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Today's Topics:
1. AO-16 telemetry 3 Oct 2010 (Mark L. Hammond)
2. SatPC32 Help Needed (Guy Brauning)
3. Fwd: AMSAT at the NASM (Hispanic Heritage Month) - October
16, 2010, last call for volunteers (Samudra Haque)
4. ND9M Road Trip #4 (claryco@xxx.xxxx
5. RS-15 Beeping (Armando Mercado)
6. Re: OSCAR-11 Report (Clive Wallis)
7. Office Closed (Martha)
8. LHCP or RHCP? (Tom)
9. Test (WCP)
10. Mini-Grid Expedition CP28 (John Boudreau)
11. Re: LHCP or RHCP? (Sebastian)
12. Re: LHCP or RHCP? (Bob- W7LRD)
13. HO-68 FM audiostream via internet (PA3GUO)
14. Re: LHCP or RHCP? (PA3GUO)
15. Re: LHCP or RHCP? (Mark L. Hammond)
16. Possible ops from rare grids .. (John D'Ausilio)
17. Iceland on AO-51 (Luc Leblanc)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 09:43:40 -0400
From: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-16 telemetry 3 Oct 2010
To: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hi All,
Here is a quick AO-16 update. On Sunday I turned AO-16 long enough to
get some telemetry packets. The satellite would remain on for less
than one minute after being commanded on. A quick test of the "bent
pipe" voice mode repeater was successful. . The "hardware watchdog
timer problem" is still evident; as expected, spacecraft temperatures
are insufficient to keep the transmitter ON (needs to be above 15 deg
C).
Orbit projections suggest that satellite illumination conditions will
not result in increased temperatures for nearly 10 years. Command
stations do periodically turn AO-16 "ON" to check on its condition and
see if the hardware timer problem has "automagically" fixed itself
(which in not anticipated, but who knows...).
AO-16 telemetry
3 Oct 2010 1838 utc
PACSAT MBL Telemetry Decoder Ver. 1.3 (c) Mike Rupprecht, DK3WN
==============================================================================
=
(average values)
+10V Battery Bus : 0.00 V
Battery Charge Reg : 0.55 mA
Base Temp : 9.07 ?C
PSK RF Out : 1.90 W
+5V RX Bus : 4.87 V
+8.5V RX Bus : 8.49 V
+10V RX Bus : 11.24 V
Here is another teaser :) Several months ago I commanded the AO-16
S-band transmitter ON; it too remains functional (albeit weak), and
was received by me, Drew KO4MA, and Alan WA4SCA.
73,
--
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 10:00:27 -0400
From: "Guy Brauning" <guyjeanbraun@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 Help Needed
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <000001cb63cc$7f9069c0$7eb13d40$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Thanks for reading this. I recently installed SatPC32 from an AMSAT
purchased CD onto a new WIN 7 laptop with a dual-core Pentium processor.
The laptop is interfaced with a Yaesu FT-857D for 144MHZ and a Yaesu FT-897D
for 432 MHZ. The interface is via a STAR-TECH Express Card serial adapter
which provides 2 COM ports. The program installed properly, I updated the
KEPs file, and the program controls the radios. My problem is that I can't
fine tune the Doppler shift properly for my set-up. I have tried using the
CAT Tuning dialog box to adjust the Downlink in order to hear my own CW
signal in the downlink, then reset the downlink adjustment to zero, and then
adjust the Uplink by the same frequency amount in the opposite direction,
and then save the uplink calibration. I was able to get AO-7 mode B working
pretty well using this technique; however, for VO-52 even when I adjust the
downlink to hear myself and then change the uplink and store the change, my
signal is no longer heard in the downlink... even before saving any changes,
I have to continually adjust the downlink in order to hear my own signal as
my signal will move out of the downlink ....I can't seem to find the correct
Doppler corrected frequency pair... I thought that once I adjusted the
downlink so that my signal was peaked that that would be a constant
"correction" throughout the pass. Are there other adjustments that I need
to try in addition to the uplink calibration? FO-29 is even harder to try
and figure out than AO-7 and VO-52. Is anyone else using two Yaesu FT-817
/ 857 / 897 rigs with SatPC32? If so, what do you think I am doing wrong
and what are your DOPPLER.SQF data lines for AO-7, VO-52, and FO-29 (as well
as any other critical settings)? I have been manually adjusting for
Doppler shift for about a year on the linear satellites but I never got
proficient enough to tune around the passband and answer other calls... I
just parked myself on an open frequency and called until someone answered
me. I can greatly appreciate the benefits of Full Doppler Tuning, I just
can't seem to configure SatPC32 in order to take advantage of it! I live in
central Maryland, FM-19.
Thanks for the help,
Guy Brauning
N3SCR
guyjeanbraun@xxxxxxx.xxx
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 16:55:23 -0400
From: Samudra Haque <samudra.haque@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: AMSAT at the NASM (Hispanic Heritage Month) -
October 16, 2010, last call for volunteers
To: Amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, amsat-dc@xxxxx.xxx
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Hello all,
please note the upcoming special event on the 16th of October, 2010. I would
like to remind AMSAT-NA and AMSAT-DC members I am still taking volunteers
for this event.
Please contact me directly for details, and any co-ordination for travel to
NASM, or if you have any items to contribute for the day, I can arrange for
a pickup.
Samudra Haque, N3RDX & S21X
Alexandria, VA 22310
(202) 812-3325
samudra.haque@xxxxx.xxx
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Samudra Haque <samudra.haque@xxxxx.xxx>
Date: Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 3:55 PM
Subject: AMSAT at the NASM (Hispanic Heritage Month) - October 16, 2010,
First call for volunteers
To: Amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Hello AMSAT-NA and others,
if you are interested in volunteering for AMSAT outreach activities, please
consider the following event that is being organized by the National Air and
Space Museum in Washington, DC. The last event at the NASM was Space Day,
which included a live ARISS contact and AMSAT display stands with a variety
of equipment and presentations.
Event: Hispanic Heritage Month Family day?Argentina in Air and Space
Location: National Air and Space Museum
Date: Saturday, October 16, 2010
Time: 10 AM ? 3 PM
I am volunteering to organize AMSAT's participation for the event. Please
contact me through e-mail if you are interested and able to participate in
any form. I will need to know:
* Can you volunteer any exhibition/display resources (pictures, posters,
etc.) ?
* Can you volunteer your time on October 16, 2010 for any portion?
* Can you provide any presentation materials relevant to Argentina in Air
and Space?
* Will you require transportation? etc. etc.
Additional info from NASM:
NASM is looking for AMSAT members who would be interested in talking to the
visitors about satellites. Because the focus of the day is Argentina, we
are particularly interested in people with expertise in Argentinean
satellites. Bonus points for members how can discuss Pehuensat-1 because
Pablo de Leon, who was the payload manager, will be a featured speaker at
the event.
Expectations: AMSAT members would set-up tables with equipment, posters, and
other items of interest to visitors. These tables would be staffed
throughout the day by AMSAT members. You are welcome to volunteer for a
couple of hours or the whole day. Free parking will be provided all, and
lunch will be provided for people who volunteer the whole day.
This event will celebrate both the centennial and bicentennial of
Argentina. For the centennial celebration we will focus on Jorge Newberry
and lighter than air.
For the bicentennial (which is this year) the focus will be on Argentina?s
accomplishments in space. The linchpin of this portion of the program will
be Pablo de Leon. He has been involved with a number of projects for the
NASA and CONAE. Based on his accomplishments a special feature will focus
on space suit design, development and production?ILC Dover has agreed to
bring some of the people who make the actual suits. I have already outlined
some of his involvement in satellites. In addition to that, CONAE is
sending a large model of the SAC-D satellite and I am hopeful to have some
the Aquarius team involved as well.
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 17:12:48 -0400 (EDT)
From: claryco@xxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] ND9M Road Trip #4
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <8CD322007B0F2BF-1DA0-E62@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx.xxx>
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Sorry for the late notice, but I'll be heading for the DN46 / DN47 grid line
for today's
AO51 pass that rises locally at 04/2258Z, allowing for road conditions of
course.
Cori and I will leave Butte tomorrow and head for the northerly US grids in
DN2x and DN3x.
73,
Jim, ND9M / VQ9JC
Butte MT / Silver Bow Co. / DN35
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 18:38:37 -0400
From: "Armando Mercado" <am25544@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] RS-15 Beeping
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <F33C28CE5EAA499E904F3F4A9DF8E7CE@xxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hi all,
Today is the 53rd anniversary of Sputnik 1.
By coincidence, instead of its usual
continuous carrier, RS-15 is beeping.
73, Armando, N8IGJ
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:18:01 +0100
From: Clive Wallis <list1@xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: OSCAR-11 Report
To: amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <4CAAFB59.7080605@xxxxx.xx.xx>
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On 02/10/2010 23:50, Zachary Beougher wrote:
> Clive,
>
> Thank you for sending this out - this may answer something I was wondering
> about a few weeks ago....
>
> I was out during a morning 1300-1400z HO68 pass about 3-4 weeks ago, and as
> I was doing the pass, I noticed the S-meter on my TRANSMIT HT was peaking at
> about S7 (I was using one HT to receive the 435.675 downlink, and the other
> for the 145.825 uplink). I turned the volume up on the transmit HT to see
> what it was, and I heard the EXACT same audio that you have on your webpage
> of Oscar-11's telemetry beacon on 145.826 (1 kHz off of the uplink for
> HO68). I am assuming that what I heard on my transmit HT was probably the
> Oscar-11 beacon - could anyone confirm that?
>
If it sounds like the audio on my website, it is OSCAR-11! There is no
other satellite which sounds like that!
As it's on the FM uplink for HO-68, we might be able to hear UO-11 being
relayed by HO-68 onto 435.675 MHz. !
There's no problem decoding UO-11, details on my website www.g3cwv.co.uk
73 Clive G3CWV
Hitchin, North Hertfordshire, UK
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 15:24:36 -0400
From: Martha <martha@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Office Closed
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID:
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The AMSAT Office will be closed from Wednesday, October 6 - Monday, October
11th. We will reopen on Tuesday, October 12th.
--
73- Martha
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 16:23:46 -0700
From: "Tom" <k0tw@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] LHCP or RHCP?
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <9493D1093CF4438FBFECE80AC4D8216B@xxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
On the premise that the only dumb question is the one that goes unasked,
here goes.
If I'm building an antenna of circular polarization for use with the birds
what determines if it should be LHCP or RHCP? I've read the ARRL Satellite
Handbook and "sort of" searched the AMSAT-BB archives but found nothing
about this question.
Thanks.
Tom - K0TW
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2010 19:45:34 -0400
From: "WCP" <wcp2@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Test
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <002001cb64e7$67854000$6301a8c0@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Test
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 11:47:56 -0600 (MDT)
From: "John Boudreau" <john@xxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Mini-Grid Expedition CP28
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID:
<c55672f92d29638d58e5a5e39a957f41.squirrel@xxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
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I'll be travelling tomorrow (Oct 7) to Aklavik, NT and will be active on
the following passes as VE8EV/P from CP28 :
Time-On Time-Off Satellite Coverage Area
1622z 1637z HO-68 Europe, North America
1645z 1657z SO-50 North America
1810z 1828z HO-68 Europe, North America
1830z 1836z SO-50 North America
1959z 2005z HO-68 Europe, Canada
2051z 2052z AO-27 North America
2108z 2119z AO-51 North America
2245z 2255z AO-51 North America
73
John - VE8EV
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 13:56:14 -0400
From: Sebastian <w4as@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LHCP or RHCP?
To: k0tw@xxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <D3FD51A9-140B-4E52-A3F7-D6F87A344152@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
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Tom, if you go with just RHCP you should be ok.
73 de Sebastian, W4AS
On Oct 5, 2010, at 7:23 PM, Tom wrote:
> On the premise that the only dumb question is the one that goes unasked,
> here goes.
>
> If I'm building an antenna of circular polarization for use with the birds
> what determines if it should be LHCP or RHCP? I've read the ARRL Satellite
> Handbook and "sort of" searched the AMSAT-BB archives but found nothing
> about this question.
>
> Thanks.
> Tom - K0TW
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 18:00:49 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LHCP or RHCP?
To: k0tw@xxx.xxx
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID:
<2024613513.55706.1286388049573.JavaMail.root@xxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xxxx.xxxxx
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Hi Tom-The vague answer is " it depends".? I have found that different
polarizations are more effective on the same satellite during the same pass
at different times.? ?Why that happens?? ?I have no idea, the answer to that
is out of my pay grade.? I have a L & R switches and they get used a fair
amount.? I am sure everyone else's mileage will vary.? This has been my
experience.
73 Bob W7LRD
Seattle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom" <k0tw@xxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Sent: Tuesday, October 5, 2010 4:23:46 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] ?LHCP or RHCP?
On the premise that the only dumb question is the one that goes unasked,
here goes.
?
If I'm building an antenna of circular polarization for use with the birds
what determines if it should be LHCP or RHCP? I've read the ARRL Satellite
Handbook and "sort of" searched the AMSAT-BB archives but found nothing
about this question.
?
Thanks.
Tom - K0TW
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Message: 13
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 20:02:07 +0200
From: PA3GUO <pa3guo@xxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 FM audiostream via internet
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <7121211.1286388127083.JavaMail.root@xxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
HO-68 is in FM mode, I will put a live audiostream this evening at:
http://www.pa3guo.com/webradio.html
There is approx. a 12 seconds delay.
18:10...Turn On--FM/PACSAT
Africa,Middle East,Europe,NA
18:55...Turn Off
19:35...Turn On--FM/PACSAT
Africa,Middle East,Europe,NA
20:20...Turn Off
Depending on the interest I may leave it on also the next days.
Henk, PA3GUO
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Message: 14
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 20:12:50 +0200
From: PA3GUO <pa3guo@xxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LHCP or RHCP?
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <29749011.1286388770975.JavaMail.root@xxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Not sure which to pick, but having both is valuable.
For example HO68 is tumbling a lot (looking at my switching between L and
RHCP).
AO51 has more stable results: 435.300 vs 435.150 ((I always forget which one
is what).
73, Henk
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Henk, PA3GUO
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Message: 15
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 14:13:23 -0400
From: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LHCP or RHCP?
To: k0tw@xxx.xxx
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID:
<AANLkTi=82Dtbq-=rFhpe6Wwk4vTKgo8eW2dd8vwQ4DdM@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Hi Tom,
Is your question:
How do you determine the resulting polarity of the anteanna?
My response: when standing at the rear, does the cork-screw go
clockwise or counter-clockwise as it spirals away from you? That is
the visible difference, if building a helix.
OR
Which polarity should I build?
Here's my take--if you can't do both polarities and
switch, you may be better of going linear. But if you have to build
circular, you are probably better off with RHCP if you work 435.300 on
AO-51 a good deal...
Keep in mind that 435.150 is LHCP--so when we run QRP or JOTA mode
this month, you fixed RHCP folks are going to see what I mean....
73,
Mark N8MH
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 7:23 PM, Tom <k0tw@xxx.xxx> wrote:
> On the premise that the only dumb question is the one that goes unasked,
> here goes.
>
> If I'm building an antenna of circular polarization for use with the birds
> what determines if it should be LHCP or RHCP? I've read the ARRL Satellite
> Handbook and "sort of" searched the AMSAT-BB archives but found nothing
> about this question.
>
> Thanks.
> Tom - K0TW
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Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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Message: 16
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 14:14:43 -0400
From: "John D'Ausilio" <jdausilio@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Possible ops from rare grids ..
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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I'm making a trip to the canadian maritimes .. I've borrowed an Arrow
antenna, have a number of radios (still trying to find my VX-5 which
is missing) .. should be able to do FM and maybe SSB/CW as well ..
I'm staying in GN06, will certainly be in FN96/95 .. might be able to do GN05
then on the way home were going to Halifax, if there's a grid there
that's near and dear to anyone's heart let me know direct.
I'll try and identify specific passes once the route is settled, and
I'll post updates here (unless there's a better place to do so?)
de w1rt/john
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Message: 17
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07:22:04 -0400
From: Luc Leblanc <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Iceland on AO-51
To: eu-amsat@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <4CAB0A5C.9603.1CACB2@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Ari TF3ARI from Reykjavik Iceland was active this morning on AO51 i just
getting him at a very low elevation for him at 1102Z this morning.
Temp in Reykjavik 8C here 6C
"-"
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
Skype VE2DWE
www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
DSTAR urcall VE2DWE
WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
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