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Today's Topics:
1. Re: VUCC #204!! (Zachary Beougher) (Patrick Farcon)
2. VUCC (wa4hfn@xxxxxxx.xxxx
3. Re: VUCC #204!! (Zachary Beougher) (k8kfj@xxx.xxxx
4. SAT VUCC #203, #204 & #205 (Bob Herrell)
5. Re: SAT VUCC #203, #204 & #205 (Zachary Beougher)
6. Saturday in (and around) Kingman, Arizona...
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
7. Re: AO-51 reloaded and operational (Rodney Waln)
8. vucc (Greg Butler)
9. SO-67 planned active over Europe this week (Ib Christoffersen)
10. Re: SO-67 planned active over Europe this week (GW1FKY@xxx.xxxx
11. antenna rotator test (N. Mahdinejad)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 15:16:35 -0400
From: Patrick Farcon <pfarcon@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VUCC #204!! (Zachary Beougher)
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Congratulations Zach! Thanks for being out there as well when you have gone
on your trips. I wholeheartedly agree that thanks are due to all those who
have made it possible for us to work so many grids in addition to their own
home grids. For example, I just recently got an envelope from John Papay,
K8YSE, confirming about 17 new grids outside of his home grid and my first
linear satellite contact, AO-7. He and his son Doug were able to pull out my
signal and bear with me being so new to the linear satellites.
Hope to catch you again on the birds Zach!
Pat
N2VYT
FN20un
On 11/7/10 4:00 PM, "amsat-bb-request@xxxxx.xxxx
<amsat-bb-request@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> VUCC #204!! (Zachary Beougher)
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 21:17:25 +0000 (UTC)
From: wa4hfn@xxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] VUCC
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Congrats Zack on #204 VUCC and also to KI4OTG here in Memphis for VUCC# 205
WA4HFN Damon
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 16:45:02 -0500 (EST)
From: k8kfj@xxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VUCC #204!! (Zachary Beougher)
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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My congrats as well Zach. My Sat VUCC was #125 dated March 21, 2003.
Not that many issued in that time frame ... quite suprising.
Many probably have it but just haven't applied.
73, Gary -K8KFJ-
West Virginia <EM98cj>
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-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Farcon <pfarcon@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Sun, Nov 7, 2010 3:27 pm
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VUCC #204!! (Zachary Beougher)
Congratulations Zach! Thanks for being out there as well when you have gone
n your trips. I wholeheartedly agree that thanks are due to all those who
ave made it possible for us to work so many grids in addition to their own
ome grids. For example, I just recently got an envelope from John Papay,
8YSE, confirming about 17 new grids outside of his home grid and my first
inear satellite contact, AO-7. He and his son Doug were able to pull out my
ignal and bear with me being so new to the linear satellites.
Hope to catch you again on the birds Zach!
Pat
2VYT
N20un
n 11/7/10 4:00 PM, "amsat-bb-request@xxxxx.xxxx
amsat-bb-request@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> VUCC #204!! (Zachary Beougher)
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 17:15:48 -0600
From: Bob Herrell <aj5c@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] SAT VUCC #203, #204 & #205
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Congrats to Zack, KD8KSN for Sat VUCC #204 and to Greg, KI4OTG for Sat
VUCC #205. Good going guys. Thanks to all who helped with the grids for
my VUCC.
I received Sat VUCC #203.
See ya on the birds. I am working toward "The Robert W. Barbee Jr.,
W4AMI Satellite Operator Achievement Award 5000 Contact Award Level".
Thanks for all your help.
73,
Bob Herrell
AJ5C
EM36kg
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 19:17:27 -0500
From: "Zachary Beougher" <zack.kd8ksn@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SAT VUCC #203, #204 & #205
To: "Bob Herrell" <aj5c@xxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Great job Bob and Greg!
73!
Zack
KD8KSN
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Herrell
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2010 6:15 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] SAT VUCC #203, #204 & #205
Congrats to Zack, KD8KSN for Sat VUCC #204 and to Greg, KI4OTG for Sat
VUCC #205. Good going guys. Thanks to all who helped with the grids for
my VUCC.
I received Sat VUCC #203.
See ya on the birds. I am working toward "The Robert W. Barbee Jr.,
W4AMI Satellite Operator Achievement Award 5000 Contact Award Level".
Thanks for all your help.
73,
Bob Herrell
AJ5C
EM36kg
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 20:29:21 -0800 (PST)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Saturday in (and around) Kingman, Arizona...
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Hi!
I'm back home after a quick 30-hour trip to Kingman in northwestern
Arizona. I attended one of the two days of the Kingman Hamfest with an
AMSAT table, and had some time to operate from a couple of grids around
that city. It was a great time! The Mohave Amateur Radio Club, the
local club that sponsored the hamfest, was a great host and everyone at
the hamfest appreciated having an AMSAT presence - even if I was not able
to be there on Friday for the first day of their hamfest.
The hamfest was in one of the parking lots at Kingman's Centennial Park,
along the I-40 freeway and about a mile west of old route 66 (also known
as Andy Devine Avenue as the old highway runs through Kingman). This
was not the largest parking lot at the park, but it worked well for the
hamfest. Being next to the freeway brought in some visitors who had no
idea there was a hamfest in Kingman. I was at the hamfest a few minutes
after 5am (1200 UTC), and was ready for the first pass I used for a
demonstration - an AO-7 pass at 1425 UTC. I logged 5 QSOs on that pass,
and had demonstrations on 7 other passes (two each on VO-52, HO-68, and
AO-27 - plus an ISS pass) until the hamfest wrapped up at 2200 UTC.
The ISS pass around 2043 UTC started out with packet on 145.825 MHz.
I kept switching between that frequency and 145.800 MHz, hoping to hear
a voice on 145.800 MHz as had been the case on passes over the past
few days. Sure enough, Doug Wheelock was on the microphone a couple
of minutes into the pass. I started calling for NA1SS, initially saying
just my callsign. Then I added that I was in Arizona, and then went
with saying I was in Kingman, Arizona. At 2046 UTC, Doug Wheelock
acknowledged my call in Kingman, Arizona. Crowds enjoy satellite
demonstrations at hamfests, but an unscheduled contact with the ISS
during a demonstration was a real treat! What better way to show off
this aspect of our hobby, talking with an astronaut in orbit... it
doesn't get any better than that. I'm definitely sending off for an
NA1SS QSL card. :-)
After the ISS went away, I looked at the IC-2820H I used for the QSO and
the FM satellite demonstrations. It was set on low power. I used only
5W to work the ISS from the hamfest, and did not realize it at the time.
That made a huge impression on the crowd I had for the ISS pass and QSO.
Thanks to everyone at the Mohave Amateur Radio Club, and in particular
its president Bill Smith KD7MIA, for allowing AMSAT a space at their
hamfest. Also, thanks to the AO-51 command stations and Mark N8MH for
their quick work in getting AO-51 back in operation. Mark made a point
of e-mailing me directly with the news AO-51 was working again, after his
post here on the -BB. I didn't use AO-51 at the hamfest, but it came in
handy for my post-hamfest activity in and around Kingman. And, of course,
thanks to all (including Doug Wheelock at NA1SS) who called and made a
total of 44 QSOs with WD9EWK during the demonstrations.
Once the hamfest wrapped up, I had about 35 minutes until an eastern
AO-51 pass. It was a low pass, with maximum elevation of 17 degrees for
Kingman, and I decided to drive about 18 miles/29km south of Kingman to
a spot on the DM24wx/DM25wa grid boundary (search for 35 N 114 8.243 W
on Google Maps or other mapping site to see the spot). After exiting the
freeway, the last 2.6 miles (4.2km) were on a dirt track on the west side
of I-40 to reach the grid boundary. This area had mountains to the west
and east, but not high enough to make satellite operation difficult. In
the span of 10 minutes, WD9EWK logged QSOs with 21 stations across the
USA and in Mexico.
Since I was not planning on returning home until later in the evening,
I was going to work all of the AO-51 and SO-50 passes in this area.
I had an eastern SO-50 pass and a western AO-51 pass in the span of
just over 30 minutes starting just before 0000 UTC. With that, I
drove back to Kingman to find the DM25/DM35 grid boundary that cuts
through the east side of that city. I parked at DM25xg/DM35ag a
few miles/km north of the hamfest site, north of I-40 and west of old
route 66 (search for 35 15.246 N 114 W in Google Maps to see where
this is). Some who were watching my APRS track probably were wondering
why I was driving back to Kingman after just one pass at DM24/DM25, and
eventually they could see what I was up to. I worked these two passes
from this spot, making QSOs with 13 stations on SO-50 followed by 10
more QSOs on AO-51.
I had about an hour after the western AO-51 pass before the last SO-50
pass I planned to work. Using the remaining sunlight, I drove back
to the DM24/DM25 boundary south of Kingman to work the 0133 UTC SO-50
pass as the last bit of daylight went away. I only logged 5 QSOs on
this pass, with 4 stations in the western USA and one Mexican station.
After quickly storing my antenna in my truck, I drove back to Kingman
for dinner, fuel, and a chance to clean my truck's windshield (many
bugs met their demise on the windshield during the drive up to Kingman
and the drives to and from the DM24/DM25 grid boundary) before the drive
home.
With the way the post-hamfest AO-51 and SO-50 passes lined up, it made
more sense for me to do the extra driving between the two locations I
worked from. Even though it was an extra round trip to the DM24/DM25
boundary, I was able to work one eastern and one western pass from each
of those grid-boundary locations. APRS coverage in and around Kingman
was good, and I was able to confirm after the fact that I was showing
up on sites like aprs.fi at each grid-boundary location. As John K8YSE
used very well on his recent road trip around Lake Superior, and I have
seen on my travels in the past 3 months, having APRS is a great tool
when on the road to allow others to see where I am and gauge where I
may stop to work satellite passes.
When I returned home late Saturday evening, I saw that I had driven
484.4 miles/779.4km on this trip. In addition to writing this e-mail,
I am putting my log entries into my spreadsheet, and copying audio
recordings from the passes and the photos to my computer. I may have
been tired when I got home last night and quickly fell asleep, but this
was a fun trip. The Kingman hams, not just the hamfest organizers, were
all appreciative of seeing AMSAT at their hamfest and the satellite
demonstrations. I hope I can make it back to Kingman for their 2011
hamfest.
As with my other trips, there is no need to first send me a QSL card
and/or SASE to get a WD9EWK QSL card from a QSO during or after the
hamfest. Just an e-mail is sufficient, with QSO details. I will
print some cards this week for the 3 locations I operated from
yesterday, and get them in the mail shortly.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 06:50:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Rodney Waln <kc0zhf@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 reloaded and operational
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <506114.82528.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
thank you to all who replied there was lots of info,
yep that would tend to mess things up,
Rodney kc0zhf
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2010 09:26:23 -0600
From: Greg Butler <ki4otg@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] vucc
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Just recived my vucc + two endorsements for satllite.
my # 205
thanks for all the help.
73: KI4OTG Greg
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 08:18:53 +0100
From: "Ib Christoffersen" <oz1my@xxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] SO-67 planned active over Europe this week
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <0A.CB.07581.D54A7DC4@xxxxx.xxxx.xx>
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Hi all,
SO-67 is planned to be active over Europe this week.
See:
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/
Please report activity on the report page:
http://oscar.dcarr.org/
I still do not have my station active due to renovation of the house.
73 OZ1MY
Ib
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 03:30:11 EST
From: GW1FKY@xxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SO-67 planned active over Europe this week
To: oz1my@xxxxxx.xxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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In a message dated 08/11/2010 07:32:19 GMT Standard Time, oz1my@xxxxxx.xx
writes:
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/
Hi,
Extracted the following details. Good Luck and thanks for the news
Ken de GW1FKY
Europe
2010-11-08 07:45
2010-11-08 09:19
2010-11-08 10:54
2010-11-08 16:55
2010-11-08 18:30
2010-11-08 20:02
2010-11-09 07:26
2010-11-09 09:00
2010-11-09 10:35
2010-11-09 16:39
2010-11-09 18:10
2010-11-09 19:43
2010-11-10 07:08
2010-11-10 08:40
2010-11-10 10:15
2010-11-10 16:20
2010-11-10 17:50
2010-11-10 19:25
2010-11-10 21:00
2010-11-11 06:50
2010-11-11 08:23
2010-11-11 09:55
2010-11-11 16:03
2010-11-11 17:33
2010-11-11 19:05
2010-11-11 20:40
2010-11-12 06:30
2010-11-12 08:04
2010-11-12 09:38
2010-11-12 17:15
2010-11-12 18:45
2010-11-12 20:20
2010-11-13 06:12
2010-11-13 07:45
2010-11-13 09:18
2010-11-13 10:53
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2010-11-13 18:28
2010-11-13 20:00
2010-11-14 07:26
2010-11-14 09:00
2010-11-14 10:34
2010-11-14 16:38
2010-11-14 18:10
2010-11-14 19:42
2010-11-14 21:20
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 16:07:28 +0330
From: "N. Mahdinejad" <n.mahdinejad@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] antenna rotator test
To: Amsat-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Dear all.
Thanks for Bob W7LRD and Greg D for answering to my last question.
Is there any standard document or other for test antenna rotator? Some
functional and environmental tests.
If anyone is familiar with these tests, please send me a link to read or
download some useful documents.
Any help would be gratefully appreciated.
Best regards.
Nayer Mahdinejad.
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