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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 11, Issue 32
by John KI4RO 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

Thanks Koos and Paval. Unfortunately Koos is correct in that the new Trustedqsl is not there. 73 John 73 John KI4RO On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 1:29 PM, <amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org> wrote: > Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to > amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > amsat-bb-owner(a)amsat.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Ettus B210 (Juan Jose Sanchez Denis) > 2. KG5CCI/P 1/27/2016 & 2/1/2016 thru 2/4/2016 (Dave Swanson) > 3. Re: Az-El Rotors (Jeff Breitner) > 4. Re: Az-El Rotors (Ted) > 5. Re: 18 minutes QSO on WX2 (Paul Stoetzer) > 6. Re: Latest TQSL on Ubuntu (Pavel Milanes (CO7WT)) > 7. Re: Ettus B210 (Norm n3ykf) > 8. Re: IC-9100 Satellite Memories.. (Steve Nordahl) > 9. Re: Latest TQSL on Ubuntu (Koos van den Hout) > 10. Thank You All (Fred Castello) > 11. Re: Thank You All (E.Mike McCardel) > 12. Re: Latest TQSL on Ubuntu (James K4JK) > 13. 18:15 UTC AO-07 will be 3deg elev over Spain, great sole over > USA (Juan Antonio) > 14. AO-7 (Gustavo Nicolau) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:10:10 +0100 > From: Juan Jose Sanchez Denis <jsdenis(a)gmail.com> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Ettus B210 > Message-ID: <1453759810.7928.2.camel@jj-laptop> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > What do you think about these amps? > > http://www.rfbayinc.com/subcategory_product.php?cPath=58 > > The HPA-155 and HPA 480 > > 73 de Juan EB2FVT > > > > El lun, 25-01-2016 a las 10:56 -0900, Edward R Cole escribi?: > > =======snip > > I looked into the Toshiba Module solution mentioned, and it is a pretty > > decent solution, but my problem with it was filtering. Those modules > > are great but have pretty bad third harmonic and spur rejection. This > > means that final stage filtering will be required to stay within FCC > > limits (I think -60 dBc is the requirement, can't remember off the top > > of my head). The W6PQL reference is fantastic and is closer to a good > > solution because he has the filtering problem solved in his designs (you > > may have to get the filter board separate for the 70cm design, I think > > he includes a filter in the 80W 2m Amp design). For the budget > > conscious, this is the path I would recommend. I would probably look > > into using the Toshiba modules with lower output power (single digit > > Watts) as a driver for something like a Mirage Amp (that I think has the > > final stage filtering built in). > > ====snip > > > > The W6PQL board is wide-band and one only needs to use proper value > > bypass capacitors and wind coils for 435-MHz. Not saying that is > > trivial but that is all that would be needed for filtering using that > > pc board. In the past others made generic pc boards for using the > > Toshiba modules. This is going to require some engineering to > > accomplish or you can spend big bucks and go the Kuhne Engineering route. > > > > I assume anyone using the Ettus B210 is willing to do that. > > > > > > 73, Ed - KL7UW > > http://www.kl7uw.com > > "Kits made by KL7UW" > > Dubus Mag business: > > dubususa(a)gmail.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 17:02:25 -0600 > From: Dave Swanson <dave(a)druidnetworks.com> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] KG5CCI/P 1/27/2016 & 2/1/2016 thru 2/4/2016 > Message-ID: <56A6A981.70109(a)druidnetworks.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Satellite Friends and Colleagues, > > I've got some travel coming up in the following weeks, and wanted to > make the community aware of my plans for /P operating. > > On January 27th, 2016 I will be in Jonesboro, AR which will place me in > the vicinity of the EM45/EM55/EM46/EM56 confluence. I'll have some free > time between 1700UTC and 2100UTC, and plan to operate from one or more > of those grids during that window. As EM46/EM56 are the more rarely > heard of that group, I plan to focus on them. There are several > FO29/AO7/AO85 passes in my free window, so be prepared for all mode > operation. > > Following that trip on February 1st, 2016 I will be traveling to the > EM03 area for several days. I will be passing thru EM23/EM14/EM13/EM04 > during my travels to and from, and will try to at least hit a few of > those grids during the drive out and back. Tentative plans are to return > on February 4th, but I may have to stay longer depending on workload in > the area. Travel to and from will be primary satellite operating time, > with some individual passes from EM03 in the evenings from the site. I > haven't calculated out specific passes yet, as exact locations and times > will be fluid, but like normal I will be QRV on all birds and all modes. > > Like always, follow me on Twitter @KG5CCI for up to the second /P pass > information. > > 73! > > -Dave, KG5CCI > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 18:43:35 -0500 > From: Jeff Breitner <lists(a)rudn.com> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Az-El Rotors > Message-ID: <56A6B327.4060700(a)rudn.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > > > On 1/25/16 9:08 AM, A. Kevin Arber wrote: > > Agree about the "Eggbeater" style. When I first returned to the sats I > > homebrewed a couple and they worked fine. But even better is a Moxin > style > > which provides gain and circular polarization. See Larry Cebik"s article > > in August 2001 QST. I built these and they worked great for the LEOs. > > Great for portable too, as are omnidirectional. > > Kevin/W3DAD > > > > > I prefer them over the Eggbeater/Texas Potato Mashers, and the Moxons > are a Field Day favorite for the linear transponder birds. Easy to set > up, and with a small field day operation, I like simple. Have been able > to work someone on pretty much every pass. > > Never tried them for the FM birds or ISS contacts, I don't think they'll > do well there at all during Field Day. Maybe normal operation, they > would be "just okay" to "meh, need something better someday". > > Image of the ones I built for field day: > http://imgur.com/KAkV44Q > > The design PDF is at http://www.oocities.org/w9bci/VHFUHFSatelite.pdf. > > The next iteration of the 400MHz antenna will use an appropriately sized > rod rather than 12g copper wire. > > ka8ncr > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:52:41 -0800 > From: "Ted" <k7trkradio(a)charter.net> > To: "'Jeff Breitner'" <lists(a)rudn.com>, <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Az-El Rotors > Message-ID: <001401d157cb$7d059330$7710b990$(a)charter.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Jeff, I made mine using brass tubing from the hobby shop. Easy to solder, > light weight. You make a small corner joint out of the next size down > tubing > > 73, Ted > K7TRK > > -----Original Message----- > From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff > Breitner > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 3:44 PM > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Az-El Rotors > > > > On 1/25/16 9:08 AM, A. Kevin Arber wrote: > > Agree about the "Eggbeater" style. When I first returned to the sats > > I homebrewed a couple and they worked fine. But even better is a > > Moxin style which provides gain and circular polarization. See Larry > > Cebik"s article in August 2001 QST. I built these and they worked great > for the LEOs. > > Great for portable too, as are omnidirectional. > > Kevin/W3DAD > > > > > I prefer them over the Eggbeater/Texas Potato Mashers, and the Moxons are a > Field Day favorite for the linear transponder birds. Easy to set up, and > with a small field day operation, I like simple. Have been able to work > someone on pretty much every pass. > > Never tried them for the FM birds or ISS contacts, I don't think they'll do > well there at all during Field Day. Maybe normal operation, they would be > "just okay" to "meh, need something better someday". > > Image of the ones I built for field day: > http://imgur.com/KAkV44Q > > The design PDF is at http://www.oocities.org/w9bci/VHFUHFSatelite.pdf. > > The next iteration of the 400MHz antenna will use an appropriately sized > rod > rather than 12g copper wire. > > ka8ncr > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 22:03:35 -0500 > From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm(a)arrl.net> > To: PY5LF <py5lf(a)falautomation.com.br> > Cc: "amsat-bb(a)amsat.org" <AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] 18 minutes QSO on WX2 > Message-ID: > <CABzOSOp7EYYgvnWT53WBTDsL2-YbbDN= > N6fF0+yCgwYEM6vgzw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I noted that I have 36 workable voice satellite passes from here in > Washington, DC tomorrow and we have at least four more transponders > scheduled to launch this year. There are tons of opportunities to work > satellites these days, no matter what your schedule is. > > 73, > > Paul, N8HM > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 4:26 PM, PY5LF <py5lf(a)falautomation.com.br> wrote: > > Right now we had a nice QSO jumping from XW2C to WX2F and finally to > XW2A . > > > > PU2RAS , PT9BM and me , PY5LF , 18 minutes on QSO. > > > > 73 > > > > > > > > PY5LF > > > > Luciano Fabricio > > > > Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm > > > > http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 23:25:52 -0500 > From: "Pavel Milanes (CO7WT)" <co7wt(a)frcuba.co.cu> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Latest TQSL on Ubuntu > Message-ID: <56A6F550.8090804(a)frcuba.co.cu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > Use the kamal's PPA. > > It's a kind of super updated unofficial repository ready to use, see here: > > https://ppa.launchpad.net/kamalmostafa/trustedqsl > > 73 > > El 25/01/16 a las 12:20, John KI4RO escribi?: > > Well, I'm not much of an expert on Linux/Ubuntu and hoping for some help > > here; ARRL hasn't been much help yet. > > I got TQSL out of the Ubuntu Software Center; it downloaded and installed > > just fine. I was under the impression that, having installed it that > way, > > updates would be installed as they became available but apparently that > is > > not the case. > > I've gone to the site and downloaded the appropriate tar.gz file and > > unpacked it but I don't know what to do with it now. I've tried the make > > command and such as specified on other sites but they don't seem able to > > work. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > > > 73 > > John KI4RO > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 03:20:22 -0500 > From: Norm n3ykf <normanlizeth(a)gmail.com> > To: Juan Sanchez <jsdenis(a)gmail.com> > Cc: "&lt,amsat-bb(a)amsat.org&gt," <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Ettus B210 > Message-ID: > < > CAJUhCTNvb27fxhh9ruwFV_Eb_ap_rysRoUoW6xK+GHtSjzjWfw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Attached the B210 to the UHF antenna for FO-29. Didn't notice the > uplink power was set on 50 watts until afterward. B210 could have > cared less. Talked with Captain Yuri. > Score one for National Instruments! > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 4:38 AM, Juan Sanchez <jsdenis(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm looking for some information about using some ettus SDR for sat > work. I > > have a B210. What kind of amplifier can I use able to be driven with the > > 200 mW of the Tx/RX output, better if it's pass trought. My google search > > was unable to find some ham who has made somethin similar > > Is ther some similar work with another SDR? > > I would appreciate any kind of help... I'm a newbie... > > Thanks a lot. > > 73 > > Juan > > EB2FVT > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 10:46:28 +0000 (UTC) > From: Steve Nordahl <ns3l(a)yahoo.com> > To: "amsat-bb(a)amsat.org" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9100 Satellite Memories.. > Message-ID: > <1718255336.187023.1453805188195.JavaMail.yahoo(a)mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Thanks for all the replies. I'm just going to leave them empty and rely on > satpc32 to handle things.. > Steve NS3L > > From: Jeff <jeff_griffin(a)comcast.net> > To: Steve Nordahl <ns3l(a)yahoo.com> > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 9:33 AM > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9100 Satellite Memories.. > > You really don't have to program in any sat channels if your going to be > using SatPC32 to control it. The program will set the u/l and d/l for > doppler as you work the sat. I have a doppler.sqf file for SatPC32? I can > send? you if you like... > > 73 Jeff kb2m > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Nordahl via AMSAT-BB > Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 8:47 AM > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-9100 Satellite Memories.. > > Hi all,, > > Just purchased a IC-9100 with RT Software to program it. Although I'll be > using SatPC32 to control things I was wondering what do most of you put in > the Satellite memory channels? FM birds?? Is it even worth programming > them..? > > Steve NS3L > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 14:05:09 +0100 > From: Koos van den Hout <koos(a)kzdoos.xs4all.nl> > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Latest TQSL on Ubuntu > Message-ID: <20160126130509.GA20821(a)kzdoos.xs4all.nl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Quoting Pavel Milanes (CO7WT) who wrote on Mon 2016-01-25 at 23:25: > > > Use the kamal's PPA. > > > > It's a kind of super updated unofficial repository ready to use, see > here: > > > > https://ppa.launchpad.net/kamalmostafa/trustedqsl > > .. which has no newer versions than trustedqsl 2.0.3 > > I'll mail the maintainer, maybe he can start updating the ubuntu trustedqsl > package again. > > Koos van den Hout > > -- > The Virtual Bookcase, the site about books, book | Koos van den Hout > news and reviews http://www.virtualbookcase.com/ | http://idefix.net/ > PGP keyid 0xF0D7C263 | IPv6 enabled! > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 08:06:15 -0500 > From: Fred Castello <fredcastello(a)gmail.com> > To: AMSAT bbs <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Thank You All > Message-ID: <0AC941A9-E5A7-4870-B045-EF4C462FF37B(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Don?t know if this is an appropriate thing to do or not, so forgive a > newbie if not. I just wanted to thank all of you who have sent me notes > and answered my questions regarding rotors. The response was very helpful > and much appreciated. Looking forward to contacting this group on the > satellites. > Best, > Fred Castello > KF4FC > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:03:11 -0500 > From: "E.Mike McCardel" <mccardelm(a)gmail.com> > To: Fred Castello <fredcastello(a)gmail.com> > Cc: AMSAT bbs <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Thank You All > Message-ID: <224B99FD-9284-44AB-BB9A-15511F0E6855(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Fred, > > Politeness and consideration is always appropriate. > > EMike > > EMike McCardel, AA8EM > Rotating Editor AMSAT News Service > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 26, 2016, at 8:06 AM, Fred Castello <fredcastello(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Don?t know if this is an appropriate thing to do or not, so forgive a > newbie if not. I just wanted to thank all of you who have sent me notes > and answered my questions regarding rotors. The response was very helpful > and much appreciated. Looking forward to contacting this group on the > satellites. > > Best, > > Fred Castello > > KF4FC > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:32:51 -0500 > From: James K4JK <k4jk.james(a)gmail.com> > Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Latest TQSL on Ubuntu > Message-ID: > < > CAMRfJPmV91iOPd2rk0Rc6_mEVSuEXTGbBHH4-XEqzCjGVAOEpg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > For anyone new to Linux who's confused: > > When ARRL releases a new version of TQSL, they only supply the source code > as far as Linux goes. They do not maintain the respective packages for each > distribution, like they do for windows. > > The package maintainer for a particular distribution will have to compile > the source for each architecture and version before it will install > "automatically" through a package manager. > > So, a lot of times there will be a delay between when you see the ARRL > announce that a new version is released, and when you will see it show up > in your Linux package manager as an update ready to be pushed out and > installed. > > This delay is the time between a source release and the maintainer building > the package for your particular distro, version, and architecture. > > If you don't want to wait you can always compile and install yourself, not > hard to do at all once you get used to it! > > 73 > James > K4JK > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 8:05 AM, Koos van den Hout <koos(a)kzdoos.xs4all.nl> > wrote: > > > Quoting Pavel Milanes (CO7WT) who wrote on Mon 2016-01-25 at 23:25: > > > > > Use the kamal's PPA. > > > > > > It's a kind of super updated unofficial repository ready to use, see > > here: > > > > > > https://ppa.launchpad.net/kamalmostafa/trustedqsl > > > > .. which has no newer versions than trustedqsl 2.0.3 > > > > I'll mail the maintainer, maybe he can start updating the ubuntu > trustedqsl > > package again. > > > > Koos van den Hout > > > > -- > > The Virtual Bookcase, the site about books, book | Koos van den Hout > > news and reviews http://www.virtualbookcase.com/ | http://idefix.net/ > > PGP keyid 0xF0D7C263 | IPv6 enabled! > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 19:00:43 +0100 > From: "Juan Antonio" <ea4cyq(a)gmail.com> > To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: [amsat-bb] 18:15 UTC AO-07 will be 3deg elev over Spain, > great sole over USA > Message-ID: <000c01d15863$7a32a100$6e97e300$(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I will be waiting USA stations, GL > > Juan Antonio > EA4CYQ > > > --- > El software de antivirus Avast ha analizado este correo electr?nico en > busca de virus. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 16:24:05 -0200 > From: Gustavo Nicolau <bombeiro.gustavo(a)gmail.com> > To: Satdx-bb(a)star-com.net, amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-7 > Message-ID: > <CAGHu4f-yQyE0MHPoi2hiN+d=NzCsmhbL7igcGp= > 2k_iZUw6u2Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > good window to SA 20:02 utc. 73 > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > 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 member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > ------------------------------ > > End of AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 11, Issue 32 > **************************************** >

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AO-7
by Gustavo Nicolau 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

good window to SA 20:02 utc. 73

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Thank You All
by Fred Castello 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

Don’t know if this is an appropriate thing to do or not, so forgive a newbie if not. I just wanted to thank all of you who have sent me notes and answered my questions regarding rotors. The response was very helpful and much appreciated. Looking forward to contacting this group on the satellites. Best, Fred Castello KF4FC

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Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9100 Satellite Memories..
by Steve Nordahl 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

Thanks for all the replies. I'm just going to leave them empty and rely on satpc32 to handle things.. Steve NS3L From: Jeff <jeff_griffin(a)comcast.net> To: Steve Nordahl <ns3l(a)yahoo.com> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 9:33 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] IC-9100 Satellite Memories.. You really don't have to program in any sat channels if your going to be using SatPC32 to control it. The program will set the u/l and d/l for doppler as you work the sat. I have a doppler.sqf file for SatPC32 I can send you if you like... 73 Jeff kb2m -----Original Message----- From: Steve Nordahl via AMSAT-BB Sent: Monday, January 25, 2016 8:47 AM To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-9100 Satellite Memories.. Hi all,, Just purchased a IC-9100 with RT Software to program it. Although I'll be using SatPC32 to control things I was wondering what do most of you put in the Satellite memory channels? FM birds?? Is it even worth programming them..? Steve NS3L

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Ettus B210
by Juan Sanchez 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

I'm looking for some information about using some ettus SDR for sat work. I have a B210. What kind of amplifier can I use able to be driven with the 200 mW of the Tx/RX output, better if it's pass trought. My google search was unable to find some ham who has made somethin similar Is ther some similar work with another SDR? I would appreciate any kind of help... I'm a newbie... Thanks a lot. 73 Juan EB2FVT

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18 minutes QSO on WX2
by PY5LF 26 Jan '16

26 Jan '16

Right now we had a nice QSO jumping from XW2C to WX2F and finally to XW2A . PU2RAS , PT9BM and me , PY5LF , 18 minutes on QSO. 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF

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Az-El Rotors
by Fred Castello 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

Please excuse the newbie. I have been receiving signals on SSB, CW, Packet, and FM via just listening for a while now. I am newly back into the satellites as I used to work the high elliptical orbit birds years ago. Let my license lapse and just got it back and upgraded. Now getting the satellite bug again and have really tried researching on the net but am a bit frustrated by the paucity of az-el rotors available. It seems that there are primarily the Yeasu G-5500 type at $700 to $800 or more or make your own and really no in-between. I am looking to have a permanent installation that could track both az and el and preferably be controlled by SatPC32. I am thinking of starting with a small single antenna with both 2m and 70cm on it (i.e. Arrow or other) which would present very low windage. When I initially got re-interested I was imaging a cheap solution with TV rotors but I don’t see any folks doing this and I would prefer not to have to set my antenna solution up every time I want to work the satellites. Am I missing something or could someone point me to an article or reference that I am not aware of? I really appreciate all of the collective experience in this group and thanks for your time! I am using a Kenwood TS 790A without the 1.2 Ghz installed. Best, Fred Castello, KF4FC

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KG5CCI/P 1/27/2016 & 2/1/2016 thru 2/4/2016
by Dave Swanson 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

Satellite Friends and Colleagues, I've got some travel coming up in the following weeks, and wanted to make the community aware of my plans for /P operating. On January 27th, 2016 I will be in Jonesboro, AR which will place me in the vicinity of the EM45/EM55/EM46/EM56 confluence. I'll have some free time between 1700UTC and 2100UTC, and plan to operate from one or more of those grids during that window. As EM46/EM56 are the more rarely heard of that group, I plan to focus on them. There are several FO29/AO7/AO85 passes in my free window, so be prepared for all mode operation. Following that trip on February 1st, 2016 I will be traveling to the EM03 area for several days. I will be passing thru EM23/EM14/EM13/EM04 during my travels to and from, and will try to at least hit a few of those grids during the drive out and back. Tentative plans are to return on February 4th, but I may have to stay longer depending on workload in the area. Travel to and from will be primary satellite operating time, with some individual passes from EM03 in the evenings from the site. I haven't calculated out specific passes yet, as exact locations and times will be fluid, but like normal I will be QRV on all birds and all modes. Like always, follow me on Twitter @KG5CCI for up to the second /P pass information. 73! -Dave, KG5CCI

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Re: [amsat-bb] Ettus B210
by Edward R Cole 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

=======snip I looked into the Toshiba Module solution mentioned, and it is a pretty decent solution, but my problem with it was filtering. Those modules are great but have pretty bad third harmonic and spur rejection. This means that final stage filtering will be required to stay within FCC limits (I think -60 dBc is the requirement, can't remember off the top of my head). The W6PQL reference is fantastic and is closer to a good solution because he has the filtering problem solved in his designs (you may have to get the filter board separate for the 70cm design, I think he includes a filter in the 80W 2m Amp design). For the budget conscious, this is the path I would recommend. I would probably look into using the Toshiba modules with lower output power (single digit Watts) as a driver for something like a Mirage Amp (that I think has the final stage filtering built in). ====snip The W6PQL board is wide-band and one only needs to use proper value bypass capacitors and wind coils for 435-MHz. Not saying that is trivial but that is all that would be needed for filtering using that pc board. In the past others made generic pc boards for using the Toshiba modules. This is going to require some engineering to accomplish or you can spend big bucks and go the Kuhne Engineering route. I assume anyone using the Ettus B210 is willing to do that. 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: dubususa(a)gmail.com

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Pass.exe handles Rotor & Dopplers
by Pedro Converso 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

Web App at http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm could handle Rotor and Dopplers Does it thru http://amsat.org.ar/pass.exe available for download. Uses WispDDE Driver http://www.mederoscnc.com/CX6DD/wispdde/wispdde.htm If You try, comments/suggestions/changes welcome. 73, lu7abf, Pedro Converso

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Why do people start new threads when replying to a post on amsat-bb?
by John Brier 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

I have never seen this on any other mailing list. Is it because the mailing list configuration sets "reply" to be the user who sent the email and not the list, and then it is easier to send an email to the list by starting a new thread as opposed to "reply all" and then having to edit out all the email addresses except amsat-bb? If the information in the emails to this list is helpful to others who search google and find it in the archives, it will be harder to find if it's across multiple threads. Additionally, not keeping things in thread makes it harder to follow a conversation and more difficult to manage email. If I am not interested in a particular thread I can just mark the whole thread read as opposed to two or three other threads. If a reply to an original thread is truly a different subject then it is common practice to change the subject like so: How do I search the archives? (was: Why do people start new threads when replying to a post on amsat-bb?) 73, John, KG4AKV

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Re: [amsat-bb] 9100 satellite memories
by Richard Lawn 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

I'm not sure you even need to both with this since you are using SatPC32 as many of us do. I don't bother. 73 Rick, W2JAZ -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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Re: [amsat-bb] Ettus B210
by Edward R Cole 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

Juan, You are probably going to have to build an amplifier, but many RF modules only require 40mw drive. I am building 80w 2m amplifiers using the Toshiba S-VA36: http://www.kl7uw.com/kits.htm Other modules in that line such as S-VA10H outputs up to 14w. They all require pretty much the same pc board. I am using the board made by W6PQL which costs $17.50 without parts. Parts for the 80w amp are listed on Mouser as a special project which is linked from: http://www.w6pql.com/2_meter_80w_all_mode_amplifier.htm If you did not want 80w output one could substitute the 10, 25, or 50w RF modules: https://www.rfparts.com/module/rfpower-mosfet.html Not sure what you mean by "pass through" unless you mean an amp that bypasses for Receive. The W6PQL does that and has ckt for RF sensed keying in transmit or external PTT. I've enhanced the design with addition of power output metering and temp-controlled cooling fan. But building in limited quantities means the parts are not cheap. 73, Ed - KL7UW -------------- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:38:32 +0100 From: Juan Sanchez <jsdenis(a)gmail.com> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Ettus B210 Message-ID: <CAD9R3jOYs1VDjxUntU1XQYi_NDvZJoY1UtbBXQ69qmb_0fEXFQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I'm looking for some information about using some ettus SDR for sat work. I have a B210. What kind of amplifier can I use able to be driven with the 200 mW of the Tx/RX output, better if it's pass trought. My google search was unable to find some ham who has made somethin similar Is ther some similar work with another SDR? I would appreciate any kind of help... I'm a newbie... Thanks a lot. 73 Juan EB2FVT 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: dubususa(a)gmail.com

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Re: [amsat-bb] Az-El Rotors
by Edward R Cole 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

I agree with JoAnne: Put up a small yagi fixed in elevation at 15-30 degrees with a cheap antenna rotator for azimuth (Alliance HD73 or similar) and you will be in business without the $700 cost of az-el. Even mounting an Arrow this way is good to have hands-free operation. I built a pair of Lindenblad antennas, which was an interesting project, and they worked OK. But I missed having the gain of a yagi system for stronger reception of the sats (my old system was rated for AO-40). I have taken down my Lindenblads. I've acquired a replacement controller for my Yaesu B5400 and will re-install part of (26-elements) of my M2 436CP42 and have a 7-element M2 2m yagi on a short tower with the B5400. Probably will not get to this until spring. You can see what I have done here: http://www.kl7uw.com/sat.htm 73, Ed - KL7UW From: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm(a)comcast.net> To: "'AMSAT bbs'" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Az-El Rotors Message-ID: <000901d15778$4c73e210$e55ba630$@net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Fred, > ... starting with a small single antenna with both 2m and 70cm on > it (i.e. Arrow or other) ... I've found that an azimuth-only rotor with a fixed elevation of 20? or so works well enough for most of what I do with LEO satellites. I got my rotor from ebay for $20. It is a primitive setup - manual tracking. Much of the time I prefer using an Arrow antenna. If you are looking for rotor projects there have been two designs published over the past year or so in the AMSAT Journal. Here is some information you can use to find out more about these: The AMSAT store has the printed circuit board for WA8SME's WRAPS inexpensive, portable az-el rotor system. See http://store.amsat.org and look for the "WRAPS Tracker Circuit Board". There is also a link to the article by Mark, WA8SME. Bob, KI4SBL, wrote an article about his homebrew az-el rotor system, "CNCTRK ? A LinuxCNC Based Satellite Tracking System", for the AMSAT Journal. Bob has details of this project and the parts he sells along with a PDF of the article posted on his web site: http://ki4sbl.dodropin.org/CNCTRK/ -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: dubususa(a)gmail.com

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Az-El Rotors
by Clayton Coleman 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

I am not a fan of omni antennas for the current LEO satellites. The eggbeater or moxons are marginal performers at best. Short, quality feedlines and RX preamps are good ways to minimize ineffectiveness of omnis but there's no silver bullet. If you have no other choice but omnis, you may find yourself limited to certain satellites and certain passes. SO-50, for example, is not going to be favorable. Compensating for lack of hearing ability by running full power won't make you many friends. Working satellites on an almost daily basis, one can often identify an eggbeater or omni user by their inability to hear a very strong signal from the satellite. As previously mentioned, a set of small yagis at a fixed elevation with an azimuth rotor will yield far better results. The trick is not using longer, high-gain yagis. You'll have more beam width with smaller ones. Considering what many stations achieve with an Arrow or Elk antenna (7,000+ km contacts,) bigger isn't always better. Omnis are okay as long as you understand the shortcomings. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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Fwd: Hamcation and update on Special event Project Diana
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25 Jan '16

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IC-9100 Satellite Memories..
by Steve Nordahl 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

Hi all,, Just purchased a IC-9100 with RT Software to program it. Although I'll be using SatPC32 to control things I was wondering what do most of you put in the Satellite memory channels? FM birds?? Is it even worth programming them..? Steve NS3L

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Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT CW activity .
by RSoifer1＠aol.com 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

Hi Kevin, Good point. Yes, we're all getting older and I hope the new format will make it easier for everyone to participate. 73 Ray W2RS

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Fw: "?" menu problem
by W2JV 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

Hi, Pat is having a problem on SATPC32 that I have not encountered, I gave me a few ideas, but I’m just guessing, if anyone has any ideas I would appreciate it, thank you. 73 Peter W2JV From: Patrick Dolan Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 4:50 PM To: w2jv(a)amsat.org Subject: FW: "?" menu problem Hi Peter---long time no see! Haven’t seen you since 2015, so Happy New Year! Hope you’re doing well. So, I’m trying to get back into working the birds. As you can see below, having problems with SATPC32. Can’t get into the “?” files. Any insights? Tnx 73 Pat N2IEN I can no longer get into anything from the “?” menu except “Manual” and “FAQ’S.” When I select anything else from the “?” menu nothing happens. I was trying to access Doppler.SQF to add some satellites when I encountered this problem. Can you help? Thanks! 73 Pat N2IEN

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Re: [amsat-bb] Az-El Rotors
by h05ram-k9ldw＠usa.net 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

Hi Frank, I can't seem to locate the article now but there have been hams whom used two of the old Alliance 110's (or similar). The two rotors were mounted on their appropriate axis' by use of homebrew mounts. Usually the elevation rotor's controller is then manually re-tagged to indicate degrees of elevation. That measurement can be accomplished manually using a cheap elevation indicator that can be found at Harbor Freight, though is not required for satellite use. An online search (I prefer startpage) yielded multiple hits including: http://kh6hak.tripod.com/az-el-rotor-control.html Good luck! Lowell K9LDW ------ Original Message ------ Received: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 10:16:17 PM CST From: Fred Castello <fredcastello(a)gmail.com> To: AMSAT bbs <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] Az-El Rotors > Please excuse the newbie. I have been receiving signals on SSB, CW, Packet, and FM via just listening for a while now. I am newly back into the satellites as I used to work the high elliptical orbit birds years ago. Let my license lapse and just got it back and upgraded. Now getting the satellite bug again and have really tried researching on the net but am a bit frustrated by the paucity of az-el rotors available. It seems that there are primarily the Yeasu G-5500 type at $700 to $800 or more or make your own and really no in-between. I am looking to have a permanent installation that could track both az and el and preferably be controlled by SatPC32. I am thinking of starting with a small single antenna with both 2m and 70cm on it (i.e. Arrow or other) which would present very low windage. When I initially got re-interested I was imaging a cheap solution with TV rotors but I don’t see any folks doing this and I would prefer not to have to set my antenna solution up every time I want to work the satellites. Am I missing something or could someone point me to an article or reference that I am not aware of? I really appreciate all of the collective experience in this group and thanks for your time! I am using a Kenwood TS 790A without the 1.2 Ghz installed. > Best, > Fred Castello, KF4FC > _______________________________________________ > 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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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-25 06:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-25 06:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: PSU. Wittayanusorn School, Kho Hong District, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand, direct via E29AJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI (***) Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-01-30 11:06:23 UTC 63 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(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** 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: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 115 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 115 **************************************************************************** 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 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-01-25 06:00 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1019. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 984. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. 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: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, 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 2016-01-20 23:30 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. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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AggieSat4 beacon info
by Norm n3ykf 25 Jan '16

25 Jan '16

Not much on the web as I suppose this crew is busy with other things. Dropped them a line. Kind enough to have a fellow pass on beacon freq's, modes and structure of the telemetry packet. Says will check on the 1200 baud modem on 125.43. AGS4 Beacon Bit Order,,, ,,, Name,# of bits,Type,Value Callsign,48,string,WH2XGN Payload Length,8,unsigned char, Packet ID,8,unsigned char,0x09 Unused,16,unsigned short, Battery Pack 1 Voltage,8,unsigned short, Battery Pack 2 Voltage,8,unsigned short, Battery Pack 1 Status,8,unsigned short, Battery Pack 2 Status,8,unsigned short, Solar Panel 1 Current,8,unsigned short, Solar Panel 2 Current,8,unsigned short, Solar Panel 3 Current,8,unsigned short, Solar Panel 4 Current,8,unsigned short, Solar Panel 5 Current,8,unsigned short, Solar Panel 6 Current,8,unsigned short, Acceleration X,32,float, Acceleration Y,32,float, Acceleration Z,32,float, Quaternion 1,32,float, Quaternion 2,32,float, Quaternion 3,32,float, Quaternion 4,32,float, Magnetic Field Strength X,32,float, Magnetic Field Strength Y,32,float, Magnetic Field Strength Z,32,float, Angular Velocity X,32,float, Angular Velocity Y,32,float, Angular Velocity Z,32,float, Torque Coil Current X-axis,32,float, Torque Coil Current Y-axis,32,float, Torque Coil Current Z-axis,32,float, Torque Coil Temperature X-axis,32,float, Torque Coil Temperature Y-axis,32,float, Torque Coil Temperature Z-axis,32,float, Reaction Wheel X Status,1,bool, Reaction Wheel Y Status,1,bool, Reaction Wheel Z Status,1,bool, Torque Coil X Status,1,bool, Torque Coil Y Status,1,bool, Torque Coil Z Status,1,bool, -,2,padding, HDR (436.25),1,bool, LDR 1200 (125.43 MHz),1,bool, LDR 9600 (436.25 MHz),1,bool, Xlink,1,bool, -,4,padding, Camera Status,1,bool, -,7,padding, Sun Sensor Interface Board Status,1,bool, VN-100 Status,1,bool, GPS Board Status,1,bool, -,5,padding, CRC,16,2 byte-CRC, ,,, Total,768,bits, ,96,bytes,

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Office Closed
by Martha 24 Jan '16

24 Jan '16

Due to the blizzard that hit the Washington DC area, the AMSAT office will be closed on Monday. -- 73- Martha

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UT1FG/MM active
by Clayton Coleman 24 Jan '16

24 Jan '16

I just had a brief exchange with Yuri, UT1FG on FO-29 at 20:07. He was in FN58. He wasn't hearing very well on that pass but it's very likely because the pass wasn't very favorable to the ship's heading. 73 Clayton W5PFG

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1986-01-24: Voyager 2 Flies Past Uranus
by B J 24 Jan '16

24 Jan '16

http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/science/uranus.html This was the first close look at the planet. I don't remember it getting as much attention in the news as the spacecraft's flyby of Saturn in August, 1981. Perhaps it was because the pictures weren't considered to be as spectacular this time, though Uranus is, by no means, less intriguing. For example, it has a ring system as well and the question about why its axis of rotation is located almost in the orbital plane remains unanswered. Later that year, PBS's "Nova" broadcast a documentary about it. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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headphones switch
by Vincenzo Mone 24 Jan '16

24 Jan '16

Hi folks, as i use two radios 1 in HF and the other in VHF/UHF/SHF and also use just 1 headphones, every time i need to unplug the headphones from 1 radio to the other. I there a way to make an homemade headphones switch that i can switch the headphones from one radio to the other without have to always unplug and plug in them? If yes please anybody can point me how to make it? Any help will be really appreciated. 73's de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ********************************** ******* GSM +39 328 7110193 ******* ****** SMS +39 328 7110193 ****** *** 2nd e-mail: vimone(a)tin.it *** *********************************

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Funcube warehouse changes
by David Johnson 24 Jan '16

24 Jan '16

Hi, There may be a few short outages to the display pages this afternoon, while we do some work on getting the realitime min-max for UKube. If the data looks strange, please do no report it! The data capture will not be affected. 73 Dave, G4DPZ

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5 in em55 award
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 24 Jan '16

24 Jan '16

Congrats to Steve Kristoff for having worked 5 hams in our grid AI9IN 5 in em55 award #59 Please check out www.starcommgroup.org for the other awards we offer WA4HFN EM55 Damon Runion

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Yaesu FT-857D
by skristof＠etczone.com 24 Jan '16

24 Jan '16

Anybody using a Yaesu FT 857D to work the SSB satellites? If so, what do you think? Can you take it outside and use it with an Arrow antenna? Steve AI9IN

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AMSAT CW activity day
by Kevin M 24 Jan '16

24 Jan '16

I just wanted to comment that I am very pleased about this recently announced change to the annual New Years event. I have two keys sitting on my desk... A beautiful J-38 straight key that is almost a collectors item with chromed posts and a Kent SP-1 that is finally a key that works for me after going through a number of other paddles. I use the Kent about 99.9 percent of the time... I've modified it slightly by using big sticky rubber feet on the finger piece to make the paddle wider, allowing my finger and thumb better spacing. The J-38 was a gift from a ham in appreciation for something I did that I would have done for anybody. He chose that gift in particular after me telling him how much I miss my Novice J-38 key that I had worlds of fun with as a kid. Especially when I monkey wired the parts for a Tuna Tin 2 onto a terminal strip mounted on one of the base posts. - So you might ask, "Kevin... if you have that wonderful straight key, why don't you pump the brass a little more?" 'I'd love to,' would be my answer. But in the early 2000s I developed a 'repetitive task' type injury... De Quervain Syndrome; think of it as carpal tunnel for the thumb. It meant a lot of pain and the wearing of a brace for 8-12 hours each day... fortunately, sticking to a regimen and avoiding further aggravation I was able to avoid surgery. But you know what that meant? No CW! I pretty much gave up on ham radio at the time... not JUST because of that, but also other life changes. - Now years later, after a cross country move and buying a house, my wife encouraged me to get back into the hobby. And after testing the waters, I found I WAS able to work CW again, but for sure, I had to be careful about what key and what hand position. Long story short, after receiving the gift of the J-38, an attempt to have a ragchew on 80m CW sent me running for my brace... not a good sign. So my J-38 is relegated to being used for tuning and occasionally sending my callsign really, really slow on noisy low bands. I hate that, but I'm very proud of the key and still give it an honored place on my desk. As I said, I can normally use my SP-1 after modification to make my thumb position more compatible... provided no contesting or marathon sessions. (Gets me out of being drafted to the CW tent for the duration of FD!) I've often thought about participating in SKN and just being careful, but I know that once I got going, my exuberance would overcome my better judgement and I'd be digging out the brace and possibly sidelined for a time. (Oh, for those that are out there suggesting keyboard CW... I tried that. My typing is 25 WPM hunt and peck... a respectable speed for that style of typing, but full of errors. I can backspace on the computer, but that doesn't work so well on CW.) If you don't hear me on next year, it will be because of family... as the holidays are a bit of a reclusive time around my house for enjoying each others company. But if there is a lull in the 'family togetherness' I'll be happy to show everyone how well I've adapted from my early days of 'slapper' fist on my Ten Tec single paddle around to finessing the very tight spacing on my Kent with it's subtle and satisfying clicks. (Hard core CW guys will appreciate that last thought.) Inclusion is the backbone of our 'communicator's hobby'... thanks for being flexible with tradition and keeping it alive! 73, Kevin N4UFO ------------------------------------------------------------------"Control is the need of the fearful mind. Trust is the need of the courageous heart."

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ANS-024 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Joseph Spier 24 Jan '16

24 Jan '16

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-024 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: * In Memory of Robert J. (Bob) Carpenter, W3OTC-SK by Bill Tynan, W3XO * AMSAT SKN Winners and Changes for Next Year * Student Internship CubeSat Opportunities in Greenbelt, MD USA * VHF Groups Join Forces to Sponsor "Super Conference" * 2016 NASA Student Airborne Research Program * AMSAT Events * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Over SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-024.01 ANS-024 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 024.01 >From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE January 24, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-024.01 --------------------------------------------------------------------- In Memory of Robert J. (Bob) Carpenter, W3OTC-SK by Bill Tynan, W3XO Bob, a longtime friend, one-time business partner and devoted AMAST volunteer became a Silent Key Friday, January 8th. Bob was born July 31, 1930 in Washington, DC. I first met Bob in the late 1940s on six meters. At the time, we both lived in Silver Spring, Maryland. After a few QSOs we decided to meet and compare notes. I found that, in addition to the interest we shared in the VHF bands, he was very intrigued with FM broadcasting, as I had been for years. Following graduation from The University of Maryland, in 1951 with a degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Bob served in the U.S. Air Force, at the US Air Force Research Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. On completing his Air Force commitment, he joined the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in the DC area where I was employed. Leaving the Laboratory 1955, Bob joined, what was then called the National Bureau of Standards, first in Boulder, Colorado and later at their facility at Gaithersburg, Maryland. In his early work at the Bureau, he was instrumental in the development of technology for passing message traffic via the short bursts of VHF frequency propagation caused by the ionization produced by meteors entering the Earth's atmosphere. When Bob returned to Maryland, he was involved in development of computer networking, retiring from what is now called The National Institute for Standard and Technology in 1992. In 1988, he received the US Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Service. Following retirement from NIST, Bob became available to assist AMSAT, of which he was an early member, holding AMSAT Life Membership Number 21. His knowledge of computers, was invaluable to Martha in keeping the office computers up to date and the various data bases current. He regularly came into the AMSAT office up until the last few days of his life. Bob was active on six meters up until the time he sold his home in Rockville, Maryland and moved to a retirement facility in nearby Gaithersburg. In earlier years, Bob did extensive traveling in Europe and elsewhere, his favorite country to visit being France. He became quite fluent in the French language. He went on one DXpedition, journeying to the French Caribbean island of Guadalupe. I, and a number of other six meter operators, were able to work a new country through Bob's efforts. As mentioned earlier, Bob and I shared in interest in FM broadcasting. That interest blossomed during the late 1950s when Bob rented half of the house I then owned in Rockville, Maryland. After much discussion of the pros and cons, we decided to construct a station of our own. So, we applied for a Construction Permit (CP) from FCC to build a station in Bethesda, Maryland, a nearby suburb of Washington. Bob handled most of the technical work, while I concentrated on the business side. He always has been more adept at the technical side of radio and electronics than I. After receiving our CP, we went to work in earnest to build the station. Finally, in June, 1961, FCC came out with standards for broadcasting stereo. Bob and I reasoned that, for a new station, such as ours, to have any chance of success, it had to hit the air with stereo. Since there was no stereo broadcasting equipment available at the time, much of what we needed had to be constructed by us. This herculean task could not have been completed without Bob's expertise, but on November 12, 1961, only five months after FCC's establishment of standards for stereo broadcasting, WHFS, the DC area's first stereo FM station, hit the air on 102.3 MHz. Once on the air, Bob kept WHFS on the air while I struggled with the multitude of paperwork associated with running a small business, especially a radio station. Each of us was smart enough to keep our “day jobs,” making running a radio station especially difficult. We sold the station in 1963, affording Bob and me more time for ham radio. It has been a great pleasure to have known Bob all these years. I will miss him and I know that Martha and all of AMSAT will miss him as well. 73, Bob. With thanks to Perry Klein, W3PK, and Tom Pyke, K4DSD, who were responsible for providing valuable information for this tribute to Bob. Martha at the AMSAT Office reports: "The memorial service for Bob Carpenter, W3OTC has been postponed for 1 week due to weather. It is now scheduled to take place at 7:00 PM on Saturday, January 30th at the chapel of Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg MD." [ANS thanks Bill Tynan, W3XO, AMSAT President Emeritus for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT SKN Winners and Changes for Next Year Thanks again to all who participated in AMSAT's Straight Key Night 2016, held in memory of Ben Stevenson, W2BXA. The following participants each received at least one Best Fist nomination: AA5PK,. WA5KBH, WA8SME, W3TMZ, W4CVV, W5PFG. Special kudos to Glenn Miller, AA5PK, who received three. Activity was down this year, for a variety of reasons, some having to do with availability of suitable satellites and some to do with changes in amateur radio in general. Since this was AMSAT's 25th annual SKN, it's a good time to consider changes. While Morse as a license qualification has gone the way of the spark gap, amateur CW activity is as popular as ever. Straight keys and "bugs", however, have found a niche primarily with the boat anchor crowd, and AMSAT's insistence on their use in OSCAR SKN is probably holding down participation. Similar considerations have led ARRL to broaden its annual HF event to include all forms of CW, even computer-generated. The idea is to encourage everyone to enjoy CW operation, no matter how they choose to do it. So, in with the new: AMSAT CW Activity Day on OSCAR. As with the old SKN, it will be a fun event, not a contest, and will run for 24 hours on January 1. All forms of CW will be welcome. Instead of best fist nominations, all participants will be encouraged to post "Soapbox" comments to AMSAT-BB. A further announcement will be posted in December 2016. [ANS thanks Ray, W2RS for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Student Internship CubeSat Opportunities in Greenbelt, MD USA APPLY NOW: Paid NASA Intern Opportunities Summer 2016 The NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is offering student internship positions for the Summer 2016 semester. Applications are being taken on the NASA One Stop Shopping Initiative (OSSI) recruiting web site. Go to: https://intern.nasa.gov --> Student Opportunities --> then click on the first dropdown link to start reading all about the internships and the process of applying. There is no need for students to upload a resume in OSSI when they apply. The resume is essentially built through the student's responses to the questions within the online application. Go to: https://intern.nasa.gov/ossi/web/public/guest/searchOpps/ to search and filter through the many Opportunities at the different NASA locations across the country in addition to the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Search on "cubesat" without the quotes to see examples from which the student may select to apply. One such Opportunity, "CubeSat Ground Station Development," Is being offered by NASA engineer and fellow AMSAT member Pat Kilroy, N8PK. He is looking for university level students with a course of study in engineering. Electrical or Electronics Engineering (EE) or Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) majors in their junior class or higher this fall are sought for the 10-week summer program. Pat says experience in hardware and certain skills are required, as described in the text of his Opportunity listing. Open to U.S. citizens. The student application instructions provide a deadline of March 1 to apply, but mentors have already started to evaluate applications and make their selections. The word to the wise is to get in one's application immediately. Don't wait. Applications must be made via the OSSI web. Please be sure to include your Amateur Radio callsign under the Special Skills section -- or that you are studying for it. [ANS thanks NASA and Pat, N8PK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- VHF Groups Join Forces to Sponsor "Super Conference" The Southeastern VHF Society (SVHFS), North East Weak Signal Group (NEWS) and Mount Airy VHF Radio Club (Pack Rats) are cosponsoring a VHF Super Conference, hosted by the Grid Pirates Contest Group (K8GP) and Directive Systems and Engineering. The conference will take place April 15-17 in Sterling, Virginia. Early registration discounts are available. Conference Proceedings in printed and digital form will be available after the event. Sign up when registering. All registrations include lunch and all-day beverages. The event will feature an array of forums and workshops, a test lab, and a conference banquet. A microwave loop Yagi workshop will be offered during the weekend at an additional fee. The workshop will explain how loop Yagis work, how to adjust them, and how to build one. Free shuttle service will be available to the Udvar-Hazy Air & Space Museum. A second call for papers and presentations for the VHF Super Conference has been issued. The conference sponsors are seeking presentations or papers dealing with all aspects of VHF, UHF, microwave, and higher. Topics may include operating, contesting, homebrewing, software, EME, surplus, antennas, test equipment, amplifiers, and SDR. Photos are encouraged. Steve Kostro, N2CEI, and Paul Wade, W1GHZ, are coordinating Proceedings. Direct submissions and questions to them via e-mail. View the ARRL press release at: http://www.arrl.org/news/vhf-groups-join-forces-to-sponsor-super-conference [ANS thanks the ARRL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 NASA Student Airborne Research Program The NASA Airborne Science Program invites highly motivated undergraduate students currently in their junior year to apply for the NASA Student Airborne Research Program, also known as SARP 2016. The program provides students with hands-on research experience in all aspects of a major scientific campaign, from detailed planning on how to achieve mission objectives to formal presentation of results and conclusions to peers and others. Students will assist in the operation of airborne instruments aboard the NASA DC-8 aircraft. They also will analyze remote-sensing data collected during the program from the NASA ER-2. The program takes place in summer 2016. Instrument and flight preparations, and the research flights themselves, will occur at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Palmdale, California. Postflight data analysis and interpretation will take place at the University of California, Irvine. Successful applicants will be awarded a stipend plus a travel allowance for eight weeks of participation in the program. Housing and local transportation also will be provided. The deadline for applications is Feb. 2, 2016. For more information and to download the program application, visit http://www.nserc.und.edu/sarp/sarp-2016. Specific questions about the program should be directed to SARP2016(a)nserc.und.edu. [ANS thanks the NASA Education Express Message -- Jan. 21, 2016 for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Events Information about AMSAT activities at other important events around the country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations, forums, and/or demonstrations). *Friday and Saturday, 19-20 February 2016 – Yuma Hamfest and 2016 ARRL Southwest Division Convention in Yuma AZ *Friday, 4 March 2016 – presentation for the Associated Radio Amateurs of Long Beach meeting in Signal Hill CA *Saturday and Sunday, 12-13 March 2016 – ScienceCity science fair, on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson AZ *Saturday, 19 March 2016 – Scottsdale Amateur Radio Club Spring Hamfest 2016 in Scottsdale AZ *Saturday, 26 March 2016 – Tucson Spring Hamfest in Tucson AZ *Saturday, 7 May 2016 – Cochise Amateur Radio Association Hamfest in Sierra Vista AZ *Saturday, 4 June 2016 – White Mountain Hamfest in Show Low AZ [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News Sucessful Contacts Brihaspati Vidyasadan, Kathmandu, Nepal, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign was NA1SS The scheduled astronaut was Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact was successful: Wed 2016-01-20 08:37:04 UTC 26 deg A telebridge contact via VK5ZAI with students at Brihaspati Vidyasadan, Kathmandu, Nepal was successful 01/20/2016 at 08:37:04 UTC 26 deg. Astronaut Tim Peake, KG5BVI answered 17 questions for students. An audience of about 300 included students from 10 other schools, as well as the British Ambassador to Nepal, the Cultural Affairs Officer from the US Embassy, and a member of the National Human Rights Commission and former Ministry for Science and Technology. Brihaspati Vidyasadan is a 32 year old High school, located in Kathmandu, Nepal. Brihaspati runs classes from nursery to 100 at secondary level and the 10+2 program in Science and Management at the higher secondary Level. Besides these Brihaspati also runs Diploma in Hospitality Management and Tourism in affiliation with Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality (CTH), UK. Brihaspati is known for its academic excellence. To date Brihaspati has produced over 2000 SLC graduates and over 600 +2 graduates who have achieved excellent academic achievements. Brihaspati has also been awarded the "Best School in Nepal" in 2055BS. Brihaspati is also known for its co-curricular and extra-curricular activities including sports, debates and concerts. Over the years the school has achieved Inter-school successes in football (soccer), cricket and basketball at national levels. School has also successes in inter-school competitions like debate, elocution and concerts. For its academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular achievements Brihaspati has been placed among the Class A schools of Nepal by the Ministry of Education, Government of Nepal. Brihaspati staff and students have been known for their innovation in education. The school is reputed to be the first school in Nepal to introduce computer education. Brihaspati houses clubs like Lokopakar, which is a student club that looks into Humanitarian aid. Brihaspati students recently started gThink Inkh, an activity designed using the principles of Extreme Design from Stanford for instilling critical thinking and problem solving skills in students. This program has gained attention of a lot of people in the academia at a very rapid pace. Brihaspati is located in a 25 acre land space at the heart of Kathmandu within the Balmandir compound. It has academic facility that is of very high standards. It houses the Free and Open Source Research Lab and Ham (amateur radio) facility that students and staff have access to. Recently during the earthquake of Nepal, one of the buildings of Brihaspati was used by ham radio operators from Nepal and India to coordinate search and reconciliation of families where over 500 families were reunited with their loved ones. Some local news media video reports are available at http://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/british-astronaut-tells-nepali- students-to-follow-their-cherished-dreams/ http://e-visitnepal.blogspot.se/2016/01/talk-to-astronauts.html http://nagariknews.com/feature-article/story/52883.html Upcoming Contacts A direct contact with students at PSU. Wittayanusorn School, Kho Hong District, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand is scheduled for Sat 2016-01-30 11:06:23 UTC 63 deg. PSU. Wittayanusorn School, established in 2005, is a Prince of Songkla University affiliated private high school in Hatyai, Songkhla Province, Thailand. The school serves approximately 1,200 students in 7th to 12th grade. The school's identity colors are blue and grey. The blue represents sustainability and grey stands for wisdom. The school motto is "wisdom brings lasting success and happiness". The guiding principle is "our soul is for the benefit of mankind". The desired characteristics of our students are "SMART+" which are referred to scientific mind, good manner, aesthetic appreciation, responsibility and reliability, teamwork, and +global citizenship. Green education is our school's uniqueness which focuses on education for sustainable development. PSU. Wittayanusorn School is dedicated to create an exceptional teaching and learning environment in which morality is emphasized, science and mathematics concepts are embedded. The school curriculum is designed to maximize each student's potential for critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, community involvement, and responsible leadership. Additionally, the school has been selected by the Ministry of Science and Technology to be one of the first four regional schools of the country to host a special three-year science classroom program for high school level, grades 10 to 12, according to the proactive human resources development project to upgrade the science and technology capability of the country. The selection of students with high ability in mathematics and science for the science classroom program is carried out by the Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science and Technology and closely collaborated with Prince of Songkla University. Each student who passes the selection will be entitled to a scholarship from grade 10 onwards, and subjected to certain additional criteria, he/she will be eligible for a scholarship until he/she can complete his/her education up to a doctoral degree level. PSU Wittayanusorn School was accredited with the score 97.02% by the Office of National Education Standards and Quality Assessment on May 26, 2015. Watch http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html for information about upcoming contacts as they are scheduled. [ANS thanks ARISS, and Charlie, AJ9N for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Over Yuri UT1FG is on the move For those who chase Yuri in new grids, I received an update that he has left port in Montreal and is headed to Algiers. [ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA, AMSAT Vice President for Operations 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, Joe Spier, K6WAO k6wao at amsat dot org

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AggieSat4 and Bevo-2 deploy from ISS
by Masahiro Arai 24 Jan '16

24 Jan '16

JAXA announced LONESTAR deploy from ISS at 29th Jan. LONESTAR must be AggieSat4 and Bevo-2. AggieSat4 is mother satellite and Bevo-2 is daughter. Bevo-2 deploy from AggieSat4. The satellites deploy from ISS through Kibou's airlock via Cyclops. Preparation of deployment will be done from 27th to 28th, and deploy at 29th. According to IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination, both satellite operate on amateur band. AggieSat4 Texas A&M University 61x61x28 cm, 50kg 436.250MHz 9k6 FSK, 153k6 FSK https://www.facebook.com/AggieSatLab Bevo-2 University of Texas Texas Spacecraft Laboratory 3U CubeSat, 4kg 437.325MHz 38k4 FSK, CW https://www.facebook.com/UTSatLab 73 Masa JN1GKZ Tokyo Japan

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Yuri UT1FG is on the move
by Andrew Glasbrenner 23 Jan '16

23 Jan '16

For those who chase Yuri in new grids, I received an update that he has left port in Montreal and is headed to Algiers. 73, Drew KO4MA

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More On Blue Origin's Latest Flight
by B J 23 Jan '16

23 Jan '16

http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/news/blue-origin-reuses-reusable-rocket http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/missions/commercial/blue-origin-re-flies-… http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2016/01/blue-origin-successful-reuse-test-ne… 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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Blue Origin's Booster Flies And Lands For Second Time
by B J 23 Jan '16

23 Jan '16

http://www.parabolicarc.com/2016/01/22/blue-origin-reflies-booster-space/ Two successful flights and landings with the same vehicle. This is definitely promising. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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Re: [amsat-bb] Yaesu FT-857D
by Richard Tejera 23 Jan '16

23 Jan '16

Move up the thread, Patrick WD9EWK has written about his experience using the AIRplay. He links to it in his comments. 73 Rick Tejera K7TEJ Saguaro Astronomy Club www.SaguaroAstro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org On January 22, 2016, at 16:49, Stefan Wagener <wageners(a)gmail.com> wrote: Thanks Daryl, No, never had one. Reviews however look promising and you can get it for $150 from HRO. Maybe other folks can chip in about their experiences. 73, Stefan, VE4NSA On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 5:24 PM, Daryl Young <k4rgk(a)arrl.net> wrote: > Stefan, > > I'm curious if you worked with SDRPlay in your testing. It has positive > feedback here but it's not included in your tested "3". I've had great > operational results with the SDRPlay but I have not compared it with other > SDR receivers for satellite work. > > Thanks & 73 > > *Daryl > K4RGK > > > * > > On 1/22/2016 5:59 PM, Stefan Wagener wrote: > >> Hi Graham. >> >> If you check online, the HackRF has been a huge disappointment as a >> receiver for a number of reasons. The airspy is better but at the end it >> is >> the FCD Pro+ that will outperform all of them especially with the narrow >> SAW filters on 2m and 70cm. I had all three and tested them extensively >> for >> satellite work. At the end I only kept the FCDplus+. >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Stefan, VE4NSA >> >> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 4:33 PM, Graham <planophore(a)aei.ca> wrote: >> >> very interesting discussion. >>> >>> Does anyone have any first hand experience using the Airspy SDR >>> http://airspy.com/ >>> >>> It is in the same price range as FCDP+ and a bit more than the SDRPlay. >>> >>> There are so many to choose from with prices all the over the place. I >>> realize that you get what you pay for but sometimes that is not always >>> obvious, for example the HackRF devices are considerably more the >>> SDRPlay/FCDP+/Airspy but as someone commented, lacks front end filtering >>> making them a poorer choice. >>> >>> So far I have been only dabbling with receiving the many satellites now >>> flying about. It has been a long time since I have made any contacts >>> through any of them, that was back in the OSCAR 7/8, RS10/11 era. >>> >>> cheers, Graham ve3gtc >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 2016-01-22 20:45, Clayton W5PFG wrote: >>> >>> Like others have mentioned here, the $20-25 RTL Dongles have not worked >>>> very well for me when combined with a transmitter. The FT-857D/FUNcube >>>> DonglePro+ combo worked well for me. Not one of the two RTL dongles was >>>> suitable for regular use. I rank the RTL's as a failure for both mode >>>> B or >>>> J birds without significant additional filters. For simple receive use, >>>> they're okay. >>>> >>>> If compactness was a desire, the FCDP+ would be my choice. However, the >>>> SDRPlay mentioned has a lot more bandwidth capability and is reasonably >>>> priced from HRO in the states. >>>> >>>> 73 >>>> Clayton >>>> W5PFG >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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] Yaesu FT-857D
by Douglas Tabor 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

Sure makes me want to have a fixed location station, but given the condo life and that I’m effectively roving from my deck or my driveway (as well as the fun places I get to travel to, my 3 part (FT-530, Arrow and Peltor headset) full-duplex station is just what I need. When I figure out how to make the borrowed Flex-5000 work at home, I’ll go linear - or if I win the PowerBall. [Hardest part is using a SDR computer in outside in the sun.] 73, Doug, N6UA

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AO-73/FUNcube mode change
by Jim Heck G3WGM 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

Hi Folks, I have just set AO-73/FUNcube into permanent transponder mode. Plan, as usual, is to switch it back to education mode on Sunday PM UTC. Enjoy the transponder and have a FUN weekend. 73s Jim G3WGM

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Icon ID-51A for satellite
by Oliver 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

Considering purchasing an icom. Can anyone comment on using the 51A vs a baofeng? Particularly how sensitivity compares. Thanks and 73 KD9CFO

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PSAT elset help request.
by Paul Telco 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

Hi, Can anyone help me to find a reliable source of tle Keps for PSAT please? I'm trying to track it for APRS and maybe a bit of PSK31 later. For some reason PSAT (Parkinsonsat NORAD #40654) is not published in any of the normal resources that I use. Space-Track lists it but doesn't have Keps for it. I think that is why Celestrak etc doesn't have it at all. Interestingly, Heavens-Above does have an old elset which is about a week old and http://www.n2yo.com has it from December 2015. I haven't had this sort of problem before. Normally If it's up there then it is listed in any number of different places and formats. With only two or three APRS Sats available I thought there would be a ton of interest in this one but it is tricky to find! Many thanks for your help, Paul

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Re: [amsat-bb] Icon ID-51A for satellite
by Kevin M 22 Jan '16

22 Jan '16

I have to agree with you, Pavel... I actually tried using two Baofengs, a UV-3R+ and a UV-5R, with an Arrow antenna to run full duplex on SO-50. Did not matter the configuration, I experienced terrible desense on receive. I abandoned trying to operate with two HTs and went back to one HT and semi-duplex operations. 73, Kevin N4UFO ---------------------Hi, I don't recommend the Baofengs for TX side in 2m, many of them has a notable spectral "impurity" with very strong 3rd harmonic on 70cm, see this:

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TG9AMD tonight on SO-50
by Fernando Ramirez 21 Jan '16

21 Jan '16

Good afternoon! Dani, TG9AMD, will work SO-50 from EK44, Guatemala City starting at 0151 utc (2016-01-22). At that time, SO-50 will be over southern Texas and the footprint shall include most of the continental United States. Dani uses a handheld and Arrow antenna and puts out a nice signal into the bird. He plans to operate from EK34 in the future, so stay tuned! 73 Fernando, NP4JV

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AO-73 RECEIVER DRIFT
by jeffory broughton 21 Jan '16

21 Jan '16

The AO-73 satellite is one of my favorite .It has a phenomenal transmitter and receiver.I checked the amount of drift a year ago and again this evening. It is exactly the same, 200 hz per 30 Seconds or 400 per min.I had been correcting during a qso with the cat box open ,clicking away with my mouse.I just discovered that the plus and minus buttons in my keyboard are actually a XIT control ! I watch the clock in the upper right corner of satpc32 and tap away. I am able to stay right on during the entire pass. Hope this helps others. I know some folks avoid this bird because until you figure this out it can be tough to work.WB8RJY JEFF jeff broughton

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-20 23:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 21 Jan '16

21 Jan '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-20 23:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Brihaspati Vidyasadan, Kathmandu, Nepal, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact was successful: Wed 2016-01-20 08:37:04 UTC 26 deg (***) PSU. Wittayanusorn School, Kho Hong District, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand, direct via E29AJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI (***) Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-01-30 11:06:23 UTC 63 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(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** 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: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 115 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 115 (***) **************************************************************************** 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 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-01-20 23:30 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1019. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 984. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. 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: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, 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 2016-01-20 23:30 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. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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XW2-C Active
by LU2DPW Juan Carlos 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

Hi to all This satellite transponer in active, nice SSB QSO with Miguel LU3EMB, strong signal. 73 de Juan LU2DPW - Mercedes (BsAs) - GF05gi

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Memorial Service for W3OTC
by Martha 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

The memorial service for W3OTC has been postponed for 1 week due to weather. It will take place at 7:00 PM on Saturday, January30th at the chapel of Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg MD -- 73- Martha

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FS: Cushcraft A270-10S dualband yagi
by John Geiger 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

I have for sale a Cushcraft A270-10S dualband beam. This is the model with 5 elements on each band on a 6 foot boom. It can be mounted horizontal or vertical in terms of polarization. Small enough to take and hold on mobile grid activations on the satellites. I have used it on both the FM satellites and the linear ones with good results. It is about months old and works fine. Sells new for $160, I am asking $125 shipped and can take paypal/check/MO. I also have a 2m/70cm diplexer with leads and PL259 connectors for a little more if needed. 73 John AF5CC

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Satpc32 problem developed.
by Terry Surface 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

Morning. After working fine for several months, my Satpc32 program began giving me this error, no source file found for group standard, when I open the program. I tried to follow the instructions for finding it, but I don’t understand what I need to do. Can anyone refer or explane,what I need to do? Thanks, and enjoy the day. Terry N4IQV.EM96 Sent from Mail for Windows 10

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XW-2C active?
by Andrew Glasbrenner 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

>From some posts to the AMSAT status page http://amsat.org/status/ it looks like the transponder of XW-2C is on now. I'm curious to hear any reports of those that hear or try it. Uplink is 435.150-435.170 Downlink is 145.795-145.815 CW Beacon is 145.790 Digital GMSK downlink is 145.770 73, Drew KO4MA

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AO-7 and FO-29
by Gustavo Nicolau 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

Hi to all, gud condictions today, look to SA. 73 de PT9BM. GH40.

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Upcome FO-29 pass
by wa7eth＠frontier.com 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

I will be on the upcoming FO-29 pass over the U.S. at approx 0955Z. Hope there are some late nite/early morning folks around..73'..Ed WA7ETH CN88

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-20 06:00 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-20 06:00 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Brihaspati Vidyasadan, Kathmandu, Nepal, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Wed 2016-01-20 08:37:04 UTC 26 deg PSU. Wittayanusorn School, Kho Hong District, Hat Yai, Songkhla, Thailand, direct via E29AJ The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI (***) Contact is a go for: Sat 2016-01-30 11:06:23 UTC 63 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(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** 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: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 115 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 114 **************************************************************************** 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 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-01-20 06:00 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1018. Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 983. Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. 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: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, 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 2016-01-15 08:30 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. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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NO-84 & AO-85 Keps Orbit # incorrect
by Pedro Converso 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

For NO-84 and AO-85 orbit Number seems returned to the past. Previous orbits where around 1584, seems that new keps at http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasa.all They shows orbits #27 #28 on last digits before checksum on Line 2. Orbit # is used for QSOs and awards validation from http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm 73, lu7abf, Pedro Converso

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test
by Ted 20 Jan '16

20 Jan '16

Test K7TRK

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Anyone want to Net control the Colorado Amsat net this Thursday?
by Skyler F 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

I can't make it to perform net control this Thursday night for the Colorado Amateur Satellite net. If anybody wants to do this, let me know: We are on IRLP, EchoLink, and AllStar 73 Skyler KD0WHB -- Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KDØWHB electricity440(a)gmail.com

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WB4LHD Cruise with the Wilder's
by RandyW4412＠aol.com 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

Captain JoAnn Wilder KB4GGC and myself First Mate Randy Wilder WB4LHD. Likewise what a perfect fit for the family. She can sun while I talk radio. We booked it the same day it was announced. I go back to Oscar 6 see everyone soon. Less than ten months away. 73 de WB4LHD

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Cruise with Amsat!
by Clint Bradford 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

Now THERE'S a guaranteed manner in which to increase attendance: add a cruise cost to air fare. You gotta be kidding. This makes your online pleas for money raising on behalf of AMSAT-NA for satellite projects seem trivial and unnecessary: AMSAT must be loaded if they think this is going to enhance their stature and bank account. This makes me wonder what the true desire is of AMSAT-NA. If it is, indeed, to "disseminate info about and build birds," then the best method available is remote, live, videocasts from presenters. That would cost the presenter NOTHING in transportation costs. It would involve EVERY CONTINENT on the planet. And it would allow the largest possible audiences to "attend." Minimal charge for password access to whatever session one wanted to see ... or a conference package fee ... allow that access to be shown to a classroom or audience ... those fees are TOTAL PROFIT to AMSAT (unless honorariums are paid to some presenters). Overhead costs to AMSAT-NA? Virtually nothing. Largest attendance ever of any AMSAT show in history? Guaranteed. Unless the same minds who thought up "let's take a cruise" are in charge of it ... only then could someone mess up so simple a concept to bring educational sessions to the largest audience. Clint Bradford

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AMSAT EV's to Dayton?
by Robert Bruninga 19 Jan '16

19 Jan '16

Will there be anyone else driving an EV to Dayton? Maybe we can get a special parking/show space? So far, I know of a Tesla coming from Alabama... Bob, WB4APR

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Re: [amsat-bb] [Starcom-bb] SatPC32 & AO-85?
by R.T.Liddy 18 Jan '16

18 Jan '16

Warren, Here's what worked for me. (There were other suggestions, but I stopped whenI tried this and figured I'd stop while I was ahead and didn't mess anything else up!) Run SatPC32Click of the "?" (It's the Help Dropdown)Bring your cursor down to Auxiliary Files, then over to Doppler.SQFClick on Doppler.SQF and a Notepad File will come up (unless you're defaulted to some other text editor)Scroll down to the end of the Satellite Listing just before the line beginning with a ";"Add a blank lineType in the appropriate Satellite info per the instructions provided in the lines beginning with the ";"'s-OR- In the case of AO85, you can paste in the following line: AO-85,145978.0,435175.0,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,FM VoiceBe sure NOT to leave a blank line in the file!Save the edited Doppler.SQF file and close NotepadClose SatPC32 and Re-Start it. The Freq Info will be at the top of the Screen where it belongs. If you need to do this for other Satellites, follow the instructions at the bottom of the Doppler.SQF File. GL/73, Bob K8BL (AMSAT # 6593, since 1979) P.S. If the above formatting is hosed up, it happens in the AMSAT BBS and I don't know why. I typed it correctly. For whatever reason, the Starcom-bb BBS passes my e-mails through correctly as typed. From: "warmac51(a)aim.com" <warmac51(a)aim.com> To: k8bl(a)ameritech.net; amsat-bb(a)amsat.org; starcom-bb(a)star-com.net Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 6:17 PM Subject: Re: [Starcom-bb] SatPC32 & AO-85? How did you all do it. Funcube, AO-85 and the EW's and Hope have no frequencies. Did you edit the KEPS ? warmac51(a)aim.com Warren McCluerAI4AK -----Original Message----- From: R.T.Liddy <k8bl(a)ameritech.net> To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>; Starcom-BB <starcom-bb(a)star-com.net> Sent: Mon, Jan 18, 2016 6:12 pm Subject: Re: [Starcom-bb] SatPC32 & AO-85? SAT Group, OK, got it fixed with the great help from the SAT Community!!! Thanks to N8RO + WA4NVM, WC7V, NK1N, K4FEG, KB1PVH!!! It's a blessing to have such helpful folks at the ready to help when needed!! TNX/73, Bob K8BL From: R.T.Liddy <k8bl(a)ameritech.net> To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>; Starcom-BB <starcom-bb(a)star-com.net> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 4:34 PM Subject: SatPC32 & AO-85? Group, I have SatPC32 Version 12.8c and have just added AO-85 tomy Selected List. However, the screen does not show the Uplinkand Downlink Frequencies in the top-middle of the Display Mapas it does with the other Satellites I've Selected. I've had to searchfor the correct frequencies and adjust for Doppler manually. Anyone have a suggestion for getting SatPC32 to display the Freq's? TNX/73, Bob K8BL (EN91 at the moment) _______________________________________________Starcom-bb bulletin [email protected]://lists.star-com.net/listinfo/starcom-bb

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SatPC32 & AO-85?
by R.T.Liddy 18 Jan '16

18 Jan '16

Group, I have SatPC32 Version 12.8c and have just added AO-85 tomy Selected List. However, the screen does not show the Uplinkand Downlink Frequencies in the top-middle of the Display Mapas it does with the other Satellites I've Selected. I've had to searchfor the correct frequencies and adjust for Doppler manually. Anyone have a suggestion for getting SatPC32 to display the Freq's? TNX/73, Bob K8BL (EN91 at the moment)

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Teletek DXP-U150 UHF Aamp
by Farrell Winder 18 Jan '16

18 Jan '16

Still looking to purchase Teletek DXP-U150 UHF Amp good working order. Please reply off line. Thanks, Farrell Winder, W8ZCF

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Cruise
by onmontauk＠gmail.com 18 Jan '16

18 Jan '16

Booked my ticket today. I paid extra for a large balcony on the top level so we can work the sats from there. What meal plan did most people pick? Steve Kd2cjw Sent from my iPhone

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Audio for ARISS contact Wednesday
by John Spasojevich 18 Jan '16

18 Jan '16

Please join us in listening to the ISS contact with participants at the *Brihaspati Vidyasadan, Kathmandu, Nepal* on Wednesday 20 January. AOS is anticipated at 0837 UTC The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK5ZAI in South Australia. The contact is expected to be conducted in English. Audio from this contact will be fed into the: EchoLink *AMSAT* (101377) Server IRLP Node 9010 Discovery Reflector Streaming Audio https://sites.google.com/site/arissaudio/ Audio on Echolink & web stream is generally transmitted around 20 minutes prior to the contact taking place so that you can hear some of the preparation that occurs. IRLP will begin just prior to the ground station call to the ISS. Please note that on Echolink and IRLP there are manual breaks, however connected repeaters may time out. ** Contact times are approximate. If the ISS executes a reboost or other manoeuvre, the AOS (Acquisition Of Signal) time may alter by a few minutes **

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Brihaspati Vidyasadan, Kathmandu, Nepal
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 18 Jan '16

18 Jan '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Brihaspati Vidyasadan, Kathmandu, Nepal on 20 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 08:37 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK5ZAI. The contact should be audible over Australia 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. Brihaspati Vidyasadan is a 32 year old High school, located in Kathmandu, Nepal. Brihaspati runs classes from Nursery to 100 at Secondary level and the 10+2 program in Science and Management at the Higher Secondary Level. Besides these Brihaspati also runs Diploma in Hospitality Managemant and Tourism in affiliation with Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality (CTH), UK. Brihaspati is known for its Academic excellence. Till date Brihaspati has produced over 2000 SLC graduates and over 600 +2 Graduates who have achieved excellent academic achievements. Brihaspati has also been awarded the Best School in Nepal in 2055BS. Brihaspati is also known for its co-curricular and extra-curricular activities including sports, debates and concerts. Over the years the School has achieved Inter-school successes in Football (Soccer), cricket and Basketball at national levels. School has also successes in inter-school competitions like debate, elocution and concerts. For its academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular achievements Brihaspati has been placed among the Class A schools of Nepal by the Ministry of Education, Government of Nepal. Brihaspati staff and students have been known for their innovation in education. The school is reputed to be the first school in Nepal to introduce computer education. Brihaspati houses clubs like Lokopakar, which is a student club that looks into Humanitarian aid. Brihaspati students recently started gThink Inkh, an activity designed using the principles of Extreme Design from Stanford for instilling Critical Thinking and Problem solving skills in students. This program has gained attention of a lot of people in the academia at a very rapid pace. Brihaspati is located in a 25 acre land space at the heart of Kathmandu within the Balmandir compound. It has academic facility that is of very high standards. It houses the Free and Open Source Research lab and HAM (Amateur) radio facility that students and staff have access to. Recently during the earthquake of Nepal, one of the buildings of Brihaspati was used by HAM radio operators from Nepal and India to coordinate search and reconciliation of families where over 500 families were reunited with their loved ones. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. What is the most beautiful view from the space? 2. What are the most important things that ISS have known till now about space? 3. Many inventions were first used by astronauts which were later found to be commonly used by all e.g. Velcro. Can you tell us of any such tools or equipment that you are currently using that might be commonly used later by all? 4. What would happen if you sneeze without holding on to anything? 5. Can you see any signs of pollution from space? 6. What would you like to say to students like us? 7. How does a match burn in near zero gravity? Is it very different to that from what happens here? 8. Who or what inspired you to be an astronaut? What advice can you give to youths who want to be astronauts? 9. What are the detrimental effects on the body when living for a long time in a space lab? 10. Is it true that you use pencil to write in space? If not what do you use? 11. Has there been any case of sickness like common cold in the ISS? 12. Which subjects must we study to become astronauts? 13. I think half the crew members are from Russia. Do you have a language barrier problem when talking to each other? 14. Is it true that Americans use the foot/pound system of measurement, so is there any difficult in this regard? 15. In Kathmandu, our shirts become dirty within a few hours. How often do you have to clean your clothes? 16. Is there any research going on in ISS which can have impact in less developed countries like Nepal? Could you please briefly explain about it? 17. In what ways does zero gravity affect human physiology? How difficult is it to perform normal human activities that time? 18. How do you manage communication in the space? - 19. Some people believe that there is existence of aliens in the space. What are the possible evidences to prove their survival? 20. How aging is affected in the prevailing conditions of space? 21. Why is space black in the movies even though the sun is there? 22. Can we change the direction of the spaceship according to our wish? 23. What is the most difficult part of training to become an astronaut? 24. How did you feel seeing cities on earth, the bright lights at night and gray smudges in daytime from space? 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): TBD 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), and the 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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AO-73 Telemetry
by skristof＠etczone.com 18 Jan '16

18 Jan '16

Has anyone else had trouble getting telemetry from AO-73 lately? I haven't heard it at all on the last couple of passes. Steve AI9IN

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Office Closed
by Martha 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

The AMSAT Office will be closed on Monday, January 18th in observance of Martin Luther King Day. -- 73- Martha

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ANS-017 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-017 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: * ARRL President Bestows President’s Award on AMSAT’s Tom Clark, K3IO * Joseph Spier, K6WAO, Appointed VP-Educational Relations * 25 Year AMSAT Office Volunteer Bob Carpenter, W3OTC, SK * Nepal students to speak to Tim Peake * ESA Online Astronaut Selection Tes SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-017.01 ANS-017 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 017.01 From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD. January 17, 2016 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-017.01 ARRL President Bestows President’s Award on AMSAT’s Tom Clark, K3IO The ARRL has honored veteran AMSAT personality and Amateur Radio digital pioneer Tom Clark, K3IO (ex-W3IWI), with its President’s Award. ARRL President Kay Craigie, N3KN, presented the award plaque to Clark at a January 10 meeting of the Potomac Valley Radio Club in Blacksburg, Virginia. The plaque, which bears a likeness of ARRL Co-Founder Hiram Percy Maxim, W1AW, recognizes Clark’s 60 years of advancing Amateur Radio technology. Former AMSAT President and current AMSAT Director Bob McGwier, N4HY, stated directly. “There would be no AMSAT to inspire all of this work without Tom Clark,” he said, noting that the organization was in serious trouble after the Phase 3A satellite launch failure. “Tom took over as president of AMSAT, and he saved the organization and inspired all of us to look to the future and aim for the stars,” McGwier said. “All that has followed, including PACSAT and microsats, CubeSats, AO-13, all the way through AO-85, are a direct result of Tom Clark saving AMSAT and providing it leadership as president from 1980 to 1987 and continuous leadership on the Board of Directors of AMSAT from 1976 until today.” McGwier said it was Clark who convinced him in 1985 that the future lay in digital signal processing — DSP. “We started the TAPR/AMSAT DSP project, and it was announced in 1987,” he said. “We showed in our efforts that small stations with small antennas could bounce signals off the moon, and, using the power of DSP, we could see the signals in our computer displays.” McGwier said this led to the SDX, the Software Defined Transponder, included in ARISSat and in AMSAT’s Phase 3E. McGwier said Clark was an early supporter of women in science, too. “Tom is now and always will be a leader, mentor — the chief scientist for all of Amateur Radio,” he said. Clark is an adviser to Virginia Tech as adjunct professor of aerospace and ocean engineering and of electrical and computer Engineering. McGwier said Clark will play a crucial role in the Phase 4B geosynchronous satellite opportunity on the USAF Wide Field of View spacecraft, in which Virginia Tech is a partner. [ANS thanks ARRL for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Spier, K6WAO, Appointed VP-Educational Relations AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW has accepted the resignation of E. Michael "EMike" McCardel, AA8EM, as VP-Educational Relations and appointed Joseph Spier, K6WAO, as his replacement. E. Michael McCardel, AA8EM, of Howard, OH was first appointed as an Associate Director for Educational Outreach under former VP Educational Relations Mark Hammond, N8MH, in 2011 and succeeded Mark as VP Educational Relations in September 2013. Among EMike's biggest successes were establishing a solid relation with ARRL's Education Division and working closely with ARISS as a member of its Executive Team. He was instrumental with keeping ARISS going and restructuring the ARISS program after funding was cut for Teaching From Space (TFS). At the time TFS was the primary NASA partner and education liaison for ARISS. TFS lead the school proposal and selection process in the USA. That process is now lead by ARRL and AMSAT. AMSAT VP Human Spaceflight Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, notes, "EMike has been invaluable to ARISS and I will miss his support. He and I worked behind the scenes to rescue ARISS through our discussions at the ISS Conference in 2014. And his rapport with ARRL is outstanding…something I will miss dearly. I thank EMike for making that all happen for ARISS." EMike also worked at establishing relations with various colleges and universities. He pushed to make aware the importance of AMSAT as an educational organization by emphasizing how education is part of AMSAT's earliest Mission Statements and Objectives and reminding us of all the educational programs and outreaches AMSAT has engaged in during its history. AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW notes, "EMike made a positive difference and helped set the course in a number of areas involving Educational Outreach, ARISS, and the overall direction of AMSAT. While I regret losing your considerable enthusiasm and talents, I understand the need to 'recalibrate' your priorities." EMike will complete his duties on January 31, citing time and commitments outside of AMSAT as his reason for stepping down. EMike will continue serving AMSAT as one of the rotating editors for the AMSAT News Service (ANS). With EMike's resignation, the appointment of Joseph Spier, K6WAO of Weimar, CA, as the new VP-Educational Relations is also announced. Joe came on board with the Educational Relation's team in 2011 serving as Associate Director then Director for Educational Outreach. EMike noted, "Joe and I started with Educational Relations at the same time and we have always had a great personal and working relationship. Joe is extremely enthusiastic and someone who thinks outside the box. Many have pointed out those similarities between us. However, Joe will bring a different dimension to the position because of his background in engineering. I support Joe as he takes over and am excited to see what new and exciting things are in store for AMSAT Education under his direction." “I’m very pleased that Joe has agreed to become our next VP-Educational Relations”, notes AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW. “Joe is passionate about integrating amateur radio into educational opportunities at all educational levels. His engineering background will help in interacting with university engineering departments encouraging a greater focus on educational impacts of amateur spacecraft, developing new ways of bringing science to the class room. He recognizes the importance of ARISS in reaching out to students based upon his personal involvement in managing an ARISS contact as part of the 2012 Pacificon Convention. His interaction with young people at the 2014 ARRL Centennial Convention where he encouraged their curiosity about AMSAT’s cubesat design by their holding the engineering mockup while visiting the AMSAT booth created many positive impressions for both the students and their parents. I look forward to working with Joe to further enhance our ability to touch students through amateur radio satellites and develop new ways to incorporate education into AMSAT’s mission.” E. Michael McCardel, AA8EM, former KC8YLD V.P. for Educational Relations, AMSAT-NA [ANS thanks EMike, AA8EM, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- 25 Year AMSAT Office Volunteer Bob Carpenter, W3OTC, SK Bob Carpenter, W3OTC died on January 8th. Since 1991 Bob had volunteered at the AMSAT Office on a weekly basis. He was our computer specialist and handled the donations for AMSAT. A memorial service will be held on January 23rd at 7:00PM a the Guild Memorial Chapel, Asbury Methodist Village, 211 Russell Ave, Gaithersburg MD. [ANS thanks Martha for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nepal students to speak to Tim Peake UK astronaut Tim Peake KG5BVI will be using amateur radio to talk to students at Brihaspati Vidhyasadan School (BVS) in Nepal on Wednesday, January 20. The Himalayan Times reports this is the first link up between a school in Nepal and the International Space Station (ISS). It will be a Telebridge contact via Tony Hutchison VK5ZAI in Australia and is scheduled for Wednesday, January 20 at 08:37:04 UT. The ISS should be in range of the Telebridge station for about 8 minutes. BVS is organizing an Exhibition during the week of the contact from January 19-23. Experts as well as knowledgeable students will be at hand to respond to queries of visiting students who will be able to get acquainted with amateur radio during the exhibition. The Nepal Amateur Radio Operators’ Society is one of the organizations supporting the exhibition. Brihaspati Vidyasadan is a 32 year old High school, located in Kathmandu, Nepal. Brihaspati runs classes from nursery to 100 at secondary level and the 10+2 program in Science and Management at the higher secondary Level. Besides these Brihaspati also runs Diploma in Hospitality Managemant and Tourism in affiliation with Confederation of Tourism and Hospitality (CTH), UK. Brihaspati is known for its academic excellence. To date Brihaspati has produced over 2000 SLC graduates and over 600 +2 graduates who have achieved excellent academic achievements. Brihaspati has also been awarded the “Best School in Nepal” in 2055BS. Brihaspati is also known for its co-curricular and extra-curricular activities including sports, debates and concerts. Over the years the school has achieved Inter-school successes in football (soccer), cricket and basketball at national levels. School has also successes in inter-school competitions like debate, elocution and concerts. For its academic, co-curricular and extra-curricular achievements Brihaspati has been placed among the Class A schools of Nepal by the Ministry of Education, Government of Nepal. Brihaspati staff and students have been known for their innovation in education. The school is reputed to be the first school in Nepal to introduce computer education. Brihaspati houses clubs like Lokopakar, which is a student club that looks into Humanitarian aid. Brihaspati students recently started gThink Inkh, an activity designed using the principles of Extreme Design from Stanford for instilling critical thinking and problem solving skills in students. This program has gained attention of a lot of people in the academia at a very rapid pace. Brihaspati is located in a 25 acre land space at the heart of Kathmandu within the Balmandir compound. It has academic facility that is of very high standards. It houses the Free and Open Source Research Lab and Ham (amateur radio) facility that students and staff have access to. Recently during the earthquake of Nepal, one of the buildings of Brihaspati was used by ham radio operators from Nepal and India to coordinate search and reconciliation of families where over 500 families were reunited with their loved ones. Read The Himalayan Times story at https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/nepali-students-to-talk-to-astronaut-in- intl-space-station/ Brihaspati Vidhyasadan School http://www.bvs.edu.np/bvstalkstoiss/ https://www.facebook.com/bvsTalksToISS/ ARISS http://www.ariss.org/upcoming-contacts.html [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ESA Online Astronaut Selection Test The European Space Agency is offering a trial version of a test developed for future astronauts for you to try at home – and by taking part you will help us select a new generation of astronauts. Read the ESA press release at: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Astronauts/Test_your_as… ut_skills_and_help_ESA Access the astronaut selection test at: http://www.nlr.org/the-astronaut-selection-test/ [ANS thanks the European Space Agency 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, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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KG5CCI/P EM35 2016-01-17
by Dave Swanson 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

Friends and Colleagues, I'll be up in EM35 tomorrow, scouting out a fabled spot in the Ozarks that I've heard of from other ham radio operators and off-road travelers. Supposedly this mountain is 500' higher than anything else around it, has 360° unobstructed views, is miles from the nearest power line, and has a somewhat respectable Jeep trail to the top. If such a mystical spot truly exists, I plan to hang out for a few hours and operate the following passes from the site: 2016-01-17 1529z SO-50 2016-01-17 1649z AO-73 2016-01-17 1700z SO-50 2016-01-17 1736z FO-29 2016-01-17 1758z AO-7(B) (Big EU Footprint) 2016-01-17 1848z SO-50 2016-01-17 1918z FO-29 For western hemisphere chasers, I will try to hand out anyone needing EM35 on all birds other than AO7. There's plenty of passes on both linear and FM, so I should get you in the logs no problem, even if the mountain turns out to be a bust. On the AO-7 pass at 1758z though, as it will only be 1.6° in elevation from this location, I will be using it for something a little special. I'll be using a couple of precision clocks and cameras in order to record actual AOS and LOS times, and compare that to the times that the computer calculates for my location. As I've indicated before, I have some theories of just how much elevation can affect satellite visibility, but I'm always trying to collect more data to back these theories up. As soon as I can get into the bird I'll begin CQing in SSB around 145.945 and will continue until I have lost it again some minutes later. The computer says I should have 7 minutes and 18 seconds of visibility, but based on my observations, the Height Above Average Terrain (HAAT) of this location should grant me an additional 55 seconds on the front and about 45 seconds on the end of the pass. I would appreciate any listeners out there with bigger footprints that I will have (if they're not chasing new contacts that is) to note the time they first hear me, and the time that I disappear into the noise, and email me with the results. I would also welcome any DX stations to stop by and have a quick QSO, if they're interested in picking up a new grid that I don't believe any Sat operators live in. Normally it's our friends across the pond that us Americans are chasing after, so I'm going to do my best to return the favor when I can, with trips like tomorrow. As always, I'll be providing play-by-play on Twitter @KG5CCI. I may also throw an HF rig in, for the downtime between passes and I'll announce my spots on Twitter if I do. Twitter will also be the way to find out if something goes horribly wrong with the plans, such as the mountain is inhabited by silver coveting dragons and I have to trade my N-connectors for my life.. or snow.. but more likely dragons.. anyway.. Hope to hear you tomorrow. 73! Dave, KG5CCI

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Ham Radio are permitter on Carnival Cruises
by Douglas Phelps 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

I just read the complete list of prohibited and confiscated items. Under EXCEPTIONS I found the following: - Ham Radios/Amateur Radio Equipment: Permitted to be used on board. Looks like we do not even need to ask permission. Terrific!!!!!

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Re: [amsat-bb] Ham Radio are permitter on Carnival Cruises
by randyw4412 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

I will be bringing my 160 meter loop attached to my Icom 2AT. Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S® 6.-------- Original message --------From: Bryan KL7CN <bryan(a)kl7cn.net> Date: 1/16/2016 3:08 PM (GMT-06:00) To: Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh(a)gmail.com> Cc: AMSAT -BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Ham Radio are permitter on Carnival Cruises I was a deckhand on a 21-foot aluminum skiff based in Ninilchik, Alaska back in the 80s. I *ALWAYS* did what the captain said. I was a little bit scared of him. Just FYI. On Jan 16, 2016, at 12:48, Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh(a)gmail.com> wrote: I never sailed professionally, but I do tend to read all posts before making comments so I'm up to speed on the conversation. Dave-KB1PVH Sent from my Samsung S4 _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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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LiliacSat-2 Soundcard Modem?
by Tony 16 Jan '16

16 Jan '16

All: Is there a sound card modem available that can decode LilacSat's 4.8 GFSK / 9.6k RRC-BPSK telemetry signals? While on this subject, are there other satellites that carry uncommon or specialized modems? Thanks Tony

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-15 08:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-15 08:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado “Benedetto Croce”, Civate, Italy, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact was successful: Wed 2016-01-13 11:35:44 UTC 33 deg (***) Brihaspati Vidyasadan, Kathmandu, Nepal, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Wed 2016-01-20 08:37:04 UTC 26 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(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** 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: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 115 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 114 **************************************************************************** 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 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-01-15 08:30 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1018. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 983. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. 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: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, 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 2016-01-15 08:30 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. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Funcube warehouse problem
by dave＠g4dpz.me.uk 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Hi There is a problem at the ISP. Service will be resumed ASAP. 73 Dave Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [amsat-bb] operating on cruise ships
by Lee Ernstrom 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Good point John. Next time I will take the radios and then ask permission. Not the other way around :) Doc Sent from my iPad > On Jan 14, 2016, at 2:54 PM, John Papay <john(a)papays.com> wrote: > > Doc, > I think the better approach is to take your radio > equipment with you, and once you are on board, ask for > permission. > > If you operate on the ship and make contacts and don't > have permission as required, none of your contacts will > count. We haven't had any challenges in the VUCC program > in recent history but if contested you may have to prove > you had permission. > > Lots of people operate on grid lines and don't document > their operation as required by the VUCC rules. If someone > challenges and you can't substantiate you were on > the line using one of the methods described in the rules, > your contacts could be invalidated. That would be an > embarrassment for the operator as well as the station claiming > credit. > > There is more scrutiny with DXCC. I've worked many > DXpeditions that did have their documentation and they simply > didn't count. When I went to Rurutu and the Marquesas I had > to submit my license and copies of my passport showing when I > arrived and when I left. Sometimes you might be asked for > airline tickets for the local flights, receipts from your > hotel/hut etc. > > By the way, our Samsung Microwave quit during the holidays. > No display; nothing. We will have them come out to fix it > when we get back from Florida in April. Other appliances > are working fine! > > 73, > John K8YSE/4 > EL98rd > > John Papay > john(a)papays.com >

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Re: [amsat-bb] ARRL President Bestows President's Award on AMSAT's Tom Clark, K3IO
by Edward R Cole 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Known Tom for a few years (W3IWI/KL7 when he was up here doing something scientific). Concur with Bob McGwier's comments and praise for Tom (and he is hard at work for the Amsat future - too!). Very much deserved! Congrats, Tom. 73, Ed - KL7UW Message: 6 Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 07:44:03 -0600 From: Alan <wa4sca(a)gmail.com> To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] ARRL President Bestows President's Award on AMSAT's Tom Clark, K3IO Message-ID: <000201d14ed1$a20edef0$e62c9cd0$(a)GMAIL.COM> All, Our very own K3IO, no stranger to professional and ham accolades, has been honored by the ARRL for his decades of contributions: http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-president-bestows-president-s-award-on-amsat-… 73s, Alan WA4SCA 73, Ed - KL7UW http://www.kl7uw.com "Kits made by KL7UW" Dubus Mag business: dubususa(a)gmail.com

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2015 AMSAT Symposium Clock Question
by Alan 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Hi, Just got the excellent clock, and it looks great in the shack. I know this isn't rocket science, but how do you reset the maximum and minimum humidity and temperature? All of the several similar devices I have or had do so by holding the Min/Max button for several seconds, but up to a minute does not work here. Not important, but curious. 73s, Alan WA4SCA ----------------------------------- Keep Calm and Carry On

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EM01 Sunday 17 January
by Glenn Miller - AA5PK 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Looks like good weather on Sunday, 17 January, so I'll give SO-50 a try from EM01. My AOS is 1705Z. 73 Glenn AA5PK

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Colorado Amateur Satellite net Begins in 1 hour
by Skyler F 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

This is a reminder that the Colorado Amateur Satellite net will begin in 1 hour from now (7PM mountain time Thursday). 6PM Pacific 7PM Mountain 8PM Central 9PM Eastern Please visit us on *AMSATNET.INFO <http://amsatnet.info/>* *IRLP* 9870, the Denver Reflector *ALLSTAR LINK* 40764, direct hookup to the repeater here. 41715, KC9ZHV hub at a data center if I am out of bandwidth. More info on AllStar - amsatnet.info/#node *ECHOLINK* *AMSAT* unless there is an ARISS contact, then go direct to KD0WHB-L *LOCAL RF* 449.625 (-) 141.3 ( WØKU Lookout Mountain) 447.225 (-) 141.3 (The STEM school repeater we set up) 447.850 (-) 141.3 (ACØKQ's repeater where he lives on TOP of saddleback mountain) 147.450 SIMPLEX (Aurora, CO) 446.275 (-) 100.0 Galena St. Local repeater at my house, giving a whopping 5 blocks of great coverage *REMOTE RF* Your Repeater here!, Email me if you want to link in or me to link your echolink or allstar repeater in automatically (no automatic IRLP linking supported) Skyler Fennell amsatnet.info KDØWHB electricity440(a)gmail.com

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SK
by Martha 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

Bob Carpenter, W3OTC died on January 8th. Since 1991 Bob had volunteered at the AMSAT Office on a weekly basis. He was our computer specialist and handled the donations for AMSAT. A memorial service will be held on January 23rd at 7:00PM a the Guild Memorial Chapel, Asbury Methodist Village, 211 Russell Ave, Gaithersburg MD. -- 73- Martha

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ARRL President Bestows President's Award on AMSAT's Tom Clark, K3IO
by Alan 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

All, Our very own K3IO, no stranger to professional and ham accolades, has been honored by the ARRL for his decades of contributions: http://www.arrl.org/news/arrl-president-bestows-president-s-award-on-amsat-… 73s, Alan WA4SCA

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Room upgrade
by jeffory broughton 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

Cathy and I u p graded out room to ocean view also, for no more than pocket change it was a no brainer ! Jeff WB8RJY jeff broughton

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3 more attending the 2016 Symposium
by Douglas Phelps 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

Count on 3 more. Myself (K9DLP), my wife (K9SCP), and my daughter. I upgraded to an ocean view ($7.00 more per person than the reserved inside cabins). Comes with a King size bed, a sofa couch, and a 3 foot by 4 foot window. I mentioned the AMSAT code and they said AMSAT will get credit for our 3 reservations.

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Athenoxat-1 video
by Roland Zurmely 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

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TH D72
by Zach Hillerson 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

Thanks for the replies. I don't mind having to manually enter the appropriate frequency and have had zero issues following ao85 and so50 through full passes. The issue that drives me crazy is having to reset the tone and step each time I change satellites. If I have everything set with a 67hz tone and 5khz step for an ao85 pass and then enter frequencies for a so50 pass I have to redo the tone and steps. It automatically defaults each time to 88.5 and 25khz steps. I don't know what to do to make this not have to occur. I would prefer to just type in the appropriate frequencies and move on, not have to make the other adjustments.

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TH-D72 questions
by zach hillerson 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

I am a new owner of the TH D72 by Kenwood. I'm having a bit of difficulty with a few default settings and was hoping am ore experienced user could pass on a few tips. My understanding is that I cannot save duplex setups into the memory channels. I am manually entering the necessary frequencies for AO 85 and SO 50. Each time I put a new frequency in the radio defaults to a 25khz step and the tone defaults to 88.5 Hz. I want to have 67Hz and 5khz steps as default. There has to be a better way of using the radio for satellites (my only use) then manually entering each frequency and then manually changing each default but I haven't found it in the manual yet. Any help for a smoother experience would be appreciated. I can barely remember to go outside in time for each pass, let alone remember to go through all the keypad functions. Thanks! ZachN4ERZ

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Thunderbird Hamfest @ Phoenix AZ, last Saturday (9 January) - report
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

Hi! Last Saturday (9 January), I had an AMSAT booth at the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club's annual hamfest in Phoenix, Arizona. This is one of several hamfests in central and southern Arizona away from the summertime. The morning was a little cool and humid, but as the sun came up this was a great morning. As the rain that had soaked the Phoenix area last week moved away, a nice crowd - buyers, and sellers - came out to the hamfest. During the hamfest, I had lots of opportunities to talk about our new AO-85 satellite, along with the group of Chinese amateur satellites launched last fall, and more Fox-1 satellites in the pipeline. At these hamfests, the most popular events are the on-air demonstrations. Starting with a very early AO-85 pass before 6am (1300 UTC) which was a good pass for collecting telemetry, through two AO-73 passes later in the morning, there is always interest in seeing satellite activity in person. Besides the AO-85 and two AO-73 passes, I also worked a pair of LilacSat-2 passes and an XW-2F pass. This makes for a nice mix of FM and SSB satellite operating. As always, many thanks to the stations who called and worked WD9EWK during these passes! It helps to have stations come on and say "hello" to the crowds, and also mention more than a grid locator for their location. I uploaded my log to Logbook of the World for the contacts made at the hamfest, and would be happy to send a QSL card if anyone would like to receive a card for a contact with WD9EWK at the hamfest. Please e-mail me directly with the QSO details, so I can check my log before sending a card your way. For the final demonstration pass I had at the hamfest, a western AO-73 pass a few minutes past 10.30am (1730 UTC), I had contacts with Frank K6FW near Los Angeles and Glenn AA5PK in west Texas. After I finished the contact with Glenn, someone in the crowd pointed out that Texas was to the east, and I was pointing my Elk log periodic westward. I explained that the satellite was over the eastern Pacific Ocean during this pass, and that both of us would be pointing our antennas at the satellite - not in the direction of the other station for each contact. The proverbial lightbulb came on at that moment, followed by "cool". We who regularly work satellites know that we may not point our antennas anywhere in the direction of where the other station is located, but sometimes it takes a moment for that concept to make sense for someone who knows little or nothing about satellite communications. For almost all of the passes I worked at the hamfest, I used my SDRplay SDR receiver and an 8-inch Windows 10 tablet for my downlink receiver. I figured a hamfest would be a great place to demonstrate the power of an SDR receiver like the SDRplay, combined with the small yet functional Windows tablet - something I wrote about for the AMSAT Journal and the AMSAT-UK OSCAR News publications in the past year. "Eating my own dog food", you could say. I was able to use the shade from my parked car so I could see the tablet's screen, and the tablet/SDR receiver combination attracted lots of interest from the hamfest crowd. Using HDSDR on the tablet, I was able to see the transponder and other telemetry from the satellites. I think I talked about the tablet/SDR combination as much as the satellite that were recently launched and those coming up during 2016. Thanks to the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club for providing AMSAT space for a booth at the hamfest. This is the 10th consecutive year I have been at this hamfest representing AMSAT. I'm looking forward to the next hamfest where I will represent AMSAT - the Yuma Hamfest, which is also the 2016 ARRL Southwest Division Convention, in southwestern Arizona next month. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK

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Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Cruise with Amsat!
by Daniel Schultz 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

For a typical Symposium weekend, my wife gladly stays home knowing how boring an AMSAT Symposium can be, so I only have to buy one airline ticket and I can often cut the lodging cost in half by sharing a room with another temporarily single AMSAT guy. I carry enough snacks in my luggage that I don't need to pay for hotel meals aside from the banquet. However there is no way that I will be allowed to go on a "cruise with the AMSAT boys" without bringing her along, so now I'm on the hook for $446 dollars (including tax) times two, along with two plane tickets to Houston. We are looking at over $1000 for something that usually costs a few hundred. I have not missed a symposium in quite a few years but this might be the year when I lose my perfect attendance record. Last year's symposium had a record attendance by college and high school students, who are the future of AMSAT. I doubt very many of these students can afford a cruise so we will probably set another record for the least attendance by students. Finally, what are the legal ramifications of discussing potentially ITAR restricted subjects on a foreign registered ship outside of US territory? I hope you all have fun, I will (probably) not be going. 73, Dan Schultz N8FGV >On Sun Jan 10, 2016 at 6:55 PM, Robert Bruninga <bruninga at usna.edu> wrote: >I think the cruise is a good idea. My only thought about it is that some >wives are very high maintenance, possibly placing the ham in a lose-lose >situation being split apart by dual loyalties. Or he can try to go alone, >and face other consequenceis. It will be an interesting challenge... >On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 2:04 PM, W M Willoughby <redski at bellsouth.net> wrote: >> I think it is a great idea to try the cruise venue. I don't see how my wife >> could possibly object to being on a cruise while I am in satellite >> presentations and I know she would enjoy meeting some of my radio friends. >> If the attendance is particularly low, we will know not to try it again!

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Clayton, please contact me off list.
by Douglas Phelps 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

Clayton, I need to talk to you. Please call if you still have my number or message me off list. Thanks, DougK9DLP

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Weather sats
by skristof＠etczone.com 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

A little off topic for this forum, but we've been here before. I've been using WxtoImg software to decode images from the NOAA satellites. It works pretty well, but the radio I'm using is an old 2 m mobile rig. From what I've read on the WxtoImg website, I might get better images if I get the software upgrade. But, I cannot, for the life of me, find how to get the upgrade. A link is provided in the program and on the website, but, when I use the link, there is nothing on that page that says anything about an upgrade. I also cannot find anywhere on the website the name of the author or an email address with which to contact him or her. If you have upgraded your WxtoImg software, can you please tell how you did it? Thank you! Steve AI9IN

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LilacSat question
by skristof＠etczone.com 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

Should I be able to receive and decode APRS packets from LilacSat with software like DireWolf and APRSIS32? Steve AI9IN

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Re: [amsat-bb] tripod recommendations
by Tom Schuessler 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

Zach, Any good sturdy tripod will do. The trick however is to get the arrow to stay put when you tilt to the side to allow for polarity change. Since there is only one mounting hole in the Arrow that is threaded to mate with the screw camera mount screw thread that attaches cameras to the usually removable camera plate. Since the antenna is long with a far from the mount center of gravity, if you tilt the mount head over on it's side, the antenna will invariably slide downward which is not desirable. I can send a picture of what I had done to my tripod camera plate to make this not happen. Basically you take a small metal angled piece, like maybe equipment rack ears, preferably with some screw holes already in it, and position it on the camera mount plate such that the plate will rest snug to the boom of the arrow when screwed into the mount. Mark the holes and then drill through the mount. Attach nuts and bolts through and under the plate to secure this piece of metal. When done, and if positioned right, the boom will not move a bit when the camera plate is tilted to the side. Tom Schuessler N5HYP ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 20:34:12 +0000 (UTC) From: zach hillerson <qstick333(a)yahoo.com> To: "amsat-bb(a)amsat.org" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] tripod recommendations Message-ID: <2110125049.2783266.1452544452013.JavaMail.yahoo(a)mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I'm wondering if anyone can give me the name/model of the tripod they are successfully using with their Arrow antenna? ?I would like to get back into the satellite world but need a tripod due to shoulder issues. ?I've ordered 2 from Amazon and neither has been able to hold the weight of the Arrow. ? After several days of searching through the house for my old tripod my wife finally admitted selling it at a yardsale :-( Thanks for any recommendations, Zach N4ERZ? ------------------------------

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tripod recommendations
by zach hillerson 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

I'm wondering if anyone can give me the name/model of the tripod they are successfully using with their Arrow antenna? I would like to get back into the satellite world but need a tripod due to shoulder issues. I've ordered 2 from Amazon and neither has been able to hold the weight of the Arrow. After several days of searching through the house for my old tripod my wife finally admitted selling it at a yardsale :-( Thanks for any recommendations, Zach N4ERZ

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ARISS SSTV Postponed for January
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

The ARISS SSTV event that had been tentatively planned for mid-January has been postponed due to planning issues. Look for updates to appear on the amsat-bb(a)amsat.org email list, AMSAT News Service (ANS), ARISS News Releases, www.ariss.org, on facebook at Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) and twitter @ARISS_status, as they become available. Dave, AA4KN, ARISS PR --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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email address
by N6RFM1 gmail 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

Hi, If anyone has an email address for Dave G3GQW, please contact me off list. Thanks, Bob n6rfm1 at gmail.com

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Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Cruise with Amsat!
by W M Willoughby 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

Take a look at that clothesline going down the middle of the Carnival Liberty: http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=3667. I bet that thing would load up on the new 630m band!

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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-12 07:30 UTC
by AJ9N＠aol.com 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2016-01-12 07:30 UTC Quick list of scheduled contacts and events: Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado “Benedetto Croce”, Civate, Italy, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Tim Kopra KE5UDN Contact is a go for: Wed 2016-01-13 11:35:44 UTC 33 deg Brihaspati Vidyasadan, Kathmandu, Nepal, telebridge via VK5ZAI The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS The scheduled astronaut is Timothy Peake KG5BVI Contact is a go for: Wed 2016-01-20 08:37:04 UTC 26 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(a)amsat.org or aj9n(a)aol.com. **************************************************************************** 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: Gaston ON4WF with 121 Francesco IKØWGF with 115 Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 114 **************************************************************************** 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 8061 date and time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS The complete schedule page has been updated as of 2016-01-09 07:30 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 Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1017. (***) Each school counts as 1 event. Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 982. (***) Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot. Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 46. 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: Arkansas, Delaware, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, 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 2016-01-09 07:30 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. 43/44 on orbit Scott Kelly Mikhail Kornienko RN3BF Exp. 45 on orbit Sergey Volkov RU3DIS Exp. 46 on orbit Tim Kopra KE5UDN Timothy Peake KG5BVI Yuri Malenchenko RK3DUP **************************************************************************** 73, Charlie Sufana AJ9N One of the ARISS operation team mentors

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Cruise
by jeffory broughton 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

There was some pricing break down on the cruise posted somewhere a day or two ago.i will be darned if I can find it again . somebody please direct me. Thanks ! Jeff WB8RJY jeff broughton

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Upcoming ARISS contact with Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado "Benedetto Croce", Civate, Italy
by n4csitwo＠bellsouth.net 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

An International Space Station school contact has been planned with participants at Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado "Benedetto Croce", Civate, Italy on 13 Jan. The event is scheduled to begin at approximately 11:35 UTC. It is recommended that you start listening approximately 10 minutes before this time.The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30 seconds. The contact will be a telebridge between NA1SS and VK5ZAI. The contact should be audible over Australia 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. Scuola Secondaria di Primo Grado "Benedetto Croce": Primary and Secondary school located in Civate, a small town not far from the bigger city of Lecco. Beautifully surrounded by lakes and mountains, the school participated in a articulated STEM educational project including a visit to the local Lecco's planetarium where almost every year they use to host an astronaut, including former NASA's Mike Fincke and Sandra Magnus. Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time allows: 1. Which is the best moment on a space day? 2. How did you feel the first time with no gravity? 3. At first were you afraid of living on the ISS? 4. What are you doing on the station at the moment? 5. Do you like living with other five people? 6. Do you have any hobbies on the ISS? 7. What are the objectives of your mission? 8. When did you start to enjoy astronomy? Why? 9. Have you got any problems on the ISS? 10. Is it better to live on the earth or in space? 11. Which experiment do you prefer on the ISS? 12. Which is the first place you want to see when you return home? 13. What's your favourite planet? 14. Would you like to stay longer in space? 15. What time zone is used on the ISS? 16. How has this experience changed your life? 17. Sometimes, would you like to return soon to Earth? 18. What did you think when you were chosen for this mission? 19. What are you missing more of the earth life? 20. Do you believe in aliens, in extra-terrestrial life? 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): TBD ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering the volunteer support and leadership from AMSAT and IARU societies around the world with the ISS space agencies partners: NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA, CNES, JAXA, and CSA. ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and learning. Further information on the ARISS program visit the ARISS website at ariss.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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Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Cruise with Amsat!
by Glenn Anderson 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

Put down the radio...pick up an adult beverage. ... -------- Original message -------- From: Jerry Buxton <n0jy(a)amsat.org> Date: 01/10/2016 14:33 (GMT-06:00) To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Cruise with Amsat! Sounds like prime material for somebody working on their Psychology PhD, too! :-D Jerry Buxton, NØJY On 1/10/2016 13:04, W M Willoughby wrote: > Imagine that picture - a dozen guys standing on > deck in Bermuda shorts, waving Elks & Arrows, wearing headphones and talking > to one another through a satellite! Sounds like some prime material for the > AMSAT Journal about a year from now. > > > _______________________________________________ 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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Landwehr dc connector
by kb2m＠arrl.net 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

Has anyone went through the trouble to locate the 5 pin DC connector plug for a Landwehr 2m and 70sm pre-amp. If so do you remember the source and part number ? Thanks. 73 Jeff kb2m

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