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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Yaesu FTM-350R (Clint Bradford)
2. DN41 ANYONE? (Lee Ernstrom)
3. Re: Best dualband FM rigs (Dave-K7DAA)
4. presentation & demo yesterday (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
5. Re: WISP KISS MIXW - and keying the soundcard (Mineo Wakita)
6. signal-to-noise sampling (Bruce Robertson)
7. Re: signal-to-noise sampling (Stan, W1LE)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:30:26 -0800
From: Clint Bradford <clintbrad4d@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Yaesu FTM-350R
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>> ... It's not available yet in the U.S. ... only 1W on 220 ...
It's been available for about three weeks in the U.S.
It makes me wonder how/why Kenwood has been able to get full 5W on 2M, 220,
and 440 with their little TH-F6a handheld, while all the other manufacturers
cannot get more than a Watt or two on 220 from even their mobile multi-band
rigs.
Just played with one for a few minutes a couple weeks ago at HRO-Anaheim. I
am not sure if it is true full-duplex, nor how sensitive the sub-band is for
us.
Clint, K6LCS
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 13:31:23 -0700
From: "Lee Ernstrom" <iamsavedbygrace@x.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] DN41 ANYONE?
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I am thinking about making a treck over to DN41 for the 2259-2310 UTC
AO-51 pass this afternoon which is just a couple miles to the east of
me. Is anyone interested in that grid? I could set up on the DN31/DN41
line. The satelite will rise to 16 degrees to the east of me and I will
have a very short window due to the Wasatch range of the Rocky Mountains
to the east. Then, on the next AO-51 pass the satelite will be at 66.3
degrees. I would entertain that possibility also. I will commit to it
if I have any takers.
WA7HQD
Lee Ernstrom
Syracuse, Utah
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:27:51 -0800
From: Dave-K7DAA <dave@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Best dualband FM rigs
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Ham Radio Outlet has them in stock now. I took at look at one at the
Sunnyvale store last week.
73,
Dave - K7DAA
On Jan 31, 2010, at 12:00 PM, amsat-bb-request@xxxxx.xxx wrote:
> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:07:46 -0600
> From: "Rick - WA4NVM" <wa4nvm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Best dualband FM rigs
> To: "Doug Kuitula" <ka8qcu@xxxxx.xxx>, "John Geiger"
> <aa5jg@xxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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>
> Hi All,
>
> They had them on the table at the Jackson, MS hamfest yesterday. They
> have a very big display that would be easy to read in a mobile
> install.
> Price was $599 for this dealer. For those of us that use 220mhz,
> we were disappointed that it only has 1 watt on that band.
>
> 73 to all,
>
> Rick WA4NVM
>
>
>> John,
>> I just saw an advertisement in QST (page 6 February issue) for a
>> Yaesu
>> FTM-350R dual band rig that may be interesting. It has 2m & 440, with
>> 1200/9600 packet.
>> Other features are bluetooth capability as well as APRS/GPS, as
>> well as
>> other features. It's not available yet in the U.S. It still has to
>> get FCC
>> approval. Looks like we'll have an option to the Kenwood TM-710.
>> Has anyone outside the US had any experience with it yet?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "John Geiger" <aa5jg@xxxxx.xxx>
>> To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 12:40
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Best dualband FM rigs
>>
>>
>>> What are considered the best dualband FM rigs for working the mode
>>> J FM
>> sats-like AO27, SO50, and AO51? Which hear the birds the best on
>> 70cm FM?
>>>
>>> 73s John AA5JG
>>>
>>>
>>>
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:50:46 -0800 (PST)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] presentation & demo yesterday
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Hi!
My presentation and demo for the Mesa Community College Amateur
Radio Club (KM7CC) yesterday was a good way to spend the afternoon.
This is a new club, and the club has tried to showcase different
parts of amateur radio available to those with the entry-level
Technician license. Satellite operating is definitely one of those
things, and I was invited to give a presentation to the club. As
part of that, I also gave them an on-air demonstration after the
presentation on an AO-27 pass.
The club is a small club, but there was a good turnout for a Saturday
afternoon on the MCC campus. A couple of those in attendance already
had their licenses, and a couple of others are in the process of
getting their licenses. I had my assortment of portable equipment and
antennas laid out on a table, showing what I use to work the satellites.
After the presentation, we went outside to prepare for the AO-27 pass
just after 2100 UTC.
A few days ago, I asked if I could use the club's KM7CC callsign for
the AO-27 demonstration. I was told I could. As we were going outside
to prepare for this pass, I was told that the callsign had not been
used on the air. As we set up a table for my equipment, I answered
questions from the audience. Then, the main event...
Once AO-27 started its 20-second packet burst, a couple of people were
able to hear the downlink on their HTs as I heard it on my radio. I
was able to make a call in the first moment of the pass, and make a
few quick contacts. This was, of course, a busy pass covering most
of North America. Jim ND9M was also on from the Colorado/Wyoming
state line (grids DN80 and DN81), and I listened for part of the pass
as stations worked ND9M from his rare location. I was able to log
ND9M and a couple more QSOs before the end of the 7-minute repeater
time. As all of this was going on, the audience listened and enjoyed
hearing the club callsign on the air.
KM7CC made 9 QSOs with stations across the continental USA and Mexico.
Clint K6LCS even called me from the Palm Springs hamfest in California
that he was at, and ND9M gave me a call as well. I apologize to those
who were unsuccessfully trying to make a QSO with KM7CC on that pass.
Club members were paying attention to the exchanges with the grid
locators, and several of them had Icom grid maps I brought to the
meeting to make sense of those locators.
I will mail QSL cards to the 9 stations I worked. There's no need to
send me - or the club - SASEs for the QSL cards. If you'd like to send
a QSL card for a QSO with KM7CC, please mail the card to the address on
QRZ.com for KM7CC.
Thanks to Allen W7AS and the club for inviting me to their meeting,
and for the use of their callsign on the AO-27 pass. It was a fun
afternoon.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 20:05:20 +0900
From: "Mineo Wakita" <ei7m-wkt@xxxxxxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: WISP KISS MIXW - and keying the soundcard
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: st2nh@xxxxx.xxxx allan@xxxxxxxx.xx.xx
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MixW serial port bridge
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/mixwbrid.htm
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/hamradio/je9pel/mixwbri2.htm
Tnx. DK3WN
JE9PEL, Mineo Wakita
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:36:41 -0400
From: Bruce Robertson <ve9qrp@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] signal-to-noise sampling
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Hello --
I've been playing around with spectran and satellite CW beacons as a
means of testing the effectiveness of various antennas. At the top of
the screen, spectran provides a running indication of the frequency of
the loudest signal and its volume in dB. Does anyone know of an
application by which this sort of information might be captured for
later analysis? I don't mind if it is command-line or unix-y, I'd just
like to store the data rather than see it float past me.
73, Bruce
VE9QRP
--
http://ve9qrp.blogspot.com
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:03:03 -0500
From: "Stan, W1LE" <stanw1le@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: signal-to-noise sampling
To: Bruce Robertson <ve9qrp@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hello Bruce,
How about a screen grab with control + print screen (Ctrl + PrtSc) and
import into
IrfanView with an edit + paste. crop and save as needed.
Stan, W1LE Cape Cod FN41sr
Bruce Robertson wrote:
> Hello --
>
> I've been playing around with spectran and satellite CW beacons as a
> means of testing the effectiveness of various antennas. At the top of
> the screen, spectran provides a running indication of the frequency of
> the loudest signal and its volume in dB. Does anyone know of an
> application by which this sort of information might be captured for
> later analysis? I don't mind if it is command-line or unix-y, I'd just
> like to store the data rather than see it float past me.
>
> 73, Bruce
> VE9QRP
>
>
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