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Today's Topics:
1. PSAT? (Steve Kristoff)
2. Re: PSAT? (David W0DHB)
3. Re: PSAT? (Paul Stoetzer)
4. Re: PSAT? (Roger Kolakowski)
5. Re: PSAT power out? (Robert Bruninga)
6. PSAT 20:40u Pacific pass (KO6TZ Bob)
7. PSAT in PSK31 (PY5LF)
8. Registration for SatPC32 (Donald Jacob)
9. Re: Registration for SatPC32 (Alan)
10. Re: Registration for SatPC32 (Donald Jacob)
11. Re: Registration for SatPC32 (ryan woods)
12. Re: Registration for SatPC32 (Donald Jacob)
13. WD9EWK @ Show Low AZ hamfest & weekend grid expedition (6-7
June 2015) (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
14. PSAT: Breaking its "squelch" (Bob KD7YZ)
15. Call for Papers: Digital Communications Conference
(Ford, Steve, WB8IMY)
16. Re: WD9EWK @ Show Low AZ hamfest & weekend grid expedition
(6-7 June 2015) (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 13:37:02 -0400
From: Steve Kristoff <skristof@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT?
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I had been receiving and decoding PSAT telemetry on the 2 m downlink pretty
consistently up until the digipeater was turned on.
Now, I hear the packets on the radio, but they are not strong enough to be
decoded. Has the power been reduced on the 2 m downlink?
Steve AI9IN
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 11:50:18 -0600
From: "David W0DHB" <dave@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "'Steve Kristoff'" <skristof@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT?
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Ditto here also
Dave W0DHB
-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Steve
Kristoff
Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 11:37 AM
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT?
I had been receiving and decoding PSAT telemetry on the 2 m downlink pretty
consistently up until the digipeater was turned on.
Now, I hear the packets on the radio, but they are not strong enough to be
decoded. Has the power been reduced on the 2 m downlink?
Steve AI9IN
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 13:53:29 -0400
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@xxxx.xxx>
To: Steve Kristoff <skristof@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT?
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Interesting observation.
I also note that the satgates have consistently received telemetry
beacons, but very few digipeated packets:
http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Steve Kristoff <skristof@xxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> I had been receiving and decoding PSAT telemetry on the 2 m downlink pretty
> consistently up until the digipeater was turned on.
> Now, I hear the packets on the radio, but they are not strong enough to be
> decoded. Has the power been reduced on the 2 m downlink?
>
> Steve AI9IN
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 14:06:22 -0400
From: Roger Kolakowski <Rogerkola@xxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT?
Message-ID: <556DF09E.6070005@xxx.xxx>
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I can confirm at least 2 acks back on my packets on each of the
descending local passes the last two days.
My hearing range is about half of the indicated ground coverage circle
in Orbitron.
My location favors the ascending passes my my sleep needs do not.
Roger
WA1KAT
On 06/02/2015 1:53 PM, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
> Interesting observation.
>
> I also note that the satgates have consistently received telemetry
> beacons, but very few digipeated packets:
> http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/pcsat.cgi
>
> 73,
>
> Paul, N8HM
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 15:49:23 -0400
From: Robert Bruninga <bruninga@xxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT power out?
Message-ID: <93388bc6ef2eb075b52eebe20b9e510a@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Me to. I thought it was me. I am hardly decoding anything on the 145.825
downlink any more... Bob, Wb4APR
-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [ David W0DHB
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] PSAT?
Ditto here also
Dave W0DHB
-----Original Message-----
From: AMSAT-BB [Steve Kristoff
Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 11:37 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT?
I had been receiving and decoding PSAT telemetry on the 2 m downlink
pretty consistently up until the digipeater was turned on.
Now, I hear the packets on the radio, but they are not strong enough to be
decoded. Has the power been reduced on the 2 m downlink?
Steve AI9IN
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2015 14:00:27 -0700
From: KO6TZ Bob <my.callsign@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT 20:40u Pacific pass
Message-ID: <556E196B.6040701@xxxxxxx.xxx>
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I copied 5 packets, on the 20:40u pass over the Pacific. I could not
get it to digipeat a packet.
BOB KO6TZ
1:Fm PSAT To APRSON Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=52 >[13:40:15]
s#012729,0z200,G0cGAcFAcFBcFCcFCcGDcGDcGDbGCbGCbGBa
1:Fm PSAT To APRSON Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=34 >[13:40:42]
T#605,857,074,130,129,412,00000000
1:Fm PSAT To APRSON Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=34 >[13:41:43]
T#606,859,073,130,129,412,00000000
1:Fm PSAT To APRSON Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=52 >[13:43:20]
s#012731,0z200,GcdGadGAdGAdGBdGCeFCdGDdFDdGCdGCcGCb
1:Fm PSAT To APRSON Via ARISS <UI pid=F0 Len=34 >[13:43:45]
T#608,838,376,128,128,411,00000000
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 18:40:04 -0300
From: "PY5LF" <py5lf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
To: <AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT in PSK31
Message-ID: <002f01d09d7c$b2aa5fc0$17ff1f40$@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
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Hi
Today I did a test using the automatic correction of SATPC32 at high speed
and the result was that my transmission stay almost at the same frequency,
as shown in this video.
https://youtu.be/lz535MBCWMs
SatPC32 is the best !
73
PY5LF
Luciano Fabricio
Curitiba-PR-BR GG54jm
http://www.qrz.com/db/PY5LF
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 14:57:53 -0700
From: Donald Jacob <wb5eku@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Registration for SatPC32
Message-ID:
<CABCjCMBuahpjgn8ACvseGLCP+CbW3rbRsoxGDzh05mp6CDUR=A@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Hi,
I need to reload SatPC and can't find my registration code! Where might I
find it?
I am pretty sure that I originally purchased it through AMSAT-NA
Thanks
Don
WB5EKU
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 17:01:01 -0500
From: Alan <wa4sca@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "'Donald Jacob'" <wb5eku@xxxxx.xxx>, "'AMSAT BB'"
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Registration for SatPC32
Message-ID: <000501d09d7f$9db7f2f0$d927d8d0$@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Contact Martha tomorrow. Information on WWW.AMSAT.ORG. She keeps a record
of all registrations.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
<-----Original Message-----
<From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Donald Jacob
<Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 4:58 PM
<To: AMSAT BB
<Subject: [amsat-bb] Registration for SatPC32
<
<Hi,
<I need to reload SatPC and can't find my registration code! Where might I
<find it?
<I am pretty sure that I originally purchased it through AMSAT-NA
<
<Thanks
<
<Don
<WB5EKU
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 15:03:25 -0700
From: Donald Jacob <wb5eku@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Alan Biddle <APBIDDLE@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Registration for SatPC32
Message-ID:
<CABCjCMAWjew7Rr8eP4V6kvOx_9cGJo8bCLGChvcqW2P0N8Fazw@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Thanks, will do.
Guess I should have thought of that first! Martha knows everything.
WB5EKU
On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Alan <wa4sca@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Contact Martha tomorrow. Information on WWW.AMSAT.ORG. She keeps a
> record of all registrations.
>
> 73s,
>
> Alan
> WA4SCA
>
>
> <-----Original Message-----
> <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Donald
> Jacob
> <Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 4:58 PM
> <To: AMSAT BB
> <Subject: [amsat-bb] Registration for SatPC32
> <
> <Hi,
> <I need to reload SatPC and can't find my registration code! Where might I
> <find it?
> <I am pretty sure that I originally purchased it through AMSAT-NA
> <
> <Thanks
> <
> <Don
> <WB5EKU
> <_______________________________________________
> <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.
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>
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 18:12:51 -0400
From: ryan woods <firefighterryan37@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Donald Jacob <wb5eku@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, Alan Biddle <APBIDDLE@xxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Registration for SatPC32
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I have always contacted the author when I lost my registration number. He
is very helpful!
On Jun 2, 2015 6:03 PM, "Donald Jacob" <wb5eku@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Thanks, will do.
>
> Guess I should have thought of that first! Martha knows everything.
>
> WB5EKU
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Alan <wa4sca@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> > Contact Martha tomorrow. Information on WWW.AMSAT.ORG. She keeps a
> > record of all registrations.
> >
> > 73s,
> >
> > Alan
> > WA4SCA
> >
> >
> > <-----Original Message-----
> > <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Donald
> > Jacob
> > <Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2015 4:58 PM
> > <To: AMSAT BB
> > <Subject: [amsat-bb] Registration for SatPC32
> > <
> > <Hi,
> > <I need to reload SatPC and can't find my registration code! Where might
> I
> > <find it?
> > <I am pretty sure that I originally purchased it through AMSAT-NA
> > <
> > <Thanks
> > <
> > <Don
> > <WB5EKU
> > <_______________________________________________
> > <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!
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> >
> >
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2015 16:40:14 -0700
From: Donald Jacob <wb5eku@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Registration for SatPC32
Message-ID:
<CABCjCMCpT6LuSix4s1=n_zJOD7cg+ecHEoFOfr1jELSnpinL8g@xxxx.xxxxx.xxx>
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Thanks all, I found it, luckly It did not go away when the system crashed.
WB5EKU
On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 4:28 PM, Adrian Engele <aa5uk@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Try: *C:\Users\YOUR NAME\AppData\Roaming\SatPC32* Look for*
> UserDaten.Txt *
>
> Your registration will be there.
>
> 73, Adrian AA5UK
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Donald Jacob <wb5eku@xxxxx.xxx>
> *To:* AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 2, 2015 4:57 PM
> *Subject:* [amsat-bb] Registration for SatPC32
>
> Hi,
> I need to reload SatPC and can't find my registration code! Where might I
> find it?
> I am pretty sure that I originally purchased it through AMSAT-NA
>
> Thanks
>
> Don
> WB5EKU
> _______________________________________________
> 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!
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>
>
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Message: 13
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 04:14:20 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK @ Show Low AZ hamfest & weekend grid
expedition (6-7 June 2015)
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Hi!
I will be on the road this weekend, starting this Friday evening (5 June)
with a 3-hour drive to eastern Arizona before a Saturday (6 June) morning
hamfest. After the hamfest, I will be driving and operating from grids in
northern Arizona and southern Utah before I return home Sunday night. I'm
not able to extend my weekend, so this will be a rapid-fire road trip
covering over a thousand miles and several grids.
My activities will start with the White Mountain Hamfest in Show Low, in
eastern Arizona. This hamfest is a half-day event, and I will have an AMSAT
table at it, complete with satellite demonstrations during the morning. If
you hear WD9EWK on the air Saturday morning, please call and be a part of
the demonstrations. I hope to be on some AO-7, SO-50, and AO-73 passes
before the hamfest wraps up around midday (1900 UTC).
After the hamfest, I will head north up to I-40. If the timing is right, I
may be able to make a stop at the DM54/DM55 grid boundary for the AO-7 and
FO-29 passes between 2030 and 2100 UTC Saturday afternoon. If the timing
isn't right, I will at least try for grid DM54 near the hamfest to get that
on the air once, before heading west to Flagstaff.
Once I'm done with DM54 or DM54/DM55, it will be a 4-hour drive to Page AZ,
at Lake Powell and the Arizona/Utah state line, passing through Flagstaff
as I leave I-40 and start on US-89. I may be able to work from grid DM45 on
the way to Page - including some ISS passes. Between Flagstaff and Page, I
don't plan on making many stops, as US-89 passes through the Navajo Nation
reservation. If all goes well, I will wrap up Saturday in Page, in time to
work the AO-73 pass around 0353 UTC. Since the Arizona/Utah state line -
and the DM46/DM47 grid boundary - are very close to Page, I *may* be able
to work from that grid boundary. At this part of the Arizona/Utah state
line, the grid boundary is just inside northern Arizona.
Sunday (7 June) morning... my plans are to leave Page early, and make it to
a spot in southern Utah north of Monument Valley (grids DM47 and DM57) in
time for the SO-50 and AO-73 passes in the morning. I am not planning to
make stops along the road between Page and the DM47/DM57 grid boundary, as I
will need around 2 hours to get to that spot in time for the first SO-50
pass around 1510 UTC. The first AO-73 pass at DM47/DM57, around 1545 UTC,
has a maximum elevation of 4 degrees. I should be able to work a few minutes
of that very shallow pass out there, if my memory of that area from being
out there in 2009 is correct.
Depending on how well the morning passes go, and how the weather is on
Sunday, I may try to stick around for the first FO-29 pass up there at 2135
UTC. If I work lots of stations on the morning passes, I will move to one
of two other locations for the 2135 UTC FO-29 pass: DM56/DM57 grid boundary
just inside southern Utah, or the Four Corners Monument (only in grid DM56,
about 100 yards/meters south of the DM56/DM57 grid boundary) to work from 4
states during that pass. If the weather goes bad, I may start my drive home
early, but still try to work passes as I return to Phoenix. Wherever I end
up for the 2135 UTC pass, that will probably be the last pass I work up
there before I (quickly) drive home. From that area, I will have a 5- to 6-
hour drive to get home.
If I can work the 2135 UTC FO-29 pass from the Four Corners Monument, I will
probably use only one of my FT-817s and work the pass half-duplex. This
would make it easier for me to walk around the marker where the four states
come together. Otherwise, I'll work FO-29 with my normal SSB satellite
setup wherever I happen to be at that time.
Logistics... I will use APRS as I drive, squawking as WD9EWK-9 as I normally
do on these trips (visible at http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 among other online
places). This should do OK for much of my trip, but coverage could be spotty
in northeastern Arizona and southeastern Utah east of Page and Lake Powell.
There is a digipeater on a 10000-foot mountain near Page, but I'm not sure
how well it will cover across the high deserts up there. I will also use my
@xxxxxx Twitter feed to post updates during the weekend. If you do not use
Twitter, it is visible online at http://twitter.com/WD9EWK without signing
up for Twitter. Depending on how the mobile-phone networks across the Navajo
Nation reservation have improved since I was last up there in 2009, I may be
limited to using SMS messages to post updates to Twitter.
For all of my operating over the weekend, I will upload my QSOs to Logbook
of the World after the weekend. I will also prepare QSL cards for each of
the locations I work from. Just drop me an e-mail with the QSO details, and
I'll send you a card (or cards). No need to send me cards or an SASE for this
trip.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
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Message: 14
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2015 06:55:52 -0400
From: Bob KD7YZ <kd7yz@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] PSAT: Breaking its "squelch"
Message-ID: <556EDD38.20104@xxxxxxxxxxx.xx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
I noticed on a few passes that during the time I can see/decode/hear the
ADO Beacon, that if I transmit on 28.120, I can then see what looks to
be my downlinked PSK31 signal.
There IS Doppler drift on it, fwiw. If I keep repeating the CQ PSAT,
then I still hear the telemetry from PSAT (usually ADO) and I see one or
two other stations.
But if that downlink stops, then no mater who long i transmit, that PSAT
"squelch" is not broken; I never hear or see the ADO beacon.
Somehow something else breaks that squelch then my CQ-ing appears on the
now-open WF.
I am using MIXW 3.1.1, a SignaLink on K3(28.120) and a Signalink on the
IC910H.
Are my settings bad?
73,
--
Bob KD7YZ
http://www.qrz.com/db/kd7yz
AMSAT LM#901
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Message: 15
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 14:41:05 +0000
From: "Ford, Steve, WB8IMY" <sford@xxxx.xxx>
To: RTTY Reflector <rtty-contesting@xxxxx.xxx>, AMSAT
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, "digitalradio@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
<digitalradio@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Call for Papers: Digital Communications Conference
Message-ID:
<6BDF4F7F3613DC4E90A42F93921B47BD17509CE0@xxxxxxxx.xxxxxx.xxx>
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Call For Papers: 2015 ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference
We're soliciting technical papers for presentation at the 34th Annual
ARRL/TAPR Digital Communications Conference, to be held October 9-11 in
Chicago, Illinois. Papers will also be published in the Conference
Proceedings. You do not have to attend the conference to have your paper
included in the Proceedings. The submission deadline is August 17, 2015.
E-mail your submission to Maty Weinberg at ARRL Headquarters at
maty@xxxx.xxx<xxxxxxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx>. Please to do not send zip files as
these will be rejected by our e-mail server.
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Message: 16
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 08:25:10 -0700
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK @ Show Low AZ hamfest & weekend grid
expedition (6-7 June 2015)
Message-ID:
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Hi Dave!
I'm not going to do much with PSAT this weekend. If there are PSAT
passes when I have a break, I might give the 2m digipeater a shot.
Otherwise, I'll try PSAT after the weekend. ISS passes, on the other
hand, will be attempted if I'm not driving. Please use APRS messages,
or insert a ">" before typing a line of text, so that I see more than just
your call on my screen. If I only see a call on my screen, even if you
were typing at me, I won't log that as a QSO.
I was not planning to do much from DM46, but Saturday evening
via AO-73 is probably the best chance for that. Maybe Sunday morning,
if I get up very early, where I can work an early FO-29 or AO-7 pass
before I set out for DM47/57. I won't have the benefit of freeways in
my travels up there, so I will need to watch my speeds on the highways
across that part of Arizona (and southern Utah). I'm hoping the APRS
digipeater on Navajo Mountain has some coverage where I'm going,
being several thousand feet higher than the surrounding area. When I
was last out this way in 2009, I didn't have anything for APRS with me.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 10:10 PM, David W0DHB <dave@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Hey Patrick
>
> I'll be listening for ya . I need DM46,47,57.
> Might try ISS.. Would like to try PSAT, but it looks like that isn't
> working well.
>
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Patrick
> STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
> Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 10:14 PM
> To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK @ Show Low AZ hamfest & weekend grid expedition
> (6-7 June 2015)
>
> Hi!
>
> I will be on the road this weekend, starting this Friday evening (5 June)
> with a 3-hour drive to eastern Arizona before a Saturday (6 June) morning
> hamfest. After the hamfest, I will be driving and operating from grids in
> northern Arizona and southern Utah before I return home Sunday night. I'm
> not able to extend my weekend, so this will be a rapid-fire road trip
> covering over a thousand miles and several grids.
>
> My activities will start with the White Mountain Hamfest in Show Low, in
> eastern Arizona. This hamfest is a half-day event, and I will have an AMSAT
> table at it, complete with satellite demonstrations during the morning. If
> you hear WD9EWK on the air Saturday morning, please call and be a part of
> the demonstrations. I hope to be on some AO-7, SO-50, and AO-73 passes
> before the hamfest wraps up around midday (1900 UTC).
>
> After the hamfest, I will head north up to I-40. If the timing is right, I
> may be able to make a stop at the DM54/DM55 grid boundary for the AO-7 and
> FO-29 passes between 2030 and 2100 UTC Saturday afternoon. If the timing
> isn't right, I will at least try for grid DM54 near the hamfest to get that
> on the air once, before heading west to Flagstaff.
>
> Once I'm done with DM54 or DM54/DM55, it will be a 4-hour drive to Page AZ,
> at Lake Powell and the Arizona/Utah state line, passing through Flagstaff as
> I leave I-40 and start on US-89. I may be able to work from grid DM45 on the
> way to Page - including some ISS passes. Between Flagstaff and Page, I don't
> plan on making many stops, as US-89 passes through the Navajo Nation
> reservation. If all goes well, I will wrap up Saturday in Page, in time to
> work the AO-73 pass around 0353 UTC. Since the Arizona/Utah state line - and
> the DM46/DM47 grid boundary - are very close to Page, I *may* be able to
> work from that grid boundary. At this part of the Arizona/Utah state line,
> the grid boundary is just inside northern Arizona.
>
> Sunday (7 June) morning... my plans are to leave Page early, and make it to
> a spot in southern Utah north of Monument Valley (grids DM47 and DM57) in
> time for the SO-50 and AO-73 passes in the morning. I am not planning to
> make stops along the road between Page and the DM47/DM57 grid boundary, as I
> will need around 2 hours to get to that spot in time for the first SO-50
> pass around 1510 UTC. The first AO-73 pass at DM47/DM57, around 1545 UTC,
> has a maximum elevation of 4 degrees. I should be able to work a few minutes
> of that very shallow pass out there, if my memory of that area from being
> out there in 2009 is correct.
>
> Depending on how well the morning passes go, and how the weather is on
> Sunday, I may try to stick around for the first FO-29 pass up there at 2135
> UTC. If I work lots of stations on the morning passes, I will move to one of
> two other locations for the 2135 UTC FO-29 pass: DM56/DM57 grid boundary
> just inside southern Utah, or the Four Corners Monument (only in grid DM56,
> about 100 yards/meters south of the DM56/DM57 grid boundary) to work from 4
> states during that pass. If the weather goes bad, I may start my drive home
> early, but still try to work passes as I return to Phoenix. Wherever I end
> up for the 2135 UTC pass, that will probably be the last pass I work up
> there before I (quickly) drive home. From that area, I will have a 5- to 6-
> hour drive to get home.
>
> If I can work the 2135 UTC FO-29 pass from the Four Corners Monument, I will
> probably use only one of my FT-817s and work the pass half-duplex. This
> would make it easier for me to walk around the marker where the four states
> come together. Otherwise, I'll work FO-29 with my normal SSB satellite setup
> wherever I happen to be at that time.
>
> Logistics... I will use APRS as I drive, squawking as WD9EWK-9 as I normally
> do on these trips (visible at http://aprs.fi/WD9EWK-9 among other online
> places). This should do OK for much of my trip, but coverage could be spotty
> in northeastern Arizona and southeastern Utah east of Page and Lake Powell.
> There is a digipeater on a 10000-foot mountain near Page, but I'm not sure
> how well it will cover across the high deserts up there. I will also use my
> @xxxxxx Twitter feed to post updates during the weekend. If you do not use
> Twitter, it is visible online at http://twitter.com/WD9EWK without signing
> up for Twitter. Depending on how the mobile-phone networks across the Navajo
> Nation reservation have improved since I was last up there in 2009, I may be
> limited to using SMS messages to post updates to Twitter.
>
> For all of my operating over the weekend, I will upload my QSOs to Logbook
> of the World after the weekend. I will also prepare QSL cards for each of
> the locations I work from. Just drop me an e-mail with the QSO details, and
> I'll send you a card (or cards). No need to send me cards or an SASE for
> this trip.
>
> 73!
>
>
>
>
> Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
> http://www.wd9ewk.net/
> Twitter: @xxxxxx
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