[amsat-bb] Re: LOTW Satellites from the Old Days
Hi Bob, W7LRD Yes ! I remember, we worked on AO40 I belive in Mode-U/S particularly when the satellite was very low over the horizon for both of us. I will check on my tape recorder and as soon i will find a QSO with you I will made for you a WAV file I send this email to you as well via AMSAT-BB because your provider @comcast.net very often rejects all emails coming from my provider @tin.it and so probably it will be a problem to send you a WAV flle ! If you have another email address please let me know. Best 73" de i8CVS Domenico - Original Message - From: Bob- W7LRD To: i8cvs Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 7:51 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: LOTW Satellites from the Old Days Hi Domenico..Just wondering...did we every work on AO-40? 73 Bob W7LRD -- From: "i8cvs" To: "Gary \"Joe\" Mayfield" , "AMSAT" Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 10:34:32 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LOTW Satellites from the Old Days - Original Message - From: "Gary "Joe" Mayfield" To: "'AMSAT'" Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 9:36 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] LOTW Satellites from the Old Days > One of my winter projects is to get all of my OSCAR contacts back to 1989 > in LOTW. Unfortunately, my older logs are not available. > > What are folks doing about contacts made on RS-10/11? My log book says > RS-10/11 and LOTW wants either RS-10 or RS-11 and I really don't have a > way to tell which? The same conundrum applies to RS-12/13, but it appears > I logged most of them as RS-13 for some reason. > > Thanks and 73, > > Joe kk0sd Hi Joe, Beginning from OSCAR-6 up to AO40 I have all my QSO recorded on a professional tape recorder REVOX A77 using 1/4" tape winded in many and many big coils each 10.63 " in diameter and so I can enjoy to hear time to time the voice of my old satellite friends and as well the CW ROBOT of the RS satellites.Before to start any QSO I mention on tape the name of the satellite the orbit numbar and the date, just for record along with the log on paper. 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 ___ 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] Sounds from Space
Dear Amsat-friends, I would like to draw your attention to a collection of audio recordings which might me of interest to you too: The "Sounds from Space" collection on www.dd1us.de is a collection which has also a section dedicated to recordings of amateur radio satellite signals. Please have a look at it. The idea is to give older radio amateurs the chance, to listen to signals of satellites which are already gone and the might have worked in the past, and to younger people interested in ham radio, to get them more excited in satellite communication. In spite of the fact that the collection now gets close to 1000 recordings I am still missing recordings from some amateur radio satellites. If anyone of you would be willing to contribute recordings to these satellite I highly appreciate it. I have and will always give full credit to the source of the recordings. Please have a look in your older tapes and recordings ! Here is a list of the most wanted missing satellites: Amsat Oscar 8 RS-1 RS-2 ISKRA-1 RS-3 RS-4 RS-5 RS-6 RS-8 ISKRA-3 Fuji-OSCAR-12 UOSAT OSCAR 15 WEBER OSCAR 18 UOSAT OSCAR 22 POSAT OSCAR 28 TMSAT OSCAR 31 PANSAT OSCAR 34 UOSAT OSCAR 36 ASUSAT OSCAR 37 WEBER OSCAR 39 SAUDI OSCAR 42 STARSHINE OSCAR 43 MYSAT OSCAR 46 KAGAYAKI (SORUNSAT-1) ANUSAT BEVO-1 WASEDA-SAT2 StudSAT In case you have no own recordings but know someone, who might have, please pass this request to him. Many thanks for your help. Best 55 & 73 de Matthias DD1US www.dd1us.de ___ 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: RS-22 vs UO-22
--- On Sun, 8/1/12, Tom Schuessler wrote: > I am just full of questions tonight. > > The AMSAT Sat status page has an RS-22 and the Celestrak > keps in SatPC32 has > UO-22. Are they the same satellite? No different satellites: UO-22 built at Univeristy of Surrey in the UK, launched 1991 http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/uo22.php RS-22 built in the Russian Federation, launched 2003 http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=76 73 Trevor M5AKA ___ 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: LOTW Satellites from the Old Days
Domenico, The recordings sound neat. I would have not known at the time of the QSO if I were talking on RS-10 or RS-11. As you know they were multiple satellites, but physically connected together as one orbiting object, they may have even had only one power bus. 73, Joe kk0sd -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of i8cvs Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 12:35 AM To: Gary "Joe" Mayfield; 'AMSAT' Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LOTW Satellites from the Old Days - Original Message - From: "Gary "Joe" Mayfield" To: "'AMSAT'" Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 9:36 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] LOTW Satellites from the Old Days > One of my winter projects is to get all of my OSCAR contacts back to 1989 > in LOTW. Unfortunately, my older logs are not available. > > What are folks doing about contacts made on RS-10/11? My log book says > RS-10/11 and LOTW wants either RS-10 or RS-11 and I really don't have a > way to tell which? The same conundrum applies to RS-12/13, but it appears > I logged most of them as RS-13 for some reason. > > Thanks and 73, > > Joe kk0sd Hi Joe, Beginning from OSCAR-6 up to AO40 I have all my QSO recorded on a professional tape recorder REVOX A77 using 1/4" tape winded in many and many big coils each 10.63 " in diameter and so I can enjoy to hear time to time the voice of my old satellite friends and as well the CW ROBOT of the RS satellites.Before to start any QSO I mention on tape the name of the satellite the orbit numbar and the date, just for record along with the log on paper. 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 ___ 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: RS-22 vs UO-22
On Jan 8, 2012 4:09 AM, "Trevor ." wrote: > > --- On Sun, 8/1/12, Tom Schuessler wrote: > > I am just full of questions tonight. > > > > The AMSAT Sat status page has an RS-22 and the Celestrak > > keps in SatPC32 has > > UO-22. Are they the same satellite? > > No different satellites: > > UO-22 built at Univeristy of Surrey in the UK, launched 1991 > http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/sat_summary/uo22.php > > RS-22 built in the Russian Federation, launched 2003 > http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=76 > > 73 Trevor M5AKA > > The Russian sats have a different naming convention. Chris ___ 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: LOTW Satellites from the Old Days
Hi Joe, I believe the two sides of both of the satellites had different, fixed, frequency settings. So, you can tell which side it was by what frequencies you were using. Greg KO6TH > From: gary_mayfi...@hotmail.com > To: amsat-bb@amsat.org > Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 08:07:44 -0600 > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LOTW Satellites from the Old Days > > Domenico, > > The recordings sound neat. > > I would have not known at the time of the QSO if I were talking on RS-10 or > RS-11. As you know they were multiple satellites, but physically connected > together as one orbiting object, they may have even had only one power bus. > > 73, > Joe kk0sd > > -Original Message- > From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On > Behalf Of i8cvs > Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 12:35 AM > To: Gary "Joe" Mayfield; 'AMSAT' > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LOTW Satellites from the Old Days > > - Original Message - > From: "Gary "Joe" Mayfield" > To: "'AMSAT'" > Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 9:36 PM > Subject: [amsat-bb] LOTW Satellites from the Old Days > > > One of my winter projects is to get all of my OSCAR contacts back to 1989 > > in LOTW. Unfortunately, my older logs are not available. > > > > What are folks doing about contacts made on RS-10/11? My log book says > > RS-10/11 and LOTW wants either RS-10 or RS-11 and I really don't have a > > way to tell which? The same conundrum applies to RS-12/13, but it appears > > I logged most of them as RS-13 for some reason. > > > > Thanks and 73, > > > > Joe kk0sd > > Hi Joe, > > Beginning from OSCAR-6 up to AO40 I have all my QSO recorded on > a professional tape recorder REVOX A77 using 1/4" tape winded in many > and many big coils each 10.63 " in diameter and so I can enjoy to hear time > to time the voice of my old satellite friends and as well the CW ROBOT > of the RS satellites.Before to start any QSO I mention on tape the name of > the satellite the orbit numbar and the date, just for record along with the > log on paper. > > 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 > > ___ > 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: LOTW Satellites from the Old Days
Op 8-1-2012 15:07, Gary "Joe" Mayfield schreef: Domenico, The recordings sound neat. I would have not known at the time of the QSO if I were talking on RS-10 or RS-11. As you know they were multiple satellites, but physically connected together as one orbiting object, they may have even had only one power bus. 73, Joe kk0sd If I remember right they where connected to a host satelite and used that satelites powerbus, same for RS12/13. 73 Andre PE1RDW ___ 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] Thunderbird Hamfest (Phoenix AZ) report, from yesterday
Hi! Ysterday's Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club hamfest in Phoenix AZ was a great event. A new outdoor location (it had been indoors for the past few years), along with great weather, brought out a good crowd for the morning. I was out there with an AMSAT table, and gave demonstrations using two SO-50 passes and a VO-52 pass. There were good crowds for the demonstrations, as usual. Around 1415 UTC, I had overlapping passes on SO-50 and VO-52. Since the VO-52 pass had a maximum elevation of only 7 degrees, I opted to work the SO-50 pass with maximum elevation of 21 degrees. This was a good choice, as it allowed 8 stations from across the central and eastern USA along with Canada and Cuba to say "hello" to the hamfest crowd at that hour. Just before 1600 UTC, I had passes on VO-52 and SO-50 that did not overlap as much. This allowed me to work VO-52 at 1550-1603 UTC, then switch over to SO-50 for the remainder of that pass. For these two passes, I used an FT-817ND as my transmit radio and a Kenwood TH-F6A for the receiver. I was able to work 4 stations on the VO-52 pass, and 3 of those 4 stations moved over to SO-50 where I was able to work them again. When working SSB via satellite, I try to show that it can be done with equipment that is not terribly expensive. Both the FT-817 and TH-F6A have been manufactured for over a decade, and are plentiful on the resale market. The FT-817 and FT-817ND can be computer controlled, where the TH-F6A can't. In the field, this combination is one option to work more than just the FM satellites. When I switched from VO-52 to SO-50, I changed the frequencies on the two radios, and swapped the coax connected to the 2m and 70cm ports on my diplexer, so I was not transmitting into the wrong port on the diplexer. I was recorded working part of the 1603 UTC SO-50 pass yesterday. Thanks to Chris N7ICE, that video is on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5CaLvpAcJQ AMSAT did very well at the hamfest as well. Lots of the WA4SXM Getting Started with Amateur Satellites books flew off the table, along with one new member. Thanks to the Thunderbird Amateur Radio Club for providing AMSAT with a space at the hamfest, as they have done for the past several years. And, as always, thanks to everyone who called WD9EWK during those demonstrations. :-) 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ ___ 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: LOTW Satellites from the Old Days
- Original Message - From: "Andre" To: Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 7:57 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LOTW Satellites from the Old Days > Op 8-1-2012 15:07, Gary "Joe" Mayfield schreef: > > Domenico, > > > > The recordings sound neat. > > > > I would have not known at the time of the QSO if I were talking on RS-10 > > or RS-11. As you know they were multiple satellites, but physically > > connected together as one orbiting object, they may have even had > > only one power bus. > > > > 73, > > Joe kk0sd > > > If I remember right they where connected to a host satelite and used > that satelites powerbus, same for RS12/13. > > 73 Andre PE1RDW > Hi Andre,PE1RDW RS10/12 was connected and supplied by COSMOS 1816 while RS12/13 was connected and supplied by COSMOS 2123 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] W6NBC's Dual-band Tape Measure Beam
For those of you who aren't yet ARRL members (or who have lent their January, 2012 issue of QST magazine to someone else), John Portune W6NBC's construction article, "A 2 Meter and 70 CM Portable Tape Measure Beam" is available on the ANTENNAS page at ... http://www.work-sat.com A "cut above" just using the 2M tape measure beam projects for the 2M/70CM FM birds. A well-researched and clean construction project. Thanks to John for the permission to reprint. Clint Bradford, K6LCS ___ 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: Icom 490
I am looking for an Icom 490 70cm all mode radio to use for weak signal and satellite work. Anyone have one available? Let me know your price shipped to Lawton, OK-zip 73507 73s John AA5JG ___ 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: Need East Coast
I think I need every New England state bordering on the Atlantic ocean except NY which I got last week. Merv ___ 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: Need East Coast
let me know when. merv ___ 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
