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HamRadioNow W4FS and KG4AKV interview and SO-50 demo video
by John Brier 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

Gary, KN4AQ of HamRadioNow has just uploaded his latest show which includes an interview with Tucker, W4FS and me, KG4AKV, after we did satellite demos at the Raleigh Amateur Radio Society hamfest (RARSfest) a couple weeks ago. Latest show with interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKZ73sRdAAw His video of my SO-50 demo. He actually edited this from my footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dhJsfh6fYA 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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DM02 Lid Ship
by Mike Diehl 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

Fellow ops of the OSCARs, Sending out a reminder that this weekend will be your opportunity to get DM02 in your log. Upon arrival, K6G will work every pass that has footprint on both FM and linear with multiple ops planned for the passband. Since any form of cellular service will be nonexistent we plan to use Iridium for uploading to LOTW as Gabe has done on other trips. Paper QSLs will be put in a bottle and set adrift in the Pacific. Happy grid chasing and we hope to catch you on the birds. 73, Mike Diehl AI6GS

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Re: [amsat-bb] Delayed Gratification
by Ken Alexander 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

Yes! Wish I'd thought of that! -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 4/24/17, John Brier <johnbrier(a)gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Delayed Gratification To: "Ken Alexander" <k.alexander(a)rogers.com> Cc: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Date: Monday, April 24, 2017, 1:49 PM Could this also be called delayed GRIDification? ;-) 73, John Brier KG4AKV On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Ken Alexander <k.alexander(a)rogers.com> wrote: Fellow Satelliteers, My fiancee has requested my presence for a few weeks in July. I can't afford the vacation time or the money to visit her in HS-land and do the grid expedition in May. So, the grid expedition will have to wait until the fall, and it will likely be a shorter trip because there won't be enough time to build up sufficient vacation hours. That's the way it goes. I will still be getting away for weekend expeditions in the coming months. FN27/28 comes to mind. We have a long weekend up here the third weekend in May. I'll see what I can do then! 73, Ken Alexander VE3HLS ______________________________ _________________ 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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Delayed Gratification
by Ken Alexander 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

Fellow Satelliteers, My fiancee has requested my presence for a few weeks in July. I can't afford the vacation time or the money to visit her in HS-land and do the grid expedition in May. So, the grid expedition will have to wait until the fall, and it will likely be a shorter trip because there won't be enough time to build up sufficient vacation hours. That's the way it goes. I will still be getting away for weekend expeditions in the coming months. FN27/28 comes to mind. We have a long weekend up here the third weekend in May. I'll see what I can do then! 73, Ken Alexander VE3HLS

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Grid Expedition To Guatemala
by David Maciel (XE3DX) 23 Apr '17

23 Apr '17

Hello guys, as I said a few weeks ago, tomorrow I will be in Guatemala, try to make a work plan but it is very difficult, I will be in a country that I do not know the travel times and I can not know what grid will activate, the best detail I will have it in my twitter account @ xe3dx, this will depend on the telephone network and its coverage, I do not know if this can be updated correctly. Possible to listen to requests for SKED twitter @xe3dx email david.xe3dx(a)gmail.com The passes I'm going to try to work on are: LUNES 24 TG4/XE3DX EK43 TG8/XE3DX EK45 FO29 15:03Z work FO29 16:45Z work AO85 18.08z work AO7 20:00Z try or sked AO7 21:51Z try or sked SO50 22:53Z work XW2D 23:21Z try or sked XW2B 23:29Z try or sked XW2A 01:13Z try or sked FO29 04:10Z work AO85 04:35Z work MARTES 25 TG6/XE3DX EK54 FO29 15:51Z work AO85 16:54Z work AO85 18:34Z work AO7 20:53Z try or sked SO50 21:38Z work AO7 22:46Z try or sked SO50 23:18Z work XW2C 23:30Z try or sked XW2A 00:37Z try or sked FO29 03:15Z work MIÉRCOLES 26 TG7/XE3DX EK55 SO50 11:39Z work XW2A 13:37Z work FO29 14:58Z work FO29 16:42Z try or sked AO85 17:18Z work AO7 19:54Z try or sked AO7 21:44Z try or sked SO50 22:02Z work XW2B 23:03Z try or sked XW2C 23:16Z try or sked XW2A 01:35Z try or sked AO85 03:40Z work FO29 23:02Z work JUEVES 27 TG7/XE3DX EK56 or EK57 XW2A 13:10Z work FO29 15:45Z work AO85 16:04Z work AO85 17:43Z work SO50 20:48Z work SO50 22:28Z work AO7 22:38Z try or sked XW2B 00:25Z try or sked XW2C 00:37Z try or sked XW2A 01:01Z try or sked FO29 03:09Z work AO85 04:08Z work FO29 04:54Z work All confirmations will be available via LoTW or direct, review data on my QRZ.COM website Very Important: upload your Log to LoTW with the prefix that you work for me, example: TG? / XE3DX. David Maciel XE3DX *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ <http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/>* *david.xe3dx(a)gmail.com <david.xe3dx(a)gmail.com>*

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EM51/Mississippi tonight
by Matthew Stevens 23 Apr '17

23 Apr '17

I'll be staying in Hattiesburg MS tonight, in grid EM51. If anyone needs the grid or state let me know, we can try to make a sked tonight or early tomorrow morning on FM or SSB. 73, - Matthew kk4fem Sent from my iPhone

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Hawaii
by Bob- W7LRD 23 Apr '17

23 Apr '17

Worked WH6XM on FO-29-look for Bob if you need KH6 73 Bob W7LRD

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FM13 grid activation tomorrow
by John Brier 23 Apr '17

23 Apr '17

I'm going to travel to FM13 tomorrow. I'll try to get there in time for the 1749 UTC AO-85 pass. There are four more SO-50 and AO-85 passes after that that I'll try to work. I'll send exact pass times for the other four later but I just wanted to get this out sooner so if people need the grid they can be prepared. 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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ANS-113 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 23 Apr '17

23 Apr '17

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-113 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * Guatemala Satellite Operation Planned 24-27 April * GS3PYE/P Camb-Hams on Islay Island Includes Satellite Operation * 2017 CSVHFS Conference -- Call for Papers, Presentations & Posters * Satellite Operation Planned for Armed Forces Day - W2GSB SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-113.01 ANS-113 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 113.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE April 23, 2017 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-113.01 Guatemala Satellite Operation Planned 24-27 April David Maciel, XE3DX, announced that from 24-27 April he will make a trip to Guatemala which will include grids EK43,EK45, EK54, EK55 and EK56. David will be using the following calls: TG4/XE3DX EK43 TG5/XE3DX EK45 TG6/XE3DX EK54 TG7/XE3DX EK55 TG7/XE3DX EK56 You can also follow David's activity or details in his twitter account @ xe3dx [ANS thanks David, XE3DX, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- GS3PYE/P Camb-Hams on Islay Island Includes Satellite Operation Members of the Camb-Hams will once again be active as GS3PYE/P, but this time from Islay Island between May 6-12th. The Camb- Hams have been activating the Scottish Isles each year since 2008. As in the past, ten or more operators will be active on all bands and many modes from 4m to 80m, 2m & 70cm for Satellites and 2m & 23cm for EME. The HF bands will be covered by four simultaneous stations while the 6m & 4m stations will have a great take-off towards the UK and Europe. All stations will be able to run at the full UK power limit. EME operations will use 150W to 55 elements on 23cm and 400W to 17 elements on 2m, primarily on JT65, but also available for CW skeds - if your station is big enough. Satellite operations on 2m & 70cm will use X-Quad antennas and a fully automatic Az/El tracking system. Activity is planned on AO-7 (mode B), FO-29, SO-50, AO-85 & AO-73. All the up-to-date plans and progress will be on-line at http://dx.camb-hams.com. Most importantly, this is a group of good friends doing what they enjoy, so please give them a call and enjoy the trip with them. Active on the major social networks before, during and after the trip, you can check on progress and interact with the operators via their blog on http://dx.camb-hams.com or through the Twitter, Facebook and YouTube links below: + dx.camb-hams.com + facebook.com/CambHams + twitter.com/g3pye + youtube.com/CambHams Please check on http://dx.camb-hams.com for details on how to arrange skeds on the more challenging bands, modes, VHF and EME. QSL via OQRS (info on QRZ.com) or M0VFC direct or via bureau. [ANS thanks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1312 for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2017 CSVHFS Conference -- Call for Papers, Presentations & Posters The Central States VHF Society is soliciting papers, presentations, and posters/tabletop displays for the 51st annual Central States VHF Society Conference, to be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico on 27–30 July, 2017 at the Sheraton Albuquerque Airport Hotel. Papers, presentations, and posters on all weak-signal VHF and above amateur radio topics are being sought. TOPIC AREAS SOLICITED Antennas including Modeling, Design, Arrays, and Control; Test Equipment including Homebrew, Commercial, and Measurement Techniques & Tips Construction of equipment such as Transmitters, Receivers, and Transporters Operating including Contesting, Roving, and DXpeditions RF power amps including Single and Multi-band Vacuum Tube, Solid-state, and TWTAs Propagation including Ducting, Sporadic E, Tropospheric, Meteor Scatter, etc Pre-amplifiers (low noise) Digital Modes WSJT, JT65, etc. Regulatory topics Moon Bounce Software-defined Radio (SDR) Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Topics such as FM, repeater, packet radio, etc., are generally considered outside of the scope of papers, presentations, and posters being sought. However, there are always exceptions. Please contact the point of contact below if you have any questions about the suitability of a particular topic. You do not need to attend the conference nor present your paper to have it published in the Proceedings. Posters will be displayed during the Conference. KEY DEADLINES: For papers to be included in the Proceedings: Monday, 12 June 2017 For Presentations to be given at the Conference: Friday, 30 June 2017 For Posters and Tabletops to be displayed at the Conference: Abstracts due by: Friday, 30 June 2017. Completed poster should be brought for setup at the Conference on 27 July. POINT OF CONTACT FOR QUESTIONS, ABSTRACTS, DELIVERY: Ed James KA8JMW email: ka8jmw(a)arrl.net Snail mail: 10 Trade Ct., Edgewood, NM 87105 FORMATTING AND DELIVERY: See Conference website (http://2017.csvhfs.org) for Proceedings, Presentation, and Posterboard formatting guidelines Submissions accepted via email, Dropbox, Google Drive, CD/DVD, USB stick/thumb drive, etc. CONFERENCE DETAILS: Visit the Conference website at http://2017.csvhfs.org, which is being populated with event details throughout the month of April. Online registration will open on or shortly after May 1. Additional conference details will be announced as opening of registration nears! In the meantime, please rally all of the VHF/UHF/Microwave hams you know in your area and across the country, mark your calendars for July 27-30, and plan to join us at the 2017 Central States VHF Society Conference in sunny Albuquerque, New Mexico. [ANS thanks Brian, N5ZGT, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Operation Planned for Armed Forces Day - W2GSB The Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club will operate a special event station W2GSB/APM at the American Airpower Museum located at the historic Republic Airport, Farmingdale, NY, May 20-21, 2017. This event commemorates Armed Forces weekend to honor our service men and women of the armed forces who have given so much. + SSB - 14.280 and 7.280 + CW - 14.055 and 7.055 + Satellite operation on available passes QSL - Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club P.O. Box 1356 West Babylon, NY 11704 Web page: http://www.gsbarc.org/events.htm [ANS thanks the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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Mayan Grid (Saturday)
by David Maciel (XE3DX) 22 Apr '17

22 Apr '17

The work plan for Friday morning in the Mayan zone is: Work schedules in hour (zulu) approximate start in my location. SATURDAY 22 On Line EL50/51 FO29 15:06Z AO73 15:28Z EO88 16:10Z FO29 16:50z On EL41 AO85 18:58Z AO7 20:06Z AO7 21:59Z On EL40 SO50 23:42Z XW2B 23:54Z XW2C 00:06Z XW2A 00:50Z On EK49 FO29 04:14z Sunday, return home, Monday morning traveling to Guatemala. David Maciel XE3DX *http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/ <http://www.qsl.net/xe3dx/>* *david.xe3dx(a)gmail.com <david.xe3dx(a)gmail.com>*

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