April 2020 - AMSAT-BB - mailman.amsat.org

Satellite station for sale
by Glenn Miller - AA5PK 10 Apr '20

10 Apr '20

Posting for a friend. Contact Jerry directly if interested: n5rv (at) outlook.com The station consists of the following: Yaesu FT-847 (manual, mic., box, various cables) Yaesu FC-20 Tuner Yaesu SP-8 Speaker (Not in very good condition, may have been in smoking environment, I cleaned it up the best I could) Yaesu FP-1030a 30A power supply 2x Tigertronics SignaLink USB M2 SatPack1 VHF/UHF (egg beater) antennas with cross boom SatPC32 software package with key I would like $1300 for all, but will entertain cash+trades, offers. Willing to drive halfway within a reasonable distance. .

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Past Satellite Ham
by Brad Smith 10 Apr '20

10 Apr '20

Are there any "old timers" on the board (from around 2013), who remember Julia Gatti N2PPL? She used to be on SO-50 almost every day, with her Arrow and HT. I have not heard her for years. Just wondering. Brad KC9UQR

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Re: [amsat-bb] suggested audio recorder?
by Russ Kinner 09 Apr '20

09 Apr '20

I use an Olympus IEC JIS LR03 Which is also used to record classroom sessions. Its about the size of a small candy bar and holds about 22 hrs. in mp3 format. It has a built-in USB connector to get the files into a PC and a MIC micro phone jack along built in microphone. Any electronic recorder should work fine with these minimum features. I use Audacity to edit and change formats to get a file that can be emailed or placed on a file service such a Google or dropbox (there are several others if you record daily and need the space.) WD9EWK among several others record most passes on FM birds that are in range. He is only 25 miles away from me so hears the same passes as I do. Look for someone near you if you want to check what other stations hear. With receiver de-sense, you may not hear exactly what others do. There are resources to help on line if you do a little searching. There is no one place to check but Amsat is a good starting point as is this message service. I'm only 2+ months on the FM birds and I have a ways to go to have a good signal/operating practice but I'm much farther along due to on line info. Keep asking questions when you need help. Rusty. WA8ZID

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suggested audio recorder?
by Ron VE8RT 09 Apr '20

09 Apr '20

I should make a practice of recording my QSOs for logging. Any suggested recorders? Ron VE8RT DP22 -- Ron VE8RT <ve8rt(a)yknwt.ca>

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Re: [amsat-bb] suggested audio recorder?
by Nick KE8AKW 09 Apr '20

09 Apr '20

The best Audio Recorder is your ears, and a pen and a piece of paper :) But if you dont have one hand free you might be better off with some type of a inline audio recorder for sure! 73 Nick KE8AKW

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Re: [amsat-bb] Voice Recorder
by Clint Bradford 09 Apr '20

09 Apr '20

How about the simple Voice Record app on your SmartPhone - in your shirt pocket? Clint Bradford K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com <http://www.work-sat.com/>

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Voice Recorder
by Brad Smith 09 Apr '20

09 Apr '20

<I should make a practice of recording my QSOs for logging. Anysuggested recorders?> I just use my iPhone. That way I don't have to haul and charge another item. Brad KC9UQR

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OA4 on AO7
by The Romagni's 09 Apr '20

09 Apr '20

Hello all, I have spend my stay-at-home time hunting... OA4/XQ3SA has been very active on AO7... after 4 days yesterday finally got him, we have a very small window between EM55 and FH17; The old but trusted AO7 came thru for me. Looking at my records that is the longest qso so far I have done via the birds, around 3385 miles. He seem to have some local QRN, but he is there on almost every afternoon pass. 73 Steve W4DTA

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Re: [amsat-bb] AO-7 and Move-11 - Move-11b
by gw1fky＠aol.com 09 Apr '20

09 Apr '20

Hi,I noted the comments and reports regarding sources of signals being received whilst monitoring AO-7.I am located in Wales ( UK ) and use a simple "ELK " antenna and "Funcube" dongle for monitoringmany of the satellites.I can confirm that recently whilst monitoring I noted strong signals in the band with the software forFox satellites and others during pass times in the morning and late evening.I checked out both MOVE -11 ( Operates 145.950 Mhz ) and MOVE- 11b ( Operates 145.840 Mhz ). The signals were very strong and the Fox Telemetry software in auto late yesterday evening(8th April ) Move-11b on 145.840 and quite wide - It prevented the software from locking onto the Foxsatellite that I was tracking at times.Ken EatonGW1FKY

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Rocket Lab Rocket Recovery test
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 08 Apr '20

08 Apr '20

Before New Zealand went into COVID-19 lockdown, the folks at Rocket Lab did a test to recover a first stage Electron rocket. You can see the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3CWGDhkmbs There are some other videos of the view from the rocket and inside the helicopter. 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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