19 Dec
2010
19 Dec
'10
3:43 a.m.
Doing what I try to do every vacation which is try to spend a little time
back on the birds. I've yet to have a QSO on HO-68. I hear the beacon just
fine. But I just finished my 2nd pass from NJ and was unable to hear any
signals let alone myself coming back on any mode. Did I misread the
operating schedule or am I doing something wrong? MacDoppler told me there
was a good pass to this part of the world are around 21:30 my time. Great
beacon strength but nobody else was home.
Rick
W2JAZ
19 Dec
19 Dec
6:48 a.m.
New subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Working HO-68
Rick.....HO-68 is not turned on every pass. At that 2130 utc time, it was off,
even though it flew over the US, and the beacon is always on no matter what.
HO-68 usually has morning passes, coming from the north down to the south.
Check the Amsat-bb here for latest schedule and mode, think it was just the
other day infact.
John W6ZKH
________________________________
From: Richard Lawn <rjlawn(a)gmail.com>
To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org
Sent: Sat, December 18, 2010 6:43:26 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Working HO-68
Doing what I try to do every vacation which is try to spend a little time
back on the birds. I've yet to have a QSO on HO-68. I hear the beacon just
fine. But I just finished my 2nd pass from NJ and was unable to hear any
signals let alone myself coming back on any mode. Did I misread the
operating schedule or am I doing something wrong? MacDoppler told me there
was a good pass to this part of the world are around 21:30 my time. Great
beacon strength but nobody else was home.
Rick
W2JAZ
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3:54 p.m.
New subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Working HO-68
TNX everyone. I'll check the schedule carefully and try one of these
mornings.
Rick
W2JAZ
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 12:48 AM, John Neeley <w6zkh(a)att.net> wrote:
Rick.....HO-68 is not turned on every pass. At that
2130 utc time, it was
off, even though it flew over the US, and the beacon is always on no matter
what. HO-68 usually has morning passes, coming from the north down to the
south. Check the Amsat-bb here for latest schedule and mode, think it was
just the other day infact.
John W6ZKH
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*From:* Richard Lawn <rjlawn(a)gmail.com>
*To:* amsat-bb(a)amsat.org
*Sent:* Sat, December 18, 2010 6:43:26 PM
*Subject:* [amsat-bb] Working HO-68
Doing what I try to do every vacation which is try to spend a little time
back on the birds. I've yet to have a QSO on HO-68. I hear the beacon just
fine. But I just finished my 2nd pass from NJ and was unable to hear any
signals let alone myself coming back on any mode. Did I misread the
operating schedule or am I doing something wrong? MacDoppler told me there
was a good pass to this part of the world are around 21:30 my time. Great
beacon strength but nobody else was home.
Rick
W2JAZ
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20 Dec
20 Dec
4:30 p.m.
New subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Working HO-68
The latest schedule has not been posted to the -BB yet, nor on the CAMSAT
website. However, the beacon will tell you whether the transponder is on,
and in which mode (although I have observed 2 instances where the beacon
indicated a mode different than what the satellite was actually operating
in). Just listen to the first part of the beacon transmission: after
sending the callsign BJ1SA, the beacon will transmit XW twice. The next 2
CW groupings will tell you the mode:
AAA TTT means beacon only.
TTT TAT means that the linear transponder is on.
TTT TTA means that the FM transponder is on.
The rest of the beacon consists of telemetry data, and ends with XW XW.
Hope this helps!
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Neeley" <w6zkh(a)att.net>
To: "Richard Lawn" <rjlawn(a)gmail.com>om>; <amsat-bb(a)amsat.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 11:48 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Working HO-68
Rick.....HO-68 is not turned on every pass. At that
2130 utc time, it was
off,
even though it flew over the US, and the beacon is always on no matter
what.
HO-68 usually has morning passes, coming from the north down to the south.
Check the Amsat-bb here for latest schedule and mode, think it was just
the
other day infact.
John W6ZKH
________________________________
From: Richard Lawn <rjlawn(a)gmail.com>
To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org
Sent: Sat, December 18, 2010 6:43:26 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Working HO-68
Doing what I try to do every vacation which is try to spend a little time
back on the birds. I've yet to have a QSO on HO-68. I hear the beacon just
fine. But I just finished my 2nd pass from NJ and was unable to hear any
signals let alone myself coming back on any mode. Did I misread the
operating schedule or am I doing something wrong? MacDoppler told me there
was a good pass to this part of the world are around 21:30 my time. Great
beacon strength but nobody else was home.
Rick
W2JAZ
16 Oct
16 Oct
11:24 p.m.
New subject: [amsat-bb] Odd Satellite problem
I am having a problem hearing the downlink of any SSB satellites on 440.
I've been off the Sats for a couple of years, two or so. I just rebuilt my
station PC and reinstalled all the apps, specifically, SatPC32, and ARSWIN
and my controller to my G-5500 and 12 element 2-meter and 17 element 440
beams. I use two SSB pre-amps, one each for 144 and 440, both appear to
work perfectly. When I click the Pre-amp button on the ICOM-910, I hear the
background noise level increase, telling me the pre-amp is operating. The
440 receiver appears to otherwise work ok.
I was able to work VO-52 where 440 was the uplink and was able to get on the
air for one pass of an FM bird, AO-51, where the downlink was 440. I am no
longer able to hear the usual passband noise of the Sat when as it comes
overhead
It is 21:10 UTC and I just finished trying to work FO-29 from CN87 (20:59 to
21:17), and again no luck. I sent my call out on 145.950, but nothing back.
Checked the ARRL satellite tracking site and it appears I have the correct
keps installed. I went outside and checked the bearing of the antenna.
Seems ok.
Anyone have any ideas? I am stumped.
Michael K3MH
-----Original Message-----
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Behalf Of Richard Lawn
Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2010 6:43 PM
To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Working HO-68
Doing what I try to do every vacation which is try to spend a little time
back on the birds. I've yet to have a QSO on HO-68. I hear the beacon just
fine. But I just finished my 2nd pass from NJ and was unable to hear any
signals let alone myself coming back on any mode. Did I misread the
operating schedule or am I doing something wrong? MacDoppler told me there
was a good pass to this part of the world are around 21:30 my time. Great
beacon strength but nobody else was home.
Rick
W2JAZ
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11:35 p.m.
New subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Odd Satellite problem
Hi Michael!
I am having a problem hearing the downlink of any SSB
satellites on 440.
<snip>
It is 21:10 UTC and I just finished trying to work FO-29 from CN87 (20:59 to
21:17), and again no luck. I sent my call out on 145.950, but nothing back.
Checked the ARRL satellite tracking site and it appears I have the correct
keps installed. I went outside and checked the bearing of the antenna.
Seems ok.
FO-29 is currently off. Since it was the only current SSB/CW satellite with
a 70cm downlink, we will have to hope that FO-29 can be reactivated in
the near future. Otherwise, there's VO-52 with a 2m downlink and AO-7
with its alternating 2m and 10m downlinks if you're trying to work SSB,
or you can try for the transponder on ARISSat-1 (70cm up/2m down).
If you want to work FM, you have AO-51 as well as AO-27 (afternoon
passes only) and SO-50 that are available - all with 70cm downlinks.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
17 Oct
17 Oct
12:29 a.m.
New subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Odd Satellite problem
Trying to get my station back on the air, challenging when I am not sure
which bird is working and when.
It is now 22:25UTC, trying to get on AO-51, looks like it is down also, from
the AMSAT status page, has anyone heard it today? I am assuming that its
base downlink frq 435.300 as I've got an old ARRL frequency guide that shows
it as 435.225.
Sorry for all the traffic...
Michael K3MH
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 2:36 PM
To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Odd Satellite problem
Hi Michael!
I am having a problem hearing the downlink of any SSB
satellites on 440.
<snip>
It is 21:10 UTC and I just finished trying to work FO-29 from CN87 (20:59
to
21:17), and again no luck. I sent my call out on
145.950, but nothing
back.
Checked the ARRL satellite tracking site and it
appears I have the correct
keps installed. I went outside and checked the bearing of the antenna.
Seems ok.
FO-29 is currently off. Since it was the only current SSB/CW satellite with
a 70cm downlink, we will have to hope that FO-29 can be reactivated in
the near future. Otherwise, there's VO-52 with a 2m downlink and AO-7
with its alternating 2m and 10m downlinks if you're trying to work SSB,
or you can try for the transponder on ARISSat-1 (70cm up/2m down).
If you want to work FM, you have AO-51 as well as AO-27 (afternoon
passes only) and SO-50 that are available - all with 70cm downlinks.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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12:39 a.m.
New subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Odd Satellite problem
Hi Michael!
Trying to get my station back on the air, challenging
when I am not sure
which bird is working and when.
It is now 22:25UTC, trying to get on AO-51, looks like it is down also, from
the AMSAT status page, has anyone heard it today? I am assuming that its
base downlink frq 435.300 as I've got an old ARRL frequency guide that shows
it as 435.225.
The normal AO-51 downlink *was* 435.300 MHz, but with its limited
capabilities now it uses 435.150 MHz as the downlink. Its uplink is
on 145.880 MHz. I was just on that pass, and it was busy with stations
from Cuba and Mexico up into Canada, and all across the continental
USA from my backyard here in the Phoenix area.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
12:44 a.m.
New subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Odd Satellite problem
AO-51- 145.180 uplink, 435.150 downlink
Dave - KB1PVH
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On Oct 16, 2011 6:42 PM, "Michael Hatzakis" <lists(a)hatzakis.net> wrote:
Trying to get my station back on the air, challenging
when I am not sure
which bird is working and when.
It is now 22:25UTC, trying to get on AO-51, looks like it is down also,
from
the AMSAT status page, has anyone heard it today? I am assuming that its
base downlink frq 435.300 as I've got an old ARRL frequency guide that
shows
it as 435.225.
Sorry for all the traffic...
Michael K3MH
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces(a)amsat.org [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 2:36 PM
To: amsat-bb(a)amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Odd Satellite problem
Hi Michael!
I am having a problem hearing the downlink of any
SSB satellites on 440.
<snip>
It is 21:10 UTC and I just finished trying to work FO-29 from CN87 (20:59
to
21:17), and again no luck. I sent my call out on
145.950, but nothing
back.
Checked the ARRL satellite tracking site and it
appears I have the
correct
keps installed. I went outside and checked the
bearing of the antenna.
Seems ok.
FO-29 is currently off. Since it was the only current SSB/CW satellite
with
a 70cm downlink, we will have to hope that FO-29 can be reactivated in
the near future. Otherwise, there's VO-52 with a 2m downlink and AO-7
with its alternating 2m and 10m downlinks if you're trying to work SSB,
or you can try for the transponder on ARISSat-1 (70cm up/2m down).
If you want to work FM, you have AO-51 as well as AO-27 (afternoon
passes only) and SO-50 that are available - all with 70cm downlinks.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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12:52 a.m.
New subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Odd Satellite problem
Sorry, should have been 145.880. My fingers were going faster than my brain.
Dave - KB1PVH
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16 Oct
16 Oct
11:46 p.m.
New subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Odd Satellite problem
For starters, FO-29 has not been heard in a couple of weeks:
http://oscar.dcarr.org/index.php
That's why you haven't heard it ;)
Seems like the other active 70cm birds are FM...
73,
Mark N8MH
At 02:24 PM 10/16/2011 -0700, Michael Hatzakis wrote:
I am having a problem hearing the downlink of any SSB
satellites on 440.
I've been off the Sats for a couple of years, two or so. I just rebuilt my
station PC and reinstalled all the apps, specifically, SatPC32, and ARSWIN
and my controller to my G-5500 and 12 element 2-meter and 17 element 440
beams. I use two SSB pre-amps, one each for 144 and 440, both appear to
work perfectly. When I click the Pre-amp button on the ICOM-910, I hear the
background noise level increase, telling me the pre-amp is operating. The
440 receiver appears to otherwise work ok.
I was able to work VO-52 where 440 was the uplink and was able to get on the
air for one pass of an FM bird, AO-51, where the downlink was 440. I am no
longer able to hear the usual passband noise of the Sat when as it comes
overhead
It is 21:10 UTC and I just finished trying to work FO-29 from CN87 (20:59 to
21:17), and again no luck. I sent my call out on 145.950, but nothing back.
Checked the ARRL satellite tracking site and it appears I have the correct
keps installed. I went outside and checked the bearing of the antenna.
Seems ok.
Anyone have any ideas? I am stumped.
Michael K3MH
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