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Today's Topics:
1. Lunar Mission ? (Trevor .)
2. Field Day site-to-site texting (Bob Bruninga)
3. Re: Satellite choices on Field Day (N0JY)
4. Re: Satellite choices on Field Day
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
5. Field Day (K4FEG)
6. Results of HORYU-2 telemetry Receiving Competition (Trevor .)
7. Re: Satellite choices on Field Day (jamesduffey@xxxxxxx.xxxx
8. NuSTAR's Mast Deployed (B J)
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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:59:09 +0100 (BST)
From: "Trevor ." <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Lunar Mission ?
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The company Excalibur Almaz based in the Isle of Man, British Isles, has
announced an aim to fly a lunar mission.
The Lunar and Deep Space Mission Capability press release is at
http://www.excaliburalmaz.com/0401_Press.html
Financial Times newspaper article
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f5af9e2a-ba21-11e1-aa8d-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1yWvT6
Pwm
73 Trevor M5AKA
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Message: 2
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:26:11 -0400
From: "Bob Bruninga" <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
To: "'amsat-bb'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: 'TAPR APRS Mailing List' <aprssig@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Field Day site-to-site texting
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Every FD site will usually have APRS on line. Remember, you can contact any
other FD site in the world on your APRS channel. (144.39 in North America).
Just send them an APRS text message.
Of course, this assumes you know their callsign. To facilitate learning who
else is on the air, send a CQ FD message to the APRS CQSERVER and your CQ
will go to every other CQ FD site on the planet. This has nothing to do
with FD rules and points. It is just a way to have fun and be able to
contact any FD site without knowing apriori their calling freq.
Just send an APRS message to CQSRVR and make the first two words of the
message be CQ FD .... for example, "CQ FD from Bob in Annapolis, MD". These
do not count for points, but are a great way to have ham radio fun with
other sites.
This will log you onto the CQ FD message group and from then on, you will
get ALL OTHER such messages from all other such stations. When you DO see
an incoming CQ FD message, now then you know their callsign and can MESSAGE
THEM DIRECTLY from then on.
To keep the load down, you can only send one CQ FD message once every 30
minutes, but you will remain logged on for up to 12 hours. After no
activity, you will be dropped.
Oh, for more info about APRS and Field Day, see http://aprs.org/cqsrvr.html
Bob, WB4APR
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Message: 3
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:52:54 -0500
From: N0JY <n0jy@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Satellite choices on Field Day
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Hi All,
I am planning a similar operation with the Tri-County ARC (WC5C). There
are a few of us who get on satellite and we are going to bring out all
manner of antennas from Arrows to Lindenblads to small yagis to big
yagis, and while having a "reliable" station with the bigger antennas
and FT-736R we plan to let anyone and everyone try their radio be it an
HT or an all band rig with the antennas we have or whatever they bring,
to experience listening to any maybe making contact (no promises)
through any of the satellites. An opportunity to see what can be done
with various levels of equipment/investment/skill and learn about how
the different satellites/antennas work in various conditions. A free
for all but backed up with some more "reliable" Q for those who want to
sit down and try the linear birds as well as making some FD points. It
should be crazy! But I hope to give lots of people the opportunity to
play rather than in the past, where many would just watch quietly as we
operated and ask questions now and then. Many are shy, but given
encouragement and a challenge I think they might like to see what they
can learn and accomplish hands-on.
73,
Jerry
N0JY
On 6/22/2012 6:31 AM, Philip Jenkins wrote:
> Thanks, Mark. I've already made it clear to the other club members NOT to
> expect a successful sat QSO.
>
> I'm going to make sure that my audience knows that too. One hands-on
> activity that I came up with (and I was already contemplating letting
> someone else use the Arrow, maybe a repeat visitor who has already seen my
> song and dance) - I have printed some copies of the grid-square map, and
> I'm hoping the children especially mark their map during the passes as they
> hear the grid-squares. I was astounded by how many grids I heard on just
> ONE AO-27 pass on Wednesday!
>
> There are very few hams in the area where we're doing FD, which is one
> reason why we chose that location, to stir up interest.
>
> Philip N4HF
>
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 6:50 AM, Mark L. Hammond
<marklhammond@xxxxx.xxx>wrote:
>
>> Hi Philip,
>>
>> Happy to hear you are getting active again! Great.
>>
>> One small precaution, based on personal experience during Field Day---be
>> careful about creating expectations that can't be delivered...in other
>> words, using the handheld system to listen to an FM bird is pretty easy,
>> but on Field Day, it might be impossible to get a signal into the bird for
>> a real contact.
>>
>> When I've done demos on Field Day, I warn my observers that it's going to
>> be quite busy, and while we certainly will hear the bird, it's unlikely
>> with 5 watts that I'll make a contact *today*. But letting them hear the
>> busy bird gets them interested, and has led to invitations to give a
>> presentation/demo at a local club meeting---which CAN more easily lead to
>> making some contacts (especially if you announce the event here on the BBS.
>> People will look for you specifically, in order to make your event
>> successful).
>>
>> If you're going to have both the TS-2000x and the little radio, you could
>> have somebody else waving it around to listen, while you operate the
>> transmitter. It's fun to have audience participation!
>>
>> Not sure I'll be on the air on Field Day, due to work---but best wishes
>> for a great day.
>>
>> Mark N8MH
>>
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Message: 4
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 08:35:41 -0700
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Satellite choices on Field Day
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Hi Joe!
> We have been able to do it with a handheld for the last 5 years. ?But we may
> have geography in our favor :-)
If I pick my "battles" (passes) right, I also benefit from geography here in
the
southwest. I won't even bother with any AO-27 passes to the east of me, and
will hope to sneak in a QSO on SO-50 before its footprint covers much of the
US. I operate 1B/1-Op/Battery at 5W on HF and 6m as well as the birds,
so you can imagine the challenges in getting through without the benefit
of higher power. Operating experience does play a big part in making the
QSOs, especially with the conditions we will hear this weekend.
On the SSB birds, I may try to work some eastern passes. I was not as
successful on SSB last year compared to 2010. The high-power stations
that monopolize the FM birds cripple the SSB transponders, unfortunately.
But that's part of the challenge, getting through in less-than-ideal
conditions....
> THE FOLLOWING COMMENT IS FOR NEXT YEAR!
>
> Has anyone considering re-examining the FM satellite rule? ?I would like to
> propose the following:
>
> Contacts on the FM satellites can only be made with W1AW and K6KPH. ?Those
> stations could get on with solid signals and pass out contacts. ?No other
> contacts would count. ?I believe more contacts would be made, and it would
> be better to listen to as well. ?We would have to get the word out early and
> often.
If you are going to limit stations to contacts with a very few stations on the
FM birds, that would put those satellites in a completely different class
compared to the SSB birds or other bands. At that point, you might as
well exclude the FM birds like 3 HF bands (12m, 17m, 30m) are excluded
from Field Day and most other HF contests. I'd rather not see that
happen, even with the chaotic conditions on many of those FM satellite
passes. Again, that's part of the challenge.
During last year's Field Day, there was a very nice AO-51 pass over the
west coast late on Saturday afternoon. Stations were able to make their
Field Day QSOs, and a couple were even looking to exchange grid
locators and not participating in Field Day! Geography played a big
role in that pass, with not much of the footprint going east of the Rockies.
Good operating by all on that pass also contributed to that pass not
being crazy like others were.
I'll try to make my 1 QSO on AO-27 and SO-50 tomorrow. If other
stations call me after I've logged my single QSO, I will attempt to
respond and get the other station a satellite QSO. I never score
the additional FM satellite QSOs when I submit my reports to ARRL
and AMSAT, but the QSOs are listed so I have a complete log of
my Field Day effort in my reports.
I will be in the forest somewhere around Flagstaff AZ for Field Day,
probably in grid DM45. I should be able to work some passes before
the 1800 UTC start of Field Day at the DM35/DM45 grid boundary for
those wanting log a QSO with either - or both - of those grids
(probably in the 1430-1730 UTC timeframe). Keep an eye on APRS
at http://aprs.fi/wd9ewk-9 to get an idea of where I am for those
earlier passes, and updates will also be posted on Twitter using
@xxxxxx or at http://twitter.com/wd9ewk
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 5
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:55:23 -0500
From: K4FEG <K4FEG@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Field Day
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For Field Day, I will be looking to help out with contacts, Especially
late at night, I chase grids so I am used to being up late at night on
the "lonely" passes.
I plan to concentrate on the linear satellites but SO50 is flying over
the US late at night so I will try it as well. those that ar a private email and I
will listen for you in the wee hours, I have already had several
requests from some of the other night owls like myself, so let me know
so I can be listening.
Just give me a general idea of which passes you are looking at I am sure
I can work a few stations!
Good Luck everyone, have fun but most of all, BE SAFE LET'S NOT HAVE ANY
ACCIDENTS THIS YEAR!
73 to All,
Frank; K4FEG em55
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:37:11 +0100 (BST)
From: "Trevor ." <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Results of HORYU-2 telemetry Receiving Competition
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See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=8609
73 Trevor M5AKA
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:44:40 +0000 (UTC)
From: jamesduffey@xxxxxxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Satellite choices on Field Day
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Don't forget that a good way of coping with the crowds on the linear birds
is to use CW. These aren't just SSB birds, you know, and you may get some of
the CW ops interested in satellite operation. I think that the linear birds
are so much more useful for FD than the FM birds that I encourage everyone
to try them. It may take a pass or two to learn to cope with tuning and
doppler, but you will find the ease at making multiple contacts worth it.
Look for W5UR. - KK6MC
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:35:00 +0000
From: B J <va6bmj@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] NuSTAR's Mast Deployed
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http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/nustar/news/nustar20120621.html
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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