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Today's Topics:
1. ARISSat es ARRL VUCC (K8TB)
2. Re: ARISSat es ARRL VUCC (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
3. VUCC fees (wa4hfn@xxxxxxx.xxxx
4. WD9EWK SO-67 QSOs now in LOTW (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
5. ANS-028 Special Bulletin - NASA TV to Show Arrival of
Progress Spacecraft at ISS (JoAnne Maenpaa)
6. Re: 2 ht vs. 1-duplex ht (Tom Deeble)
7. ISS Extended Mission Plans (Armando Mercado)
8. Kedr spacecraft - photo (andy thomas)
9. Re: 2 ht vs. 1-duplex ht (Zachary Beougher)
10. close encounter (jerry)
11. New to FM birds (Scott Armstrong)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:34:42 -0500
From: K8TB <k8tb@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISSat es ARRL VUCC
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Just trying to be ahead of the curve here. Is the ARRL gone to
place ARISSAT on the list of sats for VUCC (if not, hint hint please
please) And if so, what do we call it for the 5 character spacing that
is required? (ARSAT?)
Just asking :) Tom K8TB
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:55:25 -0700
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ARISSat es ARRL VUCC
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi Tom!
> ? ? Just trying to be ahead of the curve here. Is the ARRL gone to
> place ARISSAT on the list of sats for VUCC (if not, hint hint please
> please) And if so, what do we call it for the 5 character spacing that
> is required? ?(ARSAT?)
If it works like it has for other recently-launched satellites, nothing will
happen in LOTW until the satellite is open for use. Then someone, or
a bunch of us, will need to ask the ARRL to add whatever the designator
is to LOTW. It does not have to be a 5-character designator, as this
list shows:
https://p1k.arrl.org/lotw/faq#sats
Some are 4-character designators, and one has a 6-character designator.
It could end up something like you proposed.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:12:34 +0000 (UTC)
From: wa4hfn@xxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] VUCC fees
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Has anyone complained to the arrl over the .20 cents fee for grids? and if
so have you heard back from anyone there?
WA4HFN Damon
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:04:54 -0800 (PST)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK SO-67 QSOs now in LOTW
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <68412.23244.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Hi!
I just finished uploading my SO-67 QSOs to LOTW. It works as I
expected, after downloading and installing the new TQSL configuration
file I referenced in my -BB post this morning. The TQSL program has
not changed from the current version (1.13), but the TQSL configuration
changed to include SO-67 in the list of satellites supported by LOTW.
I had one QSL from my uploaded SO-67 QSOs, so I can't take credit for
uploading the first SO-67 QSOs into LOTW. Kerry WC7V had a QSO in there
from this morning that matched up with one of my QSOs. Others will
certainly match up as others start to add their SO-67 QSOs to LOTW.
And, with the SO-67 QSOs now in LOTW, I have my complete satellite log
in that system.
Have a good weekend, and 73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:09:24 -0600
From: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-028 Special Bulletin - NASA TV to Show Arrival
of Progress Spacecraft at ISS
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-028.01
ANS Special Bulletin - NASA TV to Show Arrival of Progress Spacecraft at ISS
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 028.01
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
January 28, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-028.01
The arrival of the Russian Progress-41 flight carrying the ARISSat-1
Amateur Radio Experiment to the International Space Station will be
televised live via NASA TV starting at 8PM CST (UTC-6) on Saturday,
January 29.
The unpiloted flight of the Progress resupply craft is expected to
automatically berth to the Pirs docking compartment at 8:40 p.m. CST.
Expedition 26 Commander Scott Kelly and Flight Engineers Cady Coleman,
Paolo Nespoli, Alexander Kaleri, Oleg Skripochka and Dmitry Kondratyev
will be standing by during the automated docking manuevers.
In addition to ARISSat-1, the cargo ship is carrying three tons of
supplies for the crew members.
ARISSat engineers will be meeting with Russian EVA specialists in
Houston on Tuesday, February 1 to prepare for the February 16 deploy-
ment of the satellite.
For more information about the space station, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
For NASA TV downlink, schedule and streaming video information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
Check the AMSAT Web Page http://www.amsat.org for the latest ARISSat-1
information, a copy of the Symposium Slides, and a color guide showing
the transponder bandplan.
[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:32:51 -0500 (EST)
From: Tom Deeble <ka6sip@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 2 ht vs. 1-duplex ht
To: zack.kd8ksn@xxxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <8CD8D8D1B505CE3-1600-C2D1@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx.xxx>
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Zack,
In the discussion of two vs one - I found a new way of screwing things up
today. I was trying to operate via AO-51 this afternoon
and was never making it into the bird even though I was receiving fine.
Turns out I still had the 440 side of the IC-W32A selected
as the "main" radio which makes it the xmit as well. Each time I tried to
xmit the radio displayed out of range (found out at the end
of the pass) So, now I have one more thing to check before the sat comes
around! Other than that the W32A with a 440 preamp
has been working well for me.
Another time, when I was running late, I wasn't making it into HO-68. That
time it ended up being a disconnected BNC to the 440
side of the Arrow antenna.
So it seems that with each new hobby I can find very creative ways of
messing things up. Hope you have better luck.
73's
Tom - KA6SIP
-----Original Message-----
From: Zachary Beougher <zack.kd8ksn@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>; amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Thu, Jan 27, 2011 6:02 pm
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 2 ht vs. 1-duplex ht
Hi Patrick,
You are the go-to guy for any Kenwood HT questions - have you owned/used all
f them??? ;-)
The toggling between VFOs was not as big of an issue for me (like you say,
mall price for a full duplex HT), but the receiver seemed weak. I know I
ommented a few weeks ago about the 8800 having a weak receiver, but I think
fter using the G71As for so long, I got spoiled with the receiver in it.
The s-meter is also practically useless on the D7. You have to toggle back
nd forth between bands to see it, and it also never goes above approx.
3-s5, on a good pass. It makes it difficult, especially when a bird is
uiet, to tell if you are on it or not. You need to have keen ears to tell
hether you are listening to the carrier or noise.
I didn?t use the D7 for much satellite work before I went back to the G71A
or receive, so I probably need to try the full duplex again and give a more
ccurate observation.
73!
Zack
D8KSN
-----Original Message-----
rom: Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
ent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 10:24 AM
o: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
ubject: [amsat-bb] Re: 2 ht vs. 1-duplex ht
Zack,
> I have the D7A (full duplex), but I don?t like the receiver sensitivity.
I
went back to using one THG71 for the down and the D7 for the up. The
other
thing I don't like about the D7 is you have to switch between back and
forth
between band A and B to adjust doppler. I would probably not recommend
the
D7 for satellite work. I have heard things about the D72.
If someone is looking for a single HT for full-duplex satellite work, I
ould
ecommend the D7 despite having to switch VFOs for Doppler adjustments.
have the TH-D72A, which works the same way as the TH-D7 regarding
he need to jump between the two VFOs to adjust the receiver. It's a small
uisance, but a small price to pay for not having to deal with two radios
hen working full-duplex on FM satellites. I've picked up a couple of old
7s (one appears to be a TH-D7A(G), and the other may be an original
H-D7A), that I hope to get new battery packs for and make a couple of
M satellite stations when combined with Elk antennas.
Your TH-G71A is a good dual-band HT. Not capable of full-duplex operation,
ut worked well for me using groups of memory channels for FM satellites.
he receiver was pretty good, and some would notice that I changed to a
ifferent radio from my normal radios when I used that HT.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
ttp://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 02:42:05 -0500
From: "Armando Mercado" <am25544@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS Extended Mission Plans
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <637228DB542C467D8EBB84660017312B@xxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hello,
A couple of news articles about flying ISS to 2020.
http://www.spacenews.com/policy/110128-france-back-iss-extension.html
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=space&id=news
/asd/2011/01/28/03.xml&headline=Germany Nears ISS Extension Agreement
73, Armando N8IGJ
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 08:29:47 +0000 (GMT)
From: andy thomas <andythomasmail@xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Kedr spacecraft - photo
To: amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <439919.6429.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Nice picturs of the Kedr satellite mission at:
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=35923
73 de andy g0sfj
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:02:11 -0500
From: "Zachary Beougher" <zack.kd8ksn@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 2 ht vs. 1-duplex ht
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <SNT111-DS24687941A7619C84F2E298B3E00@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Hi Tom,
Don?t feel bad ? you?re not the only one. I have just about done every
combination of mistakes ? leaving a cable disconnected, confusing the cables
and trying to listen on 2m and transmit on 440, etc. I did I good one last
night.... I was about 2 minutes from flipping the switch and seeing if the
digi I just put up worked. I got everything hooked up (supposedly), powered
everything up, my adrenaline is pumping, and ............... its not
receiving anything. I thought a good test would be to beacon with the D7
and see if it would get digipeated, and it did. I watched the S-meter on
the digi radio peak, TNC receive and transmit lights come on, and all
appeared fine, except for the fact that it wasn?t receiving anything other
than my packets. I stuck my head around the backside of the radio (and it
was dark), and I realized I hadn?t connected the antenna coax to the radio.
Needless to say I quickly powered everything down. The radio is fine, just
gave me a good scare.!
I would love to put together a blooper reel of all of the dumb things I get
into... Trying to contact Europe and the dog starts doing laps around me,
trying to listen to a low audio station and a Harley Davidson flies by,
stabbing my face with one of the Arrow elements, slipping in the snow and
mud, and the list goes on and on.
Operating outside with the Arrow ? you can?t beat it. ;-)
73!
Zack
KD8KSN
From: Tom Deeble
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 12:32 AM
To: zack.kd8ksn@xxxxxxx.xxx ; amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx ; amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: 2 ht vs. 1-duplex ht
Zack,
In the discussion of two vs one - I found a new way of screwing things up
today. I was trying to operate via AO-51 this afternoon
and was never making it into the bird even though I was receiving fine.
Turns out I still had the 440 side of the IC-W32A selected
as the "main" radio which makes it the xmit as well. Each time I tried to
xmit the radio displayed out of range (found out at the end
of the pass) So, now I have one more thing to check before the sat comes
around! Other than that the W32A with a 440 preamp
has been working well for me.
Another time, when I was running late, I wasn't making it into HO-68. That
time it ended up being a disconnected BNC to the 440
side of the Arrow antenna.
So it seems that with each new hobby I can find very creative wk,
You are the go-to guy for any Kenwood HT questions - have you owned/used all
of them??? ;-)
The toggling between VFOs was not as big of an issue for me (like you say,
small price for a full duplex HT), but the receiver seemed weak. I know I
commented a few weeks ago about the 8800 having a weak receiver, but I think
after using the G71As for so long, I got spoiled with the receiver in it.
The s-meter is also practically useless on the D7. You have to toggle back
and forth between bands to see it, and it also never goes above approx.
s3-s5, on a good pass. It makes it difficult, especially when a bird is
quiet, to tell if you are on it or not. You need to have keen ears to tell
whether you are listening to the carrier or noise.
I didn?t use the D7 for much satellite work before I went back to the G71A
for receive, so I probably need to try the full duplex again and give a more
accurate observation.
73!
Zack
KD8KSN
-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 10:24 AM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 2 ht vs. 1-duplex ht
Zack,
> I have the D7A (full duplex), but I don?t like the receiver sensitivity.
> I
> went back to using one THG71 for the down and the D7 for the up. The
> other
> thing I don't like about the D7 is you have to switch between back and
> forth
> between band A and B to adjust doppler. I would probably not recommend
> the
> D7 for satellite work. I have heard things about the D72.
If someone is looking for a single HT for full-duplex satellite work, I
would
recommend the D7 despite having to switch VFOs for Doppler adjustments.
I have the TH-D72A, which works the same way as the TH-D7 regarding
the need to jump between the two VFOs to adjust the receiver. It's a small
nuisance, but a small price to pay for not having to deal with two radios
when working full-duplex on FM satellites. I've picked up a couple of old
D7s (one appears to be a TH-D7A(G), and the other may be an original
TH-D7A), that I hope to get new battery packs for and make a couple of
FM satellite stations when combined with Elk antennas.
Your TH-G71A is a good dual-band HT. Not capable of full-duplex operation,
but worked well for me using groups of memory channels for FM satellites.
The receiver was pretty good, and some would notice that I changed to a
different radio from my normal radios when I used that HT.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 11:36:04 -0600
From: "jerry" <jkboxk@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] close encounter
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <B1B07C593F534F3588DB2B330C491987@xxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
There is supposed to be a close encounter of DO-64 and another satellite .
I've misplaced the info . Does anyone have an update ?
Thanks
Jerry WB5LHD
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:42:20 -0600
From: Scott Armstrong <aa5am@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] New to FM birds
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <COL116-W32A611797D4B5A45F5A38AC0E00@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hi All,
Just finished the mod on my IC-3200a to move the TX/RX down to 430-440 MHz.
Still need to round up some coax for the antenna but almost ready to start
attempting to receive some of the FM birds.
Not sure which antenna I'm going to use but have a CC424b and a KLM crosspol
antennas available. The KLM antenna was given to me so have no idea if it is
working OK . The CC should be OK. I also will not have a preamp.
Which satellite has the strongest signal and would be the best to begin
monitoring the FM birds?
Thanks in advance,
Scott AA5AM
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