April 2018 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Athenoxat-1 Image puzzles received
by Roland Zurmely 19 Apr '18

19 Apr '18

>From round 3 : <http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/athenoxat.htm#n> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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Frankfurt, JN20, Rover
by Pedro Dutra Sousa 19 Apr '18

19 Apr '18

Hi all, I’ll be in Frankfurt, Germany, JN20 from April 24 to 26. Given that several ops requested that grid, especially if confirmed in LoTW, I decided to take more than a FM HT and a whip. I’ll have the same setup I took to my recent trip to OE, OM, OK and HA. That is a short Moxon, a KG-UV9D Plus and a Yaesu FT-817. Callsign will be DL/CU2ZG. Expect evening passes only, on the 24th and 25th. 73 Pedro CU2ZG Sent from my iPhone Please excuse any typos or briefness -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Help needed with IC-7100 setup
by Butch 19 Apr '18

19 Apr '18

If anyone has set up an IC-7100 with fldigi, SatPC32, Gpredict or flrig, please contact me. Thanks Butch, K8KO, occamrazr yahoo com

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RocketLab Launch to be rescheduled
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 18 Apr '18

18 Apr '18

Hi Folks, RocketLab have found a problem with a motor controller so the launch schedule starting tomorrow (20th) has been scrubbed. New launch window to be announced soon. See: https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/986252799599042561 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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Can I borrow a good presentation
by Keith Pugh 18 Apr '18

18 Apr '18

Tom, You are welcome to use the one I gave at the Green Country Hamfest in Claremore, OK, last Saturday, 14 April. I will be using it again for the Fort Worth Kilocycle Club this Thursday evening, 19 April. You are welcome to come and listen in. I'll even buy you Dinner at the Old South Pancake House where we meet. It covers from Sputnik to GOLF but is heavy on ARISS. The file is about 14 meg. I can send it to you direct, put it on Dropbox, or you can pick it up at the KC Club meeting. We can discuss it further tonight on the Metroplex AMSAT Net if you would like. 73 - Keith, W5IU AMSAT Ambassador ARISS Mentor

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FT-857D with SatPC32
by David Maciel (XE3DX) 18 Apr '18

18 Apr '18

Hi guys, has anyone worked radios FT-857D with SatPC32 ..? I would like to share experiences, I want to make my portable station with less weight. I will be grateful for your comments and experiences. 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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Reliable 70cm beacons?
by Hans (BX2ABT) 18 Apr '18

18 Apr '18

Last week's ISS SSTV activity was a good way to see how my 2m DCA worked (hint: I was a bit disappointed). Testing your antenna in real world situations is difficult with satellites, because there are no signals around at will, like with terrestial beacons, of friendly fellow hams who want to test with you. The ISS activity provided a good opportunity to get at least a couple of reliable signals a day. I haven't been very successful in picking up much with my 70cm DCA, yet. I'm not expecting miracles, but it would be nice to at least see some traces of something on the waterfall of my Airspy Mini. So I was wondering, what are the strongest, most reliable beacons you can hear on 70cm that I can plug into Gpredict to track? So far I have come up with this: LO-19 - 437.125 MHz - carrier, but continuous. I've heard this one. FO-29 - 435.795 MHz - haven't heard this one yet. Active? Athenoxat-1 - 437.495 MHz - CW ID and I've heard this one faintly. RS-30 - 435.315 MHz - still active? Haven't heard this one. Lilacsat 2 - 437.200 MHz - listed, but active? Any additions to what beacons are active or inactive on 70cm are welcome. Both CW and FSK telemetry are fine. Cheers, Hans BX2ABT

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Yaesu rotor troubles
by Richard Lawn 18 Apr '18

18 Apr '18

I guess my 20 year old G-5400B doesn’t owe me anything more. I rebuilt the EL rotor once about 15 years ago, today everything went haywire. It seems the AZ stopped because of a poor terminal connection at the rotor. I no sooner got that fixed, finding the rotor to the. Be completely out of alignment, and the EL rotor quit functioning and then the smell of something burning coming from the control box. Any body have a control box they want to get rid of? I hate to do it but I’ll probably have to bite the bullet and buy an entire new system. Rick, W2JAZ -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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For Sale: Yaesu 857D $625
by Butch 18 Apr '18

18 Apr '18

More details on QRZ & eHam or via email. $625 shipped CONUS Butch K8KO

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Presentation
by Joe 18 Apr '18

18 Apr '18

I am looking for a good presentation or at least a good you tube video of NO-84 contacts being made. Joe WB9SBD -- Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com

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