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Today's Topics:
1. Re: AO-40 DX Record... (i8cvs)
2. Re: AO-40 range record ?? (Dee)
3. ND9M/MM Op Sked: 21 March (Clary, James T, Civilian)
4. IC-451A/RFC4-110 for sale (Bob- W7LRD)
5. Fwd: [PNWVHFS] FOR SALE: ICOM IC-275A/ SSB LT-230S 23CM
TRANSVERTER (Bob- W7LRD)
6. Fwd: IC-451A/RFC4-110 for sale (Bob- W7LRD)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:55:30 +0100
From: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs@xxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-40 DX Record...
To: <k0blt@xxxx.xxx>, "Amsat - BBs" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hi Frank, K0BLT
If I well remeber is with you that I had many QSO's with AO40 at elevation
of -2 or -3 degrees belove my horizon over the sea or am I wrong ?
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
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Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 7:31 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-40 DX Record...
> Greetings to all,I may have what should be one of the most "footprint
stretching" DX QSOs via AO-40. A group of German fellows made a DX-pedition
to Cocos (Keeling) Islands in 2003. Their grid locator was NH87 and my grid
was DN81. I heard them only once and it was on a day near the end of their
operation. I was hearing a few fellows on the West Coast working them but I
couldn't hear a "peep" from the DX station. All of the sudden they were
there, Q5. I couldn't believe my ears! We exchanged the usual 5NN on CW as
with most all expedition signal reports. My Elmer, Joe, K0VTY, and I had
often talked of stretching the footprint but it never occured to me that I'd
have the opportunity to do just that. As I recall, there were less than 5
degrees, according to InstaTrack, for me to make the contact before LOS at
both ends. I always blamed the giant Elm tree just accross the street from
me for preventing my hearing much that appeared on the low western horizon.
After I!
> collected my senses, I went outside and had a look at that "cursed"
tree. To my suprise my antennas were pointed at a "hole" in that tree no
bigger than a bushel basket. Obviously that hole provided me the one in a
thousand shot I had at working VK9CD on the 20th of Oct., 2003. I have been
a DXer for over 50 years and I've had many memorable and lucky DX QSOs but
VK9CD ranks right up there near the top of my list. I wish that we still
had a bird in orbit that would allow such "thrills" but alas.......73 to
everyone and we can continue to hope.... Frank, K0BLT
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 17:43:37 -0400
From: Dee <morsesat@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-40 range record ??
To: "'JoAnne Maenpaa'" <k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Sure,
SOB SOB for sure again...
Dee
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From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of JoAnne Maenpaa
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 11:26 AM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-40 range record ??
Hi Pete,
I'm sending you a couple of links of more possible ham operating
possibilities a HEO could provide ... in addition to the nice DX we enjoyed.
A few years ago when another HEO seemed feasible I let my imagination go to
work and wrote a couple of "proposals" for amateur radio missions ...
1. Use HEO for communication links in large-scale Incident Command Systems.
I wrote a symposium paper for 2008 on this topic and CQ VHF Magazine also
published it:
http://home.comcast.net/~k9jkm/CQVHF_Eagle_ACP_Emcomm.pdf
2. Use HEO to expand ARISS School Contact time from 10 minutes to whole
orbit coverage (AMSAT Symposium 2009):
http://home.comcast.net/~k9jkm/Education_AMSAT_Eagle.pdf
(Note both of these were strawman proposals that haven't gone anywhere until
flying high becomes a viable option again. Had AO-40 survived we could have
started on these projects as well.)
Perhaps this will give an additional talking point or two in addition to the
DX. Good luck with the talk!
--
73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm@xxxxx.xxx
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:23:43 -0000
From: "Clary, James T, Civilian" <James.T.Clary.civ@xxx.xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ND9M/MM Op Sked: 21 March
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My apologies for missing the 20/0914Z FO29 and AO51 passes last night. I
set my alarm to get up in plenty of time, but discovered far too late
that I'd set the alarm based on tonight's passes instead of last night's
and wound up missing them by just a few minutes. And while I was
admonishing myself for my own mistake, I received an e-mail telling me
that there had been quite a few ops waiting for me, as if I needed a
reminder of my foul up. Oh well...
We were in EJ49 for a short time at midday today during which there was
an AO27 pass. We on the ship also found ourselves in a nice little
windstorm (40 MPH sustained) at just the wrong time. I set up on the
flight deck as usual, but had to hold down the step ladder with a foot
on the bottom rung and my arm on the rig to prevent the station from
toppling. The winds were pushing the antenna all over the place which
further hampered the already very low elevation ops.
I was able to make four contacts during the two minutes or so that I
could see the satellite. Later on, K8YSE sent me a recording of the
pass, and after listening to it, I'm frankly surprised I made any
contacts at all! There were so many non-stop tail-ending calls that I
really don't see how I got through for anyone to hear me answer them to
begin with! Almost as surprising was that on top of the heavy pileup
QRM, one of the few successful QSOs was with N5AFV who was using
omni-directional antennas for both the uplink and downlink; Allen
punched through on my end with no problem!
Right after the pass, I took digital photos of the GPS and clock for QTH
documentation as I regularly do and almost lost the rig when a wind gust
literally flipped the rig off the ladder's shelf while I still held the
ladder down. I dropped the camera and was able to grab the rig's
carrying handle just as the rig started downward, so luckily it didn't
hit the deck. Surprisingly, the camera survived the five-foot fall on to
the steel deck with barely a scratch. Not bad for an over-the-counter
Nikon!
Tonight, we'll be passing through EJ58 for about three hours, but
unfortunately there won't be any passes available until we're already
through that grid. For the same reason, I probably will not be able to
put out EJ78 which we'll be in for about 2-1/2 hours tomorrow at midday.
I'll still keep an eye on the GPS just in case the unexpected happens.
The oh-dark-30 FO29 and AO51 passes tonight overlap each other a great
deal. I'll start out on FO29 since its footprint will cover much of the
ham population before AO51's footprint really becomes usable for my QTH.
As we approach the Canal, we're advancing our ship's clock by one hour
tonight, our thirteenth clock change since we left Diego Garcia.
Starting tomorrow, we'll be on CDT, and my work day will run from
1300-2200Z. After that, we'll have only one more clock advance during
this long trip, and we'll finally be done with messing with the clocks.
Speaking of the Canal, my IARP was issued on 7 March while I was still
at San Diego, so I'm good to go for operating in Panamanian waters and
through the Canal. We won't be stopping at Panama, so there won't be any
chance of QSOs for DXCC credit, but the grid squares will still be fair
game.
Here's the list:
Planned
VO52 - 21/0250Z - EJ59
FO29 - 21/1003Z - EJ68
AO51 - 21/1012Z - EJ68
VO52 - 21/1454Z - EJ68
AO7 - 22/0003Z - EJ77
VO52 - 22/0132Z - EJ77 or EJ87
FO29 - 22/1055Z - EJ87 or EJ97
AO51 - 22/1113Z - probably EJ97
Probable, but not certain
AO51 - 21/2108Z - EJ77
FO29 - 21/2131Z - EJ77
AO51 - 21/2247Z - EJ77
VO52 - 22/0309Z - EJ87
FO29 - 22/0907Z - EJ87 or EJ97 - I'll have a better idea tomorrow
evening on this pass and AO51's a few minutes later.
AO51 - 22/0933Z - EJ87 or EJ97
73,
Jim, ND9M / VQ9JC
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:19:46 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-451A/RFC4-110 for sale
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Still cleaning up the ham shack.? Posting here before Ebay.? IC-451A? 70cm
all mode and RFC4-110 amp.? Was replaced with a IC-910H. ?$250- Email direct.
73 Bob W7LRD
Seattle
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:54:32 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: [PNWVHFS] FOR SALE: ICOM IC-275A/ SSB LT-230S
23CM TRANSVERTER
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: n6eq@xxxx.xxx
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I have no connecton with this fellow.? Just passing it along to the bb
73 Bob W7LRD
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From: n6eq@xxxx.xxx
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Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 11:19:59 AM
Subject: [PNWVHFS] FOR SALE: ICOM IC-275A/ SSB LT-230S 23CM TRANSVERTER
Hello,
?I have the following (2) items:
1. ICOM IC-275A... 2 meter all mode (25 watts) has (PBT) pass band
tuning,?built in power supply, spch board in good condition. Comes with hand
mic., ac cord.? $475.00
2. Dressler (EVV 2000 HDX)?mast head (144-146 MHz) 3-21 db gain ajustable
inside.?Ultra low noise transmit/ receive pre-amplifier...750 watts ptt.
Same as the (SSB Electronics).Comes with the manual and mast mount. $150.00
3. SSB LT230S 23cm Transverter...? top of the line 1296 Mhz. transverter.??
In good condition. Comes with Manual, DC cord. $650.00
????????????????????????????
Frequency range: 1296 MHz
IF: 144 MHz
Drive power: 0.1-10 W
RF power output: 30 W
Voltage: 13.8 VDC
Current drain: Max 3 A
Impedance: 50 ohms. N-type RF in/out, BNC IF in/out
Dimensions (W*H*D): ? mm
Weight: ? Kg
Manufactured: Germany, 199x-200x
Other: HEMT pre-amp. Built-in power meter
Prices don't include shipping... (Postal Money Order Only)
7 3 de N6EQ
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(760) 948-9025
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:56:09 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: IC-451A/RFC4-110 for sale
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sold
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From: "Bob- W7LRD" <w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxx>
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Sent: Monday, March 21, 2011 11:19:46 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] ?IC-451A/RFC4-110 for sale
Still cleaning up the ham shack.? Posting here before Ebay.? IC-451A? 70cm
all mode and RFC4-110 amp.? Was replaced with a IC-910H. ?$250- Email direct.
73 Bob W7LRD
Seattle
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