[amsat-bb] Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 4, Issue 344
Skip Prinsen W7PN
w7pn at rtconnect.net
Sun Jul 19 13:41:10 PDT 2009
Hi Anthony,
Here is the info. Using:
_*www.qrz.com*_
This is a free web site for anyones' use. Your answer to your question
is Yes, David is located in Alaska.
73 de "Skip" W7PN
*WL7H*
DAVID W ELDREDGE
PO BOX 7352
Nikiski, AK 99635
USA
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> 1. WL7H in AK? (ANTHONY JAPHA)
> 2. Update from WD9EWK (n3tl at bellsouth.net)
> 3. AO-51 lunar landing special operation over JA (Masahiro Arai)
> 4. Re: SpaceJam 3 (was Re: 2009 BoD Ballot - question) (George Henry)
> 5. K5GNA antenna free (Charles Pennington)
> 6. Re: SpaceJam 3 (Greg Beat)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:26:56 -0400
> From: "ANTHONY JAPHA" <tjjapha at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] WL7H in AK?
> To: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Message-ID: <380-220097019142656765 at earthlink.net>
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> Thanks for all the helpful suggestions for shielding the laptop screen.
>
> No answers about WL7H though. Has anyone worked this stn? Is it in Alaska, or down in the lower 48?
>
> QRZ.com has him in BP40, which looks just outside the AO-7 footprint when I heard him on 7/17.
>
> 73,
> Tony, N2UN
>
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>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 16:15:47 +0000
> From: n3tl at bellsouth.net
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Update from WD9EWK
> To: AMSAT-BB at amsat.org
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> Hey everyone,
>
> Patrick, WD9EWK, checked in to report the following plans for passes today:
>
> SO-50 at 16:40 UTC - from the DM46-DM47 grid boundary
>
> SO-50 at 18:22-ish UTC, and also the afternoon AO-27 passes - from the DM47-DM57 grid boundary.
>
> AO-51 this evening - from the DM57-DM58 grid boundary.
>
> 73 to all,
>
> Tim - N3TL
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:27:22 +0900
> From: Masahiro Arai <m-arai at a.email.ne.jp>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 lunar landing special operation over JA
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Cc: ao51-modes at amsat.org
> Message-ID: <200907191627.AA02748 at giga.a.email.ne.jp>
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>
> Stations located in JA and neighboring nations will be able to hear
> the lunar landing 40th anniversary special downlink, voice messages
> and robot 36 SSTV picture which are same as transmitting over North
> America and Europe.
>
> Please watch AO-51 435.300MHz FM downlink passes over JA. Special
> downlink will transmitt 20th evning and 21st mornig in JA. QSL will
> issue from AMSAT-NA. QSL info is shown on the web site.
> http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php
>
> JA6PL and some othre stations support this event.
>
>
> Thank you, Drew and the AO-51 operations group!
>
>
> Masa JN1GKZ
>
>
>
>
>> If there is a station or two there with excellent L band uplink capabilities
>> who would like to relay the audio for us, we can do it. Email the ao51-modes
>> list and myself if you would like to volunteer. The same goes for JA or
>> anywhere else.
>>
>> 73, Drew KO4MA
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Roland Zurmely" <py4zbz at yahoo.com>
>> To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 8:08 PM
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-51 Control Team News
>>
>>
>> "July 20
>> AMSAT-NA will mark the 40th anniversary of the first manned lunar landing
>> with a special event on AO-51. AO-51 will transmit a message commemorating
>> the event Monday, July 20 during evening passes in the U.S. and Europe. The
>> message will be transmitted on the 435.300 MHz FM downlink and will contain
>> a Robot 36 SSTV image as well as a voice message."
>>
>>
>>>>> in the U.S. and Europe <<<
>>>>>
>> Why not in south america ?
>>
>> We have a lot of stations that would like to hear the message and to receive
>> the SSTV image !
>>
>> 73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
>>
>>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:03:47 -0500
> From: "George Henry" <ka3hsw at att.net>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SpaceJam 3 (was Re: 2009 BoD Ballot -
> question)
> To: "Greg Beat" <gregory.beat at comcast.net>, <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Message-ID: <B93A13360D6D4C7FA9D27D068401EBDC at parents>
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>
> I listened for the W9JY-11 balloon on APRS, and for the 446.025 crossband
> repeater, and heard nothing... did it actually go up yesterday?
>
> George, KA3HSW
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Beat" <gregory.beat at comcast.net>
> To: "Gould Smith" <gouldsmi at bellsouth.net>; <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:38 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 2009 BoD Ballot - question
>
>
>
>> I have been tracking balloons (SpaceJam-3) today .... so I was just
>> starting
>> to read my USPS mail. :-)
>>
>> Thanks for prompt reply.
>>
>> Greg
>> w9gb
>>
>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:14:16 -0400
> From: "Charles Pennington" <chrlsp at verizon.net>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] K5GNA antenna free
> To: "AMSAT BB" <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>
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> FREE FREE Clifton Heights, PA. (Phila Suburb). I have a complete setup,
> never assembled, never used. Yours free, first come, first served. Call me,
> Bud @610-626-4332 or email chrlsp at verizon.net. Bud K3NMF.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:53:58 -0500
> From: "Greg Beat" <gregory.beat at comcast.net>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SpaceJam 3
> To: "George Henry" <ka3hsw at att.net>, <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Message-ID: <C012CEF79FF947E48C78865A4A9DE16D at CompaqEVO>
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> Yes.
>
> There were actually 2 balloons with APRS beacons.
> The ATV video package did not make these launches.
>
> W9YJ-11, was launched first and supposedly reached ~ 100,000 feet
> Landed near the town of Bronson, IL
> I heard stations on the cross-band repeater from Fond DuLac, WI; Toledo, OH
> when it was around 50,000 feet.
>
> N9QGS-11 was launched second and lost its GPS data stream above 50,000 feet
> (just East of Royal, IL).
> It did recover its latitude/longitude and direction about 20 minutes later
> (near Oakwood, IL and I-74), but never its altitude.
> Landed south of Catlin, IL
>
> I have MS Power Point slides of the OpenAPRS.net APRS tracks for both
> balloons.
>
> You can go to OpenAPRS.net, enter the SSID for each balloon and request data
> over past 2 days.
> That will show you the actual tracks.
>
> Greg
> w9gb
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "George Henry" <ka3hsw at att.net>
> Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 1:03 PM
> To: "Greg Beat" <gregory.beat at comcast.net>; <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Subject: Re: SpaceJam 3 (was Re: 2009 BoD Ballot - question)
>
>
>> I listened for the W9JY-11 balloon on APRS, and for the 446.025 crossband
>> repeater, and heard nothing... did it actually go up yesterday?
>>
>> George, KA3HSW
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Greg Beat" <gregory.beat at comcast.net>
>> To: "Gould Smith" <gouldsmi at bellsouth.net>; <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:38 PM
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 2009 BoD Ballot - question
>>
>>
>>
>>> I have been tracking balloons (SpaceJam-3) today .... so I was just
>>> starting
>>> to read my USPS mail. :-)
>>>
>>> Thanks for prompt reply.
>>>
>>> Greg
>>> w9gb
>>>
>>
>
>
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