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AMSAT BOD Elections...
by Roger Kolakowski 10 Sep '06

10 Sep '06

I have only one suggestion... Vote with your minds, not your hearts... Roger WA1KAT

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Re: Sband and Eagle: an appeal for a higher level discussion
by Joe Leikhim 10 Sep '06

10 Sep '06

This thread so reminds me of the past pleas for more mode B birds to replace AO-10 and AO-13. The AMSAT board response was that the VHF and UHF bands were getting noisy, illegal VHF and legal UHF interlopers were showing up and for the membership to embrace microwaves and build S band and L band stations. Well I am one who has such a station and while I would love certainly to see mode B, come back, I am also fully equipped to excercise some S and L band experiments. I can understand that many households are polluted with 2.4 GHz toys, mine is. My solution will be to pull the plug on that stuff during operation and to utilize a medium size dish for the downlink (Note: those grid panels can't discriminate as well as a bigger dish, and secondly the IC-970 noise blanker works on some types of S band ISM interference). Please someone tell me that we can work L and S band modes with HEO and linear transponders, I would become so much more interested in the hobby! -- Joe Leikhim K4SAT "The RFI-EMI-GUY"© "Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? For if it prosper, none dare call it treason." "Follow The Money" ;-P

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P3E page in english
by dave 10 Sep '06

10 Sep '06

Hello All, Just saw that the p3e-satellite.org page has the english translations working. Now I can start understanding all the references to Euros. One question - on the Join-in page under the "more about the raffle" heading, does it mean that to get any info on the status of P3E I will have to pay for a pixel? 73 de David VK5DG

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C C Rider
by Carl Yaffey 10 Sep '06

10 Sep '06

Will someone please explain what "C C Rider" means for a newbie? Thanks and 73, Carl Carl Yaffey K8NU Banjo, guitar, bass, mandolin lessons. Pro Tools recording studio. carl_yaffeyNO_SPAM(a)yahoo.com. 614 268 6353, Columbus OH http://www.carl-yaffey.com

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dichroic plate
by Geoff 10 Sep '06

10 Sep '06

Hi guys, It appears that future satelllite operations are likely to require operations on multiple microwave bands. Has anyone looked into the design and construction of dichroic plates suitable for amateur band operations? Mode S/X on P3E comes to mind as one place that might need them? For me the mechanical aspects do not present problems. Design does present problems as I do not have the test equipment for ¨cut and try¨ :-( . There are references on descanso.jpl.nasa.gov . 73 de Geoff vk2tfg.

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SuitSat-1 Return
by Frank H. Bauer 09 Sep '06

09 Sep '06

Masa, I sent this to the SAREX reflector, since it is human spaceflight related. But I will post here since the question was raised. 73, Frank, KA3HDO All, On September 7, 2006 at 16:00 GMT, SuitSat-1 re-entered about 1400 km south-southwest of Western Australia. For more details, including the winners of the Chicken Little Contest, please go to: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/ariss/suitsatContest.php I want to thank all who made SuitSat-1 the phenomenal event that it was. Your hard work and dedication paid off. In just 3 weeks the SuitSat team developed and delivered a safe satellite system that has gained the confidence of the international space agencies. The web and PR team were able to garner unprecedented press coverage of our ham/educational outreach activity, including over 9 million hits on www.suitsat.org in February. Students around the world had the opportunity to participate in a 7 month "school spacewalk" with the artwork, pictures, signatures and voices on-board. And the "super-sleuth" ham radio operator extraordinaires were able to pull a significant amount of data from the satellite despite of its low signal strength. And my congratulations to the students and adults who won the Chicken Little contest!! Next for SuitSat-1--the commemorative certificates/diplomas. And at the AMSAT-NA symposium/ARISS meeting we will discuss our thoughts and plans for a potential SuitSat-2. Stay tuned! 73, Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO AMSAT V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs ARISS International Chairman Message: 4 Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 12:19:56 +0900 From: Masahiro Arai <m-arai(a)a.email.ne.jp> Subject: [amsat-bb] SuitSat-1 return To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Message-ID: <200609090319.AA01511(a)giga.a.email.ne.jp> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Alititude of SuitSat-1 is decreasing drastically. Its alititude at 1330z 8th Sep was about 150km. SuitSat-1 must have returned the Earth. Many thanks, SuitSat-1!! Masa JN1GKZ Tokyo Japan

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Posat
by Vincenzo Mone 09 Sep '06

09 Sep '06

Hi to the list, is there anybody which has heard the POSAT in the last days? It is a while that I cannot hear it anymore. Today I've tried to update the keplerians but I still do not hear it. Anybody has heard it? Thanks 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 *************************************** ***** GSM +39 338 9749786 ***** ***** SMS +39 338 9749786 ***** ***** FAX +39 328 7244294 ***** *** 2nd e-mail: vimone(a)tin.it *** ***************************************

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Using TH-7DA As a Crossband link
by Mike Hooles 09 Sep '06

09 Sep '06

Hi guys, I have a non satellite problem and you all know this radio better than I do. Is there any way of using the TH-7DA as a crossband link on FM, even using an external cable ? I cannot find anything in the handbook. Regards Mike G3LGR 33643

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S-band on Eagle
by yokshs＠sbcglobal.net 09 Sep '06

09 Sep '06

Hi, I've been following the thread about Eagle, and like many others I am sad to hear that S-band will not fly. I do look forward to working S-band on P3E, and hope the Eagle team will reconsider, and fly an S transmitter, even if it is considered a backup or emergency transmitter. I understand why the team wants to drop it, but I have a feeling that if we DON'T fly it, we'll wish that we had. Sort of putting all the eggs in one basket to depend on U/v to work for the life of the bird, isn't it? Remember AO-40 - I never heard the S1 TX, but aren't we all glad there were two S transmitters aboard? I DO look forward to working U/v on Eagle, but I doubt that my budget will allow experimenting with new modes such as C-band anytime soon. With this in mind, as far as I'm concerned, Eagle will be a U/v bird only. While I won't argue that the 2.4 GHz spectrum is a 'sewer' in some areas, I've only had serious QRM on one occasion. The radar pulses or spread spectrum noise was cured by my radio's Noise Blanker. One evening while copying AO-40, the bird's signal dropped completely off the S-meter. It was like my dish had fallen off the roof or something! Seems a neighbor down the street got a new 2.4 GHz analog cordless telephone, and (you guessed it) she was the dreaded full duty-cycle type - a high-school age girl! Her phone must have broken or was returned to the store soon after (WHEW!) I never got a chance to DF it, as I only heard it the one time, but was in absolute horror at the possibility of losing my S-band RX. For those of you that doubt a non-licensed device can swamp your new downconverter, believe me, my AIDC 3731 could hear nothing else. On a related subject, seems like I read somewhere that some C-band experimenters were considering using s-band units for the final conversion from 5 GHz? In other words, the C-band converter would only need to convert from 5 GHz to 2 GHz, and let the surplus s-band units do the rest? Anyone know any more about this subject? Another use for S-band converters might be for RF linking purposes? A small transmitter and helix or dish at each end should work well for control links or linking repeater sites maybe? 73, Kyle Yoksh KØKN Olathe, Kansas Amsat # 35249 VUCC Satellite # 150

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Hawaii activity
by Tim Tapio 09 Sep '06

09 Sep '06

Hi all, I'm planning a trip to Hawaii (Oahu) for a few days in January..how much activity is there on AO-51? I'd like to bring a handheld along, see if I can work someone while I'm there. 73 de Tim, K4SHF

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