[amsat-bb] Palm Springs HamFest - Arrow Deal
Clint Bradford
clintbrad4d at earthlink.net
Fri Jan 29 12:47:45 PST 2010
Heading to the Desert RATS ham Fest tomorrow? If you want a new Arrow
II sat antenna with duplexer for twenty bucks off normal HRO price,
contact me ASAP. Only two available at this discount.
Clint, K6LCS
909-241-7666
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> 1. Re: A0-27 on Sat the 30th (Clint Bradford)
> 2. Re: A0-27 on Sat the 30th (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
> 3. FO-29 (David - KG4ZLB)
> 4. Re: Heard on FO-29 (i8cvs)
> 5. Re: FO-29 (w6zkh at comcast.net)
> 6. HO-68 Schedule - 01-07 Feb 2010 (Alan Kung)
> 7. Re: HO-68 Schedule - 01-07 Feb 2010 (Peter Scheller)
> 8. Re: HO-68 29-01 1320utc (Pedro A. Perez)
> 9. Re: [Mw] Satellite to carry Amateur Radio 5840.00
> MHztelemetry beacon (Stephen Hicks, N5AC)
> 10. DK7ZB 435MHz aerial question (Phil)
> 11. updated pseudo moon keps (Bob DeVarney W1ICW)
> 12. Re: DK7ZB 435MHz aerial question (Stan, W1LE)
> 13. ND9M Road Trip Update #3 (claryco at aol.com)
> 14. More great FO-29 passes (w6zkh at comcast.net)
> 15. UX-14 (Jim)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:14:28 -0800
> From: Clint Bradford <clintbrad4d at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: A0-27 on Sat the 30th
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
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> PATRICK - ONE OF THE HARDEST WORKIN' AMSAT-TERS>> ... I will have a
> demonstration using the AO-27 satellite just after 2.00pm ...
>
> I am showing a pass at 1:01PM Pacific - is that the same pass,
> Patrick?
>
> I will be working it at the Desert RATS HamFest in Palm Springs.
>
> Clint, K6LCS
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:52:28 -0700
> From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb at wd9ewk.net>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: A0-27 on Sat the 30th
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Message-ID:
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> Clint,
>
>> I am showing a pass at 1:01PM Pacific - is that the same pass,
>> Patrick?
>
> That will be the same pass. I think the software predicts the start
> of the 7-
> minute repeater time around 6 minutes past the hour, and I will be on
> as KM7CC.
>
>> I will be working it at the Desert RATS HamFest in Palm Springs.
>
> Hope to hear you on Saturday.
>
> 73!
>
>
>
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:53:51 -0500
> From: David - KG4ZLB <kg4zlb at googlemail.com>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] FO-29
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Message-ID: <4B62319F.5080007 at gmail.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> So nice to hear FO-29 booming again on this last pass at 00:46, really
> strong and loud - congrats to the team on getting this one back in
> shape, very much appreciated!
>
> And hi to VE4EMU who obliged me with a contact although I lost you
> completely after the exchange!
>
> A couple of others on as well!
>
> --
> David
> KG4ZLB
> www.kg4zlb.com
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:07:27 +0100
> From: "i8cvs" <domenico.i8cvs at tin.it>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Heard on FO-29
> To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb at amsat.org>, "Pierre van Deventer"
> <pierrevd at icon.co.za>, "Hal Lund ZS6WB"
> <zs6wb at telkomsa.net>, "Mineo
> Wakita" <ei7m-wkt at asahi-net.or.jp>
> Cc: fernandodibartolomeo at alice.it, I6IBE Ivo <brugneraivo at alice.it>,
> Marco Niccolini IW5EJM <m.niccolini at gmail.com>
> Message-ID: <007501caa07f$6cd0e280$0201a8c0 at tin.it>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hal Lund ZS6WB" <zs6wb at telkomsa.net>
> To: "I8CVS Dom" <domenico.i8cvs at tin.it>
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:59 AM
> Subject: Heard on FO-29
>
>> Hello Dom
>>
>> I just wanted to let you know that I heard you calling this morning
>> on
>> FO-29 at 0615 utc. You were on CW on a downlink of about 435.840
>> MHz. You
>> were heard for several minutes and I copied your call distinctly
>> several
>> times.
>
>> You were probably transmitting on AO-7 at the time as AO-7 and
>> FO-29 were
>> very close together but AO-7 was just below a ridge to the west of
>> me and
>> I could not hear it directly at that time.
>
>> We could almost make it on AO-7 if my station wasn't sitting in a
>> bit of a
>> hole.
>>
>> It appears that FO-29 has been operational for several hours
>> continuously
>> now so that looks very promising.
>>
>> 73 - Hal ZS6WB
>>
>> Pretoria (KG44ee)
>>
>
> Hello Hal, ZS6WB and All on the List
>
> Tank you very much for the above important information and I will
> try to
> explain you what was really happening this night/morning on day 28 jan
> at 06:15 UTC
>
> Infact during orbit 61091 at 06:15 UTC I was transmitting to AO-07
> around
> 432.158 MHz searching to be translated exactly on 145.940 MHz at the
> exact
> moment in wich AO-7 was at the very LOS for me with less than 0.3?
> elevation
> on South at the end of the descending orbit 61091 from North to
> South when
> AO-7 was about over ZS-land in South Africa and despite a few hills
> 20 km
> away over my horizon I received back my CW succesfully up to 0.3?
> elevation.
>
> To determine my exact uplink frequency in order to be translated by
> AO-7 at
> 145.940 MHz +/- at the very AOS moment when the bird comes to me from
> South to North during an ascending orbit it was also very important
> for me
> this night because in the following days I plan to contact on
> skedule at
> 145.940 +/- MHz the friend ZS6BB, Pierre in KG43EU
>
> But what was really happening this night ? You are right !
>
> The distance into free space between AO-7 and FO-29 was about 1500
> km at
> 06:15 UTC and both satellites where in mutual covisibility so that my
> 145.940 MHz CW signal that was translated by AO-7 was received by
> FO-29
> and retranslated by FO-29 in 435.840 MHz at 06:15 UTC when you
> received
> my CW signal in Pretoria KG44EE through two satellites !
>
> In more details at 06.15 UTC the subsatellite point (SSP) of AO7
> was over
> Nigeria at 8.557? Latitude North and 10.095? Longitude Est and his
> footprint
> was not completely covering ZS land while the SSP of FO-29 was over
> Zaire
> at 6.482? Latitude South and Longitude 16.500? Est but his
> footprint was
> fully including ZS land where you was able to receive me in KG44EE
>
> The above demonstrates that when the footprints of two satellites
> about
> overlaps a two way QSO between two satellites is possible
> particularly on
> CW provided that the uplink and downlink frequency bands are the
> same and
> one station transmit to one satellite in 70 cm listening in 2 meters
> while
> the other one transmit to the other satellite in 2 meters listening
> in 70 cm
>
> Unfortunately this is not the case betwen AO-7 and FO-29 because the
> 70 cm
> bands are different 435.800 to 435.900 MHz for FO-29 and 432.125 to
> 432.175
> MHz for AO-7 so that only one way two satellite link is possible as
> you Hal
> experienced because the same 2 meters band is in common between both
> satellites.
>
> The above reception of my signal by you via FO-29 also demontrates
> that
> actually FO-29 is working very well after a very long QRT because it
> was
> so sensitive to receive my signal in 2 meters via AO-7 and
> retranslate it
> into 70 cm with sufficient power to be received by you in 70 cm in
> Pretoria
> South Africa
>
> By the way since you in KG44EE are very close to Pierre in KG43EU I am
> confident the at the end of testing and try with Pierre via AO-7 I
> can try a
> QSO via AO-7 as well with you and I will informe you about if you
> agree.
>
> The distance from my JN70ES and Pierre in KG43EU is 7548 km and with
> you in KG44EE is 7511 km both no bad distances from South Italy and
> South Africa via AO-7
>
> Best 73" de
>
> i8CVS Domenico
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 02:47:45 +0000 (UTC)
> From: w6zkh at comcast.net
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: FO-29
> To: kg4zlb at gmail.com
> Cc: amsat-bb <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Message-ID:
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>
> Pass over central US was still in operation with several SSB
> stations on. I was on CW but no contacts. Pass was a 19 deg pass for
> me, and the 0408 utc pass will be 40 degs so hopefully more West
> Coast will be on...
>
> John W6ZKH
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David - KG4ZLB" <kg4zlb at googlemail.com>
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 4:53:51 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada
> Pacific
> Subject: [amsat-bb] FO-29
>
> So nice to hear FO-29 booming again on this last pass at 00:46,
> really strong and loud - congrats to the team on getting this one
> back in shape, very much appreciated! And hi to VE4EMU who obliged
> me with a contact although I lost you completely after the exchange!
> A couple of others on as well! -- David KG4ZLB www.kg4zlb.com
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:56:13 +0800
> From: "Alan Kung" <alankung at public3.bta.net.cn>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 Schedule - 01-07 Feb 2010
> To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Message-ID: <002501caa098$c1711fd0$6c01a8c0 at ba1duoffice>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="gb2312"
>
> 31 Jan. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder
> =======================================
> 19:20...Turn On
> South Africa, Europe, NA
> 20:05...Turn Off
>
> 23:05...Turn On
> South Africa,South America,Europe,
> NA,North Pole,North Asia
> 23:50...Turn Off
>
> 01 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder
> =======================================
> 02:35...Turn On
> South Pole, South America,NA,North
> Asia,North Pole
> 03:20...Turn Off
>
> 11:40...Turn On
> Australia,New Zealand,South Asia,
> East Asia,North Asia,Europe
> 12:25...Turn Off
>
> 19:05...Turn On
> South Africa,Europe,NA,North Pole,North Asia
> 19:50...Turn Off
>
> 02 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder
> =======================================
> 00:30...Turn On
> South America,NA,North Asia, North Pole
> 01:15...Turn Off
>
> 04:20...Turn On
> South America,NA,Middle Asia
> 05:05...Turn Off
>
> 15:15...Turn On
> Australia, India,South Asia,Europe,NA
> 16:00...Turn Off
>
> 18:45...Turn On
> Africa,Europe,NA
> 19:30...Turn Off
>
> 03 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder
> =======================================
> 00:20...Turn On
> South America, NA,North Asia
> 01:05...Turn Off
>
> 03:45...Turn On
> South Pole,South America, NA
> North Asia, North Pole
> 04:30...Turn Off
>
> 13:10...Turn On
> Australia, South Asia, East Asia,North Asia
> 13:26...Turn Off
>
> 16:55...Turn On
> India,Middle East Asia,Europe,NA,
> 17:40...Turn Off
>
> 04 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder
> =======================================
> 01:40...Turn On
> South Pole,South America,NA,North Asia
> 02:25...Turn Off
>
> 01:55...Turn On
> South America,NA,North Asia
> 02:40...Turn Off
>
> 03:45...Turn On
> South America,NA,North Asia
> 04:30...Turn Off
>
> 10:50...Turn On
> Oceania,South Asia,East Asia,North Asia
> 11:35...Turn Off
>
> 16:35...Turn On
> India,Middle Asia,Africa,Europe,NA
> 17:20...Turn Off
>
> 20:00...Turn On
> Africa,Europe,NA,North Asia
> 20:45...Turn Off
>
> 05 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder
> =======================================
> 01:25...Turn On
> South America,NA,North Asia
> 02:10...Turn Off
>
> 03:15...Turn On
> South America,NA,North Asia
> 04:00...Turn Off
>
> 12:37...Turn On
> Oceania,South Asia, East Asia, North Asia
> 12:52...Turn Off
>
> 16:15...Turn On
> India,Middle Asia,Europe,NA
> 17:00...Turn Off
>
> 19:45...Turn On
> Africa,Europe,NA
> 20:30...Turn Off
>
> 06 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder
> =======================================
> 01:10...Turn On
> South America,NA,North Asia
> 01:55...Turn Off
>
> 10:15...Turn On
> Oceania,East Asia,North Asia,Europe
> 11:00...Turn Off
>
> 16:00...Turn On
> India,Middle Asia,Europe,NA
> 16:45...Turn Off
>
> 19:25...Turn On
> Africa,Europe,NA,North Asia
> 20:10...Turn Off
>
> 07 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder
> =======================================
> 00:50...Turn On
> South America,NA,North Asia
> 01:35...Turn Off
>
> 01:47...Turn On
> South Asia,East Asia, North Asia
> 02:02...Turn Off
>
>
> 73
> Alan Kung, BA1DU
> HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager
> www.camsat.cn
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 7
> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:43:07 -1000
> From: Peter Scheller <nh6vb at msn.com>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HO-68 Schedule - 01-07 Feb 2010
> To: <alankung at public3.bta.net.cn>, amsat-bb <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Message-ID: <BAY141-W25F1B4551950FCE07DA111E15B0 at phx.gbl>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
>
> Mr. Kung,
>
>
>
> It is heartbreaking to watch the HO-68 schedule, and see the
> satellite virtually cutting off
>
> seconds before the footprint reaches KH6 land. We are not asking to
> amend an existing and
>
> published schedule, but would be grateful for future considerations.
>
>
>
> Respectfully submitted
>
> Peter Scheller, NH6VB
>
>
>
>
>> From: alankung at public3.bta.net.cn
>> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
>> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:56:13 +0800
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 Schedule - 01-07 Feb 2010
>>
>> 31 Jan. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder
>> =======================================
>> 19:20...Turn On
>> South Africa, Europe, NA
>> 20:05...Turn Off
>>
>> 23:05...Turn On
>> South Africa,South America,Europe,
>> NA,North Pole,North Asia
>> 23:50...Turn Off
>>
>> 01 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder
>> =======================================
>> 02:35...Turn On
>> South Pole, South America,NA,North
>> Asia,North Pole
>> 03:20...Turn Off
>>
>> 11:40...Turn On
>> Australia,New Zealand,South Asia,
>> East Asia,North Asia,Europe
>> 12:25...Turn Off
>>
>> 19:05...Turn On
>> South Africa,Europe,NA,North Pole,North Asia
>> 19:50...Turn Off
>>
>> 02 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder
>> =======================================
>> 00:30...Turn On
>> South America,NA,North Asia, North Pole
>> 01:15...Turn Off
>>
>> 04:20...Turn On
>> South America,NA,Middle Asia
>> 05:05...Turn Off
>>
>> 15:15...Turn On
>> Australia, India,South Asia,Europe,NA
>> 16:00...Turn Off
>>
>> 18:45...Turn On
>> Africa,Europe,NA
>> 19:30...Turn Off
>>
>> 03 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder
>> =======================================
>> 00:20...Turn On
>> South America, NA,North Asia
>> 01:05...Turn Off
>>
>> 03:45...Turn On
>> South Pole,South America, NA
>> North Asia, North Pole
>> 04:30...Turn Off
>>
>> 13:10...Turn On
>> Australia, South Asia, East Asia,North Asia
>> 13:26...Turn Off
>>
>> 16:55...Turn On
>> India,Middle East Asia,Europe,NA,
>> 17:40...Turn Off
>>
>> 04 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder
>> =======================================
>> 01:40...Turn On
>> South Pole,South America,NA,North Asia
>> 02:25...Turn Off
>>
>> 01:55...Turn On
>> South America,NA,North Asia
>> 02:40...Turn Off
>>
>> 03:45...Turn On
>> South America,NA,North Asia
>> 04:30...Turn Off
>>
>> 10:50...Turn On
>> Oceania,South Asia,East Asia,North Asia
>> 11:35...Turn Off
>>
>> 16:35...Turn On
>> India,Middle Asia,Africa,Europe,NA
>> 17:20...Turn Off
>>
>> 20:00...Turn On
>> Africa,Europe,NA,North Asia
>> 20:45...Turn Off
>>
>> 05 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder
>> =======================================
>> 01:25...Turn On
>> South America,NA,North Asia
>> 02:10...Turn Off
>>
>> 03:15...Turn On
>> South America,NA,North Asia
>> 04:00...Turn Off
>>
>> 12:37...Turn On
>> Oceania,South Asia, East Asia, North Asia
>> 12:52...Turn Off
>>
>> 16:15...Turn On
>> India,Middle Asia,Europe,NA
>> 17:00...Turn Off
>>
>> 19:45...Turn On
>> Africa,Europe,NA
>> 20:30...Turn Off
>>
>> 06 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder
>> =======================================
>> 01:10...Turn On
>> South America,NA,North Asia
>> 01:55...Turn Off
>>
>> 10:15...Turn On
>> Oceania,East Asia,North Asia,Europe
>> 11:00...Turn Off
>>
>> 16:00...Turn On
>> India,Middle Asia,Europe,NA
>> 16:45...Turn Off
>>
>> 19:25...Turn On
>> Africa,Europe,NA,North Asia
>> 20:10...Turn Off
>>
>> 07 Feb. 2010, FM/Digital Transponder
>> =======================================
>> 00:50...Turn On
>> South America,NA,North Asia
>> 01:35...Turn Off
>>
>> 01:47...Turn On
>> South Asia,East Asia, North Asia
>> 02:02...Turn Off
>>
>>
>> 73
>> Alan Kung, BA1DU
>> HO-68(XW-1) Project Manager
>> www.camsat.cn
>>
>>
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> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:44:09 +0100
> From: "Pedro A. Perez" <eb4dka at teleline.es>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HO-68 29-01 1320utc
> To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
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> Yep! I'll try to work from my mobile station from IM79.
>
> Pedro EB4DKA
> http://eb4dka.laserenadigital.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jp-byj-free" <jp.f6byj at free.fr>
> To: <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 7:10 PM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] HO-68 29-01 1320utc
>
>
>> Hi
>>
>> Ho-68 Linear Transponder
>> Tomorrow 1320UTC very good conditions for QSO NorthAmerica - Europe.
>>
>> S'73 Jep.
>>
>>
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> Message: 9
> Date: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:41:48 -0600
> From: "Stephen Hicks, N5AC" <n5ac at n5ac.com>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: [Mw] Satellite to carry Amateur Radio 5840.00
> MHztelemetry beacon
> To: Graham Shirville <g.shirville at btinternet.com>
> Cc: microwave at lists.eclectechs.com, Amsat Reflector
> <amsat-bb at amsat.org>, Stan <stan at capecod.com>
> Message-ID:
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>
> I'd be happy to program the additional frequency in the A32 if that
> would
> help. Let me know if you would like this done. generally, I add it
> to the
> software and then state what release it is in and then any after that
> release will always have that frequency.
>
> 73,
> Steve
>
>
> Sent from Austin, Texas, United States
>
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:10, Graham Shirville
> <g.shirville at btinternet.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Stan,
>>
>> The website http://www.unisec.jp/unitec-1/en/cooperation.html gives
>> quite
>> a lot of info as well...if you wish to make direct contact then you
>> can
>> email Naomi Kurahara<703kurahara at gmail.com>
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Graham G3VZV
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stan" <stan at capecod.com>
>> To: "Trevor ." <m5aka at yahoo.co.uk>
>> Cc: <microwave at lists.eclectechs.com>; "Amsat Reflector" <
>> amsat-bb at amsat.org>; "Stephen Hicks, N5AC" <n5ac at n5ac.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 3:25 PM
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: [Mw] Satellite to carry Amateur Radio 5840.00
>> MHztelemetry beacon
>>
>>
>> This satellite holds some promise of a decent and doable microwave
>>> technical challenge.
>>>
>>> It will be possible to use our 5760 Transverters for a RX only
>>> application, maybe with minor tweaking.
>>>
>>> The LO is 5616 MHz, with the RF of 5840 MHz, the IF is 224 MHz,
>>> right in
>>> the US 222 MHz band.
>>>
>>> Maybe with a bigger dish, and a very low noise figure preamplifier,
>>> optimized at 5840 MHz,
>>> we could be in the UNITEC-1 deep space telemetry collection
>>> business.
>>>
>>> The DEMI A32 LO with an external 10 MHz reference, can add the
>>> frequency stability needed.
>>> Or maybe Steve, N5AC, can preprogramm the A32 for a 5,840-145=
>>> 5,695 / 5
>>> = 1,139.0 MHz
>>>
>>> A reasonable challenge this winter morning, as I sip my lukewarm
>>> tea at
>>> the dining room table.
>>>
>>> But more questions are raised:
>>>
>>> 1. Keplerian elements are great for satellites, but once UNITEC1
>>> enters
>>> deep space,
>>> what do we use to calculate and predict the path for our accurate
>>> tracking
>>> ?
>>>
>>> 2. Is there anything special about the modulation scheme ?
>>>
>>> Stan, W1LE Cape Cod FN41sr
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Trevor . wrote:
>>>
>>>> On May 20 Japan is planning to launch four "CubeSats". The
>>>> largest of
>>>> them, UNITEC-1, will carry a 15 watt Amateur Radio 5840.00 MHz
>>>> telemetry
>>>> beacon and travel into deep space towards Venus
>>>>
>>>> Three of the satellites will carry Amateur Radio payloads. On the
>>>> AMSAT
>>>> bulletin board Mineo Wakita JE9PEL writes
>>>>
>>>> Four CubeSats in Japan are planned to launch at 20 May 2010
>>>> together with PLANET-C which belongs to JAXA by H-IIA rocket.
>>>> http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html
>>>>
>>>> UNITEC-1, NPO UNISEC (University Space Engineering Consortium)
>>>> 5.8GHz
>>>> http://www.unisec.jp/unitec-1/en/top.html
>>>>
>>>> Negai*", Soka University
>>>> 437.305MHz CW, Packet 1200bps FSK AX.25
>>>> http://kuro.t.soka.ac.jp/main.html
>>>>
>>>> WASEDA-SAT2, Waseda University
>>>> 437.485 MHz CW(FM), PCM-FSK(FM) 9600bps
>>>> http://www.miyashita.mmech.waseda.ac.jp/Waseda-Sat2/index.htm
>>>>
>>>> KSAT, Kagoshima University
>>>> Uplink: S-band(2GHz, 10kbps), Downlink: Ku-band(13.275GHz, 10kbps/
>>>> 1Mbps)
>>>> http://www.sci.kagoshima-u.ac.jp/~nishio/download/Ukaren2008Nishio.pdf
>>>>
>>>> IARU Amateur Satellite Frequency Coordination information
>>>> Unitec-1 http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?
>>>> serial=141
>>>> Negai http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=90
>>>> WASEDA-SAT2 http://www.amsat.org.uk/iaru/finished_detail.asp?serial=123
>>>>
>>>> AMSAT Bulletin Board AMSAT-BB
>>>> http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/maillist/
>>>>
>>>> AMSAT-UK publish a colour A4 newsletter, OSCAR News, that is full
>>>> of
>>>> Amateur Satellite information.
>>>> Join online at https://secure.amsat.org.uk/subs_form/
>>>> ----
>>>> 73 Trevor M5AKA
>>>> Daily Amateur Radio News (Email/RSS): http://www.southgatearc.org/
>>>> Email Your News To: editor at southgatearc.org
>>>> Or Use Form at: http://www.southgatearc.org/news/your_news_1.htm
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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>>
>>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 10
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:53:18 +1000
> From: Phil <phillor at telstra.com>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] DK7ZB 435MHz aerial question
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Message-ID: <201001291653.18597.phillor at telstra.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Thank you for reading this.
>
> I'm in the process of setting up my satellite station after a five
> year break
> and my UHF aerial doesn't seem to be performing as well as I expect it
> should. I always suspected that it's performance was below par.
> AO-51, for
> instance, is received no better than strength 3 on my FT-847.
>
> The aerial is a twelve element design (twelve elements in each
> plane) by
> DK7ZB and is without a doubt the best 435MHz aerial that I have ever
> built.
> The extra twelve elements have been removed for testing purposes and
> is
> currently hand held and rotated as accurately as possible.
>
> I suspect that the poor gain might be due to the matching system
> because I
> was always unsure of the exact physical length of parallel quarter
> wave
> matching cable. The element lengths are spot on and the element
> spacing is
> within a millimetre of the design figures. The SWR, even after all
> this time,
> is still around 1.2:1. The Belden 9913 cable connecting the aerial
> to the
> radio is only nine metres long and, as best I can tell, has a about
> a half DB
> loss.
>
> I would like to make e-mail contact with anyone who may have built
> this
> aerial or one of the other UHF designs by DK7ZB.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Phil
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 11
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:49:36 -0500
> From: Bob DeVarney W1ICW <we1u at myfairpoint.net>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] updated pseudo moon keps
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org, uni_Trac at topica.com
> Message-ID: <4B62E770.3020009 at myfairpoint.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Here is a set of pseudo keps for the moon calculated using the
> MoonKeps
> program by HB9BNI ( thank you ! ) to calculate them, and then
> rewritten
> in two line form.
> These work fine for my Uni_Trac 2003 using both the -2003 and the
> -2000
> software.
> Perhaps they may help someone else with a stand-alone tracker like
> mine.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob W1ICW
>
> MOON
> 1 00000U 00000A 10019.90529622 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 0004
> 2 00000 25.1631 348.5977 0637000 142.8591 221.8486 00.036600996 6
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 12
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:49:10 -0500
> From: "Stan, W1LE" <stanw1le at verizon.net>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: DK7ZB 435MHz aerial question
> To: Phil <phillor at telstra.com>
> Cc: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Message-ID: <4B62F566.6080903 at verizon.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>
> Hello Phil,
>
> One big problem....
>
> ALL elements must be installed to effectively test.
> The V and H elements do interact, but that interaction is designed
> around by the designer.
>
> Add the other elements with matching system and retest.
>
> To prove this try modeling the entire element then remove all of the V
> or H elements.
>
> Stan, W1LE Cape Cod FN41sr
>
>
> Phil wrote:
>> Thank you for reading this.
>>
>> I'm in the process of setting up my satellite station after a five
>> year break
>> and my UHF aerial doesn't seem to be performing as well as I expect
>> it
>> should. I always suspected that it's performance was below par.
>> AO-51, for
>> instance, is received no better than strength 3 on my FT-847.
>>
>> The aerial is a twelve element design (twelve elements in each
>> plane) by
>> DK7ZB and is without a doubt the best 435MHz aerial that I have
>> ever built.
>> The extra twelve elements have been removed for testing purposes
>> and is
>> currently hand held and rotated as accurately as possible.
>>
>> I suspect that the poor gain might be due to the matching system
>> because I
>> was always unsure of the exact physical length of parallel quarter
>> wave
>> matching cable. The element lengths are spot on and the element
>> spacing is
>> within a millimetre of the design figures. The SWR, even after all
>> this time,
>> is still around 1.2:1. The Belden 9913 cable connecting the aerial
>> to the
>> radio is only nine metres long and, as best I can tell, has a about
>> a half DB
>> loss.
>>
>> I would like to make e-mail contact with anyone who may have built
>> this
>> aerial or one of the other UHF designs by DK7ZB.
>>
>>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 13
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:59:23 -0500
> From: claryco at aol.com
> Subject: [amsat-bb] ND9M Road Trip Update #3
> To: amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Message-ID: <8CC6F1328B96CAF-59D0-D12E at webmail-m082.sysops.aol.com>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
>
>
>
> Yesterday's snowfall in SW Kansas complicated road conditions and
> especially safety so I opted to hold off getting to the DM98/EM08
> line until today (Friday). I'll operate from that line during the
> AO27 pass that starts at about 29/1950Z. Depending on accessibiltiy,
> I may get to the quad grid point and add DM99/EM09.
>
>> From there, we'll head north to Nebraska and put out DM99/EM09
>> during the AO51 pass at 2236Z and then either put out the DN90/EN00
>> grid line or the DM99/EM09/DN90/EN09 quad field point on the AO51
>> pass starting at 30/0014Z.
>
> We have to focus on getting to Denver now, so time permitting,
> Saturday's game plan will be to hit the DN91/EN01 line on AO27 at
> 30/1922Z, stop again in DN91 for the second AO27 pass at 2101Z, and
> then the DN80/DN81 grid line on AO51 at 30/2335.
>
> After that, we'll be in Denver (DN70) and Cheyenne (DN71) with
> family for a few days before heading south through NM and into TX.
>
> 73 for now,
>
> Jim, ND9M / VQ9JC
> Wekeeney, KS / EM09
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 14
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:50:44 +0000 (UTC)
> From: w6zkh at comcast.net
> Subject: [amsat-bb] More great FO-29 passes
> To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> Message-ID:
>
> <1354380632.1292461264783844056.
> JavaMail.root at sz0155a.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net>
>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
>
> It sure is nice to have FO-29 back online, after being off for
> awhile. The 0415 utc 2/29 pass provided my first QSO with VE4AMU and
> this last pass of 1602 utc provided a contact with Larry, WA6DIR.
> This last pass was out over the Pacific. (I missed the 1416 utc
> pass; was still in bed). I hope it stays active, but do know it is
> in a test phase.
>
> John W6ZKH
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 15
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:39:54 -0800
> From: "Jim" <hartwell at hartwell.net>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] UX-14
> To: <AMSAT-BB at amsat.org>
> Message-ID: <000601caa10a$1226d480$36747d80$@net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Hi all
>
> I am looking for a ICOM UX-14 interface board.
>
>
>
> TNX
>
> Jim
>
> K7UDG
>
> Hartwell at hartwell.net
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
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