October 2017 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Wisp Question
by Andrew Rich 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

Hello I have a good down link from Falconsat-3 Where do i get WISP ? Will WISP work with dire wolf ? That is my decoder Andrew

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Satreporter new features
by Andrew Rich 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

Hello Sat reporter has some new features “chat” so you can chat about if your hearing satellites and “manual entry” if you want to add something to the log Enjoy http://59.167.159.165/satreporter/index2.html <http://59.167.159.165/satreporter/index2.html> Andrew VK4TEC

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Image from K2MO recieved on Falconsat-3
by Roland Zurmely 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

with WiSP, VSP3 and Soundmodem0.19: <http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/falconsat.htm#d> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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Re: [amsat-bb] M2 Driven element matching section
by Richard Lawn 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

Problem is solved! A friend and "elmer" who got me started in with sats years ago has one he took off when he changed to polarity switching. TNX to those who offered assistance. 73 Rick, W2JAZ

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M2 yagi problem
by Richard Lawn 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

I have a problem with my 70cm cir Pol yagi. A feed line got tangled in the antenna apparently when I moved the antennas from a high angle back to 0 degrees. A driver element was bent and nearly pulled completely out of the insulator and matching unit. I pushed it back in through the insulator but the analyzer shows no resonance at frequency. Is it possible to open up the small matching unit box and repair such a problem or am I destined to buy a new unit from M2? 73 Rick, W2JAZ -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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Building a new system
by Roger 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

I'm in the process of assembling a new system dedicated to sats and the like. I have a decent steerable array, quality preamps, dedicated computers, and radio with panadapter. I'm focusing on telemetry, decoding, and other interesting downlinks. I am literate in Satpc32 and have it running already. I'm soliciting information or ideas that I can incorporate that might benefit the AMSAT community, recommendations for specific satellite software, uploads, etc. Thanks for your time. 73, Roger W7TZ CN83ia Grid Busters w7tz.webs.com

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RS0ISS Digipeater
by Alex Weimer 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

Thanks for the info on others also having problems with the ISS packet digipeater. Thanks to K4KDR and KG4AKV. this confirms that I am not the only one experiencing problems. I also noticed that once the sat is no longer approaching that I cannot get into the digipeater and have trouble hearing it ..Evidently it seems to be the ISS antenna is no longer accessible from my location ?? Thought it was just Me !!! 73 JACK-KC7MG

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QIKCOM-1 Summary
by Robert Bruninga 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

The QIKCOM-1 module was to be powered by 28 volts after the host spacecraft deployed its solar panels, charged its batteries and determined that power was nominal. Since QIKCOM-1 also had a completely separate QIKCOM-11 VHF beacon and separate antenna to come on over the USA too, and neither have been heard, we assume the module has not been powered up. Both the host and QKCOM-1 were delivered about two and a half years ago and spent most of that time stored on ISS awaiting deployment. We thank everyone who listened after the deployment on Friday, but since both transmitters are on common APRS frequencies, monitored routinely in USA and around the world we will surely see it anyway if it powers up. Since it was deployed from ISS to avoid re-contact later, then it will be in essentially the same orbit but going lower. And lower orbits go faster. Deployed at 0.3 m/s or about 1kph, my guess is it will gain about 20 seconds a week.in front of ISS AOS as a wild guess. Bob Bruninga, WB4APR

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Yaesu FT-847 available
by na2x＠yahoo.com 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

I'm selling a Yaesu FT-847. I know it's a popular radio with satellite operators so I thought I'd offer it here first. Ship to USA only. If interested, contact me off list via E-mail at NA2X (at) yahoo (dot) com

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WD9EWK Nevada/Utah road trip (30 October-1 November)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 29 Oct '17

29 Oct '17

Hi! I know others have traversed much of Nevada in recent weeks, but I am planning to also do something like that over the next 2+ days. With the AMSAT Symposium wrapping up here in Reno, I plan on heading east along I-80 toward Utah on Monday morning. I hope to be able to activate some grids (DN00, DN10, DN11, DN20, DN21, DN30) before I stop for the night somewhere around the Nevada/Utah state line. Tuesday will see a return trip west across Nevada via US-93 and US-50, where I may be able to make stops at DM28 and a quick excursion to DM39 inside Utah, before hitting DM29 and DM19 on the westbound trip back to Reno. I might get on the air Wednesday morning before returning to the Reno airport for my flight home, probably from somewhere in DM09 one last time. It looks like APRS digipeaters cover much of I-80 and US-50 across Nevada, and I might show up as WD9EWK-9 on web sites like http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 as I drive around. I will also use my @WD9EWK Twitter account to send out updates. If you don't use Twitter, you can still view my tweets in a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK I have already uploaded my logs to Logbook of the World from the past few days' operating around Reno and Lake Tahoe. I'll do the same for the QSOs logged in the next couple of days, but I might not get them into LOTW right after each pass. Please be patient with the LOTW uploads. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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