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LilacSat-1
by Roland Zurmely 16 Jun '17

16 Jun '17

See and hear here QSO in digital voice on LilacSat-1: <http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/lilac1.htm> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ | | Livre de vírus. www.avast.com. |

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CAS 4A (OVS-1A ) and CAS 4B ( OVS -1B ) heard
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 16 Jun '17

16 Jun '17

Just to report that I heard CAS 4A and CAS 4B satellites today 16th June 2017 during a pass 0915 hrs GMT. CAS 4A beacon 145.855 Mhz +/- and AX25 145.835 Mhz +/- CAS 4B beacon 145.910 Mhz +/- and AX25 145.890 Mhz +/- Both satellites very strong signals and I was using the keps from Celestrak.com ( New launches ) No activity on transponders. Ken Eaton GW1FKY South Wales - UK

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Iceland/Greenland/Faroe Islands on Satellite July 4-19
by Gabriel Zeifman 16 Jun '17

16 Jun '17

Hello bird peoples of the night, Good news. I have finalized plans for an upcoming trip to Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands. Once again, this is a trip with family so radio is not my priority. I will put forth my best effort to give these rare entities and associated grids to everyone in range. I will be arriving in Iceland at about 0000Z on July 5 and spend one night at the hotel on the airport (access to HP83/84 line). We will be in Iceland until July 10 with numerous grids in the HP and IP fields possible, no strict plan yet. We will continue on to the Faroe Islands July 10-14. I will make an effort to operate from both IP61 and IP62 while in the Faroes. Finally, we will head to Greenland on July 14th staying until the 18th. The destination in Greenland is Ilulissat in GP49. I do not anticipate any other grids to be activated in Greenland, although if there is an opportunity I will, but I don't expect any opportunities. From GP49 all of North/Central America and Europe should be in range, along with portions of South America, Asia, and Africa, much of it even possible on SO-50. I anticipate a nearly perfect horizon to the west. On the 19th we travel back to the US with a several hour connection in Iceland. I will also have two nights on the beginning and end in New York City, and July 21-25 in Florida (anyone who needs EM90, hit me up). In exciting news, this very well may be the last DX use of NJ7H. Don't worry, I am not retired from roving. I am beginning my training at the FAA as an air traffic controller on July 26th and will be very busy with that. I expect facility placement in late October, and I am requesting Alaska. Although I cannot yet be certain, I have been told that I should expect to receive my request. QSLing for this trip will be via LoTW. I still need to get some new generic cards printed, but if you need paper I'll get cards printed eventually, just don't expect rush service (I have some from other trips in the backlog, don't worry I havn't forgotten). Calls to be used: Iceland: TF/NJ7H Greenland: OX/NJ7H Faroe Islands: OY/NJ7H 73 and mind the ERP, Gabe NJ7H/VE6NJH

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CAS-4A & CAS-4B (corrected link)
by Pedro Converso 15 Jun '17

15 Jun '17

Strong CW copy of these new SSB birds in South America. Hope soon linear transponders are enabled. Tracking available http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm?sat=cas4a 73, LU7ABF, Pedro

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CAS-4A & CAS-4B
by Pedro Converso 15 Jun '17

15 Jun '17

Strong CW copy of these new SSB birds in South America. Hope soon linear transponders are enabled. Tracking available http://amsat.org.ar/pass?sat=cas4a 73, LU7ABF, Pedro

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Copy the beacons of CAS-4A and CAS-4B over Argentina.
by LU2DPW Juan Carlos 15 Jun '17

15 Jun '17

Hi to all I copy the beacons of CAS-4A and CAS-4B over Argentina at 21:08 UTC I try over transponders but not copy my down. Very strong GMSK digital telemetry. Also copy spurius CW beacon. I'm using YAESU FT-726R and Swiss Quad Antenna in RX. My congratulations to CAMSAT on the launch and success in the experiments. 73 de Juan LU2DPW - Mercedes (BsAs) - GF05gi

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LOTW QSL - K8BL Rover Glitch
by R.T.Liddy 15 Jun '17

15 Jun '17

Dave, et al: My logging program did a wacky thing when I uploaded Q's from the VHF Contest. It sent my Rover Q's from the last few years to LoTW and they were overwritten with my home Grid! I spent over 4 hours the other night taking the original rover files and reloaded the original Log Files from my trips, but LoTW didn't overwrite the bad Q's with the correct info. LoTW is sitting there with BOTH data, but not confirming the correct Grid. The data just sits there side-by-side. I have been working with the LoTW Help Desk and it is being looked at for resolution. Hopefully, they'll have something to fix things soon. They have been very cooperative fixing whatever I did to cause the problem.SRI, Bob K8BL ---------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________ From: David Jaeger <yogiwn9q(a)gmail.com> To: k8bl(a)ameritech.net Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2017 2:17 PM Subject: LOTW QSL Hello Bob, I was checking my log against LOTW and noticed something. My log shows us having a QSO on FO29 on 5/25/2017 at 14:49 and you were in FM27,FM28. LOTW shows EN91 as indicated on the attachment. Could you check it out to see if I did something wrong on this end? Thanks & 73, Dave, WN9Q

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Copy the beacons of CAS-4A and CAS-4B over Argentina
by LU2DPW Juan Carlos 15 Jun '17

15 Jun '17

Hi to all I copy the beacons of CAS-4A and CAS-4B over Argentina at 21:08 UTC I try over transponders but not copy my down. Very strong GMSK digital telemetry. Also copy spurius CW beacon. I'm using YAESU FT-726R and Swiss Quad Antenna in RX. My congratulations to CAMSAT on the launch and success in the experiments. 73 de Juan LU2DPW - Mercedes (BsAs) - GF05gi

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Copy the beacons of CAS-4A and CAS-4B over Argentina.
by LU2DPW Juan Carlos 15 Jun '17

15 Jun '17

Hi to all I copy the beacons of CAS-4A and CAS-4B over Argentina at 21:08 UTC I try over transponders but not copy my down. Very strong GMSK digital telemetry. Also copy spurius CW beacon. I'm using YAESU FT-726R and Swiss Quad Antenna in RX. My congratulations to CAMSAT on the launch and success in the experiments. 73 de Juan LU2DPW - Mercedes (BsAs) - GF05gi

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V31CI in Belize June 20th - 27th
by David Swanson 15 Jun '17

15 Jun '17

Satellite Friends and Colleagues, Next week from 6/20 thru 6/27 I'll be on Ambergris Caye, in the country of Belize, in grid square EK67. I'll of course have a radio and an arrow with me and I'm planning to operate as V31CI on selected satellite passes when other non-ham tasks don't have me busy. Since V31NJ was just down there in April, most of the serious grid chasers have already got their squares filled in, so I'm going to focus on SO50, AO85, and FO29, where the passes reach the most number of people possible. I do plan to try and get to EK68 and EK57 for at least one pass during the week (to increase my rover totals). I'll announce my plans on Twitter @KG5CCI - so watch there for updates. Catch you on the birds. 73! -Dave, KG5CCI

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