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cheap radio
by Bob- W7LRD 19 Mar '16

19 Mar '16

found this on Ebay-Patrick will know if it works well on satellites. I got one just because it's so cheap. http://www.ebay.com/itm/111917016904?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageNam… 73 Bob w7LRD

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Alinco 440 FM - FS, 10% to AMSAT
by Chris Spacone 19 Mar '16

19 Mar '16

All, Hopefully I'm not violating any rules regarding posting items for sale. I'm cleaning out the garage and have an Alinco 435 for sale. The link points to pictures on dropbox (https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0j8r3xe5zlekrdr/AADbEZkWB3-r9VvjduFe1qJva?dl=0) If you are interested please contact me off-list. 10% of sale goes to AMSAT! Asking $200.00 plus shipping of your choice (example, USPS Priority, first class, UPS Fedex) with payment via PayPal. 73, Chris Spacone, KD6OUB 2516 Maricopa St. Torrance, CA 90503 cspacone(a)socal.rr.com <mailto:cspacone@socal.rr.com>

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Terms
by Arthur Feller, W4ART 19 Mar '16

19 Mar '16

Hi!! Seems that many folks need clarification of some common operational terms. Here are definitions from the radio regulations (2012 edition). RR 1.125 simplex operation: Operating method in which transmission is made possible alternately in each direction of a telecommunication channel, for example, by means of manual control2. RR 1.126 duplex operation: Operating method in which transmission is possible simultaneously in both directions of a telecommunication channel2. RR 1.127 semi-duplex operation: A method which is simplex operation at one end of the circuit and duplex operation at the other.2 2 1.125.1, 1.126.1 and 1.127.1 In general, duplex operation and semi-duplex operation require two frequencies in radiocommunication; simplex operation may use either one or two. I hope this helps. 73, art….. W4ART Arlington VA To thrive in life, you need three bones: a wish bone, a back bone, and a funny bone. - Reba McEntire http://afeller.us <http://afeller.us/>

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-19 05:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 19 Mar '16

19 Mar '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-03-19 05:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Walter Jackson Elementary, Decatur, Alabama, direct via N8DEU The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact was successful: Fri 2016-03-18 13:53:49 UTC 69 deg (***) **************************************************************************** ** The next window to submit a proposal for an upcoming contact is now open. The window is open from 2016-02-15 to 2016-04-15 and would be for contacts between 2017-01-01 and 2017-06-30. Check out the ARISS website http://www.ariss.org/ or the ARRL website http://www.arrl.org/hosting-an-ariss-contact for full details. **************************************************************************** ** ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Feel free to send your reports to aj9n(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** *** All ARISS contacts are made via the Ericsson radio unless otherwise noted. **************************************************************************** *** Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and not being able to get in. That has now been changed to http://www.ariss.org/ Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site. **************************************************************************** Looking for something new to do? How about receiving DATV from the ISS? If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video. http://www.ariss-eu.org/ If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to provide some insight. Contact Kerry at kbanke(a)sbcglobal.net **************************************************************************** ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100 schools: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 116 Francesco IKØWGF with 116 **************************************************************************** The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date webpages were removed and new ones have been added. If there are additional ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know. Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended that you do your own orbital prediction or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed time. All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-03-19 05:30 UTC. (***) Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school contacts, and questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and instructions for any contact that may be streamed live. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1037. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1002. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 47. A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the file. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact: Arkansas, Delaware, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ QSL information may be found at: http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html ISS callsigns: DPØISS, IRØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS **************************************************************************** The successful school list has been updated as of 2016-03-19 05:30 UTC. (***) http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction .rtf Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of 2006-07-10 03:30 UTC. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415 **************************************************************************** Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Re: [amsat-bb] cheap radio
by Rick Tejera 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Steve, if you're using two radios, you're working Full Duplex.... 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: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of skristof(a)etczone.com Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 11:25 AM To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] cheap radio You can use two of them and work semi-duplex. I use two Baofeng UV82 radios and an Arrow antenna on SO-50 and LilacSat. (I know, the ideal is to work full-duplex. I apologize if I have ever stepped on anyone by working semi-duplex.) By the way, does anyone know China's email address? I want to ask them to turn the LilacSat transponder back on. Steve AI9IN On 2016-03-18 13:42, Bob- W7LRD wrote: > found this on Ebay-Patrick will know if it works well on satellites. I got one just because it's so cheap. > http://www.ebay.com/itm/111917016904?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName =STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT [1] > 73 Bob w7LRD > _______________________________________________ > 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 [2] Links: ------ [1] http://www.ebay.com/itm/111917016904?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPage Name=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT [2] 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] Trouble programming a TS-2000
by Rick Tejera 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Tom, Craig, N6RSX has been corresponding with me off list and mentioned that the radio in sat mode is cross band. That turned on the light. Exactly what you noted. When i was trying to enter the 2m downlink into VFO A, VFO B was already in 2m. So i set VFO B to 6m and bingo, VFO A was able to go into 2m. Once I put in the downlink, I was able to switch VFO B to 70cmnd program that in. Thanks to Craig for a lot of other good advice and You as well Tom for confirming the problem for others. Now to see if I can get on the air....... 73 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 From: Tom Moretto [mailto:tom.moretto@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 7:59 AM To: Rick Tejera Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Trouble programming a TS-2000 Hi Rick, just a tip, because it happened to me ;-) When you're going to program one vfo, make sure the other is not on the same band or you won't be abble to enter the qrg. 73, Tom F8COD 2016-03-16 5:22 GMT+01:00 Rick Tejera <saguaroastro(a)cox.net>: All, Cross posting from the amsat-na fb page: OK TS-2000 users, I finally have some time and decided to program the sat memories in my TS-2000. Now according to the manual you put the downlink into VFO-A and the uplink into VFO-B. Straight forward enough, problem is when I select VFO-A on the sub receiver to add it, I can't seem to make it find the 2m band. It goes from 70cm to 6m. I have no idea why it's doing this. Anyone else have this problem? 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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Colorado Amateur Satellite net Begins in 1 hour
by Skyler F 17 Mar '16

17 Mar '16

This is a reminder that the Colorado Amateur Satellite net will begin in 1 hour from now (7PM mountain time Thursday). 6PM Pacific 7PM Mountain 8PM Central 9PM Eastern Please visit us on *AMSATNET.INFO <http://amsatnet.info/>* *IRLP* 9870, the Denver Reflector *ALLSTAR LINK* 40764, direct hookup to the repeater here. 41715, KC9ZHV hub at a data center if I am out of bandwidth. More info on AllStar - amsatnet.info/#node *ECHOLINK* *AMSAT* unless there is an ARISS contact, then go direct to KD0WHB-L *LOCAL RF* 449.625 (-) 141.3 ( WØKU Lookout Mountain) 447.225 (-) 141.3 (The STEM school repeater we set up) 447.850 (-) 141.3 (ACØKQ's repeater where he lives on TOP of saddleback mountain) 147.450 SIMPLEX (Aurora, CO) 446.275 (-) 100.0 Galena St. Local repeater at my house, giving a whopping 5 blocks of great coverage *REMOTE RF* Your Repeater here!, Email me if you want to link in or me to link your echolink or allstar repeater in automatically (no automatic IRLP linking supported) Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KDØWHB electricity440(a)gmail.com

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Menu for Dayton AMSAT/TAPR Banquet
by Bruce 17 Mar '16

17 Mar '16

I have just updated the menu at the AMSAT online store for the festivities this year. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Alternate 2015-2016 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat

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Re: [amsat-bb] Squelch setting on TH-D72a for FM birds - newbie question
by Rick Tejera 17 Mar '16

17 Mar '16

Sounds like you're ready to transmit. Two things to add. First, And I presume you've already done this, but make sure you a 67.0hz PL tone programmed on the uplink frequencies and on with a 74.4hz tone, so you can turn it on if needed. Next, I set the Audio balance (menu 120) to A band, mute the Tx band. A headset is a good idea for the reason you state. You can use a set of ear buds and still use the Mic. I use a Heil traveler head set with boom mike. I like it since it has interchangeable interfaces for different radios. I've got the adaptors for all my radios. Unfortunately Heil realized they can sell more headsets by discontinuing this model rather than just selling $10.00 adapters. I fashioned a Y cord for mine so i can plug a digital recorder into the downlink side of the headset. Fits between the headset and the radio. Enjoy yourself, trust me, the only thing better than the first time you hear your signal on the downlink. is making your first QSO. Still remember mine like it was yesterday. 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: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Jim Walls Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 7:19 AM To: kevino z; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Squelch setting on TH-D72a for FM birds - newbie question Short answer is yes. Jim - K6CCC ---------------------------------------- From: "kevino z" <z_kevino(a)hotmail.com> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2016 4:17 AM To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Squelch setting on TH-D72a for FM birds - newbie question Pretty excited I heard my first satellite tonight, but not without beginner's mistakes. I was not trying to hit the satellite with TX tonight, just listening to learn the proper exchange. I think I did my homework and have programmed SO-50 frequencies in my TH-D72a correctly. I put the radio TX in the VFO "B" position, and all of the RX in the "A" and turned on full duplex. I left the squelch one up from open. I hooked my arrow antenna up, and held the antenna right at the satellite. Nothing. Then I switched to VFO A (RX) and held the monitor (squelch open) and heard some folks. While still in VFO A, I switched memory locations while holding the monitor on, to make sure I was on frequency (these RX memories account for doppler). When I heard a QSO, I let go of the monitor and the signal did not break squelch. So my question: Must I leave squelch all the way wide open when working FM satellites? If so, I guess that I need to buy some headphones so I do not introduce feedback into the TX side while in full duplex. Could some of you seasoned satellite folks help a new guy out? thank you Kevin (KK4YEL) No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced ! _______________________________________________ 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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Squelch setting on TH-D72a for FM birds - newbie question
by kevino z 17 Mar '16

17 Mar '16

Pretty excited I heard my first satellite tonight, but not without beginner's mistakes. I was not trying to hit the satellite with TX tonight, just listening to learn the proper exchange. I think I did my homework and have programmed SO-50 frequencies in my TH-D72a correctly. I put the radio TX in the VFO "B" position, and all of the RX in the "A" and turned on full duplex. I left the squelch one up from open. I hooked my arrow antenna up, and held the antenna right at the satellite. Nothing. Then I switched to VFO A (RX) and held the monitor (squelch open) and heard some folks. While still in VFO A, I switched memory locations while holding the monitor on, to make sure I was on frequency (these RX memories account for doppler). When I heard a QSO, I let go of the monitor and the signal did not break squelch. So my question: Must I leave squelch all the way wide open when working FM satellites? If so, I guess that I need to buy some headphones so I do not introduce feedback into the TX side while in full duplex. Could some of you seasoned satellite folks help a new guy out? thank you Kevin (KK4YEL) No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced !

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