[amsat-bb] Re: Oscar-10

Thu Jul 28 05:40:10 PDT 2011

I remember using the "Oscarlocator" all the time in those days.
http://www.studiorite.com/oldindex/images/OscarLocator1sm.jpg

You could get the info from QST  or there was either a weekly or daily 
Oscasr bullitens put out by W1AW, in CW on all their HF  Freqs that they 
used.  I do not remember if the info was also sent in SSB or not.  I 
always copied the CW version.

Joe WB9SBD

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On 7/28/2011 1:48 AM, Dave Guimont wrote:
> Our first method of pass determination was with a home made
> plotter...I still have my original one, and think it is on my website:
>
> http://cid-1973adc8c1d3207c.skydrive.live.com/summary.aspx?sa=140581470
>
> Nothing but a circular plot of the world with a curved arc that
> represented the path of the satellite....then the time in minutes of
> the pass marked off to determine AZ/EL.  QST had a listing of pass
> times for the month, very simple, and as you remember we used to have
> 4,5,6 in a round table permitting about 20 second bites....We gabbed
> mostly about what we had just homebrewed, and continue the chat on
> the next pass, or maybe the NEXT DAY!!
>
> Chuck, I'll dig out my old logs and let you know...When I upgraded I
> kept my old callsign just for the recognition on the sats,a and ease
> of operation, as you remember it took about four hands!!
>
> At 05:35 PM 7/27/2011, you wrote:
>
>> I remember working Oscar 7 back about '81..'82. I homebrewed a stack
>> of 4, 11 element 2m yagis just for the purpose. I used a Kenwood
>> TR-9000 (I think) for the uplink and a Kenwood TS-520s for the
>> downlink. I don't even remember how we used to determine when the
>> passes were but I think it had something to do with info published
>> in QST. Soon after that, life interfered and I was inactive for many
>> years. The most sad thing is that I didn't save my old logbooks. So,
>> If by some odd chance, someone has a record of a contact with WD9JFY
>> on the old bird, please let me know. Hindsight is always 20-20. :-((
>>
>> Chuck, KM9U (EX WD9JFY)
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Guimont"<dguimon1 at san.rr.com>
>> To: "Thomas Doyle"<tomdoyle1948 at gmail.com>
>> Cc:<amsat-bb at amsat.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 16:44
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Oscar-10
>>
>>
>>> Hello Tom Doyle!
>>>
>>> We worked Oscar 8, mode J on 23mar82 at 1520Z...I've got #219
>>> entered in the remarks column, whatever that means, maybe Mode J
>>> club??? With a check in the qsl column so I assume we exchanged cards..
>>>
>>> So you can count San Diego county if that still works???
>>>
>>> Counties to me mean hunting boundaries..
>>>
>>> Lots of familiar calls....any other OT's still around??
>>>
>>> I have done the same thing with my logbooks over the past 31 years,
>>> with quite a few big gaps....FM seems to make sort of a buzzing in my
>>> fillings???
>>>
>>>
>>>> If you have not been on satellites for a really long time (>  20 years) you
>>>> may find this interesting. It explains why us old geezers say the old days
>>>> were amazing. If you were on decades ago it may bring back memories.
>>>>
>>>> I have been getting back into hamming after a long hiatus and have been
>>>> listening to the satellites for a month or two while working on a controller
>>>> project and decided it was time to try and make a contact. Thanks to K4MOA
>>>> and W5MPC, today I made my first sat contacts in a very long time. A little
>>>> later I almost made a cw contact (used my trusty old J-38 key) on another
>>>> sat but lost him. I told you this was interesting and really exciting.
>>>>
>>>> Thought I had better log the contacts and started looking for a logbook.
>>>> Found a old slightly yellowed logbook with Oscar-10 written on the cover. As
>>>> a group we hams (including me) are pretty cheap so I had saved this logbook
>>>> because there were empty pages still left in it. I entered my new contacts
>>>> on a fresh page (decided to splurge) and then looked back and found it was
>>>> my first sat contact since 1983. I know you are still waiting for the
>>>> exciting part.
>>>>
>>>> Here is a typical page from the log. I am in Wisconsin and believe it or not
>>>> I had pile ups of europeans wanting to work Wisconsin of all things. It was
>>>> a real thrill. Times change and I now have two grid squares - not sure what
>>>> they are for but I have two and feel the need for more. There are 29 empty
>>>> pages left in the logbook so I am good to go. Hope to work you.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.tomdoyle.org/satellite/Amsat-1983.jpg
>>>>
>>>> 73 tom... W9KE
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>>>
>>>            73, Dave, WB6LLO
>>>                dguimon1 at san.rr.com
>>>
>>>                    Disagree: I learn....
>>>
>>>               Pulling for P3E...
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>
>              73, Dave, WB6LLO
>                  dguimon1 at san.rr.com
>
>                      Disagree: I learn....
>
>                 Pulling for P3E...
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