[amsat-bb] Lituanicasat-1 not heard

2014-07-25 Thread john
Lituanicasat-1 was not heard on the 1245utc pass over the SW United States. It was on for that pass yesterday and N5HYP was worked from DM43. The current keps had it at 234KM. 73, John K8YSE/7 ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are

[amsat-bb] 5n 55

2014-07-25 Thread wa4hfn
Congrats to Eric FP/KV1J for 5 in em55 award # 52 Good job ,he has recorded the contacts made with currant award holders # Call Date Time Satellite 4 K8YSE 8 july 2014 2305 FO29 9 CO6CBF 11 July 2014 2158 FO29 11 KB1RVT 9 July 2014 2200 FO29 12 AC0RA 17 July

[amsat-bb] FUNcube-1/AO-73 Operating Schedule for 25-27 July 2014

2014-07-25 Thread Ciaran Morgan
Hi Folks, FUNcube/AO-73 will remain in BEACON mode/Auto Eclipse mode (ie transponder on when sat is in darkness, full power beacon when in daylight) this weekend whilst the AMSAT-UK Colloquium is held at the Holiday Inn in Guildford, Surrey. 73s Jim G3WGM (from Ciaran/M0XTD email account!)

Re: [amsat-bb] Lituanicasat-1 not heard

2014-07-25 Thread M5AKA
Gintautas Sulskus from the LituanicaSAT (LO-78) team will be giving a presentation on the satellite tomorrow from 11:45-12:15 BST which is 10:45-11:15 GMT. The presentation will be streamed on the web athttp://www.batc.tv/streams/amsat2014 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK Website

[amsat-bb] WA7ETH in CN88 on CW today

2014-07-25 Thread wa7...@frontier.com
I will be on FO-29 during the 0053Z (July 26) and 0239Z passes in CW mode.  I will be around 435.830 +/- doppler. . 73'...Ed   WA7ETH ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to

[amsat-bb] Mars satellites' orbits changed to avoid comet tail

2014-07-25 Thread Mike Lemons
When I first heard this story on the radio, I had to check the calender to see if it was April First, but it is a real story. A comet was discovered early last year coming up from below the plane of the ecliptic. It is named after the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia where it was