[amsat-bb] Re: Field Day Dual-Hop!
I actually made most of our (W9CCU) contacts on FO-29 this year, with AO-7 and VO-52 close behind. REALLY disappointed at the number of stations making multiple contacts on the FM birds... what these people don't seem to realize is that every extra contact they make deprives another station of the opportunity to make their one FD contact. George, KA3HSW - Original Message - From: "Greg D." To: ; Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 2:13 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Field Day Dual-Hop! > > Actually, the later (North-heading) pass of AO-51 was remarkably sane. I > made my 100 point contact with AA5PK, and then sat back to listen. > Towards the end of the pass it was pretty quiet, so I answered W6YX who > was actually having to call CQ for some attention. > > But AO-7 literally sounds like 20 meters. I've never heard it so busy. > The Old Girl is holding up extremely well, and I had much better luck > there than with FO-29, which seemed to be suffering from the onslaught. > AO-27 was super busy too, so I decided to wait for the mid-Pacific > 3-degree pass. Almost snagged the NH7 station... Sorry, just couldn't > pull out the call sign as the bird set. Time to buy a better preamp and > get it mounted directly on the antenna boom (instead of 10' and a cable > splice away). > > Greg KO6TH > > ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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] WTB: 2m CP antenna
Looking for a 2m CP antenna. If you have one you would like to sell, please contact me. Darryl K0GV ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: Operating portable the grid JN70GT from the depth of volcano Vesuvio !
Dom, You never cease to amaze me!!! Can you somehow manage to increase the bird's elevation so I can work you from San Diego!! Best of luck in the venture 73 Dave wb6llo >On day 28 june 2011 I will be operating VO-52 portable from the depth of the >cone of volcano Vesuvio in grid square JN70GT a "hole"never worked before ! > >The depth of the cone is about 300 meters so that the window for me will be >very short as follows: > >AOS at 07:51 UTC with elevation of 49° >TCA with maximum elevation of 80° at 07:52 UTC >LOS at 07:54 UTC with elevation of 39° > >I will operate SSB in the middle of the downlink at 145.900 MHz using 30 >watt from my TS 790E and a IOio antenna. > >The power supply will be provided by a small 650 watt 220 volt 50 Hz >gasoline electric generator. > >The team will be made by five radio Hams. > >Dont' loose this unique opportunity to work a "deep hole JN70GT" never >worked before ! > >73" de > >i8CVS Domenico > >___ >Sent via AMSAT-BB@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 73, Dave, WB6LLO dguim...@san.rr.com Disagree: I learn Pulling for P3E... ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: [aprssig] ISS on FD?
Hi Bob, Yeah, Keps for the ISS have been really short lived recently. I updated mine on Friday, and I think again yesterday, and by last night when I updated them again, things moved out another 20 minutes. I think someone forgot to turn off one of their thrusters... I tuned in for their 6pm (local PDT) pass, and heard nothing on 145.800 nor 145.825. I stayed up last night to catch the 12:40am pass, and again nothing (though I only stayed around for the first half of the pass). Nothing has been posted on David's OSCAR database related to hearing the crew either. Their next pass here is after Field Day closes, so I'll have to look forward to next year. But I did make contacts on AO-51, AO-7, and FO-29, and a partial on AO-27 to Hawaii, so it still was a good day. Greg KO6TH Bob Bruninga wrote: > I got APRS satellite packets via ISS but not while I was looking. > > My KEPS were 2.5 days old and I heard nothing during my "predicted" passes, > though looking at the APRS radio later, I did see RS0ISS and 3 other > stations. Maybe they re-boosted. > > I did think I heard voices from that radio once or twice but assumed it was > QRM from nearby public 2-way radios (I was surrounded by the Race Across > America Bike tour people who all had VHF radios of some kind or other). Now > I realize it might have been an astronaut on ISS? But since it didn't match > my prediction, I wasn't paying attention. > > Bob, WB4APR > > > ___ > aprssig mailing list > aprs...@tapr.org > https://www.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig > ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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] FAST1 Status report over Europe at 18:07 UTC
Hello All, Fastrac-1 heard, beacon active each 3 minutes, tried to digipeat without success! Does anyone know what is the path for digipeat? Do you think it will be activated over Europe? Greetings, EA1JM, Fran Fm EA1JM-6 To APRS Via FAST1 [20:06:46] =4054.17N/00511.97W`ea1jm.f...@gmail.com Fm FAST1 To BEACON [20:07:20] F11001641583629.962191960446.74 -4717286.85 +4819604.31 +4407.26359 -3238.96974 -4970.40783+0B Fm EA1JM-6 To APRS Via FAST1 [20:07:58] =4054.17N/00511.97W`ea1jm.f...@gmail.com ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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] QSO with NA on AO7
I Tnx Allen (N5AFV) for QSO on CW on AO7 Mode B, June 24 at 23.33 Z, Orbit 67532 (EL29GQ - - FF66TQ, 7644 km). QRV for others QSOs attempts via AO7. --luis LU6QI ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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] Operating portable the grid JN70GT from the depth of volcano Vesuvio !
Hi All, in Europe On day 28 june 2011 I will be operating VO-52 portable from the depth of the cone of volcano Vesuvio in grid square JN70GT a "hole"never worked before ! The depth of the cone is about 300 meters so that the window for me will be very short as follows: AOS at 07:51 UTC with elevation of 49° TCA with maximum elevation of 80° at 07:52 UTC LOS at 07:54 UTC with elevation of 39° I will operate SSB in the middle of the downlink at 145.900 MHz using 30 watt from my TS 790E and a IOio antenna. The power supply will be provided by a small 650 watt 220 volt 50 Hz gasoline electric generator. The team will be made by five radio Hams. Dont' loose this unique opportunity to work a "deep hole JN70GT" never worked before ! 73" de i8CVS Domenico ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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] Sked Request: FM04, FM56, DM90, DM96, & EN46
Anyone active in any of these "holes" in my map? Please reply off-list: k5oe at amsat dot org. Tnx es 73, Jerry, K5OE ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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] Field Day Results
Be sure to read this week's ANS bulletin #177. In particular, the article on submitting your field day results. Please do not wait until the last minute. Every year someone does and they are left out of the years tallies. I have already received the first field day submission. It is not to early to submit your results. Good Luck 73...bruce -- Bruce Paige, KK5DO AMSAT Director Contests and Awards ARRL Awards Manager (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT* Also live streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes Latest satellite news on the ARRL Audio News http://www.arrl.org AMSAT on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/amsat ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: ISS
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 6:45 PM, Kevin Deane wrote: > > Well it was on time ond on that last pass for me but I didnt get in... I can > still hear it!!! Hear what? :-) Packet or voice? -aps ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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] ISS
Well it was on time ond on that last pass for me but I didnt get in... I can still hear it!!! Kevin KF7MYK ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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] Update on Jim - ND9M/mm
Jim just call me on the cell phone and informed me his email was non functional. Here's an update on his grids for today. AO-7B at 2128z FM02 AO-51 at 2143z FM02 AO-7B at 2319z FM01 VO-52 at 0032z FM01 VO-52 at 0208z FM01 Good luck all on some new grids, Rick WA4NVM ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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] ND9M/MM FM01
Jim ND9M/MM reports that his emails from the ship have not been going out. He is underway now and expects to be in FM01 after 2200z 26June. This means that he will likely not be in FM01 for the first AO-7 pass at 2129 nor the AO-51 pass that follow at 2145z. The next AO-7 pass at 2322 will likely be the one to work him on. Jim also reports that he is on 144.23 for terrestrial contacts. 73, John K8YSE ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: Field Day Dual-Hop!
Actually, the later (North-heading) pass of AO-51 was remarkably sane. I made my 100 point contact with AA5PK, and then sat back to listen. Towards the end of the pass it was pretty quiet, so I answered W6YX who was actually having to call CQ for some attention. But AO-7 literally sounds like 20 meters. I've never heard it so busy. The Old Girl is holding up extremely well, and I had much better luck there than with FO-29, which seemed to be suffering from the onslaught. AO-27 was super busy too, so I decided to wait for the mid-Pacific 3-degree pass. Almost snagged the NH7 station... Sorry, just couldn't pull out the call sign as the bird set. Time to buy a better preamp and get it mounted directly on the antenna boom (instead of 10' and a cable splice away). Greg KO6TH > Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:35:36 -0400 > From: morse...@optonline.net > Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Field Day Dual-Hop! > To: ko6th_g...@hotmail.com; amsat-bb@amsat.org > > The birds were overcrowded... I had an arrow type antenna set up (split the > UHF and VHF beams on to 2 separate booms on my G5400 being controlled by LVB > tracker and SATPC32 program for demo purposes) with my Icom 910 and it was > difficult to even get the 100 point contact. Made a few contacts and Maybe > next year we all can set up the one contact per bird rule and KEEP it! > Was fun and the questions I had with my set up perked interest from the > people that were "onlookers" Sorry to WB2OQQ and others that I know but the > interference was a bit much to overcome. > Hope all had a great Field Day. > 73, > Dee, NB2F > At "K2BAR" > > > -Original Message- > From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On > Behalf Of Greg D. > Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 9:00 PM > To: amsat-bb@amsat.org > Subject: [amsat-bb] Field Day Dual-Hop! > > > Well, one-way, and I didn't have the presence of mind to try to make a cross > satellite contact. > > The end of the last AO-07 pass (which sounded very much like 20 meters!) > crossed with the beginning of FO-29's, so the two satellites passed within a > couple of hundred miles of each other. Since the downlink for AO-07 is in > the middle of the uplink passband for FO-29, I switched over to FO-29 to > take a listen. Sure enough, the bottom of FO-29's passband sounded like 20 > meters for a few moments. Then it went away. > > Fleeting chaos. Sweet. > > Greg KO6TH > > > ___ > Sent via AMSAT-BB@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-BB@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: [aprssig] ISS on FD?
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Greg D wrote: > Hi Bob, > > Yeah, Keps for the ISS have been really short lived recently. I updated mine > on Friday, and I think again yesterday, and by last night when I updated > them again, things moved out another 20 minutes. I think someone forgot to > turn off one of their thrusters... > > I tuned in for their 6pm (local PDT) pass, and heard nothing on 145.800 nor > 145.825. I stayed up last night to catch the 12:40am pass, and again nothing > (though I only stayed around for the first half of the pass). Nothing has > been posted on David's OSCAR database related to hearing the crew either. > > Their next pass here is after Field Day closes, so I'll have to look forward > to next year. But I did make contacts on AO-51, AO-7, and FO-29, and a > partial on AO-27 to Hawaii, so it still was a good day. > > Greg KO6TH > > > Bob Bruninga wrote: >> >> I got APRS satellite packets via ISS but not while I was looking. >> >> My KEPS were 2.5 days old and I heard nothing during my "predicted" >> passes, >> though looking at the APRS radio later, I did see RS0ISS and 3 other >> stations. Maybe they re-boosted. >> >> I did think I heard voices from that radio once or twice but assumed it >> was >> QRM from nearby public 2-way radios (I was surrounded by the Race Across >> America Bike tour people who all had VHF radios of some kind or other). >> Now >> I realize it might have been an astronaut on ISS? But since it didn't >> match >> my prediction, I wasn't paying attention. >> >> Bob, WB4APR >> >> >> ___ >> aprssig mailing list >> aprs...@tapr.org >> https://www.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig >> > > ___ > aprssig mailing list > aprs...@tapr.org > https://www.tapr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aprssig > I am pretty sure the ISS got reboosted somewhere yesterday afternoon EDT or the Keps across the whole web were off. I have been tracking it non-stop with the slim hope of making a voice contact. When I updated my TLEs this morning, the ISS pass predictions were *really* off like a reboost happened. Also as Bob stated, when I went outside yesterday to listen for voice, I heard nada. But what was weird is APRS-IS was showing packets in Canada when all the usual suspects showed the ISS over France! :-( -aps (KC2ZSX) ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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] ISS on FD?
I got APRS satellite packets via ISS but not while I was looking. My KEPS were 2.5 days old and I heard nothing during my "predicted" passes, though looking at the APRS radio later, I did see RS0ISS and 3 other stations. Maybe they re-boosted. I did think I heard voices from that radio once or twice but assumed it was QRM from nearby public 2-way radios (I was surrounded by the Race Across America Bike tour people who all had VHF radios of some kind or other). Now I realize it might have been an astronaut on ISS? But since it didn't match my prediction, I wasn't paying attention. Bob, WB4APR ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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: Field Day Dual-Hop!
The birds were overcrowded... I had an arrow type antenna set up (split the UHF and VHF beams on to 2 separate booms on my G5400 being controlled by LVB tracker and SATPC32 program for demo purposes) with my Icom 910 and it was difficult to even get the 100 point contact. Made a few contacts and Maybe next year we all can set up the one contact per bird rule and KEEP it! Was fun and the questions I had with my set up perked interest from the people that were "onlookers" Sorry to WB2OQQ and others that I know but the interference was a bit much to overcome. Hope all had a great Field Day. 73, Dee, NB2F At "K2BAR" -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Greg D. Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2011 9:00 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Field Day Dual-Hop! Well, one-way, and I didn't have the presence of mind to try to make a cross satellite contact. The end of the last AO-07 pass (which sounded very much like 20 meters!) crossed with the beginning of FO-29's, so the two satellites passed within a couple of hundred miles of each other. Since the downlink for AO-07 is in the middle of the uplink passband for FO-29, I switched over to FO-29 to take a listen. Sure enough, the bottom of FO-29's passband sounded like 20 meters for a few moments. Then it went away. Fleeting chaos. Sweet. Greg KO6TH ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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-BB@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] ARISSatTLM V0.50 install problem
Douglas, Thank you for development of ARISSatTLM program. I found install problem. ARISSatTLM V0.50 seems to need C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Desktop folder for Windows XP. This is the problem. Japanse Windows XP has no "Dsektop" folder! Yes, there is desktop folder on Japanse Windows XP, but the name is different. It's in Japanse! I made "Desktop" folder before install ARISSatTLM V0.50 then ARISSatTLM works fine. I'm not sure on the Windows 7 or another language Windows. It may difficult to make "Desktop" folder for those unfamiliar with computeres. Would you solve this problem? Change the folder, make "Desktop" folder if no existence, or another way... I would like to have sample BPSK1000 WAV files. It looks no file on https://svn.sarpeidon.net/viewvc/suitsat2/ground_station_software/ ARISSatTLM/install-staging/Sample_ARISSat_Recording1.WAV where is announced at Feb. Could you tell me the new place? Thank you for your help Masa JN1GKZTokyo Japan ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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] Fastrac-1 / FO-69 / FAST1 status report (June 26 / 08:20 utc)
Fastrac-1 / FO-69 / FAST1 status report (June 26, 08:20 utc) Beacon (1k2): active Cross connect attempts (9k6): active Digipeater: no traffic Henk, PA3GUO, The Netherlands ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@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
