I have had the same experience as Perry with AO-73 with regards to
signal problems. I have an IC-910 transceiver and a M2 2mcp14 (2
meters) and M2 436CP30 antenna with a Yaesu G-5500. I have the IC-910
set to about 25 watts on UHF. I have made one contact on AO-73. It has
taken me forever
OMG, it is so much fun trying to get the keps, doppler, antenna
pointing all playing together. Seriously! The term "one armed paper
hanger" comes to mind. A big Thank You to all who have given us this
wonderful opportunity to hear something new, to seriously get to know
SatPC32, and to hav
I have just about lost my mind trying to get SatPC32 to track
FUNcube-1. I just put in the follow keps off of the n2yo page:
*Two Line Element Set (TLE):*
1 1U 0 13325.30964218 . 0-0 1-4 0 7
2 1 97.7992 38.2578 0062122 196.7894 338.6768 14.7734969103
A big THANK YOU to all who worked to make the Symposium a terrific event. The
panel at the dinner was really good. I lost count of the number of door prizes
handed out after the dinner. Someone worked incredibly hard to secure so many
prizes. It was so nice so have an eyeball QSO with Hector
Hey All,
I am having a senior moment.it is hell to get old. I am trying to
pin down the passes of FO-29 for October 19. I know there is a place to
simply plug in the date and voila, have what I need. Perhaps someone can
help this old fart out and provide a link or directions. Yep, Octobe
I have a great deal of experience with mailing bulk mail and I know the
delivery can vary tremendously. My post office is also not consistent in
how they "police" my PO box. I have had them refuse mail addressed to
someone other than myself. By someoneelse, I mean the last name is
correct but
What is the status of the newsletter? The last one I received was
May/June. Is it the latest one? I look so forward to getting the
newsletter. It is like a letter from home.
73,
-james
W5AOO
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Can someone tell me how to access the amsat-bb command list. I am in
digest mode at the moment. There are times when I would like to turn
off digest mode.
Thanks,
73,
-james
W5AOO
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FITSAT-1 was heard over Texas (EL29) at 1344UTC (7/3/2013) Signal
strength was changing considerably and it seemed the time between CW
bursts was changing. Perhaps the signal strength changing simply caused
me to miss part of the transmission. Maybe the satellite is tumbling.
I updated my
FITSAT-1 was still transmitting over Texas (EL29) this morning. I first
heard the signal at 1209UTC (7/3/2013) . Signal was strong and stable.
I am using an IC-910 with M2 436CP30 antenna and Icom AG35 preamp.
Antenna is on a Yaesu Az/El rotator.
73,
-james
W5AOO
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The satellite is very strong (20 over S9) over Texas at 2157 UTC, July
2, 2013. It must be getting a little closer!!!
73,
-james
W5AOO
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I had numerous crashes with satPC32 until I followed the suggestion of several
here on this list. What solved my crash issues was the replacement of the
internal serial to USB adapter with a serial IC and then use an external USB to
serial adapter. Since I have made this simple mod I have not ha
As suggested by several here on the AMSAT mailing list, I removed the
USB adapter in my LVB Tracker and inserted a MAX232 chip into the
appropriate socket. I am using a Utek UT-880 USB to serial adapter with
a Panasonic Toughbook CF-29 running XP Professional. It appears that
everything is wor
I sincerely appreciate all of the feedback on my SatPC32 issues. I
figured out the Ghost tracking' issue or at least corrected the
problem. Somehow my location became corrupted. I noticed that the
little white dot (QTH) was missing from its normal location. By some
means my latitude/longitud
I am gathering up my clothes for my trip to Dayton. I hope to see and
meet as many satellite folks as possible! I have my name in the hat to
work at the AMSAT booth. I worked last year and had the best time!
I keep seeing many emails about what satellites are operating. It seems
many think
I need some advice. I have been trying to run Sat32PC to track
satellites with my G5500 rotor and LVB Tracker. It seems I am running
into one problem after another. Many times the program stops working
when I get towards a lower elevation while tracking the satellite. I
get most of the pass
I am looking for some information on how to receive 5.8GHz. What
devices are used to receive this frequency? I have the capability to
receive up to 2.4GHz but I am not sure what is available to receive data
on 5.8GHz.
As always, thanks a million for everyone's support.
73,
-james
W5AOO
I cannot make the Symposium due to health issues. I sure do hate to
miss it. Perhaps next week someone can spread the news about the next
satellite that we will have up. I hope all have a great time.
73,
-james
W5AOO
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Besides HF, I hope to be able include some satellite contacts this
weekend for the Boy Scouts Jamboree on the Air (JOTA). I would love to
hear from others who will attempt some satellite contacts for JOTA. I am
just beginning to figure out what passes and satellites will work on
Saturday, Octo
I think Bob, W7LRD, and I have a common block to some of our computer
applications. I am in the process of getting my G-5500 rotor, LVB
Tracker, and IC-910H to all play nicely with one another using SAT32PC
software (v12.8). I am using a Panasonic Toughbook Computer with the
serial port (com4
Everyone has been so terrific helping me understand every aspect of
Satellite communications. I have another question that may really show
my ignorance of this part of the hobby. Hopefully I will not be banned
from ever asking another dumb question.
I will be working with a Boy Scout troop
I need some antenna advice. I ended up with two Elk and two Arrow
beams. I thought about using two of the Elk antennas on a boom stacked
horizontally. Would this be worth the effort? I am a little unsure
about how far apart they would need to be to perhaps have some added
gain. Seems like
Thank you to all who helped me with NOVA. I really feel dumb about my
mistake of not looking up the REAL name of a satellite. I appreciate no
one mentioning my ignorance.
Thank you to all who commented on my camera on a beam. I forgot about
the need for a telephoto lens. I also was not thi
I have been tinkering with NOVA Software. I simply cannot figure out
how to add additional satellites like SO50. I have pointed the update
to various sites that I thought should work but I have not succeeded in
getting so50 and some other amateur satellites to show up. Any advice
would be ap
Please don't ya'll laugh too hard at me. Has anyone ever mounted a
camera on a beam? Now I am not trying to see AO40, but I would like to
simply double check the location of my beam for eme. If anyone has
mounted a camera on a beam, I would be interested in what you used.
Yes, I know all ab
Congratulations Steve, W5IEM, on your first satellite contact. I will
never forget my first one. It was more exciting than my first novice
contact when I was 11 years old! You will soon find out just how
addictive satellites can be. Welcome aboard!
I would like to pass on my "Thank You" to
n to bring a good pair of shoes.
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of James Luhn
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 10:05 PM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Dayton Hamvention
I am planning to atte
I am planning to attend the Dayton Hamfest. I have my Hamfest tickets,
airline tickets, payed for the banquet, and I have sent Martha my credit
card number for a room. I will be attending all three days and would
like to volunteer in the AMSAT booth. Did I miss a signup sheet for
volunteerin
I would like to thank all involved with the AMSAT Symposium. I had a great
time! It was fun meeting new friends. The presentation by Lance at the
banquet was fabulous and so interesting. It was a great educational weekend
for me.
Thank you!
73,
-james
W5AOO
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I have been trying to use ARRISAT-1 for the past couple of days.
Despite the fact it was almost directly overhead, I could not get my SSB
signal through the transponder. I am using an IC-910 and arrow beam. I
am fully aware of the antenna issue on the lady. Today I did not hear
anything fro
I know that there are several repeaters in San Jose. Is there anyone in
particular that AMSAT members will be using during the Symposium?
I am looking so forward to meeting everyone, especially those who have
been so kind to help me get up and running on the satellites.
73 & 88,
-james
W5AOO
Please do not spam me for asking about a ARRISAT reception certificate
as I am in no hurry and I know all concerned are special and appreciated
volunteers. On August 10 I sent in a reception report along with a
recording of the audio. Should I have received a certificate by now?
Perhaps I sh
ction. It's
been fun for me, too.
73,
Mark N8MH
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 9:54 AM, James Luhn <mailto:l...@wt.net>> wrote:
I am running ARISSatTLM software to receive the data from the
ARISSat-1 satellite. I have seen several mentioning sending .csv
files with data.
I am running ARISSatTLM software to receive the data from the ARISSat-1
satellite. I have seen several mentioning sending .csv files with
data. Is the ARISSatTLM capable of generating a .csv data file?
Perhaps a cut and paste of the data is done. I have used print screen
to capture what I h
I am portable in Alabama and do not have access to my past e-mail. A post a
day or so ago had information about a school that had a scheduled QSO with the
ISS on August 18. I am at a camp in Alabama and would love to at least monitor
the conversation coming from the ISS. Would someone repost
ampa, Florida
Message: 9
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 13:09:44 -0500
From: "Alan P. Biddle"
To: "'James Luhn'",
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Secret Word question
Message-ID:<846D30D9E0094D3097F49793FB34EB70@WA4SCA>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii&quo
I sent in a report to secretw...@arissat1.org but I have not received
a reply. I am just wondering if this is an auto reply response or does
a real human look at the data? No big deal as the fun of hearing
ARISSAT-1 far exceeds the desire for any kind of pdf certificate. I
attached a record
I have both PC and Mac computers. I enjoy using both and have each
computer doing things that they seem to do the best. I am looking for
some suggestions on what interface I should be using to have MacDoppler
running on a MacBook Pro control an IC-910. I have the CT-17 level
converter for the
I could not make RADIOSCAF (ARISSAT) show up in MacDoppler earlier
today. When all else fails, re-install! I downloaded the program file
again and installed it. All appears working now.
73,
James
W5AOO
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I saw the post by WA4SCA in regards to AMATEUR.TXT and ARISSAT-1. I am
runningMacDoppler and I am such a newbie. Can someone tell me how to
get MacDoppler to see the Keps for RADIOSCAF? I have downloaded keps
from AMSAT and Celestrak. I can be such a slow learner. At least I am
having fun
I posted earlier about Norton detecting a virus in the ARISSat-1 setup
file. I guess I was getting excited and moving too fast in anticipation
of hearing a signal that I did not fully read the instructions. The
ARISSAT-1 quick start guide (
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/images/fck_images/A
When I download the setup file at
http://www.arissattlm.org/download/ARISSatTLM_050_Setup.exe my Norton
complains that a WS.Reputation.1 virus is present and it deletes the
file. Do I have an incorrect link or is this merely the heuristic
detection in Norton falsely identifying a virus? The
I just posted about a virus issue with the file at
http://www.arissattlm.org/download/ARISSatTLM_050_Setup.exe. I just
downloaded the file on my Mac and the antivirus software does not
indicate a problem. Now I remember why i have both PCs and Macs.
Thanks,
James
W5AOO
Yes, FD is always a mess. Usually a good mess of food, friends, bugs,
and all. We made a satellite contact through AO-51 running 5-10 watts
with an Arrow antenna. We had quite the audience as everyone wanted to
see a satellite contact made and the audience was also curious why it
took 4 of u
I am very new to satellites so please don't be too hard on me in regards
to this post.
This afternoon at about14:50 cst (07:50 utc) I copied cw that started
at 435.310mhz and eventually made it to 435.292 before fading away at
roughly 15:00 cst. I am south of Houston, TX, grid EL29, Texas Ci
I would like to say "Thank You" to all who manage AO-51 and all of the
other Amateur Radio Satellites. I am new to satellites but not new to
Amateur Radio. I recently celebrated 50 years as a Ham and my first
contact via a satellite. My first contact via AO-51 brought back so
many memories o
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