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Today's Topics:
1. Satellite contact between Cuba and UK (Hector, CO6CBF)
2. Yo Amsat Bb (Gail A Mcdaniel)
3. Re: Satellite contact between Cuba and UK (Rich/wa4bue)
4. Re: Satellite contact between Cuba and UK (K5OE)
5. FUNcube-1 launch site news (Graham Shirville)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 15:46:44 -0400
From: "Hector, CO6CBF" <co6cbf@xxxxxx.xx.xx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: 'Peter Atkins' <peterjohng4dol@xxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite contact between Cuba and UK
Message-ID: <003201cecdcd$21c56f20$65504d60$@xx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Hello to all
I am pleased to report that yesterday I had my first contact on satellites
with UK.
Peter, G4DOL (IO80so) and I (EL92sd) completed a contact successfully on
FO-29. It is the result of a long history which began six months ago.
We tried several times but Peter never could hear below a degree toward my
location. I have the same problem in my home station and I usually go to
specific spots to try these kinds of contacts. So, I suggested him assemble
a portable station to operate from a better spot. He did so and his first
smoke test was on October 15th, we almost completed a contact but Peter
could not hear my report; I couldn't reach a good spot due to the rain.
Yesterday, I went to a very tall building, I got access to the building `s
top and operated from there. Actually, it is a very good spot, it allowed me
a great horizon visibility toward Europe; I was able to work FO-29 until
-1.5 degrees.
We had a very narrow window but there was enough time to exchange reports,
grids and greetings. Our maximum elevation was 1.1 degrees. I believe it is
the first contact between UK and Cuba on FO-29! It is a 7286 km contact, a
new grid and new country for us!
Please, note that our success was on the 2301z pass, it was very late in the
night for Peter. He had to load his car with antennas, radio, a battery and
drive five miles from his home looking for a good spot in the windy and dark
coast. He was running 50W into a 10 elements yagi and was using 19 elements
yagi for the downlink; He mounted both antennas on a big tripod and had to
manage with a "heavy weigh". Needless to say that Peter did the difficult
part and a very good job!
I was running a FT-817nd, a 50W homebrew power amplifier and ELK antenna.
Everything was supplied by a 12V 7A Gel battery. I was operating Half-Duplex
but we ran the frequency calculations based on the great feature implemented
on SatPC32 V12.8b. So, it was very easy to find each other in the pass band.
It was my 8th transatlantic contact with Europe on FO-29!
Right Now, FO-29 has a big footprint. Please, if you are into the footprint
and want to try a long distance contact, just drop me an email. I will try
until complete a contact with you. Unfortunately, Cubans cannot operate on
AO-7B; FO-29 is our only chance for DX contacts.
Thanks very much to Peter for this exciting contact!
73!
Hector, CO6CBF
El92sd
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 02:09:17 +0200
From: "Gail A Mcdaniel" <gmcdanl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "Amsat Bb" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Yo Amsat Bb
Message-ID: <auto-000138898488@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
http://siempreeshoyradio.com.ar/wp-content/welcome.php?gtrdrvrhs224efezhp
gmcdanl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Gail A Mcdaniel
24 hours in a day... 24 beers in a case... coincidence?
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 20:33:11 -0400
From: "Rich/wa4bue" <richard.siff@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "Hector, CO6CBF" <co6cbf@xxxxxx.xx.xx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: 'Peter Atkins' <peterjohng4dol@xxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Satellite contact between Cuba and UK
Message-ID: <2A8D533841B84C8B870E5BCCE841F4A3@xxxxxxxxx>
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Great Hector. You always have a booming signal in VA.
Back in the 80s on OSCAR 07 I worked a lot of Europe, the America's, and one
African station. The challenge and excitement just keeps getting better. I
Hope you work 5 more Europe tomorrow.
R
W4BUE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hector, CO6CBF" <co6cbf@xxxxxx.xx.xx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "'Peter Atkins'" <peterjohng4dol@xxx.xx.xx>
Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 3:46 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellite contact between Cuba and UK
> Hello to all
>
>
>
> I am pleased to report that yesterday I had my first contact on satellites
> with UK.
>
>
>
> Peter, G4DOL (IO80so) and I (EL92sd) completed a contact successfully on
> FO-29. It is the result of a long history which began six months ago.
>
> We tried several times but Peter never could hear below a degree toward my
> location. I have the same problem in my home station and I usually go to
> specific spots to try these kinds of contacts. So, I suggested him
> assemble
> a portable station to operate from a better spot. He did so and his first
> smoke test was on October 15th, we almost completed a contact but Peter
> could not hear my report; I couldn't reach a good spot due to the rain.
> Yesterday, I went to a very tall building, I got access to the building `s
> top and operated from there. Actually, it is a very good spot, it allowed
> me
> a great horizon visibility toward Europe; I was able to work FO-29 until
> -1.5 degrees.
>
>
>
> We had a very narrow window but there was enough time to exchange reports,
> grids and greetings. Our maximum elevation was 1.1 degrees. I believe it
> is
> the first contact between UK and Cuba on FO-29! It is a 7286 km contact, a
> new grid and new country for us!
>
>
>
> Please, note that our success was on the 2301z pass, it was very late in
> the
> night for Peter. He had to load his car with antennas, radio, a battery
> and
> drive five miles from his home looking for a good spot in the windy and
> dark
> coast. He was running 50W into a 10 elements yagi and was using 19
> elements
> yagi for the downlink; He mounted both antennas on a big tripod and had to
> manage with a "heavy weigh". Needless to say that Peter did the difficult
> part and a very good job!
>
>
>
> I was running a FT-817nd, a 50W homebrew power amplifier and ELK antenna.
> Everything was supplied by a 12V 7A Gel battery. I was operating
> Half-Duplex
> but we ran the frequency calculations based on the great feature
> implemented
> on SatPC32 V12.8b. So, it was very easy to find each other in the pass
> band.
> It was my 8th transatlantic contact with Europe on FO-29!
>
>
>
> Right Now, FO-29 has a big footprint. Please, if you are into the
> footprint
> and want to try a long distance contact, just drop me an email. I will try
> until complete a contact with you. Unfortunately, Cubans cannot operate on
> AO-7B; FO-29 is our only chance for DX contacts.
>
>
>
> Thanks very much to Peter for this exciting contact!
>
>
>
> 73!
>
>
>
> Hector, CO6CBF
>
> El92sd
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 02:58:14 -0400 (EDT)
From: K5OE <k5oe@xxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Satellite contact between Cuba and UK
Message-ID: <8D09C420C226A64-10B4-28156@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Well done, Hector and Peter! I know this is hard to do, because Hector and
I tried it twice recently (once from a hiltop near Portsmouth, IO90) without
success. It sounds like Peter really brought out the big guns for the
effort, as I tried it with an Arrow and an FT-51R :-)
73,
Jerry, K5OE
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 14:48:53 +0100
From: "Graham Shirville" <g.shirville@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube-1 launch site news
Message-ID: <2EDAB42CD6AA47DC89CDB9DDF994BBC2@xxxxxxx.xxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Hi All,
FUNcube-1 is presently at Yasny and is being prepared for launch.
All the latest news can be seen at www.funcube.org.uk and the latest post
includes a link to the launch blog from our launch service providers.
We are still on track for a launch late next month and we are planning to
release the FUNcube Dashboard software around November 7th. This should
give everyone time to set it up and test its functionality in their systems.
The Dashboard is capable of uploading received telemetry to a central
warehouse over the internet. This can then be ?viewed? live by everyone else.
The present iteration of the Dashboard software is designed for all Windows
machines (XP or later)
73
Graham
G3VZV
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