[amsat-bb] Re: fo-29

> so I know you all will laugh at me but what inverting means lsb down usb > up is this correct It means that the signal sideband is inverting upside down in the satellite. It inverts USB to LSB and LSB to USB. It also change your frequency polarity. If you increase your frequency at the uplink,

[amsat-bb] ND9M/MM Op Sked - 28 Feb

Here is my planned schedule for 28 Feb and the grids I expect to be in: AO27 - 28/2041Z - CM65 - approx turn on time AO51 - 01/0112Z - CM64 or CM74 AO7 - 01/0222Z - CM74 VO52 - 01/0320Z - CM74 SO67 - 01/0420Z - CM74 VO52 - 01/0453Z - CM74 FO29 - 01/1059Z - CM84 These passes occur duri

[amsat-bb] Re: fo-29

On 28/02/2011 10:48, jari.koivuri...@aina.net wrote: > >> so I know you all will laugh at me but what inverting means lsb down usb >> up is this correct > > It means that the signal sideband is inverting upside down in the satellite. > It inverts USB to LSB and LSB to USB. It also change your frequ

[amsat-bb] LAST Call for Papers: 15th Annual SVHFS Conference Huntsville, AL

Last call for the 2011 SVHFS Conference Papers. They are to be received by March 11th. Please send to N2CEI, Steve Kostro at svhfs2...@downeastmicrowave.com. We have one or two more presentation slots open so if you would like to make one, (published paper not required! ) please contact St

[amsat-bb] Re: fo-29

At 10:18 PM 2/28/2011, Dominic Hawken wrote: >For the birds (and I'm relatively new to this as well) I transmit LSB >and receive USB - am I correct in thinking this is the accepted default >or does it vary from satellite to satellite? It depends on the transponder. The actual convention is that

[amsat-bb] Re: fo-29

On 28/02/2011 18:03, Tony Langdon wrote: > At 10:18 PM 2/28/2011, Dominic Hawken wrote: > >> For the birds (and I'm relatively new to this as well) I transmit LSB >> and receive USB - am I correct in thinking this is the accepted default >> or does it vary from satellite to satellite? > > It depend

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Radios on Cruises

Yes, your cruise line (and others) specifically prohibits ham gear ... http://tinyurl.com/no-ham-rccl Personally, my wife and I found it difficult to find much spare time on our week-long cruise from Vancouver to Alaska ... Maybe because it was our first cruise ... I imagined relaxing and recli

[amsat-bb] AO-51 Schedule revised, updates--no S-band yet!

Hi All, Helpful reports from users (about the transmitters turning OFF) and telemetry confirm that AO-51 is still seeing a few minutes of "darkness" every orbit. There isn't sufficient sun to allow us to turn the S-mode transmitter on yet. Drats. The current mode will continue until either

[amsat-bb] Canary Islands ARISS Contact

Hello Everyone, This message arrived in the AMSAT News Service mailbox. I'm sending it out today because waiting for the weekend news cycle will make it late. - Dear AMSAT friends, Next Thursday 3rd of March at 14:17 UTC we will be performing the first ARISS contact ever performed from the C

[amsat-bb] help with amp design

Hi All The CAPE team is design a 3.8 volt 2 watt amp and could use some help. If you can help please contact me. Thanks nick Office 337 593 8700 Cell 337 258 2527 Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School __

[amsat-bb] Glory and ELaNa sat launch tentative date Mar 4

Nasa announced Glory to be launched no earlier than Friday, 4. The ELaNa (Education Launch of Nanosatellites) is hitching a ride to the A-train. "Orbital Sciences and NASA engineers are making good progress in troubleshooting the ground support equipment issue that caused the postponement of the

[amsat-bb] RADAR QRM on FO-29 video on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPSvVEjrTzY This is just a short video of the severe RADAR QRM I had today while trying to work FO-29. This is about as bad as I've ever seen it here in Central Florida. Please ignore my son coughing in the background (he's getting better fast), along with one of

[amsat-bb] SO-67 1 mar 0419 UT pass

All did anyone hear SO-67 on this pass? Nothing heard from DM33. 73 de Rick K7TEJ ___ 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 setting

[amsat-bb] Re: RADAR QRM on FO-29 video on YouTube

Yow, that's pretty bad, Drew. You're probably too far from Eglin, so you think maybe it's from MacDill? Jim On 03/01/2011 03:35 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPSvVEjrTzY > > This is just a short video of the severe RADAR QRM I had today while > trying to work FO-2

[amsat-bb] CAT control using the FT-736R

I'm using a Yaseu FT-736R and the W1GEE Prod. LCU3-Y1 Interface for Yaseu radios. I would like to control my G5500 rotors and at the same time, tune and compensate for Doppler using SATPC32 for ISS contacts. I'd appreciate anyone's inputs on how they set their system up. 73, Dave, AA4KN _

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Radios on Cruises

Thanks, Clint -- I noticed that the same cruise line allows walkie-talkies up to 5 watts. That sounds like an HT to me, but we'll see. http://tinyurl.com/rccl-ht Your cruise photos looked great! Makes me miss Alaska even more... On Mon, Feb 28, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Clint

[amsat-bb] Re: Ham Radios on Cruises

Our Alaska cruise was on Holland America ... and they KNEW we were an amateur radio club. I had a party in my suite ... took my laptop along. Learned firsthand all about "international roaming charges" with my Verizon Wireless plug-in card (grin). I even rented a sat phone - but only used it on