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Today's Topics:
1. Christmas Gift: DJ-G7 (Lee Ernstrom)
2. XW-1 Beacon in PF88jt (Frank Woolfe)
3. Ham Radio Deluxe and TS-2000 for SSB sats
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
4. ANS-361 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins (Lee McLamb)
5. HO-68 - first FM pass over Australia (vk5alx@xxxxx.xxxx
6. Hope Oscar - 68 (HO-68) CW Beacon heard Loud and Clear from
Grid EM85sh (Robert Felt)
7. Congrats to WB8OTH (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
8. HO-68 Schedule Dec27--28 (Alan Kung)
9. Re: HO-68 Schedule Dec27--28 (George Henry)
10. HO-68 145.825 uplink (Andrew Glasbrenner)
11. Re: HO-68 145.825 uplink (Jeff KB2M)
12. HO-68 27Dec2009 1527z North America (John Papay)
13. SO-67 27Dec2009 1443z Audio (John Papay)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:42:43 -0700
From: "Lee Ernstrom" <iamsavedbygrace@x.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Christmas Gift: DJ-G7
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Howdy Folks,
I received the Alinco DJ-G7 handheld tri-band radio for a Christmas gift
from the XYL and I am looking forward to activating some of the more
rare grids around northern Utah in the very near future. I dicovered,
however, that my arrow antenna's BNC connector doesn't plug directly to
the DJ-G7's SMA antenna jack (imagine that) so I just ordered a BNC to
SMA adaptor. Anyway, my question is are there any other DJ-G7 users
here that can give me some insight into how effective this hand held is
on the satelites?
Thanks in advance for your response.
WA7HQD
Lee Ernstrom
Syracuse, Utah DN31xb
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:13:10 +1030
From: "Frank Woolfe" <frankwoolfe@xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] XW-1 Beacon in PF88jt
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <200912270143.nBR1hBQa024152@xxxxxx.xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
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Great Sig's received from XW-1 this morning in Orbit 155 from PF88jt,
AOS .5 Degs Elv, 335 Deg's Az,,,, LOS .5 Degs Elv, 214 Degs Az; Rec'd max
distance 4155Klm towards Antarctic, Southern Indian Ocean, unfortunately no
transponder operation.
Frank VK5KV, PF88jt
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:15:09 -0800 (PST)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Ham Radio Deluxe and TS-2000 for SSB sats
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <525298.38433.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Hi!
Omar XE1AO is asking me for advice on the frequencies to put into
Ham Radio Deluxe for his TS-2000. He is trying to get set up for
HO-68 (XW-1) when it is in SSB/CW. I do not have that radio, and
do not use HRD right now. Could someone e-mail me the information
that I can pass along to Omar for that combination of software and
radio to get him set up for the new satellite (and possibly the
other SSB/CW satellites as well)?
If you prefer, you can e-mail Omar directly. He has an e-mail
address registered on QRZ.com that is valid.
Thanks in advance, and 73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK (on behalf of Omar XE1AO)
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:30:04 -0500
From: Lee McLamb <ku4os@xxx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-361 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <7A.F9.01470.DA6C63B4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xx.xxx>
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-361
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:
* Report Your AMSAT Volunteer Hours
* SO-67 schedule
* SKN on OSCAR 2010
* AMSAT Kid's Day on AO-51 on 3 January
*Thank You and Season Greetings on Behalf of the HO-68 Team
* AO-51 Satellite Grid DXpedition Announced
* ARISS Status - 21 December 2009
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-361.01
Report Your AMSAT Volunteer Hours
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 361.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
December 27, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-361.01
Attention AMSAT Volunteers!
It is that time again when we gather volunteer hours donated to the AMSAT
Program of Work to include within our yearly Audit. These important
donations of personal time help us illustrate to the outside world the
involvement of our members. We welcome reporting in all areas of service
from Managing a booth at a Hamfest, to engineering of new AMSAT projects, to
day to day operational activities.
If you are not already signed up for the on line Web site "VRS" (Volunteer
Reporting System) program, please go to amsat.org and select "Become a
Volunteer" from the link on the left side of the main page. Select #2 in
order to create an account for your reporting. You will be given a
confidential account into which you can report your volunteer hours. Select
# 3 to actually report your 2009 efforts.
We total up the efforts and total value while we keep confidential the
actual dollar amount of each volunteer.
With the year drawing to a close, this is a great time to submit those
hours. After January 1, 2010 we'll download the file and report these
numbers to our Auditor.
Your efforts are important, so please take the time to report. If you have
any questions feel free to email me at: w8gsm@xxxxx.xxx.
Gunther Meisse
AMSAT Treasurer
W8GSM
[ANS thanks Gunther, W8GSM, for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-361.02
SO-67 schedule
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 361.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
December 27, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-361.02
Jan-Albert Koekemoer, ZR1JAK, received the following schedules from the
various
coordinators. Note that some passes had to be omitted due to other higher
priorities on the satellite.
SOUTH AMERICA:
27/12 01:18
27/12 11:48
27/12 13:25
27/12 23:25
28/12 00:58
28/12 11:28
28/12 13:02
28/12 23:05
29/12 00:35
29/12 11:08
29/12 12:41
30/12 00:16
30/12 01:50
30/12 10:48
30/12 12:20
30/12 23:56
31/12 01:30
31/12 10:29
31/12 11:59
31/12 23:36
01/01 01:10
01/01 11:38
01/01 13:14
01/01 23:16
AUSTRALIA/NZ:
27/12 21:19
28/12 00:28
28/12 20:57
28/12 22:31
29/12 00:07
29/12 20:37
29/12 22:09
29/12 23:46
30/12 21:51
30/12 23:24
30/12 21:30
30/12 23:05
01/01 00:40
USSR:
27/12 14:20
27/12 19:00
AFRICA:
27/12 05:30
28/12 08:16
29/12 07:58
30/12 06:03
30/12 07:38
31/12 05:42
31/12 07:17
01/01 05:20
01/01 06:57
01/01 08:26
JAPAN
27/12 00:30
27/12 22:37
28/12 00:09 (Deleted)
28/12 23:48
29/12 01:24
29/12 23:28
30/12 01:03
30/12 23:08
31/12 00:42
31/12 22:48
01/01 00:21
EUROPE
27/12 06:47
27/12 08:20
27/12 09:54
27/12 11:28
28/12 09:33
29/12 09:12
USA/CANADA
27/12 00:22 (Deleted)
27/12 13:08
27/12 14:43
27/12 16:16
27/12 17:49
27/12 19:21
27/12 20:54
27/12 22:28 (Deleted)
28/12 00:02
[ANS thanks Jan-Albert, ZR1JAK, for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-361.03
SKN on OSCAR 2010
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 361.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
December 27, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-361.03
All radio amateurs, worldwide, are cordially invited to participate
in AMSAT's Straight Key Night on OSCAR 2010.
Participating in SKN on OSCAR 2010 is easy. No rules, no scoring and
no need to send in a log. Just operate CW through any OSCAR between
0000 and 2400 UTC on 1 January 2010, using a straight hand key.
The AMSAT AO-51 Operations Group reminds everyone that AO-51
will be configured to support CW operations during the annual
Straight Key Night event. Participants may operate CW through
AO-51 between 0000 and 2400 UTC on 1 January 2010, using a
straight hand key.
AO-51 will be configured in the following mode during the event:
SSB/FM Repeater, V/U (CW QSOs only on Straight Key Night)
Uplink: 145.880 MHz USB
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM
In keeping with the friendly nature of this event, all participants
are encouraged to nominate someone they worked for "Best Fist." Your
nominee need not have the best fist of those you heard, just of those
you worked. Please send your nomination to w2rs@xxxxx.xxx. A list of
those nominated will appear in ANS and The AMSAT Journal.
[ANS thanks Ray, W2RS, and the AMSAT AO-51 Operations Group for
the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-361.04
AMSAT Kid's Day on AO-51 on 3 January
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 361.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
December 27, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-361.04
AMSAT-NA and the AO-51 Operations Group will sponsor Kid's Day on
AO-51 on January 3, 2010. The event is open to all kids, worldwide.
We ask all amateur radio stations to give this short time window to
promote satellite operations with kids, by actually showing a kid how
to make contacts via AO-51, providing a station to contact, or stepping
aside to allow others to make contacts with the kids. During the event,
please limit contacts to stations that are operating with kids at the
microphone. This should allow the kids to have a nice QSO and pass some
information. Kids can tell their name, age, who is helping them operate
on AO-51, where they live, and other information about themselves.
AO-51 will be configured in the following mode during the event.
Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM voice
Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM voice
See http://www.arrl.org/FandES/ead/kd-rules.html on the ARRL
website for more Kids Day information.
Have fun and enjoy AO-51!
[ANS thanks the AO-51 Operations Committee for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-361.05
Thank You and Season Greetings on Behalf of the HO-68 Team
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 361.05
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
December 27, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-361.05
CEO of Amsat-China and HO-68 (XW-1) Project Manager Alan Kung, BA1DU
wrote, "On behalf of Amsat-China and the HO-68 amateur satellite pro-
ject Team, I would like to express my sincere thanks to all radio
amateurs who reported the communications status of HO-68 satellite
in the past few days."
Alan continued, "I would also like to express my sincere thanks to
all individuals and organizations for your congratulations. I must
say I am sorry I am not able to respond to each of the reports,
but your reports are very valuable for our analysis of status of
the satellite. Thank you very much for your participation in the
in-orbit satellite communications test of HO-68."
The HO-68 team wishes all a happy holiday and we hope HO-68 amateur
satellite will be able to bring you a new fun!
This week AMSAT-NA President, Barry Baines, WD4ASW wrote, "On behalf
of Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, congratulations on the success-
ful launch of XW-1 and its subsequent designation as HO-68. This is a
significant milestone for both Amateur Radio and AMSAT-China. We are
very excited to see not only a new amateur satellite successfully
placed in service, but a new member of the AMSAT International family
establishing itself as well. Please let us know more about your organ-
ization and how we might be able to develop appropriate relationships
between AMSAT-China and other AMSAT organizations. Again, congratula-
tions on placing HO-68 in service and best wishes for the New Year."
The latest official information can be found on-line on the AMSAT-China
web page at http://www.camsat.cn/
The AMSAT-NA Satellite Status Web may also be consulted for frequency
and operating mode information:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=116&retURL=/
satellites/status.php
[ANS thanks Alan Kung, BA1DU and Barry Baines, WD4ASW for the above
information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-361.06
AO-51 Satellite Grid DXpedition Announced
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 361.06
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
December 27, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-361.06
Jim, ND9M/VQ9JC, plans to activate 85 grids in 8 states on AO-51
between January 21st and February 10th. Jim and his wife will be
driving to the Denver area (DN70) where his step-son lives and
Cheyenne (DN71) where his brother lives. The trip will start from
Panama City, Florida, on/or around January 21st, from where they
head to Memphis, TN. Jim may possibly activate some grids. From
Memphis they will head westbound through OK, then into KS and NE
before hitting CO. Their around trip will take them through Big
Bend National Park and Texas (hitting every grid in TX) and the
Gulf Coast into Louisiana.
[ANS thanks KB8NW, OPDX Bulletin, and MakeMoreMilesOnVHF Newsletter
For the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-361.07
ARISS Status - 21 December 2009
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 361.07
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
December 27, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-361.07
1. Jeffrey Williams Chats with Italian Students via ARISS Contact
On Monday, December 14, Expedition 21 astronaut Jeffrey Williams, KD5TVQ
participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
contact with students from Istituto Comprensivo di Govone - Scuola Secondaria
di primo grado "Nino Costa" di Priocca in Priocca, Cuneo, Italy. The
contact was
held at Infinito Astronomic Park in Pino Torinese, Torino, where an audience
of
more than 150 students, teachers, visitors and media watched as the students
posed 22 questions to the astronaut during the nine minute pass. Following
the
contact, ARISS mentor Francesco De Paolis spoke to the children via
teleconference about the contact and amateur radio. Regional television, local
media and newspapers covered the event. The video, which was streamed on the
web, received over 170 connections. The European Space Agency (ESA)
reported the
news on its Web site. See: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMLSV9K73G_Italy_0.html
2. ARISS International Team Meeting Held
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) meeting was held
on
Tuesday, December 15. Agenda items addressed included the VHF AIS (Automatic
Identification System) and ARISS antennas which were recently installed on the
Columbus module and the status of ARISSat-1. To view the minutes, see:
https://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2009-12-15.htm
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]
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,
Lee McLamb, KU4OS
ku4os at amsat dot org
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:24:17 +1030
From: vk5alx@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 - first FM pass over Australia
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <1825290137.20091228002417@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15
Six stations, plus myself, accessed Hope-1 (HO-68) on its
first FM pass over Australia starting at 11:00 UTC (27 Dec)
- VK2ZAZ, VK2TJU, VK2CMP. VK7HRX, VK4ZQ, VK2WEL
Downlink signal at my location reached -98dBm but I did
experience several very deep fades which took the signal
from full quieting to full noise. The fades were very sudden
and lasted from just a few seconds to up to half a minute each
time. Some signal dropouts were experienced.
However, maximum elevation here was just 15 degrees.
Antennas here were RHC for 70cm receive and LHC on 2 mtr TX.
Some distortion in the received audio was evident indicating that the
satellite's receiver might be a little off frequency or that it
prefers narrow deviation.
Hopefully we will have more opportunities to test the bird further
before it is commissioned for normal use.
73 and best wishes for 2010
Alex VK5ALX
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:51:16 -0500
From: "Robert Felt" <robertfelt@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Hope Oscar - 68 (HO-68) CW Beacon heard Loud and
Clear from Grid EM85sh
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: kb5yzg@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <46F44E90907D40D79703B3741A43E234@xxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"
Thursday 24 Dec 2009 @ 16:20 - 16:36 Z : Monitored new China HO-68 CW beacon
on the 435.79MHz (+/- doppler) from my QTH EM85sh in Hendersonville, NC. CW
Signal was strong and clear both with and w/o preamp !! Well done to the
China AMSAT team. Thanks and 73 Bob KB5YZG
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:51:20 -0500
From: Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Congrats to WB8OTH
To: AMSAT -BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID:
<4be5f190912270751u7fba9e3dy4f280343563d5110@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
I just want to congratulate Perry, WB8OTH for reaching 6000 QSOs on the
birds. Nice job!
73,
Dave KB1PVH
Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:39:10 +0800
From: "Alan Kung" <alankung@xxxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 Schedule Dec27--28
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <004c01ca8713$1f65e3e0$6c01a8c0@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="gb2312"
27 Dec. 2009
XW-1 Linear Tansponder
Turn On:
20:20...South Africa
20:30...Europe,North Africa
20:40...Europe,North America, North Africa,North Pole
20:50...North America, Europe,North Pole
20:55...Turn Off
28 Dec. 2009
XW-1 Linear Tansponder
Turn On:
01:40...South America
01:55...North South America,South NA
02:10...North America
02:15...North NA,Russia,North Pole
02:20...Turn Off
28 Dec. 2009
XW-1 Linear Tansponder
Turn On:
12:31...South Australia,South Pole
12:35...Australia,South Pole
12:41...Turn Off
28 Dec. 2009
XW-1 FM and Digital Transponder
Turn On:
12:51...South Asia, North Australia
12:55...East Asia, South Asia
13:05...East Asia, North Asia, Middle Asia
13:06...Turn Off
28 Dec. 2009
XW-1 Linear Tansponder
Turn On:
21:45...South Africa
21:55...South America,West Africa
22:05...West Europe, West North Africa
22:15...North America, Europe,North Pole
22:20...North America, North Europe, North Asia,North Pole
22:25...Turn Off
73
Alan Kung, BA1DU
HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager
www.camsat.cn
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:27:36 -0600
From: "George Henry" <ka3hsw@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HO-68 Schedule Dec27--28
To: "Alan Kung" <alankung@xxxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <E70913996E254C52A131A09A119806FC@xxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
First, thank you to CAMSAT for this wonderful satellite!!!
Alan: would it be possible to schedule the satellite for passes over North
America in FM mode, but with tone access turned off? It would be very
interesting to see if it is easier to access without the tone requirement.
Thank you.
George, KA3HSW
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:59:17 -0500
From: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 145.825 uplink
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <4B37A075.4060003@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
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Yesterday afternoon, Mark, N8MH and myself ran a little experiment on
AO-51. We linked the SQRX receiver, listening on 145.825, to the 435.150
transmitter for several minutes over the eastern US. I wanted to see how
congested the 145.825 uplink was with unattended packet beacons. We
heard about a dozen packets, about two per minute. Most of them were not
very strong.
The implication here is that HO-68 may be impacted by these unattended
beacons while in FM/Packet mode, but not very much. Most users would
have much stronger signals, and the interference is typically very short
in duration. PL issues, and interference between the Voice and Packet
system over densely populated areas is a separate issue.
73, Drew KO4MA
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:30:36 -0500
From: "Jeff KB2M" <kb2m@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HO-68 145.825 uplink
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <009101ca8722$af65e990$0e31bcb0$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Also, the interfering packet(I'm assuming you're talking about packet's
attempting to get digi'd by ISS and PCSAT) won't get acknowledged(or
processed as a packet) by HO-68 as the digi(BBS) callsign is incorrect. So,
these would only effect someone in the immediate area of the offending
unattended station, On the uplink only. On the other hand, I myself would of
chose a different uplink frequency.
I also agree it still looks like an overuse, and PL issue. When the newness
wears off, HO-68 in FM mode will work just fine, except on FD :)
73 Jeff kb2m
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Andrew Glasbrenner
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 12:59 PM
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 145.825 uplink
Yesterday afternoon, Mark, N8MH and myself ran a little experiment on
AO-51. We linked the SQRX receiver, listening on 145.825, to the 435.150
transmitter for several minutes over the eastern US. I wanted to see how
congested the 145.825 uplink was with unattended packet beacons. We
heard about a dozen packets, about two per minute. Most of them were not
very strong.
The implication here is that HO-68 may be impacted by these unattended
beacons while in FM/Packet mode, but not very much. Most users would
have much stronger signals, and the interference is typically very short
in duration. PL issues, and interference between the Voice and Packet
system over densely populated areas is a separate issue.
73, Drew KO4MA
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:36:59 -0500
From: John Papay <john@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 27Dec2009 1527z North America
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <280975.83325.qm@xxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
A recording of the HO-68 pass, 27Dec2009 at 1527z
over North America is on my webserver. This was an 82
degree pass for me and the bird was copied well from
horizon to horizon. The first packet was received within
one minute after AOS and the last packet was within a minute
of LOS.
I was not at home for this pass. SatPC32 did all the work.
The receive antenna was set for Left Hand Circular Polarization
which seems to work better than right hand on average. Signals
were strong throughout the pass. FM Voice and packet seemed to
interrupt one another and it was hard for some to make a complete
qso.
http://www.papays.com/HO-68_27Dec2009_152711z.mp3
These are the packets decoded during the pass. The date/time
stamp was inserted by the TNC to show when the packets were
received. It was not sent from the satellite:
BJ1SA-11>KB2M [12/27/09 15:28:18]:OK KB2M\D
BJ1SA-11>PBLIST [12/27/09 15:28:18]:PB: Empty.
BJ1SA-11>KB2M [12/27/09 15:28:38]:OK KB2M\D
BJ1SA-11>PBLIST [12/27/09 15:28:38]:PB: KB2M\D
BJ1SA-11>PBLIST [12/27/09 15:28:39]:PB: Empty.
BJ1SA-12>BBSTAT [12/27/09 15:28:43]:Open BJ1SA-12:0
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We look forward to more testing and fine tuning. Thanks
again to AMSAT-China. Happy New Year.
73,
John K8YSE
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:55:19 -0500
From: John Papay <john@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] SO-67 27Dec2009 1443z Audio
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <725192.75567.qm@xxxxxxx.xxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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The North American Pass of SO-67 on 27Dec2009
at 1443z is now on my webserver. The bird was
strong as usual. It is difficult not to respond
immediately to a call to your station, but those
that wait for the "tail timer" to expire, will have
more than 3 seconds to exchange their information.
Watch the S meter and wait for the tail to expire
before you transmit. This doesn't always work if
there are others still transmitting after the tail
timer expires. Their signal is not repeated but it
prevents the repeater from re-transmitting your signal.
Full duplex allows you to hear the bird when you are
transmitting and makes successful qso's much easier.
http://www.papays.com/SO-67_27Dec2009_144322z.mp3
Thanks to AMSAT-South Africa for this very strong bird.
If the tail timer can be re-configured, contacts using
a handheld and a rubber duck antenna will be possible.
Right now there is just too much confusion due to everyone
transmitting at the same time. Full duplex really helps.
73,
John K8YSE
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