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TS-2000 TNC Program
by Keith O'Brien 10 Jun '14

10 Jun '14

Are there any TS-2000 owners out there that use the built in TNC of the radio ? If so what terminal programs are available to use with it ? Back in the day there were a half dozen or so good terminal programs with buffers, canned messages and other features. But a Google search brings up nothing today. I'm looking for something a lot more then Windows Hyper Terminal gives me. So, what are you using ?? Keith N4ZQ

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CAPE-2 over Brazil
by Roland Zurmely 10 Jun '14

10 Jun '14

Successful Send Text To Speech command: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/Ca2100614.wav 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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CAPE-2 over Brazil #3106
by Roland Zurmely 10 Jun '14

10 Jun '14

W5UL-15>W5UL>UI,C,F0: +W5UL,CAPE-2,e,GR,201301281932CST,5229mV,01003,e,19C,19C,ulcape.org# W5UL-15>W5UL>UI,C,F0: W5UL,5286,828,5266,3,5272,59,5272,GR,001,26,19,ulcape.org# W5UL-15>W5UL>UI,C,F0: +W5UL,CAPE-2,f,GR,201301281934CST,5097mV,01003,f,21C,20C,ulcape.org# 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ GH70un

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Re: [amsat-bb] VUCC via Satellite
by Kevin M 10 Jun '14

10 Jun '14

Congrats all around! I was one of those 7... Right behind you, Paul, with VUCC #249, also issued in March. I waited to submit 150 grids to match up with the 150 I previously had (under my old callsign) which was VUCC #86. Those were all on RS-12/13. <sigh!> I miss that bird... :^) 73, Kevin N4UFO --------------------------------------------------------------- Congrats, Ed! I got #248 back in March, so 7 issued in 3 months isn't too bad! 73, Paul, N8HM On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 9:27 PM, Bruce <kk5do at amsat.org> wrote: >Congrats to Ed, WA7ETH. Got his VUCC today #255. >>Ed says, "Just arrived today! Finally made it." >>>73...bruce >>

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VUCC via Satellite
by Bruce 10 Jun '14

10 Jun '14

Congrats to Ed, WA7ETH. Got his VUCC today #255. Ed says, "Just arrived today! Finally made it." 73...bruce

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LO-78 added to LoTW
by Paul Stoetzer 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

Just got a message from W3IZ stating that a new TQSL configuration file has been released adding LituanicaSAT-1 (LO-78) to the satellite tables. Here are the instructions for updating your configuration files: "TQSL 2.0 user have nothing to do. When opening TQSL for the first time of the day the TQSL program will detect the update and ask you to confirm installation. TQSL 2.0 users can manually check for updates under the help button in the TQSL toolbar. See < www.arrl.org/instructions > More TQSL > Checking for updates. Users of older versions of TQSL will have to download the file from their user account under the tab "Your Account" then select "Your Certificate" then select "Download Current TQSL Configuration File." The file can be saved to a folder on your computer then loaded in TQSL using the TQSL CERT - Load File utility." 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM

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Re: [amsat-bb] SO-50 Frequency Drift
by Tom Schuessler 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

I will say that the fact that the actuality of the 5KHz lower than published frequency (Known for years) is the reason that often times you here a newby on the bird, throwing out his call, getting responded to but never answering back. I had a good QSO on HF a bit back, mentioned "I do AMSAT" and he said something to the effect, "I tried listening and calling but never heard anything". I told him about the "Actual vs. published" frequencies. He says "Well that probably explains it then". Even K6LCS's great pages at http://www.work-sat.com/Sat_Skeds.html do not refer to the offset. I am convinced that this disparity is the cause for at least some of the QRM on that bird, not all but some. Tom Schuessler N5HYP n5hyp(a)arrl.net Message: 2 Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2014 16:47:19 +0200 From: Ib Christoffersen <oz1my(a)privat.dk> To: Koos van den Hout <koos(a)kzdoos.xs4all.nl> Cc: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SO-50 Frequency Drift Message-ID: <70.98.04540.7F523935@fep45> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi Koss and Paul, I do not think that the "normal" center frequency is 436.795 MHz. I use two frequencies for the downlink in SatPC32: 436.791 and 436.788 MHz. I have heard it suddenly jump about 5 kHz during a pass - but that is some time ago. The two frequencies above are not always spot on but close enough. Have a nice weekend all. OZ1MY/Ib

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ANS-159 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by Lee McLamb 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-159 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: * Last Week to Submit AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations * AMSAT Field Day Reminder - June 28-29 * ISEE-3 Spacecraft Reboot Project Update SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-159.01 ANS-159 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 159.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. June 8, 2014 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-159.01 Last Week to Submit AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nominations It is time to submit nominations for the upcoming open seats on the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors. A nomination requires either one Member Society or five current individual members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT-NA member for Director. Three terms expire normally this year. In addition, a forth Director will be elected for one year to fill the remainder of an unexpired term. Up to two Alternates may be elected for one year terms. In addition to traditional submissions of written nominations, which remains unchanged and is the preferred method, nominations may be made by electronic means. These include e-mail, FAX, or electronic image of a petition. Electronic petitions should be sent to MARTHA(a)AMSAT.ORG or faxed to (301) 822-4371. Written nominations, consisting of names, calls and individual signatures should be mailed to: AMSAT-NA 10605 Concord St, #304 Kensington, MD 20895. No matter what means is used, petitions MUST arrive no later than June 15th at the AMSAT-NA office. If the nomination is a traditional written nomination, no other action is required. If it is other than this, i.e. electronic, a verifying traditional written petition MUST be received at the AMSAT-NA office at the above address within 7 days following the close of nominations on June 15th. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT THIS SECOND, WRITTEN VERIFICATION ARE NOT VALID UNDER THE EXISTING AMSAT-NA BYLAWS. Please note the new mailing and FAX instructions. [ANS thanks Alan, WA4SCA, AMSAT Corporate Secretary, for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT Field Day Reminder - June 28-29 It's that time of year again: Summer and Field Day! Each year the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) sponsors Field Day as a "picnic, a campout, practice for emergencies, an informal contest and, most of all, FUN!". The event takes place during a 24-hour period on the fourth weekend of June. For 2014 the event takes place during a 27-hour period from 1800 UTC on Saturday June 28, 2014 through 2100 UTC on Sunday June 29, 2014. Those who set up prior to 1800 UTC on June 29 can operate only 24 hours. The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) promotes its own version of Field Day for operation via the amateur satellites, held concurrently with the ARRL event. If you are considering ONLY the FM voice satellite SaudiSat-Oscar-50 for your AMSAT Field Day focus . don't . unless you are simply hoping to make one contact for the ARRL rules bonus points. The congestion on FM LEO satellites was so intense in prior years that we must continue to limit their use to one-QSO-per-FM-satellite. This includes the International Space Station. You will be allowed one QSO if the ISS is operating Voice. You will also be allowed one digital QSO with the ISS or any other digital, non-store-and-forward, packet satellite (if operational). A lot of good contacts can be made on the linear transponder satellites including AO-73, VO-52, FO-29, and AO-7. During Field Day the transponders come alive like 20 meters on a weekend. The transponders on these satellites will support multiple simultaneous SSB or CW contacts. The AMSAT Field Day 2014 event is open to all Amateur Radio operators. Amateurs are to use the exchange as specified in ARRL rules for Field Day. The AMSAT competition is to encourage the use of all amateur satellites, both analog and digital. For the complete listing of the AMSAT Field Day Rules please refer to the AMSAT web: http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=216 [ANS thanks AMSAT Director Contests and Awards, Bruce Paige, KK5DO for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ISEE-3 Spacecraft Reboot Project Update Dennis Wingo KD4ETA has released an update on the attempts by volunteers, including radio amateurs, to gain control of the NASA ISEE-3 spacecraft. The International Sun-Earth Explorer (ISEE-3), a spacecraft that was launched in 1978 to study Earth?s magnetosphere and repurposed in 1983 to study two comets. Renamed the International Cometary Explorer (ICE), it has been in a heliocentric orbit since then, traveling just slightly faster than Earth. It's finally catching up to us from behind, and will be closest to Earth in August, 2014. In his report Dennis says that the spacecraft was successfully commanded into engineering telemetry mode and he mentions the work of radio amateurs Achim Vollhardt DH2VA (AMSAT-DL Bochum) and Phil Karn KA9Q. [Achim Vollhardt DH2VA and Mario Lorenz DL5MLO plan to attend the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium in Guildford July 26-27 to give a presentation of their work. The event is open to all] Regarding the possibility of Lunar impact Dennis says ?If we can maneuver the spacecraft by June 17th we get the very small delta V number for the maneuver above. However, this starts to climb rapidly as the spacecraft gets closer to the moon. Also we cannot at this time rule out a lunar impact. It is imperative that we get a ranging pass as soon as possible. We also need time to not only evaluate the health of the spacecraft, but to test the systems, the catalyst bed heaters for the propulsion system, the valve heaters, analyze the rest of the propulsion, power, and attitude control system as rapidly as possible. This will be a lot of commanding so we have to move into high gear next week. This is a very fluid situation and we have made amazing progress, thanks to the support of those who believed in us in our crowd funding and the support of our NASA sponsors at NASA Ames and NASA headquarters. More to come soon!!? Read the report at http://spacecollege.org/isee3/isee-3-reboot-project-update-bullseye-and-mor… Watch ISEE-3 Reboot Project ? Recovering a 30 year old space probe ISEE-3 / ICE Telecommunications Summary http://mdkenny.customer.netspace.net.au/ISEE-3.pdf Dennis Wingo KD4ETA blog http://denniswingo.wordpress.com/ Can radio amateurs command the ISEE-3 / ICE spacecraft ? http://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/19/can-radio-amateurs-command-the-isee-3-ice-sp… Radio amateurs receive NASA ISEE-3 / ICE Spacecraft http://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/09/radio-amateurs-receive-nasa-isee-3ice-spacec… Radio hams help attempts to command NASA spacecraft http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/21/radio-hams-help-attempts-to-command-nasa-spa… ISEE-3/ICE on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ISEE3returns [ANS thanks AMSAT-UK 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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satellite confusion
by Bob- W7LRD 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

Or I will just blame senior moment- what is a "easy" way to keep some of these newer birds organized and have them all in the standard list on satpc32. So all the birds are listed on the same list. There have been several Litxxxxxx birds I have got mixed up. Trying to keep up with the program. Station is peaked top perfection, antennas tracking etc. Just trying work out these minor PITA bugs. Your collective wisdom is invaluable the digitally challanged 73 Bob W7LRD a smart man knows his limitations

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SatPC32 Question
by n0jy 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

Hi All, I just installed (upgraded) to SatPC32 v. 12.8c. Now, I have two installations here. One on my new laptop, and one on my desktop PC. Laptop is for portable work, of course. I noticed that on my laptop installation, on the SETUP menu OPTIONS dialog, there is a checkbox for GROUND TRACK. This option does not exist on my desktop installation. Same program, same settings otherwise... I see these parameters are held in SATSTART.SQF. I see + as the last entry (and it is one more entry than my desktop file has) which corresponds with the GROUND TRACK checkbox. If I edit SATSTART.SQF on my desktop PC and add that +, when it starts it does not have GROUND TRACK turned on. So I can't fool it. Any thoughts, suggestions, help? Thanks! Jerry NØJY

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Help on setting a RTL-SDR Dongle
by Vincenzo Mone 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

Hi folks I am interested to receive the satellites with the USB RTL-SDR Dongle. I found on eBay one called: I bought on eBay the DVB-T USB Stick HD/DIGITAL TV Television FM Radio HDTV. Tried to follow the instructions found on Jason's' page at: http://n4jtc.wordpress.com/ but I get stuck on the step: 8. Tune into a known frequency like the National Weather Service, this is required to adjust the PPM Please which is the frequency of the PPM? I have tried to set the frequency on a local packet but cannot find it on the Software. Please can anybody give more help to set it in the right way? Any help will be really appreciated. Thanks for help in advance. 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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Lituanicasat-1
by PY5LF 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

Hi Lituanicasat with telemetry only now 15:39UTC over Brazil. 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF

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Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSat-1 this evening
by Chris Del Plato KQ2RP 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

As it turned out, I jinxed myself with that post. Stood at the ready during the pass and heard nada.... Thought maybe the transponder was turned off....At about the midway point I noticed one of the micro-coax connection points to my (uhf) yagi was broken. Will have to fix that.... ah well. "If it wasn't for bad luck, I wouldn't have no luck at all" ~ Albert King 73, Chris KQ2RP

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Show Low AZ hamfest & DM54/DM55 activity on Saturday
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

Hi! Saturday was a busy day. Starting with the White Mountain Hamfest in Show Low, Arizona, just after 0500 local time (1200 UTC), to working several passes from along I-40 and old US-66 at the DM54/DM55 grid boundary in the afternoon, to the driving up to the hamfest Friday evening and back home Saturday evening, it was another fun trip. The Kachina Amateur Radio Club has held its White Mountain Hamfest for many years in early June in Show Low, and this club has graciously provided AMSAT space at the hamfest. I had my table, complete with AMSAT banner and merchandise, ready for the official start of the hamfest at 0700 local time. I also had my station ready to go for an FO-29 pass an hour earlier, which was a demonstration for a few people who were already wandering around the hamfest site (parking lot for Show Low City Hall). I worked passes on FO-29, VO-52, AO-73, and SO-50 during the morning from here, and many thanks to the operators across North America for calling WD9EWK and being a part of the on-air demonstrations. It didn't hurt that the hamfest is in a grid locator not heard often on the satellites, DM44. The hamfest was wrapping up by noon, and I took advantage of that to get lunch before making an hour-long drive northeast from Show Low to a point along old US-66 and the I-40 freeway that straddles 35 degrees North latitude - the line between grids DM54 and DM55, two more grid locators rarely heard on the satellites. This spot is about 50 miles/80km west of the New Mexico state line, not far from the town of Holbrook and the Petrified Forest National Park. I have been to this spot in the past, a parking lot for a (now) former souvenir shop east of a freeway exit. After setting up my gear and taking the obligatory (for VUCC purposes) photos of my station with a GPS receiver, I also took pictures of some wandering visitors - cattle - around the property. Then it was off to working passes on AO-7, FO-29, VO-52, and LO-78 (it was still LituanicaSAT-1 when I was up there). I also took advantage of an ISS pass to use my TH-D72A HT to show my location via APRS - something I did as part of the demonstrations at Dayton a few weeks ago. Even on the high desert at almost 5300 feet/1615m elevation, it was still warm in the afternoon (around 96F/36C at one point). Once I wrapped up the DM54/DM55 operating, I packed my gear, drove west on I-40 to find some dinner, and make the 4-hour drive from up there back home. Not much to see at night driving through a couple of national forests, other than some elk near the road - and one crossing in front of me. Almost 500 miles/800km in about 29 hours, and going from the 96F heat at DM54/DM55 to around 50F/10C in the forest on the drive home. For anyone who worked WD9EWK on Saturday and would like to receive a QSL card, please e-mail me directly with the QSO details. If you are in the log, I will gladly send you a card. No SASE needed. Other than the QSOs on LO-78/LituanicaSAT-1, I have uploaded yesterday's QSOs to Logbook of the World. The LO-78 QSOs should be uploaded shortly, now that ARRL can enable this satellite in LOTW using LO-78 instead of LituanicaSAT-1. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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LituanicaSAT-1 Transponder Off
by Paul Stoetzer 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

Good evening, It appears that the LituanicaSAT-1 FM transponder was off over North America at 0121Z. Strong signals were heard from the FM morse beacon. I will listen to my recording and decode the telemetry. 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC (FM18lv)

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Re: [amsat-bb] LituanicaSat-1 this evening
by Bill Acito 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

Nothing heard here on that pass. Were you on? Bill

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DC Mini Maker Faire - Satellite Demo Report
by Paul Stoetzer 09 Jun '14

09 Jun '14

Good evening, Thanks to all for the many QSOs on several passes of SO-50, AO-73, AO-7, and FO-29 from the DC Mini Maker Faire at Yards Park (named for the nearby Washington Navy Yard, which used to also occupy the area that is now a park) on the Anacostia River waterfront in Washington, DC. I got quite sunburned and will not be updating my log tonight, so I'm not 100% sure how many QSOs were made. Despite some technical problems on my end (didn't remember I had to turn my demo speaker on to charge it's battery), we were able to demonstrate ham radio and amateur satellites to many people. Being a Maker Faire, this was not your normal hamfest crowd, and there was a good crowd of especially younger people, who already possess some interest in electronics and technical projects. Some have licenses but haven't done anything with them, others have had licenses but have not been active in a while, and still others indicated that they were thinking about getting their license. Hopefully some will follow through with it and hopefully some will get involved in amateur satellites and join AMSAT! If there are any Maker Faires in your area, consider setting up amateur radio and AMSAT exhibits. It is a good way to make demonstrations to a different, but potentially interested crowd. After all, the 2014 AMSAT apparel is branded "AMSAT: The Satellite Makers." Thanks to Lee Ciereszko, N4TCW, for deciding to setup an amateur radio exhibit at the outdoor faire (a last minute decision he made on Thursday). He brought a TS-2000 (which we could have used for satellites, but I used my normal 2 FT-817 setup), a solar panel, batteries, and HF/VHF/UHF antennas. We also made a few HF QSOs during the day. By the way, the 436.795 MHz birdie on the TS-2000 is so strong, I had to turn that radio off while working SO-50, despite being a good 10-15 feet away from it. 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC

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ARISS
by Kelley 08 Jun '14

08 Jun '14

Hi all, I've been trying to work stations on ARISS as it goes over the USA, and don't seem to be getting anywhere. I hear the ARISS exactly when my tracking software says I should. I switch to converse mode and send a "Hi". I see a number of stations sending packets, I attempt to contact them without results. I used K9JKM's PDF to help set things up (very helpful). My unproto is CQ VIA ARISS. I looked at the bottom of www.ariss.net to see if the ARISS was hearing me, I didn't see my call, nor did I see the other calls I heard. Perhaps it takes a while to appear. Is there another way to see if things are setup okay on my end? I'm using Winpack on Windows 7 to a MFJ-1278T to a IC-706MKIIG connected to a vertical antenna mounted at 50' (working on a better antenna, hope to have it up soon). -- Kelley - WØRK

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Landwehr preamps
by Jim White 08 Jun '14

08 Jun '14

Thanks to all for the info on fixing these. I do have both operating again like new. It was a matter of cycling the power a few times to get the relays working again, and of course hooking the service monitor up the right way through them. The 1990 KLM Yagi's are also working as well as ever. We have made a handful of contacts through FO-29 and can hear the transponder noise as it pops over the horizion as well as we ever could. I measured just under 2dB of sun noise on UHF. Again as good as when new. Are there any 9600 bps FM/GMSK downlinks working I can use to test the full digital receive chain? I'm not finding any on the various status pages. Jim

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LituanicaSat-1 this evening
by Chris Del Plato KQ2RP 08 Jun '14

08 Jun '14

FYI, I will try to be on the transponder during this evening's 2314z pass. It's an 80 degree pass here in NJ. I'll be handheld using my VX-5R and homebrew dual yagi and homebrew diplexer. I hope some others (beside Paul! ;-) ) will join me. 73, Chris KQ2RP

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LituanicaSAT 1
by Rick Walter 07 Jun '14

07 Jun '14

I was just on the 22:53Z pass of LituanicaSAT 1. Only person there. Called a few people to drum up a contact. The audio was excellent and very strong on a 22 degree elevation pass using an Arrow II antenna. Was everyone watching for a triple crown winner? Rick -- Sent from Rick's gmail account

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Doppler.sqf Lituansat
by Bob- W7LRD 07 Jun '14

07 Jun '14

would someone send me the the doppler sqf file for this bird 73 Bob W7LRD

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One More Time for the Slow People [ LituanicaSAT-1 ]
by Les Rayburn 07 Jun '14

07 Jun '14

I'd really like to work a contact or two through the new bird while it's still up. Can someone walk me through how to add this to SATPC32 and/or Nova for Windows? I've downloaded the latest KEPS, but have no idea which one might be LituanicaSAT-1. Frankly, the naming conventions are confusing, especially for newcomers. What, exactly was wrong with OSCAR-1, OSCAR-2, etc? Thanks in advance, for both assistance and patience. -- -- 73, Les Rayburn, N1LF 121 Mayfair Park Maylene, AL 35114 EM63nf 6M VUCC #1712 AMSAT #38965 Grid Bandits #222 Southeastern VHF Society Central States VHF Society Life Member Six Club #2484 Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz & Light

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SO-50 Frequency Drift
by Paul Stoetzer 07 Jun '14

07 Jun '14

Just was on the last pass of SO-50. I was not hearing the satellite at first even as it rose above the trees. At the middle of the pass, I was expecting to find it at around 436.795 MHz, but I found it around 436.786 MHz. Has anybody else noticed this? 73, Paul, N8HM

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The ERP Blues
by Clayton Coleman 07 Jun '14

07 Jun '14

The ERP Blues by W5PFG They tell me I'm runnin' too much power By golly why did AO-7 switch on me this hour? If I turn the rig's power dial down real low I reckon the signal still has a place to go. Between feedline attenuation and antenna gain My ERP still gives enough cause for people to complain. I've got the E--R--P blues FM'n the linear birds all day and night 'till I blow a fuse.

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Icom AG-35 For Sale
by Howard Stephenson 07 Jun '14

07 Jun '14

For Sale Icom AG-35 430 preamp $120 including shipping to the lower 48. 73, Howard Stephenson K6IA Watsonville, CA

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Re: [amsat-bb] [Starcom-bb] AO7
by Paul Stoetzer 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

All stations, please QRP!!!! From everything I've read about the behavior and history of the satellite and heard from other operators monitoring these passes, stations running excessive uplink power are responsible for the recent mode jumping. There are AMSAT demonstrations scheduled this weekend that are relying, in part, on AO-7 being in Mode B. Please keep your uplink power to no more than 100W ERP. If you wish to calculate your ERP, please consult this page: http://www.csgnetwork.com/antennaecalc.html If you cannot hear your own signals with 100W ERP, please QRT and make improvements to your receive setup. Thank you, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 5:59 PM, <ingejack(a)cox.net> wrote: > Pass at 2155 utc time started on mode B and after approx. 1 minute switched to mode A ! Heard K4FEG and WA4NVM on mode B then all of a sudden it turned off and went into Mode A... Or am I hallucinating again ?? Jack/KC7MG DM42 > _______________________________________________ > Starcom-bb bulletin board > Starcom-bb(a)star-com.net > http://lists.star-com.net/listinfo/starcom-bb

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lituansat-1 sat
by Jerry Ehlers 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

HI; I use Nova for tracking the birds . Does anyone know why my Nova doesn,t show the Lituancasat-1 with the catalog number 39569 Nova shows 39570 not 569 . Why?? Please contact me by direct e -mail w0sat2(a)gmail.com Thanks Jerry w0sat

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Re: [amsat-bb] satpc32 problems <SatPC32 Checker program might help>
by Thomas Doyle 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Hi Bob, The question raised by you and others reminded me of a simple little program I wrote a couple of years ago and never released. Ashamed to say that I gave into PITA when I could not figure out the link between a Group and its associated tle data file (perhaps there is no external link). The program seems to work but was abandoned when I gave up and decided to write my own tracker. I am sure there are many other similar programs out there but if you do not have one this might help. Please keep your computer on the desk and far away from the window. http://www.tomdoyle.org/satpc32checker If you try this program and it works for you contact me. If you have problems with it contact Bob :-) 73 W9KE Tom Doyle On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 9:58 PM, Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd(a)comcast.net> wrote: > Still attempting to make satpc32 work. Removed it from hard drive, > downloaded from Erics site, now get error 1925 not sufficient privileges > etc etc. The next sound you hear will be the computer flying out the > window. Assistance please. > from the digitally challanged > 73 Bob W7LRD > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Sent from my computer. tom ...

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Got Grids award
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Congrats to Jack KC7MG Got Grids? Award #12 Good job Jack WA4HFN em55 Damon www.starcommgroup.org

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Got Grids? first
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

We have a first for the Star Comm awards John K8YSE award #10 and K8YSE/7 award #11 Great Job John WA4HFN em55 Damon

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Satellite Demos - DC Mini Maker Faire - Sunday, June 8th
by Paul Stoetzer 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Good morning, I just found out that a local club is setting up a demo station at the DC Mini Maker Faire at Yards Park on the Anacostia River waterfront in Washington, DC (FM18lu) on Sunday, June 8th. As this location is under a mile from my apartment and weather is supposed to be great, I plan to bring my portable satellite station and conduct demos on the following passes: SO-50 - 1457Z-1510Z AO-73 - 1535Z-1548Z SO-50 - 1638Z-1650Z AO-73 - 1713Z-1722Z (10 deg max - depends on our surroundings) AO-7 - 1948Z-2008Z (Hopefully it comes up and stays in Mode B) 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC

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satpc32 %$#$ again
by Bob- W7LRD 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

This is on different computer- I get Ungultige gleitkommaoperation marching across the screen. I must shut the computer down to stop it. I had just downloaded new keps. The last time (other computer) I had to delete the entire program and start from scratch with everything. Is there something I am doing/not doing?? Becoming a PITA to keep everything running. from the digitally challenged 73 Bob W7LRD

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satpc32 problems
by Bob- W7LRD 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Still attempting to make satpc32 work. Removed it from hard drive, downloaded from Erics site, now get error 1925 not sufficient privileges etc etc. The next sound you hear will be the computer flying out the window. Assistance please. from the digitally challanged 73 Bob W7LRD

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Re: [amsat-bb] amsat-bb] Lithuaniasat-1 0120Z
by Richard Tejera 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Maybe I'll give it a go tomorrow, if I can find the time. RICK K7TEJ On June 5, 2014, at 20:55, "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" wrote: Drew, Glad to work you on that pass. I heard nobody else. I almost didn't hear you come back, as the satellite was just over the mountains to my east at that point. On the next pass at 0247 UTC, I worked AA5PK in Texas for my only QSO. This is a fun satellite. I hope it is available for our use on more passes, before it reenters. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 1:32 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner < glasbrenner(a)mindspring.com> wrote: > Thanks to WD9EWK, KC9TTR, and WB3JVD for my first QSOs on this satellite! > It was a max 9 degree pass, with decent signals. I will say, if you are > going to try this one, use the Celestrak or Spacetrack keps, since they > are updated more frequently. > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Lithuaniasat-1 0120Z
by Andrew Glasbrenner 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Thanks to WD9EWK, KC9TTR, and WB3JVD for my first QSOs on this satellite! It was a max 9 degree pass, with decent signals. I will say, if you are going to try this one, use the Celestrak or Spacetrack keps, since they are updated more frequently. 73, Drew KO4MA Sent from my iPhone

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more Got Grid awards
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

Congratulations to Frank K4FEG Got Grids award # 7 Jeff NX9B award # 8 Dave W0DBH award # 9 more to come good job guys and thanks to Ron N8RO for making DL grid trip WA4HFN Damon em55 www.starcommgroup.org

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Interest FN55 or FN64?
by Daniel "Nick" Kucij 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

I will be in Bangor, Maine on the morning of Sat., June 7th. I expect to be able to drive a half hour north to activate FN55, if there is interest in that grid. I would be on the SO-50 pass around 1610 UTC with a pair of HTs and my trusty Arrow antenna. I can also activate FN64 on SO-50 sometime during next week if it is needed. Let me know if you need either of these grids. 73, Nick, KB1RVT

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(no subject)
by Jim White 06 Jun '14

06 Jun '14

I'd appreciate any info on who repairs Landwehr preamps (VHF and UHF). Resurrecting mine from 1990 and they are both dead. They have what I recall to be the classic symptom of a blown GasFET, when you apply power you get about 30dB of loss. Jim WD0E jim(a)coloradosatellite.com

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Best Preamp for ATV 439.25 MHz
by Farrell Winder 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Has anyone done research and found the best in shack preamp for Amateur Television on 439.250 MHz? Any performance data and source of supply would be appreciated. Thanks, Farrell Winder, W8ZCF

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Got Grids
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Congrats to Dave W0DHB Got Grids award #9 gud job Dave WA4HFN Damon em55 www.starcommgroup.org

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Got Grids Rules
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

To get the Got Grids award all 10 contacts must be on the SSB or CW birds No FM http://www.starcommgroup.org/gotgrids.html Thanks Damon

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GOT Grids
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

To get the Got Grids award all 10 contacts must be on the SSB or CW birds No FM http://www.starcommgroup.org/gotgrids.html Thanks Damon

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Got Grids
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Congrats to Frank K4FEG Got Grids award #7 Also to Jeff NX9B Got Grids award # 8 Thanks to Ron N8RO for posting his trip in advance, it has given several others the chance to complete this award WA4HFN em55 Damon www.starcommgroup.org

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Obtaining G/T of the satellite Ground Station.
by Rupesh Lad 05 Jun '14

05 Jun '14

Dear all, We have a functional Ground station setup at QTH location MK68WM. We have a 2 Unit array of circularly polarized Yagi antenna mounted on antenna rotor system for tracking satellites operating in UHF band. Instrumentation available with us is Signal generators, Signal Analyzers, Vector Network analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer. The ground station setup includes antenna,Low noise amplifier, followed by 15m LMR 400 coax carrying signals to Kenwood TS2000 and RF switches to protect LNA during transmission. We wish to obtain G/T ratio of our system. Could you please throw some light on how to proceed? -- Regards, Rupesh Lad

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AO-7 mode change
by Glenn Miller - AA5PK 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

I was listening to AO-7 in Mode B as it rose at 2153Z. At 2158Z, AO-7 suddenly switched from Mode B to Mode A. At the time of the switch, there were two stations using excessive power (badly FMing) on the bird. Not sure if that was a coincidence or not. Called CQ on Mode A in both CW and SSB with no response. 73 Glenn AA5PK

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Re: [amsat-bb] satpc32 E/A-Fehler 105. error
by Thomas Doyle 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

Bob, I can tell you from years of experience with writing tracking programs for Windows and iOS that one of the biggest problems is decay. Strange things happen to math routines when the altitude of the satellite drops below the surface of the earth. One solution is filtering out these decayed sats from the list. The tracking program is the easy part the hard part is dealing with "bad" tle data. The old saying in the computer biz - "garbage in, garbage" out. Less you think this stuff is trivial take a look at this fine work by G3RUH. http://www.amsat.org/amsat/articles/g3ruh/111.html Maintaining lists of satellites and web pages is very time consuming. Some quit because it is a PITA. Fortunately there are some truly dedicated souls who do not give in to the lame PITA excuse. Dr. T.S. Kelso <TS.Kelso(a)celestrak.com> is one. He maintains the most reliable set of sat tle data I know of. http://www.celestrak.com/ Another is Erich Eichmann who puts in countless hours of his time maintaining and improving SatPC32. We all owe a great deal to these two pillars of the hobby. I suggest using the Celestrak data sets exclusively. There will be the occasional sat that has decayed that may cause a problem but that is the nature of the hobby. All the sat tracking programs are complex - the only thing more complex than trying to figure out a sat tracking program is trying to figure out two of them. I am sure others have a different opinion but IMHO stick with SatPC32. 73 W9KE Tom Doyle On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 10:53 PM, Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd(a)comcast.net> wrote: > I can not get it to run (satpc-32). Someone said it is because of a > inactive satellite in the list. Which one?? It will just keep happening. > Also I am looking for a backup sat program as satpc32 is unreliable. > Recommendations?? > 73 Bob W7LRD > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > -- Sent from my computer. tom ...

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SO-50 from the car
by Bill (W1PA) 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

I tried an experiment today on the 1630Z pass . My normal operating on SO-50 is a FT-530 (5W) to a standard Arrow... that’s about 15W ERP, correct? Today I tried a smaller, CJU antenna on RX (on the FT530), and my 45W mobile on my stock 1/2 wave mobile antenna (looking for a quick and dirty set-up... standing next to the car, mic through the window). It was a 55 degree west pass for me. I confirmed I had the correct tone set and was on simplex and high power, and I could not hear my myself. Not even near AOS and LOS (low on the horizon). Was I subject to the null off the top of the mobile TX antenna? for those of you who operate from your cars, what do you use for a TX antenna? Power? (btw, the CJU was a bit of a disappointment.... usable, but not great) Bill W1PA (also btw, that was NOT me calling "CQ CQ 1 2 3" with no ID on that pass -- if it was _you_ reading this email, please go back and read one of the FM satellite primers)

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Re: [amsat-bb] satpc32 E/A-Fehler 105. error
by Jenni Day 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

I have experienced a similar problem in satpc32, although the error message is not exactly the same. I see this only on a Win 8.1 PC. One thing I have done with some success is to IMMEDIATELY update Keps as soon as satpc32 finishes booting. I am also interested in a permanent fix for this. Red, KC4LE

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DL
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

Ron thanks for going to the DL grid and for those working towards the GOT GRIDS? award remember only SSB/CW contacts will count www.starcommgroup.org WA4HFN em55 Damon

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AO-7 Telemetry
by KERRY LA*DUKE 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

AO-7 seemed to be transmitting cw telemetry today. I copied the following around 1300Z Frequency 145.969mhz. Mode B 252 252 252 324 324 324 324 496 496 v 496 568 568 568 568 696 696 696 696 hi hi 180 180 180 180 252 252

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N8RO/P Operations From DL99 & DL98 -------Corrections------
by Ronald Oldham 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

Many thanks to Jeff, NX9B for pointing out some problems in my schedule. I'm not sure if it was old Keps or just an old mind that caused the problems. Anyway, the corrected schedule is shown below. These are approx. local times. 6/4/2014 18:10 UTC SO-50 DL99 6/5/2014 00:13 UTC FO-29 DL98 6/5/2014 14:58 UTC FO-29 DL98 6/5/2014 18:37 UTC SO-50 DL99 I will look for you on the satellites. 73, Ron - N8RO

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DCC Call for Papers
by Ford, Steve, WB8IMY 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

Amateurs are invited to submit technical papers for presentation at the 33rd Annual ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference to be held September 5-7 in Austin, Texas. These papers will also be published in the Conference Proceedings (you do not need to attend the conference to have your paper included in the Proceedings). The submission deadline is July 15. Please send papers to: Maty Weinberg, ARRL, 225 Main St, Newington, CT 06111. Or you can make your submission via e-mail to: maty(a)arrl.org<mailto:[email protected]>. If you must e-mail Zip files, add ZIP FILE ATTACHED to your e-mail subject line. For more information about the conference, see the Tucson Amateur Packet Radio website,<http://www.tapr.org/dcc> or call 972- 671-8277.

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$50SAT / MO-76 six months in space + ISEE-3
by M5AKA 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

$50SAT / MO-76 six months in space and counting http://amsat-uk.org/2014/06/04/50sat-mo76-six-months-in-space/ ISEE-3 Spacecraft Reboot Project Update http://amsat-uk.org/2014/06/02/isee-3-spacecraft-reboot-project-update/ UK Takes Aim at Commercial Spaceflight http://amsat-uk.org/2014/06/01/uk-takes-aim-at-commercial-spaceflight/ ---- Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK Website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/amsatuk Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ----

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LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Report 04-Jun-2014 UTC
by Paul Stoetzer 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

Good evening, I was on two passes of LituanicaSAT-1 over North America this evening. Signals sounded good, though I noted that the uplink sensitivity makes it difficult to work with just five watts of power output to a handheld antenna, except at higher elevations. My signal was in and out except at the middle of both passes. I neglected to make fine tuning adjustments on the uplink for Doppler as I had on previous passes. That might have made a difference had I done that. On the first pass, around 0031 UTC, KC9ELU in Indiana was the only station heard and worked. On the second pass, around 0207 UTC, KC9ELU was worked again as was KB1PVH in Massachusetts. Also heard were W0DHB in Colorado and KK4VAU in Tennessee. 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC (FM18lv)

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satpc32 E/A-Fehler 105. error
by Bob- W7LRD 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

I can not get it to run (satpc-32). Someone said it is because of a inactive satellite in the list. Which one?? It will just keep happening. Also I am looking for a backup sat program as satpc32 is unreliable. Recommendations?? 73 Bob W7LRD

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October Symposium Travel
by Keith Baker KB1SF/VA3KSF 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

Greetings All! This message is for those of you who plan to fly into (and out of) the Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) Airport for the upcoming AMSAT Symposium and Annual Meeting on October 10-12, 2014. I've just learned that Southwest Airlines is now having a 72 hour "seat sale" (good until this Thursday) from selected airports in the USA into and out of BWI. That airport is very close to the October Symposium venue. The "must fly by" travel period goes through February, 2015 and some of the seats are going for as little as $49 one way. Our Symposium host, Frank Bauer KA3HDO, also indicates that tentative plans are now "in the works" for "some kind of a tour" on the Monday following the Symposium. So, depending on your availability and interest, you may want to book your flights to and from BWI accordingly. 73, Keith KB1SF / VA3KSF Treasurer, AMSAT-NA

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About ARTSAT1:INVADER
by ji1izr/Masahiro Sanada 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

Hello, de ji1izr/Masahiro, ARTSAT1:INVADER, one of the CubeSats, is in trouble that the satellite does not reply after the command by the comm nad station. The members are trying to find out how to recover. We have no reply from the satellite, nor the CW becomes not to be heard after the command. When you have a chance to listen to the satellite, please send your report from below: http://api.artsat.jp/report/ Your report will be great help for the members. We appreciate your help very much. Thank you. ********************************** Masahiro Sanada de ji1izr Hiratsuka-city Kanagawa,Japan ji1izr_1975(a)nifty.com ji1izr(a)jarl.com ji1izr(a)jamsat.or.jp web: http://ji1izr.atnifty.com/ blog: http://ji1izr.air-nifty.com/ **********************************

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satpc32 $#@##$$%%E/A Fehler
by Bob- W7LRD 04 Jun '14

04 Jun '14

just updated keps now I get E/A-Fehler 105 marching across the screen and will not stop. grrrrrrrrrrrr 73 Bob W7LRD

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N8RO/P Operations From DL99 & DL98
by Ronald Oldham 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

I will be operating portable from DL99 and DL 98 on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. I plan on being on the the following satellite passes: 6/4/2014 19:08 UTC SO-50 DL99 6/5/2014 00:20 UTC FO-29 DL98 6/5/2014 15:06 UTC FO-29 DL98 6/5/2014 17:55 UTC SO-50 DL99 73, Ron - N8RO

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Space Camp - Updated - the real story!
by Robert E CIV USNA Annapolis Bruninga 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

AMSAT folks might be interested in how NASA might update Space Camp in Huntsville to include the real-world of congressional budget constraints and indifference to our space program: http://www.theonion.com/articles/modernized-space-camp-allows-kids-to-simu late-frus,36148/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campai gn=LinkPreview:1:Default&recirc=technology Bob, WB4APR

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LituanicaSat-1 over SoCal last night
by D. Craig Fox 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

Last night LituanicaSat-1 arrived over southern California a little behind my predicted time of 8:12PM PDST, moving roughly from the south to southeast. Heard the greeting, cut the power to 10 w, keyed the TS-2000 and immediately heard my downlink. My downlink quickly went from partial to full quieting. Very impressive signal strength. I called CQ at least a half dozen times but no one on. Too bad. Anyway, thank you to the LituanicaSat-1 sat team for making this possible. Amazing technology for a small cube in space ;-) Craig N6RSX NOTICE: This communication may contain privileged or other confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this communication to the intended recipient, please advise the sender by reply email and immediately delete the message and any attachments without copying or disclosing the contents. Thank you.

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Re: [amsat-bb] Sat Talk in Fullerton, CA
by Clint Bradford 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

What an extraordinary session tonight at this club - WARA in Fullerton, CA. I was last there five years ago ... they continue to grow ... and teach ... a new ham graduate from one of their test sessions was there ... "we" guided him to what to purchase this week at HRO-Anaheim ... After performing my satellite presentation about 80 times, I thought I had "heard 'bout all" the possible questions that may arise. But this wise group hit me with a couple inquiries that I had never been asked before. (Proving to me that they WERE listening ... (grin).) And what better way to finish a satellite presentation than to walk outside on a beautiful evening and watch the International Space Station streak across the sky above us. It was the very first time for EVERYONE in attendance to actually SEE the ISS pass overhead ... SO - THANK YOU, Western Amateur Radio Association, for your hospitality this evening. And if anyone reading is in or near Orange County, CA, then please cruise the WARA Web site cited below and give them a visit. http://www.warahams.net/ Clint Bradford http://www.k6lcs.com

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LituanicaSAT-1 0144Z Pass over North America
by Paul Stoetzer 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

Good evening, Only KQ2RP in New Jersey was heard and worked on the 0144Z pass, but the satellite sounded great with strong signals again. 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC (FM18lv)

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Trakbox pricing ?
by richard limebear 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

Hi Gang I'll be selling a Trakbox soon; would be grateful for advice on what price to ask (in UK money). Original price AFAIRC 100-150 UK pounds. For those who don't know this item, its an az/el rotator controller. Feed it keplers on the RS232 input occasionally and it'll track both rotators at the right time. 73 Richard G3RWL

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Orbit Decay - SatPC32, Calsky, DK3WN/N8MH, Orbitron
by Thomas Doyle 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

Some of you may remember the Chicken Little Contest run by Alan a while back. I have taken another look at decay using the XATCOBEO satellite as an example. My first try at a program calculated the decay in early June 2014. I am all but positive this is several weeks too soon. On the other end of the spectrum SatPC32/WinAOS shows it up and running well into 2084. I am as positive as I can be that this is many decades too late. Orbitron shows it still running on Sept 8 2014 but at an altitude of only 109km. I believe this is a bit late as 160km is usually considered to be the point of no return. Calsky predicts decay on 14 August 2014 with a +/- of 15 days Smart guy to hedge his bets with the +/- range. DK3WN predicts decay on 31 July 2014 This falls into the +/- range of Calsky and since our own N8MH is an editor on this site it is probably the closest. With LEO satellites rapidly becoming as common as iPads they provide interesting subjects for decay predictions and possible Chicken Little contests. Is there any formal definition/announcement of the actual decay or are satellites like old soldiers and just fade away ? 73 W9KE Tom Doyle

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AMSAT-bb list administrivia
by Joe Fitzgerald 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

Some subscribers of amsat-bb have had difficulty receiving mail from amsat-bb recently. Please excuse the Mailman software for its rather terse messages advising of automated unsubscriptions. Many problems have been cleared, however some may remain, especially for customers of Microsoft with addresses such as user(a)hotmail.com or user(a)outlook.com. If you are having, or know of anyone having difficulties that might not be receiving messages from AMSAT, please contact me off-list so we can work toward a resolution. jfitzgerald <at> alum.wpi.edu -Joe Fitzgerald KM1P

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TrakBox & Yaesu G-5500 Connections
by Vincenzo Mone 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

Hi Folks, till now i 've used a Yaesu G-5400B Rotator interfaced with the Trakbox. I have changed the Rotator with a Yaesu G-5500. Since I have changed it, it seems that the Switch on the Trakbox that had to switch ON/OFF the rotator to turn them manually, does not work anymore. I mean if I switch it off to turn manually the rotators, they keep moving to the park Position after I made the movements. Anybody can tell me if the connections on the back of the Control Box of the G-5500 are the same of the ones on The G-5400B ? If yes which could be the problem? Thanks in advance. 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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CAPE-2 over Brazil #2964
by Roland Zurmely 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

12:27 W5UL-15>W5UL>UI,C,F0: +W5UL,CAPE-2,29,GR,201301281928CST,5207mV,01004,29,12C,12C,ulcape.org# 12:27 W5UL-15>W5UL>UI,C,F0: +W5UL,CAPE-2,2a,GR,201301281929CST,5236mV,01004,2a,12C,12C,ulcape.org# 12:28 W5UL-15>W5UL>UI,C,F0: +W5UL,CAPE-2,2b,GR,201301281929CST,5174mV,01004,2b,12C,13C,ulcape.org# 12:28 W5UL-15>W5UL>UI,C,F0: +W5UL,CAPE-2,2c,GR,201301281930CST,5213mV,01004,2c,15C,13C,ulcape.org# 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ GH70un

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LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Report From Washington, DC
by Paul Stoetzer 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

Good evening, I heard the CW ID, voice message, and my own downlink briefly on a 6 degree maximum elevation pass in Washington, DC (FM18lv) at about 0058Z on 1-Jun-2014 until my receive was unfortunately wiped out by my preamp battery dying. Next pass at 0232Z is a much higher elevation pass and I will have my preamp battery charged! The station here is 2 FT-817s, an Elk handheld LPDA, and a High Sierra MIcrowave LNAA432 preamp. I was operating on my balcony with an excellent view of the southern horizon. I used Narrow FM on the uplink and that seemed to work out better for getting into the satellite than my last attempt on 1-May. Here is the audio from the pass: https://soundcloud.com/paul-stoetzer/lituanicasat-1-in-washington-dc-usa-fm… 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Washington, DC, USA (FM18lv)

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Balloon Launch June 7th from SE Michigan
by Mike N8MR 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

Overview of the Livonia Amateur Radio Club Balloon Launch Balloon Designator : K8UNS Who? Club: Livonia Amateur Radio Club Club Address: P.O. Box 51532, Livonia, Michigan 48151-5532 Club Email Address: k8uns(a)arrl.net Club Web Site: www.livoniaarc.com Balloon Project Web Site: k8uns.org/high-altitude-balloon-project/ When? Morning of June 7th. Planning to launch between 9 and 10AM. If winds are an issue at arrival, we can notify all parties involved for a 1 hour postponement or cancellation. What? Payload Container Weight: 5lbs 4oz Dimensions: 14” x 10” x 10” Material: Rigid foam pink insulation wrapped with Ducting Foil Tape Payload Contents Beacon 146.46MHz FM 110mW voice beacon Identification and where to find more information ATV Transmitter 439.25MHz 1W Fast Scan television transmitter. Circular Horizontal Antenna suspended approximately 1 foot below payload box. Video overlay with current GPS Coordinates / Identifier / Speed and Direction APRS Transmitter 144.39MHz Packet Transmitter GPS Positioning with internal / external temperature, battery voltage and identifier Current positioning via radio or via the web - http://aprs.fi/info/?call=K8UNS-11 Map View: http://aprs.fi/#!call=a%2FK8UNS-11 Why? Because we are Amateur Radio Operators and we love science. The ability to track a balloon at 100,000 feet, take photos of the upper atmosphere has furthered interest in our hobby and our club. This project has inspired many smaller, similarly related projects by members of our club. We’ve had more participation and interest in this project, than most other projects we’ve run. Clubs around Michigan and Ohio have heard about this launch and are waiting for the launch. We're interested in reception reports of our balloon. Send us a note a let us know if you heard our beacon or transmitters. Delivery System Balloon Kaymont 1200g Balloon Diameter at launch: 4.88 meters (16 feet) Ascent Rate: 5 meters (16.4 feet) / second Color: White Material: Latex Supplier: Kaymont Balloons, NY - http://kaymontballoons.com/ Parachute RocketMan 6.5 foot Diameter Cord 50lb breaking strength Nylon cord. The cordage is used to tether the balloon to the parachute, and from the parachute to the balloon. Three feet from payload to parachute and 5 feet from parachute to balloon. Where? Because of the changes in winds, final launch location will be decided 12 hours prior to launch. Winds will be re-checked the morning of the launch, and a “Go Ahead” will be determined then. A final analysis of ground based wind-speed will be the final “Go/No Go” deciding factor upon arrival at the launch site. Our prediction tool (http://predict.habhub.org)only goes 180 hours out from the present time, so you may have to adjust the dates in the predictions below. Ionia Recreational Area (Launch Site #1) 42.9444N, 85.1335W 2880 West David Highway Ionia, MI 48846 http://predict.habhub.org/#!/uuid=2125a57170d3341a78d372d937b54bbe0bef89ec Lake Hudson Recreation Area (Launch Site #2) 41.8405N, 84.2739W 5505 Morey Highway Clayton,MI 49235 http://predict.habhub.org/#!/uuid=db2dbf42d2c3cec4343bf6b1f124f58d372834f5 Alternates Pinckney State Recreation Area 42.4126N, 84.0351W 8555 Silver Hill Road Brighton, MI 48116 http://predict.habhub.org/#!/uuid=e5368572c5de65c7b504b90d930c4bf837d1700e Waterloo Recreation Area 42.3115N, 84.201W 16346 McClure Road Chelsea, MI 48118 http://predict.habhub.org/#!/uuid=00ae117b2d763cb92257b98f61961c4397daeb3d 73, K8UNS, Livonia Amateur Radio Club

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LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Active until June 4
by M5AKA 31 May '14

31 May '14

LituanicaSAT-1 FM Transponder Active until June 4 http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/31/lituanicasat-1-transponder-active/ FUNcube Satellite Update Video http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/31/funcube-satellite-update-video/ WXtoImg Beta Software running on Raspberry Pi (ARM) http://0day.biz/wxtoimg-beta-software-running-on-raspberry-pi-arm/ ---- Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK Website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/amsatuk Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ----

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AO-7 Saturday AM
by Bob- W7LRD 31 May '14

31 May '14

trying AO-7 this AM-not on mode B or A?? op trouble?? 73 Bob W7LRD

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SPROUT SSTV Active
by M5AKA 31 May '14

31 May '14

Slow Scan TV (SSTV) images in Scottie 1 format have been successfully received from SPROUT on 437.600 MHz. The Digitalker has also been active. See http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/31/sprout-sstv-digitalker-active/ ---- Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK Website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/amsatuk Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ----

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CAPE-2 over Brazil #2949
by Roland Zurmely 31 May '14

31 May '14

Successful commands ! Please take a look here: http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/cape.htm#q Satélite CAPE Satélite CAPE-2 = LO-75 por PY4ZBZ em 28-11-2013 rev. 31-05-2014 Recepção do primeiro beacon em AX25. Primeira execução de comandos com ... View on www.qsl.net Preview by Yahoo 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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Sat Talk in Fullerton, CA
by Clint Bradford 31 May '14

31 May '14

Clint Bradford K6LCS will be the guest speaker at the June 2, 2014 meeting of the Western Amateur Radio Association (WARA) club in northern Orange County, California. All are welcome to attend. "We will be discussing amateur radio satellites in the first part of our session. Then we will have a seminar on "Handling Emergency Calls on Amateur Radio," Clint advises. WARA already knows Clint's devotion to the ham satellites - and has spoken to the club and demonstrated "working a bird" for us before. And his "Handling Emergency Calls ... " presentation is one he has developed in conjunction with local law enforcement, California's Department of Transportation, and the California Highway Patrol. "WARA has a marvelous record of supporting amateur radio - and has been an ARRL Affiliate Club for about 35 years. I am pleased they have asked me to speak to their club again," Clint said. Western Amateur Radio Association holds its general meeting at the Sizzler Restaurant at 1401 N. Harbor, Fullerton, CA (by Brea Blvd., north of the Courthouse on the west side of the road). The meeting starts at 7:00pm in the meeting room, but you should show up about an hour early if you would also like to get some food. CONTACT: clint(a)clintbradford.com or 909-241-7666 (cell) /end/

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AO-7 Report
by Richard Lawn 31 May '14

31 May '14

Was just about to enjoy a CW QSO with PV8DX on AO-7 and everything disappeared. Has it been acting up lately or is it me? Rick W2JAZ

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looking for sat skeds for WAS
by Ken Holland 30 May '14

30 May '14

Hello, I am working on my WAS for satellite contacts and need the following states: Maine, North Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Oregon. I am active from EM68 in Indiana on SO-50. If anyone can help me from these states, please let me know. Ken KC9TTR EM68

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test
by Nick Pugh K5QXJ 30 May '14

30 May '14

Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School

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G5500 elevation rotor
by Bob- W7LRD 30 May '14

30 May '14

Hello -After a too long repair issue with my elevation rotor I want to share this information. The position potentiometer went bad in my rotor. I got a new pot from Yaesu. The current replaceable part is not the same as the original. There is a small alignment key way in the original pot that makes for proper alignment. The replacement pot has the same alignment "bump" but the pot is physically different is size therefore the alignment does not line up. The small key way has to be ground off so this makes proper alignment both physically and electrically critical. There are internal stops in the pot which would make improper alignment to cause stripped gears. This is all doable but requires very close attention to detail. Short of this you can always just send the rotor to Yaesu. This was real PITA job. 73 Bob W7LRD Seattle

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DUO FT8xx Satellite Controller project
by Björn Pasteuning - PD5DJ 30 May '14

30 May '14

Hi all, I like to share a project I recently made for my 2 FT-817's (which is compatible with the FT-857 en 897 too). This controller connected to both radio's, (can be 2 different 8xx's too), will make a full satellite "rig". It has pre programmed satellites with their frequencies and modes. When selecting a satellite, both radio's are initialized as the uplink and downlink radio. Also the controller will switch the microphone and headphone to the correct radio. So no need for unplugging anymore. Check out the full article on my website: http://pd5dj.nl/page.php?7 73's Bjorn de PD5DJ www.pd5dj.nl

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ISEE-3 Successfully Contacted
by B J 30 May '14

30 May '14

http://news.sciencemag.org/space/2014/05/space-buffs-make-contact-discarded… 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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Space Camp revises curriculum for modern times
by Daniel Schultz 30 May '14

30 May '14

Headline from The Onion: "Modernized Space Camp Allows Kids To Simulate Frustration Over Lack Of Funding" http://www.theonion.com/articles/modernized-space-camp-allows-kids-to-simul… "HUNTSVILLE, AL — Aiming to provide attendees with an authentic glimpse into the nation’s space program, representatives for the U.S. Space & Rocket Center announced Thursday that its newly updated Space Camp will allow children to simulate the anger and mounting frustration experienced by NASA personnel over a continual lack of funding. Camp organizers explained that the redesigned education program will offer kids the unique opportunity to contend with all of the budgetary restrictions and bureaucratic red tape impeding the progress of actual astronauts and researchers, allowing children from grades four to six to immerse themselves in a true-to-life NASA environment in which financial shortfalls and endless procedural delays plague them at every turn." This would be funny if it were not so close to the truth. Dan Schultz N8FGV

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SpaceX Dragon V2 Unveiling 7pm PST
by Bryce Salmi 30 May '14

30 May '14

http://www.spacex.com/webcast/ For those of you interested the commercial crew capsule (hey they could be hams :) will be unveiled in minutes! Bryce

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Future GRID MASTERS
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 29 May '14

29 May '14

If you are working on collecting all the 488 U.S. grids, Star Comm Group would like to know who has 450 or more grids confirmed. Please reply to me and not on the BB. I will make the list and post it on the board. Please reply buy June 7th 2014. I do not want your total of grids only the state side U.S. total Please reply to wa4hfn(a)comcast.net Thanks WA4HFN em55 Damon www.starcommgroup.org

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senior moment
by Bob- W7LRD 29 May '14

29 May '14

I am getting Ungultige Gleitkommaoperation marching across the screen on satpc32. I forget how to fix it. 73 Bob W7LRD

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Re: [amsat-bb] Doppler.Sqf Editor for SatPC32
by Thomas Doyle 29 May '14

29 May '14

Hi Bjorn, When you enter a new line it appears at the bottom of the list. When the 'Save' button is clicked the list is sorted by satellite name, saved to disk and then reloaded into the program. At that point the list you see in the grid should be sorted by sat name as well as the file. I did experiment with having it sort the list right after entering the new line but found it a little confusing as the new line appeared to disappear. I also found that often I was entering more than one new entry for a satellite at the same time. It seemed a little easier if the new entries stayed together at the bottom of the list rather than "disappearing" one at a time. I am fairly sure this is how it works. If this is not the case or I did not answer your question let me know. 73 W9KE Tom Doyle On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Björn Pasteuning <bjornpd5dj(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Thomas. > > Works perfectly here.. > > Can you implement a insert(line) button? > I like to keep everything in alfabetically order. > > keep up the good work! > > 73 > Bjorn de PD5DJ > www.pd5dj.nl > > > Thomas Doyle schreef op 28-5-2014 16:44: > >> Hi, >> >> I wrote this little program to try and help out with the great Doppler.sqf >> files posted on the AMSAT-UK web site. >> >> http://amsat-uk.org/satellites/doppler-sqf-2/ >> >> In the remote possibility that it could be of interest or use to someone >> else here is the link. >> >> http://www.tomdoyle.org/DopplerSqfEditor >> >> 73 W9KE Tom Doyle >> >> > -- Sent from my computer. tom ...

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KLETSkous Linear Transponder Demonstration + GEO Videos
by M5AKA 29 May '14

29 May '14

KLETSkous Linear Transponder Demonstration http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/29/kletskous-linear-transponder-demonstration/ GEO 2014 Symposium Videos Released http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/27/geo-2014-symposium-videos-released/ Manchester: Synergy-Space Meetup http://amsat-uk.org/2014/05/27/manchester-synergy-space-meetup/ Cyclops an additional ISS launching platform for CubeSats http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&doc_id=273087&piddl_ms… ---- Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK Website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/amsatuk Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ----

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Re: [amsat-bb] Doppler.Sqf Editor for SatPC32
by Thomas Doyle 29 May '14

29 May '14

Bjorn, Thanks for the info. I uploaded version 0.93 that leaves out the spaces. Let me know how it works for you. 73 W9KE Tom Doyle On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Björn Pasteuning <bjornpd5dj(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Thomas > > I have found the following issue. > > Your tool saves the lines like this: > SO-50, 436795, 145850, FM, FM, NOR, 0, 0, > > note the empty spaces before the data. > > If I select this sat, the modes on my TRX are not updated, but when i > change the line to this: > SO-50,436795,145850,FM,FM,NOR,0,0, > > It works perfectly.. > > The empty spaces must be removed before all data. > > 73 > Bjorn de PD5DJ > www.pd5dj.nl > > > > > > Thomas Doyle schreef op 28-5-2014 16:44: > >> Hi, >> >> I wrote this little program to try and help out with the great Doppler.sqf >> files posted on the AMSAT-UK web site. >> >> http://amsat-uk.org/satellites/doppler-sqf-2/ >> >> In the remote possibility that it could be of interest or use to someone >> else here is the link. >> >> http://www.tomdoyle.org/DopplerSqfEditor >> >> 73 W9KE Tom Doyle >> >> > -- Sent from my computer. tom ...

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Orbitron: Personal Satellite File
by Vincenzo Mone 29 May '14

29 May '14

Hi folks, I am trying Orbitron. Please anybody can explain me how to make an unique personal TLE file with just the Satellites i need and will be updated automatically? If yes which is the procedure? Thanks in advance Enzo. IK8OZV 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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ARTSAT QSL card
by Roland Zurmely 29 May '14

29 May '14

Dear ARTSAT Team, Many thanks for the beautiful and personalized QSL card! ARTSAT ARTSAT-1 INVADER por PY4ZBZ em 02-03-2014 rev. 28-05-2014 QSL recebido ! Em 01-03-2014 na orbita #31, copiei o beacon CW em ... View on www.qsl.net Preview by Yahoo 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ GH70un

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BNC Elbow Adapters
by Paul Stoetzer 29 May '14

29 May '14

Good evening, I've been having a problem with my BNC elbow adapters that I use at a few points in my portable satellite station. After a short time in use, they start to loosen and the connection loosens when there's movement. For example, I use a BNC elbow adapter to route the coax on my Elk antenna. When I twist the antenna to match polarity while transmitting on FO-29, I get desense as the connection loosens. Does anyone know of a very high quality BNC elbow adapter that will hold up to the rigors of portable use? 73, Paul, N8HM

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FUNcube Data Warehouse UKube-1 Preparation
by David Johnson 29 May '14

29 May '14

Hi, You may see some data appearing under the 'UKube FC2 Payload' menu. This is TEST DATA generated to exercise the warehouse processes, please ignore. FC1 will continue operation as normal. 73 Dave, G4DPZ FUNcube Team Member

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Doppler.sqf Editor for SatPC32 - update
by Thomas Doyle 29 May '14

29 May '14

Hi, Thanks to Alan WA4SCA for doing exhaustive testing and letting me know the program had a very subtle and almost imperceptible problem on Windows 7 (it did not work at all). I believe the problem has been fixed - sorry about that. I also tested it on the only working XP computer I have - A MacBook Pro running XP on a Virtual Machine under MacParallels 9. It worked there so I am guessing it may work on an real XP computer with .Net 4.0 installed. http://www.tomdoyle.org/dopplerSqfEditor tnx & 73 W9KE Tom Doyle

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Re: [amsat-bb] Doppler.Sqf Editor for SatPC32
by Andrew Glasbrenner 28 May '14

28 May '14

Take a look at http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/satslist.htm or http://www.dk3wn.info/satellites.shtml as alternatives (both linked from http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=179). The old AMSAT page you mentioned was a complete PITA to maintain, especially at 10-20 satellites a launch, and decaying orbits and dying cubes and such. If you or anyone else want to build a table or spreadsheet that we can host on the new page, I'll post it, but I will need long-term help to maintain it. I took over the maintenance of the old sat status pages before my current job, and more importantly, my two harmonics. 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- >From: Thomas Doyle <tomdoyle1948(a)gmail.com> >Sent: May 28, 2014 5:04 PM >To: >Cc: AMSAT <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> >Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Doppler.Sqf Editor for SatPC32 > >Jan, > >I wish it were possible but as far as the Doppler.sqf file is concerned the >only useful piece of information in the tle files is the satellite name. >The rest is just identification numbers and a mathematical description of >the orbit. It could be a school bus or a cubesat, all you can tell from the >Tle data is where it is and where it is going. What is needed is a machine >readable list of satellite names and the frequency/mode data. I was >actually working on it using the almost perfect satellite information page >on the old AMSAT-NA website. Unfortunately the information was scattered >over a large number of nice looking pages on the new site. > >tnx & 73, > >W9KE Tom Doyle > > > > >On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:47 AM, PE0SAT | Amateur Radio <pe0sat(a)vgnet.nl>wrote: > >> Hi Tom, >> >> Compliments a very nice development - Would it be possible to also open >> TLE object file(s) >> and add entries to doppler.sqf based on the object files? >> >> 73 Jan PE0SAT >> >> On 28-05-2014 16:44, Thomas Doyle wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I wrote this little program to try and help out with the great Doppler.sqf >>> files posted on the AMSAT-UK web site. >>> >>> http://amsat-uk.org/satellites/doppler-sqf-2/ >>> >>> In the remote possibility that it could be of interest or use to someone >>> else here is the link. >>> >>> http://www.tomdoyle.org/DopplerSqfEditor >>> >>> 73 W9KE Tom Doyle >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >>> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >>> >> >> -- >> With regards PE0SAT >> Internet web-page http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >> > > > >-- > >Sent from my computer. > >tom ... >_______________________________________________ >Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Doppler.Sqf Editor for SatPC32
by Thomas Doyle 28 May '14

28 May '14

Hi, I wrote this little program to try and help out with the great Doppler.sqf files posted on the AMSAT-UK web site. http://amsat-uk.org/satellites/doppler-sqf-2/ In the remote possibility that it could be of interest or use to someone else here is the link. http://www.tomdoyle.org/DopplerSqfEditor 73 W9KE Tom Doyle

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Fox on ARRL website
by M5AKA 28 May '14

28 May '14

The ARRL report on the Fox CubeSat at http://www.arrl.org/news/fox-1-launch-date-slipping-into-summer-of-2015 One thing that surprised me in the article was when they said "The Phase 1 CubeSats also can handle high-speed digital communications." My understanding had been that Fox Phase 1 would be low data rate and it would only be the Fox Phase 2 satellites that would support a high date rate (> 19200 kbs ?) Have I misunderstood ? 73 Trevor M5AKA

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AO-07 pass 1542 UTC Copenhagen mode - D
by Ib Christoffersen 28 May '14

28 May '14

Hi all, I heard the satellite change from mode-B which it was in at AOS then after about 5 min. it switched to mode-D. For the first time during this eclipse periode I listened to the mode-D beacon at 435.106 MHz. To start with it had a large signal. Could even hear it to 1 degree of elevation. The frequency change a couple of kHz during the pass. 73 OZ1MY/Ib 73 OZ1MY Ib

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Re: [amsat-bb] bounces
by John Becker 28 May '14

28 May '14

On 5/28/2014 9:34 AM, Paul Stoetzer wrote: > Are you using Gmail? > > On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:32 AM, John Becker <w0jab(a)big-river.net > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > what arrow, what list? not on my screen. > no I still use my old ISP account for email via satellite.

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Appearing on http://www.ariss.net/
by Mike Sprenger 28 May '14

28 May '14

Used to be able to show up on the ariss.net web page when I digi my position via the ISS, now I can't figure out what I've done to cause it to not work any longer....(and I can successfully appear by using the new-n paradigm on terrestrial APRS on 144.39) It's not an RF path problem, I can Digi via the ISS no problem on 145.825, hearing my return packets from the ISS. I've digi'ed dozens via the ISS, yet, I can no longer gateway to the ARISS web page. Referring to this page: http://www.aprs.org/iss-faq.html ISS145.825145.825ARISS | APRSAT | WIDEAdding an optional SGATE,WIDE on your path allows your I have tried to digi via ARISS using several paths, some of which are: CQ,ARISS,SGATE,WIDE CQ,ARISS,SGATE,WIDE CQ,ARISS,WIDE1-1 So, 2 questions, using UI-View32: 1. What's the most common Is there something that could cause it *not* to gateway to the www.ariss.net page ? 2. What is the Digi Path to end up on www.ariss.net ? -- Thanks, Mike W4UOO (37.9167N 81.1244W is the Summit)

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