[amsat-bb] Kenwood THD-72A/E Duplex function
At the (British) National Hamfest yesterday I had a play with the pre-production model of the THD-72E and asked about full duplex. I couldn't get into full duplex on the menu and had to give the set back but I insisted onthe question in the name of AMSAT and they went to the manuals while some other guys played with it. On the second manual(printed off the cdrom) - which they said was about the packet function - there was the following instruction: FULL DUPLEX Ths transceiver is also capable of simultaneously transmitting and receiving signals. So it is possible to transmit audio on the current band while receiving packet data on the other band (data band). 1 Set operation band to band B 2.Press [F DUP] to enter Duplex mode ... Notes * When operating on band A you cannot change to full duplex mode. * When in single band mode and Band A/B is set to VHF/VHF or UHF/UHF you cannot change to Full Duplex mode. * When usin the Full Duplex function, connect an earphone to the SP jack. using an earphone will prevent feedback that can cause the transceiver to emit a howling sound. I have photographed these instructions and transcribed from the photo. For some reason I photographed the manual not the radio which is a squat fat two-tone grey thing. It's got a gps built in. Available end 2010, they said. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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] Re: OSCAR-11 Report
On Sat, 2010-10-02 at 18:50 -0400, Zachary Beougher wrote: HO68). I am assuming that what I heard on my transmit HT was probably the Oscar-11 beacon - could anyone confirm that? Almost certainly. I've heard it several times, including last Monday while I was out mobile. Around 11am local, it was loud even going through the Charing Cross cutting in the middle of Glasgow - obviously I couldn't hear it while I was in the tunnel section - and remained so for a good five minutes. When I was out in the clear away from buildings it was a solid fully-quieting signal. Has anyone decoded anything off it yet? Gordon MM0YEQ ___ 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] Useless experiment running today...
OK Today I have a totally useless experiment running: live streaming of audio from my receiver on the internet. http://www.pa3guo.com/webradio.html Not tested against all platforms (Firefox, Mozilla, ...). No clue how many simultanious listeners I can handle. Anyway, I will monitor HO-68 CW beacon today (435.790). Of course you only hear something when it is overhead at my QTZ (Europe). If you dont mind, I would be interested to hear: - if you could connect - if you noticed the 12 second delay - how much better your own station is (a lot most likely) - which browser used Maybe later I will also monitor AO51/Echo Henk, PA3GUO ___ 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] Re: Useless experiment running today...
Mmm. Good the inital noise reports in :-) Makes more sense to list when he sat's are overhead here. 12:04-12:20utc HO68 beacon (22 degrees) 13:41-13:53utc AO51 435.300 (13 degrees) 15:17-15:32utc AO51 435.300 (64 degrees) 16:57-17:11utc AO51 435.300 (21 degrees) 17:18-17:33utc HO68 beacon 19:02-19:20utc HO68 beacon (41 degrees) 20:49-21:08utc HO68 beacon (56 degrees) Henk PA3GUO pa3...@upcmail.nl schreef: OK Today I have a totally useless experiment running: live streaming of audio from my receiver on the internet. http://www.pa3guo.com/webradio.html Not tested against all platforms (Firefox, Mozilla, ...). No clue how many simultanious listeners I can handle. Anyway, I will monitor HO-68 CW beacon today (435.790). Of course you only hear something when it is overhead at my QTZ (Europe). If you dont mind, I would be interested to hear: - if you could connect - if you noticed the 12 second delay - how much better your own station is (a lot most likely) - which browser used Maybe later I will also monitor AO51/Echo Henk, PA3GUO -- Henk, PA3GUO ___ 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] [ans] ANS-276 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-276 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. **SYMPOSIUM WEEK IN CHICAGO*** * * Still looking for additional ANS editors- If you feel you can assist * * Please see Gould Smith, WA4SXM, during the Symposium and discuss this.* * Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to: ans-edi...@amsat.org In this edition: * Congratulations to the ARISSat-1 Team! * Symposium links for updates * AMSAT Symposium * ARISS ham radio contact planned with IRSEA Institute, Italy * OSCAR-11 Signals Heard * AO-51 Resumes Operation * ARISS Status - 27 September 2010 SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-276.01 Congratulations to the ARISSat-1 Team! AMSAT News Service Bulletin 276.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 3, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-276.01 Congratulations to the ARISSat-1 Team! ARISSat-1 will be the presented in detail during the Saturday morning sessions at the AMSAT 2010 Space Symposium and Annual Meeting which will be held on Friday, October 8 through Sunday, October 10. AMSAT Vice-President of Engineering Tony Montiero, AA2TX and ARISSat Project Manager Gould Smith, WA4SXM along with ARISSat team members will host the Saturday ARRISat-1 sessions including: + ARISSat-1 Overview + Software Radio Technology + BPSK-1000 format for ARISSat-1 + ARISSatTLM - Software Demodulator and Telemetry Program Calculating + Available Power (Examples: ARISSat Fox) Power System Assembling + ARISSat-1 + ARISSat-1 Vibration Testing The team plans to have a working ARISSat-1 prototype attending the Symposium. ARISSat-1 design and operations are discussed in detail in these papers published in the 2010 Symposium Proceedings book: ARISSat-1 Overview Tony Monteiro AA2TX ARISSat-1 Power System Tony Monteiro AA2TX Software Radio Technology on ARISSat-1 Tony Montiero AA2TX ARISSatTLM - A Software Demodulator and Telemetry Display Program for the ARISSat-1 Satellite Douglas Quagliana KA2UPW BPSK-1000 format for ARISSat-1 Phil Karn KA9Q An additional feature presentation and paper will introduce you to AMSAT's next satellite ... AMSAT-FOX Preview by Tony Monteiro, AA2TX The AMSAT 2010 Space Symposium and Annual General Meeting will be held at the Chicago/Elk Grove Holiday Inn which is near O'Hare Airport. On-line registration for the Symposium continues on-line at the AMSAT Store site: http://www.amsat-na.com/store/SymposiumReg.php The registration fee is $45.00 from now through 5 October. Online registration closes 5 October at Midnight. Registration at the door will be $50.00. [ANS thanks JoAnne, K9JKM, for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-276.02 Symposium links for updates AMSAT News Service Bulletin 276.02 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 3, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-276.02 2010 AMSAT Symposium Home Page http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2010/index.php Symposium Schedule http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2010/SymposiumSchedule.php List of Presentations http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2010/Presentations.php Hotel Information http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2010/Hotel.php Food and Drink information http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2010/FoodandDrink.php Banquet Speaker http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2010/BanquetSpeaker.php Board of Directors Agenda http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2010/BoardofDirectorsAgenda.php -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM [ANS thanks the 2010 Symposium Committee for the above information] /EX SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-276.03 AMSAT Symposium AMSAT News Service Bulletin 276.03 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. October 3, 2010 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-276.03 Of course we all know that this week the AMSAT Symposium will be held in Chicago. You will be able to find all the latest details at the AMSAT Website www.AMSAT.org. Information on when certain talks will be presented and full proceedings will be there for the asking. Details for all events, including a tour of the Fermi Lab are there for all to decide on what they would like to see and hear. Take this as an opportunity to get together with your elected officials and discuss with them what is important to you. The full schedule will be updated as they are finalized. The 2010 Symposium Schedule is posted on the amsat.org web at: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2010/SymposiumSchedule.php A few minor tweaks may be necessary over the next 7 days. The final version will be available on-site at the Symposium next
[amsat-bb] AMSAT-Italy Videos on ESA website
http://www.southgatearc.org/news/october2010/esa_amsat_videos.htm 73 Trevor M5AKA Daily Amateur Radio Email/RSS News: http://www.southgatearc.org/ Email Your News To: editor at southgatearc.org Or Upload At: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news_1.htm ___ 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] Re: Kenwood THD-72A/E Duplex function
This will help with the picture: http://www.thiecom.com/kataloge/firmen/kenwood/kenwood-thd72e-preinfo.pdf Roger WA1KAT On 10/3/2010 5:18 AM, andy thomas wrote: At the (British) National Hamfest yesterday I had a play with the pre-production model of the THD-72E and asked about full duplex. I couldn't get into full duplex on the menu and had to give the set back but I insisted onthe question in the name of AMSAT and they went to the manuals while some other guys played with it. On the second manual(printed off the cdrom) - which they said was about the packet function - there was the following instruction: FULL DUPLEX Ths transceiver is also capable of simultaneously transmitting and receiving signals. So it is possible to transmit audio on the current band while receiving packet data on the other band (data band). 1 Set operation band to band B 2.Press [F DUP] to enter Duplex mode ... Notes * When operating on band A you cannot change to full duplex mode. * When in single band mode and Band A/B is set to VHF/VHF or UHF/UHF you cannot change to Full Duplex mode. * When usin the Full Duplex function, connect an earphone to the SP jack. using an earphone will prevent feedback that can cause the transceiver to emit a howling sound. I have photographed these instructions and transcribed from the photo. For some reason I photographed the manual not the radio which is a squat fat two-tone grey thing. It's got a gps built in. Available end 2010, they said. 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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 ___ 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] 2010 AMSAT Space Symposium Web Links
2010 AMSAT Symposium Home Page http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2010/index.php Symposium Schedule http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2010/SymposiumSchedule.php List of Presentations http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2010/Presentations.php Hotel Information http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2010/Hotel.php Food and Drink information http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2010/FoodandDrink.php Banquet Speaker http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2010/BanquetSpeaker.php Board of Directors Agenda http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2010/BoardofDirectorsAgenda.php (Page under construction) -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9...@amsat.org Editor, AMSAT News Service Copy Editor, AMSAT Journal ___ 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] Good Weather for a Symposium
The 2010 AMSAT Symposium Committee has arranged for good weather this week. According to weather.com your flight and driving conditions will be nice ... Oct 6 Wednesday Sunshine. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the low 50s. Oct 7 Thursday Mainly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s and lows in the upper 40s. Oct 8 Friday Sunshine. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the low 50s. Oct 9 Saturday Sunny. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the low 50s. Oct 10 Sunday More sun than clouds. Highs in the upper 60s and lows in the mid 50s. Oct 11 Monday Mainly sunny. Highs in the upper 60s and lows in the low 50s. -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9...@amsat.org Editor, AMSAT News Service Copy Editor, AMSAT Journal ___ 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] AO-51 October schedule
Hello All, Here is the October schedule. October 3 (late UTC) FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM (no PL tone) Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 9k6 Baud PBBS Operations, L/U Uplink: 1268.708 MHz FM at 9600 baud Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM at 9600 baud October 10 (late UTC) FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM (no PL tone) Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM QRP (Oct. 10-15) and JOTA (Oct. 16-17) Only FM Repeater, V/U Please give way to JOTA stations or QSOs with JOTA stations Uplink: 145.880 MHz FM (no PL tone) Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM October 17 (late UTC) FM Repeater, V/U Uplink: 145.920 MHz FM (no PL tone) Downlink: 435.300 MHz FM 9k6 Baud PBBS Operations, L/U Uplink: 1268.708 MHz FM at 9600 baud Downlink: 435.150 MHz FM at 9600 baud On behalf of the Operations and Command Teams, Mark L. Hammond [N8MH] ___ 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] Useless experiment running today...FIREFOX enabled
Lesson learned ''number 1: HAMs use Firefox ! So: I fixed my poor HTML just a few minutes ago. Now also Firefox users should be able to listen in. Next are a few HO68 CW beacon passes coming up: 19:02-19:20utc HO68 beacon (41 degrees) 20:49-21:08utc HO68 beacon (56 degrees) See if you can hear the beacon stronger yourself as via my WEB station. A more scientific way of saying the same: My ground station will in the next few hours download telemetry from an experimental satelliet in space (HO-68) and feed the audio of the beacon live on the internet for further analisys by users. http://www.pa3guo.com/webradio.html Henk, PA3GUO PA3GUO pa3...@upcmail.nl schreef: Mmm. Good the inital noise reports in :-) Makes more sense to list when he sat's are overhead here. 12:04-12:20utc HO68 beacon (22 degrees) 13:41-13:53utc AO51 435.300 (13 degrees) 15:17-15:32utc AO51 435.300 (64 degrees) 16:57-17:11utc AO51 435.300 (21 degrees) 17:18-17:33utc HO68 beacon 19:02-19:20utc HO68 beacon (41 degrees) 20:49-21:08utc HO68 beacon (56 degrees) Henk PA3GUO pa3...@upcmail.nl schreef: OK Today I have a totally useless experiment running: live streaming of audio from my receiver on the internet. http://www.pa3guo.com/webradio.html Not tested against all platforms (Firefox, Mozilla, ...). No clue how many simultanious listeners I can handle. Anyway, I will monitor HO-68 CW beacon today (435.790). Of course you only hear something when it is overhead at my QTZ (Europe). If you dont mind, I would be interested to hear: - if you could connect - if you noticed the 12 second delay - how much better your own station is (a lot most likely) - which browser used Maybe later I will also monitor AO51/Echo Henk, PA3GUO -- Henk, PA3GUO -- Henk, PA3GUO ___ 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] Re: Useless experiment running today...
VERY! good audio here in NA of ho68 becon (as I write this)...glad to see it working for you 73 de kd8atf ___ 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
