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Today's Topics:
1. WD9EWK @ DM31 today (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
2. No go for 0206 UTC AO51 pass (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
3. ANS-249 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (JoAnne Maenpaa)
4. SatPC32 (Art McBride)
5. AO-51 MODE L/U (Alan P. Biddle)
6. Re: Increasing range from LEO/SpaceX/APRS (Rocky Jones)
7. Re: Increasing range from LEO/SpaceX/APRS (Luc Leblanc)
8. FO29 64451 (PY5LF)
9. DSTAR on AO-27 (Luc Leblanc)
10. KB1RVT from FN64 on Monday, 7 Sept. afternoon
(Daniel "Nick" Kucij)
11. Re: AO-51 MODE L/U (Andrew Glasbrenner)
12. FT 847 (loaded)/SYMEK TNC 3S for sale on EBAY (wgravett@xxxx.xxxx
13. Re: Increasing range from LEO/SpaceX/APRS (Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 12:58:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK @ DM31 today
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <282202.53767.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Hello from 25 yards/meters north of Mexico!
I just worked an SO50 pass @ 1906 UTC from DM31ov.
I plan to be on AO27 passes @ 2049 & 2230 UTC, plus AO51
passes @ 0026 & 0206 UTC from here - if the weather
is OK.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
"Gringo Pass", Lukeville AZ
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 18:58:08 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] No go for 0206 UTC AO51 pass
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <37722.37469.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Hi!
Due to bad thunderstorms that rolled into the DM31ov
area, I won't be able to make this upcoming pass. I'll be
back here in the near future, now that I know that I can get
here in 2.5 hours from Phoenix.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
Lukeville AZ
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 23:31:41 -0500
From: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-249 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <000101ca2eaa$efcc1d90$cf6458b0$@xxx>
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-249
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
**********************************************************************
* 2009 AMSAT Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting October 9-11 *
* Four Points Sheraton Hotel at the Baltimore Washington Airport *
* Details - http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2009/index.php *
**********************************************************************
In this edition:
* AMSAT-NA BoD Ballots Due September 15
* Only One Month Until the AMSAT Space Symposium
* FO-29 Recovery Efforts Continue
* AO-7 DX Reports
* Silent Key: Packet Satellite Pioneer Den Connors, KD2S
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
* ESA Astronaut Answers Your Questions From Space
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-249.01
AMSAT-NA BoD Ballots Due September 15
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 249.01
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 6, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-249.01
The deadline for returning the gold "corrected" ballot to the AMSAT
office is September 15th. If you need biographical information on
the candidates, it can be found on the AMSAT website.
[ANS thanks Martha for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-249.02
Only One Month Until the AMSAT Space Symposium
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 249.02
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 6, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-249.02
Co-Chairs, Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, and Janet Bauer remind you that
the 2009 AMSAT Symposium is rapidly approaching! And we hope
you can join us, especially given that there are some low-cost
airfares out there for those of us in the US.
We have an outstanding venue this year at the Four Points Sheraton
at the BWI Airport. Your symposium committee recently did a walk
through of this facility. The accommodations and meeting rooms are
superb. Frank said, "I do a lot of traveling and I must say that
the rooms are absolutely beautiful. You will definitely get a
substantial bang for your buck (or Euro, etc.) at this symposium.
And planned 40th Anniversary celebratory events will be truly
memorable".
So we'd love to see you in "Charm City"-Baltimore Maryland..for the
symposium presentations, 40th anniversary celebrations, poster ses-
sions, ARISS Operations Team Meeting, and AMSAT BoD meeting.
Full details are available on-line:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2009/index.php
You can now register online for the 2009 AMSAT Space Symposium and
Annual Meeting: http://www.amsat-na.com/store2/SymposiumReg2009.php
Online registration will disappear on October 5th so do not wait
too long!
Our guest speaker is Dr. Martin Collins from the the Smithsonian
Air and Space Museum. He will talk on "Making the Space Age: The
First Fifty Years".
Follow the links from the Symposium page to book your room at the
hotel. An 800 number is also available. When booking your room let
the operator know that you are with the Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation for the special rates. (They don't seem to know about
AMSAT.)
[ANS thanks Frank Bauer, KA3HDO, and Janet Bauer for the above
information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-249.03
FO-29 Recovery Efforts Continue
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 249.03
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 6, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-249.03
Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL reported that recovery efforts continue for
the FO-29 satellite. Partial CW telemetry from FO-29 was received
by Luciano, PY5LF, "during the orbit 64384 of FO29 I heard and
decoded the telemetry for only 3 times then the satellite turned
off." At the present time the ground control team continues to
analyze telemetry and are continuing attempts to restore the
satellite while it is over Japan.
The latest information can be found on Mineo's web page at:
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/fo29rest.htm
[ANS thanks Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-249.04
AO-7 DX Reports
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 249.04
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 6, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-249.04
Piraja, PS8RF reported more transatlantic DX via AO-7 from Brazil.
During the orbit number 59094 of AO-7 (MODE B - 20:14:21 UTC -
21/08/2009) I could hear Andre, ZS2ACP calling CQ and giving a signal
report to another station here in Brazil (PY5LF). Unfortunately I
could not find the uplink, was prepared, but I missed the time to call
it. Despite the weather have been enough I could not hear me. The AO-7
in spite of 35 years continues to bring surprises to the satellite
community. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meMa0zz5v4k
Piraja also noted another AO-7 milestone. Joe, K3SZH has reached
10,000 contacts via AO-7. Congratulations Joe!
[ANS thanks Piraja, PS8RF for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-249.05
Silent Key: Packet Satellite Pioneer Den Connors, KD2S
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 249.05
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 6, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-249.05
Tom Clark, K3IO noted, "It is with much sadness that I report the
passing of Den Connors, KD2S. Den passed on after a year long fight
to conquer lymphoma."
Den was TAPR's first president, overseeing the transition from a
local Tucson club into the multi-national TAPR. He was a major
sponsor of the adoption of AX.25 as the amateur packet standard.
Under his lead, TAPR introduced the TNC-1 and then later the TNC-2.
Den worked with Tom to define an amateur store-and-forward packet
radio satellite which morphed into the AO16, IO-26, AO-27, and
MO-30 Microsats.
73, Den -- you will be missed by all your friends!
[ANS thanks Tom Clark, K3IO for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-249.06
Satellite Shorts From All Over
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 249.06
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 6, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-249.06
+ The dates of the 2010 AMSAT-UK Colloquium will be the weekend of
July 30 to August 1, 2010. The location will be the same as in 2009,
the Holiday Inn, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom. (G3WGM)
+ Please collect and send telemetry data you receive on 145.825 from
the Pollux and Castor satellites to ande@xxxx.xxx.xxxx.xxx. There
was a laser ranging experiment this weekend from Maui to illuminate
the retroreflectors on both satellites. If you include your address
you can receive a QSL card. (KD4HBO)
+ Photos of the night time launch of STS-128 can be viewed on-line:
From 200 miles north on Jekyll Island, GA see: http://bit.ly/4uBi3N
The view from Orlando can be seen at http://www.mydrive.ch/en. The
username is plethra2. The guest password is aa4kn_1. They are found
in the STS-128 folder.
+ Listen for Tom, KB9BIT as he activates the far western part of the
Oklahoma Panhandle between September 12 - 19 (grids DM86 and DM87)
To get your QSL card e-mail Tom at kb9bit@xxxx.xxx or tmlask@xxx.xxx
with the details of the QSO.
+ Congratulations and a hearty well-done to Clint, K6LCS on his very
successful "How to Work Ham Sats With Your HT" presentation to the
Moreno Valley (CA) Amateur Radio Association. Clint says, "They were,
indeed, properly impressed!" Listen for Clint's upcoming demos on:
September 11 - EchoLink/IRLP via K0GQ
September 17 - Conejo Valley ARC
October 5 - WARA (Fullerton) meeting
October 17 - Victor Valley ARC's JOTA
+ West Coast USA stations worked Hawaii via AO-51 on September 4.
Ron, W6ZQ operated from Kauai in grid BL02. Robert, NH7WN from
Honolulu (BL11) was also on the same pass. Patrick, WD9EWK said
he was able to work W6ZQ at just under 2 degrees elevation and
got NH7WN at just over 3 degrees elevation.
[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-249.07
ESA Astronaut Answers Your Questions From Space
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 249.07
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 6, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-249.07
This week Space Daily carried a story dateline September 3, from
Paris, France about a new way to contact the International Space
Station.
How do you wash your clothes in space? How does food stay fresh if
there is no fridge on the ISS? ESA's Frank De Winne is answering
these, and many more of your questions, right now, from space.
Is there something you always wanted to know about being an astro-
naut? Or you are just curious about living and working in space?
Well, now is the time to ask. Instead of searching the Internet,
you can ask an ESA astronaut directly. Frank De Winne, on the
International Space Station, is keen to answer your questions
personally via ESA's YouTube channel.
Questions answered so far have been "Will you exercise a lot on
your bike?", "What medical conditions would stop you becoming an
astronaut?", "Will Europe have its own Space Shuttle in the future?"
and "Do you use washing powder for washing clothes in space?"
Frank is answering questions from space fans all over Europe, and he
will greet you in English, French or Dutch in your personal video
response.
All you have to do is record your question using a webcam, video
camera or mobile phone, and post it on ESA"s YouTube channel. Each
week, Frank posts his responses to your questions on the site,
directly from space.
Frank is part way through his six-month mission on the International
Space Station. Later in his mission, he will also become the first
European commander of the ISS.
Have a go, it could be your question answered next!
Record and upload your questions to ESA"s YouTube channel as a
'Video Response' to De Winne's video message which can viewed at this
link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okpNcG3vu_E
(ed. note: Frank's amateur radio callsign is ON1DWN.)
[ANS thanks SpaceDaily.com 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. And with that
please keep in mind when wondering how important feed line loss is in
your antenna installation that ancient wisdom reminds us about the
man who digs his well at a distance from the tent soon laments when
his wife's mustache catches fire.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM
K9JKM at amsat dot org
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 23:10:51 -0700
From: "Art McBride" <kc6uqh@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32
To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <159E0812C1F146AFA9CEE20848590533@xxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Hi All,
I am trying to get my ICom 820H working under CAT.
I have an OPC-478UC It is USB to single line CI-V required by the ICom 820H.
I have shifted it's output to the tip from the sleeve on the 1/8" phone
plug. Under System / Device hardware the OPC 478 shows up as com 3. The
radio does not control. I have set the address to 60h from 42h in the radio
and the baud rate to 9600 on both radio and program. I get the E/A Fehler-32
warning when I try to store the com port values. The OPC 478UC does work my
ICom D800 and when connected to the 820H will return a Com 3 when com port
is selected. If I unplug the cord to the 820H it tells me no radio is
connected.
Any help on this one would be appreciated.
Art,
KC6UQH
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 07:54:36 -0500
From: "Alan P. Biddle" <APBIDDLE@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 MODE L/U
To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <80D9E42B405C4D90814EFAD36FB0E6D7@xxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Had a couple of good QSOs this morning. According to KD8CAO, the mode
should be around a bit longer while the new schedule is being finalized.
Have a great Labor Day weekend!
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 20:41:47 -0500
From: Rocky Jones <orbitjet@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Increasing range from LEO/SpaceX/APRS
To: <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>, Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: eu-amsat@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <COL106-W16E08FBA579ADC9A1A31F8D6ED0@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Luc...I would add this.
What is firmly missing in the amateur satellite effort is something
"repeatable" that encourages solid commercial gear to be available to people
who want to use the sats.
Wayne Green (w2nsd who I think is still with us)...had some pretty "wild"
stuff in the startup of the repeater movement...but he also had some pretty
good musings about what it would take to take the repeater movement from the
"techies" to "ordinary" hams... He came and spoke to us while I was in
college and we had a chance to have some "one on one" and he more or less
nailed what it was going to take to get the repeater movement "mainstream".
It is going to take about the same thing for hamsats...and one of those is a
continued supply of hamsats which encourage more communicating and less
experimenting....
Thats what is intriguing about the SpaceX "launch" campaign...and indeed about
the entire changes that are occurring now with the Augustine commission there
is a chance for things developing like geo synch "rafts" where very large
satellite complexes etc are built. But ham radio will not in my view have a
seat at that table unless and until there is some "normalcy" in the mode.
I spent part of the afternoon talking with a condo owner on Clear Lake about
the Club moving its APRS/voice machine to the top of his 14 story building (a
virtual skyscraper in this part of Houston)...it was amazing how fast he came
around, all he could think of was what went on in Hurricane Ike.
Robert WB5MZO
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:22:27 -0400
From: Luc Leblanc <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Increasing range from LEO/SpaceX/APRS
To: kb1pvh@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx eu-amsat@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <4AA1A133.14831.31E695F@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xx>
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On 4 Sep 2009 at 21:17, Dave Webb KB1PVH wrote:
Date sent: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:17:10 +0000
From: Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Increasing range from LEO/SpaceX/APRS
To: Luc Leblanc <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Send reply to: kb1pvh@xxxxx.xxx
> Hey Luc,
>
> I want to give it a try with D Star on AO-27 this weekend with you. Let
me know what passes work for you.
>
>
>
> Dave KB1PVH
>
Hi Dave
It is 2253 edt and i just came back from a ham dealer with the Icom DSTAR VHF
and
controller unit to switch one of our analog club machine to DSTAR system. With
the long labor day week end i will rearrange my setup for
DSTAR.
for sept 5 here is the TEPR time who match a mutual window between us.
Time (UTC) Mode
------------------------------------------
Sat Sep 5 17:27:37 2009 Digital Med
Sat Sep 5 17:27:57 2009 Analogue Med
Sat Sep 5 17:34:57 2009 Digital Med
Sat Sep 5 17:35:57 2009 OFF
Sat Sep 5 19:08:25 2009 Digital Med
Sat Sep 5 19:08:45 2009 Analogue Med
Sat Sep 5 19:15:45 2009 Digital Med
Sat Sep 5 19:16:45 2009 OFF
Nothing for the 6 and i will check for the 7 later. I will be there on both
pass.
"-"
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
Skype VE2DWE
www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
DSTAR urcall VE2DWE
WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 12:17:59 -0300
From: "PY5LF" <py5lf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FO29 64451
To: "'Mineo Wakita'" <ei7m-wkt@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <004f01ca2e3c$0e73b560$2b5b2020$@xxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Hi dear Mineo
Here are the data heard yesterday night , orbit 64451:
---------
Data 1
---------
Main Relay ON : DCM ON
SRAM OFF : Packet OFF
JTA ON : JTD OFF
GAS OFF :
SAS OFF : UVC ON
UVC Level 1 : PCU Mode AUTO
PCU Level 3 : Battery Mode FULL
Battery Logic FULL :
Digitalker Mode OFF : UVC ACT/PAS PAS
CPU RUN/RESET RUN :
Spin Period 8356,0 [msec]
Sun Angle 72,5 [deg]
GAS-Z 490,2 [nT]
GAS-X 490,2 [nT]
Solar Panel Current 9,8 [mA]
Battery Current 548,0 [mA]
Battery Voltage 10,8 [V]
Battery Middle Voltage 5,6 [V]
Bus Voltage 12,5 [V]
Analog Tx Power 610,4 [mW]
Structure Temp. 1 -8,6 [C]
Structure Temp. 2 -7,8 [C]
Structure Temp. 3 -8,2 [C]
Structure Temp. 4 -8,2 [C]
Battery Cell Temp. -9,0 [C]
---------
Data 2
---------
Main Relay ON : DCM ON
SRAM OFF : Packet OFF
JTA ON : JTD OFF
GAS OFF :
SAS OFF : UVC ON
UVC Level 1 : PCU Mode AUTO
PCU Level 3 : Battery Mode FULL
Battery Logic FULL :
Digitalker Mode OFF : UVC ACT/PAS PAS
CPU RUN/RESET RUN :
Spin Period 8356,0 [msec]
Sun Angle 72,5 [deg]
GAS-Z 490,2 [nT]
GAS-X 490,2 [nT]
Solar Panel Current 9,8 [mA]
Battery Current 548,0 [mA]
Battery Voltage 10,8 [V]
Battery Middle Voltage 5,6 [V]
Bus Voltage 12,5 [V]
Analog Tx Power 824,9 [mW]
Structure Temp. 1 -8,6 [C]
Structure Temp. 2 -7,8 [C]
Structure Temp. 3 -8,6 [C]
Structure Temp. 4 -8,6 [C]
Battery Cell Temp. -9,0 [C]
---------
Data 3
---------
Main Relay ON : DCM ON
SRAM OFF : Packet OFF
JTA ON : JTD OFF
GAS OFF :
SAS OFF : UVC ON
UVC Level 1 : PCU Mode AUTO
PCU Level 3 : Battery Mode FULL
Battery Logic FULL :
Digitalker Mode OFF : UVC ACT/PAS PAS
CPU RUN/RESET RUN :
Spin Period 8356,0 [msec]
Sun Angle 72,5 [deg]
GAS-Z 490,2 [nT]
GAS-X 490,2 [nT]
Solar Panel Current 9,8 [mA]
Battery Current 528,4 [mA]
Battery Voltage 10,8 [V]
Battery Middle Voltage 5,6 [V]
Bus Voltage 12,5 [V]
Analog Tx Power 499,9 [mW]
Structure Temp. 1 -8,6 [C]
Structure Temp. 2 -8,2 [C]
Structure Temp. 3 -8,6 [C]
Structure Temp. 4 -8,6 [C]
Battery Cell Temp. -9,0 [C]
Then after more some seconds the bird stops again .
73
PY5LF
LUCIANO FABRICIO
CURITIBA-PR-BRAZIL
GG54JM
<http://www.qrz.com/db/py5lf> http://www.qrz.com/db/py5lf
<http://www.falautomation.com.br/> www.falautomation.com.br
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:58:15 -0400
From: Luc Leblanc <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] DSTAR on AO-27
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: eu-amsat@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <4AA26E77.25644.D195AF@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
A quick test on the 1330 pass using DSTAR was successful i was able to hear my
downlink with my call sign data Q5 with a clear crisp audio
as good as the terrestrial DSTAR audio. But no one else seems to be on at that
time.
"-"
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
Skype VE2DWE
www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
DSTAR urcall VE2DWE
WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2009 20:42:32 -0400
From: "Daniel \"Nick\" Kucij" <dnkucij@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] KB1RVT from FN64 on Monday, 7 Sept. afternoon
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <70774499-5989-4243-BB73-B9720FB160DD@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed
Hi
I'm planning a day-trip further downeast along the Maine coast to
FN64 on Labor Day afternoon, the 7th of September. I expect to be on
the AO-27 pass at 1809 UTC and the AO-51 pass at 2130 UTC. I'll be
working with two HTs and my homebrew yagi. I've been operating
portable on Mt. Desert Is. in FN54 over the last week.
If you need a QSL for QSOs from any of the grids I've worked portable
from in Maine, just send me an email with QSO details and I'll check
them in my log and send you a card.
73!
Nick KB1RVT
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 13:22:43 -0400
From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 MODE L/U
To: <APBIDDLE@xxxxxxx.xxx>, "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <E1A36E613F73496CB0DB34234AAF6355@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
It looks like we'll hold the current configuration until about 1200Z on
Tuesday September 7. At that time we'll switch back to L/U PBBS for the
week. I hope to have the rest of the schedule ready and posted today.
73, Drew KO4MA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan P. Biddle" <APBIDDLE@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2009 8:54 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 MODE L/U
> Had a couple of good QSOs this morning. According to KD8CAO, the mode
> should be around a bit longer while the new schedule is being finalized.
>
> Have a great Labor Day weekend!
>
> 73s,
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
>
>
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 17:36:34 GMT
From: "wgravett@xxxx.xxxx <wgravett@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FT 847 (loaded)/SYMEK TNC 3S for sale on EBAY
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I am selling this combination on EBAY ( Item 230374998108). The auction is
open to registered EBAY folks. The FT 847 has been modified with the F-IFD
board to handle 38.4 kbaud downlink. The TNC3S has a 9600 AND a 38.4k baud
board in it.
There is a reasonable reserve on this auction ; all manuals are
included....Christmas times a'comin !!!
73
Bill, W5PGZ
( direct any questions to wgravett@xxxx.xxx or the ebay ad)
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:38:55 +0000
From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Increasing range from LEO/SpaceX/APRS
To: Rocky Jones <orbitjet@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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If all you want to do is "communicate" with no experimenting or technical
involvement then forget amateur radio
and sit at your computer and use the internet.
It even now works throughout the world via easy to set up satellite links
using "solid commercial gear".
Rocky Jones wrote:
> Luc...I would add this.
>
> What is firmly missing in the amateur satellite effort is something
"repeatable" that encourages solid commercial gear to be available to people
who want to use the sats.
>
> Wayne Green (w2nsd who I think is still with us)...had some pretty "wild"
stuff in the startup of the repeater movement...but he also had some pretty
good musings about what it would take to take the repeater movement from the
"techies" to "ordinary" hams... He came and spoke to us while I was in
college and we had a chance to have some "one on one" and he more or less
nailed what it was going to take to get the repeater movement "mainstream".
>
> It is going to take about the same thing for hamsats...and one of those is a
continued supply of hamsats which encourage more communicating and less
experimenting....
>
> Thats what is intriguing about the SpaceX "launch" campaign...and indeed
about the entire changes that are occurring now with the Augustine commission
there is a chance for things developing like geo synch "rafts" where very
large satellite complexes etc are built. But ham radio will not in my view
have a seat at that table unless and until there is some "normalcy" in the
mode.
>
> I spent part of the afternoon talking with a condo owner on Clear Lake about
the Club moving its APRS/voice machine to the top of his 14 story building (a
virtual skyscraper in this part of Houston)...it was amazing how fast he came
around, all he could think of was what went on in Hurricane Ike.
>
> Robert WB5MZO
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