[amsat-bb] XW-1 pass Australia

2009-12-17 Thread Andrew Rich
Australia - Brisbane ICOM 706 MK II G - 2m 5/8 Whip (I know I know) Start 17/12/2009 08:13 PM 435.796 MHz USB CW Stop 17/12/2009 08:29 PM 435.782 MHz USB CW Andrew VK4TEC - Original Message - From: Andrew Rich To: peter Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 8:46 PM Subject:

[amsat-bb] Doppler.sqf

2009-12-17 Thread Arlon Nelson
Anyone out there got a DOPPLER.SQF for SatPC32 which as the new XW-1 ? -- 73, Nels, WØTUP Minot, North Dakota n...@w0tup.com http://www.w0tup.com Ward County - Grid Locator DN98if TRIPLE PLAY AWARD No. 75 - A1 OPERATOR CLUB SKCC 31T - Flying Pigs 590 - QRPp-I #760 ARRL - FISTS #8610 - CC

[amsat-bb] Re: Doppler.sqf

2009-12-17 Thread vk5alx
Arlon, Add this to the existing file XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1),435790,145910,USB,LSB,REV,0,0,CWbcn XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1),435740,145950,USB,LSB,REV,0,0,Xponder XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1),435675,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Rptr-BBS 73, Alex VK5ALX ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org.

[amsat-bb] Re: Satellite Sounds Record from 1958

2009-12-17 Thread Rich Dailey (Gmail)
Found it in mp3 format on Amazon also - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000S98UMI?ie=UTF8tag=outoftheeth-20linkCode=as2camp=1789creative=390957creativeASIN=B000S98UMI I've got to get this. The liner notes are very interesting...Rich At 10:07 PM 12/16/2009, you wrote:

[amsat-bb] More Youtube video's from XW-1 (hope-1)

2009-12-17 Thread Eric Knaps, ON4HF
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4-0yuC4Sx4feature=related Enjoy... Eric -- ON4HF -- Eric Knaps Waterstraat 30 B-3980 Tessenderlo Belgium Tel. +32472985876 (mobile) http://www.on4hf.be ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those

[amsat-bb] Re: Doppler.sqf

2009-12-17 Thread Alan P. Biddle
And be certain to add this to the SUBTONE.SQF file: XW-1,67.0,$3F,1 This will be needed, according to the web site, for the FM transponder. Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of vk5...@amsat.org Sent: 17

[amsat-bb] YouTube VO-52 Video

2009-12-17 Thread Trevor .
I liked this YouTube video HAM RADIO - How To Make A VO-52 SAT QSO http://www.southgatearc.org/news/december2009/vo52_satellite_contact_video.htm 73 Trevor M5AKA Daily Amateur Radio News (Email/RSS): http://www.southgatearc.org/ Email your News To: editor at southgatearc.org Or use the

[amsat-bb] Manual Tracking XW-1

2009-12-17 Thread Robert Bruninga
XW-1's orbit is quite easy for manual tracking, though not quite as easy as it is for AO-51 ECHO or GO32... Just remember these facts: * XW-1's orbits come over 17 minutes earlier each day. * There is a pass 109 minutes earlier and/or later * Once a week (6 days) add about an hour and a half

[amsat-bb] Re: Doppler.sqf

2009-12-17 Thread Erich Eichmann
Hello Nels, Alex, VK5ALX, has already replied to your mail and suggested to add the following entries to Doppler.SQF: XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1),435790,145910,USB,LSB,REV,0,0,CWbcn XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1),435740,145950,USB,LSB,REV,0,0,Xponder XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1),435675,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Rptr-BBS Alan, WA4SCA,

[amsat-bb] Re: Doppler.sqf

2009-12-17 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Nels, I have found that the SATPC32 function which allows you to assign a name to an object number is very helpful at times like this when a new satellite is being commissioned. It seems they are always changing the name in the keps. I have added the following line to the AMSATNAMES.TXT file:

[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 Operation Schedule

2009-12-17 Thread Simon HB9DRV
Alan, Please post here to let us know when the transponder / repeater will be on :) Simon Brown http://sdr-radio.com -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Alan Kung Please send me your report when you work through

[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 Beacon collection

2009-12-17 Thread kladuke1144
Michael, From WC7V in MT, DN45RP, 14:49Z 17.12.2009 BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AA6 AUE ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AA6 A4T ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW AAA TTT AA6 A4T ETT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT TTT XW XW BJ1SA XW XW AAA

[amsat-bb] Congratulations to CAMSAT

2009-12-17 Thread William Leijenaar
My congratulations to the CAMSAT people with the XW-1 satellite. Now we have another interresting satellite to the list of OSCARs. I can not work the satellite for the moment, but when my station is active again I sure will make some qso's. Still my congratulations to the people who worked on

[amsat-bb] XW-! keps

2009-12-17 Thread Jim
I am running satpc32 and I guess I missing something as I cant seem to enter the new sat. Can some one give me the step by step info on how to do it. tnx Jim K7UDG ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an

[amsat-bb] Re: XW-! keps

2009-12-17 Thread Bob- W7LRD
ditto here also bob W7LRD - Original Message - From: Jim hartw...@hartwell.net To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 2:56:43 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: [amsat-bb]  XW-! keps I am running satpc32 and I guess I missing something as I cant seem to

[amsat-bb] Re: XW-! keps

2009-12-17 Thread George Henry
It is only necessary to restart SatPC32 after editing any of the auxiliary files not the whole computer. George, KA3HSW - Original Message - From: w6...@comcast.net To: Bob- W7LRD w7...@comcast.net Cc: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 6:23 PM Subject:

[amsat-bb] Re: XW-! keps

2009-12-17 Thread Bruce Robertson
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 8:23 PM, w6...@comcast.net wrote: Add them in the amateur.txt file. C:/Documents and Settings/ (your user name)/Application Data/SatPC32/Keplar/amateur.txt Edit this file and add the XW-1 keps XW-1 1 36121U 09072A 09349.53641119 -.0045 0-0 0+0 31 2

[amsat-bb] Re: Help for an old timer

2009-12-17 Thread Gary Joe Mayfield
Doug, The TAPR site lists software versions after Y2K http://www.tapr.org/kits_trakbox.html http://www.tapr.org/software_library.php?dir=/software_lib/sat/trakbox You can also find it here: http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ftpsoft.html under Firmware near the bottom of the page 73, Joe

[amsat-bb] Re: XW-! keps

2009-12-17 Thread George Henry
It would be nice if someone could convince the powers-that-be at Celestrak to add newly-launched amateur satellites to the amateur.txt file sooner... George, KA3HSW - Original Message - From: Bruce Robertson ve9...@gmail.com To: w6...@comcast.net Cc: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent:

[amsat-bb] Tutorial to configure XW-1 in SatPC32

2009-12-17 Thread Wayne Estes
Here's my attempt at a step by step tutorial to manually configure XW-1 in SatPC32. 1. ADD XW-1 KEPLERIAN ELEMENTS Note: XW-1 Keps are in the 17 December nasa.all Keps from AMSAT. If you use this file, update Keps and skip to step 2 below. If you use a different Keps file use the following

[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 Operation Schedule

2009-12-17 Thread Pedro A. Perez
I'll be QRV between 12:32 and 12:47 UTC with my mobile station from IM78-IM79 (SW of Spain) looking for NA East Coast stations in FM. 73, Pedro EB4DKA http://eb4dka.laserenadigital.com - Original Message - From: Alan Kung alank...@public3.bta.net.cn To: Simon HB9DRV si...@hb9drv.ch;