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Office Closed
by MARTHA SARAGOVITZ 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

The office will be closed from August 28th - September 8th. I will be going on my first 2 week vacation in over 25 years! 73- Martha

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New Satellite Award from JAMSAT
by Mikio_Mouri 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Hello, Alls, On behalf of the JAMSAT(Japan-AMSAT) board, it is my great honor to draw your attention to our brand new award, named JAMSAT Five Stars Award. Issuing of this award is intended to get more higher activity of radio amateur communication over satellites and eventually to have more fellows in this field and protect the frequency allocation given to the amateur satellites use. This Award is opened for world wide, with following terms and conditions. 1.The applicant is required to establish a QSO with five(5) different stations over five (5) different Satellites.(Total 25 QSL Cards required) 2. One specific satellite is counted once, even the QSO was made on different mode or band on the same satellite. 3. Valid only 2way QSOs. Cross mode QSOs are not valid on this award. 4.The QSOs using Digital mode and SSTV are valid, however you are requested to get QSL Cards. (e-QSL is not acceptable) 5.No specific endosement (eg. CW, SSB) is provided. 6. QSOs made after the January 1st, 2006 00:00 UTC are valid. 7. As for the application, no specific format is provided. You can use your own QSO list, however it is recomended to use a format of ARRL or JARL. Please send your GCR, certified by 2 radio amateurs, but please DO NOT send QSL cards to us. (We can not take any responsiblity against it) 8. Fee on the application >From abroad, Ten(10) "NEW" IRCs should be sent with the application form. For the domestic application, 800yen should be remited by Postal Money Order. (If you were member of the JAMSAT, then 400yen is applicable) 9. Donatios are welcomed This is not a duty, but your any donations to build new amateur satellites will be most welcomed by us. If you were agree with this, then please add some amount on top of the award application fee. JAMSAT will surely remit those your warm donations to the AMSAT-DL and/or AMSAT-NA accordingly. (Please understand that the JAMSAT-Board is entitled to divide the sum of donations for each party and project.) 10. Mailing address--Please forward your application to the following. JAMSAT AWARD OFFICE For the attenion of Mr. S. Muramaki PO Box 26, Mizushima Post Office, Kurashiki, Okayama 712-8691, Japan 11. Query If you have had any query, please send your message by e-mail to: madoguchi(a)jamsat.or.jp Mikio Mouri JA3GEP President of the Japan-AMSAT (JAMSAT) August 17, 2006

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Yaesu UT-20 23CM module
by Stargate 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

Can the UT-20 1.2ghz module be purchased anywhere? All the websites I have seen says the factory has to install it. I have an offer of a 4 month old TS-2000 with M60 Desk Mike, Kenwood HT Dual Bander TH-D7AG, and a M2 9 element SSB antenna. I really want 1.2ghz for terrestrial work and satellites. (if they put another one on 1.2ghz someday:-) I'm still looking to trade my mint FT-1000MPMK5 for a TS-2000X + something extra. Thanks RoD KD0XX

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Florida AMSAT Net
by Robert Davies 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

The Florida AMSAT Net will meet at the regular time of 07:30 ET, 23:30 UTC this Thursday evening. Access to the net is through the NI4CE repeater system (see www.NI4CE.org <http://www.ni4ce.org/> for details), the N4HHA Orlando repeater on 443.1 MHz w/103.5 pl, the N4LEM 2M repeater on 147.36 MHz w/ 107.2 pl in Cocoa Fl., and finally over echolink over N4HHA-R and KG4YZY-R. All amateur are welcome to check in. -- KI4HXT EL97af Robert Davies AMSAT Area Coordinator AMSAT Member#35649 AMSAT President's Club Bronze Sustaining Donor IFC#2880

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ATTEN: Paul Williamson KB5MU
by Greg Higgins 17 Aug '06

17 Aug '06

The new amsat mailer has blocked ALL of my previous messages when addressed to kb5mu(a)amsat.org. Please provide an alternative e-mail address and I'll try to send you the information you asked for in regards to the multiple messages. Thanks! Greg Higgins KB5GLV

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1270 MHz Linear Amplifier
by Bruce 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

BB I'am looking for a copy of tech setup sheet for a 1270 Mhz Linear 70 watt output amplifier mfg by Modultechnik Prinz. Square brass box mounted on a 3/4 thick alum backing plate. 73 Bruce KG4YEV

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Yaesu FT-100D and Satellites
by Luciano G. Nachif 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

Hi folks! I would like to get in contact with those who have been working the easy sats with a FT-100D. I sold my Icom IC-W32A and from now on will use the above mentioned gear to work whatever I can. I heard about a software that would make things easier if a satellite radio isn't available. I thank you in advance. 73, Luciano Gasparini PT9KK

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FO-29 turns 10
by dave 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

G'day all, Came across my qsl card from the JARL and saw that FO-29 was launched 0153 on 17 August 1996 UTC - 10 years ago tomorrow and still goinf strong. I hope it's around for another 10 years. 73 de David VK5DG

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Re: Problems with my 9600 baud stuff
by James Cottle 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

Hi Tom, Tnx for your advice. I have now diagnosed several problems successfully. 1) I am using RHCP, which makes signals from AO-51 weak, complicated by the fact that I have a 15KHz offset which is further complicated by doppler and 2) turns out that, when one puts the 910H in "satellite mode" the data port receive gets switched as well. This morning I was able to copy strong TECHSAT beacons throughout its pass and strong voice on ECHO (The passes conflict right now). THanks for your guidance. SOmone needs to document this stuff for others!!!! maybe on a web page somewhere (in my spare time). Once again you pointed me in the right direction. Thanks for the hints. The offset on the 910H is well known...what is NOT well known is that, when you get down and dirty in there, you cannot adjust it out with the standard XTAL PLL oscillator. I have some pretty good test gear here....all of the tools but none of the talent (hi hi). 73 Jim N6FO Thomas McDaniel wrote: > Hi Jim, > > AO-51 is RHCP for voice and LHCP for digital -- I'm using the KLM > 435-40CX with the switching relay. I also find that GO-32 works > pretty well using LHCP so I leave my system set for LHCP when I'm > working digital. > > I too use a SYMEK (TNC3S) TNC but I don't know about the IC910 hook > ups as I use an old modified FT-736. If you have access to an > oscilloscope, you might want to look at the data out of the radio to > make sure that it is where it should be. It seems like I heard that > there are separate data ports for each side of the IC-910 -- does sat > mode combine them or do you need to use somekind of a "Y" cable for > digital sats? Hook-ups can be tricky. > > I am surprised to hear about the frequency problems, while I haven't > used the IC-910, I have had good luck with other Icom equipment. > Being 15 KHz off on the UHF band will certainly be a problem tuning > the receive -- the data would be outside the passband! I think I > would call Icom service and ask them about this. If you are using > computer control (like SatPC32) you might be able to set an off-set to > compensate, but it still shouldn't be that far off -- its hard enough > to tune to compensate for doppler shift without an inaccurate receiver! > > 73 Tom n0ntx > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Cottle" > <jim_cott(a)earthlink.net> > To: "Thomas McDaniel" <tmcdanielsprint(a)earthlink.net> > Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 12:10 AM > Subject: Problems with my 9600 baud stuff > > >> Hi Tom, >> Thank you for your generous offer. I am using an ICOM IC910h and >> interfacing it thru its mini DIN data port to a SYMEK 9600 TNC3. I >> was able to get a couple of passes of TECHSAT beacons thru and then >> something changed. Now I get no joy on any pass. I believe that I may >> have problems with the data port on the 910. I seem to be tracking >> the satellites fine, I can hear the downlink voice channels on ECHO >> with no problems. >> Also, I am running a RHCP M2 432CP30. Is it true that ECHO wants to >> see LHCP? I may be seeing a serious degradation in signal strength >> due to the mismatch. I have never been able to get a good DCD from >> AO-51. I did get a couple of beacons from TECHSAT until something >> that I cannot identify changed. I may have switched to the MINI DIN >> port thinking it was a more elegant solution. >> The frequency accuracy on the 910H is very poor. I tried, in vain >> to adjust the PLL and could not bring it in line. So i have ordered >> the CR-293 high stability XTAL option, hoping that this will pull the >> rig closer to its indicated frequency. It is typically 15 Khz off on >> U band and about 40KhZ off on L band. This makes tuning a real >> challenge on these short LEO passes. There is not a lot of >> documentation available that I have found on problems such as I am >> having, so I appreciate your help very much. >> Jim N6FO >> > > >

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Re: Cheap LEO antennas
by Joe Kononchik 16 Aug '06

16 Aug '06

Does anyone know if PVC (Schedule 40) can be used as a substitute for wood?

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