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Kuhne MKU UP 2424 A, Oscar Phase 4 Up-Converter
by Gregory Beat 07 Jul '17

07 Jul '17

Ahead of the annual Friedrichshafen Ham Radio event (14-16 July, 2017) http://www.hamradio-friedrichshafen.de/ham-en/information/index.php Kuhne Electronics, Microwave Components has released information on their new MKU UP 2424 A (Phase 4) Transverter (144 MHz <--> 2.4 GHz) https://shop.kuhne-electronic.de/kuhne/en/ Kuhne MKU UP 2424 A : Product Brochure https://shop.kuhne-electronic.de/kuhne/en/shop/converter-transverte/up-conv… == greg, w9gb Sent from iPad Air

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TF/NJ7H HP74
by Gabriel Zeifman 07 Jul '17

07 Jul '17

Hello bird peoples, I'll be venturing to HP74 in the morning (Friday 7/7). This grid has only a tiny sliver of land in it. My must-work passes are: 1208Z FO-29 1313Z SO-50 1358Z FO-29 Planning a fixed transmit of 145.940 on FO-29. In case of QRM (lids, EO-88 beacon, etc), I'll plan to move down. When FO-29 goes to polar bear country on the early pass I may QSY to AO-7 if I'm not getting any more customers. AO-7 of course needs to be in mode B or C (overhead pass in EU, who knows), but it has good footprint to the US, but the QSY assumes I'm not working anyone further on FO-29. There are some other passes on various birds while I am there, I may get on randomly or can get on by request. There are some good looking SO-50 passes later which will cover most of the Eastern US and Europe that I will plan to be on, although I cannot guarantee grid (likely not HP74, probably 84 or maybe 94). With that being said, it is a three hour drive to the HP74 in the morning and I need to get a bit of sleep for this one. I'm gonna go ahead and call it QRT for the day. To those on the west coast who still haven't worked me, I'll get on more of the late-night western passes in the coming days. Find a decent horizon, seriously. You have a rover in TF who can work the horizon and I happen to be here during apogee season, this is a rare opportunity to work Europe from the North American west coast, try not to keep blowing it. As far as future plans for the trip, I am looking to get back to HP93 and hopefully IP03 (maybe IP04 also). Possibly a grid line (dare I say, a corner). I'll try to get on some NA bound passes from these, possibly even FO-29 on Saturday morning. Hope to see everyone from these rare grids and from OY/OX next week! 73 and keep the power down, Gabe NJ7H

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E4401A VSA w/ I&Q inputs
by Zach Metzinger 06 Jul '17

06 Jul '17

Howdy all, In case anyone was looking for one of these gems, there's a E4406A w/ the baseband inputs on eBay for an amazing price. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Agilent-E4406A-VSA-Series-Transmitter-Tester-7-MHz-… I suspect this unit is in perfect shape, judging from the displays pictured. If anything, the input RF connector (N) might have some damage which is not obvious, but that's easily replaced. I snapped up the first one. :-) --- Zach N0ZGO

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SO-50 July 6, 2017 15:54Z recording
by Ruth Willet 06 Jul '17

06 Jul '17

Hi, Does anyone have a recording of the SO-50 pass from today (July 6, 2017) at 15:54Z. I messed up my recording and missed recording the first QSO I made as K2G from EM73. Thanks! 74, Ruth KM4LAO Sent from my iPhone

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[Video] Livestreaming SO-50 to 200 people! Part 1
by John Brier 06 Jul '17

06 Jul '17

Livestreaming SO-50 to 200 people! Part 1 https://youtu.be/OHoNxaEt0Yg This is a satellite demo I did on Facebook Live. Part 2 is me after the demo explaining/showing my setup, sharing lots of general satellite info, and doing Q&A with the livestream participants. More details below. Part 2 - https://youtu.be/pU-MeObucwU This is a recording of a Facebook livestream I did of a Friday night SO-50 pass (2017-06-03 0100 UTC). QRZ Now, which has 180k followers on Facebook, shared it to their page and the livestream consequently reached 189 viewers simultaneously. Also, SO-50 had a max elevation of 80 degrees for me in Cary, North Carolina, almost straight up, and since it was right over the east coast of the United States (the most populated part of the U.S.), It was a busy and exciting pass. Thanks to all the stations who contacted me or tried to contact me: KI4SIY - Charleston, South Carolina N8HM - Washington D.C. W4FS - Efland, North Carolina (only 40 miles/60 km from me) KK4FEM - Auburndale, Florida WU2M - Gloversville, New York WB3CSY - Lancaster, Pennsylvania VA3NNA - Toronto, Ontario KB1PVH - Sutton, Massachusetts 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-07-05 19:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 05 Jul '17

05 Jul '17

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-07-05 19:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: About Gagarin From Space International Summer Camp #2 with Bashkortostan schoolchildren, Ufa, Russia, direct via RZ9WWB (***) The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RSØISS The scheduled astronaut is Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI Contact is a go for 2017-07-15 20:25 UTC (***) **************************************************************************** ** 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. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8Ø MHz. **************************************************************************** *** All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood 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: Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 123 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Francesco IKØWGF with 119 **************************************************************************** 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 8601 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2017-07-05 19:30 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 http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1147. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1106. 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, 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 2017-06-23 17:00 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. 50 on orbit Peggy Whitson Exp. 51 on orbit Jack Fischer K2FSH Fyodor Yurchikhin RN3FI **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Tanyusha 1 (RS6S) heard over southwestern USA earlier today
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 05 Jul '17

05 Jul '17

Hi! It looks like Tanyusha 1 was activated on schedule today, as I heard it on 145.800 MHz as the ISS passed over the western USA around 1918 UTC today. This was a very high pass over central Arizona, maximum elevation of 62 degrees. As I tried (unsuccessfully) to work stations on the 145.825 MHz packet digipeater with my TH-D74, I used the audio recording function on the HT to capture the signals on 145.800 MHz. My recording would momentarily cut out whenever the HT transmitted, but I only missed the identification before one of the 3 messages I heard. According to the ARISS press release from last week, Tanyusha 1 transmits messages in Russian, English, Spanish, and Chinese. I copied 3 of those 4 messages, missing only the Spanish message. Before each message played, the satellite would identify itself in English, "Romeo Sierra Six Sierra". I have posted links to the recordings I made in a post on the QRZ satellite forum earlier this afternoon. That post can be found at: https://forums.qrz.com/index.php?threads/tanyusha-1-rs6s-and-tanyusha -2-rs7s.572691/ The MP3 files with each of the messages, the RS6S identification, and the WAV file from my TH-D74 can also be found in my Dropbox space at: http://dropbox.wd9ewk.net/ (look in folder "20170704-ISS_on_145.800_MHz") I'm not sure if I'll be able to get much from the other satellite once it is activated, since pass times aren't very convenient for my work schedule later this week. It would be nice to get the Spanish message, to go with the other 3 I copied earlier today. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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Little Cayman EK99/FK09 SO-50 and FO-29 paases
by Adrian Engele 05 Jul '17

05 Jul '17

Happy July 4th! I hope everybody is enjoying a wonderful day enjoying festivities, friedships and fireworks. Someone is going to owe me a couple of big steaks and a few cases of decent beer after this adventure!! I have had multiple requests to make it to FK09 and I managed to secure a ride to the EK99/FK09 line here on Little Cayman for the next two nights. I am returning to Grand Cayman on Thursday the 6th at noon time. Assuming no issues with the equipment, (it is very hot and very humid here) and assuming the mosquitoes stay away after some heavy DEET action, I plan to get on the following passes this evening and tomorrow evening: SO-50: 0123Z to 0135Z July 5thFO-29: 0203Z to 0222Z July 5th I know Sean KX9X/9 will in on SO-50 at the same time. I will defer the early part of the pass to him. Tomorrow: SO-50: 0148Z to 0201Z July 6thFO-29: 0253Z to 0313Z July 6th I anticipate SO-50 will be tough. Please, please make sure you can work full duplex if possible. The last time I operated from FK09 many years ago it was mayhem on SO-50 and few stations managed to get through. I had a great couple of passes on FO-29 from Grand Cayman a few days ago and I really appreciated the very orderly contacts during that pass. I hope we can do the same again this time. Please note I will be signing as ZF2AE/ZF8 from Little Cayman. When uploading to LOTW please use this call. Thank you! 73, Adrian AA5UK - ZF2AE - ZF2AE/ZF8 Twitter: @ZF2AE @AA5UK

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test
by Peter 04 Jul '17

04 Jul '17

test

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KX9X/9 - EN59/EM69 line today
by Sean Kutzko 04 Jul '17

04 Jul '17

Hi all- Will be on SO50 from the EM59/EM69 grid line today at the following times UTC: 1647z July 4 (11:47am Central) 0117z July 5 (8:17pm Central Tonight) I have easy access to EN50/EN60/EM59/EM69 through Friday evening, SO50 only. While these aren't terribly rare grids, I'd be happy to work with you to get you a contact with one of these grids while I'm here. Email me and let me know. Follow my Twitter feed (@seankutzko) for latest operating info. Hope to work you if you need the grids. Sean KX9X/9 Sent from my iPhone

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