[amsat-bb] SO-67 as appears on the AMSAT.org Satellite status page.

2011-09-19 Thread Tom Schuessler
AMSAT South Africa shows that all Amateur activations are suspended on SO-67 yet the Satellite status page on amsat.org still show green arrows for V and U on this satellite. Please I would suggest changing this status information to reflect the state of things as they currently are not what we wo

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2011-09-07 Thread Helmuth Kump
I think this is new information...at least I haven't seen it yet. http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ under the heading of "Breaking News", says: SO67 SAFE BUT PROBLEMATIC The Ground Control Station Engineers at SunSpace in Stellenbosch are still working to restore SO67. SumbandilaSat developed a proble

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2011-07-29 Thread Ted
Should be appearing in a sky near you beginning 8-1, correct ? Ted, K7TRK ___ 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:

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2011-07-03 Thread Kevin Deane
I missed the last few passes is the bird on this week? Kevin KF7MYK ___ 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

[amsat-bb] SO-67 repeater temporarily suspended

2011-06-19 Thread Johann Lochner
Hi folks, Last week Thursday flash memory of a CAN controller on Sumbandila was corrupted by a probable radiation event. It does not affect satellite health but prevents activation of the amateur radio repeater. Similar problems occurred in October 2009 and December 2010 and were corrected.

[amsat-bb] SO-67 for Field Day

2011-06-17 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
The SO-67 command station has agreed to set the following start times for 15 minute activations over North America for Field Day. Activations are -planned-, and are dependent on scheduling and battery state. Remember both ARRL and AMSAT Field Day rules limit QSOs to one per FM repeater/satellit

[amsat-bb] SO-67 ARRL field day

2011-06-07 Thread Don Hoover
Will SO67 be available for Field Day over the US? I know it's usual schedule is for the first week of the month but I was wondering if any special arrangement has been made or requested for the ARRL field day weekend. Thx ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.or

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2011-06-05 Thread ryan woods
Is it just me or was SO-67 audio low on this last pass I could bearly hear anything but every couple times their would be peaks of the audio. This is the first time in months I've worked the birds. So thanks for the help 73 kd8atf Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android

[amsat-bb] SO-67 on over the Americas this coming week also

2011-06-05 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
The SO-67 team has shifted the schedule to include the Americas this coming week. I've submitted activation requests for 15 minutes starting at the times listed below. They have informed me that the repeater may or may not be active based on the battery state. The times followed by * are the pr

[amsat-bb] SO-67 Schedule

2011-06-05 Thread Pete H
It can sometimes be quite difficult to find when SO-67 will be on air. The schedules aren't always posted here, or on the amsatsa website. As an occasional amateur satellite operator, it can be frustrating to not be able to look up when this bird is on air. Those more regular operators probably do

[amsat-bb] SO-67 Schedule for the America's

2011-06-03 Thread John Papay
I never saw this message on the amsat-bb so I'm posting it now. 73, John K8YSE From: Andrew Glasbrenner Sent: Jun 2, 2011 6:26 PM To: Ted Cc: amsat-bb Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SO-67? All this week. There was a glitch earlier and some passes didn't get scheduled. Right now the ones

[amsat-bb] SO-67 Back On

2011-06-02 Thread John Papay
SO-67 was on at 0125z 3June2011. Quite a surprise since no mention of it on http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ Quite strong as usual. 73, John K8YSE ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now t

[amsat-bb] SO-67?

2011-06-02 Thread Ted
Do we get her soon? Ted, K7TRK ___ 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://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

[amsat-bb] SO-67 operating practice Europe

2011-05-14 Thread Ib Christoffersen
Hi Europeans, As Hans, ZS6AKV, said the plan for next week gives us the opportunity to use it during the week. As always it is just a plan. See it on: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ This week I have listened to a lot of the passes over Europe and I have a few comments: Do NOT use the CTCSS tone. It

[amsat-bb] SO-67 plan starting 9 May

2011-05-08 Thread Ib Christoffersen
Hello all in Europe, The plan for next week is at: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ Please remember it is a plan. Good luck. 73 OZ1MY Ib ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support

[amsat-bb] So 67

2011-05-07 Thread kf1buz
We are doing a special event in reno Will try to hit the next pass W7ecw emcomm west call Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support th

[amsat-bb] SO-67 Question

2011-05-03 Thread Dave Marthouse
Hello, When SO-67 isn't operating in amateur mode is it on a different frequency. If so, what frequency is it and what modulation scheme is used? Dave Marthouse N2AAM dmartho...@gmail.com ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2011-05-03 Thread Kevin Deane
Another souless pass Very dissapointing. :( Kevin KF7MYK ___ 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] SO-67

2011-05-03 Thread Kevin Deane
Just went over and was working beautiful as usual, the always strong signal was dying for voices of humans that were no were to be foundHo humm, you would think with the 51 down people would be all over the 67... Well I look forward to working people new and old, have not heard N8RO latel

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2011-05-03 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
Thanks to the hard work of the folks at Sunspace and AMSAT-SA, it looks like SO-67 will be back on this week. I have sent them the following schedule for North and South America, although sometimes not all the passes are possible. Take advantage of this satellite while we reload AO-51! 73, Drew

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2011-05-01 Thread Kevin Deane
Does anyone know if the SO-67 will be on this week? Kevin KF7MYK ___ 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

[amsat-bb] SO-67 questions

2011-03-28 Thread Dave Straube
Is SO-67 operating on the published frequencies (145.870/435.345) or does one of up/down need an adjustment? What is the meaning of "Use Narrow FM on the uplink" on the AMSAT detail page for SO-67? Not sure if I know of any such configuration on the Yaesu FT-847. Thanks - Dave N7LKL

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2011-03-18 Thread Kevin Deane
When do we get this one again? The first week of the month? And I still say they should just zip tie the ARRISat to the outside of the space station and leave it there! Poor HO-68 ho hum. Kevin KF7MYK _

[amsat-bb] SO-67 ON over Europe this week

2011-03-07 Thread Ib Christoffersen
Hi all in Europe, This week it is on over Europe. I heard it this morning and again with AOS at 1645 UTC here in Copenhagen. The schedule will probably be on SA-AMSATs homepage shortly. http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ Until it is there assume it is on during European passes. Take a look at: http://o

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2011-03-03 Thread Rick Tejera
Has anyone heard from SO-67 after the reports of not hearing it earlier this week? Sent from my iPod Rick Tejera Editor, SACnews Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org K7TEJ ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the autho

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

2011-02-28 Thread saguaroastro
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] SO-67 on over Europe this week.

2011-02-07 Thread Ib Christoffersen
Hi all, SO-67 is on over Europe this week. You can see the planned times on: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ For the best result try to use normal FM but turn the mike gain down until your audio sounds good. Do not use the CTCSS tone. 73 OZ1MY Ib _

[amsat-bb] SO-67 and LOTW?

2011-02-07 Thread Helmuth Kump
Hello all, wonder if any of you have come across this. In the FAQ for LOTW (very last item) there's a list of supported satellites. SO-67 is on the list. However when I want to sign the .adi that contains my SO-67 contacts I get: Error: Invalid SAT_NAME (SO-67) on line 22 My .adi is an export f

[amsat-bb] SO-67 Schedule

2011-02-03 Thread John Papay
The SO-67 for North America has been updated to show passes through 6Feb2011 at 1655z on their website: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ 73, John K8YSE ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join n

[amsat-bb] SO-67 Audio

2011-02-02 Thread joe barkley
Hi All, I was a pass of SO-67 last night and the audio seems to be sort of muted or suppressed. Signals would pop through at times. Was that just me or did it seem that way to others? Thanks Joe KI4TZ ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2011-02-01 Thread Ted
Kevin, missed you on this pass. Try again tomorrow night 73, Ted, K7TRK -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Ted Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2011 7:24 PM To: 'Kevin Deane'; amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CH-19 11

[amsat-bb] SO-67 now in LOTW

2011-01-28 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Hi! I just noticed this change when reading through the LOTW FAQ page: https://p1k.arrl.org/lotw/faq SO-67 is now listed as a satellite supported in LOTW. I also saw that there is a new TQSL configuration file as of yesterday (27th) available for download. To get the new configuration file, yo

[amsat-bb] SO-67 Successful operation in Europe

2011-01-08 Thread GW1FKY
Hi all, Thanks to the team involved, I am pleased to report successful operation of SO-67 during the trial evening pass over here in Europe today. (Saturday 8th January 2011 around 1935 hours GMT) Managed to work a number of stations in Europe using just my "ELK" antenna and about 10 watts of

[amsat-bb] SO-67 repeater to resume operations

2011-01-08 Thread Johann Lochner
Hi folks, With the troublesome controller reprogrammed we hope that Sumbandila will resume its repeater schedule next week. Tonight over South Africa the four passes below will be scheduled as a test. Please report your observations at David Carr's live OSCAR status page: http://oscar.dcarr.o

[amsat-bb] SO-67 repeater temporarily suspended

2010-12-19 Thread Johann Lochner
Hi folks, Last week the flash boot memory of a CAN controller on Sumbandila was corrupted by a probable radiation event. It does not affect satellite health but prevents activation of the amateur radio repeater, as the particular script detects an anomaly and aborts. The same problem also occ

[amsat-bb] SO-67 Special North american activation 13, November, 1542Z

2010-11-08 Thread Tom Schuessler
://www.amsatsa.org.za/ 73 Tom Schuessler 2713 Lake Gardens Drive Irving, Texas 75060 972-986-7456 214-403-1464 (Cell) n5...@arrl.net _ Message: 9 Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 08:18:53 +0100 From: "Ib Christoffersen" Subject: [amsat-bb] SO-

[amsat-bb] SO-67 planned active over Europe this week

2010-11-07 Thread Ib Christoffersen
Hi all, SO-67 is planned to be active over Europe this week. See: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ Please report activity on the report page: http://oscar.dcarr.org/ I still do not have my station active due to renovation of the house. 73 OZ1MY Ib

[amsat-bb] SO-67 operating practice

2010-10-13 Thread Ib Christoffersen
Hi all, I have been told that a lot of operators use too high deviation on SO-67. Here is a repetition of my experience from last time SO-67 was active over Europe. 1. Used FMN and the CTCSS tone. LF level OK but the transponder lets the tone through. That does not sound nice. 2. Used n

[amsat-bb] SO-67 sounds fuzzy?

2010-10-11 Thread Mike Ryan
Got my first QSO on this very strong SAT. Signal is at least 3 S units more here than than the average pass of other birds. Very excited about working it. But the audio on it did sound very "fuzzy" to me. Not the usual crisp clear FM I hear on AO-27, SO-50, and AO-51 when tuned in to center.

[amsat-bb] SO-67 schedule for Europe next week

2010-09-05 Thread Ib Christoffersen
Hi European operators, SO-67 is scheduled for Europe next week. Have a look at: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ If you work it or just hear it active please report on: http://oscar.dcarr.org/ Remember it is just a plan. 73 OZ1MY Ib __

[amsat-bb] SO-67 over Europe a possible mistake 22 August

2010-08-22 Thread Ib Christoffersen
Hi Europeans, There is a mistake on the SA-AMSAT page about today. The active passes are probably: 0850 1024 1802 The times given on the homepage look like 21 August passes. Have a nice Sunday. 73 OZ1MY Ib ___ Sent via amsat...@am

[amsat-bb] SO-67 schedule Europe for the next days

2010-08-17 Thread Ib Christoffersen
Hi European satellite operators, There is a list for the next days on: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ Please remember it is subject to changes without notice. If you use it or just hear it please report it on: http://oscar.dcarr.org/ Have fun. 73 OZ1MY Ib _

[amsat-bb] SO-67 Europe 15 August

2010-08-14 Thread Ib Christoffersen
The following is planned: Europe 07:54 09:28 17:07 18:39 Have a nice weekend. 73 OZ1MY Ib ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program

[amsat-bb] SO-67 over Europe 14 August

2010-08-14 Thread Ib Christoffersen
Hi European Satellit users. SO-67 is planned to be active as follows: 14 August 2010 UTC Europe (UTC) Turn on times: 08:12 09:46 17:26 I saw the first pas too late :-) You can find the information on: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ Then you do not have to rely on me ! Ob

[amsat-bb] SO-67 on over Europe Friday 13 August

2010-08-12 Thread Ib Christoffersen
Hi EU satellite users, Plan is for the following orbits to be active: Europe 13 August UTC 08:31 10:05 17:44 Time is in UTC. It is normally active for 15 min. The times are turn on times. Todays experience is that you do not need the CTCSS tone to work through SO-67. H

[amsat-bb] SO-67 12 August Europe

2010-08-11 Thread Ib Christoffersen
Hi all in Europe, Looks like we have two passes active on SO-67: Europe 12 August 10.24 18:02 The times are UTC for the switch on. Check : http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ This is planned - may be other priorities. 73 OZ1MY Ib ___ Sent

[amsat-bb] SO-67 no activity?

2010-07-11 Thread N9IJ
Caught the near-overhead 1450 UTC pass of SO-67 this morning, heard my downlink signal, and never heard any other activity. Len N9IJ n...@comcast.net ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA m

[amsat-bb] SO-67 1 June possible active passes

2010-07-01 Thread OZ1MY
01/07/2010 Europe 07:53:00 09:07:00 North America 15:50:00 17:25:00 Brazil 11:20:00 73 OZ1MY Ib ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite pr

[amsat-bb] SO-67 Suggestions

2010-06-30 Thread John Papay
SO-67 is in a mode whereby the uplink audio is repeated as long as the transmitter is turned on. If there is no PL on the uplink, repeated audio will be reduced by about 10db compared to rx noise when no satellite is in view. SO-67 is being turned on for 15 minute periods as conditions permit. If

[amsat-bb] SO-67 on for the first time over Europe

2010-06-30 Thread OZ1MY
Hi all, Just had a pass with AOS at 0946 UTC here in Copenhagen. It works as described on the page: http://www.amsatsa.org.za/ It means that you do not need the PL-tone once the transponder is started. In fact do not set the tone ON. The transponder sounds better without the tone. As before

[amsat-bb] SO-67 possible active passes 30 June

2010-06-30 Thread OZ1MY
30/06/2010 South Africa 08:29 Europe 09:46 Brazil 11:39 13:15 North America 14:35 16:10 17:45 73 OZ1MY Ib ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amat

[amsat-bb] SO-67 status

2010-06-28 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
Forwarded from the Sumbandila team: Hi guys, I'm sorry to inform you that we couldn't upload any schedules this evening. The On Board Computer was off at the beginning of the pass. SO I had to switch it on and try to stabilize the satellite. I'll keep on monitoring the satellite state tomorr

[amsat-bb] SO-67 schedule

2010-06-26 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
From the Sumbandila team: Hi All, We could not upload any Amsat activities in tonight's passes. So the Amsat payload will not be active for tonight's schedules. The only upload opportunity is tomorrow morning at 06:22. Sorry for any inconvenience. ___

[amsat-bb] SO-67 schedules

2010-06-26 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
From the Sumbandila team: "Hi Guys, We had problems with the scheduling system. So the schedules from tomorrow onwards were not uploaded to the satellite. We are working on the problem and will let you know as soon as we have uploaded. Sorry for any inconvenience caused." 73, Drew KO4MA

[amsat-bb] SO-67 schedule - 25-30 June 2010

2010-06-25 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Hi! Drew KO4MA asked me to post this to the -BB. This is the SO-67 schedule for today (25 June) through the 30th. 73! Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK http://www.wd9ewk.net/ *** Below is a nominal schedule of SO-67 for Amsat until the 30th. Please note that the schedule is subject to ch

[amsat-bb] SO-67 schedules for June 25

2010-06-24 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
Passing this along from the Sumbandila Team...The repeater should be on for the 15 minutes following each time listed. 73, Drew KO4MA The following schedules have been uploaded for 25/6/2010 North America 01:35 03:10 04:45 06:20 South India 03:39 South Africa 06:57

[amsat-bb] SO-67 skid times

2010-06-21 Thread John Price
Can anyone tell me were the schedule for this satellite is published. I don't seem to be able to find it. I listened for it this evening and heard nothing in FM07. Anyone else heard it since the announced reactivation. Any info would be appreciated. I also listened for HO-68 this evening and heard

[amsat-bb] SO-67 back on air!

2010-06-21 Thread Jan-Albert Koekemoer
Hello After much delay we are now in a position to re-activate the SA-AMSAT payload schedules on a regular basis again! During the downtime we conducted several experiments in order to investigate possible alternatives for the "cut-off" problem experienced by many at the end of last year

[amsat-bb] SO-67 Back Next week?

2010-05-07 Thread John Meeks
From Jan-Albert Koekemoer via sumbandila.googlegroups.com : "We've indeed have a long "radio silence" now. Some good news is that we're reprogramming the command transceiver on the satellite used by the SA-AMSAT payload (CTR-VU2) tonight. This will hopefully sidestep the issue we've had with th

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2010-04-24 Thread Vincenzo Mone
Hello to all, right a few seconds ago I had a good pass of SO-67 but unfortunately I did not hear nothing on the frequency of 435.345 on FM mode. Please I would like to know if it is alive or not. Can I hear something? Thanks in advance. 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTest

[amsat-bb] SO-67 status

2010-03-27 Thread kj4psu
Does anyone know when SO-67 will be operational? On their website they predict the end of the month. Any word on a date? Will KJ4PSU Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. N

[amsat-bb] SO-67 Schedules for the weekend

2010-01-22 Thread Gladys Magagula
AUSTRALIA/NZ 1/23 21:23 1/23 22:57 1/24 21:05 1/24 00:15 SOUTH AFRICA 1/24 20:02 NORTH AMERICA 1/24 16:02 ExUSSR 1/23 05:18 1/24 05:00 1/25 04:40 1/25 07:45 JAPAN 1/23 00:39 1/23 22:45 1/24 00:18 EUROPE 1/23 8:27 1/24 8:06 1/24 9

[amsat-bb] SO-67 Schedules - 18 - 22 Jan 2010

2010-01-18 Thread Gladys Magagula
EUROPE 1/19 8:15 1/20 9:29 1/21 9;08 1/22 8:47 NORTH AMERICA 1/18 19:37 1/18 21:10 1/19 16:12 1/19 20:49 AUSTRALIA/NZ 1/19 21:10 1/19 22:46 1/20 00:21 1/20 20:51 1/20 22:25 1/21 00:00 1/21 22:03 1/21 23:40 1/22 21:44 1/22 23:20 exUSSR 1/19 5:08 1/19 6:40 1/20 4:49 1/20

[amsat-bb] SO-67 schedule

2010-01-14 Thread vk5alx
>Thread-Topic: SO-67 schedule >Australia/NZ > >14/1 21:21 > >15/1 00:32 First pass not within range of much of Australia. Second pass with max elevation 7 degrees seemed to be switched off. The best pass, between the above two, for some reason was not scheduled. Getting a bit hit and m

[amsat-bb] SO-67 schedule

2010-01-13 Thread Gladys Magagula
Australia/NZ 14/1 21:21 15/1 00:32 Southern Africa 14/1 08:41 16/1 06:27 17/1 06:06 North America 13/1 21:19 14/1 14:47 14/1 19:25 15/1 12:50 15/1 16:00 15/1 20:39 16/1 15:40 exUSSR 15/1 4:57 17/1 5:38 South Asia/India 14/1 2:23:58 1

[amsat-bb] SO-67 schedule

2010-01-12 Thread Gladys Magagula
Here are the schedules for tonight and tomorrow morning. The rest will be published tomorrow. exUSSR 13/1 5:38 South Asia 13/1 02:44:34 13/1 04:18:08 Australia/NZ 12/1 22:03 USA/Canada 12/1 23:13 13/1 11:55 13/1 15:08 Europe 13/1 08:45 South Am

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2010-01-10 Thread Luc Leblanc
SO-67 was not on at the schedule 1300Z pass over NA "-" Luc Leblanc VE2DWE Skype VE2DWE www.qsl.net/ve2dwe DSTAR urcall VE2DWE WAC BASIC CW PHONE SATELLITE ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-N

[amsat-bb] SO-67 schedule

2010-01-02 Thread Jan-Albert Koekemoer
Hello If there is any of the regional coordinators who wishes to add to the schedule (previously published + the one below), please do so by end tomorrow (Sun 3 Jan) since I will not be able to attend to this before Mon 11 Jan again. EUROPE 8/1 08:54 9/1 08:33 9/1 10:07 9/1 11:43 10/1 08:13 1

[amsat-bb] SO-67 schedule

2009-12-31 Thread Jan-Albert Koekemoer
Hello May you all be blessed abundantly in the new year! SOUTH AMERICA 02/01 11:18 02/01 12:54 03/01 10:58 03/01 12:32 04/01 10:39 04/01 12:11 05/01 10:19 05/01 11:50 05/01 13:32 06/01 11:29 06/01 13:06 07/01 11:10 07/01 12:44 08/01 10:50 08/01 12:23 09/01 10:31 09/01 12:02 JAPAN 03/01 01:16

[amsat-bb] SO-67 Tx power

2009-12-29 Thread Jan-Albert Koekemoer
Hello The Tx power level of the SA-AMSAT payload has been reduced by 3dB for all passes from now onwards, as a temporary measure to make more power available for other activities. Regards Jan-Albert E-mail Disclaimer http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm ___

[amsat-bb] SO-67 schedule

2009-12-29 Thread Jan-Albert Koekemoer
Hello I've added the following to the revolving schedule. A disclaimer I've neglected to add before: we reserve the right to adapt the schedule without prior notice, but will try our best to stick to the published one as far as possible. EUROPE 01/01 09:44 01/01 11:19 02/01 07:50 02/01 09:24

[amsat-bb] SO-67 27 December 2009 1619 UTC audio

2009-12-27 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Hi! The 1619 UTC SO-67 pass was a nice one covering virtually all of the continental USA and most of Mexico as the satellite moved southbound. I was operating from DM43iu, about 60 miles/100km northeast of Phoenix, where the satellite was up to a maximum elevation of 53 degrees. Stations were

[amsat-bb] SO-67 27Dec2009 1443z Audio

2009-12-27 Thread John Papay
The North American Pass of SO-67 on 27Dec2009 at 1443z is now on my webserver. The bird was strong as usual. It is difficult not to respond immediately to a call to your station, but those that wait for the "tail timer" to expire, will have more than 3 seconds to exchange their information. Watch

[amsat-bb] SO-67 schedule (adapted)

2009-12-25 Thread Jan-Albert Koekemoer
Hello Herewith an amended schedule for SO-67 with South America, USSR and Australia/NZ included. Note that I had to adapt the previous schedule in three instances to accommodate the added countries (see below). SOUTH AMERICA: 26/12 01:38 26/12 10:36 26/12 12:09 26/12 23:45 27/12 01:18 27/12 11:4

[amsat-bb] SO-67 schedule

2009-12-24 Thread Jan-Albert Koekemoer
Hello For those believing in King Jesus, may you all have a blessed Christmas! I have received the following schedules from the various coordinators. Note that I may have omitted some passes due to other higher priorities on the satellite. AFRICA: 25/12 07:47 26/12 05:51 27/12 05:30 28/12 08:16

[amsat-bb] SO-67 CAT data

2009-12-23 Thread Bob Herrell
I am using SatPC32 with my IC-910H. The radio will do Narrow FM. Is there any way to program the Doppler file to make the radio go to FMN automatically? This sure would be handy for SO-67. I have tried both NFM and FMN to no avail. 73 Bob Herrell AJ5C __ Information from ESET Smart Se

[amsat-bb] SO-67 passes over Europe Saturday and Sunday

2009-12-18 Thread OZ1MY
Hi all in Europe, The active passes are: 19-12-09 07:56:00 EU Central/East 19-12-09 11:05:00 EU West/Atlantic 20-12-09 07:36:00 EU Central/East 20-12-09 09:10:00 EU Central/West 20-12-09 10:44:00 EU West/Atlantic Please note that it is just a plan. It may be changed if the controllers have othe

[amsat-bb] SO-67 schedule

2009-12-18 Thread Ed N8BBQ
Here are the SO-67 North American passes from Jan-Alberts list: ALL TIMES UTC DateStart End 19-Dec-09 12:43 12:58 19-Dec-09 14:20 14:35 19-Dec-09 15:54

[amsat-bb] SO-67 schedule

2009-12-17 Thread Jan-Albert Koekemoer
Hello I have received the following schedule from the various coordinators, which I intend to upload to the satellite. Here and there I had to ommit a pass since we have other activities scheduled for those times. Appologies for not grouping the times into different world regions, but unfortuna

[amsat-bb] SO-67 ORBIT 1313

2009-12-12 Thread Louis House
To all interested. I tracked the SO-67 orbit 1313 (12-13-09, 0147Z) from EL29kq to a  max el. of 9 degrees.  I made several calls and had s2 to s4 signals coming back (via SP432VGD assistance) but no audio.  I did hear very short pings at regular interval's that registered s6.  Louis KD5GM ___

[amsat-bb] SO-67 scheduling

2009-12-10 Thread Jan-Albert Koekemoer
Hello Due to urgent commissioning activities that are falling a bit behind, we can unfortunately not schedule any SA-AMSAT payload activities for the coming weekend and weekdays to follow. Best regards Jan-Albert E-mail Disclaimer http://www.sunspace.co.za/emaildisclaimer.htm ___

[amsat-bb] SO-67 Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday

2009-12-09 Thread OZ1MY
Hi all, Wednesday it was not on (I think). The two other days it worked very well. The general picture is that at the start to the North is easy to work :-) Once it gets further South it gets more crowded - but that is only to be expected. More people can reach it. Some operators have still n

[amsat-bb] SO-67 contacts

2009-12-07 Thread Ulip Željko
Hello Satellnauts, After a two orbits of listening and following the SO-67 rules, I made few contacts without any problem: 05.12.2009. 08.07 UTC: PE1NIL, ON5UE, SP5MG, F1UGK, IV3RVQ and EA5TT 06.12.2009. 07.47 UTC: SP9FPP, YO9GJX, F6BYJ, I6IBE and SQ7DQX See you on the SO-67! Best regards &

[amsat-bb] SO-67 0858_07-12-2009

2009-12-07 Thread Mateusz
Record from monday morning: http://www.enduro.idl.pl/audio_sat/so67_europe_mess.mp3 ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription se

[amsat-bb] SO-67 recordings North America 05-06Dec2009

2009-12-06 Thread John Papay
The SO-67 recordings from 05 and 06 December are on my webserver: http://www.papays.com/SO-67_05Dec2009_125403z.mp3 This pass was only 1 degree so it is short. But you can get an idea of how strong this satellite is, even at low elevations. East is not a good direction for me but SO-67 burns its

[amsat-bb] SO-67 audio record

2009-12-05 Thread Jean-François Ménard
Hi, John K8YSE, did you record the 2 passes this morning ??? If so, I would like to have the last pass... 14:24UTC... I missed someone when writing my log and I would like to hear my self again this time to make sure my mic gain is adjusted properly... Hi !! 73 -- Jean-François Ménard VA2SS

[amsat-bb] SO-67 schedule

2009-12-03 Thread Jan-Albert Koekemoer
Hello The (partial) schedule for SO-67 for the next couple of days are as follows: JAPAN 4/12: 22:40 5/12: 00:13 5/12: 23:52 6/12: 01:28 EU 5/12: 06:30 5/12: 08:03 5/12: 09:37 6/12: 07:42 6/12: 09:16 6/12: 10:50 7/12: 08:55 8/12: 08:35 9/12: 08:14 USA/CANADA 5/12: 12:50 5/12: 14:26 5/12: 16:00

[amsat-bb] SO-67 Recordings 29Nov2009 USA

2009-11-30 Thread John Papay
I have uploaded the three morning passes of SO-67 as follows: http://www.papays.com/SO-67_29Nov2009_132150z.mp3 http://www.papays.com/SO-67_29Nov2009_145433z.mp3 http://www.papays.com/SO-67_29Nov2009_162953z.mp3 If you want to make successful qso's on SO-67, you must change the way you normally

[amsat-bb] SO-67 need callsign and help

2009-11-29 Thread Jean-François Ménard
Hi, I did 2 contacts this morning on SO-67 01h20 UTC 2009-11-29 pass over east north america. My digital recorder did not work !!! So I don't have the audio record to update my log. If you are one of my 2 contacts I did this morning, please let me know by email. Sotty to bother you guys 73

[amsat-bb] SO-67 need callsign and help

2009-11-29 Thread Jean-François Ménard
Hi, I did 2 contacts this morning on SO-67 01h20 UTC 2009-11-29 pass over east north america. My digital recorder did not work !!! So I don't have the audio record to update my log. If you are one of my 2 contacts I did this morning, please let me know by email. Sotty to bother you guys -

[amsat-bb] SO-67 over Europe 0832

2009-11-29 Thread OZ1MY
Hi all, Just to tell that it was on as scheduled :-) But - please turn modulation down. Use FMN and or speak soft to the microphone. You can hear it yourself. The signal is very distorted and even fluctuating in signal strength. 73 OZ1MY Ib ___ Sent

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2009-11-28 Thread Perry Yantis
Having an overhead pass for SO-67 now at 0158 gmt and nothing heard. Perry WB8OTH ___ Sent via amsat...@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] SO-67 29Nov morning in Japan

2009-11-28 Thread Yutaka Murata
Hi Jan-Albert SO-67 was over Japan this morning and worked fine. It was Sunday morning 10:44 JST. I could contact(10 stations) and hear(2 stations) in 10 minutes. The signal is strong having signal interruptin several times. Thanks for new bird. Regards Yutaka Murata JA1COU member of Jamsat

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2009-11-28 Thread Dwight Fletcher
SO-67 Not Heard on 15:14 UTC Pass in FN41. Not Heard 13:40 Pass either? 73, Fletch N1RCN ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription

[amsat-bb] SO-67 schedule issue

2009-11-28 Thread Jan-Albert Koekemoer
Hello We experienced an attitude control anomaly this morning whilst testing a new control algorithm, resulting in the satellite entering a safe mode and thus prohibiting the execution of the scheduled SA-AMSAT activities as advertised. This occurred round about 09:00 UTC. Since 19:20 we are back

[amsat-bb] SO-67 28Nov2009 1340-1345z

2009-11-28 Thread Perry Yantis
Why does all think that SO67 is suppose to be on this weekend? The email you read said it "was a suggested schedule" The SO67 web page has not updated the satellites schedule since last weekend. This suggests to me that SO67 will not be on this weekend. Also the "not hearing it" reports

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2009-11-28 Thread N1RCN
Did not hear SO-67 on the 15:15 UTC pass in FN41 73, Fletch N1RCN ___ Sent via amsat...@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://ams

[amsat-bb] SO-67 28Nov2009 1340-1345z

2009-11-28 Thread John Papay
SO-67 was not heard over the eastern USA as scheduled. It could be that there was a problem with my receiver but it was working on the earlier AO-51 pass. Did anyone else hear SO-67 this morning? 73, John K8YSE ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinio

[amsat-bb] SO-67 scheduling

2009-11-27 Thread Jan-Albert Koekemoer
Hello The following schedules for the SA-AMSAT payload on Sumbandila have been suggested by the regional coordinators that have kindly responded to my previous request for assistance. All activations are 15 minutes long All times in UTC Passes that I have omitted are unfortunately used for othe

[amsat-bb] SO-67 schedule: 21/22 Nov 2009

2009-11-22 Thread Wayne Estes
ZR1JAK wrote: 21 Nov 00:19 Japan 00:36 Australia 03:33 India 06:55 RSA 09:45 Europe 11:35 Brazil 13:07 Brazil 14:30 Canada/USA 16:05 Canada/USA 17:38 Canada/USA 21:11 New Zealand 23:57 Japan 22 Nov 00:14 Australia 06:34 RSA 07:49 Europe 08:10 RSA 11:13 Brazil 12:46 Brazil 14:10 Canada/USA 15:43 C

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