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Today's Topics:
1. Re: PSAT - power requirements (Koos van den Hout)
2. LightSail-A Reboot (Gregory Beat)
3. PSAT PSK31 downlink & power requirements (KO6TZ Bob)
4. W1AW/0 MN Medallions (Rolf Krogstad)
5. ANS-151 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (Lee McLamb)
6. Re: W1AW/0 MN Medallions (Rick Tejera)
7. Re: W1AW/0 MN Medallions (Joe)
8. Re: W1AW/0 MN Medallions (Paul Stoetzer)
9. Received PSAT for the first time. (Eric Knaps, ON4HF)
10. W1AW/0 MN Medallions (Rolf Krogstad)
11. Re: DUCHIFAT-1 (peter)
12. Re: PSAT PSK31 downlink (Robert Bruninga)
13. PSAT 1745 pass (David W0DHB)
14. Re: PSAT 1925 pass (KO6TZ Bob)
15. Re: PSAT PSK31 downlink (Michael Adams)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 23:31:08 +0200
From: Koos van den Hout <koos@xxxxxx.xxxxxx.xx>
To: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
Cc: amsat bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT - power requirements
Message-ID: <20150530213108.GA5863@xxxxxx.xxxxxx.xx>
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Quoting Robert Bruninga who wrote on Thu 2015-05-28 at 17:40:
> What we really need (BEFORE this happens) is for everyone to give us
> feedback as to the minimum power they needed to maintain a minimum signal
> in the passband and of course, what kind of antenna they are using under
> those conditions. And this is best early on when there are only 1 or 2
> usewrs at a time..
>
> If you don't yet have PSK31, but want to get some data, team up with an HF
> friend in your area and ask him to just transmit for the next 10 minutes
> and you can then receie his downlink while commenting on his signal
> strength throughout the pass.
I decided to play the role of the HF friend and Jan van Gils PE0SAT was
kind enough to record the downlink for me in a pass that started at 09:59
UTC this morning for me in JO22NC.
The short conclusions:
- I needed 20 watts on HF to get through the satellite (when the telemetry
signal was active) and produce a readable signal.
- The automatic switch in the transponder does not recognize PSK31 from
earth very well. Every time it switched off when the beacon packets
stopped, even with reasonable strong PSK31 from earth.
The complete story of how this was done and the telemetry seen at
http://idefix.net/~koos/newsitem.cgi/1433017519
Koos van den Hout PD4KH
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 19:51:50 -0500
From: Gregory Beat <w9gb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] LightSail-A Reboot
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The Cal Poly ground station detected a reboot of the onboard computer.
Cause of reboot unknown, but welcomed to resolve communication issue.
https://t.co/XphRtq5hD4
The RTC shows 908,125 seconds (roughly 10.5 days).
Software patch will be loaded by ground stations (Cal Poly or Georgia Tech),
to prevent re-occurrence of this outage.
Two-way communications will be attempted tomorrow.
http://sail.planetary.org
greg, w9gb
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 17:54:38 -0700
From: KO6TZ Bob <my.callsign@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT PSK31 downlink & power requirements
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For the afternoon pass 21:17u @ 52 Deg, I used Dave's method and NOT try
to match up signals. Use a program that decodes all of the signals and
try to reply to as many as I could. With some practice, that should
work out better. I don't know if Glenn copied me or not. He was the
only satellite CQ I saw.
As for power: I can barely see my signal using my di-pole. When I
used 85 watts 70% ALC into a 1/2 wave vertical, (10m Ringo) I was able
to turn on the FM transmitter and saw a good clean, 21 IMD, signal on
the down-link. I have no idea what it looked like for the terrestrial
users.
I did not have to wait for the telemetry to turn on the FM
transmitter, and I did not splatter across the waterfall of the down-link.
More practice coming.
BOB KO6TZ
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 20:05:06 -0500
From: Rolf Krogstad <rolf.krogstad@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "<AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] W1AW/0 MN Medallions
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Today I got a surprise in the mail.
The ARRL sent me two commemorative medallions mounted in a plexiglass
display which is engraved "NR0T was W1AW/MN"
Very sharp looking addition to the shack.
I worked only Satellite QSOs on both of the Minnesota weeks.
It is a beautiful commemorative gift and caught me totally by surprised.
Thank you ARRL!
73
Rolf NR0T
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Minnesota Wireless Association
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AMSAT
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 21:48:06 -0400
From: Lee McLamb <ku4os@xxx.xx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-151 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-151
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite
Corporation. ANS publishes news related to Amateur Radio in Space
including reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur
Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building,
launching and communicating through analog and digital Amateur Radio
satellites.
The news feed on http://www.amsat.org publishes news of Amateur
Radio in Space as soon as our volunteers can post it.
Please send any amateur satellite news or reports to:
ans-editor at amsat.org.
In this edition:
* 2015 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nomination Deadline Approaching
* Nick Lance, KC5KBO, SK
* Update - VP2MKV Satellite Operation June 11-20
* Planetary Society's LighSail Satellite Stops Transmitting
* 29 MHz ? the forgotten frequency for amateur radio satellites
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-151.01
ANS-151 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 151.01
From AMSAT HQ Kensington, MD.
May 31, 2015
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-151.01
2015 AMSAT-NA Board of Directors Nomination Deadline Approaching
It is time to submit nominations for the upcoming AMSAT-NA Board of
Directors election. Four director's terms expire this year: Barry Baines,
WD4ASW, Alan Biddle, WA4SCA, Mark Hammond, N8MH, and Jerry Buxton, N0JY. In
addition, up to two Alternates may be elected for one year terms.
A valid nomination requires either one Member Society or five current
individual
members in good standing to nominate an AMSAT-NA member for Director.
Written
nominations, consisting of the nominee's name and call, and the nominating
individual's names, calls and individual signatures should be mailed
to: AMSAT-NA, 10605 Concord St, #304 Kensington, MD 20895-2526. In
addition to
traditional submissions of written nominations, which is the preferred
method,
the intent to nominate someone may be made by electronic means. These
include e-
mail, Fax, or electronic image of a petition. Electronic petitions should be
sent to MARTHA@xxxxx.xxx or Faxed to (301) 822-4371. No matter what means is
used, petitions MUST arrive no later than June 15th at the AMSAT-NA
office. If
the nomination is a traditional written nomination, no other action is
required.
If it is other than this, i.e. electronic, a verifying traditional written
petition MUST be received at the AMSAT-NA office at the above address
within 7
days following the close of nominations on June 15th.
ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WITHOUT THIS SECOND, WRITTEN VERIFICATION ARE NOT
VALID
UNDER THE EXISTING AMSAT-NA BYLAWS.
[ANS thanks Alan, WA4SCA, for the above information]
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Nick Lance, KC5KBO, SK
On behalf of the ARISS-International team, it is with great sadness that
we announce the passing of long-time ARISS team member Nick Lance, KC5KBO,
SK. Nick passed away on May 24 from an aneurism of the aorta.
Nick was a smart, caring, considerate and helpful person that loved the
amateur radio hobby. As the primary amateur radio license trainer for the
ISS astronauts, Nick played an integral role in encouraging and training
countless astronauts (US, Canada, Japan and Europe) to pursue their amateur
radio license and become active on ARISS. He inspired and trained
dozens of
NASA's aerospace education specialists (who talk to schoolteachers
nationwide) to get their ham tickets. He also taught a "Hamster" course to
middle schoolers, inspiring them to pursue careers in technology through
Amateur
Radio and ARISS activities.
Personally, I enjoyed working with Nick both as a NASA engineer and an
amateur radio operator. I will miss his quick wit and sense of
humor. Nick
will be deeply missed by many.
A Celebration of Life for Nick Lance will be held Sunday, June 14, 2015,
2 p.m. at the Gilruth Center. A map to the public entrance of the Gilruth
Recreation Center, Building 207
http://ewh.ieee.org/r5/galveston_bay/events/GilruthCenterMapandDirections.pdf
A flag will be flown over Mission Control and presented to Renee and the
family.
Our deepest sympathy goes out to all that knew Nick, especially Renee, his
wife, and all his family members.
Frank H. Bauer, KA3HDO
ARISS International Chairman
[ANS thanks Frank, KA3HDO, for the above information]
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Update - VP2MKV Satellite Operation June 11-20
Operators Barry/N0KV, Ken/W0ETT, Greg/W0ZA and Jim/WD0E will be active as
VP2MKV from Gingerbread Hill, St. Peters (grid square FK86), between June
10-18th. Activity will be on 80-2 meters using CW, SSB and RTTY. They will
also participate in the ARRL VHF Contest and some satellite operations
(FO-29 only on selected passes). The two primary radios will be Elecraft
K3's with 500 watt amplifiers. Antennas include a Mosley Classic 33 on
10/15/20, a folding hexbeam by Folding Antennas (Germany) on 20-10 meters,
verticals on 30 and 40 meters, a dipole on 75-80 meters, and an M2 5 element
6 meter beam. They will run 500 watts on 6m SSB/CW and FSK441. A 6 meter
beacon is planned and will be on 50.102 MHz when the station is not manned,
and the receiver will be active between beacon transmissions to listen for
calls. The primary callsign for the operation will be VP2MKV, and VP2MTT
will probably be used on 6 meters. Near 24 hour operation is planned.
Tentative satellite pass plan for VP2MKV operation: They will attempt to be
on the first two FO-29 ascending node passes June 11th through 20th. If time
allows they may be on the third ascending node those days. Those passes
happen in late morning to mid afternoon Montserrat time. On those passes
they will look first for South America when the satellite is south of them,
then North America, then Europe during the short mutual window. If there are
2 meter or 6 meter terrestrial openings during the VHF contest June 13th and
14th, they will not be on satellite at those times.
Logs will be uploaded to LoTW soon after the group returns to the US. Paper
QSLs via N0KV, direct or via the bureau. US addressees send SASE; addressees
outside the US send SASE plus 2 USDs for return postage. Use of ClubLog has
not been finalized at this time. Additional information will be posted under
VP2MKV on QRZ.com.
[ANS thanks Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin No. 1215 for the above information]
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Planetary Society's LighSail Satellite Stops Transmitting
Excerpt from the Planetary Society's page http://planet.ly/0gVop
As of late Friday afternoon, LightSail was continuing to operate
normally. The
spacecraft?s ground stations at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Georgia
Tech were
receiving data on each pass. Power and temperature readings were trending
stably, and the spacecraft was in good health.
But inside the spacecraft?s Linux-based flight software, a problem was
brewing.
Every 15 seconds, LightSail transmits a telemetry beacon packet. The
software
controlling the main system board writes corresponding information to a file
called beacon.csv. If you?re not familiar with CSV files, you can think
of them
as simplified spreadsheets-in fact, most can be opened with Microsoft Excel.
As more beacons are transmitted, the file grows in size. When it reaches 32
megabytes-roughly the size of ten compressed music files-it can crash
the flight
system. The manufacturer of the avionics board corrected this glitch in
later
software revisions. But alas, LightSail?s software version doesn?t
include the
update.
Late Friday, the LightSail team received a heads-up warning them of the
vulnerability. A fix was quickly devised to prevent the spacecraft from
crashing, and it was scheduled to be uploaded during the next ground station
pass. But before that happened, LightSail?s automated chirps fell
silent. The
telemetry data is sent on a downlink of 437.435 MHz, AX.25, 9600 bps
FSK. The
last data packet received from the spacecraft was May 22 at 21:31 UTC
(5:31 p.m.
EDT).
A LightSail map tracking application is at
http://sail.planetary.org/missioncontrol/
[ANS thanks JoAnne, K9JKM, for the above information]
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29 MHz ? the forgotten frequency for amateur radio satellites
Hans van de Groenendaaal ZS6AKV writes in the EngineerIT magazine about the
potential for 29 MHz as a satellite uplink band.
Universities and other scientific research institutions are using
portions of
the amateur spectrum for their CubeSat?s which has caused the 145 and
435 MHz
amateur-satellite band segments to be very crowded, leading to an increasing
number of satellite builders to explore alternatives.
For many, such as those requiring single-channel bandwidth greater than
approximately 12.5 kHz, the best answer will be found in the microwave
bands.
However, for those who can use it, the International Amateur Radio Union
(IARU)
satellite frequency coordination process has now opened another
alternative: 29
MHz uplinks.
Read the EngineerIT article at
http://www.ee.co.za/article/29-mhz-forgotten-frequency-amateur-radio-
satellites.html
IARU Satellite Frequency Coordination http://www.iaru.org/satellite.html
[ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information]
In addition to regular membership, AMSAT offers membership in the
President's Club. Members of the President's Club, as sustaining
donors to AMSAT Project Funds, will be eligible to receive addi-
tional benefits. Application forms are available from the AMSAT
Office.
Primary and secondary school students are eligible for membership
at one-half the standard yearly rate. Post-secondary school students
enrolled in at least half time status shall be eligible for the stu-
dent rate for a maximum of 6 post-secondary years in this status.
Contact Martha at the AMSAT Office for additional student membership
information.
73,
This week's ANS Editor,
Lee McLamb, KU4OS
ku4os at amsat dot org
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 20:41:31 -0700
From: Rick Tejera <saguaroastro@xxx.xxx>
To: Rolf Krogstad <rolf.krogstad@xxxxx.xxx>, "<AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] W1AW/0 MN Medallions
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Got mine yesterday as well. Agreed it was a nice surprise. Though I did not
activate W1AW/7 on sats, I believe I was the only one to activate W1AW/7
from a SOTA summit.
73RickK7TEJ
7 ent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
-------- Original message --------
From: Rolf Krogstad <rolf.krogstad@xxxxx.xxx>
Date: 05/30/2015 18:05 (GMT-07:00)
To: "<AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] W1AW/0 MN Medallions
Today I got a surprise in the mail.
The ARRL sent me two commemorative medallions mounted in a plexiglass
display which is engraved "NR0T was W1AW/MN"
Very sharp looking addition to the shack.
I worked only Satellite QSOs on both of the Minnesota weeks.
It is a beautiful commemorative gift and caught me totally by surprised.
Thank you ARRL!
73
Rolf NR0T
grid = EN34it
Memeber of the following organizations:
ARRL Life Memeber
Minnesota Wireless Association
Twin Cities DX Association
AMSAT
AMSAT-UK
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 22:49:15 -0500
From: Joe <nss@xxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] W1AW/0 MN Medallions
Message-ID: <556A84BB.1020400@xxx.xxx>
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Is everyone that did these portable stations gonna get one of these? I
was W1AW/9 Wisconsin 90% on 30 meters
Joe WB9SBD
Sig
The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
Idle-Tyme.com
http://www.idle-tyme.com
On 5/30/2015 10:41 PM, Rick Tejera wrote:
>
> Got mine yesterday as well. Agreed it was a nice surprise. Though I did
not activate W1AW/7 on sats, I believe I was the only one to activate W1AW/7
from a SOTA summit.
> 73RickK7TEJ
>
>
> 7 ent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Rolf Krogstad <rolf.krogstad@xxxxx.xxx>
> Date: 05/30/2015 18:05 (GMT-07:00)
> To: "<AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> Subject: [amsat-bb] W1AW/0 MN Medallions
>
> Today I got a surprise in the mail.
> The ARRL sent me two commemorative medallions mounted in a plexiglass
> display which is engraved "NR0T was W1AW/MN"
>
> Very sharp looking addition to the shack.
> I worked only Satellite QSOs on both of the Minnesota weeks.
>
> It is a beautiful commemorative gift and caught me totally by surprised.
> Thank you ARRL!
>
> 73
> Rolf NR0T
> grid = EN34it
>
> Memeber of the following organizations:
> ARRL Life Memeber
> Minnesota Wireless Association
> Twin Cities DX Association
> AMSAT
> AMSAT-UK
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Message: 8
Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 23:57:12 -0400
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@xxxx.xxx>
To: Joe <nss@xxx.xxx>
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] W1AW/0 MN Medallions
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Yes. They should all be mailed by mid-June is what I heard.
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Saturday, May 30, 2015, Joe <nss@xxx.xxx> wrote:
> Is everyone that did these portable stations gonna get one of these? I was
> W1AW/9 Wisconsin 90% on 30 meters
>
> Joe WB9SBD
> Sig
> The Original Rolling Ball Clock
> Idle Tyme
> Idle-Tyme.com
> http://www.idle-tyme.com
> On 5/30/2015 10:41 PM, Rick Tejera wrote:
>
>> Got mine yesterday as well. Agreed it was a nice surprise. Though I
>> did not activate W1AW/7 on sats, I believe I was the only one to activate
>> W1AW/7 from a SOTA summit.
>> 73RickK7TEJ
>>
>>
>> 7 ent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone
>>
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Rolf Krogstad <rolf.krogstad@xxxxx.xxx>
>> Date: 05/30/2015 18:05 (GMT-07:00)
>> To: "<AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
>> Subject: [amsat-bb] W1AW/0 MN Medallions
>>
>> Today I got a surprise in the mail.
>> The ARRL sent me two commemorative medallions mounted in a plexiglass
>> display which is engraved "NR0T was W1AW/MN"
>>
>> Very sharp looking addition to the shack.
>> I worked only Satellite QSOs on both of the Minnesota weeks.
>>
>> It is a beautiful commemorative gift and caught me totally by surprised.
>> Thank you ARRL!
>>
>> 73
>> Rolf NR0T
>> grid = EN34it
>>
>> Memeber of the following organizations:
>> ARRL Life Memeber
>> Minnesota Wireless Association
>> Twin Cities DX Association
>> AMSAT
>> AMSAT-UK
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>> Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
>> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
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>> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
>> AMSAT-NA.
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 12:08:29 +0200
From: "Eric Knaps, ON4HF" <on4hf@xxxxxxx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Received PSAT for the first time.
Message-ID: <556ADD9D.1080608@xxxxxxx.xx>
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Hello,
I just received PSAT orbit 161. This is what i got on my screen in mixw.
W3ADO-5 beacon B 025 37 25 839 262 +8
W3ADO-5 beacon B 026 62 44 826 258 +11
W3ADO-5 beacon B 027 12 23 822 255 +13
W3ADO-5 beacon B 000 34 43 837 260 +9
W3ADO-5 beacon B 001 59 23 810 254 +12
W3ADO-5 beacon B 002 37 23 838 262 +8
W3ADO-5 beacon B 003 81 46 820 259 +12
W3ADO-5 beacon B 004 65 38 820 258 +14
W3ADO-5 beacon B 005 31 23 821 d59 +15
W3ADO-5 beacon B 006 59 37 817 256 +16
W3ADO-5 beacon B 007 75 42 815 255 +17
W3ADO-5 beacon B 008 81 37 816 257 +18
W3ADO-5 beacon B 009 90 23 814 258 +18
W3ADO-5 beacon B 012 50 23 813 255 +20
W3ADO-5 beacon B 013 28 25 810 253 +20
W3ADO-5 beacon B 014 37 23 820 257 +2d
73,
Eric.
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Message: 10
Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 18:36:23 -0500
From: Rolf Krogstad <rolf.krogstad@xxxxx.xxx>
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: [amsat-bb] W1AW/0 MN Medallions
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Today I got a surprise in the mail.
The ARRL sent me two commemorative medallions mounted in a plexiglass
display which is engraved "NR0T was W1AW/MN"
Very sharp looking addition to the shack.
I worked only Satellite QSOs on both of the Minnesota weeks.
It is a beautiful commemorative gift and caught me totally by surprised.
Thank you ARRL!
73
Rolf NR0T
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Message: 11
Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 12:03:31 -0400
From: "peter" <wb2oqq@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "David L Warnberg" <dwarnberg@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] DUCHIFAT-1
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David,
I had a 70 degree pass at 11:16 EST, nothing heard, are you or anyone
receiving and data?
73 Peter
W2JV
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 12:27:59 -0400
From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
To: David W0DHB <dave@xxxxx.xxx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT PSK31 downlink
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I noticed the satellite about 1.5 minutes behind the original ULTRASAT3
elements.
I also noticed W0DHO calling CQ PSAT. And a few other signals. Remember,
operate full duplex and just leave your transmitter on the full pass and
keep your CQ dump going while watching for responses the entire pass.
Since most PSK31 programs don't run full duplex, you might need to run two
instances? Good luck figuring out the sound cards!
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of David
W0DHB
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2015 2:50 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT PSK31 downlink
I've been observing that with the current keps the Downlink frequency of
the
PSK31 beacon is about 2Khz low.
A good US pass over the US at about 1936.
What I have been doing is decoding the entire 3 KHz with DM780's
Supersweeper or Fldigi and fixing TX at about 600Hz.
That way I catch everybody and there is no need to match frequencies.
I've been trying to TX below 1KHz to minimize interfering with folks
operating normal 10m PSK.
Dave W0DHB
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Message: 13
Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 12:00:40 -0600
From: "David W0DHB" <dave@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT 1745 pass
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Copied KO6TZ, KC9DOA and N4ZQ and 2 others who's call signs did not decode
here but copied a reference to PSAT
Dave W0DHB
DN70kc Colorado
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Message: 14
Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 12:39:52 -0700
From: KO6TZ Bob <my.callsign@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT 1925 pass
Message-ID: <556B6388.3010803@xxxxxxx.xxx>
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Copied W0DHB and N4QZ also W3ADO-5 telemetry.
KO6TZ Bob
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Message: 15
Date: Sun, 31 May 2015 19:11:41 +0000
From: Michael Adams <mda@xxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT PSK31 downlink
Message-ID: <ea8ru4e5viot0k557uow4vgq.1433099491190@xxxxx.xxxxxxx.xxx>
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It might be worth mentioning: fldigi has a command-line paramer
(--condig-dir maybe?) that can be used to set up two instances of the
program, listening to two separate frequencies on two separate sound card
devices.
(I am away from my computer, so I am not positive about the parameter....)
--
Michael Adams | mda@xxxx.xxx
-------- Original message --------
From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
Date: 2015/05/31 12:27 (GMT-05:00)
To: David W0DHB <dave@xxxxx.xxx>, amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT PSK31 downlink
I noticed the satellite about 1.5 minutes behind the original ULTRASAT3
elements.
I also noticed W0DHO calling CQ PSAT. And a few other signals. Remember,
operate full duplex and just leave your transmitter on the full pass and
keep your CQ dump going while watching for responses the entire pass.
Since most PSK31 programs don't run full duplex, you might need to run two
instances? Good luck figuring out the sound cards!
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of David
W0DHB
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2015 2:50 PM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT PSK31 downlink
I've been observing that with the current keps the Downlink frequency of
the
PSK31 beacon is about 2Khz low.
A good US pass over the US at about 1936.
What I have been doing is decoding the entire 3 KHz with DM780's
Supersweeper or Fldigi and fixing TX at about 600Hz.
That way I catch everybody and there is no need to match frequencies.
I've been trying to TX below 1KHz to minimize interfering with folks
operating normal 10m PSK.
Dave W0DHB
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