[amsat-bb] Who is Midori ?
Caught a bit of FunCube-2 CW beacon on 145.840 Sunday AM local and it sent: 'UKUBE 1 CALLING MIDORI' Who is Midori ?? Keith N4ZQ ___ 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
Re: [amsat-bb] Who is Midori ?
Well, it's a Scottish satellite and I found this reference on Wikipedia:
Midori is known in Scotland for being mentioned in the comedy Still
Game, in which the character Big Innes has violent reactions
whenever he drinks the liquor. {Series 3, Episode 4}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_(liqueur)
Perhaps there's a better explanation!
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Keith O'Brien n...@yahoo.com wrote:
Caught a bit of FunCube-2 CW beacon on 145.840
Sunday AM local and it sent:
'UKUBE 1 CALLING MIDORI'
Who is Midori ??
Keith N4ZQ
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[amsat-bb] SO-50 QSO's
I heard lots of new calls on SO-50 today and I really wanted to give them a shout back and say welcome. Unfortunately, that's about all I heard was a bunch of folks throwing their call sign out. Is there some transmit only mode that I'm not aware of? ;-) On a more serious note, try to hear the downlink first before transmitting. It reduces QRM and greatly increases your chances of making a QSO! Thanks and 73, John W9EN ___ 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
Re: [amsat-bb] SO-50 QSO's
Also heard over the past few days on SO-50: -Whistling -1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 -CQ satellite -November You are definitely correct about the primary cause - people need to put some effort into optimizing their receive setup as SO-50 has a weak downlink signal. I was on a 10 degree max eastern pass of SO-50 (mostly over the Atlantic Ocean) around 1400Z this morning and had a nice 4 minute chat with KG4JPL. Signals were S9+20 on my meter at 10 degrees. I am using an Arrow II 146/437-10BP, two FT-817s, and a High Sierra Microwave LNAA432 preamp. Here are a few tips: -If it's the middle of the day or the evening and the pass is covering most of the United States, there is someone on. Definitely wait to hear it before transmitting. Only the night owl passes are devoid of activity. -Be sure you can adjust polarity. I've seen SO-50 signals go from inaudible to S9 with a simple twist of the Arrow/Elk. -Use good quality coax (I use LMR-240UF at the moment) and the shortest run you can use. -Operate full-duplex. Baofengs are cheap and have adequate sensitivity to receive SO-50, get one to use as your receive radio if you're trying to use a dual band HT without full-duplex capability. You might even mount the receive radio directly to your antenna if you are using an Arrow to eliminate coax losses. -Listen to what's going on. If there's a QSO in progress, wait until it's complete. If a station calls someone else, don't call them unless the station called is obviously not responding. If there's a rare grid or other rarely heard entity on the air, let those who need the grid work that station, don't try to make other QSOs. If you key up and have clearly lost the battle with another station, unkey. -Throwing out your callsign once in a pass is OK, but it's better to call specific stations. The good news for FM satellite fans: EO-80 and the Fox-1 series are coming! They will be much easier to hear with nice, loud 2m downlinks! EO-80 is even capable of putting out 2 watts (http://www.amsat-f.org/site/spip.php?article82) which would make it a whopping 20 dB louder than SO-50, though it probably won't (and shouldn't) be set to 2 watts output very often. And remember to donate to the Fox project here: http://www.amsat.org/?p=2957 73, Paul, N8HM On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 3:18 PM, John Belstner jbelst...@gmail.com wrote: I heard lots of new calls on SO-50 today and I really wanted to give them a shout back and say welcome. Unfortunately, that's about all I heard was a bunch of folks throwing their call sign out. Is there some transmit only mode that I'm not aware of? ;-) On a more serious note, try to hear the downlink first before transmitting. It reduces QRM and greatly increases your chances of making a QSO! Thanks and 73, John W9EN ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [amsat-bb] SO-50 QSO's
Paul, I think you're preaching to the choir. The offenders are not likely subscribers to the BBS and probably don't even know it exists. Glenn AA5PK -Original Message- From: Paul Stoetzer Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2014 2:47 PM To: John Belstner Cc: amsat-bb Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SO-50 QSO's Also heard over the past few days on SO-50: -Whistling -1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 -CQ satellite -November You are definitely correct about the primary cause - people need to put some effort into optimizing their receive setup as SO-50 has a weak downlink signal. I was on a 10 degree max eastern pass of SO-50 (mostly over the Atlantic Ocean) around 1400Z this morning and had a nice 4 minute chat with KG4JPL. Signals were S9+20 on my meter at 10 degrees. I am using an Arrow II 146/437-10BP, two FT-817s, and a High Sierra Microwave LNAA432 preamp. Here are a few tips: -If it's the middle of the day or the evening and the pass is covering most of the United States, there is someone on. Definitely wait to hear it before transmitting. Only the night owl passes are devoid of activity. -Be sure you can adjust polarity. I've seen SO-50 signals go from inaudible to S9 with a simple twist of the Arrow/Elk. -Use good quality coax (I use LMR-240UF at the moment) and the shortest run you can use. -Operate full-duplex. Baofengs are cheap and have adequate sensitivity to receive SO-50, get one to use as your receive radio if you're trying to use a dual band HT without full-duplex capability. You might even mount the receive radio directly to your antenna if you are using an Arrow to eliminate coax losses. -Listen to what's going on. If there's a QSO in progress, wait until it's complete. If a station calls someone else, don't call them unless the station called is obviously not responding. If there's a rare grid or other rarely heard entity on the air, let those who need the grid work that station, don't try to make other QSOs. If you key up and have clearly lost the battle with another station, unkey. -Throwing out your callsign once in a pass is OK, but it's better to call specific stations. The good news for FM satellite fans: EO-80 and the Fox-1 series are coming! They will be much easier to hear with nice, loud 2m downlinks! EO-80 is even capable of putting out 2 watts (http://www.amsat-f.org/site/spip.php?article82) which would make it a whopping 20 dB louder than SO-50, though it probably won't (and shouldn't) be set to 2 watts output very often. And remember to donate to the Fox project here: http://www.amsat.org/?p=2957 73, Paul, N8HM On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 3:18 PM, John Belstner jbelst...@gmail.com wrote: I heard lots of new calls on SO-50 today and I really wanted to give them a shout back and say welcome. Unfortunately, that's about all I heard was a bunch of folks throwing their call sign out. Is there some transmit only mode that I'm not aware of? ;-) On a more serious note, try to hear the downlink first before transmitting. It reduces QRM and greatly increases your chances of making a QSO! Thanks and 73, John W9EN ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [amsat-bb] SO-50 QSO's
Glenn, You are probably right, though I do think there are a few subscribers out there that could use a reminder. Also, the BB archives do show up in web searches, so someone searching for SO-50 might come across this thread and learn from it. 73, Paul, N8HM On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Glenn Miller - AA5PK aa...@suddenlink.net wrote: Paul, I think you're preaching to the choir. The offenders are not likely subscribers to the BBS and probably don't even know it exists. Glenn AA5PK -Original Message- From: Paul Stoetzer Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2014 2:47 PM To: John Belstner Cc: amsat-bb Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SO-50 QSO's Also heard over the past few days on SO-50: -Whistling -1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 -CQ satellite -November You are definitely correct about the primary cause - people need to put some effort into optimizing their receive setup as SO-50 has a weak downlink signal. I was on a 10 degree max eastern pass of SO-50 (mostly over the Atlantic Ocean) around 1400Z this morning and had a nice 4 minute chat with KG4JPL. Signals were S9+20 on my meter at 10 degrees. I am using an Arrow II 146/437-10BP, two FT-817s, and a High Sierra Microwave LNAA432 preamp. Here are a few tips: -If it's the middle of the day or the evening and the pass is covering most of the United States, there is someone on. Definitely wait to hear it before transmitting. Only the night owl passes are devoid of activity. -Be sure you can adjust polarity. I've seen SO-50 signals go from inaudible to S9 with a simple twist of the Arrow/Elk. -Use good quality coax (I use LMR-240UF at the moment) and the shortest run you can use. -Operate full-duplex. Baofengs are cheap and have adequate sensitivity to receive SO-50, get one to use as your receive radio if you're trying to use a dual band HT without full-duplex capability. You might even mount the receive radio directly to your antenna if you are using an Arrow to eliminate coax losses. -Listen to what's going on. If there's a QSO in progress, wait until it's complete. If a station calls someone else, don't call them unless the station called is obviously not responding. If there's a rare grid or other rarely heard entity on the air, let those who need the grid work that station, don't try to make other QSOs. If you key up and have clearly lost the battle with another station, unkey. -Throwing out your callsign once in a pass is OK, but it's better to call specific stations. The good news for FM satellite fans: EO-80 and the Fox-1 series are coming! They will be much easier to hear with nice, loud 2m downlinks! EO-80 is even capable of putting out 2 watts (http://www.amsat-f.org/site/spip.php?article82) which would make it a whopping 20 dB louder than SO-50, though it probably won't (and shouldn't) be set to 2 watts output very often. And remember to donate to the Fox project here: http://www.amsat.org/?p=2957 73, Paul, N8HM On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 3:18 PM, John Belstner jbelst...@gmail.com wrote: I heard lots of new calls on SO-50 today and I really wanted to give them a shout back and say welcome. Unfortunately, that's about all I heard was a bunch of folks throwing their call sign out. Is there some transmit only mode that I'm not aware of? ;-) On a more serious note, try to hear the downlink first before transmitting. It reduces QRM and greatly increases your chances of making a QSO! Thanks and 73, John W9EN ___ 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 ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [amsat-bb] SO-50 QSO's
Quoting John Belstner who wrote on Sun 2014-08-03 at 12:18: I heard lots of new calls on SO-50 today and I really wanted to give them a shout back and say welcome. Unfortunately, that's about all I heard was a bunch of folks throwing their call sign out. I have avoided reporting from the European side of working SO-50 for a while, but this afternoon I heard multiple good QSO's and I could understand at least one callsign (M0SAT). I tried answering that callsign 2 times but no luck. It was as busy as could be expected on a Sunday afternoon, but to me it sounded like everyone was acting fine and those who got across had nice and short QSOs (callsigns, signal, location). On a more serious note, try to hear the downlink first before transmitting. It reduces QRM and greatly increases your chances of making a QSO! You could miss your answer, the SO-50 downlink shift seems to me at the moment bigger than the input width of a normal FM amateur receiver. If I let gpredict do all the tuning from the specified downlink frequency I hear nothing. Tune around a bit and I find it and it's busy. I just noted http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/satellite/amateur-radio-satellites/so-50/ suggests not correcting for doppler shift on the 2M uplink. Any opinions on that? Koos van den Hout PD4KH -- Koos van den Hout, PGP keyid DSS/1024 0xF0D7C263 via keyservers k...@kzdoos.xs4all.nl Visit the site about books with reviews http://idefix.net/ http://www.virtualbookcase.com/ ___ 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
Re: [amsat-bb] Who is Midori ?
I can offer a better explanation ;)
It's the daughter of Steve Greenland, the UKube-1 systems engineer. He got
to pick the default CW beacon and the AX.25 TO Address when ordering the
radio, and picked his daughters name.
Midori means green in Japanese If I understand it correctly, which makes it
a nice name in combination with her last name Greenland.
73s
Wouter PA3WEG
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Paul Stoetzer n...@arrl.net wrote:
Well, it's a Scottish satellite and I found this reference on Wikipedia:
Midori is known in Scotland for being mentioned in the comedy Still
Game, in which the character Big Innes has violent reactions
whenever he drinks the liquor. {Series 3, Episode 4}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midori_(liqueur)
Perhaps there's a better explanation!
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Keith O'Brien n...@yahoo.com wrote:
Caught a bit of FunCube-2 CW beacon on 145.840
Sunday AM local and it sent:
'UKUBE 1 CALLING MIDORI'
Who is Midori ??
Keith N4ZQ
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Re: [amsat-bb] SO-50 QSO's
periodically, in the ARRL Audio News, where I have a segment in each week, I try to give some operating tips. especially, if you cannot hear the satellite, do not transmit as you will not hear those coming back to you. maybe it is time to run it again. will see if I air it next Thursday if it helps heal the problem. 73...bruce ___ 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] satellite grid map reqeust
Several years ago I started posting grid maps on my website so that grid chasers and grid expeditioners could get an idea of what was needed by active satellite operators. However, some of these maps have not been updated in quite a while. And there are many new grid chasers that have not submitted their maps for posting. If you have a map that is currently posted and has not been updated recently please send me an updated map(s) or just send me a text file of the grids you have confirmed, one 4 character grid square per line And another text file of grids you have worked but are not yet confirmed using the same format of one grid per line. I will generate the maps from these files and you can download and print the resulting map that will be posted. If you have never submitted a map, please consider doing so. Knowing who has what is very helpful to potential grid expeditioners and it is a nice way to keep track of what you need and where that grid is located with respect to grids you already have. It's a lot easier for someone in a grid adjacent to one you need to go there compared to someone who might live hundreds of miles away doing the same. If you send me your grid lists as specified above, I will generate the maps for you. Here's a list maps on my website and the date they were updated: AA4QE 5/11/2012 AC0RA 8/26/2013 CO6CBF 11/22/2011 K6YK 4/26/2011 KB1PVH UNKNOWN KB1RVT 9/6/2013 KB9RID 1/8/2011 KC0YBM 12/31/2011 KD8CAO 10/8/2011 KD8KSN 8/2/2011 KI6YAA 11/30/2010 KK5DO 4/21/2012 KO4MA 10/28/2013 N5AFV 2/25/2012 VA3OR 3/22/2012 W5PFG 9/16/2012 WA4NVM 2/27/2012 WD9EWK 3/4/2012 Info on how to make the maps is on the grid map page: http://www.papays.com/sat/gridmaps/gridmaps.html 73, John K8YSE ___ 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] AO-73 at 03:30Z
Good evening, I have been on a few evening passes of AO-73 lately and have found little to no activity. With the loss of VO-52, AO-73 now carries our easiest to hear linear transponder. I will be on the 03:30Z pass over the United States that covers much of the United States if anyone cares to join me. I will be calling CQ at around 145.965 MHz. The transponder will shut off just after 03:37:15 when it enters sunlight. 73, Paul, N8HM ___ 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
Re: [amsat-bb] AO-73 at 03:30Z
Worked W5PFG and heard one or two others tuning around trying to find themselves. I think someone came back to me right as the satellite went behind my building and probably seconds before the transponder turned off. Maybe next time! 73, Paul, N8HM On Sun, Aug 3, 2014 at 10:39 PM, Paul Stoetzer n...@arrl.net wrote: Good evening, I have been on a few evening passes of AO-73 lately and have found little to no activity. With the loss of VO-52, AO-73 now carries our easiest to hear linear transponder. I will be on the 03:30Z pass over the United States that covers much of the United States if anyone cares to join me. I will be calling CQ at around 145.965 MHz. The transponder will shut off just after 03:37:15 when it enters sunlight. 73, Paul, N8HM ___ 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
Re: [amsat-bb] SO-50 QSO's
Doppler shift at 2 meters is only about 3 kHz, well within the satellite receiver's passband. Doppler correction on the uplink really is not needed. 73, George, KA3HSW - Original Message - From: Koos van den Hout k...@kzdoos.xs4all.nl To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2014 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SO-50 QSO's snip I just noted http://www.pe0sat.vgnet.nl/satellite/amateur-radio-satellites/so-50/ suggests not correcting for doppler shift on the 2M uplink. Any opinions on that? Koos van den Hout PD4KH --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com ___ 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
