[amsat-bb] Re: ARISS Video
Michael, Look at the video where Dough Wheelock shopws off HAM Radio contacts from ISS. http://youtu.be/h73EYcyszf8 73 Nitin [VU3TYG] ___ 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] CQ European western coast & South America
Hello there! This weekend EL92sd will be into the FO-29 footprint with the European western coast. If any station wants to try a contact, please drop me an email directly. There are some opportunities to try long contacts with South America also. If you are into any footprint and want to try, please drop me an email. The Cubans cannot operate on AO-07 mode B, So FO-29 is our only opportunity for long contacts. 73! Hector, CO6CBF EL92sd *** Genius is one per cent inspiration, and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. -- Thomas A. Edison *** --- Consulte la Enciclopedia Colaborativa Cubana http://www.ecured.cu/ ___ 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: Request for help with satellite capable old rig ECHO 70 by KLM
Dear amigos : I am new to this list. My very good friend CO6CBF Hector asked me to make a comeback into the ham satellites world. I found an ECHO 70 KLM transceiver that was in bad shape, but that could be repaired. Now it is receiving , but on transmit the power is only 1 Watt. The receive sensitivity is not great, but enough for Hector to make a two way contact with it... Hector has a very good 70 cms band antenna system that really helped. The 70 cms signal level at the input of the first of two output filters is 10 Watts, measured with professional test instruments, but after the filters there is only 1 Watt. I suggested to Hector that he blew hot air over the ceramic trimmers of the two filters in order to remove humidity ... It worked on one of the filters... now there is good power output on the 435 megaHertz segment , but 432 megaHertz is still at the low power output level. FYI, we are not authorized to operate on the 432 megaHertz segment used by the Oscar 7 AO7 ancient satellite... but do have permission to operate on the 435 megaHertz segment that other satellites use. Any information about the ECHO 70 KLM transceiver that can be found will be most useful, as once the rig is in good working conditions it will be used frequently from my EL83td grid square location in downtown Havana, and possibly by mini dx satellite expeditions to other nearby grid squares too. If the files that contain the information about the ECHO 70 KLM rig are large, please send them to: arnaldo.coro at gmail dot com Thanks in advance for your help and hope to make many new friends in my return to the amateur satellites world after many years of absence * I am from the days of Oscar 7, RS 10 and RS 12 and RS 15 * 73 and DX Arnie Coro CO2KK ___ 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: Request for help with satellite capable old rig ECHO 70 by KLM
I used to have an Echo 70, and may still have the documentation on my home computer. It is a SSB/CW rig, and if I recall correctly, the 435 segment can be moved to cover the satellite band by changing a single crystal. George, KA3HSW - Original Message > From: Prof. Arnaldo Coro Antich > To: amsat-bb@amsat.org > Sent: Fri, July 20, 2012 11:42:17 AM > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Request for help with satellite capable old rig ECHO > 70 >by KLM > > Dear amigos : > I am new to this list. My very good friend CO6CBF Hector asked me to make > a comeback into the ham satellites world. > I found an ECHO 70 KLM transceiver that was in bad shape, but that could > be repaired. Now it is receiving , but on transmit the power is only 1 Watt. > The receive sensitivity is not great, but enough for Hector to make a two > way contact with it... Hector has a very good 70 cms band antenna system > that really helped. > The 70 cms signal level at the input of the first of two output filters is > 10 Watts, measured with professional test instruments, but after the > filters there is only 1 Watt. > I suggested to Hector that he blew hot air over the ceramic trimmers > of the two filters in order to remove humidity ... > It worked on one of the filters... now there is good power output > on the 435 megaHertz segment , but 432 megaHertz is still at the > low power output level. > FYI, we are not authorized to operate on the 432 megaHertz segment > used by the Oscar 7 AO7 ancient satellite... but do have permission > to operate on the 435 megaHertz segment that other satellites use. > Any information about the ECHO 70 KLM transceiver that can be found > will be most useful, as once the rig is in good working conditions it > will be used frequently from my EL83td grid square location in downtown > Havana, and possibly by mini dx satellite expeditions to other nearby > grid squares too. > If the files that contain the information about the ECHO 70 KLM rig > are large, please send them to: > arnaldo.coro at gmail dot com > > Thanks in advance for your help and hope to make many new friends > in my return to the amateur satellites world after many years > of absence * I am from the days of Oscar 7, RS 10 and RS 12 and > RS 15 * > > 73 and DX > Arnie Coro > CO2KK > ___ > 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] Fo-29
I just tried fo-29 from fn21 at about 1pm today. There should have been a good pass in terms of elevation even with my stationary antennas. Nothing hear here not even my cw downlink. I tried a few days ago and had the same results. Isn't me or is the bird not operational? Rick W2JAZ Sent from my iPad http://RickLawn.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] Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Anniversary
Landing film with added views based on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter photos: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11_video.html Lunar EVA video restoration: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11_hd-video.html 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL ___ 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: Fo-29
Rick, According to, http://oscar.dcarr.org/, FO-29 is operational, this site is a good source to determine if the satellite you're tracking is operational. 73 WB2OQQ ___ 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] http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt
Anyone else notice that a few sats (AO-27, FO-29) seem to be missing from the list http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftp/keps/current/nasabare.txt It could just be a problem on my end. -- Sent from my computer. tom ... ___ 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] May have forgotten to add my call sign to a previous message
I may have left my call sign off my previous message about the sat list. I got into trouble with Alan for this once before and have been trying to avoid violating the rule again. 73 W9KE Tom Doyle ___ 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] Want to buy m2 70 cm eggbeater
Let me know if anyone had a m2 70cm eggbeater they want to sell. I'm tired of working with these home brewed antennas! The weather gets to them too easily and my 2meter m2 eggbeater works great! Rick W2JAZ Sent from my iPad http://RickLawn.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] Re: Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Anniversary
...is being remembered as we speak by IQ1TW (I have just worked them on HF). I remember my dad waking me up and saying "you must see this, son" - GW1MLA, SK 73 de andy g0sfj ___ 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: Want to buy m2 70 cm eggbeater
For the money an eggbeater costs, you could put a small UHF beam on a old tv rotor with a bit of uptilt and have much more signal to work with. Just a thought. 73, Drew KO4MA -Original Message- >From: "Lawn, Richard" >Sent: Jul 20, 2012 4:09 PM >To: "amsat-bb@amsat.org" >Subject: [amsat-bb] Want to buy m2 70 cm eggbeater > >Let me know if anyone had a m2 70cm eggbeater they want to sell. I'm tired of >working with these home brewed antennas! The weather gets to them too easily >and my 2meter m2 eggbeater works great! >Rick >W2JAZ > > >Sent from my iPad >http://RickLawn.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 ___ 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] KJ6TVO “Pursuing My Childhood Dream”
Ali Guarneros Luna KJ6TVO was one of the team who worked on TechEdSat that launches with four other CubeSats to the ISS in a few hours time. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=9058 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium takes place Guildford Sept. 15-16 http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium/twelve AMSAT-UK News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK ___ 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] List of QSO´s from EL60 and EL61
Sorry for the delay, I have the recorded QSO´s done from EL60 and EL61, all will upload to LotW with with call XE1AO Let me know if some of you need the printed QSL card or if someone was missing, I can check again the audios. Thank you. AO-27 14 jul 2012 EL61 ISLA MUJERES IOTA NA-045 K4FEG 18:14 UTC WA4NVM 18:14 UTC CO6CBF 18:14 UTC NX9B 18:15 UTC KB1RVT 18:15 UTC AC0RA 18:16 UTC N8MS 18:16 UTC XE3ISS 18:16 UTC WA5KBH 18:17 UTC N5UXT 18:17 UTC AO-27 14 JUL EL61 ISLA MUJERES XE1HG 19:48 UTC SO-50 EL61 15 JUL 2012 CO6CBF 00:26 UTC XE1YMY 00:27 UTC K5OE 00:29 UTC NX9B 00:32 UTC N9AMV 00:33 UTC AO-27 EL60 XCARET 15 JUL 2012 XE1HG 19:26 UTC CO6CBF 19:27 UTC AC0RA 19:27 K4TB 19:27 UTC SO-50 16 JUL 2012 EL61 CO6CBF 23:42 UTC K4FEG 23:44 UTC N8RO 23:44 UTC K4MOA 23:45 UTC W5PFG 23:45 UTC KD4EQA 23:46 UTC Regards Omar XE1AO DK89df M.C. Omar Alvarez Cárdenas Facultad de Telematica, U de C 316 1075 xe1...@ucol.mx omar...@hotmail.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] Re: Want to buy m2 70 cm eggbeater
I've thought of that. I have m2 crossed yagis at home which work of course very well. Here at the faction home I'm limited and our likely move in the next year will likely make it impossible to keep that setup so I've been exploring stationary antennas at the lake house in preparation for home qth changes. I do have an elk and arrow antennas and have though of figuring out a way to mount them on the same boom with a fixed angle of say 30 deg and rotate with an old tv rotor I have. Rick W2JAZ Sent from my iPad http://RickLawn.com On Jul 20, 2012, at 4:45 PM, "Andrew Glasbrenner" wrote: > For the money an eggbeater costs, you could put a small UHF beam on a old tv > rotor with a bit of uptilt and have much more signal to work with. Just a > thought. > > 73, Drew KO4MA > > > -Original Message- >> From: "Lawn, Richard" >> Sent: Jul 20, 2012 4:09 PM >> To: "amsat-bb@amsat.org" >> Subject: [amsat-bb] Want to buy m2 70 cm eggbeater >> >> Let me know if anyone had a m2 70cm eggbeater they want to sell. I'm tired >> of working with these home brewed antennas! The weather gets to them too >> easily and my 2meter m2 eggbeater works great! >> Rick >> W2JAZ >> >> >> Sent from my iPad >> http://RickLawn.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 > > > ___ 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] Request for help with ECHO 70 rig that could put me back on ham satellites
This arrived on the ANS-Editor list and is probably better handled on the amsat-bb so here it is ... Subject: [ans-editor] Re: Request for help with ECHO 70 rig that could put me back on ham satellites Dear amigos : I am new to this list. My very good friend CO6CBF Hector asked me to make a comeback into the ham satellites world. I found an ECHO 70 KLM transceiver that was in bad shape, but that could be repaired. Now it is receiving , but on transmit the power is only 1 Watt. The receive sensitivity is not great, but enough for Hector to make a two way contact with it... Hector has a very good 70 cms band antenna system that really helped. The 70 cms signal level at the input of the first of two output filters is 10 Watts, measured with professional test instruments, but after the filters there is only 1 Watt. I suggested to Hector that he blew hot air over the ceramic trimmers of the two filters in order to remove humidity ... It worked on one of the filters... now there is good power output on the 435 megaHertz segment , but 432 megaHertz is still at the low power output level. FYI, we are not authorized to operate on the 432 megaHertz segment used by the Oscar 7 AO7 ancient satellite... but do have permission to operate on the 435 megaHertz segment that other satellites use. We are looking forward to a rules changes that will allow us to use the 432 mHz segment soon. Any information about the ECHO 70 KLM transceiver that can be found will be most useful, as once the rig is in good working conditions it will be used frequently from my EL83td grid square location in downtown Havana, and possibly by mini dx satellite expeditions to other nearby grid squares too. If the files that contain the information about the ECHO 70 KLM rig are large, please send them to: arnaldo.coro at gmail dot com Thanks in advance for your help and hope to make many new friends in my return to the amateur satellites world after many years of absence * I am from the days of Oscar 7, RS 10 and RS 12 and RS 15 * 73 and DX Arnie Coro CO2KK: ___ 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] HTV-3 CubeSats Launched
See http://www.uk.amsat.org/?p=9070 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] Work Moon Day - 2012 on the Amateur Radio Satellites
Tom, N5HYP; Doug, W5BL; and Keith, W5IU, will be operating on the satellites from Moon Day - 2012 at the Frontiers of Flight Museum on Love Field, Dallas, TX, on Saturday, 21 July 2012. We should be available on at least the passes shown below. The ISS and HO-68 passes will be listen only. If you have 70 cm APRS capability (437.550), beacon on the ISS pass shown and we should be able to display at least your call to the crowd. Work us on the other passes. Times shown are CDT. WinAos QTH: -96.9/32.9 T#: 12620 Sat.: 7 [Standard] -- Day Object AOS (L) LOS Period maxEl AZ -- 21.07.2012 HO-6811:06 11:2620 79 016 - 194 21.07.2012 ISS 11:51 12:0110 72 316 - 132 21.07.2012 FO-29 12:51 13:1019 41 021 - 174 21.07.2012 FO-29 14:36 14:5519 36 001 - 221 21.07.2012 AO-2714:48 15:0315 76 169 - 346 Frontiers of Flight Museum Love Field, Dallas, TX N32.842360 deg W96.835223 deg El = 150 m Grid = EM12nu See you on the "Birds!" 73 - Keith, W5IU ___ 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
