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big thanks
by Nick Pugh 17 Feb '13

17 Feb '13

Thanks to the several who responded to my request for a schematic Thanks nick ARS K5QXJ EM30xa 30.1N 92.1W Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School

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Re: John Heath G7HIA, SK
by K5OE 17 Feb '13

17 Feb '13

Memories of John are bittersweet... I first worked John on AO-10 in 1999 (from Texas) and met him a year later at an amsat-uk colloquium in 2000. I had worked John from Russia on FO-20 a few months before as R3/K5OE and we exchanged cards at Surrey. I looked forward to meeting up with him every year after that when I could attend the same meeting. I remember one year he was kind enough to give me a ride to Heathrow when we left the colloquium on Sunday. My sincerest sympathies to his family, and like Dave said earlier, I was privileged to have known John and called him a friend. He will be missed. Jerry, K5OE

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Fw: UPDATE: OSCAR 7 Close Approach Notification
by Andrew Glasbrenner 17 Feb '13

17 Feb '13

I don't normally get too excited about these, but this one is a little closer than normal. Some reception reports immediately after would be appreciated. 73, Drew KO4MA - >Subject: UPDATE: OSCAR 7 Close Approach Notification > >Sir/Ma'am, > >The United States Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) has updated a >predicted conjunction between OSCAR 7 (SCC# 7530) and SCC# 18116. > >Primary Object: OSCAR 7 (SCC# 7530) >Secondary Object: SCC# 18116 >Time of Closest Approach: 18 FEB 2013 22:06 UTC > >Overall miss distance: 57 meters >Radial (dU) miss distance: 25 meters >In-Track (dV) miss distance: -25 meters >Cross-track (dW) miss distance: 46 meters > >Primary Radial Error (U): 11 meters >Primary In-Track Error (U): 57 meters >Primary Cross-track Error (U): 6 meters > >Secondary Radial Error (U): 12 meters >Secondary In-Track Error (U): 55 meters >Secondary Cross-Track Error (U): 11 meters

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sp 7000
by Nick Pugh 17 Feb '13

17 Feb '13

Lightning hit my SSB electronics SP 7000 preamp can someone on the list put me on to a schematic Thanks nick ARS K5QXJ EM30xa 30.1N 92.1W Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School

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Received Symposium DVD Mailed to Members
by Rick Walter 17 Feb '13

17 Feb '13

Thank you AMSAT-NA for the very nice DVD mailed to members regarding the Proceedings of the 30th Annual AMSAT-NA Space Symposium plus other goodies. My DVD arrived today. Rick - WB3CSY -- Sent from Rick's gmail account

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Plasma Rockets and Solar Storms
by Trevor . 16 Feb '13

16 Feb '13

This Cosmic Journeys video covers the work of Dr. Ben Longmier KF5KMP and his University of Michigan team in developing plasma rockets. See http://www.amsat-uk.org/ 73 Trevor M5AKA

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For sale: UHF and VHF Cavities
by Lizeth Norman 16 Feb '13

16 Feb '13

Hi all, One is VHF and two are UHF. They are silver plated gear driven cavities part of a larger unit. very nice stuff. 30 each plus shipping. They are being listed for an OT here locally. 73 de Norm n3ykf

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John Heath G7HIA, SK
by andy thomas 16 Feb '13

16 Feb '13

All, this is very hard to write, but his family has just told me that my good friend John Heath, G7HIA succumbed to cancer and passed away last night. They asked me to tell his amateur radio friends here and I know that amsat-uk have also been told. I'l leave it to others to complete his obituary, but I will always remember his passion for satellites and the cosmos, his patience in explaining and teaching others, his companionship and friendship, and our various contacts particularly with Russia. andy G0SFJ

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FM full-duplex radio for sale
by Clayton Coleman 16 Feb '13

16 Feb '13

LOOKING FOR A FULL-DUPLEX FM MOBILE/PORTABLE SATELLITE STATION? I’m offering my Kenwood TM-D710A VHF/UHF Dual Band FM mobile transceiver for sale. I purchased it June 25, 2011. It is in excellent/like new condition. I have the original box, packing materials, and cabling. It has no scratches and works as advertised. I cut off the original power connector and replaced it with a pair of Anderson Power Poles. The original connectors and unused power cable are supplied. Included with this are two accessories: 1. Aftermarket programming cable (serial) 2. Green Light Labs GPS-710 GPS unit for APRS operation This is an excellent radio. I have made hundreds of satellite contacts with it, digipeated many packets via the International Space Station, in addition to using it for local repeater and simplex contacts. Price $500 shipped double boxed from Texas. Payment via Cashier’s Check or USPS Money Order Photos available upon request or viewable at QRZ.com, QTH.com, or eHam Classifieds sections 73 Clayton W5PFG

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John Heath G7HIA SK
by paul robinson 16 Feb '13

16 Feb '13

Very sad to here John now SK ,rembember meeting him a few years,and working him lots via the birds... thanks for the good work you did John... RIP... Paul 2E1EUB

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Re: John Heath G7HIA SK
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 16 Feb '13

16 Feb '13

Hi all, Also deeply saddened by the news - A wonderful person whom greatly supported Amsat and our hobby. He will indeed be greatly missed and my thoughts are with family and friends - RIP John. Ken Eaton GW1FKY

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Invitation to JAMSAT Symposium 2013 (March 9-10)
by Mikio_Mouri 16 Feb '13

16 Feb '13

Dear Satellites Friends, We are going to held our JAMSAT Symposium 2013 in Tokyo. You are welcome to join, and if you want, you can give a "last minutes" presentation. If you are interested in it, please contact <madoguchi(a)jamsat.or.jp> or direct to <ja3gep(a)jamsat.or.jp> Best regards, JA3GEP, Mikio Mouri, JAMSAT Date/Time: Day 1 March 09(Sat) 14:30 - 17:00 Dinner Party: 17:30 - 19:30 Day 2 March 10(Sun) 10:00 - 13:00 Site: The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) 7F Conference Room CR2 <http://www.miraikan.jst.go.jp/en/> Entrance: Free Tentative Topics: - Problem of 1.2GHz Band License Interference with QZSS Satellite - FitSAT Report - JAMSAT Activities Progress in Transponder and 38.4Kbps Transmitter - Noise Environment at 2.4GHz Band - Progress in Nippon University Cubesat "NEXUS" - Introduction to AMSAT-NA FOX-Project - SDR and Satellite Communication Some Comparison - and ....

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Office Closed
by Martha 15 Feb '13

15 Feb '13

The AMSAT Office will be closed on Monday, February 18th in observance of Presidents' Day. -- 73- Martha

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Light Weight Cuban Portable Satellite Station.
by Raydel Abreu Espinet 15 Feb '13

15 Feb '13

Hello, I want to share with the group a picture of my ultra light weight Portable Satellite Station. This minimum configuration was being tested on yesterday SO-50 pass (Feb. 14, 01:20 UTC) on my roof. Sometimes I use better antennas (an arrow or a 70cm yagi, 2m 5/8 vertical) while operating portable, but when transporting a yagi or an arrow antenna is difficult I use this low efficient but yet capable light weight system that fits on my backpack. You can see the picture here: http://files.qrz.com/p/cm2esp/sat_portable_light_configuration.jpg >From left to right: 1. Channelized Kenwood TK-270(G) for 2m Uplink with a homebrew telescopic whip. 2. Hearphone with mic for improve the listening of weak and noisy signals, taken from my computer and modified to fitting both TX radio and RX connections. 3. Ultra Light Weight Antenna for 70cm, not too efficient on low elevation but it works great on higher than 20 degrees passes. 4. 12 Volt lead-acid battery, taken from my UPS when it stop to hold the enough amount of current, but it is still long enough for receiving during many hours. 5. My beloved treasure. AOR AR-3000A+ Communication Scanner, All Modes from 0.1 MHz to 2036 MHz. A fellow ham enthusiastic of vacuum tubes radios decided this receiver was too much complex for him, and I didn't wait a minute to buy it from him. 73, Raydel, CM2ESP, EL83sc

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Re: New sats on the horizon?
by Andrew Glasbrenner 15 Feb '13

15 Feb '13

>FOX-1 with a 145/435 MHz singe channel FM transponder at end of the year, can anyone confirm if it's still year-end ? We are not manifested yet. We passed on a launch that was offered earlier this year because it was only to ISS altitude. So, we don't have an exact date, or even a vehicle or orbit to report, just that we are on the list. 73, Drew KO4MA

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IET CubeSat article
by Trevor . 15 Feb '13

15 Feb '13

The Cubesat standard: affordable satellite technology for all http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2013/02/the-cubed-route.cfm 73 Trevor M5AKA

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New sats on the horizon?
by Daniel "Nick" Kucij 15 Feb '13

15 Feb '13

Been getting antsy about satellites with amateur radio capability that we can look forward to in the near future? Me too. So I looked around the web to glean some tidbits about what might be on our horizons in the near future if all goes well. Here are the ham sats projected for 2013 that I’m aware of: Turksat-3U, the Turkish 3U Cubesat with a planned launch from a site in China, in MAY 2013, with a projected 680KM orbit . The sat has a V/ U linear transponder: input of 145.940-145.990 and an output of 435.200-435.250 MHz. There will be a CW beacon on 437.225 MHz and a camera on board. KiwiSAT, is fight ready. AMSAT-ZL is hoping for a DNEPR launch in mid-2013 * KiwiSAT carries a 435 or 1268 MHz to 145 MHz linear transponder for SSSB/CW operation. * Transmit Power: 2 Watts PEP. * Beacon frequency: 145.885 MHz * Uplink: (U-Band) 435.265 to 435.235 MHZ LSB or * Uplink: (L-Band) 1268.880 to 1268.850 MHz LSB * Down link: 145.850 to 145.880 MHz USB The target will be to achieve a launch into a sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of approximately 800km with a period of about 100 minutes. UKube-1, the UK Space Agency's sat has a planned launch from Baikonor in JUNE, 2013 on a Soyuz. UKube-1 will carry a set of AMSAT-UK FUNcube boards to provide an amateur radio 435/145 MHz linear transponder and a 1200 bps BPSK beacon for educational outreach. FunCube-1, AMSAT-UK’s sat planned launch in 2013 in an 600-700km orbit and will provide an amateur radio 435/145 MHz linear transponder that will have approx 500mW PEP output for SSB/CW communications and a 1200 bps BPSK beacon for educational outreach. Fox-1, a 1U AMSAT-USA Cubesat carrying an educational science experiment from Penn State University and an FM transponder with telemetry mode. Anticipated launch in 4Q, 2013 to a 650km orbit. Work on the proto-type is on-going. There is a currently a $25,000 matching challenge grant for funding donations in effect. Welcome to anyone with more current or accurate info. Please fill us in. 73, Nick, KB1RVT

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TURKSAT-3USAT to launch in April with V/U Linear Transponder
by Trevor . 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12670 Also on the AMSAT-UK site Amateur Satellite Allocations on the Agenda at Vienna http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12628 ---- 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/ Join or Renew your AMSAT-UK membership at http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_7/Membership-of-AMSAT-UK.html ----

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WD9EWK @ Yuma AZ Hamfest, 15-16 February
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

Hi! I will have an AMSAT table at the Yuma Hamfest in southwestern Arizona on Friday and Saturday, 15-16 February 2013. The hamfest is located at the Yuma County Fairgrounds, south of the I-8 freeway and across the street from the Yuma International Airport and Marine Corps Air Station Yuma. The hamfest starts on Friday afternoon, and runs through Saturday afternoon. More information about the hamfest is available at: http://www.yumahamfest.org/ During the hamfest, WD9EWK will be on various satellite passes from outside the main hall at the hamfest. There may not be many chances to work passes on Friday, but I plan on working more passes on Saturday. The hamfest is located in grid DM22qq. I will be happy to send QSL cards to anyone working WD9EWK during the hamfest. No QSL or SASE is required, just drop me an e-mail with QSO details, and I'll send out a card. QSOs will also be uploaded to LOTW. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Recieved MASAT-1 (MO-72) QSL Card
by Nitin Muttin 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

I recieved the beautiful QSL card for submitting telemetry for MASAT-1 (MO-72) today. Thanks MASAT team. 73 Nitin [VU3TYG]

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CO7WT QRV on FL11 this nigth on SO-50
by Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa 12 Feb '13

12 Feb '13

Hi OMs I (CO7WT) will be active this nigth (12-feb-3012 ~0130Z) on the SO-50 bird. It will be an aprox. 40 degrees pass here, with my setup I have shure coverage of about 20 degrees and up... QSL is 100% via manager ( N2CQ ) and will be ready a few days after the contact. I'm ready for any scheduled contact, always in non office hours... If you are interested, please drop me an email. Remember, I operate semi-portable, with base rigs and a homebrew arrow in my hand in my QTH's roof. I'm new to sats, so any suggestion, critics, etc... are always welcomed. Please if you can hear my say your call slowly and Q coded ;-) 73

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New Cuban Stations on Satellites
by Raydel Abreu Espinet 12 Feb '13

12 Feb '13

Hello everyone, As many of you should already know, now we have two new Cuban Amateur Operators on FM Satellites. Recently CO7WT and CM2XN have finally achieve their firsts QSO on SO-50 Satellite. This may look simple, but for a Cuban Ham this is a great success, after many weeks of antenna building, equipment adjustments and learning, this two fellow hams enjoy of the amazing opportunity of make a QSO on a FM Transponder Satellite. They know there is a lot more of operating skills to learn and they are very happy to do so. This apparent little success is a great success and motive of pride for the Cuban Satellite Group named GROS, "Grupo de Radioaficionados para Operaciones Satelitales" (Ham Radio Group for Satellite Operations ...a very free translation...) One of the many objectives of our Satellite Group is to promote this part of the hobby to our fellows ham. Many Cubans hams does not have the required equipment to successfully make a satellite QSO, but with the help of the Group they can put their technical skills to work and success. Few other Cuban hams has the required gear but they usually thought working a satellite is too difficult. However, with these little success the Group can show to the rest of the Cuban ham community how two stations using inventiveness and perseverance worked a FM Satellite, and perhaps those hams with the proper equipments finally decide to get on the air and activate new grids. CO7WT, Pavel is the Group's Technical Vice-Coordinator. And CM2XN, Jose, is a Group new Member since 1 month ago. The Group continues with the VHF Nets in Havana Province two times a month on Fridays and we are working on extend it to a National Net on HF one time by month on the future. The Group's First National Meeting continues postponed due to logistical arrangements but it is still as a priority to the Cuban National Amateur Radio Federation (F.R.C. - Federación de Radioaficionados de Cuba) and we have their full support. You are free to ask any question or send comments regarding the Cuban Satellite Group to any Member of the Coordination Board as well to any member in general. - CO6CBF, Hector, Vice-Coordinator (co6cbf(a)frcuba.co.cu) - CO7WT, Pavel, Technical Vice-Coordinator (pavel(a)conas.cu) - CM2ESP, Raydel, Coordinator (cm2esp(a)frcuba.co.cu) There is a video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eocmIubIBQ4) of Hector, CO6CBF, at the 2012 AMSAT Space Symposium talking about how a Cuban Ham operate a satellite. Thanks to Patrick WD9EWK and AMSAT for such opportunity!!! All the best from Cuba and thank all of you for your help, patience and understanding. 73, Raydel, CM2ESP GROS Coordinator PS: Sorry if I write something wrong, my english is not perfect.....

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ISS ShadowBeacon UP
by Mineo Wakita 12 Feb '13

12 Feb '13

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/isshado2.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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OA4A beam rehab
by Lizeth Norman 12 Feb '13

12 Feb '13

Greetings all! I wanted to expressly thank the fellows that were kind enough to post me copies of their manuals of the beams in question and to share their experience. Today, my wife and I spoke with Ernesto, OA4CN, the president of the Peruvian national radio club. He indicated that the organization was still interested in rehabbing the beams. Will be making the trip towards the end of the month of April, and will be there a month. Thanks again to all. I'll be sending out PM's, as well as keeping everyone on the -bb updated. 73 de Norm n3ykf

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n3ykf/oa4 April 22/May 23
by Lizeth Norman 12 Feb '13

12 Feb '13

Hi all! Going to Peru, again. Bear in mind, these are tentative plans based on things in and out of my control. Will try to activate another grid. This one will be up in the Andes, will keep everyone posted. Will also activate FH17 (Lima, Peru). Please note that I will be taking full sized UHF and VHF cavities. Would expect better performance on AO-7 and FO-29 from my receiver with a cavity in line. The last time was horrendously noisy, even with a DCI filter. Only had a few good opportunities to exploit passes from quiet locations. Preselection is a wonderful thing. 73 de Norm n3ykf

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Re: Work offer inside
by Stephen Ponder 12 Feb '13

12 Feb '13

Has someone's email been infected? This email looks suspicious ... No, I did not click on any link inside the email. 73 Steve Ponder, N5WBI ---------------------- Sent from my iPhone

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Work offer inside
by al7cr＠amsat.org 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

While welcoming you to this hiring process, we would like to inform you about the job and the benefits in it for you. You do not have to pay us or deposit any money to start working for us. This is the perfect opportunity for people on maternity leave, recently retired individuals, and people taking a break from their careers, or anyone looking for part-time work to augment their income. You will be working for a minimum of 20 hours a week (2 to 8 hours a day) with flexible working hours and drawing a monthly salary of US $2000 plus commissions. We work from Monday 9 am to 5 pm and go home at 1 pm on Saturdays. If you are interested in this position, please call or email us. our contacts: Tracy(a)usajobinn.com

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Sat/Sat Link
by Tom Lubbers K8TL 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

Heard a earth/sat/sat/earth signal this morning. at 1550 earth heard YL??? in ko26 in qso with SM7BHE via AO29 on 435860 on CW. Heard both sides of the CW QSO didn't pick up the pencil fast enough to record the YL full call. It had to be AO-07 to FO-29 link. Been a lot of years since I have heard a double link.

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AMSAT
by Dave Guimont 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

Damon if there is any way you can convince the taxpaying public to provide the financial assistance necessary to pay for the ride, be OUR guest. I have no idea what your experience is with the topic, but I can tell you mine. I'm 91 years old, been interested in satellites in general since the term came into use, and my first contact was on O7 some time in the 80's and have been active in one way or another since. Our first rides were free, all the engineering and construction by volunteers. And an AMSAT member since its inception...... Can you recommend a way to do that without an organization??? 73 Dave WB6LLO > Does Amst have anything to offer us besides an email BB ? > Now I guess there will be 2 weeks of RE: emails to this honest question that we all know the answer to.(nothing but excuses) > Amsat needs more money, send more money. How much money does Amsat have? > All these rocket scientist out there and not one of them can bum a little 6 inch square satellite a ride into space. Please don't dazel me with anymore of your electronic genius, I don't care, I would like to see it in space in the form of a bird that we can talk through. One that just doesn't beep beep beep . I would be good to see this BBS used for making contacts in grids ,states and friends. > Why would anyone want to be a member of Amsat or renew membership? > See u > >

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AMSAT
by Dave Guimont 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

Damon if there is any way you can convince the taxpaying public to provide the financial assistance necessary to pay for the ride, be OUR guest. I have no idea what your experience is with the topic, but I can tell you mine. I'm 91 years old, been interested in satellites in general since the term came into use, and my first contact was on O7 some time in the 80's and have been active in one way or another since. Our first rides were free, all the engineering and construction by volunteers. And an AMSAT member since its inception...... Can you recommend a way to do that without an organization??? 73 Dave WB6LLO > Does Amst have anything to offer us besides an email BB ? > Now I guess there will be 2 weeks of RE: emails to this honest question that we all know the answer to.(nothing but excuses) > Amsat needs more money, send more money. How much money does Amsat have? > All these rocket scientist out there and not one of them can bum a little 6 inch square satellite a ride into space. Please don't dazel me with anymore of your electronic genius, I don't care, I would like to see it in space in the form of a bird that we can talk through. One that just doesn't beep beep beep . I would be good to see this BBS used for making contacts in grids ,states and friends. > Why would anyone want to be a member of Amsat or renew membership? > See u > >

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DELETE DELETE and DELETE AGAIN
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 11 Feb '13

11 Feb '13

Does Amsat have anything to offer us besides an email BB ? Now I guess there will be 2 weeks of RE: emails to this honest question that we all know the answer to.(nothing but excuses) Amsat needs more money, send more money. How much money does Amsat have? All these rocket scientist out there and not one of them can bum a little 6 inch square satellite a ride into space. Please don't dazel me with anymore of your electronic genius, I don't care, I would like to see it in space in the form of a bird that we can talk through. One that just doesn't beep beep beep . I would be good to see this BBS used for making contacts in grids ,states and friends. Why would anyone want to be a member of Amsat or renew membership? See u Damon

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Re: Rotation of NIWAKA
by Joe Leikhim 10 Feb '13

10 Feb '13

It may be symmetrical, however the LED array is projecting photons from one plane. Could the photonic energy be a sufficient force? From website: " I have no idea on the reason. Let me know if you have any idea. NIWAKA do not have any mechanism like Crookes radiometer. Its structure is almost symmetry around Z-axis." -- Joe Leikhim Leikhim and Associates Communications Consultants Oviedo, Florida JLeikhim(a)Leikhim.com 407-982-0446 WWW.LEIKHIM.COM

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Amateur Satellite Allocations on the Agenda at IARU Vienna
by Trevor . 10 Feb '13

10 Feb '13

See http://www.amsat-uk.org/ 73 Trevor M5AKA

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(no subject)
by Mark Thompson 10 Feb '13

10 Feb '13

http://www.alixlencz.com.au/wovoolu/8q5rihny8aauvt51jzlcykknckbpcplo0p.90cr… Mark Thompson

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ANS-041 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletin
by E.Mike McCardel 10 Feb '13

10 Feb '13

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-041 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS 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. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor(a)amsat.org In this edition: * Mid-West USA High Altitude Balloon Launch on February 16 * Amateur Radio Participates in ISS Plasma Thrust Shadow Experiment * CubeSats Form Asteroid Mining Exploration Fleet * PCSAT normal(?) operations resume * AMSAT-UK to provide Amateur Radio payload for ESEO satellite * OSCAR-11 ANNUAL REPORT 2012 * UKube-1 to launch in June 2013 * Five new CubeSats hope for 2013 launch * ARISS News * Satellite Shorts From All Around SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-041.01 ANS-041 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins AMSAT News Service Bulletin 041.01 >From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. February 10, 2013 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-041.01 Mid-West USA High Altitude Balloon Launch on February 16 The Iowa High Altitude Balloon team says their iHAB-9 balloon flight is scheduled to launch February 16, 2013 at 16:00Z (9AM CDT). The Mission Control web page will give you flight status, an APRS tracking map, webcast, and live chat. Please go to: http://www.ihabproject.com/iHAB-9/ http://www.ihabproject.com/iHAB-9/MissionControl/ On February 16 the flight schedule is presently at: Webcast: 14:ØØZ - 8AM CDT Launch: 15:ØØZ - 9AM CDT The payload includes: + APRS beacon - WØOTM-11 on 144.39Mhz running OpenTracker+ and Alinco DJ-C7 - VHF/UHF 3ØØ/5ØØmw + 2ØM QRP Beacon, 1.5 Watts on 14.057.85 +/- Mhz + 1.2Ghz live video downlink The latest flight status and additional information can be accessed on the iHAB web pages. [ANS thanks the iHAB-9 Team for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Amateur Radio Participates in ISS Plasma Thrust Shadow Experiment On February 1, 2, 3, and on February 8, 9, 10 the Russian Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TSNIIMASH) conducted a space plasma experiment from the International Space Station to evaluate the shape of a "radio dead zone" which is expected to occur with the use of an on-board arcjet plasma source. Future space exploration plans to use electric thrusters. Integration of electric thrusters causes an electromagnetic compatibility side-effect when highly ionized exhaust plumes of the thrusters may scatter RF-signals producing large "dead" zone for communications. The SpEx Shadow experiment on the ISS activated an onboard arcjet source to inject a plasma plume in space. The amateur radio packet beacon operating on 145.825 MHz was activated to transmit a VHF sounding signal with time ticks. Due to refraction/scattering of the sounding signals in the exhaust plume, the shadow region would occur. Participating amateur radio stations noted the time tick to register loss of signal and re-acquisition of the 145.825 MHZ signal as the footprint caused by the plasma jet passed their geographic location. An example of the ISS SpEx Shadowing Beacon can be found on the DK3WN SatBlog website at: http://www.dk3wn.info: RS0ISS]CQ,qAR,SR5GK-3:]ARISS - International Space Station DK3WN]BEACON,RS0ISS*,qAR,SR5GK-3:SpEx SHADOW 20:30:57 *DL* 02-02-2013/ DK3WN]BEACON,RS0ISS*,qAR,SR5GK-3:SpEx SHADOW 20:30:39 *DL* 02-02-2013/ Additional details of the Shadowing Experiment are posted on the TSNIIMASH web site at: http://knts.tsniimash.ru/Shadow/en/Default.aspx [ANS thanks TSNIIMASH and Mike Rupprecht, DK3WN for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- CubeSats Form Asteroid Mining Exploration Fleet In an article posted on the SpaceDaily.com website, "Commercial Asteroid Hunters Announce Plans For New Robotic Exploration Fleet", Deep Space Industries claims it will send a fleet of asteroid- prospecting spacecraft out into the solar system to hunt for resources to accelerate space development to benefit Earth. These "FireFly" spacecraft utilize low-cost CubeSat components and get discounted delivery to space by ride-sharing on the launch of larger communications satellites. FireFlies with a mass of about 55 lb will first be launched in 2015 on journeys of two to six months. Starting in 2016, Deep Space will begin launching 70-lb DragonFlies for round-trip visits that bring back samples. The DragonFly expeditions will take two to four years, depending on the target, and will return 60 to 150 lb. Read the full article posted at: http://www.tinyurl.com/CubeSat-Explorer-Fleet (SpaceDaily.com) [ANS thanks SpaceDaily.com for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- PCSAT normal(?) operations resume PCSAT (NO44) is again returned to users (but not usable until a few weeks when sun angles get better). The variation of power available to PCSAT is inversely proportional to the "sun-to-orbitplane-angle" (viewable in Instantrack with the "E" and "D" keys. It is currently above 78 degrees. Once it went above about 65 degrees was our last successful commanding. Recovery did not work this period. But we learned enough to be more successful in the Fall. A "sun-to-orbitplane-angle" means PCsat's orbit is now over the day/night terminator meaning it is in full sun (no eclipses) with solar power coming in on the (weaker) side panels and little if any on the +Z face(best panel). Attitude is maintained by alignment with the Earth's magnetic field. It's the best time for a recovery (no eclipses to cause a reset), but the worst time for commanding. It is too weak to respond to the needed logon and 3 additional commands. Though it will be strong again as the sun angle improves (lower). Then it will have better sun on the +Z face for commanding, but then it will be doing Eclipses. And even though we can then command it to turn off unnecessary loads, it does not have enough time before the next eclipse to charge up enough to survive the next eclipse. What we did (re)learn is a condensed command method where we can put all 3 PCSAT low-power commands in a single packet (using the TNC's ^V pass character). That way, we only need a successful logon to complete the Restoration. 1) The CONNECT ACK. 2) The password challenge, 3) Then the command prompt. Then we can hit it with the full low-power command set and disconnect all in one packet which cancels the need for PCSAT to respond to each command separately. On the FIRST day available in full sun(our best shot), I not only got logged on, but completed all 3 requried functions. Then signals sounded so good, I got greedy and put in the another three (which also improves power budget, but not as much as the first three). Yep, I gambled and lost. It died on the last one! The next day I got all 3 in, and it died on the 3rdcommand due to a user packet I think. Days since, I have been unable to logon. Hence, end of this attempt period. In most attempts in the past (after successful logon) we would send one command at a time to give it a few seconds rest between each one. But these 3 commands then required 3 ACKS and 3 RESPONSES in addition to the 3 required to get logged. Those extra 6 packets kill it, especially if there was a user packet in there. Next time all we need are the 3 loggon responses. Also, next time, we will give users advance warning to QRT all transmissions when we are trying to command. Each one of their packets robs us of power we need to complete the command. I failed to warn everyone this time, and so we had some interference. As sun angle improves, You may continue to experiment with PCSAT during MIDDAY passes. That is when it is strongest (in the Northern Hemisphere), but do limit yourself to only attended operations so humans can actually contact humans, or if you are doing an unattended test, keep your transmissions to once every 2 minutes. That should let you get one good successful packet per pass. Which is the mission of PCSAT. See the downlink on http://pcsat.aprs.org There you can see the telemetry packets (list at the bottom of page) right now are rarely getting above 001 meaning typically a minute or so of life before it gets overloaded and resets back to 000. It is easy to visualize the relationship of the sun angle to the orbit plane and to see how that affects power budget given that our best panel (out of 5) is on the +Z face and that is magnetically aligned to point towards magnetic South. There is NO panel on the -Z which is why PCsat is rarely usable in the Southern Hemisphere (not planned, but just a result of it crashing in every eclipse). Just thought you would like to know what is going on with one of the oldest student projects in space that is still "semi-operational" for users. [ANS thanks Bob, Wb4APR for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- AMSAT-UK to provide Amateur Radio payload for ESEO satellite AMSAT-UK will be providing a 1260/145 MHz FM transponder and a 145 MHz BPSK telemetry beacon for the European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO). This is the third mission within the European Space Agency’s Education Satellite Programme. Nine European universities will be working with the prime contractor ALMASpace, Italy, on the mission. Cranfield University in Bedfordshire will be supplying a small sail that will be deployed to demonstrate the de-orbiting of spacecraft at the end of the mission. The primary purpose of the AMSAT-UK payload is to provide a downlink telemetry that can be easily received by schools and colleges for educational outreach purposes. The data will be displayed in an attractive format and provide stimulation and encouragement for students to become interested in all STEM subjects in a unique way. The target audience is primarily students at both primary and secondary levels and the project includes the development of a simple and cheap “ground station” operating on VHF frequencies in the Amateur Satellite Service. This station is an omni-directional antenna feeding a FUNcube DonglePRO+ SDR receiver which will receive the signals direct from the satellite and transfer the data to specially developed graphical software running on any Windows laptop. More information is available at http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12487 [ANS thanks Trevor Essex, M5AKA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- OSCAR-11 ANNUAL REPORT 2012 This report covers the period from 01 January 2012 to 01 January 2013. During this time there have been no significant changes apart from the gradual drift of the on-board clock. The satellite has been transmitting on a regular cycle of 10.35 days on followed by 10.35 days off. OSCAR-11 (AKA UoSAT-2 and UO-11) celebrated it's 28th birthday in space on 01 March! It was designed, built and launched within a period of six months, using commercially available 'off the shelf' components (COTS). Once again, congratulations to Professor Sir Martin Sweeting G3YJO, his team at the University of Surrey and the groups of radio amateurs who also contributed to the project. Good copy has been obtained obtained from decoded telemetry frames and many reports have been posted on the DCARR general satellite status website, The satellite continues to be subjected to eclipses during each orbit, resulting in weaker signals at those times. During the summer in the UK all passes were in sunlight, however the eclipses gradually returned during the autumn and now all evening passes are eclipsed and signals are significantly weaker than in the morning passes. The on-board clock gained 85 seconds during the year, which is comparable with the 60 seconds gain per year when the satellite was launched. There is however a large accumulated error of 308.54204 days slow. This was caused mainly by the clock stopping during eclipses, when there was also an unknown drain on the power supply. The units of the least significant digit correspond approximately to seconds (0.86 seconds actually). At the present time, while OSCAR-11 is operating in a predictable way, please DO NOT send reports or files by e-mail. However, could all listeners continue to enter their reports on the general satellite status website. This is a very convenient and easy to use facility, which shows the current status of all the amateur satellites, and is of use to everyone. Reports around the expected times of switch-on and switch-off are of special interest, especially for times 13:00 to 18:00 and 22:00 to 08:00 UTC, to when the satellite is out-of-range in the UK . The URL is http://oscar.dcarr.org/index.php The VHF beacon frequency is 145.826 MHz. AFSK FM ASCII Telemetry. The satellite is operating in the default mode, controlled by the watchdog timer, with a cycle time of 20.7 days. 10.35 days on followed by 10.35 days off. An extended version of this report is available on my website, and new listeners to OSCAR-11 should read this for further information. The URL is www.g3cwv.co.uk/oscar11.htm . This page contains links to the report, a short audio clip to help you identify the satellite and a file of recent telemetry received. The website also contains an archive of news & telemetry data which is updated from time to time, and details about using a soundcard or hardware demodulators for data capture. There is also software for capturing data, and decoding ASCII telemetry. The easiest way to check whether OSCAR-11 is operational is to look at the General Satellite Status website http://oscar.dcarr.org/index.php . If you place this bulletin on a terrestrial packet network, please use the bulletin identifier $BID:U2RPT158.CWV, to prevent duplication. [ANS thanks Clive Wallis, G3CWV for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- UKube-1 to launch in June 2013 The Herald newspaper reports that the CubeSat UKube-1 will be launched in June, 2013. The spacecraft is being built for the UK Space Agency (UKSA) by Clyde Space and the launch will take place from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on a Soyuz-2 along with TechDemoSat-1. The newspaper reports that Clyde Space has announced plans for a base in the United States. UKube-1 will carry a set of AMSAT-UK FUNcube boards to provide an amateur radio 435/145 MHz linear transponder and a 1200 bps BPSK beacon for educational outreach [ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Five new CubeSats hope for 2013 launch Five new CubeSats being developed in Taiwan, Vietnam and the United States are hoping to fly during 2013. PACE is the first nanosatellite developed the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) of Taiwan and has the objective to provide a platform for attitude control experiments in space. More Information is available at http://satellite.ncku.edu.tw/pace/en/home.htm TARO is a 2U CubeSat developed by the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) of Taiwan. TARO is the precursor of PACE satellite which was also developed by NCKU and has an objective to verify the function of sensors and actuators which have been used at PACE. More Information is available at http://satellite.ncku.edu.tw/pace/en/home.htm PicoDragon is a 1U CubeSat project intended to take low resolution earth images and to test on board systems. Planning to use two UHF transmitters. One 100mW CW beacon on 437.250 MHz and a 1k2 AFSK 800mW AX25 telemetry downlink. Commands will be uplinked on VHF. More Information is available at http://vnsc.org.vn/ United States, Alabama – ChargerSat-1. The primary mission is to perform a technology demonstration of gravity gradient stabilization, improved solar collection and improved horizon communications on a pico-satellite. This is the team’s first CubeSat and is a technology demonstration of their capabilities as students More Information is available at http://space.uah.edu/ United States, California – SNAPS. This spacecraft has dimensions of 25x113x113mm, has a mass of less than 0.5kg and is intended to image other CubeSats autonomously using H264 compression. The team is proposing a UHF downlink using 9k6 AFSK and will utilize Carpcomm ground stations. Planned for a SpaceX flight from Vandenberg AFB in April 2013 together with POPACS. [ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ARISS News ARISS Switches to Ericsson Radio After experiencing Problems with tthe Kenwood D700 After experiencing issues with the Kenwood D700 on two consecutive school contacts, ARISS will use the Ericsson Radio on the Columbus module for ARISS contacts until problems with D700 are resolved. According to Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, AMSAT's Vice President for Human Spaceflight Programs, "...for some reason, our signals from the Service Module Kenwood D700 radio are much diminished. Our contact with Israel last Sunday had low audio levels, with good signals only near TCA. Our contact yesterday with the Hospital for Sick Children was even worse. Only one student was able to talk to Chris Hadfield before we lost the signal. The crew reports hearing the ground station well. Both these contacts were with our telebridge stations, some of the best out there. Also note that Chris Hadfield got on the IP Phone, immediately after the Hospital radio contact and answered all the student’s questions, using that communications medium. So, while not optimal, we were able to make both these ARISS events successful After the Hospital contact, we had a full court press to revise uplinks and procedures to use the Ericsson radio that was recently installed in the Columbus Module instead of the D700. This was worked well into the crew sleep period, with the procedures ready for the crew at wakeup. While we had not fully checked out the radio, we felt the benefits of using this system outweighed the risks of using the D700, given its recent past performance. Our contact with the Japan school, using the Columbus Module Ericsson radio was very successful. We plan to use it on the contacts planned for next week." + Contacts scheduled for this coming week ARISS is requesting listener reports for these contacts. Due to issues with the Kenwood radio that are not fully understood at present, the Ericsson radio is going to be used for these contacts. ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance. Breadalbane Academy, Aberfeldy, United Kingdom, telebridge via W6SRJ Contact is a go for: Tue 2013-02-12 09:22:57 UTC 26 deg Chief Peguis Jr. High, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, telebridge via VK5ZAI Contact is a go for: Wed 2013-02-13 19:47:43 UTC 55 deg + At the following link 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 + QSL information may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/ARISS/arissfaq.html http://www.rac.ca/ariss/oindex.htm#QSL's + ISS callsigns: DPØISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RSØISS + There have been rumors in the past indicating that the ISS was having direct contacts on the 40 meter band. The HF antenna is mounted, however, there is no HF radio equipment on board. Sometimes WA3NAN will retransmit shuttle audio. [ANS thanks ARISS and AJ9N for the above information] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Satellite Shorts From All Around + The FITSAT-1 optical experiment is the topic of an article posted at Space.com. See "Tiny Japanese Satellite Beams Morse Code Messages from Space", by Leonard David at: http://tinyurl.com/ag47bed [Space.com] + The AMSAT mail list archives remain accessible despite the temp- orary outage of general content at www.amsat.org. Access the the amsat-bb and sarex lists can be found at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/maillist/ Access to subscribe to AMSAT mail lists can be found at: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo Access the AMSAT News Service Archives can be found at: http://amsat.org/pipermail/ans/ [Joanne Maenpaa] + Who is On Board the ISS Exp. 33/34 Oleg Novitskiy Kevin Ford KF5GPP Evgeny Tarelkin Exp. 34/35 Chris Hadfield KC5RNJ/VA3OOG Roman Romanenko Tom Marshburn KE5HOC [ANS thanks Charlie AJ9N for the above information] + Near Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 will pass inside the geostationary satellite orbits February 15. This object will make an extremely close approach to within 0.00023 AU of Earth at 19:25 UT (11:25 AM PST) on February 15, 2013. For more information visit http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/2012DA14/2012DA14_planning.html [ANS thanks Tom Clark K3IO for the the above information] + Hello Kitty in Near Space Near space weather balloon built by seventh grader Lauren Rojas and launched with help from her father, Rod, Reaching an altitude of over 90,000. The photography in this video is quite good, especially when the balloon bursts. YouTube Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5REsCTG4-Gg /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, EMike McCardel, KC8YLD kc8yld at amsat dot org

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Re: Close encounters of the Asteroidal Kind
by Mike Lemons 09 Feb '13

09 Feb '13

In case you are thinking of trying to observe the near miss, it will occur at mid-day in North America, so no chance of observing it there. Your best chance will be in Asia where it will be as bright as magnitude 8. The cut-off for a naked-eye object is magnitude 6, but under perfect conditions, you can sometimes see a magnitude 8. Ideally, you would use binoculars or a telescope, but finding something that faint moving that fast will still be difficult. There is a star chart at the link below, but due to the massive paralax for something this close, you really need to use some software that knows your latitude and longitude. http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/Asteroid-DA14-to-Zip-Pa…

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Close encounters of the Asteroidal Kind
by Tom Clark 09 Feb '13

09 Feb '13

Next week (Feb 15) the earth will be visited by asteroid 2012 DA14 passing inside the gestationary satellite orbits. To quote from http://echo.jpl.nasa.gov/asteroids/2012DA14/2012DA14_planning.html, > 2012 DA14 was discovered by the La Sagra Sky Survey in Spain on February 23, 2012. > This object will make an extremely close approach to within 0.00023 AU of Earth at > 19:25 UT (11:25 AM PST) on February 15, 2013. That is only 0.09 lunar distances or 5.4 Earth > radii from the center of the Earth. The close approach will be about 28000 km above Earth's > surface. That's inside the distance to geosynchronous satellites but thousands of kilometers > above the elevation for low-Earth-orbit spacecraft such as the International Space Station. > At the time of closest approach, the asteroid will move about 0.8 degrees per minute. There is considerable interest in the astronomy community over plans to do radar tracking of the asteroid. The Goldstone 70M dish will be running MAX QRO with 435 kW. 73 de Tom, K3IO

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Getting back into Satellites
by Jeffrey Embry 08 Feb '13

08 Feb '13

Good Day all, After a few years hiatis, I am contemplating getting back on the birds. Because I currently live in an apartment, I plan on starting the easy route using an arrow antenna. My question is, since I sold my last HT about a decade ago, what is recommended for the current models of HTs that have full-duplex capabilities? 73es, -- Jeff Embry, K3OQ FM19nb ARCI #11643, FPQRP #-696, QRP-L # 67, NAQCC #25, ARS #1733 AMSAT LM-2263 -- Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. - Sir Winston Churchill

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protocol for using sats
by Bill Booth 08 Feb '13

08 Feb '13

Its been a while and I need to be refreshed. When using the sats linear transponders how does the transmit receive work. Does the transmit stay on frequency and tune the receiver for best receive, or does the receiver stay and transmit frequency changes for best receive. Or do both move if your rig supports a satellite mode. Also I am hearing what I believe is both USB and LSB on the birds. Is one sideband considered to be standard. -- Bill Booth VE3NXK Sundridge ON, Canada 79.23.37 W x 45.46.18 N FN05ns Visit my weather WebCam at http://www.almaguin.com/wxcurrent/weather.html Organ and Tissue Donation - The Gift of Life Talk to your family. Your decision can make a difference.

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1703 pass of SO50 2/8
by ryan woods 08 Feb '13

08 Feb '13

Right after I got done my qso with k8yse I heard some other people calling me but I was getting LOS and I could not make out the call(s) and if anyone wants/needs fm09 or wv let me know we can give it a try. I will try to be on the next pass. 73 Ryan KD8ATF Sent from my Nexus 7 tablet!

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G3YJO Video - The World’s First Smartphone In Space
by Trevor . 08 Feb '13

08 Feb '13

In this video Professor Sir Martin Sweeting G3YJO talks about STRaND-1 which is aiming to be the world's first smartphone satellite in space. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12600 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/ Join or Renew your AMSAT-UK membership at http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_7/Membership-of-AMSAT-UK.html ----

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FO-29 Video
by Trevor . 08 Feb '13

08 Feb '13

I liked this FO-29 video, ideal for running at hamfests, see http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12592 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/ Join or Renew your AMSAT-UK membership at http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_7/Membership-of-AMSAT-UK.html ----

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FO29 HAWAII PASS
by Robert Smith 08 Feb '13

08 Feb '13

Aloha All Short notice but I will try to be on the next FO29 pass over Hawaii at 0721Z. 73 de robert, NH7WM

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WD9EWK @ Superstition Hamfest (Mesa AZ) on Saturday morning
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 08 Feb '13

08 Feb '13

Hi! I will have an AMSAT table at the Superstition Amateur Radio Club's annual hamfest in Mesa, Arizona, on Saturday (9 February 2013) morning. This hamfest was supposed to take place in early December, but was postponed due to scheduling conflicts. The hamfest will be at the usual location, in the southwest parking lot at Mesa Community College - along the east side of Dobson Road between Southern Avenue and the US-60 freeway (exit 177). More information about the hamfest is available at: http://wb7tjd.org/hamfest WD9EWK will be on various satellite passes during the morning. Please call if you hear my call on those passes, and be part of the demonstrations. If you work WD9EWK and want a QSL card, please e-mail me after the hamfest with the QSO details. No need to first send me a card. QSOs will also be uploaded to the Logbook of the World. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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STRaND-1 on BBC Radio Show
by Trevor . 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

Some of you will have seen the presentation on STRaND-1 that Dr Chris Bridges gave to the AMSAT-UK colloquium last year, for those that didn't it's here http://www.uk.amsat.org/?page_id=12196 This evening Dr Chris Bridges appeared on the BBC Radio 4 show Material World to talk about the UK smartphone satellite STRaND-1, due to launch at the end of the month. A recording is now available on the web until Feb 14, the STRaND-1 segment starts at 08:55 into the recording at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qfj3l 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/ Join or Renew your AMSAT-UK membership at http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_7/Membership-of-AMSAT-UK.html ----

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CO7WT on SO-50... first try...
by Ing. Pavel Milanes Costa 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

Hi to everybody, I (CO7WT) was active on the midday pass (~1720Z) yesterday... I tried to make a contact but my RX radio is deaf.. it's a TK-860 channelized commercial radio that shows reduced sensitivity on the ham band (I know that now...) I was with an hombrew DK7ZB yagui of 6 elements and about 15dB of gain but copies the signal so weak... it was just a try to test the gear, Hector (CO6CBF) is guiding me about operation skills and told me that I was loud in the pass and let every one calling for me... for those ho heard me that time, please I'm sorry... this was only a test. I will try to re-tune my commercial UHF radio for the ham band and will try the contact in the future... so wait for me, and you will get the FL11 grid... 73, CU on the birds from CO7WT.

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STRaND-1 smartphone CubeSat to launch end of Feb
by Trevor . 07 Feb '13

07 Feb '13

The STRaND-1 CubeSat is due to launch from India at the end of February. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12529 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/ Join or Renew your AMSAT-UK membership at http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_7/Membership-of-AMSAT-UK.html ----

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Fwd: FYI ...KY/HB9WDF qrv
by Michael Lipp, HB9WDF 06 Feb '13

06 Feb '13

> Hi Folks > > My Sat Station running here in Kourou. BUT - I have a little medical problem. My voice is going down a and away... > i hope that this issue is cleared, when I go to Martinique next monday. > if it possible, so I will be QRV on the birds (early as possible) > > 73 from Kourou - T-22h and counting ;-) > Michael > FY/HB9WDF > > Am 06.02.2013 um 17:57 schrieb "Ted" <k7trkradio(a)charter.net>: > >> FYI.. >> >> >> >> Just worked this guy on PSK31, but thought I'd pass on his QRV Sat activity >> for those hard core sat operators. (I doubt I have the equip to make a >> contact with him) >> >> >> >> >> "Announcement: 1 man 1 luggage holiday-expedition, February 2013 >> >> >> During my 1 month time off between two employer, I will realize an old >> dream: A Space-Radio-Dive Expedition. >> >> January 31th to February 3th: KP4/HB9WDF - Puerto Rico (Includ visit of the >> Arecibo Observatory) >> February 4th to February 11: FY/HB9WDF - Kourou, French Guyana (I hope to >> watch the Launch of Ariane 5 Rocket) >> February 11 to February 21: FM/HB9WDF - Martinique (A beautiful underwater >> world) >> >> During my trip, I will be active on satellite (AO-7, FO-29, VO-52 and SO-50 >> and others if they are active) Also I will be active on HF in PSK-31 and >> sometimes in SSB. >> >> Good Luck >> >> >> >> TK, K7TRK >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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FYI ...KY/HB9WDF qrv
by Ted 06 Feb '13

06 Feb '13

FYI.. Just worked this guy on PSK31, but thought I'd pass on his QRV Sat activity for those hard core sat operators. (I doubt I have the equip to make a contact with him) "Announcement: 1 man 1 luggage holiday-expedition, February 2013 During my 1 month time off between two employer, I will realize an old dream: A Space-Radio-Dive Expedition. January 31th to February 3th: KP4/HB9WDF - Puerto Rico (Includ visit of the Arecibo Observatory) February 4th to February 11: FY/HB9WDF - Kourou, French Guyana (I hope to watch the Launch of Ariane 5 Rocket) February 11 to February 21: FM/HB9WDF - Martinique (A beautiful underwater world) During my trip, I will be active on satellite (AO-7, FO-29, VO-52 and SO-50 and others if they are active) Also I will be active on HF in PSK-31 and sometimes in SSB. Good Luck TK, K7TRK

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UKube-1 to launch in June 2013 + 5 New CubeSats
by Trevor . 06 Feb '13

06 Feb '13

The Herald newspaper reports that the CubeSat UKube-1 will be launched in June, 2013. http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12524 Five new CubeSats hope for 2013 launch http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12514 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/ Join or Renew your AMSAT-UK membership at http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_7/Membership-of-AMSAT-UK.html ----

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SpEx Shadow times Feb 08 09 10 2013
by Kevin Forbes 06 Feb '13

06 Feb '13

Hi folks, here are the times for the upcoming SpEx Shadow runs for Feb 08, 09, 10 2013. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SpEx Shadow RS0ISS Digipeater activation times for Feb. 08, 09, 10 2013 Times are UTC. 08-02-2013 13:50 Beacon ON 09-02-2013 08:50 Beacon OFF 09-02-2013 14:30 Beacon ON 10-02-2013 08:50 Beacon OFF ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Here are the times for the SpEx Shadow ISS Australian beacons. AEST = (Melbourne Canberra Hobart Sydney Time) Adelaide = AEST (- 30 minutes) Brisbane = AEST (- 1 hour) Darwin = AEST (-1 hour and 30 minutes) WST = (Perth Time) 09-02-2013 03:17 UTC VK3UKF 09-02-2013 14:17 AEST 09-02-2013 11:17 WST ORBIT 81481 + 71 MINUTES 09-02-2013 04:54 UTC VK3UKF 09-02-2013 15:54 AEST 09-02-2013 12:54 WST ORBIT 81482 + 75 MINUTES 09-02-2013 06:28 UTC VK6MJ 09-02-2013 17:28 AEST 09-02-2013 14:28 WST ORBIT 81483 + 76 MINUTES ------------------------------- 10-02-2013 02:28 UTC VK3UKF 10-02-2013 13:28 AEST 10-02-2013 10:28 WST ORBIT 81496 + 71 MINUTES 10-02-2013 04:03 UTC VK3UKF 10-02-2013 15:03 AEST 10-02-2013 12:03 WST ORBIT 81497 + 74 MINUTES 10-02-2013 05:37 UTC VK6MJ 10-02-2013 16:37 AEST 10-02-2013 13:37 WST ORBIT 81498 + 75 MINUTES ------------------------------- I have an appointment clash for the first pass on Feb 10. The plan is to take the radio and laptop with me. I've notified SpEx team. Kevin, VK3UKF.

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SO-50
by Vince, K9TSU 06 Feb '13

06 Feb '13

I will try and do a test of our Juda School ARISS contact plan tomorrow, the 7th. I will be testing our AZ/EL rotator and antenna (well, mine) but I'll be set up at the school testing for "radio dead zones." I'll be on the 12:16PM Central Time SO-50 pass, however if I call out will be another story. If you hear K9TSU "high school test," a "come back" would be appreciated If someone could record.. that'd be great too. Thanks all! K9TSU, EN52eo (Wisconsin)

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Help! to install a unsupported receiver in SatPC32
by Charlie -K3VDB- 06 Feb '13

06 Feb '13

Has any one installed a IC-R8500 in SatPC32 to control its Freq? Or any other unsupported radio. Any tips would be helpful. Thanks Charlie K3VDB

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PCSAT normal(?) operations resume
by Robert Bruninga 05 Feb '13

05 Feb '13

PCSAT (NO44) is again returned to users (but not usable until a few weeks when sun angles get better). The Transponder on ISS is also operational now. The variation of power available to PCSAT is inversely proportional to the “sun-to-orbitplane-angle” (viewable in Instantrack with the “E” and “D” keys. It is currently above 78 degrees. Once it went above about 65 degrees was our last successful commanding. Recovery did not work this period. But we learned enough to be more successful in the Fall. A “sun-to-orbitplane-angle” means PCsat’s orbit is now over the day/night terminator meaning it is in full sun (no eclipses) with solar power coming in on the (weaker) side panels and little if any on the +Z face(best panel). Attitude is maintained by alignment with the Earth’s magnetic field. It’s the best time for a recovery (no eclipses to cause a reset), but the worst time for commanding. It is too weak to respond to the needed logon and 3 additional commands. Though it will be strong again as the sun angle improves (lower). Then it will have better sun on the +Z face for commanding, but then it will be doing Eclipses. And even though we can then command it to turn off unnecessary loads, it does not have enough time before the next eclipse to charge up enough to survive the next eclipse. What we did (re)learn is a condensed command method where we can put all 3 PCSAT low-power commands in a single packet (using the TNC’s ^V pass character). That way, we only need a successful logon to complete the Restoration. 1) The CONNECT ACK. 2) The password challenge, 3) Then the command prompt. Then we can hit it with the full low-power command set and disconnect all in one packet which cancels the need for PCSAT to respond to each command separately. On the FIRST day available in full sun(our best shot), I not only got logged on, but completed all 3 requried functions. Then signals sounded so good, I got greedy and put in the another three (which also improves power budget, but not as much as the first three). Yep, I gambled and lost. It died on the last one! The next day I got all 3 in, and it died on the 3rdcommand due to a user packet I think. Days since, I have been unable to logon. Hence, end of this attempt period. In most attempts in the past (after successful logon) we would send one command at a time to give it a few seconds rest between each one. But these 3 commands then required 3 ACKS and 3 RESPONSES in addition to the 3 required to get logged. Those extra 6 packets kill it, especially if there was a user packet in there. Next time all we need are the 3 loggon responses. Also, next time, we will give users advance warning to QRT all transmissions when we are trying to command. Each one of their packets robs us of power we need to complete the command. I failed to warn everyone this time, and so we had some interference. As sun angle improves, You may continue to experiment with PCSAT during MIDDAY passes. That is when it is strongest (in the Northern Hemisphere), but do limit yourself to only attended operations so humans can actually contact humans, or if you are doing an unattended test, keep your transmissions to once every 2 minutes. That should let you get one good successful packet per pass. Which is the mission of PCSAT. See the downlink on http://pcsat.aprs.org There you can see the telemetry packets (list at the bottom of page) right now are rarely getting above 001 meaning typically a minute or so of life before it gets overloaded and resets back to 000. It is easy to visualize the relationship of the sun angle to the orbit plane and to see how that affects power budget given that our best panel (out of 5) is on the +Z face and that is magnetically aligned to point towards magnetic South. There is NO panel on the –Z which is why PCsat is rarely usable in the Southern Hemisphere (not planned, but just a result of it crashing in every eclipse). Just thought you would like to know what is going on with one of the oldest student projects in space that is still “semi-operational” for users. Bob, Wb4APR US Naval Academy Satellite Lab *From:* Robert Bruninga [mailto:[email protected]] *Sent:* Thursday, January 31, 2013 10:53 AM *To:* amsat-bb(a)amsat.org *Cc:* aprssig(a)tapr.org; aprs(a)yahoogroups.com; bruninga(a)usna.edu *Subject:* QRT all PCSAT transmissions! Please QRT all transmissions to PCsat to save power for COMMANDing. PCSAT (W3ADO-1) is entering its 3 day RECOVERY window this year starting 31 Jan. Today we got logged on for commanding twice, but both times user packets killed the bird. At best PCSAT can usually only save up enough power for 2 or 3 solid packets per pass and we need 3 successfully for command and recover. One user packet in the middle of that and we lose it for the pass. MY fault for not making this announcement earlier. Not their fault. But if you see this email and you are transmitting to PCsat, please QRT for the next several days. Commanding is being done from the East and West coast of the USA and over Germany. WB4APR, Bob USNA Command Station

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error loading SatPC32
by jeff kb2m 05 Feb '13

05 Feb '13

While trying to bring up SatPC32 I'm getting an 'error loading Prior.SQF!' error, then the program shuts down. This just started for no apparent reason, SatPC32 was working fine. I'm running WIN8. Anyone have any ideas ? 73 Jeff kb2m

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ARISS International website
by Trevor . 05 Feb '13

05 Feb '13

Does anyone know what happened to the ARISS-International pages on the RAC website ? ARISS-EU is at http://www.ariss-eu.org/ But ARISS-International which used to be at http://www.rac.ca/ariss/ seems to be missing. 73 Trevor M5AKA

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(no subject)
by Charlie -K3VDB- 04 Feb '13

04 Feb '13

Has anyone configured SatPC32 to control a Icom R8500 W/CIV? Radio works fine with SpectraVue. TNX for any help Charlie K3VDB

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Re: hams on ISS
by AJ9N＠aol.com 03 Feb '13

03 Feb '13

Hi all As part of my volunteer duties with ARISS, I post the schedule of upcoming ARISS contacts on practically a daily basis. I post to the SAREX BB (_sarex(a)AMSAT.ORG_ (mailto:[email protected]) ). You can also check the schedule at _http://www.issfanclub.com/_ (http://www.issfanclub.com/) and at _http://ariss.rac.ca/_ (http://ariss.rac.ca/) (actually _http://ariss.rac.ca/upcoming.htm#NextContact_ (http://ariss.rac.ca/upcoming.htm#NextContact) and look for the link saying Tentative List of Upcoming School Contacts . You can also go directly to _http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf_ (http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf) . In spite of what some may think as to how up to date the schedule is, as soon as I get updates on the schedule and success of a contact, I usually have updates posted in less than a day. There are times when we get the locked down time from the ISS planners for a contact almost at the last minute so my heads up might be very short. Unfortunately we sometimes find out about the Russian contacts after the fact and thus I am unable to give everyone a heads up. Usually we at ARISS get the scheduled date and time about 10 to 14 days in advance but we warn all schools that we may get told with less than 36 hours. We have also been aborted with less than 10 minutes to go before a contact. We are often asked about when the crew is going to make a general contact. We simply do not know. The crew is super busy and when they do get free time, they have many things they can do. We can suggest that they get on the radios; we can never demand. So ham radio may or may not be in their game plan for that day. By the way, all of the ARISS school contacts actually take place during a scheduled off time for the crewmember. That means they either gave up some free time or their day gets extended. 73, Charlie AJ9N One of the ARISS mentors In a message dated 1/30/2013 7:30:56 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, ve3nxk(a)gmail.com writes: On 30/01/2013 9:30 PM, Personal wrote: > Remember they don't get paid to sit up there on the radio. Remember too that > ham radio in manned space flight has changed since SAREX and Mir. > It's no longer the back up system it once was. They have iPods and such aboard > now. There is Internet access and a telephone to speak with family. I don't generally get into these types of verbal banter, but this time I make an exception. Right now a Canadian, Chris Hadfield, is onboard and doing a great job with pictures and Twitter. I see today that he did a live feed to a school here in Ontario. The part that bugs me is there were a few ARISS Ham contact before Christmas that did not show up till the day of the contact. The Canadian RAC site had no mention of it on their site and still is stuck in November..... I read a lot of AMSAT/ARRL news letters and I have suddenly realized that the ham community is out of it altogether. It would appear that starting this year NASA themselves is looking after the contacts. I would have thought that the ham community would have been in an uproar over this, guess not. I know that the chances of hearing or contacting the ISS is like winning the lottery, but I think now it is long gone. I am disappointed that when an USA or Russian is onboad you may hear them once or twice. I doubt that you will ever hear Chris at the mic......... he seems to be caught up in social media. > I'm not sure what the definition of a real ham is but too many times it seems >to be a person stuck in the past, bemoaning the things that used to be No I do not feel that way, I try all kinds of stuff when I have the time. Mind you I see the day when the radio will have an iPhone built in, and we will no longer need the the communication devices we have now. Long live the smell of the big tube Collins and Heathkit rigs Sent from my personal computer. -- Bill Booth VE3NXK Sundridge ON, Canada 79.23.37 W x 45.46.18 N FN05ns Visit my weather WebCam at http://www.almaguin.com/wxcurrent/weather.html Organ and Tissue Donation - The Gift of Life Talk to your family. Your decision can make a difference. _______________________________________________ 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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AMSAT-UK to provide ESEO satellite payload
by Trevor . 03 Feb '13

03 Feb '13

AMSAT-UK will be providing a 1260/145 MHz FM transponder and a 145 MHz BPSK telemetry beacon for the European Student Earth Orbiter (ESEO). See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12487 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/ Join or Renew your AMSAT-UK membership at http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_7/Membership-of-AMSAT-UK.html ----

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Activating CO89,CO90 and CN99
by Nestor G Punales 03 Feb '13

03 Feb '13

Ezequiel VA7EZE will be activating CO90 and CN99 on SO-50 this Monday the 4th on his way to Vancouver, and on Tuesday the 5th he will be active on all the passes over CO89. If anyone need this grids Ezequiel would be happy to confirm all the contacts. For sure I will be there and I hope to hear a lot of you on the bird. 73 Nestor K6JTT DM22gt Sent from my iPhone

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PCSAT batteries!
by Robert Bruninga 02 Feb '13

02 Feb '13

>,what kind of battery is install on this kind of satellite? > how does it react in the cold space where it is? We placed the batteries in the middle of the satellite. It is quite immune to the +90C and -100C possible fluctuations on (unattached) solar panels (if they were not attached to the sides of the satellite). Since the solar panels are attached to the aluminum frame and the satellite rotates at about 1 RPM, we don't see any temperature variations even on the panels of more than about 10C (per orbit). And then these 10C fluctuations on the sides only penetrate to about a +/- 1 degree variation at the batteries per orbit and per day. Though there is a long term variation with the Sun/Orbit beta angle. The average temperature of PCsat is around 10C, getting as low as 0C during full eclipse seasons (High Beta angles) and as high as 40C for a weak or so when it is in full sun. This cycle moves over a 2 month or so cycle. Right now, PCsat inside is a nice comfortable 25C. Our problems with PCSAT (now 12 years old) is our own fatal flaw of designing it with a reboot-after-fault-detection mode of turning on backup transmitters and backup receivers to regain contact with the command station. Now with 20/20 hindsight, that was dumb... especially if the reason it faulted is due to low power! We can get in and turn off the extra XMTRS and RCVRS any time we want during high beta angles (maximum peak solar power available), but then there is only 15 minutes left before it goes back into eclipse and dies (not enough ttime to charge each orbit). But then 2 or 3 times a year, it enters full sun periods when, if we can get the command in, then we can send those commands to turn off all the spares and they will hold... BUT this time of full sun, is also the time of the worst sun angle (least average power), and so it is iffy if we can get the command in. See http://pcsat.aprs.org (raw packets at the bottom) and you will see that today's attempt resulted in achieving 9 minutes of operation before it died. See the telemetery serial numbers starting at 001 each time it resets. That occurred at 2013-02-02-14:29:24z Hope that helps Bob, Wb4aPR -----Original Message----- From: APRS(a)yahoogroups.com [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gervais Fillion Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2013 9:53 AM To: aprs(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [APRS] QRT all PCSAT transmissions! Hi Bob,what kind of battery is install on this kind of satellite?i wonder how it react in the cold space where it is?Do you have any data that gave the temperature upthere?i am just curious,here in the Eastern part of Quebec we are used to have in the -20 celcius,,,,and battery are built for that,,how it is in space?? 73 Bob Thanks for all the info you are tellng us. Gervaisve2cknLe Bic,Quebec www.michelebard.com4823.73N/06839.65W To: APRS(a)yahoogroups.com From: wb4apr(a)amsat.org Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2013 08:20:00 -0500 Subject: RE: [APRS] QRT all PCSAT transmissions! > Question: PCSAT,does it transmit at 144.390 like other APRS hardware ? No and yes. It operates up and down on 145.825 like all other APRS satellites. But it also has a backup transmitter on 144.39 which we can use as a national broadcast downlink. Problem is, most people cannot hear it due to local QRM on 144.39... but it is there. If you live in the boonies and there is no other local traffic, sometimes you can pick it up. But there is no UPLINK there for obvious reasons. Even in congested areas, sometimes you can receive it on 144.39 if there is a moment of silence when it transmits. In fact, it was that clever idea that kills PCSAT on every orbit. The old batteries do not have enough power to power both XMTRS at the same time which is what it is trying to do. We can send the command to turn off the other XMTR, but then on the next eclipse, it resets back to BOTH ON. Darn... Bob, WB4APR [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/APRS/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/APRS/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: APRS-digest(a)yahoogroups.com APRS-fullfeatured(a)yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: APRS-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

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AMSAT-US Web Site
by Clint Bradford 02 Feb '13

02 Feb '13

I am working on a publishing deadline. Confirming that "AMSAT.org" will continue to be the domain name for AMSAT-NA's official site - is that correct? Clint K6LCS Sent from my iPod touch.

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Re: CubeSats on Arirang TV
by Trevor . 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

I'll put it on the AMSAT-UK site. I take it we are talking about the attached picture which occurs 5 seconds into the video ? 73 Trevor M5AKA --- On Fri, 1/2/13, g0mrf <g0mrf(a)aim.com> wrote: From: g0mrf <g0mrf(a)aim.com> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: CubeSats on Arirang TV To: "Graham Shirville" <g.shirville(a)btinternet.com>, "Trevor ." <m5aka(a)yahoo.co.uk>, amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Date: Friday, 1 February, 2013, 17:48 You're good Graham. I had to freeze frame the video.....but then you can see the callsign PA3WEG on the masking tape. 73 David In a message dated 31/01/2013 GMT Standard Time, g.shirville(a)btinternet.com writes: #yiv380802057 .yiv380802057aolmailheader {font-size:8pt;color:black;font-family:Arial;} #yiv380802057 a.yiv380802057aolmailheader:link {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;} #yiv380802057 a.yiv380802057aolmailheader:visited {color:magenta;text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;} #yiv380802057 a.yiv380802057aolmailheader:active {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;} #yiv380802057 a.yiv380802057aolmailheader:hover {color:blue;text-decoration:underline;font-weight:normal;} The more eagle-eyed amongst us have spotted that about 9 seconds into this video it includes shots of the FUNcube-1 engineering model stack, with a antenna deployment simulator attached to it, obviously taken recently but I have absolutely no idea how they came by it:) 73 Graham G3VZV -----Original Message----- From: Trevor . Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2013 10:03 PM To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] CubeSats on Arirang TV Korean TV station Arirang broadcast this English language news item about CubeSats: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfZRDS6-D-o 73 Trevor M5AKA ---- _______________________________________________ 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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CubeSats on Arirang TV
by Trevor . 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

Korean TV station Arirang broadcast this English language news item about CubeSats: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfZRDS6-D-o 73 Trevor M5AKA ----

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Miami Hamfest Operation
by John Papay 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

John K8YSE and Bill KD4FRB will be hosting an AMSAT table at the Miami Hamfest on Saturday February 2nd. We will try to operate a demo station on high elevation ssb and FM passes and also on my home station over the internet. Would appreciate contacts. 73, John K8YSE

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FL05/FL06 Operation 3Feb2013
by John Papay 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

There is a possibility of operating on 2 Sunday morning passes from wet grid squares FL05 and FL06. Weather permitting I will be on VO-52 at 1253utc from FL-05 and on FO-29 at 1427 and 1611utc from FL06. Hope to work you. Send an email if you want a qsl card for your contact. 73, John K8YSE

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Intelsat-27 Launch Failure
by Alan 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

Boeing lost its most recent satellite today: http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Russia-launched_satellite_plunges_into_P acific_official_999.html 73s, Alan WA4SCA

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SpEx Shadow Australian time table inc. orbit numbers.
by Kevin Forbes 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

David VK4zF made a nice suggestion, orbit numbers, to avoid time zone terminology confusion. Here is the updated timetable. Please remember, in order to participate in the experimentand be eligible for a QSL, you must be registered with the principal investigator. http://knts.tsniimash.ru/Shadow/en/Registration.aspx The original document sent to me by Valentin is available at this page, http://www.terranimpact.com/site/space/space.php direct link http://www.terranimpact.com/site/space/fun.doc Australian measuring field Available orbits Master stations vk6mj, vk3ukf Date Beginning of a measuring orbit, UTC 02-02-2013 UTC 01:00 UTC = 12 midday Canberra(EST) = 11.30 A.M. Adelaide(CST) = 10.30 A.M. Darwin(CST) = 9.00 A.M. Perth(WST) Master Station VK6MJ / ORBIT 81371 + 51 minutes 05:59 UTC = 4.59 P.M.Canberra(EST) = 4.29 P.M. Adelaide(CST) = 3.29 P.M. Darwin(CST) = 1.59 P.M. Perth(WST) Master Station VK3UKF / ORBIT 81374 + 72 minutes 07:33 UTC = 6.33 P.M.Canberra(EST) = 6.03 P.M. Adelaide(CST) = 5.03 P.M. Darwin(CST) = 3.33 P.M. Perth(WST) Master Station VK3UKF / ORBIT 81375 + 73 minutes 03-02-2013 00:10 UTC = 11.10 A.M.Canberra(EST) = 10.40 A.M. Adelaide(CST) = 9.40 A.M.Darwin(CST)= 8.10 A.M.Perth(WST) Master Station VK6MJ / ORBIT 81386 + 51 minutes 01:45 UTC = 12.45 P.M.Canberra(EST) = 12.15 A.M. Adelaide(CST) = 11.15 A.M.Darwin(CST)= 9.45 A.M.Perth(WST) Master Station VK6MJ / ORBIT 81387 + 53 minutes 06:42 UTC = 5.42 P.M.Canberra(EST) = 5.12 P.M. Adelaide(CST) = 4.12 P.M.Darwin(CST)= 2.42 P.M.Perth(WST) Master Station VK3UKF / ORBIT 81390 + 72 minutes 08:17 UTC = 7.17 P.M.Canberra(EST) = 6.47 P.M. Adelaide(CST) = 5.47 P.M.Darwin(CST)= 4.17 P.M.Perth(WST) Master Station VK6MJ / ORBIT 81391 + 74 minutes

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Test
by Kevin Forbes 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

Post Test

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Hello!!
by Reg Wood 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

http://www.carrozzeriapanigalese.com/components/com_content/id876757.php Reg Wood 2/1/2013 7:43:17 AM

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HVSGN sorry not on
by cotejaune2＠aol.com 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

I am sorry everyone but or Director of engineering had to work late so not on line tonight. Solong everyone hope to hear you all on the birds. 73 Gary and Tom

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Re: New poll... (PSK31 xponder)
by Robert Bruninga 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

> Instead of asking what do we "want", maybe a more useful poll might be > "what can you build us?" >> Wel that is easy too, you can grab a off the shelf cubesat... >> and put a pe1ruh space proven linear transponder in it. Amen. Also there are TWO flight ready PSK-31 uplink with FM downlink transponders also ready to fly built By Mirek at Brno University. Ideal for a Cubesat. They allow up to 20 or more simultaneous PSK-31 users on a 28 MHz uplink to all appear full duplex in the 435 MHz FM downlink that anyone can receive on any FH HT. Run PSK31 software and see all the conversations and transmit all 8 minutes of the pass and join the fun talking to everyone at once.. All the advantages of linear transponders (20 simultaneous users) and all the advantages of FM (simple 5 Khz Doppler tuning using any old FM radio). And it fits on a 3" square card. See details: http://aprs.org/psk31uplink2.html All we need is someone to fly it. Bob, WB4APR

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Re: seeking a source for 93 ohm coax RG62
by Andrew Glasbrenner 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

I have a 500' roll. Send me an SASE to my callbook address and note to remind me how much you need. If you feel so compelled, drop a donation in the Fox paypal widget on my QRZ page. This is an open offer to all. I'll send reasonable amounts if you send an SASE with sufficient postage. 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- >From: Robin Midgett <Robin.Midgett(a)vanderbilt.edu> >Sent: Jan 31, 2013 6:51 PM >To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >Subject: [amsat-bb] seeking a source for 93 ohm coax RG62 > >Belden 9268 or equivalent..need just four feet of it for an eggbeater >antenna project; prefer it to have a solderable shield. > >Thank you, >Robin E. Midgett >Electronics Technician >Vanderbilt University Mechanical Engineering >406-C Olin Hall >2400 Highland Avenue >Nashville, TN 37212-2010 >615-322-5836 phone >615-343-6687 FAX > >_______________________________________________ >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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seeking a source for 93 ohm coax RG62
by Robin Midgett 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

Belden 9268 or equivalent..need just four feet of it for an eggbeater antenna project; prefer it to have a solderable shield. Thank you, Robin E. Midgett Electronics Technician Vanderbilt University Mechanical Engineering 406-C Olin Hall 2400 Highland Avenue Nashville, TN 37212-2010 615-322-5836 phone 615-343-6687 FAX

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QRT all PCSAT transmissions!
by Robert Bruninga 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

Please QRT all transmissions to PCsat to save power for COMMANDing. PCSAT (W3ADO-1) is entering its 3 day RECOVERY window this year starting 31 Jan. Today we got logged on for commanding twice, but both times user packets killed the bird. At best PCSAT can usually only save up enough power for 2 or 3 solid packets per pass and we need 3 successfully for command and recover. One user packet in the middle of that and we lose it for the pass. MY fault for not making this announcement earlier. Not their fault. But if you see this email and you are transmitting to PCsat, please QRT for the next several days. Commanding is being done from the East and West coast of the USA and over Germany. WB4APR, Bob USNA Command Station

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The Verge: A Crowdfunding Revolution Ignites the Next Space Race
by Trevor . 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

The Verge reports how ordinary people are funding a new wave of rocket and satellite missions. The video features Zac Manchester KD2BHC from the Kicksat project, Peter Platzer of ArduSat and Rouslan Dimitrov of SkyCube. There is also a report on Copenhagen Suborbitals who are building a rocket to carry a human to the edge of space and back. Watch the video and read the story at http://www.theverge.com/2013/1/31/3929342/the-stars-on-a-shoestring-amateur… ---- 73 Trevor M5AKA ----

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Hams on ISS
by Mike Farkas 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

I'm replying to a recent post about an Canadian Astronaut not being a ham. I have seen posted somewhere I believe the AMSAT website that Amateur radio is a guest on the ISS. Its up to the individual astronaut if they want to become a ham. Personally I'm grateful there is a ham radio station on board the ISS. If one astronaut chooses not to operate that means more time for another to operate. 73's Mike/N8GBU

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ISS Shadow-Beacon Experiment 145.825 MHz Feb 1-3
by Trevor . 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12418 Timetable at http://www.terranimpact.com/site/space/fun.doc 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Re: New poll for new OSCAR
by Andrew Glasbrenner 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

Well said Bob. I'll add one more thing: All of these options are available in existing projects that need our support. 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- >From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga(a)usna.edu> >Sent: Jan 31, 2013 1:06 PM >To: EU_AMSAT(a)yahoogroups.co.uk, Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>, AMSAT - Forum <Forum(a)amsat-dl.org> >Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: New poll for new OSCAR > >That is easy!. The answer is of course ALL OF THE ABOVE. > >The hard part is what can get built by whom. And who is in the best >position to FUND it and get it launched. And then all the polls in the >world mean nothing against what -that-person or entity wants or needs. >And that is what drives what we "get". > >Instead of asking what do we "want", maybe a more useful poll might be >"what can you build us?" >Just an aside. <wink> > >Bob, Wb4APR > > >-----Original Message----- >> If you want a new satellite/OSCAR wich payload/communication mode should >it have? >> >> o Telemetry Beacon >> o Packet Radio Mailbox/Digipeater >> o FM Repeater >> o Linear Transponder >> o Educational payload >> o Other payload/mode >_______________________________________________ >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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New poll for new OSCAR
by Thomas Frey 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

Hello All After many discussions I launched a poll for a new OSCAR. AMSAT representatives are invited to evaluate this poll. This poll can also be a base for further discussions. > If you want a new satellite/OSCAR wich payload/communication mode should it have? > > > o Telemetry Beacon > o Packet Radio Mailbox/Digipeater > o FM Repeater > o Linear Transponder > o Educational payload > o Other payload/mode > After a month I will continue with the two most chosen choices with a new poll until I close the whole run. If you are not a member of the Yahoo Group EU_AMSAT, please visit the web page http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/EU_AMSAT/ and join the group. We also have interesting discussions there. Thank You for your attention. -- Mit freundlichen Grüssen, Best Regards, 73 Thomas Frey, HB9SKA ______________________________________________________________________ Thomas Frey, Holzgasse 2, CH-5242 Birr, Tel. + Fax: 056 444 93 41 http://home.datacomm.ch/th.frey/

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HudsonValleySatcomGroupLast net
by cotejaune2＠aol.com 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

Tonight Jan31@8PM Eastern will be the last Hudson Valley Satcom Group Net @ 8 PM Eastern on Echolink N2EYH-L and the MtBeacon Repeater 146.970 pl 100. Sad to say this will be our last net. After five and onehalf years and some 159 Nets this is it for now. If and when we get more birds up there we may start the net again. I want to thank all of you who participated on the Nets. So please join us tonight jan31 for our Net and share your satellite expertise with us. Hope to hear you there. 73 Gary WA2AQH/Tom KC2DTQ

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Re: hams on ISS
by AJ9N＠aol.com 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

Here is the present group of folks on board the ISS. Exp. 33/34 Oleg Novitskiy Kevin Ford KF5GPP Evgeny Tarelkin Exp. 34/35 Chris Hadfield KC5RNJ/VA3OOG Roman Romanenko Tom Marshburn KE5HOC 73, Charlie AJ9N One of the ARISS mentors In a message dated 1/30/2013 3:52:44 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, k7trkradio(a)charter.net writes: Any hams on the ISS at this time ? 73, Ted, K7TRK _______________________________________________ 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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hams on ISS
by Ted 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

Any hams on the ISS at this time ? 73, Ted, K7TRK

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(no subject)
by Mike Forsythe 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

hi! http://www.adtpservices.com/components/com_content/mainx.php?blq3y=1wg Mike Forsythe

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NASA TV Live Coverage of Atlas Launch Streaming Now
by JoAnne Maenpaa 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

Atlas 5 rocket launching TDRS-K is on NASA TV now. http://www.nasa.gov/ntv is where to watch if you are near a streaming device. I'm watching on my Roku box. About an hour to go before launch. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org

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FunCube Pro Plus available
by John / NS1Z 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Going with another setup for portable operation. Serial 10497. Pick up a perfectly working SDR for $175. a.. Guaranteed frequency range: 150kHz to 240MHz and 420MHz to 1.9GHz b.. Typical frequency coverage: 150kHz to 260MHz and 410MHz to 2.05GHz c.. TCXO specified at 0.5ppm (in practice about 1.5ppm) d.. 192kHz sampling rate e.. Extremely simple hardware setup, just two connections, an “in” and an “out”: a.. Standard SMA female antenna port b.. USB 1.x type A male connection f.. Eleven discrete hardware front end filters including: a.. 6MHz 3dB bandwidth (10MHz at -40dB) SAW filter for the 2m band. b.. 20MHz 3dB bandwidth (42MHz at -40dB) SAW filter for the 70cm band c.. Third- and fifth-order LC bandpass filters for other bands g.. Front end LNA OIP3 30dB h.. Typical noise figures: a.. 50MHz 2.5dB b.. 145MHz 3.5dB c.. 435MHz 3.5dB d.. 1296MHz 5.5dB i.. Typical NFM 12dB SINAD measurements: a.. 145MHz 0.15uV b.. 435MHz 0.15uV j.. No additional drivers required for Linux, OSX or Windows k.. Integrated 5V bias T switchable from software

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South Korean Satellite Launched
by B J 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2013/01/south-korea-stsat-2c-via-kslv-1/ 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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IC970H for sale
by Bill Booth 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

I have listed on eBay this evening an ICOM IC-970H with the UX97A 1200 Mhz, and UX98 2400 Mhz units. Use item number 181071085544 for viewing. I really miss those HEO sats ...... -- Bill Booth VE3NXK Sundridge ON, Canada 79.23.37 W x 45.46.18 N FN05ns Visit my weather WebCam at http://www.almaguin.com/wxcurrent/weather.html Organ and Tissue Donation - The Gift of Life Talk to your family. Your decision can make a difference.

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UK STRaND-1 CubeSat Video
by Trevor . 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

In this video Surrey Space Centre’s Dr. Peter Shaw talks us through the anatomy of the highly advanced UK CubeSat STRaND-1. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12431 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/ Join or Renew your AMSAT-UK membership at http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_7/Membership-of-AMSAT-UK.html ----

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Happy Anniversary
by Thomas Doyle 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

2013 means I have been a ham for 50 years. YIKES ! In lieu of the many flowers and gifts you were planning on sending to me donate a couple of bucks to your favorite AMSAT project. 73 W9KE Tom Doyle

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ESA - Launch opportunitues for Canadian and European CubeSats
by Trevor . 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

See, ESA Call for Proposals: FLY YOUR SATELLITE! http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12412 Also on the AMSAT-UK site: Nigerian CubeSat – EregbuSAT http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12387 UKube-1 in The Herald newspaper http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12423 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/ Join or Renew your AMSAT-UK membership at http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_7/Membership-of-AMSAT-UK.html ----

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AMSAT-NA 30th Space Symposium and AMSAT-NA Meeting DVD
by Rick Walter 28 Jan '13

28 Jan '13

Has anyone received the member's DVD - "To compensate for the five issues not published in 2012" ... "Arrangements are now being made for distribution of Proceedings to our membership, most likely in the form of a DVD, (hopefully) before the end of 2012"? Rick -- Sent from Rick's gmail account

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K2BSA/5 on SO-50
by Tom Schuessler 27 Jan '13

27 Jan '13

Hi all, Please call K2BSA/5 on Saturday, February 2 as we activate the call from the National Scouting Museum for another Radio Merit Badge class day. The only satellite pass that will work for this day will be a local 60 degree, 1915Z AOS for SO-50. There will also be a station on HF on the Scout Frequencies most of the day from 1600Z to 2230Z, probably on 20 but we will see what propagation holds. Either on Satellite or HF, listen for us or give us a call and introduce the excitement of ham radio to some Scouts. Email me or call prior to 1500Z on Saturday the 2nd for any schedules. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP Irving Amateur Radio Club ScoutRadio coordinator 2713 Lake Gardens Drive Irving, Texas 75060 972-986-7456 214-403-1464 (Cell) n5hyp(a)arrl.net

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OSCAR 7 Video - PV8DX and EI5EV
by Trevor . 26 Jan '13

26 Jan '13

I liked this video from Paulo PV8DX that shows him working EI5EV. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12353 73 Trevor M5AKA

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AMSAT-NA HP?
by Mineo Wakita 26 Jan '13

26 Jan '13

Did a homepage of AMSAT-NA disappear? http://www.amsat.org/amsat/AmsatHome.html JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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UKube-1 CubeSat payload animation
by Trevor . 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

Animated video showing the UKube-1 CubeSat which carries a set of FUNcube boards. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12334 Also on the AMSAT-UK website: UK CubeSat Pulsed Plasma Thruster shown at CubeSat Workshop http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12318 PRISM CubeSat Photo Competition http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12301 Data Format for Korean OSSI CubeSat http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=12313 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK http://www.amsat-uk.org/ Join or Renew your AMSAT-UK membership at http://shop.amsat.org.uk/shop/category_7/Membership-of-AMSAT-UK.html ----

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Fun Cube dongle
by John / NS1Z 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

I just finished listening to two guys using TS 2000 rigs and one of them was using the Fun Cube Dongle. I would like to correspond with the FCDPP station about your setup as I have the same equipment here that I wouldd like to use.... Thanks

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Re: Bleep says wanted
by Armando Mercado 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

SRMSAT (object 37841) was active on CW at 1030z on 437.425. 73 Armando N8IGJ

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Satellite Explorer
by Thomas Doyle 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

'Satellite Explorer' is a Windows 8 app that runs on Intel based tablets, laptops and desktops as well as Windows RT tablets like the Microsoft Surface. It is available in the Windows Store - search for 'Satellite Explorer'. The app is of course free but if you find it of value please contribute something to your favorite AMSAT project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0-jPjpDoYs 73 W9KE Tom Doyle

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Re: Newsky dongle
by Mark Spencer 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

Scott, I too have just started playing with the NooElec SDR. One thing that hit me between the eyes is that the SDR is not very sensitive. I have had moderate success copying local two meter traffic and APRS signals on 144.390 by using a broad band preamp at the radio and also one at the antenna, with that arrangement the SDR hears much better. 73, Mark Mark Spencer, WA8SME Education and Technology Program Director ARRL, the national association for Amateur RadioTM 43 Pinelock Dr. Gales Ferry, CT 06335 860-381-5335 860-460-1139 (cell) mspencer(a)arrl.org

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