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Today's Topics:
1. SSTV on 11:52 pass over IO75 square (Gordon J. C. Pearce MM3YEQ)
2. ISS at 0900 UTC (santanaamt@xxx.xxxx
3. Re: Board of Directors Agenda? (Andrew Glasbrenner)
4. ISS pass 12:30UTC approx., over IO75 (Gordon J. C. Pearce MM3YEQ)
5. Re: Board of Directors Agenda? (Alan P. Biddle)
6. ISS Pass (P. Thomas Gabel)
7. Re: Delfi-c3 Telemetry Capture & Decoding (Clive Wallis)
8. Re: ISS Pass (Alan P. Biddle)
9. Re: xmit sstv to the ISS (Robert Bruninga)
10. Re: xmit sstv to the ISS (Mike Rupprecht)
11. Re: xmit sstv to the ISS (jeff)
12. xmit sstv to the ISS (Mr Jeffrey L Ross)
13. Re: xmit sstv to the ISS (Mike Rupprecht)
14. Richard Garriot Return. (Angelo Glorioso III)
15. Richard Garriot Return. (Angelo Friend)
16. WD9EWK @ Tucson AZ hamfest (18 October) - report
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:29:32 +0100
From: "Gordon J. C. Pearce MM3YEQ" <gordonjcp@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] SSTV on 11:52 pass over IO75 square
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <1224502173.4884.6.camel@xxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain
http://www.gjcp.net/~gordonjcp/na1ss-2010081154.jpg
You can see how the higher pass has given me a clearer signal ;-)
On this pass the ISS was nearly at 31 degrees elevation, about as high
as it gets this far north.
Gordon
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:57:28 -0400
From: santanaamt@xxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS at 0900 UTC
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx sarex@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <8CB00CA8ABB36F4-E8C-13B6@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx.xxx>
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Today woke up at the SSTV sounds. Two mages: #1 was a noisy one, very dark
with like three light bulbs and #2 saw like a lenses, reminded me of Hal 2000
from the 2001 movie . . . . and in between, got out and saw ISS pass to the
east from south to north!! A 2-0n-1treat!!!!
Angel Santana - WP3GW
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:07:47 -0400
From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Board of Directors Agenda?
To: "Timothy J. Salo" <salo@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <BDDC3859537C45BE92BE235C28D36630@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
There is now a PDF link on the front page thanks to Rick, W2GPS, that leads
to http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/symposium/2008/BoD_2008_Agenda.pdf
Please note that this agenda has changed quite often over the last few
weeks, and may change yet again before the meeting. Everyone is welcome to
attend and listen in to the BOD meeting.
73, Drew KO4MA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy J. Salo" <salo@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 11:19 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Board of Directors Agenda?
> Could someone please post the latest agenda for the week's
> Board of Directors meeting? It would be nice to have
> an approximate schedule as well (so we can attend for the
> topics in which we have interest).
>
> Thanks,
> -tjs
>
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:10:24 +0100
From: "Gordon J. C. Pearce MM3YEQ" <gordonjcp@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS pass 12:30UTC approx., over IO75
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <1224508224.7726.5.camel@xxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain
I heard one SSTV transmission but the signal was too weak to decode.
Gordon
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:18:59 -0500
From: "Alan P. Biddle" <APBIDDLE@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Board of Directors Agenda?
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <E547100C48174DC3A459F0FABB078063@xxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Drew,
Thanks for drawing attention to that. Interesting reading, and particularly
who is NOT there.
Alan
WA4SCA
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:03:02 -0500
From: "P. Thomas Gabel" <ktgab@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS Pass
To: "'Amsat - BBs'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <48FC8F96.7000503@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
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No SSTV no audio on 13:46-13:56 pass over US at EN53.
73 Tom N9RPQ
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:23:13 +0100
From: Clive Wallis <clivew@xxxxxx.xx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Delfi-c3 Telemetry Capture & Decoding
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <313030303137323748FCA26180@xxxxxx.xx.xx>
Gerard wrote -
>We have not published the telemetry format and conversion equations at
>this point. The reasoning behind this is that all this has been
i>ncorporated in RASCAL, so you can just read if off the screen there.
Understood, but this would appear to encourage 'black box' operating,
and discourage experimentation and self learning, which is what amateur
radio and AMSAT is all about.
>I would like to try some of my own software, which I've successfully
>used on other AMSAT >birds in the past. I would need to modify this to
>accept changes to the telemetry format and >equations.
Could you please tell me how I can get this information.
>Unfortunately, tuning and getting RASCAL to lock properly turned out be
>harder than we thought. Therefore we have written a small manual on our
>website and you can find it at http://www.delfic3.nl/rascal/ under
>'instructions'.
Yes, I've studied this.
>The audio clip on our website is perfectly suited for this purpose and
>has in fact been used by >ourselves and many radio-amateurs to get
>their set-ups up and running.
Thanks for this information. I've now recorded the audio on tape, and
RASCAL appears to be decoding it OK. The data copied from the terminal
window looks similar to that received from the satellite last week, and
decoded by my hardware PSK modem & TNC.
--
73
Clive G3CWV
Hitchin, North Hertfordshire, UK.
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Message: 8
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:25:02 -0500
From: "Alan P. Biddle" <APBIDDLE@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ISS Pass
To: "'P. Thomas Gabel'" <ktgab@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, "'Amsat - BBs'"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <065E10BAAB774FAD9B4F2573B58C27F4@xxxxxx>
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Tom,
All quiet at EM65 this morning.
Alan
WA4SCA
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:34:20 -0400
From: "Robert Bruninga" <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: xmit sstv to the ISS
To: "'amsat'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <6D3369F000914ADA8025C7383ADC37FE@xxxxx.xxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"
The only possible practical SSTV uplink scenarios that I can
think of are:
1) Full duplex repeater so everyone can hear whats going on the
uplink
2) Completely secret uplink for one station per orbit (assigned
like a school contact)
I don't see any possibility at all of a full 40 seconds of clear
uplink otherwise...
Good luck.
Bob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx
> [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Steve
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 4:02 PM
> To: amsat
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: xmit sstv to the ISS
>
> I believe this would be impractical. There are a number of
satellite
> operators that don't read these messages. Of those that do,
> there are bound
> to be some who don't wish to comply with the rules for one
reason or
> another. If only a hand-full don't cooperate the resulting
> pandemonium would
> encourage those that do cooperate to abandon the program or
give up.
>
> If you've ever been in a DX pileup, you'll know what I'm
> talking about.
>
> Steve .. AI7W
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mr Jeffrey L Ross"
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 15:42 UTC
> Subject: [amsat-bb] xmit sstv to the ISS
>
>
> > Hi folks, one member just reminded me about what is the
> chance one station
> > uplinking one picture uniterrupted?
> > Maybe we could cordinate here and use are calls as a your
> turn my turn
> > such
> > as abzzz goes first as his starts with A, or use the last
> letter of the
> > call
> > such as kc8gkf and everyone with f in there call (last
> letter) thats there
> > day to xmit up. something like that I think we could work
> out. That would
> > cut down on the stations trying to xmit up. Or someone
> could pass out
> > times
> > to the users (get a list here) to xmit up. Anyother ideas?
> >
> > kc8gkf
>
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:49:17 +0200
From: "Mike Rupprecht" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: xmit sstv to the ISS
To: <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>, "'amsat'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <000601c932cb$697bf110$3c73d330$@xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Hi Bob,
I think, a full duplex repeater will not work.
It's like the FM satellites - everyone can hear what is going on - BUT -
only very few do it!
73, Mike
DK3WN
-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx Im
Auftrag von Robert Bruninga
Gesendet: Montag, 20. Oktober 2008 17:34
An: 'amsat'
Betreff: [amsat-bb] Re: xmit sstv to the ISS
The only possible practical SSTV uplink scenarios that I can
think of are:
1) Full duplex repeater so everyone can hear whats going on the
uplink
2) Completely secret uplink for one station per orbit (assigned
like a school contact)
I don't see any possibility at all of a full 40 seconds of clear
uplink otherwise...
Good luck.
Bob
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx
> [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Steve
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 4:02 PM
> To: amsat
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: xmit sstv to the ISS
>
> I believe this would be impractical. There are a number of
satellite
> operators that don't read these messages. Of those that do,
> there are bound
> to be some who don't wish to comply with the rules for one
reason or
> another. If only a hand-full don't cooperate the resulting
> pandemonium would
> encourage those that do cooperate to abandon the program or
give up.
>
> If you've ever been in a DX pileup, you'll know what I'm
> talking about.
>
> Steve .. AI7W
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mr Jeffrey L Ross"
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 15:42 UTC
> Subject: [amsat-bb] xmit sstv to the ISS
>
>
> > Hi folks, one member just reminded me about what is the
> chance one station
> > uplinking one picture uniterrupted?
> > Maybe we could cordinate here and use are calls as a your
> turn my turn
> > such
> > as abzzz goes first as his starts with A, or use the last
> letter of the
> > call
> > such as kc8gkf and everyone with f in there call (last
> letter) thats there
> > day to xmit up. something like that I think we could work
> out. That would
> > cut down on the stations trying to xmit up. Or someone
> could pass out
> > times
> > to the users (get a list here) to xmit up. Anyother ideas?
> >
> > kc8gkf
>
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:52:28 -0400
From: "jeff" <kb2m@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: xmit sstv to the ISS
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <8A8238E677F4456292D1D4037C2EC46C@xxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Why would anyone want to u/l a pic when the ISS is actively sending
pictures down? Does anyone really want to see anything else? Do you think
the crew wants' to look at our pictures? I would think not. Why not just
experiment with SSTV on FO29, or AO7, but out of the voice pass band
area's, please.
73 Jeff kb2m
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Bruninga" <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
To: "'amsat'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 11:34 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: xmit sstv to the ISS
> The only possible practical SSTV uplink scenarios that I can
> think of are:
> 1) Full duplex repeater so everyone can hear whats going on the
> uplink
> 2) Completely secret uplink for one station per orbit (assigned
> like a school contact)
>
> I don't see any possibility at all of a full 40 seconds of clear
> uplink otherwise...
>
> Good luck.
> Bob
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx
>> [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Steve
>> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 4:02 PM
>> To: amsat
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: xmit sstv to the ISS
>>
>> I believe this would be impractical. There are a number of
> satellite
>> operators that don't read these messages. Of those that do,
>> there are bound
>> to be some who don't wish to comply with the rules for one
> reason or
>> another. If only a hand-full don't cooperate the resulting
>> pandemonium would
>> encourage those that do cooperate to abandon the program or
> give up.
>>
>> If you've ever been in a DX pileup, you'll know what I'm
>> talking about.
>>
>> Steve .. AI7W
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mr Jeffrey L Ross"
>> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 15:42 UTC
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] xmit sstv to the ISS
>>
>>
>> > Hi folks, one member just reminded me about what is the
>> chance one station
>> > uplinking one picture uniterrupted?
>> > Maybe we could cordinate here and use are calls as a your
>> turn my turn
>> > such
>> > as abzzz goes first as his starts with A, or use the last
>> letter of the
>> > call
>> > such as kc8gkf and everyone with f in there call (last
>> letter) thats there
>> > day to xmit up. something like that I think we could work
>> out. That would
>> > cut down on the stations trying to xmit up. Or someone
>> could pass out
>> > times
>> > to the users (get a list here) to xmit up. Anyother ideas?
>> >
>> > kc8gkf
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Message: 12
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:54:50 -0400
From: "Mr Jeffrey L Ross" <radiooperator@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] xmit sstv to the ISS
To: "amsat" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <21F56471F69340328447C8289920C7BB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
reply-type=original
Hi Folks, was just thinking about this again and these last two passes were
quiet so maybe that would of been a good time to xmit up. hopefully they
have the gear on and would maybe qsl us somehow or even not. I wonder if
anyone xmitted to the ISS sstv the last two passes. Everyone was sitting
there listening/waiting like me probley. Anyway I am sure they will let us
know if and when they want us to xmit up. I heard someone mention it here
earlier about maybe a day to xmit up. Would be nice to have a way to take
turns. I think most of the users are here on this bb. maybe not.
kc8gkf
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Message: 13
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 17:56:20 +0200
From: "Mike Rupprecht" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: xmit sstv to the ISS
To: "'jeff'" <kb2m@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <000701c932cc$657678f0$30636ad0$@xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
... my thoughts exactly!
73, Mike
DK3WN
-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx Im
Auftrag von jeff
Gesendet: Montag, 20. Oktober 2008 17:52
An: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Betreff: [amsat-bb] Re: xmit sstv to the ISS
Why would anyone want to u/l a pic when the ISS is actively sending
pictures down? Does anyone really want to see anything else? Do you think
the crew wants' to look at our pictures? I would think not. Why not just
experiment with SSTV on FO29, or AO7, but out of the voice pass band
area's, please.
73 Jeff kb2m
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Bruninga" <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
To: "'amsat'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 11:34 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: xmit sstv to the ISS
> The only possible practical SSTV uplink scenarios that I can
> think of are:
> 1) Full duplex repeater so everyone can hear whats going on the
> uplink
> 2) Completely secret uplink for one station per orbit (assigned
> like a school contact)
>
> I don't see any possibility at all of a full 40 seconds of clear
> uplink otherwise...
>
> Good luck.
> Bob
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxx
>> [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Steve
>> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 4:02 PM
>> To: amsat
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: xmit sstv to the ISS
>>
>> I believe this would be impractical. There are a number of
> satellite
>> operators that don't read these messages. Of those that do,
>> there are bound
>> to be some who don't wish to comply with the rules for one
> reason or
>> another. If only a hand-full don't cooperate the resulting
>> pandemonium would
>> encourage those that do cooperate to abandon the program or
> give up.
>>
>> If you've ever been in a DX pileup, you'll know what I'm
>> talking about.
>>
>> Steve .. AI7W
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mr Jeffrey L Ross"
>> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2008 15:42 UTC
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] xmit sstv to the ISS
>>
>>
>> > Hi folks, one member just reminded me about what is the
>> chance one station
>> > uplinking one picture uniterrupted?
>> > Maybe we could cordinate here and use are calls as a your
>> turn my turn
>> > such
>> > as abzzz goes first as his starts with A, or use the last
>> letter of the
>> > call
>> > such as kc8gkf and everyone with f in there call (last
>> letter) thats there
>> > day to xmit up. something like that I think we could work
>> out. That would
>> > cut down on the stations trying to xmit up. Or someone
>> could pass out
>> > times
>> > to the users (get a list here) to xmit up. Anyother ideas?
>> >
>> > kc8gkf
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Message: 14
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 07:35:22 -0500
From: "Angelo Glorioso III" <n5uxt@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Richard Garriot Return.
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <20081020123522.74A631642C2@xxxxx.xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
Richard Garriot was on voice this morning at 7:07am local time on
10/20/2008 and worked him 59 plus. Greatsignal and nice QSO. 73 de
Angelo
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Message: 15
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:25:09 -0500
From: "Angelo Friend" <n5uxt@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Richard Garriot Return.
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <20081020142511.F3A6A47808F@xxxxx.xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx>
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Richard was on voice this morning. I worked Richard at 7:08am on
10/20/2008 on voice. 73 de Angelo
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Message: 16
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:02:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Patrick STODDARD \(WD9EWK/VA7EWK\)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK @ Tucson AZ hamfest (18 October) - report
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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Hi!
I was at the Old Pueblo Radio Club hamfest in Tucson AZ on
Saturday, 18 October 2008. It was a good event, with nice
weather that morning. The hamfest was in the parking lot at
Tucson's Kino Sports Complex (grid DM42me):
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=32+10.793+N+110+55.819+W&ie=U
TF8&ll=32.967195,-111.758423&spn=3.69578,5.158081&t=h&z=8&iwloc=addr
I had an AMSAT table at the event, with the help of Larry Brown
W7LB. Along with the AMSAT table, I had demonstrations using 3
satellites - AO-51 (2 passes), SO-50 (1 pass), and VO-52 (2 passes).
We also copied the SSTV transmissions from the International Space
Station during 2 passes, hoping that we might hear voices on the
145.800 MHz downlink. The demonstrations were well attended.
Since AO-51 was set up in the "JOTA" mode (uplink on 145.880 MHz FM,
downlink on 435.300 MHz FM +/- for Doppler) for the weekend, I wanted
to work any Scout groups that might be on the passes. If a Scout was
available at the hamfest, I wanted to put the Scout on the radio to
work either other Scouts or anyone else who might be on those passes.
I did not have any Scouts around for the first AO-51 pass I heard at
1336 UTC. I - and a few others - worked KT4BSA in North Carolina on
this pass. For the second AO-51 pass at 1511 UTC, I was able to put
a Boy Scout on the mic.
Jim Fagan KE7IDC, a Tucson ham and Boy Scout, made his first
satellite contacts using my portable FM satellite station (IC-2720H
at 15W, Arrow Antennas handheld 2m/70cm Yagi) at the hamfest. I held
the Yagi and took care of adjusting the 70cm VFO to deal with Doppler,
and Jim did the rest. He made a total of 7 contacts in the span of 5
minutes - two Canadians, one Mexican, and 4 US stations. Jim had fun,
and I had fun helping him make those contacts. Last night, I sent
Jim and his father an MP3 with that audio and Jim's 7 contacts.
Besides the AO-51 passes, I was able to do my first demonstrations at
a hamfest via VO-52. Using my two FT-817NDs and my handheld Yagi, I
was able to make a few QSOs on the two passes I had. I tried to work
FO-29, but had a lot of difficulty hearing its 70cm downlink over the
intermod from military UHF radio systems at Davis-Monthan AFB a few
miles/km east of the hamfest site. I apologize to those who were
hoping to hear me on FO-29 Saturday morning, as I was not able to
overcome that noise.
I was able to work one SO-50 pass along with the others I've already
mentioned, ending up with 20 QSOs for WD9EWK (plus 7 for KE7IDC) at the
hamfest. Not a bad morning.
After the hamfest, I drove to a spot south of Tucson straddling a
grid boundary (grids DM41mx and DM42ma):
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=32+N+110+59.649+W&ie=UTF8&ll=
32.934929,-111.610107&spn=3.697128,5.158081&t=h&z=8&iwloc=addr
This location is approximately 15 miles/25km south of downtown Tucson
along the I-19 freeway. A casino, Indian reservation, copper mine,
and an ICBM missile silo-turned-museum are all nearby. The Mexican
border is only 50 miles/80km south of this spot. I wanted to work
AO-16 from somewhere in southern Arizona, and possibly an AO-51 pass,
before returning home. I was able to make 18 contacts from here - 14
via AO-16, 4 via AO-51 (including a Scout group in Texas using the
special call W5S).
Thanks to all who made contacts with me (and KE7IDC) at the hamfest,
and to those who worked me from DM41/DM42 later in the day. QSLs
for those who worked WD9EWK at the hamfest went in the mail this
morning. I'm not the QSL manager for KE7IDC; his address on sites
like QRZ.com is correct. Jim would appreciate receiving QSLs from
the stations he worked.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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