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Amateur Satellite Beginners Article
by Trevor 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Amateur Satellite Beginners Article The March 2007 issue of the RSGB magazine RadCom features a superb article entitled "Getting Started on Amateur Radio Satellites" by John Heath G7HIA. It is an excellent introduction to the exciting world of Amateur Satellite Communications. The Radio Society of Great Britain and the author have generously agreed to allow AMSAT-UK to put the PDF of the article on the web and it can be seen at http://www.uk.amsat.org/ Click on "How Do I Start" on the left hand side of the home page then click on "Getting Started on Amateur Satellites (RSGB article)" Note the article is Copyright 2007 Radio Society of Great Britain. For personal use only - no copying, reprinting or distribution without written permission from the RSGB http://www.RSGB.org/ ---- ___________________________________________________________ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk

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,0PEHEUNSAT-1
by Sil - ZL2CIA 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Hi, I have been goolging to try and find details of the current status of PEHEUNSAT-1, but without much luck. I'm probably looking in all the wrong places and I am sure somebody can point me in the right direction. I heard this satellite only once, and that was shortly after it was launched. I have continued to listen, but heard no more. Sil - ZL2CIA

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Question VE and Dayton
by William Leijenaar 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Hi AMSATs, Recently I read on the AMSAT website about Dayton and the AMSAT/TAPR Banquet etc etc... As I never been to the Dayton Hamvention I like to have an idea if there will be many AMSATs to meet, or that it is more a general ham event with lot of stuff to buy/sell ? As I can not easy buy/sell (heavy lugage/custom problems) I am more interrested in meeting AMSAT hams across the big ocean. Because Canada is also on my list of countries to visit I have a plan to fly first to Toronto a few days before Dayton, and have a look at Niagara fals etc. However, Dayton is not a short ride, and I like to know if some VE/US hams can tell me if its an easy way to get to Dayton from VE ?? (any Bus ? how long travel ?) I have experience with travelling and will not easy get lost... however, your information will help me speed up to find my way :o) PS: Maybe there are VE (AMSATs) going to Dayton ? 73 de PE1RAH William Leijenaar AMSAT-NA (36370) --- ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/arp/sponsoredsearch_v2.php

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SO-50 demo from W5ZU, Roswell NM (DM73), 6 April
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Hi! Steven K9TVS will be doing a demonstration on the SO-50 satellite Thursday evening (Friday, 6 April, UTC time) on the 0036-0049 UTC pass for the Pecos Valley Amateur Radio Club in Roswell, New Mexico. Roswell is in grid DM73, and the demo will be done using the club's call W5ZU. This pass will cover most of North America, and Steven would appreciate calls during this pass to show the coverage of an amateur satellite. K9TVS has been showing up on various FM satellite passes with very good signals over the past few days, so give Steven a call if you hear him on before the demo later this week. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - Phoenix, Arizona USA http://www.wd9ewk.net/

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SUITSAT CERTIFICATE ?
by books47925＠mypacks.net 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Hello All, Has anyone received their suitsat certificate? During the Symposium in San Francisco we were told they would be out soon. Thanks & 73 Steve / KB8VAO

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Re: KEPS for Moon
by laura halliday 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

"Gary Mayfield" <gary_mayfield(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >I believe AMSAT still has program to generate keps for the moon at > >http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftpsoft.html#pc-eme The AMSAT web site calls these pseudo-Keps, because the NORAD orbital models just don't apply to the Earth-Moon system. Among other things, the Moon's mass is far larger than any satellite, and its orbit is affected by the Sun far more than any satellite the NORAD models are intended to track. And now for something completely different: I recently bought Connections on DVD, and in one episode James Burke started with a wonder of modern technology, a satellite navigation system. It appeared to be a Transit receiver (no GPS in 1978), and was quite the contraption: two big boxes, one little one, a wild looking VHF/UHF antenna and lots of cables. The Transit satellites are still up there, but they don't use them for navigation any more. Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..." ICBM: 49 16.05 N 122 56.92 W - Hospital/Shafte _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Spaces: partagez vos photos avec vos amis! http://spaces.live.com/?mkt=fr-ca

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Re: Unknown Satellite Status
by Ralph Wallio, W0RPK 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Eric -- Perhaps the following will help. CubeSats CP3, CP4, CAPE-1 and LIBERTAD-1 launch now scheduled for 17Apr07. See http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/CubeSat.htm and http://cubesat.atl.calpoly.edu/ for up-to-date information. TNX es 73 de Ralph Wallio, WØRPK W0RPK(a)netINS.net http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/ Hubbert's Peak - The Mother of all Perfect Storms

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AO-27 Webpage Down?
by Eric Christensen 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Anyone else having problems accessing the AO-27 website? www.ao27.org 73s, Eric W4OTN (ex KF4OTN) AMSAT Member 35360 AMSAT Area Coordinator Please donate to the Eagle project! http://www.amsat-na.com/donation.php?donate=eagle

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Next ISS Space Participant is a Radio Ham - April 7th Launch
by Trevor 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Space Participant Charles Simonyi KE7KDP is scheduled to be launched on a Soyuz spacecraft from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on 7th April. Expedition 14 readying the station for guests http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2007/space_station_guests.htm Next Space Tourist is Radio Ham http://www.southgatearc.org/news/january2007/next_space_tourist.htm 73 Trevor M5AKA --------------- Daily Amateur Radio RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ Email your news items to: editor at southgatearc.org News On Your Website: http://www.southgatearc.org/rss/index.htm News On Your PC: http://www.southgatearc.org/rss/newsreader.htm Upload Your News: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news.htm --------------- ___________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html

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Dual Hop
by Sil - ZL2CIA 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Hi, I few days ago now, ANDE-1 and RAFT were simultaneously visible from my QTH, and everyone else's too, I imagine. Since both satellites Tx and Rx on 145.825 MHz, I wondered whether a dual hop is possible. However, it seems that the satellites are configured to prevent this. I wonder if there are any plans to try a dual hop - perhaps later when the satellites are near the end of their lives. I presume too, that when they are in sight of each other, RAFT would been keeping ANDE awake. Is this true? Sil - ZL2CIA

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