Hi guys! in the coming days I will be SSB satellites operating in the northwestern region of Argentina (NOA) in the Puna and the Andes in the provinces of Salta and Jujuy with close to 5000 meters (16.000 feet ) above sea level heights. I'll be very close to the border with Bolivia so I hope to contact any station Central America or USA! 73! Mike LU3EMB

El 13 de julio de 2016 14:46:52 GMT-03:00, [email protected] escribió:

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1. Headset for a Kenwood TH-D7A HT ([email protected]) 2. Re: Headset for a Kenwood TH-D7A HT (E.Mike McCardel) 3. AO-85 ([email protected]) 4. LilacSat-2 Linear Transponder over North America 13-Jul (Paul Stoetzer) 5. Re: LilacSat-2 Linear Transponder over North America 13-Jul (Peter Laws) 6. RM Italy ULA-100 UHF (70 cm) linear amplifier ([email protected]) 7. RadFxSat Launch Vehicle Assembly (Jerry Buxton) 8. Re: RadFxSat Launch Vehicle Assembly (Peter Laws) 9. Re: AO-85 (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)) 10. Re: AO-85 (Jerry Buxton) 11. Re: AO-85 (Clayton W5PFG) 12. Re: AO-85 ([email protected]) 13. Re: RadFxSat Launch Vehicle Assembly (Jerry Buxton) 14. Re: RadFxSat Launch Vehicle Assembly (Peter Laws) 15. Re: RadFxSat Launch Vehicle Assembly (Jerry Buxton) 16. Re: RadFxSat Launch Vehicle Assembly (Jim Walls) 17. Re: RadFxSat Launch Vehicle Assembly (Peter Laws)

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Message: 1 Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 16:04:27 -0400 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] Headset for a Kenwood TH-D7A HT Message-ID: 93A661D3C20846D1AA8CBEC52252BA25@DHJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

Does anyone know if there is a 2-ear headset w/mic that will play well with a Kenwood TH-D7A handheld? My old Kenwood HMC-3 (single ear) set that was made for the D7A finally broke and I'd like to replace it with a full 2-ear headset.

Dave, AA4KN

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Message: 2 Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 17:58:56 -0400 From: "E.Mike McCardel" [email protected] To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Headset for a Kenwood TH-D7A HT Message-ID: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

Dave,

I shared an eBay link in a separate email, But search Amazon or eBay for Headset for a Kenwood TH-D7A HT

In believe Wouxan boufang and others use the same pin out.

EMike

EMike McCardel, AA8EM Rotating Editor AMSAT News Service Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 12, 2016, at 4:04 PM, [email protected] [email protected] wrote:

Does anyone know if there is a 2-ear headset w/mic that will play well with a Kenwood TH-D7A handheld? My old Kenwood HMC-3 (single ear) set that was made for the D7A finally broke and I'd like to replace it with a full 2-ear headset.

Dave, AA4KN

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Message: 3 Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 19:51:31 -0400 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-85 Message-ID: [email protected] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII

So, what's the most common reason that the FoxTelem program won't decode?

I'm running HDSDR software with an RTL-SDR dongle. It has worked in the past, but hasn't been decoding for about two weeks now. I can see the peak of the AO-85 on the HDSDR screen and manually track the doppler shift. Everybody is set to 48000 sample rate. I get perfect "eyes" on the FoxTelem screen. But zero decoding.

Anybody got any hints or tips?

Steve AI9IN

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Message: 4 Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 09:12:18 -0400 From: Paul Stoetzer [email protected] To: "[email protected]" [email protected] Subject: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-2 Linear Transponder over North America 13-Jul Message-ID: CABzOSOo38gpHWTV7QAgnbmKEviA5eLEWRE1mMW=S-DQWZoBZ7Q@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

I made my first QSOs via LilacSat-2's SDR linear transponder on two passes this morning - both with W5PFG - on the 1112Z and 1248Z passes.

The transponder sounds quite good, though it seems somewhat less sensitive than other linear transponders. Running 25 watts to an Alaskan Arrow (with the top section removed - 8 elements on 70 cm and 3 elements on 2 m), my signal was weaker than on FO-29, AO-73, or any of the XW-2s. Telemetry bursts also occasionally interrupt transmissions on the transponder, but they are very short and not of much consequence.

I was manually tuning since I operate portable without a computer. Keeping up with the nearly doubled Doppler shift compared to a inverting transponder is a challenge. I was leaving my uplink frequency fixed and tuning the receive as per convention for manual tuning and had to continuously tune to keep my downlink within the receiver's passband near TCA. On the first pass, W5PFG answered my CQ, though on the second pass, I tuned around to answer his CQ after receiving no responses to my own. Tuning around the passband manually reminds me of playing Halo back in the dorms at Michigan State and subbing in for another player who used the non-inverted controls (I have always played video games using the flight simulator style of down=up).

Other stations were heard on the pass using LSB up and LSB down. That will work, of course, but goes against convention, which is to always receive in USB. If you choose LSB/LSB, you'll likely receive fewer responses to your CQs.

73,

Paul, N8HM

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Message: 5 Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 10:11:28 -0500 From: Peter Laws [email protected] To: Paul Stoetzer [email protected] Cc: "[email protected]" [email protected] Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] LilacSat-2 Linear Transponder over North America 13-Jul Message-ID: CANVAiQ-vPD_Z0AnF1RAG_1unVe5y-TSWE=VJi5qBC_t+i1fkPw@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8

On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 8:12 AM, Paul Stoetzer [email protected] wrote: Tuning around the passband manually reminds me of playing Halo back in the dorms at Michigan State and subbing in for another player who used the non-inverted controls (I have always played video games using the flight simulator style of down=up).

Nerd. :-)

Other stations were heard on the pass using LSB up and LSB down. That will work, of course, but goes against convention, which is to always receive in USB. If you choose LSB/LSB, you'll likely receive fewer responses to your CQs.

Next time I am involved in a ham class I plan to make it a point to mention that it's "USB everywhere". The only place where the convention is to use LSB is 160/80/40 m (because reasons) and on the uplink of inverting transponders (because that's how they work). Everything else, unless a station is being operated by a contrarian, is USB.