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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Current ARISS Status/Usage? (Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR])
2. Re: Current ARISS Status/Usage? (Robert Bruninga)
3. Re: Scottsdale AZ hamfest demo (Clint Bradford)
4. Re: [SPAM] Current ARISS Status/Usage? (Andrew Rich)
5. Second Galileo Satellite to be Launched Late April (Trevor)
6. Re: Scottsdale AZ hamfest demo (Clint Bradford)
7. Re: OT?? Model Rocketry (Wayne N5WD)
8. AB2KT and the opera (Bob McGwier)
9. Kenwood TS-790A with L-band module (Stacey E. Mills)
10. FW: Re: [eu-amsat] Re: Good ideas for the AO-7 log.
(John Hackett)
11. FW: OL30SPACE satellite activities (Robert Turlington)
12. FYI: More background noise? (Arthur Feller)
13. Re: FYI: More background noise? (i8cvs)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 14:15:43 -0600
From: "Ransom, Kenneth G. (JSC-OC)[BAR]" <kenneth.g.ransom(AT)nasa.gov>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Current ARISS Status/Usage?
To: "Rick Mann" <rmann(AT)latencyzero.com>, "AMSAT-BB Org"
<amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID:
<A2862DA1C49F4145AF6C2A45282940350158C722(AT)NDJSEVS21A.ndc.nasa.gov>
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ISS packet is currently active on 145.825 simplex. You can check to see
if packet is active by looking at the reports on any of the following
websites:
http://www.ariss.net
http://www.issfanclub.com
http://oscar.dcarr.org/index.php
If packet is off, your chances are low (but you never know) of hearing
voice on 145.80 unless it is a scheduled school contact during your
pass. School contact pass times are posted regularly to the SAREX
reflector. You can view recent postings here
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/archive/sarex/48hour/threads.html
Kenneth - N5VHO
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces(AT)amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces(AT)amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Rick Mann
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 11:56 AM
To: AMSAT-BB Org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Current ARISS Status/Usage?
I finally got my TNC hooked up, and was able to decode APRS packets. I
wanted to try during a rather low ISS pass, see what I could get off
of ISS, but got nothing. I tried both 145.825 and 145.8, hearing
neither voice nor data.
In fact, I've never heard anything on ISS (except for the one
scheduled contact I made with it :-D).
Is it currently operational for voice and/or packet?
How often is someone likely to be using it (what are my chances of
hearing something on any given pass)?
TIA,
--
Rick
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 15:34:08 -0500
From: "Robert Bruninga" <bruninga(AT)usna.edu>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Current ARISS Status/Usage?
To: "'Rick Mann'" <rmann(AT)latencyzero.com>, "'AMSAT-BB Org'"
<amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <039201c87fc9$6d87a7a0$42577a83(AT)ewlab.usna.edu>
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> I finally got my TNC hooked up, and was able to
> decode APRS packets. I wanted to try during a
> rather low ISS pass, see what I could get off
> of ISS, but got nothing. I tried both 145.825
> and 145.8, hearing neither voice nor data.
I captured many packets on some early passes this morning. Just
leave that TNC and radio running and check the log daily and see
all the calls heard that day. You can see all the packets on
http://www.ariss.net and as of right now (1830z on the 6th) the
most recent packet captured over Arizona is only 1 hour old, and
the entire list of the last 50 stations heard is only 13 hours
old, so it seems to be working.
Anyone with a whip antenna and not bad coax (or too long) should
hear ISS fine.
Bob, WB4aPR
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:41:57 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
From: Clint Bradford <clintbrad4d(AT)earthlink.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Scottsdale AZ hamfest demo
To: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org, amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
Message-ID:
<18774329.1204836117407.JavaMail.root(AT)elwamui-
norfolk.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
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>As part of the AMSAT table, I am planning for 3 demonstrations via
>AO-51's normal 145.920/435.300 MHz FM voice repeater during the
>morning using my call WD9EWK:
>
>1342-1352 UTC (low, 8-degree pass to the east of the hamfest)
>1519-1533 UTC (virtually overhead, 72-degree pass to the west)
>1700-1708 UTC (very low, 5-degree pass to the west)
I'll try to contact you!!!
Clint Bradford, K6LCS
P.S. - Patrick - I've updated my 4-page tutorial AO-51 with some additional
references, and added Icom's grid square map to my site -
http:\\www.clintbradford.com
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Clint Bradford, K6LCS / KAF3359
909-241-7666 - cell
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 21:04:36 +1000
From: "Andrew Rich" <vk4tec(AT)people.net.au>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: [SPAM] Current ARISS Status/Usage?
To: "Rick Mann" <rmann(AT)latencyzero.com>, "AMSAT-BB Org"
<amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <009101c87f79$dda99cf0$6e01a8c0(AT)home7bfc9638a1>
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http://vk4tec.no-ip.org/cgi-bin/sat_status.cgi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Mann" <rmann(AT)latencyzero.com>
To: "AMSAT-BB Org" <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 3:55 AM
Subject: [SPAM] [amsat-bb] Current ARISS Status/Usage?
>I finally got my TNC hooked up, and was able to decode APRS packets. I
> wanted to try during a rather low ISS pass, see what I could get off
> of ISS, but got nothing. I tried both 145.825 and 145.8, hearing
> neither voice nor data.
>
> In fact, I've never heard anything on ISS (except for the one
> scheduled contact I made with it :-D).
>
> Is it currently operational for voice and/or packet?
> How often is someone likely to be using it (what are my chances of
> hearing something on any given pass)?
>
> TIA,
> --
> Rick
>
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 21:08:37 +0000 (GMT)
From: Trevor <m5aka(AT)yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Second Galileo Satellite to be Launched Late
April
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <830606.3149.qm(AT)web27213.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
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BBC News report
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7278616.stm
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:49:37 -0800 (GMT-08:00)
From: Clint Bradford <clintbrad4d(AT)earthlink.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Scottsdale AZ hamfest demo
To: patrick(AT)wd9ewk.net
Cc: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
Message-ID:
<15139353.1204840177116.JavaMail.root(AT)elwamui-
norfolk.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
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>>...I added a reference to the Elk Antennas log periodic...
I was disappointed with my Elk dual-band log periodic on the FM birds - in
comparison to the Arrow. And I remember giving it a fairly honest try...but
was immediately struck by how "sloppy" it was in finding the satellite.
Should I try it again???
Clint
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Clint Bradford, K6LCS / KAF3359
909-241-7666 - cell
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 17:36:30 -0600
From: Wayne N5WD <n5wd(AT)charter.net>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: OT?? Model Rocketry
To: <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <200836173630.364012(AT)HPPAV2>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 20:05:10 -0500, Ivan Galysh wrote:
<snip>
>?Now for doing an uplink to deploy parachutes, maybe as a backup.
>?For safety reasons, he should use an altimeter....I would not rely
> on a comm link to deploy a parachute. I
>?would do it as a back up in case the altimeter doesn't do its job.
<snip>
Not to mention that it would be darned near impossible to be able to ascertain
when apogee occurs with even a medium sized rocket at one mile high - and I
know that I wouldn't want to deploy my mains after my rocket has had a
thousand or more feet of altitude loss from apogee - instant shred!
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R. Wayne Day N5WD n5wd(AT)charter.net
IRLP Node 3997 -> Lake Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas USA
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 01:00:26 -0500
From: Bob McGwier <rwmcgwier(AT)gmail.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AB2KT and the opera
To: "'dttsp-linux'" <dttsp-linux(AT)yahoogroups.com>
Cc: 'EAGLE' <eagle(AT)amsat.org>, amsat bb <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>,
gnuradio
mailing list <discuss-gnuradio(AT)gnu.org>, High Performance Software
Defined Radio Discussion List <hpsdr(AT)hpsdr.org>
Message-ID: <47D0D9FA.4010305(AT)gmail.com>
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On Saturday evening, Frank Brickle (AB2KT), will have his opera
performed by the Cygnus ensemble in the Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall in NYC.
For those nearby, there are tickets available, but they are going fast.
http://cygnusensemble.com/cms/2007-2008-season/index.php
73's
Bob
N4HY
--
AMSAT Director and VP Engineering. Member: ARRL, AMSAT-DL,
TAPR, Packrats, NJQRP, QRP ARCI, QCWA, FRC. ARRL SDR WG Chair
"Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place.
Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by
definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:19:44 -0500
From: "Stacey E. Mills" <w4sm(AT)keplerian.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Kenwood TS-790A with L-band module
To: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org (Amsat Bulletin Board)
Message-ID: <D7.1B.29464.65890D74(AT)smtp08.embarq.synacor.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
I've listed my backup tri-band Kenwood TS-790A on Ebay,
#330217737959. This includes the L-band 1.2 GHz module,
modifications for 9600 bps FSK and the noise blanking modification to
allow external tuner control of frequency without data loss. The
unit is in like new condition. I used this unit to command AO-40 in
the field and gather telemetry from sites remote to my QTH.
(Yes, I still have equipment for AO-40 command capability and do try
every couple of months to re-awaken AO-40. When I hear something,
you will as well.)
Thanks for looking. -Stacey
--
_______________________________________________________________________
Stacey E. Mills, W4SM WWW: http://www.keplerian.com
Charlottesville, VA PGP key: http://www.keplerian.com/key
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 09:39:57 +0100
From: John Hackett <archie.hackett(AT)hotmail.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FW: Re: [eu-amsat] Re: Good ideas for the AO-7
log.
To: <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <BLU138-W45CB6D16B0299E06FE81D291130(AT)phx.gbl>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
From: archie.hackett(AT)hotmail.com
To: w7lrd(AT)comcast.net
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: [eu-amsat] Re: Good ideas for the AO-7 log.
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 09:38:59 +0100
Bob,
Normally ... to edit your own entries you just click on the hourglass
where you entered the info ... (left hand edge) ... and a new screen pops up
where you can delete, edi6t, change to correct things.
However ... some people have been reporting that this faqcility is not working
as it should.
A work-around is to make sure !!!! the *REMEMBER ME* box at the bottom of the
log entry page is checked.
<http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/logentry.php>
(I've been asking people to correct their own incorrect entries - but quite a
few don't bother).
Normally, Emily sent me a cookie every December so I could administer the log,
which I did for some years - but then the cookies failed to materialise and
Emily disappeared.
RGR re: her mailbox ... as I mentioned earlier, she's disappeared down the
rabbit warren of SECOND LIFE into the 'virtual' world ... and that's the
reason I keep batting these mails to the Amsat-bb ... in the hope that one day
one of them might filter down the burrow and into SECOND LIFE where it might
be noticed by N1DID
(ex: W0EEC).
I have no intention of going down there myself, I have enough to contend with
in the "real" world without faffing around in a pretend world.
Let me know how it goes Bob.
73 John. <la2qaa(AT)amsat.org>
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......
From: w7lrd(AT)comcast.net
To: la2qaa(AT)amsat.org
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: [eu-amsat] Re: Good ideas for the AO-7 log.
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 02:07:26 +0000
Mr John-I accidently entered VA7MG instead of my call. Then I tried to edit
it out as to get the egg off my face. I got a full message saying Emily's
mailbox is full and something about cookies. I believe if we were to be able
to edit out our own screw ups it would make this better. Case in point this
latest ooops of mine. John, is there a way we can do that?
Sorry (again)
73 Bob W7LRD
--
"if this were easy, everyone would be doing it"
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 09:55:01 +0000
From: Robert Turlington <rob_g8ate(AT)hotmail.com>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FW: OL30SPACE satellite activities
To: Amsat Buleitin Board <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <BAY134-W147B60F7FC10DE71DC2134C0130(AT)phx.gbl>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Regards Robert G8ATE
From: ok1tir(AT)volny.czTo: rob_g8ate(AT)hotmail.comSubject: Re: OL30SPACE
satellite activitiesDate: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 10:51:11 +0100
Hi Robert
Station OL30SPACE will be active march 09 on the satelits VU52 and AO51.
73 Karel OK1TIR
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Turlington
To: OK1TIR
Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 10:31 AM
Subject: RE: OL30SPACE satellite activities
Thats a shameRegards Robert G8ATE
From: ok1tir(AT)volny.czTo: rob_g8ate(AT)hotmail.comSubject: OL30SPACE
satellite activitiesDate: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 07:36:24 +0100
HI Robert
Station OL30SPACE will be not active via amateur radio satellites.
73 Karel OK1TIR
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Turlington
To: ok1tir(AT)volny.cz
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 11:18 AM
Subject: OL30SPACE satellite activities
Hi OMI understand that OL30SPACE will be active during March 08,will you be
active on any of the Amateur Radio Satellites?Regards Robert G8ATE (op of
special event Satellite station GB5OSO & GB1OO
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Message: 12
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:20:20 -0500
From: Arthur Feller <afeller(AT)ieee.org>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FYI: More background noise?
To: amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org
Message-ID: <0JXD00G253SKXNF1(AT)vms048.mailsrvcs.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
Wi-Fi Cloud Hovers over Salt Lake City
See: http://spectrum.ieee.org/feb08/6025
Life is short. Be swift to love! Make haste to be kind!
- Henri Frederic Amiel, philosopher and writer (1821-1881)
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Message: 13
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:01:26 +0100
From: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs(AT)tin.it>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FYI: More background noise?
To: "Arthur Feller" <afeller(AT)ieee.org>, "AMSAT-BB"
<amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Message-ID: <001301c88064$1e918f80$0201a8c0(AT)tin.it>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arthur Feller" <afeller(AT)ieee.org>
To: <amsat-bb(AT)amsat.org>
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 2:20 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] FYI: More background noise?
>
> Wi-Fi Cloud Hovers over Salt Lake City
>
> See: http://spectrum.ieee.org/feb08/6025
>
>
> Life is short. Be swift to love! Make haste to be kind!
> - Henri Frederic Amiel, philosopher and writer (1821-1881)
Hi Arthur,
I have seen the Wireless Geography in Salt Lake City ! !
The IEEE Spectrum shows that the minimum signal level of -51 dBm
downtown buildings is a very very strong signal not to mention the
maximum level of -15 dBm on top.
A single 1/2 wave dipole (Gain = 2.14 dBi) directly connected to a zero
bias Schottky diode HSMS 2851 at 2.45 GHz will detect about 0.3 mV
with - 51 dBm and 1000 mV with - 15 dBm
You don't need a receiver up there but a multimeter will do the job !
73" de
i8CVS Domenico
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