[amsat-bb] SO-67

2009-10-25 Thread Vincenzo Mone
Hi to the list, I would like to know if the SO-67 is active. Anybody heard it? I have just now a pass but I do not hear anything On 435.350 Mhz. Any help will be really appreciated. 73 de Enzo IK8OZV EasyLog 5 BetaTester EasyLog PDA BetaTester WinBollet BetaTester D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campan

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2009-11-08 Thread santanaamt
Just heard SO-67 a few minutes ago, and wow! darn! it sounds strong! Heard 2 stations plus K8YSE and KO4MA and I think XE2EX . . . even thou the was a small window/pass here. the frequency was in just the 435.345 Mhz. Angel-WP3GW ___ Sent via amsat..

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2009-11-08 Thread Dave Marthouse
Just for fun I attempted to hear SO-67 on the 1416UTC pass this morning. It was orbit 790 with a max elevation of 79 degrees. I was using my TH-F6A with stock rubber duck antenna. A few minutes into the pass out of the noise came the signal. For this minimal setup signals were rather strong.

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2009-11-09 Thread Henk, PA3GUO
> Why not just be happy to get one more transponder for us to use ? > If you do not want to use a FM transponder so that be it. .. > I think we should say thank you to our friends in SA for a new one. 100% agreed upon Ib ! Henk, PA3GUO ___ Sent via am

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2009-11-12 Thread Dave Marthouse
I haven't heard any activity on SO-67 since the mode vu repeater was on last weekend. Is the satellite in a different mode? If so what is the downlink frequency of the beacon? Any information would be appreciated. Dave Marthouse N2AAM dm...@pure.net _

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2009-11-15 Thread Jerry Felts
How do I set my FT-60R up for SO-67?? Its only one freq isn't it? -- Jerry - NR5A - South Dakota http://nr5asstuff.blogspot.com/ http://nr5abeaconblog.blogspot.com/ ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSA

[amsat-bb] SO-67

2009-11-16 Thread Louis House
How does one add SO-67 to the SatPC32 sqf,files to make the software track and control the radio for doppler.  I found SO-67 in the Wisat32 and up it in the available Sats to use and I copy/pasted and edited a file for this Sat in the SatPC32 sqf.doppler files and it shows up as avialble and whe

[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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2011-05-03 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 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

2011-05-07 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?

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

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

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

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

2011-09-07 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

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

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

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 uplink?

2009-11-08 Thread Alan P. Biddle
I noticed that the downlink is a bit off the _current_ published frequencies. Right now the congestion is far too high to do tests on North American passes, but has anyone elsewhere with good Doppler correction software had a chance to tune around for the optimum uplink? 73s, Alan WA4SCA _

[amsat-bb] SO-67 control

2009-11-13 Thread Wayne Estes
All of this weekend's scheduled SO-67 activations are when it is over South Africa, presumably controlled by ground stations. With an unsustainable 5W downlink we can't expect SO-67 to be activated often in most places. Is SO-67 capable of operating from an uploaded schedule? Or is it only co

[amsat-bb] SO-67 Question

2009-11-21 Thread Dave Marthouse
I have a question about the timers on SO-67. Their configuration to drop out after a few seconds unless you transmit immediately after or upon a previous station, was that done purposely or is this a software configuration issue. What would be the purpose of setting the transponder to act this

[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

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 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 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 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 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

2009-12-24 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 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 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 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

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 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 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

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 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

2010-01-14 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 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

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

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 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 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 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 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 14Nov2009 1350Z

2009-11-14 Thread John Papay
An audio recording of the SO-67 Eastern USA pass on 14Nov2009 1350z is on my webserver. The audio is a little loud because I had the TS2000 in the narrow mode and did not adjust the recorder input level to compensate for it. My tx and rx audio was in the FM Narrow mode on the TS2000. The repeate

[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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 keps designation change

2009-10-24 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Afternoon, There have been some changes of the Space Track designation for SO-67 recently. Originally, it was object 35867. According to the AMSAT-SA page, it is now object 35870, with the old 35867 now FRIGATE/IRIS according to Space Track. This is reflected in the AMATEUR.TXT list most tracki

[amsat-bb] SO-67 Recording 7Nov09 1613z

2009-11-07 Thread John Papay
I have a recording of the 7 November 1613z pass over the USA/Canada/Mexico. Here's the link: http://www.papays.com/SO-67_07Nov2009_161151z.mp3 73, John K8YSE ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA

[amsat-bb] SO-67 14Nov2009 1521z Audio

2009-11-14 Thread John Papay
The central USA pass was much like the eastern pass. Signals from the satellite were very strong. Audio was very loud, even on the wideband rx setting on the TS2000. Audio cut off after a few seconds of transmission was prevalent. It seems that it took several seconds for the audio to come back

[amsat-bb] SO-67 pass over Europe.

2009-11-15 Thread Eric Knaps, ON4HF
Hello all, Just trying to make a contact on SO-67 today. I also noticed the dropouts. Couldn't even make a contact over it. I made a recording of it and put it on my website. http://www.on4hf.be/satellite.htm 73, Eric -- ON4HF. -- Eric Knaps Waterstraat 30 B-3980 Tessenderlo Belgium Tel. +32

[amsat-bb] SO-67 on Flea Power!!!!

2009-11-15 Thread Tim - N3TL
My profound thanks to John. K8YSE, for posting the recordings he's made of SO-67 passes over North America. His most recent recording, which he began at 15:00:38 UTC, provides proof that - even amid the chaos of a pass like that one - very low power levels can work our amateur satellites. Anyone

[amsat-bb] SO-67 @ Sunday 1638 UTC

2009-11-15 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Hi! Thanks again to the SumbandilaSat/SO-67 command team for turning the amateur transponder on so often this weekend. I had 3 potential passes I could work from here this morning, although two of the three were very low (both with maximum elevation of 3 degrees). I focused on the one high pass

[amsat-bb] SO-67 15Nov2009 1636z Audio

2009-11-15 Thread John Papay
I was not at home for this pass but it was recorded automatically for me. Just another perspective from my location where the maximum elevation for this pass was only 2 degrees! http://www.papays.com/SO-67_15Nov2009_163613z.mp3 73, John K8YSE EN91dh Cleveland Ohio __

[amsat-bb] SO-67 21Nov2009 1604z Audio

2009-11-21 Thread John Papay
The audio for the Central USA pass of SO-67 on 21Nov2009 at 1604z is on my webserver: http://www.papays.com/SO-67_21Nov2009_160547z.mp3 Lots of competition on this 8 degree (from this qth) pass . The three second tail timer was doing it's job. Some tried to get their response to a call into that

[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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 pass over North America

2009-11-07 Thread Kevin Groth
Ok, let's just say that pass was pretty crowded! Must have been a hundred people trying to get in. Although I didn't make a successful QSO, I was very excited to hear the bird FULL QUIET just as my LVB Tracker switched from 0 degrees to 1 degree over the horizon! Of the many stations I did hea

[amsat-bb] SO-67 8November2009 1417z Audio File

2009-11-08 Thread John Papay
The SO-67 pass over the eastern US on 8 November 2009 at 1417z is on my webserver: http://www.papays.com/SO-67_08Nov2009_141641z.mp3 73, John K8YSE EN91dh ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA me

[amsat-bb] SO-67 15November2009 1328z 1501z audio

2009-11-15 Thread John Papay
Audio for the eastern and central USA passes are now on my webserver: http://www.papays.com/SO-67_15Nov2009_132742z.mp http://www.papays.com/SO-67_15Nov2009_150038z.mp3 The dropout problem is still apparent but contacts are possible. The bird is very strong as usual. 73, John K8YSE _

[amsat-bb] SO-67 21Nov09 1430z USA Eastern

2009-11-21 Thread John Papay
Audio for the SO-67 eastern USA pass on 21Nov09 is on my webserver: http://www.papays.com/SO-67_21Nov2009_143116z.mp3 Now that it is understood that there is a 3 second tail after each transmission and audio will cut off after that time has expired, ways to get around the problem can be devised.

[amsat-bb] SO-67 22Nov2009 1410z eastern USA

2009-11-22 Thread John Papay
Audio is on my webserver: http://www.papays.com/SO-67_22Nov2009_141052z.mp3 Lots of activity as usual. I noted a slightly stronger signal on the downlink on Left Hand Polarization. 73, John K8YSE ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed a

[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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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