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Today's Topics:
1. Re: What a shame! (Sean Cavanaugh)
2. K5D "in the log" calls (Andrew Glasbrenner)
3. Re: Fw: Re: VO 52 Certificate (Nitin)
4. Re: IC-821 HELP (George Henry)
5. WD9EWK on Saturday @ Yuma hamfest, DM22 only...
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
6. Another Station and Grid to look for (Rick - WA4NVM)
7. 9k6 modulation query (andy thomas)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:03:14 -0600
From: Sean Cavanaugh <seanc@xxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: What a shame!
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Sebastian wrote:
> 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
[resend, forgot to cc list]
Hi Sebastian,
Thanks for helping out with getting new people on the sats. I've only
recently started working the FM LEO sats myself and have been enjoying
it quite a lot. I tend to agree that a lot of the "bad" operating I've
been hearing on the recent passes can be attributed to lack of knowledge
on how to operate satellites.
It seems that in the last couple of weeks the contention for AO-51 has
gotten extremely high compared to what it was even earlier this month.
Perhaps the K5D expedition has sparked interest in a few more new people
to try using satellites, and this is a good thing IMO. I hope that more
people take your example and try to help out the new people. The
majority of hams don't want to be LIDS, they just need guidance.
As for the HEO vs. LEO issue, I think that more LEO sats would be useful
as well. I've never used a HEO, and while I would love to be able to, I
also think that we should put our resources into things that will give
the greatest return. LEO sats are cheaper and easier to get into orbit
than HEO, no question. LEOs are also much more usable by those getting
started, or in areas where there are restrictions on antenna arrays
(both apply to me at the moment). I have been able to use AO-51 and
SO-50 with a vertical for the uplink and a small PVC pipe and copper
wire beam for the downlink. I don't think that setup would be very good
for HEOs.
I am not suggesting that the amateur satellite community should ignore
HEO opportunities, but rather than LEOs seem to be a better use of
resources at the moment, given the current state of things.
Anyways, enough ranting. I'm off to work on getting things set up so I
can start using my newly aquired FT-847 on the linear transponder birds.
73,
Sean - VA5LF
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:12:27 -0500
From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] K5D "in the log" calls
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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These are the calls that have been indicated to me as "in the log". There
may be more since these. If you are on this list, please don't try to work
them again. I've already heard complaints about two stations that have done
exactly this, and it's not very sportsmen-like.
Congratulations to these stations, and let's try to work together to make
this list much larger.
73, Drew KO4MA
XE1MEX
HP2IY
K8YSE
N5UXT
WA1BXC
WB4WBAH (busted due to bad handwriting, if this is you, email KO4MA)
K8YXS
KB2M
N1RCN
KC9MLN
KC9MON
N8DZM
KI4TZ
XE2AT
K5QXJ
K3SZH
WS2E
N3NUM
KO4MA
WP4CNU
N5ZNL
VE3NPC
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:13:46 -0800
From: Nitin <vu3tyg@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Fw: Re: VO 52 Certificate
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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All,
AMSAT India has received 20 submissions till date and the certificates will
go for printing and dispatch after we hit 50 numbers. More informtion can be
found at the AMSAT India February newsletter at
www.amsatindia.org/Newsletter
73's
Nitin [VU3TYG]
www.amsatindia.org
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Sieg WB5RMG" <wb5rmg@xxxxxxx.xxxxxxx
> To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 7:24 AM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: VO 52 Certificate
>
>
> > 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
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > 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 ->
> > <- http://www.linkedin.com/in/alansieg * My 'Day Job' ->
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:55:23 -0600
From: "George Henry" <ka3hsw@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: IC-821 HELP
To: "ab0xe" <ab0xe@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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My first thought is that your CAT delay is not correct for the baud rate you
are using to communicate with the radio... What baud rate are you using,
and what is your CAT delay set at?
Check the Radio Hints for Icom users under the "?" menu for more info.
George, KA3HSW
----- Original Message -----
From: "ab0xe" <ab0xe@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 7:37 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] IC-821 HELP
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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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 23:00:23 -0800 (PST)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK on Saturday @ Yuma hamfest, DM22 only...
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi!
The second day at the Yuma (Arizona) Hamfest was a very good day.
More people were passing through the exhibit hall and visiting the
AMSAT table along with the other tables and booths. Throughout the
day, my satellite and ISS demonstrations were generally well attended.
The hamfest officially opened at 8.00am local time (1500 UTC), and
as the hamfest started I was already working an AO-51 pass. Then
a large crowd followed me outside for a VO-52 pass around 1720 UTC.
Thanks to KG7EZ, AA5PK, and W7JPI for following me around the
downlink for our quick contacts.
There was a scheduled ISS contact around 1820 UTC, through a ground
station in California. I was outside the exhibit hall for that,
picking up the signals around 1823-1824 UTC and hearing the remainder
of the contact from that point. I was only using an IC-Z1 HT and my
Elk Antennas 2m/70cm log periodic, with a loudspeaker plugged into the
HT, which was more than enough to let the crowd hear Mike Fincke's side
of the QSO. The ISS came by again around 2000 UTC, and the cross-band
repeater was on. More QSOs then, as well as two SO-50 passes and an
AO-51 pass around 0030 UTC to wrap up my demonstrations and the
hamfest. At 0100 UTC, there was a barbecue dinner - very good food!
During the day today, I had two other hams who helped cover the
AMSAT table when I went outside for the demonstrations. Thank you
Alex XE2BSS/N2IX and David XE2DAK from the Red Digital del Noroeste
radio club in nearby Mexicali. This is the club that I gave an
impromptu presentation for on Thursday evening, recently formed and
awaiting the issuance of its Mexican club callsign. Along with Alex
and David, two other members from the club came out to the hamfest to
visit the AMSAT table and see the other stuff at the hamfest - Antonio
XE2SIV and Eliseo XE2TPJ. There were lots of hams stopping by, many
of them "snowbirds" from the colder parts of the USA and Canada that
live in and around Yuma during the wintertime.
Alex XE2BSS/N2IX has posted another web page with photos taken today
at the Yuma Hamfest:
http://www.xe2bss.org/yumahamfest.html
Again, this is a "work in progress" as he goes through the photos
he took along with other photos. The text on the page is in Spanish,
so Babelfish or Google's web-page translation service can be your
"friend" if you need it translated to English or some other language.
In all, WD9EWK was on 6 different passes Saturday from grid DM22qq -
2 AO-51 passes using the normal 145.920/435.300 MHz V/U transponder,
2 SO-50 passes, and one pass each for VO-52 and the ISS cross-band
repeater - along with hearing the ISS school QSO. I logged 43 more
QSOs today, for a total of 61 QSOs at the hamfest. As of tonight,
I have logged 152 QSOs from grids DM22 and DM32 in Arizona,
California, and Baja California since I left Phoenix on Wednesday.
So far, a fun trip - with one more full day to go before heading
home. More activity is planned from somewhere on the FM birds and
*maybe* VO-52/FO-29, probably still in DM22, on Sunday.
A special thank-you needs to go to Richard KC2LGR and the Yuma Amateur
Radio Hamfest Organization. I was approached last summer by members
of this group, asking if I could bring an AMSAT table to this hamfest.
Richard and the group allowed me to set up a table, display AMSAT
information and merchandise, and were very helpful for whatever I
needed over the two days. The location in Yuma - near a freeway and
within 3 to 4 hours' driving for many hams in Arizona, California,
as well as northwestern Mexico - could help things improve in the
coming years. I had good crowds for most of the demonstrations,
even on Friday. And did I mention the great food at the barbecue
this evening? :-) This was a good hamfest, put on by a lot of
hard-working people in the ham community in and around Yuma, and I
hope to return in 2010.
Good night, and 73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - Calexico, California
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:03:59 -0600
From: "Rick - WA4NVM" <wa4nvm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Another Station and Grid to look for
To: "AMSAT BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Morning All,
Dave, VP5/W2VV - FL31 was on A0-51 (upper pair of freq.) at 1107 utc. today.
For those of us that might not get to work K5D, this is a nice consolation
prize.
73 from Memphis,
Rick - WA4NVM #1339
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:22:19 -0800 (PST)
From: andy thomas <andythomasmail@xxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] 9k6 modulation query
To: amsat <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hi
I have a SYMEK 9k6 TNC2H which works fine on normal sat trx but does anyone
know if it can handle FFSK and/or GMSK in 9k2 and ax25 format?
If not, what is the hard- or soft- ware solution for up and down linking at
9k6 with these modulations?
grateful for any pointers.
many thanks
73 de andy G0SFJ
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