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Today's Topics:
1. Re: cross-satellite opportunity (Tom Williams)
2. Re: iss cross band report (Tim Goodrich)
3. Re: LOTW Satellite name for ISS ? (Tim Goodrich)
4. Re: LOTW Satellite name for ISS ? (n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx
5. Re: Houston AMSATNET is changing DNS (Scott Berry)
6. Re: LOTW Satellite name for ISS ? (Karl Sandstrom)
7. Re: LOTW Satellite name for ISS ? (Curt Nixon)
8. ICOM 910 owners (Dave Guimont)
9. AMSATNET url (Bruce)
10. K5OE antenna projects (Alan Sieg WB5RMG)
11. Nothing heard from NO-44 (PCSat-1) Dec 6 23:27 UTC pass
(DeYoung James)
12. Re: Nothing heard from NO-44 (PCSat-1) Dec 6 23:27 UTC pass
(Bob Bruninga )
13. ANS-342 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins (Lee McLamb)
14. Re: K5OE antenna projects (Bob Bruninga )
15. Compatible Radios (RFI-EMI-GUY)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 07:35:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Williams <tdub20120@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: cross-satellite opportunity
To: Alan Sieg WB5RMG <wb5rmg@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <286041.46135.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Would you have to go up on 435.23 to get the vo-52 145.92 downlink?
Tom Williams
703 402 0869
On Dec 6, 2008, at 10:25, "Alan Sieg WB5RMG" <wb5rmg@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
I may be reading things wrong, but it appears that this next pass for
VO-52 and FO-29 might offer cross-satellite contact...
Check me. VO-52 uplink 435.270 -> downlink 145.920
AO-29 uplink 145.920 -> downlink 435.820 I might be a fool .
I haven't studied this but a few minutes, but it might just be.
Wish I was better prepared to try something. Maybe I'll get on VO-52
at 435.270, and someone else can listen for me on 435.820 ... or thereabouts
/;^)
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<- http://www.somenet.net * http://wb5rmg.somenet.net ->
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 12:52:36 -0800
From: "Tim Goodrich" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: iss cross band report
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
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Hi Robert,
I heard your call on that pass. Unfortunately, in the last several passes, my
signal has only been picked up by ARISS once. I think the carrier may be
blocking my attempts.
Tim
KC2DDS
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Coppock [mailto:robertinorbit@xxxxx.xxxx
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 12:49 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] iss cross band report
HI ,,,, ,,
iss just went by 54 deg west of california. heard only ve4wsc, but did
not get a reply. thank you to all for the work in making all this happen.
437.800 -/+ doppler uplink
145.800 downlink
73 and happy holydays,
Robert k-f-0-g cm97
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 13:03:51 -0800
From: "Tim Goodrich" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LOTW Satellite name for ISS ?
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <005001c957e6$24a1fc20$6de5f460$@xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Bruce,
I believe this is due to the carrier and some people are just barely getting
over it at times with the power they're using.
Tim
KC2DDS
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Semple [mailto:brucesemple@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 4:07 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] LOTW Satellite name for ISS ?
Does one log contacts through the ISS repeater as a SAT contact?
If so -- ISS does not appear to be one of the accepted names.
tonights 23:49 UTC pass over East Coast -- the downlink was very
choppy -- as if someone was keying their microphone on
and off randomly but not saying anything -- was anyone else hearing the
same?
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:51:14 +0000
From: n3tl@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LOTW Satellite name for ISS ?
To: "Tim Goodrich" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID:
<120620082151.4805.493AF3D2000113A1000012C522218683269B0A02D2089B9A019C0
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I have a different view of the choppy nature of things - and I hope others
will jump in with information about it.
I believe it has to do with the relative position of the antenna(s) on the ISS
and all the "stuff" connected to the station that run in different directions.
I can see how the antennas might be blocked from out "line of sight" as this
module or that solar array "gets in the way" on a given pass.
Any other thoughts about it out there?
-------------- Original message from "Tim Goodrich" <tim@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>: ---
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> Bruce,
> I believe this is due to the carrier and some people are just barely getting
> over it at times with the power they're using.
>
> Tim
> KC2DDS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Semple [mailto:brucesemple@xxxxxxx.xxxx
> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 4:07 PM
> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: [amsat-bb] LOTW Satellite name for ISS ?
>
>
>
> Does one log contacts through the ISS repeater as a SAT contact?
> If so -- ISS does not appear to be one of the accepted names.
>
> tonights 23:49 UTC pass over East Coast -- the downlink was very
> choppy -- as if someone was keying their microphone on
> and off randomly but not saying anything -- was anyone else hearing the
> same?
>
>
>
>
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 01 Jan 2002 18:30:38 -0600
From: Scott Berry <n7zib@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Houston AMSATNET is changing DNS
To: Bruce <kk5do@xxxx.xxx>
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <1009931438.20163.2.camel@xxxx>
Content-Type: text/plain
Have a nice day,
Scott Berry
E-mail: N7zib@xxxxxxx.xxx
Could you please post the url for your site?
On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 15:52 -0600, Bruce wrote:
> This afternoon before leaving for work I changed the DNS entry for my
> web page. It should take between 24-48 hours for all servers worlwide
> to update the entry.
>
> Hopefully I have moved everything properly. If you experience a hiccup
> on the new site with any broken links, drop my a quick email so I can
> repair it.
>
> 73...bruce
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 16:02:05 -0600
From: "Karl Sandstrom" <k5man@xxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LOTW Satellite name for ISS ?
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <20080734EA6346BB8F6193F880A5505F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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The ISS is not a satellite. Satellite is an unmanned object the receives
and retransmits but the ISS is manned. When you make a contact with them,
your signal is not retransmitted. It terminates at the station.
Seems like the crossband repeater would be an exception but I can find no
evidence that it is.
Karl R. Sandstrom, K5MAN
Greenwell Springs, Louisiana
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:19:54 -0500
From: Curt Nixon <cptcurt@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: LOTW Satellite name for ISS ?
Cc: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <493AFA8A.20901@xxxxx.xxx>
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Yes..I can see both sides of that. You are correct that if we
communicate with ISS directly, then it is a contact with a remote station.
But the repeater is not functionally different than, say, AO-51, just a
bit lower.
Of course, it isnt functionally different than a terrestrial cross band
repeater either--except for the antenna height :)
Karl Sandstrom wrote:
> The ISS is not a satellite. Satellite is an unmanned object the receives
> and retransmits but the ISS is manned. When you make a contact with them,
> your signal is not retransmitted. It terminates at the station.
>
> Seems like the crossband repeater would be an exception but I can find no
> evidence that it is.
>
> Karl R. Sandstrom, K5MAN
> Greenwell Springs, Louisiana
>
>
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:23:09 -0800
From: Dave Guimont <dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ICOM 910 owners
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID:
<20081206222310.DEIF27302.cdptpa-
omta02.mail.rr.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
I found my manual for the 910, but I am still having problems
accessing Compass-1, and I think the problem is in my 910 settings...
I'm using MixW, think I have the settings there in good order, but
would sure appreciate a 910 owner sending me their phone number...
Messaging is ok, but the slight stroke I had a while back makes the
keyboard a little clumsy for me...
73, Dave, WB6LLO
dguimon1@xxx.xx.xxx
Disagree: I learn....
Pulling for P3E...
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 16:39:43 -0600
From: Bruce <kk5do@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSATNET url
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Message-ID: <77F40598-7862-4E71-A4AB-CFC1FD5C6191@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes
sorry i did not post the url in my original message. had i been at
home, it would have been in the signature.
the new dns entry is active through my comcast and att providers.
http://www.amsatnet.com
73...bruce
Sent from my iPhone
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 16:53:28 -0600 (CST)
From: "Alan Sieg WB5RMG" <wb5rmg@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] K5OE antenna projects
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <1159.192.168.121.31.1228604008.squirrel@xxx.xxx.xxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
For those unable to locate the original K5OE web pages (thanks AOL)...
I found this site today, apparently a sanctioned mirror.
http://www.observations.biz/K5OE/
I have built and currently use both the 2m and the 70cm version of
the Texas Eggbeater II. These are great omni antennae, suitable for
use from the attic. They exhibit horizontal polarization on the horizon
and become circular as elevation increases. Makes them useful for the
VHF contests as well. Also easy to take and setup at Field Day. Even
without a preamp, these are good enough for most LEO satellites.
Thanks Jerry, I really like these ... /;^)
--
<- Licensed in 1976, WB5RMG = Alan Sieg * AMSAT#20554 ->
<- http://www.somenet.net * http://wb5rmg.somenet.net ->
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Message: 11
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 15:46:23 -0800 (PST)
From: DeYoung James <deyoung_james@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Nothing heard from NO-44 (PCSat-1) Dec 6 23:27 UTC
pass
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: n8oq@xxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <592705.8466.qm@xxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Greetings,
I heard absolutely no packets from NO-44, somewhat unexpectedly, as I heard
lots of packets on November 29th.
N8OQ, Jim
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Message: 12
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 20:59:08 -0500 (EST)
From: "Bob Bruninga " <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Nothing heard from NO-44 (PCSat-1) Dec 6 23:27
UTC pass
To: deyoung_james@xxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: n8oq@xxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <20081206205908.AII32014@xxx.xxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> I heard absolutely no packets from NO-44...
Day or night? PCSAT is always dead in the dark.
BUT will return to full service in about 3 days when it returns to full sun.
And it should be a fun time, if ISS is also doing APRS packets at the same
time on the same freq while both support the same ARISS digi callsign. That
will be 12 passes per day per location for making contacts on 145.825!
If you are an old packet-pounder, get out that old TNC and make some contacts.
(NOT CONNECTIONS) Communicate in UI CONVERSE mode only. People with APRS
radios (D7, D700, D710 and the new VX-8R) are ready to go.
I request that users do NOT use PCSAT over the next few weeks via its default
W3ADO-1 callsign because that means it is not fully restored. When it is
ready for user load, the callsign will be changed to PCSAT-1 and the usual
generic APRS digipeating callsigns will be activated:
PCSAT-1, ARISS, WIDEn-N
Since it can support additinoal ones, the future callsigns of APRSAT and SATn-
N will also be supported, but until there are more APRSat's or SATn-N
digipeaters in space, its a moot point.
If you ever see the callsign NODIGI, this means we have turned off the digi
completely while allowing for the batteries to get fully charged. All it
takes is one full orbit in the sun to be restorable, and then a few orbits
before we will turn it over to users.
Going green.
PCSAT-1 is 100% solar powerd!
Bob, Wb4APR
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Message: 13
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:09:36 -0500
From: Lee McLamb <ku4os@xxx.xx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-342 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-342
ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America,
The
Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a
worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in
designing, building, launching and communicating through analog and digital
Amateur Radio satellites.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor@xxxxx.xxx
In this edition:
* AO-16 Requires Several Restarts
* ARISS 25th Commemorative Event to Feature 9K6 Packet This Week
* Sumbandilasat to be Launch from Baikonur
* ARISS Status - 01 December 2008
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-342.01
AO-16 Requires Several Restarts
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 342.01
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
December 7, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-342.01
AO-16 Command Station, Mark N8MH reported this week, "As expected,
over the last few days AO-16 has started to again experience
'shutdowns'. So far I've restarted the bird three times, and each
time it appears to stay up for a day or more. We can expect the
situation to worsen, as the eclipse periods get longer and the
satellite temperatures continue to go down. We've been warning you,
get those AO-16 contacts in now!"
Mark says he will try to restart AO-16 as long as possible when
his schedule allows him. Satellite operator reports to the OSCAR
Satellite Status page by KD5QGR at http://oscar.dcarr.org/ are
very helpful.
Mark continues, "If the birds is operational in voice mode, you
should clearly hear the "not-so-repressed carrier" on the downlink.
I have a special request - if you do not hear the carrier, please do
not transmit to AO-16, as your transmissions make it difficult to
command the satellite. And, if you hear the "hummmming" of the PSK
transmitting, again please do not attempt to transmit to the bird;
it's likely that I have restarted the bird and need to collect tele-
metry before configuring it into voice mode. Thanks to all you faith-
ful AO-16 operators!"
Current operational mode for AO-16 (as available!):
Mode FM Voice Repeater ( Downlink is DSB)
Uplink : 145.9200 MHz FM
Downlink 437.0260 MHz SSB
[ANS thanks Mark, N8MH for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-342.02
ARISS 25th Commemorative Event to Feature 9K6 Packet This Week
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 342.02
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
December 7, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-342.02
As promised by ARISS, the 25th Anniversary Commemorative radio
event started operations from the ISS amateur radio station this
week. Early in the week several amateur stations around the world
were able to copy the slow-scan television (SSTV) pictures trans-
mitted from the ISS. On Friday, December 5 the ARISS crossband
FM repeater was enabled with several stations reporting excellent
signals. When the crossband repeater is operational its uplink is
on 437.800 MHz FM with its downlink on 145.800 MHz FM. Remember to
adjust for doppler shift when operating in this mode.
For the week of December 7-12 ARISS will run a test of 9600 baud
packet operations on the simplex frequency 145.825 MHz.
To celebrate our 25 years of amateur radio operations from space,
the ARISS team has planned a set of special event opportunities
during the month of December and part of January. A special certi-
ficate is being developed for those who communicate with the ISS,
either 2-way direct (with the ISS crew,the digipeater, or cross
band repeater), or 1-way reception of SSTV or voice downlink. Several
"surprises" planned over the month-long celebration. The surprises
will be announced once ARISS is pre-positioned to accomplish them.
ARISS reminds everyone that ISS flight requirements related to EVA
and vehicle activity may require the radio to be off for some portion
of this schedule. And school contacts and general QSO opportunities
by the crew will also preempt this schedule for short periods of time.
But remember that if you hear these, you still qualify for a commemor-
ative certificate.
[ANS thanks Frank, KA3HDO, AMSAT-NA V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs
and ARISS International Chairman for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-342.03
Sumbandilasat to be Launch from Baikonur
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 342.03
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
December 7, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-342.03
It is official! South Africa's second satellite, SumbandilaSat, will
be launched
from the Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome in the December to March time frame.
SumbandilaSat has been unpacked and is undergoing testing at SunSpace in
Stellenbosch before it will be shipped to Russia for integration with
the launch
vehicle. Engineers at the launch site are preparing a special adapter ring to
accommodate the Sumbandila structure on the rocket.
"Sumbandila" means showing or pointing the way. Freely translated into English
"Pathfinder"
The Amateur Radio Payload will be operating in conjunction with the University
of Stellenbosch Software Defined Receiver project as it will share the VHF
receiver and UHF transmitter used by the SDR project.
SA AMSAT has designed and built a control system to facilitate the following
operations:
* V/U voice transponder with an uplink in the 2 metre band and a
downlink in
the 70cm band.
* A parrot repeater (voice digipeater)
* A voice beacon
The control unit will command the various function of the transponder
and handle
the parrot and beacon messaging. On receipt of a tone from the VUCU VHF
receiver, the CTCSS tone will be decoded and depending on the tone received
the
unit will command the VU transponder operation or the parrot repeater. In the
transponder mode the satellite will act like a cross-band FM repeater and
allow
two way communications with other stations on the ground.
If the tone received indicates parrot operation, the interface unit will
record
20 seconds of audio on its VHF uplink receiver and replay the recorded audio
on
the UHF downlink.
Should, for a predetermined period, there be no tones received, the controller
will initiate a voice beacon, transmitting a pre-recorded message at regular
intervals. This facility will offer many opportunities for educational
projects.
[ANS thanks SA AMSAT for the above information]
/EX
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-342.04
ARISS Status - 01 December 2008
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 342.04
From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD.
December 7, 2008
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-342.04
1. Upcoming School Contacts
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been
scheduled with Ellis School in Belleville, Illinois on Monday, December 8 at
16:54 UTC. Space studies have been integrated into the school curriculum.
Students have created solar system models, written reports and given
presentations to their classes. They have designed rockets and given talks to
the class about where the rockets will go and what they will do in space. They
have planned space colonies and determined how the astronauts will travel, how
they will obtain food and where they will live. They have also sampled space
food. Students have learned about Expedition 18, the Space Shuttle, the
international partners and the ISS and amateur radio. The class is currently
growing seeds that were flown in space.
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been
scheduled for Stephen F. Austin Elementary School in Richmond, Texas
on Tuesday,
December 9 at 15:43 UTC. Students have studied space and the identifying
characteristics of objects in our solar system including the sun, planets, and
moon. Each year the 5th grade students participate in a simulated space
shuttle
mission, performing tasks that would happen on a regular shuttle flight. Each
grade level is involved in some manner with the various missions that occur
throughout the day. The school has integrated the ARISS contact as part of
this
activity.
The Istituto Comprensivo "Marco Polo," in Grado, Italy has been
scheduled for an
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact on Wednesday,
December 10 at 10:08 UTC.
An Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) contact has been
scheduled with 2 Circolo Didattico San Giuseppe in Mola di Bari, Bari, Italy
on
Friday, December 12 at 14:14 UTC. Lesson plans have been developed
for students
that cover amateur radio and space missions. Newspapers, radio and television,
both local and regional, will report on the event.
2. New Zealand Homeschoolers Experience ARISS Contact
Wairarapa Home School Association students from Carterton, Wairarapa, New
Zealand participated in an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station
(ARISS) contact on Wednesday, November 26 via telebridge stations VK5ZAI and
VK4KHZ, both in Australia. Mike Fincke, KE5AIT, answered all 15 questions
asked. The audio was available on EchoLink and Internet Radio Linking Project
(IRLP). This was the second ARISS contact performed with New Zealand students.
3. Video of ARISS - International Education Week Contact
Students from Poolesville, Maryland, Raleigh, North Carolina and Quito,
Ecuador
experienced a joint Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
contact on Friday, November 14 as part of International Education Week (IEW).
A video of the participating students from North Carolina and Ecuador has been
posted to YouTube. See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6d3D66DbBEo
4. CQ VHF Article on ARISS Meetings
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) member Keith Pugh,
W5IU, wrote an article for the Fall 2008 issue of CQ VHF which
covered the ARISS
meetings held in Moscow during July 2008. An excerpt from the article may be
viewed here: http://www.cq-vhf.com/Fall08Sat.html
5. ARISS Commemorative Event
Twenty-five years ago, Owen Garriott, W5LFL, became the first amateur radio
operator to talk to hams from space on the STS-9 Space Shuttle Columbia
mission
which was launched on November 28 and landed on December 8, 1983. To celebrate
this event, an Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
commemorative event will be held during the month of December through early
January. A special certificate is being developed for those who communicate
with the ISS, either 2-way direct (with the ISS crew, the digipeater, or cross
band repeater), or 1-way reception of SSTV or voice downlink. For more
details,
see: http://www.ariss-eu.org/2008_11_30.htm
[ANS thanks Carol, KB3LKI, for the above information]
/EX
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the President's
Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining donors to AMSAT Project
Funds, will be eligible to receive additional benefits. Application forms are
available from the AMSAT Office.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Lee McLamb, KU4OS
ku4os at amsat dot org
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Message: 14
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2008 21:09:41 -0500 (EST)
From: "Bob Bruninga " <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: K5OE antenna projects
To: Alan Sieg WB5RMG <wb5rmg@xxxxxxx.xxx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Message-ID: <20081206210941.AII32053@xxx.xxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> I have built and currently use both
> the 2m and the 70cm version of
> the Texas Eggbeater II....
> Even without a preamp, these are good
> enough for most LEO satellites.
I am very inerested in performance reports from omni leo antennas, so could
you clarify "good enough" for us? Even a 1/4 whip is "good enough" for the
middle 2 minutes when any satellite is above 30 deg.. But that is only 20% or
less of all access times.
And of course anything is good enough horizon-to-horizon for the ISS..
thanks
Bob, Wb4APR
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Message: 15
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:14:29 -0500
From: RFI-EMI-GUY <Rhyolite@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Compatible Radios
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
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You might check with Piexx to see if this module will add CI-V
capability to your IC-471.
http://www.piexx.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7&products_id=19
--
Joe Leikhim K4SAT
"The RFI-EMI-GUY"?
"Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?
For if it prosper, none dare call it treason."
"Follow The Money" ;-P
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