[amsat-bb] DM30 active on Saturday

2010-10-23 Thread Larry Teran
Members of the Mexican Radio Club XE2DNN will be activating DM30 from Caborca, SON Mexico this Saturday Oct 23 as they attend the club's annual meeting in Rancho Las Carmelas Sonora. There will be three stations operating XE2VAS Uriel, XE2DAK David and XE2BSS Alex, plans are to be operating all sa

[amsat-bb] Re: New User-New Station-Antennas-ADVICE?

2010-10-23 Thread N. Mahdinejad
Dear AMSAT members. I have question about m2inc company yagi antennas. If i want to orient my antennas to the angle of 0 azimuth. what should I do? where is the azimuth=0 for the yaesu g-5500 and unitrack and antennas itself? Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks for attention. Im lookin

[amsat-bb] Re: Sat Demo Yesterday

2010-10-23 Thread N. Mahdinejad
Dear satellite operators. Is there any one? i dont recive any answer to my questions. help ma please. Which of amteur satellites have operatonal beacon downlink ? Thanks for your attention. Best Regards. On 10/17/10, Zachary Beougher wrote: > Hi all, > > I just wanted to say thanks for the QSOs

[amsat-bb] Re: New User-New Station-Antennas-ADVICE?

2010-10-23 Thread Roger Kolakowski
Hello N... Your question is not clear...you do not ask a question about the M2 Yagis, only a question about 0 azimuth. Azimuth will not change between antenna brands. Is your question whether to use magnetic north or true north when setting up your beam? A search of Google shows the statement

[amsat-bb] Re: Sat Demo Yesterday

2010-10-23 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
Amsat.org has a list of spacecraft and frequencies. You should tell us who and more importantly where you are. Some people here could be jeopardizing their jobs and freedom providing satellite technical information to an unknown Iranian. 73, Drew KO4MA Sent from my iPhone On Oct 23, 2010, at

[amsat-bb] On satellite beacons and rotator mounting [was: Re: Re: Sat Demo Yesterday]

2010-10-23 Thread Johann Lochner
On Saturday, 2010-10-23 13:49 +0200, N. Mahdinejad wrote: > Dear satellite operators. > Is there any one? i dont recive any answer to my questions. help ma please. > Which of amteur satellites have operatonal beacon downlink ? > > Thanks for your attention. > Best Regards. Dear N. Be more patie

[amsat-bb] Experimental Webradio - Update

2010-10-23 Thread Mike Rupprecht
All, there are now four of us :-) You can now also listen to the audio stream of Tetsu san JA0CAW. Go to my SatBlog and follow the link Webradio www.dk3wn.info/p or click here http://www.dk3wn.info/p/?page_id=17689. Would be great to listen to the sats from other parts of the world. Th

[amsat-bb] WD9EWK @ DM32/DM42 from 1436 UTC this morning

2010-10-23 Thread Patrick STODDARD
Hi! I woke up early, and am now at the DM32/DM42 boundary. Along with the VO52 and HO68 passes I previously mentioned, I will work the SO50 pass at 1436 UTC and AO7 at 1514 UTC from here. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ ___ Sent

[amsat-bb] FO-29 Status

2010-10-23 Thread Peter Gayle
Hello all. I am going through the steps of getting my satellite station back together after a 2 year hiatus due to a lightning strike. Things are progressing well and I see that we few new birds. I have been listening for the old reliable (FO-29) and am not hearing anything on what should be g

[amsat-bb] Sept Financials

2010-10-23 Thread Martha
Attached are the Sept 2010 Financial Reports -- 73- Martha ___ 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/ma

[amsat-bb] ND9M Road Trip Update #13

2010-10-23 Thread claryco
The crystal ball says that I'll be QRV from either DN88 or DN98 during Sunday's (23 Oct) HO68 pass that rises locally at 23/1721Z and probably DN88 during the AO27 pass that comes up here at 23/1948Z and in DN98 for AO51 at 23/2201Z and 13/1228Z. I should be on from grids EN08 and EN18 on Sun

[amsat-bb] Re: FO-29 Status

2010-10-23 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
> > > > The AMSAT web page says that she is operational but I cannot find a > schedule. > > > She has been off for about a week, and I haven't seen a clear long term prognosis. I'll add something to the status page today. 73, Drew KO4MA ___ Sent

[amsat-bb] 2M1EUB/P OPPS eu09 now qrt

2010-10-23 Thread paul robinson
HI group im now home after 2weeks break in east and west scotland ,any one working me last few days then i was qrv from eu09 ,io67vj west scotland,great fun but difficult ,with so many mountains,snow,wind and more rain than ive ever seen in a week !qsl is via 2e1eub dirrect or beuro ...73 de pau

[amsat-bb] Sumbandila (SO-67) schedule until 2010-11-01

2010-10-23 Thread Johann Lochner
Hi folks, Please find below a list of planned Sumbandila (SO-67) ham payload activations for week 4 of the cycle (times in UTC; active for 15 minutes). Visit http://www.amsatsa.org.za for operating hints. 73 de ZR1CBC, Johann. - Africa (Mostly unfavourable passes for South Africa, in part

[amsat-bb] Send Your Name to Mars!

2010-10-23 Thread Clint Bradford
NASA microchip project - http://tinyurl.com/yhaphmg Clint, K6LCS ___ 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.o

[amsat-bb] Re: Sept Financials

2010-10-23 Thread Dee
Nothing attached that I could read... Might be something I'd like to add to this week's ANS--Please resend with attachment. Dee -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Martha Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 3:46 PM To: AMSAT BB;

[amsat-bb] AO-51 short experiment

2010-10-23 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
>From 2025UTC this afternoon, for 1-2 orbits, the 435.150 downlink on AO-51 is >configured as a repeater and being used to monitor 145.825. Please DO NOT >attempt to transmit through this downlink! We are taking a look at congestion >and unattended operation that may be impacting the use of HO-6

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 short experiment

2010-10-23 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
And now back to normal. Lots of folks are running unattended beacons on 145.825, which can cause QRM to HO-68 FM users. I only decoded about half of those heard: 21:59 HP1AVS-4/WIDE2-2>P8SS1X>UI,R,F0 (1199 baud): 'kPUl .-/]DIGIPEATER en Gorgona 22:00 K4MQF/WIDE2-2>RS0ISS-4>UI,R,F0 (1200 baud):

[amsat-bb] can RF change the orientation of a satellite?

2010-10-23 Thread Auke de Jong, VE6PWN
I couldn't help but notice that on this website http://www.intelsat.com/resources/galaxy-15/faqs.asp about "zombiesat" Galaxy 15, Intelsat figures that the lack of RF on thr transponder package since their loss of control earlier this year, will actually make it take longer to saturate it's mom

[amsat-bb] FO-29 status now

2010-10-23 Thread Mineo Wakita
The strenuous repair work continues every day by a control station to return in FO-29 transponder. JARL grand station says that the command was not able to transmit even a pass of 18:46 UTC, 23 Oct, so we will try again the transmission of the command with the pass at 20:32 UTC, 23 Oct, and 07:45 U