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Today's Topics:
1. AMSAT Droid on Kindle Fire. (Tom Schuessler)
2. Re: Nigerian scam span purporting to be from W0SL (Gregg Wonderly)
3. Re: Nigerian scam span purporting to be from W0SL (Jim Jerzycke)
4. amsat droid (WCP)
5. ANS-181 (Joe Spier)
6. FITSAT-1 heard 1458Z (Armando Mercado)
7. FO-29 from FJ13 (N0JY)
8. FO-29 with RTL-SDR (Roland Zurmely)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 17:14:44 -0500
From: "Tom Schuessler" <tjschuessler@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "'AmsatBB'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Droid on Kindle Fire.
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I just discovered today that the AMSAT Droid App had been placed on the
Amazon App store. I have used an installation of the earlier version HAMSAT
Droid app and was not sure if the author would get the free version beyond
Google Play. I gave it only the second review on the Amazon store, a 5. It
works as advertised and the improvements that the author made, in
preparation for the paid version are well received. The Map view now gives
a big view to match the orientation of your device. A big improvement for
me is the ability to use grid squares to set location on a device like the
Kindle which is not natively location aware. The older version would not
recognize the period used in Lon/Lat decimal notation. In the past, I had
to go to another application to enter numbers with the . and then copy/Paste
into Hamsat Droid. Glad to not have to do this anymore.
Still the basic operation is pretty much the same but I am hoping that when
he gets the paid version going on Google Play, it will ultimately migrate
it's way onto other App stores like Amazon. I am very willing to pay the
bucks to support a good programming effort.
AMSAT Droid is a great app for basic satellite pass location. I use it
often when working with Scout groups on Radio Merit Badge classes where we
do a satellite contact.
Keep up the good work.
Tom Schuessler, N5HYP
n5hyp@xxxx.xxx
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 17:35:25 -0500
From: Gregg Wonderly <greggwon@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Nigerian scam span purporting to be from W0SL
Message-ID: <8EBFE0F1-11C7-4ACA-AB35-0B6BB075DB4B@xxxxx.xxx>
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Okay folks, look around you at the history of things. For more than 2
decades now, Microsoft's software products have been at the top of the list
of software having security problems in CERT ( goto
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CERT_Coordination_Center and search for
Microsoft) alerts. Viruses have, for the past two decades, routinely
infected peoples computers, obtained complete lists of people email
"friends", visited web sites, contents of files on your disk, trashed your
disks, and otherwise wrecked havoc repeatedly.
Anyone on this list, who has participated in mail to and from this list,
would provide such viruses access to email addresses which are supposed to
be "restricted" to this list's members. There is no such thing as
"security" when Microsoft's software is involved, and as soon as you are on
a network, security becomes even more difficult to achieve.
"Guessing" that it might be an inside job is a little bit silly when there
are countless ways that people on this list have exposed the list members by
their use of insecure software systems and the downloading of virus laden
content from the internet.
Accounts are being hacked, but as Phil notes, the "From:" headers of an
email message tell you all you need to know to understand where it "did not"
originate from. The last secure SMTP sever will have recorded in a "From:"
header, the location the "last" insecure server to have been involved in
transmitting an email message.
Look over how the SMTP protocol works. Authentication of "sending" email
was not happening in the original design, and only recently, has that been
"used" by ISPs and hosting companies interested in "not" supporting spam and
other abuses of the email systems. This means that certain "open" systems
or "insecure" systems, can provide a link from the world of "spam" if they
can be accessed.
That's what you need to focus on to understand whether your account was
compromised.
SMTP allows email to be from anyone, and to anyone, if the servers don't
authenticate the origination and secure the transmission of the content.
Until that happens, we will always have this kind of stuff going on?
Gregg Wonderly
W5GGW
On Jun 29, 2013, at 8:40 AM, Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> IIRC, Yahoo! took over for most of the Bells. My Pacbell.net account is
now managed by Yahoo!, and I had a similar event happen last year, as well
as a friend of mine who had her account with another Baby Bell compromised.
>
> Considering how much support is off-shored these days, it wouldn't
surprise me if it was an "inside job".
>
> 73, Jim KQ6EA
>
>
> On 06/29/2013 08:42 AM, Phil Karn wrote:
>> On 06/26/2013 03:31 PM, Roy wrote:
>>> Thanks Phil. Yes, I'm not sure how it was done but the settings are
>>> correct in my PC. AT&T has helped me to assign a new password to my
>>> account to shut this down. They say it appears to have been hacked on
>>> the AT&T web mail site.
>>
>> Interesting. I saw no actual evidence in the scam mail itself that your
account had been hacked.
>>
>> This particular message was sent through Yahoo's webmail service. Anyone
could subscribe to the amsat-bb list and see who its contributors are, so
they would know who to send the scam spam to.
>>
>> (Wait -- does Yahoo provide service for swbell.net?)
>>
>> Without cryptographic authentication it's easy to forge email from
anyone; SPF helps somewhat but it's often not implemented and is frequently
ignored even when it is. In this case I perused the headers myself and saw
the IP address 41.71.175.195, which happens to be in Nigeria (look it up!)
>>
>> It's somewhat trickier to intercept the replies. In this case they did it
with a Reply-To: header to a fraudulent account (rdwelclh@xxxxx.xxxx that'd
be easy to miss if you weren't looking for it.
>>
>> I had theorized that they did this because they hadn't actually gotten
into your swbell.net account, but it's possible they did it anyway so that
they'd still get any replies from victims after your account had been
secured or shut down. It would take a little longer to get
rdwelclh@xxxxx.xxx shut down since it's at a different service provider.
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 22:42:49 +0000
From: Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Gregg Wonderly <greggwon@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Nigerian scam span purporting to be from W0SL
Message-ID: <51CF62E9.4010808@xxxxxxx.xxx>
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I didn't say I was "guessing", I said it wouldn't surprise me.
And I've been running Linux since I got on the Internet, so the hack
didn't occur on my end.....
Jim
On 06/29/2013 10:35 PM, Gregg Wonderly wrote:
> Okay folks, look around you at the history of things. For more than 2
decades now, Microsoft's software products have been at the top of the list
of software having security problems in CERT ( goto
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CERT_Coordination_Center and search for
Microsoft) alerts. Viruses have, for the past two decades, routinely
infected peoples computers, obtained complete lists of people email
"friends", visited web sites, contents of files on your disk, trashed your
disks, and otherwise wrecked havoc repeatedly.
>
> Anyone on this list, who has participated in mail to and from this list,
would provide such viruses access to email addresses which are supposed to
be "restricted" to this list's members. There is no such thing as
"security" when Microsoft's software is involved, and as soon as you are on
a network, security becomes even more difficult to achieve.
>
> "Guessing" that it might be an inside job is a little bit silly when there
are countless ways that people on this list have exposed the list members by
their use of insecure software systems and the downloading of virus laden
content from the internet.
>
> Accounts are being hacked, but as Phil notes, the "From:" headers of an
email message tell you all you need to know to understand where it "did not"
originate from. The last secure SMTP sever will have recorded in a "From:"
header, the location the "last" insecure server to have been involved in
transmitting an email message.
>
> Look over how the SMTP protocol works. Authentication of "sending" email
was not happening in the original design, and only recently, has that been
"used" by ISPs and hosting companies interested in "not" supporting spam and
other abuses of the email systems. This means that certain "open" systems
or "insecure" systems, can provide a link from the world of "spam" if they
can be accessed.
>
> That's what you need to focus on to understand whether your account was
compromised.
>
> SMTP allows email to be from anyone, and to anyone, if the servers don't
authenticate the origination and secure the transmission of the content.
Until that happens, we will always have this kind of stuff going on?
>
> Gregg Wonderly
> W5GGW
>
> On Jun 29, 2013, at 8:40 AM, Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
>> IIRC, Yahoo! took over for most of the Bells. My Pacbell.net account is
now managed by Yahoo!, and I had a similar event happen last year, as well
as a friend of mine who had her account with another Baby Bell compromised.
>>
>> Considering how much support is off-shored these days, it wouldn't
surprise me if it was an "inside job".
>>
>> 73, Jim KQ6EA
>>
>>
>> On 06/29/2013 08:42 AM, Phil Karn wrote:
>>> On 06/26/2013 03:31 PM, Roy wrote:
>>>> Thanks Phil. Yes, I'm not sure how it was done but the settings are
>>>> correct in my PC. AT&T has helped me to assign a new password to my
>>>> account to shut this down. They say it appears to have been hacked on
>>>> the AT&T web mail site.
>>> Interesting. I saw no actual evidence in the scam mail itself that your
account had been hacked.
>>>
>>> This particular message was sent through Yahoo's webmail service. Anyone
could subscribe to the amsat-bb list and see who its contributors are, so
they would know who to send the scam spam to.
>>>
>>> (Wait -- does Yahoo provide service for swbell.net?)
>>>
>>> Without cryptographic authentication it's easy to forge email from
anyone; SPF helps somewhat but it's often not implemented and is frequently
ignored even when it is. In this case I perused the headers myself and saw
the IP address 41.71.175.195, which happens to be in Nigeria (look it up!)
>>>
>>> It's somewhat trickier to intercept the replies. In this case they did
it with a Reply-To: header to a fraudulent account (rdwelclh@xxxxx.xxxx
that'd be easy to miss if you weren't looking for it.
>>>
>>> I had theorized that they did this because they hadn't actually gotten
into your swbell.net account, but it's possible they did it anyway so that
they'd still get any replies from victims after your account had been
secured or shut down. It would take a little longer to get
rdwelclh@xxxxx.xxx shut down since it's at a different service provider.
>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> 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
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 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
>
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 18:56:43 -0400
From: "WCP" <wcp2@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] amsat droid
Message-ID: <D1FA8B1314C44840AB5CAB571779CB5A@xxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Where can I find just the apk file for "Amsta Droid". My tablet (Pipo) does
not see it in the app store.
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 23:30:19 -0700
From: Joe Spier <wao@xxx.xxx>
To: ans@xxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-181
Message-ID: <51CFD07B.7030609@xxx.xxx>
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-181
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space
including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur
Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,
launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio
satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat.org.
In this edition:
* ESA Education Office announce six CubeSats chosen for Phase 1 Initiative
* 13 Colonies Special Event Includes Satellite Operations
* 2013 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium Starts July 19, 2013
* Two Lithuanian Amateur Radio CubeSats Plan 2013 Launch To ISS
* July Space Station Spacewalks To Be Previewed And Broadcast On NASA TV
* Upcoming ARISS Contacts
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-181.01
ANS-181 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 181.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
June 30, 2013
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-181.01
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ESA Education Office announce six CubeSats chosen for Phase 1 Initiative
Six student teams and their supervisors have gathered at ESA's ESTEC
centre in The Netherlands for the kick-off of the new Fly Your Satellite!
Programme under the ESA Education Office.
On June 26-28, ESA experts will introduce the objectives and present
the activities to be performed during the first phase of the programme.
In January, ESA's Education Office announced the 'Fly Your
Satellite!' initiative. This is aimed at offering student teams the
opportunity to become familiar with good engineering practice to
build and perform satellite testing in order to increase the chances
of a successful mission. The 2013 edition of the programme is however
only focusing on testing selected university-built satellites that
are already at an advanced stage of development.
'Fly Your Satellite!' builds on the success of the 'CubeSats for the
Vega Maiden Flight' pilot programme. This culminated in 2012 with the
launch of seven student-built CubeSats on the first flight of the new
ESA Vega launcher.
The focus of the kick-off meeting will consist of coordinating the
activity to be performed during the first phase of Fly Your
Satellite! enabling the teams to complete the construction of their
satellite. This will include extensive satellite testing in ambient
conditions under the supervision of ESA specialists who will decide
which satellites should participate in the next phase of the
programme.
The second phase will see the satellites tested in the simulated
conditions of outer space and in those the satellites will experience
at launch. These will include vibration and thermal-vacuum tests.
The six CubeSats chosen for Phase 1 are:
Robusta-1B from France will validate a radiation test methodology
for specific transistor components.
Oufti-1 from Belgium will demonstrate the D-STAR digital
communication protocol and validate high-efficiency solar cells.
ConSat-1 from Canada will analyse radiation characteristics in the
South-Atlantic Anomaly, and test technology payloads.
e-st@xxxx from Italy will test an Active-Attitude Determination
Control System.
AAUSAT4 from Denmark will test an improved version of student built
AIS (Automated Identification System) receivers.
Politech.1 from Spain will carry a student built C-band
communication system, a "GEODEYE" Earth Observation camera for
academic purposes, and solar wind experiments.
Read the full ESA article at
http://www.esa.int/Education/ESA_and_student_teams_kick-off_Fly_Your_Satellite
Fly Your Satellite! initiative
http://www.esa.int/Education/Students_are_you_ready_to_fly_your_satellites_in_
space
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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13 Colonies Special Event Includes Satellite Operations
The 13 Colonies Special Event Stations will be active on the air
for Independence Week, July 1-6, 2013. Get all of the details at
http://www.13colonies.info/
On the high frequency amateur bands the 13 Colonies stations will
operate from 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Savings Time (1300Z), on
July 1st, to 12:00 PM (midnight) Eastern Daylight Savings Time,
July 6 (0400Z, July 7).
The 13 Colonies Satellite Stations will be active as shown in
the table below:
STATE SE CALL STATION CALL OPERATOR
----- ------- ------------ --------
NY K2A WB2OQQ Pete
VA K2B NL7VX Steve
CT K2D WA8SME Mark
DE K2E KB2M Jeffrey
MD K2F WA3SWJ Bruce
MA K2H KB1PVH David
NJ K2I KB2M Jeffrey
NC K2J N8MH Mark
SC K2L K4YYL Art
PA K2M WB3U Elizabeth (FM Birds Only)
K3BFS Richard (Linear Birds Only)
Any satellite station can work the 13 Colonies states off the birds.
Please indicate your contacts are Satellite. More information can be
found at http://www.13colonies.info/Satellites.htm
[ANS thanks the 13 Colonies Special Event for the above information]
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2013 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium Starts July 19, 2013
The 2013 AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium will start late
afternoon on Friday, July 19 and will run through until the afternoon
on Sunday, July 21 at the Holiday Inn, Guimation]
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JULY SPACE STATION SPACEWALKS TO BE PREVIEWED AND BROADCAST ON NASA TV
WASHINGTON -- Two Expedition 36 astronauts will venture outside the
International Space Station twice in July on spacewalks to prepare
for a new Russian module and perform additional installations on the
station's backbone.
NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston will host a NASA Television
briefing to preview the spacewalks at 2 p.m. EDT Tuesday, July 2.
Reporters may attend the briefing at Johnson and other participating
NASA centers, or ask questions by calling Johnson's newsroom at
281-483-5111 no later than 1:45 p.m. Tuesday.
Briefers will include:
-- David Korth, NASA spacewalk flight director
-- Ernest Bell, Spacewalk 22 spacewalk officer
-- Karina Eversley, Spacewalk 23 spacewalk officer
Flight Engineers Chris Cassidy of NASA and Luca Parmitano of the
European Space Agency will conduct the spacewalks July 9 and July 16
from the station's Quest airlock. Each spacewalk is scheduled to last
6 1/2 hours. Cassidy and Parmitano will replace a space-to-ground
communications receiver and wireless video equipment and install
power and cables for a Russian multipurpose laboratory module that
will be launched later this year. The new module will serve as a
research facility, docking port and airlock for future Russian
spacewalks and will replace the Pirs module.
Cassidy, who is designated EV1 for the spacewalks, will wear a U.S.
extravehicular mobility suit bearing red stripes. The spacewalks will
be the fifth and sixth of Cassidy's career. Parmitano, who is
designated EV2, will wear a spacesuit with no stripes and will be
making the first two spacewalks of his career. He will become the
first Italian astronaut to walk in space. Both spacewalkers will wear
helmet cameras to provide up close views of their work.
NASA TV coverage of the spacewalks will begin at 7 a.m. on both July 9
and July 16. Both spacewalks are scheduled to begin at 8:10 a.m.
For NASA TV streaming video, schedule and downlink information, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv
For more information about the International Space Station and its
crew, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/station
[ANS thanks NASA for the above information]
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Upcoming ARISS contact with Scuola Secondaria grado "Arturo Toscanini",
Capiago Intimiano, Italy and Scuola Media Massimiliano Kolbe, Vercurago,
Lecco, Italy
An International Space Station school contact has been planned with
participants at Scuola Secondaria 1? grado "Arturo Toscanini",
Capiago Intimiano, Italy and Scuola Media Massimiliano Kolbe,
Vercurago, Lecco, Italy on 29 June. The event is scheduled to begin
at approximately 11:50 UTC.
The duration of the contact is approximately 9 minutes and 30
seconds. The contact will be a combination of direct and telebridge
with the contact starting with IK1SLD, then proceeds to IZ2WLC and
finishes back with IK1SLD . The contact should be audible over Italy.
Interested parties are invited to listen in on the 145.80 MHz
downlink. The contact is expected to be conducted in Italian.
Scuola Secondaria 1? grado "Arturo Toscanini", Capiago Intimiano,
Italy
The school is located in Capiago Intimiano, a small town in the
north part of Italy, 7 km far from Como. Como and the surrounding
area can be clearly seen from space due to the unique shape of Lario
lake (like a Y upside down). It tooks the name from "Arturo
Toscanini", a famous musician and conductor lived across the end of
19th century and early 20th.
There are 10 classes and the students are from 11 years old to 14.
Scuola Media Massimiliano Kolbe, Vercurago, Lecco, Italy
Local secondary school with students aged from 10 to 14. It's
located in a building, built in 1950 by the government, originally
used as a sanatorium converted into school in late 1970.
Vercurago is a small town not far from Lecco, built on the shores of
Garlate's lake (as it comes out of Lario lake and become Adda river).
Participants will ask as many of the following questions as time
allows:
1. Why did you decide to become an astronaut?
2. How do you recycle water?
3. How did you feel on your first day in space?
4. What are the main characteristics of the Earth seen from space?
5. What was your first impression of the ISS?
6. How the northern lights appear from space?
7. How is life in space for six months with only five other people?
8. What is the most difficult activity you've carried out in space?
9. When you see the Earth from the space, what do you think?
10. How do you treat waste?
11. Is the Sun different seen from the space?
12. How do you shave in space?
13. What do you usually do in your free time?
14. How does life in orbit influence vital functions?
15. When you'll come back to the Earth, what will be the first thing
you'll do?
16. When the Earth is in the dark, which are the brightest cities?
17. Can you see pollution on the Earth from the ISS?
18. What kind of studies did you attend to become an astronaut?
19. Which was the strongest emotion you felt when you passed quickly
from the Earth to space?
20. What is the human construction visible from the space station?
21. How hard was the training before departure?
22. What do you eat in space?
23. What did you miss more from the earth?
24. Have you ever experimented how spiders build webs in space?
25. Have you ever had any serious technical problems on the ISS?
26. What kind of experiments are you carrying out?
27. What do you like most about your job?
28. What is the most ambitious project for the future?
PLEASE CHECK THE FOLLOWING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ARISS UPDATES:
Information about the upcoming ARISS contacts can be obtained by
subscribing to the SAREX maillist. To subscribe, go to
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/maillist/ and choose "How to
Subscribe".
Visit ARISS on Facebook. We can be found at Amateur Radio on the
International Space Station (ARISS).
To receive our Twitter updates, follow @xxxxxxxxxxxx
Next planned event(s):
1. Association Intercultura Onlus, Frascati, Italy, telebridge
Sat, 06July2013, 17:02 UTC 40 deg via W6SRJ
ARISS is an international educational outreach program partnering
the participating space agencies, NASA, Russian Space Agency, ESA,
CNES, JAXA, and CSA, with the AMSAT and IARU organizations from
participating countries.
ARISS offers an opportunity for students to experience the
excitement of Amateur Radio by talking directly with crewmembers on-
board the International Space Station. Teachers, parents and
communities see, first hand, how Amateur Radio and crewmembers on ISS
can energize youngsters' interest in science, technology, and
learning. Further information on the ARISS program is available on
the website http://www.ariss.org/ (graciously hosted by the Radio
Amateurs of Canada).
(ANS thanks David Jordan, AA4KN for this ARISS update)
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Satelite Shorts From All Over
Kevin, N4UFO reported on June 25 he was able to work three
transatlantic contacts via AO-7. The stations he contacted included
EA8HB, CT3FM, and G7BTA. Kevin noted, "I must say... three QSOs in one
pass, WOW! That was a lot of fun! AO-7 is a grand old bird, long may
she live! I just had to share how exciting it was!" (via N4UFO on
starcomm-bb)
In the July 2013 edition of the ARRL publication of QST, ARRL Chief
Executive Officer, David Sumner, K1ZZ, presents a feature on CubeSats.
Steve Ford, WB8IMY, presents a column, Eclectic Technology, titled
"More Satellites on the Way", a listing of the 7 satellites due to be
launched in 2013. (via www.arrl.org )
A CubeSat presentation was given by AMSAT Francophone to a
scientific conference held by the Radio Club of Paris F6KVP on May
29, 2013.
A video of the presentation has been made available on the web.
AMSAT-Francophone site in Google English:
http://tinyurl.com/AMSAT-Francophone
Radio Club of Paris F6KVP in Google English:
http://tinyurl.com/RadioClubParis
F6KVP on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/F6KVP
(via AMSAT-UK)
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In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Joe Spier, K6WAO
k6wao at amsat dot org
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:08:52 -0400
From: "Armando Mercado" <am25544@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FITSAT-1 heard 1458Z
Message-ID: <8AA3EC4062AB4F7FB15B083B9E993C52@xxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Copied FITSAT-1. Satellite was running about
10 seconds ahead of latest keps.
73 Armando, N8IGJ
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 10:21:38 -0500
From: N0JY <n0jy@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: wc5c@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] FO-29 from FJ13
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There is a good pass of FO-29 over my QTH tonight, starting 7/1 at 02:19
UTC.
I expect to be on the bird on SSB. I have many constraints here,
operating inside the house for safety reasons and surrounded by
mountains and buildings which mean the bird must be at least 20 degrees
up for me to see it.
There is also a lot of QRM from uncontrolled devices here.
I'll probably hit LOS due to the terrain about 02:35 but it looks like
FO-29 will give coverage of the Southeast U.S. from Texas to
Pennsylvania at that time.
Let's give it a try!
73
Jerry
HK5JY
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2013 11:32:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Roland Zurmely <py4zbz@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FO-29 with RTL-SDR
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc7ESgpxYeg
73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
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