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Today's Topics:
1. SO-67 Successful operation in Europe (GW1FKY@xxx.xxxx
2. SASI Satellite Tracker Software (Jeff Kelly)
3. trying new EggBeater (Joseph Holman)
4. Re: trying new EggBeater (Ted)
5. WB2OQQ @ HAM RADIO UNIVERSITY TOMORROW (Peter Portanova)
6. Re: SO-67 repeater to resume operations (Mark L. Hammond)
7. Congrats to the new folks doing so well ! (k6yk)
8. ANS-009 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins (Lee McLamb)
9. Re: SASI Satellite Tracker Software (Jeff Kelly)
10. SO67 Back in operation (Hans)
11. Re: SO67 Back in operation (Eric Knaps, ON4HF)
12. Re: unknown signal (andy thomas)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 15:37:12 -0500 (EST)
From: GW1FKY@xxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] SO-67 Successful operation in Europe
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi all,
Thanks to the team involved, I am pleased to report successful operation of
SO-67 during the trial evening
pass over here in Europe today. (Saturday 8th January 2011 around 1935
hours GMT)
Managed to work a number of stations in Europe using just my "ELK" antenna
and about 10 watts of RF.
I had good reports and could hear my own downlink quite well, but also had
to remember the operating
technique and the use of the tone for access.
Trust that things will be now OK for the return to normal operation next
week as planned.
Ken Eaton
GW1FKY
Amsat -UK
AMSAT NA.
PS. Also note AO -51 is also operating OK in this part of the world pleased
to report, with thanks also those
involved with its management.
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:49:23 -0500
From: "Jeff Kelly" <jkelly@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] SASI Satellite Tracker Software
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <45344651531F4F0980AC196F5219C72E@xxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Does anyone have a set of the SASI satellite tracker drivers or install
program
they can send to me?
Thanks,
Jeff
K2SDR
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 23:35:57 +0000
From: Joseph Holman <joehol@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] trying new EggBeater
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Just finished installing a new EggBeater with my 8 year old and would like
to listen to 70cm voice activity...
What satellite is my best option currently these days?
Thanks, Joe, AD7D.
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 15:48:40 -0800
From: "Ted" <k7trkradio@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: trying new EggBeater
To: "'Joseph Holman'" <joehol@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <3F38D8840C574CCF8BEEF657D65742CC@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Joe, ao51 coming yer way in 15 min
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Joseph Holman
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 3:36 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] trying new EggBeater
Just finished installing a new EggBeater with my 8 year old and would like
to listen to 70cm voice activity...
What satellite is my best option currently these days?
Thanks, Joe, AD7D.
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 19:43:10 -0500
From: Peter Portanova <roic@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] WB2OQQ @ HAM RADIO UNIVERSITY TOMORROW
To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
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Hello,
I will be a Forum Moderator for "How to Work the Amateur Satellites with
your HT"
as part of the Ham Radio University Event, www.hamradiouniversity.org
1/9/2011
I will be available tomorrow 1/9/2011 for the AO-27- 19:23 UTC and AO-51-
2008 UTC, passes. I will be using the special event callsign W2V, a very
special QSL card is available, mailing details can be found on QRZ.com, W2V.
I look forward to working you, please listen for my call, thank you.
73- Pete
WB2OQQ
AMSAT NY Coordinator
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 21:09:01 -0500
From: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SO-67 repeater to resume operations
To: "Johann Lochner" <lochner@xxx.xx.xx>, Hans van de Groenendaal
<hans@xxxxxxx.xx.xx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Johann,
It was a STRONG and busy repeater tonight over the US. Seemed to be working
well.
Thanks!
73,
Mark N8MH
At 01:32 PM 1/8/2011 +0200, Johann Lochner wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>With the troublesome controller reprogrammed we hope that Sumbandila
>will resume its repeater schedule next week.
>
>Tonight over South Africa the four passes below will be scheduled as
>a test. Please report your observations at David Carr's live OSCAR
>status page: http://oscar.dcarr.org/
>
>The weekly schedule will be published at http://amsatsa.org.za/ once
>full operations resume.
>
>73 de ZR1CBC, Johann.
>
>-----
>Europe
>
>2011-01-08 19:29
>2011-01-08 21:03
>
>North America
>
>2011-01-09 01:45
>2011-01-09 03:19
>
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 18:08:33 -0800
From: k6yk <k6yk@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Congrats to the new folks doing so well !
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Slow year for K6YK in 2010.
Total sat QSO's - 368
AO-27 = 210
HO-68 = 98
AO-51 = 45
SO-50 = 15
41 states
149 grids (7 new)
Thanks guys !
73,
John
K6YK
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:22:45 -0500
From: Lee McLamb <ku4os@xxx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-009 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-009
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 in
designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital
Amateur Radio satellites.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor@xxxxx.xxx
In this edition:
* OSCAR SKN Best Fist Nominations Are Due
* AO-51 Power Management Update
* SO-67 Repeater to Resume Operations
* ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Update
* Satellite Meeting in South Africa
* OSCAR-11 REPORT 31 December 2010
* Satellite Presentation at Murray State University, KY
* ARISS School Contacts Resume for 2011
* AMSAT-UK's John Heaton, G1YYH Silent Key
* Vietnam CubeSat to Launch in 2011
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.01
OSCAR SKN Best Fist Nominations Are Due
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 9, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-009.01
Ray, W2RS thanks all who participated in AMSAT's Straight Key Night
on OSCAR 2011. Please remember to nominate someone you worked for
'Best Fist.' Your nominee need not have the best fist of those you
heard, just of those you worked. Nominations should be sent to
w2rs@xxxxx.xxx. A list of those nominated will be published in ANS
in early February, and in a forthcoming issue of The AMSAT Journal.
[ANS thanks Ray, W2RS, for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.02
AO-51 Power Management Update
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 9, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-009.02
Mark Hammond, N8MH notes that AO-51's power management feature has
been operational now that this satellite is entering eclipses and
its batteries cannot maintain full power when the solar panels are
not being illuminated.
Mark noted, "The good news is that eclipses are pretty short right
now and are occurring at early local time in the Northern Hemisphere.
So many aren't even awake yet. Looking longer term--by early March 2011
we will have a period of full sun again, that lasts a couple of months.
Then we are back into eclipses for a long, long--and we'll have ecli-
pses that will get up to 30 minutes in length! If that's over your QTH,
that means you can't work AO-51 potentially for a whole pass. Final
operating details remain to be determined to see exactly what the orbit
and eclipses will look like at that time."
Mark has posted a file at: http://tinyurl.com/2358a3x (amsat.org)
captured during the January 4 solar eclipse. You can see the normal
eclipses of AO-51 every 100 mins (just over 14 times each day). Now,
look right in the middle--see what is a double dip? That a normal
eclipse AND an extra one from the partial solar eclipse.
The AO-51 Command Team requests that users continue to post their
observations of AO-51's operating condition on the Live OSCAR Satel-
lite Status Page: http://oscar.dcarr.org/index.php.
Keep up to date with the latest Command Team and Operations Group
AO-51 News at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php
[ANS thanks Mark, N8MH, for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.03
SO-67 Repeater to Resume Operations
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 9, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-009.03
With the troublesome controller reprogrammed it is hoped that Sumbandila will
resume its repeater schedule next week.
Four passes over South Africa during the evening of 8 January will be
scheduled
as a test. Please report your observations at David Carr's live OSCAR status
page: http://oscar.dcarr.org/
The weekly schedule will be published at http://amsatsa.org.za/ once
full operations resume.
[ANS thanks Johann, ZR1CBC, for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.04
ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V Update
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 9, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-009.04
The ARISSat-1/RadioSkaf-V team has faced a number of challenges siuring their Russian Orthodox Christmas holidays."
Gould went on to note that the flight unit is still scheduled to fly to the
Baikonur Cosmodrome on January 11th, 2011 where it will be attached to
Progress vehicle 41P. The Progress vehicle is scheduled to launch up to the
ISS at the end of January.
Once ARISSat-1 is on board the ISS, crew members will re-attach the handles,
install the battery, replace the dummy loads with the real antennas and
perform a quick power-on test. The Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) to deploy
the satellite is still scheduled for the end of February 2011.
Needless to say, the ARISSat-1 team is excited about all the effort being
made by RSC-Energia to complete integration, and remains cautiously
optimistic that all will continue to go according to schedule.
[ANS thanks Gould, WA4SXM, for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.05
Satellite Meeting in South Africa
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.05
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 9, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-009.05
Eddie Leighton, ZS6BNS, will be anchoring a meeting on satellites
on Saturday 15 January beginning at 10AM at South Africa's National
Amateur Radio Centre.
Learn more about operating amateur radio satellites, how to build
a simple satellite antenna, how to track and all the ins and outs
of this fascinating part of Amateur Radio.
Find out how you can get involved in the SA AMSAT CubeSat project.
The NARC is situated at Sender Technology Park, Octave Road, Radiokop,
Roodepoort.
[ANS thanks the SouthGateARC News Site for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.06
OSCAR-11 REPORT 31 December 2010
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.06
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 9, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-009.06
At the present time OSCAR-11 (AKA UO-11 or UoSAT-2) is now in a
very stable and predictable mode of operation. Between the period
of November 30 to December 31, 2010 the satellite has been heard
from December 10-20 and again is on since December 31. It is ex-
pected to switch-off on January 10, 2011 under control of its inter-
nal timer.
Excellent signals have been reported from stations located around
the world, and good copy obtained from decoded telemetry frames.
The satellite is now transmitting during eclipses, although signals
are weaker at those times. This indicates that there is still some
capacity remaining in the battery.
The on-board clock is now very stable. It gained seven seconds
during December.
The VHF beacon frequency is 145.826 MHz. AFSK FM ASCII Telemetry
Reception reports have been received from Horatio CX8AF, John
KB2HSH, Francisco PY9FP and Mike DK3WN. Many thanks for those
and to everyone who posted reports on the satellite status
website.
If you hear UO-11 please post the information on the Live O
hardware demodulators for data capture. There is also software for
capturing data, and decoding ASCII telemetry.
[ANS thanks Clive, G3CWV, for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.07
Satellite Presentation at Murray State University, KY
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.07
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 9, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-009.07
AMSAT area coordinator Clint Bradford, K6LCS, will be presenting his
"Working Amateur Satellites With Your HT" session at the February 1,
2011 meeting of the Murray State University Amateur Radio Club. ALL
are welcome to attend.
"MSUARC has been serving their region for fifty years," writes Clint.
"I am really looking forward to meeting the group!"
(Wait a sec - isn't Clint in California? What is he doing in
Kentucky? Too many frequent flier miles?)
Clint's out in Southern California - but has prepared a custom slide show
for MSUARC, which will be displayed as Skype handles the session's
audio. "I'd much rather be there in person - but this arrangement has
worked quite successfully in the past. We'll have a great time!"
Clint has full information on his web page:
http://www.work-sat.com
[ANS thanks Clint, K6LCS, for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-009.08
ARISS School Contacts Resume for 2011
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 009.08
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 9, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-009.08
ARISS Operations Team Mentor Charlie Sufana, AJ9N noted that the
school contact schedule is being resumed following the recent crew
change on board the International Space Station. The Expedition 26
crew current on orbit includes Dmitry Kondratyev, Catherine G.
Coleman, KC5ZTH and Paolo Nespoli, IZ?JPA.
The first school contact occurred on Saturday, January 8 with the Uni-
versit? degli studi di Bari "Cittadella Mediterranea della Scienza",
Bari, Ba, Italy, direct via IZ7EVR.
Additional school contacts continue with this planned schedule:
Wednesday January 12 08:08:20 UTC
Tsutsujigaoka Minami Elementary School in Akishima City (Tokyo),
Japan, direct via 8J1TME
Wednesday January 12 10:54:52 UTC
Istituto Comprensivo Marco Polo-Viani Scuola Secondaria 1? Grado,
Viareggio, Lucca, Italy, and Istituto Suore Mantellate, Viareggio,
Lucca, Italy direct via IZ5PVC. Simulcast on:
http://www.versiliawebtv.it/streaming/reteversilia.html
Saturday January 15 09:02:16 UTC
Istituto Comprensivo Via Toscana 2 Civitavecchia, Roma, Italy,
direct via IK?WGF. Simulcast on:
http://www.livestream.com/AMSAT_Italia
The Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 565.
ARISS has posted a frequency chart for packet, voice, and cross band
repeater modes showing Doppler correction at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_
correction.rtf (careful with the Satellite Frequency Coordination pages
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/
finished_detail.php?serialnum=150
[ANS thanks the SouthGateARC News site for the above information]
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's
Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project
Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are
available from the AMSAT Office.
73,
This week's ANS Editor, wishing everyone a happy new year,
Lee McLamb, KU4OS
ku4os at amsat dot org
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2011 07:38:56 -0500
From: "Jeff Kelly" <jkelly@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SASI Satellite Tracker Software
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <ECEF90A5BCFB4A10BBA949039EE45C98@xxxxxx>
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Thanks to Mike N1JEZ I have received the files.
73,
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Kelly
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 4:49 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] SASI Satellite Tracker Software
Does anyone have a set of the SASI satellite tracker drivers or install
program
they can send to me?
Thanks,
Jeff
K2SDR
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 18:04:15 +0200
From: "Hans" <hans@xxxxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] SO67 Back in operation
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hi all
SumbandilaSat SO67 is back in the amateur radio mode. This week is the turn
of Central Asia. Details on www.amsatsa.org.za <http://www.amsatsa.org.za/>
73 Hans ZS6AKV
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2011 18:24:30 +0100
From: "Eric Knaps, ON4HF" <on4hf@xxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SO67 Back in operation
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <4D29EF4E.9060900@xxxxxxx.xx>
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Hello Hans,
I just saw it on the website. Thanks for the effort...
Eric.
Amateur Radio Station ON4HF
Eric Knaps
Satellite manager UBA
Tel. +32472985876 (mobile)
http://www.on4hf.be
Op 9/01/2011 17:04, Hans schreef:
> Hi all
>
> SumbandilaSat SO67 is back in the amateur radio mode. This week is the turn
> of Central Asia. Details on www.amsatsa.org.za<http://www.amsatsa.org.za/>
>
> 73 Hans ZS6AKV
>
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2011 19:54:22 +0000 (GMT)
From: andy thomas <andythomasmail@xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: unknown signal
To: amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <834542.56908.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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I have had the same problem. It's not from any satellite AFAIK. Either it's
raw noise in which a random meaning has been found, or else it's the bar
code scanner in the local supermarket.
73 de andy g0sfj
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