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Today's Topics:
1. Re: Fwd: AmSat Tony AA2TX FunCube
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
2. Re: Fwd: AmSat Tony AA2TX FunCube (Burns Fisher)
3. Noob Questions (Goody K3NG)
4. Re: N American Satellite Activity UP (B J)
5. Noob Questions (Kevin M)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 16:53:12 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: AmSat Tony AA2TX FunCube
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Hi!
Go to http://warehouse.funcube.org.uk and click on
Fitter Messages. A very nice tribute to Tony.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
On Saturday, March 29, 2014, Jeffrey Koehler <jeffk13057@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> I think the BB ripped off the attachment. Do you have a link?
>
> 73,
> Jeff WB2SYK
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Bryce Salmi <bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx <javascript:;>>
> To: Amsat BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx <javascript:;>>
> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 11:00 AM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: AmSat Tony AA2TX FunCube
>
>
> My dad sent me this screenshot with the request to forward it. He caught a
> recent FUNCube-1 pass and our friends over at AMSAT-UK have a nice message
> regarding Tony Monteiro in the Fitter message.
>
> Bryce
> KB1LQC
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *John Salmi* <kb1mgi55@xxxxx.xxx <javascript:;>>
> Date: Friday, March 28, 2014
> Subject: AmSat Tony AA2TX FunCube
> To: Brent Salmi <kb1lqd@xxxxx.xxx <javascript:;>>, Bryce <
> bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx <javascript:;>>
>
>
> Can you sent this attached file from FunCube to the folks at Amsat ?
> They may like seeing it.
>
> Dad
>
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:30:54 -0400
From: Burns Fisher <burns@xxxxxx.xx>
To: Bryce Salmi <bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: Amsat BB <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: AmSat Tony AA2TX FunCube
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I have my station on for every AO-73 pass, so I looked in my dashboard, and
there it was. I had received that Fitter message directly from AO-73.
Very nice.
On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Bryce Salmi <bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx>wrote:
> My dad sent me this screenshot with the request to forward it. He caught a
> recent FUNCube-1 pass and our friends over at AMSAT-UK have a nice message
> regarding Tony Monteiro in the Fitter message.
>
> Bryce
> KB1LQC
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *John Salmi* <kb1mgi55@xxxxx.xxx>
> Date: Friday, March 28, 2014
> Subject: AmSat Tony AA2TX FunCube
> To: Brent Salmi <kb1lqd@xxxxx.xxx>, Bryce <bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx>
>
>
> Can you sent this attached file from FunCube to the folks at Amsat ?
> They may like seeing it.
>
> Dad
>
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:38:17 -0400
From: Goody K3NG <goody.k3ng@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Noob Questions
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Greetings,
Could someone tell me what the "top 10" SSB/CW (non-FM only) birds are that
are operational and most popular these days?
I've been looking at these antennas:
*http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/msq-2mcp14
<http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/msq-2mcp14>*
*http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/msq-436cp30
<http://www.dxengineering.com/parts/msq-436cp30>*
Are these antennas reasonable choices? Should I get preamps right away or
hold off for awhile? (I planned on using two runs of RG-213, about 50'.)
I'm working on a homebrew az/el rotation system:
http://blog.radioartisan.com/frankenrotator/
Thanks in advance for the help.
73
Goody
K3NG
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 17:41:42 +0000
From: B J <va6bmj@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Jerry Buxton <amsat@xxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: N American Satellite Activity UP
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On 3/29/14, Jerry Buxton <amsat@xxxx.xxx> wrote:
> When Fox-1 is completed, the whole design kit and kaboodle will be
> published to shed the ITAR shroud (as we have done with what has been
> developed as we go along, in the AMSAT-NA Space Symposium Proceedings)
> and anyone who wants to build one can use it or adapt it (hopefully
> keeping the ham transponder!) for their CubeSat RF design and fly it
> in/from/for another country with their experiments. The idea being as
> JoAnne said, the radio part is proven and provides a platform so they
> can concentrate on their experiments and build a CubeSat that handily
> just happens to contain a transponder for hams during, or when they are
> done with, their experiments.
> Of course if ITAR restrictions are eased or removed, then AMSAT-NA could
> collaborate with other countries as well and incorporate their
> experiments as we are doing with our U.S. partners now.
<snip>
Thanks. I'll pass this on to the group.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 11:03:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Kevin M <n4ufo@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Noob Questions
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Could someone tell me what the "top 10" SSB/CW (non-FM only) birds are that
are operational and most popular these days?
Sorry, but it doesn't get to 10.... there are only four operational.
FO-29 - JAS 2
Uplink: 145.900 ? 146.000 MHz
Downlink: 435.800 ? 435.900 MHz (inverted)
Beacon: 435.795 MHz 12WPM with CW message
AO-7 - OSCAR 7 Mode B
Uplink: 432.125 - 432.175 MHz
Downlink: 145.975 - 145.925 MHz (inverted)
Beacon: 145.972 MHz
VO-52 - HAMSAT
Uplink: 435.225 to 435.275 MHz LSB/CW
Downlink: 145.875 to 145.925 MHz USB/CW (inverted)
Beacon: 145.860 MHz 12WPM with CW message
AO-73 - Funcube-1
Uplink:? 435.160 - 435.140 MHz LSB/CW
Downlink:? 145.950 - 145.970 MHz USB/CW (inverted)
Beacon: 145.935 MHz
transponder active when in eclipse
My recommendation would be to spend less on the beams and more on feedline
and preamps. Those are circular polarized antennas... without wiring up
relays to switch directions, you are better off just having a single
polarity. It's my understanding from ops that DO have switching CP that you
won't know from one pass to the next whether the bird will be RHCP or LHCP
relative to your location.
http://sv1bsx.50webs.com/antenna-pol/polarization.html
I am about to put up a couple of used Cushcraft beams and I consider it a
bit of overkill myself; an A430-11S and an A144-10S. I plan to mount one
vertical and the other horizontal to help with desense separation. I was
originally working AO-7, FO-29 and VU-52 with a couple homebrew antennas
tilted about 20 degrees on a TV rotor; 7 elements on UHF and a 2m 'IO'
antenna... and NO preamps. The extra gain of the Cushcraft antennas will be
nice for low horizon passes, but I will definitely need the AZ-EL rotor with
that much gain... and with the preamps, I should be able to hear about
anything.
I would recommend Davis Buryflex 9913F or maybe LMR-400 for feedline...
However at 50 feet, if you have preamps, RG-213 would be just fine. I plan
to mimic the preamp installation of KB5WIA... I got one of those cases cheap
from MCM Electronics and picked up some used ARR preamps like he has. (25
watt transmit limit, but that is PLENTY! In fact, it's probably TOO much.) I
also got a couple of MFJ diplexers to add to each feedline before the preamp
to filter out the other band. But if you do add preamps, go with Davis
Buryflex between the antennas and preamps... that is where you will lose
receive signal.
http://kb5wia.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
Good luck with the frankenrotor... that looks pretty cool! I was lucky
enough to find a used 5400B... I just hope it doesn't have any problems.
Feel free to e-mail me for any details like the case, homebrew antenna
plans, etc.
73,
Kevin N4UFO
n4ufo@xxxxx.xxx
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