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Today's Topics:
1. CO6CBF West Cuba Operations (k4feg)
2. Re: CO6CBF West Cuba Operations (Bob- W7LRD)
3. CO6CBF/P Western Cuba (K4FEG)
4. Kudos to the Amsat PR and Publications team(s) (Tom Gentry)
5. FO-29 wierdness during field day (Greg D)
6. 2400 MHz Consultation + ESA CubeSats (M5AKA)
7. FD Postmortem: was "a cheap LEO tracker for single op"
(Bill (W1PA))
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:14:25 -0500
From: k4feg <k4feg@xxxxx.xxx>
To: starcom-bb@xxxxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] CO6CBF West Cuba Operations
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An update! on Hector;
I apparently misunderstood Hector this morning about *which FO29 pass,
*he would be on today for his /*EL81ax*/ operation later today.
We had a bad pass between us on VO52 when he told me he would be in
EL81ax for *1 pass only! *on FO29. I understood him to say that it would
be in the morning but on a subsequent SO50 pass he told John, K8YSE that
he would in EL81ax later tonight on FO29.
*CHECK YOUR PASSES!! I AM NOT 100% SURE WHICH PASS HE WILL BE ON*!!
I am sorry for the earlier confusion but EL81ax is the only portion of
that grid that is on dry land, to the best of my knowledge there has not
been a satellite operation from that grid, RARE ONE FOLKS!
Remember Hector is operating half duplex, please allow him the time to
respond before calling him, when he is transmitting he
CAN NOT HEAR the satellite.
73 ALL FRM
K4FEG
STARCOM DIV GGG
GGHQ: /*EM55*//*aj84ta*/
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:45:00 +0000 (UTC)
From: Bob- W7LRD <w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: k4feg <k4feg@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: starcom-bb@xxxxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CO6CBF West Cuba Operations
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AO-7 is coming up the East Coast I will be on 2110Z, looking for Hector
73 Bob W7LRD
CN87
Seattle
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From: "k4feg" <k4feg@xxxxx.xxx>
To: starcom-bb@xxxxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Sent: Tuesday, June 25, 2013 1:14:25 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] CO6CBF West Cuba Operations
An update! on Hector;
I apparently misunderstood Hector this morning about *which FO29 pass,
*he would be on today for his /*EL81ax*/ operation later today.
We had a bad pass between us on VO52 when he told me he would be in
EL81ax for *1 pass only! *on FO29. I understood him to say that it would
be in the morning but on a subsequent SO50 pass he told John, K8YSE that
he would in EL81ax later tonight on FO29.
*CHECK YOUR PASSES!! I AM NOT 100% SURE WHICH PASS HE WILL BE ON*!!
I am sorry for the earlier confusion but EL81ax is the only portion of
that grid that is on dry land, to the best of my knowledge there has not
been a satellite operation from that grid, RARE ONE FOLKS!
Remember Hector is operating half duplex, please allow him the time to
respond before calling him, when he is transmitting he
CAN NOT HEAR the satellite.
73 ALL FRM
K4FEG
STARCOM DIV GGG
GGHQ: /*EM55*//*aj84ta*/
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 21:09:37 -0500
From: K4FEG <K4FEG@xxxxx.xxx>
To: starcom-bb@xxxxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] CO6CBF/P Western Cuba
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Late Breaking Update on CO6CBF/p!!!
Hector reported on the 0155UTC pass of FO29 just now that EL81 would be
IMPOSSIBLE for him to operate from.
He was operating from the EL72/EL82 grid line with an excellent signal
on FO29.
I am sure Hector will have some details for us once he is back home from
this trip, still I personally have worked him in 3 additional new grids
for myself and I have heard him work many others as well.
I have no additional information on his plans at this time so "Stay
Tuned"!!!
/*73 ALL FRM;*//*
*//*K4FEG;*//*
*//*STARCOM DIV GGG*//*
*//*GGHQ: EM55*//*aj84ta*/
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 22:14:46 -0500
From: Tom Gentry <t.gentry@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Kudos to the Amsat PR and Publications team(s)
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To all the AMSAT volunteers in the Webpage, Newsletter and Dayton Video
teams, please accept my profound thanks for your efforts. I am enjoying
the newsletters and the webpage is looking better and better. I think
the new "Blog" format is very informative and useful as are the restored
links to the old pages. Keep up the good work.
Recently I complained about the perceived lack of information and action
on the issues with ARISS and NASA. Now after watching the videos from
the Dayton Hamvention presentations, I understand the challenges of
dealing with bureaucracies much better. Many thanks to the ARISS team
for explaining the issues so clearly in the video. I also am hopeful
that the ITAR issue will be resolved soon and we can get back to perhaps
exchanging technology and knowledge for rides.
A couple of long lasting birds would go a long way toward attracting new
ground stations and users. Perhaps a cloud based application where
captured telemetry from the "CubeSats" could be forwarded to be stored
for later download and information on the necessary hardware to build
such stations would be a low maintenance yet broad based program. This
way hams and non-hams could participate and contribute, with ease.
Thanks again for a job well done (and doing).
73s,
Tom K5VOU
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:50:14 -0700
From: Greg D <ko6th.greg@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Amsat BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FO-29 wierdness during field day
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Hi folks,
Now that the bustle of Field Day is over, an observation I want to pass
on. Did anyone else experience this?
On one of the Saturday night passes I noticed that FO-29 suddenly went
kind of silent. Not totally so, but enough that the QSO that I was
desperately trying to complete was interrupted. It was around 9:45 pm
local PDT, if I recall. Just finished with K6MMM, and was trying to get
K6AA, I think. (Note to self: turn on the recorder next time!)
I didn't check for an eclipse, but that's my guess, though it was also
about the time the bird went past TCA and all Doppler had broken loose.
The bird sounded like 20 meters during the day, but with everyone's VFO
on skids going in different directions.
Right towards the end of the pass I heard another station on, so I know
the bird hadn't died.
Anybody hear that?
Greg KO6TH
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 17:41:01 +0100 (BST)
From: M5AKA <m5aka@xxxxx.xx.xx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] 2400 MHz Consultation + ESA CubeSats
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Joint Submission by AMSAT-UK, UKuG, BATC and RSGB to Ofcom 2.4 GHz
Consultation
http://amsat-uk.org/2013/06/26/joint-2400-mhz-submission/
ESA Announce Six CubeSats Chosen for Phase 1
http://amsat-uk.org/2013/06/26/esa-announce-six-cubesats/
Two Lithuanian Amateur Radio CubeSats Plan 2013 Launch to ISS
http://amsat-uk.org/2013/06/26/two-lithuanian-cubesats/
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73 Trevor M5AKA
AMSAT-UK website http://amsat-uk.org/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/AMSAT-UK/208113275898396
Twitter https://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 14:35:59 -0400
From: "Bill \(W1PA\)" <w1pa@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FD Postmortem: was "a cheap LEO tracker for
single op"
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A quick follow-up and some questions.
I made it to the FD site about 11pm local.
Schedule had two passes of SO-50 (1am and 3am) and two
passes of AO-7 (at 4am and 6am local).
Let's focus on AO-7. I had my FT-847, two 10 ft lengths of coax,
and the trusty Arrow dual-band.
I had my Ubuntu netbook with gpredict and a printed frequency list.
I ran AO-40 full manual back in the day (no computer
assist or Doppler) --I can do this, right?:
AO-7 (B) 432.125-175 up, 145.975-925 down.
Load 432.125 on the main VFO, and 145.975 (USB) on the secondary. Set Sat
mode, (tracking REVERSE)
Hear the bird great -- can?t find my downlink. Nada. Voice or CW.
Confirmed 432 TX and power out with a meter -- ran up to 30 watts in. Moved
the sub-tune up and down on the RX side for Doppler (at least 15khz each
side). Coax was connected correctly.
Nothing on the next pass either.... excellent hearing, can?t find myself.
Bird is directly overhead. Epic fail.
So what did I do wrong? Did I have a de-sense issue because of the crossed
yagi? Enough power? What sideband should the uplink have been (LSB,
correct)? Even if it was wrong, I should have heard CW, right?
Bill W1PA
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