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Today's Topics:
1. AMSAT FieldOps Team SO-50 Operating Guide is Available
(Clint Bradford)
2. AO73 Telemetry Reception (Clint Bradford)
3. Re: AO73 Telemetry Reception (Steve Kristoff)
4. Re: AO73 Telemetry Reception (Eric Knaps , ON4HF)
5. Getting Ready for FOX-1A (Clint Bradford)
6. Re: AO-73 telemetry reception (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
7. Re: AO-73 telemetry reception (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
8. For Sale - Yaesu FT-847 w/accessories & Smartuner - SGC-230
(K5AXW)
9. Tucson (Arizona) hamfest on 28 March - report
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
10. WD9EWK's road trip to DM51/DM52 & DM52/DM53 - report
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
11. AMSAT's "new" FM satellite flyer
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
12. Getting Ready for Fox-1A - Correction (Clint Bradford)
13. AMSAT's "new" FM satellite flyer (Clint Bradford)
14. Simple setup for SO50 (PY5LF)
15. M2 leo pack antenna (Bruce)
16. Re: AMSAT's "new" FM satellite flyer
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 21:21:09 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT FieldOps Team SO-50 Operating Guide is
Available
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I hope AMSAT-NA doesn't wait 12 years after launch of FOX-1A, too, to
highlight how to work it ... I started getting folks excited about it several
months ago ...
Sorry ... Guess we should all be pleased that updates to the site are
occurring!
Clint Bradford
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2015 23:23:07 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx org" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO73 Telemetry Reception
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Since you are successful with other birds, it may be the times you are
working '73 are when it is in its 30mW mode. And even a modest beam points
its way will out-perform the vertical. Heck, we heard it on its 30mW mode at
the Palm Springs HamFest a couple Saturdays ago with just a tape measure beam.
Clint
http://www.work-sat.com
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 07:34:35 -0400
From: Steve Kristoff <skristof@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "Clint Bradford" <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>, "amsat-bb@xxxxx org"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO73 Telemetry Reception
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Thank you, Clint. I thought that might be the case. I will see if I can get
a portable operation together and use my Arrow antenna out in the backyard
and see how that goes.
Any further suggestions are still very welcome!
Steve Kristoff AI9IN
EM79ji
Oldenburg IN
skristof@xxxxxxx.xxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clint Bradford" <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx org" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 2:23 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO73 Telemetry Reception
> Since you are successful with other birds, it may be the times you are
> working '73 are when it is in its 30mW mode. And even a modest beam points
> its way will out-perform the vertical. Heck, we heard it on its 30mW mode
> at the Palm Springs HamFest a couple Saturdays ago with just a tape
> measure beam.
>
> Clint
> http://www.work-sat.com
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 13:45:01 +0200
From: "Eric Knaps , ON4HF" <on4hf@xxxxxxx.xx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx org" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO73 Telemetry Reception
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Good luck Steve.
Here receiving with a 12 element cross yagi and signals are a lot weaker
when AO-73 is transmitting 30mW.
Eric.
Amateur radio station ON4HF
Satellite manager UBA
Member Amsat-UK
Member Amsat-ON
Eric Knaps
http://www.on4hf.be
Steve Kristoff schreef op 29/03/2015 om 13:34:
> Thank you, Clint. I thought that might be the case. I will see if I
> can get a portable operation together and use my Arrow antenna out in
> the backyard and see how that goes.
> Any further suggestions are still very welcome!
> Steve Kristoff AI9IN
> EM79ji
> Oldenburg IN
> skristof@xxxxxxx.xxx
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clint Bradford"
> <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
> To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx org" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2015 2:23 AM
> Subject: [amsat-bb] AO73 Telemetry Reception
>
>
>> Since you are successful with other birds, it may be the times you
>> are working '73 are when it is in its 30mW mode. And even a modest
>> beam points its way will out-perform the vertical. Heck, we heard it
>> on its 30mW mode at the Palm Springs HamFest a couple Saturdays ago
>> with just a tape measure beam.
>>
>> Clint
>> http://www.work-sat.com
>> _______________________________________________
>> Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. 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://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 AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 12:45:13 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Getting Ready for FOX-1A
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August is only getting closer ... (grin). AMSAT-NA hopes to launch FOX-1A on
August 25, 2015.
Here are the frequencies to program into your handheld - it is the "reverse"
of
what we are used to with, say, SO-50: The downlink will be on 2M, and the
uplink on 440. This is great for portable ops - we should achieve about a 6db
INCREASE in downlink signal strength!
Two docs have the freqs for you to program into your HTs -
http://work-sat.com/Home.html
--- the Tutorial has SO-50 and FOX-1A freqs for you.
http://work-sat.com/FUNDRAISING.html
--- here's just the freq list, and AMSAT-NA's article on "How to Work" FOX-1A.
My demo radios are already programmed ... (grin)
Clint Bradford K6LCS
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Message: 6
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 19:50:22 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-73 telemetry reception
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Steve,
Thanks for the SO-50 contact last night. Nice to finally work you! I read
this e-mail last night when I was still on the road, but wanted to wait until
I was back home - and awake - to scribble a response.
There is a difference between hearing the AO-73 telemetry and actually
copying data from it, especially when it is in the low-power (30mW) mode.
As ON4HF mentioned earlier, it can be tough. With AMSAT-UK trying to
keep the transponder active throughout the weekends, the times you
would be able to hear the high-power (300mW) telemetry would be
weekday mornings. If you're not able to be at home, maybe you could
set up your station to do that automatically.
With the high-power mode, I can regularly copy 60 to 80 packets when
using my Elk log periodic and FUNcube Dongle Pro+ in my back yard.
Using AMSAT-UK's VHF crossed dipole instead of the Elk, that number
easily goes to 100 or more on all but the most shallow of passes. At low
power, no matter which antenna I use, I have never copied more than 10
packets on any pass - even when I can clearly hear the signal. ON4HF
mentioned his antenna, which is a bit larger than my Elk, and the lower
signal strength he observes.
When the beacon is in low-power mode, I think a directional antenna is
a must. A 5/8-wave ground plane is not optimized for satellite work. Even
a simple 1/4-wave ground plane might work better than the 5/8-wave, but
the 30mW beacon would still be tough to get enough to decode. A preamp
may also help, along with higher-quality coax. If you have a chance, try
copying the telemetry on a weekday morning when it is on at higher power,
to see the difference.
The ISS is not necessarily a good example to judge how your station copies
signals from space. Its transmitters usually operate at anywhere between 5
and 25 watts, compared to lower power levels used by AO-73's beacon, or
satellites like SO-50 (250mW). With the higher power level, the ISS can be
heard on omnidirectional antennas that would probably be
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Steve Kristoff <skristof@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> I would like to receive the telemetry from AO-73. I have the FUN-Cube
Dashboard running. I can hear the telemetry signal on my Yaesu FT290RII set
on USB and run through a Signalink USB to my computer. The antenna is a 5/8
wave ground plane on top of my 2 story house.
> I can get ground based APRS. I can receive ISS APRS and packet.
Occasionally I can even hit AO-07 in mode A.
> I have received the AO-73 telemetry once, but nothing since.
> Do I need to use a directional antenna? Maybe it's because I'm only home
at night and weekends and the telemetry is at 30 mW during those times?
Would a pre-amp help?
> All helpful thoughts and ideas are very welcome!
>
> Steve Kristoff AI9IN
> EM79ji
> Oldenburg IN
> skristof@xxxxxxx.xxx
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Message: 7
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 20:06:39 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-73 telemetry reception
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Steve,
To finish up on my thought:
"With the higher power level, the ISS can be heard on omnidirectional
antennas that would probably be"
The ISS can be heard on omnidirectional antennas that would probably
be difficult or impossible to do with other satellites. The high-gain
verticals sometimes hear the satellites near the horizon, which would
fall within the radiation pattern of those antennas.
73!
Patrick
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 17:28:58 -0500
From: "K5AXW" <k5axw@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] For Sale - Yaesu FT-847 w/accessories & Smartuner
- SGC-230
Message-ID: <002a01d06a6f$c04fe540$40efafc0$@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
For Sale - Very nice Yaesu FT-847 all band/mode TX/RX tracking transceiver.
Radio comes with original box, manual, DC power cord and hand mic.
Installed are the INRAD 2.1 KHz SSB, Collins 2.5 KHz and 500 Hz CW
mechanical filters, ready for full duplex cross-band operation.
Mobile mounting bracket MB-66 included.
The TX is opened up to cover 60 meters and MARS frequencies.
Power switch replaced and upgraded.
Also included is the MD-100 desk mic, home brew data adapter for
PSK/RTTY/data use and a serial CAT cable for radio control & satellite
Doppler tracking.
$1150 shipped Continental U.S.
Separately for an all-in-one type station, a companion SGC Model SGC-230
"Smartuner" with original box, manual, extra control cable and a type 43
toroid core for $375 but will sell both the FT-847 & SG-230 for $1450
shipped Continental U.S.
All of my contact info is on QRZ. Please respond off the list. Thanks.
73, Bill
K5AXW
Austin, TX
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Message: 9
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 03:06:38 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Tucson (Arizona) hamfest on 28 March - report
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Hi!
I had an AMSAT table at yesterday's Radio Society of Tucson hamfest in Tucson,
Arizona. A great turnout, larger than last year's crowd, and good weather
helped make this a nice place to spend the morning.
During the morning, there was a lot of traffic around my AMSAT table. Between
the demonstrations that always draw crowds and more talk about the upcoming
Fox-1 satellites, there was a lot of interest in this corner of ham radio.
After talking about the Fox project for many years, it has been nice to attach
some launch dates to a couple of the satellites. As I did a week ago at
another hamfest in Scottsdale AZ, there was interest in using the USB SDR
dongles with the small Windows tablets.
I was on a few passes during the hamfest - a couple of AO-73 passes; and one
pass each of AO-7, FO-29, and the ISS. I logged a couple of QSOs on the FO-29
pass just after 1330 UTC, and a few more on the AO-73 pass around 1740 UTC.
Among the QSOs on the later AO-73 pass, I worked Andy W5ACM and Bruce KK5DO,
who were at the Greater Houston Hamfest representing AMSAT. Thanks to them,
and everyone else, who worked WD9EWK during the demonstrations.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
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Message: 10
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 03:49:18 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK's road trip to DM51/DM52 & DM52/DM53 -
report
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Hi again!
After yesterday's hamfest in Tucson, I made a detour to the southeast, so I
could stop and operate from 3 different rarely-heard grids in that part of
Arizona, before heading home. I made a change to the plans I had posted
on this list last week, but was able to make many contacts from the two
different places I operated from.
My first stop yesterday was the DM51bx/DM52ba grid boundary, west of US-191
and south of I-10 in Cochise County. This is location I usually visit once
or twice a year, usually after hamfests in this part of Arizona. The spot I
use is just over an hour's drive from the hamfest site, about 80 miles east
of Tucson. After I found the exact spot and the obligatory photos of my
station with a GPS receiver in the picture, I worked two AO-7 passes and an
FO-29 pass. I logged 14 QSOs on these 3 passes, even after I stopped working
the second AO-7 pass around the midpoint. My change in plans turned out to be
a good thing.
When I stopped working the second AO-7 pass, I had about an hour and 40
minutes to cover the 70 miles to the second stop on this quick road trip -
the DM52ax/DM53aa grid boundary. This spot is along US-70, northwest of the
town of Safford in Graham County. In the past, I once made this drive in 80
minutes, in between a couple of AO-51 passes. I wasn't interested in setting
any land speed records, but I ended up making the drive in 85 minutes. A
larger part of US-191 between I-10 and Safford had been upgraded to a
divided highway with a 65mph speed limit - and I took advantage of that. I
found the exact spot next to US-70, set up my radio on the spot, and had
10 minutes to spare before the first of the two SO-50 passes. I had used
my GPS to find the exact spot on the grid boundary, placed my radio
on the spot, and took the obligatory photos after the first of the two passes
I worked.
Each of the SO-50 passes had a lot of stations. Even with the crowds, I was
able to hand out QSOs with DM52 and DM53 to 13 stations on each of the passes.
Of these two grids, DM53 is the rarer of the two - a two-hour drive from
either Phoenix or Tucson, away from I-10 through this part of Arizona. I had
last operated from DM53 in 2011, and I think KL7R has been in this area
recently. Someone always needs either - or both - of these grids, so it is
fun to make the drive and put these grids into lots of logs.
All of my QSOs from Saturday, between the hamfest and other stops I made
during the day, are in Logbook of the World. Within minutes after I uploaded
these contacts, almost half of them were confirmed. Some of these QSLs were
with relatively new satellite operators. It's nice to see more satellite
operators using LOTW. If you worked WD9EWK and would like a QSL card, I still
print and mail QSL cards. Just e-mail me directly with the QSO details, and I
will check my log. If you're in the log, I will be happy to send you a QSL
card. These locations are outside my 200km limit for the satellite VUCC award,
so I don't seek cards for QSOs I make from those locations. There is no need
to first send me your QSL card and/or SASE to get my QSL card.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
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Message: 11
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 04:36:22 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT's "new" FM satellite flyer
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Hi!
One of the items in yesterday's ANS bulletin described a flyer that is
now available from AMSAT's web site, available at:
http://www.amsat.org --> Satellite Info --> Station and Operating Hints.
(or at the direct link is http://www.amsat.org/?page_id=2144 )
I am not the only author of these flyers. Back in 2008, Gould Smith
WA4SXM asked Tim Lilley N3TL and me to work with him on the
original version of this flyer for use by AMSAT's Area Coordinators.
Gould and Tim were most helpful in this project, and I thank them for
their contributions. Over the next 6+ years, this flyer has been revised
several times. Until AMSAT's old web site was shut down a couple
of years ago, updated versions were available in a special section of
that site used by Area Coordinators. With the changes related to the
web site in the past couple of years, that private area for Area
Coordinators has not been recreated, and we're taking the opportunity
to make the flyer available to everyone. This is probably long overdue,
as the information has been available in many places (including
AMSAT's "Getting Started with Amateur Satellites" books, available
at AMSAT booths/tables and from AMSAT's online store).
Since I live in Arizona, with many hamfests in close proximity to the
Mexican border, many Mexican hams come up to these hamfests.
I asked a couple of friends, Larry Teran KI6YAA and Alex Pereida
XE2BSS/N2IX, to translate this flyer into Spanish in 2011, which
was a great help. My grasp of Spanish is OK (some of you hear
me speaking Spanish when I work stations in Mexico and central
America), but I was not comfortable translating the flyer by myself.
After Larry and Alex did the initial Spanish translation in 2011, I have
been able to update the Spanish version as the English version was
updated.
A separate flyer is already in the works for the Fox-1A satellite, which
will be available before the satellite's scheduled launch date in late
August. Between content for the AMSAT web site and articles in
upcoming issues of the AMSAT Journal, there will be lots of
information about Fox-1A available. Once we see how well Fox-1A
works, that information will be incorporated in both the English and
Spanish versions of this flyer, and posted on the AMSAT web site.
We're starting to take advantage of how easy it is to make
documents available on the AMSAT web site, using the WordPress
content management system. This has been done with many
documents related to the Fox project already, and we will continue
to do this in the future.
If anyone wishes to translate this flyer into other languages, that would
be great. Please e-mail me directly, so we can discuss this in more
detail. Any additional translations will be posted on the AMSAT web
site, along with the existing English and Spanish versions.
Thanks, and 73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 23:06:23 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Getting Ready for Fox-1A - Correction
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Tentative launch date the 27th of August - not the 25th.
Clint
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2015 23:38:38 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT's "new" FM satellite flyer
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Patrick, your emory is a little hazy regarding the history of this
publication.
As an AMSAT area coordinator, and with AMSAT-NA's blessings, I released the
AMSAT-approved "Work AO-51" tutorial on September 3, 2007, to the world.
That grew to "Work Satellites With Your HT" tutorial I produced in January,
2008 - again with AMSAT-NA's blessings.
Then other variants began to appear ...
BUT THE BOTTOM LINE - in my mind - is getting the information out. And as
accurately and timely as possible. Over the years, my tutorial has been
revised /
amended / improved more than 20 times - to keep up with changes and new info.
No problem ... ancient history, actually, in the scheme of things. Many
thousands of my
tutorials have been downloaded and handed to convention attendees and club
members,
and I hope the AMSAT-NA download page gets promoted with updated and current
info
for all, too.
Clint Bradford K6LCS
http://www.work-sat.com
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Message: 14
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 08:25:01 -0300
From: "PY5LF" <py5lf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
To: <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Simple setup for SO50
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Hi
Take a look on this video where PT9BM works many stations on SO50 using a
simple UV5R and a Nagoya antenna .
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=697NY-Y3C3I&feature=youtu.be>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=697NY-Y3C3I&feature=youtu.be
So , you no need to spend a lot of $ to try sat contacts .
73
PY5LF
Luciano Fabricio
Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm
http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF
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Message: 15
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 11:56:37 -0500
From: Bruce <kk5do@xxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] M2 leo pack antenna
Message-ID: <55198045.9070800@xxxx.xxx>
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We used my M2 Leo Pack antenna at the Houston Hamfest Saturday and they
worked great from AOS to LOS on both passes. Both antennas use 'N'
connectors.
If you are going to build them, I would suggest installing the driven
elements last, do not use the push retainers on those two until you are
all done building the antenna. I built mine and messed up 2 of the push
retainers. I think there were 1 extra in each of the 2m and 70cm
antennas but I pushed a little too hard and the elements were no longer
centered. You cannot back them up. You have to replace them. M2 does not
ship one or two of them, I had to purchase a package of 50 just to get 2
of them. Cost... $13. I reckon if anyone else makes an oops, I can drop
a few in the U.S. mail to you.
Just a heads up. They will be shipping out the last of the AMSAT orders
that have been waiting to ship... 5 going out in today's UPS delivery.
They will have some packaged and on the shelf ready to ship for those
that are ready to order now. No waiting.
73...bruce
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Message: 16
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:38:36 -0700
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT's "new" FM satellite flyer
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Clint,
> Patrick, your emory is a little hazy regarding the history of this
publication.
My memory is not "hazy" about the history of your flyer. I didn't know
it. I knew
you had one back then, and for a while you allowed me to use it as a handout
at the hamfests or other events I attended representing AMSAT, until we had
a different flyer created for AMSAT at the end of 2008. I had only been an
AMSAT Area Coordinator for a few months as of September 2007, and not in
the discussions where your flyer received AMSAT "approval".
What I didn't mention in my post last night is that Gould had intended on
having
another person work on the AMSAT flyer with Tim and me - you. Gould asked
for a flyer that could be distributed in the packets sent to new AMSAT
members.
Gould had some suggestions of additional items that should be in an AMSAT
flyer, and you had objections to a few of them in one of the drafts:
1. SatPC32
2. Elk antennas
3. A photo with someone using a tape-measure Yagi
(The last item is a humorous point now, considering you used one with your
FT-60R to work the ISS last summer.)
You also questioned only referring to the AMSAT web site as an online resource
for obtaining satellite pass information, and made some other comments. At
that
point, Gould directed Tim and me to proceed with creating an AMSAT flyer,
including the references to the items above. Since then, we have gone in
different directions with our respective flyers, which isn't a bad thing. This
information has also been in Gould's "Getting Started with Amateur Satellites"
books available from AMSAT, and in lots of other places on the Internet.
> BUT THE BOTTOM LINE - in my mind - is getting the information out.
Yes! Thank you for acknowledging that, after the brief history lesson. :-)
With the current web site, it is easier to make this information
available. AMSAT
has been doing a lot of that with the Fox project, and the "Station
and Operating
Hints" page is a nice, one-stop, way to gather up this sort of useful
information.
Throwing in comments like "I hope AMSAT-NA doesn't wait 12 years after launch
of FOX-1A..." aren't productive, given that you're an AMSAT supporter.
You have been talking up Fox-1A for the past few months, and AMSAT has been
talking about Fox-1A - along with the other Fox-1 satellites and the
Fox project in
general - for longer. We're all hoping for successes, as each
satellite is launched.
The recent news about Fox-1A passing its final checkout at Cal Poly last
week is
a good thing.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
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