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Today's Topics:
1. SO-50 FD So CA (Clint Bradford)
2. Re: SO-50 FD So CA (Clint Bradford)
3. AO-27 So CA Field Day (Clint Bradford)
4. a0-27 pass 2250 ish today (Daniel Lind)
5. ao-51 (Daniel Lind)
6. Last FD for '51??? (Clint Bradford)
7. FD and Sats? (Ted)
8. Sats on Field Day (Clint Bradford)
9. Field Day Dual-Hop! (Greg D.)
10. ANS-177 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins (Lee McLamb)
11. Re: FD and Sats? (Jim Jerzycke)
12. Fastrac-1 / FO-69 / FAST1 status report (June 26 / 08:20 utc)
(PA3GUO)
13. ARISSatTLM V0.50 install problem (Masahiro Arai)
14. Re: Field Day Dual-Hop! (Dee)
15. ISS on FD? (Bob Bruninga)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:43:06 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] SO-50 FD So CA
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hiya, Patrick in AZ. Not as busy as I thought SO-50 would be just now here
in So CA.
Clint, K6LCS
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:12:18 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SO-50 FD So CA
To: "John M. Belstner" <jbelstner@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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> >> ... keying up on top of each other, the receiver was deaf ...
I am, sorry, John ... I intended to ONLY listen and record that pass, until
I heard "The hardest Workin' AMSAT Rep" Patrick in AZ come on ...
But I clearly heard a few successful contacts ... before and after mine with
Patrick.
I might not be as educated as to a phenomenon of a "SO-50 deaf receiver due
to overload" as you describe. It mostly felt "normal" to me in So CA: Many
excited keying-ups, and slightly fewer successful contacts ...
Clint, K6LCS
P.S. - Yes, I have had several cups of coffee at a Rotary meeting this
morning from 8-11Am, now followed by a Pina Colada (or two) back at home ...
But since this is just 'tween you and I, John, I am not embarrassed to admit
that fact ...
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 14:55:25 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-27 So CA Field Day
To: Daniel Lind <kf1buz@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <54DA85CD-B4C2-40E7-98D9-64165A7A2FC6@xx.xxx>
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AO-27 just passed over So CA. About as chaotic as I have ever heard (grin)!
Still grinning ... What a great Field Day!
Clint, K6LCS
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:05:32 -0700
From: Daniel Lind <kf1buz@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] a0-27 pass 2250 ish today
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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At the tail end I heard a call for me
A2A0.
Any one have an idea there?
Well its posted on my youtube page
Thank you for your time
KF1BUZ KF7LJX KF7LJV
and the birds Fred N (RIP) oli. and Kilo
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 15:42:27 -0700
From: Daniel Lind <kf1buz@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ao-51
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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OMG
That last pass was crazy as all get out.... at least she is working>>
Thank you for your time
KF1BUZ KF7LJX KF7LJV
and the birds Fred N (RIP) oli. and Kilo
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:16:41 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Last FD for '51???
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Gawd, AO-50 just performed magnificently for DM13 ... I cannot help but
wonder is this was her last Field Day ...
Clint, K6LCS
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:17:23 -0700
From: "Ted" <k7trkradio@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FD and Sats?
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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I thought there was a '1 contact per pass' agreement on FD?
Did I miss the memo?
Ted, K7TRK
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:25:20 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Sats on Field Day
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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>> ... I thought there was a '1 contact per pass' agreement on FD? Did I
miss the memo?
No memo missed ... actually just a contact per FM bird for one's 100 points,
I believe.
Clint, K6LCS
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:59:46 -0700
From: "Greg D." <ko6th_greg@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Field Day Dual-Hop!
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <BLU133-W2537F4CBB8AB5950C2BB62A9540@xxx.xxx>
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Well, one-way, and I didn't have the presence of mind to try to make a cross
satellite contact.
The end of the last AO-07 pass (which sounded very much like 20 meters!)
crossed with the beginning of FO-29's, so the two satellites passed within a
couple of hundred miles of each other. Since the downlink for AO-07 is in
the middle of the uplink passband for FO-29, I switched over to FO-29 to
take a listen. Sure enough, the bottom of FO-29's passband sounded like 20
meters for a few moments. Then it went away.
Fleeting chaos. Sweet.
Greg KO6TH
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:29:36 -0400
From: Lee McLamb <ku4os@xxx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-177 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-177
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:
* Remember to Send Your AMSAT Field Day Results
* 13 Colonies Special Event on Satellites Again
* July 15 Deadline to File ARISS Contact Proposals
* Istanbul students plan 145/435 MHz satellite
* New Horizons Mission Presents New Opportunity for Citizen Scientists
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
* ARISS Status - 20 June 2011
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-177.01
Remember to Send Your AMSAT Field Day Results
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 177.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
June 26, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-177.01
AMSAT Director of Awards and Contests, Bruce Paige, KK5DO reminds you
to send in your satellite Field Day results. The Satellite Summary
Sheet (on pages 3-4 of the AMSAT Field Rules) should be used for sub-
mission of the AMSAT Field Day competition.
The Rules and the Satellite Summary Sheet can be downloaded from
links at http://www.amsat.org or http://www.amsatnet.com
http://tinyurl.com/3eztlaf (amsat.org)
http://www.amsatnet.com/2011fd.doc
http://www.amsatnet.com/2011fd.pdf
Your entry must be received by KK5DO (email or postal mail) by 11:59
P.M. CDT, Monday, July 11, 2011. The preferred method for submitting
your log is via e-mail to kk5do@xxxxx.xxx or kk5do@xxxx.xxx.
You may also use the postal service but give plenty of time for your
results to arrive by the submission date. Add photographs or other
interesting information that can be used an article for the Journal.
You will receive an email back (within one or two days) from Bruce
when he receives your email submission. If you do not receive a con-
firmation message, try sending it again or send it to his other email
address.
If mailing your submission, the address is:
Bruce Paige, KK5DO
Director of Awards and Contests
PO Box 310
Alief, TX 77411-0310.
Certificates will be awarded to the first-place emergency power/
portable station at the AMSAT General Meeting and Space Symposium
in November 2011. Certificates will also be awarded to the second
and third place portable/emergency operation in addition to the
first-place home station running on emergency power. Stations sub-
mitting high, award-winning scores will be requested to send in
dupe sheets for analog contacts and message listings for digital
downloads.
[ANS thanks AMSAT Director of Awards and Contests, Bruce Paige,
KK5DO for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-177.02
13 Colonies Special Event on Satellites Again
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 177.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
June 26, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-177.02
Dave, KB1PVH/K2H says that the Original 13 Colonies Independence
Week Special event begins on July 1 and runs until July 5.
We will be on the satellites again this year!
MA- KB1PVH/K2H, Dave
VA- NL7VX/K2B, Steve
PA- KE3LB/K2M, John
SC- K4YYL/K2L, Art
GA- N3TL/K2G, Tim
NC- W4MPS/K2J, Marc
NY- WB2OQQ/K2A, Pete
CT- KA1TCH/K2D, Al
NH- NE1H/K2K, Bob
RI- N1MIW/K2C, Larry
NJ- KB2M/K2I, Jeff (when available)
DE- KB2M/K2E, Jeff (limited time marine mobile)
MD- WA3SWJ/K2F, Bruce
Please limit yourselves to one contact per state, so that others may
have a chance.
The 4th of July, 2011 lands on a Monday, which means that you can
work us starting Friday through Tuesday. Due to popular demand, we
will run the event all 5 days like in 2010. Times will be: 12:01 AM
Eastern start on July 1st, (That's one minute after midnight, early
Friday morning, July 1st) to 11:59 PM Eastern ending on July 5th
(One minute to midnight, late Tuesday night, July 5th).
Hope everyone get a Clean Sweep
Find more information on-line at:
http://www.13colonies.info/
[ANS thanks Dave, KB1PVH/K2H for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-177.03
July 15 Deadline to File ARISS Contact Proposals
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 177.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
June 26, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-177.03
NASA is seeking U.S. formal and informal education institutions
and organizations, individually or working together, to host an
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station, or ARISS, con-
tact between the dates of Jan. 15 and July 15, 2012.
To maximize these radio contact opportunities, NASA is looking
for organizations that will draw large numbers of participants
and integrate the contact into a well-developed education plan.
The deadline to submit a proposal is July 15, 2011.
During the first six months of 2012, crew members aboard the
International Space Station will participate in amateur radio con-
tacts.
ARISS contacts afford education audiences the opportunity to learn
firsthand from astronauts what it is like to live and work in space.
Due to the nature of human spaceflight, organizations must demon-
strate the flexibility to accommodate changes in contact dates and
times.
Interested parties should contact Teaching From Space to obtain infor-
mation related to expectations, content, format, audience, proposal
guidelines and forms by sending an e-mail to JSC-TFS-ARISS@xxxx.xxxx.xxx
or by calling 281-244-2320.
The NASA Teaching From Space web page can be found at:
http://tinyurl.com/6fc2lzn (nasa.gov)
[ANS thanks ARISS and NASA for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-177.04
Istanbul students plan 145/435 MHz satellite
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 177.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
June 26, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-177.04
Students at Istanbul Technical University are working on a 3U
CubeSat that will carry a linear transponder for SSB/CW amateur
radio communications.
TURKSAT-3USAT will carry a 50kHz bandwidth 145/435 (V/U) linear
transponder, beacon and telemetry downlink. It is hoped to have
an early 2012 launch into a Sun Synchronous Orbit (SSO) at around
680km.
Istanbul Technical University's first Communication Satellite
http://tinyurl.com/6hyxh7h
Istanbul Technical University TURKSAT-3USAT
http://tinyurl.com/5vhdnzm
TURKSAT-3USAT on the IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination pages
http://www.amsatuk.me.uk/iaru/formal_detail.php?serialnum=213
[ANS thanks the Southgate ARC news site and Istanbul Technical
University for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-177.05
New Horizons Mission Presents New Opportunity for Citizen Scientists
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 177.05
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
June 26, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-177.05
The Zooniverse is home to the internet's largest, most popular
and most successful citizen science projects. You can find all
the details of their projects at http://www.zooniverse.org/
Zooniverse has added a project where Citizen Scientists help choose
an additional destination or two for a spacecraft heading to the outer
solar system. Ice Hunters will allow the public to help discover a
potential new, icy follow-on destination for NASA's New Horizons space-
craft, which is currently en route to make the first flyby of the Pluto
system. After it zooms past Pluto, the spacecraft will have the capabil-
ity to explore other Kuiper Belt Objects. The destination has yet to be
chosen. That's where you can help.
With Ice Hunters, the public can help scientists search through deep
telescopic images for currently unknown objects in the Kuiper Belt.
What's cool is that you'll be searching for Kuiper Belt Objects and
potential dwarf planets in much the same way that Clyde Tombaugh found
Pluto: comparing images of the same region of the Kuiper Belt and look-
ing for objects that move or vary in brightness.
You can read all the details on-line at: http://www.icehunters.org/
[ANS thanks UniverseToday.com, Zooniverse, and Ice Hunters for the
above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-177.06
Satellite Shorts From All Over
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 177.06
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
June 26, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-177.06
+ iPhone and iPad users may be interested in the free ESA App to
access top news stories, videos, images, facts and figures, ESA's
Twitter feeds, Flickr and Facebook links and other information in
a convenient mobile package. This is now available free of charge
for iPhone and iPad directly from the App Store at Apple.
+ AMSAT-SM has a new website and is active on Facebook and Twitter.
Please visit the new AMSAT-SM (Sweden) website at:
http://www.amsat.se
AMSAT-SM on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/amsat_sm
AMSAT-SM on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/AMSAT-SM/196154360421894
(Lars SM0TGU)
+ UniverseToday.com posted a video from Phil Plait's Discovery
Channel series "Bad Universe" showing the ways the world will end:
http://www.universetoday.com/86680/video-ways-the-world-will-end/
+ A time lapsed video from the Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific
Visualization Studio, uses data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
and compresses one month into 12 seconds and one year into 2.5 minutes.
You'll see how the Moon "wobbles" in its orbit, the changes in libra-
tion, and axis tilt, the Moon's phases. Watch it at:
http://www.universetoday.com/86613/one-year-of-the-moon-in-2-5-minutes/
+ Jim List, G3WGM, Hon Sec AMSAT-UK reminds attendees to the AMSAT-UK
Colloquium, Holiday Inn, Guildford, UK 29-30 July that the hotel is
getting quite booked up already for the Saturday night. To avoid
disappointment, we strongly urge you to book your place asap. Speak to
Rachael Cross on +44 (0) 1483 784418. More details, incl prices, at
http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium-2011
+ Congratulations to Jim, KE4KOL, for achieving Satellite VUCC #207!
+ Congratulations also to Rodney, KC0ZHF for achieving his WAS Satellite
Award!
[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-177.07
ARISS Status - 20 June 2011
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 177.07
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
June 26, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-177.07
1. Germany Contact to be Rescheduled
The ARISS contact that was scheduled with
Hochtaunusschule in Oberursel, Hessen,
Germany on Tuesday, June 14 was not successful. The ARISS team is trying to
determine what happened and hopes to reschedule the contact sometime in the
future.
2. Astronaut Training Status
Astronaut Mike Hopkins (Expedition 37) passed his amateur radio Technician
exam
on Thursday, June 9. He was issued the call sign KF5LJG.
On Monday, June 13, several astronaut candidates
passed their Technician License
exams and were issued the following call signs:
Takuya Onishi, KF5LKS
Gregory Wiseman, KF5LKT
Jeremy Hansen, KF5LKU
In addition, Kjell Lindgren, KO5MOS upgraded from
Technician to General. Another
round of tests for the latest class of astronauts may be conducted in the near
future.
A successful ARISS simulated contact was held between Kevin Ford, KF5GPP and
youth from John McCrae Secondary High School,
Ottawa, Canada on Monday, June 13.
The training session was a terrestrial-based amateur radio contact using ARISS
equivalent equipment and helped to prepare Ford for participation in ARISS
contacts when he flies with Expedition 33 in September 2012.
Don Pettit, KD5MDT and Andr? Kuipers, PI9ISS are scheduled for an ARISS
preflight session on June 22. The two astronauts are part of Expedition 30
which will launch in November 2011.
3. Debrief Session Held with Expedition 26/27 Crew Members
On Wednesday, June 15 ARISS members participated in an ISS Ham debrief session
with Expedition 26/27 crew members Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli. The
astronauts provided good feedback on the ARISS program.
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, 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,
Lee McLamb, KU4OS
ku4os at amsat dot org
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 04:44:53 +0000
From: Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FD and Sats?
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <4E06B945.6030407@xxxxxxx.xxx>
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On 06/26/2011 12:17 AM, Ted wrote:
> I thought there was a '1 contact per pass' agreement on FD?
>
> Did I miss the memo?
>
> Ted, K7TRK
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Even if the was a memo, nobody would heed it.
The FM birds are basically useless on Field Day. I only try them on a
pass where most of the footprint is out over the Pacific.
We're up to 35 contacts on the linear birds so far, and we've shut down
for the night.
I'll be back on early tomorrow as K6AA and try to make a few more contacts.
I really miss HO-68 this year. I can hear the beacon very well, but the
transponders appear to be off.
Is the ISS running cross-band? Everytime it goes over, all I hear on the
downlink is S-9+60 mexican music and mexican babble.
73, Jim
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:28:32 +0200
From: "PA3GUO" <pa3guo@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fastrac-1 / FO-69 / FAST1 status report (June 26 /
08:20 utc)
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <000301cc33db$09f81750$1de845f0$@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Fastrac-1 / FO-69 / FAST1 status report (June 26, 08:20 utc)
Beacon (1k2): active
Cross connect attempts (9k6): active
Digipeater: no traffic
Henk, PA3GUO, The Netherlands
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:13:29 +0900
From: Masahiro Arai <m-arai@x.xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ARISSatTLM V0.50 install problem
To: ka2upw@xxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <201106260913.AA00540@xxxxx.x.xxxxx.xx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Douglas,
Thank you for development of ARISSatTLM program.
I found install problem.
ARISSatTLM V0.50 seems to need C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Desktop
folder for Windows XP. This is the problem. Japanse Windows XP has no
"Dsektop" folder! Yes, there is desktop folder on Japanse Windows XP,
but the name is different. It's in Japanse! I made "Desktop" folder
before install ARISSatTLM V0.50 then ARISSatTLM works fine. I'm not
sure on the Windows 7 or another language Windows.
It may difficult to make "Desktop" folder for those unfamiliar with
computeres. Would you solve this problem? Change the folder, make
"Desktop" folder if no existence, or another way...
I would like to have sample BPSK1000 WAV files. It looks no file on
https://svn.sarpeidon.net/viewvc/suitsat2/ground_station_software/
ARISSatTLM/install-staging/Sample_ARISSat_Recording1.WAV where is
announced at Feb.
Could you tell me the new place?
Thank you for your help
Masa JN1GKZ Tokyo Japan
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Message: 14
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:35:36 -0400
From: Dee <morsesat@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Field Day Dual-Hop!
To: "'Greg D.'" <ko6th_greg@xxxxxxx.xxx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <002d01cc340e$50f2fcf0$f2d8f6d0$@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
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The birds were overcrowded... I had an arrow type antenna set up (split the
UHF and VHF beams on to 2 separate booms on my G5400 being controlled by LVB
tracker and SATPC32 program for demo purposes) with my Icom 910 and it was
difficult to even get the 100 point contact. Made a few contacts and Maybe
next year we all can set up the one contact per bird rule and KEEP it!
Was fun and the questions I had with my set up perked interest from the
people that were "onlookers" Sorry to WB2OQQ and others that I know but the
interference was a bit much to overcome.
Hope all had a great Field Day.
73,
Dee, NB2F
At "K2BAR"
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Greg D.
Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 9:00 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Field Day Dual-Hop!
Well, one-way, and I didn't have the presence of mind to try to make a cross
satellite contact.
The end of the last AO-07 pass (which sounded very much like 20 meters!)
crossed with the beginning of FO-29's, so the two satellites passed within a
couple of hundred miles of each other. Since the downlink for AO-07 is in
the middle of the uplink passband for FO-29, I switched over to FO-29 to
take a listen. Sure enough, the bottom of FO-29's passband sounded like 20
meters for a few moments. Then it went away.
Fleeting chaos. Sweet.
Greg KO6TH
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Message: 15
Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 12:47:36 -0400
From: "Bob Bruninga" <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS on FD?
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: 'TAPR APRS Mailing List' <aprssig@xxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <0a5a01cc3420$c0985bb0$41c91310$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
I got APRS satellite packets via ISS but not while I was looking.
My KEPS were 2.5 days old and I heard nothing during my "predicted" passes,
though looking at the APRS radio later, I did see RS0ISS and 3 other
stations. Maybe they re-boosted.
I did think I heard voices from that radio once or twice but assumed it was
QRM from nearby public 2-way radios (I was surrounded by the Race Across
America Bike tour people who all had VHF radios of some kind or other). Now
I realize it might have been an astronaut on ISS? But since it didn't match
my prediction, I wasn't paying attention.
Bob, WB4APR
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