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ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference Next Weekend
by Mark Thompson 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

http://www.arrl.org/?artid=9182 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference Next Weekend (Sep 17, 2009) -- ARRL and the Tucson Amateur Packet Radio Group (TAPR) will jointly host the 28th Annual Digital Communications Conference (DCC www.tapr.org/dcc) September 25-27 in Chicago. The DCC has something for everyone from those new to digital modes to those experienced with digital communications including technical and introductory forums. According to DCC Co-host Mark Thompson, WB9QZB, one of the highlights of this year's DCC will be Bob Bruninga, WB4APR, presenting "Universal Ham Radio Text Messaging." The Saturday night banquet speaker will be Bill Brown, WB8ELK, a pioneer in flying balloons with payloads including Amateur Radio digital communication technologies. Brown is the publisher and editor of Amateur Television Quarterly magazine. ARRL Technical Relations Manager Brennan Price, N4QX, will be on hand to discuss the upcoming World Radiocommunications Conference in his talk "WRC-12 Agenda Item 1.19: Shaping the International Regulatory Framework for Software Defined and Cognitive Radio Systems." QEX Editor Larry Wolfgang, WR1B, and ARRL Central Division Director Dick Isely, W9GIG, will also be in attendance. The 2009 DCC forum and speaker schedule is available online http://www.tapr.org/pdf/DCC_2009_Schedule_Preliminary2009-09-16.pdf. TAPR provides leadership and resources to radio amateurs for the purpose of advancing the radio art and is a research and development oriented group offering kits, assembled products and publications related to the intersection of Amateur Radio and digital technology.

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CUTE 1.7
by Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

Spacetrack is predicting that CUTE 1.7 will decay on 10th October. My predix software predicts that the first time the satellite hits terra firma will be 19th December. What do others think? -- Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937 825 5032 Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF), e-mail nigel(a)ngunn.net www http://www.ngunn.net Member of ARRL, GQRP #11396, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP Club International #385, Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, AMSAT-UK 0182, MKARS, ALC, GCARES, XWARN.

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Anybody heard Tatyana-2 again?
by Chiu-Teng Tsai 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

Dear OM/OL, Any body heard Tatyana-2 on Sep. 19~20? Thanks! BM6ERA

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for sale
by Jerry 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

Hi : I have a Mirage 440 100 watt amp for sale And TE systems 440 100 watt amp for sale I also have a Landwehr 2 meter pre amp And a Landwehr 440 pre amp for sale Please contact me off line if interested W0sat(a)msn.com Jerry w0sat

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RS-30
by ANTHONY JAPHA 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

Oh NO! An orbit as high as AO-7 without 2-way possibilities? Say it isn't so! What a waste. Any more opportunities to get something into a similar orbit? 73, Tony, N2UN LM183

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Re: satellite demonstration on Monday (21 September) evening
by Clint Bradford 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

PATRICK - THE HARDEST WORKING AMSAT VOLUNTEER IN AZ, IF NOT THE ENTIRE WEST, WROTE >> ... Monday evening ... 21 September ... demonstration on AO-51 ... I'll try to contact you, Patrick! Clint Bradford http://www.k6lcs.com

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VUCC & LOTW
by Rick 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

Guyz: I was at the W9DXCC in Chicago the last couple of days and one of the speakers was Sean, KX9X, ARRL Contest Branch Manager. He mentioned that around the first of the coming year the ARRL will begin accepting LOTW for the VUCC award. He said "now is the time to start uploading your QSOs." Just a "heads up." Personally, I like LOTW -- I have a couple of DXCC entities confirmed via LOTW where I have been unable to get a card. I expect this will happen with satellites also as there are several grids I've worked via satellite where no cards have been forthcoming. (FWIW, about 23% of my QSOs have been confirmed via LOTW and that percentage has been increasing over time.) 73! Rick 'GI

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Re: EM88/EM98 Grid Activation Sunday 20Sept
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

Hi John! > Weather permitting I will be operating on the > EM88/EM98 grid boundary in West Virginia on Sunday, > September 20th. The current forecast is a 50% chance > of rain so it might not work out for all passes. I'll > try to operate on the following passes: > ><snip> Thanks for showing up from the EM88/EM98 boundary on AO-27 earlier this afternoon. After my 400-mile road trip to DM23/DM24 yesterday, it was nice to pick up a couple of new grids from "home". > There is no need to send or request a qsl card. I will send a > card to everyone that I have in my log. EM88 is fairly rare so > this should be a good one for grid chasers, especially for those > in the western states. Thanks to all of you who have operated from > grids away from your home QTH. Hopefully you will benefit from > this operation as I did from many of yours. EM97 may be a > possibility in October if you need that one. Now if you could go out there early or late in the month... ;-) In all seriousness, EM97 would be another nice one for the log, If you're going there while I'm here in Phoenix, great! If not, there's always the next time... 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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SumbandilaSat @ 500k
by G0MRF＠aol.com 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

Hmmm. 81kg 1000mm x 500mm / 500km altitude / High solar activity...... It will not be up there for too long. 5 years ish ?? David In a message dated 20/09/2009 21:59:13 GMT Standard Time, m5aka(a)yahoo.co.uk writes: Pieters email on AMSAT-BB indicates SumbandilaSat would be dropped off at 500 km, see http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/amsat-bb/200901/msg04633.html 73 Trevor M5AKA

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Fw: Ao 07
by Jack Barbera 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

Jack WA1ZDV ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: Jack Barbera <barberaalderwood(a)yahoo.com> To: amsat <amsat-ne(a)amsat.org> Sent: Sunday, September 20, 2009 10:42:05 AM Subject: Ao 07 Have not been able to get on AO 07 seems like there is a repeater ,net or hams just using the freq. to chat. Has anyone had the same problem or could I be doing something wrong ? Any suggestions. Thanks Jack WA1ZDV

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Object E (RS-28)
by Mike Rupprecht 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

.seems they have several frequencies: 18:15 UTC DOKA data signal at 435.441 MHz (FM) 19:55 UTC DOKA data signal at 435.266 MHz (FM) 73, Mike DK3WN

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Re: ITAR sucks
by RFI-EMI-GUY 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

How would one ever police what % of the payload is for military use by the end user country? A satellite itself could be 90% civilian with 10% military. This ITAR seems pretty pointless. Are these RF modules classified as ITAR or as Dual Use ? If they are Dual Use, the EAR De Minimis rule applies, which means that if the price of the components is less than 10% of the total price of the payload, no export licences are required for the Mini-Circuits US manufacturer. Jean-Louis F6AGR -- Joe Leikhim K4SAT "The RFI-EMI-GUY"© "Use only Genuine Interocitor Parts" Tom Servo ;-P

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wheres are satgates gone? anyone with a list, please forward, tks
by Mr Jeffrey L Ross 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

hi all, it was real neat to have my packet station running as a satgate with kpg awhile back, I wonder if we could ever do it again, looking for a list of current satgate stations if there is one. tks kc8gkf kc8gkf.#kc8gkf.swmi.mi.usa.noam fbb full service bbs/worldlink/node/dxclusters

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Re: Pollux
by Henk, PA3GUO 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

Hi Andy, This is not an official statement, maybe Ivan will prepare that in the coming days. Pollux seems to have flat (empty) batteries since Sept 12th. In the days before the 12th the battery voltages dropped quickly. See also http://www.pa3guo.com Henk, PA3GUO ps: Castor continues to work !

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FW: [ans] ANS-263 for approval
by Dee 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

-----Original Message----- From: ans-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee McLamb Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 7:44 AM To: ans(a)amsat.org Subject: [ans] ANS-263 for approval AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-263 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor(a)amsat.org ********************************************************************** * 2009 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting October 9-11 * * Four Points Sheraton Hotel at the Baltimore Washington Airport * * Details - http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2009/index.php * ********************************************************************** In this edition: * 2 birds from Baikonur * AMSAT BOD Election Results * D-Star frequencies in the Netherlands * Satellite shorts from all over * ARISS Status - 7 September 2009 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-263.01 2 Birds from Baikonur AMSAT News Service Bulletin 263.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 20, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-263.01 This afternoon (9/17/09) 2 satellites were launched (7 Total) >From Baikonur. Now 2 new satellites in LEO from the Russian spaceport At Baikonur. Soyouz-2 Meteor-M1 + Micro Sat The successful Launch was at 16:50 UTC. The 2 satellite names were Tatiana 2(Universitetsky 2) and Sumbandila. Early KEPS: OBJECT A 1 35865U 09049A 09260.72535468 -.00000045 00000-0 00000+0 0 19 2 35865 098.7998 310.8940 0003181 081.7658 278.3815 14.21921862 02 OBJECT B 1 35866U 09049B 09260.72535165 -.00000045 00000-0 00000+0 0 14 2 35866 098.8001 310.8933 0004653 076.4712 283.6810 14.22237596 07 No Common Name Found 1 35867U 09049C 09260.85958581 -.00000070 00000-0 00000+0 0 18 2 35867 097.3797 310.9290 0009122 293.6396 066.4184 15.22762759 26 No Common Name Found 1 35868U 09049D 09260.86607314 .00000176 00000-0 10000-3 0 16 2 35868 098.8024 311.0440 0005631 070.8773 289.3019 14.22029752 21 No Common Name Found 1 35869U 09049E 09260.86607314 .00000176 00000-0 10000-3 0 17 2 35869 098.7979 311.0434 0006030 075.3794 284.7577 14.21983327 24 Check the AMSAT-BB for updated info. [ANS thanks SA AMSAT for the above information and sends our congratulations and best wishes for a successful mission] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-263.02 AMSAT BOD Election Results AMSAT News Service Bulletin 263.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 20, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-263.02 The following are the results of the AMSAT 2009 Board of Directors' Election: Barry Baines, WD4ASW - 600 votes Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA- 547 Bill Ress, N6GHZ - 545 Alan Biddle, WA4SCA - 516 Tony Monteiro, AA2TX - 505 (First Alternate) There were 720 Ballots cast -- 73- Martha [ANS thanks Martha, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-263.03 D-Star frequencies in the Netherlands. AMSAT News Service Bulletin 263.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 20, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-263.03 D-Star frequencies in the Netherlands. Abraham van den Berg, PB0AOK - VERON's VHF manager, clarified the D-Star issue in the Netherlands. VERON is the Dutch IARU society. It is untrue that the Dutch administration is thinking about D-Star repeaters operating in the 437-438 MHz band. Presently, the amateur service in the Netherlands and neighbouring countries suffers from harmful interference, caused by what can be seen as a regrettable implementation of the Radiolocation service in the 438-440 MHz band. For that reason, usage of D-Star repeaters with output frequencies in the upper 2 MHz part of the Region 1 70cm band, is hampered. To solve this problem, recently the Dutch D-Star community came up with a proposal to plan the output frequencies of D-Star repeaters just below 438MHz and has asked VERON to support this proposal. VERON has decided not to do so, due to incompatibility between the amateur service and amateur-satellite service. Moreover, the proposal deviates significantly from the IARU-R1 band plan. In the meantime VERON has made an alternative proposition to amend the Dutch national frequency plan in such a way, that it fully complies with article 5 RR, the European Common Allocation table, as well as the IARU-R1 band plan. Thank you Bram, for this clarification. Gaston Bertels - ON4WF IARU Region 1 ARSPEX WG chairman [ANS thanks for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-263.04 Satellite Shorts From All Over AMSAT News Service Bulletin 263.04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 20, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-263.04 A group of new volunteers are investigating alternative methods for adding content to the AMSAT web site. I have my own list, but I would like to hear from people that have suggestions on what pages should be addressed first and any new content that they would find helpful. Send these to Gould wa4sxm at amsat.org The 2009 AMSAT Symposium is rapidly approaching! And we hope you can join us..especially given that there are some low-cost airfares out there for those of us in the US. We have an outstanding venue this year at the Four Points Sheraton at the BWI Airport. Your symposium committee recently did a walkthrough of this facility. The accommodations and meeting rooms are superb. I do a lot of traveling and I must say that the rooms are absolutely beautiful. You will definitely get a substantial bang for your buck (or Euro, etc) at this symposium. And planned 40th Anniversary celebratory events will be truly memorable. Time is running out ! The cut-off date for hotel reservations for the AMSAT Symposium is 9/23/09. The Hotel is the Four Points Sheraton BWI Airport. The phone number is 410-691-9827. The group name is Radio Amateur. Come help us celebrate our 40th Anniversary! For planning purposes, the BoD meeting starts Thursday morning and runs until noon Friday. The symposium starts at 1 pm Friday and runs until noon Sunday. The AMSAT annual meeting with be Saturday afternoon. And there will be an ARISS ops meeting (all are invited) on Sunday. The 40th anniversary celebration is Friday night and the Banquet is Saturday night. And there is a lot of "free stuff" and amenities at this symposium..so a great deal of bang for your buck. For example: Free internet in the rooms and in the conference facility Free parking All AMSAT member get free admittance to the 40th Anniversary Party Friday Evening---food, cake, etc. Beautiful flat screen televisions in each room Great Banquet Speaker--- Martin Collins, Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum Curator, Space History Museum, "Making the Space Age, the First 50 years" High-Caliber paper presentations on recent Satellite Developments and satellite operations Poster Session with Satellite, University, and ARISS activities presented. An AMSAT 40th anniversary retrospective is included IARU Satellite Forum ARISS Operations Team Meeting---ARISS team members and new volunteers are welcome to attend Great prizes from major ham radio manufacturers So we'd love to see you in "Charm City"-Baltimore Maryland..for the symposium presentations, 40th anniversary celebrations, poster sessions, and BoD meeting. Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, and Janet Bauer 2009 Symposium Co-Chairs [ANS thanks Frank and Janet for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-263.05 ARISS Statuts - 14 September 2009 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 263.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. September 14, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-263.05 1. Upcoming School Contacts An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was accomplished for Liberty Middle School in Camas, Washington on Tuesday, September 15 at 20:25 UTC. Telebridge station ON4ISS in Belgium will facilitate the contact. For twenty years, Liberty's sixth grade students have actively participated as "astronauts in training" as they completed an eight week training course that culminated with a flight in the school's space station, Alpha-Z 2000. Computers, with software written by a local parent, linked the students to Mission Control with voice communication and security cameras allowed teachers to observe how the astronauts were progressing on their mission. One of the school's space station modules has been named in honor of Mike Barratt, who attended Camas Public Schools. The ARISS contact will be integrated into these activities. Euro Space Center (ESC) in Transinne, Belgium contacted Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) on Wednesday, September 16 at 07:12 UTC via telebridge station W6SRJ in California. ESC is recognized by the educational ministries. It is both a Space Expo open to the public and a Space Camp. The Space Camp provides children with space training and is operational year round. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held for Delta Researchers Schools, Dutch Ministry of Education on Friday, September 18 at 15:55 UTC via telebridge station VK4KHZ in Australia. This is an ESA event from Space Expo, Noordwijk, the Netherlands. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for Vrij Technisch Instituut Sint-Lucas in Oudenaarde, Oost - Vlaanderen, Belgium on Tuesday, September 22 at 13:47 UTC. Students have learned about Earth rotation, orbit speed, time zones, satellites, weather forecasts and geostationary versus polar satellites. The antennas which will be used for the contact as well as a UPS device have been constructed by the students themselves. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for the HMS Beagle Project in Parati, Brazil on Tuesday, September 22 at 18:20 UTC via ground station K6DUE in Maryland, USA. The project (which aims to rebuild the ship that carried Darwin around the world) and NASA have signed an International Space Act Agreement, with Mike Barratt as the initiator and main connection on the NASA side of the project. The project will unite ISS astronaut photography with ocean surface water and other biological and physical samples taken by the crew of the new Beagle. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for Cedarview Middle School in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on Thursday, September 24 at 19:07 UTC. Students have learned about the ISS through videos, the internet and guest speakers. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for Garfield Elementary School in Boise, Idaho on Thursday, September 24 at 20:34 UTC via telebridge station W6SRJ in California. Students will visit the NASA Exploration Experience traveling exhibit on display at the Idaho Historical Museum and will learn about space exploration and its benefits. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for Houya Elementary School in Nishitokyo, Japan on Saturday, September 26 at 09:28 UTC. Students have learned about amateur radio, space science and the global cooperation involved with running the ISS. 2. ARISS Contact with Atheneum Students Successful On Thursday, September 10, students attending Atheneum Middenschool Keerbergen in Keerbergen, Belgium experienced an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Frank De Winne, ON1DWN on the ISS. Telebridge station W6SRJ in California provided the connection. An audience of approximately 30 people observed the students as their twenty questions were answered. 3. De Winne Particpates in ARISS Contact During UNICEF Event An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact took place between UNICEF Belgium at the Euro Space Center in Transinne, Belgium and Frank De Winne, ON1DWN, UNICEF's goodwill ambassador. The contact occurred on Thursday, September 10 via station LU1CGB in Argentina. UNICEF Belgium is running a campaign called WaSH (Water, Sanitation, Hygiene) to make students aware of how important water is for humans. Some of the students participating in the campaign were given the opportunity to travel to the center to speak with the Expedition 20 astronaut. Eighteen questions were answered. 4. ARISS Contact with Tokyo Denki University On Saturday, September 12, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held between students attending Tokyo Denki University High/Junior High School in Koganei, Tokyo, Japan and Michael Barratt, KD5MIJ on the ISS. Thirty people gathered and listened as eighteen questions were asked and answered. The school has a radio club and recruits new members each year. Students study for their licenses, learn how to make radio contacts and learn about space and the ISS. 5. Astronaut Training Status Astronauts Timothy Creamer, KC5WKI and Soichi Noguchi, KD5TVP participated in Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) training sessions on Wednesday, September 9. They spoke with children from the Ralph McCall School in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada. The training sessions were terrestrial-based amateur radio contacts using ARISS equivalent equipment. Audio was available on the Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP). 6.AMSAT Symposium, ARISS Ops Meeting to be Held in October The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) Symposium will be held on Friday, October 9 through Sunday, October 11 at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel at the Baltimore Washington Airport in Maryland. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) presentation will be given and a demo of ARISSat-1 is planned. An ARISS Operations team meeting will be held following the symposium on Sunday, October 11. 7.ARISS Presentation Given at Great Lakes Division Symposium The 2009 Great Lakes Division Symposium was held in Findlay, Ohio on Saturday September 12, followed by the Findlay Hamfest on September 13. A presentation on the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) program was given at the symposium by ARISS mentor Charlie Sufana, AJ9N. [ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information] /EX 73, This week's ANS Editor, Dee Interdonato, NB2F nb2f at amsat dot org

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Helix Ant
by Jerry Felts 20 Sep '09

20 Sep '09

In the QST I got Sat there is a 2m helix ant you can build. How would it work for the Sats? How hard would it be to scale it down for 435 also?? -- Jerry - NR5A - South Dakota http://nr5abikeblog.blogspot.com/ http://nr5abeaconblog.blogspot.com/

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Re: Sounds from space: ISS featuring APRS (video)
by Clint Bradford 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Great work, Henk! Clint Bradford, K6LCS

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ITAR sucks
by RFI-EMI-GUY 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

I noticed the Iranian satellite payload on their recent launch contained many Mini-Circuits modules. I wonder how that came about? -- Joe Leikhim K4SAT "The RFI-EMI-GUY"© "Use only Genuine Interocitor Parts" Tom Servo ;-P

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[Fwd: [Fwd: Re: ITAR sucks]]
by Jean-L. RAULT 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Yes for sure, but your governement at least makes a lot of money with ITAR. Look for example at http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-162479436.html 73 Jean-Louis F6AGR Bob McGwier a écrit : > I am sure no American firm participated. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/world/asia/26rocket.html?ref=space > > We are shooting ourselves right in the derrière with ITAR. I am also > certain White House is much too preoccupied with other things to deal > with it. > > As proof that ITAR has completely outlived its usefulness, I give this > example: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/science/space/30india.html?ref=space > > India, denied access to nearly all of our space technology here in the > US and even put on denied access lists, simply goes around us and helps > other nations build technical capabilities and then orbits the moon with > a probe. Our involvement? Continued shooting our industries and > technical status in the derrière. > > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > 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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satellite demonstration on Monday (21 September) evening
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Hi! On Monday evening, 21 September 2009, I will give an on-air demonstration on AO-51's 145.920/435.300 MHz transponder for the Tri-City Amateur Radio Association of Goodyear AZ before their monthly meeting. I will use the pass that starts at 6.29pm MST (0129 UTC Tuesday) for the demonstration, operating as WD9EWK. To help make this demonstration a success, the club moved their meeting location to a different location with a better view of the western sky - the City of Goodyear building at 145th Avenue and Van Buren Street. This building is south of the I-10 freeway, west of Litchfield Road (I-10 exit 128) in grid DM33. After the demonstration, the club will have its monthly meeting starting around 7.30pm. During the meeting, I will give a presentation related to satellite operating and AMSAT. If you are able to work that AO-51 pass Monday evening, please feel free to call me and be a part of the demonstration. Thanks in advance, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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[Fwd: Re: ITAR sucks]
by Jean-L. RAULT 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Yes for sure, but your governement at least makes a lot of money with ITAR. Look for examp;le at http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-162479436.html 73 Jean-Louis F6AGR Bob McGwier a écrit : > I am sure no American firm participated. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/world/asia/26rocket.html?ref=space > > We are shooting ourselves right in the derrière with ITAR. I am also > certain White House is much too preoccupied with other things to deal > with it. > > As proof that ITAR has completely outlived its usefulness, I give this > example: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/science/space/30india.html?ref=space > > India, denied access to nearly all of our space technology here in the > US and even put on denied access lists, simply goes around us and helps > other nations build technical capabilities and then orbits the moon with > a probe. Our involvement? Continued shooting our industries and > technical status in the derrière. > > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > 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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WD9EWK from DM23vx/DM24va today
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Hi! This was a good day out in western Arizona. I worked 6 different passes from the DM23/DM24 grid boundary (two on each of the 3 FM satellites), scouted out another location closer to the Colorado River still in Arizona for this grid boundary, and logged a total of 60 QSOs with stations from central Mexico to western Canada and all across the USA. The spot I stopped at was approximately 11 miles/17.7km southeast of Parker AZ, north of the intersection of Arizona routes 72 and 95 in La Paz County. The coordinates are 34 0.00 N 114 12.925 W (this should work for Google Earth or Google Maps). I had parked away from those two state highways on the side of the paved road running north across railroad tracks to a dead end, thinking I would be out of the way and not attract attention from the law enforcement. After my recent experience at DM31 near the Mexican border 2 weekends ago (a couple of encounters with US Border Patrol agents), I should not have been surprised to see a state trooper pay me a visit this afternoon. I left Phoenix around 9am (1600 UTC), and had lots of time to make the drive out to that spot. Instead of taking a direct route to there, which would have taken about 2.5 hours, I went a little further west and drove through the Colorado River Indian Reservation along the east side of the Colorado River. There was another spot on the DM23/DM24 boundary I could have worked from, without returning to where I stopped last year and worked from this boundary. After stopping for fuel and lunch, I went out to the spot I wanted to work from. It took a few minutes to get the GPS reading to show 34 degrees North, but once that was done I waited for the first AO-27 pass at 2051 UTC. The first AO-27 pass to the east is usually a good one to work stations all over North America. It was a good one once again, except for a brief interruption. I was able to work the first 2 minutes or so, before an Arizona state trooper stopped by and asked if I was having car problems. Apparently someone driving along one of those two state highways called the highway patrol to report my "breakdown". Once I told the trooper I didn't have a breakdown and that I was working the radio away from civilization out there, he drove away - and I resumed working stations. A total of 16 stations were worked in about 6 of the 7 minutes on that pass. Before the second AO-27 pass, I drove back to Parker to get some snacks and take pictures at the Colorado River. The western AO-27 pass at 2232 UTC brought 6 more QSOs. Unfortunately, this pass was interrupted by an Echolink node somewhere in the western US using 145.850 MHz as its frequency. I never heard the node ID itself, but did hear one call of the station using the node. I have my recording from this pass and the others I worked out there, so I can go back and get the call I heard and hope that the ham has an e-mail address. Maybe that ham will tell me which Echolink node he was using at that time. A few minutes after that AO-27 pass, I had a shallow northeastern SO-50 pass at 2252 UTC, with a maximum elevation of 6 degrees. I worked 7 stations in 5 minutes on that pass, a nice surprise. Then I had the first of the AO-51 passes at 2333 UTC, a 12-degree pass to the east. Fifteen QSOs logged, with stations in Mexico and all over the US. The last two passes, an SO-50 pass at 0028 UTC followed by an AO-51 pass at 0111 UTC, had 8 QSOs each. By the time the AO-51 pass wrapped up, I disassembled my station and drove back home. For a trip that I didn't give a lot of advance notice about, and having worked from DM23/DM24 last year, this turned out to be a good day. I know I worked some calls for the first time today, and hopefully there will be a second QSO with them when I'm operating in or around Phoenix in the near future. If anyone wants a QSL card for a QSO - or QSOs - made with WD9EWK out in DM23/DM24, please e-mail me directly with the details of each QSO. If you're in the log, I'll send you a card. No need to send me a QSL card or SASE. I will need to make new QSL cards for this stop, since my previous trip to the DM23/DM24 boundary was in California. I hope to do that in the coming week. Thanks to everyone who showed up and worked me from out there in western Arizona. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Any Hams on Kwajalein?
by Nathaniel S. Parsons 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Hi, If you are a ham currently on Kwajalein (or just know one) and interested in helping our student team, please respond to me and I'll tell you how. If you're not on Kwaj, you can disregard this message. Thanks! -Nate KC2SVI

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G5500 Question
by Randy 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Thanks for everyones replies to my questions. Have another. The azimuth meter shows an area from 360 deg to 90 Degress. Mine seems to be spot on at 180 degrees and 90 degrees, assume its good at other Settings, however, it does not go all the way to the 90 degrees Past 360, only to 45 degrees.. Is there something I could have Don't wrong setting it up? Oh .. Other question was .. Well confirming.. That I should Balance the weight on the elevation rotor so its even weight loading? Randy - N2CUA

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Sounds from space: ISS featuring APRS (video)
by Henk, PA3GUO 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Dear all, http://www.vimeo.com/6657880 This video shows the ISS passing over the Netherlands (Europe) as a bright, moving star. You hear bursts of digital communication (APRS) and see them decoded on screen. Featured in the HD movie are the following radio-amateurs: LA4FPA, G6HMS, IW9FRA, ON7DS, YO8RBY, PA3GUO, OE1CWJ, UA1CAS and SP9TTX. Enjoy ! Henk, PA3GUO ps: this video nicely demonstrates APRS as an efficient communication technology !

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FO-29 schedule Sep. and Oct.
by Mineo Wakita 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

FO-29 still has some trouble. Therefore it is examination use for a while only over Japan. We do not yet understand when it recover. There are the reception report from South America and Europe. You may listen to CW with luck over your area. Control station says that you may be listen in Australia, South America, North America, and Europe in particular. Control station says more as follows. The transmitter becomes OFF by UVC automatically in the eclipse. The station confirmed the moment when the transmitter became OFF please inform it of the date and time at the following address. lab (at) jarl.or.jp The below * is a predicted pass that command work take time. And please consent to be a possibility that we cannot turn ON the transponder by the state of the line. ----------------- September, UTC 11 21:37 12 12:21*, 22:26 13 11:30 14 22:23 15 None 16 12:15*, 22:20 17 None 18 12:03*, 22:15 19 11:15, 21:20 20 12:05* 21 12:55*, 22:58 22 10:10, 22:10 23 12:50 24 None 25 10:58, 22:50 26 11:50*, 21:55 27 12:36* 28 21:50 29 12:35*, 22:45 30 11:40*, 21:45 October, UTC 1 12:30*, 22:35 2 11:35, 21:45 3 12:25, 22:28 4 11:28 5 22:25 6 13:08, 21:33 7 12:10, 22:23 8 13:05, 21:35 9 None 10 11:12, 23:08 11 12:05*, 22:12 12 11:08 13 None ----------------- JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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latest keps
by Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

OSCAR 6 1 06236U 72082B 09261.96594849 -.00000027 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 02186 2 06236 101.3960 271.5615 0004131 066.8947 293.2561 12.53078662689152 OSCAR 7 1 07530U 74089B 09261.62186492 -.00000027 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 05843 2 07530 101.4232 282.8561 0012121 086.0332 274.2124 12.53576506594427 OSCAR 8 1 10703U 78026B 09261.90136994 +.00000146 +00000-0 +13082-3 0 06167 2 10703 098.8210 303.6100 0005470 269.1867 090.8675 13.98843150609124 OSCAR 10 1 14129U 83058B 09258.50689639 .00000136 00000-0 10000-3 0 6880 2 14129 025.7933 136.4253 6044784 256.6465 033.0802 02.05866125169512 OSCAR 11 (UoSAT 2) 1 14781U 84021B 09261.19343964 -.00000057 +00000-0 -45138-6 0 00625 2 14781 098.0995 306.4973 0009796 042.4134 317.7810 14.79733746371586 OSCAR 16 (PACSAT) 1 20439U 90005D 09261.42526660 +.00000006 +00000-0 +17635-4 0 07069 2 20439 098.2905 225.6372 0009981 253.6877 106.3215 14.31833289026496 OSCAR 19 (LUSAT) 1 20442U 90005G 09261.46700097 +.00000012 +00000-0 +19617-4 0 06210 2 20442 098.2533 232.5780 0010985 247.8838 112.1167 14.32067867026667 JAS 1B (FUJI 2) 1 20480U 90013C 09261.34246226 -.00000043 +00000-0 -17734-4 0 02486 2 20480 099.0614 164.7119 0540233 319.6436 036.5719 12.83362444918852 INFORMATOR 1 1 21087U 91006A 09261.60286415 +.00000019 +00000-0 +39355-5 0 03819 2 21087 082.9461 336.8308 0036058 026.0239 334.2723 13.75046256935252 OSCAR 22 (UoSAT 5) 1 21575U 91050B 09261.86967024 +.00000022 +00000-0 +20884-4 0 06453 2 21575 098.4536 209.5066 0008340 098.1573 262.0567 14.39684364954186 KITSAT B 1 22825U 93061C 09261.53345824 .00000050 00000-0 36448-4 0 3426 2 22825 098.4468 212.0579 0008204 356.2118 003.8996 14.29273530833247 POSAT 1 1 22826U 93061D 09261.85716969 +.00000004 +00000-0 +17985-4 0 00739 2 22826 098.4387 213.0803 0008972 350.4113 009.6899 14.29526137833398 ITAMSAT 1 22828U 93061F 09261.59193115 .00000014 00000-0 21894-4 0 2753 2 22828 098.4335 212.7086 0009205 323.2730 036.7812 14.29825005801639 EYESAT A 1 22829U 93061G 09261.47974232 -.00000004 +00000-0 +14782-4 0 03106 2 22829 098.4269 213.7389 0009248 319.6751 040.3734 14.30223462833632 RADIO ROSTO 1 23439U 94085A 09261.72665941 -.00000039 00000-0 10000-3 0 2300 2 23439 064.8143 113.5571 0150403 033.9677 327.0766 11.27553583606665 JAS 2 1 24278U 96046B 09261.77508530 -.00000048 +00000-0 -15583-4 0 01421 2 24278 098.5383 123.1717 0351337 107.7872 256.1925 13.52944712646405 TMSAT 1 25396U 98043C 09261.81652134 +.00000109 +00000-0 +65430-4 0 05041 2 25396 098.3282 284.8981 0002042 339.4846 020.6258 14.23784471581620 TECHSAT 1B 1 25397U 98043D 09261.79084116 .00000164 00000-0 90620-4 0 9930 2 25397 098.3243 279.1083 0001354 023.9518 336.1724 14.23164371581448 SEDSAT 1 1 25509U 98061B 09261.36810155 .00000311 00000-0 51914-4 0 5458 2 25509 031.4303 245.5893 0353983 073.1957 290.7199 14.28266575569166 ISS (ZARYA) 1 25544U 98067A 09261.89198260 +.00009605 +00000-0 +69633-4 0 06359 2 25544 051.6379 185.7809 0009184 103.9907 300.8084 15.74184956620711 KITSAT 3 1 25756U 99029A 09261.57257789 -.00000035 +00000-0 +32208-5 0 00093 2 25756 098.6608 097.4063 0013244 249.3103 110.6680 14.52545376546716 TIUNGSAT 1 1 26548U 00057D 09261.68607813 -.00000103 00000-0 61495-5 0 4905 2 26548 064.5551 151.3422 0051367 259.7756 099.7576 14.83385442485826 PCSAT 1 26931U 01043C 09261.82400866 -.00000325 +00000-0 -94406-4 0 02689 2 26931 067.0525 183.1068 0006765 274.3321 085.6987 14.29565184415964 SAUDISAT 1C 1 27607U 02058C 09261.57022182 +.00000050 +00000-0 +29753-4 0 09885 2 27607 064.5574 101.4738 0056424 182.4178 177.6660 14.71458873362418 CUTE-1 1 27844U 03031E 09261.52326148 +.00000023 +00000-0 +30943-4 0 06716 2 27844 098.7142 269.3790 0009056 233.4054 126.6286 14.20655865322511 CUBESAT XI-IV 1 27848U 03031J 09261.51387257 -.00000001 +00000-0 +20171-4 0 06211 2 27848 098.7176 268.4330 0008995 238.6674 121.3625 14.20455511322478 MOZHAYETS 4 1 27939U 03042A 09261.60309919 +.00000055 +00000-0 +19505-4 0 08931 2 27939 097.9287 133.0005 0013015 194.1855 165.8983 14.63340801319237 AMSAT ECHO 1 28375U 04025K 09261.51866368 .00000002 00000-0 13291-4 0 4882 2 28375 098.0549 265.6945 0082948 201.5404 158.2294 14.40652236274395 HAMSAT 1 28650U 05017B 09261.58635984 -.00000166 00000-0 -14450-4 0 3223 2 28650 097.7346 320.0348 0028295 084.8373 275.6069 14.81617821236474 BEIJING 1 (TSINGHUA) 1 28890U 05043A 09261.90256642 -.00000015 +00000-0 +62434-5 0 05325 2 28890 098.0373 149.7349 0016728 054.4391 305.8367 14.60068132207581 TOPSAT 1 28891U 05043B 09261.93860365 +.00000023 +00000-0 +14208-4 0 03772 2 28891 098.0363 148.9964 0018283 057.2239 303.0723 14.59773064207542 UWE-1 1 28892U 05043C 09261.66948528 +.00000262 +00000-0 +64253-4 0 04356 2 28892 098.0403 149.0208 0018288 057.1722 303.1254 14.59768508207482 SINAH 1 1 28893U 05043D 09262.30529611 -.00000013 00000-0 67567-5 0 3072 2 28893 098.0398 150.3484 0016644 054.4300 305.8439 14.60082008207641 CUBESAT XI-V 1 28895U 05043F 09261.62661756 .00000044 00000-0 18614-4 0 3986 2 28895 098.0443 149.5582 0018868 057.4044 302.8973 14.59795198207369 MOZ.5/SAFIR/RUBIN 5/SL-8 1 28898U 05043G 09261.58928707 .00000132 00000-0 37922-4 0 4179 2 28898 098.0279 145.5109 0019822 069.5365 290.7960 14.58571764207317 CUTE 1.7 1 28941U 06005C 09262.50605563 .00151076 11877-4 26444-3 0 4552 2 28941 098.1280 095.6827 0051717 131.8942 228.6692 15.99510185202249 GENESIS 1 1 29252U 06029A 09261.71970227 +.00000129 +00000-0 +22535-4 0 08699 2 29252 064.5118 055.8840 0021554 196.0132 164.0308 15.03421807174977 HINODE (SOLAR B) 1 29479U 06041A 09261.96959706 +.00000116 +00000-0 +31821-4 0 09662 2 29479 098.0882 264.6752 0016467 099.4735 260.8329 14.62920307159695 GENESAT 1 29655U 06058C 09261.57245416 +.00012578 +00000-0 +11497-3 0 08186 2 29655 040.0244 317.3831 0001911 119.9397 240.1610 15.67488244157129 EGYPTSAT 1 1 31117U 07012A 09261.95973925 -.00000035 +00000-0 +22657-5 0 07332 2 31117 098.0100 336.4045 0005263 323.9678 036.1155 14.69947208130108 CSTB 1 1 31122U 07012F 09261.78938318 .00000552 00000-0 13192-3 0 7353 2 31122 097.9850 314.8306 0085228 343.3613 016.4738 14.55275621128774 MAST 1 31126U 07012K 09261.58791533 +.00000220 +00000-0 +60323-4 0 06890 2 31126 097.9790 312.0692 0094578 350.7296 009.2165 14.53517348128605 LIBERTAD 1 1 31128U 07012M 09261.59120158 -.00000047 +00000-0 +00000-0 0 07354 2 31128 097.9812 310.0304 0102405 356.9451 003.1128 14.52069168128456 CP3 1 31129U 07012N 09262.08862489 .00000047 00000-0 21712-4 0 2047 2 31129 097.9796 310.6248 0102638 354.9408 005.0751 14.52162015128514 CAPE 1 1 31130U 07012P 09261.58105565 +.00000238 +00000-0 +65645-4 0 07026 2 31130 097.9806 310.0402 0102886 356.7995 003.2538 14.52087016128240 CP4 1 31132U 07012Q 09261.79586416 .00000091 00000-0 30450-4 0 7055 2 31132 097.9848 314.7222 0085433 343.2065 016.6290 14.55229790128643 AGILE 1 31135U 07013A 09259.28985842 +.00001094 +00000-0 +10562-4 0 03834 2 31135 002.4673 163.1040 0020816 282.9813 076.7994 15.09935678132755 NFIRE 1 31140U 07014A 09261.89874260 +.00004958 +00000-0 +64100-4 0 09466 2 31140 048.2348 062.0209 0050784 125.5961 234.9730 15.59379163136852 GENESIS 2 1 31789U 07028A 09261.96166693 +.00000016 +00000-0 +14681-4 0 06335 2 31789 064.5072 086.3327 0055538 248.6848 110.8333 15.03084270122227 GIOVE-B 1 32781U 08020A 09260.97356082 -.00000015 00000-0 10000-3 0 2150 2 32781 055.9415 189.7717 0019386 218.6461 141.1915 01.70949558 8713 CARTOSAT 2A 1 32783U 08021A 09261.93676144 -.00000011 +00000-0 +55942-5 0 05597 2 32783 097.9394 323.1981 0016946 107.9403 252.3660 14.78660358075186 CANX-6 1 32784U 08021B 09261.68070330 +.00000277 +00000-0 +42390-4 0 04915 2 32784 097.9372 324.5895 0017128 083.1325 277.1831 14.81076375075261 CUTE 1.7 & AOD 2 1 32785U 08021C 09261.66808113 -.00000026 +00000-0 +35121-5 0 04819 2 32785 097.9364 324.8183 0016146 087.2644 273.0423 14.81516779075285 IMS-1 1 32786U 08021D 09261.80636375 +.00000081 +00000-0 +17612-4 0 04910 2 32786 097.9394 323.9960 0013912 085.7134 274.5666 14.80052821075239 COMPASS 1 1 32787U 08021E 09261.70425283 +.00000146 +00000-0 +25294-4 0 04708 2 32787 097.9341 324.6952 0017122 089.1464 271.1697 14.81655203075299 AAUSAT CUBESAT 2 1 32788U 08021F 09261.66431452 +.00000020 +00000-0 +92381-5 0 04634 2 32788 097.9337 324.7299 0016780 089.5160 270.7963 14.81779473075293 DELFI C3 1 32789U 08021G 09261.75357265 .00000453 00000-0 64020-4 0 4777 2 32789 097.9375 325.0427 0016890 087.6673 272.6464 14.81791814 75305 CANX-2 1 32790U 08021H 09261.67151357 +.00000016 +00000-0 +88593-5 0 04614 2 32790 097.9359 324.7812 0016663 088.4654 271.8475 14.81503655075261 SEEDS 1 32791U 08021J 09261.69051999 +.00000296 +00000-0 +44459-4 0 04676 2 32791 097.9358 324.7148 0017435 086.8881 273.4310 14.81478207075254 RUBIN 8/PSLV 1 32792U 08021K 09261.75385046 +.00000036 +00000-0 +12394-4 0 04548 2 32792 097.8575 316.1578 0030491 035.5840 324.7396 14.76504953074839 AMOS 3 1 32794U 08022A 09259.12097972 -.00000055 00000-0 10000-3 0 1907 2 32794 000.0546 261.9646 0001729 245.4485 247.3135 01.00272125 5108 YUBILEINY 1 32953U 08025A 09261.79914802 .00000010 00000-0 00000+0 0 4080 2 32953 082.5029 198.4019 0019334 339.3131 020.7166 12.43003150 60024 GOSAT (IBUKI) 1 33492U 09002A 09261.90530816 -.00000103 +00000-0 -97067-5 0 07192 2 33492 098.0652 009.6771 0000687 090.6082 269.5193 14.67549862035015 PRISM (HITOMI) 1 33493U 09002B 09261.89504514 +.00000231 +00000-0 +37046-4 0 07681 2 33493 098.0636 014.5516 0018942 300.6410 059.2930 14.80729021035332 SPRITE-SAT (RISING) 1 33494U 09002C 09261.92774736 +.00000037 +00000-0 +14661-4 0 07368 2 33494 098.0484 009.6733 0003594 341.3940 018.7122 14.68734247035051 SOHLA-1 (MAIDO-1) 1 33496U 09002E 09261.87970400 +.00000033 +00000-0 +13748-4 0 07349 2 33496 098.0437 009.7563 0006702 356.8830 003.2326 14.69446596035037 STARS (KUKAI) 1 33498U 09002G 09261.91632554 +.00000103 +00000-0 +24722-4 0 07343 2 33498 098.0441 010.4975 0013782 030.8619 329.3381 14.71344928035098 KKS-1 (KISEKI) 1 33499U 09002H 09261.88143342 +.00000071 +00000-0 +19839-4 0 07417 2 33499 098.0450 010.2659 0010909 029.8036 330.3789 14.70706837035077 EXPRESS AM-44 1 33595U 09007A 09260.78412546 -.00000109 00000-0 10000-3 0 1677 2 33595 000.0356 039.6569 0001129 235.9911 352.4729 01.00271436 2235 PROTOSTAR 2 1 34941U 09027A 09261.63632093 -.00000361 00000-0 10000-3 0 658 2 34941 000.0185 230.9707 0003040 316.6545 146.5261 01.00271604 1302 PHARMASAT 1 35002U 09028B 09261.78747001 .00002205 00000-0 59432-4 0 976 2 35002 040.4686 040.0782 0025342 142.2588 218.0007 15.39920398 18777 HAWKSAT 1 1 35003U 09028C 09261.74496520 +.00004528 +00000-0 +11295-3 0 01032 2 35003 040.4621 039.6611 0025630 147.3910 212.8497 15.40648786018783 CP6 1 35004U 09028D 09261.74385078 +.00005153 +00000-0 +12751-3 0 01008 2 35004 040.4595 039.6512 0025170 146.0328 214.2102 15.40710382018772 AEROCUBE 3 1 35005U 09028E 09261.82338912 .00004947 00000-0 12348-3 0 969 2 35005 040.4740 039.5159 0025227 143.8809 216.3716 15.40504898 18781 MERIDIAN 2 1 35008U 09029A 09260.83924812 +.00000231 +00000-0 +35199-4 0 00954 2 35008 062.8776 136.5465 7282869 290.6576 009.4421 02.22927424002669 DRAGONSAT 1 35690U 09038B 09261.89100612 .00025936 00000-0 12459-3 0 482 2 35690 051.6394 182.8176 0002040 252.8664 107.2099 15.82502670 7972 ANDE POLLUX SPHERE 1 35693U 09038E 09261.84531117 .00024098 00000-0 11952-3 0 506 2 35693 051.6393 183.2681 0003193 176.7248 183.3702 15.81859510 7931 ANDE CASTOR SPHERE 1 35694U 09038F 09261.79855139 .00012424 00000-0 66199-4 0 485 2 35694 051.6409 183.7147 0003627 188.3352 171.7585 15.80901794 7929 METEOR-M 1 35865U 09049A 09261.85130047 .00000176 00000-0 10000-3 0 40 2 35865 098.8004 312.0250 0003601 080.8898 279.2547 14.21823900 165 OBJECT B 1 35866U 09049B 09261.85092753 +.00000178 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 00055 2 35866 098.8017 312.0296 0004292 075.2211 284.9295 14.22293025000167 OBJECT C 1 35867U 09049C 09262.83922800 .00002262 00000-0 10000-3 0 90 2 35867 097.3749 312.8740 0008567 282.8306 122.0522 15.22695743 323 OBJECT D 1 35868U 09049D 09261.85109579 .00000177 00000-0 10000-3 0 39 2 35868 098.8018 312.0258 0005228 064.2470 295.9091 14.22081443 168 OBJECT E 1 35869U 09049E 09261.85117771 +.00000176 +00000-0 +10000-3 0 00043 2 35869 098.8005 312.0239 0005611 075.6109 284.5570 14.21975938000161 FREGAT/IRIS 1 35870U 09049F 09262.43664686 .00002269 00000-0 10000-3 0 58 2 35870 097.3737 312.4736 0010296 291.3006 068.6949 15.22786707 261 NIMIQ 5 1 35873U 09050A 09261.60000000 -.00000087 00000-0 00000+0 0 35 2 35873 012.9660 295.1090 4548841 359.6390 088.0300 01.75731127 22 -- Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937 825 5032 Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF), e-mail nigel(a)ngunn.net www http://www.ngunn.net Member of ARRL, GQRP #11396, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP Club International #385, Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, AMSAT-UK 0182, MKARS, ALC, GCARES, XWARN.

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A432-20T AXIAL RADIATION???
by Luc Leblanc 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

I want to thank's Glenn AA5PK who provide me with the antenna manual. When reading it i discover something new "axial radiation" the matching line can be made for LHCP and RHCP using RG-59 and RG-58 combination for delay/matching lines and two RG-59 for delay/matching lines to produce this "axial radiation"? Is this gives both horizontal and vertical polarization at the same time? If it's the case it's could be a way to counteract the polarization change eg; having to manually rotate the antenna. Just note they don't called it "polarization" but "axial radiation" Google give me a lot of return but all related to helical, helix antenna as this one: http://books.google.ca/books?id=J4YcUA-rxJoC&pg=PA128&lpg=PA128&dq=antenna+… &sig=KS6GlYQASby8PGijm8DRZ5TefDQ&hl=en&ei=kpW0Stu7FdPelAeo96zvDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10#v=onepage&q=antenna%20axial%20radia tion&f=false That's what i like in the hamfest you always stumble on odd things this antenna matching harness is made for axial radiation just hope they are not harmful like the gamma rays on humans :) "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe DSTAR urcall VE2DWE WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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Re: Cushcraft A432-20T
by Henk, PA3GUO 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Hi Luc, I modified my Cushcraft also (a different one though); Most likely I violated many rules, but after the modification I could also get AO51 at 435.150 instead of only 435.300 MHz. http://www.pa3guo.com/cushcraft_416tb.html Henk, PA3GUO

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RS-28
by Mike Rupprecht 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

18:54 UTC good match with TLE OBJECT E (NORAD 35869). Strong signals and much activity from groundstation in Russia (data transfer) 2 downlink frequencies: 435.365 MHz and 435.465 MHz screenshots and audio see here: <http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?cat=41> http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?cat=41 73, Mike DK3WN

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Request
by Andrew Rich 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Can we get a web page that shows Sat name Lauch date Active in last 24 hours Frequency / mode. Keps ? ---------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Rich Airways Technical Officer Grade 4 Surveillance - RADAR ADS-B Amateur Radio Callsign VK4TEC email: vk4tec(a)tech-software.net web: www.tech-software.net

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Re: RS-28
by PY2ZX 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Mike, Here just in CW mode: http://archangelo.net/misc/sat/new/sep09/view.htm Is RS-28 the same Tatyana-2? Flavio PY2ZX Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:18:48 +0200 From: "Mike Rupprecht" <mail(a)mike-rupprecht.de> Subject: [amsat-bb] RS-28 18:54 UTC good match with TLE OBJECT E (NORAD 35869). Strong signals and much activity from groundstation in Russia (data transfer) 2 downlink frequencies: 435.365 MHz and 435.465 MHz screenshots and audio see here: <http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?cat=41> 73, Mike DK3WN

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ITAR sucks
by Bob McGwier 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

I am sure no American firm participated. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/world/asia/26rocket.html?ref=space We are shooting ourselves right in the derrière with ITAR. I am also certain White House is much too preoccupied with other things to deal with it. As proof that ITAR has completely outlived its usefulness, I give this example: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/science/space/30india.html?ref=space India, denied access to nearly all of our space technology here in the US and even put on denied access lists, simply goes around us and helps other nations build technical capabilities and then orbits the moon with a probe. Our involvement? Continued shooting our industries and technical status in the derrière. Bob

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Keps for AO40
by i8cvs 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

Hi All, Just for curiosity I would like to know why the AMSAT WSR-Weekly Satellite Report in Part 3 (3) lists the frequencies of the Non Operational Satellites including AO40 while long time ago the Keps for AO40 has been removed from the AMSAT Orbital Elements for OSCAR Satellites sent from WA5QDG Fort-Worth,TX There is someone that time to time is listening for a possible AO40 awakening ? Tanks and 73" de i8CVS Domenico

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Orbital Debris
by Trevor . 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/18/darpa_orbital_debris/

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No working keps for rs-30?
by andy thomas 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

I can't get any working keps for rs-30 into satpc32, it just crashes after what looks like an iterative calculation that doesn't work. This is true for the RS-30 keps today at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt and for the YUBILEINY keps (same satellite) just uploaded onto the bb. I assume that either there is something fundamentally wrong with the keps from whatever source, or that the orbit falls outside that scanned by satpc32. any thoughts, guys? 73 de andy g0sfj

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Re: Mystery bird, RS30 Yubilieiny system and beacon decode
by Rodney Waln 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

hi, i am new to this and have heard alot of stuff that i know is data or telemertry but not sure what kind or mode is TX'ed in the 435-436 mhz area from satellites or know what decoder to use to see what it is, if not in CW as you said some are AX25, PSK, DOKA, CW ..ect really intersting, i found these and hope they help? YUBILEINY 1 32953U 08025A 09261.79914802 .00000010 00000-0 00000+0 0 4080 2 32953 082.5029 198.4019 0019334 339.3131 020.7166 12.43003150 60024 Rodney kc0zhf

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Mystery bird, RS30 Yubilieiny system and beacon decode
by andy thomas 19 Sep '09

19 Sep '09

For a summary of information on RS-30 Yubileiny please see my pages at: http://sites.google.com/site/andythomasorg/amateur-satellites/rs-30-yubilei… or follow the links to this page from http://www.andythomas.eu This refers to original material from Kaluga anticpating a beacon frequency of 435.353 which was not used last year. Obviously it's switchable. I have not checked the keps for RS30 for some time but I remember they were hard to find. Are we sure the mystery bird isn't RS-30? 73 de andy G0SFJ

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Possible EM88/EM98 Grid Activation Sunday 20Sept
by John Papay 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

Weather permitting I will be operating on the EM88/EM98 grid boundary in West Virginia on Sunday, September 20th. The current forecast is a 50% chance of rain so it might not work out for all passes. I'll try to operate on the following passes: ---------------------------------------------------------- Day Object AOS (U) LOS Period maxEl AZ ---------------------------------------------------------- 20.09.2009 AO-27 18:41 18:48 15 44 148 - 354 20.09.2009 AO-27 20:22 20:29 13 20 204 - 332 20.09.2009 AO-51 21:14 21:26 12 13 113 - 008 20.09.2009 SO-50 21:38 21:51 13 49 333 - 136 20.09.2009 AO-51 22:51 23:06 15 74 168 - 347 20.09.2009 SO-50 23:19 23:31 12 16 309 - 189 West Virginia is hilly and the hills are covered with trees. Although Google Earth etc. can give you some idea of what to expect, you just don't know until you get there and see for yourself. For those in the West, AO-27 at 2022Z and SO-50 at 2319Z will offer the best chances to work me. It will be sunset around the end of the last SO-50 pass. Operations on AO-51 will be on the non-QRP pair, 435.300/145.92. If the grid boundary doesn't work out, I'll focus on finding a spot in EM88 first. If conditions permit, I might then operate from EM98. Hopefully the grid boundary will work out. My progress enroute can be monitored on aprs.fi or findu.com using k8yse-8. There are no digi's near the grid boundary location but you never know until you get there. I plan to have another radio on 145.825 and could be digi'd through the ISS during the 1911Z, 2047Z, 2224Z and 0000z passes. The ISS radio will use k8yse-9. It's about a 4 hour trip each way. There is no need to send or request a qsl card. I will send a card to everyone that I have in my log. EM88 is fairly rare so this should be a good one for grid chasers, especially for those in the western states. Thanks to all of you who have operated from grids away from your home QTH. Hopefully you will benefit from this operation as I did from many of yours. EM97 may be a possibility in October if you need that one. 73, John K8YSE

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keps
by Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

Looks as though there were two launches yesterday. OBJECT A 1 35865U 09049A 09260.93646957 .00000176 00000-0 10000-3 0 39 2 35865 098.8073 311.0962 0003522 107.5299 252.6413 14.21831829 36 OBJECT B 1 35866U 09049B 09261.00674671 .00000178 00000-0 10000-3 0 35 2 35866 098.8010 311.1854 0004515 078.5677 281.6015 14.22313875 47 OBJECT C 1 35867U 09049C 09261.13930902 .00002261 00000-0 10000-3 0 37 2 35867 097.3764 311.2065 0009218 293.9729 158.4270 15.22682256 68 OBJECT D 1 35868U 09049D 09260.93643235 .00000177 00000-0 10000-3 0 28 2 35868 098.8021 311.1135 0005483 068.4531 291.7245 14.22092185 39 OBJECT E 1 35869U 09049E 09261.21789850 .00000176 00000-0 10000-3 0 24 2 35869 098.8000 311.3964 0004171 113.0444 247.0789 14.21930349 75 FREGAT/IRIS 1 35870U 09049F 09261.00171678 .00002270 00000-0 10000-3 0 23 2 35870 097.3787 311.0678 0009733 296.6437 122.0822 15.22807413 45 SL-4 R/B 1 35872U 09049H 09261.14990630 .01668894 33772-5 33324-3 0 30 2 35872 098.8165 311.5442 0010308 027.9975 332.1868 16.31344578 75 OBJECT A 1 35873U 09050A 09261.21405833 .00000078 00000-0 00000+0 0 23 2 35873 049.3986 295.4309 6068038 355.4096 000.9917 03.88680474 17 -- Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937 825 5032 Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF), e-mail nigel(a)ngunn.net www http://www.ngunn.net Member of ARRL, GQRP #11396, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP Club International #385, Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, AMSAT-UK 0182, MKARS, ALC, GCARES, XWARN.

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WD9EWK from DM24 (possibly DM23/DM24), Saturday afternoon/evening
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

Hi! Another Saturday without work at the office, another quick road trip to an unusual Arizona grid. I will head west toward grid DM24 for the afternoon AO-27 passes, the late afternoon SO-50 pass around 0030 UTC, and the afternoon/evening AO-51 passes on the normal 145.920/435.300 MHz transponder. I think I may have located a spot that straddles the DM23/DM24 boundary in western Arizona, with a good view of the sky for satellite work. If it looks good when I get out there tomorrow, I will park on that grid boundary. The area I'm looking to work from in DM24 or on the DM23/DM24 boundary would probably be in La Paz County, a very sparsely-populated western Arizona county - for anyone looking to work counties via satellite. I worked from DM23/DM24 last year, from a different location on the California side of the Colorado River. In July 2008, I worked from DM24/DM25 further north near Bullhead City AZ and Laughlin NV. Both DM23 and DM24 are rarely heard via satellite, but DM24 appears to be more rare than DM23 in recent years. If you work me an want a QSL card, please e-mail me directly with the QSO details. If you're in the log, a card will go out to you. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Possible Wallops Launch Tonight
by Bob Bruninga 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

Hopefully we will have someone putting out global APRS bulletins about the launch. So even if you are mobile or standing outside with only your APRS HT, you can get Launch Updates via Pete's CQSRVR. To Logon to CQSRVR for this event: 1) Send an APRS message to CQSRVR 2) Message must begin with CQ LAUNCH CQ LAUNCH text_here This will log you in and send your logon message to everyone else that is logged on. For the next 24 hours, you will receive any similar messages from evryone else. Including those who have up-to-date launch info. 3) Those sending launch info, can only send once every 30 minutes, so they cannot use if for fine-grain details in the last minutes, but others with new info can. A great capability. Use it. I'll be out at an outdoors barbQ with an astronomy club and so this is the only way I will get the Launch INfo. Bob, WB4APR I'll go ahead and logon to CQSRVR now so I can see everyone else that logs on. (You only see others AFTER you logon of course)... Bob, WB4APR

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AO-51/QRP
by Tim - N3TL 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

My thanks to the AO-51 control team for this week's schedule, which includes activation of 145.880/435.150 for QRP operation. There is another week of this "QRP Pair" coming up later in the month. I hope more of you will take the time to see just how little power it takes for effective communication on AO-51 or any of the FM satellites, for that matter. On the AO-51 pass here from roughly 22:30 UTC to 22:45 UTC, KD8CAO and I completed a contact using HTs with whip antennas. Doug was using a Pryme RD-98, and I was using the Diamond SRH-789 telescoping whip. Anyone who has an HT with a general coverage receiver ought to check out the Diamond whip because it brings the shortwave broadcast bands alive on the radios from Yaesu (VX-3R and VX-7R) and Kenwood (TH-F6A) I've tried it with. In addition, it works extremely well on the satellites. I didn't pick up the RD-98 for satellite use, but it is comparable in performance to Pryme's satellite-popular AL-800 telescoping whip. Pryme, by the way, claims the same gain numbers for the RD-98 as for the AL-800. I had an AL-800, and my RD-98 performs at least as well as it did. I prefer the SRH-789, which has an SMA connector, because of its versatility - and it's more rigid than the RD-98 in use. Diamond also makes a BNC version of the antenna, the RH-789. On the next pass of AO-51, which hits me beginning at about 00:10 UTC, I'll be back on the crappy ol' Elk dual-band log periodic - but I'll be running 50 milliwatts out instead of the 5 watts I just used with the whip. I intend to run 50 mW and the Elk for the remainder of the weekend on AO-51. Experience suggests that I need at least 8 degrees of elevation to make the satellite on .05-watt, but I almost made it through the other day when AO-51 was below 7 degrees. A good contact at that low angle will represent a new "miles per watt" record for me, and I hope to get there. Thanks again to the control team for the QRP-pair activation. 73 to all, Tim - N3TL

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Cushcraft A432-20T
by Luc Leblanc 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

I just get a Cushcraft A432-20T at a recent Hamfest. As per the theory if the longest matching line is connected to the horizontal element and the shortest to the vertical one i should have a RHCP but if i reverse the connections should i have LHCP? If i rotate the antenna by 90 degress how i can determine the horizontal versus the vertical elements? The only one reference i have is the U bolt attachment to determine the horizontal elements or one driven elements is the closest to the reflector (further away behind the other driven element). There is no marking on the beam only the driven elements caps are both marked with 1/2 SC? This model was not made with a switching device and as i don'r have the specs sheet i'm in the blind to configure it to RHCP as it seems it is the actual UHF standard on the circular LEO's fleet? Thank's for your help "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe DSTAR urcall VE2DWE WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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nice signal from new object
by Danny Casier 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

Had a pas over of the group of new-objects from 18:55z - 18:59 and heard telemetri on 435.360 in FM. Strong Sounds strange mode. I have a record 73 Dan ON5UE

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Other Computer Controlled Rotator Options
by Franklyn A. Ballentine, jr 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

Hi All, I tried googling through the AMSAT-BB archives and didn't find what I was looking for so here's my question. Has anyone tried using a motorized pan\tilt mount for a CCTV as their Az\El rotator? If so, what model? I heard of one example on another forum and want to see if anyone here has tried it. I figure it would be less to get one of these to play\experiment than an G5500 or Alfa Spid. Thanks, Frank B. KB1QZH

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For sale
by David - KG4ZLB 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

Offered here first before going to flea-bay! *Icom W32A* c/w stock antenna, battery and wall charger Speaker mic Leather case AA battery box *Arrow 146/437-10* c/w roll-up tote bag Adaptor to fit the Arrow to the W32A Shipped anywhere in the lower 48 for $385. Paypal OK. Reason for sale? I am just not using any of this stuff and its just too damn hot to go outside anyway! :-D 73 David -- David KG4ZLB www.kg4zlb.com

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Captured CW from new sat
by Edward Chuang 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

Hi all, Captured CW signal from new sat using keps for 2009-049E ( 2009-049A - E are very close): uaba155 abb155 ibs4 iaba125 iabb126 ispa0 ispb126 taba132 tabb130 tsep136 mcon69 sma166 smb148 mra6 mrb14 rs28 ubs153 (one whole cycle) Freq.: 435.365 MHz (center) Time: 13:41 - 13:51 UTC QTH: PL04vq Also monitored 2009-049F on 435.300 and 435.350 MHz from 12:25 to 12:35 UTC, nothing heard. 73 Edward / BX1AD -----

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Thursday Night Fun
by Clint Bradford 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

Thanks to AO-51 operators in Idaho, Ohio, Washington, Texas, Patrick in Arizona, and others during the 5:50PM PDT (00:50 GMT) pass of AO-51 last night! I don't record the contacts while making demonstrations, but I wish I had last night while showing off AO-51 to the Conejo Valley Amateur Radio Club! Upcoming Southern California presentations/demos ... October 2 - Long Beach ARC* October 5 - WARA (Fullerton) meeting* October 8 - EchoLink “SCARS” Node 96140 5:30PM PDT October 15 - West Coast ARC (Huntington Beach)* October 17 - Victor Valley ARC’s JOTA November 8 - QWCA Chapter 7 (Norwalk) Clint Bradford http://www.k6lcs.com

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Re: Tiny 2 TNC EPROM
by Greg Beat 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

Steve - I assume that you did not get a response from Linda Reedy? (Gywn Reedy's (W1BEL, sk) wife who has been managing the company since his death) She can be reached at: sales(a)paccomm.com I did have her mobile number somewhere in my Rolodex, if that would be helpful. She was changing telephone numbers, web page, and office hours -- when I talked to her about 8 weeks ago. Greg w9gb ==== Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:24:58 +0100 From: "Steve Daniels" <g6uim2(a)hotmail.com> Subject: [amsat-bb] Tiny 2 TNC EPROM Hi Can anyone supply me with an EPROM for a paccomm Tiny 2 TNC the circuit board says revision 1.6. Am happy to cover costs. Regards Steve G6UIM

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Re: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2) heard ?
by David Barber 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

This time only 9 minutes of pass heard. Any opinions as to identity? Is it Tatiana 2? Mid frequency 435.365MHz AOS 12.26utc LOS 12.35utc CW for whole period. Example of copied data (not consecutive blocks): IABB1?9 ISPB132 TAB?132 TABB130 TSEP131 TSEP132 David G8OQW

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Re: accidental satellite ops
by kl7uw＠acsalaska.net 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

Glen, Actually, AO-7 was placed in the narrow-band (CW/SSB) subband back when it was launched. AS I recall a waiver was sought to do this. So AO-7 is, in fact, in the wrong frequency allocation for satellite operations. Perhaps Tom Clark or one of the other old hands that were involved when AO-7 was built/launched can better state this (I was a member of sbms that built the 2.3 GHz transponder that was never allowed activation). As far as attracting new satellite operators, there is an even chance since the operator already is in possession of CW/SSB equipment that is required for AO-7. Basically, they would need proper antennas and learning about tracking issues (times, freq. Doppler, etc.). Also that the input is inverted so one tranmits LSB to hear USB. Most of the weak-signal group (CW/SSB) are pretty savy bunch, so it remains whether it would interest them. 73, Ed - KL7UW Original Message: ----------------- From: Glen Zook gzook(a)yahoo.com Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:25:11 -0700 (PDT) To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org, sparkycivic(a)shaw.ca Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: accidental satellite ops The primary problem is that the OSCAR VII inputs are now in the weak signal portions of the "band plans". With the proliferation of FM activity the weak signal portions have been compressed. It is unrealistic to even think of "blaming" the weak signal operators for interfering with OSCAR VII operations. Remember, OSCAR VII is 35 years old and was not expected to be in service for more than just a few years. One should just be happy that OSCAR VII is still usable and work around the occasional situation with unintentional interference. Besides, there are not that many contests on the VHF and UHF bands and most of the time there is little activity in the weak signal portions of 2-meters and 70 cm. As for garnering additional satellite operators that is definitely a possibility. However, I don't know how many new operators would actually be recruited. Glen, K9STH AMSAT 239 / LM 463 Website: http://k9sth.com --- On Wed, 9/16/09, Auke de Jong <sparkycivic(a)shaw.ca> wrote: maybe the best one can do is to send QSL cards noting the time/freq/sat/mode to the ops. Of course this assumes that their callsign can be understood _______________________________________________ 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting

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Re: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2) heard ?
by David Barber 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

OK got it recorded this time. Not as strong as last pass though. AOS @ 10.46utc LOS @ 10.59utc Centre frequency 435.365MHz Initial signal carrier only with short breaks then at 10.50utc cw blocks of alpha numerics until end of pass. Regards David G8OQW ************** -----Original Message----- From: Mike Rupprecht [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 18 September 2009 10:55 To: david.barber(a)dbelectronics.co.uk Cc: 'Graham Shirville'; 'andy thomas' Subject: AW: [amsat-bb] Re: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2) heard ? Hi David, sounds good. Could you record or decode the signal? In most cases the call sign will be sent after data transmission (FM). RS-22 was out of sight at this time ;-) 73, Mike DK3WN -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von David Barber Gesendet: Freitag, 18. September 2009 11:27 An: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Betreff: [amsat-bb] Re: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2) heard ? Just copied a cw telemetry signal centred on 435.365MHz here in UK. AOS around 09.12utc as a continuous carrier. At approx 09.14utc cw telemetry started until LOS at 09.20utc. Telemetry appears to consist of alpha / numeric blocks of 7 characters. No keps here so no idea if it's what we're all looking for or not. Regards David G8OQW

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Re: keps
by Rodney Waln 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

thank you for the info, that is same information i found on there site listed "first set", Satpc32 claimes when i loaded the keps and looked for the nexted few days passes, that it will be hight 312.7 to 309.6 mi just higher than ISS, but cover most of the us on a center us pass?? space track has that number 35870 as a fregit/isrs?? just trying to learn how things go, intersting Rodney kc0zhf

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Re: keps
by ps8rf Piraja 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

SumbandilaSat Keps: SUMBA2 1 35870U 09049F 09260.92529515 -.00000070 00000-0 00000+0 0 11 2 35870 97.3743 311.0021 0009230 287.0950 72.9081 15.22943597 38 ( http://www.amsatsa.org.za ) 73 Piraja, PS8RF _________________________________________________________________ Você sabia que o Hotmail mudou? Clique e descubra as novidades. http://www.microsoft.com/brasil/windows/windowslive/products/hotmail.aspx

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[Fwd: [Hearsat] Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2) heard]
by Andrew Glasbrenner 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

From another list... 73, Drew KO4MA -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Hearsat] Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2) heard Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:54:47 +0200 From: nils(a)vonstorch.de To: <hearsat(a)mailman.qth.net> Hi all, today a Multi Carrier rocket was launched from Baikonur carrying a few satellites, including Tatiana 2(Universitetsky 2) and Sumbandila into orbit. Found Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2) transmitting Data (and occassinally CW also) on ~435,365 MHz. this evening at around 19:20 UTC. Signal was quite strong but with some heavy fading now and then, probably caused by the satellites rotation. Regards, Nils ______________________________________________________________ HearSat mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/hearsat Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

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D-Star in the Netherlands
by Gaston BERTELS 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

D-Star frequencies in the Netherlands. Abraham van den Berg, PB0AOK - VERON's VHF manager, clarified the D-Star issue in the Netherlands. VERON is the Dutch IARU society. It is untrue that the Dutch administration is thinking about D-Star repeaters operating in the 437-438 MHz band. Presently, the amateur service in the Netherlands and neighbouring countries suffers from harmful interference, caused by what can be seen as a regrettable implementation of the Radiolocation service in the 438-440 MHz band. For that reason, usage of D-Star repeaters with output frequencies in the upper 2 MHz part of the Region 1 70cm band, is hampered. To solve this problem, recently the Dutch D-Star community came up with a proposal to plan the output frequencies of D-Star repeaters just below 438MHz and has asked VERON to support this proposal. VERON has decided not to do so, due to incompatibility between the amateur service and amateur-satellite service. Moreover, the proposal deviates significantly from the IARU-R1 band plan. In the meantime VERON has made an alternative proposition to amend the Dutch national frequency plan in such a way, that it fully complies with article 5 RR, the European Common Allocation table, as well as the IARU-R1 band plan. Thank you Bram, for this clarification. Gaston Bertels - ON4WF IARU Region 1 ARSPEX WG chairman

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Re: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2
by andy thomas 18 Sep '09

18 Sep '09

When I was at MGU (Moscow state university) in May this year I heard that because of the controversy over the use in the Amateur band of the multiplex system Doka on Yubileiny, they had decided not to use an amateur band on this bird. Doka is a system used by Russian universities, originating from engineers in Kaluga. Instead they would use the scientific/educational band at 1.7 GHz, near the HRPT band, and installed a small dish on the roof of the high-energy physics building for that purpose (I have stood next to it). The location cannot see low elevations because of nearby high buildings. Therefore I don't think Tatiana 2 has a 435 MHz beacon but i am checking with friends in Moscow. 73 de andy G0SFJ

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RS series mode A downlink power
by Andrew Glasbrenner 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Anyone with any firm data on the downlink power from RS10-13 on 29MHz? A cursory reference check and Google didn't turn anything up. I'm thinking maybe this was a telemetered value and someone remembers? 73, Drew KO4MA

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Thanks for contacts at demo!
by Mark L. Hammond 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Thanks to the several of you that helped make my demonstration tonight a success. Signals were great on the QRP repeater, and the JARS club enjoyed hearing all of you (from Vermont, to Georgia to Tennesse to Kansas!). I had a "scribe" and I think her writing says: WA4SCA KB1RVT KB0RZD N3TL AA5UK KB1PVH KD8CAO I think that's the list..If you need a card, let me know. 73, -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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keps
by Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Here's another set. OBJECT A 1 35865U 09049A 09260.72535468 -.00000045 00000-0 00000+0 0 19 2 35865 098.7998 310.8940 0003181 081.7658 278.3815 14.21921862 02 OBJECT B 1 35866U 09049B 09260.72535165 -.00000045 00000-0 00000+0 0 14 2 35866 098.8001 310.8933 0004653 076.4712 283.6810 14.22237596 07 No Common Name Found 1 35867U 09049C 09260.85958581 -.00000070 00000-0 00000+0 0 18 2 35867 097.3797 310.9290 0009122 293.6396 066.4184 15.22762759 26 -- Nigel A. Gunn, 1865 El Camino Drive, Xenia, OH 45385-1115, USA. tel +1 937 825 5032 Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF (was KC8NHF), e-mail nigel(a)ngunn.net www http://www.ngunn.net Member of ARRL, GQRP #11396, QRPARCI #11644, SOC #548, Flying Pigs QRP Club International #385, Dayton ARA #2128, AMSAT-NA LM-1691, AMSAT-UK 0182, MKARS, ALC, GCARES, XWARN.

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Re: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2
by Randy 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Got the keps from the list .. Thanks.. So there are 5 satellites all together? Anyone have the frequencies? Randy - N2CUA

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Maxim 2633 preamp
by Ronald Long 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

I wonder if anyone has done a pcb for the Maxim 2633 preamp article which appeared in the May/June Amsat Journal? thanks ron

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Re: AO-40 (R.I.P.) query
by Thomas Frey 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Hello Samudra Here you can read the story about AO-40: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AO-40 Mit freundlichen Grüssen, Regards, 73 Thomas Frey, HB9SKA ______________________________________________________________________ Thomas Frey, Holzgasse 2, CH-5242 Birr, Tel. + Fax: 056 444 93 41 http://home.datacomm.ch/th.frey/

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Tiny 2 TNC EPROM
by Steve Daniels 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Hi Can anyone supply me with an EPROM for a paccomm Tiny 2 TNC the circuit board says revision 1.6. Am happy to cover costs. Regards Steve G6UIM

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Re: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2)
by Mike Rupprecht 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Graham, ... think this was RS-22. I heard the CW beacon as well (very strong). I never read about a 70cm beacon of Tatiana-2. In my opinion they didn't publish any frequencies... 73, Mike -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Graham Shirville [mailto:[email protected]] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 17. September 2009 23:14 An: Mike Rupprecht Betreff: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2) Mike, Uum no not sure - the frequency at what i believe was LOS was around 435.357 MHz but... 73 Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Rupprecht" <mail(a)mike-rupprecht.de> To: "'Graham Shirville'" <g.shirville(a)btinternet.com> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:07 PM Subject: AW: [amsat-bb] Re: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2) Graham, on which frequency ? Are you sure that it wasn't RS-22 ??? 73, Mike DK3WN -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Graham Shirville Gesendet: Donnerstag, 17. September 2009 23:05 An: Andrew Glasbrenner Cc: AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org Betreff: [amsat-bb] Re: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2) Hi All, Just grabbed a few seconds of CW - LOS was at approx 2101 UTC Did not have the time to peak up the beam... 73 Graham G3VZV IO92QA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner(a)mindspring.com> Cc: <AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:28 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2) > Nothing on Space-Track yet. > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > > ON5UE wrote: >> Does anyone have keps? >> >> >> >> 73 >> >> Dan >> >> ON5UE >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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

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Fw: Re: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2)
by Graham Shirville 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Shirville" <g.shirville(a)btinternet.com> To: "Mike Rupprecht" <mail(a)mike-rupprecht.de> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:14 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2) Mike, > > Uum no not sure - the frequency at what i believe was LOS was around > 435.357 MHz but... > > 73 > Graham > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Rupprecht" <mail(a)mike-rupprecht.de> > To: "'Graham Shirville'" <g.shirville(a)btinternet.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 10:07 PM > Subject: AW: [amsat-bb] Re: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2) > > > Graham, > > on which frequency ? Are you sure that it wasn't RS-22 ??? > > 73, Mike > DK3WN > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]] Im > Auftrag von Graham Shirville > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 17. September 2009 23:05 > An: Andrew Glasbrenner > Cc: AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org > Betreff: [amsat-bb] Re: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2) > > Hi All, > > Just grabbed a few seconds of CW - LOS was at approx 2101 UTC > > Did not have the time to peak up the beam... > > 73 > > Graham > G3VZV > IO92QA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner(a)mindspring.com> > Cc: <AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org> > Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:28 PM > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2) > > >> Nothing on Space-Track yet. >> >> 73, Drew KO4MA >> >> >> ON5UE wrote: >>> Does anyone have keps? >>> >>> >>> >>> 73 >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> ON5UE >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >

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Re: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2)
by Mike Rupprecht 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Graham, on which frequency ? Are you sure that it wasn't RS-22 ??? 73, Mike DK3WN -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Graham Shirville Gesendet: Donnerstag, 17. September 2009 23:05 An: Andrew Glasbrenner Cc: AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org Betreff: [amsat-bb] Re: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2) Hi All, Just grabbed a few seconds of CW - LOS was at approx 2101 UTC Did not have the time to peak up the beam... 73 Graham G3VZV IO92QA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner(a)mindspring.com> Cc: <AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org> Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 9:28 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2) > Nothing on Space-Track yet. > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > > ON5UE wrote: >> Does anyone have keps? >> >> >> >> 73 >> >> Dan >> >> ON5UE >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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

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Universitetsky 2 (Tatiana 2)
by ON5UE 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Does anyone have keps? 73 Dan ON5UE

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SumbandilaSat alive
by Rodney Waln 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

http://www.amsatsa.org.za/index.htm they say it is alive, now for the keps? and the amsat name? other than SumbandilaSat

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Re: Sunbandilasat launch
by Jim Heck 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Agreed. Graham tells me by email that they dont evacuate the gantry etc until abt 15 mins b4 launch! 73 Jim G3WGM > -----Original Message----- > From: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]]On > Behalf Of David - KG4ZLB > Sent: 17 September 2009 16:03 > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Sunbandilasat launch > > > Mind you there seems to be conflicting reports about launch time; SARC > report 14:55 utc (which has passed) and AMSAT - SA report 16:55 - so you > pays yer money and yer takes yer choice! > > By the looks of things they are still trying to find the blue touch > paper and a big enough match so my guess is for 16:55 (12:55 edt) > > David > > David - KG4ZLB wrote: > > Yes, and bearing in mind that the launch is scheduled to be only a few > > minutes away, there is an awful lot of activity at the base of the > > rocket (i.e where the really hot bit comes from!) > > > > David > > > > G0MRF(a)aol.com wrote: > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.101/2376 - Release Date: > 09/17/09 06:18:00 >

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Soyouz-2 IGNITION
by JC-Aveni 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Soyouz-2 Meteor-M1 + Micro-Sat LAUNCH succes at 16:50 UTC

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Re: Sumbandilasat launch
by andy thomas 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

i see she has a bird from Moscow state university (MGU) on board, would that be Tatiana, ane educational satellite with a 1.7 GHz downlink? 73 de andy G0sfj ....watching...love the sounds too...

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Sunbandilasat launch
by G0MRF＠aol.com 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Something seems to be happening today at: _http://www.tv-tsenki.com/live.php_ (http://www.tv-tsenki.com/live.php) David

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KB1RVT/P MAINE (CORRECTION FN64 NOT FN63!)
by Daniel "Nick" Kucij 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

I guess one cannot proofread ones own work. I was in FN64 not FN63, I would have been maritime mobile without a boat for that! 73 Nick KB1RVT

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accidental satellite ops
by w7lrd＠comcast.net 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

I noticed yesterday while AO-7 was in mode B over the US there were several stations who were working the VHF contest this weekend. The downlinks sigs were LSB and obviously oblivious they were uplinking to AO-7. I emailed some of them, maybe we can create some accidental satellite aficianados. 73 Bob W7LRD

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Update from KB1RVT/P in Maine
by Daniel "Nick" Kucij 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Over the course of several trips to Maine this summer, I was able to operate as a portable station with my usual rig (HTs and a homebrew yagi) from three different grids. Mostly I was on Mt. Desert Is (FN54), spent some time in Portland (FN43) and made a day-trip to relatively rare FN63. Overall, it resulted in 158 QSOs in the log. The recent trip had some highlights: The day-trip further Downeast to FN63 was my first "DXpedition". I managed to work one pass on each of the three FM birds. Reception on the first, SO-50, was rough, resulting in just two contacts. The second, AO-27, from a blueberry hill in Harrington, resulted in 8 more contacts. The third, a high AO-51 pass from the edge of the Atlantic in the beautiful working harbor of Corea, resulted in 8 more contacts; for a total of 16 different stations. I plan to get back there again next summer. I also tried working a couple of lower westerly passes from up on Cadillac Mt. (1500') in Acadia National Park. On one 11 degree AO-27 pass to my west, I worked K6CDW in Agoura Hills, CA and WX7P in Rice, WA. For both of them Maine was a new state, but I could tell Wilse, WX7P was excited. It turned out, Maine was the last state he need for WAS and he told me he'd been trying to get it for three years, so it made my day also. Earlier in the summer, I'd been keeping an ear out for KC7USS, Dave in Shelton, WA. Luckily, on my last evening evening in Portland, we QSOed on AO-51, which completed his WAS also. VO1BQ, Joe in St. Johns, NL, one of my contacts from the FN64 trip, had told me of his transatlantic success from Sutton Hill overlooking his hometown. He'd worked the UK, Portugal and Spain; so on my last afternoon of vacation I headed over to Cadillac Mt. again, this time to try some lower passes to the east. For the first one, I stopped the car on the Ocean Drive in ANP, at about 300' and set up by the side of the road for a 14 degree AO-27 pass. Sure enough, there was "Echo America One Queen Sugar" calling. Pablo in Pontevedra on the northern coast of Spain had a fine signal and we made a contact, my first transatlantic! Later in the afternoon, I was up on the very top of Cadillac Mt. for a 16 degree AO-51 pass. I heard the bird as soon as it came up on the horizon. The carrier was quieting, but had a very rapid fade which smoothed out some over the course of the pass. I heard a station calling and replied, it was EA8HB, Hugo in the Canary Islands. just off the coast of Africa; then another somewhat stronger station came on, it was Pablo, EA1QS again. I stayed on the pass all the way north and could hear my signal into the bird, but did not hear anyone else. I was really thrilled to make these contacts. Hugo was just about 3000 miles away, my most distant LEO QSO to date. Pablo said he often is calling on the mid-atlantic passes, without hearing anyone. I don't know how many of us are trying to work transatlantic from the east coast and maybe I was just plain lucky, but I'll surely be trying again! All in all, a fun time operating portable. I'll be back in southern Maine this fall visiting family and plan to make a day-trip to FN53. I expect it is rare as it is mostly water. If you need a QSL for any of our Maine QSOs, just send me an email with the details. I'll be going over my log and getting cards out soon. Thanks for all the contacts! 73, Nick, KB1RVT

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Hudson Valley Satcom Group Net 3rd Anniversary Net Tonight 8PM On N2EYH-L
by Cotejaune2＠aol.com 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

Hello again everyone. Tonight September 17 at 8pm we will be having our third anniversary net on Echolink N2EYH-L and on the MT. beacon ARC 146.970 repeater pl 100. I do hope you will join us and share your satellite knowledge with us. We usually have an Amsat coordinator join us on the net also. Hope to hear you on the net. 73 Gary WA2AQH

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Re: true duplex radios
by clintbrad4d＠earthlink.net 17 Sep '09

17 Sep '09

But the ability to crossband repeat doesn't automatically mean that a radio can monitor a satellite's downlink while transmitting to it .... -----Original Message----- From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner(a)mindspring.com> Subj: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: true duplex radios Date: Mon Jun 1, 2009 12:55 pm Size: 467 bytes To: "Clint Bradford" <clintbrad4d(a)earthlink.net>,<amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Really? Dual-receive, indeed. And will perform crossband repeating. > But I can transmit on one band and simultaneously hear myself on > another with a FT-8800? How else would it be able to cross band repeat? Page three of the manual: "Featuring 1054 memory channels (527 channels each for "Main" and "Sub" band), full duplex operation with independent Volume and Squelch controls, and built-in CTCSS and DCS encoder/decoder circuits, ..." 73, Drew KO4MA

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45th IET Appleton Lecture
by G7SVI 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

For those across this side of the pond and those who may be visiting, Martin Sweeting (G3YJO and Chairman of AMSAT-UK) will be presenting this lecture entitled "Ordinary components, extraordinary missions - the role of small satellites in space exploration" on Tuesday 19th January 2010. The lecture will be in London. "The Appleton Lecture was established in 1965 to commemorate the life and work of Sir Edward Appleton, a widely honoured physicist and Nobel Prize winner who is mainly noted for research into the upper atmosphere. Professor Sir Martin Sweeting's talk will be the 45th in the series." This lecture is free to attend and you do not have to be a member of the IET. It is first come. First served and you can reserve your place at http://conferences.theiet.org/lectures/appleton/index.htm Congratulations Martin and look forward to hearing the lecture. Clive G7SVI AMSAT-UK 6366

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W6ZQ on AO-51 from BL02, Thursday evening
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

Hi! Ron W6ZQ is planning to work the AO-51 pass at 0230-0238 UTC tomorrow night (Thursday night, early Friday UTC time) from grid BL02 on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. This will be the 5th time he has been on from Kauai during his Hawaiian vacation, and the third time from BL02 specifically. After tomorrow night, he will not be on from Kauai again until later this month. This AO-51 pass should be workable by those along the US West Coast, along with parts of western Canada and Alaska. It will be a pass with maximum elevation of 9 degrees here in Phoenix, and higher for those further west. If you're looking for a chance to work Hawaii via satellite, W6ZQ has been working virtually everyone who has called him on other passes from out there during this month. Good luck, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Re: RS series mode A downlink power
by John W Lee 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

RS 10/11 worked out real good for me. I was doing a lot of travelling in 1987-90, and was able to make a lot of mobile QSO's using an IC-230 (10 watts on CW) with one frequency in the middle of the passband, quarter wave antenna on the uplink, and receiving on an FT-301 with Hustler 10-meter mobile antenna. Amazing ! I was keying the PTT through the accessory jack and a Vibroplex bug ! And the CW sounded good, too ! 73 JOhn K6YK --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tony Langdon <vk3jed(a)gmail.com> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:33:53 +1000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: RS series mode A downlink power Message-ID: <4ab1a01c.0707d00a.1bd3.70b2(a)mx.google.com> References: <4AB197FA.8050800(a)mindspring.com> <4AB19BA2.3070001(a)bristor-assoc.com> At 12:14 PM 9/17/2009, you wrote: >As per the Satellite Experimenter's Handbook 2nd edition: > > Power output: 5 watts for RS10/11 > Power output : 8 watts PEP for RS-12/13 Interesting, I had better results on RS10 than RS12/13. Was RS10's uplink more sensitive? 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com _______________________________________________ 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 ____________________________________________________________ $5,000 a Week For Life Publishers Clearing House winner annouced on NBC. Enter now. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/c?cp=QfbBFEUXayxk0mzPpJ34ngAAJ1CmZ…

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KB9BIT DM86/87
by Thomas Laskowski 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

I will plan to make two trips to the DM86/87 grid boundary which is the OK-CO state line about 6 miles north of my current QTH in DM86. This will depend on the weather. I plan to be on: 16 Sept on AO-51 for the 23:57 pass 17 Sept on SO-50 for the 00:47 pass 19 Sept on SO-50 for the 00:05 pass 19 Sept on AO-51 for the 00:17 pass I am currently still on most passes from DM86 in Kenton, OK. If you work(ed) me just drop me an email and I'll get a QSL card to you after I return home. 73 - KB9BIT portable DM86 in Oklahoma

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QRP repeater now active
by Andrew Glasbrenner 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

The 145.88/435.150 repeater on AO-51 for QRP users is now active. Please observe the 10 watt and handheld or omni antennas only guidelines. 73, Drew KO4MA

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N8MH demonstration AO-51 QRP FM05 9/17/09 23:09UTC pass
by Mark L. Hammond 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

Hello All, Tomorrow night (Thursday night 9/17 AOS is around 7:09PM Eastern/23:09UTC) I will be attempting a demonstration of AO-51 at the Johnston Amateur Radio Society monthly club meeting north of Benson, NC. I'll be in grid square FM05 operating portable on the QRP repeater (145.880 up, 435.150 down). Any contacts will be appreciated and well received by me and the club :) [If the QRP repeater isn't active, I'll be on the normal 145.920/435.300 repeater.] Please listen for November-Eight-Mike-Hotel in Fox Mike Zero Five. 73, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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Satellite AX25 transmission on the 435 MHz band?
by Bató András 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

Gentlemen, Are there any satillite in life which sends telemetry data or anything else in AX25 mode on its downlink frequeny on the 435 MHz band? gl de ha6nn Andras

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Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 4, Issue 464
by Louis McFadin 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

It pains me to have to spend any energy answering all these comments about the Suitsat-2 and AMSAT problems. Here are the facts: No flights were missed. The Russians and the ARISS team have been working very hard to put together Suitsat-2 in a timely manner so that we could catch a ride to ISS on a Progress mission. The Russians declared the suit excess quite a while ago. The ISS is getting more and more crowded since it is now crewed by six people. There is a real problem with clearance around all the equipment on ISS. It's to the point of becoming a safety hazard. Each side has a finite amount of volume allocated. The suits were seen as a safety hazard because of this crowdedness. There wasn't a case of no one being notified. We all knew there was a space problem. It simply came down to a priority situation. Do you throw away something that you need to keep and have spent an enormous amount of money getting to ISS, or something that is very low on the priority? It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out where Suitsat fell on that list. In actuality this may have been a very good thing. We were having a very difficult time trying to figure out how to properly attach the solar panels to the suit so that they could properly power the electronics. Now we will take the solar panels and form a satellite enclosure around the electronics planned for Suitsat 2 and call it ARISSat-1. We have been working very hard on designing this new configuration and are making excellent progress due to some very hard working volunteers both here in the U.S. and in Russia. I am sure the amount of work that is going on will never be realized by most on this BB but it is tremendous. What you hear about is only the tip of the iceberg. Not because its a secret but because most of us don't take the time to toot our horn. We should but thats the facts. The team has not had time to listen to this series of comments on the BB because we are all dedicated to getting the project done in as fast and reliable a way as we can. I can tell you this is a very dedicated team and all are working hard and doing their best to finish their tasks while keeping their jobs and sanity. If you want names and more information come to the AMSAT symposium and meet some of them. The Russians send up Progress resupply missions to ISS regularly so there will be other chances to send up the new ARISSat-1 satellite. There are at least four Russian EVAs planned for next year so there will be other chances to deploy ARISSat-1 so not to fret. The most important thing is to take the proper time to make sure it is done right so it will work properly and safely. So those of you who have actual questions about the facts can send me or Gould Smith a private e-mail and I will try to answer you with facts. If you want to complain and not help, please don't send them to me or the team. We are too busy trying our best to make it happen just like we have been doing for many years on AMSAT, SAREX and ARISS projects. If you really do want to help, send me or any of the BOD a resume and tell us how you can help. So I suggest you use this BB for it's intended purpose as being a way to exchange information about satellite operations. Don't use it as a way to pump your ego or to trash others. Let's don't loose sight of the true objectives here. Let's have fun and leave a legacy for those coming after us that we will all be proud of. My grandson just got his Ham license that makes me very proud! Lou McFadin W5DID AMSAT BOD ARISS US Hardware manager On Sep 12, 2009, at 11:10 PM, amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org wrote: > Send AMSAT-BB mailing list submissions to > amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > amsat-bb-request(a)amsat.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > amsat-bb-owner(a)amsat.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of AMSAT-BB digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Volunteered (Mark Lunday) > 2. FN51 operations (Dave Webb KB1PVH) > 3. AO-51 update 12 Sept 2009 (Mark L. Hammond) > 4. Re: (Reporting web pages needing updates) (John P. Toscano) > 5. Re: AO-51 update 12 Sept 2009 (Andrew Rich) > 6. Re: Volunteered (Bill Ress) > 7. Re: Volunteered (Rocky Jones) > 8. Re: Volunteered (rwmcgwier(a)gmail.com) > 9. Re: Volunteered (Dale Hershberger) > 10. Re: Volunteered (Rocky Jones) > 11. Re: Volunteered (Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF) > 12. Re: Volunteered (Kevin Smith) > 13. Re: Volunteered (Rocky Jones) > 14. Re: Volunteered (Andrew Rich) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:50:30 -0400 > From: "Mark Lunday" <mlunday(a)nc.rr.com> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Volunteered > To: "'Rocky Jones'" <orbitjet(a)hotmail.com>, <bruninga(a)usna.edu>, > <bill(a)hsmicrowave.com> > Cc: rswart1(a)twcny.rr.com, 'Amsat BB' <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Message-ID: <002f01ca33ea$aa7245e0$ff56d1a0$(a)rr.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Chiming in, after watching this go back and forth and feeling > frustrated > here. > > The issue here is about holding volunteers accountable as if they > were paid > staff. It's about expectations as well. > > Noone is questioning whether the volunteers worked their butts off. > What > we're talking about is that the AMSAT community (at least some, > anyway) have > an expectation of performance equivalent to what would be provided by > full-time paid staff. Well, as long as it's volunteers only, that > expectation is not reasonable (IMHO). None of the volunteers can > provide > that kind of support day-in and day-out. Holding volunteers to that > standard is, in my opinion, a mistake. > > Having said that, what AMSAT volunteers have accomplished is SO FAR > ABOVE > what a normal volunteer organization achieves, that it BOGGLES THE > MIND. I > have been an AMSAT member for 18 months and active on satellites for > about > as long. To see what has been achieved by volunteers, spanning across > geography, is AMAZING. The ability to ask ANY question about > satellites in > general and AMSAT in particular on this BB, and get an accurate > response in > a timely fashion is impressive. The collective intellectual capital > and > horsepower is deep and very valuable. > > And THAT'S the issue! We're so accustomed to outstanding > performance on so > many things with AMSAT that we start *expecting* above and beyond in > all > cases. That's not always realistic. > > I had a few 1:1 threads with some folks about this over the past few > days, > and I think we could address some of the problems if we had a paid > position > or two. I understand that this is being presented to the ARRL in the > near > future (additional funding support) > > Another side note: it sounds like more communication/interaction > would help > clarify some of these questions and concerns. Regular status > reporting on > progress for specific projects would help the community understand: > (1) the progress > (2) the risks > (3) the level of effort provided by the volunteers > (4) opportunities for additional input for addressing problems > (leveraging > some of that powerful intellectual capital and horsepower in our > community). > > > Meanwhile, as a project manager w/ PMP cert, Electrical Engineer, > and a 35 > year ham with military background, I am raising my hand as a > volunteer for > helping with the planning of future AMSAT projects > > Mark Lunday > WD4ELG > Hillsborough, NC - FM06kb > wd4elg(a)arrl.net > http://wd4elg.net > http://wd4elg.blogspot.com > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:18:07 +0000 > From: "Dave Webb KB1PVH" <kb1pvh(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [amsat-bb] FN51 operations > To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Message-ID: > <1853931992-1252790287- > cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-401973086- > @bda400.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> > > Content-Type: text/plain > > Hello all, > > I have arrived at FN51 on Cape Cod. Unfortunately, it is raining, > thundering, and a bit of lightning. I think it is best to hold off > for a bit from waving my lightning rod at the sky. > If things clear up a bit, I will give it a shot. The weather is > supposed to be better tomorrow. > > 73, > > Dave KB1PVH > > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:27:15 -0400 > From: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 update 12 Sept 2009 > To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > Message-ID: <4aac1231.47c1f10a.6666.fffff60e(a)mx.google.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Reloading of the satellite continues. > > From the front page of the AMSAT web page: > > AO-51 is off the air while the software reload is in progress. We > hope to have it operational by the first of the week. > > AO-51 Command team > > > 73, > > > > Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:46:06 -0500 > From: "John P. Toscano" <tosca005(a)tc.umn.edu> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: (Reporting web pages needing updates) > Cc: "'Amsat BB'" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Message-ID: <4AAC169E.7020908(a)tc.umn.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Andrew Rich (Home) wrote: >> No I meant >> >> amsatwebchanges(a)amsat.org >> >> " I found this page is old and needs to be deleted" >> >> Many hands make light work > > Andrew: I think that the following solution will help you accomplish > your goal... > > At the bottom of many pages of the AMSAT web site is a link entitled: > "Report a bug on this page" > > Click on the link, and a form pops up. The form is pre-filled with the > URL of the "offending" web page, i.e. the web page you were on at the > time you clicked on the link. Fill in the rest of the form and click > on > the button labeled: > Submit Report > > One of the questions on the form is "Issue Type", and the drop-down > list > include numerous choices, such as: > -- malformed text > -- broken link > -- outdated information > -- misspelling > -- punctuation > and several others. You don't even have to start up your email client; > the form goes to the appropriate person when you click on the Submit > button. > > If the page with a problem does not have one of these links on it, you > could manually type in the following URL into your browser: > http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/bugform.php > > The only problem with this is you will have to manually fill in the > line > on the form that specifies what web page is problematic. Of course, > before you change to this URL, use your mouse to highlight the current > URL (where the problem is located), hit Ctrl+C to copy the URL to the > Windows Clipboard, then go to the bugform page, mouse or tab to that > field, and hit Ctrl+V to paste in the URL. [My apologies in advance > for > giving you Windows-centric instructions if you are using a different > OS > family.] > > This seems even easier to me than an email alias to which you send > problem reports, but maybe that's just me... > > But I clearly agree, a thousand pairs of eyes can find more errors and > omissions than a single pair of eyes. www.nlrs.org (which I maintain) > is comprised of over 4000 files, so I assume that www.amsat.org is > much > bigger! > > 73 de W0JT > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:51:59 +1000 > From: "Andrew Rich" <vk4tec(a)tech-software.net> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 update 12 Sept 2009 > To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>, "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond(a)gmail.com> > Message-ID: <1E3E3D647EFE4E4E899F5249C789AC3B@home9e3111fa81> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > Vista probs huh > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew Rich > Airways Technical Officer Grade 4 > Surveillance - RADAR ADS-B > Amateur Radio Callsign VK4TEC > email: vk4tec(a)tech-software.net > web: www.tech-software.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond(a)gmail.com> > To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 7:27 AM > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 update 12 Sept 2009 > > >> Reloading of the satellite continues. >> >> From the front page of the AMSAT web page: >> >> AO-51 is off the air while the software reload is in progress. We >> hope to >> have it operational by the first of the week. >> >> AO-51 Command team >> >> >> 73, >> >> >> >> Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.92/2364 - Release Date: > 09/11/09 > 17:51:00 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:06:49 -0700 > From: Bill Ress <bill(a)hsmicrowave.com> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Volunteered > To: Mark Lunday <mlunday(a)nc.rr.com> > Cc: rswart1(a)twcny.rr.com, 'Amsat BB' <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Message-ID: <4AAC1B79.4070806(a)hsmicrowave.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Hi Mark, > > Thanks for your comments and your offer to volunteer. > > Why don't you contact me off line and we can talk about your specific > interests. > > Regards...Bill - N6GHz > > Mark Lunday wrote: >> Chiming in, after watching this go back and forth and feeling >> frustrated >> here. >> >> The issue here is about holding volunteers accountable as if they >> were paid >> staff. It's about expectations as well. >> >> Noone is questioning whether the volunteers worked their butts >> off. What >> we're talking about is that the AMSAT community (at least some, >> anyway) have >> an expectation of performance equivalent to what would be provided by >> full-time paid staff. Well, as long as it's volunteers only, that >> expectation is not reasonable (IMHO). None of the volunteers can >> provide >> that kind of support day-in and day-out. Holding volunteers to that >> standard is, in my opinion, a mistake. >> >> Having said that, what AMSAT volunteers have accomplished is SO FAR >> ABOVE >> what a normal volunteer organization achieves, that it BOGGLES THE >> MIND. I >> have been an AMSAT member for 18 months and active on satellites >> for about >> as long. To see what has been achieved by volunteers, spanning >> across >> geography, is AMAZING. The ability to ask ANY question about >> satellites in >> general and AMSAT in particular on this BB, and get an accurate >> response in >> a timely fashion is impressive. The collective intellectual >> capital and >> horsepower is deep and very valuable. >> >> And THAT'S the issue! We're so accustomed to outstanding >> performance on so >> many things with AMSAT that we start *expecting* above and beyond >> in all >> cases. That's not always realistic. >> >> I had a few 1:1 threads with some folks about this over the past >> few days, >> and I think we could address some of the problems if we had a paid >> position >> or two. I understand that this is being presented to the ARRL in >> the near >> future (additional funding support) >> >> Another side note: it sounds like more communication/interaction >> would help >> clarify some of these questions and concerns. Regular status >> reporting on >> progress for specific projects would help the community understand: >> (1) the progress >> (2) the risks >> (3) the level of effort provided by the volunteers >> (4) opportunities for additional input for addressing problems >> (leveraging >> some of that powerful intellectual capital and horsepower in our >> community). >> >> >> Meanwhile, as a project manager w/ PMP cert, Electrical Engineer, >> and a 35 >> year ham with military background, I am raising my hand as a >> volunteer for >> helping with the planning of future AMSAT projects >> >> Mark Lunday >> WD4ELG >> Hillsborough, NC - FM06kb >> wd4elg(a)arrl.net >> http://wd4elg.net >> http://wd4elg.blogspot.com >> >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:09:47 -0500 > From: Rocky Jones <orbitjet(a)hotmail.com> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Volunteered > To: <mlunday(a)nc.rr.com>, <bruninga(a)usna.edu>, <bill(a)hsmicrowave.com> > Cc: rswart1(a)twcny.rr.com, Amsat BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Message-ID: <COL106-W241B6E30399C6831599B8AD6E60(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > >> >> Noone is questioning whether the volunteers worked their butts >> off. What >> we're talking about is that the AMSAT community (at least some, >> anyway) have >> an expectation of performance equivalent to what would be provided by >> full-time paid staff. Well, as long as it's volunteers only, that >> expectation is not reasonable (IMHO). > > Mark. > > "level of performance". > > No one at least in their right mind would expect a "volunteer" to > equal the work through put of a paid employee... > > For example..in The Church of Christ (where I worship) any fool can > get into the pulpit and preach...and the other hand the preacher is > expected to have three sermons a week ready to go... > > But the volunteers need to have similar levels of competency in the > tools being used as the Preacher or they should not be allowed into > the pulpit in the first place. > > It is like tower climbing...I dont do it as fastl as the folks who > professionally climb the 1000 footer that our clubs machine is > on...but for the team that does it to get on the tower...we had to > meet a minimium level of competency and demonstrate that. > > No matter how it is spun suitsat 1 was a failure. > > Good engineering standards would dictate figuring out the weak links > and then correcting them trying something that perhaps was a bit > more "sophisticated" but not all that much more...if for no other > reason to make sure that the methods that defeat the failure are > well understood. > > Instead what happened is that the "team" put together a project so > complicated that they missed their free launch. > > I dont care how good the engineering is to miss a free launch is bad > management. > > That reality seems to bite some folks > > Robert WB5MZO > > _________________________________________________________________ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/ > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:05:07 +0000 > From: rwmcgwier(a)gmail.com > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Volunteered > To: "Rocky Jones" <orbitjet(a)hotmail.com>, amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org, > mlunday(a)nc.rr.com, bruninga(a)usna.edu, "Bill Ress" > <bill(a)hsmicrowave.com> > Cc: rswart1(a)twcny.rr.com, amsat bb <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Message-ID: > <1167601682-1252796952- > cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1812505125- > @bda357.bisx.prod.on.blackberry> > > Content-Type: text/plain > > This is unadulterated bull shit made from whole cloth. > > We have a free launch just as we have always have. The russians, as > is their right when they have command, decided with all the > equipment modeled people coming up to toss all orlan suits without > notice to us (and they owed us nothing). > > I would be the very last person to say AMSAT is above all criticism > but you are clearly nor the spokesperson needed for the critics. > Your notes are those of a person who wants to fiddle while he burns > Rome. What is needed in my not so humble opinion is a spokesperson > for the critics who is not perceived as full of animus. > > Bob > N4HY LM > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rocky Jones <orbitjet(a)hotmail.com> > > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:09:47 > To: <mlunday(a)nc.rr.com>; <bruninga(a)usna.edu>; <bill(a)hsmicrowave.com> > Cc: <rswart1(a)twcny.rr.com>; Amsat BB<amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Volunteered > > > > > > >> >> Noone is questioning whether the volunteers worked their butts >> off. What >> we're talking about is that the AMSAT community (at least some, >> anyway) have >> an expectation of performance equivalent to what would be provided by >> full-time paid staff. Well, as long as it's volunteers only, that >> expectation is not reasonable (IMHO). > > Mark. > > "level of performance". > > No one at least in their right mind would expect a "volunteer" to > equal the work through put of a paid employee... > > For example..in The Church of Christ (where I worship) any fool can > get into the pulpit and preach...and the other hand the preacher is > expected to have three sermons a week ready to go... > > But the volunteers need to have similar levels of competency in the > tools being used as the Preacher or they should not be allowed into > the pulpit in the first place. > > It is like tower climbing...I dont do it as fastl as the folks who > professionally climb the 1000 footer that our clubs machine is > on...but for the team that does it to get on the tower...we had to > meet a minimium level of competency and demonstrate that. > > No matter how it is spun suitsat 1 was a failure. > > Good engineering standards would dictate figuring out the weak links > and then correcting them trying something that perhaps was a bit > more "sophisticated" but not all that much more...if for no other > reason to make sure that the methods that defeat the failure are > well understood. > > Instead what happened is that the "team" put together a project so > complicated that they missed their free launch. > > I dont care how good the engineering is to miss a free launch is bad > management. > > That reality seems to bite some folks > > Robert WB5MZO > > _________________________________________________________________ > Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:21:43 -0700 > From: Dale Hershberger <daleh(a)alaska.net> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Volunteered > To: Rocky Jones <orbitjet(a)hotmail.com>, amsat bbs <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Cc: amsat bbs <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Message-ID: <4AAC1EF7.7070307(a)alaska.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Rocky Jones wrote: >> >> >> >>> Noone is questioning whether the volunteers worked their butts >>> off. What >>> we're talking about is that the AMSAT community (at least some, >>> anyway) have >>> an expectation of performance equivalent to what would be provided >>> by >>> full-time paid staff. Well, as long as it's volunteers only, that >>> expectation is not reasonable (IMHO). >>> >> >> Mark. >> >> "level of performance". >> >> No one at least in their right mind would expect a "volunteer" to >> equal the work through put of a paid employee... >> >> For example..in The Church of Christ (where I worship) any fool can >> get into the pulpit and preach...and the other hand the preacher is >> expected to have three sermons a week ready to go... >> >> But the volunteers need to have similar levels of competency in the >> tools being used as the Preacher or they should not be allowed into >> the pulpit in the first place. >> >> It is like tower climbing...I dont do it as fastl as the folks who >> professionally climb the 1000 footer that our clubs machine is >> on...but for the team that does it to get on the tower...we had to >> meet a minimium level of competency and demonstrate that. >> >> No matter how it is spun suitsat 1 was a failure. >> >> Good engineering standards would dictate figuring out the weak >> links and then correcting them trying something that perhaps was a >> bit more "sophisticated" but not all that much more...if for no >> other reason to make sure that the methods that defeat the failure >> are well understood. >> >> Instead what happened is that the "team" put together a project so >> complicated that they missed their free launch. >> >> I dont care how good the engineering is to miss a free launch is >> bad management. >> >> That reality seems to bite some folks >> >> Robert WB5MZO >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/ >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > I really want to reply in good faith. It is very difficult in light > of > the nature the tone of the way this thread is going. I am a member of > AMSAT and > proud of it. The organization is made up of volunteers.....Read > Volunteers! Things will go wrong.. When we have problems we look > for > the weak points and focus > on the corrections that can be made. > > What I do not understand is the persistent bashing of the BOD or > managers of this non profit volunteer corporation. We are not the > Boeing, Lockheed or the USAF. > > If something is not going your way contact a board member and deal > directly with them. > The way this thread is going it is accomplishing nothing more then > degrading or demeaning the volunteer and contributing members of > AMSAT. > We have a lot of folks on this bb that have a lot of very good > information to contribute to all. I just am really disappointed > to see some very talented folks carry this thread to the point where > it > turns others off. > > I do not expect a reply to this. I just wanted to express my opinion > > Dale - KL7XJ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:17:45 -0500 > From: Rocky Jones <orbitjet(a)hotmail.com> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Volunteered > To: <daleh(a)alaska.net>, Amsat BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Message-ID: <COL106-W58B6A2252EABA4D1398E82D6E50(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > > > What I do not understand is the persistent bashing of the BOD or > managers of this non profit volunteer corporation. We are not the > > Boeing, Lockheed or the USAF. > > > > If something is not going your way contact a board member and deal > directly with them. > > The way this thread is going it is accomplishing nothing more then > degrading or demeaning the volunteer and contributing members of > AMSAT. > > We have a lot of folks on this bb that have a lot of very good > information to contribute to all. I just am really disappointed > > to see some very talented folks carry this thread to the point where > it > turns others off. > > > > I do not expect a reply to this. I just wanted to express my opinion > > > > Dale - KL7XJ > > Dale. Pointing out errors in performance that are consistent is not > bashing...and it doesnt matter if they are volunteers or paid staff. > > If they cannot deal with responsible criticism, and oddly enough no > one has refuted the statement I made that 1) they missed a launch > date and 2) in large measure because they bit off to large a > project... > > instead all one gets is "wow I am upset because you are pointing out > flaws in my performance, I am a volunteer I work 16-18 hours a day > and wow this is space". > > No one is calling them stupid, indeed the only people who have blown > their corks are those who dont have answers to reasonable questions. > > Robert WB5MZO > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222984/direct/01/ > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:12:41 +0000 > From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel(a)ngunn.net> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Volunteered > To: Amsat BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Message-ID: <4AAC5519.0(a)ngunn.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > It amazes me that this group does not have an owner/moderator/ > administrator to stop/delete/kill all this worthless > bitching. > > Rocky Jones wrote: >> >> >> >> >> What I do not understand is the persistent bashing of the BOD or >> managers of this non profit volunteer corporation. We are not the > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:15:17 -0400 > From: Kevin Smith <kevin.j.smith(a)comcast.net> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Volunteered > To: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel(a)ngunn.net> > Cc: Amsat BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Message-ID: <69F07AEC-DA3D-43E9-B5C9-49DE5AFB8C6D(a)comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > Failing that can we at least stop feeding this troll. > > Kevin Smith > N3HKQ > > On Sep 12, 2009, at 10:12 PM, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel(a)ngunn.net> > wrote: > >> It amazes me that this group does not have an owner/moderator/ >> administrator to stop/delete/kill all this worthless >> bitching. >> >> Rocky Jones wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> What I do not understand is the persistent bashing of the BOD or >>> managers of this non profit volunteer corporation. We are not the >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 21:41:32 -0500 > From: Rocky Jones <orbitjet(a)hotmail.com> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Volunteered > To: <rwmcgwier(a)gmail.com>, <amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org>, > <mlunday(a)nc.rr.com>, <bruninga(a)usna.edu>, <bill(a)hsmicrowave.com> > Cc: rswart1(a)twcny.rr.com, Amsat BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Message-ID: <COL106-W355AA9617CBDC9609F8036D6E50(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > >> >> We have a free launch just as we have always have. The russians, >> as is their right when they have command, decided with all the >> equipment modeled people coming up to toss all orlan suits without >> notice to us (and they owed us nothing). >> > > Bob. I am told by people at JSC that this is not an accurate > statement. > > Robert WB5MZO > > _________________________________________________________________ > Bing brings you health info from trusted sources. > http://www.bing.com/search?q=pet+allergy&form=MHEINA&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TXT_… > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 14 > Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 11:19:04 +1000 > From: "Andrew Rich" <vk4tec(a)tech-software.net> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Volunteered > To: "Dale Hershberger" <daleh(a)alaska.net>, "Rocky Jones" > <orbitjet(a)hotmail.com>, "amsat bbs" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Cc: amsat bbs <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Message-ID: <670D13D572204184BDA77DF2B146F0A0@home9e3111fa81> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > http://php.opensourcecms.com/scripts/show.php?catid=all&cat=All%20Scripts > > CMS - kewl > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew Rich > Airways Technical Officer Grade 4 > Surveillance - RADAR ADS-B > Amateur Radio Callsign VK4TEC > email: vk4tec(a)tech-software.net > web: www.tech-software.net > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dale Hershberger" <daleh(a)alaska.net> > To: "Rocky Jones" <orbitjet(a)hotmail.com>; "amsat bbs" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org > > > Cc: "amsat bbs" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 8:21 AM > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Volunteered > > >> Rocky Jones wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Noone is questioning whether the volunteers worked their butts off. >>>> What >>>> we're talking about is that the AMSAT community (at least some, >>>> anyway) >>>> have >>>> an expectation of performance equivalent to what would be >>>> provided by >>>> full-time paid staff. Well, as long as it's volunteers only, that >>>> expectation is not reasonable (IMHO). >>>> >>> >>> Mark. >>> >>> "level of performance". >>> >>> No one at least in their right mind would expect a "volunteer" to >>> equal >>> the work through put of a paid employee... >>> >>> For example..in The Church of Christ (where I worship) any fool >>> can get >>> into the pulpit and preach...and the other hand the preacher is >>> expected >>> to have three sermons a week ready to go... >>> >>> But the volunteers need to have similar levels of competency in >>> the tools >>> being used as the Preacher or they should not be allowed into the >>> pulpit >>> in the first place. >>> >>> It is like tower climbing...I dont do it as fastl as the folks who >>> professionally climb the 1000 footer that our clubs machine is >>> on...but >>> for the team that does it to get on the tower...we had to meet a >>> minimium >>> level of competency and demonstrate that. >>> >>> No matter how it is spun suitsat 1 was a failure. >>> >>> Good engineering standards would dictate figuring out the weak >>> links and >>> then correcting them trying something that perhaps was a bit more >>> "sophisticated" but not all that much more...if for no other >>> reason to >>> make sure that the methods that defeat the failure are well >>> understood. >>> >>> Instead what happened is that the "team" put together a project so >>> complicated that they missed their free launch. >>> >>> I dont care how good the engineering is to miss a free launch is bad >>> management. >>> >>> That reality seems to bite some folks >>> >>> Robert WB5MZO >>> >>> _________________________________________________________________ >>> Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. >>> http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/171222985/direct/01/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >>> >> I really want to reply in good faith. It is very difficult in >> light of >> the nature the tone of the way this thread is going. I am a member >> of >> AMSAT and >> proud of it. The organization is made up of volunteers.....Read >> Volunteers! Things will go wrong.. When we have problems we look >> for >> the weak points and focus >> on the corrections that can be made. >> >> What I do not understand is the persistent bashing of the BOD or >> managers of this non profit volunteer corporation. We are not the >> Boeing, Lockheed or the USAF. >> >> If something is not going your way contact a board member and deal >> directly with them. >> The way this thread is going it is accomplishing nothing more then >> degrading or demeaning the volunteer and contributing members of >> AMSAT. >> We have a lot of folks on this bb that have a lot of very good >> information to contribute to all. I just am really disappointed >> to see some very talented folks carry this thread to the point >> where it >> turns others off. >> >> I do not expect a reply to this. I just wanted to express my opinion >> >> Dale - KL7XJ >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.94/2366 - Release Date: > 09/12/09 > 17:50:00 > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via amsat-bb(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the > author. > Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite > program! > http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > > > End of AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 4, Issue 464 > ****************************************

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Sumbandilasat-1 Launch - Live Video
by Fabiano Moser 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

Hello AMSAT friends, LIVE video from launch of SumbandilaSat-1. http://www.tv-tsenki.com/live.php -- 73 Fabiano Moser CR7/PY5RX ARISS-PORTUGAL (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) Representative at Teleconference and Portugal Telebridge Coordinator. AMRAD/AMSAT-CT http://www.amrad.pt/ariss.php "There is no great talent without great will. (Honoré de Balzac)"

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Results of 2009 AMSAT Election
by Martha 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

The following are the results of the AMSAT 2009 Board of Directors' Election: Barry Baines, WD4ASW - 600 votes Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA- 547 Bill Ress, N6GHZ - 545 Alan Biddle, WA4SCA - 516 Tony Monteiro, AA2TX - 505 There were 720 Ballots cast -- 73- Martha

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Re: G5500
by Randy 16 Sep '09

16 Sep '09

I get the feeling that the separator kit is the better way to go .?? I put lugs on the wires for the terminal strip .. Seems ok .. Randy - N2CUA

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G5500 Questions
by Randy 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

I just finished up the cables for the rotor And been reading thru the manual .. ( lacking a bit ) It says 5 minutes intermittent service and something About 15 minutes rest. I assume then , that it means 5 minutes on , 15 minutes off. Doesn't seem like it takes a whole 5 minutes to run the whole Rotation , but wanted to know if its ok to go from one end of The rotation to the other without stopping? Wanted to ask if that seems reasonable? For setup I ran the azimuth and elevation to CCW to the stop to make sure It stopped correctly and the meter indicated correctly, then went the other way to full meter deflection, to the Stop and adjusted the Full Scale adjustment for full scale. That's all there is To it? Whats the voltage output adjustments for? One more thing .. On a side note.. I thought it was cheesey to have "radio shack" Type terminal strips on a 600.00 rotor to connect the rotor cable too ... Why not have a couple connectors there? Even my old Wilson WR-500 had a connector. Lol I assume even with 2 small yagis on this rotor, I will now have to guy the mast due to the Added weight of the rotor on the mast ? ( better safe then sorry LOL ) Thanks everyone .. Randy - N2CUA

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Re: dreamer
by w7lrd＠comcast.net 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

Well said! I believe any and all satellite endeavors can in the long run be parlayed into more grandiose efforts. One thing that has always intrigued me is the possibility of a "benign" propulsion system for these LEO's. Our continued support for these university type efforts can possibly come back in spades down the road. 73 Bob W7LRD : Tuesday, September 15, 2009 5:45:43 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: dreamer Jerry -- I share your nostalgia, and I've never even been able to work a HEO satellite! But if you are asking this question in earnest, it has to be said that even if we amateurs could compell the universities launching cubesats to do as you ask, the resources would not equal one HEO launch. Say a cubesat costs $80,000 to launch. If current HEO cost estimates are correct, and we're looking at over $10,000,000 for that launch cost, then we would need to harness the wealth of 125 cubesat teams just for the launch cost. I don't think any university is going to wait for that. There is an oft-repeated misapprehension lurking under here, too, and that is that the wealth going into the cubesat launches is money that would otherwise be spent on a HEO amateur satellite. Cubesats are (in large part) university projects aiming to give students access to the process of designing, launching and controlling a satellite. They are attractive to granting agencies (and even launch agencies) because of their eduational potential. To my knowledge, during the design and launch of previous amateur HEOs, professors did not line up to apply for grant money to hand over to AMSAT-NA or -DL, as they are now lining up to apply for money to build cubesats. Contrarywise, I don't believe many of these cubesats have made any demands at all from the (hobby) amateur community to defray their costs. (Perhaps this is not the case in countries where the cubesat represents one of the country's first forays into space, such as Turkey.) In short, there is no evidence that cubesat activity is in any way reducing our opportunities to go to HEO again. Other, currently overwhelming, factors are doing that all by themselves. What the cubesat platform has done, though, is offered a regular, affordable launch opportunity for low LEO. We members of this list could probably muster enough money to launch our own satellite, designed here, and controlled by us, if we so wished! (I think at one point JoAnne tried to start a thread along those lines.) You mention RS birds: could we deploy a 10m antenna from a 10 cm^3 volume? Maybe a spooled-out wire? What kind of propulsion can we make to get from cubesat LEO to something with a better footprint? In my opinion, if we really are the descendents of the garage-engineers of OSCAR-1, we should be buying up pumpkin cubesat spaceframes and posting videos for each other of the cool things we've achieved in that limited, but not impossible, space. Here's some other ideas: 1. CW robot (a la RS) in a PIC. Can you do it in a single atmel atmega328? At 20 MHz? At 4? 2. PIC code so that the bird turns itself off over unpopulated areas. (I love my solo passes over the Atlantic when I have VO-52 all to myself, but I'd be willing to give them up for the greater good :-) Extra credit: have one chip do both of the above under a operating system 3. Antenna testing: hang a cubesat model up 50' in a tree with some funky antennas on it. Can you make them have the pattern you (we) want? 4. Propulsion. How much thrust can we safely get into a cube? 4. This one is completly impossible, but boy it would be nice to have a U/V transponder on a 10 cm^2 board. We'll have to wait years for someone to do that, though :-) We really, honestly, still can have fun. Maybe not the fun that some of you had back in the day, but there's lots of cool stuff to be undertaken. Finally, in that spirit, can I encourage everyone to join in on the cubesat launches in a few days? Watch the launch, get on internet chat and eavesdrop on the excited conversation of these young people. Join the global hunt for the proper keplerian elements for these birds, and copy what telemetry you can. We almost all of us have the skills and equipment to be part of a remarkable event. I can't tell you the thrill of letting these people know their baby is alive and beeping in space. 73, Bruce VE9QRP On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Jerry <W0SAT(a)msn.com> wrote: > Hi : I guess you could say I miss AO-10 . RS birds AO-40 > > FO-20 . > > I could go on and on. > > When I see all the cube sats launched and FM birds I say to > > Myself why didn,t they pull all the resources together to > launch > > One HEO. > > I guess I will have to keep dreaming that this might happen. > > The Dreamer > > Jerry w0sat > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb > _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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dreamer
by Jerry 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

Hi : I guess you could say I miss AO-10 . RS birds AO-40 FO-20 . I could go on and on. When I see all the cube sats launched and FM birds I say to Myself why didn,t they pull all the resources together to launch One HEO. I guess I will have to keep dreaming that this might happen. The Dreamer Jerry w0sat

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CARE Launch from Wallops - Live Video
by Rich Dailey (Gmail) 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

http://sites.wff.nasa.gov/webcast/ Rich, N8UX.

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SwissCube Live Tracking website
by Trevor . 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

The SwissCube Live Tracking site is at http://swisscube-live.ch/ 73 Trevor M5AKA Daily Amateur Radio Email/RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ ----

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Re: dreamer
by k0vty 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:19:59 -0400 Samudra Haque <samudra.haque(a)gmail.com> writes: > IF dreaming season is now open.. :-) If I may add to your maneuvering suggestion Samudra, -------------- I like to see a selection of deorbiting concepts tried. This to be done in a manner similar to previous satellites have been launched from the ISS. Maybe one launched every other day while the ISS is over head during a space walk so TLM and tracking beacons are available for info collection. As long as the LEO concept is in need of de orbiting and not the HEO bird it appears at the rate cube sats are being launched deorbiting will get very serious shortly. Dreamer Joe (K0VTY) -------------- > has any amateur satellite mission been conceived (and implemented) > where the satellite is permitted/designed for in-orbit maneuvering > with other spacecraft ? Simple example: Sat A, flies in formation > with > Sat B. Complex example: Sat A, changes orbit to rendezvous with Sat > B. > Could be useful to avoid debris and other spacecraft, or could be > very > useful in "joining" missions with additional tasks as Mission A Sat > A > performs operations on/with Mission B Sat B. > > concept: "operations" is flexible term: example: fix other > spacecraft. > > Since these "cubesats" or "microsats" are often launched in > clusters, > I would have thought this should be a common topic by now? Any URLs > that describe the maneuvering tasks in-orbit for any class of > amateur > spacecraft, please highlight them for education. > > Thanks, > > Samudra, N3RDX > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Jerry <W0SAT(a)msn.com> wrote: > > Hi : I guess you could say I miss AO-10 . RS birds > AO-40 > > > > FO-20 . > > > > I could go on and on. > > > > When I see all the cube sats launched and FM birds I > say to > > > > Myself why didn,t they pull all the resources > together to > > launch > > > > One HEO. > > > > I guess I will have to keep dreaming that this might > happen. > > > > The Dreamer > > > > Jerry w0sat > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > ____________________________________________________________ Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTFoYcBKEal1aFJ97NmxqkXbF5…

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Re: Cubesat launch Sept. 23rd
by Wouter Jan Ubbels 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

Hi Bruce, yes, PSLV-C14 will carry ISIlaunch01, a cluster launch of four 1U CubeSats. For all frequency info, please refer to http://www.isispace.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=80&Itemid=… and the websites of the satellite teams. Integration progress can be followed on: http://blog.isilaunch.com/ And of course, all help is appreciated in early operations tracking and assigning the correct TLE's to the different objects as soon as possible! We will try to keep everyone posted, more info will be posted as it becomes available. 73 on behalf of the ISIlaunch team, Wouter Jan Ubbels PE4WJ

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Cubesat launch Sept. 23rd
by Bruce Robertson 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

According to this report http://www.hindu.com/2009/09/13/stories/2009091360321100.htm PSLV-C14, which will carry cubesats, is to launch on 23rd of Sept. UWE 2 (A AX25 and CW downlink on 437.385 MHz) SwissCube 1 (A downlink frequency of 437.505MHz) BeeSat ( 70cm Transmit power: 0.5 W GMSK at 9600/4800 bits/s) ITU-pSat (radio info?) Bob mentioned KySat is going up pretty soon, too. Does anyone know if it will have the capability to be configured as a FM transponder as was planned a while back? 73, Bruce VE9QRP

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Re: Geosyro orbit.
by Ken Ernandes 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

The Earth is approximately 17.4-deg in diameter (8.7-deg radius) from Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO). 73, Ken N2WWD -----Original Message----- >From: Joe <nss(a)mwt.net> >Sent: Sep 15, 2009 12:07 PM >To: BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> >Subject: [amsat-bb] Geosyro orbit. > >Hi All, > >I have a couple of questions, How big is the earth from a geosyncronous >(sp?) orbit. > >Like the Moon from Earth is roughly 1/2 a degree. > >What is the earth from a geo orbit? anyone know? > >Joe WB9SBD >_______________________________________________ >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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Geosyro orbit.
by Joe 15 Sep '09

15 Sep '09

Hi All, I have a couple of questions, How big is the earth from a geosyncronous (sp?) orbit. Like the Moon from Earth is roughly 1/2 a degree. What is the earth from a geo orbit? anyone know? Joe WB9SBD

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