[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 North America FM 21Dec2009 0205z Audio

2009-12-21 Thread Simon HB9DRV
Nice recording although I think I'm hearing 60Hz hum. I shudder the think what the Europe pass will be like later today. You are very disciplined on the FM transponder! Again, many thanks to our friends in China for this excellent Christmas present. Simon Brown http://sdr-radio.com

[amsat-bb] Re: 847 PL problems

2009-12-21 Thread Jeff KB2M
This all works now Luc, after I did the reset... 73 Jeff kb2m -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Luc Leblanc Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 4:32 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 847 PL problems On 20

[amsat-bb] Re: XW-1 QSO and packet attempt

2009-12-21 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Hi, I missed the transponder pass, but managed to catch the FM/BBS pass last night. As others have said, it was a real kick. I had Wisp running, but with TX off, and was able to see part of N8MH's connect efforts. Fortunately the deviation of the packet downlink was not so high that it was

[amsat-bb] Correction. XW-1 now HO-68

2009-12-21 Thread Alan P. Biddle
A minor correction. I see that XW-1 is now officially Hope Oscar 68, HO-68. Well deserved. Alan WA4SCA -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Alan P. Biddle Sent: 21 December, 2009 07:40 To: 'Andrew Glasbrenner' Cc: 'AMSAT

[amsat-bb] ANS-355 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin - XW-1 Designated Hope OSCAR 68

2009-12-21 Thread JoAnne Maenpaa
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-355.01 ANS Special Bulletin - AMSAT China XW-1 Designated Hope OSCAR 68 AMSAT News Service Special Bulletin 355.01 From AMSAT HQ SILVER SPRING, MD. December 21, 2009 To All RADIO AMATEURS BID: $ANS-355.01 AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Coordinator Bill Tynan, W3XO has informed Alan

[amsat-bb] Office Closed

2009-12-21 Thread Martha
The AMSAT Office will be closed from 2:00 PM Dec 23rd - January 1st, 2010. I will be back on Monday, January 4th at 10:00 AM ET. Happy New Year! -- 73- Martha ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA

[amsat-bb] Unable to use HO-68 in JO21 (18:37 UTC)

2009-12-21 Thread PE0SAT
Hi, I was unable to open the uplink with my Yaesu FT-847. The PL tone was set 67.0 Hz but unable to open the uplink channel. During the pass I tryed the following. - Checked Subtone.SQF file twice SatPC32 (XW-1,67.0,$3F,1) - Checked Doppler.SQF (XW-1,435675,145825,FM,FM,NOR,0,0,Repeater-BBS) -

[amsat-bb] Re: Unable to use HO-68 in JO21 (18:37 UTC)

2009-12-21 Thread Cor
Hello All, PE0SAT earlier mentioned that he could not work over the XW1 FM repeater. I noticed the same, I couldn't either via uplink 145.825Mhz (tone 67hz). Was there something chanced? Was the freq. and tone (written above) correct? 73's Cor PD0RKC Hi, I was unable to open the uplink with

[amsat-bb] Re: Unable to use HO-68 in JO21 (18:37 UTC)

2009-12-21 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Jan, I had a similar experience. I was able to get in, but not as well as others. This morning, I put a calibrated service monitor on the rig. The PL signal looked clean, and was at 700 Hz deviation, as specified in the service manual. That is slightly higher than the nominal 15% of normal

[amsat-bb] unable to use ho68 in io92bx

2009-12-21 Thread paul robinson
i was also unable to get an up link sig via the bird,with the published uplink and ctcss tone.did here one station via the fm repeater ,and did see some packetsdid we have a simular problem with this up link frq on ao51?? do i remember over europe?   id like to thk ho68 team and look

[amsat-bb] Re: Unable to use HO-68 in JO21 (18:37 UTC)

2009-12-21 Thread Eric Knaps, ON4HF
Hello, I had the same problem here on the same pass. Checked everything that could be checked but nothing from me on the downlink. Signal was strong. Audio file is here: http://www.on4hf.be/HO-68-21dec2009-18u41.wav Eric Knaps Waterstraat 30 B-3980 Tessenderlo Belgium Tel. +32472985876

[amsat-bb] Re: Unable to use HO-68 in JO21 (18:37 UTC)

2009-12-21 Thread Danny Casier
Same here. Using 100W and X-quad. And no pass trough. Or the pilote tone is changed or the uplink frequentie or the squelch on the input is set too high. 73 de Dan ON5UE -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] Namens PE0SAT Verzonden:

[amsat-bb] unable to use HO-68 JO91RR

2009-12-21 Thread Mateusz
I was trying, even with full power with no effect. Signal from transponder was noisy but strong (HB9 and IK...), i thing they had problems too. Matt SQ7DQX ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA

[amsat-bb] Re: unable to use HO-68 JO91RR

2009-12-21 Thread OZ1MY
Hi all in Europe, I do not think anything was wrong with the satellite - but there may have been 100's of stations on. The first time it was on it worked very well. This time I heard at least 3 stations getting through. During the first time it worked we made many more QSO's and I have not

[amsat-bb] Re: Unable to use HO-68 in JO21 (18:37 UTC)

2009-12-21 Thread Mike Rupprecht
Hi all, seems half Europe had the same problem with this WX-1 evening pass. Only the big guns (UR5BFX, IW4DVZ, SV1EEK, HB9OAB) had more or less success - but I heard only one successful QSO between Francesco (IW4DVZ) and Nikolai (UR5BFX) at the begin of our pass. No more other contacts till LOS

[amsat-bb] Re: Unable to use HO-68 in JO21 (18:37 UTC)

2009-12-21 Thread Bill Bordy
Wouldn't a big gun with no PLL capture the receiver and prevent it from coming on? 73, Bill NJ1H -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of Mike Rupprecht Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 4:20 PM To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Subject:

[amsat-bb] Re: Unable to use HO-68 in JO21 (18:37 UTC)

2009-12-21 Thread PE0SAT
On Mon, December 21, 2009 22:19, Mike Rupprecht wrote: Hi all, Hi Mike and All, seems half Europe had the same problem with this WX-1 evening pass. Only the big guns (UR5BFX, IW4DVZ, SV1EEK, HB9OAB) had more or less success but I heard only one successful QSO between Francesco (IW4DVZ)

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-51 down

2009-12-21 Thread Andrew Rich
CTRL_ALT_DEL - Original Message - From: Andrew Glasbrenner glasbren...@mindspring.com To: Amsat-BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:03 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 down It looks like AO-51 has had a software crash. We'll start reloading next pass. 73, Drew

[amsat-bb] RS-22 heard

2009-12-21 Thread David Giles
Hello All, Just heard RS-22's CW beacon. Unfortunately it was at the end of the pass so I didn't get a full frame of telemetry. 73 de David VK5DG ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member?

[amsat-bb] one of a kind QSO

2009-12-21 Thread Bob- W7LRD
This may  tickle some ones funny bone.  I was talking with Joe-K3SZH on AO-7, Joe was talking with Eric PA1TNO on Skype, I then was able to talk to Eric.  Is this valid for a QSL (kidding).  Eric and I are trying to have a (short) qso via AO-7 in the future.  We share about a 25 second

[amsat-bb] Re: one of a kind QSO

2009-12-21 Thread Andrew Rich
QSL via MSN ? - Original Message - From: Bob- W7LRD w7...@comcast.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 9:24 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] one of a kind QSO This may tickle some ones funny bone. I was talking with Joe-K3SZH on AO-7, Joe was talking with Eric

[amsat-bb] Re: Unable to use HO-68 in JO21 (18:37 UTC)

2009-12-21 Thread Scott
Hi pe0sat and All, We managed to record the telemetry channel on the oz7sat system. As far as I can tell the only thing to notice is that the transponder was turned off during the middle of the pass. Somewhere between 18:49 and 18:52. The rest of the channels look pretty much like last time it

[amsat-bb] Re: one of a kind QSO

2009-12-21 Thread Jeff KB2M
5 years ago or so when I used to travel for work 3 weeks a month I ran a TS-2000 located at home remotely from whatever hotel room I was operating from. I would then run Skype from the hotel room also. I found out I could link the audio from the remote TS-2000 with Skype. I used to have a lot

[amsat-bb] RS-22 telemetry

2009-12-21 Thread David Giles
Hello All, Just heard RS-22's CW telemetry for 2009/12/22 00:30 UTC. RS22 UBS - 139 137 on board voltage/10v IBS - 20 20 on board current mA USUN- 146 0 solar cell voltage ISUN- 78 0 solar cell current mA ITXA-

[amsat-bb] Re: RS-22 telemetry

2009-12-21 Thread Jean-François Ménard
Hi, I just caught RS-22 on the dark side !! There is my result on a 30 deg pass at 01h15 UTC 22-12-2009 RS22 UBS - 134 134 IBS 27 27 27 USUN0 0 0 ISUN0 0 0 ITXA0 0 0 ITXB0 0 0 TTXA112 112

[amsat-bb] HO-68 beacon

2009-12-21 Thread Gkcarr
I copied the HO-68 beacon tonight during pass 90. Here is what I noted: 0153 at 16 degrees cw sig was at 795 0155 at 20 degrees cw sig was at 792.8 0156 at 22 degrees cw sig was at 790 0158 at 20 degrees sig was at 787.32 0159 at 16 degrees sig was at 785.3 0201 at 12 degrees sig was at 784. It

[amsat-bb] nova

2009-12-21 Thread Dads
Hi: I have had Nova for years and when I put it on my new computer I can,t get it to go to the main menu and file to register it with my number. I mean my serial number. Do I have to buy a new one Jerry

[amsat-bb] Eagle P3E status?

2009-12-21 Thread KG0MW-Chad Phillips
Just wondering if anyone has the thread about the status of P3E and Eagle. I have been away for six years and am rebuilding the station now. Just trying to figure out what gear to build for what birds. Thanks in advance, Chad kg0mw - EN13 ___ Sent

[amsat-bb] HO-68 first QSO over Europe

2009-12-21 Thread Ε . Καφετζόπουλος
Dear friends, HO-68 over Europe is a reality, but with some degree of frustation. I heard the bird at 10 degrees (loc KM17), I called and I made two QSO's with RZ6MB and Nikolay, UR5BFX, with excellent signals. May be these are the first QSOs over Europe with the new chinese bird. But when the

[amsat-bb] I: Re: Unable to use HO-68 in JO21 (18:37 UTC)

2009-12-21 Thread Francesco Grappi
Hi Mike and All, Yes I made a qso with UR5BFX at the beginning of pass with my usual set-up, 22 elements cross yagi up and half power (50 watts) After that I couldn't get through the transponder even full power (120 watts) ...I didn’t understand whythe pll tone, the uplink frequency,...