (shakeel -ur-rehman) 10. Re: Transceiver with UHF/VHF and S-Band or upto 3GHz support (Alan) 11. Ham Talk Live Webcast Tonight - ARISS with Rosalie White, K1STO (JoAnne Maenpaa) 12. Re: Aggiesat keps (Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 06:40:38 -0400 From: "hdskullfire2 ." <hdskullfire2(a)gmail.com> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Do I need to figure in declination adjustment for my array? Message-ID: <CAJNgRRaRL64B25pGAhYhtWt9fZVWH2TBSPAF2iv-9cAVnA=DKA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 If using a compass for initial mechanical line up, do I have to compensate & make the required declination adjustment? Right now mine would be 13 degrees for my location in eastern Pennsylvania? Steve NS3L ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 06:58:56 -0400 From: Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh(a)gmail.com> To: "hdskullfire2 ." <hdskullfire2(a)gmail.com> Cc: AMSAT -BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Do I need to figure in declination adjustment for my array? Message-ID: <CAEMY9FfWahQEQ7Tjhm05HUU_=h5rHRAnTUDH3KVafO8N7d1DDQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Steve, You want true North. Dave-KB1PVH Sent from my Samsung S4 On Mar 30, 2016 6:41 AM, "hdskullfire2 ." <hdskullfire2(a)gmail.com> wrote: > If using a compass for initial mechanical line up, do I have to > compensate & make the required declination adjustment? Right now mine > would be 13 degrees for my location in eastern Pennsylvania? > > Steve NS3L > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. > Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect > the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 13:52:50 -0400 From: jeffory broughton <jefforybroughton(a)gmail.com> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Xw-2a Message-ID: <CACm2je2QGt3_E10ObtVrtMUq3w9hmA03cjjpmqih_RRzf5orWg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Another problem is ,a lot folks work during the day and are not around . These birds see lots of activity during the weekends.Try listening then. Jeff WB8RJY jeff broughton ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 16:17:05 -0700 From: "Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro(a)cox.net> To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps Message-ID: <004801d18ada$4653b690$d2fb23b0$@net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" All, In noticed when updating my leps yesterday that Aggisat4 is no longer listed in the Nasabare set. Any ideas where it went? Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Radio Club www.w7tbc.org 623-572-0713 623-203-4121 (cell) SaguaroAstro(a)cox.net ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:25:32 -0400 From: "Scott" <scott23192(a)gmail.com> To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps Message-ID: <4EAAD560644844E4BC0DEF57C495FDB6@OPT755> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Rick, I can't answer your question directly regarding the TLE's, but not long after launch I decoded telemetry on one pass and forwarded it to the team, of course. Despite monitoring for the next couple of weeks at every opportunity, I was never able to receive a signal from it again. I've not done a thorough web search, but I'm not aware that it has communicated since. So, at this point I don't know if it's still considered "active". -Scott, K4KDR Montpelier, VA USA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Tejera To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 19:17 Subject: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps All, In noticed when updating my leps yesterday that Aggisat4 is no longer listed in the Nasabare set. Any ideas where it went? Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Radio Club www.w7tbc.org 623-572-0713 623-203-4121 (cell) SaguaroAstro(a)cox.net _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:17:50 -0500 From: Alan <wa4sca(a)gmail.com> To: "'Rick Tejera'" <saguaroastro(a)cox.net>, <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps Message-ID: <000001d18ae2$c30f3210$492d9630$(a)GMAIL.COM> Rick, >From the list AMSAT Keps distribution notes: The following satellites have been removed from the AMSAT KEP Distribution: AAUSat-5 (NORAD CAT ID 40948) Decayed 3-15-2016. AGGIESAT-4 (NORAD CAT ID 41313) Has not shown any signs of life and is considered dead. BEVO-2 (NORAD CAT ID 41314) was prematurely deployed from AGGIESAT-4 and never activated. BEVO-2 was never listed in the AMSAT KEP Distribtuion. 73s, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Tejera <Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 6:17 PM <To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <Subject: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps < <All, < < < <In noticed when updating my leps yesterday that Aggisat4 is no longer listed <in the Nasabare set. Any ideas where it went? < < < <Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) < <Saguaro Astronomy Club < <www.saguaroastro.org < <Thunderbird Radio Club < <www.w7tbc.org < <623-572-0713 < <623-203-4121 (cell) < <SaguaroAstro(a)cox.net < < < <_______________________________________________ <Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available <to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed <are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. <Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! <Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:08:20 -0700 From: "Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro(a)cox.net> To: <APBIDDLE(a)MAILAPS.ORG>, <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps Message-ID: <005f01d18af2$32fa53c0$98eefb40$@net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Well that answers that. Thanks. Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Radio Club www.w7tbc.org 623-572-0713 623-203-4121 (cell) SaguaroAstro(a)cox.net -----Original Message----- From: Alan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 5:18 PM To: 'Rick Tejera'; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps Rick, >From the list AMSAT Keps distribution notes: The following satellites have been removed from the AMSAT KEP Distribution: AAUSat-5 (NORAD CAT ID 40948) Decayed 3-15-2016. AGGIESAT-4 (NORAD CAT ID 41313) Has not shown any signs of life and is considered dead. BEVO-2 (NORAD CAT ID 41314) was prematurely deployed from AGGIESAT-4 and never activated. BEVO-2 was never listed in the AMSAT KEP Distribtuion. 73s, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Tejera <Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 6:17 PM <To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <Subject: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps < <All, < < < <In noticed when updating my leps yesterday that Aggisat4 is no longer listed <in the Nasabare set. Any ideas where it went? < < < <Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) < <Saguaro Astronomy Club < <www.saguaroastro.org < <Thunderbird Radio Club < <www.w7tbc.org < <623-572-0713 < <623-203-4121 (cell) < <SaguaroAstro(a)cox.net < < < <_______________________________________________ <Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available <to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed <are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. <Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! <Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 03:52:19 +0000 From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb(a)wd9ewk.net> To: "amsat-bb(a)amsat.org" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK @ Radio Society of Tucson hamfest, & other operating on 26-27 March (long) Message-ID: <CAN6TEUfe7N0CVMmRUnNUsXrJtTaM3+iK5a+OE+indgZYBcH0FA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi! Last Saturday (26 March), I had an AMSAT table at the Radio Society of Tucson's annual hamfest. This year's hamfest was at a new location, at a Target store on the east end of that city. Even with the new location, there was a nice turnout. And, unlike most hamfests in Arizona, the organizers were most truthful with the hours for the hamfest - 6am (1300 UTC), which was just before sunrise, until 11am (1800 UTC) when most are leaving for lunch or to pick up with the rest of their weekends. I took advantage of this, and will go into my post-hamfest activities in a bit. I arrived in Tucson the night before the hamfest, and saw a tweet asking if anyone would be on an AO-85 pass just before 0500 UTC. I had arrived in Tucson about 90 minutes before that pass, saw a Wal-Mart store near my motel, and decided to give it a try. A nice pass, where I worked Fernando NP4JV about 60 miles south of me and Paul N8HM in Washington DC. I also copied telemetry, which I uploaded after the pass back in the motel room. A good pass, and a good way to start this rapid-fire trip to Tucson and beyond. The hamfest had a crowd showing up just after 5am (1200 UTC), including me. I had my AMSAT table ready, and my station set for the first of two AO-85 passes at 1330 UTC. I worked stations from coast to (almost) coast, using my IC-2730A FM mobile radio as the transmitter and my SDRplay SDR receiver and 8-inch Windows tablet as the receiver. As with other recent events, using an SDR receiver brings out lots of questions. For Saturday morning, this meant I missed working the 3 XW-2 satellites that were passing by after this pass. After talking about SDR, and mentioning I would use the SDRplay on the second AO-85 pass a few minutes after 1500 UTC, I had a larger crowd around for that pass. Not as many stations on as with the earlier pass, but still enough to demonstrate satellite operating and how well the SDR receiver worked with the AO-85 downlink. With the earlier ending time for the hamfest, I saw an AO-73 pass after 1630 UTC that would be another pass I wanted to work as a demonstration. Even though the Tucson morning was comfortable outside, not requiring a jacket, I left my Windows tablet outside in the sunlight. By the time of the AO-73 pass, it shut down due to overheating. Instead of using the SDRplay on another pass, I quickly brought out my second Yaesu FT-817ND to go with the FT-817ND I already had out as my transmitter on the AO-73 pass. I was able to work a few stations, and then answer the differences in operating on a linear transponder in SSB compared to an FM satellite. I worked 3 stations, almost coast to coast across the continental USA, on this AO-73 pass. With the early end to the hamfest, I was able to start driving a little earlier toward my goal for the afternoon - a point about 15 miles/25km west of the New Mexico town of Deming, on the DM52/DM62 grid boundary. On the way out there, I made two stops to work FO-29 passes. The first FO-29 pass, just after 1900 UTC, was a quick stop in the hopes of working Paul N8HM on the National Mall in Washington DC. I stopped at an exit off I-10 about 25 miles/40km southeast of Tucson, still in the same grid DM42 as the hamfest, and was able to work Paul and Clayton W5PFG on that pass. I did not stick around to work the entire pass, as I was trying to make the 200-mile/320km drive from Tucson to that spot outside of Deming in time to work some SO-50 passes starting in the mid-afternoon. Just after crossing the Arizona/New Mexico state line, a few minutes before 2100 UTC, was another FO-29 pass. I stopped at a place I have operated from in the past, the small "town" of Road Forks, about 5 miles/8km east of the state line. Road Forks is pretty much what the name implies - a fork in the road for the old US-80, which ran through this part of the country before the interstate highways were built. I parked at an old truck stop, and worked a few stations from here. Road Forks is in grid DM52, just over 60 miles/100km west of the DM52/DM62 grid boundary, so I still had to do more driving to reach the grid boundary. I made it to the DM52/DM62 grid boundary in a little less than an hour's drive from Road Forks, and spent a few minutes getting situated to take the obligatory photos to document my location on the grid boundary. Along with photos I tweeted, my TH-D72A HT was able to transmit my location to the APRS network in this part of the country showing where I parked. In doing this, I did not have a chance to work an AO-7 pass that started just after 2200 UTC, but was definitely able to work an SO-50 pass starting around 2222 UTC. In fact, I was able to wake up SO-50 very early in the pass, as I was in a location where the nearest hills and mountains were very far in the distance. In the next 10 minutes, I worked 13 stations from coast to coast in the continental USA, and Dani TG9AMD in Guatemala City. A mostly good pass, with my activity along with Dave KG5CCI and Clayton W5PFG also working portable (KG5CCI in EM24/Oklahoma, W5PFG in EM02/Texas). With a heavy wind blowing across the desert, and not wanting to be out in the southwestern New Mexico desert after dark, I decided to only work one other pass, a western SO-50 pass just after 0000 UTC. But before that pass, I saw a tractor-trailer come off the I-10 freeway with its trailer heavily damaged. The center of the trailer looked like something heavy dropped on top of it, collapsing the trailer's roof. I also saw an interesting car chase speed by on the I-10, with 3 New Mexico state troopers chasing a Fiat westbound - and I'd see those troopers, and a couple of others, with that car later on when I started driving back to Arizona. The later SO-50 pass started around 0004 UTC, 6.04pm local time in New Mexico. Although I only worked stations as far east as Arkansas and Tennessee, I was able to work a total of 12 stations on this pass. Mostly stations along the west coast and west of the Rockies. It was nice to hand out contacts with these stations, since almost nobody gets on the birds from these two grids any more unless someone travels to or through them. After this SO-50 pass, I started my drive back home - a drive of over 250 miles/400km. After passing by the spot where that car chase ended a few miles west of the DM52/DM62 grid boundary (the Fiat looked like it spun out into the median, where the state troopers surrounded it), I kept going west on I-10 about 150 miles/250km until I reached the small Arizona town of Benson. This town, about 40 miles/65km southeast of Tucson, was a good place for me to get a late dinner, fuel for my car, and there were two more passes I wanted to work to wrap up my operating on this trip. Benson is on the north edge of grid DM41, and I saw I could work both AO-73 and AO-85 in the span of about 25 minutes around 0330 UTC from this spot. The AO-73 pass was quieter than I expected, but I worked 3 stations - Nick KE8AKW in Ohio, Hector W5CBF in Louisiana, and Brent VE5SWL in Saskatchewan who had tweeted he would be on this pass. AO-85 came by a few minutes after the AO-73 pass, and I added two more stations to the log (Jerry N0JY in Texas, Frank K6FW in California). With this, and that late dinner I needed, I went back on the I-10 to finish my drive. Benson was almost exactly the halfway point between the DM52/DM62 grid boundary and home, and the last 150 miles/250km went by in about 2 hours. Speed limits on the rural parts of I-10 in Arizona and New Mexico are 75mph or 120 km/h, in case anyone was concerned that I tried to set new land speed records for my driving on I-10. :-) Thanks to everyone who called and worked WD9EWK during the passes I worked from the hamfest! I do this on a regular basis, and many of you already give more than just a call sign and grid locator - your city/town and state, a brief rundown on your station, etc. which the crowd is listening to and appreciates hearing. All of my QSOs from this trip to southern Arizona and over to New Mexico are in Logbook of the World from 4 different grid locators (DM41, DM42, DM52, DM62), and I am happy to send QSL cards to anyone interested in a confirmation of a QSO from this trip. Please e-mail me directly with the QSO details. If you're in my log, I will be happy to send you a card. No need to first send me a card or SASE to get my card from this trip. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 10:47:51 +0000 (UTC) From: shakeel -ur-rehman <shakeelj2k(a)yahoo.com> To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] Transceiver with UHF/VHF and S-Band or upto 3GHz support Message-ID: <190028395.193239.1459421271969.JavaMail.yahoo(a)mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 We are in process of development of Student Satellite Ground station for amateur satellite. we need to select rotor and antenna s for amateur satellite ground station. We Currently Have ICOM 9100 but this transceiver doenot support High speed data download e.g 64Kbps or more. Can Any one please advice another module /transciver which can add s-band support to ICOM 9100. or what other transceivers available in market which can provide us up 3 GHz frequency band reception. Thanks and Regards Shakeel ------------------------------ Message: 10 Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 06:47:06 -0500 From: Alan <wa4sca(a)gmail.com> To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Transceiver with UHF/VHF and S-Band or upto 3GHz support Message-ID: <000e01d18b43$0d14c630$273e5290$(a)GMAIL.COM> Shakeel, Just curios, which university are you with? 73s, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of shakeel -ur-rehman via <AMSAT-BB <Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 5:48 AM <To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <Subject: [amsat-bb] Transceiver with UHF/VHF and S-Band or upto 3GHz support < < We are in process of development of Student Satellite Ground station for amateur satellite. we need to <select rotor and <antenna s for amateur satellite ground station. We Currently Have ICOM 9100 but this transceiver <doenot support High speed data download e.g 64Kbps or more. < <Can Any one please advice another module /transciver which can add s-band support to ICOM 9100. < <or what other transceivers available in market which can provide us up 3 GHz frequency band <reception. < < <Thanks and Regards < <Shakeel <_______________________________________________ <Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available <to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed <are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. <Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! <Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb ------------------------------ Message: 11 Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 09:41:39 -0500 From: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm(a)comcast.net> To: "'AMSAT BB'" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] Ham Talk Live Webcast Tonight - ARISS with Rosalie White, K1STO Message-ID: <000f01d18b5b$6fb51c00$4f1f5400$@net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Reposting from QRZ.com: Ham Talk Live! Episode #7 - ARISS with Rosalie White, K1STO - Thursday at 9pm ET Coming up this week on Ham Talk Live!, Rosalie White, K1STO will be here to talk about the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program sponsored by ARRL, AMSAT, and NASA! We will have a look back at the start of the program, the 1000th QSO that was just completed, and the future of the program. We will feature some messages from the ISS, and tell you about a way you can help! Join us Thursday night at 9 pm Eastern time on hamtalklive.com, and call in with your questions! If you can't listen live, you can hear the replay on our web site. Or, you can find us on Spreaker, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, YouTube, SoundCloud, or TuneIn. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org ------------------------------ Message: 12 Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 10:09:07 -0500 From: "Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE" <kevin(a)eaglecreekobservatory.org> To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps Message-ID: <008101d18b5f$46afb7d0$d40f2770$@org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I'm been out of the loop on AMSAT for a long time (need to re-join). AGGISAT wouldn't happen to be Texas A&M sponsored and BEVO-2 UT? Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE EL09uf Eagle Creek Observatory http://www.eaglecreekobservatory.org I am Voltohm of Borg! Resistance is E/I, you will be attenuated! -----Original Message----- From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alan Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 7:18 PM To: 'Rick Tejera'; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps Rick, >From the list AMSAT Keps distribution notes: The following satellites have been removed from the AMSAT KEP Distribution: AAUSat-5 (NORAD CAT ID 40948) Decayed 3-15-2016. AGGIESAT-4 (NORAD CAT ID 41313) Has not shown any signs of life and is considered dead. BEVO-2 (NORAD CAT ID 41314) was prematurely deployed from AGGIESAT-4 and never activated. BEVO-2 was never listed in the AMSAT KEP Distribtuion. 73s, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Tejera <Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 6:17 PM <To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <Subject: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps < <All, < < < <In noticed when updating my leps yesterday that Aggisat4 is no longer listed <in the Nasabare set. Any ideas where it went? < < < <Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) < <Saguaro Astronomy Club < <www.saguaroastro.org < <Thunderbird Radio Club < <www.w7tbc.org < <623-572-0713 < <623-203-4121 (cell) < <SaguaroAstro(a)cox.net < < < <_______________________________________________ <Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available <to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed <are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. <Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! <Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? 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WD9EWK @ Radio Society of Tucson hamfest, & other operating on 26-27 March (long)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 31 Mar '16

31 Mar '16

Hi! Last Saturday (26 March), I had an AMSAT table at the Radio Society of Tucson's annual hamfest. This year's hamfest was at a new location, at a Target store on the east end of that city. Even with the new location, there was a nice turnout. And, unlike most hamfests in Arizona, the organizers were most truthful with the hours for the hamfest - 6am (1300 UTC), which was just before sunrise, until 11am (1800 UTC) when most are leaving for lunch or to pick up with the rest of their weekends. I took advantage of this, and will go into my post-hamfest activities in a bit. I arrived in Tucson the night before the hamfest, and saw a tweet asking if anyone would be on an AO-85 pass just before 0500 UTC. I had arrived in Tucson about 90 minutes before that pass, saw a Wal-Mart store near my motel, and decided to give it a try. A nice pass, where I worked Fernando NP4JV about 60 miles south of me and Paul N8HM in Washington DC. I also copied telemetry, which I uploaded after the pass back in the motel room. A good pass, and a good way to start this rapid-fire trip to Tucson and beyond. The hamfest had a crowd showing up just after 5am (1200 UTC), including me. I had my AMSAT table ready, and my station set for the first of two AO-85 passes at 1330 UTC. I worked stations from coast to (almost) coast, using my IC-2730A FM mobile radio as the transmitter and my SDRplay SDR receiver and 8-inch Windows tablet as the receiver. As with other recent events, using an SDR receiver brings out lots of questions. For Saturday morning, this meant I missed working the 3 XW-2 satellites that were passing by after this pass. After talking about SDR, and mentioning I would use the SDRplay on the second AO-85 pass a few minutes after 1500 UTC, I had a larger crowd around for that pass. Not as many stations on as with the earlier pass, but still enough to demonstrate satellite operating and how well the SDR receiver worked with the AO-85 downlink. With the earlier ending time for the hamfest, I saw an AO-73 pass after 1630 UTC that would be another pass I wanted to work as a demonstration. Even though the Tucson morning was comfortable outside, not requiring a jacket, I left my Windows tablet outside in the sunlight. By the time of the AO-73 pass, it shut down due to overheating. Instead of using the SDRplay on another pass, I quickly brought out my second Yaesu FT-817ND to go with the FT-817ND I already had out as my transmitter on the AO-73 pass. I was able to work a few stations, and then answer the differences in operating on a linear transponder in SSB compared to an FM satellite. I worked 3 stations, almost coast to coast across the continental USA, on this AO-73 pass. With the early end to the hamfest, I was able to start driving a little earlier toward my goal for the afternoon - a point about 15 miles/25km west of the New Mexico town of Deming, on the DM52/DM62 grid boundary. On the way out there, I made two stops to work FO-29 passes. The first FO-29 pass, just after 1900 UTC, was a quick stop in the hopes of working Paul N8HM on the National Mall in Washington DC. I stopped at an exit off I-10 about 25 miles/40km southeast of Tucson, still in the same grid DM42 as the hamfest, and was able to work Paul and Clayton W5PFG on that pass. I did not stick around to work the entire pass, as I was trying to make the 200-mile/320km drive from Tucson to that spot outside of Deming in time to work some SO-50 passes starting in the mid-afternoon. Just after crossing the Arizona/New Mexico state line, a few minutes before 2100 UTC, was another FO-29 pass. I stopped at a place I have operated from in the past, the small "town" of Road Forks, about 5 miles/8km east of the state line. Road Forks is pretty much what the name implies - a fork in the road for the old US-80, which ran through this part of the country before the interstate highways were built. I parked at an old truck stop, and worked a few stations from here. Road Forks is in grid DM52, just over 60 miles/100km west of the DM52/DM62 grid boundary, so I still had to do more driving to reach the grid boundary. I made it to the DM52/DM62 grid boundary in a little less than an hour's drive from Road Forks, and spent a few minutes getting situated to take the obligatory photos to document my location on the grid boundary. Along with photos I tweeted, my TH-D72A HT was able to transmit my location to the APRS network in this part of the country showing where I parked. In doing this, I did not have a chance to work an AO-7 pass that started just after 2200 UTC, but was definitely able to work an SO-50 pass starting around 2222 UTC. In fact, I was able to wake up SO-50 very early in the pass, as I was in a location where the nearest hills and mountains were very far in the distance. In the next 10 minutes, I worked 13 stations from coast to coast in the continental USA, and Dani TG9AMD in Guatemala City. A mostly good pass, with my activity along with Dave KG5CCI and Clayton W5PFG also working portable (KG5CCI in EM24/Oklahoma, W5PFG in EM02/Texas). With a heavy wind blowing across the desert, and not wanting to be out in the southwestern New Mexico desert after dark, I decided to only work one other pass, a western SO-50 pass just after 0000 UTC. But before that pass, I saw a tractor-trailer come off the I-10 freeway with its trailer heavily damaged. The center of the trailer looked like something heavy dropped on top of it, collapsing the trailer's roof. I also saw an interesting car chase speed by on the I-10, with 3 New Mexico state troopers chasing a Fiat westbound - and I'd see those troopers, and a couple of others, with that car later on when I started driving back to Arizona. The later SO-50 pass started around 0004 UTC, 6.04pm local time in New Mexico. Although I only worked stations as far east as Arkansas and Tennessee, I was able to work a total of 12 stations on this pass. Mostly stations along the west coast and west of the Rockies. It was nice to hand out contacts with these stations, since almost nobody gets on the birds from these two grids any more unless someone travels to or through them. After this SO-50 pass, I started my drive back home - a drive of over 250 miles/400km. After passing by the spot where that car chase ended a few miles west of the DM52/DM62 grid boundary (the Fiat looked like it spun out into the median, where the state troopers surrounded it), I kept going west on I-10 about 150 miles/250km until I reached the small Arizona town of Benson. This town, about 40 miles/65km southeast of Tucson, was a good place for me to get a late dinner, fuel for my car, and there were two more passes I wanted to work to wrap up my operating on this trip. Benson is on the north edge of grid DM41, and I saw I could work both AO-73 and AO-85 in the span of about 25 minutes around 0330 UTC from this spot. The AO-73 pass was quieter than I expected, but I worked 3 stations - Nick KE8AKW in Ohio, Hector W5CBF in Louisiana, and Brent VE5SWL in Saskatchewan who had tweeted he would be on this pass. AO-85 came by a few minutes after the AO-73 pass, and I added two more stations to the log (Jerry N0JY in Texas, Frank K6FW in California). With this, and that late dinner I needed, I went back on the I-10 to finish my drive. Benson was almost exactly the halfway point between the DM52/DM62 grid boundary and home, and the last 150 miles/250km went by in about 2 hours. Speed limits on the rural parts of I-10 in Arizona and New Mexico are 75mph or 120 km/h, in case anyone was concerned that I tried to set new land speed records for my driving on I-10. :-) Thanks to everyone who called and worked WD9EWK during the passes I worked from the hamfest! I do this on a regular basis, and many of you already give more than just a call sign and grid locator - your city/town and state, a brief rundown on your station, etc. which the crowd is listening to and appreciates hearing. All of my QSOs from this trip to southern Arizona and over to New Mexico are in Logbook of the World from 4 different grid locators (DM41, DM42, DM52, DM62), and I am happy to send QSL cards to anyone interested in a confirmation of a QSO from this trip. Please e-mail me directly with the QSO details. If you're in my log, I will be happy to send you a card. No need to first send me a card or SASE to get my card from this trip. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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Re: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps
by Rick Tejera 31 Mar '16

31 Mar '16

Well that answers that. Thanks. Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Radio Club www.w7tbc.org 623-572-0713 623-203-4121 (cell) SaguaroAstro(a)cox.net -----Original Message----- From: Alan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 5:18 PM To: 'Rick Tejera'; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps Rick, >From the list AMSAT Keps distribution notes: The following satellites have been removed from the AMSAT KEP Distribution: AAUSat-5 (NORAD CAT ID 40948) Decayed 3-15-2016. AGGIESAT-4 (NORAD CAT ID 41313) Has not shown any signs of life and is considered dead. BEVO-2 (NORAD CAT ID 41314) was prematurely deployed from AGGIESAT-4 and never activated. BEVO-2 was never listed in the AMSAT KEP Distribtuion. 73s, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Tejera <Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 6:17 PM <To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org <Subject: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps < <All, < < < <In noticed when updating my leps yesterday that Aggisat4 is no longer listed <in the Nasabare set. Any ideas where it went? < < < <Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) < <Saguaro Astronomy Club < <www.saguaroastro.org < <Thunderbird Radio Club < <www.w7tbc.org < <623-572-0713 < <623-203-4121 (cell) < <SaguaroAstro(a)cox.net < < < <_______________________________________________ <Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available <to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed <are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. <Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! <Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Xw-2a
by jeffory broughton 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Another problem is ,a lot folks work during the day and are not around . These birds see lots of activity during the weekends.Try listening then. Jeff WB8RJY jeff broughton

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Do I need to figure in declination adjustment for my array?
by hdskullfire2 . 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

If using a compass for initial mechanical line up, do I have to compensate & make the required declination adjustment? Right now mine would be 13 degrees for my location in eastern Pennsylvania? Steve NS3L

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Is it me?
by Rick Tejera 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

All, While planning upgrades to the shack, I've decided to try my hand at the linear birds again, taking myb TS-2000 outside and operating Semi portable. So far it has been a lesson in frustration. I've yet to find my downlink. Tonight I tried to get on XW-2C on the 0100UT pass which was 70 degrees from DM33. First let me describe how I set up. (I finally solved the memory storage issue I wrote about a few weeks ago). basically it's just the radio into an ELK on my equatorial tripod mount and the laptop (Still waiting for the USB-->Serial converter to get SATPC 32 talking to the radio). So I started at the center of the passband and using the doppler corrections in SAtPC, tuned the UHF uplink down to where Sat POC said it would hear at the sat and moved around bit trying to hear myself. Kept adjusting the uplink and also played with the other way Calling CQ on the uplink and moving the downlink trying to find myself.self Didn't hear jack the whole pass. I did record the pass and thought I might have heard myself, but it was toow eak to discern my call or grid, (though it did kinda sound like me). So, I guess I have two questions: 1) Is my methodology correct? if not what am I doing wrong? 2) Did anyone hear me? I'm hoping once I get the Cable and SATPC talking to the radio, it might make it easier, but I think knowing how to do this manually should be skillset i should have. Thanks in advance. Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Radio Club www.w7tbc.org 623-572-0713 623-203-4121 (cell) SaguaroAstro(a)cox.net

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XW-2A, C and F Operation
by Richard Lawn 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

I'm confounded by the lack of activity on these satellites which are functioning quite well. I just called and called with no takers until close to the end of the pass I thought I heard a French Canadian trying to call me but it was getting too low to my horizon. More operators should be using these birds while they are still functioning. 73 Rick, W2JAZ

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Re: [amsat-bb] Is it me?
by Rick Tejera 29 Mar '16

29 Mar '16

It's,satellite ready. Essentially in sat mode, adjustments to the down link are match to the uplink. So if you want to operate 5kz below the center of the passband. You adjust the uplink and the downlink will track up 5kz. Once you're their you unlink them and correct gor the doppler. At least that's how it's supposed to work.... The USB to serial cable I ordered is delayed, so at least another week before I can get the laptop to talk to the radio. Rick Tejera K7TEJSaguaroAstro(a)cox.net623-203-4121 -------- Original message -------- From: Jeff Moore <tnetcenter(a)gmail.com> Date: 03/29/2016 11:33 (GMT-07:00) To: Amsat BB <AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Is it me? I thought the TS-2000 had all the doppler correction built in. Why aren't you using that since your laptop isn't attached to the radio???? Jeff Moore -- KE7ACY On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 8:41 PM, Rick Tejera <saguaroastro(a)cox.net> wrote: > All, > > > > While planning upgrades to the shack, I've decided to try my hand at the > linear birds again, taking myb TS-2000 outside and operating Semi portable. > So far it has been a lesson in frustration. I've yet to find my downlink. > Tonight I tried to get on XW-2C on the 0100UT pass which was 70 degrees > from > DM33. > > > > First let me describe how I set up. (I finally solved the memory storage > issue I wrote about a few weeks ago). basically it's just the radio into an > ELK on my equatorial tripod mount and the laptop (Still waiting for the > USB-->Serial converter to get SATPC 32 talking to the radio). > > So I started at the center of the passband and using the doppler > corrections > in SAtPC, tuned the UHF uplink down to where Sat POC said it would hear at > the sat and moved around bit trying to hear myself. Kept adjusting the > uplink and also played with the other way Calling CQ on the uplink and > moving the downlink trying to find myself.self Didn't hear jack the whole > pass. > > > > I did record the pass and thought I might have heard myself, but it was > toow > eak to discern my call or grid, (though it did kinda sound like me). > > > > So, I guess I have two questions: > > > > 1) Is my methodology correct? if not what am I doing wrong? > > 2) Did anyone hear me? > > > > I'm hoping once I get the Cable and SATPC talking to the radio, it might > make it easier, but I think knowing how to do this manually should be > skillset i should have. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) > > Saguaro Astronomy Club > > www.saguaroastro.org > > Thunderbird Radio Club > > www.w7tbc.org > > 623-572-0713 > > 623-203-4121 (cell) > > SaguaroAstro(a)cox.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions > expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of > AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Re: [amsat-bb] Is it me?
by Rick Tejera 29 Mar '16

29 Mar '16

I'm running off battery power. Either my 12 ah agm or, if i'm not too lazy, a,110ah deep cell marine battery. Rick Tejera K7TEJSaguaroAstro(a)cox.net623-203-4121 -------- Original message -------- From: Norm n3ykf <normanlizeth(a)gmail.com> Date: 03/29/2016 05:43 (GMT-07:00) To: Rick Tejera <saguaroastro(a)cox.net> Cc: "&lt,amsat-bb(a)amsat.org&gt," <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Is it me? More from the stupid question file: What kind of power supply are you using? Is it providing enough current? I don't trust the power output indicator on a radio. Use an IC-7000 and an 857d portable. The 857d has a voltmeter that indicates B+. Keeping an eye on it before, duing and after key down gives me a feel for what the battery is producing. Could also be desense. If you've got a cavity handy and a way to make a return loss measurement (tune it), it's worth a try! My Times Technologies T-100 has this function. Present generation is 200$ on my fave-rave auction site. Find the bug, prove the bug, shoot the bug. On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 11:41 PM, Rick Tejera <saguaroastro(a)cox.net> wrote: > All, > > > > While planning upgrades to the shack, I've decided to try my hand at the > linear birds again, taking myb TS-2000 outside and operating Semi portable. > So far it has been a lesson in frustration. I've yet to find my downlink. > Tonight I tried to get on XW-2C on the 0100UT pass which was 70 degrees from > DM33. > > > > First let me describe how I set up. (I finally solved the memory storage > issue I wrote about a few weeks ago). basically it's just the radio into an > ELK on my equatorial tripod mount and the laptop (Still waiting for the > USB-->Serial converter to get SATPC 32 talking to the radio). > > So I started at the center of the passband and using the doppler corrections > in SAtPC, tuned the UHF uplink down to where Sat POC said it would hear at > the sat and moved around bit trying to hear myself. Kept adjusting the > uplink and also played with the other way Calling CQ on the uplink and > moving the downlink trying to find myself.self Didn't hear jack the whole > pass. > > > > I did record the pass and thought I might have heard myself, but it was toow > eak to discern my call or grid, (though it did kinda sound like me). > > > > So, I guess I have two questions: > > > > 1) Is my methodology correct? if not what am I doing wrong? > > 2) Did anyone hear me? > > > > I'm hoping once I get the Cable and SATPC talking to the radio, it might > make it easier, but I think knowing how to do this manually should be > skillset i should have. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Rick Tejera (K7TEJ) > > Saguaro Astronomy Club > > www.saguaroastro.org > > Thunderbird Radio Club > > www.w7tbc.org > > 623-572-0713 > > 623-203-4121 (cell) > > SaguaroAstro(a)cox.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Re: [amsat-bb] Is it me?
by Rick Tejera 29 Mar '16

29 Mar '16

Didn't think of that, will give it a go next time, hopefully later tonight. Thanks Rick Tejera K7TEJSaguaroAstro(a)cox.net623-203-4121 -------- Original message -------- From: Perry Yantis <py41(a)att.net> Date: 03/29/2016 04:54 (GMT-07:00) To: Amsat bb <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] Is it me? Look at your display on the TS2000. Above the first digit on the freq display you should see “PRE” meaning the preamp is on. On my TS2000 setup with the preamp on I hear all sats just fine. But every now and then I notice that the “PRE” is not on and as a result I don’t hear the sats or they are very weak. I have now got into the habit of looking for the “PRE” every time I turn on the sat tracking program (MacDoppler on my Apple computer). This may be the only problem you are having and is easily fixed. Perry WB8OTH py41(a)att.net Sent from my Apple Macbook Pro _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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