[amsat-bb] Re: FT847 satpc32 help needed

2011-05-27 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Jeremy (call??) Sending one by direct mail. You will want to cut and paste carefully as there are many entrees for my transverters, etc. 73s, Alan WA4SCA PS When you get to be as experiences as WD9EWK, you will be able to point, tune, talk, and whip up a soufflé during the pass.

[amsat-bb] Robin Harvey G4BBR SK

2011-05-27 Thread Trevor .
Robin Harvey G4BBR died on the morning of Tuesday, May 23, in the Sue Ryder Home, Leckhampton, Cheltenham after a long illness. Active in the early days of Amateur Satellites he was AMSAT Life Member 445 and a keen Oscar 7 operator. In the 1970's he was a Member of the Borderers VHF Contest

[amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: [funcube] Order your FUNcube Dongle Pro-Tuesday 31 May at 21:00UTC.

2011-05-27 Thread Joseph Armbruster
Sorry Mark! I tried and they were sold out, again. Joseph Armbruster On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Mark L. Hammond marklhamm...@gmail.comwrote: Miss out on the last batch of Funcube Dongles? Here is the next change to get one! 73, Mark N8MH Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 11:57:09 -

[amsat-bb] Re: Interference on AO-51 145.88 uplink

2011-05-27 Thread Don Hoover (WS4E)
After seeing the recent post by Drew about interference from AO-51 on 145.880 coming from a Louisville repeater, as the president of the ham club in Louisville, I forwarded the posting from Drew out to the membership. Here is some info I received from some members: I listened to the audio track.

[amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: [funcube] Order your FUNcube Dongle Pro-Tuesday 31 May at 21:00UTC.

2011-05-27 Thread Glenn AA5PK
Back to the future? The sale begins 31 May. - Original Message - From: Joseph Armbruster josepharmbrus...@gmail.com To: Mark L. Hammond marklhamm...@gmail.com Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 10:04 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: [funcube] Order your FUNcube Dongle

[amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: [funcube] Order your FUNcube Dongle Pro-Tuesday 31 May at 21:00UTC.

2011-05-27 Thread Joseph Armbruster
Yarrgh! That's what I get for rushing through the page at work to hit the buy now button. Glenn +1, Joe 0 I will try again on the 31st :-) Cheers, Joseph Armbruster On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Glenn AA5PK aa...@suddenlink.net wrote: Back to the future? The sale begins 31 May.

[amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: [funcube] Order your FUNcube Dongle Pro-Tuesday 31 May at 21:00UTC.

2011-05-27 Thread Dee
Guys, That is why I use the old fashioned note on my computer to remind me...As I get older, more reminders are required.. 73, Dee, NB2F - Mine is on the way... -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Armbruster Sent:

[amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: [funcube] Order your FUNcube Dongle Pro-Tuesday 31 May at 21:00UTC.

2011-05-27 Thread Zachary Beougher
Win7 makes a real nice accessory to add to your desktop called sticky notes. I have them stuck all over my desktop. They remind me who I worked on what passes, when to unplug my batteries, how much $ I owe my sister, and the list goes on. Zack KD8KSN -Original Message- From: Dee

[amsat-bb] Re: Fwd: [funcube] Order your FUNcube Dongle Pro-Tuesday 31 May at 21:00UTC.

2011-05-27 Thread Ng, Peter
...with all those post-its, how do you see the screen? ;) 73's Peter VE7NGP -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Dee Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 11:09 AM To: 'Joseph Armbruster'; 'Glenn AA5PK' Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject:

[amsat-bb] SO-50 and other Lamentations

2011-05-27 Thread Giacobbe Lauser
So, I ran the passes yesterday and got updates on all the current sats so I could get back into things after an absence, and I was quite surprised... Am I to understand that the only active FM satellites now are AO-27 and SO-50? HO-68 bit the dust. AO-51 is in the crapper for a while. SO-67 is

[amsat-bb] AO-51 QRM gone?, back to .88 up

2011-05-27 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
Thanks to many folks, especially K8YSE and KE4KOL, it looks like we may have scared off whomever was squatting on the 880 uplink. Starting this afternoon we will give it another try, 145.880 up, and 435.150 down. This was the most common uplink historically with this downlink, so I'd like for

[amsat-bb] Re: SO-50 and other Lamentations

2011-05-27 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
Am I to understand that the only active FM satellites now are AO-27 and SO-50? Not Really... HO-68 bit the dust. Might be back. AO-51 is in the crapper for a while. Has been on most afternoons 145.880 up and 435.150 down. West coast stations might more often hear it on the eastern passes.

[amsat-bb] Re: SO-50 and other Lamentations

2011-05-27 Thread i8cvs
- Original Message - From: Giacobbe Lauser 23ta...@gmail.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 9:13 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] SO-50 and other Lamentations So, I ran the passes yesterday and got updates on all the current sats so I could get back into things after an

[amsat-bb] AO51 ON!

2011-05-27 Thread PY5LF
What a good surprise now 21:30 UTC when I heard AO51 in very low pass for me , but with good signal . It means that the sat do not crash the software during the eclipse , I guess. 73 PY5LF LUCIANO FABRICIO CURITIBA-PR-BRAZIL GG54JM http://www.qrz.com/db/py5lf

[amsat-bb] ***AO-51 reports needed*** 27 May 2011

2011-05-27 Thread Mark L. Hammond
Hello AO-51 users, This afternoon 27 May 2011 AO-51 stayed ON for a full orbit. This caught both me and Drew KO4MA quite by surprise. It is completely unexpected. Had both of us not been there, we wouldn't have believed it KO4MA put it into repeater mode around 2000utc. When it came

[amsat-bb] Re: AO51 ON!

2011-05-27 Thread Mark L. Hammond
Precisely what it looks like Luciano. Please keep giving any reports--see my message just posted to the list. 73, Mark N8MH At 06:37 PM 5/27/2011 -0300, PY5LF wrote: What a good surprise now 21:30 UTC when I heard AO51 in very low pass for me , but with good signal . It means that the sat

[amsat-bb] AO-51

2011-05-27 Thread Kevin Deane
Was there people on that pass? It was pretty low for me, I was getting a signal on the down, but no people, I tried a couple times, I am pretty sure it was the bird because the signal faded away as usual. Anyway my friend KF1BUZ is heading to DN00 Black Rock Desert as I write this. I do

[amsat-bb] Re: FT847 satpc32 help needed

2011-05-27 Thread Jeremy Bomkamp
Thanks Alan, Call is AB9RU, I plan on using the SSB sat entries to compare against the default doppler file to see where it may be in error for the 847. I never thought this would be easy, even after watching the WD9EWK videos but that is an example of what happens with experience and a good

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51

2011-05-27 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
We switched it to 9k6 digital to try to figure out what happened. 9k6 sounds an awful lot like white noise. My gut reaction is the reversed cell failed again, this time to a dead short, and the remaining cells were enough to keep it running through eclipse. We also saw a 10 degree C drop in

[amsat-bb] Re: ***AO-51 reports needed*** 27 May 2011

2011-05-27 Thread Kevin Deane
So I WAS hearing it far northeast on the last pass. This is not the first time this has happened, I can remember at least two west coast passes, (over the Pacific). I was wondering why there was no one responding. I thought I had mentioned it on here... Where can I get TLMEcho? I would love

[amsat-bb] Re: ***AO-51 reports needed*** 27 May 2011

2011-05-27 Thread Mark L. Hammond
You can get TLMEcho at the bottom of my personal page, with brief instructions on how to install it. http://sites.google.com/site/marklhammond/hamradio Remember, you need a 9600 baud TNC and matching radio...(or you can do it all via software, but I'm not going to suggest anybody start

[amsat-bb] AO-51 - good telemetery 2328Z pass

2011-05-27 Thread Ken Swaggart
Currently receiving good telemetry – will forward the csv file to N8MH KO4MAE. 73, Ken, W7KKE CN75xa ___ 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!

[amsat-bb] AO-51 now off

2011-05-27 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
Well, she crashed again. This time we restarted, and then killed the transmitter before AOS. In an hour we'll know if it makes it through with the transmitter off. If so, we'll start reloading code in the AM. Thanks to those who sent telemetry and reports. For now you can take a break, and