[amsat-bb] aprs iss frequency

2012-07-10 Thread Gaston BERTELS
Nick, Please see http://www.ariss-eu.org/frequencies.htm 73, Gaston - ON4WF At 21:59 9/07/2012, Nick Pugh wrote: What is the current frequency of the packet tx on the iss Tnx nick ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of

[amsat-bb] AO-07 may be out of Eclipse periode

2012-07-10 Thread Ib Christoffersen
Hi all, It looks like AO-07 is out of the Eclipse period again. Will be interesting to follow over the next couple of days. 73 OZ1MY Ib ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to

[amsat-bb] Telstar Launched 50 Years Ago Today

2012-07-10 Thread B J
http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2012/07/04/50-years-ago-the-first-tv-satellite-telstar/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telstar I remember how people were fascinated by what it could do. Live via satellite was a magic phrase back then. 73s Bernhard VA6BMJ @ DO33FL

[amsat-bb] Peru trip July 22-August

2012-07-10 Thread Lizeth Norman
Hi all, I have finally received my customs docs for the equipment. Will drive down to Nazca activating grid squares along the way. Norm n3ykf ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now

[amsat-bb] aprs iss freq: is there anyone out there?

2012-07-10 Thread Lizeth Norman
Are there any stations in South America to gate aprs packets to the net from the uhf freq? How does one do this? I've got a few Byonics TT4's from a balloon project. The story: I'll be driving the Panamerica Sur from Lima to Nazca Peru and would like to have the ability to be seen via the net.

[amsat-bb] Latests and Last rev to APEEx

2012-07-10 Thread Mark Spencer
The last rev to the APEEx concept. Included a couple of slides on command details is all. Mark Mark Spencer, WA8SME Education and Technology Program Director ARRL, the national association for Amateur RadioTM 43 Pinelock Dr. Gales Ferry, CT 06335 860-381-5335 860-460-1139 (cell)

[amsat-bb] TV interview with 10 year old ham

2012-07-10 Thread Trevor .
Channel 9 TV talked to a 10 year old ham about his DIY space projects. See http://www.uk.amsat.org/8821 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK International Space Colloquium Sept. 15-16 http://www.uk.amsat.org/colloquium/twelve AMSAT-UK News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/AMSAT_UK

[amsat-bb] Telstar's 50th Anniversary QSO Party (TODAY!!)

2012-07-10 Thread ka2pbt
Jul 10, 1500Z-2100Z To commemorate the launch of TELSTAR, W2NFA ATT Middletown Amateur Radio Club will operate a special event station at the site of the Holmdel Horn Antenna. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holmdel_Horn_Antenna ) The horn antenna at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Holmdel, New

[amsat-bb] Re: Telstar Launched 50 Years Ago Today

2012-07-10 Thread John / NS1Z
I worked at the Andover, Maine TelStar station for 10-12 years. It is now owned by Verizon I think. Ask anyone about the Radome or AN02 as it was known. -Original Message- From: B J Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 10:19 AM To: amsat-bb Subject: [amsat-bb] Telstar Launched 50 Years Ago

[amsat-bb] Re: aprs iss freq: is there anyone out there?

2012-07-10 Thread Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)
Unfortunately, 70cm UHF doesn't lend itself to unattended SatGate operations like 2m VHF does. I tried catching the ISS on UHF and only managed to hear, but not decode, one packet burst. I can't imagine anything short of a full satellite station with automatic azimuth/elevation control would

[amsat-bb] Re: aprs iss frequency

2012-07-10 Thread Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr)
There's a lot of sites out there listing the original 145.825 frequency for the ISS APRS frequency, but if you look closely at the spot reports at http://www.issfanclub.com/packet-reports you'll quickly notice that it's operating on 437.550 UHF at the moment. As it says at

[amsat-bb] Re: aprs iss freq: is there anyone out there? UHF works!

2012-07-10 Thread Bob Bruninga
Unfortunately, 70cm UHF doesn't lend itself to unattended SatGate operations like 2m VHF does. I tried catching the ISS on UHF and only managed to hear, but not decode, one packet burst. I can't imagine anything short of a full satellite station with automatic azimuth/elevation control

[amsat-bb] Re: aprs iss freq: is there anyone out there? UHF works!

2012-07-10 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
Hi Bob, I could easily set up an Igate, but every time I've looked into it I've been turned off by the complexity of the software setup. Is there a one program, easy to configure solution? Audio in would be best, but tnc decode is ok as well. 73, Drew KO4MA Sent from my iPhone On Jul 10,

[amsat-bb] Re: aprs iss freq: is there anyone out there? UHF works!

2012-07-10 Thread George Henry
Drew, I set up my (part-time) SatGate using UI-View32 and AGW Packet Engine. It was surprisingly easy to get it going. I think the only real problem I ran into was that the link for updating the APRS servers list was dead, but I Googled found a working link, and manually updated the list.

[amsat-bb] Re: aprs iss freq: is there anyone out there? UHF works!

2012-07-10 Thread Andrew Glasbrenner
It's been a long time since I tried, but if I remember correctly something in AGW fouled up a different TNC program I had for 9k6 work. It was frustrating. I'm sort of looking for a standalone gateway program, without all the other stuff to confuse things. It'd be nice to keep it as small as

[amsat-bb] Re: aprs iss freq: is there anyone out there? UHF works!

2012-07-10 Thread Dave Webb KB1PVH
Drew, I use UISS with the Sat gate add on and AGWPE. Quick easy setup. Dave - KB1PVH Sent from my Verizon Wireless DROID X ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the

[amsat-bb] New Grids on Trip *XE3DX*

2012-07-10 Thread David Maciel (XE3DX)
Hey guys, I'm on vacation with the family on the trip I can work some squares for you, on the 16th-20th july, on SO-50 and AO-27 only, I will be active in most of the day passes, I want to work EK48.EK49, EK69, EL50, EL51, EL61 and EL60.Campeche,Yucatan and Quintana Roo States. I returned home

[amsat-bb] Satellite presentation/demo @ Goodyear AZ on Monday (16 July) evening

2012-07-10 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Hi! I will give a satellite-related presentation for the Tri-City Amateur Radio Association's monthly meeting on Monday, 16 July 2012, at 7.30pm. The meeting will be at the Goodyear City Hall, located at 190 N. Litchfield Road in Goodyear, Arizona (southwest corner of Litchfield Road/Van

[amsat-bb] Re: aprs iss freq: is there anyone out there? UHF works!

2012-07-10 Thread Lizeth Norman
Hi all, Here's my plan. There will be two stations, one in Lima and one mobile (me). As I'll be within 250 miles of Lima, Peru, If I beacon the ISS near apogee, the unattended ground station in Lima SHOULD capture it, provided it is set to the center frequency. The tnc's will be byonics tt4's.

[amsat-bb] Re: aprs iss freq: is there anyone out there? UHF works!

2012-07-10 Thread Greg D
The easiest software I've seen to set up for iGating is APRSIS/32 (Lynn's software). iGate is enabled by default, and you just need to tell it what port to use for the radio (external KISS TNC is easiest) and what server on the Internet side. Done. Greg KO6TH Andrew Glasbrenner wrote: Hi