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object # for psat2
by Nick Pugh 08 Jul '19

08 Jul '19

What is the object # for psat2 nick Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School Disagree I Learn

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EN75/76/85/86 corner from earlier today
by aa8ch 08 Jul '19

08 Jul '19

Hey, if you worked me on AO92 at 1625UTC or AO91 at 1655UTC today, please log as AA8CH/MM to get a match in LOTW. Thanks for the QSOs! Pictures /further details @charliehotel10 twitter. 73 Chris AA8CH

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AO-92 camera mode
by Andrew Glasbrenner 08 Jul '19

08 Jul '19

July 10 and 11 we'll be running the camera on AO-92 in support of the ARRL Teachers Institute. Exact pass times TBD, but expect anything that passes over Florida in the morning to be possible. More to follow. 73, Drew KO4MA AMSAT VP Operations

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Re: [amsat-bb] Tripod Mount for Arrow
by Clint Bradford 07 Jul '19

07 Jul '19

To relieve stress to your wrist, elbow, and shoulder, you could mount a “handle” on the end of the Arrow’s boom. Photos if this ergonomic enhancement here: http://www.k6lcs.com/Photos/Pages/Arrow_Mod.html Clint Bradford K6LCS

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Tripod mount for Arrow.
by Brad Smith 07 Jul '19

07 Jul '19

Don: What kind of mount do you have to hold your Arrow on the tripod? I rove and the Arrow sits on a tripod while I sit on my butt. On Saturday, July 6, 2019, 11:13:50 AM EDT, Don KB2YSI via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org> wrote: Sent from Brad's iPod

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Field Day score submission drawing near
by Bruce 07 Jul '19

07 Jul '19

Only about one day left to get your scores in for AMSAT Field Day 2019. You have until 11:59PM, Monday, July 8, 2019 to get those scores emailed to me. If you have some pictures, send them along. If you have a story about your field day experience, send it along as well. 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020 ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat

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W3ZM/KH6 from BL20ca
by Mark L. Hammond 07 Jul '19

07 Jul '19

Hi all, getting near the end of the operating time here in Hawaii. I am currently limited to the east by hills/mountains, so I need like 8 deg ELE or more, working from BL20ca. Two passes coming up shortly: 7/8 (soon! ) AO-7 pass around 0005 z . Listen for me at 145.938 (at the satellite). FO-29 pass around 0040z. Very short window with enough elevation, but I'll try it. Listen 435.882 (at the satellite) 73! Mark N8MH . -- Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]

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Wow! Do not discount AO-85 yet!
by John Brier 07 Jul '19

07 Jul '19

It just worked/sounded as good as ever on the 1602 UTC pass (2019-07-06). I was able to get in easily with 5 watts through most of the last half of the pass. It was not fading in RX or TX capability at all like it was the previous few times I worked it. This was a 72 degree pass for me. Perhaps its solar panels were lit perfectly and maybe its RX antenna was lined up perfectly for me... either way, I am impressed. I'll upload my recording later but just wanted to put this out there as there were a ton of WMPLOTA stations on AO-91 earlier... maybe spread the traffic out on AO-85 some. At least when it is not in eclipse. 73, John Brier KG4AKV

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IC-9700 mode setting problem
by Erich Eichmann 07 Jul '19

07 Jul '19

Hello, A German user of the IC-9700 (Firmware vers. 1.11) reports the following problem when controlling the radio by SatPC32: When he selects a satellite the frequencies are set correctly, but the downlink mode goes immediatly to DATA mode. With FO-29, AO-07 the radio displays 'USB-D' as downlink mode, with SO-50 'FM-D', the same with all satellites. The mode settings in Doppler.SQF are correct (USB, FM etc.). The uplink mode is set correctly to LSB, FM etc. He can change to normal mode by pressing the field DATA in the mode screen, but when he selects another satellite the radio switchs again to DATA mode. With my radio (Firmwarevers. 1.06) also the donwlink mode is set correctly to USB , FM etc (without the '-D'). I can manually switch to USB-D, FM-D etc. by pressing the field 'DATA' in the mode screen. The '-D' then remains until I switch to another satellite, because the program sets the mode only once when the satellite is selected. When I switch to another satellite the radio goes to back to USB, FM etc. Has someone noticed such problem? Many thainks. 73s, Erich, DK1TB

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PSAT-2 SSTV
by Roland Zurmely 07 Jul '19

07 Jul '19

<https://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/psat2.htm#b> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ

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