On Wed, 2011-02-02 at 16:29 -0500, Scott Richardson wrote:
I got a surprise gift of a Kenwood TH-F6A and look forward to giving it a
try on the satellites. I know there are a few owners on the list -- Drew,
Patrick, others -- and wonder if folks have any tips to share (I've read
through the
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Alexandru Csete oz9...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Daniel Schultz n8...@usa.net wrote:
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Hello Scott and all,
I've used my TH-F7E (european version of the TH-F6A) to work satellites in
many ways:
-As a portable HT station for the FM birds using either an AL-800 telecoping
whip or a dual-band beam antenna (Arrow, IOio...). Although full-duplex is
the best way to go, You can work
Why not go to the AMSAT website and read all about what is on the bird-FM as
well as SSB. I've said this many times, The AMSAT people always puts enough
information on the site to do just about anything on satellites... Look
there for info that has taken many hours of volunteer time to assemble
Kevin,
ARRISat
Its too bad this is a SSB sat. I suppose it will be great for
those who
have SSB capability, less traffic and all. I guess I have to spend more
money.
But it won't take a lot of money, at least to get started with SSB via
satellite.
I'm
Follow up --FM downlink Only... This will be filled with Greetings and
SSTV as well... Should be fun for all!
Dee
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To: 'Kevin Deane';
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 12:31 PM, i8cvs domenico.i8...@tin.it wrote:
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From: Joe n...@mwt.net
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 7:25 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FM birds
I agree,
With the money spent on all those birds, and launch costs,
Bruce makes a very good point about the popularity of the FM birds. Many
hams already have the equipment to get on the FM satellites but may not
realize it. This is where a club presentation can be very useful in making
them aware of this fact. Once they try out the FM sats and get hooked, then
The SO-67 for North America has been updated
to show passes through 6Feb2011 at 1655z on
their website:
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/
73,
John K8YSE
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Did anyone manage to bag any contacts off A040 before it's sad event?
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I believe I did- What dates and times are you looking for?
73 Bob W7LRD
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From: Floyd Rodgers kc5...@swbell.net
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Sent: Thursday, February 3, 2011 12:04:06 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO40 contacts
Did anyone manage to bag any
On Thu, Feb 03, 2011 at 04:10:12AM -0500, Luc Leblanc wrote:
On 3 Feb 2011 at 7:53, Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
...
same crowd that only ever use macros on PSK31 - YOUR RST 599 599 HOW
COPY? MNY THX FER QSO - you may as well use Skype...
Gordon MM0YEQ
you may as well use Skype...
according to my log the last qso's were
1/24/04 W3STW
1/23/04 W7TYN
1/19/04 VA7MM
and to make us all dream again in Oct/Nov of 03
F/HB9RM, DL8IL,OK1DX, DL8YS, ON6AA (rip),DC3ZB, DK1KQ, LY3BH, VK5AKJ
there's gotta be a way folks, there's gotta be a way!!
73 Bob W7LRD
Seattle
At 02:04 PM 2/3/2011 -0600, kc5...@swbell.net wrote:
Did anyone manage to bag any contacts off A040 before it's sad event?
Yes, And DX too!
It was a fun bird, but I hated Leila. :-)
KB7ADL
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At 04:47 AM 2/4/2011, John Geiger wrote:
Another group to target is the VHF/UHF weak signal crowd. Many of them have
the necessary equipment to get on AO7, FO29, and VO52, but might not know
it, or know how to proceed. These birds will give them a chance to use
their multimode rigs between band
The interesting question is is how much will AMSAT members be willing to
invest in ground stations. A 3U cubesat could provide a HEO satellite
similar to Arsene (AO-24).
73,
John
KD6OZH
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I was on AO-40 from its launch, initially running mode US, then mode
LS (I bought one of the few DEMI 1268/144 Tx converters that were
made). I made several contacts after I got my s-band downlink
working. Initially, I was using too small an antenna and did not
have a decent preamp. Once I
Yes, a few hundred.
It was an awesome satellite!!!
I still have my K5GNA downconverter.
WB5TUF
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From: Floyd Rodgers kc5...@swbell.net
Sent: Feb 3, 2011 2:04 PM
To:
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Subject: [amsat-bb] AO40 contacts
Did anyone manage to bag any contacts
I didn't have a base satellite station when AO-40 was launched, and still
don't have one now (really no need). However, it was amazing to copy
AO-40's 2 meter telemetry when it was at apogee with just a simple 2 meter
all mode rig, a 7 element beam pointed at the right diorection (no elevation
My last logged contact on AO-41 was 8/13/2004 with W7ARO. My last logged DX
contact on AO-41 was 8/12/2003 with FM5CS. I am sure there were other
contacts that did not get logged.
73's John
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Floyd Rodgers kc5...@swbell.net wrote:
Did anyone manage to bag any
Is ARISSat-1/kedr destined to become AO-69? It seems like HO-68 was the last
to request an Oscar name...
??
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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Oh yes, I made a number from VP6DIA and TZ6RD. I sent the gear along
to T33C, but that was when the sattelite failed.
73, doug
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From: Floyd Rodgers kc5...@swbell.net
Sent: Feb 3, 2011 2:04 PM
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Cc: AMSAT-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb]
Greeting fellow sat-ops. A few weeks ago I posted about a problem I was having
with my Ham IV rotor display not properly functioning, and received a number of
very useful responses. I promised to report back.
So, as I previously reported, although the rotor turned fine, the controller
display
I had lots of fun on AO-40 from VP2EAG too!
73, Drew KO4MA
Oh yes, I made a number from VP6DIA and TZ6RD. I sent the gear along
to T33C, but that was when the sattelite failed.
73, doug
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I made over 1300 contacts on AO-40 during its 2 3/4 years of operation.
The first QSO was on 05/05/01 at 08:17 with Mike N1JEZ on U/S
then at 08:39 worked Dom I8CVS, at 08:52 Fred CU8AO, and at 09:03 Frank
DL6DBN.
I then fired up my FT-736R on 1.2 GHz and at 09:44 worked Steve KB8VAO with
At 05:49 AM 2/4/2011, Diane Bruce wrote:
What is the motivation for some to operate on LEO satellite? The
exotic mode and bands? The pleasure to achieve an OSCAR class station?
My initial motivation to getting on satellite was AO-40. That was
exciting, very neat and a fun technical
I had a couple hundred QSO's on AO-40,
some new countries, etc. but the LOTW response
on those was awful! Got some of them confirmed with
real cards and a FEW on LOTW.
Time for another HEO, that's for sure. Once you do that, the other
stuff is just filler while waiting.
73,
John
I saw a mention of an issue of folks not wanting to make a big
investment in satellite stuff to work SSB/CW.
ALL of the original ham satellites were SSB/CW birds. No FM.
And most hams already had enough equipment to get started. The
uplinks were on 2 meters or 70CM (that took a little
Hello
With the cost of a launch bouncing around the bb. You might ask yourself, how
much did I c ontribute to AMSAT in 2010? Just did my taxes and though not a
huge amount it was deductable. I believe, if you use it, you should help pay
for it. This is rocket science and that, ain't
I never made any contacts via AO-40.
I was still preparing my station... I was busy being
happy about my MIR packet contact... (I made the ANS one time)
I still have a couple K5GNA downconverters...
with the filter kits (as yet uninstalled)
If we could get another in orbit I could use this
stuff
At 01:18 PM 2/4/2011, k6yk wrote:
I saw a mention of an issue of folks not wanting to make a big
investment in satellite stuff to work SSB/CW.
ALL of the original ham satellites were SSB/CW birds. No FM.
And most hams already had enough equipment to get started. The
uplinks were on 2 meters
by the way...
I for one have absolutely no interest in FM...
completely misses the challenge IMO...
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From: chris pellenz pelle...@yahoo.com
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Sent: Thu, February 3, 2011 9:46:26 PM
Subject: Re: AO40 contacts
I never made any contacts via AO-40.
Yes sir!
Lot of used stuff around these days that will work just fine on the
current birds as well as terrestrial HF/VHF/UHF work.
I have a couple of FT-100D's that are 160 thru 6 meters plus 2 M and
70 CM all mode. I was using them to replace the FT-847, as well as
using them for
I had some fun on AO-40, and made some contacts. I hope to get them on LOTW
before summer.
I had problems getting enough uplink signal. I could hear everyone
(including myself) just fine, but a lot of folks had trouble hearing me.
Then I would check the telemetry and see the AGC on the bird was
Hm, that sounds as if taking an HT and Arrow/Elk to the postponed
DX0DX would be worthwhile (if I go).
73, doug
Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2011 10:37:28 +1100
From: Tony Langdon vk3...@gmail.com
At 05:49 AM 2/4/2011, Diane Bruce wrote:
What is the motivation for some to operate on LEO
I am looking for an M2 2MCP14.
Contact me directly. Thanks
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Joe Leikhim
Leikhim and Associates
Communications Consultants
Oviedo, Florida
www.Leikhim.com
jleik...@leikhim.com
407-982-0446
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