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Today's Topics:
1. Last day of portable from BL02 - Kauai (Tom Deeble)
2. Re: Oscar-10 (Joe)
3. Live Webstream of AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium
(Trevor .)
4. Re: Ao51 (Andy Kellner)
5. FN-51 (Corey, Michael, W5MPC)
6. SPECIAL EVENT -- TUESDAY, AUGUST 2nd (Robert Kovacs)
7. Re: Oscar-10 (P.H.)
8. WD9EWK @ DM35/DM45, Saturday (30 July)
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:21:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: Tom Deeble <ka6sip@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Last day of portable from BL02 - Kauai
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Greetings again from the Garden Isle of Kauai.
Vacation time in Kauai is quickly coming to an end. Tomorrow is the last
day for working the sats, then it's back to the mainland.
Sorry for the late notice, but here's the schedule I'll try for, as long as
we don't get too showered upon:
Thursday 7/28:
AO-27 2239 UTC 3:39 PM PDT 12:39 PM HST
FO-29 0021 7/29 UTC 5:21 PM PDT 2:21PM HST
And possibly:
AO-51 0124 7/29 UTC 6:24 PM PDT 3:24 PM HST
73's,
Tom - KA6SIP
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 07:40:10 -0500
From: Joe <nss@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Oscar-10
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I remember using the "Oscarlocator" all the time in those days.
http://www.studiorite.com/oldindex/images/OscarLocator1sm.jpg
You could get the info from QST or there was either a weekly or daily
Oscasr bullitens put out by W1AW, in CW on all their HF Freqs that they
used. I do not remember if the info was also sent in SSB or not. I
always copied the CW version.
Joe WB9SBD
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 7/28/2011 1:48 AM, Dave Guimont wrote:
> Our first method of pass determination was with a home made
> plotter...I still have my original one, and think it is on my website:
>
> http://cid-1973adc8c1d3207c.skydrive.live.com/summary.aspx?sa=140581470
>
> Nothing but a circular plot of the world with a curved arc that
> represented the path of the satellite....then the time in minutes of
> the pass marked off to determine AZ/EL. QST had a listing of pass
> times for the month, very simple, and as you remember we used to have
> 4,5,6 in a round table permitting about 20 second bites....We gabbed
> mostly about what we had just homebrewed, and continue the chat on
> the next pass, or maybe the NEXT DAY!!
>
> Chuck, I'll dig out my old logs and let you know...When I upgraded I
> kept my old callsign just for the recognition on the sats,a and ease
> of operation, as you remember it took about four hands!!
>
> At 05:35 PM 7/27/2011, you wrote:
>
>> I remember working Oscar 7 back about '81..'82. I homebrewed a stack
>> of 4, 11 element 2m yagis just for the purpose. I used a Kenwood
>> TR-9000 (I think) for the uplink and a Kenwood TS-520s for the
>> downlink. I don't even remember how we used to determine when the
>> passes were but I think it had something to do with info published
>> in QST. Soon after that, life interfered and I was inactive for many
>> years. The most sad thing is that I didn't save my old logbooks. So,
>> If by some odd chance, someone has a record of a contact with WD9JFY
>> on the old bird, please let me know. Hindsight is always 20-20. :-((
>>
>> Chuck, KM9U (EX WD9JFY)
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Guimont"<dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx>
>> To: "Thomas Doyle"<tomdoyle1948@xxxxx.xxx>
>> Cc:<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 16:44
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Oscar-10
>>
>>
>>> Hello Tom Doyle!
>>>
>>> We worked Oscar 8, mode J on 23mar82 at 1520Z...I've got #219
>>> entered in the remarks column, whatever that means, maybe Mode J
>>> club??? With a check in the qsl column so I assume we exchanged cards..
>>>
>>> So you can count San Diego county if that still works???
>>>
>>> Counties to me mean hunting boundaries..
>>>
>>> Lots of familiar calls....any other OT's still around??
>>>
>>> I have done the same thing with my logbooks over the past 31 years,
>>> with quite a few big gaps....FM seems to make sort of a buzzing in my
>>> fillings???
>>>
>>>
>>>> If you have not been on satellites for a really long time (> 20 years)
you
>>>> may find this interesting. It explains why us old geezers say the old
days
>>>> were amazing. If you were on decades ago it may bring back memories.
>>>>
>>>> I have been getting back into hamming after a long hiatus and have been
>>>> listening to the satellites for a month or two while working on a
controller
>>>> project and decided it was time to try and make a contact. Thanks to
K4MOA
>>>> and W5MPC, today I made my first sat contacts in a very long time. A
little
>>>> later I almost made a cw contact (used my trusty old J-38 key) on another
>>>> sat but lost him. I told you this was interesting and really exciting.
>>>>
>>>> Thought I had better log the contacts and started looking for a logbook.
>>>> Found a old slightly yellowed logbook with Oscar-10 written on the
cover. As
>>>> a group we hams (including me) are pretty cheap so I had saved this
logbook
>>>> because there were empty pages still left in it. I entered my new
contacts
>>>> on a fresh page (decided to splurge) and then looked back and found it
was
>>>> my first sat contact since 1983. I know you are still waiting for the
>>>> exciting part.
>>>>
>>>> Here is a typical page from the log. I am in Wisconsin and believe it
or not
>>>> I had pile ups of europeans wanting to work Wisconsin of all things. It
was
>>>> a real thrill. Times change and I now have two grid squares - not sure
what
>>>> they are for but I have two and feel the need for more. There are 29
empty
>>>> pages left in the logbook so I am good to go. Hope to work you.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.tomdoyle.org/satellite/Amsat-1983.jpg
>>>>
>>>> 73 tom... W9KE
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>>>
>>>
>>> 73, Dave, WB6LLO
>>> dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx
>>>
>>> Disagree: I learn....
>>>
>>> Pulling for P3E...
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>
> 73, Dave, WB6LLO
> dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx
>
> Disagree: I learn....
>
> Pulling for P3E...
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 17:02:44 +0100 (BST)
From: "Trevor ." <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Live Webstream of AMSAT-UK International Space
Colloquium
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The AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium takes place in Guildford, GU2
7XZ, this weekend, July 30-31, the event is open to all.
BATC and AMSAT-UK volunteers will be streaming video of the event live,
enabling it to be seen around the world. The presentation start at 10:15 BST
(09:15 GMT) Saturday.
Among the many fascinating presentations are:
- SSTL/SSL Update by Prof. Sir Martin Sweeting G3YJO
- GENSO Update by Phil Beavis, VEGA Space
- ESMO Update by Dr, Susan Jason SSTL
- AMSAT-DL Presentation by Peter Guelzow DB2OS
- STRaND Smartphone CubeSat by Shaun Kenyon SSTL
- FUNcube Dongle Software Defined Radio by Howard Long G6LVB
- FUNcube Satellite by Jim Heck G3WGM
- The Interplanetary Internet by Lloyd Wood
- ISIS-QB50 by Wouter Weggelaar PA3WEG
- AMSAT-NA Presentation by Lou McFadin W5DID
- InKlajn-1 by Shamai Opfer 4Z1WS
- A Multipurpose Portable Setup by Ivo Klinkert PA1IVO
- UKube-1 Update by Mike Willis, Science and Technology Facilities Council
- QB50 Update by Lars Mehnen / Neil Melville PA9N
- Radio Museum Bletchley Park Update by Carlos Eavis G0AKI
- FUNcube Telemetry Warehousing by Dave Johnson G4DPZ
Watch the live webstream at http://www.batc.tv/ch_live.php?ch=3
(view stream AMSAT 2011)
The Colloquium schedule, times in BST (GMT+1), is at
http://tinyurl.com/2011ColloquiumSchedule
Clearly a webcast cannot match actually being there, with the
opportunity to chat to satellite builders and inspect space hardware,
but if you can?t get to Guildford then the webcast provides the next
best thing.
You can still book either day passes to the event or full packages
comprising overnight accommodation and meals. For futher information see
http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium-2011/
AMSAT-UK: http://www.uk.amsat.org/
----
73 Trevor M5AKA
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 03:21:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Andy Kellner <hawat1@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Ao51
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Seems like it. Not heard over VK/ZL or JA either. Only over North America (I
guess when they restart the software from there). Still prefer AO-7 anyways
:) I hope that grand ole lady goes another 40 years.
Cheers,
Andy
VK4FHAW
--- On Wed, 27/7/11, mm0kjg <mm0kjg@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
From: mm0kjg <mm0kjg@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Ao51
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Received: Wednesday, 27 July, 2011, 6:03 PM
Hello there.
Can anyone tell me if Ao51 is dead over Uk/ Europe again?. Not heard for 2
day's :(.
Kev
De MM0KJG
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:52:06 -0400
From: "Corey, Michael, W5MPC" <w5mpc@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FN-51
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Just an FYI for those that need FN-51. I will be active from there
tomorrow, July 29, from 1700 UTC until about 2100 UTC. I am planning on
operating the afternoon passes of AO-27 and AO-51. I will also have 6
meters with me in case the band opens.
Mike, W5MPC
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 15:43:21 +0000
From: Robert Kovacs <robert.kovacs.g4g4@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] SPECIAL EVENT -- TUESDAY, AUGUST 2nd
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Here in Livingston, New Jersey, the Roseland Amateur Radio Club, K2GQ, will
be at the "National Night Out" on Tuesday, August 2nd, with various ham
radio demonstrations.
There is a high elevation pass by AO-51 at 2026-Z (4:26 p.m. EDT) and we
would appreciate working any available station. Thank you!
Bob Kovacs
KC2WYH.
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 18:58:00 +0100
From: "P.H." <bbjunkie@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Oscar-10
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Hats off to you guys.. working satellites has become much easier with
the advent of computerised pass prediction and FM birds. Back in those
days it took real brains to work those birds!
73
Pete
2i0VAX
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Joe <nss@xxx.xxx> wrote:
> I remember using the "Oscarlocator" all the time in those days.
> http://www.studiorite.com/oldindex/images/OscarLocator1sm.jpg
>
> You could get the info from QST ?or there was either a weekly or daily
> Oscasr bullitens put out by W1AW, in CW on all their HF ?Freqs that they
> used. ?I do not remember if the info was also sent in SSB or not. ?I
> always copied the CW version.
>
> Joe WB9SBD
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 11:03:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK @ DM35/DM45, Saturday (30 July)
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Hi!
I am planning a day-trip to northern Arizona on Saturday, 30 July.
My plan is to operate on the DM35/DM45 grid boundary west of
Flagstaff (Coconino County) in the afternoon and early evening,
probably starting with the AO-27 pass just after 2000 UTC. I will
work FM and SSB satellites from up there. AO-7 in mode A may even
be an option, if the weather isn't turning bad late in the day.
Weather predictions are calling for scattered thunderstorms in the
Flagstaff area on Saturday, so that might get in the way.
On my way to the DM35/DM45 boundary, I may stop at the DM34/DM44
boundary between Phoenix and Flagstaff for the morning VO-52 passes.
I doubt I will wake up early enough to drive all the way to the
DM35/DM45 in time for the VO-52 passes, but the DM34/DM44 boundary
is a possibility. Since I was just at DM34 a couple of weeks ago and
at DM44 in early June, the DM34/DM44 boundary isn't the primary goal
of this day-trip - just another chance to put those two rarely-heard
grids on the air on my way north. The worst-case scenario for the
VO-52 passes could be simply working them from DM33/DM43 here in
Phoenix, and then making the drive directly to the DM35/DM45 boundary
in time for that AO-27 pass in the early afternoon.
While I am driving around northern Arizona on Saturday, I will have
APRS running on my TH-D72A as WD9EWK-9. APRS coverage is good in much
of northern Arizona, although I don't know how well it will be at the
DM35/DM45 boundary itself. It was OK at my Field Day site last month,
in a picnic ground just east of the boundary that is on slightly higher
ground. Among other places online, http://aprs.fi/wd9ewk-9 should show
my travels on Saturday.
As with my other trips, I'm happy to send out QSL cards to confirm
any QSOs made at DM35/DM45 and - if I stop there - DM34/DM44. Just
send me an e-mail with the QSO details. If you're in the log, I will
drop a card in the mailbox. No need to first send me a card or SASE.
QSOs will also be uploaded to Logbook of the World.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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