Hello Satellite Operators.
I am taking a few days off next week since I have not had a vacation day since December 2019. Starting to get a little cabin fever from all this working at home bit.My GF has given me the thumbs up to go do a satellite rover trip. I looked at the map and decided to head North, as this seems to be the safest place to be during CV-19.
This will be my first formal CONUS Satellite Rove! I have operated from KH6,VP5, ZF and EN61/EN53.
I will be heading to EN67 Copper Harbor and plan on working my way back home(EN61 - Chicago) via EN56/EN55/EN54, maybe EN53/EN61.
I plan to be on the road from July 8 to 10th, maybe 11th? Operations will depend on weather which look spotty at times on Wunderground.
I have no particular passes planned at this stage best to look for daily updates via Twitter @AA5UK or here at AMSAT-BB.
I will try some FM passes (depending on the usual goat rodeo and civility) with focus more on the linear satellites. I will announce my RX or TX frequencies via Twitter.Please note this is a vacation trip and I will be doing some hiking, drone flying and photography.
Follow my travels on APRS SSID: AA5UK-9
More to come. Stay tuned!
73, Adrian AA5UK
I have an older orange case SSB2000 model preamp. I used to use it for EME
but replaced it and now want to use it in another installation for
satellites. I do not however want to power it separately and want to send
power down coax with ft847. This does not seem to work and I’m wondering if
I need to make some sort of internal change to the preamp. The manual
suggests I can power it through the coax. Any thoughts?
Rick, W2JAZ
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I’m looking for a 70cm preamp capable of RF switching and powered through
the coax. Let me know if you’d like to sell one that is excess to your
needs.
73
Rick, W2JAZ
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Nobody can replace you Bob!
Dan Schultz N8FGV
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Anybody want my Cubesat / Engineers job at the Academy?
Bob, WB4APR
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The U.S. Naval Academy’s Small Satellite Lab is looking for a General
Engineer in GS-13 pay grade. More details can be found at:
Hi all
I have 2 G6LVB Trackers. One has firmware v. 0.7 and the other has v. 0.906. I would like to upgrade the older unit but cannot find the required files. Howard’s site has a link that fails and there is no link on AMSAT-UK. Can someone please point me to the latest?
Thanks and 73,
Ed Krome K9EK
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Speaking of 13 Colonies, I'll be representing Virginia as "K2B" from FM18,
and possibly FM19 or FM08 on 7/3 and 7/4 (TBD). I plan to prioritize the
linear satellites but will give FM a try if the pass is not too crazy. I
expect to be on late afternoon/evenings on the work days and more
frequently on July 3 and 4. (July 5 looks to have a lot of family
activity, so "staycation mode"). I will try to announce plans on Twitter
(hashtags #13Colonies #amsat #K2B). Likely QRG will be 5kHz ABOVE passband
center (+/- QRM), computer-controlled. On AO-7, around 145.438-.440 unless
there is a rover operating (I'll move up).
More info on the event at http://13colonies.us (note new URL from prior
years). This will be my first year representing 13 Colonies instead of
chasing the stations on HF.
All QSL (they have a very nice design for 2020) is through each state's
QSL manager (link from 13 Colonies or each call's qrz.com page). If you
need my grid or Virginia on LOTW, please tell me, and I'll switch to my own
call so we can log it. If you are in one of the 13 Colonies states, it's
not too late to contact your state coordinator and join the fun!
73 Steve KS1G FM18
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From: Cal Spreitzer <n3cal(a)md.metrocast.net>
To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>
Cc:
Bcc:
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 10:19:12 -0400
Subject: [amsat-bb] 12th Annual 13 Colonies Special Event
The 12th Annual 13 Colonies Special Event (Independence Week Celebration)
starts Wednesday, July 1, 2020 -1300 UTC and runs through Wednesday, July
8, 2020 (0400 UTC)
This will be my second year representing Maryland as "K2F" from FM18. I
will be working most FM and Linear birds throughout the week. If you need
Maryland feel free to drop me a line for a particular schedule or just tune
in.
73,
Cal/N3CAL FM18
The weather at Mahia is not looking good for the next few days.
I did think they might have got a short slot tomorrow but not so.
Launch window starts 21:13 on 5th July UTC.
See: https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1278791379028570117
73,
Terry Osborne ZL2BAC
Anybody want my Cubesat / Engineers job at the Academy?
Bob, WB4APR
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From: <kang(a)usna.edu>
Subject: [CubeSat] Naval Academy Job Posting
The U.S. Naval Academy’s Small Satellite Lab is looking for a General
Engineer in GS-13 pay grade. More details can be found at:
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/572230600
<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.usajobs.gov_GetJob…>
Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:
1. Plan, design, monitor, and/or evaluate operations dealing with a
Satellite Ground Station;
2. Perform and/or lead maintenance or installation efforts involving
modifications to the Satellite Ground Station, the Global Positioning
Satellite receiver, and/or other satellite dish and receivers for an
installation, including the design and/or repair of component level
electronics;
3. Solve engineering problems involving academic support including
applying new technologies to problems not resolvable through conventional
methods;
4. Investigate and/or identify additional areas of potential application
of satellite technology on the academic curriculum to optimize the use of
satellite technology; and
5. Prepare estimates of costs, time and labor for proposed station
improvements.
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Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the
ARRL for the period June 1, 2020 through July 1, 2020.
Congratulations to all those who made the list this month!
CALL June July
N0JE 637 652
WD9EWK (DM43) 600 612
NS3L 551 575
KI7UNJ 510 527
AD0HJ 425 450
KE8FZT 400 428
AA4QE 305 408
K5IX 375 402
ND0C 346 377
KC9UQR 275 301
WA9JBQ 275 300
N4YHC 250 270
W4DTA 261 263
KA9P 212 259
KS1G 170 233
KE0WPA 200 229
VU2LBW 114 200
N3CAL 100 160
K7TEJ 102 126
N7ZO New 116
AC9O New 108
DJ3GZ New 108
WD9EWK (DM45) 100 106
K3HPA New 102
WA9WUD New 102
KI5HHK New 101
N8URE New 101
KD9NGV New 100
KP4RV New 100
W8LR New 100
If you find errors or omissions. please contact me off-list at
<mycall>@<mycall>.com and I'll revise the announcement.
This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings
for the two months. It's a visual comparison so omissions
are possible. Apologies if your call was not mentioned.
Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that are rarely
on the birds. They are doing most of the work!
Ron W5RKN
