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Today's Topics:
1. 6D0LM in VO-52 and FO-29 (Omar Alvarez)
2. Re: WA8SME wins YASME Excellence Award (Mani VU2WMY)
3. 9A1Z Looking for NA Skeds (John Papay)
4. 2nd IAA Conference on University Satellite Missions abstract
submission reminder (conference)
5. Lithium Batteries and USPS (Bruce)
6. FT-817 Sat-CAT Interface Boards and Kits (Mark Spencer)
7. Re: Lithium Batteries and USPS (George Henry)
8. Re: FT-817 Sat-CAT Interface Boards and Kits (Mark L. Hammond)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:50:04 -0800 (PST)
From: Omar Alvarez <xe1aom@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxxx <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] 6D0LM in VO-52 and FO-29
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Hello my friends, The Federacion Mexicana de Radioexperimentadores (FMRE) is
celebrating their 80th Aniversary this year using the special call 6D0LM.
I will be woking? VO-52 and FO-29 using 6D0LM from DK89df:
December 15th
OPERADOR SAT?LITE HORARIO XE
XE1AO FO-29 03:25 UTC, ?05:05 UTC
?
December 16th
OPERADOR SAT?LITE HORARIO XE
XE1AO VO-52 01:42 UTC
XE1AO FO-29 04:12 UTC
?
December 17th
OPERADOR SAT?LITE HORARIO XE
XE1AO VO-52 01:58 UTC
XE1AO FO-29 05:00 UTC
?
I hope contact you this weekend, QSL via XE1LM.
Regards
Omar
XE1AO
DK89df
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M.C. Omar Alvarez C?rdenas
Facultad de Telematica, U de C
316 1075
xe1aom@xxxx.xx
omar_ac@xxxxxxx.xxx
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:16:30 +0530
From: Mani VU2WMY <wmy@xxxx.xxx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: WA8SME wins YASME Excellence Award
Message-ID: <201212110346.qBB3kcgD022521@xxxxx.xxx>
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Congratulations Mark !
Wish you many more laurels and great achievements.
73 de
Mani, VU2WMY
Secretary & Station-In-Charge
Upagrah Amateur Radio Club VU2URC
ISRO Satellite Centre
HAL Airport Road, Bangalore-560 017.
Phone:(O)91-80-25082054/2598/2192
Mobile: 91-80-98803 41456
E-mail ID: wmy@xxxx.xxx.xx
vu2wmy_mani@xxxxx.xxx
isrohams@xxxxx.xxx
Quoting n4csitwo@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
> Thanks for sharing this information John and congratulations to Mark
> for his hard work and dedication to amateur radio and education.
>
> Dave, AA4KN
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Papay" <john@xxxxxx.xxx>
> To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 12:14 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] WA8SME wins YASME Excellence Award
>
>
>> Mark Spencer, WA8SME, has just received the Excellence Award
>> from the YASME Foundation (yasme.org). The following is an excerpt from
>> the OPDX Bulletin 1090, December 10th, 2012:
>>
>> "The Yasme Excellence Award is awarded to individuals who through their
>> own service, creativity, effort and dedication have made a significant
>> contribution to amateur radio. The contribution may be in recognition of
>> technical, operating or organizational achievement, as all three are
>> necessary for amateur radio to grow and prosper. The Yasme Excellence
>> Award is in the form of a cash grant and an individually-engraved crystal
>> globe.
>>
>> The Board of Directors of The Yasme Foundation is pleased to announce
>> the award of the Yasme Excellence Award to the following individuals:
>>
>> - Mark Spencer, WA8SME, for his instrumental work in the ARRL Teachers
>> Institute and other training efforts, development of PIC microcontroller
>> projects and books for amateurs, and work with leaders in student and
>> scientific teams applying amateur radio to scientific projects and
>> experiments."
>>
>> Mark has been instrumental in working with the Teachers Institute,
>> introducing teachers to Amateur Radio Satellites. This has led
>> to students getting involved in our part of amateur radio and the
>> creation of school amateur radio clubs. Many of you have made contacts
>> with these club stations and know how excited students are to be able
>> to make contacts through amateur radio satellites.
>>
>> Mark's most recent contribution is the FT817 computer interface which
>> allows this HF simplex radio to be used with linear satellites. If
>> you own an FT817, you'll want to check it out. See the October 2012
>> issue of QST for details. Mark Hammond, N8MH, had these kits for
>> sale at the AMSAT Symposium. Hector, CO6CBF, took one back to Cuba and
>> is building it for use with his newly acquired FT817.
>>
>> Congratulations to Mark Spencer WA8SME, recipient of the YASME Foundation
>> Excellence Award!
>>
>> 73,
>> John K8YSE
>>
>> _______________________________________________
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:25:31 -0500
From: John Papay <john@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] 9A1Z Looking for NA Skeds
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Luci, 9A1Z, is looking to work North America on
AO-7 Mode B on CW. If you are interested in working
him, please send an email to his qrz.com address for a
sked. He is in JN86.
73,
John K8YSE
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:31:41 +0100
From: "conference" <conference@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2nd IAA Conference on University Satellite
Missions abstract submission reminder
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Dear all,this is a reminder?of the deadline?of the abstract submission for
the?2nd IAA Conference on University Satellites Missions and Cubesat
Workshop?which will be held in?Roma?on?February 3-9, 2013. Submissions are
due by December 17th.?We remember you that?early registration?closes
on?January, 15th. Those who register before this date will have a discount
on the quote.The conference is organized by?GAUSS Srl under the sponsorship
of?IAA,?ESA, ASI, Italian Air Force, Sapienza University of Roma, Morehead
State University (Kentucky), Von Karman Institute, FILAS, BCC Roma.Topics of
the conference will focus in particular the area of?University
Satellites?and during the conference three days are completely dedicated
to?Cubesat community.All the details about the conference program,
accomodation and registration procedure, exhibition stands, call for papers,
are available at the?Conference website.For any special needs, please do not
hesitate to contact us at?conference@xxxxx
steam.com.ESA scholarships for students who will present a work are
available. For those interested, please follow the instructions on the
website:ESA scholarshipsWe hope to see you in Roma in February!The 2nd IAA
Conference on University Satellite Missions and Cubesat Workshop organizing
committee
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:52:41 -0600
From: Bruce <kk5do@xxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR
RADIO CLUB <bvarc@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Lithium Batteries and USPS
Message-ID: <50C764D9.7000808@xxxx.xxx>
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I was just at the post office in Houston shipping a package to Florida
and they asked me there were any lithium batteries in the package. I
said no and asked why. The postal worker said they no longer take
packages with lithium batteries unless they are in a laptop or cell
phone. I asked what about in a radio and she said no. hmmmmm
73...bruce
--
Bruce Paige, KK5DO
AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE
Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT*
Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com
Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes
Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News
http://www.arrl.org
AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:05:08 -0500
From: "Mark Spencer" <wa8sme@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, "'Johnson, Debra K1DMJ'"
<djohnson@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FT-817 Sat-CAT Interface Boards and Kits
Message-ID: <003901cdd7c1$ac9a3660$05cea320$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Hi All,
A while back, an article about a FT-817 Satellite Control Interface was
published in QST. There were numerous requests for boards and kits on the
project. There is a small quantity of the boards and kits available but the
procurement information didn't make it in the original article.
The raw boards are available for $20, and a kit with the board, parts and
programmed PIC is available for $35. You can send an email to Debra Johnson
at ARRL HQ and order them from her (djohnson@xxxx.xxxx. The proceeds from
this effort is going back to AMSAT and the Fox birds, so anything above and
beyond these amounts (which are basically at cost) will go into space as
part of Fox.
Questions? Let me know mspencer@xxxx.xxx.
Thanks,
Mark
Mark Spencer, WA8SME
Education and Technology Program Director
ARRL, the national association for Amateur RadioTM
43 Pinelock Dr.
Gales Ferry, CT 06335
860-381-5335
860-460-1139 (cell)
mspencer@xxxx.xxx
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 11:02:35 -0800 (PST)
From: George Henry <ka3hsw@xxx.xxx>
To: kk5do@xxxx.xxxx "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, BRAZOS
VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO CLUB <bvarc@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Lithium Batteries and USPS
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<1355252555.79796.YahooMailRC@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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She doesn't have her facts straight...?
http://about.usps.com/postal-bulletin/2012/pb22336/html/updt_004.htm
"
DMM Revision: Mailings of Lithium Batteries
Effective May 16, 2012, the Postal Service? will revise Mailing Standards of
the
United States Postal Service,Domestic Mail Manual (DMM?) section 601.10.20 to
codify that primary lithium metal or lithium alloy (nonrechargeable) cells and
batteries or secondary lithium-ion cells and bat?teries (rechargeable) are
prohibited when mailed interna?tionally or to and from an APO, FPO, or DPO
location. However, this prohibition does not apply to lithium batter?ies
authorized under DMM 601.10.20 when mailed within the United States or its
territories.
International standards have recently been the subject of discussion by the
International Civil Aviation Organiza?tion (ICAO) and the Universal Postal
Union
(UPU), and the Postal Service anticipates that on January 1, 2013, cus?tomers
will be able to mail specific quantities of lithium bat?teries internationally
(including to and from an APO, FPO, or DPO location) when the batteries are
properly installed in the personal electronic devices they are intended to
operate."
So, for now, the ban only applies to international or APO/FPO/DPO locations.
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message ----
> From: Bruce <kk5do@xxxx.xxx>
> To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>; BRAZOS VALLEY AMATEUR RADIO
CLUB
><bvarc@xxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Tue, December 11, 2012 11:02:20 AM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Lithium Batteries and USPS
>
> I was just at the post office in Houston shipping a package to Florida and
they
>asked me there were any lithium batteries in the package. I said no and asked
>why. The postal worker said they no longer take packages with lithium
batteries
>unless they are in a laptop or cell phone. I asked what about in a radio
and she
>said no. hmmmmm
>
> 73...bruce
>
> --
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:06:10 -0500
From: "Mark L. Hammond" <marklhammond@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Mark Spencer <wa8sme@xxxxxxx.xxx>, Amsat - BBs
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, "Johnson, Debra, K1DMJ" <djohnson@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FT-817 Sat-CAT Interface Boards and Kits
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As follow up--here are the precise details for ordering a FT-817
Sat-CAT kit or bare board!
It's a great board and solution for using a single radio with SSB satellites.
73,
Mark N8MH
_______
The satellite computer aided tuning interface described in October
2012 QST (pp. 40-43) for use with SatPC32 and the Yaesu FT-817 radio
is being offered for sale by the ARRL Education & Technology Program
(ETP). The interface was developed by Mark Spencer, WA8SME, as part of
resource development for the ARRL ETP and is priced to recover cost
plus a small increment toward development as well as a cost share
donation to AMSAT. The interface is fully described in the article
published in October 2012 QST on pp. 40-43.
You may order the board and programmed PIC for a cost of $20; to order
the full kit including all of the parts, the cost is $35.
To order please send the following either by mail or email as follows:
? Your name and shipping address
? Phone number and email address
? Item you are requesting
? Enclose a check for the appropriate amount, payable to ARRL ETP,
sent to attention of ARRL Education Services
Send orders to:
ARRL Education Services, ATTN: Amy Strickland
225 Main Street
Newington, CT 06111
Please contact Amy in ARRL Education Services at astrickland@xxxx.xxx
with any questions about ordering.
Please contact Mark Spencer at mspencer@xxxx.xxx with questions about
the interface design and specifications.
___________
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Mark Spencer <wa8sme@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
>
>
> A while back, an article about a FT-817 Satellite Control Interface was
> published in QST. There were numerous requests for boards and kits on the
> project. There is a small quantity of the boards and kits available but the
> procurement information didn't make it in the original article.
>
>
>
> The raw boards are available for $20, and a kit with the board, parts and
> programmed PIC is available for $35. You can send an email to Debra Johnson
> at ARRL HQ and order them from her (djohnson@xxxx.xxxx. The proceeds from
> this effort is going back to AMSAT and the Fox birds, so anything above and
> beyond these amounts (which are basically at cost) will go into space as
> part of Fox.
>
>
>
> Questions? Let me know mspencer@xxxx.xxx.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
>
> Mark Spencer, WA8SME
>
> Education and Technology Program Director
>
> ARRL, the national association for Amateur RadioTM
>
> 43 Pinelock Dr.
>
> Gales Ferry, CT 06335
>
> 860-381-5335
>
> 860-460-1139 (cell)
>
> mspencer@xxxx.xxx
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. Opinions expressed are those of the author.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
--
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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