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Re: [amsat-bb] Help with SatPC32 Labjack Yaesu 5500 rotator control
by Alan 06 Jun '18

06 Jun '18

Same here, beginning a week or so back. Investigating, but so far nothing determined. Using WIN7 64-bit, and wondering if there was something in the recent updates. 73, Alan WA4SCA <-----Original Message----- <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nick <Pugh <Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2018 08:54 AM <To: 'Amsat BB' <AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org> <Subject: [amsat-bb] help with yaesu 5500 rotator < <Hello Amsat-ers < < < <I am using an Yaesu 5500 rotator controlled by a Lab jack under Satpc32 <v8.1. Intermittently the rotator stall under computer control. The LED on <the lab jack indicate a signal to control the rotator to move but no <movement. Terminating Satpc32 the rotator works normal. Suggestions?? < < < < < < < <Nick k6qxj < <_______________________________________________ <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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Re: [amsat-bb] D72 to Falconsat-3 "User Phrases"
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

Hi Tom! FalconSat-3 takes a little more to set up on a D72, but it is currently our only orbiting digipeater on 24/7. NO-84 is occasionally on, and maybe we can hope for its batteries to be charged enough so a command station can turn the digipeater on for Field Day weekend. If you have some experience with exchanging messages through a digipeater, packet may actually be the easiest way to get a satellite QSO and the 100-point bonus under the ARRL rules. For Field Day, I will put both my Field Day exchange (normally 1B AZ) and my grid in the messages. I have worked stations on Field Day weekend who are only interested in grids, and I am usually not in my home grid DM43 for Field Day. Once you get your radio set up, go ahead and try it on some passes before Field Day - the sooner, the better. :-) There have been some stations on from California like AI6DO and KB6LTY regularly, and KB6IGK is occasionally on from Texas. I was on over the last weekend, from a hamfest on Friday and at home Sunday. We can help get you going with some QSOs in advance of Field Day. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 4:00 AM, Tom Schuessler <tjschuessler(a)verizon.net> wrote: > Thank you Patrick and also to Rick for your responses. I am looking > forward to giving this a try and have a successful cure sellable before > field day. A lot of different concepts and procedures to absorb. > > 73 > >

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Re: [amsat-bb] D72 to Falconsat-3 "User Phrases"
by Richard Tejera 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

Tom, With a message open and your cursor in the text field, press F(funtion key) that will pull up your list of user phrases that you have previously saved. Press the number of the phrase you wish to insert and it will paste it into the message text. Add anything else you want to the message (within character limits) and send. Easy least. Personally I have these phrases stored, which are enough to cover a packet QSO: 1: CQ De K7TEJ DM34 2: K7TEJ DM33 R QSL? 3: K7TEJ 73! I actually have the same set saved with different grids I operate from and a set with a field day exchange. Hope this helps Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org On June 5, 2018, at 20:23, tjschuessler(a)verizon.net wrote: I am confused, which is not an uncommon thing. I have been wanting to try and figure out how to work Falxonsat-3 via my Kenwood D72a. I read Pat Stoddard's AMSAT Journal article but he does not do a step by step per se. I also read KB6IGK and WD9EWKs other article on the same subject. Mention is made on setting "User phrases". Looking at several different D72 manuals, I cannot for the life of me, see how one selects the phrase to use and how that gets into the string that is sent. I see the ability to set several phrases from inside RT systems D72 menu program (Not sure how those get entered in manual radio programming), nor do I see any instructions for sending). I watched a YouTube video of a guy making Falconst APRS contacts, but no explanation on how he got the phrases out. Wisdom please, 73 and thanks for the patient mentoring. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP EM12ms _______________________________________________ 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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Wouxun KG-UV8D
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

Hi Folks, Is anyone using one of these on the FM Sats? If so how well does it perform? It appears to pretty much the same as the KG-UV9D but without the extra wideband receiver ranges. It seems to be able to do full duplex. 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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WY7AA Rover Activation Trip June 6-25
by Robert Bragg 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

I am heading out for a summer road trip later this week with the old El Camino to attend the Hot Rod Power Tour. I will be traveling a strange winding route from WY to Indianapolis, then to the south from KY, TN, AL, GA, SC, NC, and back to TN. Followed by a side trip to Buffalo, NY before returning to Wyoming. The primary goal of the trip is the Power Tour, but I will be bringing the Arrow and the D72 along with me. I hope to activate as many grids as I can along the way. I will mostly be working AO-91 and AO-92. I won't be in the rarest grids ever, but I plan to be on back roads as much as possible and hopefully away from the cites when possible. I hope to get some good contacts and grids for you all. And I just want to give a big shout out to Sean KX9X, Patrick WD9EWK, and Doug N6UA for all the help getting me started. See you all on the birds. R.J. WY7AA P.S. I won't have much internet access, so I will try to put my plans on Twitter when I can, but it will be spotty.

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help yaesu g-5500
by Nick Pugh 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

Hello Amsat-ers My elevation rotator fails to move when using the manual controls intermittently. If I jog the control in the opposite direction momentarily the rotator works normally for the next few munities. The rotator fails to move in both the up or down direction. Help? Nick k5qxj

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-06-04 23:00 UTC
by aj9n＠aol.com 04 Jun '18

04 Jun '18

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-06-04 23:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Exp. 54 back on earth! (***) Congratulations to all! (***) Scott Tingle KG5NZA Norishige Kanai Anton Shkaplerov ****************************************************************************** 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: Francesco IKØWGF with 132 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 129 Gaston ON4WF with 123 Sergey RV3DR with 103 **************************************************************************** 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 2018-06-04 23:00 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 1231. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1180. 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: 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 2018-05-31 23:00 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. 54 back on earth (***) Scott Tingle KG5NZA Norishige Kanai Anton Shkaplerov Exp. 55 on orbit Drew Feustel Oleg Artemyev Ricky Arnold KE5DAU **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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EL58hx Grid Expedition - THIS WEEK (7-9 June)
by Clayton Coleman W5PFG 04 Jun '18

04 Jun '18

The activation of maidenhead grid square EL58hx by W5PFG & AC0RA is three days away. Even if you are not a grid or awards chaser, we would love to work you during this expedition via satellite. There are no permanent residents of this grid square, as most of it is open water in the Gulf of Mexico. What little land in EL58 is sandbar at mouth of the Mississippi River and accessible only by boat. See here: http://qthlocator.free.fr/index.php?locator=el58hx During the entire expedition, we will be land-based in the grid, meaning this activation will count as Louisiana, Plaquemines Parish (County), USA. It counts as Islands on the Air IOTA NA-168, Burwood Island. If you participate in the 2018 ARRL International Grid Chase, this might be your only opportunity to work EL58. Operating activity is estimated to begin around 23:00 UTC on 7-June. There are some variability in our arrival time and it will take us some time to prepare the site for operation. We will likely conclude operations around 15:00 UTC on 9-June. The list below are satellites we plan to utilize: FM: SO-50, AO-85, AO-91, AO-92 SSB: AO-7, FO-29, AO-73, XW-2A, XW-2B, XW-2C, XW-2F, CAS-4B Skeds are available for DX and stations greater than 6000 kms distance from EL58hx. Sked via direct email only to w5pfg at arrl dot net. Even if you worked the previous EL58 trip (K5L/mm), we'd love to work you again. This expedition we will use callsign W5PFG on satellites and AC0RA on 6m. We are hoping to work and confirm as many grid squares as possible, so if you want to work us from a nearby grid line to your home QTH, it is appreciated! AC0RA is responsible for the 6m side of our activation. You may hear either of us on 20m and 40m. Anyone who works us is encouraged to spot us. I may activate other grids in route to EL58, especially Wednesday, 6-June. I'll try to announce those via Twitter @w5pfg but it may be on short notice. 73, Clayton W5PFG

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AO73/FUNcube-1 Operations
by Jim Heck 04 Jun '18

04 Jun '18

Hi All, The spacecraft is now operating in autonomous mode. ie: full power tlm when in the sun and with the transponder on when in eclipse. We couldn't switch on Sunday evening as planned due to operator availability. It is planned to switch the transponder to continuous operation on Friday as usual. Have fun 73 Jim G3WGM and the FUNCube team

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My two cents on this BBS vs. " A forum"
by Butch 03 Jun '18

03 Jun '18

I am an old ham but new to satellite operations and I’m building a ground station for a local middle school. I fully support AMSAT and this BBS. I have been on this BBS for a few months now looking for information that I could use. I’ve gotten good responses to my specific questions, but as a resource for newbies, I find it lacking. This BBS seems to me more of a “chat line” than a store house of knowledge. I would like to suggest that AMSAT create a forum that keeps up to date info on specific subjects such as active satellites, specific satellites (and their quirks), basic info for newbies, product reviews, volunteer Elmers, homebrew projects, buy/sell/trade, etc. In this way, the accumulated knowledge is stored and searchable and not tossed into the recycle bin. I would also like to suggest that AMSAT survey its members to get some real data on their thoughts rather than just having an open ended discussion. Thanks for listening. Butch K8KO

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