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Unknown Satellite Status
by Eric Christensen 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Can someone send me an update (off the list) of the following satellites so I can update the AMSAT website... AO-27 CP3 CAPE-1 Prism BLUESAT ALMASat LIBERTAD-1 - Launched??? Thanks!!! 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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OSCAR-11 Last chance to hear for a while.
by Clive Wallis 02 Apr '07

02 Apr '07

Hi, OSCAR-11 switched ON early 01 April, as expected. Good steady signals on 145.826 MHz. This is the last ten day operational period before eclipses start on 20 April. The eclipses continue until 23 August. If the satellite behaves as it did last year, it is unlikely to be heard for any length of time, during the eclipse period. Enjoy! 73 Clive G3CWV Hitchin, North Hertfordshire, UK.

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WANTED - FEX-736-1.2
by Larry 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

Good day, everyone! I'm wondering if anyone might have one of these modules that they want to part with, or know of someone who may consider selling it. Trying to put together a 1.2GHz (or Ghz OR ghz???:-) )station for contests and satellite work this year. Please reply direct to "mycall"@cox.net. Thanks! Larry N1MIW FN41eq

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Re: An Alien Pentagon base found on Saturn
by Luc Leblanc 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

On 1 Apr 2007 at 17:32, GEORGE ABBOTT wrote: > Luc: Secretive wire and cable traffic indicates that bin Laden has been > captured in south west Asia. Have you heard anything up there? > Never heard that but on april fool day anything and everything is possible. But one question remain is the high ranking officers are really interested in getting him? It will be hard to find out another "Arab evil" leader in the supposed war against the terrorist. The terrorist on one side is a martyrdom and a hero on the other side. It is a vicious circle that deserve both side interest so well...and as far as i know the Arab lobby in Washington is not very strong against the lobby who pushed Israel in the American agenda. Just visit the Ball Harbour shopping center district in Surfside FL There is not many Arab on the streets but some other ethnic community are more visible than other. It is only the every day reality the rest is in direct relation. On a side note the day where the military budget credit will not sky rocketing could be AMSAT-NA can get a very small chunk of it. This can make Echo in the space a bit more quickly! "-" "It is not the class of license the amateur holds, but the class of the amateur that holds the license." Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE

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AO-16 TLM on Line 07040117
by Miguel Menéndez 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

HI, amsat-bb, It is alive, although it continues sleeping uptime is 2604/12:43:07. Time is Sun Apr 01 16:34:13 2007 PACSAT Rx D DISC -0.058 k Rx D S meter 148.000 C Rx C DISC -0.655 k Rx C S meter 126.000 C Rx B DISC 6.920 k Rx B S meter 165.000 C Rx A DISC -0.462 k Rx A S meter 112.000 C Rx E/F DISC 2.591 k Rx E/F S meter 144.000 C +5 Volt Bus 4.941 V +5V Rx Current 0.060 A +2.5V VREF 2.495 V 8.5V BUS 8.485 V IR Detector 2.000 C LO Monitor I 0.002 A +10V Bus 10.400 V GASFET Bias I 0.003 A Ground REF 0.000 V +Z Array V 12.174 V +X (RX) Temp 17.546 D RX Temp 18.756 D Bat 1 V 1.240 V Bat 2 V 1.234 V Bat 3 V 1.270 V Bat 4 V 1.277 V Bat 5 V 1.263 V Bat 6 V 1.270 V Bat 7 V 1.294 V Bat 8 V 1.276 V Array V 20.481 V +5V Bus 4.749 V +8.5V Bus 7.948 V +10V Bus 10.100 V BCR Set Point 114.476 C BCR Load Cur 0.505 A +8.5V Bus Cur 0.032 A +5V Bus Cur 0.202 A -X Array Cur -0.010 A +X Array Cur -0.024 A -Y Array Cur 0.237 A +Y Array Cur -0.018 A -Z Array Cur -0.020 A +Z Array Cur -0.018 A Ext Power Cur -0.018 A BCR Input Cur 0.261 A BCR Output Cur 0.272 A Bat 1 Temp 24.807 D Bat 2 Temp 26.018 D Baseplt Temp 26.018 D PSK TX RF Out 2.468 W RC PSK TX Out 0.005 W RC PSK BP Temp 24.807 D RC PSK HPA Tmp 24.807 D +Y Array Temp 25.413 D PSK TX HPA Tmp 27.833 D +Z Array Temp 13.916 D S band HPA Tmp 170.000 C S band TX Out -0.084 W Total Array C= 0.237 Bat Ch Cur=-0.232 Ifb= 0.023 I+10V= 0.481 TX:100B BCR:7A PWRC:36D BT:1E WC:25 EDAC:85 -- 73, Miguel, EA1BCU www.ea1bcu.tk

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The "At Last!" TR Sequencer
by Bert 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

Hi everyone, Some time ago on this mailing list, I asked for design ideas and beta testers for a microcontroller-based radio TR Sequencer. The design is now completed and the sequencer is featured in the March 2007 QST magazine. For those who have not seen the article yet, it is now available in PDF form with ARRL's permission on my website at: http://www3.sympatico.ca/b.zauhar Thanks for your help! Bert, VE2ZAZ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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DK96-97 XE2AT
by Alvaro de Leon Romo 01 Apr '07

01 Apr '07

I will try to be on AO51 and MAY BE SO50 Sunday morning,,,,1 Apr.. if people arrive on time :-) GL all Al XE2AT _________________________________________________________________ Te gusta estar en control, crea tu propia experiencia en Internet http://live.com

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How we do to reach them?
by Luc Leblanc 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

To all senior Ham (should i wrote to all Ham's? There is a huge amateur gettogether coming soon in your place? How can we be innovative enough making this young folk interested in Ham Radio? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ3GfA-V2zk "-" "It is not the class of license the amateur holds, but the class of the amateur that holds the license." Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe WAC BASIC CW PHONE SAT www.//p3e-satellite.org/index.pl?lang=en_EN

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Re: AO-51 Field Day Mode L/U and V/U dual repeaters
by Bruce 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

one per transponder on a single channel fm satellite. as two transponders are active, you can make one contact on v/u and one on l/u. 73...bruce Andrew Glasbrenner wrote: > I would say one per satellite, but I think that's Bruce's call.... > > 73, Drew > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Reicher, James" <JReicher(a)hrblock.com> > To: <glasbrenner(a)mindspring.com> > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 10:15 AM > Subject: RE:[amsat-bb] AO-51 Field Day Mode L/U and V/U dual repeaters > > > Drew, > Would the "one QSO per satellite" rule apply for each channel of AO51? > Or is it just one QSO for the bird, period? > > 73 de N8AU, Jim in Raymore, MO > > Light travels faster than sound... This is why some people appear > bright until you hear them speak > > Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:03:32 -0400 > From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner(a)mindspring.com> > Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 Field Day Mode L/U and V/U dual repeaters > To: <amsat-bb(a)AMSAT.Org>, "ans-editor" <ans-editor(a)AMSAT.Org> > Cc: wb8imy(a)arrl.org, eu-amsat(a)yahoogroups.com > Message-ID: <00d801c77267$3cd357f0$6501a8c0@KO4MA> > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > > For Field Day this year AO-51 will be in a dual repeater mode, with the > following frequencies: > > L/U repeater > Uplink 1268.700 FM, no PL tone > Downlink 435.150 FM > > V/U repeater > Uplink 145.920 FM, no PL tone > Downlink 435.300 FM > > As a reminder, both the AMSAT and now ARRL Field Day rules state only > one completed QSO per FM repeater satellite. Please adhere to this rule so > that others may have an opportunity to make a QSO. Also, all stations are > asked to please only transmit when they can hear the satellite, and > please use > > full duplex (with headphones) as a courtesy to the other users. Those > stations planning on using circularly polarized antennas please remember > the 435.150 downlink is left hand circular polarization (LHCP), and the > 435.300 downlink is right hand circular polarization (RHCP). Stay tuned > to AMSAT > ANS bulletins or the AO-51 News page > http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/ControlTeam.php for practice > sessions of this mode to be scheduled several times between now and > Field Day. > > 73 and Good Luck! > Drew KO4MA > AMSAT VP Operations > > -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on W0KIE Intelsat Americas, T1, 6.2/6.8Mhz Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org

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Re: Columbus mode L/U antennas (L/S ???)
by Trevor 30 Mar '07

30 Mar '07

Hi Howard, Shouldn't that read L/S antennas ? 73 Trevor M5AKA ___________________________________________________________ What kind of emailer are you? Find out today - get a free analysis of your email personality. Take the quiz at the Yahoo! Mail Championship. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk

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