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ANS-031 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - Joe Spier, K6WAO, Resigns as AMSAT President
by Paul Stoetzer 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

AMSAT NEWS SERVICE SPECIAL BULLETIN ANS-031 The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor- mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio satellites. The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it. Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-editor at amsat.org. You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans In this edition: * Joe Spier, K6WAO, Resigns as AMSAT President SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-031.01 ANS-031 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin AMSAT News Service Bulletin 031.01 From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD. DATE January 31, 2020 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-031.01 Joe Spier, K6WAO, Resigns as AMSAT President Joe Spier, K6WAO, has tendered his resignation as AMSAT President, citing personal reasons. Spier had served as AMSAT's President since October 2017. Prior to his tenure as President, Spier served as AMSAT's Executive Vice President and Vice President - Educational Relations. He also served as an AMSAT News Service Editor and as a member of the ARISS Education Team. Under the AMSAT bylaws, Executive Vice President Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, assumes the office of President until the next meeting of the Board of Directors. Stoetzer said "I want to thank Joe for his many years of service to AMSAT in a variety of roles. I especially want to recognize his efforts to mark AMSAT's 50th Anniversary with special events at the Dayton Hamvention and AMSAT Symposium. His leadership in bringing together a variety of figures from the history of amateur radio in space in Arlington, VA this past fall helped to make the Symposium a very special event." [ANS thanks the AMSAT Office for the above information] /EX In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi- tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT Office. 73 and Remember to help Keep Amateur Radio in Space, This week's ANS Contributing Editor, Paul Stoetzer, N8HM n8hm at amsat dot org

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SatPC32 CountDown can't show multiple passes from the same sat?
by John Brier 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

I just noticed this with two different sats. I got a screencap of it too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK9IkhltFJ4 ISS is in view, and while it is in view CountDown doesn't show an upcoming 65 degree ISS pass that should be between SO-50 and AO-91 in the middle of CountDown. After ISS goes out of view the 65 degree pass pops up where I expect it to be the whole time. Watch the local time at 20:23:38, about 10 seconds into the video. Is there a setting to allow multiple passes from the same sat or is this a bug/feature request situation? 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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Montessori School satellite demos
by tjschuessler＠verizon.net 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

On Saturday, Feb 1, I will be doing several satellite passes for an "International Day" PTA event at Mata Montessori School in far East Dallas, TX, EM12 (Amateur Radio and AMSAT are international, right?) This though, is a non-amateur radio related event but I got involved through connections with the DFW chapter of the National Space Society. The target audience will be families of students attending the school. I think the upper age limit will be 8th grade. I will be attempting three FM passes, 1718Z AO-91, 1743 AO-92 and 1848 AO-91. The first 91 pass may be iffy due to building obstructions, but the last two will be definite. My hope is to have a good crowd in toe for these passes and will probably have them shouting out my call and grid to get them involved. Please look for me, N5HYP and give a call out. Thanks in advance for supporting this outreach. Tom Schuessler, N5HYP EM12ms

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CM94 Rove
by Bob Keating 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

Greetings everyone , After a bit of a hiatus, I will back on the FM sats from CM94 this weekend. On a holiday schedule, planning to work AO-92 and AO-91 around 10:05 and 10:35 respectively. More to come tomorrow 73, Bob N6REK Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [amsat-bb] CONTINUATION OF HELP WITH USB TO SERIAL CONTROL OF KENWOOD
by Bill Booth 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

On 2020-01-30 7:17 p.m., Rick Walter via AMSAT-BB wrote: > It is ironic that it worked yesterday on Win 7! I had lots of problems like this when I upgraded to 10 with the usb/serial port cable. In the end I got a new one that used a FTDI Chip and after I installed the driver it worked like it should. Windows 10 did not like what I was using I guess. -- Bill Booth VE3NXK Sundridge ON, Canada 79.23.37 W x 45.46.18 N FN05ns Visit my weather WebCam at http://www.almaguin.com/wxcurrent/weather.html Organ and Tissue Donation - The Gift of Life Talk to your family. Your decision can make a difference.

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Rocketlab Launch
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

Livestream due to start in about 15 minutes. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfDutnzddy4&feature=youtu.be 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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CONTINUATION OF HELP WITH USB TO SERIAL CONTROL OF KENWOOD
by Rick Walter 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

I have been using the RASCAL R-KW13PD made by BUX COMM CO for years to control my Kenwood TS-2000X via satPC32 software to work the birds.I have been using an HP Windows 7 laptop. Today, I just finally updated that laptop to Windows 10. Everything seems to works great since the upgrade. However, when I try using my normal interface which was always connected to COM 3, The satPC32 software tells me it can't find the radio on COM3. When I check the device manager is claims the device is working. Any ideas? Thank you. 73, Rick - WB3CSY -- Sent from Rick's gmail account

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Help with USB to serial interface to Kenwood TX-200X
by Rick Walter 30 Jan '20

30 Jan '20

I have been using the RASCAL R-KW13PD made by BUX COMM CO for years to control my Kenwood TS-2000X via satPC32 software to work the birds.I have been using an HP Windows 7 laptop. Today, I just finally updated that laptop to Windows 10. Everything seems to works great since the upgrade. However, when I try using my normal interface which was always connected to COM 3 -- Sent from Rick's gmail account

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Can sat32 run on a raspberry?
by James Brown 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android

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Arrow Antenna and Loctite
by Brad Smith 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

<The screw-on elements are subject to coming lose with vibration, so one would need a way to permanently tighten them (lock-tite on threads?).> Replace the steel threaded rods with stainless steel threaded rod or studs. Available from local hardware store or McMaster Carr. If you want to use Loctite, only use "Removable Loctite 242" for very obvious reasons. You can buy Loctite at McMaster Carr. By the way, the threaded rods are 8-32 thread size. I like to use stainless steel wave washers at each connection to the square tube, but that is because I don't use Loctite on it and the elements do loosen up. Everything is available at McMaster Carr. The threaded rod is available in one foot pieces that have to be cut or as studs. Brad Smith KC9UQR

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