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Orbitron SDR#
by Andy Brian 25 Jun '20

25 Jun '20

Hi, I set Orbitron and SDR# together successfully for doppler control ountil I tried to listen linear transponders likeRS44. How to set DDE to listen on frequency where I click inside SDR# any suggestions are welcome not jump alway on frequency of Orbitron selected? Andy

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AMSAT Symposium Proceedings Now Available to AMSAT Members
by Paul Stoetzer 25 Jun '20

25 Jun '20

I am pleased to announce that all editions of the AMSAT Symposium Proceedings dating back to 1986 are now available as a benefit of AMSAT membership via the Member Resources section of our new membership portal at launch.amsat.org. If you're a current member and have not yet logged on to the portal, please do so to ensure that your information is accurate in the database and check out the online resources we have made available to all members, including Proceedings, all issues of The AMSAT Journal dating back to 2014, and a printable frequency chart listing currently available amateur satellites. If you're not a current member, now is a great time to sign up. Visit https://launch.amsat.org/ today! 73, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM Executive Vice President AMSAT

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GridMaster Award
by Roy Dean 24 Jun '20

24 Jun '20

> > Certainly open to the alternate solutions. 73, > Tanner W9TWJ Can't you give a screenshot of the LOTW "VUCC Satellite" list? Of course, not all of those contacts will count towards GridMaster, but you could just cross those out with any image editor. --Roy K3RLD (still 300+ contacts away from GridMaster)

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AO-92 for Field Day
by Tanner Jones 24 Jun '20

24 Jun '20

Are there any plans to flip -92 for FD for another mode on Saturday evening? 73, Tanner W9TWJ Sent from my iPhone

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AO7
by Joseph Trombino, Jr 24 Jun '20

24 Jun '20

Howdy Gang. Is there any way to know what mode AO7 will be in prior to a pass? Thanks for any info. 73, Joe W2KJ

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GridMaster Award
by Kevin M 24 Jun '20

24 Jun '20

You can view the award by clicking on Services, then Awards. You will find the Application, Grid Schedule and sample of the required LoTW verification (of course, paper QSL's are still accepted). ----I saw this and started filling out all the paperwork to submit my 488 grids, when I realized... I recycled most all of my QSL cards before leaving NC. I had submitted all the cards to ARRL for DXCC/VUCC award credit and was moving away from the grid, so I figured, no need to keep them. (I kept only memorable/pretty cards to show my niece in Arkansas.) Oh, well. =^(

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AO-92 in L/v at 0251utc for 24 hrs 24 June 2020
by Mark Hammond 23 Jun '20

23 Jun '20

Happy L-band! -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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Countdown applet not displaying in SatPC32
by tjschuessler＠verizon.net 23 Jun '20

23 Jun '20

I blew away a no longer used laptop to a default installation of Windows 10. I have a version of SatPC32 on a different desktop PC. I did a "Data Backup" of files from that registered version of SatPC32 running on my desktop PC. I searched for all the .SQF files on that desktop PC that had a path statement pointing to data directories. After the Windows install on this other laptop, I installed a fresh version of SatPC32, (Latest version on Eric's DK1tB web site). Then I did a Restore of data to the new program from the entire folder that was generated on the desktop PC and brought over on a thumb drive. Before I started the program for the first time, I went in and modified all the above mentioned path statements in the restored data directory so they pointed to the current user path. SatPC32 then opened properly and it looked like all my settings were there just fine. My problem is though that the countdown applet will not appear at all when selected from the menu, or when slated to start at startup. Has anybody seen this issue on a new install and is there some setting that might not be correct that I need to fix. I Believe there is a .SQF file that has the position data for the config applet, but am not sure what it's name is and what I should modify it to be to make the applet show up. Thanks for the communities help. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP EM12ms

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GeoSat OSCAR-2024 Positive comments, no, whining....(Was need HEO..please..)
by Joe Leikhim 23 Jun '20

23 Jun '20

Robert; AMSAT has been in HEO before and can get there again. The idea of my proposal is to piggy back on a willing commercial satellite. The owner of that satellite would be handling the necessary regulatory issues/problems. This idea has been proposed before but convincing a commercial satellite owner to attach unproven payload has always been an negative argument. No longer, because OSCAR-100 is proven hardware and it should be considered. Meanwhile GOLF-TEE can continue to take baby steps. Looking for ideas to promote this idea. Be positive. -- Joe Leikhim Leikhim and Associates Communications Consultants Oviedo, Florida JLeikhim(a)Leikhim.com 407-982-0446 WWW.LEIKHIM.COM

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Griffith Observer Magazine article on ALBERTASAT CubeSat
by aj9n＠aol.com 23 Jun '20

23 Jun '20

Hi all, I don't know how many of you are a member of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles but I am and I just received the latest copy of their Griffith Observer magazine. Volume 84, Number 7 July 2020, has a nice article on the University of Alberta's (ALBERTASAT) efforts with building a CubeSat. Their first satellite was called EX-ALTA 1 (it deorbited on November 14, 2018). This is article is entitled CubeSats: The People's Satellites and is written by Dr. Annie Prud'homme-Généreux and was awarded First Prize in the annual Joan and Arnold Seidel Griffith Observer Science Writing Contest. I don't see any direct reference to any AMSAT efforts but the article does mention that CubeSats were pioneered in 1999 by Jordi Puig-Suari of the California Polytechnic State University and Bob Twiggs of Stanford University. There is also mention that the beacon was first heard by hams in Japan. The article explains what the students went through in developing their CubeSat. And since their first one has returned to earth, they discuss their future efforts in building and funding version 2. More info can be found at: http://www.griffithobservatory.org/programs/observer.htmlOrder forms for getting a reprint of the magazine can be found on this page. 73,Charlie Sufana AJ9NOne of the ARISS mentors

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