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Today's Topics:
1. Re: FM radio suggestions? (Stefan Wagener)
2. Re: FM radio suggestions? (Scott)
3. Re: Gpredict on Raspberry Pi (Paul Overn)
4. Re: FM radio suggestions? (Ron VE8RT)
5. Re: XW-2A and Other Roads Less Travelled (Dennis Veselka)
6. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-02-02 13:00 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
7. Re: SatPC32 and Ham Radio Deluxe (Michael Carper, Ph.D.)
8. Re: FM radio suggestions? (Scott)
9. FUNcube Warehouse maintenance (David Johnson)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2019 09:41:16 -0600
From: Stefan Wagener <wageners@?????.???>
To: Ron VE8RT <ve8rt@?????.??>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM radio suggestions?
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Hi Ron,
Take a look at the AMSAT UK website: https://amsat-uk.org/
Their beginners section (menu bar) is also very useful.
Stay warm,
73, Stefan, VE4NSA
On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 9:34 AM Ron VE8RT <ve8rt@?????.??> wrote:
> Thanks Joanne,
>
> I'm on it!
>
> Fortunately I don't have antenna work to do, its warming up a little
> with dawn, last hour is was -42C with a wind chill of -53
> https://weather.gc.ca/city/pages/nt-24_metric_e.html
>
> Ron VE8RT
>
> On Sat, 2 Feb 2019 08:44:38 -0600
> "JoAnne K9JKM" <joanne.k9jkm@?????.???> wrote:
>
> > Hi Ron,
> >
> > > are there current (quite a few out of date ones have
> > > turned up) website for beginners?
> >
> > AMSAT's Station and Operating Hints page may be one source:
> > https://www.amsat.org/station-and-operating-hints/
> >
> > A broader list of resources (such as frequencies and operating modes)
> can be
> > found on the 'Satellite Info' pull-down menu at www.amsat.org
> >
> > --
> > 73 de JoAnne K9JKM
> > k9jkm@?????.???
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> Opinions expressed
> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
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>
>
> --
> Ron VE8RT <ve8rt@?????.??>
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2019 10:58:25 -0500
From: Scott <scott23192@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM radio suggestions?
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Hi Ron.
I'm sure the FT-8900R is a great radio (I certainly enjoy my FT-857d), but
for 2m/70cm FM, I can't say enough good things about my Kenwood TM-V71A.
It's done a very good job for me for FM on both bands, as well as for 1200
& 9600 baud data modes - both transmit & receive. Also, the last two times
that I've wanted to add a series of doppler-compensating memory channel
pairs (odd-offset), I've programmed it manually instead of breaking out the
PC program cable. Very easy to do.
I see that the FT-8900R adds 10m & 6m FM capability, but I'd hate to be
missing the USB mode on those bands, license permitting.
Just wanted to put in a good word for the TM-V71A.
-Scott, K4KDR
========================
On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 9:39 AM Ron VE8RT <ve8rt@?????.??> wrote:
> GM,
>
> I have a friend in an isolated community working on passing their
> Canadian Basic Amateur Radio Licence. If they pass with honours
> they'll have access to the HF bands, otherwise they're restricted to
> VHF and up. To start them off I was going to suggest getting on the FM
> satellites. I would also like to upgrade my satellite gear to include
> digital capability and thought I'd look into getting a second of the
> same radio, easier to mentor them at a distance if we're using the same
> gear.
>
> The model of interest is the FT-8900R and I'm open to suggestions.
>
> And I was thinking of ordering a printed copy of Getting Started on
> Amateur Satellites 2018 to be sent to them.
>
> For myself, I'd like to explore digital satellites, APRS and store
> and forward, are there current (quite a few out of date ones have
> turned up) website for beginners?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ron VE8RT DP22
>
> --
> Ron VE8RT <ve8rt@?????.??>
>
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2019 10:57:57 -0600
From: Paul Overn <povern@?????.???>
To: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@????.???>
Cc: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Gpredict on Raspberry Pi
Message-ID: <C4579B85-59A6-4C8D-92C2-B70608BA85F1@?????.???>
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Worked perfectly! Thanks
> Paul Overn | Director, MN Mailing Operations
> O: 320.616.5115 | M: 612.669.2032
> IWCO Direct | iwco.com
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> On Feb 1, 2019, at 1:55 PM, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@????.???> wrote:
>
> Paul,
>
> The Raspbian package is version 1.3 while the currently released
> version is 2.2. The version 2.2 .deb package built for Ubuntu 16.04
> armhf should install and run on Raspbian since those platforms share
> most library versions.
>
> You can download it at:
>
>
https://launchpad.net/~gpredict-team/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+files/gpredict_2.2.1
-ubuntu16.04~ppa2_armhf.deb
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 1, 2019 at 2:44 PM Paul Overn via AMSAT-BB
> <amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
>>
>> Playing around with gPredict on the R-pi.
>> Wondering how to add another location for TLE files?
>> The Rpi version does not have the "add TLE" option in the TLE screen. So
it looks like I'm stuck with only the one TLE location.
>> I'm specifically trying to add AO-85, but I'm sure there are others.
>>
>> Paul Overn
>> KE0PBR
>> Twitter: @??????
>> `?.??.???`?.. ><((((?>`?.??.???`?.?><((((?>`?.??.???`?.. ><((((?>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
Opinions expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2019 09:58:30 -0700
From: Ron VE8RT <ve8rt@?????.??>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM radio suggestions?
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Hi Scott,
will the Kenwood offerings have a data port, and will they do duplex
like the FT-8900R?
The price on the Yaesu looks
reasonable.
Ron
On Sat, 2 Feb 2019 10:58:25 -0500
Scott <scott23192@?????.???> wrote:
> Hi Ron.
>
> I'm sure the FT-8900R is a great radio (I certainly enjoy my FT-857d), but
> for 2m/70cm FM, I can't say enough good things about my Kenwood TM-V71A.
>
> It's done a very good job for me for FM on both bands, as well as for 1200
> & 9600 baud data modes - both transmit & receive. Also, the last two times
> that I've wanted to add a series of doppler-compensating memory channel
> pairs (odd-offset), I've programmed it manually instead of breaking out the
> PC program cable. Very easy to do.
>
> I see that the FT-8900R adds 10m & 6m FM capability, but I'd hate to be
> missing the USB mode on those bands, license permitting.
>
> Just wanted to put in a good word for the TM-V71A.
>
> -Scott, K4KDR
>
> ========================
>
> On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 9:39 AM Ron VE8RT <ve8rt@?????.??> wrote:
>
> > GM,
> >
> > I have a friend in an isolated community working on passing their
> > Canadian Basic Amateur Radio Licence. If they pass with honours
> > they'll have access to the HF bands, otherwise they're restricted to
> > VHF and up. To start them off I was going to suggest getting on the FM
> > satellites. I would also like to upgrade my satellite gear to include
> > digital capability and thought I'd look into getting a second of the
> > same radio, easier to mentor them at a distance if we're using the same
> > gear.
> >
> > The model of interest is the FT-8900R and I'm open to suggestions.
> >
> > And I was thinking of ordering a printed copy of Getting Started on
> > Amateur Satellites 2018 to be sent to them.
> >
> > For myself, I'd like to explore digital satellites, APRS and store
> > and forward, are there current (quite a few out of date ones have
> > turned up) website for beginners?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ron VE8RT DP22
> >
> > --
> > Ron VE8RT <ve8rt@?????.??>
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
--
Ron VE8RT <ve8rt@?????.??>
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2019 03:06:30 -0500
From: Dennis Veselka <dennisvipod@?????.???>
To: Ted Krempa <k7trkradio@???????.???>, Hasan al-Basri
<hbasri.schiers6@?????.???>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>, Les Rayburn <les@????????????.???>,
Work-Sat@???????????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] XW-2A and Other Roads Less Travelled
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Hasan,
I have played with SDR Console a bit but the one thing I would really would
like it to do I haven?t figured out how to get it to work.
That is, if I bring up a linear satellite the SDRconsole will set the
downlink SDR frequency and set the uplink freq on the external radio which
is fine if I just want to just stay there to work the satellite. However if
I see someone elsewhere in the waterfall and I click over to them the
downlink freq will change to that freq and I can hear that contact but the
uplink freq on the external radio is not shifted the corresponding amount to
equate to the new downlink freq. I can manually spin the dial on the
external radio to get there but that is a bit of a pain. Is there some
trick I am missing to keep the two frequencies locked together as you move
around searching for contacts?
73
Dennis
KI4KNC
> On Feb 1, 2019, at 6:51 PM, Ted Krempa <k7trkradio@???????.???> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Hasan...
>
> Any tips on set up for the Console software?
>
> 73, Ted
> K7TRK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@?????.???? On Behalf Of Hasan
al-Basri
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2019 2:30 PM
> To: Les Rayburn
> Cc: AMSAT-BB; Work-Sat@???????????.???
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] XW-2A and Other Roads Less Travelled
>
> KB7IJ and I are very active on XW-2A, 2B, 2C, as well as CAS-4A and CAS-4B.
> We operate SSB usually a bit below the "standard" center band pair because
> we experience some pretty strong WIFI/router interference in the "normal"
> area.
>
> What we have found is there are a LOT of people who don't listen anywhere
> but their favorite watering hole. The primary reason is they are using
> conventional radios on the downlink. This is a significant handicap. IN In
> fact, one might as well be operating while wearing a blind fold.
>
> Anyone who is serious about sat ops should invest in an SDR and use it to
> receive. You can see the entire passband all the time. I can't tell you how
> many times I'v e heard people say there is no one on the birds...when in
> fact, people are there calling CQ. Or, like me, reciting az and el,
> polarity and signal strength (which I am recording with the SDR software,
> btw).
>
> If you get an SDR and run the SDRC v3.0.x software, you will find full sat
> capability, including the ability to control an external radio for uplink.
> Automatic doppler, everything you could want, pass prediction, real time
> AZ/EL map display, etc.
>
> If you have never run an SDR for sat work with good software (which is
> free), you have no idea how unaware you are of what is happening on and
> around these birds.
>
> There is a LOT going on that is being missed by being chained to old
> technology.
>
> ...and I'm not denying that empty passes exist. They do. I have called CQ
> for entire passes. Once I notice the lack of activity. I turn on the audio
> recording (which is nothing but the press of a button in the software) and
> collect data on the effects of polarization, obstructions, vegetative
> losses, etc. It is quite easy, just recite the current conditions and and
> let the software do the work.
>
> Having operated with standard high quality radios back in the days of
> AO-6/7/8/10/13 and 40, I can simply state, there is NO comparison in
> operating capabilities and convenience between traditional radios for
> satellite downlinks vs. SDRs.
>
> Check them out, they are not expensive. You will never go back once you
> have used an SDR with decent software for your satellite downlink. Seeing
> IS believing!
>
> 73, N0AN
> Hasan
>
>
>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 10:35 PM Les Rayburn <les@????????????.???> wrote:
>>
>> I?m a bit of a nomad, and have always enjoyed taking the roads less
>> travelled. That applies to my hobby as well?those of us who work VHF are a
>> fairly rare bunch. Those who work satellites; not often spotted in the
>> wild.
>>
>> But apparently, rarer still are those who enjoy making contacts on
>> satellites that are not AO-91, A0-92, SO-50, and FO-29.
>>
>> Working from home today, so I got on nearly every satellite pass over the
>> United States. Alternated between calling CQ and searching for others to
>> work.
>>
>> The results of working eight different passes? Four contacts for the day.
>> Two on SO-50, one each on AO-91 and FO-29.
>>
>> Called CQ on XW-2A at dinner time. High elevation pass. Good strong
>> downlink the entire pass from horizon to horizon. Nada?
>>
>> It did net me an SWL report from Mark Gluch, KB3CI who heard me loud and
>> clean in EN82 near Detroit. He doesn?t have the transmit side working yet
>> for the linear birds, but will soon.
>>
>> Ditto on AO-7, a whole pass on FO-29 this morning, and at least three of
>> the XW birds.
>>
>> Last weekend, I listed to the L band activity on AO-91 and there was a ton
>> more activity there than I heard today. (I?m working on getting the 1296
>> Yagi up so I can join you folks.)
>>
>> We?ve got a sky full of great satellites that perform well. Let?s use
>> them.
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Les Rayburn, N1LF
>> 121 Mayfair Park
>> Maylene, AL 35114
>> EM63nf
>>
>> Member WTFDA, IRCA, NRC. Former CPC Chairman for NRC & IRCA.
>>
>> Elad FDM-S2 SDR, AirSpy SDR2, SDRPlay RSP-2 Pro, Sony XDR-F1HD [XDR Guy
>> Modified], Dennon TU-1500RD, Sangean HDT-1X, Ray Dees RDS Decoders, Korner
>> 9.2 Antenna, FM-6 Antenna, Kitz Technologies KT-501 Pre-amps, Quantum
>> Phaser, Wellbrook ALA1530 Loop, Wellbrook Flag, Clifton Labs Active Whip.
>>
>> ?Nothing but blues and Elvis, and somebody else?s favorite song??
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
>> expressed
>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
>> AMSAT-NA.
>> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
>> Subscription settings: http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>>
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
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>
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2019 13:09:23 +0000 (UTC)
From: <aj9n@???.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Cc: WD9GIU@????.???? letsgoracin9@?????.???? pmotl@???.????
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Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-02-02
13:00 UTC
Message-ID: <1704952533.1861221.1549112963323@????.?????.???>
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2019-02-02 13:00 UTC
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
?
Col?gio Campo de Flores, Almada, Portugal, direct via CS5SS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI
Contact is go for: Sat 2019-02-02 15:23:19 UTC 50 deg
?
Watch for livestream at:
https://www.campodeflores.com/2019/02/project-ariss-live/? (***)
?
Kantonsschule Musegg, Luzern, Switzerland, direct via HB9HSLU
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is David St-Jacques KG5FYI
Contact is go for: Mon 2019-02-04 15:20:21 UTC 44 deg
?
Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Oleg Konenenko
Contact is go for Tue 2019-02-05 08:25 UTC
?
?
2019-01-30 to 2019-02-02? Possible SSTV as part of Inter MAI but only for a
few orbits in range of Moscow.?
?
2019-02-08 to 2019-02-10? Possible ARISS requested SSTV.?
?
?
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
?
The ARISS-US program?s education proposal window open Oct. 1 - Nov. 30, 2018
has now closed.? The next window should go open in the spring of 2019.
The ARISS webpage is at http://www.ariss.org/??
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
?
?
?
?
ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)
?
Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East
interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board
the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from
September to October and from February to April.
Please refer to details and the application form at
www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email
to:? school.selection.manager@????????.???
?
ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and
Australia and Russia)
?
Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by
filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate
regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically
listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are
unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada
representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate
coordinator.
?
For the application, click here.
ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD
ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Keigo Komuro, JA1KAB, Japan
Amateur Radio League (JARL)
ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR)
?
******************************************************************************
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@?????.??? or aj9n@???.???.
?
Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8? MHz.
?
******************************************************************************
*
?
All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
?
******************************************************************************
*
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@?????????.???
****************************************************************************
ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:?
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 135
Francesco IK?WGF with 132
Gaston ON4WF with 123
Sergey RV3DR with 108
****************************************************************************
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?2019-02-02 13:00 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 1287.
Each school counts as 1?event.
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1230.
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.
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The?following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
South Dakota, Wyoming, American?Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and
the Virgin Islands.
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QSL?information may be found at:??
http://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html?
ISS callsigns:? DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS,?RS?ISS
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The successful school list has been updated as of 2019-01-23 23:30 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. 58 on orbit
Oleg Konenenko
David St-Jacques KG5FYI
Anne McClain
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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2019 12:06:33 -0600
From: "Michael Carper, Ph.D." <mike@??????.???>
To: Roy Dean <royldean@?????.???>
Cc: Suryono Adisoemarta via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 and Ham Radio Deluxe
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Here's a comparison of the AOS times for ISAT. (In HRD Sat Track, the
duration is shown below the chart.)
www.hamradiodeluxe.com/SatellitePassComparison.png
I don't see a problem with any of the pass comparisons I've made between
HRD SatTrack and the AMSAT data.
The real problem I'm looking at is related to rig control (specific to
uplink Doppler frequency calcs) at the moment.
It's worth pointing out that (a) I'm using an HRD build that was generated
yesterday and (b) some of you may be using an HRD build that was generated
in 2012... or at least quite some time ago.
Mike, WA9PIE
On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 7:01 AM Roy Dean <royldean@?????.???> wrote:
> Mike, I don't see any times listed for the Amsat tracking. I think the
> problem is people are saying that HRD "lags" (ie, the track is correct, but
> several seconds/minutes behind). Regardless of if that is true or not,
> what I would suggest to verify HRD's tracking is to open two windows, one
> with AO-91 or 92 in HRD (realtime, during an actual pass), and one with
> Amsat Argentina's website:
>
> http://amsat.org.ar/pass.htm
>
> Be sure to enter your correct grid square and select the correct satellite,
> and it will tell you current Az/El and doppler frequencies for Uplink and
> Downlink. I've found this site to be very reliable, and no installs are
> required (it runs in the browser).
>
> --Roy
> K3RLD
>
> ------------------------------
>
> > Regarding the control of two VFOs simultaneously... we're working on this
> > next. On another note, I've been comparing satellite passes between HRD
> > Satellite
> > Tracking and AMSAT's tracking and I am unable to find any differences.
> > Here's an example with AO-91:
> > http://www.hamradiodeluxe.com/AO-91-Pass-min.png
> >
> > Mike, WA9PIE
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2019 13:56:52 -0500
From: Scott <scott23192@?????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] FM radio suggestions?
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Yes, a 6-pin mini-DIN port for data and another 8-pin mini-DIN for the PC
programming connection.
The radio does indeed do full-duplex as long as you have 2m on one VFO and
70cm on the other VFO.
-Scott
================
On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 12:02 PM Ron VE8RT <ve8rt@?????.??> wrote:
> Hi Scott,
>
> will the Kenwood offerings have a data port, and will they do duplex
> like the FT-8900R?
>
> The price on the Yaesu looks
> reasonable.
>
> Ron
>
> On Sat, 2 Feb 2019 10:58:25 -0500
> Scott <scott23192@?????.???> wrote:
>
> > Hi Ron.
> >
> > I'm sure the FT-8900R is a great radio (I certainly enjoy my FT-857d),
> but
> > for 2m/70cm FM, I can't say enough good things about my Kenwood TM-V71A.
> >
> > It's done a very good job for me for FM on both bands, as well as for
> 1200
> > & 9600 baud data modes - both transmit & receive. Also, the last two
> times
> > that I've wanted to add a series of doppler-compensating memory channel
> > pairs (odd-offset), I've programmed it manually instead of breaking out
> the
> > PC program cable. Very easy to do.
> >
> > I see that the FT-8900R adds 10m & 6m FM capability, but I'd hate to be
> > missing the USB mode on those bands, license permitting.
> >
> > Just wanted to put in a good word for the TM-V71A.
> >
> > -Scott, K4KDR
> >
> > ========================
> >
> > On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 9:39 AM Ron VE8RT <ve8rt@?????.??> wrote:
> >
> > > GM,
> > >
> > > I have a friend in an isolated community working on passing their
> > > Canadian Basic Amateur Radio Licence. If they pass with honours
> > > they'll have access to the HF bands, otherwise they're restricted to
> > > VHF and up. To start them off I was going to suggest getting on the FM
> > > satellites. I would also like to upgrade my satellite gear to include
> > > digital capability and thought I'd look into getting a second of the
> > > same radio, easier to mentor them at a distance if we're using the same
> > > gear.
> > >
> > > The model of interest is the FT-8900R and I'm open to suggestions.
> > >
> > > And I was thinking of ordering a printed copy of Getting Started on
> > > Amateur Satellites 2018 to be sent to them.
> > >
> > > For myself, I'd like to explore digital satellites, APRS and store
> > > and forward, are there current (quite a few out of date ones have
> > > turned up) website for beginners?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Ron VE8RT DP22
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ron VE8RT <ve8rt@?????.??>
>
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Message: 9
Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2019 19:12:40 +0000
From: David Johnson <dave@?????.??.??>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] FUNcube Warehouse maintenance
Message-ID: <4EC3A21E-BA5F-4EF3-A09D-04BAA888170F@?????.??.??>
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Hi
I will be doing some changes to the warehouse this weekend to extend JY1Sat
support.
There will be short outages while these changes are uploaded.
73
Dave, G4DPZ
Sent from my iPhone
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