[amsat-bb] Fwd: Re: [UKMicrowaves] OSCAR-100

John Brier johnbrier at gmail.com
Tue Feb 12 23:52:20 UTC 2019


There were over 300 people on the Goonhilly WebSDR alone this
afternoon. This is a great time for AMSAT! I must say I am very
jealous though!

73, John Brier KG4AKV

On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 12:55 PM Jean Marc Momple
<jean.marc.momple at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Andrew,
>
> Thanks to have shared, was not aware of that communication. And to all who may have been somehow been embarrassed by my comments about the HAM discipline etc. Please accept my apologies for same.
>
> This side no luck, my setup was ready over a year ago and tested many times, today trying to Tx (after your mail) I have a high SWR and cannot access the bird, will have to wait Saturday to figure it out and hopefully make my 1st QSO through the bird.
>
> 73
>
>
> Jean Marc (3B8DU)
>
> > On Feb 12, 2019, at 9:19 PM, Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner at mindspring.com> wrote:
> >
> > AMSAT-DL opened it this morning.
> >
> > https://amsat-dl.org/qo-100-nb-transponder-experimental-operation
> >
> > 73, Drew KO4MA
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Jean Marc Momple
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 12:00 PM
> > To: n1jez at burlingtontelecom.net
> > Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> > Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Re: [UKMicrowaves] OSCAR-100
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > Heard many stations in QSO today really strong (loud and clear), seems that
> > the bird will be very popular in these low solar times. Also it seems that
> > strong signal with 5-10 watts in 70 cm dish for uplink is confirmed from
> > many, therefore the forecast in terms of power budget seems confirmed so
> > far.
> >
> > Myself refraining to Tx per AMSAT-DL recommendation (just a question of
> > discipline) but will surely do so by Friday.
> >
> > 73
> >
> >
> >
> > Jean Marc (3B8DU)
> >
> >> On Feb 12, 2019, at 8:44 PM, Mike Seguin <n1jez at burlingtontelecom.net>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Just heard G3WDG and DB6NT in QSO via the Goonhilly SDR.
> >>
> >> https://eshail.batc.org.uk/nb/
> >>
> >> On 2/12/2019 10:37 AM, Simon Brown wrote:
> >>> Quite a few stations on the narrow band (voice) transponder right now.
> > It's open for experimental use.
> >>> https://amsat-dl.org/
> >>> Simon Brown, G4ELI
> >>> www.sdr-radio.com
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org> On Behalf Of Graham
> >>> Shirville
> >>> Sent: 11 February 2019 10:56
> >>> To: AMSAT <amsat-bb at amsat.org>
> >>> Subject: [amsat-bb] Fwd: Re: [UKMicrowaves] OSCAR-100 A relay from
> >>> the UK Microwave group with a request from the Chairman of BATC which is
> > fully supported by AMSAT-UK of course. Please be patient.
> >>> 73
> >>> Graham
> >>> G3VZV
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> >> --
> >>
> >> 73,
> >> Mike, N1JEZ
> >> "A closed mouth gathers no feet"
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