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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Website (Doug Kuitula)
2. WD9EWK's 19 April road trip (long)
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
3. Re: Delfi-C3 telemetry decoding software available (Rick Mann)
4. Re: Kenwood TH-F6a (Clint Bradford)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:33:33 -0400
From: "Doug Kuitula" <ka8qcu(AT)pasty.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Website
To: "N3UJJ (Scott Gillis)" <N3UJJ(AT)N3UJJ.COM>, <AMSAT-BB(AT)amsat.org>
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I got into it fine at 13:32 edt
De Doug ka8qcu
----- Original Message -----
From: "N3UJJ (Scott Gillis)" <N3UJJ(AT)N3UJJ.COM>
To: <AMSAT-BB(AT)amsat.org>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 12:53
Subject: [amsat-bb] Website
>
> Is the AMSAT website down?
>
> I can't get it to come up
>
> Scott Gillis N3UJJ
> My Current Location <http://location.n3ujj.com>
> My Amateur Weather Station <http://weather.n3ujj.com/>
>
>
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:54:30 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb(AT)wd9ewk.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK's 19 April road trip (long)
To: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
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Hi!
I haven't done a road trip like I did on Saturday in a long time.
I woke up early, left Phoenix before sunrise (5am local/1200 UTC),
was part of an event with a radio club 90 minutes north of the city,
and then proceed to put a bunch of miles (456.5 miles/734km) on my
truck. In all of this, I was able to park in 4 different locations,
putting a total of 4 different grids on the air during 4 AO-51 and
2 AO-27 passes and making a total of 65 QSOs with stations in the
continental USA, Canada, Mexico, and Alaska. Through my fuel
purchases, I also made a small boost in the economies of some
oil-producing countries.
The primary reason for the trip on Saturday was to help the Yavapai
Amateur Radio Club with their activity at an event in Prescott AZ,
about 100 miles/160km north of Phoenix. I added to that a loop
through northern Arizona that would allow me to operate from 4
different grids, and in particular put a couple of unusual (for
satellite ops) grids on the air: DM35 and DM45. These two grids
in northern Arizona are rarely on the satellites, unless someone
driving on I-40 decides to stop and work passes from up there.
I can probably count on one hand the number of passes I've heard
stations from both of these grids in the last 2+ years.
First stop... 1410 UTC, about 85 miles/137km north of Phoenix,
west of the I-17 freeway in grids DM34xm and DM44am at 4455 feet
(1358m) elevation:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=34+31.125+
N+112+0.00+w&ie=UTF8&ll=34.079962,-
112.08252&spn=3.621272,5.218506&t=h&z=8&iwloc=addr&om=0
This was a pass to my east, and the only time I would be on the
air from DM44 during the day. Lots of activity, and I was able
to log contacts with 12 stations in Canada, Mexico, and the US.
I have operated from this spot off and on in the past year, and
this time I had an "audience" - some cattle, roaming through this
field just inside the Prescott National Forest. In this area, the
national forest has very few trees. It is more high desert than
forested area.
After this pass, I made the 30-mile/50km drive west to Prescott.
The event I was helping with would be in the public library in
downtown Prescott, grid DM34sm:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=34.5397+n+112.4672+w&jsv=107&
ie=UTF8&ll=34.341168,-111.810608&spn=1.85958,2.69989&t=h&z=9&iwloc=addr
The event was only for 2 hours, between 10am and 12 noon (1700-
1900 UTC), and its location on a hill prevented me from working
any eastern passes unless the satellites were above 40 or 45
degrees elevation. I was able to do a demonstration on one AO-51
pass to the west at 1548 UTC, logging contacts with 9 stations
from Alaska to Mexico. The event, primarily focused on astronomy,
was a good one. The Yavapai Amateur Radio Club had a table with
general information on amateur radio including details of a local
school's SAREX contact in 1994 and another table with information
on radio astronomy, along with my table with satellite-related
information. Thanks to Ray W1OTH, Terry KB7TRE, Bob WB6ODR, and
the others with the radio club and the Prescott Astronomy Club for
your assistance.
After the event wrapped up, I grabbed some lunch and drove 35
miles/56km north to a spot east of Arizona route 89 in grids
DM34tx and DM35ta near Drake AZ (25 miles/40km south of Ash
Fork and the I-40 freeway):
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=35+0.00+n+112+23.132+w&jsv=10
7&ie=UTF8&ll=34.288992,-112.412109&spn=3.830102,7.734375&t=h&z=7
This was a very nice spot, again just inside the Prescott
National Forest in the high desert (4735 feet/1443m elevation,
per my GPS receiver). I had a great view of the sky in all
directions, no hassles from people driving on the road, and was
able to work a pair of AO-27 passes. I made 10 QSOs on the 2121
UTC pass to the east, and 8 more on the 2302 UTC pass to the west.
After those passes, it was time to pack up my stuff and move on
to the last spot I wanted to reach. After a 45-mile/72km drive
I reached a spot on old US 66 west of Parks AZ in grids DM35xg
and DM45ag:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=35+15.570+n+112+0.00+w&jsv=10
7&ie=UTF8&ll=34.669359,-112.071533&spn=3.812693,7.734375&t=h&z=7
No more high desert here. I was in the Kaibab National Forest,
and this actually looked like a forest with lots of tall trees.
I had gone up in elevation, up to 7128 feet/2173m. I had almost
90 minutes before the first AO-51 pass of the evening, so I tried
to find a good spot that would still put me on the DM35/DM45
line away from the road. No luck with that, so I parked on the
side of the road and prepared for the first pass.
When I started to hear the satellite come up from the southeast,
it was already jammed with stations from all over the USA and
Mexico. Despite the crowd, I was able to make quick contacts with
15 different stations during the 0120 UTC pass. Between that pass
and the 0259 UTC pass to the west, I drove around the area again
to see the sights while there was still sunlight. I returned to
the same spot for the 0259 UTC pass, and made 11 more contacts with
stations from Mexico up to Alaska to wrap up my satellite operating
for the day. After I dismantled my station, I drove to Flagstaff
for dinner. Then a quick look around that city, before driving down
the I-17 freeway to go home.
If anyone who worked me Saturday wants a QSL card for the contact(s),
please e-mail me. If I already have a QSL card from an earlier
satellite QSO with you, there's no need to send me another card. If
we have not worked before, I would appreciate receiving your QSL card.
If you didn't work me and would like to hear DM35, DM45, or some other
unusual grids in Arizona on future satellite passes, there will be
other opportunities as summer approaches.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:17:39 -0700
From: Rick Mann <rmann(AT)latencyzero.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Delfi-C3 telemetry decoding software available
To: Wouter Jan Ubbels <wjubbels(AT)gmail.com>
Cc: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
Message-ID: <C4251163-2E63-4907-A23C-ADA2D3A6487C(AT)latencyzero.com>
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On Apr 21, 2008, at 5:07 AM, Wouter Jan Ubbels wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> we have released RASCAL, the telemetry decoding software for the
> Delfi-C3
> satellite.
> You can find the download page at
>
>
http://www.delfic3.nl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=94&Itemid=123
Hi Wouter!
I just tried RASCAL. It launches fine on Mac OS X, but I still cannot
select any audio sources; the menu is disabled.
Any suggestions?
--
Rick
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:23:21 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbrad4d(AT)earthlink.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Kenwood TH-F6a
To: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
Message-ID: <2F6EEBF4-7F3C-4DB0-A7DB-CE919D078781(AT)earthlink.net>
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> .. is the TH-F6A my best choce for HT? for sats, ... or at least in
> the top two?? Before I go down thr street to HRO and plunk down the
> money...
The TH-F6a is an excellent performer. It is NOT, however, a true full-
duplex unit. It is a tri-band, dual receive unit. Full power output
on all three bands (2M, 220, and 440).
If you want/need dual-receive, it's a great unit. Minor drawback:
Using its optional AA Alkaline pack, you're only operating at 1/2 W.
Clint Bradford,K6LCS
909-241-7666
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