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Today's Topics:
1. Re: N American Satellite Activity UP (Michael)
2. Re: FUNcube/AO-73 Mode change (Jim Heck)
3. Re: N American Satellite Activity UP (Bryce Salmi)
4. FUNcube/AO-73 Mode change (Roland Zurmely)
5. Re: N American Satellite Activity UP (B J)
6. 5 in EM55 (wa4hfn@xxxxxxx.xxxx
7. ANS-089 (Joe Spier)
8. Re: Noob Questions (Goody K3NG)
9. News (K&R Yoksh)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:21:53 -0400
From: Michael <Mat_62@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: N American Satellite Activity UP
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Been down this road before. I have nothing against operators who want
to work satellites with an HT and a handheld antenna. I tried it and
don't see the attraction once the novelty wears off but hey, to each
their own. Said it before and I'll say it again, I think we do
ourselves a huge disservice by constantly trying to convince people just
how "easy" it is to work the sats. Some of us were drawn to this branch
of the hobby because of the challenge, not because of how "easy" it
was. Operators who don't back down from a challenge are our
future..... or they should be.
73,
Michael, W4HIJ
On 3/29/2014 12:16 AM, Gus wrote:
> On 03/28/2014 12:20 PM, Clayton Coleman wrote:
>> I cringe at the "anti-handheld in the backyard
>> mentality" because those operators are our future.
>
> A single-band CW Tx with a crystal oscillator and a simple,
> single-conversion Rx may be a perfect way to encourage newcomers to
> the world of HF. Especially as it shows that a large investment is
> not necessary to get started. But it would be WRONG to mislead
> prospective hams into believing that such a setup is the be-all and
> end-all of operating HF. They should be made to understand that
> considerable sophistication is possible when operating HF and
> sophisticated equipment available to suit.
>
> Similarly, a "handheld in the backyard" method of operating via
> satellite works. It has the beauty of being (comparatively) easy to
> set up as a demo, and promises success for the newcomer on a limited
> budget. But it is WRONG to suggest that this is the peak of
> sophistication in ham satellite operation, and that old-timers as well
> as newcomers should be satisfied with having to drape their equipment
> around their neck and run out into the backyard, rain or shine, every
> time they want to operate.
>
> I'm not saying there is anything wrong with handhelds in the back
> yard. I'm saying that as far as I'm concerned, I'm not interested. I
> took the training wheels off my bike a long time ago, and I wear long
> trousers now.
>
> (Actually, I wear shorts almost exclusively. But hopefully you get my
> point.)
>
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 19:59:00 -0000
From: "Jim Heck" <jimlist@xxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FUNcube/AO-73 Mode change
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Hi Folks
At 19:56 UTC, I commanded FUNcube back into 'auto eclipse mode', ie it
will be on low power beacon + transponder when in eclipse, and full power
beacon/no transponder when in sunlight
73s
Jim G3WGM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
> Behalf Of Jim Heck
> Sent: 29 March 2014 11:16
> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube/AO-73 Mode change
>
> Hi Folks
>
> As as 10:29 UTC, FUNcube is now in permanent amateur mode (low power
> beacon, plus transponder on). Planning to switch back to normal mode at
> approx 20:00 UTC today.
>
> 73s Jim G3WGM
>
gs: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 16:20:30 -0400
From: Bryce Salmi <bstguitarist@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Michael <Mat_62@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: Amsat BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: N American Satellite Activity UP
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I'll just add in that I have only ever operated a satellite by handheld
antenna and an HT. I've received SSB sats on stationary antennas but never
worked them. I don't have the infrastructure to do so nor have I had the
time to set something up. I just graduated college and moved 3,000 miles
across the US to Los Angeles (South Bay area) where very few people own
their homes and like me rent. I really can't install and antenna and
feedline and everything must be portable. One day I'll get a semi portable
station together but until then I enjoy helping others get onto the birds
(AMSAT Engineering) and hearing other people have fun working them. Same
story for my involvement in K2GXT at RIT. I hardly ever operated in college
but spent a majority of my time helping others learn the ropes in ham
radio, making sure they had access to the equipment they needed, and
transferred any experience I had to them. This makes me content to know
that my efforts let other people have fun.
On that note, since LA is a pit of RF noise (especially HF at night!) I've
toyed with the idea that once my college loans are paid off (that... will
take a while) to team up with some other hams I know and purchase some
cheap land in the middle of nowhere (like Mojave Desert area) with access
to power and internet then set-up a remote station to operate
HF/satellites. It would be a neat project and probably make my HOA
president much happier :D.
Just my $0.02 and story
Bryce
KB1LQC
On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Michael <Mat_62@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Been down this road before. I have nothing against operators who want to
> work satellites with an HT and a handheld antenna. I tried it and don't
> see the attraction once the novelty wears off but hey, to each their own.
> Said it before and I'll say it again, I think we do ourselves a huge
> disservice by constantly trying to convince people just how "easy" it is to
> work the sats. Some of us were drawn to this branch of the hobby because
> of the challenge, not because of how "easy" it was. Operators who don't
> back down from a challenge are our future..... or they should be.
> 73,
> Michael, W4HIJ
>
> On 3/29/2014 12:16 AM, Gus wrote:
>
>> On 03/28/2014 12:20 PM, Clayton Coleman wrote:
>>
>>> I cringe at the "anti-handheld in the backyard
>>> mentality" because those operators are our future.
>>>
>>
>> A single-band CW Tx with a crystal oscillator and a simple,
>> single-conversion Rx may be a perfect way to encourage newcomers to the
>> world of HF. Especially as it shows that a large investment is not
>> necessary to get started. But it would be WRONG to mislead prospective
>> hams into believing that such a setup is the be-all and end-all of
>> operating HF. They should be made to understand that considerable
>> sophistication is possible when operating HF and sophisticated equipment
>> available to suit.
>>
>> Similarly, a "handheld in the backyard" method of operating via satellite
>> works. It has the beauty of being (comparatively) easy to set up as a
>> demo, and promises success for the newcomer on a limited budget. But it is
>> WRONG to suggest that this is the peak of sophistication in ham satellite
>> operation, and that old-timers as well as newcomers should be satisfied
>> with having to drape their equipment around their neck and run out into the
>> backyard, rain or shine, every time they want to operate.
>>
>> I'm not saying there is anything wrong with handhelds in the back yard.
>> I'm saying that as far as I'm concerned, I'm not interested. I took the
>> training wheels off my bike a long time ago, and I wear long trousers now.
>>
>> (Actually, I wear shorts almost exclusively. But hopefully you get my
>> point.)
>>
>>
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:24:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Roland Zurmely <py4zbz@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube/AO-73 Mode change
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Video by PY5LF:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzfSHmrg76M
73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 20:36:21 +0000
From: B J <va6bmj@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Michael <Mat_62@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: N American Satellite Activity UP
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On 3/29/14, Michael <Mat_62@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Been down this road before. I have nothing against operators who want
> to work satellites with an HT and a handheld antenna. I tried it and
> don't see the attraction once the novelty wears off but hey, to each
> their own. Said it before and I'll say it again, I think we do
> ourselves a huge disservice by constantly trying to convince people just
> how "easy" it is to work the sats. Some of us were drawn to this branch
> of the hobby because of the challenge, not because of how "easy" it
> was. Operators who don't back down from a challenge are our
> future..... or they should be.
<snip>
But we need operators first.
As work on the student cubesat project I'll be involved with
progresses, I plan on setting up my station on campus and showing what
happens during a satellite contact. Perhaps someone might be
sufficiently impressed that they want to get their own callsign.
73s
Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 20:42:11 +0000 (UTC)
From: wa4hfn@xxxxxxx.xxx
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] 5 in EM55
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Star Comm Group would like to congratulate WA7ETH for Award #48 5 in EM55
good job ED keep working the birds
WA4HFN em55
Damon
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 18:49:27 -0500
From: Joe Spier <wao@xxx.xxx>
To: ans@xxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-089
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-089
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:
* FUNcube-1 / AO-73 Transponder Test ? March 29
* Eighth Annual AMSAT/TAPR Banquet Speaker Announced
* AMSAT Awards Announced
* Radar outage prompts delay of Falcon 9 launch
* Lithuanian President?s greetings message sent from space
* PRN codes for KickSat Sprites released
* New frequency for Ukrainian PolyITAN-1 CubeSat
* Upcoming AMSAT Events
* ARISS News
* Satellite Shorts from All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-089.01
ANS-089 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 089.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
March 30, 2014
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-089.01
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FUNcube-1 / AO-73 Transponder Test ? March 29
Results of last weekend?s tests: the transponder was maintained ON
for two orbits, and we did not see any noticeable fall in battery
temperature.
We are therefore proposing to repeat the test on Saturday, March 29,
but leave the transponder on for a longer period. We will switch it
on during the first pass over the UK (approx 10:30 UT) and switch it
off during one of the evening passes over UK, the first of which is
at approx 20:00 UT.
We are particularly interested to receive TLM when the satellite is
coming out of eclipse (i.e. when it should be at its coldest
temperature). So reception from suitably located stations would be
very welcome.
FUNcube website
http://www.funcube.org.uk/
FUNcube Yahoo Group
http://amsat-uk.org/funcube/yahoo-group/
FUNcube Forum
http://forum.funcube.org.uk/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]
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Eighth Annual AMSAT/TAPR Banquet Speaker Announced
The eighth annual AMSAT/TAPR Banquet will be held on Friday night,
May 16. This dinner is always a highlight of the AMSAT (Radio
Amateur Satellite Corp.) and TAPR (Tucson Amateur Packet Radio)
activities during the Dayton Hamvention.
This year's speaker will be Dr. Tom Clark, K3IO, 'Sixty Years a
Slave (to Amateur Radio)'.
Tom received his Ph.D. in Astro-Geophysics from the University of
Colorado, served as Chief of the Astronomy Branch at NASA Marshall
Space Flight Center, was a Senior Scientist at NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center, has been active in both AMSAT and TAPR, and holds an
Extra Class license. Along with Bob McGwier, N4HY he developed the
first amateur DSP hardware, including a number of modems. He
developed the uplink receivers and the spacecraft LAN architecture
used on all the Microsats (Oscars 16, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27 and 31).
Tom was inducted into the initial class of CQ Magazine's Amateur
Radio Hall of Fame in 2001. Professionally, he is a Fellow of the
American Geophysical Society and the International Association of
Geodesy. In 2005 he was the first non-Russian to be awarded the
Special Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences for his
contributions to the international Very Long Baseline Interferometry
network.
Tickets ($30 each) must be purchased online by May 13th on the AMSAT
website at www.amsat.org through the AMSAT Store tab.
Tickets will not be sold at the Hamvention or at the door.
Tickets purchased online may be collected at the AMSAT booth
(433-435, 444-446).
The Banquet will take place at the Kohler Presidential Banquet
Center, 4572 Presidential Way, Kettering, OH 45429 (just south of
Dayton). The cash bar will open at 1830 EDT, with the dinner
commencing around 1900 EDT.
[ANS thanks Steve Belter, N9IP for the above announcement]
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AMSAT Awards Announced
Here is our latest induction into some of the AMSAT awards community.
The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for
making their first satellite QSO.
Alan Ehrenberg, N9EDV
Benjamin Gaston, KV4RH
Scott Medbury, KD5FBA
Doug Birky, KB8M
Richard Manderski, W2SKI
Eric Stapleton, VA7TU
The following have earned the AMSAT Communications Achievement Award.
Richard Manderski, W2SKI, #562
The following have earned the South Africa Satellite Communications
Achievement Award.
Richard Manderski, W2SKI, #US190
To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or
http://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html
[ANS thanks Bruce Paige, KK5DO for the above announcement]
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Radar outage prompts delay of Falcon 9 launch
SpaceX's launch of a cargo resupply mission to the International
Space Station has been delayed from Sunday after a critical U.S. Air
Force rocket tracking radar was knocked offline, officials said late
Wednesday.
The radar is part of the Air Force-run Eastern Range, a network of
tracking, communications and safety assets stretching from Florida
into the Atlantic Ocean.
Sources said Air Force officials are trying to repair the radar
after a fire damaged it. The radar is located near Cape Canaveral,
but an Air Force spokesperson did not respond to multiple inquiries
on the nature of the problem and how long it would take to fix.
The radar outage already forced United Launch Alliance to delay the
launch of an Atlas 5 rocket with a classified National Reconnaissance
Office payload to no earlier than April 10. Liftoff of the Atlas 5,
which was already rolled out to the launch pad, was scheduled for
Tuesday.
Engineers will return the Atlas 5 rocket to its nearby integration
building Thursday to wait for another launch attempt.
A new target launch date for SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket was not
available late Wednesday, but a company spokesperson confirmed the
Air Force would be unable to support a launch attempt Sunday night.
Engineers had analyzed differences between the Atlas 5 and Falcon 9
rocket, including the configurations of the launch pads and the speed
at which the launchers take off, to see if the boosters could fly
without the damaged radar, a source said.
The SpaceX cargo resupply flight to the space station must be
scheduled around other visiting vehicles. A Russian Progress cargo
spacecraft is set to launch and dock to the space station April 9, so
any delay of more than a few days will likely cause the SpaceX launch
to slip to mid-April, at the earliest.
The Falcon 9 launch was previously delayed from March 16 to review
contamination on thermal blankets inside the Dragon spacecraft's
unpressurized cargo bay. SpaceX says the review showed the blankets
were acceptable to fly without changes.
The Dragon spacecraft will deliver 2.4 tons of equipment to the
space station.
Most of the payloads are packed inside the Dragon's pressurized
cabin, including 1,576 pounds of science and research equipment,
1,049 pounds of crew supplies, 449 pounds of vehicle hardware, and
271 pounds of spacewalk tools.
The space station crew will unload the gear inside the Dragon
spacecraft's internal module.
Two larger payload packages inside the Dragon's unpressurized
section will be removed and stowed on the space station using the
outpost's Canadian robotic arm and Dextre robot.
The optical communications and high-definition video systems carried
inside the Dragon's external trunk are the first large unpressurized
NASA experiments assigned for delivery to the space station by SpaceX.
The Dragon spacecraft is expected to remain attached to the space
station for about one month.
The cargo delivery mission is SpaceX's third operational resupply
flight under a $1.6 billion contract with NASA covering 12 missions
through 2016.
(ANS thanks Stephan Clark, Spaceflightnow.com for the above article)
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Lithuanian President?s greetings message sent from space
A greetings message from the President of the Republic of Lithuania
Dalia Grybauskaite, has been transmitted by the amateur radio
satellite LituanicaSAT-1. She is believed to be the first President
of any nation to have a greetings message sent from space since
President Eisenhower in 1958.
In 2013 the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Dalia
Grybauskaite. visited the Science Communication and Information
Center (SCIC) at Vilnius University. There she saw the amateur radio
CubeSat LituanicaSAT-1. Using a handheld radio and the call sign LY5N
she transmitted through the satellite?s FM voice transponder.
Her words ?Greetings to all Lithuanians around the world? were
recorded on a memory chip in the satellite and the message was
successfully transmitted from space on March 22, 2014 at 04:17:38 UT.
LituanicaSAT-1 was launched to the International Space Station (ISS)
on January 9, 2014 and was deployed with other amateur radio
satellites on February 28.
The tiny satellite is just 10x10x10 cm with a mass of 1.090 kg yet
it has a VGA camera and a 145/435 MHz FM voice transponder, designed
and built by Lithuanian radio amateurs.
The prototype of the FM repeater has been operating in the home of
its designer ?ilvinas Batisa LY3H in Elektre.nai, Lithuania. Further
information at http://ly3h.epalete.com/?p=303
LituanicaSAT-1 CubeSat
http://amsat-uk.org/2014/02/27/lituanicasat-1-cubesat/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above announcement]
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PRN codes for KickSat Sprites released
Zac Manchester KD2BHC has posted another update on the KickSat
CubeSat which will carry 104 tiny Sprite satellites into a 325?315 km
51.5 degree inclination orbit. The launch will be broadcast live on
NASA TV, which will also be streaming on Ustream.
UPDATE: The launch has been postponed, see
http://spaceflightnow.com/falcon9/009/140327delay/
For latest date check
http://spaceflightnow.com/tracking/
The primary launch date for the SpaceX Falcon 9 CRS 3 mission from
the Kennedy Space Center scheduled for March 31 at 0250 GMT has been
cancelled, no new launch date has been set.
Zac says ?Since a laptop can only decode one or two Sprite signals
at a time, I?ve also been busy getting our radio upload page set up
so that you can record a pass without having to decode it in real-
time, upload the .wav file, and have all 104 Sprite signals decoded
on our server with the results emailed back to you. This will also
help our team collect as much data as possible from around the world.
The page will be live before launch.?
All of the 104 Sprite satellites transmit on the same frequency.
Each Sprite has a unique pair of Pseudo-Random Number (PRN) codes
that it encodes its transmissions with, allowing a receiver to tell
the Sprites apart (this is known as CDMA). A list of all Sprite PRN
codes codes is available at
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArAGbHISj5okdEhBbkZiWGxBS
jNmcEs4ZkgwMmNsUEE&usp=sharing
KickSat Google Group
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum
KickSat Sprite Ground Station by Andy Thomas G0SFJ
http://kicksat.wordpress.com/support/kicksat-ground-station/
British Interplanetary Society: Sprite Technical Summary
http://www.bis-space.com/2013/03/09/9301/kicksat-technical-summary
KickSat Amateur Radio Information
https://github.com/zacinaction/kicksat/wiki/Radio-Info
Setting up a ground station
https://github.com/zacinaction/kicksat/wiki/Setting-Up-A-Ground-
Station
Watch a video of the planned deployment at
http://amsat-uk.org/2014/03/03/mass-launch-of-437-mhz-satellites/
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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New frequency for Ukrainian PolyITAN-1 CubeSat
The IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination Panel have announced a new
frequency for the Ukrainian amateur radio CubeSat PolyITAN-1, planned
to launch from Yasny in Russia.
IARU say the new frequency of 437.675 MHz was needed to avoid
interference occurring with another spacecraft on the same launch.
PolyITAN-1 was built by students at the Kiev National University
?KPI? in cooperation with the Ukrainian ham radio community.
The mission is to launch Ukrainian educational satellite build by
KPI students and space exploration enthusiasts. Specific mission
targets are:
? Develop, build, test, launch and operate a Ukrainian small
satellite platform based on the CubeSat standard.
? Conduct mission experiments with following payloads:
. o Sun sensor
. o Attitude position and orientation system including system
software
. o Test on-board GLONASS/GPS navigation subsystem
? Build ground segment infrastructure for satellite communication
? Develop and test onboard and ground telecommunication software,
implement telecommunication protocols
? Establish cooperation between educational institute, space
agency(s) and various government authorities, Ham radio community
PolyITAN-1 is a 1U CubeSat which will have a 1200 bps AFSK AX25 600
mW downlink on 437.675 MHz. It will also have a CW beacon (EM0UKPI).
Architecture Design of PolyITAN-1
http://congress.cimne.com/eucass2013/admin/files/fileabstract/a272.pdf
PolyITAN-1 in Google English http://tinyurl.com/PolyITAN-1
Original text http://amsat.at.ua/
UY2RA Blog Post http://tinyurl.com/UY2RA-Blog-Post
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
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Upcoming AMSAT Events
Information about AMSAT activities at other important events around
the country. Examples of these events are radio club meetings where
AMSAT Area Coordinators give presentations, demonstrations of working
amateur satellites, and hamfests with an AMSAT presence (a table with
AMSAT literature and merchandise, sometimes also with presentations,
forums, and/or demonstrations).
Saturday, 5 April 2014 ? The Greater Baltimore Hamboree and
Computerfest 2014, including the Maryland Emergency Preparedness Expo
2014, at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium MD. AMSAT will
have a booth at this hamfest, and other AMSAT-related events may be
planned.
Saturday, 5 April 2014 ? Amateur Radio Club of Parker County?s
Weatherford Hamfest at the Central Christian Church in Weatherford TX
(west of Fort Worth). AMSAT will have a table at this event, and
there may be satellite demonstrations during the hamfest.
Monday, 28 April 2014 ? presentation at Franklin County Amateur
Radio Club meeting in Greenfield MA by Barry Baines WD4ASW (AMSAT
President)
Saturday, 3 May 2014 ? Cochise Amateur Radio Association?s Larry
Warren Hamfest in Sierra Vista AZ (southeast of Tucson) ? AMSAT will
have a table at this hamfest, and satellite demonstrations are
planned.
Saturday, 7 June 2014 ? Kachina Amateur Radio Club?s White Mountain
Hamfest in Show Low AZ (eastern Arizona, south of US-60/AZ-77/AZ-260)
? AMSAT will have a table at this hamfest, and satellite
demonstrations are planned.
Friday and Saturday, 13-14 June 2014 ? Ham-Com in Plano TX (north of
Dallas)
Thursday through Sunday, 17-20 July 2014 ? ARRL Centennial
Convention in Hartford CT. AMSAT will host a day-long Satellite
Workshop on Thursday, and have a booth at the convention along with
an AMSAT Forum and demonstrations throughout the convention.
Saturday and Sunday, 30-31 August 2014 ? Shelby Hamfest in Shelby NC
(west of Gastonia and Charlotte) ? Barry Baines WD4ASW (AMSAT
President) will host an AMSAT Forum on Saturday of this weekend
Friday through Sunday, 12-14 September 2014 ? ARRL Southwestern
Division Convention 2014 in San Diego CA (north of the city center,
near Montgomery Field airport & I-805/CA-163 interchange) ? AMSAT
will have a booth at this convention, there will be on-air
demonstrations using satellites throughout the convention, and a
presentation on amateur satellites and AMSAT
AMSAT maintains and updated list of known upcoming events at
http://ww2.amsat.org/?page_id=218
[ANS thanks AMSAT-NA for the above announcement]
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ARISS News
Recent Contacts:
A telebridge contact via W6SRJ with students at Melbourne Grammar
School ? Grimwade House, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia was
successful Tue 2014-03-25 08:43:15 UTC 79 deg.
Astronaut Koichi Wakata, KC5ZTA answered 20 questions for students.
Melbourne Grammar School ? Grimwade House is a co-educational
Primary School with 650 students aged from 5 to 12 years old.
Grimwade House bases its education on the Australian Curriculum. One
of the Major Learning Areas outlined in the Australian Curriculum is
Science. Grimwade House is fortunate to have a purpose built Science
room and a teacher who is dedicated to and passionate about the
teaching of Science. All students from Prep to Year 4 have one lesson
of Science per week and Year 5 and Year 6 students have a double
lesson of Science each fortnight.
Lesson topics:
- Students investigate features of the Earth?s interior
- Students investigate the relative distances of the planets
in our solar system
- Students investigate constellations seen in the night skies
in the Southern Hemisphere
- Students investigate shadows and their relationship to light
sources in Space
- Students investigate propulsion
- Students investigate insulation and other elements
astronauts need to consider when exploring our place in Space.
Next planned event(s): Events will resume in April
There are no ARISS planned ARISS contacts due to crew schedules and
resupply mission schedules.
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 ARISS for the above update]
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Satellite Shorts from all over
Chichijima Island Satellite Operation Planned
Makoto, JI5RPT, will once again be active as JD1BLY from Chichijima
Island (AS-031), Ogasawara, between April 27th and May 5th. Activity
will be on 40-6 meters, including the satellites, using CW, SSB and
the Digital modes (NO 6m EME). QSL via his home callsign JI5RPT.
His log search will be available on his Web site at:
http://www.ji5rpt.com/jd1
He will also use Twitter to inform his real-time activities at:
http://twitter.com/jd1bly
[ANS thanks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1155]
Registration for SA AMSAT Symposium Now Open
Registration for the SA AMSAT space symposium is now open. The sym-
posium will be held on Saturday 24 May 2014 at the Innovation Hub
in Pretoria. You get discounts for booking early and if you are an
SARL or SA AMSAT member. Get all details on www.amsatsa.org.za
[ANS thanks the SARL NEWS SUNDAY 23 MARCH 2014]
New ISS Position weblink
ISS link where you can find live public data of the ISS yaw, pitch
and roll angles:
http://spacestationlive.nasa.gov/displays/adcoDisplay2.html
[ANS thanks ARISS and Gaston, ON4WF for the above information]
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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: 8
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 21:53:09 -0400
From: Goody K3NG <goody.k3ng@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Kevin M <n4ufo@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Noob Questions
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Thanks for the information! (I also got several personal emails from folks
with information. This list is great.)
Before I looked at these antennas I was actually going to make my own
beams, but with work, the honeydo list and less free time than ever, I
figured I'd just bite the bullet and buy the rest of my setup. Point taken
on the circular polarization. I heard about the switching relays but
didn't give it much thought.
On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 2:03 PM, Kevin M <n4ufo@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> "Control is the need of the fearful mind. Trust is the need of the
> courageous heart."
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2014 03:11:18 +0100
From: K&R Yoksh <yokshs@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "hwyman1968" <hwyman1968@xxxxx.xxx>, "radio" <radio@xxxxxx.xxx>,
"peter" <peter@xxxxx.xxx>, "k0bsj" <k0bsj@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, "rel3005"
<rel3005@xxxxx.xxx>, "boprie" <boprie@xxx.xxx>, "amsat bb"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, "ve2ckn" <ve2ckn@xxxxxxx.xxx>, "ka2ctn78"
<ka2ctn78@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] News
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Hello! http://jacquiang.com/hz/br-news.php
K&R Yoksh
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