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Today's Topics:
1. Finally (Kevin Deane)
2. Re: CO6CBF VUCC Award (Wadhah Al-Tailji)
3. Free emergency generator (Dave Guimont)
4. ANS-254 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins (Lee McLamb)
5. AMCON in Torrance, CA (Clint Bradford)
6. SPECIAL 911 EVENT (Peter Portanova)
7. Re: Finally (Michael Schulz)
8. Yin and Yang (Clint Bradford)
9. Re: Yin and Yang (Bill Ress)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 12:34:57 -0700
From: Kevin Deane <summit496@xxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Finally
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Sorry about all the posts I was wondering what was going on. Looks like the
one post finally went through about NEXT weekend. My little Werker batteries
seem to be holding up great and will be testing Solar input/radio draw
today. Is there something like more points for solar/portable stations? Or
is that only for contests or somethin?
I didnt think it would but I took some test pictures of the GPS and portable
station came out good so that will be great for verifacation if needed for
the DN Grids for next week. Its an older Garmin but I think it shows all the
needed info.
I bought a duplexer for the Yaesu 857 but am not sure which way the
frequencies go for the SSB birds. Must not be transmitting on the right freq
cause no one is responding to my calls on AO-7...:(
Kevin
KF7MYK
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:33:14 -0500
From: Wadhah Al-Tailji <callincq@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CO6CBF VUCC Award
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Congratulations, Hector! It's been fun making contacts with you
(according to my logbook, we've made 16 contacts together). Now you
need to work on the W4AMI Award (you're probably getting pretty close
to that) ;)
73,
Wadhah, WA5DA
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 14:39:34 -0700
From: Dave Guimont <dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Free emergency generator
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I have a 1.5 KVA Honda generator that I will give to any ham club in
the San Diego area....PICK UP ONLY.
We used it at NORTH SHORES AMATEUR RADIO CLUB for many a field day!
The generator is inoperative, but repairable...
Let me know and I will call u back..
73, Dave, WB6LLO
dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx
Disagree: I learn....
Pulling for P3E...
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:51:51 -0400
From: Lee McLamb <ku4os@xxx.xx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-254 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-254
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:
* Final Call for AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Ballots
* Registration Open for 2011 AMSAT Space Symposium 4-6 November 2011
* STRaND-1 Frequency Coordinated
* Louis Varney G5RV Cup
* KiwiSAT Students Win Grant
* OSCAR-11 Report 01 September 2011
* 5.7 Metric Ton Satellite Uncontrolled Re-Entry Expected Soon
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
* ARISS Status - 5 September 2011
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-254.01
Final Call for AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Ballots
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 254.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 11, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-254.01
Ballots for the AMSAT-North America 2011 Board of Directors election
have been mailed to all members. To have your vote count you must
return your ballot by mail to:
AMSAT-NA
850 Sligo Ave #600
Silver Spring, MD, 20910
Ballots must arrive at the AMSAT Office by the close of business,
September 15, 2011.
Four director's terms expire this year:
Barry Baines, WD4ASW
Alan Biddle, WA4SCA
Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
Tony Monteiro, AA2TX
Seven nominations have been received for the open seats. Listed
alphabetically they are:
Barry Baines, WD4ASW
Alan Biddle, WA4SCA
Steve Coy, K8UD
Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA
Mark Hammond, N8MH
Tony Monteiro, AA2TX
Patrick E. Stoddard, WD9EWK
Select no more than four candidates on your ballot. The four candi-
dates receiving the highest number of votes will be seated as full
Board members for two year terms. The two candidates receiving the
next highest number of votes will be seated as alternate Board mem-
bers for one year terms.
[ANS thanks the AMSAT Office the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-254.02
Registration Open for 2011 AMSAT Space Symposium 4-6 November 2011
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 254.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 11, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-254.02
AMSAT announces the 2011 AMSAT Space Symposium will be held on Friday,
November 4th through Sunday, November 6th in San Jose, CA. Our annual
gathering will feature:
+ Space Symposium with Amateur Satellite Presentations
+ Operating Techniques, News, & Plans from the Amateur Satellite World
+ Board of Directors Meeting open to AMSAT members (Nov. 3-4)
+ Meet Board Members and Officers
+ Annual General Membership Meeting
+ Annual Banquet-Keynote Speaker and Door Prizes
The 2011 Symposium hotel and registration web pages are now available
on the AMSAT web site. You may register for the Symposium and Annual
Banquet at the AMSAT Store:
http://www.amsat-na.com/store/SymposiumReg.php
Visit the Symposium and Annual General Meeting web page for details
and the latest information:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2011/index.php
Symposium Registration including a copy of the Proceedings is:
+ $45 per person until September 19, 2011
+ $50 per person starting September 20, 2011
+ $55 per person at the door
The Saturday evening banquet is $45 per person. The Sunday morning
Area Coordinator's Breakfast is $15 per person.
The hotel selected is the Wyndham San Jose, close to the airport. The
AMSAT discount rate is $79.00+taxes per night. The reservation block
code when calling the hotel directly is "AMSAT". The hotel telephone
number is 408-453-6200. If you are making reservations on-line use
1031FSJAM for the group code. The direct link to the hotel web page
is: http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/SJCAP/main.wnt
If you are planning to book a room on dates other than November 2,
3, 4, 5, you will have to call the hotel directly and ask for *in-
house reservations*. You can get the $79 rate 3 days before and 3
days after the above dates but you cannot book the room on their
website. Any problems, give Martha a call at the AMSAT Office:
301-589-6062.
[ANS thanks the 2011 Symposium Committee for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-254.03
STRaND-1 Frequency Coordinated
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 254.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 11, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-254.03
The IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination Panel has recently agreed a
frequency
of 437.575 MHz for the UK CubeSat STRaND-1. It will carry a
Smartphone and plans
to have a UOSAT style speech synthesiser and a 9600 or 19200 bps AX.25 packet
downlink.
STRaND-1 is a 3U CubeSat measuring 30 by 10 by 10 cm and weighing 4 kg. Unlike
previous CubeSats it will feature full 3-axis control with the
attitude an orbit
control system comprising a nano-magnetorquer, nano-reaction wheels, GPS
receiver, 8 pulse plasma thrusters and a butane thruster.
A six page article on STRaND-1 appeared in the Spring issue of OSCAR News
available at
http://www.uk.amsat.org/on_193_final.pdf
The video of the presentation on the STRaND-1 Smartphone CubeSat given by
Shaun
Kenyon to the AMSAT-UK Colloquium is at
http://www.batc.tv/vod/Strand.flv
The PDF of the PowerPoint slides is at
http://www.uk.amsat.org/wp-content/uploads/colloquium%202011/AMSAT-UK-STRaND-
Presentation.pdf
AMSAT-UK: http://www.uk.amsat.org/
[ANS thanks Trevor, M5AKA, for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-254.04
Louis Varney G5RV Cup
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 254.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 11, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-254.04
The Louis Varney G5RV Cup for Space Communications has been awarded to Paul
Robinson 2E1EUB by RSGB president Dave Wilson M00BW.
The cup is awarded for advances in space communication and the presentation
took place at the Telford Hamfest on Sunday, September 4.
Paul was nominated by AMSAT-UK for his work promoting and encouraging the
use of amateur radio satellites and perfecting the art of a portable ground
station.
Paul comments that he is privileged to have his call sign and name on the
cup alongside some very famous call signs, some of which are no longer with
us, he would like to thank AMSAT-UK and the RSGB for this award.
AMSAT-UK publishes a colour A4 newsletter, OSCAR News, which is full of
Amateur Satellite information. A sample edition can be seen at
http://www.uk.amsat.org/on_193_final.pdf
Join online at http://tinyurl.com/JoinAMSAT-UK
http://www.uk.amsat.org/2011/09/05/louis-varney-g5rv-cup/
Paul is well known for his mobile 2M1EUB satellite operations in
Interesting and wild locations such on an island off the Scottish
Coast. Photos and additional information about Paul's rover and
solar-powered station set-up can be seen on the 2E1EUB look up
results on QRZ.com
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK and RSGB for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-254.05
KiwiSAT Students Win Grant
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 254.05
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 11, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-254.05
Massey University engineering students have been awarded a grant to work on
software for the Amateur Radio satellite KiwiSAT.
Scoop reports that:
Four fourth-year honours students and a Masters student from the School of
Engineering and Advanced Technology at the Albany campus have been awarded a
$7,500 grant from the New Zealand Association of Radio Transmitters' Radio
Science Education Trust to develop the software. The micro satellite is the
size of a basketball and will be launched from a Russian rocket in the
northern hemisphere when the project is finished.
KiwiSAT is being designed and built by a team of volunteers from New Zealand
Radio Amateurs supported by Massey and various corporate sponsors. It will
connect with amateur radio stations globally and will carry out experimental
work in small satellite Attitude Determination and Control (ADAC) - a low
cost control system that works through interaction with the Earth's magnetic
field to position the satellite at a specific attitude.
Read the full story at
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1108/S00164/
massey-students-create-space-satellite-software.htm
KiwiSAT - Taking New Zealand into Space
http://www.kiwisat.org/
[ANS thanks Southgate ARC news site for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-254.06
OSCAR-11 Report 01 September 2011
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 254.06
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 11, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-254.06
This report covers the period from 27 April to 01 September
2011. The satellite has continued to operate in a very
predictable way since the last report, and no changes have
been observed. During this time the satellite has been heard
reliably during its ten-day transmission periods. Excellent
signals have been reported from stations located around the
world, and good copy obtained from decoded telemetry frames.
The easiest way to check whether OSCAR-11 is operational is
to look at the General Satellite Status website
http://oscar.dcarr.org/index.php . You can also calculate
the operating schedule from the last switch-off time, which
was 26 August 2011 at 08:00 UTC (approx), using 10.35 days
off followed by 10.35 days on.
Reception reports have been received from David VE3SB,
Jerry WB5LHD, Toby MM0TOB, Colin VK5HI and Lee M0HOK. Many
thanks to all and those who posted to the status website.
Although eclipses occur during every orbit, the evening
passes over the UK were mostly clear of eclipses, owing to
the longer hours of daylight during the Summer months. This
resulted in stronger signals during the evening passes.
However, as winter approaches eclipses will now start to
affect the evening passes.
The on-board clock continues to gain, 26 seconds during the
current reporting period, and 83 seconds since regular
transmissions started at the end of August 2010. There is
however a large accumulated error of 308.54339 days slow.
This was caused mainly by the clock stopping during
eclipses, when there was also an unknown drain on the power
supply. The units of the least significant digit correspond
approximately to seconds (0.86 seconds actually).
The VHF beacon frequency is 145.826 MHz. AFSK FM ASCII
Telemetry. The satellite is operating in the default mode,
with a cycle time of 20.7 days. 10.35 days on followed by
10.35 days off.
At the present time, while OSCAR-11 is operating in a
predictable way, I no longer need direct reports or files by
e-mail. However, could all listeners continue to enter their
reports on the general satellite status website. This is a
very convenient and easy to use facility, which shows the
current status of all the amateur satellites, and is of use
to everyone. Reports around the expected times of switch-on
and switch-off are of special interest, especially for times
12:00 - 17:00 and 22:00 - 07:00 UTC, when the satellite is
out-of-range in the UK . The URL is
http://oscar.dcarr.org/index.php
A longer version of this report report is available on my
website, and new listeners to OSCAR-11 should read this for
further information. The URL is www.g3cwv.co.uk/oscar11.htm
This page contains a links to the longer report, a short
audio clip to help you identify the satellite and a file of
the last telemetry received. The website also contains an
archive of news & telemetry data which is updated from time
to time, and details about using a soundcard or hardware
demodulators for data capture. There is also software for
capturing data, and decoding ASCII telemetry.
If you place this bulletin on a terrestrial packet network,
please use the bulletin identifier $BID:U2RPT156.CWV, to
prevent duplication.
73 Clive G3CWV xxxxx@xxxxx.xxx (please replace the x's by
g3cwv)
[ANS thanks Clive, G2CWV, for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-254.07
5.7 Metric Ton Satellite Uncontrolled Re-Entry Expected Soon
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 254.07
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 11, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-254.07
Leonard David reported in his September 7 Space Insider Column on
Space.com, "Huge Defunct Satellite to Plunge to Earth Soon, NASA
Says".
He wrote, "The huge Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is
expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere in an uncontrolled fall in
late September or early October. Much of the spacecraft is expected
to burn up during re-entry, but some pieces are expected to make it
intact to the ground, NASA officials said."
He further reported that NASA computer analysis showed that about
150 component types, including the parent body of the satellite,
will demise during re-entry, and 12 types (26 counting multiple
components) would endure the fiery fall to Earth. The analysis
indicated a surviving mass of 1,170 pounds (532 kilograms) falling
within a debris footprint length of some 500 miles (800 kilometers).
The satellite is 35 feet long, 15 feet in diameter, and weighs 5.7
metric tons. It's operational orbit was at 375 miles inclined at
57 degrees to the equator.
"The risk to public safety or property is extremely small, and safe-
ty is NASA's top priority," noted a NASA website dedicated to the re-
entry. There is a chance that pieces of debris from the satellite
will crash in areas accessible to the public.
According to NASA, on UARS re-entry day, "if you find something you
think may be a piece of UARS, do not touch it. Contact a local law
enforcement official for assistance."
As of September 7 a NASA statement read, "It is too early to say
exactly when UARS will re-enter and what geographic area may be
affected, but NASA is watching the satellite closely and will keep
you informed."
The full story was published on September 7 on the Space.com site:
http://www.space.com/12859-nasa-satellite-falling-space-debris-uars.html
[ANS thanks Space.com for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-254.08
Satellite Shorts From All Over
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 254.08
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 11, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-254.08
+ Episode 16 of the internet TV show Ham Nation is available for down
load at http://twit.tv/show/ham-nation/16. This week's show features
Steve Bible, N7HPR talking about AMSAT & ARISsat-1 along with many
other interesting ham radio topics.
+ Trevor, M5AKA forwarded a link from the BBC with news that the
United Kingdom's first satellite launched on a UK built rocket
40 years ago will attempt to be reactivated. The Prospero space
craft was launched by a Black Arrow rocket on October 28, 1971
from Launch Area 5B, Woomera. It operated on 137.560 MHz.
Full story and pictures at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14783135
Additional information on the AMSAT-UK website:
http://tinyurl.com/3dny3s4
Web based tracking for Prospero: http://www.n2yo.com/?s=5580
and at: http://www.vk3ukf.com/Space/GadgetSatProspero.htm
+ Congratulations to Rodney, KC0ZHF for earning his VUCC endorsement
for grids 100-250.
+ The AO-27 website is temporarily down. The Java scheduler app will
always be accurate to within 2 minutes (the cumulative error in the
satellite's clock) as long as a new schedule hasn't been uploaded
to the bird itself. While the latest files for the AO-27 schedule
are on the webpage, the required data files for the Java app until
the website is back up, have been placed on the Java scheduler down-
load page http://sites.google.com/site/ao27satellitescheduler
(George, KA3HSW)
+ An article regarding getting the FUNcube Dongle to run under linux
can be found at: http://webshed.org/wiki/FUNcube-Dongle-Linux
+ NASA is giving the public the power to journey through the solar
system using a new interactive Web-based tool. The "Eyes on the
Solar System" interface combines video game technology and NASA
data to create an environment for users to ride along with agency
spacecraft and explore the cosmos. Screen graphics and information
such as planet locations and spacecraft maneuvers use actual space
mission data. Begin your ride at: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/eyes/
+ The Summer 2011 TAPR Packet Status Register newsletter is now
available at http://www.tapr.org/psr
+ A.R.I. DX Bulletin No 1061 posted that Eric, KV1J and Jack, KV1E
will be active as FP/KV1J and FP/KV1E from Miquelon Island (NA-032)
from 25 October to 1 November. Plans are to operate SSB and RTTY,
with some CW and PSK31, on 160-10 metres, plus 6m "if indications
of openings". FP/KV1J will take part in the CQ WW DX SSB Contest
(SOAB HP). QSL via home calls, direct or bureau, and LoTW, Informa-
tion on satellite activity and and other details can be found at:
http://www.kv1j.com/fp/october11.html AO-51 (if available), AO-27,
SO-50, SO-67, and HO-68. All FM mode, V/U
[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-254.09
ARISS Status - 5 September 2011
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 254.09
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
September 11, 2011
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-254.09
1. Vision Australia Contact Successful
Students from Vision Australia in Enfield, New South Wales, Australia took
part
in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on
Monday, August 29 via station WH6PN in Hawaii. On-orbit Astronaut Mike
Fossum,
KF5AQG answered 12 questions put to him by the youth before the ISS went over
the horizon. Students were interested in the logistics of living in space as
well as how astronauts stay in contact with friends and family during their
missions. Vision Australia is a nonprofit agency that provides low vision and
blindness services to the community in Australia.
2. Merritt Island Students Speak with Satoshi Furukawa
On Tuesday, August 30, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) contact was held between da Vinci Academy of Aerospace Technology
students at Merritt Island High School in Florida and Astronaut Satoshi
Furukawa, KE5DAW on the ISS. Questions asked included those concerning the
long
term effects of microgravity on the human body and influences on Furukawa's
decision to study in the fields of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and
Math). Florida Today ran a story on the event:
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011108310317
3. EE Times, ARISSat Blog
Another entry has been posted to the EE (Electronic Engineering)
Times "Chips in
Space" blog about amateur radio satellite ARISSat-1. This week the blog covers
the "Design challenges, intrigue and solutions" of the project. See:
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-blogs/other/4219588/Chips-in-Space--Design-
challenges--intrigue-and-solutions
[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: 5
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:10:38 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbrad4d@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMCON in Torrance, CA
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What a great day at the ARRL Southwestern Division Convention. We had five
"tentative" passes of '27, 50, '51, and ARISSat-1. The first of two SO-50
passes (early in our morning) didn't materialize .. but it was before the
convention really got sarted. EVERY OTHER PASS was magnificent - including
about FOUR MINUTES SOLID of ARISSat-1 transmissions on its 2M downlink
during a morning pass. AND - quite unexpectedly - ARISSat-1 was heard
alongside us working AO-51 in the afternoon - they were both in the same
"cone" area as we hardly needed to move our antennas from'51 to hear
ARISSat-1.
I had 82 attendees for my sat presentation. And many of the folks who worked
the passes outside were not at the presentation. So "mini-presentations"
were given all day. My voice is darned near gone ... But a great time was
had by all.
Clint, K6LCS
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 06:29:56 -0400
From: "Peter Portanova" <wb2oqq@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] SPECIAL 911 EVENT
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Good Morning,
I have been invited, WB2OQQ, to operate a portable satellite station today
September 11th, using the call NW2C, at Historic Fort Totten, located in
Bayside New York, only a few miles from ground zero. Fort Totten was one of
many placed used in recovery and healing during 911.
I will operate all FM satellite passes from 12 noon to 6pm EDT,
1600, -2200z. For those that make a confirmed satellite contact and wish to
receive a Certificate of Confirmation, visit http://www.nw2c.org/911.html,
for all the details, NW2C will also be operating on the general bands, check
clusters for frequency updates.
I look forward to demonstrating the enjoyment amateur operators have using
the satellites and it's potential as another communications possibility in a
crisis, so let's put on a good show
for the very special people that will be invited to this 911 event, thank
you.
73's Pete
WB2OQQ
www.massapequanyweather.com
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:28:35 -0500
From: Michael Schulz <mschulz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Kevin Deane <summit496@xxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Finally
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Kevin,
AO-7 is a special bird. Did you check when you tried to work it which mode
it was in? I tried several times to
get it while it was in mode A (10m down/2m up) but never received the beacon
or any signal with either a
vertical, a beam or a wire. AO-7 is only in mode B every other day. A much
easier linear bird to test with would
probably be VO-52. All the frequencies are on the AMSAT page. VO-52 right
now uses the Indian transponder.
Let me know if you want to try today on VO-52 in the afternoon.
73 Mike K5TRI
On Sep 10, 2011, at 2:34 PM, Kevin Deane wrote:
>
> Sorry about all the posts I was wondering what was going on. Looks like
the one post finally went through about NEXT weekend. My little Werker
batteries seem to be holding up great and will be testing Solar input/radio
draw today. Is there something like more points for solar/portable stations?
Or is that only for contests or somethin?
>
> I didnt think it would but I took some test pictures of the GPS and
portable station came out good so that will be great for verifacation if
needed for the DN Grids for next week. Its an older Garmin but I think it
shows all the needed info.
>
> I bought a duplexer for the Yaesu 857 but am not sure which way the
frequencies go for the SSB birds. Must not be transmitting on the right freq
cause no one is responding to my calls on AO-7...:(
>
> Kevin
> KF7MYK
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:15:54 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Yin and Yang
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I stayed up all night Friday preparing printouts and stuff for the ARRL SW
Division Convention. Left the house at 6:30am - to get there for our first
of five sat passes at 7:47am. Worked five passes in front of folks.
Performed my sat show for 90 minutes in front of a standing-room-only group
of eighty-two. It was a non-stop flurry of activity. Had a GREAT time. Voice
gone ... "convention legs" (you know, those muscles behind your shins get
really sore - muscles that you usually never know are there ... (grin)).
Got home about 10pm. Checked email. Six messages from show attendees,
thanking me for everything. I quickly scanned the AMSAT-BB, QRZ.com, and
eHam.net - and found a reply to a message I had written in a thread last
week that really set me off. Someone mentioned that ARISSat-1 was "crippled"
and of no use ... I replied by listing its intended modes, and the fact that
all is working pretty darned as expected. We've even taxed a battery that
was only rated at 5 discharge-charge cycles ... "But it is all working," I
wrote.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Not really...it has become a piece of space junk very quickly. Deploying
without the correct antenna and a crappy battery is an example of where our
space program has gone. A sat that is in faliure mode only days after
deployment. Donate more to AMSAT, we might get another piece or two of space
junk in orbit before the ISS falls out of orbit.
/s/
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Well, I THOUGHT I was going to bed quickly. No way was I going to let that
go unanswered overnight:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>> ... it has become a piece of space junk very quickly ...
I'll tell that to the 45 folks who witnessed/heard it this afternoon at the
ARRL SW Division Convention in Torrance, CA. They will be so glad to be
enlightened by your comment. They THOUGHT it was exciting hearing that 250mW
signal and getting amped up about amateur sat comms this morning. But
according to you, they are all wrong ...
>> ... Deploying without the correct antenna ...
Yet working marvelously - a true testament to those who built the satellite.
>> ... and a crappy battery ...
The battery is exactly what was planned for - and anyone knowledgeable with
the project knew its limitations. It was subjected to a very different
charging regimen - as opposed to its expected rating of "five"
discharge-charge cycles. If anyone calls the battery aspect of this project
a "failure" then they have no clue as to what they are talking about. The
battery was designed for Russian spacesuits and EVAs - seemed OK for that
type of work to those who are responsible for the lives of their Cosmonauts.
>> ... is an example of where our space program has gone ...
Uh, this is an amateur radio project - with a Russian educational project on
board. Where does NASA - "our space program" fail?
We deployed an experiment over a month ago that is to this hour working
well. This was never meant to be a long-term project.
I am responsible for AMSAT receiving $1175 so far for this project. I do not
remember seeing your name on the list of donors. Please correct me if I am
wrong. And if you are truly interested n the future of amateur satellites,
I'd like to see you include AMSAT in your will next week, and donate a
little toward the future projects that are in the works. OR, of course, you
can just moan and complain mindlessly in public forums like this one. It's
your choice.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
I wasn't livid ... just irritated at the ignorance. Yes, I know that the
battery started to deteriorate a little sooner than expected. But no one had
subjected such a battery to what ARISSat-1 engineers were doing to it: MANY
shallow charges daily. Just couple the YIN of excitedly working ARISSat-1 in
front of a live audience and hearing people applaud the project - versus the
YANG of this moronic post ... It was quite a day.
And so it goes ...
Clint Bradford, K6LCS
909-241-7666
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:57:51 -0700
From: Bill Ress <bill@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Yin and Yang
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Hi Clint,
I applaud and appreciate your efforts to demonstrate satellite
communications and in particular your rebuttal to the detractors of
ARISSat-1.
As the designer and builder of the ARISSat-1 U/V transponder, I'm
thrilled that it is performing well on the VHF downlink and pretty darn
good on the UHF uplink with just an inch or so of antenna exposed.
So naturally it sticks in my throat when a few out there just don't, and
probably never will, appreciate the many, many volunteer hours spent by
the ARISSat-1 team designing, building and testing the satellite. But I
know the AMSAT team won't let a few dunder-heads slow down the momentum
for the next satellite project - FOX.
Again thanks for speaking up and for your many volunteer hours spreading
our mission.
Regards...Bill - N6GHz
On 9/11/2011 11:15 AM, Clint Bradford wrote:
> I stayed up all night Friday preparing printouts and stuff for the ARRL SW
Division Convention. Left the house at 6:30am - to get there for our first
of five sat passes at 7:47am. Worked five passes in front of folks.
Performed my sat show for 90 minutes in front of a standing-room-only group
of eighty-two. It was a non-stop flurry of activity. Had a GREAT time. Voice
gone ... "convention legs" (you know, those muscles behind your shins get
really sore - muscles that you usually never know are there ... (grin)).
>
> Got home about 10pm. Checked email. Six messages from show attendees,
thanking me for everything. I quickly scanned the AMSAT-BB, QRZ.com, and
eHam.net - and found a reply to a message I had written in a thread last
week that really set me off. Someone mentioned that ARISSat-1 was "crippled"
and of no use ... I replied by listing its intended modes, and the fact that
all is working pretty darned as expected. We've even taxed a battery that
was only rated at 5 discharge-charge cycles ... "But it is all working," I
wrote.
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
> Not really...it has become a piece of space junk very quickly. Deploying
without the correct antenna and a crappy battery is an example of where our
space program has gone. A sat that is in faliure mode only days after
deployment. Donate more to AMSAT, we might get another piece or two of space
junk in orbit before the ISS falls out of orbit.
>
> /s/
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
> Well, I THOUGHT I was going to bed quickly. No way was I going to let that
go unanswered overnight:
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
>>> ... it has become a piece of space junk very quickly ...
>
> I'll tell that to the 45 folks who witnessed/heard it this afternoon at
the ARRL SW Division Convention in Torrance, CA. They will be so glad to be
enlightened by your comment. They THOUGHT it was exciting hearing that 250mW
signal and getting amped up about amateur sat comms this morning. But
according to you, they are all wrong ...
>
>>> ... Deploying without the correct antenna ...
>
> Yet working marvelously - a true testament to those who built the
satellite.
>
>>> ... and a crappy battery ...
>
> The battery is exactly what was planned for - and anyone knowledgeable
with the project knew its limitations. It was subjected to a very different
charging regimen - as opposed to its expected rating of "five"
discharge-charge cycles. If anyone calls the battery aspect of this project
a "failure" then they have no clue as to what they are talking about. The
battery was designed for Russian spacesuits and EVAs - seemed OK for that
type of work to those who are responsible for the lives of their Cosmonauts.
>
>>> ... is an example of where our space program has gone ...
>
> Uh, this is an amateur radio project - with a Russian educational project
on board. Where does NASA - "our space program" fail?
>
> We deployed an experiment over a month ago that is to this hour working
well. This was never meant to be a long-term project.
>
> I am responsible for AMSAT receiving $1175 so far for this project. I do
not remember seeing your name on the list of donors. Please correct me if I
am wrong. And if you are truly interested n the future of amateur
satellites, I'd like to see you include AMSAT in your will next week, and
donate a little toward the future projects that are in the works. OR, of
course, you can just moan and complain mindlessly in public forums like this
one. It's your choice.
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
> I wasn't livid ... just irritated at the ignorance. Yes, I know that the
battery started to deteriorate a little sooner than expected. But no one had
subjected such a battery to what ARISSat-1 engineers were doing to it: MANY
shallow charges daily. Just couple the YIN of excitedly working ARISSat-1 in
front of a live audience and hearing people applaud the project - versus the
YANG of this moronic post ... It was quite a day.
>
> And so it goes ...
>
> Clint Bradford, K6LCS
> 909-241-7666
>
>
>
>
>
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