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Icom Ic-2720 question
by Colin Zylka 07 Dec '19

07 Dec '19

Hi, all... I’ve just finished reading the latest version of “Getting Started with Amateur Satellites “ and in the list of full duplex mobile radios, I see the Icom Ic-2720 is listed. Well, I happen to own two Ic-2720h radios and can’t find anything in the owners manual about using them in full duplex. Does anyone have the steps to set these to full duplex? Thanks Colin K7VIZ

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Last night's Rocket Lab Launch sucessful.
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 06 Dec '19

06 Dec '19

Replay is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=QK9mQdar5_w&feature=emb_logo Cheers, Terry Osborne

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FC Warehouse Service Restored
by David Johnson 06 Dec '19

06 Dec '19

Hi, Thank you for your patience, the warehouse is collecting and displaying data correctly. The satpos is showing 0, 0 because the calculator is the faulty part and which I will fix over the weekend. 73 Dave, G4DPZ

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Re: [amsat-bb] ao73 data warehouse
by David Johnson 06 Dec '19

06 Dec '19

Hi, The problem was with the service that calculates the satellite position when the packet is received. It was failing and the processes that relying on it were stalling :-( Now fixing up the display functions, so that may look a little odd while I do that. As always, the Dashboard have caught up. Dave

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AO-91 12/7 1810U K2BSA/5
by Tom Schuessler 06 Dec '19

06 Dec '19

Hi guys and gals, I will be doing another radio merit badge class this coming Saturday,December 7th, for a bunch of scouts at Camp Wisdom in Dallas Texas. Thanks to Jim Wilson K5ND who is the trustee for the scouts club call, K2BSA, we will be putting the/ /5 call on for the AO-91 pass starting at my 1810 UTC. Please look for that call and give our Scouts a shout back as they shout our call back to you. Will also be on the air with that call between 1900 and 2100 on HF, probably 20 m and probably just under 14.290. I would really love it if someone could email me or text me a recording from your end of that pass. I like to show the scouts what they sounded like on the other end of the link. Although satellites are not a normal part of the radio merit badge, I always try to throw a contact and some satellite education in to help with the point that amateur radio is really a cool hobby with some fun challenges and some good learning to be had. Please look for us on the air and especially that Satellite pass. I would really appreciate it. 73 Tom N5HYP Sent from my iPhone

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FUNcube Data Warehouse
by David Johnson 06 Dec '19

06 Dec '19

Hi, We are experiencing some problems with the database that supports the warehouse, Fixing it at the moment. 73 Dave, G4DPZ

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Live Amateur Radio Satellite Demo was Conducted for Physics Students at Rajkot (Gujarat) INDIA
by Rajesh Vagadia - VU2EXP 06 Dec '19

06 Dec '19

Dear Amsat Members, On 4th Dec 2019 I successfully gave Live Amateur Radio Satellite (AO91) Demo amongst 50 final year B.Sc (Physics) Students. A special Hands on workshop of Applied Physics was organised by School of Science RK University Rajkot India from 2nd to 6th Dec 2019. Myself Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP (Regional Coordinator, AMSAT-INDIA) was invited to conduct presentation on Amateur Radio & it's Application along with Live Satellite Demo. I carried out detailed presentation on ham radio topics ranging from CW to Satellites! Many doubts & queries were resolved. Also displayed Radio stuff, antenna, accessories, CubeSat model, SDR Dongle, Keyer & Paddle, QSL Cards, ARISS Awards etc. for better understanding for students. AMSAT functioning & it's motto was explained in detailed. Few amateur satellites were bring into notice made/supported by various AMSAT organisations. 'ARISS student outreach program' highlights were also given & played original audio conversation happened between 13 year Student (Sakshi Vagadia) and female Astronaut Sunita William aboard ISS, particular ARISS event was carried out on 14th Nov 2012 at Science City Ahmedabad Gujarat by we few hams. Below is the link to enjoy conversation: https://tinyurl.com/sakshi-talks-sunita Students surprised to see scientific capabilities of ham radio reaches upto ISS Astronauts & even further to moon with EME experiments! For our final Live Satellite Demo (AO91) we all incl. group of students & faculties assembled to terrace. It was good pass with 44° max elevation. AOS was at 1247 (IST) & LOS at 1259 (IST) I made students familiar with important Satellite terms such as AOS, TCA, LOS, Uplink Freq, Downlink Freq, Doppler shift, Tracking with apps etc. I used IOio dual band antenna with two separate HTs. Necessary frequency & tx ctcss tone was set & tested before pass. For Tx Speaker Mic was used for convenience, and for Rx small PA was connected to HT so whole group can listen to our possible two way QSO. I was prepared aiming IOio antenna at 180° (South), on AOS time at 1247 (IST) I gave few Sat calls... De VU2EXP on AO91 Satellite... repeat... soon heard a station replying me!!! Cheers!!! It was VU3PENfrom Hyderabad (MK97em) 955 Kms from us. Students can't stop their excitement and started cheering up!!! Thereafter we were able to contact with VU3BXS (MM80pd) 1083 Kms, A65BP from UAE (LL75qj) 1602 Kms, VU2DGR (MJ89gg) 1576 Kms. Very near to LOS we heard R9LR but couldn't exchange report. Students as well as faculties were very excited to learn on ham radio & just thrilled to witness this live SatDemo. I thanks to all hams for their valuable support for my demo. Also thanks to Prof. Harshal Desai, Dr. Savan Katba, Dr. Ashish Tanna & RK University to give me wonderful platform to conduct this Ham Session. Best 73's Rajesh Vagadia VU2EXP Rajkot - Gujarat Regional Coordinator West India Zone AMSAT-INDIA M: 9898283916 E: vu2exp(a)gmail.com www.qrz.com/db/vu2exp

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Rocket Lab Launch this evening?
by Wendy and Terry Osborne 06 Dec '19

06 Dec '19

Hi Roger, They are getting prepared for a possible launch this evening 07:56 UTC, 20:56 NZDT. It’s a bit windy however, same here....... See: https://twitter.com/RocketLab/status/1202683750326210560 Cheers, Terry Osborne

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Rove to DM63
by Dan Eggert 05 Dec '19

05 Dec '19

I will be going up to Tularosa NM in grid DM63 on Friday for a few hours. I plan on working AO-92 at 1745 UTC, AO-91 at 1926 UTC, SO-50 at 1931 UTC and PO-101 at 1954 UTC. I may not get to the SO-50 pass if the AO-91 pass gets busy since These two passes overlap. Dan Eggert - AC9E Sent from my iPad

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DL88 Rove March 16/17, 2020
by Ron Bondy 04 Dec '19

04 Dec '19

Hi Everyone, Please mark your calendars for March 16/17, 2020 for DL88. Josh W3ARD, Doug N6UA and myself are planning to activate DL88 for 12 to 18 hours over these dates. FM and Linear. Details to follow, just wanted to allow folks to get this on their calendars. Cheers, Ron, ad0dx

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