[amsat-bb] Re: SO-67 on Flea Power!!!!

Sun Nov 15 22:50:41 PST 2009

Tim article about working on flea power on SO-67 is at QRZ.COM front page, take a look and leave a comment for him!!!!

> From: nh6vb at msn.com
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:24:32 -1000
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SO-67 on Flea Power!!!!
> 
> 
> 
> Hi Tim KI6VBY and Tim N3TL,
> 
>  
> 
> Congratulations to your accomplishments with "Flee Power".
> 
> Yes, it demonstrates what can be done with extreme little RF,
> 
> but it does not mean that you "own" the frequency, and all
> 
> others have to vacate. I have nothing against QRP, but under
> 
> the circumstances of a "chaos" as you describe it, you are as guilty
> 
> as everyone else to contribute to the "chaos", even so by using QRP.
> 
> Good operating practices require you to listen for a clear frequency
> 
> BEFORE transmitting. Thus, if the frequency is clear and you transmit,
> 
> some not so considerate operator stomps all over you, is shameful, 
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> REGARDLESS of power level. Sadly, it is all to apparent that the practice 
> 
> of listening first has been abandoned by yelling first, and if that does not 
> 
> help, poor on the coals. If you can identify inconsiderate operators, it
> 
> might be helpful to bring the same to his or her attention, in a nice way,
> 
> for it might have happened un intentional. QRP or "Monster Stations" are
> 
> governed by the same rules. "Communications shall be conducted with the
> 
> lowest power level necessary". That does not necessarily mean QRP. 
> 
> However who wants to use a shotgun to kill a fly? Think about it.
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>  
> 
> Best 73, 
> 
> Peter, NH6VB
> 
>  
> 
>  
> > From: tim at timgoodrich.net
> > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> > Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:30:40 -0800
> > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SO-67 on Flea Power!!!!
> > 
> > Maybe this should be a lesson for all those monster stations that like to
> > stomp all over everyone- satellite and HF included......
> > 
> > Tim
> > KI6VBY (exclusively QRP)
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tim - N3TL [mailto:n3tl at bellsouth.net] 
> > Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 8:22 AM
> > To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> > Subject: [amsat-bb] SO-67 on Flea Power!!!!
> > 
> > My profound thanks to John. K8YSE, for posting the recordings he's made of
> > SO-67 passes over North America. His most recent recording, which he began
> > at 15:00:38 UTC, provides proof that - even amid the chaos of a pass like
> > that one - very low power levels can work our amateur satellites. Anyone who
> > listens to the recording will hear the weak-signal call of N3TL at 8:51 into
> > the recording. I'm faint, but I'm in there ... on 50mW (.05 watt) from my
> > Yaesu VX-7R HT and Elk dual-band log periodic antenna. 
> > 
> > KI0G surprised the heck out of me when I heard him call me several seconds
> > later. When he did, I thought, "He must be calling me blind. There's no way
> > I made it through on 50 milliwatts." No matter - I spent the rest of the
> > pass transmitting QSLs for our contact, but K8YSE's recording shows that I
> > didn't make it back into the satellite before he (K8YSE) left the footprint.
> > If someone farther south has a recording that includes me QSLing Bob, KI0G,
> > by all means please email me a copy.
> > 
> > My signal made it into SO-67 beginning at 15:09:29 UTC and ending at
> > 15:09:30 UTC. According to Orbitron, SO-67 was pretty much right at the
> > intersection of 30 degrees north x 90 degrees west, or right on top of the
> > 4-grid boundary of EM40, EM50, EL49, EL59. She was at a range of 882.050
> > kilometers (548.0805 miles) to my handheld station in EM84 at 15:09:30
> > UTC. Based on those distances, my power level translates to 17,641
> > kilometers (10,961.61 miles) per watt. Given how busy SO-67 has been over
> > North America the past two weekends, I'll take that!
> > 
> > During that pass, I tried to time my transmissions based on Mr. Cresswell's
> > posts to the BB on 14 November about the two passes he worked and observed
> > that day over New Zealand. Specifically, I listened for people to
> > immediately return calls, then have their signal drop out when the
> > satellite's tail dropped out. When that happened, I transmitted - and on at
> > least one occasion that K8YSE captured in his recording, flea power found
> > its way to our newest amateur satellite.
> > 
> > Thank you, everyone at AMSAT-SA, for building, launching and orbiting SO-67.
> > She is a wonderful addition to the fleet, and one I'm proud to have worked
> > on .05-watt.
> > 
> > 73 to all,
> > 
> > Tim - N3TL
> > 
> > 
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