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Today's Topics:
1. Re: What is MISSING from Sat Sites? (Henk, PA3GUO)
2. mode b ao7 looking for dx (paul robinson)
3. Re: acceptable use (Ben Jackson)
4. XE2/WD9EWK from DM21 and DM22 yesterday
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
5. HO-68 Schedule - 21-28 Feb 2010 (Alan Kung)
6. RULE 97.113 NASA (James - KB7TBT)
7. HO-68 pass for 2/19 @ 2000 Hawaii (w6zkh@xxxxxxx.xxxx
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:54:57 +0100 (CET)
From: "Henk, PA3GUO" <hamoen@xxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: What is MISSING from Sat Sites?
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hi Clint,
These are my favorites, in case I want to check in 30 seconds todays status:
http://www.dk3wn.info/p/ (Mike's SatBlog - daily updated)
http://www.dk3wn.info/satellites.shtml (detailed sat descriptions, incl.
telemetry SW)
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi (recent APRS traffic from PCSAT and
AO51)
http://www.ariss.net/ (recent APRS traffic from ISS)
Ah, this site I do not visit daily, but it has a nice 'historical' collection:
http://www.dd1us.de/ (click on the left on 'Sounds from Space').
A bit scattered over different sites we have all bits and pieces together.
Unfortunately not at one single site, but maybe that is a logical effect.
That one thing to describe how much fun and easy it is to work the FM birds ?
Well, your amsat-bb reports are certainly one of them !
Great stuff !
73, Henk
http://www.pa3guo.com
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As you cruise the Web viewing satellite-related sites, what one feature /
factoid / bit of information have you found lacking?
If you could make sure that ONE THING was on a site touting the virtues of
AMSAT and how easy it is to work the FM birds, what would it be?
Clint (re-vamping his Web site) Bradford
http://www.work-sat.com
909-241-7666
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:30:47 +0000 (GMT)
From: paul robinson <pushbiker2004@xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] mode b ao7 looking for dx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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ill be active mode b ao7 looking west coast mid west usa dx later around
145.950 please call if heard...73 de paul 2e1eub io92bx
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:17:05 -0500
From: Ben Jackson <bbj@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: acceptable use
To: Thomas McGrane <n2oeq@xxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Thomas McGrane wrote:
> How about an acceptable use policy for the satellite users.
> There are a small number of frequent users that have a disproportionate
> use of the satellites. How do you expect to grow the organization if
> new people cant even get into the satellites. I'm a rare user now
> because of this. I can barely get into them with 50 watts.
<shameless plug>
Going on two years old at this point, but (at least I feel) it's still
relevant...
The Courteous Ham's Guide to AO-51:
http://www.innismir.net/article/26
</shameless plug>
--
Ben Jackson - N1WBV - New Bedford, MA
bbj <at> innismir.net - http://www.innismir.net/
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:02:43 -0800 (PST)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] XE2/WD9EWK from DM21 and DM22 yesterday
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi!
As I'm getting ready to make the 45-minute drive from Calexico CA
to the hamfest at Yuma AZ, I wanted to post a little more about my
exploits (along with Larry KI6YAA and his son Kevin KJ6DDS)
yesterday...
It took longer to get paperwork yesterday morning in Mexicali.
Instead of a 5- to 10-minute process at the border to get the
"tourist card" entry visa required to apply for the XE ham permit,
it took over 20 minutes. More paperwork was required, to satisfy
any Mexican army checkpoints away from the city (which we did not
see). Once that was done, and the newly-issued entry visas were
photocopied, we went to the Mexican communications ministry office
on the south end of Mexicali. Computer problems here delayed the
process for Larry and me to file the paperwork for our XE radio
permits, but we were able to get out of there in about 45 minutes.
Instead of stopping for an early lunch before leaving Mexicali for
DM21 after filing the paperwork for the permit, we left the city
and drove quickly. Unfortunately, we were a few miles/km short of
the DM21 boundary before the first AO-27 pass around 2025 UTC. We
stopped at kilometer 61 on Mexico route 5, the highway from Mexicali
to the town of San Felipe on the Gulf of California. After a few
minutes to set up the station, XE2/WD9EWK was on the air from grid
DM22ib (32 4.915 N 115 15.305 W).
Since the plan for the day was to try for DM21, this AO-27 pass was
the only time I transmitted from DM22 this afternoon. As usual for
this satellite and a pass that favors the US east coast, it was busy.
Even with that, XE2/WD9EWK logged 17 QSOs on the 7-minute pass. When
this pass wrapped up, we packed my truck and first went north to a
small shop to get some food and drink. After that, we drove south a
little further. I was not so interested in working from the DM21/DM22
grid boundary, but definitely wanted to find a safe spot on the north
edge of DM21 with good visibility to both the east and west. We
found that spot south of kilometer 78 on route 5, parking near a
bridge over a section of the Laguna Salada, a salty dry lakebed
that is mostly below sea level and is the lowest spot in northern
Baja California. According to GPS, this was in grid DM21jw
(31 56.845 N 115 12.612 W).
SO-50 came up from the south around 2130 UTC, and we were ready.
Larry and Kevin were taking pictures and listening to the passes
with their gear, and I was working stations with my gear. The
first contact I logged at DM21jw was with Omar XE1AO in central
Mexico. I also heard ND9M on this pass, when Jim parked at the
DL79/DM70 grid boundary in Texas. Very nice to work him there,
even as I wished I could have made that contact when I was closer
to home. :-) In all, I was able to log 13 QSOs on this pass.
Not long after that SO-50 pass, I had another AO-27 pass to the
west at 2205 UTC. Fewer stations were on, but I was able to work
all of them - 7 in all. At this point, Alex XE2BSS/N2IX drove
down from Mexicali and joined us for the rest of the afternoon.
The AO-51 pass that came by around 2240 UTC was one I had not
planned to work originally. The maximum elevation for this pass
was only 2 degrees, but it was in the direction that had no
obstructions for at least 100 miles in that direction. Nothing
got in the way at this roadside spot from NNW working clockwise
around to SSE. I was able to hear stations around 2243 UTC when
I had AOS, worked 6 stations between 2245 and 2249 UTC, and the
satellite simply went away as predicted at 22:49:23 UTC.
Twenty minutes later, another SO-50 pass came up from the southwest
toward the Pacific coast. Eight stations were worked, from the
west coast across to KD8CAO in Michigan in the last seconds I could
hear the downlink. Again, I could make QSOs down to the horizon in
the direction SO-50 went away from me (NNE).
The second AO-51 pass I had out here came by at 0017 UTC. This
was the pass with the highest elevation I had all afternoon at
DM21jw, with maximum elevation of 51 degrees toward the east.
ND9M was on from another grid (DM80), and we both worked lots of
stations. I logged a total of 17 QSOs on this pass.
Even though the third - and last - AO-51 pass from DM21jw was
scheduled to appear at 0157 UTC, just after sunset, we decided
to stay out for this pass. We also saw NH7WN's e-mail and his
plans to work this pass from Honolulu, and I wanted to try to
make a contact with him before we left this area. Two minutes
into the pass, I heard Robert through the satellite, and we
made the contact. Robert was very happy, and all of us in the
salty lakebed were also happy with this. I don't know if NH7WN
has worked Mexico via satellite before, but it was our pleasure
to have had the chance to make that QSO last night. Seven other
stations in the USA and western Canada were logged before the
satellite went behind a mountain at 0208 UTC. NH7WN also worked
a few stations while he could hear the satellite.
We packed up our equipment with the light from our vehicles. The
sunlight had evaporated during the last AO-51 pass, and we did not
want to stay out there into the nighttime. Alex and I drove back
to Mexicali, making the 78km drive in about an hour. We met another
Mexicali ham when we reached the city, David XE2DAK. David has been
on the satellites lately, and was very interested in hearing of our
stories from this afternoon.
For the afternoon, XE2/WD9EWK logged 78 QSOs - 19 from DM22ib,
and 59 from DM21jw. Some stations were worked from both grids,
and others were only worked in one or the other. I think that
these passes, despite the presence of other stations in unusual
or rare grids along with my station, gave many the opportunity
to get all of these grids in their logs. ND9M was on a few
passes, along with NH7WN on the western AO-51 pass. When I
return home, I will design and print QSL cards for both of these
locations. I will be happy to send QSLs to all who worked
XE2/WD9EWK yesterday, and I would like to receive your QSLs for
these contacts toward a future satellite VUCC certificate from
that area.
Thanks to all the stations on these 7 passes for the QSOs, to
my audience for the afternoon (Larry KI6YAA, Kevin KJ6DDS, and
Alex XE2BSS/N2IX), and Mother Nature for a nice afternoon to
sit in the middle of the dry lakebed. Lots of photos were
taken, along with a nice high-quality video of the 0017 UTC AO-51
pass; all of this will find its way on the Internet shortly.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK (and, for the next 6 months, XE2/WD9EWK)
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:54:08 +0800
From: "Alan Kung" <alankung@xxxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 Schedule - 21-28 Feb 2010
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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21 Feb. 2010, Linear Transponder
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17:15...Turn On
India, Africa, Middle East,
Europe,NA
18:00...Turn Off
19:05...Turn On
Africa,Europe,Middle East,NA
19:50...Turn Off
22 Feb. 2010, Linear Transponder
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02:53...Turn On FM/Digital Transponder
North Asia,East Asia,South Asia
03:08...Turn Off
11:05...Turn On
Oceania,South Asia,East Asia,
North Asia, Europe
11:50...Turn Off
20:20...Turn On
Africa,Europe,NA
21:05...Turn Off
23 Feb. 2010, Linear Transponder
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01:40...Turn On
South America,NA,North Asia
02:25...Turn Off
02:39...Turn On FM/Digital Transponder
North Asia,East Asia,South Asia
02:55...Turn Off
03:30...Turn On
NA,South America,North Asia
04:15...Turn Off
12:40...Turn On
Oceania,Asia,Europe
13:25...Turn Off
18:30...Turn On
India,Middle East,Europe,NA
19:15...Turn Off
20:05...Turn On
Africa,Europe,NA
20:50...Turn Off
24 Feb. 2010, Linear Transponder
=======================================
02:18...Turn On FM/Digital
North Asia,East Asia,South Asia
02:33...Turn Off
10:35...Turn On
Oceania,East Asia,North Asia,Europe
11:20...Turn Off
13:10...Turn On
Europe,NA,South America
13:55...Turn Off
16:20...Turn On
India,Middle East,Africa,Europe,NA
17:05...Turn Off
23:30...Turn On
South America,Europe,NA
24:15...Turn Off
25 Feb. 2010, Linear Transponder
=======================================
02:05...Turn On FM/Digital Transponder
North Asia,East Asia,South Asia
02:21...Turn Off
02:55...Turn On
South America,NA,North Asia
03:40...Turn Off
07:00...Turn On
NA,North Asia,Middle East,Europe,Africa
07:45...Turn Off
10:20...Turn On
Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA
11:05...Turn Off
16:05...Turn On
India,Middle East,Africa,Europe,NA
16:50...Turn Off
19:45...Turn On
Africa,Europe,NA,
20:30...Turn Off
26 Feb. 2010, Linear Transponder
=======================================
00:55...Turn On
South America,NA,North Asia
01:35...Turn Off
10:05...Turn On
Oceania,Asia,Europe
10:50...Turn Off
19:25...Turn On
Africa,Europe,NA
20:10...Turn Off
23:10...Turn On
South America,NA,Asia,Oceania
23:55...Turn Off
27 Feb. 2010, Linear Transponder
=======================================
02:25...Turn On
South America,NA,North Asia
03:10...Turn Off
12:45...Turn On
South America,Oceania
13:30...Turn Off
19:10...Turn On
Africa,Europe,NA
19:55...Turn Off
28 Feb. 2010, Linear Transponder
=======================================
03:04...Turn On FM/Digi Transponder
North Asia,East Asia,South Asia
03:19...Turn Off
08:15...Turn On
North Asia,Europe,Africa
09:00...Turn Off
11:15...Turn On
Oceania,Asia,Europe
12:00...Turn Off
73
Alan Kung, BA1DU
HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager
www.camsat.cn
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:11:28 -0500
From: "James - KB7TBT" <kb7tbt@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] RULE 97.113 NASA
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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With the FCC rule 97.133 does this not directly apply to the ham radio
operations on the ISS?
James
KB7TBT
www.kb7tbt.com
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:36:36 +0000 (UTC)
From: w6zkh@xxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 pass for 2/19 @ 2000 Hawaii
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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I will be again looking for Hawaii on HO-68 pass today @ 2000 utc. Hopefully
this time it will be active, not like the other day..
John W6ZKH
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