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IC-9100 PAT V panadapter board
by kb2mjeff＠att.net 22 Jul '18

22 Jul '18

I posted this to the 9100 group, and also here, in case anyone might be interested in this. What SDR S/W is anyone using with their SDRPlay for sat’s? I’m trying to learn SDR-Console and the learning curve is very steep. I vaguely remember a few years ago getting it working with some other S/W.... I finished my PAT V install on my 9100 this morning. I decided to do the HF tap also, but not the 23cm. It’s went well, worse part was doing the HF tap, I managed to move the top board out of the way without completely un plugging, then removing the metal shield completely to get to the HF tap point on the BPF board. Everything is working ok, only issue’s are I haven’t figured out yet how to get the levels up to allow a better waterfall display. I’m using SDR-Console. I also have to figure out how to get the display to follow the 9100. Just started using SDR-Console and the learning curve is very steep. What I don’t understand is there is no frequency offset needed to use the various taps, and also the bandwidth on HF is very narrow? Any ideas? Also If anyone want's some pictures of my install I will gladly send them along. A big thanks to Dave KD2C for making this available... 73 Jeff kb2m --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

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Thanks for the help
by Tom Lubbers K8TL 22 Jul '18

22 Jul '18

Thanks for all who helped me with PCSAT and windows 10, new to windows 10. Now things up and running with the Green Heron/windows 10/PCSAT 32. Now have old Yaesu Control box and LVB tracker moved to the no longer in use shelf. Now replacing my old KLM's with MM's. Tom K8TL

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ANS-203 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 21 Jul '18

21 Jul '18

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-203 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. In this edition: * 2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots * Scotland site selected as launch base for Lockheed Martin, Orbex * Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for 7-18-2018 * Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-19 * Faculty Positions Opening This Summer at the Hawaii Space Flight Lab SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-203.01 ANS-203 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 203.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE July 22, 2018 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-203.01 2018 Corrected Board of Directors Ballots Due to a printing error, the beige-colored ballots mailed to AMSAT- NA members for the 2018 Board of Directors election on July 15, 2018 have been declared void. Any of these voided ballots received at the AMSAT-NA office will not be counted. New ballots labeled "CORRECTED BALLOT 7/20/2018" and printed on yellow-colored cardstock will be mailed to all AMSAT-NA members. Please vote for no more than three of the 2018 candidates: Tom Clark, K3IO Mark Hammond, N8MH Scott Harvey, KA7FVV Bruce Paige, KK5DO Peter Portanova, W2JV The Directors positions will go to the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternate members chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received. [ANS thanks Clayton W5PFG AMSAT-NA Corporate Secretary for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Scotland site selected as launch base for Lockheed Martin, Orbex Two companies — U.S. aerospace giant Lockheed Martin and British start-up Orbex — seeking to carve out a share of the burgeoning small satellite launch market plan to fly their rockets from a remote site on the northern shore of Scotland, British government and industry officials announced Monday. The proposed launch facility would be built on A’Mhoine Peninsula, a sparsely- populated stretch of land overlooking the sea. The first launch from Sutherland could happen in the early 2020s. British government officials said the development of a U.K. spaceport would give the nation’s industry broader access to the space market. British companies, such as SSTL in England and Clyde Space in Scotland, are already counted among the global leaders in constructing small satellites. Scottish Secretary David Mundell said the Sutherland launch site could create hundreds of new jobs. Lockheed Martin is reportedly interested in launching a variant of Rocket Lab’s Electron booster from the Sutherland site. The U.S. aerospace contractor is a strategic investor in Rocket Lab, which already operates an orbital spaceport in New Zealand, and is planning to develop a U.S. launch pad for the Electron vehicle, which has made two test flights to date. Rocket Lab said in a statement late Monday that it is “evaluating launch opportunities” from the Sutherland spaceport in Scotland. “Electron is well-positioned to be the first orbital rocket launched from U.K. soil,” said Peter Beck, Rocket Lab’s founder and CEO. “We’re excited to review the opportunity to develop a launch service to support the U.K. space industry’s growth. “Every aspect of Rocket Lab’s launch model is designed to offer rapid, repeatable and precise delivery to orbit for small satellites,” Beck said in a statement. “The development of launch sites around the globe that can support Electron launches is crucial to delivering unprecedented access to orbit.” [ANS thanks SpaceFlightNow for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Changes to AMSAT-NA TLE Distribution for 7-18-2018 The nine cubesats (JAXA) that were deployed on April 13,2018 from the ISS have been added this week as follows: Object NU - NORAD CAT ID 43546 Object NV - NORAD CAT ID 43547 Object NW - NORAD CAT ID 43548 Object NX - NORAD CAT ID 43549 Object NY - NORAD CAT ID 43550 Object NZ - NORAD CAT ID 43551 Object PA - NORAD CAT ID 43552 Object PB - NORAD CAT ID 43553 Object PC - NORAD CAT ID 43554 These objects are too close together to be positively identified. The objects deployed are RainCube, Radix, CubeRRT, HaloSat, TEMPEST-D, EnduroSat AD, EQUISat, MemSat and RadSat-g Only the following operate in the Amateur bands: EduroSat AD 437.050MHz CW, GFSK 9k6 EQUISat 435.550MHz CW, FSK 9k6 MemSat 437.350MHz BPSK 9k6 (per IARU Coordination status) [ANS thanks Nico Janssen (PA0DLO), IARU and AMSAT-UK for the above info} --------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2018-07-19 Shinoda Elementary School, Izumi City, Japan, direct via 8N3SD The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Ricky Arnold KE5DAU Contact is a go for: Mon 2018-07-23 09:47:14 UTC 43 deg ISS R&D Conference-San Francisco, CA, (CASIS#2), participating school Quest Institute for Quality Education, San Jose, CA, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contact is a go for: Thu 2018-07-26 20:22:10 UTC 48 deg 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 at amsat.org or aj9n at aol.com. Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.80 MHz. [ANS thanks Charlie, AJ9N, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Faculty Positions Opening This Summer at the Hawaii Space Flight Lab There are two new tenure track faculty positions opening this summer to work with the Hawaii Space Flight Lab on Small Satellite research. These two positions are for an Assistant Researcher and the other for an Associate Researcher. The position announcement can be found at: http://workatuh.hawaii.edu/Jobs/NAdvert/28814/4956642/1/postdate/desc This is the HSFL website: https://www.hsfl.hawaii.edu/ and a brief overview of the lab in PDF format can be found in this link: https://www.hsfl.hawaii.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/HSFL- Overview-2018-07-01.pdf The HSFL team will be at SmallSat so anyone interested can meet the team and learn more about HSFL. [ANS thanks Miguel Nunes for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu- dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status. Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership information. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KT4TZ kt4tz at amsat dot org

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Re: [amsat-bb] PCSAT32/Windows10
by Mark L. Hammond 21 Jul '18

21 Jul '18

Hi Tom, Yes, it works fine under Win10. Did you actually extract the installation file before trying the install? The file needs to be decompressed before installing...having the OS allow you to view a file is nice, but it sometimes creates issues. That's my guess, anyhow! Mark N8MH At 03:02 AM 7/21/2018 +0000, Tom Lubbers K8TL wrote: >Can PCSAT32 be run on windows 10. My main stumbling block is how to run as admin. Right clicking on the install icon doesn't give the permission box!!! >_______________________________________________ >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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PCSAT32/Windows10
by Tom Lubbers K8TL 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

Can PCSAT32 be run on windows 10. My main stumbling block is how to run as admin. Right clicking on the install icon doesn't give the permission box!!!

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Cables loss
by Roger Titmuss 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

Hi as a newcomer to this part of the hobby I have a couple of questions. 1. When using the M2 egg beaters how important is it to install a masthead preamplifier? 2. Again with egg beater will 30 watts be enough to get back to the bird? I am using about 80 feet of RG213 to connect the antenna. Many thanks Roger G0AWY 73

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Sat schedule
by jhbrtoo＠aol.com 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

I goofed and lost the link to the satellite scheduler which used to be from AMSAT/LU. I hope it wasn't dropped. Help, por favor

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AO73 operations
by Graham Shirville 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

Hi Everyone, Just to confirm that AO73/FUNcube-1 is now in continuous amateur mode with the transponder active for the weekend. 73 Graham G3VZV

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Test
by F6GLJ 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

73 Qro de Michel F6GLJ https://www.qrz.com/db/F6GLJ

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Shinoda Elementary School, Izumi City, Japan
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 20 Jul '18

20 Jul '18

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Shinoda Elementary School, Izumi City, Japan on 23 July. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 09:47 UTC. The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be direct between NA1SS and 8N3SD The contact should be audible over Japan and adjacent areas. Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Shinoda Elementary School is located in the south of Osaka prefecture in Japan. Founded 145 years ago, the school currently has 495 enrolled students for the 2018-2019 academic year. Shinoda Elementary School students are attentive, conscientious learners with a great respect for their peers. The current sixth grade consists of 90 students, 19 of whom were chosen to ask their questions to the astronauts. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Why did you want to become an astronaut? 2. How many languages do you need to know to become an astronaut? 3. What was the last thing you thought about before getting on the rocket? 4. Why do you change 3 members at a time? 5. What country has the same time as the space station? 6. Is it tiring living in zero gravity? 7. Do you sleep well in space? 8. In space do you feel hot or cold? 9. What do you do if you have a cold or a fever on the space station? 10. What do you do if you get injured on the space station? 11. How do you drink liquids in space? 12. When you are eating, what do you do when your food starts floating away? 13. What is the fastest way to move in space? 14. Are there any dangers living in the space station? 15. Have you ever seen an alien or a UFO? 16. What is your favorite planet? 17. Have you ever seen a black hole? 18. Because there is no gravity in space, do you get dizzy when you walk around? 19. Who is the first person you want to see when you come back to earth? PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES: Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS). To receive our Twitter updates, follow @ARISS_status Next planned event(s): 1. ISS R&D Conference-San Francisco, CA, (CASIS#2), participating school Quest Institute for Quality Education, San Jose, CA, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Serena Aunon-Chancellor KG5TMT Contract is a go for: Thu 2018-07-26 20:22 UTC About ARISS: Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that support the International Space Station (ISS). In the United States, sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American Radio Relay League (ARRL), the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or informal education venues. With the help of experienced amateur radio volunteers, ISS crews speak directly with large audiences in a variety of public forums. Before and during these radio contacts, students, teachers, parents, and communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For more information, see www.ariss.org, www.amsat.org, and www.arrl.org. Thank you & 73, David - AA4KN --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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