[amsat-bb] Satellite contact between Alaska and Cuba
I am happy to report that after a lot of attempts, Dale KL7R and I reached a Sat contact between BP54xt and EL92sd. The Cubans cannot operate on AO-07 mode B, So FO-29 is our only opportunity for long contacts. I cannot say how much time we tried but I am sure that it was more than 10 attempts. Dale did all the hard work, he drove around 4 miles from his home to a nearby hill. Majority of times he drove very late in the night. All the SSB attempts failed. Today at 1920z was our first attempt on CW and It was successfully! Dale `s working conditions are a Yaesu FT-817 (only 5W semi-duplex) and ARROW antenna with preamplifier. My working conditions are a majority homebrew setup, 10 elements yagi on 2m and 18 elements yagi for 70cm with a homebrew preamplifier. Thanks very much to Dale for his constancy and effort! PD: I continue looking for new grids and long contacts on satellite, if you are into any footprint with EL92sd and wan to try, please drop me an email. 73! Hector, CO6CBF EL92sd Este mensaje ha sido enviado mediante el servicio de correo electronico que ofrece la Federacion de Radioaficionados de Cuba a sus miembros para respaldar el cumplimiento de los objetivos de la organizacion y su politica informativa. La persona que envia este correo asume el compromiso de usar el servicio a tales fines y cumplir con las regulaciones establecidas. ___ 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] Possible Satellite Operation from FP
Hello Everyone, I just spotted this in the DXNL 1787 - DX Newsletter. It would be too late if we waited for the next weekend ANS bulletin cycle ... so here it is: FP, ST PIERRE ET MIQUELON, NA-032 Eric,FP/KV1J, plans to hand out some IOTA points in SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK31 on 160m-6m operating from Miquelon (NA-032, DIFO FP-002, WLOTA 1417, Loc GN17) on July 10-17. If the conditions are fine he may also work via satellites. His plans include also the IARU HF World Championship. QSL via homecall. See also: http://www.kv1j.com/fp/July12.html -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9...@amsat.org Editor, AMSAT News Service ___ 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] Fw: UPDATE: DELFI C3 Close Approach Message
Hello, UPDATE #2 73 WB2OQQ Subject: UPDATE: DELFI C3 Close Approach Message Sir/Ma'am, The United States Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC) has updated a predicted conjunction between DELFI C3 (SCC# 32789) and SCC# 15495. Primary Object: DELFI C3 (SCC# 32789) Secondary Object: SCC# 15495 Time of Closest Approach: 10 JUL 2012 12:49 UTC Overall miss distance: 303 meters Radial (dU) miss distance: -75 meters In-Track (dV) miss distance: -4 meters Cross-track (dW) miss distance: -294 meters Primary Radial Error (U): 37 meters Primary In-track Error (V): 1580 meters Primary Cross-track Error (W): 11 meters Secondary Radial Error (U): 13 meters Secondary In-track Error (V): 138 meters Secondary Cross-track Error (W): 9 meters Please reply to this message to acknowledge receipt of this close approach notification. It is possible to provide another estimate using owner/operator ephemeris data. If the satellite operator is interested please have them reply to all addresses listed in the Cc line. Email is the preferred method of communication. Thank you for your time and assistance. Very Respectfully, JSpOC Orbital Protection Team Joint Space Operations Center Vandenberg Air Force Base, California USA NO WARRANTIES: The United States provides the enclosed Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services or information "as is" and makes no warranty, either express or implied, as to the condition or suitability of the information and services, nor its fitness for a particular purpose. IMMUNITY: The United States, any agencies and instrumentalities thereof, and any individuals, firms, corporations, and other persons acting for the United States, shall be immune from any suit in any court for any cause of action arising from the provision or receipt of SSA services or information, whether or not provided in accordance with 10 USC 2274, or any related action or omission. ___ 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] One more day - AMSAT 2012 Field Day Submissions
There is only one more day to get your AMSAT 2012 Field Day submission sheets in. Monday, July 9, 2012 at 23:59PM Central Time is the deadline. I have only received 12 submissions thus far. I acknowledge when I receive a submission, if you sent one and I did not email you back, please send it again. All 12 are scored and in my spread sheet. So far, *^%$#@ is number 1, ^%^&** is number 2 and &^$#@ is number 3. Looks like those calls were scrambled in the email somehow. 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] Fw: Reform of the 1986 UK Outer Space Act
Hi All, These proposals to reform the UK Outer Space Act, include changes to make it more “cubesat friendly”. Whilst they only relate to our, UK legislation, both the Consultation Document and the Impact Assessment Document cover a lot of interesting ground, technical, legal and statistical. Well worth a review in my opinion. http://www.bis.gov.uk/ukspaceagency/news-and-events/2012/May/reform-of-the-outer-space-act-1986-consultation Rest assured that AMSAT-UK will be responding! cheers Graham Shirville G3VZV ___ 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
