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SSTV on the birds
by radiomb 01 Jan '20

01 Jan '20

A couple of years back when I was getting into satellites was there not an experimental day for SSTV like L band today. I think that would be nice for us new to the birds. Just dreaming maybe some day have digital video. Uplink to the bird and have it re-transmitted to restrict to 1 minute. Hope we do get something setup to encourage SSTV on a scheduled day.73 K4MIA

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VUCC Awards-Endorsements for January 2020
by Ronald Parsons 01 Jan '20

01 Jan '20

Here are the endorsements and new VUCC Satellite Awards issued by the ARRL for the period December 3, 2019 through January 1, 2020. Congratulations to all those who made the list this month! I hope this is accurate. Thanks to my computer quitting on me, I lost all my old work, including the VUCC Satellite Standings from December 1, 2019. But thanks to K9UO, I was provided the December 3 version. Close enough! AA5PK 1064 1074 AA8CH 620 641 N3GS 601 624 WD9EWK (DM43) 585 597 NS3L 526 551 W5CBF 179 533 K9UO 500 528 AA9LC 416 514 W7QL 451 478 PS8ET 303 326 G0ABI 306 320 WB7VUF 206 319 AA4QE 204 305 KC9VGG 200 228 KC9UQR 172 196 N9FN 103 194 W4AQT 153 179 W5CBF (EM21) New 179 W0NBC 152 176 KJ4M 102 170 W9VNE New 169 VE1VOX 126 155 W4DFU 116 151 AI9IN 125 150 WD9EWK (DM41) 127 148 WD9EWK (DM23) 104 137 N7AME 127 128 WA9JBQ 104 125 VU2LBW 100 114 KC8AMH New 101 N3CAL New 100 YO2CMI New 100 If you find errors or omissions. please contact me off-list at <mycall>@<mycall>.com and I'll revise the announcement. This list was developed by comparing the ARRL .pdf listings for the two months. It's a visual comparison so omissions are possible. Apologies if your call was not mentioned. Thanks to all those who are roving to grids that are rarely on the birds. They are doing most of the work! Ron W5RKN

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Ground Station Calculator
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 01 Jan '20

01 Jan '20

Hi John, While rummaging through my garage looking for old tracking programs for Paul N8HM, I found Orbit magazine from May/June 1983. In it is an article by Hasan N0AN called AO-10 Ground Station Analysis. You can use Hasan’s equations to calculate your ground station performance. I’ve put the equations into a spreadsheet with the numbers for your home station. The article and spreadsheet are here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rvb80ajqcpkc47x/AAAHKhwYaI8UkwBR9sx0fw6Fa?dl=0 Best wishes for the new year and 73, Terry Osborne ZL2BAC

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AMSAT @ Thunderbird Hamfest in Glendale AZ (11 January 2020)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 01 Jan '20

01 Jan '20

Hi! AMSAT will be at the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club's annual hamfest on the morning of Saturday, 11 January 2020. The hamfest will be at Glendale Nazarene Church, at the northwest corner of 59th Avenue and Cactus Road in Glendale, Arizona. More information about the hamfest is available at: http://www.tbirdfest.org/ Information about the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club is available at: http://www.w7tbc.org/ WD9EWK will be on the satellites during the hamfest, demonstrating satellite operating. If you hear WD9EWK on a pass that morning, please call and join in the demonstration. The hamfest site is in grid DM33, in Arizona's Maricopa County. QSOs made during the hamfest will be uploaded to Logbook of the World, and QSL cards are available on request (please e-mail me directly with the QSO details). I will tweet updates from the hamfest using my @WD9EWK Twitter account. If you do not use Twitter, you can see the tweets in a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK Thanks, and 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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Satellite presentation in Sun City AZ (6 January 2020)
by Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) 01 Jan '20

01 Jan '20

Hi! I will give a satellite-themed presentation for the West Valley Amateur Radio Club at their meeting on Monday evening, 6 January 2020. The club meets at the Shepherd of the Desert Lutheran Church on 111th Avenue in Sun City, Arizona. The meeting is scheduled to start at 7pm. More information about the club is available at: https://westvalleyarc.com/ Before the meeting, WD9EWK should be on the air from outside the meeting, demonstrating satellite operating. There are a couple of passes that may work for demonstrations before the meeting: XW-2F at 0052 UTC (5.52pm local time) XW-2B at 0110 UTC (6.10pm local time) I may also work passes after the meeting, depending on when it wraps up. Please check my @WD9EWK Twitter account on Monday evening for that. If you do not use Twitter, you can see my tweets in a web browser at: http://twitter.com/WD9EWK I will tweet out pass information, if I am able to get on after the meeting. The meeting site is in grid DM33. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ Twitter: @WD9EWK or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK

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Celebrate New Years with the L Band Boys
by Ronald Parsons 01 Jan '20

01 Jan '20

Or is it the L Boys Band? AO-92 in L/v at 0140utc 1/1/2020 for 24 hrs Ron W5RKN

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AO-92 in L/v at 0140utc 1/1/2020 for 24 hrs
by Mark L. Hammond 01 Jan '20

01 Jan '20

Happy L-band New Year to you all! 73, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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SKN on the birds
by Mike Herr 01 Jan '20

01 Jan '20

Where are all the CW ops? -- Mike Herr WA6ARA DM-15dp Home of The QRP Ranch No trees were killed in the sending of this message, however, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. "Dad says that anyone who can't use a slide rule is a cultural illiterate and should not be allowed to vote. Mine is a beauty - a K&E 20-inch Log-log Duplex Decitrig." - Robert Heinlein

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SSTV on Linears
by Roy Dean 31 Dec '19

31 Dec '19

> > I did some SSTV years ago via AO-40. Really fun. But with a LEO > satellite, you will need to be actively adjusting for Doppler shift in > real time, as SSTV is frequency sensitive. You might try some of the > faster modes, especially since a pass is over in just a few minutes. Greg > KO6TH I just did a dry run with my station, and think I'm ready to try an actual pass. I will be operating in "Robot36" mode on CAS-4B (17:00z) and CAS-4A (17:30z) this afternoon as first attempt. I plan on shooting for the lower portion of the 2m passband (going to target the lowest published downlink frequency). I will likely announce several times prior to first transmitting to fine tune. My test image is very simple black and white call/grid. If anybody hears it, please feel free to respond with an image (short notice, I know), or voice. If you don't hear me, then something came up to pull me away from my computer or I simply can't get in. --Roy K3RLD

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A21EME Video
by M5AKA 31 Dec '19

31 Dec '19

December 2019 issue of OSCAR News is now available for e-members to download https://amsat-uk.org/2019/12/31/december-2019-oscar-news/ A21EME Moonbounce and QO-100 Dxpedition video https://amsat-uk.org/2019/12/27/a21eme-moonbounce-qo100/ TF3YOTA active on Es’hail-2 / QO-100 satellite https://amsat-uk.org/2019/12/20/tf3yota-active-on-eshail-2-qo-100-satellite/ CAMSAT CAS-6 satellite launched December 20 https://amsat-uk.org/2019/12/19/camsat-cas-6-satellite/ Trevor M5AKA ---- AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/ Twitter https://twitter.com/AmsatUK Facebook https://facebook.com/AmsatUK YouTube https://youtube.com/AmsatUK ----

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