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Today's Topics:
1. driver help (Nick Pugh)
2. Re: driver help (Alan)
3. Re: driver help (Burns Fisher)
4. Re: driver help (JoAnne K9JKM)
5. 12th Annual 13 Colonies Special Event (Cal Spreitzer)
6. ANS-180 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins (Mark Johns, K0JM)
7. Satellites on N1MM? (Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET)
8. Modified Doppler.SQF (Erich Eichmann)
9. Field Day Results (Bruce)
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 05:51:42 -0500
From: "Nick Pugh" <quadpugh@?????????.???>
To: "'AMSAT BB'" <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Cc: 'Charles Morrison Cohesive Connection LLC'
<cmorrison@???????????????????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] driver help
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Hello AMSAT-rs
I have an old usb to serial converter. The new drivers won't work Can you
point me to where I can download the old drivers that will work under
Windows 10?
nick
Cell 337 258 2527
Helping UL become a world Class Engineering and Educational School
Disagree I Learn
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 07:29:49 -0500
From: "Alan" <wa4sca@?????.???>
To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] driver help
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It would be helpful if you would give some information on which device you
have, chipset, etc.
73,
Alan
WA4SCA
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 09:16:18 -0400
From: Burns Fisher <wb1fj-bb@??????.??>
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] driver help
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Very likely a Prolific chipset, which Windows deprecated in 10. Perhaps
you can google it with that info. Or get a new USB/serial converter with
an FTDI chipset.
On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 8:32 AM Alan via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
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> It would be helpful if you would give some information on which device you
> have, chipset, etc.
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> 73,
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> Alan
> WA4SCA
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> <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@?????.???? On Behalf Of Nick
> <Pugh via AMSAT-BB
> <Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2020 5:52 AM
> <To: 'AMSAT BB' <amsat-bb@?????.???>
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Message: 4
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 08:57:40 -0500
From: JoAnne K9JKM <k9jkm@???????.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] driver help
Message-ID: <5EF75054.3050207@???????.???>
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This site has the ancient drivers that pre-date the "you're not running
a genuine prolific cable" test:
https://miklor.com/COM/UV_Drivers.php
I have the 3.2.0.0 drivers working on a Win7 and Win10 box.
Keep in mind that these are old drivers, no updates offered, sometimes
windows update might overwrite them when a microsoft update is perhaps
being "too helpful".
On 6/27/2020 8:16 AM, Burns Fisher via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Very likely a Prolific chipset, which Windows deprecated in 10. Perhaps
> you can google it with that info. Or get a new USB/serial converter with
> an FTDI chipset.
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> On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 8:32 AM Alan via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
> wrote:
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>> It would be helpful if you would give some information on which device you
>> have, chipset, etc.
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>> 73,
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>> Alan
>> WA4SCA
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>> <-----Original Message-----
>> <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@?????.???? On Behalf Of Nick
>> <Pugh via AMSAT-BB
>> <Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2020 5:52 AM
>> <To: 'AMSAT BB' <amsat-bb@?????.???>
>> <Cc: 'Charles Morrison Cohesive Connection LLC'
>> <<cmorrison@???????????????????.???>
>> <Subject: [amsat-bb] driver help
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>> <Hello AMSAT-rs
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>> <I have an old usb to serial converter. The new drivers won't work Can you
>> <point me to where I can download the old drivers that will work under
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73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm@?????.???
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Message: 5
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 10:19:12 -0400
From: "Cal Spreitzer" <n3cal@??.?????????.???>
To: <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] 12th Annual 13 Colonies Special Event
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The 12th Annual 13 Colonies Special Event (Independence Week Celebration)
starts Wednesday, July 1, 2020 -1300 UTC and runs through Wednesday, July
8, 2020 (0400 UTC)
This will be my second year representing Maryland as "K2F" from FM18. I
will be working most FM and Linear birds throughout the week. If you need
Maryland feel free to drop me a line for a particular schedule or just tune
in.
73,
Cal/N3CAL FM18
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Message: 6
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 19:01:00 -0500
From: "Mark Johns, K0JM" <k0jm.mark@?????.???>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] ANS-180 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
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AMSAT NEWS SERVICE
ANS-180
The AMSAT News Service bulletins are a free, weekly news and infor-
mation service of AMSAT, 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 commun-
icating 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@?????.???
You can sign up for free e-mail delivery of the AMSAT News Service
Bulletins via the ANS List; to join this list see:
http://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/ans
In this edition:
* AMSAT Symposium Proceedings Now Available to AMSAT Members
* Ham Talk Live Episode on Satellite Etiquette
* ASEE Presentation on CubeSatSim
* CAS-6 Becomes TO-108, Added to AMSAT TLE Distribution
* AMSAT Announces Candidates for 2020 Board of Directors Election
* ARISS Volunteer VK5ZAI Named Member of the Order of Australia
* Upcoming Satellite Operations
* ARISS News
* Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
* Satellite Shorts From All Over
SB SAT @ AMSAT $ANS-180.01
ANS-180 AMSAT News Service Weekly Bulletins
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 180.01
>From AMSAT HQ KENSINGTON, MD.
DATE 2020 June 28
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-180.01
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the AMSAT office
is closed until further notice. For details, please visit
https://www.amsat.org/amsat-office-closed-until-further-notice/
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AMSAT Symposium Proceedings Now Available to AMSAT Members
All editions of the AMSAT Symposium Proceedings dating back to 1986 are
now available as a benefit of AMSAT membership via the Member Resources
section of our new membership portal at launch.amsat.org.
If you're a current member and have not yet logged on to the portal,
please do so to ensure that your information is accurate in the
database and check out the online resources we have made available to
all members, including Proceedings, all issues of The AMSAT Journal
dating back to 2014, and a printable frequency chart listing currently
available amateur satellites.
If you're not a current member, now is a great time to sign up. Visit
https://launch.amsat.org/ today!
(ANS thanks Paul Stoetzer, N8HM, AMSAT Executive Vice President for
the above information)
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Ham Talk Live Episode on Satellite Etiquette
Popular internet podcast "Ham Talk Live!" this past week featured an
episode on Satellite Etiquette. The podcast, which uses the format of
a radio call-in show, streams live on Thursdays at 9 p.m. Eastern Time
(0100z in the current Daylight Time regimine), can be replayed on You-
Tube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF1FnCczwUikw1aKsTqMR9g as
Episode 218.
Podcast host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG, conducted interviews with Kevin Zari,
KK4YEL and Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT Vice President - User Services
about basic satellite operating etiquette as well as how to conduct
satellite operations special event stations, such as roamers and during
events such as Field Day.
[ANS thanks @??????????? on Twitter for the above information]
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Need new satellite antennas? Purchase Arrows, Alaskan Arrows,
and M2 LEO-Packs from the AMSAT Store. When you purchase through
AMSAT, a portion of the proceeds goes towards
Keeping Amateur Radio in Space.
https://amsat.org/product-category/hardware/
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CAS-6 Becomes TO-108, Added to AMSAT TLE Distribution
The CAS-6 (TQ-1) microsatellite was launched December 20, 2019 on a
CZ-4B launch vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China.
CAS-6 (TQ-1) was developed by the Chinese Amateur Satellite Group
(CAMSAT) and in cooperation with China?s commercial satellite manufac-
turer. CAMSAT completed the design and manufacture of the amateur radio
payload, and manages the on-orbit operation of the payload. The satel-
lite carries CW and digital telemetry beacons and a linear transponder.
The deployment of the amateur antennas was delayed due technical and
COVID-19 issues, but was completed on June 20, 2020. Currently the
beacons are carriers only, and the transponder operates with about 2
seconds on and 5 seconds off.
At the request of CAMSAT and the CAS-6 team, AMSAT hereby designates
CAS-6 (TQ-1) as TQ-OSCAR 108 (TO-108). We congratulate the owners and
operators of TO-108, thank them for their contribution to the amateur
satellite community, and wish them continued success on this and fu-
ture projects.
Frequencies for the intended radio amatuer mission are:
? CW Telemetry Beacon: 145.910 MHz
? AX.25 4.8kbps GMSK Telemetry: 145.890 MHz
? U/V Linear Transponder Downlink: 145.925 MHz, 20 kHz bandwidth
? U/V Linear Transponder Uplink: 435.280 MHz, Inverted
Operator reports indicate that the transponder is active only for brief
intervals of about 2 seconds, spaced approximately seconds apart. With
patience, and quick transmissions, QSOs have been completed.
CAS-6 (NORAD Cat ID 44881) has been added to the AMSAT distributions of
Two Line Element (TLE) sets beginning from June 25, 2020. Watch for
possible future changes to the satellite name in future TLEs.
[ANS thanks Drew Glasbrenner, KO4MA, AMSAT VP Operations & OSCAR Number
Administrator; Ray Hoad, WA5QGD, AMSAT Orbital Elements Manager; and
Alan Kung, BA1DU, for the above information]
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ASEE Presentation on CubeSatSim
At this week's American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) virtual
national conference, AMSAT's VP of Educational Relations, Alan Johns-
ton, Ph.D., KU2Y, presented a paper on the use of the AMSAT CubeSatSim
in the classroom. His paper "The CubeSat Mini Project: Experiences
with an Introductory Freshman Electrical and Computer Engineering
Course" described the use of the CubeSatSim in the spring of 2019 at
Villanova University.
In addition to building CubeSatSims, the students also built tape mea-
sure Yagi-Uda antennas, tracked amateur radio satellites, and listened
to morse code telemetry using SDRs. The CubeSatSim is a low cost sat-
ellite emulator that runs on solar panels and batteries, transmits UHF
radio telemetry, has a 3D printed frame, and can be extended by addi-
tional sensors and modules. It can be built for about $200. Details
about the design and use of the simulator are in a series of articles
in the AMSAT Journal. More information on the AMSAT CubeSatSim is
available at https://cubesatsim.org or by contacting Alan at ku2y at
amsat dot org or on Twitter @?????????????.
[ANS thanks Alan Johnston, KU2Y, AMSAT VP Educational Relations for
the above information]
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AMSAT Announces Candidates for 2020 Board of Directors Election
The nomination period for this year's AMSAT Board of Directors
election ended June 15. The following candidates have been found to
have their membership in good standing and their nomination
credentials in order:
Howard DeFelice, AB2S
Mark Hammond, N8MH
Jeff Johns, WE4B
Robert McGwier, N4HY
Bruce Paige, KK5DO
Paul Stoetzer, N8HM
This year, AMSAT will be electing three voting members of the Board
of Directors. These will go to the three candidates receiving the
highest number of votes. In addition, there will be two alternates
chosen, based on the next highest number of votes received.
Further details regarding the mechanics of the election will appear in
ANS in the near future. Ballots will be mailed to the AMSAT membership
by July 15th based on a membership list that will be generated as early
as July 1. Members are encouraged to use the AMSAT Membership
Portal at launch.amsat.org to verify that their membership is in good
standing and their mailing address is correct.
[ANS thanks Brennan Price, N4QX, AMSAT Secretary, for the above
information]
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Want to fly the colors on your own grid expedition?
Get your AMSAT car flag and other neat stuff
from our Zazzle store!
25% of the purchase price of each product goes
towards Keeping Amateur Radio in Space
https://www.zazzle.com/amsat_gear
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ARISS Volunteer VK5ZAI Named Member of the Order of Australia
Veteran Amateur Radio on the International Radio Station (ARISS) volun-
teer Tony Hutchison, VK5ZAI, has been honored as a Member of the Order
of Australia in Queen Elizabeth?s Birthday Honours List. Hutchison was
recognized ?For significant service to amateur radio, particularly to
satellite and space communication.? The Australian Government?s Depart-
ment of the Prime Minister and Cabinet noted that Hutchison is one of
10 official ARISS telebridge stations to the International Space Sta-
tion, as well as a HamTV ground station.
Hutchison?s station has served as the ham radio contact point for ISS
crew members to speak with schools and groups on Earth via ham radio,
when a contact location is not within the footprint of an ISS pass. The
students connect via a teleconference line from their school to the
telebridge station, and then with the astronaut using ham radio.
Hutchison provided communication support for contacts with Australian
astronaut Andy Thomas, VK5JAT/VK5MIR, during Thomas?s tour on the Rus-
sian Mir space station, and he enabled the first school contact with
Mir in 1993. As part of ARISS, he helped 65 schools prepare for ARISS
contacts and used his telebridge station for 58 ARISS contacts through-
out the world. He is a member of AMSAT-VK.
?Tony?s been an ARISS mentor for years, and was lead of Australia?s
mentors,? ARISS-International Secretary Rosalie White, K1STO, said.
?He enjoyed talking to the Mir crews long before.? White said that
Hutchison, who is in his early 80s, remains involved in the ARISS pro-
gram. Licensed in 1960, Hutchison became interested in satellite com-
munication in 1965 with OSCAR-3.
?Although I received the honour, I would like to share it with all team
members I work with,? Hutchison said. ?If it wasn?t for the work that
all the ARISS-International volunteers do, this award would never have
been given.?
An investiture ceremony is tentatively set for this fall.
[ANS thanks ARRL for the above information]
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ARISS NEWS
Amateurs and others around the world may listen in on contacts between
amateurs operating in schools and allowing students to interact with
astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station. The
downlink frequency on which to listen is 145.800 MHz worldwide.
[ANS thanks Charlie Sufana, AJ9N, one of the ARISS operation team men-
tors for the above information]
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AMSAT, along with our ARISS partners, is developing an amateur
radio package, including two-way communication capability, to
be carried on-board Gateway in lunar orbit.
Support AMSAT's projects today at https://www.amsat.org/donate/
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Upcoming Satellite Operations
Upcoming Roves:
Quick Hits:
CM86, 6/26. W6KSR: Will be on a few passes on Friday from CM86,
EM19, 6/27 & 6/28 KE9AJ : Will be at the farm with FM and Linear gear.
FM25 and Maybe FM26, @?????? Now though 6/28. Ruth will be at the
beach, no schedule yet!
EM58/EM59, 6/29 @???? will be heading out to the grid line between
14:00 and 22:00. Watch his twitter feed for updates. <- Updated
EM57 & EM67 (Saturday 7/11 & 7/12) N4DCW <-Change of grids!
FN45 & FN46, VE2FUA, 7/12 & 7/13: Chris is heading out to a little
known state (to rovers at least) called Maine. Might want to get him
while he is there.
Major Roves:
@????? is heading out again!!! Starting July 13th
DN63 (Some Day passes)
DN64 fir a few days of fly fishing
then DN55 ? DN68, and getting home on July 31st?.
DL88: Ron (@?????? and Doug (@????? are making another run at the elu-
sive DL88 in Big Bend National Park, TX. As we know they tried this
grid back in March, and due to the mud couldn?t get to the grid, so
never ones to quit, off they go again. Today the tentative date is
Monday July 6th, 2020. They will be using the K5Z call sign. More in-
formation is available at the K5Z QRZ Page.
Please submit any additions or corrections to Ke0pbr (at) gmail.com
[ANS thanks Paul Overnfor, KE0PBR, AMSAT rover page manager, for the
above information]
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Hamfests, Conventions, Maker Faires, and Other Events
Want to see AMSAT in action or learn more about amateur radio in space?
AMSAT Ambassadors provide presentations, demonstrate communicating
through amateur satellites, and host information tables at club meet-
ings, hamfests, conventions, maker faires, and other events.
Due to COVID-19, many hamfest and events around the United States have
been cancelled or postponed. While we make every effort to ensure the
information contained below is correct, there may be some that we
missed. We wish all of you safekeeping and hope to be at a hamfest
near you soon.
Current schedule:
* Shelby NC Hamfest (Contact N4HF for info or if you want to help.)
Phil Jenkins, N4HF, is planning to present a forum ? and set-up/man
an info table ? at the Shelby NC Hamfest Friday/Saturday Sept 4 & 5.
(the ?fest runs Sept 4-6, but he?ll probably only be there Friday
and Saturday). Demos possible if additional volunteers step up.
A copy of the AMSAT hamfest brochure is available for download from:
https://bit.ly/2ygVFmV This color brochure is designed to be printed
double-sided and folded into a tri-fold handout.
To include your upcoming AMSAT presentation and/or demonstration,
please send an email to ambassadors (at) amsat (dot) org.
[ANS thanks Robert Bankston, KE4AL, AMSAT VP-User Services for the
above information]
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Satellite Shorts From All Over
+ Rohit Bokade, VU3OIR, has started a petition requesting a change to
the Amateur Radio license in India to permit all grades of license to
use the amateur radio satellites. In India, holders of the Restricted
grade of license (VU3 prefix) are not permitted to use amateur radio
satellites or communicate with the International Space Station.
(ANS thanks AMSAT-UK for the above information)
+ NASA's Perseverance rover is getting ready to launch to Mars in July,
and it'll carry some very special messages with it. We already knew
about the 11 million names and the statement "explore as one" writ-
ten in Morse code. NASA revealed last week it'll also take a tribute
to health care workers all the way to the red planet. The Persever-
ance team installed a small aluminum plate showing Earth on top of a
serpent-wrapped rod, a nod to the ancient Rod of Asclepius symbol for
medicine. NASA said the plaque commemorates the impact of the COVID-
19 pandemic and pays tribute to the perseverance of health care work-
ers around the world. (ANS thanks cnet.com for the above information)
+ NASA has agreed to allow its astronauts to fly on reused Crew Dragon
spaceships and Falcon 9 boosters beginning as soon as SpaceX?s third
launch of a crew to the International Space Station, a mission expec-
ted to launch next year. The space agency has modified its contract
with SpaceX to permit reuse of spacecraft and rocket hardware. NASA
had not previously approved the use of previously-flown spacecraft
and rockets on missions carrying the agency?s astronauts into orbit.
NASA said the contract modification allows for the extension of the
Crew Dragon?s Demo-2 test flight ? which launched May 30 with astro-
nauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken, KE5GGX ? from two weeks to up to
119 days. (ANS thanks SpaceflightNOW for the above information)
+ NASA announced this week that it will rename its Washington headquar-
ters after its first black female engineer, Mary Jackson, whose story
was told in the hit film "Hidden Figures." Jackson was a research
mathematician who was later promoted to become the agency's first
black female engineer. The move by NASA comes as weeks of protests in
the United States have sparked a national reckoning about systemic
racism and racial inequality. (ANS thanks Space Daily for the above
information)
+ Congratulations to Drew Blasbrenner, KO4MA, who has been awarded the
first AMSAT issued GridMaster Award (#11)! The GridMaster award is
available to all amateurs worldwide who submit proof with confirma-
tion of contacts with each of the 488 maidenhead grids located within
the contiguous United States of America. Contacts must be confirmed
in writing, preferably in the form of QSL cards or via Logbook of
the World (LoTW). This award was first introduced by Star Comm Group
in 2014. AMSAT thanks Damon Runion, WA4HFN, and Rick Tillman, WA4NVM,
for not only sponsoring this award since its inception, but, also,
entrusting AMSAT with the honor of carrying on this important award
for the benefit of the entire AMSAT community. (ANS thanks Bruce
Paige, KK5DO, AMSAT Director, Contests & Awards, for the above infor-
mation)
+ The San Diego Microwave Group will hold a Zoom meeting this Monday,
June 29 at 7 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time (0200 UTC on June 30) with a pre-
sentation by Michelle Thompson, W5NYV, concerning challenges of plac-
ing an amateur microwave payload in space. Microwave on the ISS was
raised as a possibility this past week from the ARISS/AREx hardware
summit meetings. The San Diego Microwave Group meeting is a regular
technical roundtable on amateur microwave activities, questions, op-
erations, and experiments. Join Zoom Meeting ID: 819 2711 2936 using
Password: 487697. (ANS thanks AMSAT Board Member Michelle Thompson,
W5NYV, for the above information).
+ Congrats to Joe Werth, KE9AJ, and Burt Demarcq, FG8OJ, for setting
a new distance record on XW-2B on June 20. This was also the longest
QSO recorded on any of the XW-2 series of satellites. FG8OJ located
at FK96ig17, to KE9AJ at DM79IQ47 is 4,978 km. (ANS thanks Paul
Stoetzer, AMSAT Executive Vice-President, for the above information)
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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 and Remember to help keep amateur radio in space,
This week's ANS Editor, Mark D. Johns, K0JM
k0jm at amsat dot org
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Message: 7
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2020 22:12:24 -0500
From: "Keith E. Brandt, WD9GET" <wd9get@?????.???>
To: AMSAT <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Satellites on N1MM?
Message-ID: <f8856cc3-b73a-57b2-1326-23733827745a@?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Working FD, logging via N1MM, but I don't see a way to shoehorn in my
satellite contacts-- anyone broken the code?
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Message: 8
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 11:27:49 +0200
From: Erich Eichmann <erich.eichmann@????????.??>
To: AMSAT-BB <AMSAT-BB@?????.???>, Mineo Wakita
<ei7m-wkt@?????????.??.??>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Modified Doppler.SQF
Message-ID: <bc2eb3cc-b6b1-952d-1965-20375888acf1@????????.??>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
Hi,
I have uploaded a ZIP file, containing:
a) a? modified? Doppler.SQF file (initially for testing and
complementing before it replaces the present one in the SatPC32 setup
file ). The file extends the previous data with the data from the
Doppler.SQF file from JE9PEL. This excellent file contains the radio
data for almost all satellites important for radio amateurs. To be
compatible with other files I replaced the satellite names used in the
file? by their AMSAT names (names used in nasa.all, nasabare.txt etc.).
The modified file therefore manages a significantly larger number of
satellites, especially newer ones than the previous one, already upon
installation. The user doesn't need to add the satellites to Doppler.SQF
himself.
b) a modified AmsatNames.txt file. The file is required for use of
Doppler.SQF with Space Track/Celestrak Keps files due to their?
different satellite names. The file contains the satellite 'identifiers'
for all satellites contained in the Keps file nasa.all (approx. 200 )
and the assigned AMSAT names of these satellites.
c)
?the tool CreateAmsatNames.exe. The little program creates and updates
AmsatNames.txt from nasa.all via mouseclick.
The ZIP file can be downloaded here:
www.dk1tb.de/NewDoppler.ZIP
If you want to test the files it will be best to unzip Doppler.SQF and
AmsatNames.txt into the sub folders CfgIII or CfgIV of the SatPC32 data
folder (path shows up in the footline of menu 'Satellites'. Since the
folder AppData in the path is hidden by default make hidden files and
folders visible). Then they can be tested with the SatPC32
configurations 3 or 4 and 1 and 2 remain unchanged. To keep the present
files you may rename them.
Unzip CreateAmsatNames.exe into the SatPC32 program folder and start it
with the File Explorer or add an entry to aux. file Programs.SQF.
73s, Erich, DK1TB
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Message: 9
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 15:29:18 -0500
From: Bruce <kk5do@????.???>
To: "amsat-bb@?????.???? <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Field Day Results
Message-ID: <01511c46-8f98-a573-b104-bea9428bce13@????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed
I hope everyone had a good time for field day. Now the real fun begins.
Submitting your score towards AMSAT Field Day. I worked 6 different
satellites. A couple had only 2-3 of us on as other satellites were also
passing over at the time.
Here are some reminders. As the ARRL relaxed the rules allowing 1D
stations to work everyone including other 1D stations and submit their
score towards their club's score as well as their personal score, the
scoring is going to be interesting.
If you worked from home and you include the name of a club on your
submission, the club will need to aggregate all the contacts and make
sure there are no duplicate contacts. For example, home station K1XXX
worked K2AAA on RS-44, EO-88 and CAS-4B. Home station K3AAA also worked
the same 3 stations on the same 3 satellites. The club would not be able
to claim the same stations twice. However, each of the home stations can
submit the same 3 contacts as their own personal score unless they
worked the same stations again on the same satellite with the same mode.
Remember, only 1 contact per FM satellite is allowed. If your club had
contacts from 10 members that submitted towards the club's score and
they all worked the available FM satellites, you can only score one
contact per satellite. Each of the home stations can submit one contact
per FM satellite towards their personal score.
All club's submitting a score this year need to submit their log. I
would rather ask for this now than have to get them later. It will make
it easier for me. I would prefer digital format, Excel spread sheet,
ADIF, Word document, but not a PDF as they are not as easily searchable.
Finally, all submissions need to be in to me no later than 11:59 PM
Central Time on Friday, July 17, 2020. Send to either kk5do@?????.??? or
kk5do@????.??? or both. I will reply that I have received your
submission. Include stories and pictures to make the journal article
more interesting.
73...bruce
--
Bruce Paige, KK5DO
AMSAT Director Contests and Awards
AMSAT Board Member 2016-2020
ARRL Awards Field Checker (WAS, 5BWAS, VUCC), VE
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