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Today's Topics:
1. Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 4, Issue 344 (Skip Prinsen W7PN)
2. Alliance U-100/110 & Gemini O-360 Alternatives (Danny Stone)
3. Re: Alliance U-100/110 & Gemini O-360 Alternatives (Jim Jerzycke)
4. Re: Alliance U-100/110 & Gemini O-360 Alternatives (Jesse Morris)
5. Re: Alliance U-100/110 & Gemini O-360 Alternatives (Jerry)
6. FW: [BLT] University of Texas at Austin 'Picosatellite' To Be
Launched from Space Shuttle To Begin Milestone Small-Satellite
Mission (Andrew.MacAllister@xxxxxxx.xxxx
7. AO-51 message + SSTV (Robert Smith)
8. Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 4, Issue 344 (Dave Guimont)
9. WD9EWK's road trip - Sunday (19 July) report
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
10. Re: AO-51 message + SSTV (Rodney Waln)
11. Re: WD9EWK's road trip - Sunday (19 July) report (Larry Teran)
12. Re: AO-51 message + SSTV (Alan P. Biddle)
13. Re: Evidence of moon landings....! (William Leijenaar)
14. Re: Evidence of moon landings....! (John P. Toscano)
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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:41:10 -0600
From: Skip Prinsen W7PN <w7pn@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 4, Issue 344
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi Anthony,
Here is the info. Using:
_*www.qrz.com*_
This is a free web site for anyones' use. Your answer to your question
is Yes, David is located in Alaska.
73 de "Skip" W7PN
*WL7H*
DAVID W ELDREDGE
PO BOX 7352
Nikiski, AK 99635
USA
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> 1. WL7H in AK? (ANTHONY JAPHA)
> 2. Update from WD9EWK (n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
> 3. AO-51 lunar landing special operation over JA (Masahiro Arai)
> 4. Re: SpaceJam 3 (was Re: 2009 BoD Ballot - question) (George Henry)
> 5. K5GNA antenna free (Charles Pennington)
> 6. Re: SpaceJam 3 (Greg Beat)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:26:56 -0400
> From: "ANTHONY JAPHA" <tjjapha@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] WL7H in AK?
> To: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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>
> Thanks for all the helpful suggestions for shielding the laptop screen.
>
> No answers about WL7H though. Has anyone worked this stn? Is it in Alaska,
or down in the lower 48?
>
> QRZ.com has him in BP40, which looks just outside the AO-7 footprint when I
heard him on 7/17.
>
> 73,
> Tony, N2UN
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:15:47 +0000
> From: n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Update from WD9EWK
> To: AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx
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> Hey everyone,
>
> Patrick, WD9EWK, checked in to report the following plans for passes today:
>
> SO-50 at 16:40 UTC - from the DM46-DM47 grid boundary
>
> SO-50 at 18:22-ish UTC, and also the afternoon AO-27 passes - from the
DM47-DM57 grid boundary.
>
> AO-51 this evening - from the DM57-DM58 grid boundary.
>
> 73 to all,
>
> Tim - N3TL
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:27:22 +0900
> From: Masahiro Arai <m-arai@x.xxxxx.xx.xx>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 lunar landing special operation over JA
> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Cc: ao51-modes@xxxxx.xxx
> Message-ID: <200907191627.AA02748@xxxx.x.xxxxx.xx.xx>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
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>
> Stations located in JA and neighboring nations will be able to hear
> the lunar landing 40th anniversary special downlink, voice messages
> and robot 36 SSTV picture which are same as transmitting over North
> America and Europe.
>
> Please watch AO-51 435.300MHz FM downlink passes over JA. Special
> downlink will transmitt 20th evning and 21st mornig in JA. QSL will
> issue from AMSAT-NA. QSL info is shown on the web site.
> http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php
>
> JA6PL and some othre stations support this event.
>
>
> Thank you, Drew and the AO-51 operations group!
>
>
> Masa JN1GKZ
>
>
>
>
>> If there is a station or two there with excellent L band uplink
capabilities
>> who would like to relay the audio for us, we can do it. Email the ao51-
modes
>> list and myself if you would like to volunteer. The same goes for JA or
>> anywhere else.
>>
>> 73, Drew KO4MA
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Roland Zurmely" <py4zbz@xxxxx.xxx>
>> To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 8:08 PM
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 Control Team News
>>
>>
>> "July 20
>> AMSAT-NA will mark the 40th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing
>> with a special event on AO-51. AO-51 will transmit a message commemorating
>> the event Monday, July 20 during evening passes in the U.S. and Europe. The
>> message will be transmitted on the 435.300 MHz FM downlink and will contain
>> a Robot 36 SSTV image as well as a voice message."
>>
>>
>>>>> in the U.S. and Europe <<<
>>>>>
>> Why not in south america ?
>>
>> We have a lot of stations that would like to hear the message and to
receive
>> the SSTV image !
>>
>> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
>>
>>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:03:47 -0500
> From: "George Henry" <ka3hsw@xxx.xxx>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SpaceJam 3 (was Re: 2009 BoD Ballot -
> question)
> To: "Greg Beat" <gregory.beat@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> Message-ID: <B93A13360D6D4C7FA9D27D068401EBDC@xxxxxxx>
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>
> I listened for the W9JY-11 balloon on APRS, and for the 446.025 crossband
> repeater, and heard nothing... did it actually go up yesterday?
>
> George, KA3HSW
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Beat" <gregory.beat@xxxxxxx.xxx>
> To: "Gould Smith" <gouldsmi@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>; <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:38 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 2009 BoD Ballot - question
>
>
>
>> I have been tracking balloons (SpaceJam-3) today .... so I was just
>> starting
>> to read my USPS mail. :-)
>>
>> Thanks for prompt reply.
>>
>> Greg
>> w9gb
>>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:14:16 -0400
> From: "Charles Pennington" <chrlsp@xxxxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] K5GNA antenna free
> To: "AMSAT BB" <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
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>
> FREE FREE Clifton Heights, PA. (Phila Suburb). I have a complete setup,
> never assembled, never used. Yours free, first come, first served. Call me,
> Bud @xxxxxxxxxxxx or email chrlsp@xxxxxxx.xxx. Bud K3NMF.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:53:58 -0500
> From: "Greg Beat" <gregory.beat@xxxxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SpaceJam 3
> To: "George Henry" <ka3hsw@xxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> Message-ID: <C012CEF79FF947E48C78865A4A9DE16D@xxxxxxxxx>
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>
> Yes.
>
> There were actually 2 balloons with APRS beacons.
> The ATV video package did not make these launches.
>
> W9YJ-11, was launched first and supposedly reached ~ 100,000 feet
> Landed near the town of Bronson, IL
> I heard stations on the cross-band repeater from Fond DuLac, WI; Toledo, OH
> when it was around 50,000 feet.
>
> N9QGS-11 was launched second and lost its GPS data stream above 50,000 feet
> (just East of Royal, IL).
> It did recover its latitude/longitude and direction about 20 minutes later
> (near Oakwood, IL and I-74), but never its altitude.
> Landed south of Catlin, IL
>
> I have MS Power Point slides of the OpenAPRS.net APRS tracks for both
> balloons.
>
> You can go to OpenAPRS.net, enter the SSID for each balloon and request data
> over past 2 days.
> That will show you the actual tracks.
>
> Greg
> w9gb
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "George Henry" <ka3hsw@xxx.xxx>
> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 1:03 PM
> To: "Greg Beat" <gregory.beat@xxxxxxx.xxx>; <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: Re: SpaceJam 3 (was Re: 2009 BoD Ballot - question)
>
>
>> I listened for the W9JY-11 balloon on APRS, and for the 446.025 crossband
>> repeater, and heard nothing... did it actually go up yesterday?
>>
>> George, KA3HSW
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Greg Beat" <gregory.beat@xxxxxxx.xxx>
>> To: "Gould Smith" <gouldsmi@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>; <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:38 PM
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 2009 BoD Ballot - question
>>
>>
>>
>>> I have been tracking balloons (SpaceJam-3) today .... so I was just
>>> starting
>>> to read my USPS mail. :-)
>>>
>>> Thanks for prompt reply.
>>>
>>> Greg
>>> w9gb
>>>
>>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 15:24:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Danny Stone <kk4e@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Alliance U-100/110 & Gemini O-360 Alternatives
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Is there a currently manufactured equivalent of the Alliance U-100 or Gemini
Orbit 360 TV-type antenna rotator that permit cross boom installation for EL-
rotator application?
73,
Danny
KK4E
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:13:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jim Jerzycke <kq6ea@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Alliance U-100/110 & Gemini O-360 Alternatives
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx Danny Stone <kk4e@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <253166.57874.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Norm's Rotor Service has NEW U-100's and U-110's for sale.
http://www.rotorservice.com/images/U110RC%20Nw.jpg
When Alliance folded up he bought everything they had.
http://www.rotorservice.com/press3-alliance.htm
Jim? KQ6EA
--- On Sun, 7/19/09, Danny Stone <kk4e@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
From: Danny Stone <kk4e@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Alliance U-100/110 & Gemini O-360 Alternatives
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Date: Sunday, July 19, 2009, 3:24 PM
Is there a currently manufactured equivalent of the Alliance U-100 or Gemini
Orbit 360 TV-type antenna rotator that permit cross boom installation for EL-
rotator application?
73,
Danny
KK4E
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:15:30 -0400
From: "Jesse Morris" <w4mvb@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Alliance U-100/110 & Gemini O-360 Alternatives
To: "Danny Stone" <kk4e@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi Danny,
Besides the U-100 and U-110 units I have not found anything similar. I have
been using the Gemini Orbit 360 here for elevation with a home brew
controller and have had good service from it. The pot failed in my first
one after a couple of years of extensive use and I never could get a
replacement installed and working properly. The one I have up now has been
up in use for about 6 or 8 years. The pot is a little "scratchy" around zero
but it is still serviceable. I still have one new spare and a used unit
that I'm unsure of. They appear on ebay from time to time but be aware that
there were some
units produced after all the initial units were gone that carried the same
model number but was not the same rotor. It looked much like the 3 wire
Radio Shack model and the mast did not pass through the unit.
Actually I've spent enough on the units I bought to buy a real Yaesu
elevation rotor but where's the fun in that?
God luck,
73 de Jess W4MVB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Danny Stone" <kk4e@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 6:24 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Alliance U-100/110 & Gemini O-360 Alternatives
> Is there a currently manufactured equivalent of the Alliance U-100 or
> Gemini Orbit 360 TV-type antenna rotator that permit cross boom
> installation for EL-rotator application?
>
> 73,
> Danny
> KK4E
>
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:31:07 -0500
From: "Jerry" <W0SAT@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Alliance U-100/110 & Gemini O-360 Alternatives
To: "'Jesse Morris'" <w4mvb@xxxxxxx.xxx>, "'Danny Stone'"
<kk4e@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi; I used to install these rotors for years.
That's when I was doing TV and electronic repair.
I think I might have rotor parts for those type of
Rotors in one my storage buildings.
Jerry w0sat
-----Original Message-----
From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On
Behalf Of Jesse Morris
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 9:16 PM
To: Danny Stone
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Alliance U-100/110 & Gemini O-360 Alternatives
Hi Danny,
Besides the U-100 and U-110 units I have not found anything similar. I have
been using the Gemini Orbit 360 here for elevation with a home brew
controller and have had good service from it. The pot failed in my first
one after a couple of years of extensive use and I never could get a
replacement installed and working properly. The one I have up now has been
up in use for about 6 or 8 years. The pot is a little "scratchy" around zero
but it is still serviceable. I still have one new spare and a used unit
that I'm unsure of. They appear on ebay from time to time but be aware that
there were some
units produced after all the initial units were gone that carried the same
model number but was not the same rotor. It looked much like the 3 wire
Radio Shack model and the mast did not pass through the unit.
Actually I've spent enough on the units I bought to buy a real Yaesu
elevation rotor but where's the fun in that?
God luck,
73 de Jess W4MVB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Danny Stone" <kk4e@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 6:24 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Alliance U-100/110 & Gemini O-360 Alternatives
> Is there a currently manufactured equivalent of the Alliance U-100 or
> Gemini Orbit 360 TV-type antenna rotator that permit cross boom
> installation for EL-rotator application?
>
> 73,
> Danny
> KK4E
>
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:29:17 -0500
From: <Andrew.MacAllister@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FW: [BLT] University of Texas at Austin
'Picosatellite' To Be Launched from Space Shuttle To Begin Milestone
Small-Satellite Mission
To: <blt@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Get ready to check out BEVO-1 later this week!
Various items in BEVO-1 flew to the edge of space last year on BLT-24.
73 de Andy W5ACM
http://www.w5acm.net
________________________________
Sent: Sun 7/19/2009 9:01 PM
To: MacAllister, Andrew [PROCESS/DAN/HOU]
Subject: Re: [BLT] University of Texas at Austin 'Picosatellite' To Be
Launched from Space Shuttle To Begin Milestone Small-Satellite Mission
Hi Andy,
Thanks for the publicity on your lists. I have a website set up at
http://paradigm.ae.utexas.edu/ops where amateur radio stations can
send what they hear. Deployment from Shuttle Endeavor will occur
tentatively at 7:27 AM CDT, July 30th.
~Jahshan
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 10:23 AM, <Andrew.MacAllister@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> As seen during BLT-24 last year!
>
> Looking forward to the July flight of BEVO-1 and AggieSAT-2!
>
> http://www.utexas.edu/news/2009/06/09/picosatellite/
>
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 18:18:37 -1000
From: "Robert Smith" <dukenuke@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 message + SSTV
To: "Amsat-Bb@xxxxx. Org" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <18AB25CDB74C4D648929B87D71510640@xxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Aloha All
Nothing heard on AO-51 over Hawaii on the
0355Z (7/20/09) pass. Perhaps I got the time
mixed up or I am vague on the QTH locs for
SSTV transmission. Comments welcome.
A great week to all.
73 de NH7WN
robert in Honolulu
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:09:55 -0700
From: Dave Guimont <dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 4, Issue 344
To: Skip Prinsen W7PN <w7pn@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <20090720050958358.BIDB21390@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xx.xxx>
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Hi Skip,
Nothing to do with the subj!
Long time no hear or see!! Give me a buzz, 619 275 1495, or better
yet stop by!!
Haven't heard from Steve in some time either...I get on the ssb/cw
leo's from time to time...
73, Dave, WB6LLO
dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx
Disagree: I learn....
Pulling for P3E...
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:12:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK's road trip - Sunday (19 July) report
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hello!
After driving almost 500 miles/800km today, I went from the
hamfest in Williams AZ up to Monticello in eastern Utah. A
lot of ground covered, and lots of contacts from 4 different
grids (DM46, DM47, DM57, DM58).
This morning, I made it to the Arizona/Utah border near
Monument Valley after leaving Williams at 0430 local (1130
UTC). The DM46vx/DM47va grid boundary runs just north of the
signs marking the state line, and I parked in a parking lot at
the intersection of US-163 and Monument Valley Road (the road
leading to the entrance for Monument Valley Park). SO-50 went
by at 1642-1655 UTC, and I was able to log QSOs with 14 stations
in the US and Mexico during that pass. A good start for the day.
Since I had not planned to leave that early, I figured I might
still be in Arizona for that SO-50 pass. Instead, I was able
to move about 15 miles/24km northeast of my location for the
first SO-50 pass. I worked a later SO-50 pass at 1823 UTC that
went down the Pacific coast, and then worked two AO-27 passes,
from the DM47xb/DM57ab grid boundary just south of US-163. Six
stations went into the log for the western SO-50 pass, followed
by 17 on the first AO-27 pass I had at 2015 UTC. The second
AO-27 pass at 2155 UTC put 10 more in the log. A total of 33
QSOs through the 3 passes at the DM47/DM57 line.
In between these passes, I drove between Monument Valley and the
small town of Mexican Hat, along the San Juan River in that part
of Utah. Lots of beautiful scenery, even without going into the
Monument Valley park (a park operated by the Navajo tribe, complete
with admission fee).
After the last AO-27 pass, I started driving north. I planned
to operate at the DM57/DM58 boundary on the AO-51 passes at 0038
and 0219 UTC passes, but ended up getting on an earlier AO-51
pass as a bonus. I stopped about halfway between the DM56/DM57
and DM57/DM58 boundaries in grid DM57ck along US-191 for the pass
at 2303 UTC. Out here in Utah, that was a pass with maximum
elevation of 4 or 5 degrees. I found a nice spot that had no
obstructions, and was able to work that pass.
The 2303 UTC AO-51 pass was the only pass of the 7 I worked today
where I was not on a grid boundary. Even though that was the case,
I was able to log 8 QSOs. I was able to hear the 435.300 MHz
downlink on that pass when the satellite had an elevation of at
least .5 degree! It was easier to hear at that low elevation than
on other passes at similar elevations when AO-51 had a much higher
maximum elevation.
As I had hoped, I was able to get to the DM57/DM58 grid boundary
for the 0038 and 0219 UTC AO-51 passes. I had hoped to park along
US-191, to make it easy on me. Unfortunately, the highway descended
a few hundred feet where there were rocks on both east and west
sides of the road. I went east of US-191 on a dirt road, and found
a spot on the grid boundary (DM57ix/DM58ia), and that worked very
well. I logged 15 contacts on the 0038 UTC pass, then 6 more on the
0219 UTC pass.
Tomorrow (Monday, 20 July) will be a lighter day in terms of operating
and driving. With AO-51 being used for the special Apollo 11
transmission in the evening, I will confine my efforts to the SO-50
and AO-27 passes. There is an SO-50 pass around 1530 UTC that I may
work from the DM57/DM58 boundary again, and then move northward and
work the following SO-50 pass (around 1711 UTC) somewhere else in grid
DM58. For AO-27 passes, I may try to get to the DM58/DM59 line for
the passes at 1946 and 2127 UTC. If I can get to a spot with a very
good view of the western sky, the shallow (around 5 degrees maximum
elevation) AO-27 pass at 2307 UTC might be a possibility. I *may*
try VO-52 around 1654 UTC, depending on where I am at that time
(probably somewhere in DM58). Then I will try to hear the special
transmission on AO-51 like everyone else.
Good night, and 73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - Monticello, Utah
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Message: 10
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:16:28 -0700 (PDT)
From: Rodney Waln <kc0zhf@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 message + SSTV
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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hi, i was on 00:45z+- july 20 2009?pass and it was not on then,?
my be later in the day passes when in range of control stations,
or loaded up to the satellite BBS??
not sure how that works but some one has it figured out :-)
73's Rodney kc0zhf
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:49:58 -0700
From: Larry Teran <satvader@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: WD9EWK's road trip - Sunday (19 July) report
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Amazing trip and coordination Pat!!! thaks for giving us the opportunity to
log DM 46,47,57,58,
As we say in Spanish, they are not only let you go to heaven with your shoes,
but they will let you take your HT and Arrow antenna as well!!!!!!!
73's from KI6YAA
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:12:03 -0700
> From: amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx
> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK's road trip - Sunday (19 July) report
>
>
> Hello!
>
> After driving almost 500 miles/800km today, I went from the
> hamfest in Williams AZ up to Monticello in eastern Utah. A
> lot of ground covered, and lots of contacts from 4 different
> grids (DM46, DM47, DM57, DM58).
>
> This morning, I made it to the Arizona/Utah border near
> Monument Valley after leaving Williams at 0430 local (1130
> UTC). The DM46vx/DM47va grid boundary runs just north of the
> signs marking the state line, and I parked in a parking lot at
> the intersection of US-163 and Monument Valley Road (the road
> leading to the entrance for Monument Valley Park). SO-50 went
> by at 1642-1655 UTC, and I was able to log QSOs with 14 stations
> in the US and Mexico during that pass. A good start for the day.
>
> Since I had not planned to leave that early, I figured I might
> still be in Arizona for that SO-50 pass. Instead, I was able
> to move about 15 miles/24km northeast of my location for the
> first SO-50 pass. I worked a later SO-50 pass at 1823 UTC that
> went down the Pacific coast, and then worked two AO-27 passes,
> from the DM47xb/DM57ab grid boundary just south of US-163. Six
> stations went into the log for the western SO-50 pass, followed
> by 17 on the first AO-27 pass I had at 2015 UTC. The second
> AO-27 pass at 2155 UTC put 10 more in the log. A total of 33
> QSOs through the 3 passes at the DM47/DM57 line.
>
> In between these passes, I drove between Monument Valley and the
> small town of Mexican Hat, along the San Juan River in that part
> of Utah. Lots of beautiful scenery, even without going into the
> Monument Valley park (a park operated by the Navajo tribe, complete
> with admission fee).
>
> After the last AO-27 pass, I started driving north. I planned
> to operate at the DM57/DM58 boundary on the AO-51 passes at 0038
> and 0219 UTC passes, but ended up getting on an earlier AO-51
> pass as a bonus. I stopped about halfway between the DM56/DM57
> and DM57/DM58 boundaries in grid DM57ck along US-191 for the pass
> at 2303 UTC. Out here in Utah, that was a pass with maximum
> elevation of 4 or 5 degrees. I found a nice spot that had no
> obstructions, and was able to work that pass.
>
> The 2303 UTC AO-51 pass was the only pass of the 7 I worked today
> where I was not on a grid boundary. Even though that was the case,
> I was able to log 8 QSOs. I was able to hear the 435.300 MHz
> downlink on that pass when the satellite had an elevation of at
> least .5 degree! It was easier to hear at that low elevation than
> on other passes at similar elevations when AO-51 had a much higher
> maximum elevation.
>
> As I had hoped, I was able to get to the DM57/DM58 grid boundary
> for the 0038 and 0219 UTC AO-51 passes. I had hoped to park along
> US-191, to make it easy on me. Unfortunately, the highway descended
> a few hundred feet where there were rocks on both east and west
> sides of the road. I went east of US-191 on a dirt road, and found
> a spot on the grid boundary (DM57ix/DM58ia), and that worked very
> well. I logged 15 contacts on the 0038 UTC pass, then 6 more on the
> 0219 UTC pass.
>
> Tomorrow (Monday, 20 July) will be a lighter day in terms of operating
> and driving. With AO-51 being used for the special Apollo 11
> transmission in the evening, I will confine my efforts to the SO-50
> and AO-27 passes. There is an SO-50 pass around 1530 UTC that I may
> work from the DM57/DM58 boundary again, and then move northward and
> work the following SO-50 pass (around 1711 UTC) somewhere else in grid
> DM58. For AO-27 passes, I may try to get to the DM58/DM59 line for
> the passes at 1946 and 2127 UTC. If I can get to a spot with a very
> good view of the western sky, the shallow (around 5 degrees maximum
> elevation) AO-27 pass at 2307 UTC might be a possibility. I *may*
> try VO-52 around 1654 UTC, depending on where I am at that time
> (probably somewhere in DM58). Then I will try to hear the special
> transmission on AO-51 like everyone else.
>
> Good night, and 73!
>
>
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK - Monticello, Utah
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
>
>
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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:30:32 -0500
From: "Alan P. Biddle" <APBIDDLE@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 message + SSTV
To: "'Amsat-Bb@xxxxx. Org'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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The message and SSTV image will be "streaming" Monday evening.
Alan
WA4SCA
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Message: 13
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:37:56 -0700 (PDT)
From: William Leijenaar <pe1rah@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Evidence of moon landings....!
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi AMSATs,
?
The news is full again of the moon landings, where NASA claims to have new
evidence, which makes me laugh again. I have the same idea like LeRoy, KD8BXP.
When the information is only from one source it is not reliable at all,?every
scientist should know.
?
This doesn't mean that I state no man has been on the moon,?for me it?is just
not clear.
I?would like to see pictures from another nations satellite, in higher
resolution. I believe we will soon know, as there are several countries
wanting to go to the moon. I am looking forward to their pictures and the
state of the equipment left on the moon, in case the landings were no film
studio work :o)
?
For the moment?I keep it more close to the earth with my?small?transponder
work,
Maybe in the future there will be a chance to?have?a moon-ponder :o)
?
73
William
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Message: 14
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:53:26 -0500
From: "John P. Toscano" <tosca005@xx.xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Evidence of moon landings....!
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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William Leijenaar wrote:
> The news is full again of the moon landings, where NASA claims to have new
evidence, which makes me laugh again. I have the same idea like LeRoy, KD8BXP.
When the information is only from one source it is not reliable at all, every
scientist should know.
>
> This doesn't mean that I state no man has been on the moon, for me it is
just not clear.
William:
If one is truly skeptical of the truth of NASA's claims to have landed
men on the moon and brought them back to earth safely, then it is only
natural to claim that nothing that NASA says will be accepted as proof
of having accomplished the deed. The only thing that NASA could do to
convince a true skeptic is to land that person on the moon and bring
them home again. (Wouldn't that be a treat?)
On the other hand, we should be clear that NASA is *NOT* claiming that
these pictures are "evidence that they really were there". They are
(rightly) very proud of the extreme resolution of the pictures coming
from the new Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), and wanted to "show
off" how good the pictures are. Of course, they chose to image targets
that would pique the interest of as many folks as possible. For that
reason, choosing to show photographs of the moon landing sites surely
fulfills the criterion of generating lots of interest.
You are certainly entitled to your disbelief. But attributing these
photos to a claim by NASA as evidence of the moon landings is a little
bit too negative for my taste. I think that they are fully aware of the
fact that any "proof" they could provide would be discounted by the
skeptics because of its source. The web pages I saw never said anything
about offering proof of prior successful landings on the moon. They are
simply "showing off" their latest interesting photos.
By the way, do you also believe that all of the fantastic pictures from
the Hubble Space Telescope were created in Photoshop instead of being
real images of far away space objects? Oh, sorry, that's a bit
off-topic, and only a rhetorical question. No need to reply to that.
> I would like to see pictures from another nations satellite, in higher
resolution. I believe we will soon know, as there are several countries
wanting to go to the moon. I am looking forward to their pictures and the
state of the equipment left on the moon, in case the landings were no film
studio work :o)
I, too, would welcome more pictures! (See, it really is an interesting
target to photograph!)
> For the moment I keep it more close to the earth with my small transponder
work,
The AMSAT community is indeed highly indebted to you for your hard work
in this area. Thank you very much for your efforts in making small
linear transponders for satellites.
> Maybe in the future there will be a chance to have a moon-ponder :o)
Maybe, and maybe not. But if no one ever dreams of it, it will certainly
never come to pass. Wanting to take the journey is the very first of
many, many steps in the journey, but one that is not optional if the
journey is ever going to be undertaken.
73 de W?JT
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