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Today's Topics:
1. Wanted: Elevation Rotor (Bert, VE2ZAZ)
2. Very few passes (Fred (VE3FAL))
3. ANS-062 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (JoAnne Maenpaa)
4. recent AO-40 efforts? (Auke de Jong, VE6PWN)
5. Re: recent AO-40 efforts? (Don Ferguson)
6. ANDE-DeOrbit project closed: donation made to P3E (Henk, PA3GUO)
7. Re: recent AO-40 efforts? (G0MRF(AT)aol.com)
8. (no subject) (Nick Pugh)
9. Re: AO-7 Log (John Hackett)
10. Global Satellite ground station system (Bob Bruninga )
11. AUTO-MATE Coupler (Farrell Winder)
12. Re: Iowa / Louisiana cubesat (G0MRF(AT)aol.com)
13. Incorrect log entries. (John Hackett)
14. March Schedule for AO-51 (Andrew Glasbrenner)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 13:12:55 -0800 (PST)
From: "Bert, VE2ZAZ" <ve2zaz(AT)yahoo.ca>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Wanted: Elevation Rotor
To: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
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Wanted: Elevation Rotor in good shape. Kenpro or Yaesu. Please contact me
direct at ve2zaz_AT_amsat.org.
Thanks,
Bert, VE2ZAZ
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 18:50:45 -0500
From: "Fred \(VE3FAL\)" <flesnick(AT)tbaytel.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Very few passes
To: <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
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Guess we have to wait for the batteries to charge on the birds. Only weak
signals from PCSat and nothing from ISS.
Fred
VE3FAL
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 20:42:41 -0600
From: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm(AT)comcast.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-062 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
To: <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-062
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(AT)amsat.org
In this edition:
* Reminder - AMSAT-DC Meeting on March 15
* 2007 Symposium DVD Now in the AMSAT Store
* AO-51 Schedule Update
* IEEE Student Microwave PA Design Competition
* MicroHAMS Digital Conference 2008 Announcement
* Satellite Activity Planned for Swan Island DXpedition
* WorkedGrids Software Released
* PCSAT Re-Enters Eclipse
* ARISS Status Report for the Week of February 25, 2008
SB SAT (AT) AMSAT $ANS-062.01
Reminder - AMSAT-DC Meeting on March 15
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 062.01
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 2, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-062.01
2008 AMSAT-DC MEETING AND SPACE SEMINAR
WHO: YOU are invited! Amateur radio operators, students,
educators and the public are all invited.
WHAT: Talks, demos, tutorials and socializing about amateur
satellites and high-altitude balloon experiments in the
greater mid-Atlantic USA area. A full day of activities!
WHEN: Saturday, March 15, 2008, starting at 11:00 A.M. local.
WHERE: Historical Electronics Museum (HEM) at 1745 West Nursery
Road, Linthicum, Maryland 21090 (near BWI airport). In
Pioneer Hall. HEM directions at http://www.hem-usa.org/
WHY: Fun, education, public service, training, cool stuff,
and more fun.
HOW: Talk-in on 146.760 MHz (107.2 Hz PL on some receiver
sites)
HOST: Pat Kilroy, n8pk(AT)amsat.org or Patrick.L.Kilroy(AT)nasa.gov
WEB: Check the AMSAT-DC page http://patkilroy.com/amsat-dc/
for late breaking news.
[ANS thanks Pat, N8PK for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT (AT) AMSAT $ANS-062.02
2007 Symposium DVD Now in the AMSAT Store
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 062.02
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 2, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-062.02
Bruce, KK5DO, AMSAT Store Manager is quite pleased to announce a new
item just added to the AMSAT store. It is the long awaited 2007 AMSAT
Symposium DVD. To order yours contact Martha at the AMSAT office,
telephone 301 589-6062.
This is a must for anyone that was not able to attend the 2007 AMSAT
Symposium in Pittsburgh or those that attended who would like the
Symposium on DVD.
This DVD has all of the 2007 papers, PowerPoints and audio of the
presentations. Additional features of this DVD are the Symposium papers
from 2004 and 2005, ISS Columbus module video and much more.
[ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT (AT) AMSAT $ANS-062.03
AO-51 Schedule Update
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 062.03
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 2, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-062.03
The March 2008 AO-51 schedule isn't on the web site yet but will be
soon. The Operations Team has changed the links on the AO-51 page.
The AO-51 News and Text Schedule link will give you the most up
to date information about the AO-51 schedule.
The Control Team Operating Schedule Grid link will take you the
operating grid page, but many of the modes we are running can't
be programmed into the grid yet and therefore the grid can't be
displayed. We are working on changing the software to display
the new modes in the grid format.
[ANS thanks Gould, WA4SXM and the AO-51 Operations Team for the
above information]
/EX
SB SAT (AT) AMSAT $ANS-062.04
IEEE Student Microwave PA Design Competition
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 062.04
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 2, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-062.04
MTT-5 (High Power Amplifier Components) is pleased to announce the
Fourth High Efficiency Power Amplifier Competition, which will take
place at the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), in
2008.
This competition is open to all students and graduate students
registered at an educational establishment. The competitors are
required to design, construct, and measure a high efficiency
power amplifier, at a frequency of their choice above 1 GHz but
less than 20 GHz, and having an output power level of at least 5
watts, but less than 100 watts. The winner will be judged on the
design, which demonstrates the highest power added efficiency
(PAE).
The power amplifiers must be brought to IMS2008 where they will be
tested to verify their performance. A representative of the design
group must be present at the testing to assist with the evaluation.
The winner will receive a prize of $1,000, and will be invited to
submit a paper describing the design for the MTT Microwaves Magazine.
Questions can be sent to Dr. Kiki Ikossi at <ikossi(AT)ieee.org>
The power amplifier (PA) design may use any type of technology, but
must be the result of student effort both in the amplifier design and
fabrication.
See: http://www.ims2008.org/publications/PA-POSTER08-RevA.pdf
[ANS thanks Art, W4ART for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT (AT) AMSAT $ANS-062.05
MicroHAMS Digital Conference 2008 Announcement
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 062.05
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 2, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-062.05
Announcing the second annual MicroHAMS Digital Conference! The event
will be held this year on the main Microsoft campus located in Redmond,
WA on March 22nd, 2008.
The agenda this year will include a wide variety of topics around
digital communications and Amateur radio. Lunch and snacks are included
with the price of the conference and we'll have free Internet access.
Because of space limitations and parking requirements on the Microsoft
campus, we are strongly suggesting pre-registering for the event. Reg-
istration is $12.00 if done prior to the event and will be $15.00 at
the door. Door Prizes include donations from Icom and MicroHAMS.
Event Details
Date/Time: March 22, 2008 09:00 to 17:00
Location: Redmond, WA (Building 122 on the Microsoft Corporate Campus)
Lunch: Sub sandwiches and snacks (included with registration fee)
Cost: $12.00 if pre-paid or $15.00 at the door.
Registration: http://www.microhams.com/digitalconference
[ANS thanks Bob, W7LRD for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT (AT) AMSAT $ANS-062.06
Satellite Activity Planned for Swan Island DXpedition
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 062.06
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 2, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-062.06
Bill, NZ5N says that HQ8R will be operating on the satellites from Swan
Island, grid EK87, from March 15-23. See http://www.hondurasdx.com/
Bill will be taking his FT-817 and an Arrow antenna. Time permitting,
he will also try to make a few contacts before and after the expedition
from the Honduran mainland (Grids: EK55, EK65 and EK75). Weather
permitting, he may also try to give out EK76 from the boat on the way
to and from the island.
[ANS thanks Bill, NZ5N for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT (AT) AMSAT $ANS-062.07
WorkedGrids Software Released
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 062.07
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 2, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-062.07
Bert, VE2ZAZ released WorkedGrids, ham log grid square mapping
software this week. It is freeware and it runs under Windows. The
program displays a map showing the amateur radio grid squares con-
tacted and logged in using third-party logging program.
WorkedGrids uses colors to display information on a per-band basis.
Up to four bands can be displayed concurrently on the map. The pro-
gram reads plain-text (ASCII) log files generated by most logging
programs.
The software is directed towards the VHF and above operators who
collect grid squares for contesting or award purposes. It is
designed to supplement a logging program and it replaces the pen
and paper technique for marking worked grid squares.
Please visit http://ve2zaz.net for more details. Your input is welcome!
[ANS thanks Bert, VE2ZAZ for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT (AT) AMSAT $ANS-062.08
PCSAT Re-Enters Eclipse
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 062.08
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 2, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-062.08
PCSAT-1 was fully operational from 8 to about 23 Feb 2008 during
full sun oribts. PCSAT has re-entered eclipses which marks the end
February's Satellite Simulated Emergency Test. Bob, WB4APR received
31 reports of AMSAT users sending their SSET Email and receiving it.
When the 145.825 MHz RS0ISS-4 packet digipeater is active aboard the
ISS users can continue to send SSET test e-mail messages. PCSAT does
work for a few lucky packets during mid-day passes. The next full sun
operating period will not occur until the Fall.
See: http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/sset.html for more information
on how you can participate in SSET.
[ANS thanks Bob, WB4APR for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT (AT) AMSAT $ANS-062.09
ARISS Status Report for the Week of February 25, 2008
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 062.09
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 2, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-062.09
1. School Contacts
An ARISS contact took place with College Reydellet in Saint-Denis,
Ile de La R?union on Monday, February 25. Approximately 550 students,
ages 10-17, attend the school. ESA astronaut L?opold Eyharts, FX0STD
/KE5FNO, participated in this contact which was conducted in French.
An ARISS contact has been scheduled for Lyc?e de la Borde Basse in
Castres, France on Wednesday, March 5. In preparation for the contact,
teachers will focus on science applications and the ISS. Activities
planned include a visit to the Cit? de l?espace in Toulouse and a
meeting with a scientist residing in Castres, founder of the ?Terre
et Espace? association (Earth & Space), who has volunteered to give
a presentation to the students on work in space and astronaut training
techniques. Students will be divided into different study groups accord-
ing to personal interest in various related subjects such as the imple-
mentation and launch of ISS space modules, re-supply missions, life in
micro-gravitational environments and experiments carried out onboard
the ISS. Students will prepare questions in French and English on
various subjects. ESA astronaut L?opold Eyharts, FX0STD/KE5FNO, plans
to participate in this contact.
2. Robspierre School Contact Successful
On Thursday, February 21, students at Robespierre Elementary School in
Rueil Malmaison, France experienced an ARISS contact. Sixteen students
asked one question each of ESA astronaut L?opold Eyharts, FX0STD/KE5FNO.
Approximately two hundred students, teachers, parents and others in the
community attended. Prior to the contact, talks were given to the stu-
dents about space, the Columbus module, amateur radio, AMSAT-France and
ARISS. The national newspapers France Soir, le Parisien and Espace
Magazine, and radio and television stations France Inter, RTL, Europe 1
covered the news.
3. ESA Press Release on Eyharts - ARISS Contacts
The European Space Agency (ESA) announced the ARISS contacts that ESA
astronaut Leopold Eyharts will participate in. The notice was posted
on its Web site. See:
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Columbus_Blog/SEM1JYVHJCF_0.html
4. ARISS International Team Meeting Held
On February 19, the monthly ARISS Team teleconference was held. Topics
of discussion included the upcoming ARISS Face to Face Meeting, the
Amateur
Radio Working Group (ARWG) and SuitSat-2. Minutes have been posted to
the ARISS Web site. See: http://www.rac.ca/ariss/arisstel2008-02-19.htm
5. ARISS Presentation at Embedded Systems Conference
ARISS member Steve Bible, N7HPR, will present the amateur radio satellite
SuitSat-1 as a ?teardown? subject for the Embedded Systems Conference in
San Jose, California on April 16, 2008. He will also speak on the current
development of SuitSat-2. See:
http://www.cmp-egevents.com/web/esv/event-highlights/teardowns?cid=ESCWK8
6. ARISS ? One Reason to Love the ISS
On February 14, Universe Today published an article, ?I Heart the ISS:
Ten Reasons to Love the International Space Station.? Reason number 6
cites ARISS and EarthKAM as educational programs that the general public
can participate in. See:
http://www.universetoday.com/2008/02/14/i-heart-the-iss-ten-reasons-to-love
-
the-international-space-station/
7. Crew Debrief Sessions
Two ISS crewmembers will participate in ARISS debrief sessions during
the upcoming week. Space visitor Dr. Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, 9W2MUS,
is scheduled for Tuesday, February 26, and astronaut Dan Tani will
participate in a short session on February 29.
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information]
/EX
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,
JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM
K9JKM at amsat dot org
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:52:32 -0700
From: "Auke de Jong, VE6PWN" <sparkycivic(AT)shaw.ca>
Subject: [amsat-bb] recent AO-40 efforts?
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <001101c87c18$d836d2b0$6400a8c0(AT)sparkys>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
I noticed that during the last period of documented efforts to recover
AO-40 4
years ago, there were promising results about hearing faint signals. By
my
interpretation of those old reports, they basically confirmed that the
command
receiver was working but could not get much else done with it. Now that
it
has been officially silent for several years, has anyone tried to send
commands to it in order to disconnect the (shorted) battery banks via the
relays onboard? Given the changing sun-angles on the arrays and the
passage
of time, as well as possible heating of certain onboard components due to
the
constant supply of solar power to the shorted batteries, could there be
any
possibility of (energizing) the battery-disconnect relays? I presume that
they are in a fail-close arrangement, because if they were fail-open, they
should have already done-so due to the shunted power system. Also, could
the
solar panels have fuses that have opened? could such fuses be
re-settable?
I would be interested to hear what knowledge there exists about the
present
status of AO-40, especially what "google" couldn't fetch.
Auke de Jong
VE6PWN
DO33go
Edmonton, AB
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 20:22:17 -0800
From: "Don Ferguson" <kd6ire(AT)sbcglobal.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: recent AO-40 efforts?
To: <AMSAT-BB(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <200803020422.m224MEMd031097(AT)flpi185.prodigy.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Auke de Jong,
I believe AO-40 was designed by AMSAT to not allow both sets of batteries
to
be disconnected. We should have learned with AO-7 that every satellite
should be able to work on solar power alone as eventually all batteries
will
fail. It is my understanding that the only chance we have is if the
batteries burn open some day in the future.
Someone else my be able to correct my understanding if I have
misunderstood
the AO-40 design. Hopefully those who designed the power system have moved
on and we now have some better insight.
Don
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces(AT)amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces(AT)amsat.org]
On
Behalf Of Auke de Jong, VE6PWN
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 7:53 PM
To: AMSAT-BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] recent AO-40 efforts?
I noticed that during the last period of documented efforts to recover
AO-40
4 years ago, there were promising results about hearing faint signals. By
my interpretation of those old reports, they basically confirmed that the
command receiver was working but could not get much else done with it.
Now
that it has been officially silent for several years, has anyone tried to
send commands to it in order to disconnect the (shorted) battery banks via
the relays onboard? Given the changing sun-angles on the arrays and the
passage of time, as well as possible heating of certain onboard components
due to the constant supply of solar power to the shorted batteries, could
there be any possibility of (energizing) the battery-disconnect relays? I
presume that they are in a fail-close arrangement, because if they were
fail-open, they should have already done-so due to the shunted power
system.
Also, could the solar panels have fuses that have opened? could such
fuses
be re-settable?
I would be interested to hear what knowledge there exists about the
present
status of AO-40, especially what "google" couldn't fetch.
Auke de Jong
VE6PWN
DO33go
Edmonton, AB
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 08:26:34 +0100 (CET)
From: "Henk, PA3GUO" <hamoen(AT)iae.nl>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANDE-DeOrbit project closed: donation made to P3E
To: <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <1538.212.61.80.158.1204442794.squirrel(AT)webmail.iae.nl>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Now our ANDE-DEORBIT project has come to an end, and all
requested certificates (up to now 51) have been shipped,
we would like to make up the promise we made:
"All of the left-over money to be spend on an AMSAT project".
Many of the participants donated much more as the required
printing & shipping cost. We have rounded the amount and made a
donation of 150 Euro to P3E. Soon you should see the three new
pixels "MAA" appear on the P3E website: http://www.p3e-satellite.org
We would like to again say "thank you" to all that participated
in the project. It was a great experience and we have made many
new friends world-wide, that's HAM SPIRIT !
73 and THANKS !
Mike, DK3WN
Henk, PA3GUO
http://www.ande-deorbit.com
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 03:19:43 EST
From: G0MRF(AT)aol.com
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: recent AO-40 efforts?
To: sparkycivic(AT)shaw.ca, amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
Message-ID: <d25.2251d8ef.34fbbd1f(AT)aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
Hi Auke / Don
I believe in the case of AO-40, there is potential damage from a corrosive
fuel 'leak'.
Regarding battery protection. For smaller satellites an optically
switched
solid state relay between the battery and the satellite bus looks to be a
good
idea.
Any time the battery has an EMF of greater than 2 volts the relay is 'on'
and its MOSFETS connect the battery to the system.
If the battery volts go below 2V then the relay goes 'open' and the
battery
is disconnected from the satellite allowing power from the BCR to go
directly
to the payloads.
You could also send a command to switch the relay back on to recharge the
battery at a later date.
Would be nice to try all this some day. Several years of normal
operation
followed by several years of daylight only sounds good to me.
Talking of daylight only....Hopefully only 6 weeks to the Delfi3c launch!
73
David
Someone else my be able to correct my understanding if I have
misunderstood
the AO-40 design. Hopefully those who designed the power system have
moved
on and we now have some better insight.
Don
In a message dated 02/03/2008 04:06:59 GMT Standard Time,
sparkycivic(AT)shaw.ca writes:
I presume that they are in a fail-close arrangement, because if they were
fail-open, they should have already done-so due to the shunted power
system.
Also, could the solar panels have fuses that have opened? could such
fuses
be re-settable?
I would be interested to hear what knowledge there exists about the
present
status of AO-40, especially what "google" couldn't fetch.
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 03:59:09 -0600
From: "Nick Pugh" <quadpugh(AT)bellsouth.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] (no subject)
To: <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <003b01c87c4c$0ffdd030$6301a8c0(AT)nick1>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hi Amsaters
The Universities at Auburn, Iowa and Louisiana are apply for a grant to
build
a cubesat and we need some one to host a ground station in the southern
hemisphere at latitudes > 55 deg S. The orbit will be a polar orbit and
locations in the higher latitudes will be in the foot print more time per
day
that us in the middle latitudes. We supply the hard ware for a fully
automated station I.E. Icon 910, M2 antennas, rotator and a computer and
we
need a volunteer to get it in operation for us and connected it to the
internet. We expect the life of the sat to be a year or two. If you have a
interest please contact me off line
thanks
nick
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 13:41:09 +0100
From: John Hackett <archie.hackett(AT)hotmail.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-7 Log
To: <rm2642(AT)aol.com>
Cc: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org, "Eu-amsat(AT)yahoogroups.com"
<eu-amsat(AT)yahoogroups.com>
Message-ID: <BLU138-W143A895DA9363210920FCD91160(AT)phx.gbl>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hi Ron,
Rgr ...
Bob's a mate of mine ... like me, he's no computer geek so a bit of finger
trouble is to be expected - no big deal.
I administer and correct the log for a number of years but stopped several
months ago - it was taking up too much time ... I was just pointing out
that
the ensuing accumulative errors over time will ensure the statistics page
will be incorrect.
73 John. <la2qaa(AT)amsat.org>
Homepage <http://www.observations.biz>
From: Rm2642(AT)aol.com
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 00:37:10 -0500
Subject: AO-7 Log
To: la2qaa(AT)amsat.org
Hi John:
Just to comment about your post on amsat-bb about W7LRD and N6PAA QSO.
There should be one log entry for our 01-Mar-08 QSO on AO-7. I don't know
what Bob was thinking with the 3 log entries a few minutes apart.
73 and Thanks,
Ron
n6paa
Delicious ideas to please the pickiest eaters. Watch the video on AOL
Living.
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 08:30:38 -0500 (EST)
From: "Bob Bruninga " <bruninga(AT)usna.edu>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Global Satellite ground station system
To: Nick Pugh <quadpugh(AT)bellsouth.net>, amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
Message-ID: <20080302083038.AFE21398(AT)mp3.nettest.usna.edu>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> The Universities at Auburn, Iowa and Louisiana..
> need... a ground station in the southern hemisphere...
Contact AMRASE organization in Brazil. They are building a an amateur
satellite called CAMOES that may also support the APRS digiepating mission
with either an uplink or a downlink on the 145.825 frequency.
The more satellites and the more ground stations we accumulate, the closer
we
get to full-time round-the-clock hand-held communicatinos from anywhere on
the
globe. The beauty of having more ground stations is that they can operate
with OMNI antennas and do not have any moving parts. They can link
everything
heard into the APRS global internet system for connectivity to anyone on
the
planet in real time.
See our next satelite in this constellation:
http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/buoy.html
Bob, Wb4APR
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 08:52:19 -0500
From: "Farrell Winder" <fwinder(AT)fuse.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AUTO-MATE Coupler
To: "AMSAT" <amsat-bb(AT)AMSAT.Org>
Message-ID: <000801c87c6c$a1d481f0$c31ebb0a(AT)PowerSpec>
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Does anyone have specs on a AUTO-MATE Coupler Model 6006-T used for in
line
RF sampling? The unit I have was manufactured by Automatic Metal
Products
Corp, Brooklys, NY. Thanks any info.
Farrell Winder, W8ZCF
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 09:15:34 EST
From: G0MRF(AT)aol.com
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Iowa / Louisiana cubesat
To: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
Message-ID: <cfa.2b819607.34fc1086(AT)aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
If you join the GENSO network, you'll be able to remotely access the
satellite from many Universities and amateur stations in different
continents.
_http://www.esa.int/esaED/SEMQM953R8F_index_0.html_
(http://www.esa.int/esaED/SEMQM953R8F_index_0.html)
_www.genso.org_ (http://www.genso.org)
Thanks
David
In a message dated 02/03/2008 10:13:52 GMT Standard Time,
quadpugh(AT)bellsouth.net writes:
Hi Amsaters
The Universities at Auburn, Iowa and Louisiana are apply for a grant to
build a cubesat and we need some one to host a ground station in the
southern
hemisphere at latitudes > 55 deg S. The orbit will be a polar orbit and
locations in the higher latitudes will be in the foot print more time per
day
that us
in the middle latitudes. We supply the hard ware for a fully automated
station I.E. Icon 910, M2 antennas, rotator and a computer and we need a
volunteer to get it in operation for us and connected it to the
internet. We
expect
the life of the sat to be a year or two. If you have a interest please
contact me off line
thanks
nick
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 17:59:00 +0100
From: John Hackett <archie.hackett(AT)hotmail.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Incorrect log entries.
To: <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Cc: "Eu-amsat(AT)yahoogroups.com" <eu-amsat(AT)yahoogroups.com>
Message-ID: <BLU138-W3706B133F40D61065C413A91160(AT)phx.gbl>
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Gentlemen,
PLEASE !!!!! refrain from putting 'CQ' in the QSO pane of the
AO-7 log ... it just makes the statistics page incorrect.
If you have an actual QSO - by all means log it - but please *DON'T* put
CQ
there.
99.9% of the operators can do it correctly - (the instructions are clear
enough) - with a little bit of 'extra' effort even *YOU* could do it too.
Please don't be a sheep and put CQ because some other clown did it first.
SV1BSX asked politely, and was ignored - the actual QSO's determine the
statistics ... which is the whole point of the log.
We *DON'T* need to know you called CQ on a particular date and time.
Thank you.
73 John. <la2qaa(AT)amsat.org>
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Message: 14
Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 12:41:27 -0500
From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner(AT)mindspring.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] March Schedule for AO-51
To: "ans-editor" <ans-editor(AT)AMSAT.Org>, <amsat-bb(AT)AMSAT.Org>
Message-ID: <521ED68311A042D98D3C2FE864C81512(AT)Andrewlaptop>
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reply-type=original
Copied from: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php
Update: March 1, 2008
Last month we concentrated on L uplinks and S downlinks. This month we'd
like to concentrate on U band downlinks. In response to recent discussions
on amsat-bb, we are going to try two separate weeks of dual repeaters.
Unlike the QRP restrictions we have had in the past, this time the only
special restrictions are that regular users yield for university stations
that will be active on March 4th and 27th. Please limit contacts those
dates
to QSOs involving at least one university station. If the second repeater
is
not utilized, we may revert to digital operations.
The 435.150 repeater and 2401.200 downlinks may be temporarily suspended
for
WOD telemetry download without notice. Generally this will only be for one
pass per day.
Regarding the graphic schedule...the software that does the schedule will
not allow for the proper display of some of the current modes or any
detailed information on special purposes. Please refer to this page for
mode
change information.
March 2008 AO-51 (AMSAT Echo) Schedule
March 1 until March 31, subject to modification
March 1 - March 2
FM Repeater, V/US
Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM, NO PL Tone
Downlinks: 435.300 and 2401.200 MHz FM
March 3 - March 9
FM Repeater, V/U
Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM, NO PL Tone
Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM
FM Repeater, V/U (March 4th please yield to university stations)
Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM, NO PL Tone
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM
March 10 - March 16
FM Repeater, V/U
Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM, NO PL Tone
Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM
9k6 Digital L/U BBS and Telemetry
Uplink: 1268.700 MHz FM
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM
March 17 - March 23
FM Repeater, V/US
Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM, NO PL Tone
Downlinks: 435.300 and 2401.200 MHz FM
March 24 - March 31
FM Repeater, V/U
Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM, NO PL Tone
Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM
FM Repeater, V/U (March 27th please yield to university stations)
Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM, NO PL Tone
Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM
73, Drew KO4MA
AMSAT-NA VP Ops
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