[amsat-bb] LO-78 transponder back again

Dear radio amateurs, I want to notify that finally after a long brake (mainly due to ground station maintenance works) we have switched the transponder on again. Duty cycle will depend on battery voltage level. All other telemetry is inactive to save power. We hope the signal should be even better

[amsat-bb] LO-78 is ON

Hello to all I just tried a contact for my FD record on the 1335z LO-78 pass. The bird was sounding very good but no one was there during all the pass. I will be on the next 1505z pass. Catch you on the birds! 73! Hector, CO6CBF 1E DX

[amsat-bb] LituanicaSAT-1 talk at International Space Colloquium

There will be a presentation on the LituanicaSAT-1 CubeSat by Gintautas Sulskus at 12pm BST (1100 GMT) on Saturday, July 26 at the AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium which takes place at the Holiday Inn, Guildford, GU2 7XZ. The event is open to all, admittance £10 per day, further details

Re: [amsat-bb] LO-78 is ON

Heard now the Satellite over Lisbon. No Stations there, only me calling CQ :( Sometimes signal was strong, other weak.. 73 Fabiano CT7ABD On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 2:47 PM, Hector, CO6CBF wrote: > Hello to all > > > > I just tried a contact for my FD record on the 1335z LO-78 pass. The bird >

Re: [amsat-bb] LO-78 is ON

I was just listing on a pass of one of the satellites the other day. One station was calling a CQ and up the band there was someone answering. they never did make contact. I was trying to think it out why. Maybe no computer control. Maybe wrong data entered for the sat. John __

[amsat-bb] CubeSats launch Monday June 30

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the PSLV-C23 CubeSat launch on Monday, June 30. http://zeenews.india.com/news/space/isro-s-pslv-c23-pm-narendra-modi-to-attend-launch-on-monday_943666.html The IARU Satellite Frequency Cooordination Panel pages list these frequencies for the CubeSa

[amsat-bb] FUNcube/AO-73

Hi Folks, The FUNcube/AO-73 mode has been changed as at 1944 UTC to Auto Eclipse mode (ie transponder on when sat is in darkness, full power beacon when in daylight) Please note that it will NOT be commanded next Friday into full time eclipse mode. There is an important demonstration for scho

Re: [amsat-bb] LO-78 is ON

Have I missed something? Can the Kemps for AO 78 be downloaded? R W4BUE ___ 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:

Re: [amsat-bb] KENPRO ROTORS Going KRAZY - SOS

Problem solved. WX Sat program running at the same time with our OSCAR program - No Ghost. - Original Message - From: "Rich/wa4bue" To: Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2014 8:50 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] KENPRO ROTORS Going KRAZY - SOS Guys, I think we have a GHOST haunting our OSCAR ante

[amsat-bb] FD 2014 de K4AMG

Thank you for the FD QSOs to all we worked. 13 QSOs on FO 29 1 QSO VO 52 There were great passes on AO 7 but that is when we had our program problems. K4AMG was the GOTA Station for the Chesapeake Amateur Radio Service, W4CAR Hope everyone had a great FD. R W4BUE __

[amsat-bb] ISS Will Send You QSL Card!

YES - The ISS will send you a QSL card for verified contacts! Submit your request (QSL card, or typed report) and include ... -the date -the time in UTC -frequency and mode (voice, packet, or SSTV) Include a large self-addressed, stamped envelope with sufficient postage. For US contacts, submit

Re: [amsat-bb] CubeSats launch Monday June 30

Space debris may delay PSLV-C23 launch by three minutes (04:19 -> 04:22 UTC). PSLV-CA (PSLV-C23), 30 Jun 2014, 04:22 UTC, Satish Dhawan (Sriharikota) SC, India AISat Pre_TLE 1 9U 14181.19275139 .2113 0-0 33433-3 0 6 2 9 098.2323 247.5862 0007918 245.5244 324.5393

[amsat-bb] Lituanicasat-1

Hi We had a good pass of Lituanicasat-1 a few minutes ago , transponder on , nice signal , nobody there , only me calling. 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions e

Re: [amsat-bb] Just Spoke to the ISS

Congrats to Stefan and Clint on the ISS Field Day contacts! I heard Reid make a couple of contacts, but was too busy trying to make the CAT control in SatPC32 work with my 24 year old IC-970H. It works now although with some irritating limitations on the CAT side. The rotor control side work

[amsat-bb] RES: Lituanicasat-1

Hi Ted Yes , you`re right , LO78 , sorry . We had another pass , 1:00 UTC , very low for me , only 6 degrees , but good enough to made a QSO with LW3DRH , Luis. Thank you , 73 PY5LF Luciano Fabricio Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF -Mensagem original- De: Ted [mailto:k7

[amsat-bb] ARTSAT1: INVADER will re-try to send Cosmic Poem

Dear all, Hello, we are going to re-try to send Cosmic Poem over North and South America as follows. North America: 2014-06-30 20:25:00 UTC https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1336163/ScrSav021.jpg South America: 2014-07-01 20:55:00 UTC https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1336163/ScrSav028.jpg