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Today's Topics:
1. Re: VUCC,and WAS Card Checking available by mail. (Bruce)
2. Re: UHF/VHF Polarization Switch (Bruce Semple)
3. Fwd: [PNWVHFS] FS... MORE SRRING CLEANING... (Bob- W7LRD)
4. Re: AO-51 MODE V/S (Gary "Joe" Mayfield)
5. Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 5, Issue 185 (Luc Leblanc)
6. x37b (don)
7. Re: x37b (Glenn AA5PK)
8. Re: x37b (Glenn AA5PK)
9. Sounds for wisp (Vincenzo Mone)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:42:37 -0500
From: Bruce <kk5do@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VUCC,and WAS Card Checking available by mail.
To: "Stan, W1LE" <stanw1le@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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I am also an ARRL VUCC, WAS and 5band WAS card checker. So there are
at least two of us that monitor the bb.
73...bruce
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 23, 2010, at 1:45 PM, "Stan, W1LE" <stanw1le@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Hello The Net:
>
> The Satellite VHF/UHF Century Club , VUCC, and the WAS, Worked All
> States, by satellite
> are awards for ARRL members that I can check by mail.
>
> Award requirements and application/logging forms are available at the
> ARRL website.
>
> For further details, contact me, or if you are on Cape Cod in MA, do
> drop in.
>
> Stan, W1LE
> ARRL accredited
> VHF/UHF Award Manager, VUCC with all endorsements
> HF Award Manager, WAS with all endorsements,
> DXCC card checker, no 160M cards nor deleted countries please.
>
>
>
>
> ZZZZz
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 4/23/2010 12:03 AM, John Neeley wrote:
>> That'll teach you to stand out in a blizzard on the driveway,
>> hi.... Congrat's Loren. Myself I have 118 grids confirmed now,
>> but havent had them checked, and I got 47 states confirmed. Still
>> need Maine, Nebraska and Rhode Island on my end for W.A.S.
>>
>> John W6ZKH
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: LOREN RASMUSSEN<lorenrasmussen@xxx.xxx>
>> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
>> Sent: Thu, April 22, 2010 1:48:49 PM
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite VUCC # 194
>>
>> It came in the mail today. It took from
>> November 2009 through February 2010.
>> About 600 QSOs. FT-60R and an Arrow.
>> 36 states confirmed.
>> Thank you all that returned cards.
>> Yeah, I'm jazzed.
>> 73
>> Loren
>> k7cwq
>> CN94
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:21:39 -0400
From: Bruce Semple <brucesemple@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: UHF/VHF Polarization Switch
To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
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It just supports switching between RHCP and LHCP.
Bruce
WA3SWJ
At 02:48 PM 4/23/2010, you wrote:
>Is this M2 mod for LHCP or RHCL only, or are the linear
>polarizations possible also ?
>
>Stan, W1LE
>
>
>On 4/22/2010 9:31 PM, Bruce Semple wrote:
>>Pete -
>>I have had one for about 1 1/2 years - on the 70cm antenna.
>>When the GO-32 9K6 BBS board was up it made the difference between
>>reliably receiving and not.
>>(I am working on getting on the AO-51 BBS)
>>I know S meter readings are all relative -- I usually see at least
>>+20 when the polarization is correct.
>>I have roof mounted antennas so I was able to do the modification
>>without taking the antenna down.
>>I did shift the antenna mounting position on the boom to account for
>>the extra length/weight.
>>During installation checkout - I did have an issue with the
>>protection diode that was installed across the relay -- I had to replace
it.
>>Other than that -- it has worked fine.
>>
>>73,
>>Bruce
>>WA3SWJ
>>
>>
>>
>>At 10:48 AM 4/22/2010, you wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I've been asked by a club member if anyone has any experience using an M2
>>>VHF/UHF Polarization Switch, and what their opinion of it may be. I can't
>>>seem to find any reviews on field performance, thank you.
>>>
>>>73's Pete
>>>WB2OQQ
>>>www.massapequanyweather.com
>>>
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 22:57:34 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: [PNWVHFS] FS... MORE SRRING CLEANING...
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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stuff usable for satellite ops.
73 Bob W7LRD
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:11:08 -0500
From: "Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 MODE V/S
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Luc,
The other morning when I worked you, I heard w1aw as well. I heard you
call them and I called them too. I don't think they ever heard either of
us.
73,
Joe kk0sd
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From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Luc Leblanc
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 7:33 AM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 MODE V/S
I was alone on the first morning pass and 2 stations on the second one.
Signal from AOS to LOS where booming on 2.4 with near 30db at TCA
on an overhead pass.
W1AW was calling on a couple of pass but they seems to don't hear anything
N5UXT was also trying to call him with no success. Could be
someone can call them to check if they listen to the correct downlink
frequency or they have an issue on 2.4Ghz.
Great mode but a bit quiet
"-"
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
Skype VE2DWE
www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
DSTAR urcall VE2DWE
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:47:02 -0400
From: Luc Leblanc <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 5, Issue 185
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: Tim - N3TL <n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
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On 23 Apr 2010 at 9:52, Tim - N3TL wrote:
Date sent: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 09:52:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tim - N3TL <n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 5, Issue 185
To: w1icw@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Bob and all,
>
> WAC definitely is possible - in some portions of the lower 48, at least -
with today's fleet of satellites. On the AO-7 passes that I've used to work
Alaska in the past, far eastern Russia was well within the footprint. The
same is true now for HO-68 during appropriate passes. The obstacle, of
course, is a lack of operators that far east in Russia.
>
> Bob, I suspect you?are too far east to be able to get Hawaii for Oceana.
I don't know if there is another listing available but it seems i was the
last one to get the SAT WAC certificate?
SAT#9 May 1984 EN70 W4CKD Bob -
SAT 02 Apr 1985 JN47 HB9CRQ Dan now HB9Q
SAT 28 May 1985 JO30 DC8TS Hardy -
SAT 07 Jun 1985 JO30 DC9ZP Manfred -
SAT 27 Jul 1995 IO91 G0MRF David -
SAT 17 Dec 1985 EN61 N2BJ Barry -
SAT 06 Nov 1990 IO81 GW8TIX Gerald -
SAT 13 Dec 1995 FN41 WA1QXR Ken -
SAT 07 Feb 1997 FN34 N1JEZ Mike -
SAT 18 Dec 1998 JN52 IK0WGF ? ex-IW0DAL
SAT 14-Jul-2000 DL81 XE2AT Al ex-XE2YVW
SAT 31 Oct 2003 PM96 JN1BPM Hide -
SAT 06 Sep 2006 FN36 VE2DWE Luc -
The whole WAC listing can be found at : http://www.qsl.net/ve2pij/vhfwac.html
Plus other listing on http://www.qsl.net/ve2pij/
However, stations at your latitude and slightly farther south (maybe as far
south as 45 degrees, but definitely at 40 degrees and north)
who sit somewhere from the Mississippi River east to at least the Cleveland
area should be able to earn Satellite WAC. UA9CS shows up
fairly regularly on Mode B passes of AO-7, and the log page on the AO-7 Web
site reflects that K3SZH (Harrisburg, Pa., area) works him
fairly often. That is asiatic Russia, so would count for Asia. K8YSE
(Cleveland area) has worked WH6BIE on Oahu. I believe John may also
have worked Adrian, AA5UK, when he was portable earlier this month from KH6.
So that's Oceana.
>
> EA8AVI is active on AO-7 and other satellites, and the Canary Islands
provide Africa. From?this far south in EM84, I have worked all but Asia -
and it IS possible here. Sadly, however, it would involve finding an
operator across the Bering Strait who could work either AO-7 Mode B or HO-68
using either the linear or FM transponder. I have looked at a gazillion
low-angle AO-7 passes to my east, and none of them have the right angles to
fit UA9CS and me in the footprint at the same time.
>
> Given HO-68's nice footprint, I believe it should be very possible to earn
Satellite WAS hand-held (and, of course, with a base station) for any
station located from the creater Kansas City area west on the lower 48. It
might even stretch a bit farther east, but I haven't looked at it. Satellite
WAS definitely is possible as far east as my QTH, but it takes the right
pass of either AO-7 or (as I surprisingly discovered) FO-29. And this is
about as far east as either the AO-7 or FO-29 footprints will stretch. But
that makes Satellite WAS possible for a significant portion of the lower 48.
>
> Before closing, let me add my congratulations to Loren on his all-handheld
Satellite VUCC. That's also how I earned mine (No. 170), and it was a real
thrill. The ironic thing is, it took longer to get all the cards I needed to
apply for the award than it did to actually work 100 grids. I needed 28 days
to work 100 grids, but another 49 days to get all the cards I needed to
apply for the award ... hihi. As a result, my all-handheld VUCC was, in all,
a 69-day project. I remember asking on this BB about who else had done
all-handheld VUCC, and there were several operators who responded.
>
> Also - for Loren and others who might be interested - the QRP Amateur
Radio Club International has added satellite endorsements to many of its
awards, including its Grid Square and All States awards. The Grid Square
Award is like VUCC - it requires a minimum of 100 grids. However, the
QRP-ARCI award is far more rare. I suppose that has to do with the nature of
QRP operation. I earned Satellite Grid Square Award No. 1 from them, and it
is only No. 7 overall. I encourage anyone who has VUCC using HTs or a QRP
rig like the Yaesu FT-817 to check it out. The group's All States Award is
like our Satellite Communications Achievement Award, which requires
confirmed contacts with at least 20 states/Canadian provinces/DX entities.
The QRP-ARCI All States Award requires contacts with a minimum of 20 states,
and it offers endorsement in increments of 10 states from there (i.e., 30,
40 and 50 states). I earned Satellite All States No. 1 using only contacts
I'd made,
> handheld, running 50 milliwatts out of my Yaesu VX-7 HT. My award, which
is only No. 16 overall, is for 30 states at .05-watt.
>
> I suspect that Loren and others have more than they need to earn one or
both of these awards. They're not AMSAT awards, but neither is VUCC, WAS or
WAC. For those of us who enjoy low power, however, I believe they are nice
additions to the awards options we have.
>
> Information on those awards is available at www.qrparci.org.
>
> 73 all,
>
> Tim - N3TL
> Athens, Ga. - EM84ha
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Bob DeVarney W1ICW <w1icw@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Sent: Fri, April 23, 2010 10:00:52 AM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 5, Issue 185
>
> Congrats, Loren. That's quite an accomplishment for a portable setup.
>
> Just as a yardstick, I got SAT VUCC # 64 back in November of 1996 so you
> are definitely in exalted company ;-)
> It's actually quite surprising there aren't more VUCCs done in that
> length of time. I wonder what the League's statistics are for the
> "regular" VUCC.
> Moreover, I wonder how many Satellite WAS or WAC awards have been issued
> since the 90s. I got sat WAS #299 in December 2004.. WAC is dated 1993,
> but I wonder if it can even be done now with the current crop of
> satellites. In the Oscar 10 or -13 days you could almost work it in a
> single pass. Has anyone heard if a sat DXCC has been done any time in
> the recent past?
>
> BTW, this is your opportunity, guys and gals on the -BB, to beat me up
> if I owe anyone a QSL card... I am coming out of a long hiatus so I'll
> put priority on returning those cards that people are really waiting on.
>
> Some random, Friday morning musings de Bob W1ICW ( the sat operator
> formerly known as WE1U )
> ________________________________
> > From: LOREN RASMUSSEN <lorenrasmussen@xxx.xxx>
> > To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> > Sent: Thu, April 22, 2010 1:48:49 PM
> > Subject: [amsat-bb]? Satellite VUCC # 194
> >
> > It came in the mail today. It took from
> > November 2009 through February 2010.
> > About 600 QSOs. FT-60R and an Arrow.
> > 36 states confirmed.
> > Thank you all that returned cards.
> > Yeah, I'm jazzed.
> > 73
> > Loren
> > k7cwq
> > CN94
> >?
> >
>
> --
> "I love the freedoms we got in this country, I appreciate your freedom to
burn your flag if you want to, but I really appreciate my right to bear arms
so I can shoot you if you try to burn mine."
> Johnny Cash from "Ragged Old Flag"
>
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"-"
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:11:26 +1200
From: don <donmc@xxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] x37b
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Has any one any info on this?
Seems that it can change orbit parameters on command and may be able to stay
in orbit, of one sort or another, for up to "270 days", and is designed
to replace the
space shuttle for "military" applications.
No, I'm far from anti military, just interested in the technology that
seems to have been developed
by NASA and taken over by the USAF.........
Cheers,
Don
ZL1THO
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 7:58:02 -0500
From: Glenn AA5PK <aa5pk@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: x37b
To: don <donmc@xxxx.xx.xx>, AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
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---- don <donmc@xxxx.xx.xx> wrote:
> Has any one any info on this?
Here's an article from Air & Space Magazine about it:
http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/Space-Shuttle-Jr.html
Glenn AA5PK
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 7:58:06 -0500
From: Glenn AA5PK <aa5pk@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: x37b
To: don <donmc@xxxx.xx.xx>, AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <20100424075806.2FSPQ.244390.root@xxxxx>
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---- don <donmc@xxxx.xx.xx> wrote:
> Has any one any info on this?
Here's an article from Air & Space Magazine about it:
http://www.airspacemag.com/space-exploration/Space-Shuttle-Jr.html
Glenn AA5PK
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2010 20:03:25 +0200
From: "Vincenzo Mone" <vimone@xxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Sounds for wisp
To: "Amsat - BBs" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hi folks,
anybody has or can tell me where
to find the wave files that announce the
incoming satellites for the wisp program?
I mean also the ones for the new birds
Launched recently.
Thanks in advanced
73 de Enzo IK8OZV
EasyLog 5 BetaTester
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