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Today's Topics:
1. keps (Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF)
2. Re: AO-51 V/S mode (Allen Vinegar)
3. AO-51 V/S mode (Perry Yantis)
4. SEEDS II (acjohn1@xxxx.xxxx
5. Re: SEEDS II (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
6. Re: SEEDS II (w6zkh@xxxxxxx.xxxx
7. Re: SEEDS II (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
8. Re: keps (Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF)
9. Re: AO-51 V/S mode (Greg D.)
10. Re: AO-51 V/S mode (N0JY)
11. News from WD9EWK (Tim Lilley)
12. Re: AO-51 V/S mode (w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxxx
13. Re: AO-51 V/S mode (Allen Vinegar)
14. FW: ANS-221 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins (Dee)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:18:08 +0000
From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] keps
To: AMSAT-BB BBs <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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DRAGONSAT
1 35690U 09038B 09220.56856233 .00021783 00000-0 11381-3 0 94
2 35690 051.6413 037.4034 0005151 113.8576 246.2967 15.80788312 1436
ANDE DEB (POLLUX CYLIN)
1 35691U 09038C 09220.31717645 .00033475 00000-0 17407-3 0 97
2 35691 051.6395 038.7253 0003231 070.2278 289.9196 15.80629826 1369
ANDE DEB (CASTOR CYLIN)
1 35692U 09038D 09219.93719056 .00058653 00000-0 29734-3 0 116
2 35692 051.6389 040.6892 0003711 050.2950 309.8548 15.80925592 1308
ANDE POLLUX SPHERE
1 35693U 09038E 09220.00220717 .00019471 00000-0 10456-3 0 91
2 35693 051.6408 040.3791 0003921 060.7056 299.4416 15.80278896 1319
ANDE CASTOR SPHERE
1 35694U 09038F 09220.00320411 .00010606 00000-0 59344-4 0 107
2 35694 051.6416 040.3869 0004636 061.2908 298.8567 15.80020970 1319
ANDE DEB (AVIONICS DECK)
1 35695U 09038G 09219.93966721 .00024959 00000-0 13344-3 0 91
2 35695 051.6419 040.7123 0004748 061.1903 298.9647 15.80189807 1302
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 15:34:09 -0400
From: "Allen Vinegar" <tokens@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 V/S mode
To: "Greg D." <ko6th_greg@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <0CE34537739B4E628C376E2F899CED50@xxxxx>
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Hi Greg,
Guess I'll feed the downconverter into my FT-817ND and see if I can get things
going that way with SATPC controlling doppler on both rigs..
Many thanks!
Al W8KHP
----- Original Message -----
From: Greg D.
To: tokens@xxxxxxx.xxx ; amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 2:09 PM
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] AO-51 V/S mode
Hi Allen,
If you have both Rx and Tx on the same band, then both directions will be
using the same RF connector on the rig. I suppose if you are REALLY careful
you can put an antenna switch between them, but you need to make really sure
you don't transmit into the back of your downconverter. And since you won't
be able to hear yourself, this arrangement is probably only going to work in
FM mode.
I've done VS with my FT-736R, but my 13cm receive is through a separate rig
(an all-mode scanner). I also modified my downconverter for a 300mhz IF so
that I wouldn't have any interference regardless of the uplink (2m/70cm). The
736 was only used for the uplink.
Good luck,
Greg KO6TH
> From: tokens@xxxxxxx.xxx
> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:48:24 -0400
> Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 V/S mode
>
> I would like to try this mode using a K5GNA downconverter. The problem is
I am using an FT-736R and apparently you can not have Xmit and Rcv on same
band in satellite mode. I am using SATPC-32 for doppler control. The
downconverter uses a 2m IF. Anyone else with an FT-736R have this worked out?
>
> Many thanks!!
>
> 73,
> Al W8KHP
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 16:16:29 -0400
From: Perry Yantis <py41@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 V/S mode
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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I use a Kenwood ts 2000x for for v/s mode but think you can do it on
your Yaesu ft 736 the same way I do here.
I run the SSB 2.4 down converter with 2 meter output down the coax
into the shack.
Then the cable goes into a Hamtronics 2m to 10m downconverter.
Then the now 10m signal goes into the rca jack on the back of the ts
2000 for a receive ONLY antenna or beverage ant.
When this is used transmitting on 2m does not fry the 2.4 down
converter.
Most hf rigs do have this receive only plug on the back.
Try it, works fine for me.
This way was suggested here on the bbs many years ago.
Perry WB8OTH
I would like to try this mode using a K5GNA downconverter. The problem
is I am
using an FT-736R and apparently you can not have Xmit and Rcv on same
band in
satellite mode. I am using SATPC-32 for doppler control. The
downconverter uses
a 2m IF. Anyone else with an FT-736R have this worked out?
Many thanks!!
73,
Al W8KHP
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 20:59:46 GMT
From: "acjohn1@xxxx.xxxx <acjohn1@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] SEEDS II
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <20090808.165946.28046.0@xxxxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Has anyone had any luck receiving SEEDS II? I have had two good passes and
haven't received so much as a peep.
73.
KG4VHV
John Rusmiselle
KG4VHV
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 21:06:10 +0000
From: "Dave Webb KB1PVH" <kb1pvh@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SEEDS II
To: "acjohn1@xxxx.xxxx <acjohn1@xxxx.xxx>, amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx
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As a matter of fact, I got a decent sstv picture this morning. Yesterday, all
I could hear was a cw signal.
Dave KB1PVH
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From: "acjohn1@xxxx.xxxx <acjohn1@xxxx.xxx>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 20:59:46
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] SEEDS II
Has anyone had any luck receiving SEEDS II? I have had two good passes and
haven't received so much as a peep.
73.
KG4VHV
John Rusmiselle
KG4VHV
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 21:36:27 +0000 (UTC)
From: w6zkh@xxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SEEDS II
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Being a noobie on satellites, what is SEEDS II ? I dont see it listed in any
of my keps I have. Does it have another name? Just curious..
John W6ZKH
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 21:49:30 +0000
From: "Dave Webb KB1PVH" <kb1pvh@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SEEDS II
To: w6zkh@xxxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxxxxxxxxx BB"
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SEEDS II (CO-66) is a Japanese cubesat that transmits a sstv picture and
also has a digi talker that transmits a "secret code" that enables you to get
a QSL card from the group that built it. Hope this helps.
Dave KB1PVH
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Sender: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx
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Sent: Aug 8, 2009 5:36 PM
Being a noobie on satellites, what is SEEDS II ? I dont see it listed in any
of my keps I have. Does it have another name? Just curious..
John W6ZKH
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:17:45 +0000
From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: keps
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Something strange with Space-Track.
The keps put here this morning were for 8th at a few minutes past zero hour.
The keps on Space-Track now are for the 7th at aprox 1800Z.
DRAGONSAT
1 35690U 09038B 09219.93639118 +.00021161 +00000-0 +11082-3 0 00126
2 35690 051.6412 040.6830 0005245 111.4107 248.7458 15.80758061001332
ANDE DEB (POLLUX CYLIN)
1 35691U 09038C 09220.31717645 .00033475 00000-0 17407-3 0 97
2 35691 051.6395 038.7253 0003231 070.2278 289.9196 15.80629826 1369
ANDE DEB (CASTOR CYLIN)
1 35692U 09038D 09219.93719056 .00058653 00000-0 29734-3 0 116
2 35692 051.6389 040.6892 0003711 050.2950 309.8548 15.80925592 1308
ANDE POLLUX SPHERE
1 35693U 09038E 09219.74925905 +.00018420 +00000-0 +99183-4 0 00101
2 35693 051.6396 041.6871 0003876 060.3948 299.7538 15.80264859001270
ANDE CASTOR SPHERE
1 35694U 09038F 09219.75021321 +.00010348 +00000-0 +58010-4 0 00118
2 35694 051.6405 041.6965 0004525 061.1436 298.9990 15.80014106001270
ANDE DEB (AVIONICS DECK)
1 35695U 09038G 09219.62346641 +.00024338 +00000-0 +13034-3 0 00109
2 35695 051.6417 042.3505 0004304 064.7398 295.4323 15.80170567001257
Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
> DRAGONSAT
> 1 35690U 09038B 09220.56856233 .00021783 00000-0 11381-3 0 94
> 2 35690 051.6413 037.4034 0005151 113.8576 246.2967 15.80788312 1436
> ANDE DEB (POLLUX CYLIN)
> 1 35691U 09038C 09220.31717645 .00033475 00000-0 17407-3 0 97
> 2 35691 051.6395 038.7253 0003231 070.2278 289.9196 15.80629826 1369
> ANDE DEB (CASTOR CYLIN)
> 1 35692U 09038D 09219.93719056 .00058653 00000-0 29734-3 0 116
> 2 35692 051.6389 040.6892 0003711 050.2950 309.8548 15.80925592 1308
> ANDE POLLUX SPHERE
> 1 35693U 09038E 09220.00220717 .00019471 00000-0 10456-3 0 91
> 2 35693 051.6408 040.3791 0003921 060.7056 299.4416 15.80278896 1319
> ANDE CASTOR SPHERE
> 1 35694U 09038F 09220.00320411 .00010606 00000-0 59344-4 0 107
> 2 35694 051.6416 040.3869 0004636 061.2908 298.8567 15.80020970 1319
> ANDE DEB (AVIONICS DECK)
> 1 35695U 09038G 09219.93966721 .00024959 00000-0 13344-3 0 91
> 2 35695 051.6419 040.7123 0004748 061.1903 298.9647 15.80189807 1302
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 16:27:58 -0700
From: "Greg D." <ko6th_greg@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 V/S mode
To: <tokens@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <BLU133-W277A71709C0D453BCF8005A9080@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
That should work, though being on the same band for Tx and Rx (after
conversion) may still net you some interference. Keep the rigs separated and
you might get away with it.
I don't have automatic doppler correction on my 13cm receive side right now.
The receiver is an ICOM IC-R7000, which does have computer control, but my
software doesn't know how to talk to it. (My fault - I wrote it!) So I get
by with computers running the rotors and the uplink, and I do the downlink by
hand. It gets pretty hairy at times (around TCA), but especially on FM I can
manage. So, if you can't coax SatPC to run both rigs, all is not lost.
Good luck!
Greg KO6TH
From: tokens@xxxxxxx.xxx
To: ko6th_greg@xxxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-51 V/S mode
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 15:34:09 -0400
Hi Greg,
Guess I'll feed the downconverter into my FT-817ND and see
if I can get things going that way with SATPC controlling doppler on both
rigs..
Many thanks!
Al W8KHP
----- Original Message -----
From:
Greg
D.
To: tokens@xxxxxxx.xxx ; amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 2:09
PM
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] AO-51 V/S
mode
Hi Allen,
If you have both Rx and Tx on the same band,
then both directions will be using the same RF connector on the rig. I
suppose if you are REALLY careful you can put an antenna switch between
them,
but you need to make really sure you don't transmit into the back of your
downconverter. And since you won't be able to hear yourself, this
arrangement is probably only going to work in FM mode.
I've done VS
with my FT-736R, but my 13cm receive is through a separate rig (an all-mode
scanner). I also modified my downconverter for a 300mhz IF so that I
wouldn't have any interference regardless of the uplink (2m/70cm). The
736 was only used for the uplink.
Good luck,
Greg
KO6TH
> From: tokens@xxxxxxx.xxx
> To:
amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:48:24 -0400
>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 V/S mode
>
> I would like to try this
mode using a K5GNA downconverter. The problem is I am using an FT-736R and
apparently you can not have Xmit and Rcv on same band in satellite mode. I
am
using SATPC-32 for doppler control. The downconverter uses a 2m IF. Anyone
else with an FT-736R have this worked out?
>
> Many
thanks!!
>
> 73,
> Al W8KHP
>
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 21:11:03 -0500
From: N0JY <n0jy@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 V/S mode
To: Allen Vinegar <tokens@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi Allen,
No, I don't have it worked out using the FT-736 for both V and S, but I
do use my FT-817 for uplink since the doppler on V is negligible and 5W
to the yagis is quite enough to hit AO-51. Then I leave it to the
FT-736 for the downconverter on the 2m side, with doppler control from
SatPC32.
Jerry
N0JY
Allen Vinegar wrote:
> I would like to try this mode using a K5GNA downconverter. The problem is I
am using an FT-736R and apparently you can not have Xmit and Rcv on same band
in satellite mode. I am using SATPC-32 for doppler control. The downconverter
uses a 2m IF. Anyone else with an FT-736R have this worked out?
>
> Many thanks!!
>
> 73,
> Al W8KHP
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 19:15:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tim Lilley <n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] News from WD9EWK
To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
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Hey everyone,
Patrick, WD9EWK, has asked me to post that he will NOT be on the 0223 UTC pass
of AO-51 nor the 0315 UTC pass of SO-50.
He has a drive home of about 3 hours, and is starting that way shortly.
He also sends his gratitude to the?70+ stations he logged during passes of AO-
27, AO-51 and SO-50 this afternoon and evening.
Patrick?made?almost?60?contacts from the DM54/DM55 grid boundary, and he also
worked another 13 stations on AO-51 from a spot inside DM55, on the county
line between Navajo and Apache counties.
Patrick said he will post more details tomorrow.
73 to all,
Tim - N3TL
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 03:33:58 +0000 (UTC)
From: w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 V/S mode
To: Perry Yantis <py41@xxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Mode V/S is more of a challange than U/S.? Most S band d/c's use 2M for the
IF.? I have used an old TS-700A since the days of AO-40 (sobsob), with the tx
disabled.? It is still the designated S band RX.? I find it cheap insurance in
that in the heat of battle (stupidity) I don't accidently tx into my d/c.? See
you on V/S.
73 Bob W7LRD
----- Original Message -----
From: "Perry Yantis" <py41@xxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Sent: Saturday, August 8, 2009 1:16:29 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: [amsat-bb] ?AO-51 V/S mode
I use a Kenwood ts 2000x for for v/s mode but think you can do it on ?
your Yaesu ft 736 the same way I do here.
I run the SSB 2.4 down converter with 2 meter output down the coax ?
into the shack.
Then the cable goes into a Hamtronics 2m to 10m downconverter.
Then the now 10m signal goes into the rca jack on the back of the ts ?
2000 for a receive ONLY antenna or beverage ant.
When this is used transmitting on 2m does not fry the 2.4 down ?
converter.
Most hf rigs do have this receive only plug on the back.
Try it, works fine for me.
This way was suggested here on the bbs many years ago.
Perry WB8OTH
I would like to try this mode using a K5GNA downconverter. The problem ?
is I am
using an FT-736R and apparently you can not have Xmit and Rcv on same ?
band in
satellite mode. I am using SATPC-32 for doppler control. The ?
downconverter uses
a 2m IF. Anyone else with an FT-736R have this worked out?
Many thanks!!
73,
Al W8KHP
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2009 10:23:32 -0400
From: "Allen Vinegar" <tokens@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 V/S mode
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Thanks for the many suggestion both on and off line. Hopefully I will be on
for the coming week of V/S.
Al W8KHP
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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2009 10:29:37 -0400
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-221
ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of
AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a
worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share
an active interest in designing, building, launching
and communicating through analog and digital
Amateur Radio satellites.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor@xxxxx.xxx
In this edition:
* AMSAT-UK Colloquium Video and Powerpoint Available On-line
* CW Contest Milestone
* SpaceJam-3 Introduces Scouts to Amateur Radio in Space
* UT Austin Requests Help to Track BEVO1
* Satellite shorts
* ITAR Update
* ARISS Status - 03 August 2009
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AMSAT-UK Colloquium Video and Powerpoint Available On-line
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 221.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
August 9, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-221.01
The videos of the presentations at this years successful AMSAT-UK
Colloquium in Guildford are now available to watch on the British
Amateur Television Club (BATC) website
Among the fascinating video presentations are:
+ FUNcube, the new AMSAT-UK linear transponder satellite project
by Graham Shirville G3VZV
+ AMSAT-NA Update by Drew Glasbrenner KO4MA
+ AMSAT-DL Update by Peter Guelzow DB2OS
+ Electronics and Teddy Bears: A Near-Space Adventure"
by Ed Moore M0TEK and Fergus Noble M0NBL, Cambridge University
+ Engineers Wanted! Tempting Teenagers to Explore Technology
by Garry Bulmer, Software Architect
+ Medium Earth Orbits by David Bowman G0MRF
All 18 videos can be seen at http://www.batc.tv/ Click on the "Film
Archive" icon on the left to see all the videos available then select
the video you wish to see (they start with 2009 AMSAT). To see the
video full screen click on the icon at the bottom of the video player.
PDFs of the slides from the presentations can be found on the AMSAT-UK
website at:
http://www.uk.amsat.org/component/option,com_wrapper/Itemid,278/
Thanks to the BATC for recording and editing the videos (a time
consuming job) as well providing this invaluable video service
at batc.tv for the Amateur Satellite community.
[ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA for the above information]
/EX
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CW Contest Milestone
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 221.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
August 9, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-221.02
FOR RELEASE: Immediate (August 4, 2009)
2008 CQ World Wide CW Contest Marks Major Milestone
for K0DQ Becomes Possibly the Only Person Ever
to Win All Six Major Ham Radio Contests
Scott Redd, K0DQ, operating the 2008 CW weekend of the
CQ World Wide DX Contest from Aruba as P40Q, racked up
over a million more points than his closest competitor
in the Single-Operator Low Power Class, and became
perhaps the only person ever to win single-op world
championships in all six major ham radio DX contests.
"I don't know of anyone else" who has won all the major
contests, said CQWW Contest Director Bob Cox, K3EST, in
announcing the results, which will be published in the
September issue of CQ magazine.
Scott had his first taste of contest victory back in 1966,
as a young Navy officer posted to Uruguay and operating
CX2CO in the phone weekend of the CQ World Wide DX Contest.
Over the succeeding years, Scott worked his way through the
Navy ranks to Vice Admiral and became Commander of the Fifth
Fleet, then served as a civilian in the Iraq Coalition P
rovisional Authority and as Director of the National
Counterterrorism Center before retiring in late 2007. But ham
radio and contesting were never far away, and operating from
Mexico as XE1IIJ in the early 1970s, Scott won single-op world
championships in the CQWW Phone Contest, the ARRL DX Phone and
CW Contests and the CQ WPX Phone Contest. Thirty years later,
when his professional life permitted a little more hamming time,
Scott added the WPX CW crown as P41P, operating from P43P's
station in Aruba, in 2002. The only prize that eluded him
-- until now -- was the CQWW CW.
"I've been trying like a son-of-a-gun to win (the) CQ World
Wide CW," Scott commented in a 2008 interview with CQ. "I've
come in number two, I've come in number three, but I've never
won that one . so that's still my goal, every time I get close,
in CQ World Wide CW, to win the world."
When informed that he had finally achieved that goal, K0DQ said,
"I guess the message is if you keep at it long enough good things
happen. In this case, four decades. It's been a great ride ...
and it's still magic!"
CQ congratulates Scott -- already a member of the CQ Amateur
Radio Hall of Fame, for his contesting achievements on
top of all his other achievements.
[ANS thanks CQ Magazine for the above information]
/EX
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SpaceJam-3 Introduces Scouts to Amateur Radio in Space
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 221.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
August 9, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-221.03
While the world was watching replays of the history making moon
walk last week, dozens of Illinois Boy Scouts were taking their
first steps toward space technology.
Space Jam 3 got off the ground last week with a high altitude
balloon launch in Rantoul, Illinois. Space Jam is sponsored
by DePauw University. It's purpose is to get Scouts into
technology.
With assistance from the Vermillion County Amateur Radio Asso-
ciation, they were able to launch a helium filled balloon and
use the cross band repeater for amateur radio contacts across
the Midwest.
The longest radio contact occurred when the balloon reached the
99-thousand foot level. Two stations, one in Walbridge, Ohio the
other in Mexico, Missouri, completed a 470 mile QSO.
On the ground, Dave Cline KB9ZMF, said he thought 200 Boy Scouts
were on the radios throughout the Space Jam. They also worked on
high tech merit badges in Space Exploration, Aviation, Radio &
Electronics and on Nuclear Science Composite Materials
Talking with Astronaut Robert Thirsk, VA3CSA, onboard the Inter-
national Space Station, topped the weekend Space Jam activities.
Space Jam Four is already being planned for August of 2010.
[ANS thanks Amateur Radio NewslineT Report 1668 - July 31 2009
for the above information]
/EX
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UT Austin Requests Help to Track BEVO1
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 221.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
August 9, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-221.04
Last week STS-127 deployed DragonSat last week via its Space Shuttle
Picosatellite Launcher (SSPL) system. Dragonsat was the designation
for both Aggiesat2 and Bevo1 (DragonSat = AggieSat2 + BEVO1). They
were ejected together from the SSPL, but it appears that they failed
to separate.
As of ANS press time still no signals have been received from BEVO1,
although beacon packets were heard from AggieSat2. The current theory
on the state of the satellites is that only partial separation occur-
red. The inhibit switches keeping the satellites powered off have been
closed, allowing the satellites to boot up. However, it is likely that
the antennas did not deploy correctly, leaving the antennas disconnec-
ted from their respective transmitters. AggieSat2 transmits with 1W of
power so it is easier to hear, while BEVO1 only transmits with 200mW
during beacon mode.
AggieSat-2 transmits on 436.250 MHz using a proprietary data format.
BEVO1 Downlink Information:
Beacon Mode
Downlink Freq: 437.325 MHz
Modulation: FM, 200mW, Morse Code, ~20 WPM
Data Mode
Downlink Freq: 437.325 MHz
Modulation:
GMSK, 1W, 9600 baud, AX.25 (default)
FM, 1W, Bell 202, AX.25
UT Austin has also posted some pictures here:
http://paradigm.ae.utexas.edu/ops/
The 2-line tracking elements are:
DRAGONSAT
1 35690U 09038B 09217.97658609 +.00019083 +00000-0 +10072-3 0 00133
2 35690 051.6416 050.8490 0005305 104.3300 255.8301 15.80669917001027
[ANS thanks Karla Vega, KE5FKU for above information]
/EX
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Satellite shorts
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 221.05
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
August 9, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-221.05
+AMSAT-UK's FUNcube Amateur Radio satellite project is featured in this
week's Electronics Weekly email newletter and a longer article should
appear in the next issue of the printed magazine which will also be
available in digital format. See http://tinyurl.com/kmlssm for the
article in the e-mail newsletter.
A free subscription to the digital version of Electronics Weekly maga-
zine is available at:
http://www.qssweb.co.uk/controlledcirc/main/index.aspx
Electronics Weekly Magazine is on-line at:
http://www.electronicweekly.com/
[ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA for the above information]
+ Gould, WA4SXM reported the AO-51 Command Team has set the satellite
into the following configuration:
FM repeater V/U (620 mW)
Uplink 145.920 MHz FM
Downlink 435.300 MHz FM
FM 9k6 digital (590 mW)
L band uplink on 1268.700 MHz
Downlink 435.150 MHz FM
+ AMSAT INDIA July News letter is available for download at
http://www.amsatindia.org/Newsletter or directly at
http://amsatindia.org/Newsletter/AmsatIndia-News-July-09.pdf
+ Makoto, JI5RPT will operate as JD1BLY and Yoshihi, JO1LVZ will
operate as JD1BNF from Chichijima, Ogasawara Island, Japan be-
tween August 9-15. Satellite operation is planned. QSLs via
homecalls. (DXNL DX Newsletter #1635 - Aug 5, 2009)
/EX
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ITAR Update
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 221.06
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
August 9, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-221.06
AMSAT Files CJ Requests with US State Department
The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation filed four
Commodity Jurisdiction (CJ) requests with the Directorate
of Defense Trade Controls, US State Department last week.
These requests ask that the four commodity groups that
AMSAT provided support for AMSAT-DL's Phase 3-E project
(SDX, IHU-3, Can-Do! Bus, and thermal design) be
transferred to the Department of Commerce and be regulated
under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR),
removing them from ITAR (International Traffic in Arms
Regulations) managed by the State Department's DDTC.
"Our CJ requests are based upon AMSAT's status as a not-
for-profit corporation that adheres to 'open source' and '
public domain' principles where all of our technical activities
are freely available through the Internet and publications, such
as the "AMSAT Journal", observed AMSAT President Barry Baines,
WD4ASW. "Given the open nature of our activities, the focus
on scientific and educational purposes of our satellites,
and lack of military applications, we believe that our activities
in these areas are better suited for EAR rather than ITAR",
said Barry.
The CJ requests will be reviewed by the Directorate of Defense
Trade Controls as well as other federal agencies such as the
Commerce Department and Department of Defense. AMSAT expects
this review to take several months before a decision is made by
DDTC whether to grant the request.
AMSAT's involvement with P3-E halted in 2006 due to concerns over
possible ITAR violations. In January 2009, AMSAT filed a 'Voluntary
Disclosure' with DDTC outlining AMSAT's activities with AMSAT-DL
and AMSAT-UK on P3-E. In March 2009, DDTC advised AMSAT that ITAR
violations did occur but that the case was being closed. AMSAT
was admonished not to violate ITAR in the future. Subsequent to
receiving DDTC's letter closing the case, AMSAT is now seeking a
means to re-establish technical exchanges in support of P3-E
while abiding under rules administered by the Commerce Department.
Further details on AMSAT's efforts to comply with ITAR while
developing ways which will allow AMSAT satellite builders to
work cooperatively with foreign nationals on amateur radio satellite
projects will be available in the next issue of the "AMSAT Journal."
[ANS thanks, Barry, WD4ASW, for the above info]
/EX
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ARISS Status - 3 August, 2009
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 221.07
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
August 9, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-221.07
1. ARISS School Contact with Space School
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact
has been conducted with the United Space School in Seabrook, Texas on
Wednesday, August 5 at 13:47 UTC via telebridge station ON4ISS.
The school is a once a year session of high school students that
meets annually in the NASA/Clear Lake Area. These students come
from around the world for a two week session, during which they
stay with local host families while being mentored by astronauts,
engineers, and scientists to design a mission to Mars as their
team project. Class sessions are held at the University of
Houston at Clear Lake. The contact allowed students to learn
firsthand what the experience of spaceflight is like. They will
use this knowledge in putting together their team project
presentation, which they will present to the Houston space
community at the end of their session.
2. ARISS Contact with Hospital for Sick Children
On Thursday, July 30, patients of the Hospital for Sick
Children in Toronto, Ontario, Canada participated in an
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
contact. Children spoke with Astronaut Robert Thirsk,
VA3CSA via telebridge station ON4ISS in Belgium and were
able to ask 18 questions about life in space. Nearly 100
people were present for the event and the contact was
broadcasted throughout the hospital on closed circuit television.
3. ARISS Contact Between Michael Barratt and Summer Playground Camp
Borough of New Providence, NJ, Summer Playground Camp in
New Providence, New Jersey took part in an Amateur Radio on
the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Thursday,
July 30. Ten children asked twenty questions of Expedition 19's
Michael Barratt, KD5MIJ in front of an audience of approximately
100 people. This was a town sponsored summer camp activity for
elementary school children (K - 6). The New Providence Amateur
Radio Club (NPARC) has been involved with this type of camp for
the last five years and regularly provides an introduction to
amateur radio on the air by setting up HF and VHF stations so
that campers may communicate with hams around the world. The
ARISS contact was an extension of this activity.
4. ARISS News on Amateur Radio Newsline
On July 31, Amateur Radio Newsline Report 1668 reported on the
Scout Space Jamboree in Rantoul, Illinois which included an
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact.
To view "Ham Radio in Space: Space Jam 3 in Illinois,"
see: ftp://ftp.arnewsline.org/quincy/News-A/news.txt
5. ARISS International Meeting Minutes Posted
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) team
held its annual meeting at the European Space Research and
Technology Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands in June. Minutes
are now available and have been posted to the ARISS Web site.
See:
http://www.rac.ca/ariss/ARISS-I%202009%20Annual%20Mtg%20final%20edit%20minut
es.doc
6. ARRL Articles on FUNcube
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) posted a Web story on
a new AMSAT-UK (Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation) satellite
project, FUNcube. FUNcube is a cubesat which will educate
youth about radio, electronics and physics. For more
information,
see: http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/07/29/10985/?nc=1
The article may also be found in the ARRL Letter:
http://www.arrl.org/arrlletter/09/0731/
7. SuitSat-2 Demo
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
SuitSat-2 prototype was demonstrated at the Microchip
Master's conference which was held in Phoenix on
July 29 - August 1. See:
https://secure.microchip.com/usmasters/EveningEvents.aspx
8. De Winne Comments on Importance of Amateur Radio on ISS
During a recent Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) contact, Astronaut Frank De Winne was asked about the
importance of amateur radio on the ISS. He answered that the
radio was an important means of psychological support.
The audio of this contact may be found on the ARISS-Europe
Web site. See:
http://www.ariss-eu.org/2009_07_31.htm
9. ARISS Teleconference Minutes Posted
The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
team held its monthly meeting on Tuesday, July 21. Agenda
items included a recap of the face-to-face meeting held in
the Netherlands and the status of the SuitSat-2 project.
The minutes have been posted.
See: http://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2009-07-21.htm
10. MAI-75 Experiments Planned
MAI-75 (Moscow Aviation Institute) experiments are planned for
August 3 and 4. The VC-H1 unit will run in auto mode (Robot-36
and transmitting once every 3 minutes) and should be operational
on 145.800 MHz from approximately 0800-1600 UTC each day.
Information on the MAI-75 experiment is available
at: http://www.energia.ru/eng/iss/researches/education-26.html
11. Astronaut Training Status - Simulated Contact Scheduled
A simulated contact is planned for Thursday, August 6 at
approximately 13:30 UTC. The contact will be between Euro
Space Camp (ESC) and Paolo Nespoli, IZ0JPA. Audio should be
available on EchoLink and IRLP (Internet Radio Linking Project).
The training session is a terrestrial-based amateur radio contact
using Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) equivalent equipment.
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]
/EX
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's
Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project
Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms
are
available from the AMSAT Office.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Dee Interdonato, NB2F
nb2f at amsat dot org
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