| |
CX2SA > SATDIG 17.05.12 20:24l 797 Lines 29906 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : AMSATBB7156
Read: GUEST
Subj: AMSAT-BB-digest V7 156
Path: IZ3LSV<IW0QNL<IK6ZDE<VE3UIL<CX2SA
Sent: 120517/1821Z @:CX2SA.SAL.URY.SA #:60350 [Salto] FBB7.00e $:AMSATBB7156
From: CX2SA@CX2SA.SAL.URY.SA
To : SATDIG@WW
Today's Topics:
1. Transit of Venus event 6 June (Bob Bruninga)
2. Epic Journey to Dayton! (CQ Dayton) (Bob Bruninga)
3. Re: Satellite Solar Power (indoors) and out (WILLIAMS MICHAEL)
4. Endeavour in L.A. (Clint Bradford)
5. Re: Satellite Solar Power (indoors) and out (Bob Bruninga )
6. T100+ Vector Impedance Analyzer (i8cvs)
7. March-19 Balloon & Contest (Amsat Argentina)
8. May-19 Balloon & Contest (Amsat Argentina)
9. HORYU-2 Telemetry Competition (Trevor .)
10. Re: [aprssig] Epic Journey to Dayton! (CQ Dayton) (Bob Bruninga)
11. Washington State Area AMSAT or weak signal Hams (Joe Leikhim)
12. Store Closed (Martha)
13. Re: HORYU-2 Telemetry Competition (Trevor .)
14. Re: AX.25 Packet Satellite Launches Today 1639 UT (Trevor .)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Message: 1
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 17:08:02 -0400
From: "Bob Bruninga" <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: 'TAPR APRS Mailing List' <aprssig@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Transit of Venus event 6 June
Message-ID: <03b401cd33a7$faca7660$f05f6320$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Transit of Venus Special Event, 6 June 2012:
For the 7th time in Human history and last time this century, Venus will
pass in front of the sun on 6 June 2012. We are encouraging hams to join up
with astronomers and observers in public places to share in this event. It
is observable worldwide except the center of the Atlantic (eastern S.America
and western Africa) Everywhere else can see parts of it. It lasts 5+ hours
and is fully visible around the Pacific Rim.
All previous centuries were before the discovery of radio and so sailing
ships were dispatched around the globe to time the event. From these times,
the size of the Solar System could be calculated. It took months if not
years to get the data back. Now we can do it in 0.05 seconds with Ham
radio.
See if you can contact hams at other Transit of Venus sites from your public
observing site. Here are the suggested calling frequencies. We don't want
contest-style pileups nor home stations. We just want a place where similar
public setups can contact like minded other public viewing sites via ham
radio and make their reports.
See the web page: http://aprs.org/VenusTransit2012.html
We are suggesting these calling frequencies:
40 Meters - 7180 KHz
20 Meters - 14240 KHz
17 Meters - 18140 KHz
15 Meters - 21240 KHz
12 Meters - 24940 KHz
10 Meters - 28340 KHz
VHF - APRS on the local national calling channel. Send APRS messages as
noted on the web page.
*** TAKE ALL IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WHEN VIEWING THE SUN!!! *** Google
for Techniques.
Bob Bruninga, WB4APR (will be observing in Japan with a Japanese (TBD)
callsign)
------------------------------
Message: 2
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 17:36:44 -0400
From: "Bob Bruninga" <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
To: "'TAPR APRS Mailing List'" <aprssig@xxxx.xxx>,
<APRS@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: 'Pete Loveall AE5PL Lists' <hamlists@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Epic Journey to Dayton! (CQ Dayton)
Message-ID: <03d801cd33ab$fd7ffca0$f87ff5e0$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Epic APRS mobile-to-Dayton journey Begins.
Other than normal APRS, you can also see over the RF horizon! Maintain
contact with all Dayton bound. Send your APRS message to CQSRVR and begin
with CQ DAYTON ... text...
Every other mobile in the country that is also participating will see your
message. You can send no more often than every 30 minutes, but it is a
great way to find out where others are that may be too far away from you on
RF. You have to send such a message to CQSRVR at least once every 24 hours
to stay logged in.
When you see someone else you need to QSO, then send further one-on-one
messages directly to their callsign.
I've just started my login now... CQSRVR just responded, so it is UP!
For details see: http://aprs.org/cqsrvr.html
Thanks to Pete Lovell for this fine service!
OTHER TIPS FOR the DAYTON APRS EPIC:
1) Be sure to monitor APRS Voice Alert for adjacent mobiles (CTCSS 100 on
the aprs channel)
2) Be ready to QSY to 146.52 or other available channel for voice QSO
3) APRS Forum is at 11:30 Friday Room 1.
WITHOUT APRS? You can still monitor 144.39 with CTCSS 100 and if you hear a
squawk, then that means someone is in SIMPLEX range AND is listening with
CTCSS 100 also. Call him and QSY to 52... All other packets on 144.39 do
not use PL, and so you will not hear them. Only a mobile in simplex range.
We call this Voice Alert. Its like a proximity detector.
Bob, WB4APR
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 18:56:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: WILLIAMS MICHAEL <k9qho6762@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Satellite Solar Power (indoors) and out
Message-ID:
<1337219811.70552.YahooMailClassic@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
What's funnier is the 35 million spent on solar panels at the Emmett J. Bean
Federal Center in Indianapolis. It saves $475k a year so that means it will
take 70 years to break even even though the the panels have a lifetime of 30
years. I think that savings is probably based on every day being sunny.
Indiana is not what I would call a great place to operate solar panels. Many
cloudy days and in winter, it's possible for ice to cover objects for long
stretches of time.
K9QHO
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 20:14:26 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Endeavour in L.A.
Message-ID: <03B30D35-E49D-4716-A8C2-02B91FBFDD42@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252
The California Science Center museum has received what officials describe as
an ?extraordinary?
financial contribution to the new Air and Space Center that will house the
space shuttle Endeavour.
The gift, to be announced at a news conference Thursday, comes from a
foundation chaired by
Lynda Oschin, wife of the late Los Angeles businessman and philanthropist
Samuel Oschin, whose
name already graces the Griffith Observatory planetarium and the
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
cancer institute stemming from charitable contributions there.
At Oschin?s request, officials would not disclose the amount of the gift.
But they called it
?transformational? for the free state-run museum in South Los Angeles,
adjacent to USC.
Clint Bradford
------------------------------
Message: 5
Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 23:48:27 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Bob Bruninga " <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Satellite Solar Power (indoors) and out
Message-ID: <201205170348.021638@xxx.xxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> What's funnier is the 35 million spent on solar panels...
> to save $475k a year...[and] take 70 years to break even.
Its a lot more than breaking even. Don't forget about a few million tons of
pollutants and burned fossil fuel byproducts, and destroyed land and habitat
that now don't have to be sacrificed to produce all that energy we demand...
> ...I think that savings is probably based on every day
> being sunny. Indiana is not what I would call a great
> place to operate solar panels. Many cloudy days and in
> winter, it's possible for ice to cover objects for long
> stretches of time.
ANyone can easily compare the real-10 year actual solar weather effects for
anywhere in the country. SImply google for "PVwatts" and pick the city and
state. It will compute the yearly power for any array and is based on the
10 year actual climate history for that site.
A quick check for Indianapolis shows a 10 kW array will generate 12,238 kWH
per year worth $893 per year. A quick check for Houston Texas produces the
same KWH (12,198) but the value is worth $1183 per year. So unless Houston
has lousy weather too, both are comparable. The only reason that Indiana's
payback is less is because their electricity is cheaper at 7 cents compared
to 9 cents for texas.
The neat thing about the PVWATTS web page is that the entire country uses
the model for designing systems because it gives REAL numbers based on the
10 year climate model, not just wishful thinking.
AH, I just did it for Phoenix arizona and the same array would produce
16,170 KWH per year worth $1374. SO yes, Indiana is about 75% as productive
as Phoenix, but I think you would like the weather in Indiana better than
the 120 degree temperatures in Phoenix.
Bottom line, the effects of local weather are FULLY included in all solar
estimates and anyone can do them in seconds on the PVWATTS web page.
Bob, WB4APR
------------------------------
Message: 6
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 06:48:10 +0200
From: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs@xxx.xx>
To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] T100+ Vector Impedance Analyzer
Message-ID: <000e01cd33e8$4399e200$0401a8c0@xxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"
Hi All,
To those who are seriously interested in VHF/UHF antenna
measurements I recommend the VHF/UHF Vector Impedance
Analyzer model T100+ made by Timestechnology.com.hk and
sold as new via Ebay at US $ 249,00 ( about Euro 194,91)
I hown one of this and I am very satisfied with it's VHF/UHF accuracy.
The manufacturer Timestechnology.com.hk sell the T100+ only via
Ebay
Belove you will find the links for characteristics of the instrument,the
user manual and will look at the diagrams on display but Google is full
of informations only to write on it T100+Vector Impedance Analyzer.
http://www.ebay.it/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140709952573
http://timestechnology.com.hk/download/T100%20plus%20Manual%202-0.pdf
http://timestechnology.com.hk/
http://radcomms.net/T100_Analyser.html
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/8012
In VHF(100-170 MHz) and UHF (400-470 MHz ) the T100+ is more
accurate than the model MFJ-269
Following my calibration and comparison against professional Network
Analyzers the MFJ-269 accuracy is good at most up to 30 MHz.
73" de i8CVS Domenico
------------------------------
Message: 7
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 02:12:28 -0300
From: Amsat Argentina <amsatlu@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] March-19 Balloon & Contest
Message-ID:
<CAAVgVk-uVyszX1ENtnaOm8wu3qU7oAOTOte60HnRCkaYxrj5QQ@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
We are pleased to inform next Saturday March-19 from 11hs-LU on
(GMT-3), a free Balloon UV Repeater will lift off from the city of
General Pico (Airport), Province of La Pampa, Argentina, 571 Km west
of Buenos Aires City. See details and photos
http://www.amsat.org.ar/globo19.htm
Given administrations requests made by Amsat Argentina, launch is
authorized and appropiate NOTAM (NOTification to AirMen) had been
issued and granted by National Civil Aviation Administration.
Contest & Prices: first 10 station making the most distance & contacts
will receive special certificate, top winner will receive a dual band
UHF/VHF handy.
Payload will operate as an UHF to VHF crossband repeater, with CW tlm,
APRS location and SSTV emissions in local and space frequencies.
According estimates Balloon could reach 100,000 feet height, traveling
from 50 to 100 miles towards east.
Thus allowing contacts between stations located in provinces of Buenos
Aires, Santa Fe, Entre Rios, Cordoba, Catamarca, Santiago del Estero,
La Pampa, San Luis, Mendoza, San Juan, Rio Negro, Neuquen, Uruguay &
Chile. (Launch is from Argentina Geo-Center to permit higher
participation). See coverage map on
http://www.amsat.org.ar/picocubr.jpg and estimated trajectory in
http://www.amsat.org.ar/pico120519.jpg .
For these experiences, Amsat-LU works with and it is thankful to hams
of Radio Clubs of Gral.Pico, QRM Belgrano, APRS Group and amsat-LU
members development team as well as those who have actively
participated and sent their reports in previous events.
More information at
http://www.amsat.org.ar/lu4aao/experimento_globo_y_parapente.htm.
Several flown experiments had been successfully operated during
2011/12 in manned-gliders, airplanes, captive and free Balloons
allowing operational & practice for hams contributing to platform
validaton of LUSEX satellite (LU Satellite EXperiment) on development
by Amsat Argentina. More on http://lusex.org.ar
In order to monitor the payload (if you are within 400 miles of launch
area) you need just an FM receiver either handy or base, in 145.950
for repeater and/or 144.930 for APRS. The repeater, that is activated
via 123 Hertz subtone, operates receiving voice FM in 435.950 Khz
(-112dbm, 0,56 uV) and emits with 2W the received audio live on
145.950 Khz.
Simultaneously APRS data will be sent in Packet at 1200 bauds in
144.930, and also in 145.950.
The DTI APRS symbol would change from a Balloon (/O) during the ascent
to a glider (/g) during parachute descent.
Payload would operate as voice repeater activated by 123 Hz subtone
during 1 minute, a warning bip at 40 seconds will indicate telemetry
is coming, which is emitted if the repeater is not in use, if in 20
seconds more voice repeater still in use a two bips will be heard
signaling that short APRS packages will begin in the different
frequencies, also every 5 minutes CW (telegraphy with tones of audio)
with CQ + callsign (LU7AA), sequence#, ext. and int. centigrade
temperatures and voltage of batteries, after which the cycle will
repeat.
Experiment will also emit SSTV pictures in ROBOT-36 (36 seconds) in
real time, showing what glider/Balloon sees. Every 5 minutes during
ascent/descent and more spaced at high altitudes. (It can be received
among others with MIXW, MMSTV & RX-SSTV ).
To study propagation and allow DX station to listen, balloon will also
carry a 150 mW CW 7021 Khz transmitter, emiting callsign, sequence,
external and internal temperatures and battery voltage.
Payload would also carry on board two TV cameras (one towards earth
and another towards horizon) recording video and sound during the
flight. These captured videos could be recovered when payload is
recovered.
APRS trajectory could be seen every minute, including speed, height,
external and internal temperatures and 7.2v battery voltage using
UI-View (download from the UI-View official site on
http://www.ui-view.org/) and/or to see/follow from Internet connecting
to http://aprs.fi/?call=lu7aa-11 or locally via Packet at specified
frequencies.
There are georeferenced Maps for UI-View in
http://www.amsat.org.ar/pico.jpg, http://www.amsat.org.ar/pico.txt.
Download and place them in directory Program Files/Peak
Systems/UI-View32/MAPS and rename .txt file to .inf.
The experiment in 435.950 KHz besides voice, receives and accepts DTMF
sequences commands on demand, I.E. sending B* (DTMF with handy
keyboard on UHF) will return S5 ... ..... in 145,950 VHF CW, reporting
in CW signal strength received from your station, if S9+10 will
returns P10.
There are also DTMF commands to control emission of CW tlm or APRS
beacon or SSTV emission, as well as allowing remote release of
payload, mode changes, timers control, energy, power, etc.
Frequencies for previous coordination, announcements and flights will
be 7090 Khz LSB +/-10 Khz and local repeaters.
During the flights will remain active wide coverage AMSAT-LU APRS
Igate LU7AA-10 on 144.930 and 430.930 KHz, operating from the
Constituyentes Investigation Center transferring whatever is received
towards Internet.
For being an experiment oriented to a next satellite, the contacts
made between stations via this payload will be considered valid for
the recently announced permanent, gratuitous and applicable Satellite
Certificate that AMSAT-LU and RClub QRM Belgrano grants, more info on
http://www.amsat.org.ar/certsat.html.
During the Balloon flight, amateur groups will chase the payload,
aiming to locate and recover. Trapping ventures holds on this
activity, as in the case of the Pampero 15 Balloon sent from San
Miguel del Monte which landed in the middle of the Magdalena's state
prison ... See http://www.lu5egy.com/Proyecto_pampero/vuelo_15/n_1esk.htm
All reports welcome. If you wish or can organize or want be part of
control, or like to pursuit and recovery, or like operating and
capturing data as an independent station, and/or wishes to join us
personally in this adventure from the launching places email us to
parapente at amsat.org.ar.
We appreciate reading of this information and thankful if distribution
possible.
73, LU7AA, Amsat-LU, aiming at the future by making the present funny.
www.amsat.org.ar
info at amsat.org.ar
------------------------------
Message: 8
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 02:35:59 -0300
From: Amsat Argentina <amsatlu@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] May-19 Balloon & Contest
Message-ID:
<CAAVgVk_erhrzemfdxAbOAEVGz_MABAt70p71yv_Ct0D7L4fcWw@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
We are pleased to inform next Saturday May-19 from 11hs-LU on (GMT-3),
a free Balloon UV Repeater will fly from the city of General Pico
(Airport), Province of La Pampa, Argentina, 571 Km west of Buenos
Aires City. See details and photos http://www.amsat.org.ar/globo19.htm
Given administrations requests by Amsat Argentina, launch is
authorized and appropiate NOTAM (NOTification to AirMen) had been
issued and granted by National Civil Aviation Administration.
Contest & Prices: first 10 station making the most distance & contacts
will receive special certificate, top winner will receive a UHF/VHF
handy.
Payload will operate as an UHF to VHF crossband repeater, with CW tlm,
APRS location and SSTV emissions in local and space frequencies.
According estimates Balloon could reach 100,000 feet height, traveling
from 50 to 100 miles towards east.
Thus allowing contacts between stations located in provinces of Buenos
Aires, Santa Fe, Entre Rios, Cordoba, Catamarca, Santiago del Estero,
La Pampa, San Luis, Mendoza, San Juan, Rio Negro, Neuquen, Uruguay &
Chile. (Launch is from Argentina Geo-Center to permit higher
participation). See coverage map on
http://www.amsat.org.ar/picocubr.jpg and estimated trajectory in
http://www.amsat.org.ar/pico120519.jpg .
For these experiences, Amsat-LU works with and it is thankful to hams
of Radio Clubs of Gral.Pico, QRM Belgrano, APRS Group and amsat-LU
members development team as well as those who have actively
participated and sent their reports in previous events.
More information at
http://www.amsat.org.ar/lu4aao/experimento_globo_y_parapente.htm.
Several flown experiments have been successfully operated during
2011/12 in manned-gliders, airplanes, captive and free Balloons
allowing operational & practice for hams contributing to platform
validaton of LUSEX satellite (LU Satellite EXperiment) on development
by Amsat Argentina. More on http://lusex.org.ar
In order to monitor the payload (if you are within 400 miles of launch
area) you need just an FM receiver either handy or base, in 145.950
for repeater and/or 144.930 for APRS. The repeater, that is activated
via 123 Hertz subtone, operates receiving voice FM in 435.950 Khz
(-112dbm, 0,56 uV) and emits with 2W the received audio live on
145.950 Khz.
Simultaneously APRS data will be sent in Packet at 1200 bauds in
144.930, and also in 145.950.
The DTI APRS symbol would change from a Balloon (/O) during the ascent
to a glider (/g) during parachute descent.
Payload would operate as voice repeater activated by 123 Hz subtone
during 1 minute, a warning bip at 40 seconds will indicate telemetry
is coming, which is emitted if the repeater is not in use, if in 20
seconds more voice repeater still in use a two bips will be heard
signaling that short APRS packages will begin in the different
frequencies, also every 5 minutes CW (telegraphy with tones of audio)
with CQ + callsign (LU7AA), sequence#, ext. and int. centigrade
temperatures and voltage of batteries, after which the cycle will
repeat.
Experiment will also emit SSTV pictures in ROBOT-36 (36 seconds) in
real time, showing what glider/Balloon sees. Every 5 minutes during
ascent/descent and more spaced at high altitudes. (It can be received
among others with MIXW, MMSTV & RX-SSTV ).
To study propagation and allow DX station to listen, balloon will also
carry a 150 mW CW 7021 Khz transmitter, emiting callsign, sequence,
external and internal temperatures and battery voltage.
Payload would also carry on board two TV cameras (one towards earth
and another towards horizon) recording video and sound during the
flight. These captured videos could be recovered when payload is
recovered.
APRS trajectory could be seen every minute, including speed, height,
external and internal temperatures and 7.2v battery voltage using
UI-View (download from the UI-View official site on
http://www.ui-view.org/) and/or to see/follow from Internet connecting
to http://aprs.fi/?call=lu7aa-11 or locally via Packet at specified
frequencies.
There are georeferenced Maps for UI-View in
http://www.amsat.org.ar/pico.jpg, http://www.amsat.org.ar/pico.txt.
Download and place them in directory Program Files/Peak
Systems/UI-View32/MAPS and rename .txt file to .inf.
The experiment in 435.950 KHz besides voice, receives and accepts DTMF
sequences commands on demand, I.E. sending B* (DTMF with handy
keyboard on UHF) will return S5 ... ..... in 145,950 VHF CW, reporting
in CW signal strength received from your station, if S9+10 will
returns P10.
There are also DTMF commands qualifying emission of CW tlm or APRS
beacon or SSTV emission, commands that allows remote release of
payload, mode changes, timers control, energy, power, etc.
Frequencies for previous coordination, announcements and flights will
be 7090 Khz LSB +/-10 Khz and local repeaters.
During the flights will remain active wide coverage AMSAT-LU APRS
Igate LU7AA-10 on 144.930 and 430.930 KHz, operating from the
Constituyentes Investigation Center transferring whatever is received
towards Internet.
For being an experiment oriented to a next satellite, the contacts
made between stations via this payload will be considered valid for
the recently announced permanent, gratuitous and applicable Satellite
Certificate that AMSAT-LU and RClub QRM Belgrano grants, more info on
http://www.amsat.org.ar/certsat.html.
During the Balloon flight, amateur groups will chase the payload,
aiming to locate and recover. Trapping ventures holds on this
activity, as in the case of the Pampero 15 Balloon sent from San
Miguel del Monte which landed in the middle of the Magdalena's state
prison ... See http://www.lu5egy.com/Proyecto_pampero/vuelo_15/n_1esk.htm
All reports welcome. If you wish or can organize or want be part of
control, or like to pursuit and recovery, or like operating and
capturing data as an independent station, and/or wishes to join us
personally in this adventure from the launching places email us to
parapente at amsat.org.ar.
We appreciate reading of this information and thankful if distribution
possible.
73, LU7AA, Amsat-LU, aiming at the future by making the present funny.
www.amsat.org.ar
info at amsat.org.ar
------------------------------
Message: 9
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 12:16:28 +0100 (BST)
From: "Trevor ." <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] HORYU-2 Telemetry Competition
Message-ID:
<1337253388.71383.YahooMailClassic@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
The launch of amateur radio satellite HORYU-2 takes place Thursday, May 17
at 1639 UT.
The satellite callsign is JG6YBW and radio amateurs are asked to listen for
the 437.325 MHz telemetry downlink which is in Morse Code or 1200 bps AX.25
packet radio.
There is a monthly competition for those who send data received from the
telemetry to the KIT server, via the HORYU-2 telemetry analysis software.
The free HORYU-2 telemetry software and details of the competition can be
downloaded from
http://kitsat.ele.kyutech.ac.jp/Documents/information_launch_english.html
Information on HORYU-2 is also at
http://www.uk.amsat.org/7404
73 Trevor M5AKA
AMSAT-UK News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK
AMSAT-UK: http://www,uk.amsat.org/
----
------------------------------
Message: 10
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 08:56:19 -0400
From: "Bob Bruninga" <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
To: "'TAPR APRS Mailing List'" <aprssig@xxxx.xxx>,
<APRS@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: 'Pete Loveall AE5PL Lists' <hamlists@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: [aprssig] Epic Journey to Dayton! (CQ Dayton)
Message-ID: <045401cd342c$7444e550$5cceaff0$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
One more thing while APRS mobile. If you like reading the mail, you can
always add the wildcard * to your MESSAGE GROUP list in your APRS radios and
then capture all the messages on the air.
Bob, WB4APR
-----Original Message-----
From: aprssig-bounces@xxxx.xxx [mailto:aprssig-bounces@xxxx.xxxx On Behalf
Of Bob Bruninga
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 5:37 PM
To: 'TAPR APRS Mailing List'; APRS@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: 'Pete Loveall AE5PL Lists'
Subject: [aprssig] Epic Journey to Dayton! (CQ Dayton)
Epic APRS mobile-to-Dayton journey Begins.
Other than normal APRS, you can also see over the RF horizon! Maintain
contact with all Dayton bound. Send your APRS message to CQSRVR and begin
with CQ DAYTON ... text...
Every other mobile in the country that is also participating will see your
message. You can send no more often than every 30 minutes, but it is a
great way to find out where others are that may be too far away from you on
RF. You have to send such a message to CQSRVR at least once every 24 hours
to stay logged in.
When you see someone else you need to QSO, then send further one-on-one
messages directly to their callsign.
I've just started my login now... CQSRVR just responded, so it is UP!
For details see: http://aprs.org/cqsrvr.html
Thanks to Pete Lovell for this fine service!
OTHER TIPS FOR the DAYTON APRS EPIC:
1) Be sure to monitor APRS Voice Alert for adjacent mobiles (CTCSS 100 on
the aprs channel)
2) Be ready to QSY to 146.52 or other available channel for voice QSO
3) APRS Forum is at 11:30 Friday Room 1.
WITHOUT APRS? You can still monitor 144.39 with CTCSS 100 and if you hear a
squawk, then that means someone is in SIMPLEX range AND is listening with
CTCSS 100 also. Call him and QSY to 52... All other packets on 144.39 do
not use PL, and so you will not hear them. Only a mobile in simplex range.
We call this Voice Alert. Its like a proximity detector.
Bob, WB4APR
_______________________________________________
aprssig mailing list
aprssig@xxxx.xxx
https://www.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig
------------------------------
Message: 11
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 09:12:42 -0400
From: Joe Leikhim <rhyolite@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Washington State Area AMSAT or weak signal Hams
Message-ID: <4FB4F94A.5080502@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
If there are any hams near to the Wenatchee, WA Area (Latitude (deg):
47.55 Longitude (deg): -120.17), who have roaming capabilities (to
locate interference), VHF antenna, preamp and multi-mode RX and/or
spectrum analyzer,
Please contact me off line.
Thanks
--
Joe Leikhim
------------------------------
Message: 12
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 12:59:21 -0400
From: Martha <martha@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Store Closed
Message-ID:
<CAPk0USybenHXE2ebOD6367kN4SOWs3c95XFhfzniDZFQ6FkJxw@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
While the AMSAT store is closed, you can place an order through the AMSAT
office. The hours are 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM EDST. Our phone number is
301-589-6062. Looking forward to hearing from you!
--
73- Martha
------------------------------
Message: 13
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 19:08:45 +0100 (BST)
From: "Trevor ." <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HORYU-2 Telemetry Competition
Message-ID:
<1337278125.3113.YahooMailClassic@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
My deliberate typo was the frequency - I meant 437.375 MHz.
--- On Thu, 17/5/12, Trevor . <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx> wrote:
> The free HORYU-2 telemetry software and details of the
> competition can be downloaded from
>
> http://kitsat.ele.kyutech.ac.jp/Documents/information_launch_english.html
>
> Information on HORYU-2 is also at
>
> http://www.uk.amsat.org/7404
>
> 73 Trevor M5AKA
> AMSAT-UK News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK
> AMSAT-UK: http://www.uk.amsat.org/
> ----
>
------------------------------
Message: 14
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 19:12:32 +0100 (BST)
From: "Trevor ." <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AX.25 Packet Satellite Launches Today 1639 UT
Message-ID:
<1337278352.35372.YahooMailClassic@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
My deliberate typo was the frequency - I meant 437.375 MHz.
>
> The free HORYU-2 telemetry software and details of the
> competition can be downloaded from
>
> http://kitsat.ele.kyutech.ac.jp/Documents/information_launch_english.html
>
> Information on HORYU-2 is also at
>
> http://www.uk.amsat.org/7404
>
> 73 Trevor M5AKA
> AMSAT-UK News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK
> AMSAT-UK: http://www.uk.amsat.org/
> ----
------------------------------
_______________________________________________
Sent via amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx. Opinions expressed are those of the author.
Not an AMSAT member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
End of AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 7, Issue 156
****************************************
Read previous mail | Read next mail
| |
