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Upcoming satellite demo
by saguaroastro＠cox.net 08 Oct '20

08 Oct '20

Rick Tejera K7TEJ from the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club (TBARC) will be giving a presentation and demonstration of Satellite operations to the Northwest Christian School in Glendale, AZ on Nov. 11th 2020. The demo will be on SO-50 at 2323UT. I will be using our Club call WB7TBC and the church is in Grid DM33wp. I may try to get a student on the air. Please keep an ear out for us and respond to our call, the kids will appreciate it. I'll send outa reminder as the date gets closer. 73 & Thanks Rick Tejera Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club www.w7tbc.org

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NA1SS is Very Popular Today
by Robert MacHale 08 Oct '20

08 Oct '20

Looks like over half the APRSAT traffic in the past 24 hours involved NA1SS. Kudos to Frank Bauer and ARISS for the new equipment. Kudos to Robert Bruninga for creating a useful protocol. For reference - APRSAT messages: http://www.spacecommunicator.club/igates/?reload_timer=3600 73 Robert MacHale . KE6BLR FCC Licensed Radio Operator . http://www.aprsat.com/predict . http://www.spaceCommunicator.club . Supporting Boy Scout Merit Badges in Radio, Robotics, and Space Exploration Silly Joke: What did the little mountain say to the bigger mountain? Hi Cliff! He who dares not offend cannot be honest. -- THOMAS PAINE There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self. -- ERNEST HEMINGWAY

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JW7XK/LA7XK Rove to JQ78 Update -- update
by adrian＠liggins.ca 08 Oct '20

08 Oct '20

Just got the following from Halvard, LA7XK: We arrived this afternoon. I got my antenna and radio set up earlier this evening and worked 2 EU contacts and 2 in Asiatic Russia, SSB and CW to test the radio. All OK. We then had to go to get some dinner and now I am set up for the 1929 pass, EU and maybe JA this pass, I will try to stay up as long as possible before I drive down to the hotel to get some sleep. My priority will be NA and JA. the 2100 utc and the2300 utc passes should be OK for east NA. I will work SSB tonight around 435660 downlink. Adrian VA3NNA

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[Blog] Successful ISS ham demo for a young space fan!
by John Brier 08 Oct '20

08 Oct '20

I had a successful ISS ham demo for a young space fan last night! We received two perfect SSTV images and made contact through the recently enabled digipeater! Thanks for the QSO Scott K4KDR! Full story/pics on my blog: https://spacecomms.wordpress.com/2020/10/08/iss-ham-demo-for-a-young-space-… 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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Re: [amsat-bb] To Tweet or Not to Tweet
by jim＠k6ccc.org 08 Oct '20

08 Oct '20

I have a twitter account. I have posted exactly two times, and that was just to see that it worked. I follow (let's see if you see a pattern): The official feed of the Los Angeles County Fire Dept. The official feed of the Los Angeles City Fire Dept. The official feed of the Glendale Fire Dept. (where I work) The official feed of the Glendale Police Dept. The official feed of Glendale Water and Power The official feed of the Glendora Police Dept. (where I live) The official feed of the Cal Fire The official feed of the Cal OES The official feed of MetroLink (how I get to work) SpaceFlightNow SpaceX RocketLab My wife (not that she ever posts anything. Twitter never alerts to my phone - I have to go looking for it. Jim - K6CCC -----Original Message----- From: "Gerald Payton via AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Sent: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 14:59 To: "amsat-bb(a)amsat.org" <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> Subject: [amsat-bb] To Tweet or Not to Tweet I have fundamentally opposed to TWITTER doe to the NONSENSE on it! However, I see many references posted here. I am having second thoughts about signing up. PLEASE, will someone direct me to WHO I should follow regarding AMSAT and possibly others. Many thanks, 73 Jerry AB5R EM12kh _______________________________________________ Sent via AMSAT-BB(a)amsat.org. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions expressed are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of AMSAT-NA. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

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Fwd: Coming Hurricane and power outages
by Robert Bruninga 08 Oct '20

08 Oct '20

For continuity of radio operations... As another hurricane approaches the gulf coast with the potential to knock out power to tens of thousands, I was pleased to see that CQ published my article this month (Oct) on using an EV or plugin Hybrid for emergency power for days or weeks. With the 10 to 100 kWh batteries in EV's and the 50kW or so generators in hybrids, your car makes a great accessory for your house when the grid goes down. The article is just a short condensation of some of the Emergency Power topic that is in the ARRL Energy Choices handbook I also posted greater detail from the article on this page: http://aprs.org/FrankenVolt.html Bob, WB4APR Author http://aprs.org/Energy-Choices.html

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JW7XK/LA7XK Rove to JQ78 Update
by adrian＠liggins.ca 08 Oct '20

08 Oct '20

Got a note from Halvard, LA7XK, this morning. His plane was turned back yesterday due to fog at the airport in Longyearbyen. He's currently in Northern Norway waiting for conditions to clear. When I get an update, I'll post it here. Adrian VA3NNA

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[Blog] Successful ISS ham demo for a young space fan!
by Roy Dean 08 Oct '20

08 Oct '20

> > Congratulations on the successful demo. Now take the next step. Apply for your own ARISS school contact. If you are successfully accepted, then it is even more fun. The info below has been posted several times recently but here it is again. Good luck! 73,Charlie Sufana AJ9NOne > > He already did - February 2018.... --Roy K3RLD

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AO-92 Speaks
by Roy Dean 08 Oct '20

08 Oct '20

https://network.satnogs.org/observations/2951176/ Captured on my VHF SatNOGs station.

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Re: [amsat-bb] Unusual ISS SSTV signal
by Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL 08 Oct '20

08 Oct '20

At 11:57 AM 10/7/2020 -0400, you wrote: >Was it a female russian voice? They have a system that announces the >locations they are passing over and it gets into SSTV transmissions >somehow/sometimes. No, Just a number of english speaking U.S. OM's making fm contacts. The sstv was louder than they were. KB7ADL

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