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Today's Topics:
1. Mystery Solved - Pass From The Past (Bryan Green)
2. Re: Mystery Solved - Pass From The Past (John Magliacane)
3. Re: Mystery Solved - Pass From The Past (Bryan Green)
4. AMSAT Awards Update (Bruce)
5. Re: AMSAT Awards Update (Jerry Buxton)
6. Re: Mystery Solved - Pass From The Past (Bryan Green)
7. Re: ISS SSTV April 11 - Again! (Clint Bradford)
8. Re: ISS SSTV April 11 - Again! (Randy Hall)
9. Re; 9 (James Hickox)
10. Arizona Amateur Radio Club "DeVry" hamfest on Saturday (11
April) (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
11. Road trip to DM03/DM15/DM25/DM26/DM35 last weekend - report
(Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
12. Re: Road trip to DM03/DM15/DM25/DM26/DM35 last weekend -
report (Sean K.)
13. CAT cable to FT-847 (wa7eth@xxxxxxxx.xxxx
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 11:16:23 -0700
From: Bryan Green <bryan@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Mystery Solved - Pass From The Past
Message-ID: <342C1A88-959B-4ED7-8701-ECA3063D0BEC@xxxxx.xxx>
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Mystery solved:
The "ARLKnnn Keplerian data" e-mails from the ARRL contain the wrong data
for AO-73.
Those e-mails identify AO-73 as object number 39445 and contain the data for
that object. AO-73's object number is actually 39444. Object 39445 is
HINCUBE, which I gather was launched at the same time as AO-73.
The ARRL archive of these e-mails have apparently had it misidentified since
it appeared. http://www.arrl.org/w1aw-bulletins-archive-keplerian
AMSAT's Keplerian data identify AO-73 as the correct object.
Now contacting the ARRL to resolve future transmissions with corrected data.
-- bag
Bryan KL7CN/W6
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 11:27:12 -0700
From: John Magliacane <kd2bd@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Mystery Solved - Pass From The Past
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Hi Bryan.
Glad to hear you found the source of the problem.
Just as a further confirmation, AMSAT-NA's 2-line elements issued on January
29, 2015 yielded the following predictions for AO-73 (as object number
39444) at your QTH, and match your observations exactly:
predict -t ao-73.keps -q KL7CN_W6-CM98fn.qth -p AO-73 `date -u +"%s"
--date="2015-01-29 05:00:00"`
1422508701 Thu 29Jan15 05:18:21 0 160 104 15 113 2993 6286
1422508790 Thu 29Jan15 05:19:50 6 158 108 20 114 2385 6286
1422508879 Thu 29Jan15 05:21:19 15 156 112 25 115 1789 6286
1422508966 Thu 29Jan15 05:22:46 28 150 116 31 116 1244 6286
1422509046 Thu 29Jan15 05:24:06 51 134 120 35 118 847 6286
1422509104 Thu 29Jan15 05:25:04 68 79 122 39 119 728 6286
1422509140 Thu 29Jan15 05:25:40 61 33 124 41 119 767 6286
1422509185 Thu 29Jan15 05:26:25 45 10 126 44 120 924 6286
1422509251 Thu 29Jan15 05:27:31 28 360 129 48 122 1268 6286
1422509331 Thu 29Jan15 05:28:51 15 355 132 53 124 1773 6286
1422509418 Thu 29Jan15 05:30:18 7 353 136 58 126 2355 6286
1422509508 Thu 29Jan15 05:31:48 1 351 140 63 129 2965 6286
1422509517 Thu 29Jan15 05:31:57 0 351 140 63 130 3028 6286
AMSAT-NA's Keps archives are available at:
http://amsat.org/pipermail/keps/
73, de John, KD2BD
--
Visit John on the Web at:
http://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 11:35:57 -0700
From: Bryan Green <bryan@xxxxx.xxx>
To: John Magliacane <kd2bd@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Mystery Solved - Pass From The Past
Message-ID: <E15308FA-DB87-420D-86C9-30AE1EE760E2@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Thanks very much, John! I'm grateful for the confirmation!
-- bag
On Apr 7, 2015, at 11:27, John Magliacane via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
wrote:
Hi Bryan.
Glad to hear you found the source of the problem.
Just as a further confirmation, AMSAT-NA's 2-line elements issued on January
29, 2015 yielded the following predictions for AO-73 (as object number
39444) at your QTH, and match your observations exactly:
predict -t ao-73.keps -q KL7CN_W6-CM98fn.qth -p AO-73 `date -u +"%s"
--date="2015-01-29 05:00:00"`
1422508701 Thu 29Jan15 05:18:21 0 160 104 15 113 2993 6286
1422508790 Thu 29Jan15 05:19:50 6 158 108 20 114 2385 6286
1422508879 Thu 29Jan15 05:21:19 15 156 112 25 115 1789 6286
1422508966 Thu 29Jan15 05:22:46 28 150 116 31 116 1244 6286
1422509046 Thu 29Jan15 05:24:06 51 134 120 35 118 847 6286
1422509104 Thu 29Jan15 05:25:04 68 79 122 39 119 728 6286
1422509140 Thu 29Jan15 05:25:40 61 33 124 41 119 767 6286
1422509185 Thu 29Jan15 05:26:25 45 10 126 44 120 924 6286
1422509251 Thu 29Jan15 05:27:31 28 360 129 48 122 1268 6286
1422509331 Thu 29Jan15 05:28:51 15 355 132 53 124 1773 6286
1422509418 Thu 29Jan15 05:30:18 7 353 136 58 126 2355 6286
1422509508 Thu 29Jan15 05:31:48 1 351 140 63 129 2965 6286
1422509517 Thu 29Jan15 05:31:57 0 351 140 63 130 3028 6286
AMSAT-NA's Keps archives are available at:
http://amsat.org/pipermail/keps/
73, de John, KD2BD
--
Visit John on the Web at:
http://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 13:50:01 -0500
From: Bruce <kk5do@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards Update
Message-ID: <552426D9.7090001@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
Here are the awards that have been submitted thus far in 2015.
Here are our latest inductions into some of the AMSAT awards community.
The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for
making their first satellite QSO.
Nicolas Romero, KG5BON
Steve Kristoff, AI9IN
Hope Lea, KM4IPF
Faith Hannah Lea, WA4BBC
Zechariah Lea, WX4TVJ
To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or
http://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html
Bruce Paige, KK5DO
AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE
Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT*
Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com
Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 14:33:28 -0500
From: Jerry Buxton <amsat@xxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Awards Update
Message-ID: <55243108.7050400@xxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
Congratulations, all!
Jerry Buxton, N?JY
On 4/7/2015 13:50, Bruce wrote:
> Here are the awards that have been submitted thus far in 2015.
>
>
> Here are our latest inductions into some of the AMSAT awards community.
>
> The following have entered into the Satellite Communicators Club for
> making their first satellite QSO.
>
> Nicolas Romero, KG5BON
> Steve Kristoff, AI9IN
> Hope Lea, KM4IPF
> Faith Hannah Lea, WA4BBC
> Zechariah Lea, WX4TVJ
>
>
> To see all the awards visit http://www.amsat.org or
> http://www.amsatnet.com/awards.html
>
>
> Bruce Paige, KK5DO
> AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
>
>
> ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE
> Houston AMSAT Net - Wed 0100z on Echolink - Conference *AMSAT*
> Also streaming MP3 at http://www.amsatnet.com
> Podcast at http://www.amsatnet.com/podcast.xml or iTunes
>
>
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 15:12:05 -0700
From: Bryan Green <bryan@xxxxx.xxx>
To: John Magliacane <kd2bd@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Mystery Solved - Pass From The Past
Message-ID: <ABBDE1CB-5A44-4F82-8825-3C25753BA0A7@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Hello again, John!
I gladly downloaded the data and found some interesting things even in
AMSAT's data.
In the 2014 file, AO-73 is identified as object #39444U starting January 16,
2014 and after.
In the same 2014 file, AO-73 is identified as object #39445U on January 9,
2014 and prior.
In the 2013 file, there is some discussion about the actual object number of
AO-73 at first. It changes a few times, and settles on 39445.
I know that when a new spacecraft appears it may take a while for the
details to settle.
I thought it was interesting and a reminder to check first the object
number. :)
73!
-- bag
Bryan KL7CN/W6
On Apr 7, 2015, at 11:35, Bryan Green <bryan@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
Thanks very much, John! I'm grateful for the confirmation!
-- bag
On Apr 7, 2015, at 11:27, John Magliacane via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
wrote:
Hi Bryan.
Glad to hear you found the source of the problem.
Just as a further confirmation, AMSAT-NA's 2-line elements issued on January
29, 2015 yielded the following predictions for AO-73 (as object number
39444) at your QTH, and match your observations exactly:
predict -t ao-73.keps -q KL7CN_W6-CM98fn.qth -p AO-73 `date -u +"%s"
--date="2015-01-29 05:00:00"`
1422508701 Thu 29Jan15 05:18:21 0 160 104 15 113 2993 6286
1422508790 Thu 29Jan15 05:19:50 6 158 108 20 114 2385 6286
1422508879 Thu 29Jan15 05:21:19 15 156 112 25 115 1789 6286
1422508966 Thu 29Jan15 05:22:46 28 150 116 31 116 1244 6286
1422509046 Thu 29Jan15 05:24:06 51 134 120 35 118 847 6286
1422509104 Thu 29Jan15 05:25:04 68 79 122 39 119 728 6286
1422509140 Thu 29Jan15 05:25:40 61 33 124 41 119 767 6286
1422509185 Thu 29Jan15 05:26:25 45 10 126 44 120 924 6286
1422509251 Thu 29Jan15 05:27:31 28 360 129 48 122 1268 6286
1422509331 Thu 29Jan15 05:28:51 15 355 132 53 124 1773 6286
1422509418 Thu 29Jan15 05:30:18 7 353 136 58 126 2355 6286
1422509508 Thu 29Jan15 05:31:48 1 351 140 63 129 2965 6286
1422509517 Thu 29Jan15 05:31:57 0 351 140 63 130 3028 6286
AMSAT-NA's Keps archives are available at:
http://amsat.org/pipermail/keps/
73, de John, KD2BD
--
Visit John on the Web at:
http://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/
_______________________________________________
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expressed
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AMSAT-NA.
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Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2015 15:41:37 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
To: Randy Hall <listk7age@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV April 11 - Again!
Message-ID: <25CEFF28-102B-4E04-BA74-664D196415FD@xxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
ARISS re-re-re-posts that this is, indeed, a "limited time project" and,
like you
said, might just run on Saturday, April 11, beginning at 10:00 UTC and
continuing
only until 21:00 UTC ...
Well, at least I'll have two passes to attempt from DM13-land!
Clint K6LCS
http://www.work-sat.com
On Apr 6, 2015, at 1:45 PM, Randy Hall wrote:
>> ... If I have done my predictions correctly, I don't think there are any
North American passes ...
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 15:43:23 -0700
From: Randy Hall <listk7age@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] ISS SSTV April 11 - Again!
Message-ID:
<CAPCSVhq9=rzTE+WiyJP66nOMH0S_LQM5mK3C46VWM1rb0KU7yQ@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Hi
I wish they would turn this on for say, 48 hours the first weekend of each
month. It would be great to get lots of people receiving the images.
73
Randy, K7AGE
On Tue, Apr 7, 2015 at 3:41 PM, Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
wrote:
> ARISS re-re-re-posts that this is, indeed, a "limited time project" and,
> like you
> said, might just run on Saturday, April 11, beginning at 10:00 UTC and
> continuing
> only until 21:00 UTC ...
>
> Well, at least I'll have two passes to attempt from DM13-land!
>
> Clint K6LCS
> http://www.work-sat.com
>
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 6, 2015, at 1:45 PM, Randy Hall wrote:
>
> >> ... If I have done my predictions correctly, I don't think there are
> any North American passes ...
>
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 13:41:49 +0000 (UTC)
From: James Hickox <jameshickox@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, cameronhickox
<cameronhickox@xxxxx.xxx>, CHHS <CHHS@xxxxxx.xxx>, repair
<repair@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, wa5vjb <wa5vjb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re; 9
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<116158064.875251.1428500509979.JavaMail.yahoo@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
referral link http://serefmeselesiizle.info/bgy/
Sent: 4/8/2015 6:41:40 AM
>From James Hickox
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 08:59:34 -0700
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Arizona Amateur Radio Club "DeVry" hamfest on
Saturday (11 April)
Message-ID:
<CAN6TEUfvYvZRmf3sMYrN4GcJ_iUs+JVZ7mPnYH7X1L4yC+-e3w@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Hi!
I will have an AMSAT table at the Arizona Amateur Radio Club's "April
Hamfest at DeVry", located at the DeVry University campus on Dunlap
Avenue between 19th Avenue and the I-17 freeway in Phoenix. This is
a half-day hamfest, officially starting at 6am (1300 UTC) and running
until 12 noon (1900 UTC). More information about the hamfest can be
found at:
http://www.w7io.org/main/hamfest.html
This hamfest is usually the last hamfest in the Phoenix area before
the summertime heat comes here.
During the hamfest, WD9EWK will be on satellite passes for on-air
demonstrations. Please call if you hear me on any passes during
the morning, and be a part of the demonstrations. The hamfest site
is in grid DM33. After the hamfest, I will upload QSOs to Logbook
of the World, and - on request - I would be happy to send a QSL
card to confirm QSOs.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 12:53:03 -0700
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Road trip to DM03/DM15/DM25/DM26/DM35 last weekend
- report
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Hi!
After the presentation and demonstrations in Long Beach last Friday (3 April),
I did not take the direct route back home to Arizona. I made a long detour,
stopping in different locations to work satellites until I eventually returned
home on Sunday (5 April) afternoon. I have done day-trips to hamfests and
other locations after those hamfests, but it had been a while since I did a
drive like this in the southwestern USA.
When I left the Los Angeles area on Saturday (4 April) morning, I was planning
to end up in Las Vegas later in the day. A simple drive - get over to the I-15
freeway near San Bernardino, then head north to Las Vegas. I wanted to stop in
either grids DM14 or DM15 on the way to Las Vegas, which straddles the line
between grids DM25 and DM26. DM15 has less activity than DM14, so I decided
to skip DM14 and try to work DM15 in the afternoon.
My first stop in DM15 was northeast of Barstow, in the southwestern corner of
the grid. I was planning to try an FO-29 pass around 2045 UTC, which was a
shallow pass out there. I heard stations, and heard myself, but was not able
to make any QSOs from here. Back onto the I-15, and north I went to the small
desert town of Baker. This point is in the northeastern corner of DM15, and
a better FO-29 pass was coming around 2220 UTC. I had about 35-40 minutes to
spare before the pass, which I used to scout a good location to park and work
the pass.
Once FO-29 came up from my southeast, I had a much easier time to hear myself
and other stations. Once I started calling CQ, Dave KG5CCI called me first.
After logging him, I went on to work 12 other stations over the next 15
minutes. Several were looking to make a contact with DM15, and the subsequent
QSL showing up in Logbook of the World, and I was happy to oblige. I worked
stations from coast to coast during that pass. It was pushing 90F/32C out
there on Saturday, a warm day on the edge of the Mojave Desert.
After that pass, I had about 75 minutes until an SO-50 pass at 0005 UTC. I
needed to drive just over 80 miles/130km from Baker to the spot I wanted to
operate from in Las Vegas, sitting on the DM25/DM26 grid boundary. The traffic
up to Baker was going slowly at times, but north of Baker I-15 was more like
a drag strip. I was able to make the drive to Las Vegas in 65 minutes, with
10 minutes to spare before SO-50 appeared. I set up my station, took the
obligatory photos to show my location on the DM25/DM26 grid boundary (I
tweeted a photo of my GPS receiver from that spot), and then went on to work
14 different stations on the first SO-50 pass. Later, I worked 5 more stations
on an SO-50 pass that favored the west coast.
I saw an ISS pass was coming up from the southwest just after the sun went
behind the mountains at 0225 UTC. Using my TH-D72A HT, I completed one QSO
using APRS messages with N7NEV in the Phoenix area - a call I have worked
via the ISS a few times in the past few months, either from home or when I
have been on the road. After the pass, I looked on the ariss.net web site
to see that two others were trying to work me after my LOS on that pass.
After the ISS pass, I checked into my motel, then returned to the DM25/DM26
boundary for one AO-73 pass. I worked 3 stations during that pass. Not a bad
effort for 4 different passes in a few hours, after the drive up from Los
Angeles.
On Sunday morning, I left Las Vegas - after a stop at the famous "Welcome to
Las Vegas" sign and a drive up Las Vegas Boulevard. I drove to Kingman in
northwestern Arizona, looking to work an AO-73 pass just after 1700 UTC from
the DM25/DM35 grid boundary north of I-40. I had a lot of time to spare before
this pass, with the bridge that now crosses the Colorado River south of
Hoover Dam cutting down the drive time a bit. I found the spot, one I have
used in the past, and set up my station. After taking photos of my station
and GPS receiver with my station, I went on to work 3 stations.
Before I left Kingman, I made additional stops for lunch and fuel, and then
made the 3-hour drive home. In total, I drove 1053 miles (almost 1700km) on
this road trip, and operated from 5 locations in 5 different grids. I used
to do more of this, and with different operators coming on the satellites
in recent times - it may be time to do some of the road trips I did in the
past again.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 20:45:59 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Sean K." <kx9x@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, "kb2m@xxxx.xxxx <kb2m@xxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Road trip to DM03/DM15/DM25/DM26/DM35 last
weekend - report
Message-ID:
<1298405980.2233552.1428525959658.JavaMail.yahoo@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Patrick -
Thanks so much for the DM15 QSO. It was my first QSO with California (state
#41), and your LOTW QSL put me over the top for my Satellite VUCC.
Appreciate the effort!?Sean Kutzko
Amateur Radio KX9X
From: Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 3:53 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Road trip to DM03/DM15/DM25/DM26/DM35 last weekend -
report
Hi!
After the presentation and demonstrations in Long Beach last Friday (3 April),
I did not take the direct route back home to Arizona. I made a long detour,
stopping in different locations to work satellites until I eventually returned
home on Sunday (5 April) afternoon. I have done day-trips to hamfests and
other locations after those hamfests, but it had been a while since I did a
drive like this in the southwestern USA.
When I left the Los Angeles area on Saturday (4 April) morning, I was planning
to end up in Las Vegas later in the day. A simple drive - get over to the I-15
freeway near San Bernardino, then head north to Las Vegas. I wanted to stop in
either grids DM14 or DM15 on the way to Las Vegas, which straddles the line
between grids DM25 and DM26. DM15 has less activity than DM14, so I decided
to skip DM14 and try to work DM15 in the afternoon.
My first stop in DM15 was northeast of Barstow, in the southwestern corner of
the grid. I was planning to try an FO-29 pass around 2045 UTC, which was a
shallow pass out there. I heard stations, and heard myself, but was not able
to make any QSOs from here. Back onto the I-15, and north I went to the small
desert town of Baker. This point is in the northeastern corner of DM15, and
a better FO-29 pass was coming around 2220 UTC. I had about 35-40 minutes to
spare before the pass, which I used to scout a good location to park and work
the pass.
Once FO-29 came up from my southeast, I had a much easier time to hear myself
and other stations. Once I started calling CQ, Dave KG5CCI called me first.
After logging him, I went on to work 12 other stations over the next 15
minutes. Several were looking to make a contact with DM15, and the subsequent
QSL showing up in Logbook of the World, and I was happy to oblige. I worked
stations from coast to coast during that pass. It was pushing 90F/32C out
there on Saturday, a warm day on the edge of the Mojave Desert.
After that pass, I had about 75 minutes until an SO-50 pass at 0005 UTC. I
needed to drive just over 80 miles/130km from Baker to the spot I wanted to
operate from in Las Vegas, sitting on the DM25/DM26 grid boundary. The traffic
up to Baker was going slowly at times, but north of Baker I-15 was more like
a drag strip. I was able to make the drive to Las Vegas in 65 minutes, with
10 minutes to spare before SO-50 appeared. I set up my station, took the
obligatory photos to show my location on the DM25/DM26 grid boundary (I
tweeted a photo of my GPS receiver from that spot), and then went on to work
14 different stations on the first SO-50 pass. Later, I worked 5 more stations
on an SO-50 pass that favored the west coast.
I saw an ISS pass was coming up from the southwest just after the sun went
behind the mountains at 0225 UTC. Using my TH-D72A HT, I completed one QSO
using APRS messages with N7NEV in the Phoenix area - a call I have worked
via the ISS a few times in the past few months, either from home or when I
have been on the road. After the pass, I looked on the ariss.net web site
to see that two others were trying to work me after my LOS on that pass.
After the ISS pass, I checked into my motel, then returned to the DM25/DM26
boundary for one AO-73 pass. I worked 3 stations during that pass. Not a bad
effort for 4 different passes in a few hours, after the drive up from Los
Angeles.
On Sunday morning, I left Las Vegas - after a stop at the famous "Welcome to
Las Vegas" sign and a drive up Las Vegas Boulevard. I drove to Kingman in
northwestern Arizona, looking to work an AO-73 pass just after 1700 UTC from
the DM25/DM35 grid boundary north of I-40. I had a lot of time to spare before
this pass, with the bridge that now crosses the Colorado River south of
Hoover Dam cutting down the drive time a bit. I found the spot, one I have
used in the past, and set up my station. After taking photos of my station
and GPS receiver with my station, I went on to work 3 stations.
Before I left Kingman, I made additional stops for lunch and fuel, and then
made the 3-hour drive home. In total, I drove 1053 miles (almost 1700km) on
this road trip, and operated from 5 locations in 5 different grids. I used
to do more of this, and with different operators coming on the satellites
in recent times - it may be time to do some of the road trips I did in the
past again.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
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Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 00:06:44 +0000 (UTC)
From: "wa7eth@xxxxxxxx.xxxx <wa7eth@xxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] CAT cable to FT-847
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Has anyone had experience with the RT-Systems CAT USB cable they say works
with the Yaesu FT-847? ?I recently received one, and loaded the drivers per
the instructions and I am unable to get SATPC32 to connect with the 847. ?I
am running a laptop with Windows 7. ?Does anyone currently have another
vendor's cable that is working with the FT-847? ?Thanks, and please contact
me off list at wa7eth@xxxxxxxx.xxx so I don't clutter up the BB with my
problems. ?Thanks..73'..Ed ?WA7ETH
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