August 2016 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

NO-84 mystery solved
by Mark Lunday 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

On the 0340 UTC pass, I again could see someone in the passband, but it showed as 10 traces rather than one. At the end of the transmission, I heard a CW ID. So I emailed the operator. Turns out, he's transmitting PropNet PSK beacon signal, and it's falling in the passband of NO-84 uplink! Now it makes sense. And of course I could not decode his PSK31 signal, because it's sending data aligned with the PropNet algorithm! I still can't see my signal on the downlink. Maybe I need to try a different antenna.. Mark Lunday, WD4ELG Greensboro, NC FM06be wd4elg(a)arrl.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com

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Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend
by W2JV 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

Hello: This weekend, Saturday and Sunday, the 20th and 21st, is International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend. We will use the W2GSB callsign, with QSL information listed on the GSBARC site. As usual, GSBARC will be setting up two HF radio stations and a satellite station at the Fire Island Lighthouse. . In addition, since we are at the Fire Island National Seashore, FN30, we will be operating as a National Parks on the Air ( NPOTA #SS07). station. We will have the capability to operate on all the available satellites, look forward to working you, beginning with SO-50, 14:08 U. 73’s Peter W2JV

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by Alvaro de Leon Romo 19 Aug '16

19 Aug '16

Starting tomorrow, the CY9C DXpedition will be QRV from St. Paul Island

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Re: [amsat-bb] VSPE 64-bit splitter
by Mark Johns 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

After some additional hours of messing around, I HAVE gotten the VSPE splitter to work. However, it is maxed out at 9600 baud. Anything faster and it will start to hiccup! In most instances for CI-V, that is fast enough anyway. -- Mark D. Johns, KØMDJ Decorah, Iowa USA EN43 ----------------------------------------------- "Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in." ---Mark Twain ----- Original Message ----- From: Daryl - K4RGK <k4rgk(a)arrl.net> To: Mark Johns <mjohns166(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2016 10:24 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] VSPE 64-bit splitter Mark, It has worked perfectly for me on a Win 7 64 bit system. In fact it has worked when two others I tried did not. I'm not at my shack QTH now but if you still have issues tomorrow I'd be happy to share my notes and config. Sounds like that may not help but from experience I must say Eterlogic VSPE is definitely up to the task. 73 Daryl K4RGK

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Re: [amsat-bb] ISS QSO with Kopernik Science Center
by n4csitwo 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

Thanks for the reports guys.Dave, AA4KN ARISS mentor for Kopernik contact Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message --------From: John Brier <johnbrier(a)gmail.com> Date: 8/18/16 12:51 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Steve Kristoff <skristof(a)etczone.com> Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ISS QSO with Kopernik Science Center Same in NC FM05. max elevation 51 degrees. 73, John Brier KG4AKV On Aug 18, 2016 12:40 PM, <skristof(a)etczone.com> wrote: > Very good reception of ISS side of the QSO with Kopernik Center in New > York. Monitored in Batesville, Indiana, EM79jg. Max elevation 17 > degrees. Used a Baofeng UV82 HT and an Arrow Antenna. > > Steve AI9IN > _______________________________________________ > 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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Web and e-mail slowdown during last 24 hours
by Joe Fitzgerald 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

Hello all. We had an anomaly on the web and mail server yesterday which affected web performance between 10:30 UTC and 17:10 UTC. Additionally, mail was slowed down between 10:30 UTC the 17th and 06:40 UTC today the 18th. I do not believe any mail was lost. 73 de KM1P Joe

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Can we do better?
by Robert McGwier 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

Can we do better than SSB voice with +10 dB SNR in 2500 Hz for a net data speed of 20* bits/second* and which requires 31 dB Eb/N0? In the AMSAT journal you are about to receive and at ARRL/TAPR DCC, Michelle Thompson, W5NYV and I answer this question to the best of our ability. Bob N4HY -- Bob McGwier Founder, Federated Wireless, Inc Founder and Technical Advisor, HawkEye 360, Inc Research Professor Virginia Tech Chief Scientist: The Ted and Karyn Hume Center for National Security and Technology Senior Member IEEE, Facebook: N4HYBob, ARS: N4HY Faculty Advisor Virginia Tech Amateur Radio Assn. (K4KDJ) Director of AMSAT

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DXpeditions with Satellite Ops - CY9C (8/19 - 8/29) & YX0V (8/31 - 9/10)
by Paul Stoetzer 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

The next several weeks should be very exciting for satellite users across North and South America as well as Europe. Starting tomorrow, the CY9C DXpedition will be QRV from St. Paul Island with great footprints across Europe and North America and it was announced last night that the YX0V DXpedition to Aves Island, scheduled for August 31st - September 10th, will include satellite operations as well ( http://www.amsat.org/?p=5436). The Caribbean location and flat island terrain should provide excellent footprints across North and South America. It's wonderful to see major DXpeditions incorporating satellite activity into their plans with K1N last year and now two back to back this year. Let's hope this trend continues. I would encourage all satellite operators to support these DXpeditions and make it clear in your comments that you are supporting them due to the inclusion of satellite operations. And please be respectful and courteous when they are on the satellites. Let's show them the best of the amateur satellite community with hope that future DXpeditions will see these examples and also incorporate satellite operations. 73, Paul, N8HM

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ISS QSO with Kopernik Science Center
by skristof＠etczone.com 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

Very good reception of ISS side of the QSO with Kopernik Center in New York. Monitored in Batesville, Indiana, EM79jg. Max elevation 17 degrees. Used a Baofeng UV82 HT and an Arrow Antenna. Steve AI9IN

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[Video] My First SO-50 Contact! And 18 QSL Cards From 2000!
by John Brier 18 Aug '16

18 Aug '16

https://youtu.be/S2lHDKqTYXg I made five contacts on this SO-50 pass on May 11th, 2015 in Cary, North Carolina. In the video you can see a picture of me when I was 16 in 2000 with my original Arrow II antenna, the same one I used in this video in 2015. Additionally, I show 18 unique QSL cards I collected in 2000 when I first got into satellites, while operating on AO-27, SO-35 and UO-14. Stations contacted on this pass: 1) K4FEG Tennessee 2) N2PPL New York 3) WI9I Illinois 4) W2HRO New Jersey 5) KD8ATF West Virginia QSL Cards from 2000: 01) K8KFJ 02) K6YK 03) VA3PKH 04) K5UIC 05) N1JEZ 06) KG4ENR 07) K5VAS 08) N1ORC 09) K8ZZU 10) KK5DO 11) W5BTS 12) WA2IWW 13) WA3SKQ 14) N9UUR 15) KB1EAA 16) KC8??? 17) WB2RXF 18) N7SFI Thanks for watching! 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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