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Announcement for Area Coordinators about September Hamfests
by Gould Smith 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

Just a reminder to Area Coordinators that Martha will be out of the office, Aug 28 - Sept 8. If you have a hamfest scheduled to do an AMSAT table in the next three weeks you need to get in touch with her ASAP to get your materials. We will not be able to send AC Hamfest boxes out until the about Sept 13th. 73, Gould, WA4SXM Director Field Operations

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High Power 10m Uplink to PCSAT2
by Robert Bruninga 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

We need high power 10 meter CW or PSK stations to test The PCSAT2 10m ==> 2m transponder asap. PCSAT2 mission ends on 30 August (just 8 days away) and To date, no one has reported using the 10m uplink to 435 MHz downlink transponder. We know the transponder Is quite deaf, but to date, for the last several months We have not had any reports of anyone making the transponder Or even trying. We'd sure like to hear someone confirm that they transmitted 500W Or more and are certain that they did not hear anything. Anyone Can hear the downlink with just a simple 435 MHz FM rig. The Downlink carrier comes up just fine. What we need are high power Signals on the 29.401 uplink. CW, PSK, anything. So even if you don't have a KW on 10m, pair up with an HF friend That can generate lots of power and have him transmit on 29.401 MHz During a pass, while you listen on the 235.275 MHz downlink (+/- Doppler). Anyone can SWITCH-ON the transponder by simply sending a 1200 baud Packet CONNECT-REQUEST to "PCSAT2" on 145.825 uplink. That "connection" will trigger The 29.401 to 435.275 MHz transponder to come up for the duration Of the connection or 1 minute which ever ends first. During that time, everyone will hear he downlink which is just The audio out of the 29.401 SSB receiver. We want to see if Anyone can get in on 29.401 or 29.402 MHz CW or PSK uplinnk. Send results... De WB4APR, Bob

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Missing postings to AMSAT-BB
by Félim Doyle M3HIM 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

Hi all. Why might it be that very occasionally my postings to the AMSAT-BB never seem to arrive? It has happened three times (I think) in the past month or two but I have not established a pattern. It appears to occur whether it is a reply to another message or an original composition. It may happen when there are other addresses in the To: or Cc: list but similar messages do get through. I sent one the other day (a reply to another posting) and included SAREX in the To: list but only the SAREX copy arrived. So could it be an intermittent fault with the AMSAT-BB mailer daemon? All suggestions welcome. 73 de Félim M3HIM IO91ot Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK

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AMSAT Space Symposium
by MARTHA SARAGOVITZ 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

The 2006 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual Meeting will be held in Foster City CA. The dates are October 6-8. The Banquet speaker will be Bill McArthur, KC5ACR. Bill was the ISS Expedition 12 Commander. An ARISS meeting will be held on Monday, October 9th and Tuesday, October 10th. For more information on the meeting, go to the AMSAT Website (www.amsat.org)

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Re: Missing postings to AMSAT-BB
by Félim Doyle M3HIM 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

Hmm! Interesting. Which posting(s) was/were rejected? Mostly my postings from this address are fine. 73 de Félim M3HIM IO91ot Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Angel Peláez, EA4DUT" <angelkilroy(a)yahoo.es> To: "Félim Doyle M3HIM" <Felim.M3HIM(a)ntlworld.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 12:36 PM Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Missing postings to AMSAT-BB > Félim: > > Yahoo put your message as spam.Maybe the reason be > this and is recognising your address as a spam. I > "said" to my Yahoo that your address is fine and is > not spam. > Hopefully this will solve the problem, at least on one > Yahoo address you'll be sure somebody reads your > postings... > Best regards from Madrid > 73 de Angel, EA4DUT. IN80EJ > > --- Félim Doyle M3HIM <Felim.M3HIM(a)ntlworld.com> > escribió: > > > Hi all. > > > > Why might it be that very occasionally my postings > > to the AMSAT-BB never > > seem to arrive? It has happened three times (I > > think) in the past month or > > two but I have not established a pattern. It appears > > to occur whether it is > > a reply to another message or an original > > composition. It may happen when > > there are other addresses in the To: or Cc: list but > > similar messages do get > > through. I sent one the other day (a reply to > > another posting) and included > > SAREX in the To: list but only the SAREX copy > > arrived. So could it be an > > intermittent fault with the AMSAT-BB mailer daemon? > > > > All suggestions welcome. > > > > 73 de > > > > Félim M3HIM > > IO91ot > > Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, UK > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. > Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. > http://es.voice.yahoo.com

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Re: Drake 2880
by G0MRF＠aol.com 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

In a message dated 22/08/2006 00:04:17 GMT Standard Time, ve6itv(a)telus.net writes: Hi Folks, i now have my new drake 2880 up on the tower, the one i smoked i had a peek inside and it looks as if it's just the FET transisitor at the front end has gone. Does anyone know of a substitute replacement that would work?. I'd like to give it to another amateur friend if it can be fixed.Any help will be appreciated. 73 de Scott VE6ITV _______________________________________________ The MGA86576 works quite well if you keep the earth leads short. See _www.g0mrf.freeserve.co.uk_ (http://www.g0mrf.freeserve.co.uk)

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HITSAT
by Mineo Wakita 22 Aug '06

22 Aug '06

HITSAT (Hokkaido Institute of Technology Satellite) of Japan will be launched at 23 Sep 2006 by M-V-7. (CW 437.275MHz 0.1W) --------------------------------------------- Name: Mineo Wakita / JE9PEL, JAMSAT member Mail: ei7m-wkt(a)asahi-net.or.jp URL : http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/ QTH : Yokohama Japan, GL:PM95TJ Date: Aug 17, 2006 ---------------------------------------------

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AO-51 Mod Change Delay
by Michael Kingery 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

The planned mode change for Aug 28 will be pushed back one day to Aug 29 due to a conflict with my schedule. 73 KE4AZN Echo Command Station

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Drake 2880
by Scott Smith 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

Hi Folks, i now have my new drake 2880 up on the tower, the one i smoked i had a peek inside and it looks as if it's just the FET transisitor at the front end has gone. Does anyone know of a substitute replacement that would work?. I'd like to give it to another amateur friend if it can be fixed.Any help will be appreciated. 73 de Scott VE6ITV

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PCSAT2 special Operations Event Update
by Robert Bruninga 21 Aug '06

21 Aug '06

PCSAT2 SPECIAL OPERATIONS RESUME. Operations were suspended When PCSAT2 ran out of sunlight on ISS on the 15th. Operations resumed after ISS changed attitude to XPOP on the 18th. > From: Robert Bruninga [mailto:bruninga@usna.edu] > Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2006 8:41 AM > > PCSAT2 SPECIAL EVENT AND OPERATIONS > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Subj: ISS Packet =>VOICE Contacts: > > For the remaining days of > PCSAT2's operation on ISS, PCSAT2 will be configured for > VOICE response to normal packets transmitted via the normal > ISS digipeater 145.99 uplink / 145.800 downlink. The command > station's voice downlink will be on 437.975 +/- Doppler and > he/she will attempt to acknowledge by voice all packets > seen on the packet uplink or generally chat about the system. > > The UHF downlink will be weak (only 1 Watt) and being UHF > (9dB worse than 2m), will need at least a small beam to hear it. > > Users who want to participate, simply send your packets as > normal VIA ARISS on 145.99 uplink / 145.800 downlink, but > listen on the 437.975 downlink for the combined voice and > packets. This will only work when > PCSAT2 is in range of a participating command station and > there is no guarantee that all command stations will be > available on any given pass. In otherwords, this may be > rare, but fun. > > Right now, passes in the Northern Hemisphere are occuring > in the evening. Passes in the Southern Hemisphere right > now are from midday. > > Best thing to do is simply monitor 437.975 during ISS passes > and if you hear a command station, then send us a 'hello' > packet via the ISS (or PCSAT2) digipeater. > > The PCSAT2 Packet system on 145.825 up and 435.275 is also > operational as well as the 10m to 435.275 transponder (for HIGH > power attempts on 29.401 MHz)... Just connect to PCSAT2 on > 145.825 to bring up the transponder. Still no reports of > anyone attteempting it or being successful. > > de WB4APR > US Naval Academy Satellite Station

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