[amsat-bb] ANS-080 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-080 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-edi...@amsat.org * The AMSAT team is preparing for the 2010 Dayton Hamvention AMSAT * * Booth and activities. For the latest information go to: * *http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/hamvention/2010/Dayton.php * In this edition: * Satellite Operations from Oahu and Kauai Hawii * AMSAT Hamfest Activities for 27 March 2010 * AO-51 to support Boy Scouts 100th Anniversary * AMSAT-DL Symposium and AGM * Call for Papers--2010 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference * SpaceX Completes Falcon 9 Static Fire Test * ARISS Status - 15 March 2010 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-080.01 Satellite Operations from Oahu and Kauai Hawii AMSAT News Service Bulletin 080.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. March 21, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-080.01 Adrian, AA5UK, will be on Oahu (BL11) and Kauai (BL02ic BL01) operating portable KH6. He plans to operate on the Linear and FM satellites during his stay, mostly from his rented house in BL02ic (March 27th through April 5th) and will try to operate portable/mobile from BL11 and BL01 time permitting. Emphasis will be SSB on FO-29, VU-52, AO-7 and HO-68. He will post daily availability via AMSAT BB, his QRZ page and Twitter: @AA5UK. Schedule requests are encouraged due to the limited pass windows for those operators needing HI for WAS at the fringe of the footprints. Please use the email listed on QRZ.com to arrange for a time and date. [ANS thanks JoAnne, K9JKM, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-080.02 AMSAT Hamfest Activities for 27 March 2010 AMSAT News Service Bulletin 080.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. March 21, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-080.02 The Radio Society of Tucson (K7RST) will host the Tucson spring hamfest on Saturday, 27 March 2010, at the Kino Sports Complex in Tucson, AZ. The Kino Sports Complex is on Ajo Way, east of the I-10 freeway and Tucson Electric Park stadium in Tucson. The hamfest will run from 7am-11am (1400-1800 UTC). Along with an AMSAT table, Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK, will have on-air demonstrations using various satellites during the hamfest. Meanwhile, further East, Keith Pugh, W5IU, will have an AMSAT booth and be conducting demonstrations at the Parker County Hamfest in Weatherford, TX. [ANS thanks Patrick, WD9EWK, and Keith, W5IU, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-080.03 AO-51 to support Boy Scouts 100th Anniversary AMSAT News Service Bulletin 080.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. March 21, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-080.03 AMSAT-NA is supporting the Boy Scouts of America 100th Anniversary Jamboree by dedicating an AO-51 V/U FM repeater for the event. From Friday April 16, 15:00 UTC until Sunday April 18 19:00 UTC, an AO-51 repeater will be allocated for Jamboree use. All users are requested to give way to Jamboree stations or QSO's with Jamboree stations. The frequencies used will be 145.880 FM uplink, and 435.150 FM downlink, no PL tone required. AMSAT wishes the Scouts good luck operating via the AO-51 satellite for the event. 73, Ed N8BBQ AO-51 Operations Group [ANS thanks Ed, N8BBQ, for the above information} /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-080.04 AMSAT-DL Symposium and AGM AMSAT News Service Bulletin 080.04 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. March 21, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-080.04 The AMSAT-DL Symposium and AGM will be held in the radome of the spectacular 20 metre dish at Bochum. The event takes place on Saturday April 24, 2010 from 10:00 to 17:00 local time. There will be a lecture programme and an update on AMSAT-DL projects and the results of the joint study between AMSAT-DL and the Federal Republic of Germany Research Center for Aeronautics and Astronautics (DLR). For further details of the Symposium including directions see http://tinyurl.com/ykezgjj AMSAT-DL in Google English http://tinyurl.com/AMSAT-DL Federal Republic of Germany Research Center for Aeronautics and Astronautics (DLR) http://tinyurl.com/GermanyDLR GO-Mars with AMSAT-DL's P5A Mission - Pixel Page http://ticket-to-mars.org/index.pl?lang=en_EN [ANS thanks AMSAT-DL for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-080.05 Call for Papers--2010 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference AMSAT News Service Bulletin 080.05 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. March 21, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-080.05 Technical papers are solicited for presentation at the 29th Annual ARRL and TAPR Digital
[amsat-bb] HO-68 Schedule - 21-28 Mar 2010
21 Mar. 2010 16:35...Turn On--SSB/CW India, Africa, Middle East, Europe,NA 17:20...Turn Off 18:10...Turn On--SSB/CW Africa,Europe,Middle East,NA 18:55...Turn Off 22 Mar. 2010 01:15...Turn On--SSB/CW South America,NA,North Asia 02:00...Turn Off 02:16...Turn On--SSB/CW North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:32...Turn Off 03:05...Turn On--SSB/CW South America,NA,North Asia 03:50...Turn Off 19:40...Turn On--SSB/CW Africa,Europe,NA 20:25...Turn Off 23 Mar. 2010 01:00...Turn On--FM South America,NA,North Asia 01:45...Turn Off 01:59...Turn On--SSB/CW North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:15...Turn Off 02:45...Turn On--SSB/CW NA,South America,North Asia 03:30...Turn Off 11:40...Turn On--SSB/CW South America,Oceania,Asia 12:25...Turn Off 17:50...Turn On--SSB/CW India,Middle East,Europe,NA 18:35...Turn Off 19:20...Turn On--SSB/CW Africa,Europe,NA 20:05...Turn Off 24 Mar. 2010 = 01:38...Turn On--SSB/CW North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 01:49...Turn Off 09:55...Turn On--SSB/CW Oceania,East Asia,North Asia,Europe 10:40...Turn Off 12:55...Turn On--SSB/CW South America,Oceania 13:39...Turn Off 16:00...Turn On--SSB/CW India,Middle East,Africa,Europe,NA 16:45...Turn Off 23:25...Turn On--SSB/CW NA,North Asia,East Asia,Oceania 24:10...Turn Off 25 Mar. 2010 = 01:22...Turn On--SSB/CW North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 01:35...Turn Off 06:40...Turn On--SSB/CW NA,North Asia,Middle East, Europe,Africa 07:25...Turn Off 15:00...Turn On--SSB/CW Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 15:45...Turn Off 17:15...Turn On--SSB/CW Africa,India,Middle East,Europe,NA 18:00...Turn Off 19:05...Turn On--SSB/CW Africa,Europe,NA 19:50...Turn Off 26 Mar. 2010 00:10...Turn On--FM South America,NA,North Asia 00:55...Turn Off 02:51...Turn On--SSB/CW North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 03:06...Turn Off 11:10...Turn On--SSB/CW Oceania,Asia,Europe 11:55...Turn Off 18:45...Turn On--FM Africa,Europe,NA 19:30...Turn Off 22:55...Turn On--SSB/CW NA,Asia,Oceania 23:40...Turn Off 27 Mar. 2010 01:40...Turn On--FM South America,NA,North Asia 02:25...Turn Off 02:40...Turn On--FM North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 02:55...Turn Off 10:50...Turn On--FM Oceania,Asia,Europe,NA 11:35...Turn Off 18:30...Turn On--SSB/CW Africa,Europe,NA 19:15...Turn Off 28 Mar. 2010 01:25...Turn On--SSB/CW South America,NA,North Asia 02:10...Turn Off 04:07...Turn On--FM North Asia,East Asia,South Asia 04:22...Turn Off 07:20...Turn On--SSB/CW North Asia,Europe,Africa 08:05...Turn Off 10:35...Turn On--SSB/CW Oceania,Asia,Europe 11:20...Turn Off 73 Alan Kung, BA1DU HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager www.camsat.cn ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] NASA to Launch Three New CubeSats in November
Subject: NASA to Launch Three New CubeSats in November Three small research satellites with amateur radio educational payloads are scheduled for launch in late November. Called CubeSats because of their shape, they come from Montana State University, the University of Colorado and Kentucky Space as part of NASA's Educational Launch of Nanosatellite mission. Kentucky's KySat-1 is believed to be the first CubeSat to carry a 2 meter-to-70 cm FM transponder - truly a crossband repeater in space and one that should be accessible by most radio amateurs within its flight path, authorities said. CubeSats are in a class of small research spacecraft called pico-satellites. They have a volume of about one quart and weigh no more than 2.2 pounds. The University of Florida was selected as an alternate in case one of the three primary spacecraft cannot fly. ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
[amsat-bb] Dressler VV 2000 GAAS preamp
I picked up a Dressler VV2000 GAAS preamp yesterday at a swapfest, and wonder if anyone on the board has ever used one? It is a mast mount 146-148 mhz Low Noise Preamp with N connectors. I have the manual, which was downloaded off the internet. Just curious as to see if anyone else had one of the critters...and any comments... it can take 1kw of power...dont think my FT847 will ever do that... John W6ZKH ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
