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AMSAT INDIA May 2009 News Letter
by Nitin Muttin [VU3TYG] 18 May '09

18 May '09

All, AMSAT INDIA May 2009 newsletter is available for download at www.amsatindia.org/Newsletter . This can also be accessed direct from the below url. http://www.amsatindia.org/Newsletter/AmsatIndia-News-May-09.pdf Contents in this months News letter. 1. VO-52 operating Award Update. 2. AMSAT INDIA Workshop update 3. Photos of the workshop. 4. Linear Transponder Update 5. New Logo of AMSAT INDIA. 6. News from AMSAT organizations worldwide. 73's Nitin [VU3TYG] Secretary AMSAT INDIA www.amsatindia.org ________________________________________________

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re: problem with FTDI software installation - LVB Tracker
by TOF, HS0NNU 18 May '09

18 May '09

Hi Philip When i install.I download "CDM 2.02.04 WHQL Certified.zip" from FTDI web site and extract to HDD in "CDM 2.02.04 WHQL Certified" folder. Insert USB plag to socket and wait. When windows found new Hardware "USB serial converter" goto next step and Install have disk, Browse to "CDM 2.02.04 WHQL Certified" folder. Sorry can not tell step-by-step hope ,that can help. 73's de Toff HS0NNU --- On Tue, 5/19/09, Philip Jenkins <wythe25(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Philip Jenkins <wythe25(a)gmail.com> Subject: [amsat-bb] problem with FTDI software installation - LVB Tracker To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 12:07 AM I am trying to install the FTDI driver (as per the LVB Tracker installation instructions). I am downloading the VCP software successfully. (Win XP, 2.93 Ghz processor, 1.5 Gn RAM) I click on the CDM release info Word Document, and the Windows Installer box pops up "preparing to install". I then get a Word error message "the command cannot be performed because a dialogue box is open.Click ok, then close open dialogue boxes to to continue". But no dialogue boxes are open! If I move the cursor to the Wiindows Installer box's "cancel", the cursor changes to an hourglass. If I click "ok" in the Word Error box, all the windows close and I am taken back to the folder where the unzipped FTDI download files reside. Any ideas? Thanks Philip N4HF _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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AO-51 Telem From CHILE !!!
by Raul Romero 18 May '09

18 May '09

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Time is Mon May 18 23:54:48 2009 3:Fm PACB-1 To TLMS-1 <UI pid=F0 [DAMA] [EAX25] Len=35 >[19:54:43] C0:05 C1:44 C2:76 C3:27 C4:04 C5:01 3:Fm PACB-1 To TLMD-1 <UI pid=F0 [DAMA] [EAX25] Len=72 >[19:54:43] WOD:0 ATP:0 BMW:1 BMS:0 CTS:1 CTN:48 CTL:26 CTE:Wed May 20 02:28:29 2009 -- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Rupprecht" <mail(a)mike-rupprecht.de> To: "'Raul Romero'" <ce3soc(a)gmail.com> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 4:42 PM Subject: AW: [amsat-bb] Re: RS-22 Telem Over CHILE Raul, I don't need software for decoding CW - I use my own hardware - my ears, hihi Thanks, I will post your comments. If you want, you can join our open project. I am very glad about every report and from your part of the world we get not so much :-) Thanks Raul and best 73, Mike -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Raul Romero Gesendet: Montag, 18. Mai 2009 22:07 An: AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org Betreff: [amsat-bb] Re: RS-22 Telem Over CHILE Mike Thanks for your interest in my report but I who should thank you for your very interesting software I am an amateur radio and whatever my audience is so you and those who want the freedom to publish this Rev of trying to capture the greatest amount of telemetry that could allow second time and once again many of you grcias Greetings Raul CA3SOC HRD is very nice better mixw32 for decoded CW in Satelitte ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Rupprecht" <mail(a)mike-rupprecht.de> To: "'Raul Romero'" <ce3soc(a)gmail.com> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 2:34 PM Subject: AW: [amsat-bb] RS-22 Telem Over CHILE Hi Raul, can I publish the telemetry also on my SatBlog, please ? www.dk3wn.info/p 73, Mike DK3WN -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Raul Romero Gesendet: Montag, 18. Mai 2009 16:18 An: AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org Betreff: [amsat-bb] RS-22 Telem Over CHILE http://ce3soc.no-ip.org/RS-22_Telem_1400UTC_18-05-2009.JPG 73 Raul CA3SOC FF46RJ ITXA Ø - ITXB Ø - TTXA 1Ø9 - TTXB 1Ø7 - TNAP 1Ø8 - TCTR 1Ø8 - TSBA 1Ø2 - TSBB 75 - MODB 129 - MODC 6 - MTX 35 - ARX 35 - RS22 - UBS 138 - IBS 19 - USUN 145 _______________________________________________ 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: RS-22 Telem Over CHILE
by Raul Romero 18 May '09

18 May '09

Mike Thanks for your interest in my report but I who should thank you for your very interesting software I am an amateur radio and whatever my audience is so you and those who want the freedom to publish this Rev of trying to capture the greatest amount of telemetry that could allow second time and once again many of you grcias Greetings Raul CA3SOC HRD is very nice better mixw32 for decoded CW in Satelitte ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Rupprecht" <mail(a)mike-rupprecht.de> To: "'Raul Romero'" <ce3soc(a)gmail.com> Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 2:34 PM Subject: AW: [amsat-bb] RS-22 Telem Over CHILE Hi Raul, can I publish the telemetry also on my SatBlog, please ? www.dk3wn.info/p 73, Mike DK3WN -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Raul Romero Gesendet: Montag, 18. Mai 2009 16:18 An: AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org Betreff: [amsat-bb] RS-22 Telem Over CHILE http://ce3soc.no-ip.org/RS-22_Telem_1400UTC_18-05-2009.JPG 73 Raul CA3SOC FF46RJ ITXA Ø - ITXB Ø - TTXA 1Ø9 - TTXB 1Ø7 - TNAP 1Ø8 - TCTR 1Ø8 - TSBA 1Ø2 - TSBB 75 - MODB 129 - MODC 6 - MTX 35 - ARX 35 - RS22 - UBS 138 - IBS 19 - USUN 145

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T7H
by Justin Pinnix 18 May '09

18 May '09

Patrick, Are you working the sats with a single T7H? If so, how are you getting it to uplink and downlink on different bands? I really love my T7H for repeater and simplex work. For sats, I currently only use it for RX and use a 2M mobile for TX. I'd love to consolidate to a more portable setup. 73 de AJ4MJ On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) < amsat-bb(a)wd9ewk.net> wrote: > > Hi! > > Dayton was, once again, a fun time. I was here in 2006, and this > year was so much better. I tried to keep track of satellite operators > who I worked over the past 3+ years and met over this weekend by taking > photos of them, but I lost count of the number I met and talked with > here (this is *not* a bad thing). AMSAT's events were great! I mixed > in some operating this weekend, between Friday and today, and in all of > that trying to test my new DJ-G7T HT. I previously posted a message > with my initial observations on that HT Friday night, and I'll add a > little (very little) to that here... > > After the HamVention closed this afternoon, I had planned on working > some satellite passes with my new DJ-G7T HT after dropping stuff of > at my motel room. A western AO-27 pass was about to come by, and I > went to the Indiana/Ohio state line a couple of blocks from my motel > (I stayed in Richmond IN, not in Dayton, for this trip). In the > process of setting things up on a side road near the I-70/US-40 > interchange, I pressed buttons on the HT in the band scope mode and > I could not decipher how to get out of that mode from a quick read of > the manual. I decided to set the radio aside, and worked the pass > using my IC-T7H HT I had also brought out there. After that, I > did a full reset of the HT, and figured I could try it again later. > > After that AO-27 pass, I tried to retrace some of my 2006 post-Dayton > road trip to grid boundaries. I went northeast of Dayton, trying to > reach the EM79/EM89/EN70/EN80 boundary for one or two SO-50 passes. > This time, I could not get to that spot on the highway's right-of-way. > I crossed the road to get a clearer view of the sky, still on the > EM79xx/EN70xa line only a few feet/meters west of the 4-grid > intersection. :-( I set up for the first SO-50 pass, and this time I > accidentally pressed buttons on the DJ-G7T to put it into another > undesired mode - using a normal repeater offset on my uplink VFO. At > this point, I swapped radios and worked the pass using my IC-T7H again > for 4 QSOs. I decided not to fight the radio, and spend time parked or > standing along a highway to reread the manual trying to sort the radio > out. I'll do more testing with the new HT at home in the next few days, > while I try to get that speaker/mic cable so I can run full-duplex > without feedback. > > After that SO-50 pass, I decided to work my way west, heading back > to the Indiana/Ohio state line and stopping for the later SO-50 pass. > I was able to get on from the EM79vx/EN70va line, working 7 stations > before the satellite went out of range. Then, the drive back to > Richmond IN and the motel for the night. I flew into Indianapolis > Thursday, and will return there tomorrow for my flight home. > > Again, thanks to AMSAT for a great banquet and Saturday forum. Being > around other hams that share this corner of our hobby made this a > great weekend, and putting a few QSOs in my satellite log from 3 > different locations over the past couple of days was a nice bonus. > I'll take more time working with the new HT over the next few days, > and especially during the upcoming long weekend. If anyone worked > WD9EWK this weekend and wants to get a QSL card from me, please > e-mail me the QSO information and I'll check that against my log. > If you are in my log, I'll send you a card - no need to send me a > card or SASE. I will need to prepare cards for those locations, and > I'm thinking about how to do a nice card in particular for the QSOs > I made at the Indiana/Ohio state line. And, yes, I'm still having > fun... > > 73! > > > > > Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - currently at Richmond IN, west of Dayton > http://www.wd9ewk.net/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Oscar 13 Gateway
by Dave Guimont 18 May '09

18 May '09

Old and young, alike, may be interested in an Oscar 13 Gateway we established in April 91... See O13Gateway http://tinyurl.com/wb6lloOscar 73, Dave, WB6LLO dguimon1(a)san.rr.com Disagree: I learn.... Pulling for P3E...

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LVB Tracker - re-dux
by Philip Jenkins 18 May '09

18 May '09

Ok, I got the problem with the dialogue box figured out. (I had done a system restore and had not re-installed Word 2003; that's why I was getting the Windows installer box...duh! :-) ) Anyway, I got the USB driver installed now. And all this time I thought it was a problem with the drivers, when it was actually the PC's operating system! Philip N4HF

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problem with FTDI software installation - LVB Tracker
by Philip Jenkins 18 May '09

18 May '09

I am trying to install the FTDI driver (as per the LVB Tracker installation instructions). I am downloading the VCP software successfully. (Win XP, 2.93 Ghz processor, 1.5 Gn RAM) I click on the CDM release info Word Document, and the Windows Installer box pops up "preparing to install". I then get a Word error message "the command cannot be performed because a dialogue box is open.Click ok, then close open dialogue boxes to to continue". But no dialogue boxes are open! If I move the cursor to the Wiindows Installer box's "cancel", the cursor changes to an hourglass. If I click "ok" in the Word Error box, all the windows close and I am taken back to the folder where the unzipped FTDI download files reside. Any ideas? Thanks Philip N4HF

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RS-22 Telem Over CHILE
by Raul Romero 18 May '09

18 May '09

http://ce3soc.no-ip.org/RS-22_Telem_1400UTC_18-05-2009.JPG 73 Raul CA3SOC FF46RJ ITXA Ø - ITXB Ø - TTXA 1Ø9 - TTXB 1Ø7 - TNAP 1Ø8 - TCTR 1Ø8 - TSBA 1Ø2 - TSBB 75 - MODB 129 - MODC 6 - MTX 35 - ARX 35 - RS22 - UBS 138 - IBS 19 - USUN 145

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K3SZH-9000 ++
by TERRY BROMLEY 18 May '09

18 May '09

Congratulations Joe for your 9000 + in the log. Great to have been a little part of it. Your Friend Terry G1WPR.

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Not !!!! the Jimi Hendrix number ...
by john hackett 18 May '09

18 May '09

Hey Joe, I need to chuck in my two pennysworth. Congrats mate. 73 John. <la2qaa(a)amsat.org> _________________________________________________________________ Show them the way! Add maps and directions to your party invites. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/events.aspx

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this weekend at Dayton, more operating, and the DJ-G7T (long)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 17 May '09

17 May '09

Hi! Dayton was, once again, a fun time. I was here in 2006, and this year was so much better. I tried to keep track of satellite operators who I worked over the past 3+ years and met over this weekend by taking photos of them, but I lost count of the number I met and talked with here (this is *not* a bad thing). AMSAT's events were great! I mixed in some operating this weekend, between Friday and today, and in all of that trying to test my new DJ-G7T HT. I previously posted a message with my initial observations on that HT Friday night, and I'll add a little (very little) to that here... After the HamVention closed this afternoon, I had planned on working some satellite passes with my new DJ-G7T HT after dropping stuff of at my motel room. A western AO-27 pass was about to come by, and I went to the Indiana/Ohio state line a couple of blocks from my motel (I stayed in Richmond IN, not in Dayton, for this trip). In the process of setting things up on a side road near the I-70/US-40 interchange, I pressed buttons on the HT in the band scope mode and I could not decipher how to get out of that mode from a quick read of the manual. I decided to set the radio aside, and worked the pass using my IC-T7H HT I had also brought out there. After that, I did a full reset of the HT, and figured I could try it again later. After that AO-27 pass, I tried to retrace some of my 2006 post-Dayton road trip to grid boundaries. I went northeast of Dayton, trying to reach the EM79/EM89/EN70/EN80 boundary for one or two SO-50 passes. This time, I could not get to that spot on the highway's right-of-way. I crossed the road to get a clearer view of the sky, still on the EM79xx/EN70xa line only a few feet/meters west of the 4-grid intersection. :-( I set up for the first SO-50 pass, and this time I accidentally pressed buttons on the DJ-G7T to put it into another undesired mode - using a normal repeater offset on my uplink VFO. At this point, I swapped radios and worked the pass using my IC-T7H again for 4 QSOs. I decided not to fight the radio, and spend time parked or standing along a highway to reread the manual trying to sort the radio out. I'll do more testing with the new HT at home in the next few days, while I try to get that speaker/mic cable so I can run full-duplex without feedback. After that SO-50 pass, I decided to work my way west, heading back to the Indiana/Ohio state line and stopping for the later SO-50 pass. I was able to get on from the EM79vx/EN70va line, working 7 stations before the satellite went out of range. Then, the drive back to Richmond IN and the motel for the night. I flew into Indianapolis Thursday, and will return there tomorrow for my flight home. Again, thanks to AMSAT for a great banquet and Saturday forum. Being around other hams that share this corner of our hobby made this a great weekend, and putting a few QSOs in my satellite log from 3 different locations over the past couple of days was a nice bonus. I'll take more time working with the new HT over the next few days, and especially during the upcoming long weekend. If anyone worked WD9EWK this weekend and wants to get a QSL card from me, please e-mail me the QSO information and I'll check that against my log. If you are in my log, I'll send you a card - no need to send me a card or SASE. I will need to prepare cards for those locations, and I'm thinking about how to do a nice card in particular for the QSOs I made at the Indiana/Ohio state line. And, yes, I'm still having fun... 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - currently at Richmond IN, west of Dayton http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Need Cable??
by Jerry Felts 17 May '09

17 May '09

Say to make the puter control both my rigs don't they have to connected in some way?? I do have a Signalink USB interface for digial modes. -- Jerry - NR5A - South Dakota www.freewebs.com/nr5a http://nr5abikeblog.blogspot.com/ http://nr5abeaconblog.blogspot.com/

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Re: K3SZH-9000 ++
by Glenn AA5PK 17 May '09

17 May '09

Congratulations, Joe. I was but a few dozen of those 9k QSOs and I've enjoyed the talk each time. 73 Glenn

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K3SZH 9000
by dcowden＠nc.rr.com 17 May '09

17 May '09

Congratulations Joe Diligence and Tenacity pay off. Big Party at 10K? You deserve it. 73, Don N8DDK

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K3SZH -AO-7-- 9000+
by Peter 17 May '09

17 May '09

Joe, K3SZH Another outstanding milestone, I know you always say it's just a number, but behind those terrific numbers are many grateful satellite operators for all the help you have given to them including this writer, thank you and keep setting records. 73, Pete, WB2OQQ

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AO7
by malcolm Hall 17 May '09

17 May '09

Hey Joe ...what do you you do in your spare time!!! Congratulations on 9000+ Malc G7NFO

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Re: SatPC32 with 2 Transceivers
by Howard Kowall 17 May '09

17 May '09

----- Original Message ----- From: Howard Kowall To: AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 10:25 AM Subject: SatPC32 with 2 Transceivers Hello to all Well it has been resolved,got my FT897D and FT817ND working with Satpc32 and I am now able to run 1 as downlink the other as uplink and the freq. calibration working. I would like to thank all who replied to my problem and a very special thanks to Erich DK1TB who was able to supply me with a fix,providing me with a new Satpc32 exe file which did the trick,and another thanks to Tim N3TL for his help and input. Hope to be able to have a QSO with a few of you on the Sat's Thaks to all once again Howard VE4ISP

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SatPC32 with 2 Transceivers
by Howard Kowall 17 May '09

17 May '09

Hello to all Well it has been resolved,got my FT897D and FT817ND working with Satpc32 and I am now able to run 1 as downlink the other as uplink and the freq. calibration working. I would like to thank all who replied to my problem and a very special thanks to Erich DK1TB who was able to supply me with a fix,providing me with a new Satpc32 exe file which did the trick,and another thanks to Tim N3TL for his help and input. Hope to be able to have a QSO with a few of you on the Sat's Thaks to all once again Howard VE4ISP

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Re: Satellite computer/software crashes
by Eric Fort 17 May '09

17 May '09

Do we know what causes these periodic crashes? While it's great these things seem to be usually recoverable, what can be done in future designs to minimize or avoid this kind of downtime. What are the design tradeoffs that may be considered? Eric AF6EP On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 6:44 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner < glasbrenner(a)mindspring.com> wrote: > AO-51 crashed sometime yesterday, and reloading has already been initiated. > Please stand by until myself or one of the other command stations releases > the bird back to normal use. > > 73, Drew KO4MA/8 > > _______________________________________________ > Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! > Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb >

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AO-51 down...reloading now
by Andrew Glasbrenner 17 May '09

17 May '09

AO-51 crashed sometime yesterday, and reloading has already been initiated. Please stand by until myself or one of the other command stations releases the bird back to normal use. 73, Drew KO4MA/8

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Re: Tracking Friends at Dayton..
by Bob Bruninga 16 May '09

16 May '09

>> In this case the best application was not sending >> POSITION, but would be sending FREQUENCY. >> This way, you dont need to know where they were >>(or find them on the map), but just look at their >> data and CALL them by voice. > my first thought was: "THAT'S COOL!" > Finding what FREQUENCY someone is on is something > that's amazingly empowering to Amateurs attempting > to make contacts of any sort. Yes, And it is amazing that we did not realize that back when we invented APRS. But we did add it later and after the Katrina Hurricane, we formalized CONTACT frequency as a formal part of the APRS spec. So now as you drive down the road, people can not only see where you are, but what freq you are monitoring. That was the main enhancement to the new Kenwood APRS radio, the D710, to include your voice freq in every position packet. Automatically, and in real time, since it knows what freq the other side of the radio is tuned to. And as a companion to that, when the D710 sees someone's freq in their packet, it can tune the radio there with th e press of a single button (TUNE). Thus facilitating voice contact. With APRStt, we hope to bring that capability to everyone with a DTMF key pad. With just two buttons, they can alert the world where they are and what freq they are monitoring. One button calls up their CALLSIGN from DTMF memory, and the other button calls up their favorite FREQ from another memory. Another AMSAT application for APRStt in the local area is to have something like "AO51" programmed into a DTMF memory. Then when you happen to hear AO51 in view, you just press two buttons on the APRStt channel, one for your call, the other for the AO51 text, and then every mobile in the area can see on their mobile display "AO51" and know it is in view right then, right there. Even since 1998 or so, there have been automatic progrms that put out satellite-in-view alerts to the front panels of APRS radios to show not only the locatoin of the moving satellite, but also, its range, bearing, and frequency AND doppler! The kenwood can even SPEAK these alerts to the driver who is not concentrating on his APRS display. So, APRS was never a tracking system, it was a single common INFO channel to distribute local information of immediate interest in the local area. There are as many applications as there are ham radio applications. Its not about ttracking. Its about one-to-all-local distribution of info of immediate interest. Thanks Bob, WB4APR > >So far, the hobby has been stunted in this regard -- we have what? The >hunt and pounce/spin the dial... we have dedicated frequency >infrastructure either via the technology or via "agreements" (like 'this >HF Net meets here'), and we have DX Cluster/Spotting type networks, and >that's about it... and even on those, it's somewhat "improper" for >cultural reasons to "self-spot"... > >So a mechanism to tell others, "Hey I'm at a radio and I'm listening to >X frequency"... is WAY cool. > >Sorry to tie up AMSAT-BB one more time with a reply -- but maybe to TRY >to keep it on-topic I'd say, "Imagine if people could say in real >time... XXX, YYY, and ZZZ are all listening to this bird because they've >sent a notification that they are, and if they're able to hear me, >they'll respond!" > >It won't replace the wonder and amazement of a "raw" CQ call that gets >answered by a new Amateur voice halfway around the world, and the >contesting world would be in an uproar about that "self-spotting" if >anyone used it to help others find them during an operating "skills" >event... but for day-to-day "get 'er done" types of contacts, it's >really got some interesting potential. "I'm in the car, and I'm >listening to X" info, when you've been trying to catch up with an old >friend on the air, etc... would be invaluable. > >Nate WY0X >-- > Nate Duehr > nate(a)natetech.com >

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Re: Satpc32 with 2 Transceivers
by Bill Dzurilla 16 May '09

16 May '09

For the benefit of anyone who may experience a similar problem in the future, Erich, Howard, and I had a discussion of this issue via private email. The method I described in my prior post apparently does not work with Yaesu rigs, because they do not allow variation of the transmit frequency while transmitting. So Yaesu owners should do the following, per Erich, the author of SatPC32: "While the satellite, say FO-29, is in range for you choose that satellite and open menu "CAT". Transmit and whistle or say "Test" etc. With the "Downl. Corr." controls tune the RX radio until you hear your own signal with the correct audio pitch. Then stop transmitting. You will see the correction value in the "Downl. Corr." window. For certain reasons this correction can't be stored automatically, however. Therefore with the "Upl.Calibr." controls set the same correction value, but in the opposite direction. If, i.e., you corrected the downlink by +1450 Hz correct the uplink by -1450 Hz. Click on "Change/Store Data File" and save the uplink calibration. In the frequency list of menu CAT you will see that only the uplink entry changes. When you restart the program it will start with the calibrated uplink frequency and no downlink correction." --- On Fri, 5/15/09, Bill Dzurilla <billdz.geo(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > From: Bill Dzurilla <billdz.geo(a)yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: Satpc32 with 2 Transceivers > To: amsat-bb(a)AMSAT.Org > Date: Friday, May 15, 2009, 4:22 PM > Howard, > > With Erich's kind help, I was able to get SatPC32 working > last week with 2 transceivers. > > I had a similar problem with the SSB sats at first. I > could not hear my downlink while the program was controlling > the frequencies on the 2 rigs. It turned out that the > issue was that the default settings for some of the birds > was off (either because my rigs are off calibration or > because the frequency on the sat's transponder drifted since > Erich wrote Doppler.SQF). > > The fix is not difficult. With the program > controlling the rigs, and with the satellite near to its > maximum elevation on a pass, tune to a clear downlink > frequency and click CAT on the program. Then start > transmitting (say testing, testing, count to 10, anything) > while clicking on the up and down arrows under "Upl. Calibr. > (Hz)". When you hear your voice on the downlink in a > natural sounding tone, click "Change/Store Data File" and > then click save, which automatically changes the Doppler.SQF > file. Once set correctly for each bird, your uplink > and downlink will track perfectly. > > I couldn't get it right at first because I kept clicking on > the 10 hz arrows. This was insufficient, as some of > the sats were over 500 hz off. But it was easy after I > started clicking the 100 hz arrows. > > You can also manually review and edit the Doppler.SQF file > by clicking ? and then Auxiliary Files, but this should not > be necessary. > > 73, Bill NZ5N > > Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 11:22:53 -0500 > From: "Howard Kowall" <hkowall(a)shaw.ca> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Satpc32 with 2 Transceivers > To: "AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org" > <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Message-ID: > <000a01c9d579$65dbc2f0$6701a8c0@sysoffice> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > > Good morning everyone > Trying to run Satpc32 with a FT897d and FT817nd > The ft897nd is on the uhf antenna and the ft817nd is on the > vhf antenna > it all seems to work on the FM sats but having some > problems with ssb sats AO7,VO52,FO29 > The trouble I am having is on the calibration of the freq. > and doppler adjument > has anyone run into this > hopefully someone has a few pointers and tricks > Thanks to all who reply > Howard > VE4ISP > > > >

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Re: Tracking Friends at Dayton..
by Bob Bruninga 16 May '09

16 May '09

>>>> This year you can use your DTMF HT to >>>> report where you are hanging out at >>>> the Hamvention to about 120 feet just >>>> by sending two digits for your XY coordinate. Well, maybe Dayton was not the best place to introduce this "special event" capability <grin>... Even at the 0.25 mile scale, of the 290+ stations heard, at least 190 of them were all within the square city block of the Hamvention fences. That-is, Wall to wall stations on the map so cluttered you couldnt find anyone unless you used a search function to find their call on the map! . So position reporting was not the best application. In this case the best application was not sending POSITION, but would be sending FREQUENCY. This way, you dont need to know where they were (or find them on the map), but just look at their data and CALL them by voice. Again, APRS was not designed for "tracking", but just as a national data channel for exchanging valuable information in the surrounding area. Exchanging operating frequency is just as important in Ham radio as position in many cases. We can kill this thread here on the AMSAT-bb, now, since everyone either found each other at the AMSAT booth or excellent banquet! Thanks Bob, WB4APR

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Re: Atlantis and Hubble Photo
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 16 May '09

16 May '09

Hi Clint, Thanks for another of your very interesting pointers on space topics. I think that many will also find another web site mentioned on the page shown will find it a very useful and interesting tool. _www.calsky.com_ (http://www.calsky.com) will give you all sorts of information on space related objects including pass times of amateur satellites for your location. Registration is not essential but will of course prove useful for news and perhaps other essentials. Enjoy this site, and as is common practice, do not forget to enter your own location or co-ordinates to get such a large amount of useful and valuable information. Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat -UK Amsat NA

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Bad link
by Luc Leblanc 16 May '09

16 May '09

Sorry Bad link on my previous message copy paste this one instead. http://r- onetrading.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&product_id=281&category_… 16 "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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Re: Dayton demos
by Andrew Glasbrenner 15 May '09

15 May '09

I picked up one of the 100 that Alinco released this morning. I'll put together a review as soon as I get home. 73, Drew KO4MA > Hello Drew, > > Any word on the Alinco HT that will do full duplex 2M/70cm ?? >

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Atlantis and Hubble Photo
by Clint BRADFORD 15 May '09

15 May '09

An incredible shot of Atlantis and Hubble - with the Sun as their backdrop ... http://www.astrosurf.com/legault/atlantis_hst_transit.html

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Rig Ttracking
by Howard Kowall 15 May '09

15 May '09

I just might see if I can make a pic module to go from one transceiver to the other and would be able to be programmed to be able to send cat info back and fourth to each transceiver so it would be able to track the Doppler offset,and just with a selector switch pick your programed sat and one rig would follow the other Howard VE4ISP

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How do you do that?
by Jerry Felts 15 May '09

15 May '09

Reading Howard's post about gtting his rig to follow each other. I use a FT-857D for the uplink TX, and my FT-817 for the downlink. Wondering how you get them to follow ech other? That would sure be easier than what I do now. I'm a newbie and I'm having mixed results. For the FM birds I just use my FT-60R and Elk antenna. -- Jerry - NR5A - South Dakota www.freewebs.com/nr5a http://nr5abikeblog.blogspot.com/ http://nr5abeaconblog.blogspot.com/

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uni_trac keps
by Gerry 15 May '09

15 May '09

Hope someone can help.Have been wintering in Arizona for past five months and upon my return cannot seem to find a set of keps that will work, my old system cleaning out the + and - etc now fails me . Have I missed something, has there been a change?? 73 Gerry VE4GTB/KD7MDB

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Re: Satpc32 with 2 Transceivers
by Bill Dzurilla 15 May '09

15 May '09

Howard, With Erich's kind help, I was able to get SatPC32 working last week with 2 transceivers. I had a similar problem with the SSB sats at first. I could not hear my downlink while the program was controlling the frequencies on the 2 rigs. It turned out that the issue was that the default settings for some of the birds was off (either because my rigs are off calibration or because the frequency on the sat's transponder drifted since Erich wrote Doppler.SQF). The fix is not difficult. With the program controlling the rigs, and with the satellite near to its maximum elevation on a pass, tune to a clear downlink frequency and click CAT on the program. Then start transmitting (say testing, testing, count to 10, anything) while clicking on the up and down arrows under "Upl. Calibr. (Hz)". When you hear your voice on the downlink in a natural sounding tone, click "Change/Store Data File" and then click save, which automatically changes the Doppler.SQF file. Once set correctly for each bird, your uplink and downlink will track perfectly. I couldn't get it right at first because I kept clicking on the 10 hz arrows. This was insufficient, as some of the sats were over 500 hz off. But it was easy after I started clicking the 100 hz arrows. You can also manually review and edit the Doppler.SQF file by clicking ? and then Auxiliary Files, but this should not be necessary. 73, Bill NZ5N Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 11:22:53 -0500 From: "Howard Kowall" <hkowall(a)shaw.ca> Subject: [amsat-bb] Satpc32 with 2 Transceivers To: "AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Message-ID: <000a01c9d579$65dbc2f0$6701a8c0@sysoffice> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Good morning everyone Trying to run Satpc32 with a FT897d and FT817nd The ft897nd is on the uhf antenna and the ft817nd is on the vhf antenna it all seems to work on the FM sats but having some problems with ssb sats AO7,VO52,FO29 The trouble I am having is on the calibration of the freq. and doppler adjument has anyone run into this hopefully someone has a few pointers and tricks Thanks to all who reply Howard VE4ISP

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Satpc32 with 2 Transceivers
by Howard Kowall 15 May '09

15 May '09

Good morning everyone Trying to run Satpc32 with a FT897d and FT817nd The ft897nd is on the uhf antenna and the ft817nd is on the vhf antenna it all seems to work on the FM sats but having some problems with ssb sats AO7,VO52,FO29 The trouble I am having is on the calibration of the freq. and doppler adjument has anyone run into this hopefully someone has a few pointers and tricks Thanks to all who reply Howard VE4ISP

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hot shot !
by Joseph Armbruster 15 May '09

15 May '09

Now that's what I call a hot shot ! http://www.astrosurf.com/legault/atlantis_hst_transit.html http://gizmodo.com/5255723/amateur-astronomer-captures-stunning-image-of-at… Joseph Armbruster, KJ4JIO

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Dayton demos
by Andrew Glasbrenner 15 May '09

15 May '09

Please keep an ear out for W5IU, KO4MA, et al. doing satellite demos from Dayton starting this morning! 73, Drew KO4MA

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Need identity of a satellite
by Roland Zurmely 15 May '09

15 May '09

This satellite is Yubileiny = RS-30 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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Ten Great Spacewalk Photographs
by Clint Bradford 14 May '09

14 May '09

From WIRED Magazine ... both URLs go to same site. http://tinyurl.com/qly6z8 http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/humans-in-space-10-amazing-spacew… Clint Bradford, K6LCS / KAF3359 909-241-7666

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Tracking Friends at Dayton..
by Robert Bruninga 14 May '09

14 May '09

This year you can use your DTMF HT to report where you are hanging out at the Hamvention to about 120 feet just by sending two digits for your XY coordinate. Just print a small copy of the map on www.aprs.org/aprstt.html for the XY grid to carry with you. Everyone in the world (including those at dayton) looking at an APRS display will be able to find you. See the live map here: http://hamvention.aprs.fi/ For example, the Bar at the corner of the arena is at coordinates 65 and the AMSAT booth is near 32. To send these xy coordinates into APRS using DTMF, just tune to the APRStt frequency 146.58 and hit the keys Bxy* then hit the key to send your DTMF callsign from memory, and bingo... Your transmission is received by the APRStt engine centrally located (near grid 44) and converted to packet on the APRS channel for the world to see. Using the same paper map above, if you have a TH-D7 or VX-8R you can also report your position to 60 feet without a GPS by just bumping the hundredths of a minute of lat/long to the aa/bb grid located on the same map above. LAT 3949.aa LON 8415.bb Print the map from the www.aprs.org/aprstt.html web page. It also shows you how to program your DTMF callsign so you can save it in your HT's DTMF memory. See you on the map at Dayton! Bob, Wb4APR

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Hudson Valley Satcom Group Net Tonight(May 14)
by Cotejaune2＠aol.com 14 May '09

14 May '09

It's time again for the Hudson Valley Satcom Group Net on Echolink node n2eyh-L at 8 PM EST. We can also be heard on the Mt. Beacon repeater at 146.970 PL 100. Stop in this evening and join us. We are located about 70 miles north of NYC. Hope to hear you there. 73 Gary WA2AQH **************Dell Mini Netbooks: Great deals starting at $299 after instant savings! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222627952x1201458914/aol?redir=htt…)

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AMSAT-UK Colloquium 2009, Guildford England - Final Call for Speakers
by David Johnson 14 May '09

14 May '09

This year AMSAT-UK will be holding their Colloquium on Saturday July 25th and Sunday 26th July at the Holiday Inn in Guildford, Surrey. Details of this and previous events can be found at: http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium AMSAT-UK invite speakers, about amateur radio space and associated activities, for this event. They are also invited to submit papers for the "Proceedings" document which will be published at the same time but printed papers are not mandatory. We normally prefer authors to present talks themselves rather than having someone else give them in the authors' absence. We also welcome "unpresented" papers for the Proceedings document. Offers of talks should be submitted as soon as possible; the final date for full documents to be received is late-June 2009 in order that the "Proceedings" document be available to participants. Submissions should be sent *ONLY* to G4DPZ via the following routes: e-mail: david dot johnson at blackpepper dot co dot uk SnailMail: QTHR from http://www.qrz.com/ (enter G4DPZ is the callsign box) AMSAT-UK also invite anyone with requests for Program Topics to submit them as soon as possible to G4DPZ. Invitations for any papers on specific subjects will be included in the future call. Likewise if anyone knows of a good speaker, please send contact and other information to G4DPZ. 73 Dave, G4DPZ AMSAT-UK 1267 AMSAT-NA LM-2260

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Re: Need identity of a satellite
by vk5alx＠amsat.org 13 May '09

13 May '09

I think that one is RS-30 Cheers Alex VK5ALX

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Shuttle launch
by Jim Sanford 13 May '09

13 May '09

All: Enjoyed the traffic about seeing the launch from Titusville and other places in FL. I grew up in Titusville with Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, know the original owner of the 146.94 machine, and remember vividly where I was when the astronauts in Challenger died . . . and COlumbia, and Apollo 1 . . . . For me it was PERSONAL, even more so for my kids, who had TOUCHED Challenger - my dad still worked at the cape, and we got to go to VIP viewing stands, open houses, and the rest. I have read the Challenger loss report and the Apollo 13 mission reports and assessment of causes. I was devastated to read in the Columbia report of the similarities with Challenger . . . . . Last week, in my day job, I was teaching some folks about lessons from all of the above, relating it to our professional work. What does this have to do with AMSAT, other than being space-related? I'm reminded of a quote from Santayana: "He who will not learn from the past is condemned to repeat it." I think we honor the lost heroes by doing all we can to learn from the past, including NASA's losses. Very 73, Jim wb4gcs(a)amsat.org

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AO-27 22:00z pass
by Jeff Yanko 13 May '09

13 May '09

Hi all, I did not copy a thing from AO-27 on the 2157z to 2212z. Was it me or was it the bird? 73, Jeff WB3JFS DM26 Las Vegas, NV

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Need identity of a satellite
by w4upd 13 May '09

13 May '09

Been hearing a satellite in which its down link similar to that of AO-51 (around 435.310 starting) All I hear is CW telemetry coming from the unit. The last contact was around 2038 UTC at 28.161350 NORTH Latitude (my location EL98) 80.703160 WEST Longitude Some of the telemetry I could copy before it faded was: ISUN0 ITXA0 ITXB6 TTXA65 TTXB66 TNAP80 ? MIXF0 MCON53 SMA86 SMB62 etc. There seems to be approximately 17 data codes and then repeats. The signal is usually strong enough that it comes through quite well even without the 70cm preamp being turned on. Anyone have an idea of what satellite that this might be? Regards, Reid, W4UPD

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PS8RF QSO's via AO-7
by K8KFJ＠aol.com 13 May '09

13 May '09

Congrats to K3SZH and K8YSE Well done!!! 73, Gary -K8KFJ- AMSAT #32,574 Sat VUCC #125 **************Dell Mini Netbooks: Great deals starting at $299 after instant savings! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221972443x1201442012/aol?redir=htt…)

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Re: About Shuttle Launch on Monday
by WA4MLD＠aol.com 13 May '09

13 May '09

In a message dated 5/13/09 7:47:51 AM, APBIDDLE(a)UNITED.NET writes: > Got > a great view of the last Challenger launch. That was enough. > We were out on the playground in Fort Pierce with 100 kids to watch the Challenger launch. What a horribly difficult day. I haven't been able to watch another until the one last March. 73, Ray WA4MLD ************** Dell Mini Netbooks: Great deals starting at $299 after instant savings! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221972443x1201442012/aol?redir=htt… 237%3Bi)

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About Shuttle Launch on Monday
by lstenzel＠bellsouth.net 13 May '09

13 May '09

Watched launch live from shore at Titusville, Florida. First time - It was fantastic even from 12 miles away! The audio feed from NASA TV rebroadcast on 146.94 MHz was appreciated - it added a lot. My Kenwood HT with it stock antenna was marginal but provided full-quieting with magnet-mount external antenna. I agree with Jim, W7LRD. I have watched many years on TV - always impressive. Unbelievable up close and in person. According to NASA, there will be only eight more fliights of the Shuttle. Viewing of a launch and tour of KSC are worth the trip. Leroy Stenzel, W5VG AMSAT 2916

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Dayton
by Martha 13 May '09

13 May '09

Please note that the cutoff date for the AMSAT/TAPR dinner was Monday. We are not accepting any more reservations. Also, the AMSAT office will be closed from 3:00 today through Monday, May 18th. -- 73- Martha

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Re: AO-7 eclipse
by John Magliacane 13 May '09

13 May '09

> Hello All, > > It looks like AO-7 has started another eclipse > season. Does anyone know when it goes back > to full sunlight? Or better yet, point me towards > software that will let me find out. The charts on > Emily's log are now out of date. > > 73 de David VK5DG David, According to PREDICT (http://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/predict.html), AO-7 will experience uninterrupted sunlight through Thursday May 14th. Eclipses are expected to end on Saturday July 18th, and are not expected to occur again until June 2010. 73, de John, KD2BD -- Visit John on the Web at: http://kd2bd.ham.org/ . . . .

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ZW8BBC
by ps8rf ps8 13 May '09

13 May '09

Hello all, Well, glad to report that despite the short time we spent in the Canary Island ZW8BBC Dx pedition and the adverse conditions due to heavy rain that has been facing the northeast of Brazil, where some cities are in public calamity, the contacts via satellites were a success. This was the first DXpedition we know that here in Brazil that sought to work the various ham satellites. Certainly with the knowledge that first "Satellite DXpedition" include in the next Dxpeditions contacts via satellites. Thanks for all and especially the AMSAT to help in disseminating the DXpedition. The log of contacts are available in spacesat.blogspot.com and soon available on the official blog, visit zw8bbc.blogspot.com. Gud Dx and best 73s ZW8BBC Team _________________________________________________________________ Descubra todas as novidades do novo Internet Explorer 8 http://brasil.microsoft.com.br/IE8/mergulhe/?utm_source=MSN%3BHotmail&utm_m…

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AO-7 eclipse
by David Giles 13 May '09

13 May '09

Hello All, It looks like AO-7 has started another eclipse season. Does anyone know when it goes back to full sunlight? Or better yet, point me towards software that will let me find out. The charts on Emily's log are now out of date. 73 de David VK5DG

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Alternate to the Hygain Sat combination?
by Norman W Osborne 13 May '09

13 May '09

Hi Everyone I have heard plenty of negative posts to the Hygain. What are the alternate choices? I am still looking for circular polarization.. and able to switch. 73, Norman.

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Hygain antenna MFJ
by Norman W Osborne 12 May '09

12 May '09

Hello again, Has anyone besides Allan, purchased these antennas recently, would be interested in your opinion, not that I don't doubt Allan's opinion. You can reply off list if you wish. 73, Norman.

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Re: Alternate to the Hygain Sat combination?
by Luc Leblanc 12 May '09

12 May '09

On 12 May 2009 at 19:15, Gary "Joe" Mayfield wrote: > If I had it to do over again I would go with Gulf Alpha. I have his dual > band and it is the most rugged antenna I have seen. Truly superior > construction. When I was buying he was not selling, but he has gotten back > into the OSCAR antenna business. > > 73, > Joe kk0sd I conquer i used to have the 22ele SSB 70cm model and gain was "there" Just not forget to put silicone on the matching top box and don't too tighten the element clip mounting as they will not return back to their original state easily. "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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G0SFJ's adventures in Russia
by andy thomas 12 May '09

12 May '09

hi gang those of you interested in my exploits in R3 (Moscow region)ie at RK3DXB club in Troitsk near Moscow,please go to: http://rv3dhc.com/blog/2009-05-11-211 courtesy of Anton RV3DHC 73 de andy G0SFJ presently at MGU

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CAT Cables
by Dave Aitch 12 May '09

12 May '09

www.radioarena.co.uk could well be worth a visit. 73, Dave.

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Update AMSAT INDIA Workshop & AGM
by Nitin Muttin [VU3TYG] 12 May '09

12 May '09

All, AMSAT-INDIA workshop was conducted on 10th May at the Little Lillys English Public school ,Vidhyaranyapura, Bangalore on the ocassion of fours years of HAMSAT (VO-52) in orbit which was launched on May 5th 2005. The workshop was attended by 130 delegates. This included students from academic institutions and members of Upagrah Amateur Radio Club,VU2URC which is the club station of ISRO. The event started with registration,distribution of delegate kit and breakfast followed by the Invocation song by staff of Little Lilly's school,welcome address by the President of AMSAT INDIA, Air Cmde Suby, VU2UV The following dignitary's were invited to the Dias and the programme was inaugurated by lighting of the lamp by the following: Chief Guest Shri. M. Krishnaswamy, Programme Director-Small Satellite Systems, ISRO Guests of Honor Shri. D.V.A.Raghavamurthy , Project Director-Small Satellite Systems, ISRO Shri. R. Suresh, Mission Director-HAMSAT, ISRO Shri.C.A Prabhakar Head IRS Project management Office Shri. S.R.Nagaraj, Dy. Project DirectorCartosat- 2. ISRO The Chief Guest and the guests of honor appreciated the efforts of AMSAT INDIA in realizing their goals with the HAMSAT launched by ISRO on May 5th 2005.They were highly impressed with the U/V Linear transponder designed and built by a member of AMSAT-INDIA and also made valuable recommendations for the realization of HAMSAT-II. VO-52 operating award certificates were also released by the Chief Guest. VU2GUR, Guru was presented the first certificate for his outstanding contribution for the activity on HAMSAT (VO-52). Certificates were given to VU2RM, VU2UV and VU2MKP by the Guest of Honor for their contributions for the activity in VU. Net controllers VU2QNY, VU2ZUB, VU2PCP and VU3OJI in Bangalore for announcements regarding the workshop. The exhibition area was inaugurated by the Chief Guest and comprised of poster session by VU3TYG, Nitin showcasing projects from AMSAT organizations worldwide, ARISS and software applications and hardware developed by Radio Hams for satellite tracking and pass predictions. VU2POP demonstrated Home brew projects of up/down converters, preamps, VU2RVJ power amplifier module. VURMS and students from VU3LLE showcased Egg beater, Arrow and quad antennas for satellite communications. Ganeshan the designer of the UV linear transponder also demonstrated a working U/V transponder. The Chief Guest, Guest of honor and the delegates were impressed with the OSCAR Locator, down converters, and receivers built by VU2UV during 1970's. Technical presentations from Amal, VU2GDX, VU2WMY, Mani, VU2RVJ, Ravi,VU2GUR and VU2RMS caught the rapt attention of the audience and were highly appreciated. Exide batteries also participated and showcased various batteries which can be used by Radio Hams for powering their Radio's. VU2POP, POP and VU2WMY, Mani managed the flow of the programme from start to the end. The programme was concluded by vote of thanks was by VU3TYG, Nitin who acknowledged the contributions of all those who helped in making this event a big success. AGM UPDATE: The following were elected as office bearers of AMSAT INDIA for 2009 - 2011 President: Suby, VU2UV. Vice President: R. Ramesh VU2RMS Secretary: Nitin, VU3TYG Treasurer: VU3SXE, Sandeep Director- Technical: VU2POP Core Committee: VU2WMY, Mani, VU3HCJ, Somu, VU2GDX, Amal, VU2RVJ, Ravi. VU2MGD, Giri, SWL Ganeshan. Note: Pictures and more details will be provided in the May 2009 newsletter and on our website. 73's Nitin [VU3TYG] Secretary - AMSAT INDIA ________________________________________________

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VO-52 operating Award Update
by Nitin Muttin [VU3TYG] 12 May '09

12 May '09

All, We have completed prining the free VO-52 operating award certificates and the same will mailed shortly. We are closing the free certificate availability. The award will be available for a fee whose details will be announced at a later date. The final list can be found here http://www.amsatindia.org/awards/VO-52-award-Final.bmp 73's Nitin [VU3TYG] Secretary AMSAT INDIA. ________________________________________________

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Hygain Sat Antenna's and SSB UEK3000 Sat.
by Norman W Osborne 11 May '09

11 May '09

Hello to All, Looking for suggestions for feed lines to my preamps, could I use RG213-U ? I am thinking this should be ok as both lines will be only about 10ft in length. >From the preamps, I am using hard line. I also have a UEK3000 receive converter for 2.4 , for feedline, could I get away with RG6, same cable used for sat TV. the run will about 80 ft.... Getting setup for future HEO.s Any suggestion greatly appreciated and many thanks in advance. Norman

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Re: satpc32
by Andrew Glasbrenner 11 May '09

11 May '09

Mine is from an Ebay auction, I think the seller has "KAWA" in their name. It works great. 73, Drew KO4MA -----Original Message----- >From: ANTHONY JAPHA <tjjapha(a)earthlink.net> >Sent: May 11, 2009 6:57 PM >To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org >Subject: [amsat-bb] satpc32 > >Where should I go to buy the cable (CT-62) for the FT-817 that connects the CAT jack to the computer (RS-232 probably) for rig control? Anyone know of a cable that has a built-in serial to USB converter? That would make portable use easier. > >Tnx and 73, >Tony, N2UN >_______________________________________________ >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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G-5500 Rotor trouble resolved.
by N1HOQ 11 May '09

11 May '09

Hello group. The problem with the rotor has been fixed. Turns out the gears inside had frozen on their shafts. A little penetrant and easy persuasion got things running smoothly again. No parts, just time. This rotor sees intermittent use as its attached to my portable rig, and must sit outdoors.There was a little bit of water in the bottom of the case, as the drain hole was gummed up a bit. I filed it out a bit and regreased everything and she works like a charm again. Thanks to all for the replies and the help. 73 de Shawn - N1HOQ # 33948

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satpc32
by ANTHONY JAPHA 11 May '09

11 May '09

Where should I go to buy the cable (CT-62) for the FT-817 that connects the CAT jack to the computer (RS-232 probably) for rig control? Anyone know of a cable that has a built-in serial to USB converter? That would make portable use easier. Tnx and 73, Tony, N2UN

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D-Star cubesat
by g0mrf＠aol.com 11 May '09

11 May '09

Following the small satellite developers workshop in April there are a number of interesting papers available online. A cubesat using D-Star which has been selected for launch on the Vega launcher is certainly an eye catching project. http://atl.calpoly.edu/~bklofas/Presentations/DevelopersWorkshop2009/5_Miss… Personally, my favourite so far is the 1U propulsion system capable of propelling a 3U cubesat with a delta V of 400 metres per second. ( This is enough to go from 600km to about 1900km altitude !) Have fun reading... David? G0MRF ________________________________________________________________________ AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today.

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Dayton NODXA Hospitality Suite
by John Papay 11 May '09

11 May '09

Everyone is invited to stop by the Northern Ohio DX Association Hospitality Suite at the downtown Crowne Plaza Hotel, 10th Floor on Thursday, Friday or Saturday evening. Finger food and beverages are available and you'll see a lot of dx'ers and hopefully satellite types there. Enjoy the Dayton experience! We are all looking forward to the AMSAT Banquet and a chance to meet Richard Garriott! John K8YSE Doug KD8CAO Northern Ohio DX Association

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Kenwood TS-790 w/ 1.2ghz and IF-232 for sell
by R. Chastain 11 May '09

11 May '09

Hi all, I'm selling my Kenwood TS-790 with 1.2ghz, voice module, matching SP-31 external speaker, and (NIB) IF-232 computer module. I'm basically selling most of my gear due to failing health. The TS-790 is one of the best VHF/UHF radio's ever made and will pull those weak signals out that others won't. If you check the reviews for this radio you will see what I'm talking about. CTCSS/PL encode is built in so getting into tone activated systems is a snap. The radio does not have PL decoder modules but those are still available through 3rd party makers. I have the original box for the radio but I'm not sure if I have the speaker box. I do have the manual but it's a bit dog eared from use. Sorry, but I will not seperate the package. Cosmetically, I would rate the radio an 8+ on a scale of 10 only because of a very small scratch on the far right side of the display. If you didn't know it was there you wouldn't know it. It's that small and light. hi hi Also the plastic carrying handle on the side has been romoved by a previous owner. The screws are still there but the handle has been removed. Electrically, the radio is a 10. NO problems whatsoever. Will sell all for $1400.00 plus shipping. Thanks for looking, RoD

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Re: D-Star cubesat
by Graham Shirville 11 May '09

11 May '09

Ok lets try 3rd time lucky... Please go to the main page and click on the particular presentation you want to review! http://cubesat.atl.calpoly.edu:80/pages/workshops/developers-workshop-2009.… thanks Graham G3VZV ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graham Shirville" <g.shirville(a)btinternet.com> To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>; <g0mrf(a)aol.com> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 10:43 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] D-Star cubesat > Hi All, > > The link below is now working again! > > cheers > > Graham > G3VZV > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <g0mrf(a)aol.com> > To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> > Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 11:37 PM > Subject: [amsat-bb] D-Star cubesat > > >> Following the small satellite developers workshop in April there are a >> number of interesting papers available online. >> >> A cubesat using D-Star which has been selected for launch on the Vega >> launcher is certainly an eye catching project. >> >> http://atl.calpoly.edu/~bklofas/Presentations/DevelopersWorkshop2009/5_Miss… >> >> Personally, my favourite so far is the 1U propulsion system capable of >> propelling a 3U cubesat with a delta V of 400 metres per second. ( This >> is enough to go from 600km to about 1900km altitude !) >> >> Have fun reading... >> >> David? G0MRF >> ________________________________________________________________________ >> AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the >> move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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Antennas
by Douglas Anoman 11 May '09

11 May '09

Hello All, i've been reading some of the e-mails about oscar antennas. Well i needed to get a word out about Gulf alpha antennas i just received my set about five weeks ago and I am very happy. I was going to go with M2 but price and craftsman ship turned me away. Call Pete at gulf alpha the work is perfect and the antenna is right on the money and cheaper than M2 and better craftsman ship... Thank You Douglas Anoman KC9MLN Amsat #37043

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Re: AO-10 (WILLIAMS MICHAEL)
by Armando Mercado 11 May '09

11 May '09

Hello, I listened for AO-10 10 May, 2009 at 2100UTC for about 45 mins. with negative results. Also had Spectran running and saw nothing that displayed a dopper shift. 73, Armando N8IGJ Date: Sun, 10 May 2009 01:22:32 +0200 From: "pb0ahx" <info(a)pb0ahx.nl> Subject: [amsat-bb] 1. To: <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Message-ID: <C13CDC3076AF43C0956B42FD8D247D8B@pb0ahx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" yes the beacon i heard him last day's

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VX-8R
by Bob Herrell 11 May '09

11 May '09

Hi all, Is anyone using the Yaesu VX-8R for handheld satellite work? 73, Bob Herrell, AJ5C AMSAT #36645

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shuttle launch
by w7lrd＠comcast.net 11 May '09

11 May '09

Just watched the launch on TV. Fascinating everytime. Glad I could help <grin>. 73 Bob W7LRD

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Traffic Relay From Peru
by ScottOlitsky＠aol.com 10 May '09

10 May '09

I will be in Peru next month on the Inca Trail and am considering bringing my HT. I would like to be able to get messages back to family via email. Is there anyone in the southern part of the US (possibly Texas?) that could help me with this? It looks like there would be some footpaths that would cover several minutes on most days. Please respond directly to me. Thanks Scott AC3A **************Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free things to do in the U.S. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlc…)

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Call for Papers--2009 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference
by Mark Thompson 10 May '09

10 May '09

Call for Papers--2009 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference Posted by: "Ford, Steve, WB8IMY" sford(a)arrl.org Date: Wed May 6, 2009 6:47 am ((PDT)) Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the 28th Annual ARRL and TAPR Digital Communications Conference to be held September 25-27, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. These papers will also be published in the Conference Proceedings (you do NOT need to attend the conference to have your paper included in the Proceedings). The submission deadline is July 31, 2009. Please send papers to: Maty Weinberg ARRL 225 Main St Newington, CT 06111 or you can make your submission via e-mail to: maty(a)arrl.org Papers will be published exactly as submitted and authors will retain all rights. 73 . . . Steve, WB8IMY ARRL

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Fwd: Final Reminder for 2009 TAPR/AMSAT Banquet at Dayton Hamvention
by Mark Thompson 10 May '09

10 May '09

-----Original Message----- From: John Ackermann N8UR <jra(a)febo.com> To: tapr-announce(a)tapr.org Sent: Wed, 6 May 2009 6:13 pm Subject: [tapr-announce] Final Reminder: Sign up now for the 2009 TAPR/AMSAT Banquet at Dayton Hamvention Time is almost up! Orders for Banquet tickets have to be made by Monday, May 11 -- no exceptions! ---- 2009 TAPR/AMSAT Banquet at Dayton Hamvention The third annual joint TAPR/AMSAT Banquet will be held Friday evening, May 15, 2008 during the Dayton Hamvention. The Banquet will be in the Jefferson Room at the Kohler Presidential Banquet Center, Kettering, OH (just south of Dayton). Reservations are required and must be made by Monday, 11 May 2009. Seating is limited, so make your reservations early. TICKETS WILL *NOT* BE AVAILABLE AT HAMVENTION; YOU *MUST* REGISTER IN ADVANCE! The price for the Banquet is $30 per person. Reserved tickets may be picked up at the AMSAT booth at Hamvention on Friday, or at the door. You may make reservations for the 2009 TAPR/AMSAT Banquet online in the AMSAT Store or contact Martha at the AMSAT office. You can reach Martha from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM EST/EDT at (301) 589-6062, or in the US toll free at (888) 322-6728. For additional information contact Martha at the AMSAT office (martha(a)amsat.org). ---- 6:30 PM Doors open and Cash bar is available with Beer, Wine, Liquor and soft drinks. 7:15 PM Buffet Dinner service begins. The Center has a justly deserved reputation for good food and service. _______________________________________________ tapr-announce mailing list NOTE: This list includes all addresses currently subscribed to any TAPR mailing list. Please don't try to manually unsubscribe from this list; it won't work. If you unsubscribe from all other TAPR mailing lists, you will automatically be unsubscribed from this one.

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Hygain Sat antenna RC/LC switching
by Norman W Osborne 10 May '09

10 May '09

I have a question about wiring these antenna's for RC/LC switching. Would there be a problem feeding the power to the relays along the boom (7 foot fiberglass) instead of coming off the end of the antenna's ? Also I am going to be using the myer's barbucue dish for 2.4gh antenna, would like to mount all on this 7 foot boom, would there be a problem with interaction with the 2m and 440 sat antenna's? I concerned with the distance between all these antenna's. Again thank you all for your suggestions. Norman.

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D-Star cubesat...take 2
by g0mrf＠aol.com 10 May '09

10 May '09

Hi Andrew Geoff Tim Dave Drake and Ken. It looks like the Cal Poly site is out of action for the weekend..or something? On Friday evening I read most of the papers presented at this years worshop, but today, Sunday, the individual links to the papers are 404 errors.? However, the title / index page does appear to work. http://cubesat.atl.calpoly.edu/pages/workshops/developers-workshop-2009.php Perhaps it will all come back to life after the weekend.? At least you can see the topics covered. Fingers crossed. David? G0MRF ________________________________________________________________________ AOL Email goes Mobile! You can now read your AOL Emails whilst on the move. Sign up for a free AOL Email account with unlimited storage today.

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FW: ANS-130 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
by Dee 10 May '09

10 May '09

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-130 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor(a)amsat.org In this edition: * AMSAT Activites at Dayton 2009 * AMSAT/TAPR Banquet Note * Live Feed from Dayton * ARISS SPACE DAY * VK5ZAI Receives Award * ARISS Schedule SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-130.1 AMSAT Activites at Dayton 2009 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. May 10, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-130.1 AMSAT Activities at Dayton Thursday May 14th AMSAT Get-Together at Tickets Pub and Eatery in Fairborn beginning at 18:30 Good Greek and American food as well as conversation with fellow AMSATers in a relaxed environment. Directions on the AMSAT web site. Friday May 15th Satellite Demonstrations outside the Ball Arena entrance Celebrating AMSAT's 40th Anniversary with 40 years worth of amateur satellite memorabilia and a special 40th Anniversary tee shirt and golf shirt. SuitSat-2 hardware demonstration Richard Garriott visiting the AMSAT Booth 14:30 - 15:15 New publications and trinkets LVB Tracker Box demonstration and boxes offered AMSAT/TAPR Banquet featuring Richard Garriott, W5KWQ starting at 18:30 Saturday May 16th AMSAT Forum 11:15 - 13:30 Satellite Demonstrations outside the Ball Arena entrance Celebrating AMSAT's 40th Anniversary with 40 years worth of amateur satellite memorabilia and a special 40th Anniversary tee shirt and golf shirt. SuitSat-2 hardware demonstration Richard Garriott visting the AMSAT Booth 15:00 - 15:45 New publications and trinkets LVB Tracker Box demonstration and boxes offered Sunday morning May 17th Satellite Demonstrations outside the Ball Arena entrance Celebrating AMSAT's 40th Anniversary with 40 years worth of amateur satellite memorabilia and a special 40th Anniversary tee shirt and golf shirt. SuitSat-2 hardware demonstration New publications and trinkets LVB Tracker Box demonstration and boxes offered [ANS thanks Gould, WA4SXM, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-130.2 AMSAT/TAPR Banquet Note AMSAT News Service Bulletin 130.2 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. May 10, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-130.2 The Dayton AMSAT/TAPR banquet is now here. Our Guest Speaker is Richard Garriott, W5KWQ. Monday May 11th is the final day to order tickets for the AMSAT/TAPR Banquet with Richard Garriott. Order your tickets online in the AMSAT Store. You MUST be pre- registered to attend. You cannot register at Dayton. -- [ANS thanks Martha, AMSAT Manager, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-130.3 Live feed from Dayton AMSAT News Service Bulletin 130.3 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. May 10, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-130.3 We will be broadcasting live streaming video and audio of the Dayton 2009 Hamvention this coming weekend. This is our 7th year to broadcast hamfest events. We are seen in over 150 countires and advertised to over 100,000 hams around the world. Frank Bauer KA3HDO has helped us to get Richard Garriott for an interview. Hams around the world will be able to watch this and even send in questions. The web site is http://w5kub.com and we actually start broadcasting with our "helmet cam" Wednesday morning May 13th at approx 1300 UTC and will be broadcasting our entire 550 mile drive from Memphis, TN to Dayton, OH. The video web site not only has the live video but also has a chat room where anyone can log in and talk to other hams around the world or to us. During our interview with Richard, if anyone sends in a question we will try to ask it. We can only get 15 minutes of his time as he is extremely busy and this was scheduled even after his schedule filled up. Note: Special pre-arranged LIVE interview with Richard Garriot 4:00pm - 4:15pm Saturday. And for those who can't go, you can attend "virtually" and have a great chance to win ham radio prizes. We have many great prizes. There is a link on the left side of our website which tells of the prizes and what days each will be given out. Follow us every move for the five days (May 13 - May 17). ARRS at the bottom of the page will show you our progress as we drive, or maybe you will recognize the road and landmarks. [ANS Thanks Tom,W5KUB, for the above info] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-130.4 ARISS SPACE DAY AMSAT News Service Bulletin 130.4 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. May 10, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-130.4 ARISS and AMSAT at Space Day in Washington DC On Saturday, May 2 ARISS and AMSAT operated from the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum during Family Day and Space Day events. The contact, telebridged through W6SRJ in Santa Rosa, went like clock- work. Ten students and boy scouts at the National Air and Space Museum asked 19 questions to astronaut Michael Barratt, KD5MIJ on board ISS during the 9 minute contact opportunity. Audio from the contact was available via the AMSAT conference on EchoLink and via the 9010 Discovery reflector on IRLP. Also on-hand at the National Air and Space Museum for the contact was Ricky Arnold II, KE5DAU. Ricky answered questions from the audience prior to the contact, sent his greetings to Michael Barratt at the beginning of the contact and stayed with the audience after the contact to answer questions one-on-one and to allow time for individual photos. The AMSAT/ARISS Booth was well attended with lots of youth and adults stopping by. We had lot of material to handout from AMSAT, ARRL and NASA. And we gave out the last of the 2009 Space Station Calendars! Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, wrote from the event, "I want to thank all who helped at the booth: Perry Klein, Dave Taylor, Bob Davis, Dick Daniels, Janet Bauer, Bob Bruninga, Don Sylvain, and Bob McCown. While I do not have the final statistics, there were probably about 20,000 people that filtered through the museum during the day. A hearty tip of the hat to the W6SRJ folks for making the contact look so easy. And a big thanks to Wayne who was our contact moderator." The National Air and Space Museum web page can be found at: http://www.nasm.si.edu/events/eventDetail.cfm?eventID=1031 [ANS thanks Frank, KA3HDO for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-130.5 VK5ZAI Receives Award AMSAT News Service Bulletin 130.5 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. May 10, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-130.5 AMSAT Coordinator Tony Hutchison VK5ZAI receives Chris Jones Award Australia's WIA President Michael Owen VK3KI presented the Chris Jones Award to AMSAT Area Coordinator Tony Hutchison VK5ZAI at the WIA's Annual General Meeting at the Gippsland Campus of Monash University, Churchill on 2nd May 2009. The Chris Jones Award honours the memory of a man who was dedicated to the advancement of amateur radio and whose unfailing commitment and vision led to a new Wireless Institute of Australia and whose unfailing courtesy and genuine friendliness is fondly remembered by all who knew him. Tony's significant contribution to amateur radio was due to his ARISS activities which featured eight schools in the region took part in ARISS contacts (3 from New Zealand and 5 from Australia). Tony said, "Amateur Radio on International Space Station is a positive way of introducing our hobby of amateur radio to students, and others throughout the world by demonstrating how it's used to communicate with the crews on the International Space Station." Tony's concluding remarks, "I would like to thank everyone for their congratulations on winning the prestigious WIA Chris Jones Award. I would also like to thank the ARISS team, especially Shane VK4KHZ, who backs me up in VK, and all other Amateurs that have assisted by working with schools to make these ARISS educational linkups possible, also a big thanks to my wife Jill, although not licensed, assists me with my ARISS commitments. Without everyones continual support this wouldn't have happened." WIA's full story is on-line at: http://www.wia.org.au/newsevents/news/2009/20090505-4/index.php [ANS thanks Wireless Institute of Australia for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-130.6 ARISS Schedule AMSAT News Service Bulletin 130.6 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. May 4, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-130.6 Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) Status Report May 4, 2009 1. Upcoming School Contacts Flemish Space Days, organized by the Flemish Space Industry (VRI), was held May 8 - 10 in the Brabanthal in Leuven, Belgium. Interactive booths, educational workshops and movies on space, avionics and astronomy are some of the activities that attracted schools, youth and the public to this three-day event. On May 8, the event was open to school children, ages 3-18, only. A special program has been developed with the cooperation of ESA and ESERO (European Space Education Resource Office) for teachers and students. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been scheduled for this event on Sunday, May 10 at 10:51 UTC. Telebridge station W6SRJ in California will facilitate the contact. JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA will participate in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact with Besyo Elementary School in Saitama, Japan on Monday, May 11 at 11:01 UTC. Wakata is an alumnus of the school. The conversation will be in Japanese. 2. Space Day Contact with National Air and Space Museum The National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. participated in Space Day on May 2. Visitors participated in hands-on activities, met astronauts and learned about space from experts and museum displays. An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact was held in conjunction with these activities through telebridge station W6SRJ in California. Astronaut Ricky Arnold II was present to answer questions prior to the contact and for photo opportunities. The contact was recorded by the museum in high definition for future use. The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) and the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) members manned an exhibition booth and distributed AMSAT, ARRL and NASA education material including 2009 Space Station calendars. Approximately 20,000 people attended the museum throughout the day. 3. Astronaut Training Status Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team provided training on its amateur radio equipment to NASA astronauts Nicole Stott, KE5GJN and Catherine Coleman, KC5ZTH. Energia has posted a photo report on the training. See: http://www.energia.ru/eng/iss/iss20/photo_04-23.html 4. ARRL Article on Dayton Hamvention Events The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) posted an article on its upcoming convention at the Dayton Hamvention to be held over the May 15-17 weekend. Richard Garriott will be available to meet and greet attendees and will give a talk about his amateur radio activities onboard the ISS. "The 2009 ARRL National Convention and Dayton Hamvention: Two Weeks and Counting!" may be found at: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/04/30/10793/?nc=1 5. JSC Education Office Meeting Held The NASA Education Office hosted a meeting with the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team at Johnson Space Center over May 1-2. Program initiatives and educational outreach were addressed. [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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My road trip to EM35 and EM69
by Rick - WA4NVM 09 May '09

09 May '09

Hi to all on the board, Just got back from my road trip to Indianapolis in EM69. I worked 35 contacts in 24 hours on a few FM birds. Anyone that needs EM69 confirmed, just let me know. I will be happy to send you a QSL to confirm. Also, the same goes for those stations I worked last weekend from Mt. Nebo, AR in EM35. I used our contest call for that trip. NE5BO EM35 I sure hope to meet a lot of the AMSAT gang and satellite operators in Dayton next weekend, either at the booth or Friday night's dinner. 73 to all, Rick WA4NVM

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VO-52 experimenting this morning...
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 09 May '09

09 May '09

Hi! Earlier today, I went to my favorite Phoenix city park (the park that straddles the DM33xp/DM43ap grid boundary that I operate from regularly) to work a VO-52 pass starting at 1705 UTC. I have worked many VO-52 passes from here over the past few months using my two FT-817NDs and a directional antenna - initially an Arrow Antennas 2m/70cm Yagi, and now the Elk Antennas 2m/70cm log periodic. This satellite can hear well, since I have been able to make QSOs through VO-52 with as little as 500mW using either of these antennas. Today, I wanted to try something other than a directional antenna on this satellite to make a QSO. Just like I have done with dual-band HTs on the FM satellites, I decided to try my Maldol AH-510R telescoping whip for today's pass. This antenna is similar to the AL-800 whip that many use for portable satellite work. I connected a 6-foot length of coax between the whip and the diplexer I use to feed my two radios, so I could move the antenna around without it being connected directly to either radio. I left the transmit power setting at 5W today; adjusting the power output can be done in a future experiment. This pass had a maximum elevation of 54 degrees to the east for me, and I hoped to hear someone on there to complete a QSO with this setup. I heard K8YSE calling CQ around the center of the passband at 1706- 1707 UTC, when the satellite was only up 8-10 degrees from the horizon. After sending some dits to align my two radios (I know, I really need to get SatPC32 working with them to simplify my non-FM stellite operating), I called John. We started our brief QSO at 1707-1708 UTC, when VO-52 was up 15 degrees from the horizon for me. I used the rear hatch of my truck as a reflector under the whip, along with moving the whip around to improve the signal in my receive radio. Using that improvised reflector, along with the satellite continuing to move higher in the sky, it was easy for me to keep up with the Doppler shift and the adjustments for the whip. John and I chatted for a couple of minutes, and signed off before John's LOS. Thanks for the QSO! Now that I have completed a VO-52 QSO with the telescoping whip at 5W, I will try other experiments with lower power output using the same antenna. I will also swap antennas, trying others like longer duckie antennas (around 20"/50cm in length), to see how small I can go with antenna and power output when working this satellite. And, eventually, doing any or all of this with my little netbook and SatPC32 controlling the frequencies on my FT-817NDs. :-) 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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Sierra Vista AZ hamfest (2 May) and post-hamfest road trip - report
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 09 May '09

09 May '09

Hi! Sorry for the delay in posting this. It's been a busy week since this quick trip to a hamfest in southeastern Arizona and the post- hamfest road trip I took. The Cochise Amateur Radio Association had its annual Larry Warren Hamfest at its "Green Acres" field in Sierra Vista. I was at this event last year with an AMSAT table, and made a return trip this year. This is not a large event, and - like many hamfests here in Arizona - wraps up by midday. During the morning, I did 4 satellite demonstrations (2 on AO-51, 2 on VO-52), plus listened in on a scheduled ISS contact. The first AO-51 pass, at 1335 UTC, had 14 QSOs - 5 Mexican stations, and 9 stations from all over the US. After that, at 1514 UTC, the second AO-51 pass had 5 more QSOs (2 Canadians, 3 US stations). Then the ISS passed by, and we listened to half of a scheduled contact. This is always fun to do, even if the questions are very similar from contact to contact. Later in the morning, I worked 2 VO-52 passes, logging 5 QSOs on those passes to complete the satellite demonstrations. Again, thanks to the Cochise Amateur Radio Association for allowing an AMSAT table at their hamfest. It was nice being down there once again. Thanks also to the stations that worked WD9EWK on those 4 passes during the hamfest. Having stations on all those passes to work makes the demonstrations successful. After lunch and spending a couple of hours in Sierra Vista, I drove about 60 miles/100km to the DM51bx/DM52ba grid boundary. I was at this spot after the same hamfest in 2008, and made a quick stop here last month. This time, I planned to stick around for 2 AO-51 passes followed by one SO-50 pass. This was a productive stop. :-) The first AO-51 pass I worked, starting around 0042 UTC, was busy. Lots of stations from all over North America. Even an Alaskan showed up at the end of the pass. In all, I worked 17 stations - the Alaskan (KL7XJ - thanks Dale!), a Canadian, 4 Mexicans, and the rest were spread out all over the US. The 0222 UTC AO-51 pass, to the west, had a good turnout as well. Nine QSOs logged, from one Mexican to two Alaskans. SO-50 at 0305 UTC only had 4 QSOs logged, but came close enough to the last AO-51 pass so I waited for it before moving on. With 31 QSOs in the log on these 3 passes, it was time to move on. Since the I-10 freeway was closed through the center of Tucson during this weekend, I used that as my excuse to repeat the drive I took in April after the Tucson hamfest I attended. I drove north along US-191 toward Safford AZ, then on US-70 followed by US-60 to get back to the Phoenix area. With this route, I would cross the DM52/DM53 grid boundary again. It was 90 miles/144km from the DM51bx/DM52ba grid boundary to the DM52ax/DM53aa boundary along US-70. Google Maps says this is a 104-minute drive, and I made it in 90 minutes - keeping to the speed limits on the various highways the whole time. I made it to DM52ax/DM53aa about 2 minutes into an SO-50 pass starting at 0445 UTC, and logged 5 QSOs to finish my operating for this day. Three hours and 150 miles/241km later, I got home at 0100 local (0800 UTC). Including the drive from Phoenix to Sierra Vista the night before the hamfest, I drove a total of 555.5 miles/894km for this hamfest and the post-hamfest stops. If anyone worked me on 2-3 May and needs confirmation for any QSOs logged with WD9EWK, please e-mail me directly with the QSO details. If you're in the log, I will mail a card. The next hamfest I will attend with an AMSAT table will be on 30 May in Prescott AZ (grid DM34). Hope to hear you on during that hamfest - and on passes later that day, from wherever I might visit on my way home. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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1. AO-10 (WILLIAMS MICHAEL)
by pb0ahx 09 May '09

09 May '09

yes the beacon i heard him last day's

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Equipment/Software
by Mike 09 May '09

09 May '09

Okay, I am starting to build my station after playing around with the portable. So far I have acquired an IC-910 with 1.2G, power supply, G-5500 AZ/EL rotor, M2 2MCP14 and 436CP30 antennas. To finish I have the following questions. 1. What radio, rotor and tracking software are you using and why? (I am using Orbitron right now) 2. What interface are you using for an IC-910H and why? 3. What interface are you using for your G-5500 rotor and why? 4. What are you using for the radio side for 2.4G? 5. What antenna are you using for 1.2G? 6. What antenna are you using for 2.4G? Thank you in advance for your time and help. 73 Mike

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Re: Hygain Sat Antenna's and SSB UEK3000 Sat.
by Edward Cole 09 May '09

09 May '09

Norman, By your questions I guess you have heard that coax loss between antenna and input of preamps degrades noise figure (which is why we put preamps at the antenna in the first place). You do not mention frequencies for the RG-213 but I am guessing you mean 145 and 435 for satellite. Ten foot probably will not matter too much on those frequencies though the higher the frequency the more coax loss gets (and coax loss adds to the noise figure directly; e.g. 1-dB loss add 1 dB noise figure to the noise figure of the preamp - not good if the preamp is < 0.5 dB NF). MY best advice then, is to use the lease length of coax in front of the preamp. Compare how it hears with the coax and without the coax and decide for yourself. For 2401 MHz the situation is totally different. 80-feet of RG-6 will kill the low-noise performance of the UEK3000. Install the UEK at the antenna with no coax or as short as possible a jumper cable. If you meant to use RG-6 from the output of the UEK that is quite OK. I use a MKU-232A2 + Drake downconverter on 2401 and run over 100-foot of RG-6 from the Drake to my FT-847. But the MKU preamp is directly connected to my 6-turn helix feed for my 85cm dish. I am considering the purchase of a 10-dBi patch antenna to use on 2401 Leo-sats as it will be easier to point and should not need as much antenna gain. This will be coupled with a 2400 DEMI preamp and my second Drake converter. 73, Ed - KL7UW At 07:44 AM 5/9/2009, Norman W Osborne wrote: >Hello to All, > >Looking for suggestions for feed lines to my preamps, could I use RG213-U ? >I am thinking this should be ok as both lines will be only about 10ft in >length. > > >From the preamps, I am using hard line. > >I also have a UEK3000 receive converter for 2.4 , for feedline, could I get >away with RG6, same cable used for sat TV. >the run will about 80 ft.... > >Getting setup for future HEO.s > > >Any suggestion greatly appreciated and many thanks in advance. > > >Norman >_______________________________________________ >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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Cal Poly's CP6 Satellite Launching
by Luc Leblanc 09 May '09

09 May '09

>From NASA webcast page. Posted by RCC on 2009-05-09 at 00:01:20 EDT We will not try a launch attempt on May 9. A new launch date is expected to be set next week. "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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GSBARC HAMFEST TODAY
by Peter 09 May '09

09 May '09

Correction: I will be attending the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club's Hamfest today, May 9th, 2009. The Hamfest will be held at Fireman's Memorial Park, Lindenhurst, LI, if anyone is near the area. I'll have an AMSAT table at the Hamfest and will be conducting a Satellite demonstration for the AO-51,14:03 pass, this morning, it is a shallow one for us, I hope I can hear you! More information about the Hamfest is available at: http://www.gsbarc.org/ 73,Pete WB2OQQ

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ANUSAT spectrogram
by Mineo Wakita 09 May '09

09 May '09

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

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GSBARC- Hamfest- Today
by Peter 09 May '09

09 May '09

Hi: I will be attending the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club's Hamfest tomorrow, May 9th, 2009. The Hamfest will be held at Fireman's Memorial Park, Lindenhurst, LI, if anyone is near the area. I'll have an AMSAT table at the Hamfest and will be conducting a Satellite demonstration for the AO-51,14:03 pass, it is a shallow one for us, I hope I can hear you! More information about the Hamfest is available at: http://www.gsbarc.org/ 73,Pete WB2OQQ

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Re: Cal Poly's CP6 Satellite Launching May 5th
by Mineo Wakita 08 May '09

08 May '09

Launch : 5 May 2009 between 20:00 and 23:00 EDT Vehicle: Minotaur-1 Site : WI LA-0B Main Payload: TacSat-3, Air Force Research Laboratory Satellite USA Operator Downlink Mode ----------- --------------------------------- -------- ------------ AeroCube-3 Aerospace Corporation ? ? HawkSat-1 Hawk Institute for Space Sciences 437.345 ? PharmaSat-1 NASA, Stanford University 437.465 1200bps AFSK CP-6 CalPoly 437.365 1200bps AFSK ----------- --------------------------------- ------- ------------ JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita

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AO-10
by WILLIAMS MICHAEL 08 May '09

08 May '09

Has anyone heard the AO-10 beacon? The sat is in full sunlight until July 24. Is the beacon signal a very slow QSB as was the downlink? Mike K9QHO AMSAT 33589

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Mobile operation @ the annual IARC field day tomorrow
by Shamai "SAM" Opfer 08 May '09

08 May '09

Dear all, Tomorrow (Saturday May 9th) is IARC (Israel Amateru Raedio Club) annual field day. I am going to try operating and demoing mobile/portable operation on FO-29, VO-52, AO-27 between 08:00 to 11:00 UTC. (It seems that we don't have AO-51 and AO-7 passes in these hours) If you are around in range, I will appreciate if you try to make QSO with me (this is the first time i am operating this way, so report is not guaranteed... hi) Equipment: FT817 and arrow antenna for downlink. FT857 and vertical mobile antenna for uplink (of a fellow non-satellites HAM). thanks & 73 Shamai 4Z1WS

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GSBARC Hamfest, Saturday, May 9th
by Peter 08 May '09

08 May '09

Hi: I will be attending the Great South Bay Amateur Radio Club's Hamfest tomorrow, May 9th, 2009. The Hamfest will be held at Fireman's Memorial Park, Lindenhurst, LI, if anyone is near the area; I'll have an AMSAT table at the Hamfest. More information about the Hamfest is available at: http://www.gsbarc.org/ 73, Pete, WB2OQQ

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AMSAT Field Day 2009 Rules
by Bruce 08 May '09

08 May '09

Once again we are approaching the 4th full weekend in June and that means Field Day. I have posted the AMSAT 2009 Field Day rules on my website in both pdf and doc formats. http://www.amsatnet.com/2009fd.pdf http://www.amsatnet.com/2009fd.doc It will appear in the May/June issue of the AMSAT Journal and at http://www.amsat.org (soon). 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on SkyScanner Satellite Radio Network on Galaxy-25 @97° West, Transponder 23 (12115 Vert), Symbol Rate: 22425, APID: 1794 (DVB Free To Air) Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org

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Compass: High Definiton video showing beacon activation
by Henk, PA3GUO 07 May '09

07 May '09

Group, To encourage experimenting with Compass-1, here is a short video showing how to request a CW beacon of Compass-1. Actually it is a full High Definition (HD) video, taken with a CANON HV-30 camera, edited, and uploaded to Vimeo. Have a look and let me know how you experience this (download time, picture quality, etc.) http://www.vimeo.com/4515104 Henk, PA3GUO ---------------------------------------- We are happy to announce three DTMF commands to the whole community in order to say THANK YOU. Uplink frequency: 145.980 MHz FM, DTMF tones These are as follows: **35## - request a test beacon CW **36## - request a test packet 1k2 AFSK FM (UI-Frame) **60## - request a housekeeping frame in 1k2 AFSK FM (KISS frame) Every command will be confirmed with a short "beep" on the CW frequency. * frequency for CW beacon is 437.275 MHz * frequency for packet radio is 437.405 MHz See here for COMPASS decoding software http://www.dk3wn.info/software.shtml We'd be happy if you send us your received data to compass1cubesat(a)googlemail.com If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask us.

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Surface mount techniques
by Dave Guimont 07 May '09

07 May '09

This post in response to some questions here a while back..I've updated my site, and perhaps the following will assist: http://tinyurl.com/wb6lloOscar They all start with SurfMt....... Again, questions directly to me.. 73, Dave, WB6LLO dguimon1(a)san.rr.com Disagree: I learn.... Pulling for P3E...

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demo
by Nick 07 May '09

07 May '09

I would like to demo echolink to a ham class of 6th graders at 23:30 tonight on w5exi-r node 370324. If you have a few minutes for the demo please reply to this email Thanks nick

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RE: [amsat-bb] Â Equipment/Software
by Mark L. Hammond 07 May '09

07 May '09

Hi Mike, Glad to learn of your developing satellite station! You are doing it "right"... One very important item missing from your list: low noise mast mounted preamps! I really love my Advanced Receiver Research 160W mast mounted preamps for 2M and 70cm. I'll take a shot at some of your questions, responses below: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <sar911(a)bellsouth.net> To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 8:50:11 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [amsat-bb] Â Equipment/Software Okay, I am starting to build my station after playing around with the portable. So far I have acquired an IC-910 with 1.2G, power supply, G-5500 AZ/EL rotor, M2 2MCP14 and 436CP30 antennas. To finish I have the following questions. 1. What radio, rotor and tracking software are you using and why? (I am using Orbitron right now) SatPC32. It does it all, and does it remarkably well. There is a cost to license, but ALL of the money goes to AMSAT-NA (if you puchase there--THANKS Erich DK1TB!) 2. What interface are you using for an IC-910H and why? Not applicable, have a TS-2000X. 3. What interface are you using for your G-5500 rotor and why? The AMSAT LVB Tracker, because of cost, packaging, ease of use, proceeds go to AMSAT-NA (Thanks Howard G6LVB, Mike WB8CXO, and Gould WA4SXM!) 4. What are you using for the radio side for 2.4G? Either the TS-2000X or the TS-790A, with a self modified Transystem downconverter to 2M 5. What antenna are you using for 1.2G? 20-turn WIMO helix 6. What antenna are you using for 2.4G? A 32" DH satellite dish with G3RUH patch feed, DEM preamp Thank you in advance for your time and help. 73 Mike I hope the information is helpful---and don't forget the preamps :) -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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Out of the AMSAT Office
by Martha 07 May '09

07 May '09

I will be out of the office tomorrow. -- 73- Martha

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Dayton Room
by Martha 06 May '09

06 May '09

If I don't have a taker for the "AMSAT" room at Dayton by close of business tomorrow, I will cancel it. -- 73- Martha

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Satellite funding sources!
by Luc Leblanc 06 May '09

06 May '09

It seems that money is available and it is advertised publicly! I don't know if AMSAT-NA is aware of it? interested in it? sensible to it? able to refocused quickly their goals if any remains? Is a joint support offer to some researchers can be something to be explore? But in the mean time amateur are bystanders spinning their wheels on ice... Here is the text: Please be advised that the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) includes revised guidelines to implement the mentoring provisions of the America COMPETES Act (ACA) (Pub. L. No. 110-69, Aug. 9, 2007.) As specified in the ACA, each proposal that requests funding to support postdoctoral researchers must include a description of the mentoring activities that will be provided for such individuals. Proposals that do not comply with this requirement will be returned without review (see the PAPP Guide Part I: Grant Proposal Guide Chapter II for further information about the implementation of this new requirement). Beginning in 2009, NSF expects to launch two to three P-PODs every year, accommodating at least as many (two to six) individual satellite missions. This solicitation covers proposals for science missions to include satellite development, construction, testing and operation as well as data distribution and scientific analysis. More details at :http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf09523 "-" "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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AMSAT Journal -Vol 32 - No3
by GW1FKY＠aol.com 06 May '09

06 May '09

Hi all, Received the latest issue of the "AMSAT Journal" in the post today here in Wales -UK. Congratulations and many thanks to all for the efforts in producing another very well documented edition, it is a pleasure to read the contributions once again.. I enjoyed looking back at "The First Decade". It also brought back many memories not just on the satellites but of all of those that played a key role for Amsat in the decade. As I reached the concluding article on P3E and the - "continued on page 27". I turned back the pages and had to smile to my self as a thought went through my mind. The concluding para on page 27 was adjacent the final para on the progress and process on "ITAR" The thought that had crossed my mind was - "BACK TO THE FUTURE". I trust all will be well and wish all Good Luck in this respect. Ken Eaton GW1FKY Amsat - UK Amsat NA

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Happy Birthday HAMSAT
by Bató András 05 May '09

05 May '09

Gentlemen, A group of Hungarian satellite enthusiasts are celebrating the fourth birthdy of HAMSAT by tracking it on all orbits today and makingas many Qs as pssible. Let us say thank you for all your endeavours in giving birth to this succesful bird. Best regards from HA2RD, HA5WH, HA5CH and HA6NN

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