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Kenwood ts2000 Tracking
by James McIrvin 17 Dec '18

17 Dec '18

Another question for a new setup. I have had this TS2000 for many years and just getting things setup for a new station. I have been trying to get it working so it will track with the birds. The computer and the radio do talk to each other, however they don't seem to keep syn very well. Has anyone else had similar issues? If so what was the fix? Now the other question is also, should I be looking at a different radio for better responses and general operation of these modes for the birds and the software. I have had this radio for many years and have update the firmware to the lastest that was listed on the Kenwood website as of this last week. Getting that done took a little bit, had to get a old windows 7 box setup along enough to upload the firmware. So all in all is this a normal tracking issue with the Kenwood and Icom or just with the Kenwood? Thank you for you help. Jim N1IPA

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AO92 L/V mode??
by Perry Yantis 17 Dec '18

17 Dec '18

I see that AO92 was not switched into L/V mode last night again!!Has there been a schedule change or what.If there is a change can't it be posted on the BB so all will know ahead of time. Perry WB8OTH py41(a)att.net sent from my Apple Macbook Pro

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AO-95 Rx problem
by Francis Geraci 17 Dec '18

17 Dec '18

First off, I do not want to "2nd guess" the Engineering team. JUst read the "post" that AO-95 was still very close to another "object". I just was wondering, if AO-95 is TOO close to another "object", maybe "object" is "blocking" the RX antenna, or did RX antenna get "knocked" off ? Opinions ? Everybody has them. HiHi Francis - W1FXX

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CHOMPTT
by Roland Zurmely 17 Dec '18

17 Dec '18

Perfect Doppler correction for CHOMPTT with object 2018-104-G Norad 4385573 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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Re: [amsat-bb] AO-95 Rx problem
by Mark L. Hammond 17 Dec '18

17 Dec '18

EVERYTHING is hard to fix in orbit ;) Mark N8MH At 03:44 PM 12/16/2018 -0600, Mike Thompson wrote: >When I heard about the troubles, that's kind of the first thing I was >thinking too, maybe the antenna broke off. >Hope that isn't the case though, because that's awful hard to fix while in >orbit. > >On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 3:31 PM Francis Geraci <fgeraci14(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> First off, I do not want to "2nd guess" the Engineering team. >> >> JUst read the "post" that AO-95 was still very close to another "object". >> >> I just was wondering, if AO-95 is TOO close to another "object", maybe >> "object" is "blocking" the RX antenna, or did RX antenna get "knocked" off >> ? >> >> Opinions ? Everybody has them. HiHi >> >> Francis - W1FXX >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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Does anyone know N7NNP?
by johnv＠frontier.com 16 Dec '18

16 Dec '18

I sent a QSL card to Kim Merrill N7NNP but it was return with "unable to forward". There is no email address in the FCC database or QRZ.com 73 and thank you JohnN7AME

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AO-73
by Perry Yantis 16 Dec '18

16 Dec '18

I saw on the Satellite status page that AO73 is back on so I got on it this morning and saw the signals were strong.The problem is no one else was on.So I just wanted to remind all that AO73 is on again so lets use it. Perry WB8OTH py41(a)att.net sent from my Apple Macbook Pro

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ElaNa 19 Launch Sucessful
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 16 Dec '18

16 Dec '18

See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7Kr3664hJs For replay. 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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Rocket Lab Launch
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 16 Dec '18

16 Dec '18

Launch time is no earlier than 06:16 UTC today. See: https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1074090160436867073 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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Antenna separation on crossboom
by Bob Hammond 15 Dec '18

15 Dec '18

I'm putting the following antennas on an 8-foot fiberglass crossboom: M2 2MCP8A, 143-148 MHz C{ Gulf Alpha 70cm 8x8 CP WiMo Helix 23 I'm not sure how to calculate the proper spacing on the crossboom. I assume the 2m antenna should go on one end and the 70cm antenna on the opposite end. Can I mount the 23cm helical antenna very near the rotator without harm since it has the solid reflector behind the helix? Bob W7OTJ (was WL7CQX)

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