Also, take coax losses into consideration. A pre-amp at the antenna might be a
good idea. Get one that can deal with the RF when you are in Tx and waterproof
it!
Sent from my iPod
Amir K9CHP
On Feb 21, 2011, at 0:06, Clint Bradford clintbradf...@mac.com wrote:
... used an Elk as a base
Wow, we're getting so much innovation going on in designing 1U
cubesats with linear transponders.
Here's the link to the project website. You'll never guess what
'KLETSkous' means!
http://www.amsatsa.org.za/KLETSkous.htm
73, Bruce VE9QRP
On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 6:38 AM, Trevor .
This is and will be an ongoing problem until the powers to be at amsat do
something about the mess on the FM birds . Tom you are preaching to the choir
here because most of the offenders have no idea that this BBS is here. If the
FCC stopped long enough to monitor this madness, they would
Hi,
I just upload several hundred sat contacts to LOTW. Many matches were
returned, BUT many of them were credited for VUCC 144 mhz or VUCC 432 mhz
and NOT for VUCC Satellite, which is how they should be credited.
Does this mean that the person on the other side of the QSO did not properly
Mike,
I am of the opinion that anyone who wants to have fun in ham radio should
always put the most money into an antenna system. There are many used
radios on the market and you could always save there.
The ELK antenna, dual bander, is one AMSAT sells at the Dayton Hamvention to
help raise
Hi Bill!
I just upload several hundred sat contacts to LOTW. Many matches were
returned,
BUT many of them were credited for VUCC 144 mhz or VUCC 432 mhz and NOT
for VUCC Satellite, which is how they should be credited.
Does this mean that the person on the other side of the QSO did not
Agree... There is only a handful of AMSAT people, however, many more
operators actually using the Sats can be more helpful.
Dee, NB2F
Think before pushing the PTT button.
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Mark L. Hammond
You might look for a dedicated Yahoo group
for this radio (or start one if not).
Yes, there is one for this radio as well as for each of the now 7 different
kenwood and Yaesu APRS radios on Yahoo
Bob, WB4APR
___
Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org.
Thanks, Patrick,, I have already sent an email to LOTW. If the other station
failed to include Propagation Mode or Satellite Name, there should be no match
at all. There is no basis for me to be credited with a 144mhz or 432 mhz grid.
I spent a lot of time going through my log before
Thats my 2 cents worth AGAIN
WA4HFN Damon EM55
I've worked the fm birds and listen to them, even in Africa (well just listened
so far) and I am really not sure what people are expecting is going to happen
on a single channel device that has a comparatively low access threshold
(meaning
There's nothing AMSAT can do about lids. Lids are lids and they
are everywhere on the hambands, not just satellite. I would suspect
that the ones you're complaining about don't read this list, or talk to
any
other hams. We do all this writing, but the people who need to read it
don't.
The
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At 10:45 AM 2/21/2011 -0500, Mark L. Hammond marklhamm...@gmail.com wrote:
Okay, this one perplexes me--what in the world can the powers to be at
amsat do to fix this?
Turn Off all the FM birds. ;-)
No, we told them a dozen times already. Stop building FM crap, and do a
HEO or at least as
Another issue I hear is stations calling but not apparently hearing anything
but they continue to call anyway and cause interference. A recent SO-50
pass in the evening had 6 or seven stations calling but only one or two QSOs
actually took place as nobody seemed to be listening to the
Patrick, I mentioned to Bill earlier, off group, that three of
my confirmed QSL's are blank in the VUCC column. What could have caused that?
Leaving out Propagation=SAT, maybe? Also on the 10th of this month I started
using an ELK-L5 and it has made a noticable difference! Hearing at much lower
Unfortunately, Marine Spar varnish does not last well in the sun, even here
in the mid-Hudson Valley of NY. I owned a boat with Mahogany railings and
they had to be refinished at least once during the season. I spoke to the
Manufacturer of one of the best varnishes and he admitted that even
Bill,
Thanks, Patrick,, I have already sent an email to LOTW. If the other
station failed to include Propagation Mode or Satellite Name, there
should be no match at all. There is no basis for me to be credited
with a 144mhz or 432 mhz grid.
I think the queries they use for VUCC accounts
At 09:35 PM 2/21/2011, Luc Leblanc wrote:
The main problem is here: you should hear your own downlink but
they try to call in the void hoping someone will answer??
If I don't hear anything, I don't Tx, except for a _brief_ keyup to
see if I am hitting the bird (in this part of the world at
This the parking lot at rush hour problem. Try a pass at 2am and you
won't have to fight. You may not find anyone to talk to even.
73 de Pat --- KA9SCF.
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 11:47 AM, k6yk k...@juno.com wrote:
There's nothing AMSAT can do about lids. Lids are lids and they
are
M,
You probably had already worked and been credited for the grids of the contacts
that were blank in the VUCC column.
What were you using before the Elk?
B
--- On Mon, 2/21/11, Marvin Tamez k5...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Marvin Tamez k5...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: LOTW -
John,
Nice to see you on here.
There's nothing AMSAT can do about lids. Lids are lids and they
are everywhere on the hambands, not just satellite. I would suspect
that the ones you're complaining about don't read this list, or talk to
any
other hams. We do all this writing, but the
Hi George!
Although the LoTW FAQ shows ARISS and AO-7 as the valid satellite names,
TQSL bounced all of my QSOs for those two for Invalid Satellite Name... I
looked in the ADIF file, and the Sat_Name fields are all correct, and it
processed all of my other QSOs successfully. I also tried
At 04:11 AM 2/22/2011, Rocky Jones wrote:
My argument with AMSAT and others is that the organization should be
leading by pushing more linear devices AND birds with larger
footprints. Where I think things got off track badly was with the
notion of AO-40...the theory that we had to build a
Although the LoTW FAQ shows ARISS and AO-7 as the valid satellite names,
TQSL bounced all of my QSOs for those two for Invalid Satellite Name... I
looked in the ADIF file, and the Sat_Name fields are all correct, and it
processed all of my other QSOs successfully. I also tried ISS and AO-07,
This is exactly how I look at them-they are like a DX piluep. That sort of
behavior occurs all of the time on HF, and you learn how to more effectively
get through. There is very little way to change how operating is going to
take place on a single channel FM satellite. That is what makes it
Hello All
�
I am a novice
satellite operator. I have been completing my setup for satellites and recently
I made
my first contact on AO- 51 with John K8YSE.
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I wonder if is
possible for me use the AO-7 in mode B. I tried to hear it in different passes,
but I
didnrsquo;t hear anything,
Hello All,
Power up that L-band transmitter!
AO-51 is about 2 days away from full sun. On-board temperatures are climbing,
and it looks like we have just enough power to try to run both repeaters. It
will take some tweaking of various power management parameters, and we'll see
how things
Hello, after finally getting my uhf yagi to operate well again, I want to try
my hand at the linear birds or SSB sats again, I am having troubles calibrating
my uplink to the bird.
I have read and followed the steps laid out in the FAQ, Yet I still have to
recalibrate each pass. what could I
Auctioning off spectrum that includes the important 435-438 Satellite
segment? Let alone that 430-440 is a ham band almost everywhere in
the world.
73 de Pat --- KA9SCF.
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 11:40 AM, wa4...@comcast.net wrote:
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From: Rick Pinelli
Crickets. 23:15z pass over the US. Nice signal, though.
Greg KO6TH
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:56:40 -0500
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
From: marklhamm...@gmail.com
CC: ao51-mo...@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 mode change 21 Feb 2011 2145utc
Hello All,
Power up that L-band
Most of the world doesn't have 420-430 and the rest of the band is only
secondary in Europe.
Guess you and your buddies need to start using the lower 10 megs if you
don't want to loose it.
Most of us survived happily with only the 430-440 bit.
On 21-Feb-11 23:22, Patrick Green wrote:
Marc, you did fine during our FO-29 QSO @ 2053Z today. I also heard you on the
next pass.
73
George
WA5KBH
-Original message-
From: Marc Tessier - VE3TES ve3...@cogeco.ca
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:02:37 -0600
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [Spam] [amsat-bb] HELP ON LINEAR BIRDS
Hello,
Our presence there is secondary and the prime user has a much larger
financial and national security commitment for keeping the band clear of
others. I hope the US military takes the appropriate actions to protect the
bands for their use and thereby ours.
John WA4WDL
I wonder how that will work out with the Pave Paws (and other) radars along
with
other DOD useage in these bands, not to mention the cross border issues they
are
going to have with Canada.
I can't see the USAF / USN etc being to keen on large scale comerical useage of
the 420 to 450 mhz
I'm not sure how worried people are over 420 - 430 since there's parts of
the US you can't operate in those 10 megs. Down there from what I
understand, though I could be wrong, is amateur TV. The important thing is
we don't lose the 430 - 440 segment because that's where a lot of activity,
True, and in Europe, where thay only have a 10MHz wide band, ATV has
gone to 23cM using FN, not AM. Makes old satellite TV receivers usable
for the Rx side without modification other than a preamp.
I guess it would be a struggle getting all the US FM repeaters into
433-435 and 438-440 but most
Hello:
I had a few questions about the operation of the Yaesu 736r.
1: I am on one of the SSB satellites (440/2 meters) - I hear my signal coming
back down and all seems fine. Shortly afterward the RX and TX frequencies are
not in sync so I need to adjust one of them to find and hear myself
Bill, all of my matches, besides the 3 blanks, are coming back VUCC SAT. Maybe
someone else can answer the why yours are coming back VUCC144 or 432?? Not sure
where the imput error is, if there is one! Maybe the Propagation is being
recorded as 144 or 432 enstead of SAT Sorry can't be of more
- Original Message -
From: Bill West mrcyberb...@yahoo.com
Subject: [amsat-bb] Couple of 736r questions..
Hello:
I had a few questions about the operation of the Yaesu 736r.
1: I am on one of the SSB satellites (440/2 meters) - I hear my signal
coming back down and all seems
-Oryginalna wiadomość-
From: Bill West
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 1:01 AM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Couple of 736r questions..
Hello:
I had a few questions about the operation of the Yaesu 736r.
1: I am on one of the SSB satellites (440/2 meters) - I hear my
At 10:45 AM 2/22/2011, jmfranke wrote:
Our presence there is secondary and the prime user has a much larger
financial and national security commitment for keeping the band clear of
others. I hope the US military takes the appropriate actions to protect the
bands for their use and thereby ours.
At
At 10:57 AM 2/22/2011, Nigel A. Gunn wrote:
True, and in Europe, where thay only have a 10MHz wide band, ATV has
gone to 23cM using FN, not AM. Makes old satellite TV receivers usable
for the Rx side without modification other than a preamp.
Australia has nominally 420-450 MHz, but 420 - 430 is
-Original Message-
From: Dee [mailto:morse...@optonline.net]
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 8:26 PM
To: 'Tony Langdon'
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Re: Considerate satellite operations behavior.
As with all HEO theories, we have to take this as one with a burden of
expenses. My idea of a
These guys are great! I had the privilege of riding to the AMSAT symposium this
year with Bob Twiggs and part of their team. Earlier last year when NASA
flewtheir SOCEM mission (suborbital cubesat), it was a great ride. This one
should be even better.
Keep you ears open for this bird. Unless
I am awaiting delivery of a Gulf Alpha dual band antenna that I plan to mount
on a single mast for azimuth-only control. I've read various reports of metal
masts causing polarity (?) issues and others that say they are ok as long as
you don't align the elements with the mast etc...
So -
Bill,
It might be worth taking a look at SATPC32. It supports the rig and handles
the Doppler issue automatically. Because of limitations in the CAT control
you need to tune with the program rather than the knob, but that is easy to
get used to.
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From:
I'll be QRV on VO52 this evening at 22/0603Z. This will be a low pass
for me at 8 degrees max, so it'll be mainly for testing my station's
receiving capability. It's apparent that my problem with hearing my own
downlink at low elevations on the linear sats will persist, at least
until I can change
2: In trying to make life easier by using the Memories Recall (MR) on the
unit. I put in the frequencies of the centerband of each of the
satellites. It is easiest to quickly adjust my frequency by just selecting
Memory Recall 1, 2, 3, etc. That works fine for the FM satellites, but
Hi, Zach
Is this one of his single antenna models? I have his Easy Satellite
antenna, and used it to make 35 contacts on Field Day.
If it's a single antenna, like mine, you can rotate the boom in the
clamp so the elements are in an X position relative to the mast. This
puts each set of elements at
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