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VA7EWK @ CN78 now
by Patrick STODDARD 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Hi! I will work passes from CN78fw in Ucluelet, British Columbia, this afternoon. I was just on AO27 around 2000 UTC, and will be on other passes starting with SO50 @ 2058-2108 UTC. I will try AO7 @ 2213 UTC if it is still in mode B, and FO29 @ 0029 and maybe @ 0213 UTC. AO27 @ 2135 and 2316 UTC. AO51 passes as well, starting @ 2247 UTC. No grid boundary activity today, just CN78 before leaving this side of Vancouver Island. 73! Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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AO-51 schedule for July 2010
by Mark L. Hammond 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Hello All, From: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php ________ Command Team and Operations Group AO-51 News July 2010 AO-51 Schedule Due to poor battery condition, AO-51 will be off during eclipses. Until further notice the schedule will remain: FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 Mhz FM, PL 67Hz Downlink: 435.300 Mhz FM The 67Hz PL tone is required to activate the repeater, which will run unsquelched for two minutes after hearing a valid tone. Within that two minute period, no tone is required. 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT-NA VP Operations AO-51 Echo Mode Suggestion Email Address mailto:[email protected]?subject=AO51%20web%20page%20request The AO-51 Operations Group is made up of Amsat Members who are also AO-51 users. The Operations Group works with the Command Team to create the monthly schedule for the satellite. The AO-51 Operations Group is OZ1MY, VK5HI, N8BBQ, KD8CAO. The Command Stations are KO4MA, WA4SXM, WA6FWF, and N8MH. __________ 73, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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AMSAT office closed the rest of the day
by Gould Smith 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

4:22 pm EDT, 6 July 2010 Martha reports that the power has been off in the building that hosts the AMSAT office for over 45 minutes. It is unknown when will return and the building owner must come to the building and manually turn on the air conditioning system. Due to the over 100 degree temperatures in Silver Spring, she has left for the day. 73, Gould, WA4SXM

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VA7EWK heading to CN78 later today (6 July)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Hi! My plan for today is to head to grid CN78 on the Pacific (west) side of Vancouver Island. It is at least 2 to 3 hours' driving to get there, and I cannot leave my current QTH Campbell River until sometime after 1500 UTC. Because of that, I will work the 1448-1510 UTC AO-7 pass from CN79/CO70 here. After that pass, and after checking out of the motel here, I will drive to CN78. Depending on the surroundings, I will try to work passes on my way out there, which would be in different parts of CN79, until I reach CN78. I may be able to park on the CN78/CN79 line, which is just north of the Pacific coast down there, but the goal today will definitely be CN78. I apologize to anyone who tried to work me last night on FO-29 after 0300 UTC. I ended up talking about ham radio and my portable satellite station to a few people who were walking along the waterfront up there in Port Hardy. Thanks to WC7V and W6ZKH for CW QSOs on the AO-7 pass just before 0300 UTC. What you guys heard was left-handed CW, and I'm not left-handed. I drove over 570km according to the car's trip odometer yesterday (over 353 miles), including about 90km/55 miles on a dirt track for my aborted attempt to work from CO50 before I started operating at Port Hardy (CO60gr). I know the mileage (do I say that in a metric country?) will be substantial when the car returns to Vancouver airport on Sunday - a benefit of unlimited kilometers (mileage) on the car rental. The fuel prices on Vancouver Island are around C$ 1.11 or so a liter, about US$ 4/gallon at current exchange rates - about as much as I paid during my 2008 summer road trip when fuel prices skyrocketed in the States. A little more expensive, but I'm having fun seeing a lot of this island - and, yes, I'm enjoying the radio operating. Looking ahead... I won't be on the radio much Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday will be a travel day - first down to Victoria on the southern tip of the island, then the ferry crossing back to Vancouver. I may work some passes in the afternoon from Victoria (CN88) and *maybe* even on the ferry ride up to the Tsawassen terminal south of Vancouver going through CN88 and CN89. Thursday... maybe some radio in the afternoon, but I will be doing stuff in metro Vancouver, and either Friday or Saturday (exact date yet to be determined) will be my day-trip up to Whistler and grid CO80. My flight home is Sunday afternoon, and I don't plan on any radio that day. Have to get back to Vancouver airport to return the car, do the flight check-in, and the US Customs/Immigration formalities before the flight. 73! Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - Campbell River, British Columbia http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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AMSAT-UK Colloquium 31 Jul/1 Aug - Hotel booking deadline
by Jim Heck 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Hi Folks, Only a few days to go before the Holiday Inn in Guildford, Surry releases our reserved rooms., they will do this on 9 July, so there isnt a great deal of time to be sure of a room. Please contact Emily Morris in the Hotel's Business Centre on +44 (0) 1483 784437 emily.morris(a)ihg.com. Further info, prices etc is at http://www.uk.amsat.org/content/view/32/42/ Last year there were still rooms available after the deadline, but one or two delegates left it too late, and ended up in hotels in other parts of Guildford. SO PLEASE MAKE YOU BOOKING WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK TO BE SURE OF AVAILABILITY 73 Jim G3WGM Hon Sec AMSAT-UK

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VA7EWK on 0253 UTC AO7, 0307 UTC FO29, tonight
by Patrick STODDARD 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Hi! I will work those two passes here in CO60gr before driving back to my motel 2+ hours down the island. Please feel free to call me if you hear me. 73! Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - Port Hardy, British Columbia http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Slovakia looking for trans-Atlantic sat skeds
by Bill Dzurilla 06 Jul '10

06 Jul '10

Hi, I am in Slovakia, grid JN88mf, for 3 more weeks and would like to make a few more trans-Atlantic sat QSOs before I leave. The windows are very short but it is doable. I have already worked Nick KB1RVT and Scott N1AIA via FM on HO-68. I have twice heard Joe K3SZH on AO-7 SSB with a good sig but have yet to complete a QSO with him. Please email me if we have a mutual footprint and you would like to make a sked. On AO-7, I usually call "CQ Stateside" around .160 when the bird is over W/VE. If you hear me, try to complete the QSO quickly, as my sig will go from strong to zero in a matter of seconds. 73, Bill NZ5N/OM9ACA

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QSL Cards - And an Apology
by Clint Bradford 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

I hate to admit it, but I have been neglectful in sending out QSL cards a couple times over the years. I remember receiving my first few when I started working the satellites with low power. Those were exciting to receive, indeed! But I let a couple slip by that wanted return QSL cards ... I will not do that again. I now realize that some hams are working on awards - awards that mandate physical, paper QSL cards. It takes only a minute or two to complete and run out to the mail box. And yours just might be the QSL card that makes an award happen for someone! So I apologize for my behavior in the past on this. I'll be a better, prouder "amateur radio operator" from now on. Clint Bradford, K6LCS 909-241-7666

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CO60 (or *maybe* CO50/CO60) tomorrow
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

Hi! I had planned on going to CO60/CO70 today, but could not find a good spot to work satellites out there. Lots of trees, hills, and being stuck at the bottom of valleys looking at obstructions up to almost 30 degrees of elevation to the east and southeast would have been no fun. I came back to Campbell River, where I spent last night after crossing the ferry from Vancouver, and went to the (very) nearby CN79/CO70 boundary. There is a monument near that spot, erected by the local Rotary group, to mark the 50th parallel. My GPS claimed the monument was just a little north of the actual line, and I spent the day working from that area. Being in Campbell River, I could simply take a short drive to get lunch and not have to pack food with me if I spent the day out in the forest not wanting to come back to town. I worked at least 13 passes, and logged at least 1 QSO on 11 of them. I worked SSB and FM, shallow passes and very high passes, and was able to put these grids in the logs of stations all over North America. Alvaro XE2AT was *very* happy with getting CO70 in his log this afternoon, and I'm sure there were others happy with either of both of these grids in their logs. I logged a total of 77 QSOs from CN79jx/CO70ja today. Adding in the 24 QSOs I logged last night from Vancouver, this is a great start for the radio part of my trip. And I'm doing sightseeing, and taking pictures as I go. Now for what will probably be the most ambitious driving I will do on this trip. I will go northwest from Campbell River into grid CO60 to some point where I get a good view of the sky for satellite work. If there are good roads beyond the town of Port Hardy at the far end of BC route 19, I may even be able to get out to the CO50/CO60 grid boundary. Port Hardy is at least 3 hours away from here, and it could be another hour or more from Port Hardy to the boundary line if there are roads good enough to drive out there. If I go out there, I have to come back from there, so you can imagine the distance I will cover (or visit a site like Google Maps to check it out for yourself). Depending on the surroundings at the times for the passes, I may stop and work some passes on my way to and from Port Hardy or the CO50/CO60 boundary, for more chances to get at least CO60 in logs. >From what I saw this morning, once I left Campbell River for at least the first 70km/43 miles or so away from this town, the GSM cell coverage went away. It does not pick up again until I am most of the way to Port Hardy. If, for some reason, I do not get to Port Hardy, the only way to know where I ended up would be to work passes in the daytime and early evening tomorrow. If I can get a signal on the cell, I should be able to scribble a quick e-mail here announcing my location. I will have my gear with me for both SSB and FM birds, and with AO-7 hopefully switching back to mode B late tomorrow afternoon I may even get on there before returning to Campbell River in the (late) evening. As for QSL cards, some have already said they were going to send me a card immediately. You may want to wait until after the coming week, so you can send requests for all QSOs that you may make with VA7EWK in a single envelope. For this trip, I would like to get QSL cards. SASEs are not required when working me via satellite, and I am happy to respond to QSL cards I receive with or without an SASE. I will most likely send out cards with SASEs, as I would like to see if I can reach VUCC after this week coupled with the trip I made to Vancouver in late 2008. It could be close. Thanks to all for the QSOs today. It was fun to work the passes and be in 16C/61F comfort for the entire day in Campbell River. Hope to hear you tomorrow from wherever I end up... 73! Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - Campbell River, British Columbia http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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VA7EWK @ CO60 today (5 July)
by Patrick STODDARD 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

Hi! I am in Port Hardy on Vancouver Island, at the north end of the highway that runs most of the length of the island in grid CO60gr. During the morning, I took a detour just as I reached this town to CO50 on a logging road off route 19. Easy to navigate, but too many mountains without still more driving and maybe even some hiking to get to a workable spot. I backtracked to Port Hardy, found a parking area along the waterfront, and will operate from here. Some lower hills from 90 to 180 degrees, but workable. I have already worked 2 SO50 passes and an AO27 pass. I will try later passes on AO27, AO51, FO29, AO7 once it switches back to mode B, and even a couple of HO68 passes. If anyone in the far northern reaches of Europe can work HO68 later today at 2310-2317 or 0051-0101 UTC, those are times when I am in the footprint. Maybe we can hook up on one of those passes. As for tomorrow, I am looking at possibly CN78 on the Pacific side of this island as my destination for most of the day. Then Wednesday will be more sightseeing heading down toward the provincial capital of Victoria before crossing back to Vancouver for the remainder of the week. Probably not a lot of radio on Wednesday, but some - most likely from Victoria in CN88. I won't worry about working from CN89 on the island - it is regularly heard on the satellites. 73! Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - Port Hardy, British Columbia http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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GO-32 not-operational
by Chris Bloy 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

Hi All, I have received the UK copy of Oscar news and there is an article stating that GO-32 is now non-operational and has completed its 11 year mission successful. However, due to the degraded state of the solar panels it cannot keep the software in a stable condition. The ground operating station has asked that we mark this satellite as no longer able to support any continued operation. It's a shame to hear as this was a great strong satellite for operating APRS on. All the best, Chris, M0DQO

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VA7EWK Arrived in CO60 5 July
by John Papay 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

Patrick has finally made it to Port Hardy BC on some very bad roads. He reports that his car looks like it was in the Baha road race. He tried SO-50 from CO50 at 1524z but heard no stations. He is now in CO60 and will be on the SO-50 pass at 1847-1900z. He should be on other passes including AO-27, AO-51 FO29 etc. today. Plans are indefinite for tomorrow. 73, John K8YSE

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Did Hayabusa Bring Back Asteroid Pieces?
by B J 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

http://spacecoalition.com/newsroom/japan-sample-probe-may-contain-bits-of-a… It may take a while before the investigators know for sure. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

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VA7EWK CO60 CO50
by John Papay 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

Patrick, WD9EWK/VA7EWK is on the road to Port Hardy BC this morning. He will likely be on the SO-50 passes at approximately 1533z, 1714z and 1857z as well as the one after that to the west. Operation will likely be from CO60 along the way, ending up in CO50 later this afternoon for the AO-27 passes. Patrick reports that there are a lot of trees so it is difficult to find places where he can see the horizon. He mentions all equipment is working well and he will be on the linear transponders as well as the fm ones. There is an FM HO-68 pass around 1745z today (5 July) that he will likely be on. 73, John K8YSE

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CN93 activation
by LOREN RASMUSSEN 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

July 10 - July 16, I will be camping at Cultus Lake, Oregon. The grid is CN93. I will try to work as many passes as I can. (AO-51, AO-27, SO-50, SO-67 and HO-68) Please advise via email if you need a card. Loren k7cwq

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Maine grids
by Scott Richardson 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

I'll be portable in FN44 this week with one day (not sure which) in FN55. Next weekend I'll operate at Lobstercon in FN53. FM sats only. 73, Scott N1AIA

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Re: [ARISS-ops] July 4 Greetings
by Clint Bradford 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

Thanks, Wayne, for your message! I attended a local "celebratory" event for the date - but we have to get back home to tend to our horse and burro ... we have folks who shoot off illegal fireworks nearby - much to the dismay and consternation of our "big guys' ears." (What - Clint's has a "burro?" - I hear you think ... Yes - and you should ask me what my burro's name is ... ) Edward R. Burro. I use this fact in my AMSAT presentations. "For those of you who have read my online bio, yes, I do own a burro ... " Those in the audience who are UNDER 50 years of age think I am saying, "Edward, our burro." But those of us who are over 50 or 60 - and/or know a little about journalism, KNOW the reference. And so it goes .... Clint, K6LCS

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Independence Day Greetings
by Mani VU2WMY 05 Jul '10

05 Jul '10

A warm 'Independence Day' Wishes and Greetings from India to all our friends in the 'United States Of America'. 73 de Mani, VU2WMY Secretary & Station-In-Charge Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC ISRO Satellite Centre Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017. Phone:(O)91-80-2508 2054/2192/2537 Mobile: 91-80-98803 41456 E-mail ID: wmy(a)isac.gov.in vu2wmy_mani(a)yahoo.com isrohams(a)yahoo.com

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Patrick in Canada
by Clint Bradford 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

>> ... I did not hear the first 30 to 45 seconds of the 7-minute repeater time, being so far north ... I had forgotten that it wasn't set to turn ON until past half-way of its pass for me in DM13-Riverside CA. I left the freq, and looked for a friend on a terrestrial station (g), then came back to a VERY LOUD AND CLEAR SIGNAL from AO-EWK, er, AO-27 ... Clint, K6LCS http://www.work-sat.com

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Rename AO-27 to AO-EWK!
by Clint Bradford 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

Wow ... Patrick just worked over a dozen stations on the pass of AO-27 that just completed its orbit over the Western US ... What a great pass, Patrick. Great work! Clint, K6LCS DM13

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How to Manually Program Your FT-60R LIVE!
by Clint Bradford 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

Well, GoToMeeting "got" me for a month's subscription (grin). So if you are interested in attending this live, online one-hour session that shows you ... - how to manually program your Yaesu FT-60R - battery charging tips - antenna replacement recommendations - and tries to answer any other questions YOU have ... then send me a couple of dates/times that you have open in the next couple of weeks. Let's get as many session in before I need to pay for another month's subscription! Let's not clog up this messagegroup with replies - please privalely email me, or leave a voicemail message at the number below. When we get closer, we call tell this group the definitive dates/times. Max of 15 attendees per session (that is a GoToMeeting restriction). Clint Bradford, K6LCS 909-241-7666 - cell

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HO-68 Schedule -04-11 July 2010
by Alan Kung 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

UTC: 04 July 2010 ================================ 16:00...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India, Africa, Middle East, Europe,NA 16:45...Turn Off 17:40...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,Middle East,NA 18:25...Turn Off 19:05...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA,North Asia,East Asia,Oceania 19:50...Turn Off 05 July 2010 ================================ 00:45...Turn On--FM/PACSAT South America,NA,North Asia 01:30...Turn Off 03:13...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 03:28...Turn Off 11:25...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe,South America,NA,North Asia 12:10...Turn Off 17:20...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 18:05...Turn Off 23:10...Turn On--FM/PACSAT South America,NA,North Asia 23:55...Turn Off 06 July 2010 ================================ 00:20...Turn On--FM/PACSAT South America,NA,North Asia 01:05...Turn Off 02:56...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia, East Asia, South Asia 03:12...Turn Off 11:10...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Oceania,Asia,Europe 11:55...Turn Off 13:45...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA,Europe,Africa,South America 14:30...Turn Off 17:15...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Middle East,Europe,NA 18:00...Turn Off 18:35...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 19:20...Turn Off 07 July 2010 ================================= 02:38...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:53...Turn Off 10:55...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Oceania,East Asia,North Asia,Europe 11:40...Turn Off 13:30...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Oceania,East Asia,North Asia,Europe 14:15...Turn Off 16:50...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 17:35...Turn Off 22:40...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA,North Asia,East Asia,Oceania 23:25...Turn Off 08 July 2010 ================================= 02:21...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:36...Turn Off 05:55...Turn On--FM/PACSAT NA,North Asia,Middle East, Europe,Africa 06:40...Turn Off 10:35...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 11:20...Turn Off 13:15...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe,NA,South America 14:00...Turn Off 16:45...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,India,Middle East,Europe,NA 17:30...Turn Off 18:20...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 19:05...Turn Off 22:20...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 23:05...Turn Off 09 July 2010 ================================ 02:05...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:21...Turn Off 10:20...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 11:05...Turn Off 12:55...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe,NA,South America 13:40...Turn Off 16:15...Turn On--FM/PACSAT India,Africa,Europe,NA 17:00...Turn Off 22:05...Turn On--FM/PACSAT South America,Africa,NA, Europe,North Asia,East Asia 22:50...Turn Off 10 July 2010 ================================ 00:55...Turn On--FM/PACSAT South America,NA,North Asia 01:40...Turn Off 01:49...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:04...Turn Off 10:05...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 10:50...Turn Off 12:45...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe,NA,South America 13:30...Turn Off 16:00...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Africa,Europe,NA 16:45...Turn Off 11 July 2010 ================================ 23:35...Turn On--FM/PACSAT South America,NA,North Asia 00:20...Turn Off 01:20...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:05...Turn Off 05:50...Turn On--FM/PACSAT North Asia,Europe,Africa 07:35...Turn Off 12:15...Turn On--FM/PACSAT Europe,NA,South America 13:00...Turn Off 73 Alan Kung, BA1DU HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager www.camsat.cn

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VA7EWK @ CN79/CO70 today
by Patrick STODDARD 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

Hi! Change of plan... no view of the sky below 30 degrees elevation in all directions @ CO60/CO70, so I moved to CN79/CO70 for today. Still looking to try for CO60 before midweek. Going on VO52 shortly... Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - Campbell River, British Columbia http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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P3E / P5A News
by Trevor . 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

See http://www.southgatearc.org/news/july2010/phase_3e_news.htm 73 Trevor M5AKA Daily Amateur Radio Email/RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ Email Your News To: editor at southgatearc.org Or Upload Using Form At: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news_1.htm ----

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Amateur Satellite to Investigate Power Line Interference
by Trevor . 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

It may carry a linear transponder as well, see http://www.uk.amsat.org/ 73 Trevor M5AKA Daily Amateur Radio Email/RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ Email Your News To: editor at southgatearc.org Or Upload Using Form At: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news_1.htm ----

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thanks for QSOs tonight in CN89
by Patrick STODDARD 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

Hi! I had fun working those 3 passes earlier. I was in Burnaby, a suburb to the east of Vancouver in CN89lg, and made QSOs all across North America. Even XE2AT called me on AO7. I logged 13 QSOs on a western AO51 pass, 7 on AO7, and 4 more on FO29. Fun! I still plan on bing at CO60/CO70 tomorrow. No guarantees on how early, but with sunset around 0500 UTC up here I may work more passes than I originally planned. Please note my call here does not use the traditional VE prefix... when I obtained my Canadian license in 2002, VE7EWK was already issued. The VA prefix had been available in many provinces for a couple of years, and I went with VA7EWK. This is the first time in 8+ years VA7EWK has been on anything other than local repeaters; I used CJ7EWK on satellites from Vancouver in late 2008. 73! Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK - sailing between Horseshoe Bay and Nanaimo, British Columbia, watching the sunset http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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CO-65 Digipeater Mode
by Mineo Wakita 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

CO-65 (Cute-1.7+APD II) is in Digipeater Mode during weekends, so it's only Saturday and Sunday. CO-65 digipeater is operated using a standard AX.25 protocol. SRLL protocol is not usually used. The uplink of the digipeater is 1267.600 MHz and the downlink 437.475 MHz using 9600 bps GMSK. http://lss.mes.titech.ac.jp/ssp/cute1.7/amateur_service_e.html http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ct17gmsk.htm http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ct17gms2.htm http://www.kc2rlm.info/soundcardpacket/ http://www.southgatearc.org/news/july2010/co65_digipeater_active.htm JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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Delaware for 13 Colonies
by Dave Webb KB1PVH 04 Jul '10

04 Jul '10

Jeff, KB2M will be /MM in Delaware Bay on on either Saturday or Sunday and agreed to put Delaware on the birds for the 13 Colonies Special Event. Keep an ear open for KB2M/K2E/MM!!! He will post here when he has more info. Thanks Jeff! Dave - KB1PVH/K2H Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID

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VA7EWK @ CN89, 0043-0142 UTC tonight
by Patrick STODDARD 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

Hello from Vancouver! Before I head for the ferry terminal and cross over to Vancouver Island, I will attempt an AO51 pass @ 0043 UTC, then AO7 @ 0106 UTC if it is in mode B, then FO29 @ 0128 UTC. A test of my gear, before my ambitious plans for tomorrow. 73! Patrick VA7EWK/WD9EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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WRONG TIMES
by Tim - N3TL 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

ISS will get to me in range to hit about 2317 UTC . NOT 2342.

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Hey ISS Packeteers!
by Tim - N3TL 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

If anyone is interested in working one of the "orbiting" 13 colonies special events stations, I should have 4-5 minutes of the next ISS pass available to me. Foliage to my east (a thick stand of trees that starts less than 50 feet from my back door, and runs east for 50-60 yards) will keep me from doing much with the southern half of the pass, but I should be ok by no later than 2343 UTC. Look for N3TL/K2G on your UISS display, and send me a message! I also should be able to make the north half of the next pass, to my west, too. 73 to all, and God Bless, Tim - N3TL/K2G Georgia EM84ha

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Re: [CubeSat] Cubesat Group purchase of EMCOR cells
by Ignacio de León 03 Jul '10

03 Jul '10

Hi everyone. Finally we bought 12 solars cells. The company is AZURSPACE from Germany. We would like to thank Mr. Bob Bruninga who put the post in Amsat comunity Mr. Vu Trong Thu who told us about his experience with AZURSPACE. Mr. Jürgen Grein who works in AZURSPACE and who made the purchase possible giving us an excelent support Mr. Jürgen Grein´s email: juergen.grein(a)azurspace.com We recommend AZURSPACE. http://www.azurspace.com/ Thanks again to everyone involved Best regards from Uruguay Ignacio de León 2010/5/24 Andrew Kalman <aek(a)pumpkininc.com> > Which size cell? > > That's a great deal if it's for the large ones (roughly 40x70mm ...). > > Dunno how good the rejects are. > > > --Andrew > > _______________________________________ > Andrew E. Kalman, Ph.D. aek(a)pumpkininc.com > > CubeSat Kit(TM) > A Product of Pumpkin, Inc. > 750 Naples Street > San Francisco, CA 94112 > tel: (415) 584-6360 > fax: (415) 585-7948 > web: http://www.cubesatkit.com > email: cubesatkit(a)pumpkininc.com > > The information contained in this email message is intended only for > the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may > contain information that is confidential. Furthermore, this > information may be protected by Federal law relating to > confidentiality (42 CFR Part 2) prohibiting any further disclosure. > If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the > employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to its > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, > dissemination, distribution or copying of the communication is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in > error, please notify Pumpkin, Inc. immediately by telephone, email or > fax and return the original message to us via the means by which it > was originally delivered. Thank you. > _______________________________________ > > > > At 1:32 PM -0400 5/24/10, Robert Bruninga wrote: > > > How much is Emcore quoting per cell? > > > >$50 per cell for rejects, minimum order $7500 > > > >Bob, WB4APR > >> > >> --Andrew > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> Andrew E. Kalman, Ph.D. aek(a)pumpkininc.com > >> > >> CubeSat Kit(TM) > >> A Product of Pumpkin, Inc. > >> 750 Naples Street > >> San Francisco, CA 94112 > >> tel: (415) 584-6360 > >> fax: (415) 585-7948 > >> web: http://www.cubesatkit.com > >> email: cubesatkit(a)pumpkininc.com > >> > >> The information contained in this email message is intended > >only for > >> the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed > >and may > >> contain information that is confidential. Furthermore, this > >> information may be protected by Federal law relating to > >> confidentiality (42 CFR Part 2) prohibiting any further > >disclosure. > >> If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or > >the > >> employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to > >its > >> intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, > >> dissemination, distribution or copying of the communication is > > > >> strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication > >in > >> error, please notify Pumpkin, Inc. immediately by telephone, > >email or > >> fax and return the original message to us via the means by > >which it > >> was originally delivered. Thank you. > >> _______________________________________ > >> > >> At 2:15 PM -0400 5/21/10, Robert Bruninga wrote: > >> >AMSAT and CUBESAT: > >> > > >> >A student CUBESAT group in Uruguay wants to partner with > >another > >> >CUBESAT group to purchase the minimum quantity (150) of > >triple > >> >jnction solar cells from EMCOR. They only need a dozen. > >> > > >> >Anyone want to team up? > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >CubeSat mailing list > >> >CubeSat(a)cubesat.org > >> >http://lists.cubesat.org/mailman/listinfo/cubesat > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > 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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Wow, what a civil and courteous crowd on AO-27
by Mark Lunday 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

I worked four stations. Two of those called me after my first two QSO's. A bunch of other QSO's happened, all with civility and good amateur practice. There was almost no cross-talk QRM among stations. EXTREMELY courteous. 4B2NV, KB0RZD, K0BAM, KD8KSN, WC7V heard or worked. This is my first FM satellite pass in more than a year, I gave up after the absurdity on AO-51 in April of 2009. Nicely done, Gentlemen. Obviously rule #1 was in effect today: don't be a bird "hog" 73 Mark Lunday, WD4ELG Greensboro, NC FM06be wd4elg(a)arrl.net http://wd4elg.blogspot.com http://wd4elg.net

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Upcoming Southern CA Shows
by Clint Bradford 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

AMSAT area coordinator Clint Bradford, K6LCS, will be presenting his "Working Amateur Satellites With Your HT" multimedia session at the July 8, 2010 meeting of the Riverside County Amateur Radio Association and at the July 22, 2010 meeting of the Antelope Valley ARC. ALL are welcome to attend! "Tentatively, we have workable passes of satellites before both of these meetings," Clint reports. "If you would like to show up early, I'll be working the satellite from the meetings' parking lots." Email Clint for details on times. Attendees should download Clint's four-page tutorial and radio programming matrix before the meeting from ... http://www.work-sat.com And Clint welcomes pre-presentation questions - call him at 909-241-7666, or send email to clint(a)clintbradford.com The Riverside club meeting starts at 7:00PM (new time!) at the La Sierra University Church, 4937 Sierra Vista Ave (at Pierce St), Riverside CA 92505. The Antelope Valley club meets at the Lancaster EOC building at City Hall, 45026 Fern Ave, Lancaster, CA 93534. Meeting starts at 7:30PM.

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Office Closed
by Martha 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

The AMSAT office will close on Friday at 11:30 am and reopen on Tuesday, July 6th at 10:00 am. Have a safe 4th of July! -- 73- Martha

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XQ
by Stuart Balanger 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

*Hi all. The next "HV Sat com" Net is Thursday July 8 @ 8PM; EDT; (Or 2400UTC), & the Echolink node is "N2EYH-L" More info: www.hvsatcom.org & for more info (Mt.Beacon ARC) go to: www.wr2abb.org 73.Stu (WA2BSS;Director,MBARC) (& QCWA Member) *

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EM46 follow up
by Rick - WA4NVM 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Sorry All, Update to my previouis post about Damon, WA4HFN. His will be on the birds Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Look for him in EM46 or EM56. 73 all, Rick

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EM46 anyone?
by Rick - WA4NVM 02 Jul '10

02 Jul '10

Hi All, I was asked to post this for Damon, WA4HFN. He will operate AO-27 at 1827 utc and SO-50 at 1908 utc from EM46 in MO. Look for him later in EM56 in TN. He will operate FM birds only. Thanks and have a Happy 4th, Rick WA4NVM

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dual band cheap yagi
by Howie DeFelice 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

I built a dual band VHF/UHF cheap yagi with 3 elements on VHF and 8 on UHF. I cross drilled the 3/4" PVC pipe boom and mounted the elements at 90 degrees from each other. I made the VHF elements removable so that I could easily transport the antenna in the car. I saw no interaction between the two antennas. I can definitely recommend this as a feasible project. Howie AB2S _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:…

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13 Colonies
by Dave Webb KB1PVH 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

We just picked up Fletch, N1RCN for Rhode Island on a limited basis. His call will be N1RCN/K2C. Dave - KB1PVH Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID

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SO-67 1 June possible active passes
by OZ1MY 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

01/07/2010 Europe 07:53:00 09:07:00 North America 15:50:00 17:25:00 Brazil 11:20:00 73 OZ1MY Ib

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HF Satellite Relay
by Robert Bruninga 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

Heard today of a Passive HF relay satellite being proposed. Wondered if Hams could relay off of it. It's a 10m diameter sphere. I assumed a 10m signal and 1000 Watts And antenna gains at both ends of 10 dB. Unless I made a dumb error, it looks impossible? I get a received signal of -170 dBm Compared to a good HF receiver of -122 dBm So its 48 dB down in the noise. Going to narrow band, could improve things, but the Doppler of +/- 600 Hz would make that difficult. Anyway, if someone else wants to double check the link budget using the radar range equation, go for it. The beauty of this system is that it is perfectly spherical, so the reflection coefficient would be constant within 1 dB. That is the advantage over trying to use the ISS or other large rocket body... They vary by 20 dB making communication by reflection impossible. Oh, and it would be in space for 30 years or more. So with something that reliable, it would be worth developing an amateur capability to use it. It is not designed for comms, but as a calibration sphere for over the horizon radars that have LOTS more power and LOTS more gain than we do. Bob, Wb4APR

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13 Colonies update ( The last one )
by Dave Webb KB1PVH 01 Jul '10

01 Jul '10

We have NH represented again, thanks to Jack WA1ZDV!! So hopefully for the last time, here are the satellite operators. NY- Pete, WB2OQQ/K2A VA- Steve, NL7VX/K2B ( only available July 1st and 2nd ) RI --------------------------- CT- Paul, K1PL/K2D DE ------------------------ MD- Bruce, WA3SWJ/K2F GA- Tim, N3TL/K2G MA- Dave, KB1PVH/K2H NJ- John, K2ZA/K2I ***** NEW ***** NC- Mark, N8MH/K2J NH- Jack, WA1ZDV/K2K ****** NEW ***** SC- Art, K4YYL/K2L PA- Rich, K3BFS/K2M I hope everyone has a good time!! Dave - KB1PVH/K2H Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID

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Michigan's Upper Peninsula Grid Activation EN65, EN66, and EN76 July 3-5, 2010
by Doug Papay 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

All, I will be active via FM satellite (AO-51, SO-50, AO-27 and SO-67) from the uncommon grid squares EN65, EN66, and EN76 in Michigan's Upper Peninsula during the Independence Day holiday weekend (Saturday, July 3rd PM - Monday, July 5th AM). EN76 is my primary destination with side trips for operations from EN65 and EN66. Look for me on from EN76 on Saturday afternoon & Sunday and Monday mornings. I expect to operate from EN65 and EN66 during the afternoon/evening passes on Saturday and Sunday respectively coinciding with the location of the local fireworks displays. I will attempt to work as many passes as possible, family commitments prevailing. Operating conditions at my EN76 destination are unknown; satellite imagery shows heavy tree cover as is typical of most of northern Michigan, but since we will be located across the road from a lake, I should have good visibility to the south from the shore and/or dock. I expect to operate from the Lake Michigan and Lake Superior shorelines while in EN65 and EN66 respectively. My station consists of a Kenwood TH-D7A and Arrow antenna. If you are looking for EN74 or EN75, it is possible that I could operate from either these grids on the journey north (Saturday AM) or on the return trip (Monday AM/PM). Drop me an email with your request and I'll try to accommodate. As always, I will sign KD8CAO/P to indicate that I am portable and not @ my home QTH. For all contacts, no QSL or SASE is required, just send me an email request and I will send you a QSL card. 73, Doug KD8CAO

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Dual band "cheap yagi" question ( interlacing elements?)
by Michael Tondee 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

I'm in the process of putting together a portable FM satellite station and I intend to homebrew the antenna using the WA5VJB "cheap yagi" design. In looking at a picture in the May/June 2007 AMSAT Journal I've noticed that the so called "AMSAT demonstration antenna" that is composed of two elements on two meters and five elements on 70cm has the 70cm antenna built completely ahead of the two meter antenna on the boom. In other words, the elements for the two bands are not interlaced with each other. I'm planning to build a larger antenna with more elements as I will use it on a tripod rather than holding it by hand and I'm wondering if I can interlace the elements of the two antennas on the boom without adversely affecting performance. To build the antenna I envision in the fashion shown in the picture with one antenna built completely ahead of the other on the boom would result in an unruly boom length. Also, if I do interlace the elements, should I place them at 90 degrees orientation to each other as is done in the Arrow design? I doubt it makes any difference but just to be clear, I will be using two separate radios for TX and RX so no diplexer will be used. Yagi antennas, especially dual band designs, are not exactly my forte so I thought I'd ask this question just to be sure. Tnx and 73, Michael, W4HIJ

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AO-7 mode B
by Bob- W7LRD 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

AO-7 seems "stuck" in mode B. This is not a bad thing. Anyone know, how, why etc. 73 Bob W7LRD

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Re: AO-7 mode B
by Andrew Glasbrenner 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

Bob- W7LRD wrote: > AO-7 seems "stuck" in mode B. This is not a bad thing. Anyone know, how, why etc. > > 73 Bob W7LRD > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > Short eclipses or near-eclipses over the South Pole cause the power to drop enough to reset the 24 hour mode change timer. 73, Drew KO4MA

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SO-67 Suggestions
by John Papay 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

SO-67 is in a mode whereby the uplink audio is repeated as long as the transmitter is turned on. If there is no PL on the uplink, repeated audio will be reduced by about 10db compared to rx noise when no satellite is in view. SO-67 is being turned on for 15 minute periods as conditions permit. If you transmit PL, the repeated audio level will be 10db higher than with no PL, however the PL tone level will also be very high. There is apparently no tone filtering between the receiver and the transmitter. Once you stop transmitting with PL, you will hear rx noise at full deviation. After 2-1/2 seconds or so, the repeated noise/audio level will once again be 10db down. As mentioned in another post, the best way to operate given this configuration is not to use PL and work with the low audio. Since this bird is very strong, low audio is not a big problem. If there are signals with PL, the audio level will jump up 10db so watch your ears. 73, John K8YSE

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ISS APRS Packet Active
by Mani VU2WMY 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

Just heard ISS APRS packet active over VU Land during 12:44 pass. Can someone confirm? Mani, VU2WMY

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question
by Dads 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

Hi : I sent a couple friends that are interested to the AMSAT website. I told them to look at all the satellites. They found the site had all satellites on it. When they brought up the sats they didn,t put on the sidebands on the linear birds, the up and downlinks . I mean the upper and lower sidebands for these birds. So I sent them to the UK site and they were there. They didn,t have Oscar 68 on there though. Jerry w0sat

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Alinco DJ-G7T as a full-duplex FM Sat rig?
by dave＠k7daa.com 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

It's been a while now since I've heard any discussion about this Alinco HT since its debut just over a year ago. The first reviews were fairly negative, with most comments pointing towards immature firmware. I know that Alinco has sent out a number of updates of this HT's operating system since then, but I don't know how important or effective these improvements were. A ham friend of mine bought one about six months ago, and tells me he is very pleased with his, enjoying some 1.2 Gig SF Bay Area repeater systems. He has never used the satellites, though, (yep, it's a pity!) so could not tell me anything about how well this HT accomplishes full-duplex FM sat operation. So, my question to those of you that own this HT and have kept up with the updates: Is this product worth another look? Has it matured sufficiently? I'm probably most interested in how well it performs in full-duplex mode for FM satellites, hence my reason for posting this question here. So what say ye, DJ-G7T owners? Worth it, or not? Is the full-duplex sensitivity and functionality good, or do you have to accept some degradation or other compromises? 73 es tnx in advance, Dave - K7DAA

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Awesome photo of ISS
by andy thomas 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

see (from the space education institute, Leipzig): "this we photographed in our observatory yesterday:" http://www.youtube.com/user/SpaceEducation#p/c/BC233E60895D1BE3/0/_JfnLuKsA… 73 de andy G0SFJ

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SO-67 on for the first time over Europe
by OZ1MY 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

Hi all, Just had a pass with AOS at 0946 UTC here in Copenhagen. It works as described on the page: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ It means that you do not need the PL-tone once the transponder is started. In fact do not set the tone ON. The transponder sounds better without the tone. As before use FMN on the uplink - and turn the AF gain down until your modulation sounds good to yourself. Use of high power also seems to distort the audio on the downlink. This is just the experience from one short pass :-) The list on the homepage above may not be up to date all the time. When we receive confirmed lists from the control station we will publish on amsat-bb. Depending upon the time of the day - may need to sleep every now and again. This week until Monday next week I have only asked for morning passes over Europe. Next week I will ask for afternoon passes as well when the satellite is in Sun. Please remember we are just passengers on Sumbandilasat. If there are other tasks they take priority. 73 OZ1MY Ib

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SO-67 possible active passes 30 June
by OZ1MY 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

30/06/2010 South Africa 08:29 Europe 09:46 Brazil 11:39 13:15 North America 14:35 16:10 17:45 73 OZ1MY Ib

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13 Colonies Special Event Update
by Dave Webb KB1PVH 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

Just a reminder about the upcoming 13 Original Colonies Special Event. It runs from July 1 through July 6. Unfortunately, we lost NH due to work commitments, so if there is another station that wants to represent NH, get in touch with me ASAP at kb1pvh(a)amsat.org. Here is the link for more info- http://www.13colonies.info/ Here are the calls to listen for NY- Pete, WB2OQQ/K2A VA- Steve, NL7VX/K2B ( Only available on July 1 and in the AM on the 2nd ) RI --------------------------- CT- Paul, K1PL/K2D DE ------------------------ MD- Bruce, WA3SWJ/K2F GA- Tim, N3TL/K2G MA- Dave, KB1PVH/K2H NJ ---------------------- NC- Mark, N8MH/K2J NH ------------------------- SC- Art, K4YYL/K2L PA- Rich, K3BFS/K2M Thanks, Dave - KB1PVH

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Samuel Morse
by Bruce 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

I could not resist forwarding this spam as I found it most amusing that Samuel Morse is still alive and wanting my help to move money from a foreign country. I removed the email address from the spam. Can you say spam in morse code? 73...bruce The Desk Of, Mr. Samuel Morse Fund Manager, Fidelity International, UK . I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business.Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest medium of communication. Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics.I knew that this mail will come to you as a surprise, but please do not be discouraged with my proposal, it was due to how things are moving with me, then i decided to write to you when I saw your contact information in a directory. However, this correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be treated as such.At first I will like to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk and trouble free to both parties My name is Mr. Samuel Morse, a Fund Manager with Fidelity Investment, UK. I handle all our Investors Capital Project Funds which enabled me to divert 1.2% of Investors Excess Return Capital Funds to our Magellan Trust Funds Account where anyone can be presented to claim the funds. Total sum of Fifteen Million, Seven Hundred and Forty Five Thousand British Pounds (15.745.000)BP has been diverted, representing 1.2% of Excess Return Capital Funds from the Investor Capital Project Funds for 2006/2007 fiscal year. I need a reliable and trustworthy person with whom I can work this deal out so that we can claim the funds as mentioned above. There is no risk attached and the funds in question can never be dictated or traced. Sincerely, Mr. Samuel Morse

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Rulo, Nebraska (EN20) - 30 Jun
by Gail A Mcdaniel 30 Jun '10

30 Jun '10

David and I will be working a few passes tomorrow afternoon from Rulo Nebraska (EN20gb). We will probably work from the Lewis and Clark Camp Site on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River if it gives us a fairly clear view of the passes. We are planning on working the AO-27 pass @ 1922z, SO-50 pass @ 1949z and AO-27 pass at 2102z. If you are looking for a Nebraska contact and can work on of these passes... just let one of us know if you want a QSL card and we will get it in the mail asap- no SASE is required. 73 David(KB0RZE) Gail(KB0RZD)

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Pass prediction algorithm
by Reid Crowe 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

I'm trying to write my own pass prediction program for tracking FM satellites. This program will this notify the users of upcoming passes via APRS messaging. I would like to find an algorithm that will predict AOS/LOS time and azimuth and the maximum elevation. I'm also hoping this algorithm will not be too computationally intensive as it may possibly be used for hundreds of different station locations. Can anyone help? 73, Reid N0RC

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[Fwd: Uploaded Amsat Schedules]
by Andrew Glasbrenner 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Forwarded from the Sumbandila team: Hi Guys, The schedules below were uploaded to the satellite. 29/06/2010 North America 19:35 Brazil 23:37 30/06/2010 South Africa 07:00 North America 00:00 03:10 04:45 Brazil 01:10

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Negai Reentred??
by Masahiro Arai 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Japanese CubeSat Negai (object ID number:36575) reentered?? The latest keps which is element set number 29, epoch 10172.70653775 shows Negai's perigee altitude is under 100km. There is no official info (eg. Space Track) but I guess Negai already reenterd. Does anyone have reenter info?? 73 Masa JN1GKZ

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WD9EWK - 2010 Field Day
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Hi! Field Day was fun, even if my "contest" was only a Saturday event. I did not stay out for the whole time, but enjoyed being in the mountains in a forest playing radio. I also had a chance to make some QSOs on HO-68 about an hour or so before the start of Field Day. A good way to avoid the 111F/44C heat in my home city of Phoenix. On my way to my Field Day site, I stopped in Flagstaff AZ near the I-17/I-40 junction to sneak in on an HO-68 pass at 1645 UTC. I parked in a parking lot west of the junction and the Northern Arizona University campus in grid DM45de, and made 7 QSOs before the satellite was out of range. After that, I packed up my gear and finished my driving to my Field Day spot. I parked at the same place I used for Field Day last year, the Garland Prairie Vista picnic ground in the Kaibab National Forest. This picnic area is 20 miles/32km west of Flagstaff AZ, along old US-66 in grid DM45ag. Along with last year's Field Day, I have worked from along the road just west of here at the DM35xg/DM45ag grid boundary several times in the past couple of years. I set up my station in the back of my truck, catching some shade and enjoying the occasional breeze through the forest. There have been some forest fires near this area, but those were some distance away from me. I worked HF and 6m, along with the satellites, enjoying the much cooler weather at this site. This year, for the first time, I made some SSB satellite QSOs. :-) I had a VO-52 pass right at the start of Field Day, 1800 UTC Saturday. It was a shallow pass, and at that time the satellite was only up a few degrees from the horizon to the southwest. No luck in completing a QSO in the 4 or 5 minutes of the pass that started Field Day, but I'd get a QSO on VO-52 later. Off to HF and - when I heard activity - 6m to log some QSOs before SO-50 and AO-27 passes to the west starting at 2112 UTC. I was able to make my SO-50 QSO with W0NT in Colorado before AO-27 started up. Then a quick QSO on AO-27 with "neighbor" WA2DFI in another part of Arizona took care of my QSOs for 2 of the 3 FM birds. A few stations called for me toward the end of the pass after I made my QSO. I responded, so they could get their QSOs on AO-27. These additional AO-27 QSOs were listed on my ARRL and AMSAT logs, but not counted in the score for either event. I then went back to HF for an hour, before an AO-7 pass at 2242 UTC. Lots of stations, but the 7- degree pass at my location proved to be a barrier. No QSOs logged on this pass, but I had 2 more AO-7 passes later. Back to HF and 6m... Between 0018 UTC and 0110 UTC, I had passes on AO-51 followed by AO-7 and FO-29. I was able to get Alvaro XE2AT on AO-51, something on the order of a miracle with all the stations trying to get on there. Then over to AO-7, which - once again - was as busy as 20m SSB. Near the end of the pass, Rick VE4AMU was able to hear me well enough to make a QSO. Then the fun really started on FO-29. FO-29's pass to my east, starting at 0055 UTC, was what I hoped it would be for my Field Day effort. During that 15-minute pass, I was able to work 4 stations. It was easier for me to find my 5W signals in the downlink, and hold it for the QSOs I made. I know there were many more stations I did not work on that pass, but these QSOs got me excited for more satellite passes an hour or so later. Before the last group of satellite passes in the hour starting around 0222 UTC, I copied the W1AW Field Day bulletin on 17m SSB. After that, I packed the HF/6m side of my station and got ready for 3 more passes - AO-7 at 0222 UTC, then FO-29 at 0240 UTC, and VO-52 at 0308 UTC. The first two passes were to my west, and VO-52 was on a pass to my east. When AO-7 came up, I was able to quickly find myself in the downlink and started calling CQ. Throughout the 20-minute pass, I made 5 QSOs! The most-productive satellite pass I worked all day. As AO-7 was going away, FO-29 was coming up. Despite hearing myself through the bird and alternating between calling CQ and trying to answer other CQ calls, I made no QSOs. Not a problem, since I had one more pass I wanted to work as the sun was setting. VO-52 was loud, with many stations just like I heard on the earlier AO-7 and FO-29 passes. Near the end of the pass, WI9MRC in Wisconsin patiently asked for repeats in order to complete our QSO. This was my only VO-52 QSO, but it was fun to slug it out with my 5W radios trying to make that QSO happen. When VO-52 went away, I turned on a couple of flashlights to help see as I dismantled the satellite station and pack things in my truck for the drive down I-40 to a truck stop for food and fuel, followed by the 2-hour drive home. For ARRL Field Day, I logged 49 QSOs on bands between 40m and 6m plus the satellites. For AMSAT Field Day, 14 QSOs on 6 satellites - 6 on AO-7, 4 on FO-29, and one each on the other 4 (AO-27, AO-51, SO-50, VO-52). All done on battery power with a pair of 12V/20Ah jumpstart battery packs, 5W transmitter power, without generators or running off my truck's electrical system. No world records, but spending the day in the mountains playing radio was a lot of fun. The SSB satellite activity, in particular, was a great test of my skills in advance of my trip to Canada next weekend. I used an IC-703 HF/6m transceiver at 5W with an Outbacker Joey HF/VHF vertical for my HF and 6m work, and my Elk Antennas handheld 2m/70cm log periodic as my satellite antenna. I swapped between different radios for the FM satellites (an IC-2820H 2m/70cm FM mobile radio, throttled back to 5W) and SSB (two FT-817NDs, connected to the log periodic through a diplexer). My ARRL web site soapbox entry for this year's Field Day, along with some photos, can be seen at: http://www.arrl.org/soapbox/view/7117 I've worked Field Day with my call as a 1B/1-op/Battery station every year since 2001, and since 2006 on the satellites. My ARRL score won't be as big as in 2009 with a slightly-lower QSO count, but being able to log those SSB satellite QSOs meant I achieved the goal I set for myself for this year's Field Day. And, as always, having fun at the same time. Field Day is always a fun time for me, and I look forward to the 2011 event. Thanks to all the stations that made QSOs with WD9EWK, whether on the satellites or on HF or 6m. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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field day
by Bob- W7LRD 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Had an absolute blast on field day. AO-7 sounded like a 20M pile up <grin>. Even the S band operation on AO-51 was busy. With so many stations on the satellites should we not have more AMSAT members? Defined as more dues paying and contributing members. This is rocket science and as I been preaching, "this is rocket science and that ain't cheap". 73 Bob W7LRD

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Field Day Results
by Bruce 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

I would like to remind everyone that participated in Field Day that you need to email your results to me. Per the rules.... The Satellite Summary Sheet should be used for submission of the AMSAT Field Day competition and be received by KK5DO (email or postal mail) by 11:59 P.M. CDT, Monday, July 12, 2010. The preferred method for submitting your log is via e-mail to kk5do(a)amsat.org or kk5do(a)arrl.net. You will receive an email back (within one or two days) from me when I receive your email submission. If you do not receive a confirmation message, then I have not received your submission. Try sending it again or send it to my other email address. Good Luck 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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US Space Policy - Export Restrictions
by Trevor . 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

Do I detect a very slight loosening of the Export Restrictions with regard to Space in the new policy released Monday. Compare below with "12 Effective Export Policy" in the 2006 version. National Space Policy of the United States of America http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/national_space_policy_6-28-10… Effective Export Policies Consistent with the U.S. export control review, departments and agencies should seek to enhance the competitiveness of the U.S. space industrial base while also addressing national security needs. The United States will work to stem the flow of advanced space technology to unauthorized parties. Departments and agencies are responsible for protecting against adverse technology transfer in the conduct of their programs. The United States Government will consider the issuance of licenses for space-related exports on a case-by-case basis, pursuant to, and in accordance with, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, the Export Administration Regulations, and other applicable laws, treaties, and regulations. Consistent with the foregoing space-related items that are determined to be generally available in the global marketplace shall be considered favorably with a view that such exports are usually in the national interests of the United States. Sensitive or advanced spacecraft-related exports may require a government-to-government agreement or other acceptable arrangement. 2006 US Space Policy http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/nspd/space.pdf 1996 US Space Policy http://www.fas.org/spp/military/docops/national/nstc-8.htm ---- 73 Trevor M5AKA Daily Amateur Radio Email/RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ Email Your News To: editor at southgatearc.org Or Upload Using Form At: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news_1.htm ----

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DN35, DN36, DN37
by KERRY LA*DUKE 29 Jun '10

29 Jun '10

All, My plan is to operate from DN35 starting about 1245Z on 6/29/2010. I will be in DN36 around 1800Z and DN37 around 2000Z. I may be able to operate from grid boundries for some passes. I will be active on SO50, AO51, SO67 if available and AO27. 73 WC7V Kerry _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:…

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Cubex antennas- any feedback?
by John Heath 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

Hi, Just moved to a new QTH in southern england and considering new satellite antennas. The Cubex 2 and 70 dual band quad "Yellow-Jacket 46" looks interesting at www.cubex.com Anyone using this antenna on satellites? Any problems with desense with the two antennas on the same boom? Feedback welcome 73 John G7HIA on IO80JE

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Re: [sarex] Ariss casual phone contacts
by Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

At 08:27 PM 6/26/2010 -0700, patrick(a)aceweb.com wrote: >How about letting us know why there are no casual contacts anymore and >only rehearsed and choreographed public shows. >I read many times about how busy the astronauts are but it is glaringly >apparent they have no interest or are refraining from unrehearsed >contacts. >They could at least turn on the cross band repeater. The navy had enough >control over the amateur radio with the packet. >Frankly, I am personally no longer interested in talking to the astronauts >but the repeater was a lot of fun. >Someone please make it happen. > >A mere citizen > >pat I was thinking about this, and you know I've never have made a contact with anyone the ISS. There were a few times I could have fired up the mfj-1278 and done some digi, but even that hasn't been turned on much. I didn't monitor to see if they were on for FD. KB7ADL

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SO-67 status
by Andrew Glasbrenner 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

Forwarded from the Sumbandila team: Hi guys, I'm sorry to inform you that we couldn't upload any schedules this evening. The On Board Computer was off at the beginning of the pass. SO I had to switch it on and try to stabilize the satellite. I'll keep on monitoring the satellite state tomorrow, and will resume with the Amsats once everything is in order. My apologies for any inconvenience caused.

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SatPC 32 CAT / track doppler in my ICOM 910H
by Robert Felt 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

de KB5YZG I have had my SatPC 32 up and running for long time, all modules seem to work fine except the CAT. It wont take control of the Icom910H and track the doppler. When I designate a particular satellite and click on the "C" for CAT control, the s/w connects to the radio and the Icom receives some bogus frequencies and mods , that don't correspond to the selected satellite (doppler file). I have re-checked all of the configuration setting !! ??? The S/W seems to be talking to the radio, but not with the right frequencies and doesn't track these frequencies once they are loaded. Any suggestions. Thanks , Bob -kb5yzg tel (828) 696-4103

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handhelds
by Bob- W7LRD 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

With the plethora of hand helds available. What are the "best" ones for sats. I have used a W32A no longer in production. My grandson has the bug and I want to aim him in the right direction. 73 Bob W7LRD

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k4t qsl - thank you
by Robert Coppock 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

= hi, i got my qsl card a couple of days ago. that contact was great, san francisco coit tower to dry tortugas, on pi day (3.14) and getting the card makes a nice memory. thank you Mark /n8mh, and also the entire dxpedition team and qsl manager. i am sure you all made many hams happy. thank you very much, 73, Robert k f 0 g =

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HO-68 Schedule -27-04 July 2010
by Alan Kung 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

UTC: 27 June 2010 ================================ 16:00...Turn On--CW/SSB India, Africa, Middle East, Europe,NA 16:45...Turn Off 17:50...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Europe,Middle East,NA 18:35...Turn Off 19:35...Turn On--CW/SSB NA,North Asia,East Asia,Oceania 20:20...Turn Off 28 June 2010 ================================ 00:50...Turn On--CW/SSB South America,NA,North Asia 01:35...Turn Off 01:41...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 01:53...Turn Off 10:15...Turn On--CW/SSB Europe,South America,NA,North Asia 11:00...Turn Off 17:30...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Europe,NA 18:15...Turn Off 29 June 2010 ================================ 23:20...Turn On--CW/SSB South America,NA,North Asia 00:05...Turn Off 00:30...Turn On--CW/SSB South America,NA,North Asia 01:15...Turn Off 03:06...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia, East Asia, South Asia 03:22...Turn Off 09:35...Turn On--CW/SSB Oceania,Asia,Europe 10:20...Turn Off 12:10...Turn On--CW/SSB NA,Europe,Africa,South America 12:55...Turn Off 17:15...Turn On--CW/SSB India,Middle East,Europe,NA 18:00...Turn Off 18:45...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Europe,NA 19:30...Turn Off 30 June 2010 ================================= 02:54...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 03:09...Turn Off 09:15...Turn On--CW/SSB Oceania,East Asia,North Asia,Europe 10:00...Turn Off 13:45...Turn On--CW/SSB Oceania,East Asia,North Asia,Europe 14:30...Turn Off 17:00...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Europe,NA 17:45...Turn Off 22:50...Turn On--CW/SSB NA,North Asia,East Asia,Oceania 23:35...Turn Off 01 July 2010 ================================= 02:37...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:52...Turn Off 06:05...Turn On--CW/SSB NA,North Asia,Middle East, Europe,Africa 06:50...Turn Off 10:45...Turn On--CW/SSB Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 11:30...Turn Off 13:30...Turn On--CW/SSB Europe,NA,South America 14:15...Turn Off 16:45...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,India,Middle East,Europe,NA 17:30...Turn Off 18:30...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Europe,NA 19:15...Turn Off 22:30...Turn On--CW/SSB Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 23:15...Turn Off 02 July 2010 ================================ 02:15...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:31...Turn Off 10:30...Turn On--CW/SSB Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 11:15...Turn Off 13:10...Turn On--CW/SSB Europe,NA,South America 13:55...Turn Off 16:25...Turn On--CW/SSB India,Africa,Europe,NA 17:10...Turn Off 22:15...Turn On--CW/SSB South America,Africa,NA, Europe,North Asia,East Asia 23:00...Turn Off 03 July 2010 ================================ 01:10...Turn On--CW/SSB South America,NA,North Asia 01:55...Turn Off 02:04...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:19...Turn Off 10:15...Turn On--CW/SSB Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 11:00...Turn Off 12:55...Turn On--CW/SSB Europe,NA,South America 13:40...Turn Off 16:10...Turn On--CW/SSB Africa,Europe,NA 16:55...Turn Off 04 July 2010 ================================ 23:45...Turn On--CW/SSB South America,NA,North Asia 00:30...Turn Off 01:37...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 01:53...Turn Off 05:10...Turn On--CW/SSB North Asia,Europe,Africa 05:55...Turn Off 12:40...Turn On--CW/SSB Europe,NA,South America 13:25...Turn Off 73 Alan Kung, BA1DU HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager www.camsat.cn

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satpc32
by Ken 28 Jun '10

28 Jun '10

I am having trouble getting the time right on my sat32pc program. Help. Ken

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ao-51 v/s working ?
by Robert Coppock 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

= howdy, i did not hear anything on s-band ao-51 27th 0022-0032 utc. is it working for anyone else? i see wd9ewk and aa5pk on the dcarr satellite logger page for that time, but it doesnt specify which repeater. i hope all are enjoying field day. 73, Robert k f 0 g =

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[Fwd: Uploaded Amsat Schedules]
by Andrew Glasbrenner 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

From the Sumbandila team: Hi Guys, Below is a list of Amsat activities from tonight onwards. It also shows the schedules that have been uploaded. We unfortunately can't upload all at once. 27/6/2010 North America 20:15 Uploaded 28/6/2010 North America 00:40 Uploaded 02:15 Uploaded 03:50 Uploaded 05:20 06:55 13:40 15:10 16:45 18:20 20:00 South Africa 06:00 Uploaded 07:35 Uploaded Europe 07:16 08:49 29/6/2010 North America 00:20 01:55 03:30 05:05 06:40 13:20 14:55 16:00 18:05 19:35 South Africa 05:41 07:16 Europe 06:57 08:30 30/6/210 North America 00:00 01:35 03:10 04:45 06:20 13:00 14:35 16:10 17:45 19:15 20:45 23:40 South Africa 07:00 08:29 Europe 08:12 09:46 01/07/2010 Europe 07:53 09:27 02/07/2010 Europe 09:08 10:43 03/07/2010 Europe 08:49 10:24 04/07/2010 Europe 06:57 08:31 10:05

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ao-51 V/S working ok today !
by Robert Coppock 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

= hi Drew, Alan, Mal, Randy and all, the bird is working fine today in V/S mode. there were 5 or 6 stations on the pacific ocean pass at 1410utc. i worked it for the club i spent field day with on saturday at the berkeley, ca pier, and operated w6cus /rover today from home to get them the 100 pts. my k5gna hand-held d/c still works great. thank you to all who replied to help, and a THANK YOU to Drew for taking the time to make sure it was all set right. i hope all had a great field day weekend. 73, Robert k f 0 g cm97 dublin, ca =

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SRMSAT
by Trevor . 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

A satellite being built by students of SRM University in Chennai may be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in September The primary load on the September launch is Cartosat and this launch is also slated to carry two Amateur Radio satellites STUDSAT and TISat-1. The NDTV report does not give the name of the satellite the SRM University students are building but it is believed to refer to SRMSAT. A description of the SRMSAT ground station indicates it may use the bands 145.8MHz for the uplink and 434.5MHz for the downlink. An SRM University press release describes SRMSAT as a 15 watt satellite weighing between 10 and 15 kg and measuring one meter cube. The project is estimated at Rs 2 crore and the construction of the satellite is on within the university’s premises. “This project is aimed at increasing the technical expertise of our staff and students and giving them the rare opportunity of constructing a satellite first-hand with ISRO scientists guiding them. We want to prove that our students are worthy of this feat. We hope to launch a satellite once in every two years, of course, with different scientific objectives,” says P Satyanarayana, vicechancellor, SRM University. Read the NDTV story 'ISRO may launch nano satellite in September' at http://publication.samachar.com/pub_article.php?id=9450692&nextids=9447831|… SRMSAT Information http://www.prlog.org/10719954-future-perfect-of-srm-university.html SRMSAT Ground Station http://srmuniv.academia.edu/ssn/Papers SRMSAT Yahoo Group http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/srmsat/ Chennai Hams VHF/UHF/HF Enthusiasts Forum http://chennaihams.blogspot.com/2010/03/asol-exam-conducted-at-srm-universi… Further information on other payloads with Cartosat is at http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2010/may_satellite_launch.htm ---- 73 Trevor M5AKA Daily Amateur Radio Email/RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ Email Your News To: editor at southgatearc.org Or Upload Using Form At: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news_1.htm ----

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ao-51 v/s working ?
by Mal Pizzey 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

On the second pass of AO-51 (08:20 UTC, 27th) S-band down link was working OK, managed to work VK6AKI Ron in Perth. Regards Mal VK2MAL

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Taiwan PACEsat 2U CubeSat Project
by Trevor . 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

I'd not spotted this one before, a Taiwanese project - YouTube graphic appears to show an Indian Launcher. PACE Satellite http://www.dlr.de/iaa.symp/Portaldata/49/Resources/dokumente/archiv5/0510P_… which says "... the frequency 145 MHz is selected for up and downlink communication." But 433 MHz CW/AX.25 is referred to at http://www.iaalab.ncku.edu.tw/pace/ PACEsat YouTube Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5gI7HqFbwc 73 Trevor M5AKA Daily Amateur Radio Email/RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ Email Your News To: editor at southgatearc.org Or Upload Using Form At: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news_1.htm ----

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ao-51 v/s working ?
by Mal Pizzey 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

Hi All 70cm down link heard on the 06:50 UTC (27th June) pass of AO-51 here in VK. No signals heard from s-band down link. Mal (VK2MAL)

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AO-7 was Rockin' tonight!
by Tim - N3TL 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

Hey everyone, I've never heard AO-7 so busy. I'm sure she has been - "in the old days," back in the 1970s when she was still new to orbit. But tonight on the pass that reached the W4G Field Day site about 0026 UTC, I heard more stations on AO-7 than I've heard in the two years I've been working the satellites - and I stayed in the CW portion of the passband! If CW was that busy, I suspect the SSB going on above 145.950 was even busier. Some may disagree (because I'm confident I'm not the only one who heard the "FMing"), but I was happy to hear the Grand Old Girl get such a workout. I promised the clubs from Athens, Ga., and Commerce, Ga. - who do a combined Field Day effort using the 1x1 call W4G - that I'd try to get them the 100-point satellite bonus. In 2009, I worked most of the Saturday and Sunday-morning FD passes as the W4G satellite station, and we did ok. For a number of reasons this year, I didn't commit to more than the time necessary to get them the bonus. I took a different tack with the station setup this year, too, because I wanted to show the folks how little gear is necessary to effectively work the satellites - even the highest-orbiting, oldest one in the amateur fleet. I used an FT-817ND as the transmit radio, and a Yaesu VR-500 handheld all-mode receiver as the receive radio. I connected both to my Elk antenna with a Diamond diplexer. In addition to hand-holding the Elk and manually tracking AO-7, I tuned for Doppler manually and used a straight key for CW. There was a lot going on during the pass, for sure. My goal was to show those folks that effective satellite communications doesn't require significant expense or so much equipment that portable operation is problematic at best. If you can connect an all-mode VHF/UHF receiver and an all-mode QRP rig that also covers VHF/UHF to an Elk or an Arrow handheld antenna, you only need to add headphones (to avoid feedback during full-duplex operation) and a key or microphone to work any of the FM or linear satellites. I dare say that if all the stations I heard on AO-7 tonight had been running no more than 5 watts into their antennas, the FMing probably wouldn't have been nearly so bad. Thanks from W4G to W5MSQ, N9AMW and W8DXA for the calls. I had a splitter cable from the headphone jack on the VR-500 to two sets of headphones, so several people got to listen to portions of the pass on the second set of headphones. It was fun seeing the looks on their faces as they heard CW arriving from orbit! Best of luck to everyone this Field Day! 73 and God Bless, Tim - N3TL Athens, Ga. - EM84ha

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Nano Satellite
by Gopal Madhavan 27 Jun '10

27 Jun '10

http://publication.samachar.com/pub_article.php?id=9450692&nextids=9447831|9 449069|9449922|9410540|9450692&nextIndex=0 Gopal Madhavan VU2GMN

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SO-67 schedule
by Andrew Glasbrenner 26 Jun '10

26 Jun '10

From the Sumbandila team: Hi All, We could not upload any Amsat activities in tonight's passes. So the Amsat payload will not be active for tonight's schedules. The only upload opportunity is tomorrow morning at 06:22. Sorry for any inconvenience.

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SO-67 schedules
by Andrew Glasbrenner 26 Jun '10

26 Jun '10

From the Sumbandila team: "Hi Guys, We had problems with the scheduling system. So the schedules from tomorrow onwards were not uploaded to the satellite. We are working on the problem and will let you know as soon as we have uploaded. Sorry for any inconvenience caused." 73, Drew KO4MA

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FT-817 charge?
by Robert Bruninga 26 Jun '10

26 Jun '10

I give up. How do you get the 817 to charge? Lost my manual. Charge menu is set for 10 hours. Is there something to push to tell it to get started? Bob

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Finally my first HO-68 contacts
by Patrick Farcon 26 Jun '10

26 Jun '10

I had to share for the excitement was wonderful. I am usually unable to work many satellite passes of any kind during the week but by chance on the train ride home from work I noticed an 81 degree pass of HO-68 at its peak elevation this evening. I had tried before to make contacts on this satellite unsuccessfully and so far I have only tried FM. But with this pass so close to overhead I looked up what mode HO-68 would be in and in fact it was to be in FM mode at that time. So for the first time I decided to try a pass of a satellite at night and was overwhelmed to hear such clear signals. Receiving others was easier than getting the proper az/el combinations for uplink. Listening to my downlink helped immensely. I was absolutely floored that my first contact on HO-68 was YV1RDX from Venezuella. About 20 mins later and a few confirmed contacts I was so thrilled to have finally done it that I rushed to download the recording before the batteries that were low could possibly run out. I have only been working the satellites since about April or so and especially since antenna restrictions limit my activities. I am so hooked on this facet of the hobby and I can¹t believe it took about 17 years to get started! It really doesn¹t in fact take much...just two HT, an Arrow II antenna, a compass, a watch, and a digital recorder. Thanks to all that I made contact with and hope to see you all on the satellites soon! 73, Pat N2VYT FN20un

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Re: SO-67 schedule - 25-30 June 2010
by Andrew Glasbrenner 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Thank you Patrick. I tried sending that to the -bb twice this morning, and they are still hung up somewhere. 73, Drew -----Original Message----- >From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb(a)wd9ewk.net> >Sent: Jun 25, 2010 1:47 PM >To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >Subject: [amsat-bb] SO-67 schedule - 25-30 June 2010 > >Hi! > >Drew KO4MA asked me to post this to the -BB. This is the >SO-67 schedule for today (25 June) through the 30th. > >73! > > > > > >Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK >http://www.wd9ewk.net/ > >*********** > >Below is a nominal schedule of SO-67 for Amsat until the 30th. Please note that the schedule is subject to change if there are some higher priority activities like imaging activities. > > >25/6/2010 >North America > >17:40 >19:15 >23:40 > >26/6/2010 > >North America > >01:15 >02:50 >04:25 >06:00 >07:35 >12:40 >14:15 >15:50 >17:25 >19:00 > >South Africa > >06:38 >08:11 > >South India > >03:20 >04:56 > > >27/6/2010 > >North America > >00:55 >02:30 >04:05 >05:40 >07:15 >13:55 >15:30 >17:05 >18:40 >20:15 > >South Africa > >06:20 >07:53 > >South India > >03:02 >04:36 > > >28/6/2010 > >North America > >00:40 >02:15 >03:50 >05:20 >06:55 >13:40 >15:10 >16:45 >18:20 >20:00 > >South Africa > >06:00 >07:35 > >29/6/2010 > >North America > >00:20 >01:55 >03:30 >05:05 >06:40 >13:20 >14:55 >16:00 >18:05 >19:35 > >South Africa >05:41 >07:16 > > >30/6/2010 > >North America > >00:00 >01:35 >03:10 >04:45 >06:20 >13:00 >14:35 >16:10 >17:45 >19:15 >20:45 >23:40 > >South Africa > >07:00 >08:29 > > >_______________________________________________ >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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SO-67 schedule - 25-30 June 2010
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Hi! Drew KO4MA asked me to post this to the -BB. This is the SO-67 schedule for today (25 June) through the 30th. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ *********** Below is a nominal schedule of SO-67 for Amsat until the 30th. Please note that the schedule is subject to change if there are some higher priority activities like imaging activities. 25/6/2010 North America 17:40 19:15 23:40 26/6/2010 North America 01:15 02:50 04:25 06:00 07:35 12:40 14:15 15:50 17:25 19:00 South Africa 06:38 08:11 South India 03:20 04:56 27/6/2010 North America 00:55 02:30 04:05 05:40 07:15 13:55 15:30 17:05 18:40 20:15 South Africa 06:20 07:53 South India 03:02 04:36 28/6/2010 North America 00:40 02:15 03:50 05:20 06:55 13:40 15:10 16:45 18:20 20:00 South Africa 06:00 07:35 29/6/2010 North America 00:20 01:55 03:30 05:05 06:40 13:20 14:55 16:00 18:05 19:35 South Africa 05:41 07:16 30/6/2010 North America 00:00 01:35 03:10 04:45 06:20 13:00 14:35 16:10 17:45 19:15 20:45 23:40 South Africa 07:00 08:29

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2M1EUB/P QRV NOW!!!!!
by paul robinson 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

2M1EUB/P QRV NOW...im just setting up now to be qrv ao7 last few passes....as before difficult location due to mountains....make it quick guys!!! 73 de paul NORTH SCOTLAND...mobile.....

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Re: SO-67 schedules for June 25
by Andrew Glasbrenner 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

-----Original Message----- >From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb(a)wd9ewk.net> > >Hi Drew! > >Just got off SO67's 0310 UTC pass. Several stations on, >and nice not having to run the high PL tone. A suggestion... >could you please suggest an earlier >turn-on time for evening passes? >Here at 33.6 degrees North, SO67 did not turn on >until the halfway point of the pass. > >73! > > > > >Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK >http://www.wd9ewk.net/ > The Sumbandila team asked that we only request passes while the satellite is illuminated. Currently, the evening passes are only possible after the satellite has moved far enough north to be in the sun. 73, Drew KO4MA

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VHF and the space station
by Rocky Jones 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

http://onorbit.com/node/2309 interesting story Robert G. Oler WB5MZO life member AMSAT ARRL _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is redefining busy with tools for the New Busy. Get more from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:…

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FT-817 Hmmm
by Don 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

The FT-817 appears to be a popular rig among satellite users of the fm birds. As they a all mode rigs I wonder how well they would work for a linear transponder set up? Rigs for that use are a little hard to come by. I am hoping to move in that direction some time. However it kind of needs to be portable as I am surrounded by trees at my house. Must say now that I got the hang of working LEO's I am having fun no. 73 WB8ZOM Don

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VHF PLT (BPL) Report
by Trevor . 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

These devices go up to 300 MHz and yes they do wipeout the 2m Satellite segment, see PLT Radio Frequency Interference Report http://www.southgatearc.org/news/june2010/ofcom_plt_report.htm 73 Trevor MI5AKA Daily Amateur Radio Email/RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ Email Your News To: editor at southgatearc.org Or Upload Using Form At: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news_1.htm ----

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some details for upcoming VA7EWK Canada trip
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Hi! I'm still working through some scenarios for my travels and radio operating while I am in Canada in just over a week from now. It is looking like I will spend most of Sunday, 4 July 2010, operating from somewhere on the CO60/CO70 grid boundary on Vancouver Island. Depending on how AO-7 is operating at that time, I may possibly extend that into Monday, 5 July, so I get an opportunity to work AO-7's mode B from that location. If I can find a way to safely get into CO50 on the far northwest end of that island, I will look for a spot at the CO50/CO60 grid boundary as my first operating stop on Vancouver Island. I still plan on visiting other grids on the island, but have not decided yet how and when I will do that. I will not have a 4-wheel-drive vehicle for this trip, so I will confine my travels to well-maintained roads and highways. There is a scheduled meeting of the North Shore Amateur Radio Club (VE7NSR) in North Vancouver on the evening of Thursday, 8 July, that I am planning on attending. I will only be a spectator there, but would welcome the opportunity to meet any satellite operators in metro Vancouver that might make it up to that meeting. More information about that club and its meeting are available at the club's http://www.nsarc.ca/ web site. As I mentioned on my http://july2010.wd9ewk.net/ web page, I hope to be able to stretch footprints to work stations in northern and northwestern Europe and possibly even northern Japan. That web page has a map I created, centered on metro Vancouver, with circles every 2500km. Since I will have my all-mode satellite station (two FT-817s) with me, I will look to work AO-7 (mode B) and FO-29 passes at every opportunity I find a spot to get on the air. HO-68 as well, depending on its schedule during the week of 4-10 July while I am in Canada. If you are interested in making plans to try specific passes, please e-mail me directly with your requests. I can't guarantee I will be able to make the times you suggest, but I will try. After seeing what Adrian AA5UK did on his Hawaii trip, and all the operating Jim ND9M did on his long road trip through many US states earlier this year, I hope to get many stations contacts with these grids while I am up in that part of Canada. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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received K4T QSL today
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Hi! Thanks to the K4T group and their QSL manager, K5WW, for the nice QSL card that was in the mailbox today - along with the new grid EL84. Not only was the satellite operation top-notch, the way the QSOs were listed on the card was perfectly done. Each QSO is listed, including the satellite and the mode (V/U or U/V) along with the other standard data - and it is all printed on the card! None of the QSO data is written in, as some DXpeditions have done in the past to deal with satellite QSOs on their cards. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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SO-67 schedules for June 25
by Andrew Glasbrenner 25 Jun '10

25 Jun '10

Passing this along from the Sumbandila Team...The repeater should be on for the 15 minutes following each time listed. 73, Drew KO4MA The following schedules have been uploaded for 25/6/2010 North America 01:35 03:10 04:45 06:20 South India 03:39 South Africa 06:57

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7839 Km via AO-7 - "The kick hit the crossbar"
by ps8rf Piraja 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

Hello All, It was very close, to Joe K3SZH not made contact with Luciano, PY5LF via AO-7. Joe could hear the call of Luciano, but Luciano did not answer the called from Joe. The kick hit the crossbar, more is very close, very close to a new record via AO-7. If the locator of the two stations are correct in QRZ.com, the distance between the two stations is 7839 KM. We are looking forward and hoping that soon, Joe and Luciano, can establish a QSO and confirm this great distance via AO-7. But anyway, Joe was able to hear the calls of Luciano, which proves that it is possible to make a QSO in the limits approximate of the Footprint of AO-7. Congratulations to both 73' Pirajá, PS8RF _________________________________________________________________ ACESSE O MESSENGER DO SEU CELULAR AGORA MESMO. CLIQUE E VEJA AQUI UM PASSO A PASSO. http://celular.windowslive.com.br/messenger.asp?produto=Messenger&utm_sourc…

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Re: What is the proper way to fill out a QSL satellite card
by John W Lee 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

Hi Joe, Many stations do not have the grid printed on their cards. I also collect counties, and many don't have the county, either. But it is OK to look them up and write it in PENCIL on the back of the card. I think that's in the ARRL's rules for VUCC. I got credit for all of those that I had to find it and write it myself. Also there are a lot of folks that still don't know what grid they're in! That's probably OK if they're at home, but it they're out portable or mobile it could be a problem trying to figure it out later. 73, good hunting! John, K6YK On Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:02:31 -0500 "Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield(a)hotmail.com> writes: > Stan, > > What would you do with cards that only have the grid of the > respondent? > Living in South Dakota I get lots of QSLs, and my grid is well > displayed on > the card, but I have never bothered to look the other guy's grid up > and put > it on the card. > > I figured he put his grid on his card and I put my grid on my > card..... > > 73, > Joe kk0sd > > -----Original Message----- > From: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]] > On > Behalf Of Stan, W1LE > Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 2:56 PM > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: What is the proper way to fill out a QSL > satellite > card > > Hello Yanko, > > For VUCC satellite credit I want to see on the QSL card: > 1. the word "sat", or "satellite", or the actual satellite like > AO-40 > 2. The 4 digit grid of each of the QSO partners. 6 digit grid > squares > are OK too > 3. Uplink and downlink frequencies or bands, eg 2M up, 70 cm down, > U/S, > V/U, etc. > 4. the normal QSL info like call signs, date, time in UTC, > 5. signal report: RST for CW (eg.599), RS for SSB/FM (eg.59) > EME recognized signal reports would be OK for EME QSLs. > 6. Multiple QSO's on a single card or sheet of paper are OK with all > > required info. > If typed/printed I want to see the senders initials to > authenticate > Multiple QSO's on a label, on a QSL card are OK. > > Stan, W1LE Cape Cod > > > On 6/23/2010 2:20 PM, Yanko Yankov wrote: > > Greetings All > > > > I want to ask about the proper way to fill out a QSL satellite > card . I > > did some research online and I was unable to find anything in > regards to > > the rst reports . How do you do that ? Do you report 'O' like when > you do > > EME moon bounce or you report 59 like when you making a regular > contacts ? > > > > Thank you, > > Yanko de KC9RDT > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the > author. > > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the > author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > ____________________________________________________________ $0.99/day Car Insurance? Insurance deal just passed allows YOU to legally pay $1/day http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4c23be39882c888a9m02vuc

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Lithium polymer batteries
by whiteld＠usa.net 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

Following up on the Lithium polymer battery mention I Googled them and was disturbed to find: -high fire risk. One seller offers flame retardant bags to put the cells in while charging them... for $25 -(as warned) high prices especially considering the more-unique balanced charger / discharger devices at ~$100 and up being required in addition to the cells themselves -a hazardous materials uplift for FedEx shipment ranging from $25-$45 depending on destination, on top of normal shipping rates All of that tells me they're "not ready for prime time" though the current capacity vs weight looks very promising. I will wait and watch, hoping the technology matures into something safer and less costly as time goes on. Likely it will, particularly the cheaper part, though it appears some safety issues have to be addressed meaningfully. Thanks for the mention. It is interesting. Lowell K9LDW

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Re: Lithium polymer batteries
by Michael Tondee 24 Jun '10

24 Jun '10

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Lithium polymer batteries Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:34:14 -0400 From: Michael Tondee <mat_62(a)netcommander.com> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Li poly batteries are perfectly safe as long as one uses common sense and follows basic safety procedures. The fire retardant bags and clay pots are a nice extra bit of insurance but I haven't found them really necessary as long as I pay attention. I charge my batteries outside mostly or if I do charge them inside I don't leave them unattended. As someone already stated, using the proper charger is the key. With the proper state of the art charger it is near to impossible to overcharge a li poly battery. I emphasize "state of the art". A very good one called the Cellpro is made by a company named FMA and is under $100 in price. I fly electric RC airplanes and helicopters with Li poly batteries. I order them online and I have never been charged any type of hazmat fee. FWIW I've had numerous hard crashes with my heli and have never ever had a li poly battery explode or catch fire. These batteries have revolutionized RC flying. Along with brushless motors, it's a whole new world. It's now possible to fly planes of the size that used to take nitromethane or "glow fuel" powered engines with clean quiet electric power. 73, Michael, W4HIJ On 6/24/2010 10:01 AM, whiteld(a)usa.net wrote: > Following up on the Lithium polymer battery mention I Googled them and was > disturbed to find: > > -high fire risk. One seller offers flame retardant bags to put the cells in > while charging them... for $25 > > -(as warned) high prices especially considering the more-unique balanced > charger / discharger devices at ~$100 and up being required in addition to the > cells themselves > > -a hazardous materials uplift for FedEx shipment ranging from $25-$45 > depending on destination, on top of normal shipping rates > > All of that tells me they're "not ready for prime time" though the current > capacity vs weight looks very promising. > > I will wait and watch, hoping the technology matures into something safer and > less costly as time goes on. Likely it will, particularly the cheaper part, > though it appears some safety issues have to be addressed meaningfully. > > Thanks for the mention. It is interesting. > > Lowell > K9LDW > > > _______________________________________________ > S

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