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Today's Topics:
1. Falconsat-3 Whole Orbit Data (Roland Zurmely)
2. Kenwood TS-2000X RX @xxxx Baud (Vincenzo Mone)
3. Re: WIMO X-Quads (Burt FG8OJ)
4. Re: WIMO X-Quads (Scott)
5. ISS APRS (skristof@xxxxxxx.xxxx
6. Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 12, Issue 350 (n7drb@xxxxxx.xxxx
7. National Academies of Science on WRC-2019 (Arthur Feller, W4ART)
8. Update: Falconsat-3 Wisp Error NO -5 (Tony)
9. Falconsat-3 and Direwolf (Bob Mattaliano)
10. Re: Update: Falconsat-3 Wisp Error NO -5 (Andrew Glasbrenner)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 13:04:44 +0000 (UTC)
From: Roland Zurmely <py4zbz@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Falconsat-3 Whole Orbit Data
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WOD from 26 dec 2017
<http://www.qsl.net/py4zbz/falconsat.htm#g>
73 de Roland PY4ZBZ
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:27:47 +0100
From: "Vincenzo Mone" <vimone@xxxxx.xx>
To: "Amsat - BBs" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Kenwood TS-2000X RX @xxxx Baud
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Hello,
I was a bit out of the world of radio due to the renovation of the house.
In the meantime I took advantage of replacing my old Kenwood TS-790E with a
new Kenwood TS-2000X.
In the old TS-790, I had the Symek IFD card for receiving 38k4 baud
satellites.
I wanted to know if there are still satellites that still transmit at that
speed and if it is worth inserting the TS-2000X card.
Thank you
73's de Enzo IK8OZV
EasyLog 5 BetaTester
EasyLog PDA BetaTester
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D.C.I. CheckPoint Regione Campania
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 05:56:08 -0800
From: Burt FG8OJ <info@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx Dave Tipton <dave@xxxxx.xx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] WIMO X-Quads
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Hello Dave,
Welcome back in game ! I am using this Wimo since august here in Guadeloupe.
This 2 antennas working great on LEO satellites !
73, Burt FG8OJ
Le 27 d?cembre 2017 ? 08:52:32, Dave Tipton (dave@xxxxx.xxx a ?crit:
Good Morning folks, After an extended hiatus, (Like 15 years) I'm back.
Looking at getting the shack set back up for the birds, and was wondering
if
anyone here was using the WIMO X-Quad antennas. They look pretty
impressive for their size, and I was thinking about putting a pair of them
on a split Yaesu 5500 over top of my TA-33 on the tower.
Just wondering what you guys thought of them.
Thanks,
Dave
Dave Tipton, W5DMT (Formerly N8KXA)
(615) 689-0685
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 09:32:57 -0500
From: Scott <scott23192@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] WIMO X-Quads
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Hi Dave!
I have both the 2m & 70cm X-Quads wired RHCP with the factory harness on a
fixed EL rotator and am extremely pleased with them.
My main interest is RX (cubesat telemetry, weather sats, etc.), so one
aspect of the X-Quads that I particularly like is that the area of gain is
quite wide. You don't have to be pointing so precisely at an object to
benefit from these antennas.
I also have an SP-70 LNA on the 70cm antenna and that is a huge help as
well.
73!
-Scott, K4KDR
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On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 5:28 AM, Dave Tipton <dave@xxxxx.xx> wrote:
> Good Morning folks, After an extended hiatus, (Like 15 years) I'm back.
> Looking at getting the shack set back up for the birds, and was wondering
> if
> anyone here was using the WIMO X-Quad antennas. They look pretty
> impressive for their size, and I was thinking about putting a pair of them
> on a split Yaesu 5500 over top of my TA-33 on the tower.
>
> Just wondering what you guys thought of them.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
> Dave Tipton, W5DMT (Formerly N8KXA)
>
> (615) 689-0685
>
> <mailto:dave@xxxxx.xxx> dave@xxxxx.xxx
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 12:54:28 -0500
From: skristof@xxxxxxx.xxx
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] ISS APRS
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No APRS through ISS for 21 days. Anybody have any hints as to when it
will be back up and running?
Steve AI9IN
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 06:58:14 -0700
From: "n7drb@xxxxxx.xxxx <n7drb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 12, Issue 350
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I'm writing to you to let you know Jim O'Leary N7DRB
passed away October 3rd 2017.
Please let everyone know that might have known Jim.
I will be monitoring his email address for the next
month or so until his sister has his account terminated.
Best Regards, Barry Thompson N6CID
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Today's Topics:
1. [Video] UNCUT AO-91 demo (impromptu Christmas
Eve demo)
(John Brier)
2. Re: polarisation switch (Bob- W7LRD)
3. Re: [Video] UNCUT AO-91 demo (impromptu
Christmas Eve demo)
(Michael Styne)
4. Re: polarisation switch (JoAnne K9JKM)
5. Re: polarisation switch (JoAnne K9JKM)
6. polarisation switch (Roland Zurmely)
7. Re: [Video] UNCUT AO-91 demo (impromptu
Christmas Eve demo)
(John Brier)
8. Re: polarisation switch (JoAnne K9JKM)
9. Re: Has anyone made a satellite QSO with an
orbiting ISS
astronaut? (Andy)
10. Falconsat-3 Wisp Error NO -5 (Tony)
11. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of
2017-12-27 01:00 UTC
(AJ9N@xxx.xxxx
12. 3 Element Yagi Design (Wendy and Terry Osborne)
13. WIMO X-Quads (Dave Tipton)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2017 11:18:12 -0500
https://youtu.be/w7Ukh_nT2Tg
This is an uncut and lightly edited video I made
mostly so Blair (the ham
who saw and joined me at the 8 minute mark) could see
it. I normally only
upload highly edited videos (24, 32 or more hours of
editing). Even though
it doesn't meet my normal standards I figured others
besides Blair might
still be interested.
2017-12-24 1753 UTC
03:05 Bird comes in strong
04:58 YV6CR FJ78 Contacted? he said WP3KG
07:42 KG3GDS FN00 CONTACTED
08:00 Blair arrives - demo begins
09:02 KE4AL EM761 CONTACTED
09:16 WO3T FN00 CONTACTED
09:29 K3RRR CONTACTED
10:22 ???MTS FN32 Contacted? What was prefix?
13:00 KC3GFZ FN00 CONTACTED
13:13 WN9Q EN64 CONTACTED
This is from the Christmas Eve AO-91 pass at 1753 UTC
(2017-12-24). I was
just having a little fun for myself before I left
Raleigh for Wilmington to
be with my parents for Christmas. About halfway
through the pass, Blair,
another ham, saw me from his car in this shopping lot
and came over, so I
did I did a little demo for him.
I was lucky because I recently made a cable for my
Kenwood TM-V71 to pull
the audio off the DATA pin. This cable allowed me to
get audio into my
recorder and play audio from the radio's speaker
simultaneously. Normally I
plug a cable into the speaker out port but that
disables the internal
speaker.
I made the cable originally so I could decode the
Data Under Voice (DUV)
telemetry from AO-91 during commissioning, which
helps the engineers
determine if the bird is okay. You need the
unfiltered audio because the
data is all below 200 hz, which is normally filtered
from speaker out.
Unfortunately, even using the supposedly unfiltered
audio from the DATA pin
I still couldn't get the FoxTelem software to decode
anything. But without
this cable if I wanted someone else to hear the audio
I would have to hook
up a splitter in front of the recorder and run a
second cable to an
external speaker. I couldn't have done that in time
for Blair to hear, or
it would have been a lot of effort for not a lot of
gain because the pass
might have been over before I got it all hooked up.
I also have another proper AO-91 video I'm making. It
is from the second
daytime pass right after it was commissioned about a
month ago (on the US
Thanksgiving holiday).
To those that celebrate it, Merry Christmas! Happy
Holidays to everyone
else!
73, John Brier KG4AKV
P.S. I think my phone's tracking app was set for a
location I was at the
previous day about 40 minutes from where I live, so
it was off slightly as
far as timing and max elevation. The pass was
actually about 72 degrees max
elevation, not 67 or whatever I told Blair, and when
I thought the bird was
at 2 degrees during the last contact, it was
actually about 4 or 5 degrees
elevation.
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2017 09:24:48 -0800 (PST)
I think it was in the AMSAT Journal several years
back..Do a archive search
73 Bob W7LRD
> On December 24, 2017 at 8:01 PM Mike Thompson
<zryder94@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
>
> This might not be exactly what you are looking for,
but might be a good
> place to start.
>
> http://www.sm5bsz.com/polarity/simplesw.htm
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 5:55 AM,
<jerry.tuyls@xxxxxxx.xx> wrote:
>
> > Hello all
> >
> > Does someone has the article from late I8CVS,
switching 4 polarisations on
> > a 70cm crossed yagi?
> > In pdf if possible for a friend of mine, i used
to have it but can't find
> > it anymore on my pc.
> >
> > Best 73's
> >
> > Jerry,ON4CJQ
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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2017 12:01:49 -0500
It was me! Looks like I was stomped on a little.
Should have said my call again.
Thanks for posting this recording & happy holidays.
Michael Styne K2MTS
mstyne@xxxxx.xxx
> On Dec 25, 2017, at 11:18, John Brier
<johnbrier@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> 10:22 ???MTS FN32 Contacted? What was prefix?
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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2017 12:01:48 -0600
I added parts 1 and 2 of Domenico's I8CVS article
from the 2007 AMSAT
Journal archive to the files section of the AMSAT
North America group on
Facebook. The files are too big to upload to
amsat.org without
administrator intervention.
--
73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm@xxxxx.xxx
On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 8:13 AM, JamesDuffey
<jamesduffey@xxxxxxx.xxx>
wrote:
> Can you share it with the rest of Us? - Duffey KK6MC
>
>
> James Duffey KK6MC
> Cedar Crest NM
>
> > On Dec 25, 2017, at 02:04, jerry.tuyls@xxxxxxx.xx
wrote:
> >
> > Tnx all for the replies, the article has arrived.
> >
> > 73's
> >
> > Jerry,ON4CJQ
> >
> > ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
> > Van: "jerry tuyls" <jerry.tuyls@xxxxxxx.xx>
> > Aan: "amsat-bb" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> > Verzonden: Zondag 24 december 2017 12:55:33
> > Onderwerp: [amsat-bb] polarisation switch
> >
> > Hello all
> >
> > Does someone has the article from late I8CVS,
switching 4 polarisations
> on a 70cm crossed yagi?
> > In pdf if possible for a friend of mine, i used
to have it but can't
> find it anymore on my pc.
> >
> > Best 73's
> >
> > Jerry,ON4CJQ
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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2017 12:13:56 -0600
Part 1 was in the March/April 2007 issue; Part 2 was
in the May/June 2007
issue of the AMSAT Journal.
--
73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm@xxxxx.xxx
On Mon, Dec 25, 2017 at 11:24 AM, Bob- W7LRD
<w7lrd@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> I think it was in the AMSAT Journal several years
back..Do a archive search
> 73 Bob W7LRD
> > On December 24, 2017 at 8:01 PM Mike Thompson
<zryder94@xxxxx.xxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > This might not be exactly what you are looking
for, but might be a good
> > place to start.
> >
> > http://www.sm5bsz.com/polarity/simplesw.htm
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 5:55 AM,
<jerry.tuyls@xxxxxxx.xx> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello all
> > >
> > > Does someone has the article from late I8CVS,
switching 4
> polarisations on
> > > a 70cm crossed yagi?
> > > In pdf if possible for a friend of mine, i used
to have it but can't
> find
> > > it anymore on my pc.
> > >
> > > Best 73's
> > >
> > > Jerry,ON4CJQ
> > > _______________________________________________
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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2017 20:31:04 +0000 (UTC)
< http://www.qsl.net/py1ll/amtccy.pdf>
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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2017 22:33:38 -0500
Haha! I thought I might find you if I posted this. I
would have asked for
your prefix on the pass but I figured it would be on
the recording earlier
in the pass. Didn't search hard for you in it but I
didn't hear you.
73, John Brier KG4AKV
On Dec 25, 2017 12:02 PM, "Michael Styne"
<mstyne@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> It was me! Looks like I was stomped on a little.
Should have said my call
> again.
>
> Thanks for posting this recording & happy holidays.
>
> Michael Styne K2MTS
> mstyne@xxxxx.xxx
>
> > On Dec 25, 2017, at 11:18, John Brier
<johnbrier@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> >
> > 10:22 ???MTS FN32 Contacted? What was prefix?
>
>
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 12:02:17 -0600
Domenico's article has been added to the AMSAT
Station and Operating Hints
page:
https://www.amsat.org/station-and-operating-hints/
It is placed down on the page with the antenna
articles. Look for "Domenico,
I8CVS (SK) published a two-part article in the AMSAT
Journal about his
design for switching polarization on circularly
polarized antennas. The PDF
files are available for download as Part1 (2MB) and
Part2 (4MB)"
--
73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm@xxxxx.xxx
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 14:48:28 -0600
During the SAREX days we coordinated a QSO between
the Shuttle and MIR on 2
meters. It was a bit involved due to Doppler and
choosing a window on the
Shuttle for the antenna, but it did work. Operating
via a VHF/UHF FM Hamsat
would be more involved, but could certainly work with
the external antenna
on ISS and a satellite like AO-91. Complete frequency
calculations would be
needed for the ISS astronaut.
Andy W5ACM
-----Original Message-----
STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
astronaut?
Douglas,
No, this hasn't happened - but not from a lack of trying.
In 2006, at the very end of Bill McArthur's ISS tour,
there was an effort to
see if Bill could make a QSO via AO-51. Bill had
already completed WAS, WAC,
and DXCC working hams around the world, and this was
considered the last big
thing he could do from the ISS radio. Time was tight,
and probably the
biggest reason why this didn't work. Instructions
were sent up to the ISS,
and stations were recruited on the ground in
locations compatible with both
available AO-51 passes and Bill's available time.
Bill was heard through
AO-51, but no QSOs were made.
I am not aware if there have been other attempts
since 2006 for an ISS
crewmember to work an amateur satellite from the ISS.
Maybe if Doug Wheelock
can get another ISS tour, this could be tried again.
IIRC crewmembers that used the ISS cross-band
repeater to work stations on
the ground are not using a different radio to work
through the ISS repeater.
Since the cross-band repeater was a function of the
Kenwood dual-band mobile
transceivers, the crews would use the microphone and
speaker on that radio
to work stations. Really no different than if the
cross-band repeater
function on those radios is turned off, or if the
crews used the GE/Ericsson
HTs to work stations.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx or http://twitter.com/WD9EWK
On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Douglas Quagliana
<dquagliana@xxxxx.xxx>
wrote:
> Has anyone ever had a successful two-way QSO with
an orbiting ISS
> astronaut through an amateur radio satellite
transponder?
>
> Regards,
> Douglas KA2UPW/5
>
>
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 19:59:27 -0500
All:
Wisp is showing the following error when accessing
Falconsat-3:
"Directory request error NO -5 K2MO"
I searched the archives and it seems this error takes
place if the
parameter "Test for SMACK TNC"? is checked which is
not the case here.
Any suggestions?
Tony -K2MO
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 20:20:46 -0500
Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2017-12-27
01:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
Higher National School of Computer Science and
Systems Analysis (ENSIAS),
Rabat, Morocco, telebridge via VK5ZAI (***)
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be NA1SS
(***)
The scheduled astronaut is Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP (***)
Contact is a go for: Wed 2018-01-03 13:52:42 UTC 33
deg (***)
****************************************************************************
**
ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for
the above contacts.
ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their
assistance. Feel free to send
your reports to aj9n@xxxxx.xxx or aj9n@xxx.xxx.
Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8? MHz.
****************************************************************************
***
All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio
unless otherwise noted.
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***
Several of you have sent me emails asking about the
RAC ARISS website and
not being able to get in. That has now been changed
to
http://www.ariss.org/
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites
from this site.
****************************************************************************
Looking for something new to do? How about
receiving DATV from the ISS?
If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website
for complete
details. Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.
http://www.ariss-eu.org/
If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry
N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight. Contact Kerry at
kbanke@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have
now mentored over 100
schools:
Francesco IK?WGF with 132
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 127
Gaston ON4WF with 123
Sergey RV3DR with 100
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The webpages listed below were all reviewed for
accuracy. Out of date
webpages were removed and new ones have been added.
If there are
additional
ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know.
Note, all times are approximate. It is recommended
that you do your own
orbital prediction or start listening about 10
minutes before the listed
time.
All dates and times listed follow International
Standard ISO 8601 date and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
The complete schedule page has been updated as of
2017-12-27 01:00 UTC.
(***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled school
contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and
Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed
live.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is
1200.
Each school counts as 1 event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is
1149.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the
same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts
is 47.
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts
may be found in the
file.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
Please feel free to contact me if more detailed
statistics are needed.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The following US states and entities have never had
an ARISS contact:
Arkansas, Delaware, South Dakota, Wyoming, American
Samoa, Guam, Northern
Marianas Islands, and the Virgin Islands.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
QSL information may be found at:
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS
****************************************************************************
The successful school list has been updated as of
2017-12-27 01:00 UTC.
(***)
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband
repeater modes showing
Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction
.rtf
Listing of ARISS related magazine articles as of
2006-07-10 03:30 UTC.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ARISS_magazine_articles.rtf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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Exp. 53 on orbit
Mark Vande Hei KG5GNP
Alexander Misurkin
Joe Acaba KE5DAR
Exp. 54 on orbit
Scott Tingle KG5NZA
Norishige Kanai
Alexander Skvortsov
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73,
Charlie Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 16:56:08 +1300
Hi Folks,
I have recently built up a 3 Element 2M yagi antenna
from a some old TV antenna parts in my junk box.
It seems to work well on AO-91.
If anyone is interested, the details are here:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4f4m07pzhy8lyvi/AAAv3yVEIK45ClC0RHCt3s3Ea?dl=0
Happy holidays and 73,
Terry Osborne ZL2BAC
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Message: 13
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 04:28:46 -0600
Good Morning folks, After an extended hiatus, (Like
15 years) I'm back.
Looking at getting the shack set back up for the
birds, and was wondering if
anyone here was using the WIMO X-Quad antennas.
They look pretty
impressive for their size, and I was thinking about
putting a pair of them
on a split Yaesu 5500 over top of my TA-33 on the tower.
Just wondering what you guys thought of them.
Thanks,
Dave
Dave Tipton, W5DMT (Formerly N8KXA)
(615) 689-0685
< mailto:dave@xxxxx.xxx> dave@xxxxx.xxx
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 12:28:16 -0500
From: "Arthur Feller, W4ART" <afeller@xxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] National Academies of Science on WRC-2019
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73, art?..
W4ART Arlington VA
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funny bone.
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:38:59 -0500
From: Tony <dxdx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Update: Falconsat-3 Wisp Error NO -5
Message-ID: <6f3ac238-badd-2781-10f8-755c1695fd5f@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
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All:
Still getting the Wisp error message: "Directory request error NO -5"
after uninstalling the program. There must be traces of Wisp left in the
registry so the next step is to do a thorough deletion.
The only reference to this error in the amsat-bb archives points to the
"Test for SMACK" setting which is unchecked. Apparently, the nature of
the error has something to do with directory requests so I'm wondering
if there's a way to solve the problem via Wisp housekeeping?
Any suggestions before I go through a tedious deletion process?
Tony -K2MO
> All:
>
> Wisp is showing the following error when accessing Falconsat-3:
> "Directory request error NO -5 K2MO"
>
> I searched the archives and it seems this error takes place if the
parameter "Test for SMACK TNC" is checked which is not the case here.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Tony -K2MO
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:33:28 -0500
From: Bob Mattaliano <n6rfm1@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Falconsat-3 and Direwolf
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Happy Post-Christmas and Pre-New Year Everyone!
Is anyone using Direwolf together with WISP in full duplex mode?? If so,
any special settings?
TKS es 73,
Bob
N6RFM
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 14:43:06 -0500
From: "Andrew Glasbrenner" <glasbrenner@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "'Tony'" <dxdx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Update: Falconsat-3 Wisp Error NO -5
Message-ID: <170901d37f4a$eaf182c0$c0d48840$@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Edson sent this to the list back on 10/20:
"Thank you to everyone that has contacted me privately.
Last night I installed Windows 7 32-bits and WISP on a virtual machine and
to my surprise, the problem I have been having persisted. After a lot of
hair pulling (not much left anyway) and investigation, I found that the
culprit was neither Windows nor WISP. It was the serial to TCP bridge HW VSP
software. If the NVT option of HW VSP is enabled, it inserts some control
data in the data stream when it finds some pattern on the input data stream.
In the case of a dir fill, it was introducing three 0xFF bytes right in
middle of the KISS frame. This was being sent over AX.25 to
Falconsat-3 and was the cause of the "NO -5" error.
I've tested requesting a dir fill during the last pass here and Falconsat-3
replied with a nice "OK PY2SDR"! Now let's grab some headers and try to
upload a small file.
73, Edson PY2SDR"
Hope this helps.
73, Drew KO4MA
-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Tony
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2017 2:39 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Update: Falconsat-3 Wisp Error NO -5
All:
Still getting the Wisp error message: "Directory request error NO -5"
after uninstalling the program. There must be traces of Wisp left in the
registry so the next step is to do a thorough deletion.
The only reference to this error in the amsat-bb archives points to the
"Test for SMACK" setting which is unchecked. Apparently, the nature of the
error has something to do with directory requests so I'm wondering if
there's a way to solve the problem via Wisp housekeeping?
Any suggestions before I go through a tedious deletion process?
Tony -K2MO
> All:
>
> Wisp is showing the following error when accessing Falconsat-3:
> "Directory request error NO -5 K2MO"
>
> I searched the archives and it seems this error takes place if the
parameter "Test for SMACK TNC" is checked which is not the case here.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Tony -K2MO
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