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by rgoldham＠sbcglobal.net 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

http://nareyari.t35.com/

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OT: Magellan Meridian Gold and APRS
by Jeff Yanko 18 Nov '10

18 Nov '10

Hi all, Somewhat a bit off topic to the birds but has anybody successfully combined a Magellan Meridian Gold GPS unit to a VHF transceiver? If so, please contact me off -BB. BTW, a couple weeks ago I was in the midst of trying to get the TM-D710A working with an odd split frequency, the ISS uplink/downlink to be more specific. I'm still in the process of working on that and should have favorable results soon. I'll keep you posted on that as well. Just wish I had more time on my hands. 73, Jeff WB3JFS

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Kenpro 500 parts?
by Tony 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

All, Can anyone tell me if the mounting hardware on the Yaesu 550 is the same as the old Kenpro KR-500? Anyone other than Yaesu selling parts for these units? Thanks, Tony -K2MO

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AMSAT Awards
by Bruce 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Here are the awards that I have processed over the last month or so. The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for making their first satellite QSO. Club Station, SP9PEX Rick Tejera, K7TEJ Merle Olmsted, AA4QE Zachary Beougher, KD8KSN George Heath, KF5IRG Anthony Sirianni, Sr., KD8OEE The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award. Ronald Oldham, N8RO #521 Ryan Case, KB9RID #522 Merle Olmsted, AA4QE #523 Zachary Beougher, KD8KSN #524 The following have earned the South Africa AMSAT Communications Achievement Award Ronald Oldham, N8RO #US152 Bob Herrell, AJ5C #US153 Ryan Case, KB9RID #US154 Merle Olmsted, AA4QE #US155 Zachary Beougher, KD8KSN #US156 The following have earned the AMSAT Sexagesimal Award Ronald Oldham, N8RO #154 Zachary Beougher, KD8KSN #155 Bob Herrell, AJ5C #156 Terry Moorby, VE3DIJ #157 The following have earned the AMSAT Century Club Award Nick Kucij, KB1RVT #40 The following have earned the W4AMI 5000 Satellite Communications Achievement award Zeljko Ulip, 9A2EY #25 To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes

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Re: Elmer1
by n8gbu 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

First question I have right off the bat is.What brand or kind of antenna is in expensive that I could use for a base antenna? I have the yaesu 5500 rotor. Also I an Arror portable antenna to take camping etc. Mike N8GBU

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Re: [amsat-dc] O/OREOS amateur radio beacon info
by Samudra Haque 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

ok, Launch Video links as follows: OREOS http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/smallsats/oreos/main/index.html http://www.spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/stps26/status.html Here's the live video feed on Spaceflightnow.com: http://www.spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/stps26/status.html Keps requested. 73 de N3RDX On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Robb Hill <vortextube(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Samudra, > > How will keplerian elements be distributed? That is always problem. When > something launches it doesn't always make it to hams very quickly. > > Also, is there a means for folks to monitor the launch? > > Thanks, > Robb > >

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RAX CubeSat Launch Announcement
by Matt Bennett 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Fellow Hams, The University of Michigan's Radio Aurora Explorer (RAX) CubeSat Team is excited to announce its launch THIS FRIDAY (November 19th) out of Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska! The satellite is a space weather science spacecraft carrying a 9600 baud UHF transceiver that will transmit telemetry in the amateur satellite bands. The satellite also carries a radar receiver on board capable of 1 MHz I/Q sampling of select bandwidths between 400-500 MHz, including the amateur satellite bands. The primary objective of the mission is to use the onboard radar receiver in conjunction with a powerful radar station in Alaska to study the formation of a plasma anomaly known for causing the scintillation of radio signals in the UHF and higher bands. This scintillation effect is known to inhibit our space radar tracking capabilities and ground-space communications. Studying this anomaly in this bi-static radar configuration (ground based transmitter, space-base receiver) will provide scientists with a better understanding of these anomalies that has not been achievable with ground radars alone. If you have an amateur satellite ground station, then we want you to be involved with our mission! We are looking for amateur ground stations to help acquire RAX's UHF beacon during the next few weeks of early launch and continue to help collect telemetry throughout the mission. We also want the AMSAT community to get involved with submitting proposals on how the radar receiver could be used for amateur radio experiments after the primary mission objective is achieved. We anticipate a call for proposals to be posted to the AMSAT-BB in the next few months. For up-to-date launch information, LIVE launch video, tracking and beacon information, TLEs, and beacon decoding software, please visit our website at http://rax.engin.umich.edu. Please check this website regularly for TLEs as TLEs will NOT be posted on the usual sites (Celestrak, Space-Track, etc) for spacecraft on this launch. Thank you very much for your attention! Please email me with any questions. Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, etc to get the latest updates on the launch, acquisition, and science operations! (see RAX webpage for links) Thanks and 73! Matt Bennett KF6RTB AMSAT MemberRAX Program Managerhttp://rax.engin.umich.edu

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Re: Most Wanted Grid Map - KB5WIA in DM17 next week
by David Palmer 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Speaking of rare grids, I'll be heading out to one of the "orange/reddish" ones in Death Valley early next week. Will try to work DM17dc and maybe even the DM16ex/DM17ea junction on Monday / Tuesday (Nov 22/23). Look for me on all FM / SSB sats, I don't know my exact schedule but I'll try to hit as many as I can. 73 de Dave KB5WIA On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 7:05 AM, Zachary Beougher <zack.kd8ksn(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi Michael! > > The gridmaps on K8YSE's website are a good indicator of what grids are > rare/not so rare on the birds. I would obviously not go based upon my > gridmaps on there, but someone like K8YSE, KO4MA, WD9EWK and N5AFV who have > been around awhile, if you see a common grid that has not been worked on > their gridmaps, you can bet it is a rare grid on the birds. Here is the > link just in case you don't have it: > http://www.papays.com/sat/gridmaps/gridmaps.html > > 73! > > Zack > KD8KSN

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Re: John Champa, K8OCL SK
by Rsoifer＠aol.com 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Hi, Like all others who knew him, I was saddened to learn of John's passing. As an executive vice president and director, he made many important contributions to AMSAT, quite a few of which were behind the scenes. John and I didn't always agree, but as Dee said on ANS, his opinions were always worth listening to. I learned a lot from him. John will be missed. 73, Ray W2RS

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Wide filter for a 910 in SSB mode?
by Graham Shirville 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Hi all, This may seem a dumb question but has anyone found a wide - say 6kHz bandwidth filter at 10.8MHz suitable for a 910H? Alternative question #1 - Does anyone know if the 9100 allows different bandwidths for each mode...there is a "filter" button on the front panel - not sure what it will do Alternative question #2 - for 9k6 BPSK operation we are trying to find a suitable readily available receiver - any ideas? The FUNcube dongle and Spectravue option is already acknowledged! many thanks Graham G3VZV

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Update: QRM on HO-68 on 20:57 UTC pass over UK
by P.H. 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Further to my posting of several days ago, I have just experienced similar QRM on FO-29 at 435.818 at 17.33 UTC At this time, with doppler correction taken into account that leaves the uplink around 145.915MHz just 10khz away from the QRM heard on November 10th This time it was a French station, after listening to my previous recording several times I was able to hear a French station on HO-68 also. 73 MI3EPN Pete

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Re: Most Wanted Grid Map and a quick thanks
by na2x＠yahoo.com 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

It was WB3JFS who collected the grid square needs, his summary is at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/200901/msg07220.html

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Please help us Track the FASTRAC satellites once they are launched Nov. 19th!!
by joe barkley 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Does Celestrak.com have these in their catalog yet. I found one named FAST but the elements did not seem to match up. Thanks Joe KI4TZ

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O/OREOS amateur radio beacon info
by Samudra Haque 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Hello AMSAT-NA and AMSAT-DC, I have been requested to spread the word to the amateur community for the O/OREOS 3U cubesat to be launched this Friday on a Minotaur IV from Kodiak Island, relayed from Dr. Pascale Ehrenfreund of The George Washington University, Space Policy Institute. AX.25 437.305 MHz Beacon decoding information: http://beacon.engr.scu.edu/BeaconProcessingSystem/OOREOSBeaconDecoding.pdf If you are able to capture the beacon telemetry, please take the time to file a report at http://beacon.engr.scu.edu/Submission.aspx which is an interface to the Beacon Data Processing System. The O/OREOS project is co-sponsored by Santa Clara University, Ohlone College and NASA Note the same system is used for reporting beacon data from GeneSat, PharmaSat and NanoSail-D. I am interested to hear about your attempts, and discuss the results, on the AMSAT-NA list. 73 de N3RDX Samudra Haque

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Most Wanted Grid Map and a quick thanks
by Michael Elliott 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Hello everyone, I have a sort of odd question which has been bouncing around in my mind. Back in the October issue of QST there was a map of the 6m grid squares that displayed a grid map with colored squares showing the most wanted to least wanted grids. I understand that the map was based on a survey of 6m users - but I was curious if there was anything similar for satellites? Also, I am sorry for the delay in sending this - but I wanted to thank Patrick, WD9EWK and Drew, KO4MA for the AO27 contacts this past Saturday. Our ARES group was helping with a county wide communications exercise assisting Emergency Services. During our late lunch we had a impromptu satellite demonstration. I had a hard time finding the satellite, but eventually made it. I mistakenly switched in to auto-mode in providing my grid information, we were actually located in EM85 instead of my home qth of EM95. My friend Mac, K3CLM tried to make it as well using his HT and Elk antenna. We had around 12 individuals watching the demo. Hopefully we will get more interested in operating the birds. Thanks again to Patrick and Drew. Michael, K4MOA

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Re: Most Wanted Grid Map and a quick thanks
by Tom 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

> Hello everyone, > > I have a sort of odd question which has been bouncing around in my mind. > > Back in the October issue of QST there was a map of the 6m grid squares that > displayed a grid map with colored squares showing the most wanted to least > wanted grids. I understand that the map was based on a survey of 6m users - > but I was curious if there was anything similar for satellites? > > <Snip> > > Michael, K4MOA Michael, there was some discussion a year or so ago here on amsat-bb about this. I'm sorry that I can't remember who it was but someone asked for input on what grid squares (via the birds) were needed by as many amsat-bb subscribers as possible. That person then compiled a listing which was a great start toward a colored map similar to that used with the FFMA 6 meter award. I contacted the person who created the FFMA map with the data and, after he spent some time perusing the numbers, he determined that much more data would be required. Incidentally, he used proprietary software to create the FFMA map. As far as I know nothing further has been done. Tom - K0TW

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Wisp and UTC Time
by Vincenzo Mone 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Hi folks, i would like to ask a question to the Wisp users. I am noticing that in the GSC software the difference between the local time and the UTC time is incorrect. The difference should be -2 hours but I can see just -1 hour difference. How to correct it? Thanks in advance. 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ********************************** ******* GSM +39 338 9749786 ******* ****** SMS +39 338 9749786 ****** ***** FAX +39 328 7244294 ***** *** 2nd e-mail: vimone(a)tin.it *** *********************************

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1st IAA Conference on University Satellites Missions and Cubesat Conference in Roma abstract deadline submission
by Group of Astrodynamics 17 Nov '10

17 Nov '10

Dear all, this is a reminder of the deadline of the abstract submission for the 1st IAA Conference on University Satellites Missions and Cubesat Conference which will be held in Roma on January 24-29, 2011. Submissions are due by December 18th. Early registration term is on January 10th, 2011. The conference is organized by GAUSS (Gruppo di Astrodinamica dell'Università degli Studi Sapienza - Group of Astrodynamics of Sapienza University), a team of professors, students and researchers from the School of Aerospace Engineering of Sapienza University of Roma. The Conference is supported by several authorities (the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA), the European Space Agency (ESA)), companies (Kosmotras), research centres (the Von Karman Institute (VKI), the Centro Ricerche Progetto San Marco) and universities (Sapienza Università di Roma, Morehead State University). Two days of the Conference will be entirely dedicated to the Winter Session of the Cubesat Workshop, for the first time in Europe. More information can be found at www.gaussteam.com under the section 'events'. We hope to see you in Roma in January!

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Solar Sail Mission To Launch Friday
by B J 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

http://spaceflightnow.com/minotaur/stps26/101116nanosail/ 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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FO-29 ON !!!
by Mineo Wakita 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

FO-29 turned ON at 07:46UTC, 16 Nov 2010 by the effort of the control station. JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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ARRL Worked All States
by Bruce 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

For those of you that have the ARRL Worked All States certificate. If you would like to apply for an AMSAT Award, I will accept a scanned copy of your Worked All States certificate as proof of 50 contacts towards any of our awards. This means, to earn the Sexagesimal Award (60 contacts) you would only need 10 VE call areas or DXCC entities to qualify for the award. Plus as a bonus, if you never submitted for the AMSAT Communication Achievement Award, you would also earn that with the same submission. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat

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AMSAT-UK FUNcube Videos
by Trevor . 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

A FUNcube developer meeting was held at the Martlesham Microwavers Round Table weekend, Nov 13-14, and videos are now available The three videos are: - Testing of the Solar Panels - RF and PA Boards on Test - Tour of the PA Board They can be seen at http://FUNcube.org.uk/working-meetings/cubesat-mtg-1314-nov-2010/#videos FUNcube website http://www.FUNcube.org.uk/ FUNcube SDR Dongle http://www.FUNcubeDongle.com/ FUNcube Yahoo Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FUNcube/ Getting started on Amateur Radio Satellites PDF http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/408/168/ AMSAT-UK publishes a colour A4 newsletter, OSCAR News, which is full of Amateur Satellite information. Join online at https://secure.amsat.org.uk/subs_form/ ---- 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Re: Wisp and UTC Time
by Mark L. Hammond 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Hello Enzo, From what I see, there is only 1 way to configure Wisp for time--a choice of Local or UTC. If the Local time is off, I bet it means something is wrong with the PC clock and the operating system. Do you have all the "day light savings" patches applied? And is the selected time zone in the operating system correct? Your clock can show the "right local" time, but be in the wrong time zone--and then your UTC clocks are wrong... I've never had clock troubles with Wisp under any Windows operating systems (from Win 3.1, Win95, Win2K, WinXP, and now Windows 7). Wow, guess I've been using Wisp a long time ;) It's been nearly 20 years since I helped beta test the first versions of it... 73! Mark N8MH At 08:45 PM 11/16/2010 +0100, Vincenzo Mone wrote: >Hi folks, >i would like to ask a question to the Wisp users. >I am noticing that in the GSC software the difference between the local time >and the >UTC time is incorrect. >The difference should be -2 hours but I can see just -1 hour difference. >How to correct it? >Thanks in advance. > > >73 de Enzo IK8OZV >EasyLog 5 BetaTester >EasyLog PDA BetaTester >WinBollet BetaTester >D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania >Skype: ik8ozv8520 > > > > > ********************************** > ******* GSM +39 338 9749786 ******* > ****** SMS +39 338 9749786 ****** > ***** FAX +39 328 7244294 ***** > *** 2nd e-mail: vimone(a)tin.it *** > ********************************* > > >_______________________________________________ >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 Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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MFJ
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Hey all go to http://w5kub.com/ and see a live tour of MFJ and log in to the live feed and you may win a prize WA4HFN Damon

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WD9EWK @ DM45 today
by Patrick STODDARD 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

Hi! I am in Flagstaff, Arizona, today. Not for radio stuff, but I am looking to work the AO27 and SO50 passes just after 2000 UTC from up here in DM45. With the great news from JE9PEL about FO29, I will try for the 2342 UTC pass and maybe even the 0126 UTC pass before returning home tonight. Not sure about the HO68 pass around 1751 UTC or the western AO27 and SO50 passes in the mid-afternoon; those will depend on how my day goes up here. I have my APRS HT running, and it should be visible at http://aprs.fi/wd9ewk-7 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Return Of Asteroid Material By Hayabusa Probe Confirmed
by B J 16 Nov '10

16 Nov '10

http://spacecoalition.com/blog/japan%e2%80%99s-hayabusa-probe-reportedly-co… http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2010/11/20101116_hayabusa_e.html A fitting end to an amazing mission. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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K8OCL SK
by Alan P. Biddle 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

I see at the League web site that John passed away. He was an AMSAT VP in the early 1980s. http://www.arrl.org/news/view/john-champa-k8ocl-sk Alan WA4SCA

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HO-68 Schedule 15-21 Nov 2010
by Alan Kung 15 Nov '10

15 Nov '10

UTC: 14 Nov 2010 ================================ 16:10...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India, Africa, Middle East, Europe,NA 16:55...Turn Off 18:00...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA,East Asia,Oceania 18:45...Turn Off 19:25...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Middle East,Europe,NA 20:10...Turn Off 22:00...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA,North Asia,East Asia, Oceania 22:45...Turn Off 15 Nov 2010 ================================ 01:50...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia, East Asia,South Asia 02:05...Turn Off 14:25...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA, South America 15:10...Turn Off 16:00...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Middle East,Europe,NA 16:45...Turn Off 17:45...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Middle East,Europe,NA 18:30...Turn Off 23:35...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA,East Asia,Oceania 24:20...Turn Off 16 Nov 2010 ================================= 01:32...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 01:46...Turn Off 09:40...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA,East Asia,Oceania 10:25...Turn Off 14:10...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe,NA,South America 14:55...Turn Off 17:25...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India, Africa,Europe,NA South America 18:10...Turn Off 19:10...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Middle East,Europe,NA 19:55...Turn Off 20:40...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Middle East,Europe,NA 21:25...Turn Off 23:15...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA,North Asia,East Asia,Oceania 00:00...Turn Off 17 Nov 2010 ================================= 01:16...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Asia,Oceania 01:29...Turn Off 13:55...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe,NA,South America 14:40...Turn Off 17:05...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,India,Middle East Europe,NA 17:55...Turn Off 18:55...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 19:40...Turn Off 20:20...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 21:05...Turn Off 18 Nov 2010 ================================ 23:45...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 00:30...Turn Off 02:38...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:52...Turn Off 13:35...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe, NA,South America 14:20...Turn Off 16:50...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Africa,Europe,NA 17:35...Turn Off 18:40...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Africa,Europe,NA 19:25...Turn Off 20:05...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 20:50...Turn Off 22:40...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA,North Asia, Oceania 23:25...Turn Off 19 Nov 2010 ================================ 02:29...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:45...Turn Off 13:20...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe, NA,South America 14:05...Turn Off 16:30...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 17:15...Turn Off 18:20...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Africa,Europe,NA 19:05...Turn Off 19:50...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 20:35...Turn Off 22:25...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia, South Asia,Oceania 23:10...Turn Off 20 Nov 2010 ================================ 02:09...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia Oceania 02:24...Turn Off 13:05...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe,NA,South America 13:50...Turn Off 16:15...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 17:00...Turn Off 18:05...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Africa,Europe,NA 18:50...Turn Off 19:30...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 20:15...Turn Off 22:10...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia, South Asia,Oceania 22:55...Turn Off 21 Nov 2010 ================================ 01:57...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia Oceania 02:12...Turn Off 12:45...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe,NA,South America 13:30...Turn Off 73 Alan Kung, BA1DU HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager www.camsat.cn

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ANS-318 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
by JoAnne Maenpaa 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-318 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: * AMSAT Amateur Radio Satellite Awards * Live Web Cast From MFJ on November 16 * Hams Like Science: Impact Earth Simulator For Your Shack * Hams Like Free Stuff: Download E-Book Understanding LF and HF Propagation * K8OCL, Silent Key * ARISS Status Report November 8, 2010 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-318.01 AMSAT Amateur Radio Satellite Awards AMSAT News Service Bulletin 318.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 14, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-318.01 AMSAT offer a range of Amateur Radio Satellite awards, starting with the single contact Satellite Communicator's Club. On the AMSAT bulletin board Clint Bradford, K6LCS, writes: AMSAT has offered several awards over the years. And you do not need 100 contacts to get awarded for your accomplishments: a single documented satellite contact qualifies you for the AMSAT Satellite Communicator's Club award! Current and past AMSAT awards include ... -Satellite Communicator's Club -Satellite Communications Achievement -South African AMSAT Award -OSCAR Sexagesimal Award -OSCAR Century Award -WA4AMI 1000 Award -WA4AMI 5000 Award -51 on 51 Achievement Award Details on the AMSAT awards available at ... http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/awards/ In addition, the ARRL recognizes satellite efforts, too, with their WAC, DXCC, WAS, and VUCC awards. - Worked All Continents Award (WAC) - Make one satellite contact with any station on each of the six continents. - DXCC Award with Satellite Endorsement - Make one satellite contact with any station in 100 different DXCC countries. - Worked All States Award - Make one satellite contact with any station in each of the 50 states. VHF/UHF Century Club Award - Make one satellite contact with any station in 100 different grid squares. Endorsements for each additional 25 grid squares. ARRL Awards information - http://www.arrl.org/awards/ Congratulations to these hams who have recently earned their VUCC Award with a Satellite Endorsement: VUCC Satellite #203 Bob Herrell, AJ5C VUCC Satellite #204 Zack Beougher, KD8KSN VUCC Satellite #205 Greg Butler, KI4OTG [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-318.02 Live Web Cast From MFJ on November 16 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 318.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 14, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-318.02 Tom, W5KUB will run a live web broadcast giving you a video guided tour of MFJ, Cushcraft, Hygain, Ameritron, Mirage, and Vectronics on Tuesday, November 16, starting at 0800 Central Standard Time, or 1400 UTC. Prizes will be given to lucky viewers. All you have to do is be logged in to be eligible for the drawings. You can log into view the web video and join the on-line hamradio chat via Tom's web page at: http://w5kub.com. You can also join the live chat by pointing your IRC client to /server irc.liveharmony.org and then /join #hamradio. Tom, W5KUB is well known for his live internet web casts from Dayton and from the Huntsville Hamfest every year. [ANS thanks Tom, W5KUB for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-318.03 Hams Like Science: Impact Earth Simulator For Your Shack AMSAT News Service Bulletin 318.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 14, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-318.03 UniverseToday.com reported on Impact Earth, an interesting web page for scientifically oriented readers who may like to predict the effects of an asteroid impact before it happens. All you have to do is input the parameters of the asteroid on the recently updated "Impact Earth" website: http://www.purdue.edu/impactearth You'll find out everything about what an impactor will do to Earth, including an estimate of the size of the crater, how far away you'll need to be in order to avoid being affected by the impact (and if that is possible), tsunami wave height, and other details of the subsequent disaster. This version does not predict if your amateur radio antenna will remain standing. The original Impact Earth website was created in 2002 for use by NASA and homeland security. The new version, built in a collaboration between Purdue University and Imperial College London, is more user-friendly for the general public, as well as providing more visual details of an impact. Besides being rather fun to play around with, the website is highly educational about what a various sized impacts would do Earth, depending on if it hit ground or water. [ANS thanks UniverseToday.com for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-318.04 Hams Like Free Stuff: Download E-Book Understanding LF and HF Propagation AMSAT News Service Bulletin 318.04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 14, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-318.04 Steve G0KYA and Alan G3NYK, of the Radio Society of Great Britain's (RSGB) Propagation Studies Committee, have released a free ebook called 'Understanding LF and HF Propagation' In 2008/2009 Steve and Alan wrote a series of features on LF and HF propagation for the RSGB's "RadCom" magazine. The features consisted of a month-by-month look at each HF band in turn, showing the reader the propagation modes behind each band and explaining some of the technicalities of ionospheric propagation. Steve says: "I looked at the D, E and F layers, Sporadic E, the MUF/LUF, using solar data, propagation programs, NVIS and much more. "Alan then took over and wrote three detailed features on LF propagation. We are told that the features were well received and as a result I have managed to persuade the RSGB to allow me to put them together into a single document, which is now freely available for amateurs worldwide to download." You can download your free copy of "Understanding LF and HF Propagation" at http://www.g0kya.blogspot.com [ANS thanks the SouthGateARC News Site for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-318.05 K8OCL, Silent Key AMSAT News Service Bulletin 318.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 14, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-318.05 Dee Interdonato, NB2F wrote this week, "It is with great sadness that I report Dr. John Champa, K8OCL, has become a silent key. I was friends with John since 1970 as we both served in the U.S. Army and were officers in the Ft. Gordon, Ga. Amateur radio club. His daughter, Rebecca, reported his passing after a formidable fight with an inoperable tumor." John was on the BOD of AMSAT for several years and will be remembered for his significant contribution to Amateur Radio in Space. Dee con- cluded, "He will be missed by all and his important opinions (to me) will allow me to keep his ideas alive and in the hearts of all AMSAT members." [ANS thanks Dee Interdonato, NB2F, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-318.06 ARISS Status Report November 8, 2010 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 318.06 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 14, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-318.06 1. Upcoming School Contact St. Louis Charter School, St. Louis, Missouri contact on Thursday, November 11 at 18:07 UTC. was a success St. Louis is a public charter school with an enrollment of 930 students in grades K - 8. Additional students are enrolled in the school's Special Education Self Contained Classrooms. The school has integrated the ARISS contact into its science curriculum which covers the solar system, space exploration and space missions. Students have taken part in several hands on activities and research papers to prepare for the contact. 2. Malaysian Contact Successful On Tuesday, November 2, students from S.K. Bukit Damansara visited the National Planetarium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) con- tact. The youth posed questions to astronaut Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC about what it is like to live in space. The contact was made in conjunction with the "Prime Minister's - National Space Challenge Trophy 2010" event. 3. Crew Debrief Held with Caldwell-Dyson Expedition 23/24 astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, KF5DBF participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) debrief session on Wednesday, November 3. The feedback she provided on the ISS Ham radio equipment and school contacts will aid the ARISS team in updating its program procedures. 4. Astronaut Training Status On Friday, November 5, Aki Hoshide, KE5DNI was given an ARISS overview training session and Suni Williams, KD5PLB was provided with a refresher course on the ARISS program. Both astronauts are slated to fly on Exped- ition 32. 5. Amateur Radio Newsline Covers ARISS On November 5, the Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1734 ran three ARISS related news items under Ham Radio in Space. "The ISS Celebrates its 10th Anniversary" talks about the crew members who have flown on the Space Station, many of whom were ham radio operators. "Second Ham Station for the ISS" covers the Ericsson radio which will be installed in the Col- umbus module in early 2011 and "ARISSat-1 Passes Safety Test" is a status on the satellite which will soon ship to Russia for final integration and testing. All stories may be found at: ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News/news.txt [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information] /EX 73, This week's ANS Editor, Dee Interdonato, NB2F nb2f at amsat dot org

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Re: AO-51
by Mark L. Hammond 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

Hello Enzo, As of right now, the satellite is still at 9k6 and the L-band uplink is active. My personal experience with digital uplink on L-band to AO-51 is similar to yours--it is difficult to get in. I find it takes considerable power. Others seem to get in just fine (VK5HI, ZS1LS). Please try adjusting your uplink. Some find 1268.705 works best, others say 1268.708. So it varies, please experiment over several kHz to what might work at your station. I will probably make the change to 38k4 around 2045 utc today, due to the way the passes are at my QTH. 73, Mark N8MH At 03:21 PM 11/14/2010 +0100, Vincenzo Mone wrote: >Hi folks, >i would like to know if AO-51 is workable via packet 9k6 or 38k4 baud. >Right now I had a good pass and it was still at 9k6 baud mode. >As I am using the wisp software, I have tried to TX to the bird >At 1268.705 Mhz at 9k6 baud but I did not get any response >>From the bird in DL at 435.150 Mhz. >The only packets I get is only a series of 5 or 6 numbers. >They are always the same series. >At this time as I was off from the satellites for about 5 or 6 months, >Now I do not know if it is normal or I have problems in uplink. >I also would like to know at what time the bird will be switched at 38k4 >baud because I >Have made the modifies to my TS-790E unfortunately when the old birds at >38k4, like >UO-22, KO-23, and others dropped down and could not try if the job was made >good. >This is the chance to check it. >Pleas any help for my questions above? >Thanks in advance. > >73 de Enzo IK8OZV >EasyLog 5 BetaTester >EasyLog PDA BetaTester >WinBollet BetaTester >D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania >Skype: ik8ozv8520 > > > > > ********************************** > ******* GSM +39 338 9749786 ******* > ****** SMS +39 338 9749786 ****** > ***** FAX +39 328 7244294 ***** > *** 2nd e-mail: vimone(a)tin.it *** > ********************************* > > >_______________________________________________ >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 Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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AMSAT Annual Meeting Slides Available
by JoAnne Maenpaa 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

Hello Everyone, A link has been added on http://www.amsat.org for you to view AMSAT President Barry Baines, WD4ASW Annual Meeting Presentation Slides (1.4 MB). -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9jkm(a)amsat.org Editor, AMSAT News Service Copy Editor, AMSAT Journal

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FW: [ans] ANS-318 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
by Dee 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-318 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: * AMSAT Amateur Radio Satellite Awards * Video Tour Live November 16 * Earth Impact Simulator * E-book on propagation * K8OCL, Silent Key * ARISS Status - 8 November 2010 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-318.01 AMSAT Amateur Radio Satellite Awards AMSAT News Service Bulletin 318.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 14, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-318.01 AMSAT offer a range of Amateur Radio Satellite awards, starting with the single contact Satellite Communicator's Club. On the AMSAT bulletin board Clint Bradford, K6LCS, writes: AMSAT has offered several awards over the years. And you do not need 100 contacts to get awarded for your accomplishments: a single documented satellite contact qualifies you for the AMSAT Satellite Communicator's Club award! Current and past AMSAT awards include ... -Satellite Communicator's Club -Satellite Communications Achievement -South African AMSAT Award -OSCAR Sexagesimal Award -OSCAR Century Award -WA4AMI 1000 Award -WA4AMI 5000 Award -51 on 51 Achievment Award Details on the AMSAT awards available at ... http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/awards/ In addition, the ARRL recognizes satellite efforts, too, with their WAC, DXCC, WAS, and VUCC awards. -Worked All Continents Award (WAC) - Make one satellite contact with any station on each of the six continents. -DXCC Award with Satellite Endorsement - Make one satellite contact with any station in 100 different DXCC countries. -Worked All States Award - Make one satellite contact with any station in each of the 50 states. VHF/UHF Century Club Award - Make one satellite contact with any station in 100 different grid squares. Endorsements for each additional 25 grid squares. ARRL Awards information - http://www.arrl.org/awards/ Congratulations to these hams who have recently earned their VUCC Award with a Satellite Endorsement: VUCC Satellite #203 Bob Herrell, AJ5C VUCC Satellite #204 Zack Beougher, KD8KSN VUCC Satellite #205 Greg Butler, KI4OTG [ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-318.02 Video Tour Live November 16 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 318.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 14, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-318.02 Tom, W5KUB puts on an excellent show and I bet most AMSAT members would be happy to tune in even though this is news isn't specifically satellite related ... Tom is an AMSAT member. Live Web Cast From MFJ on November 16 Tom, W5KUB will run a live web broadcast giving you a video guided tour of MFJ, Cushcraft, Hygain, Ameritron, Mirage, and Vectronics on Tuesday, November 16, starting at 0800 Central Standard Time, or 1400 UTC. Prizes will be given to lucky viewers. All you have to do is be logged in to be eligible for the drawings. You can log into view the web video and join the on-line hamradio chat via Tom's web page at: http://w5kub.com. You can also join the live chat by pointing your IRC client to /server irc.liveharmony.org and then /join #hamradio. Tom, W5KUB is well known for his live internet web casts from Dayton and from the Huntsville Hamfest every year. [ANS thanks Tom, K5KUB for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-318.03 Earth Impact Simulator AMSAT News Service Bulletin 318.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 14, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-318.03 Hams Like Science: Impact Earth Simulator For Your Shack UniverseToday.com reported on Impact Earth, an interesting web page for scientifically oriented readers who may like to predict the effects of an asteroid impact before it happens. All you have to do is input the parameters of the asteroid on the recently updated "Impact Earth" website: http://www.purdue.edu/impactearth You'll find out everything about what an impactor will do to Earth, including an estimate of the size of the crater, how far away you'll need to be in order to avoid being affected by the impact (and if that is possible), tsunami wave height, and other details of the subsequent disaster. This version does not predict if your amateur radio antenna will remain standing. The original Impact Earth website was created in 2002 for use by NASA and homeland security. The new version, built in a collabora- tion between Purdue University and Imperial College London, is more user-friendly for the general public, as well as providing more visual details of an impact. Besides being rather fun to play around with, the website is highly educational about what a various sized impacts would do Earth, depending on if it hit ground or water. [ANS thanks UniverseToday.com for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-318.04 E-book on propagation AMSAT News Service Bulletin 318.04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 14, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-318.04 Hams Like Free Stuff: Download E-Book Understanding LF and HF Propagation Steve G0KYA and Alan G3NYK, of the Radio Society of Great Britain's (RSGB) Propagation Studies Committee, have released a free ebook called 'Understanding LF and HF Propagation' In 2008/2009 Steve and Alan wrote a series of features on LF and HF propagation for the RSGB's "RadCom" magazine. The features consisted of a month-by-month look at each HF band in turn, showing the reader the propagation modes behind each band and explaining some of the technicalities of ionospheric propagation. Steve says: "I looked at the D, E and F layers, Sporadic E, the MUF/LUF, using solar data, propagation programs, NVIS and much more. "Alan then took over and wrote three detailed features on LF propagation. We are told that the features were well received and as a result I have managed to persuade the RSGB to allow me to put them together into a single document, which is now freely available for amateurs worldwide to download." You can download your free copy of "Understanding LF and HF Propagation" at http://www.g0kya.blogspot.com [ANS thanks the SouthGateARC News Site for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-318.05 K8OCL, Silent Key AMSAT News Service Bulletin 318.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 14, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-318.05 It is with great sadness that I report Dr. John Champa, K8OCL, has become a silent key. I was friends with John since 1970 as we both served in the U.S. Army and were officers in The Ft. Gordon, Ga. Amateur radio club. His daughter, Rebecca, reported his passing after a formidable fight with an inoperable Tumor. I know he was on the BOD of AMSAT for several years and framed many important contributions and avenues for Projects undertaken. He will be missed by all and his important opinions (to me) will allow me to keep his ideas alive and in the hearts of all AMSAT members. [ANS thanks Dee Interdonato, NB2F, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-318.06 (ARISS) Status Report November 8, 2010 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 318.06 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 14, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-318.06 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report November 8, 2010 1. Upcoming School Contact St. Louis Charter School, St. Louis, Missouri contact on Thursday, November 11 at 18:07 UTC. was a success St. Louis is a public charter school with an enrollment of 930 students in grades K - 8. Additional students are enrolled in the school's Special Education Self Contained Classrooms. The school has integrated the ARISS contact into its science curriculum which covers the solar system, space exploration and space missions. Students have taken part in several hands on activities and research papers to prepare for the contact. 2. Malaysian Contact Successful On Tuesday, November 2, students from S.K. Bukit Damansara visited the National Planetarium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact. The youth posed questions to astronaut Doug Wheelock, KF5BOC about what it is like to live in space. The contact was made in conjunction with the "Prime Minister's - National Space Challenge Trophy 2010" event. 3. Crew Debrief Held with Caldwell-Dyson Expedition 23/24 astronaut Tracy Caldwell-Dyson, KF5DBF participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) debrief session on Wednesday, November 3. The feedback she provided on the ISS Ham radio equipment and school contacts will aid the ARISS team in updating its program procedures. 4. Astronaut Training Status On Friday, November 5, Aki Hoshide, KE5DNI was given an ARISS overview training session and Suni Williams, KD5PLB was provided with a refresher course on the ARISS program. Both astronauts are slated to fly on Expedition 32. 5. Amateur Radio Newsline Covers ARISS On November 5, the Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1734 ran three ARISS related news items under Ham Radio in Space. "The ISS Celebrates its 10th Anniversary" talks about the crew members who have flown on the Space Station, many of whom were ham radio operators. "Second Ham Station for the ISS" covers the Ericsson radio which will be installed in the Columbus module in early 2011 and "ARISSat-1 Passes Safety Test" is a status on the satellite which will soon ship to Russia for final integration and testing. All stories may be found at: ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News/news.txt [ANS thanks Yutaka Carol, KB3LKI for the above information] /EX 73, This week's ANS Editor, Dee Interdonato, NB2F nb2f at amsat dot org

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AO-51
by Vincenzo Mone 14 Nov '10

14 Nov '10

Hi folks, i would like to know if AO-51 is workable via packet 9k6 or 38k4 baud. Right now I had a good pass and it was still at 9k6 baud mode. As I am using the wisp software, I have tried to TX to the bird At 1268.705 Mhz at 9k6 baud but I did not get any response >From the bird in DL at 435.150 Mhz. The only packets I get is only a series of 5 or 6 numbers. They are always the same series. At this time as I was off from the satellites for about 5 or 6 months, Now I do not know if it is normal or I have problems in uplink. I also would like to know at what time the bird will be switched at 38k4 baud because I Have made the modifies to my TS-790E unfortunately when the old birds at 38k4, like UO-22, KO-23, and others dropped down and could not try if the job was made good. This is the chance to check it. Pleas any help for my questions above? Thanks in advance. 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ********************************** ******* GSM +39 338 9749786 ******* ****** SMS +39 338 9749786 ****** ***** FAX +39 328 7244294 ***** *** 2nd e-mail: vimone(a)tin.it *** *********************************

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Re: Satillite News
by Stuart Balanger 13 Nov '10

13 Nov '10

*Hi all, I read that someone asked if there is any other place where one can hear or read about "Satillite News, & I can say "Yes", If someone in a Amateur Radio club who "airs AR Newsline" on their 2Mrepeater, that contains some "Satillite news" For AAR Newsline" go to www.arnewsline.org & it is dated each Friday, & can be downloaded, & the "Ham" who does it is on the Mt. Beacon ARC "AR Newsline" is "Finn" WB2UWU, & am sure he is on "arrl.net" 73,.Stu (WA2BSS) PS There is also the "AMSAT 20 Meter Int'l HF Net every Sunnday afternoon @ 1800 UTC starting w/ Q & A (1 Hr.,) & @ 1900 UTC are the Bullitins (1st. 1/2 hr beamed to east coast, & 2nd.1/2 hr beamed to west coast, & the Freq. is:14.282 MHz. (USB)! *

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Next "HV Satcom" Net!
by Stuart Balanger 13 Nov '10

13 Nov '10

*Hi all, The next "HV Satcom" net is Thur. Dec. 9! There will not be a "HV Satcom" Net on Nov. 25, due to it being Thanksgiving Day (Here in America) Go to: www.hvsatcom.org for more info, & listen to past recordings. 73,.Stu (WA2bss) *

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EN81 on Sunday afternoon
by John Papay 13 Nov '10

13 Nov '10

I will be operating from EN81 on the 1921z pass of AO-27, 14 November. I may also be on the following SO-50 pass at 1928z. It's not a very rare grid but WA4HFN needs it so that's why I am going there. If you work me and need confirmation, just send an email and I'll qsl; no return card needed. 73, John K8YSE

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Re: AO-7 Mode A Antennas
by John Neeley 13 Nov '10

13 Nov '10

In my reference to my thread of last month concerning what folks were using for AO-7 Mode A RX antennas (29.45mhz), just about everyone had a different type, from CB mobile whips to Cubical Quads. In my quest to build something simple, that I hoped would fit my property footprint, I came up with a Vertical Wire Dipole, housed inside some PVC which is mounted against the wooden property fence. This antenna has seemed to work fairly well, and I've had numerous contacts using it. It seems to fit my bill and wallet also. No preamp is used at the antenna, which I am sure would/could help some, as only feeding this antenna with 50' of RG-58/u coax to the FT-847 transceiver. I have noticed that sometimes I hear the other station quite well, whereas I just barely can hear my own signal coming back on the downlink. I really think this is due to my uplink antenna which consists of just a single Arrow with the 2m elements in the horizontal plane. Unknown if it would improve if vertical, but too it could be a problem from RH to LH polarization, which I noticed when I still had my KLM's (which I should have never let go....). Anyway, for those looking for an easy downlink Mode A antenna, this vertical seems to fit the bill, at least for me. photo at: http://i863.photobucket.com/albums/ab199/W6ZKHJOHN/NewImage.jpg John W6ZKH DM06

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will operate tonight's SO-50 pass over FN42 at 2342 EST / 0442 Z
by Chris Danis 13 Nov '10

13 Nov '10

I'm really hankering to make some satellite contacts ASAP. Looks like the last workable pass of the evening over my location is for SO-50 at 23:42 EST, or 04:42 UTC. Looks like a nice pass, 60+ degrees max elevation. I'll be giving it a shot. Rick and Jeremy, I cc'd you because you offered a sked. Sorry for the late notice! If you can't make this time, don't worry at all -- I'll be trying again over the weekend, and will give more than an hour's heads-up next time. And Rick, I *think* the first few minutes of the pass has you in the footprint, but I'm not sure. Thanks again, all! & 73 -chris N2YYZ FN42

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AO-7 mode Switch time
by Bob- W7LRD 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

FYI-AO-7 switched from mode B to A right at 2321Z. Right in the middle of a qso. The old bucket of bolts seems to pretty good time. 73 Bob W7LRD

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WAS
by Bob Herrell 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Congratulations Loren, K7CWQ for receiving Satellite WAS #323. Excellent!!! 73, Bob Herrell...AJ5C Satellite WAS #321 Satellite VUCC #203

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DN34/35 and DN24/25
by KERRY LA*DUKE 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

All, I plan to operate from DN24,25,34,35 starting with the AO27 pass at 1950Z on November13, 2010. I will operate AO27, SO50, AO51. HO68 may be in FM mode on Sunday. There is a possibility I will be operating on some earlier passes on November 13 depending on travel time. I wil try and operate some passes on November 14 starting with AO51 at 1247Z. I will be in DN35 first, then try and operate from the gridline of DN24/34 and finally, in DN25. I may operate some from DN36 also. 73 WC7V Kerry

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SO-50 pass over FN42 at 12:25a local / 0525Z
by Chris Danis 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Was anyone working SO-50 during its pass over FN42 at 12:25a Eastern / 05:25 UTC? I just finished constructing a WA5VJB yagi just a few hours ago. Was listening on the downlink during the pass but heard nothing. (Didn't try transmitting.) Maybe no one was on, maybe the downlink is shifted off frequency slightly (I see a note of reports of this in the AMSAT Status page for the bird), or maybe my setup is just broken (very possible -- it's all new and I don't know what I'm doing!). In any case, I'll be trying some other passes of FM sats tomorrow. vy 73 -chris N2YYZ

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How to work SO-67 with a TS-790E
by Vincenzo Mone 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Hi folks, tonight for the first time i heard SO-67 and with difficult I could work TA7OM. Checking the frequencies on the Amsa.org site, I can read that on the uplink I have to use FM NARROW. I own a ts-790E and would like to know how to set the FM NARROW Or do I need a filter? If I need a filter what it is the name? Thanks in advance 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ********************************** ******* GSM +39 338 9749786 ******* ****** SMS +39 338 9749786 ****** ***** FAX +39 328 7244294 ***** *** 2nd e-mail: vimone(a)tin.it *** *********************************

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WAS
by Peter Portanova 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Loren, What a noteworthy achievement, and a shinning example for others who believe a big antenna and power is sometimes what it takes. I'm sure you have many "driveway stories" to share, please consider an AMSAT article on your exploits! Congratulations. 73- Pete WB2OQQ www.massapequanyweather.com

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Satellite WAS # 323
by Loren 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

I have received Satellite WAS #323 from ARRL. And I am jazzed. My first contact was on 11-6-2009, with K8YSE. All of my contacts have been with an HT and an Arrow, from my driveway. I would like to thank all the hams who sent the cards that allowed me to get this award. I have needed help in this pursuit, and have been fortunate to get help and good advice from a number of Sat Ops. I need to go and pick up a frame. Thanks again. 73 Loren k7cwq CN94

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HRD Rotator Program
by Merle Olmsted 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Has anyone successfully used the HRD rotator program to drive the LVB tracker? Is so, what rotator listing in the HRD rotator list did you use? Merle, AA4QE

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(no subject)
by rgoldham＠sbcglobal.net 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

http://qenevaz.tripod.com/

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Launch opportunity
by jmfranke 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

http://www.nasa.gov/directorates/somd/home/CubeSats_initiative.html John WA4WDL

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solar flare earth bound
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

EARTH-DIRECTED ERUPTION: Active sunspot 1123 erupted during the early hours of Nov. 12th, producing a C4-class solar flare and apparently hurling a filament of material in the general direction of Earth. Click on the image to play a three and a half hour (0000 - 0330 UT) time lapse movie of the event: from space weather.com WA4HFN Damon

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38k4 packet operations on AO-51 Nov 14-18, 2010
by Mark L. Hammond 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Hello All, Just a reminder that we'll be running a few days of 38k4 packet beginning Sunday afternoon/evening until Thursday afternoon/evening, as per the schedule below. Note the voice repeater will be OFF. Please keep in mind that receiving packet at 38k4 requires more than your "stock" FM receiver and TNC. Generally speaking, folks are using a Symek board installed in their satellite radio to tap the IF which is then fed to a high speed TNC. Other options for a receiver include a PCR-1000/1500/2500 in FM mode with filters set to 50 kHz (NOT Wide-FM) (I think that's the right filter width). Please remember Douglas Quagliana's KA2UPW soundcard decoder (as presented in the AMSAT Journal a few issues back) that can be downloaded here: http://www.quagliana.com/ Look for Willow and Sabins. I suggest you get the software and test it out at 9600 before you attempt 38,400, so to become familiar with how it works with your receiver. It does work at 38k4--but remember you must have an appropriate receiver! It is possible to use some of the SDR stuff I'm sure, if you record with your SDR software and play back through KA2UPW's Willow program. I have a few options in my shack, as I've been running 38k4 since the good old UoSat days: Receivers capable of 38k4 (up to 76k, actually): TS-2000x with Symek IF board TS-790A with Symek IF board Icom PCR-1500 For decoding: Paccomm Spirit/Sprint-2 Satellite TNC models with 38k4 filters installed Willow My preferred combination is the TS-2000x with Symek IF board feeding a Pacomm Sprint-2 satellite model. I seem to get the best performance out of this combo. Here's a reminder of the schedule: November 14 (late UTC) 38k4 Baud PBBS Operations, L/U Uplink: 1268.705 MHz FM at 9600 baud Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM at 38,400 baud November 18 (late UTC) FM Repeater, L/SU Uplink: 1268.705 MHz FM (no PL tone) Downlinks: 2401.200 MHz FM *and* 435.300 MHz FM (at low power!) 73! -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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AMSAT Forum time change
by Doug Kuitula 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Hi all, I just noticed that the AMSAT Forum at the Fort Wayne, Ind. Hamfest has been changed to 12:15 pm on Saturday Nov. 13 For more info check: www.fortwaynehamfest.com 73 de Doug KA8QCU

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Re: FO-29 PDF file
by Mineo Wakita 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Thank you very much. I posted a new article on my HP as follows. http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/fo29esti.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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Log Book Recommendations
by Jeremy Kiehner 12 Nov '10

12 Nov '10

Hi all, Playing with some log book software I found online through DXZone and other sources. Nothing so far seems to be geared, or even suited to satellite work, meaning; They all have one frequency field, few have satellite as a propagation, few track grids and states worked, etc. What I'm hoping to find is a log book that's Satellite and Earth-Earth friendly that'll track VUCC, WAS, and misc other awards (even if I must add them and parameters myself) and that'll allow me a Tx and Rx frequency field along with Satellite prop and which bird worked and integration with LotW and eQSL would be nice. (I know, I may be asking a bit much H-I) Google is a bit over whelming and time consuming to sift through, download, trial, and ultimately uninstall each piece of software I find. So what do you all use? I'm open to suggestions as I'm sure this may help others who are curious. 73 de KB3DLP / FM19rw

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QRM on HO-68 on 20:57 UTC pass over UK
by P.H. 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

Alan BA1DU et al, While monitoring HO-68 with my RFSpace SDR-IP on the 20:57 UTC pass tonight at the lower end of the passband I was very surprised to see what looked like a FM signal. After tuning in I am able to hear someone with what sounds like an English accent! It was definitley coming from the satellite, as it was affected by the same doppler shift as the SSB signals coming from it. It sounds like the users in question have no idea they are causing QRM, they certainly aren't calling satellite, however do sound like amateurs and not pirates or commercial traffic. Taking doppler into account on the downlink, I calculate that the users were transmitting around about 145.925MHz Did anyone else notice this? I have an IQ recording, if anyone is interested in having a look I could try to shrink it small enough to send - there are no callsigns at any time during the short 5 minute recording. Also, my receive antenna doesn't currently track, so the signal is quite weak for most of the pass. 73 MI3EPN Pete

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Weekly ANS Bulletin question
by Dave Webb KB1PVH 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

I hope I don't get lynched for asking this question, but here it goes. Why do I have to go to QRZ.COM to read the weekly AMSAT News Report? I know it used to be posted on the BB. Is there an issue with doing that? It was very handy having it that way. Dave - KB1PVH Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID

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ANS-311 Weekly Bulletins
by Gould Smith 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-311 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: * November AO-51 Schedule * Hudson Valley SatCom Net * November 15 Deadline for NASA CubeSat Initiative Proposal * AMSAT-UK FUNcube Frequencies Now Confirmed * FO-29 Status Update * OSCAR-11 REPORT 31 October 2010 * ARISS Status - 1 November 2010 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.01 November AO-51 Schedule AMSAT News Service Bulletin 311.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 7, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-311.01 AMSAT-NA VP Operations, Drew KO4MA published the November schedule for AO-51. Drew wrote, "This month we are catching up on several requests for L, S and even 38k4 BBS time. In January AO-51 leaves continuous illumination for many years and many of these modes may not be possible due to power budget and battery condition. However, if we find these modes under used this month, we may modify the sched- ule as we go. October 31 (late UTC) FM Repeater, L/SU Uplink: 1268.705 MHz FM (no PL tone) Downlinks: 2401.200 MHz FM and 435.300 MHz FM (at low power!) November 4 (late UTC) FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM (no PL tone) Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 9k6 Baud PBBS Operations, L/U Uplink: 1268.705 MHz FM at 9600 baud Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM at 9600 baud November 14 (late UTC) 38k4 Baud PBBS Operations, L/U Uplink: 1268.705 MHz FM at 9600 baud Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM at 38,400 baud November 18 (late UTC) FM Repeater, L/SU Uplink: 1268.705 MHz FM (no PL tone) Downlinks: 2401.200 MHz FM and 435.300 MHz FM (at low power!) November 21 (late UTC) FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM (no PL tone) Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 9k6 Baud PBBS Operations, L/U Uplink: 1268.705 MHz FM at 9600 baud Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM at 9600 baud SO-67 is active over North and South America this month, according to the schedule at http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ . V/U users of AO-51 are encouraged to try SO-67 while AO-51 is in mode L/US. Read the latest AO-51 Control Team News on the AMSAT web at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php [ANS thanks Drew, KO4MA for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.02 Hudson Valley SatCom Net AMSAT News Service Bulletin 311.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 7, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-311.02 The next Hudson Valley Sat com Net will be Thursday Noveber 11 on the Mt. Beacon ARC 146.970 MH repeater and on EchoLink via the N2EYH-L node. Net starts at 8PM EST (UTC - 5). More information is available at http://www.hvsatcom.org and wa2aqh(a)amsat.org. [ANS thanks Stu, WA2BSS for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.03 November 15 Deadline for NASA CubeSat Initiative Proposal AMSAT News Service Bulletin 311.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 7, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-311.03 NASA made the first open announcement to create an agency-prioritized list of available CubeSat auxiliary payloads in April 2010. Additional CubeSat launch capacity is still available in 2011 and 2012, so NASA released a second announcement of CubeSat integration and launch oppor- tunities. CubeSat mission proposers must still be educational institu- tions and contribute to NASA strategic goals and outcomes. Investigations proposed for this pilot project must address an aspect of science, exploration, technology development, education or opera- tions encompassed by NASA's strategic goals and outcomes as identified in the NASA Strategic Plan and/or NASA's Education Strategic Coordina- tion Framework. Collaborators may be required to provide partial reimbursement of approximately $30,000 per CubeSat. NASA will not provide funding to support CubeSat activity or development. Selection does not guarantee an availability of a launch opportunity. The complete CubeSat Launch Initiative Announcement can be viewed on-line at NASA.gov at http://tinyurl.com/2b97n6r. [ANS thanks NASA for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.04 AMSAT-UK FUNcube Frequencies Now Confirmed AMSAT News Service Bulletin 311.04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 7, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-311.04 Trevor, M5AKA reported the IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination panel has announced coordinated frequencies for the AMSAT-UK FUNcube 1U CubeSat. The frequencies are: Inverting linear transponder: Uplink 435.080 - 435.060 MHz Downlink 145.960 - 145.980 MHz Beacon 145.955 MHz CW and 1200 bps BPSK FUNcube website http://www.FUNcube.org.uk/ FUNcube SDR Dongle http://www.FUNcubeDongle.com/ FUNcube Yahoo Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FUNcube/ [ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA and AMSAT-UK for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.05 FO-29 Status Update AMSAT News Service Bulletin 311.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 7, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-311.05 Yutaka Murata, JA1COU reported news from the Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) FO-29 command team testing this past weekend when continuous commands were transmitted to the satellite when it was in range of Japan. The current hypothesis of the recent shutdown of the satellite is that the temperature aboard FO-29 is too high to allow continuous operations and to accept commands or any other satellite operations. Eclipse of FO-29 is: November 1 0% (full illumination) November 20 14% November 30 17% It is expected that the temperature aboard FO-29 will drop as the length of eclipse increases. FO-29 is designed to work over a wide temperature range. Because of degradation over time in orbit it is possible that some components may have lower performance. The JARL Command Team hopes that FO-29 will accept commands and resume operation when the temperature cools down during increased eclipse. [ANS thanks Yutaka Murata, JA1COU for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.06 OSCAR-11 REPORT 31 October 2010 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 311.06 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 7, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-311.06 This report covers the period from 30 September to 31 October 2010. During this time the satellite has been heard from 09 to 19 October and from 30 October. At the time of writing it is transmitting and is expected to continue until 09 November. Excellent signals have been reported from stations located around the world, and good copy obtained from decoded telemetry frames. The satellite is now transmitting during eclipses, although signals are weaker at those times. This indicates that there is still some capacity remaining in the battery. The on-board clock is now very stable. It gained only ten seconds in 33 days. This is comparable with its accuracy when the satellite was fully operational, when it gained approximately one minute per year. However, there is still an accumulated loss of 309 days, which has occurred during eclipses of the last few years. Operation during eclipses and stability of the on-board clock suggest that some part of the system may have recently failed 'open circuit' thus reducing the overall power drain of the system, and allowing more power to be available during eclipses. There was an unexplained current drain observed when analogue telemetry was last transmitted. This fault might have cleared. The Beacon frequencies are - VHF 145.826 MHz. AFSK FM ASCII Telemetry UHF 435.025 MHz. OFF S-band 2401.5 MHz. OFF Reception reports have been received from Jeff N3QO, Rod CX2ABP and Ian KI4HLV/6Y5 (G4JMM) . Many thanks for those and to everyone who posted reports on the satellite status website. This is a very convenient and easy to use facility, which shows the current status of all the amateur satellites. Strongly recommended for future reports! Reports around the expected times of switch-on and switch-off are of special interest. The URL is http://oscar.dcarr.org/index.php OSCAR-11 transmits on 145.826 MHz., set receiver to NBFM. The satellite has a characteristic sound, rather like raspy slow morse code, sending "di di dah dah dah dah dah dah dah" sent over a period of five seconds. If you are receiving a very weak signal, switch the receiver to CW or SSB. You should hear several sidebands around the carrier frequency and should be able to hear the characteristic 'morse code like' sound on at least one sideband. Please note that you need a clean noise-free signal to decode the signals, and your receiver must be set to NBFM mode, for a decoder to work. If you need to know what OSCAR-11 sounds like, there is an audio clip on my website www.g3cwv.co.uk/ which may be useful for identification and as a test signal for decoding. The current status of the satellite, is that all the analogue telemetry channels, 0 to 59 are zero, ie they have failed. The status channels 60 to 67 are still working. The real time clock is showing a large accumulated error, but is now incrementing accurately to within a few seconds per month. The day of the month has a bit stuck at 'one' so the day of the month may show an error of +40 days for some dates. The time display has switched into 12 hour mode. Unfortunately, there is no AM/PM indicator, since the time display format was designed for 24 hour mode. The spacecraft computer and active attitude control system have switched OFF, ie. the satellite' attitude is controlled only by the passive gravity boom gradient, and the satellite is free to spin at any speed. The watchdog timer operates on a 20 day cycle. The ON/OFF times have tended to be very consistent. The average of many observations have shown this to be 20.7 days, ie. 10.3 day s ON followed by 10.4 days OFF. Listeners to OSCAR-11 may be interested in visiting my website. If you need to know what OSCAR-11 should sound like, there is a short audio clip for you to hear. The last telemetry received from the satellite is available for download. The website contains an archive of news & telemetry data which is updated from time to time. It also contains details about using a sound card or hardware demodulators for data capture. There is software for capturing data, and decoding ASCII telemetry. The URL is www.g3cwv.co.uk . If you place this bulletin on a terrestrial packet network, please use the bulletin identifier $BID:U2RPT150.CWV, to prevent duplication. 73 Clive G3CWV xxxxx(a)amsat.org (please replace xxxxx by g3cwv) [ANS thanks Clive, G3CWV, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-311.07 ARISS Status - 1 November 2010 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 311.07 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. November 7, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-311.07 1. Successful ARISS Contact with Funakata Elementary On Friday, October 29, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held between students from Funakata Elementary School in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan and astronaut Shannon Walker, KD5DXB on the International Space Station (ISS). The youth were able to get in 16 questions before the ISS went over the horizon. Approximately seventy students, guests and media were present. 2. Astronaut Training Status Astronauts Joe Acaba, KE5DAR and Aki Hoshide, KE5DNI participated in simulated ARISS school contacts with students attending Ralph McCall School in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada on Tuesday, October 26. The training sessions were terrestrial-based amateur radio contacts using ARISS equivalent equipment. Acaba, who is slated to fly with Expedition 31, also had an ARISS refresher course on Wednesday, October 27 for his upcoming mission in 2012. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73, This week's ANS Editor, Lee McLamb, KU4OS ku4os at amsat dot org

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Hudson Valley Satcom Group Nettonight Nov.11 at 8PM on N2EYH-L Echolink
by Cotejaune2＠aol.com 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

Hello everyone and it is time for our Net Nov 11 at 8 PM EST on N2EYH-L Node 429079 or on the MT. Beacon repeater 146.970 pl 100. Please join us for the Net. We usually have a Amsat Area coordinator on the net to answer any questions you may have.Hope to hear you there. 73 Gary WA2AQH

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Re: Weekly ANS Bulletin question
by Dave Webb KB1PVH 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

No Nigel, I haven't tried the AMSAT website. Like I said in my original post, it used to be posted on the BB. Is was convenient to have it come in an email. If it gets submitted to QRZ, wouldn't it be easy enough to add the BB to the recipient list when it goes out? Dave - KB1PVH Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID On Nov 11, 2010 12:37 PM, "Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF" <nigel(a)ngunn.net> wrote: > Have you tried the Amsat web site? > > > On 11-Nov-10 17:25, Dave Webb KB1PVH wrote: >> I hope I don't get lynched for asking this question, but here it goes. Why >> do I have to go to QRZ.COM to read the weekly AMSAT News Report? I know it >> used to be posted on the BB. Is there an issue with doing that? It was very >> handy having it that way. >> >> Dave - KB1PVH >> >> >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > -- > Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937 825 5032 > Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF 9H3GN), e-mail nigel(a)ngunn.net www http://www.ngunn.net > Member of ARRL, GQRP #11396, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP Club International #385, > Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, AMSAT-UK 0182, MKARS, ALC, GCARES, XWARN, EAA382. >

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FO-29 PDF file
by Mineo Wakita 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

I translated the following article into Japanese last year. > FO29's Frequency Variability and Spacecraft Temperature > by James A. DeYoung, N8OQ (ex KG4QWC) > The AMSAT Journal March/April 2009 http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ei7m-wkt/numbr637.htm However, I lost this original article of a PDF file. Does someone has this file? JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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IC-251A
by Bob- W7LRD 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

I have an oldie but a goodie IC-251A 2M all mode transceiver for sale http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hammulti/251a.html contact off list. 73 Bob W7LRD

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Elmer
by Michael 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

A little more background. I have always wanted to receive weather satellite images since I was a teenager. I made the Dayton trip and with the help of a friend I was able to cover a lot. I was intrigued by the ARRL's exhibit and talked to staff there which changed the way I viewed satellites. I always thought they were pretty good size. I then went to the AMSAT booth asked questions there and bought a book they recommended. I joined AMSAT when I got home and bought a few more publications and the tracking software. That's when the confusion started..lol

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Looking for an Elmer!
by Michael 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

I'm very new to satellite and looking for an Elmer to help educate me a bit and answer my questions. I have some equipment now and was hoping to get everything going here before winter really hits us here!

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Re: Elmer
by Michael 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

Sorry my call is N8GBU I'm a general class but do to health issues I haven't been able to operate for several years. I'm located in Toledo, Ohio. I'm basically stuck on what antenna's or antenna to buy. For home use....I have Arrows satellite antenna that fits on a tripod and an H.T. to go with it. I have the Yaesu I believe 5500 rotator that is used for satellites. I plan to assemble everything on the ground until next year as the rotator is so heavy I want to make sure everything works and redo everything in the spring. Thanks Mike N8GBU

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QRM on HO-68 on 20:57 UTC pass over UK
by P.H. 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

Alan BA1DU et al, While monitoring HO-68 with my RFSpace SDR-IP on the 20:57 UTC pass tonight at the lower end of the passband I was very surprised to see what looked like a FM signal. After tuning in I am able to hear someone with what sounds like an English accent! It was definitley coming from the satellite, as it was affected by the same doppler shift as the SSB signals coming from it. It sounds like the users in question have no idea they are causing QRM, they certainly aren't calling satellite, however do sound like amateurs and not pirates or commercial traffic. Taking doppler into account on the downlink, I calculate that the users were transmitting around about 145.925MHz Did anyone else notice this? I have an IQ recording, if anyone is interested in having a look I could try to shrink it small enough to send - there are no callsigns at any time during the short 5 minute recording. Also, my receive antenna doesn't currently track, so the signal is quite weak for most of the pass. 73 MI3EPN Pete

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Grid Expedition to DM16 / 17
by Mike and Paula Herr 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

All, I am planning on an activation of DM16 and DM17 in Death Valley for Nov 15, 16 and 17. The plan is to be at Furnace Creek, DM16, for passes in the afternoon of Nov 15 and possibly early Nov 16 passes as well. Then off to the north end of the valley to Ubehebe crater (DM17) for the afternoon of DM17. Then some possible morning passes again on Nov 17 back at Furnace Creek (DM16). I expect to be on the FM birds HO68 and SO50 and on the linear birds AO7 and VO52. QSL to my home QTH. Mike Herr WA6ARA DM-15

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IC-251A for sale
by Bob- W7LRD 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

I have a "surplus" IC-251A 2M http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hammulti/251a.html all mode transceiver for sale, built in 110V ps. Listing on these lists before Ebay. Asking $200. 73 Bob W7LRD CN87

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Re: AO51 pass this evening 0039UT
by Andrew Glasbrenner 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

-----Original Message----- >From: n0jy(a)lavabit.com >Sent: Nov 9, 2010 8:32 AM >To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO51 pass this evening 0039UT > >I may be hated for this but I have to ask, if you make a contact and you >get the call wrong so you would not get a QSL card because you can't mail >the right person is it really fair to use another medium to search out the >correct call in order to secure the contact for award reasons? I always >thought the QSO had to be a successful exchange of at least the call signs >over the air to count as a contact. Please correct me if I'm wrong. > >Jerry >N0JY > In my opinion you are 100% correct. Make a second contact to make it legit. If you just want to find the right call for your own reasons or to arrange another contact, cool. If you want to use the busted QSO for an award, not cool. 73, Drew KO4MA

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Working the Transponder Sats
by Kent Frazier 10 Nov '10

10 Nov '10

It has been suggested to me that I try the transponder sats. My question is what type of equipment would I need for this. I'm currently unable to run any type of mast mounted antenna(s) and would prefer it be portable or mobile if possible. My current setup is an Icom W32-A handheld with an Elk antenna. Am I correct in my belief that I can't work the transponder sats with an FM radio? Thanks -- Kent, K5KNT

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Unable to work the ISS with OpenTracker+
by hb9tso＠bluewin.ch 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

Hello Since days I try to work the ISS DIGI, without any result ! There is no respond! It looks like the item: APOTC1 in the following string creates the problem for the ISS DIGI. HB9TSO/APRS/ARISS>APOTC1>UI,?,F0 (1199 baud): Has anyone experienced a simillar problem? Are ther other tracker which work? Terrestrical APRS is no problem. Very nice regards Rolf / HB9TSO

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Re: AO51 pass this evening 0039UT
by Andrew Glasbrenner 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

-----Original Message----- >From: Kent Frazier <kent(a)k5knt.net> >Sent: Nov 9, 2010 10:40 AM >To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO51 pass this evening 0039UT > >Would this apply to using a digital voice recorder also, in your opinion? > Of course not, no more than writing it down would, but I think you know that. 73, Drew KO4MA PS If you want to avoid competing with others on satellite, may I suggest the transponder satellites? Hope to hear you on soon.

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AO51 pass this evening 0039UT
by Rick Tejera 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

All, Worked AO51 this evening, a pretty quiet pass, had some time to actually talk! Myself & Dave Kb5WIA work a station with call K7TWQ in CN94. When I went to log him in I could not find his call in any of the usual DB's, Dave also could not find him. We both tried several variations on the theme but no soap. If you're out there and we got your call wrong or if anyone knows who we worked, please let us know. CN94 is a new grid for me, I'd like to get it in the book. 73 Clear Skies Rick Tejera Editor SACnews, Public Outreach Coordinator Saguaro Astronomy Club Phoenix, Arizona www.saguaroastro.org <http://www.saguaroastro.org/> saguaroastro(a)cox.net K7TEJ, AMSAT 38452

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Office Closed
by Martha 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

The AMSAT Office will be closed on Thursday, November 11 in observance of Veterans' Day. -- 73- Martha

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The sea water antenna
by Bruce 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

This is really neat. Now, if Howard, G6LVB, can come up with some ham wizardry. 73...bruce From the BVARC reflector.... The sea water antenna. Your tax dollars at work ;) _http://www.public.navy.mil/spawar/Pacific/TechTransfer/ProductsServices/Pa… Billy R. Jones, N5EVD

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KC0MCX Address
by John Papay 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

Does anyone know Sean Larkin, KC0MCX? His address on qrz.com is listed in Denver, Colorado, however, when I worked him on the Lake Superior Grid Expedition on 4 August, he gave his grid square as EM63. Mail to his qrz.com address comes back (no longer at this address). Please reply offline. Thanks. 73, John K8YSE John Papay john(a)papays.com

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FS: Icom Z1A full duplex HT
by John Geiger 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

I have an Icom Z1A dualband (2m/70cm) HT for sale that does full duplex, making it perfect for the FM satellites. It is pretty much like the Icom W32A with one exception-you can remote mount the faceplate. That's right, it is like a mobile rig in that you can remote mount the face! It comes with the remote mount cable, and the display, keypad, mic, and speaker separate from the body of the HT so you have a speaker/mic in your had with the display and keypad. It also has the Icom dualband antenna with it (using a BNC connector for those of you who hate SMAs), a MAHA NiMH 9.6 volt battery for 5 watts out, and the manual. The battery will hold a charge but I can't guarantee for how long. I don't have the wall charger for it, but do have an Icom CP12 cigarette lighter cord, but this is missing the fuse and the metal tip on the end. You can replace the end, cut the end off and use it as a DC cord, and I will throw in a replacement cigarette lighter plug you can wire into it also. The HT will do dual receive, including dual receive on the same band. It is in good shape physically and works fine. I am asking $125 plus shipping for this HT. I can take paypal/check/MO/Cash. 73s John AA5JG

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SpaceX Launch Date Slips Again
by B J 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

http://www.spacenews.com/venture_space/101108-spacex-cots-demo-delayed.html 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @DO33FL

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FCC Vanity Call Sign Rules Change today
by Bruce 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

as noted on a local reflector... http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2010/db1108/FCC-10-189A1.p… 73...bruce

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Saturday in (and around) Kingman, Arizona...
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

Hi! I'm back home after a quick 30-hour trip to Kingman in northwestern Arizona. I attended one of the two days of the Kingman Hamfest with an AMSAT table, and had some time to operate from a couple of grids around that city. It was a great time! The Mohave Amateur Radio Club, the local club that sponsored the hamfest, was a great host and everyone at the hamfest appreciated having an AMSAT presence - even if I was not able to be there on Friday for the first day of their hamfest. The hamfest was in one of the parking lots at Kingman's Centennial Park, along the I-40 freeway and about a mile west of old route 66 (also known as Andy Devine Avenue as the old highway runs through Kingman). This was not the largest parking lot at the park, but it worked well for the hamfest. Being next to the freeway brought in some visitors who had no idea there was a hamfest in Kingman. I was at the hamfest a few minutes after 5am (1200 UTC), and was ready for the first pass I used for a demonstration - an AO-7 pass at 1425 UTC. I logged 5 QSOs on that pass, and had demonstrations on 7 other passes (two each on VO-52, HO-68, and AO-27 - plus an ISS pass) until the hamfest wrapped up at 2200 UTC. The ISS pass around 2043 UTC started out with packet on 145.825 MHz. I kept switching between that frequency and 145.800 MHz, hoping to hear a voice on 145.800 MHz as had been the case on passes over the past few days. Sure enough, Doug Wheelock was on the microphone a couple of minutes into the pass. I started calling for NA1SS, initially saying just my callsign. Then I added that I was in Arizona, and then went with saying I was in Kingman, Arizona. At 2046 UTC, Doug Wheelock acknowledged my call in Kingman, Arizona. Crowds enjoy satellite demonstrations at hamfests, but an unscheduled contact with the ISS during a demonstration was a real treat! What better way to show off this aspect of our hobby, talking with an astronaut in orbit... it doesn't get any better than that. I'm definitely sending off for an NA1SS QSL card. :-) After the ISS went away, I looked at the IC-2820H I used for the QSO and the FM satellite demonstrations. It was set on low power. I used only 5W to work the ISS from the hamfest, and did not realize it at the time. That made a huge impression on the crowd I had for the ISS pass and QSO. Thanks to everyone at the Mohave Amateur Radio Club, and in particular its president Bill Smith KD7MIA, for allowing AMSAT a space at their hamfest. Also, thanks to the AO-51 command stations and Mark N8MH for their quick work in getting AO-51 back in operation. Mark made a point of e-mailing me directly with the news AO-51 was working again, after his post here on the -BB. I didn't use AO-51 at the hamfest, but it came in handy for my post-hamfest activity in and around Kingman. And, of course, thanks to all (including Doug Wheelock at NA1SS) who called and made a total of 44 QSOs with WD9EWK during the demonstrations. Once the hamfest wrapped up, I had about 35 minutes until an eastern AO-51 pass. It was a low pass, with maximum elevation of 17 degrees for Kingman, and I decided to drive about 18 miles/29km south of Kingman to a spot on the DM24wx/DM25wa grid boundary (search for 35 N 114 8.243 W on Google Maps or other mapping site to see the spot). After exiting the freeway, the last 2.6 miles (4.2km) were on a dirt track on the west side of I-40 to reach the grid boundary. This area had mountains to the west and east, but not high enough to make satellite operation difficult. In the span of 10 minutes, WD9EWK logged QSOs with 21 stations across the USA and in Mexico. Since I was not planning on returning home until later in the evening, I was going to work all of the AO-51 and SO-50 passes in this area. I had an eastern SO-50 pass and a western AO-51 pass in the span of just over 30 minutes starting just before 0000 UTC. With that, I drove back to Kingman to find the DM25/DM35 grid boundary that cuts through the east side of that city. I parked at DM25xg/DM35ag a few miles/km north of the hamfest site, north of I-40 and west of old route 66 (search for 35 15.246 N 114 W in Google Maps to see where this is). Some who were watching my APRS track probably were wondering why I was driving back to Kingman after just one pass at DM24/DM25, and eventually they could see what I was up to. I worked these two passes from this spot, making QSOs with 13 stations on SO-50 followed by 10 more QSOs on AO-51. I had about an hour after the western AO-51 pass before the last SO-50 pass I planned to work. Using the remaining sunlight, I drove back to the DM24/DM25 boundary south of Kingman to work the 0133 UTC SO-50 pass as the last bit of daylight went away. I only logged 5 QSOs on this pass, with 4 stations in the western USA and one Mexican station. After quickly storing my antenna in my truck, I drove back to Kingman for dinner, fuel, and a chance to clean my truck's windshield (many bugs met their demise on the windshield during the drive up to Kingman and the drives to and from the DM24/DM25 grid boundary) before the drive home. With the way the post-hamfest AO-51 and SO-50 passes lined up, it made more sense for me to do the extra driving between the two locations I worked from. Even though it was an extra round trip to the DM24/DM25 boundary, I was able to work one eastern and one western pass from each of those grid-boundary locations. APRS coverage in and around Kingman was good, and I was able to confirm after the fact that I was showing up on sites like aprs.fi at each grid-boundary location. As John K8YSE used very well on his recent road trip around Lake Superior, and I have seen on my travels in the past 3 months, having APRS is a great tool when on the road to allow others to see where I am and gauge where I may stop to work satellite passes. When I returned home late Saturday evening, I saw that I had driven 484.4 miles/779.4km on this trip. In addition to writing this e-mail, I am putting my log entries into my spreadsheet, and copying audio recordings from the passes and the photos to my computer. I may have been tired when I got home last night and quickly fell asleep, but this was a fun trip. The Kingman hams, not just the hamfest organizers, were all appreciative of seeing AMSAT at their hamfest and the satellite demonstrations. I hope I can make it back to Kingman for their 2011 hamfest. As with my other trips, there is no need to first send me a QSL card and/or SASE to get a WD9EWK QSL card from a QSO during or after the hamfest. Just an e-mail is sufficient, with QSO details. I will print some cards this week for the 3 locations I operated from yesterday, and get them in the mail shortly. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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SO-67 Special North american activation 13, November, 1542Z
by Tom Schuessler 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

Hello all, Thanks to ZR1CBC, Johann Lochner of the SO-67 team for honoring a request I made to have SO-67 support a special demonstration of Amateur Radio at an International day festival being held at the North Hills Preparatory School here in Irving, TX this coming Saturday, 13 November. Ham radio as an international activity will be featured as well as booths/crafts/food from around the world. The fact that SO-67, SUMBANDILASAT is a South African bird will add to the appeal of the demo. I would like to invite other sat ops in North America to join us on SO-67 this Saturday. http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ 73 Tom Schuessler 2713 Lake Gardens Drive Irving, Texas 75060 972-986-7456 214-403-1464 (Cell) n5hyp(a)arrl.net _____________________________________________________ Message: 9 Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 08:18:53 +0100 From: "Ib Christoffersen" <oz1my(a)privat.dk> Subject: [amsat-bb] SO-67 planned active over Europe this week To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Message-ID: <0A.CB.07581.D54A7DC4(a)fep41.mail.dk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi all, SO-67 is planned to be active over Europe this week. See: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ Please report activity on the report page: http://oscar.dcarr.org/ I still do not have my station active due to renovation of the house. 73 OZ1MY Ib

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G3RUH Modems?
by Tony 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

All, It's my understanding that the term "G3RUH compatible" does not actually mean a TNC uses G3RUH circuitry. Can anyone shed some light on whether or no the SCS Tracker actually uses the G3RUH system? http://www.scs-ptc.com/shop/products/modems/tracker-dsp-tnc Thanks, Tony -K2MO

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antenna rotator test
by N. Mahdinejad 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

Dear all. Thanks for Bob W7LRD and Greg D for answering to my last question. Is there any standard document or other for test antenna rotator? Some functional and environmental tests. If anyone is familiar with these tests, please send me a link to read or download some useful documents. Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Best regards. Nayer Mahdinejad.

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Re: VUCC - and other - Satellite Awards
by Rodney Waln 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

good list of awards, my i add that QRP Amateur Radio Club International has satellite awards also and they are very good bunch of qrp people, as i have found out there is no shortage of wall paper i have 11 satellite awards (certificates) some listed some not, and some from other countries, as my original mentor said "fire up the radios and work'em" kc0zhf

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Re: AO-51 on eclipse passes?
by Andrew Glasbrenner 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

Eclipses do not start for the satellite until January. Even if you are in the dark, the satellite is illuminated if anywhere in it's footprint is illuminated, so feel free to use AO-51 no matter the time right now. When we go back into eclipses in January, we'll likely configure the satellite to be off when in the dark. Thanks for asking though! 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Operations -----Original Message----- >From: Doug Kuitula <ka8qcu(a)pasty.net> >Sent: Nov 8, 2010 6:24 PM >To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 on eclipse passes? > >Hi all, >I'm wondering if it is recommended to work AO-51 during the eclipse passes(early morning) over North America. From what I've heard on this BBS it will be entering a long period of eclipses, and the batteries are getting a bit long in the tooth. I don't want to mess things up. So I thought I'd ask ahead of time. > Thanks to all that are monitoring and controlling ECHO. >73 de Doug KA8QCU >_______________________________________________ >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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AO-51 on eclipse passes?
by Doug Kuitula 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

Hi all, I'm wondering if it is recommended to work AO-51 during the eclipse passes(early morning) over North America. From what I've heard on this BBS it will be entering a long period of eclipses, and the batteries are getting a bit long in the tooth. I don't want to mess things up. So I thought I'd ask ahead of time. Thanks to all that are monitoring and controlling ECHO. 73 de Doug KA8QCU

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VUCC - and other - Satellite Awards
by Clint Bradford 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

With the proliferation of VUCC awards being earned recently, I thought a brief recap of what awards are available for satellite work would be appropriate. AMSAT has offered several awards over the years. And you do not need 100 contacts to get award-ed for your accomplishments: a single documented satellite contact qualifies you for the AMSAT Satellite Communicator's Club award! Current and past AMSAT awards include ... -Satellite Communicator's Club -Satellite Communications Achievement -South African AMSAT Award -OSCAR Sexagesimal Award -OSCAR Century Award -WA4AMI 1000 Award -WA4AMI 5000 Award -51 on 51 Achievment Award Details on the AMSAT awards available at ... http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/awards/ In addition, the ARRL recognizes satellite efforts, too, with their WAC, DXCC, WAS, and VUCC awards. -Worked All Continents Award (WAC) - Make one satellite contact with any station on each of the six continents. -DXCC Award with Satellite Endorsement - Make one satellite contact with any station in 100 different DXCC countries. -Worked All States Award - Make one satellite contact with any station in each of the 50 states. VHF/UHF Century Club Award - Make one satellite contact with any station in 100 different grid squares. Endorsements for each additional 25 grid squares. ARRL Awards information - http://www.arrl.org/awards/ Clint Bradford, K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com

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Re: SO-67 planned active over Europe this week
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

In a message dated 08/11/2010 07:32:19 GMT Standard Time, oz1my(a)privat.dk writes: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ Hi, Extracted the following details. Good Luck and thanks for the news Ken de GW1FKY Europe 2010-11-08 07:45 2010-11-08 09:19 2010-11-08 10:54 2010-11-08 16:55 2010-11-08 18:30 2010-11-08 20:02 2010-11-09 07:26 2010-11-09 09:00 2010-11-09 10:35 2010-11-09 16:39 2010-11-09 18:10 2010-11-09 19:43 2010-11-10 07:08 2010-11-10 08:40 2010-11-10 10:15 2010-11-10 16:20 2010-11-10 17:50 2010-11-10 19:25 2010-11-10 21:00 2010-11-11 06:50 2010-11-11 08:23 2010-11-11 09:55 2010-11-11 16:03 2010-11-11 17:33 2010-11-11 19:05 2010-11-11 20:40 2010-11-12 06:30 2010-11-12 08:04 2010-11-12 09:38 2010-11-12 17:15 2010-11-12 18:45 2010-11-12 20:20 2010-11-13 06:12 2010-11-13 07:45 2010-11-13 09:18 2010-11-13 10:53 2010-11-13 16:55 2010-11-13 18:28 2010-11-13 20:00 2010-11-14 07:26 2010-11-14 09:00 2010-11-14 10:34 2010-11-14 16:38 2010-11-14 18:10 2010-11-14 19:42 2010-11-14 21:20

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SO-67 planned active over Europe this week
by Ib Christoffersen 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

Hi all, SO-67 is planned to be active over Europe this week. See: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ Please report activity on the report page: http://oscar.dcarr.org/ I still do not have my station active due to renovation of the house. 73 OZ1MY Ib

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SAT VUCC #203, #204 & #205
by Bob Herrell 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

Congrats to Zack, KD8KSN for Sat VUCC #204 and to Greg, KI4OTG for Sat VUCC #205. Good going guys. Thanks to all who helped with the grids for my VUCC. I received Sat VUCC #203. See ya on the birds. I am working toward "The Robert W. Barbee Jr., W4AMI Satellite Operator Achievement Award 5000 Contact Award Level". Thanks for all your help. 73, Bob Herrell AJ5C EM36kg

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Re: VUCC #204!! (Zachary Beougher)
by Patrick Farcon 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

Congratulations Zach! Thanks for being out there as well when you have gone on your trips. I wholeheartedly agree that thanks are due to all those who have made it possible for us to work so many grids in addition to their own home grids. For example, I just recently got an envelope from John Papay, K8YSE, confirming about 17 new grids outside of his home grid and my first linear satellite contact, AO-7. He and his son Doug were able to pull out my signal and bear with me being so new to the linear satellites. Hope to catch you again on the birds Zach! Pat N2VYT FN20un On 11/7/10 4:00 PM, "amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org" <amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org> wrote: > VUCC #204!! (Zachary Beougher)

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VUCC
by wa4hfn＠comcast.net 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

Congrats Zack on #204 VUCC and also to KI4OTG here in Memphis for VUCC# 205 WA4HFN Damon

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AO-51 with TNC3S
by Vincenzo Mone 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

Hello folks, I need an help if possible. I own a TNC3S that I bought when there was the birds at 38k4. As there wasn't any more birds working on that velocity, I have stored the tnc. Now I see that the AO-51 has the possibility to be worked on that velocity, I mean I should hear it on 435 MHZ at 38k4 baud and TX on 1.2 GHZ at 9k6 baud. Unfortunately I forgot how to set the Dip switches to interface it with the GSC program. Anybody can address me how to do it? Thanks in advance 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania Skype: ik8ozv8520 ********************************** ******* GSM +39 338 9749786 ******* ****** SMS +39 338 9749786 ****** ***** FAX +39 328 7244294 ***** *** 2nd e-mail: vimone(a)tin.it *** *********************************

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HO-68 Schedule 07-14 Nov 2010
by Alan Kung 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

UTC: 07 Nov 2010 ================================ 16:20...Turn On--CW/SSB India, Africa, Middle East, Europe,NA 17:05...Turn Off 18:10...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Europe,Middle East,NA 18:55...Turn Off 19:35...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Europe,Middle East,NA 20:20...Turn Off 22:10...Turn On--CW/SSB South America,NA,North Asia 22:55...Turn Off 08 Nov 2010 ================================ 01:55...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:08...Turn Off 12:50...Turn On--CW/SSB NA,South America 13:35...Turn Off 16:00...Turn On--CW/SSB India, Africa, Middle East, Europe,NA 16:45...Turn Off 17:55...Turn On--CW/SSB NA,East Asia,Oceania 18:40...Turn Off 09 Nov 2010 ================================ 23:45...Turn On--CW/SSB NA,North Asia,East Asia, Oceania 00:30...Turn Off 03:30...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia, East Asia,South Asia 03:44...Turn Off 09:50...Turn On--CW/SSB Oceania,Asia,Europe 10:35...Turn Off 12:35...Turn On--CW/SSB NA, South America 13:20...Turn Off 17:30...Turn On--CW/SSB India,Middle East,Europe,NA 18:15...Turn Off 19:20...Turn On--CW/SSB India,Middle East,Europe,NA 20:05...Turn Off 20:50...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Europe,NA 21:35...Turn Off 10 Nov 2010 ================================= 23:25...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia,East Asia,South Asia Oceania 00:10...Turn Off 03:10...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 03:25...Turn Off 14:05...Turn On--CW/SSB Europe,NA,South America 14:50...Turn Off 17:15...Turn On--CW/SSB India, Africa,Europe,NA South America 18:00...Turn Off 19:05...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Middle East,Europe,NA 19:50...Turn Off 20:30...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Middle East,Europe,NA 21:15...Turn Off 23:10...Turn On--CW/SSB NA,North Asia,East Asia,Oceania 23:55...Turn Off 11 Nov 2010 ================================= 02:51...Turn On--CW/SSB Asia,Oceania 03:07...Turn Off 13:45...Turn On--CW/SSB Europe,NA,South America 14:30...Turn Off 17:00...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,India,Middle East Europe,NA 17:45...Turn Off 18:50...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Europe,NA 19:35...Turn Off 20:15...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Europe,NA 21:00...Turn Off 22:55...Turn On--CW/SSB Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 23:40...Turn Off 12 Nov 2010 ================================ 02:35...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:50...Turn Off 13:30...Turn On--CW/SSB Europe, NA,South America 14:15...Turn Off 16:45...Turn On--CW/SSB India,Africa,Europe,NA 17:30...Turn Off 18:30...Turn On--CW/SSB India,Africa,Europe,NA 19:15...Turn Off 20:00...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Europe,NA 20:45...Turn Off 22:35...Turn On--CW/SSB South America,NA,North Asia 23:20...Turn Off 13 Nov 2010 ================================ 02:19...Turn On--FM North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:35...Turn Off 13:15...Turn On--CW/SSB Europe, NA,South America 14:00...Turn Off 16:25...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Europe,NA 17:10...Turn Off 18:15...Turn On--CW/SSB India,Africa,Europe,NA 19:00...Turn Off 19:40...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Europe,NA 20:25...Turn Off 22:20...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia,East Asia, South Asia,Oceania 23:05...Turn Off 14 Nov 2010 ================================ 02:01...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia,East Asia,South Asia Oceania 02:15...Turn Off 12:55...Turn On--CW/SSB Europe,NA,South America 13:40...Turn Off 73 Alan Kung, BA1DU HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager www.camsat.cn

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vucc
by Greg Butler 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

Just recived my vucc + two endorsements for satllite. my # 205 thanks for all the help. 73: KI4OTG Greg

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Re: AO-51 reloaded and operational
by Rodney Waln 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

thank you to all who replied there was lots of info, yep that would tend to mess things up, Rodney kc0zhf

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V/U Satellite Operation Issue/Question
by Zachary Beougher 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

All, A Ham from Ireland asked me about some issues he was having with his base rig when working the V/U birds. Since I have have had limited experience using base rigs to work the birds, and I have had no experience with the SSB birds, I thought I would pose his question to some of the more experienced ops here. Here’s the issue he is having: 1.. His setup: TS-790a (full duplex rig) and Tonna F9FT 9/19 Yagi (This was the description of his equipment he gave me). 2.. Whenever he goes to transmit on the 2m uplink, the 440 receive frequency “drops out” and all he can hear is QRN. Once he lets off the PTT, receiving goes back to normal. He mentioned he did make a contact on a FM V/U bird, and received a 59 report. 3.. He has worked the U/V satellites, and everything works fine (he can hear himself on the downlink). 4.. He has double-checked all connections. If you have any idea pertaining to this issue, you can email me here or off list and I will pass it along to him. Thanks, Zack KD8KSN

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Re: AO-51 reloaded and operational
by Rodney Waln 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

so just what would that anomaly be?? if known just courious, Rodney kc0zhf Message: 4 Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2010 09:32:25 -0400 From: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond(a)gmail.com> Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 reloaded and operational To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Cc: ao51-modes(a)amsat.org Message-ID: <TpYk1f00956cfur05pYndA(a)gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi All, Thanks to a great team effort, we have the AO-51 repeater back up and operational. It will be several more hours before the PBBS is open for public access, but we expect it will be open around 2100utc today. We usually get asked, "What caused the crash?" We honestly don't know. It is unlikely to be related to the power budget; it would have just turned a transmitter OFF in that case. We often suspect the South Atlantic Anomaly as the cause, and based on the time frame of the crash this time, it is a plausible hypothesis. On behalf of the AO-51 Command Team, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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NanoSail-D
by Trevor . 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

The listed launch date for NanoSail-D (437.305MHz) is in a couple of weeks, see http://www.southgatearc.org/news/november2010/nanosail_d_launch_date.htm 73 Trevor M5AKA Daily Amateur Radio Email/RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ Email Your News To: editor at southgatearc.org Or Upload At: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news_1.htm ----

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ISS Voice Contacts
by Rick Tejera 06 Nov '10

06 Nov '10

All, A little help here. Not quite sure if I'm working at getting NA1SS in the log from the right angle. First a description of my station: I'm using a Kenwood TH7-DA with a home brew Dual band yagi, mounted on an old telescope mount for tracking. I've programmed a split frequency into the memory set to receive on 145.800 and Transmit on 144.490. So far so good. Now the TH7-DA is a full duplex unit, but that only is available when working cross band (If I'm wrong here, some one please clue me in how to get that to work). Given this I can't hear myself on the downlink, which is kind of moot anyway since the ISS is essentially a simplex system. During the passes I've tried to work I hear the ISS responding to Earth stations. I've tried to transmit in breaks but how do I know if I'm hitting the station or not? I'm guessing I'm not getting in since I haven't gotten a response. Or worse, causing QRM to another station? I hope not and if so, apologies. I'm quite willing to be schooled on this, any suggestions would be most appreciated. 73 Clear Skies Rick Tejera Editor SACnews, Public Outreach Coordinator Saguaro Astronomy Club Phoenix, Arizona www.saguaroastro.org <http://www.saguaroastro.org/> saguaroastro(a)cox.net K7TEJ, AMSAT 38452

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VUCC #204!!
by Zachary Beougher 06 Nov '10

06 Nov '10

Hi Everyone! I just received VUCC #204 in the mail today, and I wanted to thank everyone for the grids and QSOs since I got on the birds last November. Special thanks to John – K8YSE, Jim – ND9M, Patrick – WD9EWK, Chris – KC0YBM, Michael – K4MOA, Doug – KD8CAO and Allen – N5AFV for the hard work they have put into their grid expeditions (I know I am forgetting someone, so please forgive me). Special thanks to all of the other stations that I have worked from their home QTH – each grid means a lot! 73! Zack KD8KSN

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BT7AAE XW-1 special event station to be working on AirShow China 2010
by Michael Chen 06 Nov '10

06 Nov '10

Hi, Guys, If you happen to be able to visit AirShow China 2010 in Zhuhai on Nov. 16-21, please visit the XW-1 booth in CAST pavilion. There, you will meet Alan, BA1DU and I as well as a bunch of members of CAMSAT. Meanwhile, you can see demonstration of some interesting XW-1 photos and activities. There will be a special event station set up on the site with the callsign BT7AAE (Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition) . We'll be working on all possible satellites passes during the time frame. If you can't visit us in Zhuhai. Don't worry, you can join us by watching live video stream or listening to live audio feed (URL later). Meanwhile, you can write down all you thoughts and ideas on twitter with the tag #BT7AAE, all twitter records with this tag will be displayed on the wall by a projector to all our visitors in real time during the exhibition, and you are likely to get feed backs from the site or from the world. Join us in this event. Michael Chen, BD5RV/4 AMSAT-China: http://www.camsat.cn ----------------------------------- Twitter: http://twitter.com/bd5rv Email: michael.bd5rv(a)gmail.com MSN: bd5rv(a)jsdxc.org Skype: michael-bd5rv

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