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Today's Topics:
1. Re: logging Sat contacts...?? (Gary "Joe" Mayfield)
2. ans-087ans Bulletins (DOMINICK INTERDONATO)
3. WD9EWK @ DM51/DM52 this afternoon (Patrick STODDARD)
4. Re: WOUXUN Radio (CE3SOC Raul Romero)
5. Re: logging Sat contacts...?? (Sebastian)
6. Re: [aprssig] March 27th: APRS Sounding Rocket Launch onthe
East Coast (Robert Bruninga)
7. a call for secondary payloads (Rocky Jones)
8. Re: WOUXUN Radio (Luc Leblanc)
9. Re: WOUXUN Radio (Andy MacAllister)
10. HO-68 Schedule - 21-28 Mar 2010 (Alan Kung)
11. AA5UK/KH6 QRV for HO-68 and VU-52 from Hawaii BL02 ic Macrch
28 March 29th (Adrian Engele)
12. Next "HV Satcom" Net (Stuart Balanger)
13. Visitor Satisfaction Survey (Clint Bradford)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 14:53:37 -0500
From: "Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: logging Sat contacts...??
To: "'K7TRK'" <k7trkradio@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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LOTW will do sat contacts -- I have hundreds up there. The article with the
details can be found here
http://www.arrl.org/lotw/lotw-sat.html
73,
Joe kk0sd
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of K7TRK
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 12:07 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] logging Sat contacts...??
I recently received the following comment from a contact that I made:
"Hello Ted,
eQSL does not provide the option to enter separate transmit and receive
frequencies/bands for cases where a station is operating cross-band such as
with satellite, so the transmit frequency should be used to select the QSO
band.
eQSL does provide the user the option to enter a "SAT band" (ie. SAT J, SAT
B, etc...) instead of choosing the band directly, this automatically picks
the correct band for the user and is based on the uplink frequency (transmit
frequency). The eQSL ADIF import specification found at URL
http://www.eqsl.cc/qslcard/ADIFContentSpecs.cfm clearly shows that Mode J
(V/U) Satellite translates to the 2m band (the "uplink" frequency), and Mode
B (U/V) Satellite translates to 70cm, etc... proving that the transmit
frequency should be used to select the QSO band.
It is a common eQSL mistake to enter the wrong band for satellite contacts
(and also to enter incorrect mode ie. "FM" instead of "FM (SAT).)" Many do
not pay attention to the details and just accept eQSL's they receive based
on callsign, date, and time without thinking about the band or mode that
applies to a specific contact."
I am curious as to what difference it makes whether the contact is logged as
TX or RX. I have a TS2000 and HRD picks up the log info from the main VFO I
believe, which is going to be the RX side. The info is then sent to logbook
and automatically uploaded to eQSL. I'm not to concerned whether or not eQSL
figures it out, but I would like LoTW to be correct and cards for VUDXX.
so does it matter??
Thanks, Ted
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:10:44 -0400 (EDT)
From: DOMINICK INTERDONATO <morsesat@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ans-087ans Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-087
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
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In this edition:
* NASA to Launch Three New CubeSats in November
* Amateur Radio Emergency Regulations Proposal
* Latest AMSAT Awards
* New Agency
* Satellite Shorts
* Document Signed with Energia
* ARISS Status - 22 March 2010
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-087.01
NASA to Launch Three New CubeSats in November
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 087.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 28, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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NASA to Launch Three New CubeSats in November
Three small research satellites with amateur radio educational
payloads are scheduled for launch in late November.
Called CubeSats because of their shape, they come from Montana State
University, the University of Colorado and Kentucky Space as part of
NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellite mission.
Kentucky's KySat-1 is believed to be the first CubeSat to carry a 2
meter-to-70 cm FM transponder - truly a crossband repeater in space
and one that should be accessible by most radio amateurs within its
flight path, authorities said.
CubeSats are in a class of small research spacecraft called
pico-satellites. They have a volume of about one quart and weigh no
more than 2.2 pounds. The University of Florida was selected as an
alternate in case one of the three primary spacecraft cannot fly.
[ANS thanks Jack, KD1PE, for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-087.02
Amateur Radio Emergency Regulations Proposal
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 087.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 28, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-087.02
FCC propose amendment to Amateur Radio emergency drill regulations
There has been much debate in the US recently on the issue of amateur
radio operators participating in emergency drills which have been
organised the their employers. The FCC is hoping to clarify the rules
and allow more flexibility with this amendment.
A Proposed Rulemaking was released yesterday containing amendments to
Section 97:113 of the Amateur Radio Service Rules regarding using paid
employees in government sponsored emergency training drills.
For actual filing see:
WWW.regulations.gov
[ANS thanks Southgate for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-087.03
Latest AMSAT Awards
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 087.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 28, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-087.03
The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators
Club for making their first satellite QSO.
Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN
Mesa Community College ARC, KM7CC
David Sharpe, KF7DRQ
Jim Adams, K0BAM
Richard Rowe, KJ4OUQ
The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement
Award.
Randal Schulze, KD0HKD, #509
Michael Vargo, AC8CX, #510
Jose Toste, CU3EQ, #511
The following have earned the W4AMI Achievement Award
(for 1000 contacts)
Douglas Anoman, KC9MLN, #60
Howard Merritt, KD7ZLF, #61
Chip Weems, W4PBG, #62
The following have earned the South Africa AMSAT Communications A
chievement Award
Randal Schulze, KD0HKD, #US142
Michael Vargo, AC8CX, #US143
Jose Toste, CU3EQ, #US144
To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or
http://www.amsatnet.com
Bruce Paige, KK5DO
AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
[ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO, for the above information}
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New Agency
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 087.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 28, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-087.04
At a Conference in London held today, it was announced that April 1st
2010 is to be the "launch" date for the establishment of the United
Kingdom Space Agency. This will take over responsibility for space
from the previous voluntary partnerships of Government Departments
and research councils, the British National Space Centre.
It is reported that the new agency will bring these together "under one
roof". It will also include the Technology Strategy Board and the Met
Office.
In addition to this announcement, the UK Government has stated that ?24m
will be invested into The International Space Innovation Centre (ISIC)
at Harwell which is also the site of the new ESA technical facility.
Lets hope the new Agency looks kindly towards UK cubesat projects
like AMSAT-UK's FUNcube! (New possibilities?)
For more details see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8579270.stm
Graham G3VZV
[ANS thanks Graham, G3VZV, for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-087.05
Satellite Shorts
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 087.05
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 28, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-087.05
AMSAT at Dayton Reminders
Another reminder that AMSAT has available a block of rooms for Dayton.
The hotel is the Country Inn & Suites in Fairborn. The cost is $99 a
night. If you are interested, please call me at 301-589-6062 to make
a reservation. The block will be gone on April 13th! Don't forget
the AMSAT-TAPR dinner on Friday night. You can register for that
online at the AMSAT website.
[ANS thanks Martha for the above information]
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Listen to 2 Meter Houston AMSAT Net via the Internet
The Houston AMSAT Net now has a new Icecast streaming server, thanks
to Mike, N0VZC. During our net, Tuesday 8PM Central Time (Wednesday
0100 UTC), our audio can be heard by pasting the following into
your URL, Winamp, iPhone, iTunes or almost any other player.
radio.arert.net:8000/amsat.m3u
We hope that you continue enjoying the Houston AMSAT Net. You can
also listen on Echolink in the *AMSAT* conference as well as after
the net completes as a Podcast from the iTunes store or your favor-
ite Podcast player.
[ANS thanks Bruce KK5DO for the above information]
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Document Signed for ARISSat Delivery
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 087.06
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 28, 2010
To All RADIO AMATEURS
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Protocol Document Signed for ARISSat delivery
This week a protocol document was signed between AMSAT, NASA and Energia
stating that AMSAT would deliver two satellites to Energiaastronomy and were introduced to the Hubble Space Telescope.
They also learned about radio communications and some continued their s
tudies and prepared for their amateur radio license exams.
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has
been scheduled for Walnut Creek Elementary School in Azle, Texas on
Monday,
March 29 at 15:08 UTC. Each student researched and created a model
of a selected space object and then presented his work to the class.
Retired Lockheed employees and members of local radio clubs gave
demonstrations of satellite communications to the youth. The school
recently formed an amateur radio club and students have enjoyed
learning what radios can do.
2. Greece Students Question Astronaut via ARISS Contact
On Tuesday, March 16, Timothy Creamer, KC5WKI connected with students
attending 18 Dimotiko Scholeio Peristeriou in Athens, Greece via an
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact.
Students posed 19 questions to the on-orbit astronaut during the
ISS overhead pass as an audience of 700 students, teachers and
community members gathered to watch the event. Several dignitaries
were present, including the General Secretary for Communications of
the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunication of Greece, the
Mayor of Peristeri (Athens) and the four vice mayors of Peristeri
City. The ca line now, and plan to stay for a few more passes
before
heading home. Planned passes include:
2256-2308 UTC on SO50
2305-2317 and 0042-0056 UTC on AO51
0057-0119 UTC on AO7
and *possibly* 0150-0210 UTC on FO29. The 2252 UTC AO27 may be hidden by
mountains
west of this spot, and not be workable. I will at try for it, but know it
may not
be workable.
Please e-mail with QSO details if you want a QSL from me here, or for QSOs
at the
hamfest in Tucson AZ (DM42) earlier today. Thanks and 73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - near Sunsites AZ
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:06:23 -0300
From: "CE3SOC Raul Romero" <ce3soc@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio
To: "Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield@xxxxxxx.xxx>,
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <C86C81BD921B4A049C1DF491CDA16A5D@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
one video talk more letter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhMda5btD6w
73 Raul
CA3SOC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary "Joe" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 10:04 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] WOUXUN Radio
> Has anyone bought and played with one of these ultra cheap WOUXUN dual
> band
> hand helds that are selling on eBay? Do they hear well enough for
> satellite
> operation?
>
> 73,
> Joe kk0sd
>
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:12:12 -0400
From: Sebastian <w4as@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: logging Sat contacts...??
To: AMSAT BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <DDDD14A5-1503-44AD-8F0F-46BEB56B182A@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
I would recommend that you don't have HRD automatically upload to eQSL, as
when you log satellite contacts, the propagation mode is blank unless you
select it prior to saving the contact. I upload them occasionally, after I
have set the propagation mode.
Also, LoTW doesn't support VUCC.
73 de W4AS
On Mar 27, 2010, at 1:07 PM, K7TRK wrote:
> I recently received the following comment from a contact that I made:
>
> "Hello Ted,
>
> eQSL does not provide the option to enter separate transmit and receive
frequencies/bands for cases where a station is operating cross-band such as
with satellite, so the transmit frequency should be used to select the QSO
band.
>
> eQSL does provide o select the QSO band.
>
> It is a common eQSL mistake to enter the wrong band for satellite contacts
(and also to enter incorrect mode ie. "FM" instead of "FM (SAT).)" Many do
not pay attention to the details and just accept eQSL's they receive based
on callsign, date, and time without thinking about the band or mode that
applies to a specific contact."
>
> I am curious as to what difference it makes whether the contact is logged
as TX or RX. I have a TS2000 and HRD picks up the log info from the main VFO
I believe, which is going to be the RX side. The info is then sent to
logbook and automatically uploaded to eQSL. I'm not to concerned whether or
not eQSL figures it out, but I would like LoTW to be correct and cards for
VUDXX.
>
> so does it matter??
>
> Thanks, Ted
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:15:29 -0400
From: "Robert Bruninga" <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: [aprssig] March 27th: APRS Sounding Rocket
Launch onthe East Coast
To: "'Dave Webb KB1PVH'" <kb1pvh@xxxxx.xxx>, "'Todd Atkins'"
<toddatkins@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: 'TAPR APRS Mailing List' <aprssig@xxxx.xxx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <F652473E815B4770875A9459ED59D236@xxxxx.xxxx.xxx>
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>> Unfortunately the software crashed on me
>> while I was out so no packets copied here
>> but great news that the launch was a success.
> I couldn't get the software to work,
> so I just used UISS to log packets.
I went to the Maryland hamfest today...
Got home and my PC had crashed so I got nothing either...
I know the Kentucky students want you to sent them the data, but
since it was using APRS, I'd like to get a copy too if it is
convenient for you.
Thanks
Bob, WB4APR
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:02:41 -0500
From: Rocky Jones <orbitjet@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] a call for secondary payloads
To: Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <COL106-W107027C360EDCC7EB025A9D6220@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n1003/27iridium/`
these are all going on Musk Falcon. Robert WB5MZO Life member AMSAT ARRL
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:47:03 -0400
From: Luc Leblanc <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <4BAE4497.1442.C71044@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
On 27 Mar 2010 at 13:27, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
Date sent: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:27:40 +0000
From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio
To: "Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Copies to: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> They are quite popular but I doubt they do anything "very well".
>
> On 27-Mar-10 13:04, Gary "Joe" Mayfield wrote:
> > Has anyone bought and played with one of these ultra cheap WOUXUN dual
band
> > hand helds that are selling on eBay? Do they hear well enough for
satellite
> > operation?
> >
> > 73,
> > Joe kk0sd
I was told the TX audio is very low and some tweaking is necessary.
"-"
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
Skype VE2DWE
www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
DSTAR urcall VE2DWE
WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 00:40:00 -0500
From: "Andy MacAllister" <w5acm@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <14A015401D9B41328E9072FC24B21EB1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
There are apparently some mods available to modify the xmit audio. I haven't
tried them yet, but I found the 2M/70cm HT very sensitive on AO-51 reception
with only the standard whip antenna. I hope to do some experiments with one
of these non-full-duplex HTs as a RCVR and another as a XMTR - very cheap
full duplex.. I would like to try them on my Arrow antenna with the diplexer
removed. They seem to be nicely constructed for HTs from China, and due to
the extremely wide frequency coverage, will not need any mods on that front.
73 de Andy W5ACM
----- Original Message -----
From: "Luc Leblanc" <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 27, 2010 4:47 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio
> On 27 Mar 2010 at 13:27, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
>
> Date sent: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:27:40 +0000
> From: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF <nigel@xxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: WOUXUN Radio
> To: "Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield@xxxxxxx.xxx>
> Copies to: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
>
>> They are quite popular but I doubt they do anything "very well".
>>
>> On 27-Mar-10 13:04, Gary "Joe" Mayfield wrote:
>> > Has anyone bought and played with one of these ultra cheap WOUXUN dual
>> > band
>> > hand helds that are selling on eBay? Do they hear well enough for
>> > satellite
>> > operation?
>> >
>> > 73,
>> > Joe kk0sd
>
> I was told the TX audio is very low and some tweaking is necessary.
>
> "-"
>
>
> Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
> Skype VE2DWE
> www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
> DSTAR urcall VE2DWE
> WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:12:43 +0800
From: "Alan Kung" <alankung@xxxxxxx.xxx.xxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 Schedule - 21-28 Mar 2010
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <004201cace91$8aeb32d0$6c01a8c0@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="gb2312"
28 Mar. 2010
================================
16:25...Turn On--FM
India, Africa, Middle East,
Europe,NA
17:10...Turn Off
18:15...Turn On--FM
Africa,Europe,Middle East,NA
19:00...Turn Off
29 Mar. 2010
================================
01:10...Turn On--PACKET
South America,NA,North Asia
01:55...Turn Off
02:01...Turn On--PACKET
North Asia,East Asia,South Asia
02:17...Turn Off
03:00...Turn On--PACKET
South America,NA,North Asia
03:45...Turn Off
19:40...Turn On--PACKET
Africa,Europe,NA
20:25...Turn Off
30 Mar. 2010
================================
00:55...Turn On--FM
South America,NA,North Asia
01:40...Turn Off
01:47...Turn On--FM
North Asia,East Asia,South Asia
02:02...Turn Off
02:40...Turn On--FM
NA,South America,North Asia
03:25...Turn Off
11:15...Turn On--FM
South America,Oceania,Asia
12:00...Turn Off
17:35...Turn On--FM
India,Middle East,Europe,NA
18:20...Turn Off
19:25...Turn On--SSB/CW
Africa,Europe,NA
20:10...Turn Off
31 Mar. 2010
=================================
01:33...Turn On--PACKET
North Asia,East Asia,South Asia
01:47...Turn Off
09:45...Turn On--PACKET
Oceania,East Asia,North Asia,Europe
10:30...Turn Off
12:45...Turn On--PACKET
South America,Oceania
13:30...Turn Off
16:00...Turn On--PACKET
India,Middle East,Africa,Europe,NA
16:45...Turn Off
23:15...Turn On--PACKET
NA,North Asia,East Asia,Oceania
24:00...Turn Off
01 Apr. 2010
=================================
01:13...Turn On--FM
North Asia,East Asia,South Asia
01:28...Turn Off
06:30...Turn On--FM
NA,North Asia,Middle East,
Europe,Africa
07:15...Turn Off
15:00...Turn On--FM
Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA
15:45...Turn Off
17:05...Turn On--FM
Africa,India,Middle East,Europe,NA
17:50...Turn Off
18:55...Turn On--SSB/CW
Africa,Europe,NA
19:40...Turn Off
02 Apr. 2010
================================
00:10...Turn On--PACKET
South America,NA,North Asia
00:55...Turn Off
02:46...Turn On--PACKET
North Asia,East Asia,South Asia
03:01...Turn Off
10:55...Turn On--PACKET
Oceania,Asia,Europe
11:40...Turn Off
18:35...Turn On--PACKET
Africa,Europe,NA
19:20...Turn Off
22:40...Turn On--PACKET
NA,Asia,Oceania
23:25...Turn Off
03 Apr. 2010
================================
01:35...Turn On--FM
South America,NA,North Asia
02:20...Turn Off
02:29...Turn On--FM
North Asia,East Asia,South Asia
02:45...Turn Off
10:40...Turn On--FM
Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA
11:25...Turn Off
18:20...Turn On--FM
Africa,Europe,NA
19:05...Turn Off
04 Apr. 2010
================================
01:20...Turn On--PACKET
South America,NA,North Asia
02:05...Turn Off
03:57...Turn On--PACKET
North Asia,East Asia,South Asia
04:11...Turn Off
07:25...Turn On--PACKET
North Asia,Europe,Africa
08:10...Turn Off
10:25...Turn On--PACKET
Oceania,Asia,Europe
11:10...Turn Off
73
Alan Kung, BA1DU
HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager
www.camsat.cn
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 10:20:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Adrian Engele <aa5uk@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AA5UK/KH6 QRV for HO-68 and VU-52 from Hawaii BL02
ic Macrch 28 March 29th
To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <774646.85935.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Greetings all,
Made it to Kauai yesterday and managed to get on some informal passes.
I plan to operate this morning here in HI on some of the following passes:
HO-68 FM during 18:49 UTC pass
VU-52 SSB during 19:10 UTC pass.
I also plan on several evening passes after 0300 UTC on AO7, FO29, VU52.
Thanks again to the West Coast and XE stations who worked me yesterday
evening. Great signals into BL02.
See you shortly!
Aloha, Adrian AA5UK/KH6
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 13:58:01 -0400
From: Stuart Balanger <wa2bss@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Next "HV Satcom" Net
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*Hi all.,
The next "HV Satcom" Net is skeduled for ThusdayApril 1
on the 146.97MHz. Mbarc Repeater, (8PM;or 2400
UTC)w/ an Echolink node of "N2EYH-L" Node!
More info: www.hvsatcom.org Hope to hear some
new people! 73,.Stu (WA2BSS)
*
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 11:31:57 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Visitor Satisfaction Survey
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I set up a quick "satisfaction survey" earlier this month for visitors to my
"How to Work the FM Sats with your Handheld Radio" Web site. I wanted to
make sure I was on the right track for what I am trying to accomplish with
the site: Provide all the info needed to get on the FM birds painlessly - as
a "reference" site for my talks.
The responses have been marvelous. I think it is important to keep in touch
on all levels with one's audience. To try to elicit as much as I could from
visitors, I made sure that the entries were all anonymous. Here's a summary
of what I have been told ...
- Clint, you fail to cite Orbitron for satellite tracking software ...
Orbitron is a Windows app, which I have personally not run. I wasn't
impressed with the fact that it has not been updated since September of
2005. But if it is working and accurate for people, that's great.
- Clint, you fail to cite SatScape for sat tracking software ...
I did try out SatScape. It is a Java app, so it should run on most any
Windows PC, Apple, or Linux machine. It took me longer to set it up than,
say, Nova for Windows. But it appears to be a supported, solid application.
On my MacBook Pro, it makes me close and re-open to accomplish some basic
ops. But it is showing current location of my chosen sats correctly.
- Clint, SatelliteTracker Plus is a less-expensive app for the iPhone and
iPod touch ...
It is, indeed. I am just a fan of PocketSat. And you are correct: Of the 102
apps that I have paid for for my iPod touch, PocketSat3 was the most
expensive, at $24.95. Maybe it's because I have "grown up" with PocketSat+
for the Palm, and it is "comfortable" to use for me. It certainly is more
"pleasant" to look at, with its great graphics of the Earth and sat passes.
SatelliteTracker Plus by Susan Mackay looks like a solid app.
- Dude, where's the 'Droid apps?
Android is a platform that I have NO machines to test. But a participant
recommends ...
HamSatDroid - http://sites.google.com/site/hamsatdroid/
- I'd like to see projects like easy to build elevation rotors ...
Beyond the scope of what I am trying to accomplish with THIS Web site! I
want to get fellow hams on the air with the easy-to-work sats, using
equipment they probably already own. THEN they can graduate to sats that
require elevation rotators.
- ... mention the use of a GPS for location Lat/long for tracking programs
and Maidenhead for the report ...
I am using Maidenhead on my iPod touch. Although my "target audience" for
this site is mostly hams at home (and we SHOULD all know our home grid
squares, right???), if one travels out of their immediate area, quickly
obtaining grid square info is important. I mention this in my presentations
(" ... If you're at a fellow ham's house, their QRZ entry shows grid square
info ... " and " ... the ARRL.org site has easy-to-use grid square locators
... "). I'll make sure to add a Web site or two for reference on my site.
- How to connect a tripod to a yagi or beam.
Interesting! The Arrow satellite antennas are tapped for tripod mounting
(pull off the foam grip). And the Elk log periodics and their PVC pipe
construction just BEG to to mounted in all sorts of different ways by
resourceful hams! This is a great topic for a photo album in the future.
- ... the need for 440 preamp on the mast ...
Not a necessity for the "easy FM sats." When it's not snowing outside
(grin). There's been a couple sat antenna construction articles in QST
recently, where the use of a pre-amp was called for as if it were "standard
operating procedure." But to successfully work several satellites, we're
just slightly improving the stock duck on a handheld ... or using handheld
Yagis. Pre-amps have their place - but not for my audience at the beginning
stages of working the birds.
- Maybe a section or two about more advanced amateur satellite operation,
such as packet radio, and downloading telemetry and images from satellites
such as ITUpSAT1 and the ISS ... homebrew diplexers ...
MORE GREAT IDEAS - but I just want to keep the current site "plain and
simple" for getting folks started on the birds.
THANK YOU ALL for your input!
Clint Bradford, K6LCS
http://www.work-sat.com
909-241-7666
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