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Today's Topics:
1. Cute/CO-65 packet: anyone outside Japan ? (Henk, PA3GUO)
2. Re: Fw: Contacts (K5D) (Angelo Glorioso (n5uxt))
3. Re: What a shame! (Tony Langdon)
4. Re: What a shame! (Gary "Joe" Mayfield)
5. VO 52 Certificate (Callum Graham)
6. Re: What a shame! (Ben Jackson)
7. Can I cross-band my way to L-band BBS? (Greg D.)
8. More from K5D ops (Andrew Glasbrenner)
9. Re: VO 52 Certificate (Alan Sieg WB5RMG)
10. Re: ISS Igates? (Alan Sieg WB5RMG)
11. ANS-053 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (JoAnne Maenpaa)
12. Re: What a shame! (Edward Cole)
13. Re: What a shame! (Luc Leblanc)
14. IC-821 HELP (ab0xe)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:20:35 +0100 (CET)
From: "Henk, PA3GUO" <hamoen@xxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Cute/CO-65 packet: anyone outside Japan ?
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: pa3guo@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <2080.212.61.85.20.1235247635.squirrel@xxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
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Hi all !
Several times I tried digipaeting via CO65 (Cute-11),
but so far never success. (23cm up, 70cm dwn / 9k6)
... still our Japanes friends seem very succesfull !
Whom of us has had success ?
Please share the tricks !
Henk, PA3GUO
Kenwood TS2000X
10W / 35 elements 23cm (works on AO51)
preamp / 8 elements 70cm (can receive the CW beacon strong)
PK96 TNC, UNPROTO CQ VIA JQ1YTC, HBAUD 9600
Automated doppler correction via HRD
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:46:10 -0600
From: "Angelo Glorioso \(n5uxt\)" <n5uxt@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Fw: Contacts (K5D)
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <BAY138-DS24B1BF133EFE752F3C358EDB00@xxx.xxx>
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K5D was active on the 14:30 passed on SO-50. Add me to the list.
73 de N5UXT
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From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 1:46 PM
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Fw: Contacts (K5D)
> An update from K5D...
>
>
>> Drew,
>> Here are the contacts so far:
>>
>> Yourself
>> KI4TZ
>> XE2AT
>> K5QXJ
>> K3SZH
>> WS2E
>> N3NUM
>> XE1MEX
>>
>> There is a good AO-51 this evening around 7pm we are going to try to make
>> it. The is also a pass around 4:30 but we got a supply boat today and we
>> are
>> bushed from the work. We will try to do some more over the next few days.
>> We
>> will be breaking camp on Tuesday, pack on Wednesday and helo all the
>> stuff
>> on Thursday.
>
> 73, Drew KO4MA
>
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:16:30 +1100
From: Tony Langdon <vk3jed@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: What a shame!
To: kc6uqh@xxx.xxxx "'Sebastian'" <w4as@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, "'AMSAT BB'"
<AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
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At 04:30 AM 2/22/2009, Art McBride wrote:
>I think we need to use lowest frequency for the down link as 6dB of path
>loss occurs for every octave increase in frequency. 2M to 70cm = (-9dB).
>This keeps the power budget down on the space craft. It also helps hearing
>the satellite and causes O/E problems to gravitate to the up link.
Down here, your suggestion would work well. Certainly did for SO-35,
when it was operational. The most common "newbie issue" I see is not
being able to hear the downlink on U/V birds, which, combined with
inexperience can lead to a station unknowingly jamming the
bird. Hearing the downlink is the single most important thing to
achieve, and that needs to be relatively easy, compared to getting
into the bird, to minimise QRM. :)
73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL
http://vkradio.com
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:20:56 -0600
From: "Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield" <gary_mayfield@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: What a shame!
To: "'Sebastian'" <w4as@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, "'AMSAT BB'"
<AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <COL0-DAV32478CB0FA21EA800AFB008AB00@xxx.xxx>
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Sebastian always seems to be a reasonable guy. I second what he said, and
will add our minds tend to cloud over the past making it better as time goes
on. LEO, HEO it doesn't really matter much when rare DX gets on the bird.
It will get a little wild, maybe not as bad as 20 meters, but still a little
wild. Remember VU7 on AO-13? That was wild.
73,
Joe kk0sd
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Sebastian
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 10:15 AM
To: AMSAT BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: What a shame!
While I certainly agree with the intent of the QRP transponder on
AO-51; you might want to consider the possibility that the station
calling CQ may not be aware of it. Not all the hams who work, or
attempt to work the satellites are active on this reflector, or even
read up on how to properly work a satellite.
I always try to send an email to the person who can't hear anything,
and 9 times out of 10 I receive an email back thanking me for letting
them know they were heard, and asking me why they can't seem to hear
anything. It then translates into a bit of Elmering to get them to
put up either better antennas or just send them towards some of the
articles on the Amsat web page.
A number of those hams are now active 'new' hams on the birds. If you
have his call, why not send them a nice email, saying they were heard,
and it's not proper etiquette to call CQ on an FM satellite
continuously; and point them to this reflector or the AMSAT web.
Recently on this reflector there have been several posts about the
over abundance of activity, abuse and interference on AO-51; even one
that surprised the heck out of me from one of the AMSAT officers.
Seems to me that we might need another LEO or 2 to tied us over since
the loss of AO-27 and AO-16. While it seems that most of the posts
on here eventually go on a tangent towards the lack of a HEO, the use
of the LEOS are exponentially going up. Just my .02 worth.
73 de W4AS
Sebastian
On Feb 20, 2009, at 9:51 PM, John Price wrote:
> During the over head pass this evening of AO-51 on the QRP transponder
> there was a station that called QC from AOS to LOS. He obviously could
> not hear himself or anyone else. A couple of stations
> tried to call him and got no answer. I wont give the call but I am
> sure he it was him. What a shame! Hard to believe anyone would be that
> inconsiderate. I don't know if the DX was on or not but they sure
> would have had no chance if they were. Then someone started sending
> music towards the end of the pass. How bad is ham radio going to get
> before we all get feed up and find another hobby? Sure
> is causing me to rethink my opinion.
>
> --
> N4QWF Amateur Radio Operator
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:04:45 +0000 (GMT)
From: Callum Graham <mm3ycg@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] VO 52 Certificate
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <38029.28933.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Hi all, Does anyone know or have they heard any more regarding the special
certificate being issued by AMSAT India for having a QSO on the VO 52
satellite as was mentioned In a previous posting on this digest as I am unable
to find any Information regarding this anywhere ??
Cheers
Callum MM3YCG
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:05:12 -0500
From: Ben Jackson <bbj@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: What a shame!
To: captcurt@xxxxx.xxx
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <49A096B8.5020903@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
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Curt Nixon wrote:
> I was on for the 1830EST pass yesterday evening---and yes it was a real
> eye opener. I don't think they (K5D) were on..if they were, it would
> have been difficult to tell. If one were to write a paper on how NOT
> to do it, they only needed to document what was happening on that
> pass--and from stations that I KNOW can here--and should know better.
> Constant calls to the other station, long long sing-song phonetic calls
> nearly contantly--calling even after the footprint was off of
> Desecheo....it was NEARLY as ridiculous as some of the HF operations
> I've heard in the last several days. Guys: Just because your license
> says AMATEUR on it, be PROFESSIONAL in your operating...if you don't
> hear the other station invite a call, DON'T push the little button!
Perhaps this is a good time to shamelessly plug my "Courteous Ham's
Guide to AO-51" again?
http://www.innismir.net/etc/CourteousAO51_v1.1.pdf
I'm scratching down notes for 2.0 right now due to some of the recent
issues with K5D. Anyone want to mail me off list with suggestions,
please feel free to do so.
--
Ben Jackson - N1WBV - New Bedford, MA
bbj <at> innismir.net - http://www.innismir.net/
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:03:51 -0800
From: "Greg D." <ko6th_greg@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Can I cross-band my way to L-band BBS?
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <BLU133-W321EA928BBC3C857B2ABD2A9B10@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252"
This may be too crazy of an idea, so I should probably ask before I put too
much effort into it...
The only 9600 BPS packet capability that I have is with my Kenwood TH-D7A, but
the BBS system on AO-51 is currently in mode LU, and now we hear that CO-65
will be doing the same. I have L-band capability in my Yaesu 736R. Would it
be possible to link the two?
AO-51's downlink is on 70cm; I'd need to use 2m as the link between the
radios. D7 listens on 70cm, and transmits on 2m. (I believe the D7 can work
split band on packet, right?) The 736 listens on 2m and transmits on 1268.
Since the 736 can't do "cross band repeat", in the traditional sense,
my thought is to use the satellite mode on the 736 and cross-connect
the audio at the data in/out jack and use the VOX on 1268 to key the
transmitter.
I can think of two issues with doing this. First, is the VOX operation going
to be quick enough to get the whole packet through? I'll probably need to
extend the transmit delay to compensate; how long? Second, is the audio
response going to be adequate going in and out of the Data jack? It's
supposed to be right off the demodulator, without any audio shaping, but the
rig is unmodified in this area and I thought the 736 didn't do 9600 very well
out of the box.
I've got the 736 hooked to the computer for Doppler tracking; at least that
part should work. Oops, no, not quite; I'd need to modify the PC's Doppler
control client so that the 2m side stays static. Not a big deal.
So, is this worth trying? (I know, buying a "real" TNC would be a lot
easier...)
Greg KO6TH
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:42:27 -0500
From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] More from K5D ops
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <49E10286B2374D08A641BFA615CACE24@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Gentlemen,
Please give these guys a chance to answer one call at a time. If you can't
hear the downlink, don't transmit. All sixteen stations could have made the
QSO with some cooperation.
73, Drew KO4MA
> Drew,
>
> I tried ao51 this evening during a good pass. They guys on it just kept
> keying up constantly and didn't give me a chance to get on. W4AS
> mentioned
> this on the air and they just kept sending their signals without giving me
> a
> chance to answer. I heard 16 different stations but only worked Wp4cnu,
> n5znl, ve3npc. It was getting dark and about half way thru when I was
> changing the downlink frequency I forgot to go back on transmit and
> screwed
> up the last 3 or4 min of the pass by not transmitting. I am going to try
> to
> make at least 1 contact per day but can't make every pass. Ao51 seems
> much
> better than so50 on my downlink but please put out the word to give the
> callsign and have everyone wait about 5 seconds after they hear a callsign
> for me for me to answer. Hopefully I will be able to be on for 1 or 2
> passes per day.
>
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 19:54:41 -0600 (CST)
From: "Alan Sieg WB5RMG" <wb5rmg@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VO 52 Certificate
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <2379.192.168.121.31.1235267681.squirrel@xxx.xxx.xxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
MM3YCG said :
> Hi all, Does anyone know or have they heard any more regarding the
> special certificate being issued by AMSAT India for having a QSO on
> the VO 52 satellite as was mentioned In a previous posting on this
> digest as I am unable to find any Information regarding this anywhere ??
Callum,
I am about to send some cards, but haven't heard anything further.
Here is the original AMSAT Bulletin from ANS a few weeks back.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-039.01
AMSAT India Sponsors VO-52 Operating Certificate
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 039.01
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
February 8, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-039.01
Nitin, VU3TYG announced AMSAT India will issue a certificate for
Amateur Radio operators who establish two way contact thru VO-52
between January 26, 2009 until May 5, 2009.
The first fifty certificates have been sponsored by a well-wisher
which includes postage. After the 50 certificates have been issued
a fee will apply. AMSAT India will announce these details when the
information is available.
Please send your QSL card containing the details of the QSO on VO-52
AMSAT India at the following address:
AMSAT India (Regd.)
No. 201, 2nd Main Road,
Mahalakshmi Layout,
Bangalore 560086
India.
Also include your mailing address where you would like to have the
certificate sent to.
[ANS thanks Nitin, VU3TYG for the above information]
/EX
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I have only indoor antennas currently, but work VO-52 fairly reliably.
(Not enough muscle to get thru on the orbiting repeaters...)
There was also a report recently about the upcoming launch of ANUSAT.
http://www.spacemart.com/reports/ISRO_To_Launch_A_Breakthrough_Satellite_999.h
tml
I haven't seen any details, but mention was made of store and forward...
Perhaps it will perform as an APRS digipeater as well as a BBS.
That might be useful I would think.
73 for now /;^)
--
<- Licensed in 1976, WB5RMG = Alan Sieg * AMSAT#20554 ->
<- http://www.somenet.net * http://wb5rmg.somenet.net ->
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:18:09 -0600 (CST)
From: "Alan Sieg WB5RMG" <wb5rmg@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ISS Igates?
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <2740.192.168.121.31.1235269089.squirrel@xxx.xxx.xxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
WB4APR said:
> What happened to the West Coast ISS Igates?
I think it is not just the west coast Bob...
The last opportunity I had to listen (while ISS was in APRS mode), it seems
like I only heard a few packets downlink, but they weren't appearing
in the APRS-IS. I only copied one or two beacons, neither was mine.
I couldn't tell if it was my station, the ISS digi, or just that the
Igates of the southeast US were all asleep... Checking the map tonite tho,
I see that the most recent activity was a few days back.
I'm afraid that with the irregularity of the schedule, some are finding
it difficult to dedicate the resources to that frequency 24x7 ...
I hope to have mine back on the air soon, I hope there will be enough
in the schedule to keep it on freq.
/;^)
--
<- Licensed in 1976, WB5RMG = Alan Sieg * AMSAT#20554 ->
<- http://www.somenet.net * http://wb5rmg.somenet.net ->
<- http://www.linkedin.com/in/alansieg * My 'Day Job' ->
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:19:59 -0600
From: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-053 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <000101c99494$102f3650$308da2f0$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-053
ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North
America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS 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.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor@xxxxx.xxx
In this edition:
* Satellite News From AMSAT-India
* AMSAT Awards
* KiwiSAT News from New Zealand
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
* ARISS Status Report for the Week of February 16, 2009
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-053.01
Satellite News From AMSAT-India
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 053.01
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
February 22, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-053.01
AMSAT-India Project Manager for the U/V HAMSAT-II Linear Transponder
project, Prathap Kumar, VU2POP provided technical details of this new
Amateur Radio transponder in the February, 2009 issue of the AMSAT-
India Newsletter:
Type: Linear (Mode B) Transponder
Uplink: 434-438 MHz PLL controlled 50 KHz steps.
Downlink: 144-146 MHz PLL controlled 25 KHz steps.
IF: 21.4 MHz
RF Power: 1-3 Watts PEP.
Bandwidth: 50 KHz
Communication: CW/SSB/FM
Dimensions: 165mm x 115mm x 30mm
Power supply: 12V @xxxxxx 20V@xxxx for PA
Photos and other news in the AMSAT-India Newsletter can be found
on-line at: http://www.amsatindia.org/Newsletter
In other amateur satellite news from India word has been received
that Anna University in Chennai, India is working with the Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to develop a micro-satellite
named ANUSAT.
This satellite will be a cube 600mm on each side. The Amateur Radio
payload is planned to include a digital store and forward mode with
a VHF uplink and UHF down link operating in the amateur frequency
bands. Telemetry downlink from the primary scientific payloads is
planned to be transmitted around 137 MHz using PCM/FSK/AM at 256
bits/sec. Additional information can be found on-line at:
http://beswaminathan.googlepages.com/anusat - and -
http://beswaminathan.googlepages.com/Anusat.pdf
Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL along with Ralph Wallio, W0RPK provided
information of the next ISRO launch which will carry Amateur
Radio satellites:
Launch : 25Apr2009 (Maybe postponed)
Vehicle: PSLV C12
Site : ISRO Satish Dhawan Space Centre Sriharikota India
Main Payload: Oceansat-2
Satellite Country Downlink Mode
----------- ----------- -------- ------------------
BeeSat Germany 436.000 GMSK 9600/4800bps
UWE-2 Germany 437.385 CW, AFSK
ITU-pSat Turkey 437.325 CW, High speed TLM
SwissCube-1 Switzerland 437.505 CW, AFSK 1200bps
Additional information can be found at:
http://showcase.netins.net/web/wallio/CubeSat.htm
http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished.asp?order=sat
[ANS thanks AMSAT-India, Mineo JE9PEL, and Ralph W0RPK for the
above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-053.02
AMSAT Awards
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 053.02
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
February 22, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-053.02
AMSAT Director Contests and Awards, Bruce KK5DO reported the past
few weeks have been real busy for AMSAT Awards.
We have a lot of new satellite operators to welcome to the hobby.
These have made their first satellite contact and are now members
of the AMSAT Satellite Communicators Club:
+ John Hengel, W0JPH
+ Andrew Schmidt, N2FTR
+ Tom Deeble, KA6SIP
+ Robert Warshel, KG6MGE
+ Harry Strahlendorf, KC2OJN
+ Bruce Pendleton, KD8DQ
+ Rodney Waln, KC0ZHF
The following have earned the AMSAT Satellite Communications
Achievement Award:
+ Peter Nintzel, KB9ZLK #480
+ Douglas Anoman, KC9MLN #481
+ Gary Lockhart, AB3ID #482
The following have earned the AMSAT South Africa Satellite
Communications Achievement Award:
+ Douglas Anoman, KC9MLN #US130
The following have upgraded their AMSAT W4AMI Satellitie
Communication Achievement Award:
+ Wilse Morgan, WX7P from 1,000 to 2,000
+ Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK from 3,000 to 4,000
Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK earned the AMSAT W4AMI 5,000 Satellite
Communication Achievement Award #21.
To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org.
[ANS thanks Bruce, KK5DO for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-053.03
KiwiSAT News from New Zealand
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 053.03
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
February 22, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-053.03
The KiwiSAT linear flight transponder is now "on air" in New Zealand
from the Whangaparaoa area with beam antennas pointing South. It
features:
Transponder: Inverting type (Orbital Doppler shift compensation)
Transmit Power: 2 Watts PEP.
Beacon frequency: 145.885 MHz
Uplink: 435.265 to 435.235 MHZ LSB
Down link: 145.850 to 145.880 MHz USB
The team says they are currently looking to ISC Kosmatras for a DNEPR
launch in mid to late 2009. Full details can found on-line at:
http://www.kiwisat.org.nz/index.html
[ANS thanks the KiwiSAT team for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-053.04
Satellite Shorts From All Over
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 053.04
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
February 22, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-053.04
+ From Japan Mineo Wakita, JE9PEL reports that PRISM satellite
team at Tokyo University have seen first light with the Wide
Angle Camera. Data from this first test will be used to calibrate
the camera and future photos are expected to be less overexposed.
This picture was taken when the PRISM satellite was over Hokkaido,
Japan. The first photograph can be at: http://tinyurl.com/ag7way
+ A video re-creation of the Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 Collision
can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/ap3ydx (UniverseToday.com)
+ Winter is turning to spring in Mars' southern hemisphere. Photos
taken by the HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/bwu4wv. An entertaining video
named "Springtime on Mars 2020" is on-line at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjiGH9QNiU0
(via UniverseToday.com)
+ The second repeater aboard AO-51 (Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM /Downlink:
435.150 MHz FM) remains ready for use by the K5D Desecheo Island 2009
DXpedition when the satellite is within range of the island (near
Puerto Rico). When AO-51 is not within range of Desecheo Island this
repeater is open for general use following the QRP guidelines. The
transmitter power on both repeaters is ~800 mW. If you use circular
polarization on the UHF downlink 435.150 is LHCP, and 435.300 is RHCP.
Watch the blog at http://www.kp5.us/ for hints at satellite
operation and other operating plans.
+ Registration is now open for the 35th Eastern VHF/UHF Conference on
on April 17-19, 2009 in Enfield, Ct. Papers for the Proceedings are
due March 10, 2009. More info at: http://www.newsvhf.com/vhfconf.html
[ANS thanks everyone for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-053.05
ARISS Status Report for the Week of February 16, 2009
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 053.05
>From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
February 22, 2009
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-053.05
1. School Contacts
An ARISS contact was completed with South Park Elementary Center
in South Park, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, February 17 via telebridge
station K6DUE in Maryland. Students participated in a contest to
determine which questions will be asked of astronaut Mike Fincke,
KE5AIT. They learned about astronauts, shuttles and NASA and created
posters or wrote essays (depending on grade level) about space
related topics.
Salluit Schools in Salluit, Quebec, Canada completed an ARISS contact
on Thursday, February 19 via telebridge station W6SRJ in California.
Approximately 400 students from Kindergarten through Secondary are
enrolled in the schools located in a remote North-West Quebec Inuit
community. Teachers have included space related topics in their curri-
culum. All students have created artwork for the event and have sub-
mitted questions to ask the astronaut. During morning announcements,
a "cool space fact of the day" has been announced daily.
An ARISS contact with Erie Planetarium in Erie, Pennsylvania took place
on Saturday, February 21 via telebridge station W6SRJ in California.
The Planetarium offers astronomy programs, interactive stations and
science experiments throughout the year.
2. Italian Students Contact ISS
On Tuesday, February 10, students from Istituto Comprensivo Pietra-
santa1-Scuola Secondaria 1? Grado "Padre Eugenio Barsanti" partici-
pated in a successful ARISS contact. Students posed 12 questions to
Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, in front of an audience of 350. Contact video
was streamed live on the Web and was seen in 14 countries and in more
than 36 different towns around the world. Local television stations
and newspapers covered the event. Video of the contact has been posted
to the OndaForte TV Web site.
See: http://www.ondaforte.tv/eventi/ariss_school_contact/index.php
3. Greek Contact Successful
On Wednesday, February 11, an ARISS contact took place with students
from Alexandroupolis School of Special Education and 11th Alexandrou-
polis Primary School in Greece. Students asked 20 questions of Sandra
Magnus, KE5FYE, in front of an audience of approximately 200. Another
700 students from four schools listened to the contact in the garden.
A representative of the Greek Minister of Telecommunications and the
Director of Education of Evros also attended. Three television stations,
two radio stations and newspapers covered the event.
4. ARISS Presentation at MACUL Conference
The Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) will
host its 33rd annual conference in Detroit, Michigan on March 18-20.
MACUL aims to bring educators together to share knowledge about edu-
cational uses of computers and technology. ARISS member Steve Michalski,
KB9UPS, will participate in the conference and give a talk on the ARISS
program, showing clips of the Martin Luther King Academy (Mount Clemens,
Michigan) ARISS contact which took place in September 2007. The MACUL
conference draws 3,000 educators annually.
5. Photos of German Contact Posted
St?dtisches Gymnasium Herzogenrath in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
participated in an ARISS contact with Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, on Saturday,
February 7. Photos of the contact have been posted on the Web. See:
http://picasaweb.google.de/Rueliman/ARISSContact?feat=directlink#
6. ARRL QST Covers ARISS News
The American Radio Relay League (ARRL) published two ARISS news items
in its March 2009 issue of QST.
Under "Media Hits" (page 12) is an item on the Ohio Department of Edu-
cation Web story about the September 2008 ARISS contact with students
at the Challenger Learning Center of Lucas County in Toledo. Also listed
is the Ann Arbor Chronicle article about the Ann Arbor, Michigan Hands
On Museum contact.
The ARRL monthly journal has a circulation of 150,000.
7. ARISS Member Dieter Schliemann Dies
ARISS team member Dieter Schliemann, KX4Y, passed away on Monday,
February 9. Dieter had been responsible for coordinating and expanding
the educational outreach of ARISS through the use of Voice over the
Internet Protocol (VoIP) with Internet Radio Linking Project (IRLP) and
EchoLink. As his health deteriorated, Dieter continued his support, making
sure that others would carry on in his absence. He will be sorely missed.
Dieter was a member of the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) and
the American Radio Relay League (ARRL). ARRL posted an article on his
contributions: https://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2009/02/12/10647/?nc=1
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI for the above information]
/EX
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73,
This week's ANS Editor,
JoAnne Maenpaa, K9JKM
K9JKM at amsat dot org
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:37:11 -0900
From: Edward Cole <kl7uw@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: What a shame!
To: "'AMSAT BB'" <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
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Oh yes! You should have heard the pile up on AO-10 when "AL7" was
first heard and everyone was asking what country was that? AL7
prefixes were relatively new in Alaska and I had one (AL7EB). Once
they found out it was ordinary ole Alaska, the fervor died down ;-)
Now I get the bums rush on 2m-eme since I am the only station QRV on
2m in Alaska with any regularity.
Ed - KL7UW (ex AL7EB)
I worked Willis Island and New Caledonia on AO-10, rare DX for even
HF. When I asked those stations, they had come over to satellite
because they were tired of the incessant pileups on HF. We had a
very nice casual QSO of several minutes with maybe one to two other
stations joining.
At 12:20 PM 2/21/2009, Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield wrote:
>Sebastian always seems to be a reasonable guy. I second what he said, and
>will add our minds tend to cloud over the past making it better as time goes
>on. LEO, HEO it doesn't really matter much when rare DX gets on the bird.
>It will get a little wild, maybe not as bad as 20 meters, but still a little
>wild. Remember VU7 on AO-13? That was wild.
>
>73,
>Joe kk0sd
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
>Behalf Of Sebastian
>Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 10:15 AM
>To: AMSAT BB
>Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: What a shame!
>
>While I certainly agree with the intent of the QRP transponder on
>AO-51; you might want to consider the possibility that the station
>calling CQ may not be aware of it. Not all the hams who work, or
>attempt to work the satellites are active on this reflector, or even
>read up on how to properly work a satellite.
>
>I always try to send an email to the person who can't hear anything,
>and 9 times out of 10 I receive an email back thanking me for letting
>them know they were heard, and asking me why they can't seem to hear
>anything. It then translates into a bit of Elmering to get them to
>put up either better antennas or just send them towards some of the
>articles on the Amsat web page.
>
>A number of those hams are now active 'new' hams on the birds. If you
>have his call, why not send them a nice email, saying they were heard,
>and it's not proper etiquette to call CQ on an FM satellite
>continuously; and point them to this reflector or the AMSAT web.
>
>Recently on this reflector there have been several posts about the
>over abundance of activity, abuse and interference on AO-51; even one
>that surprised the heck out of me from one of the AMSAT officers.
>Seems to me that we might need another LEO or 2 to tied us over since
>the loss of AO-27 and AO-16. While it seems that most of the posts
>on here eventually go on a tangent towards the lack of a HEO, the use
>of the LEOS are exponentially going up. Just my .02 worth.
>
>73 de W4AS
>Sebastian
>
>On Feb 20, 2009, at 9:51 PM, John Price wrote:
>
> > During the over head pass this evening of AO-51 on the QRP transponder
> > there was a station that called QC from AOS to LOS. He obviously could
> > not hear himself or anyone else. A couple of stations
> > tried to call him and got no answer. I wont give the call but I am
> > sure he it was him. What a shame! Hard to believe anyone would be that
> > inconsiderate. I don't know if the DX was on or not but they sure
> > would have had no chance if they were. Then someone started sending
> > music towards the end of the pass. How bad is ham radio going to get
> > before we all get feed up and find another hobby? Sure
> > is causing me to rethink my opinion.
> >
> > --
> > N4QWF Amateur Radio Operator
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:41:30 -0500
From: Luc Leblanc <lucleblanc6@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: What a shame!
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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On 20 Feb 2009 at 21:51, John Price wrote:
> During the over head pass this evening of AO-51 on the QRP transponder
> there was a station that called QC from AOS to LOS. He obviously could
> not hear himself or anyone else. A couple of stations
> tried to call him and got no answer. I wont give the call but I am
> sure he it was him. >
It is wise to not disclose his call sign but you should contact him letting
him know the situation. On a couple of occasion i contact an
operator "generally newbies" who was trying his new set up with a terrestrial
beam with no elevation. He was able to receive the sat only
at AOS and LOS when the satellite was low but he call CQ on the whole pass not
knowing he was received OK as the satellite is very
sensitive.
I called that a common mistake but if no one tells him you will hear it again
soon.
"-"
Luc Leblanc VE2DWE
Skype VE2DWE
www.qsl.net/ve2dwe
WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:37:17 -0600
From: "ab0xe" <ab0xe@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-821 HELP
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hello
I am running an IC-821 with Satpc32 software
Occasionally when I am using 2 meters as the uplink
the radio will jump down exactly 400k cycles on the transmit
The software shows the correct freq, but the radio is off by minus 400K
To prevent this I usually have to turn the CAT off and use the radio
manually to track the freq.
It certainly is not the end of the world to do this, but I sure would
appreciate
any advice that would allow me to keep the CAT connected.
Thanks from cold and snowy MN
Steve Howard AB0XE
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