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Today's Topics:
1. DM36 active Thursday Oct 1 by K7ZOO (Curt Laumann)
2. Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite (Francis Geraci)
3. Did anyone archive Clive's UO-11 website? Or, do you have any
of the .zip files? (Douglas Quagliana)
4. Re: Sad Tale of a New Rover (Don KB2YSI)
5. Re: DM36 active Thursday Oct 1 by K7ZOO (KI7UNJ Tucker)
6. Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-09-30 19:30 UTC
(aj9n@???.????
7. Re: Sad Tale of a New Rover (Bryan KL7CN)
8. Re: Sad Tale of a New Rover (Don KB2YSI)
9. DM46 active Sunday Oct 4th 2pm-8:15pm Ariz (2100-0300Z)
(Curt Laumann)
10. Re: Sad Tale of a New Rover (Bob Liddy (K8BL))
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 13:59:46 -0700
From: Curt Laumann <curt.laumann@?????.???>
To: AMSAT-BB@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] DM36 active Thursday Oct 1 by K7ZOO
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Hi All,
I'm planning to be working satellite passes from DM36 this Thursday, Oct 1,
during the afternoon and evening. Please see the link below for a schedule
of passes I'll attempt. On the transponder birds I'd prefer to work CW,
but will also do some SSB. I'll be about 40 miles SSW of Colorado City,
AZ
Hope to catch you on the air :)
Regards,
Curt / K7ZOO
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1szF2-wSpscpw20DWbbyYBAWGjSjZyPKY/view?usp=sha
ring
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 16:24:57 -0400
From: Francis Geraci <fgeraci14@?????.???>
To: Suryono Adisoemarta via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Chinese Amateur Radio Satellite
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Pretty excited about these "Sats".
I "cut my teeth" on the "RS" birds.
I still have the "Q" cards to prove it.
No computer tracking software then.
All by "hand".
I'm sure there are many others here that did this also.
Fond memories...
W1FXX - Lost in Paradise
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 01:29:00 -0500
From: Douglas Quagliana <dquagliana@?????.???>
To: AMSAT -BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Did anyone archive Clive's UO-11 website? Or, do
you have any of the .zip files?
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Friends,
Clive Wallis, G3CWV, used to maintain a website with lots of UO-11
information, recordings and telemetry. Unfortunately, he became a silent
key in 2015.
I recently tried to go to Clive's UO-11 website,
http://g3cwv.co.uk/oscar11.htm, and discovered that is no longer on the
web. I tried the Internet Archive's Wayback machine and found that they
had archived most of the HTML pages, but not the zip files with the
telemetry and recordings.
Did anyone make an archive or a copy of Clive's website? Or, did you
ever download and save any of the .zip files with the audio recordings or
telemetry? If so, I would like to get copies of the .zip files with the
recordings and telemetry.
73,
Douglas KA2UPW/5
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:55:52 -0400
From: Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi@?????.???>
To: Bryan KL7CN <bryan@?????.???>
Cc: "Mark Johns, K0JM" <k0jm.mark@?????.???>, AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Sad Tale of a New Rover
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A big +1 on both posts.
More arm chair operators should attempt to make QSO's in the field. They
might get an idea of what manual everything entails.
Many times on linear birds I have been complained to about not being 100%
on frequency. It is always a station sitting in a chair maxing out their
level of exertion at pushing a button.
On Tue, Sep 29, 2020, 15:06 Bryan KL7CN via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
> Thank you for sharing that, Mark!
>
> Anyone who has roved can relate.
>
> Keep (re)learning and keep roving!
>
> > On Sep 29, 2020, at 10:07 AM, Mark Johns, K0JM via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> >
> > So, moral of the story, sometimes getting out of one's comfort zone and
> > trying something different is a good thing. But doing so requires some
> > humility. Some things are harder than they look, whether it's building
> > and launching a satellite, or just working one from a gravel road in
> > Nebraska. My hat is off to the successful rovers across the nation.
> > And I shall work on (re)learning the necessary basic skills before
> > setting out again.
>
> -- bag
>
> Bryan KL7CN/W6
> Location: CM98, usually
> E-Mail: bryan@?????.???
> Telephone/SMS: 408-836-7279
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 07:15:35 -0700
From: KI7UNJ Tucker <ki7unj@?????.???>
To: Curt Laumann <curt.laumann@?????.???>
Cc: AMSAT BB <AMSAT-BB@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] DM36 active Thursday Oct 1 by K7ZOO
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For users looking for ZULU times, click below and then scroll to the bottom
and put in your grid to see what common footprint you have
https://www.satmatch.com/satellite/CAS-4A,CAS-4B,AO-07,ISS,SO-50,XW-2F,XW-2C,X
W-2D,AO-27,AO-73/obs1/DM36?search_start_time=2020-10-01T18:00:00Z&duration_hrs
=10
I removed 95 from his list
On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 3:45 PM Curt Laumann via AMSAT-BB <
amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I'm planning to be working satellite passes from DM36 this Thursday, Oct 1,
> during the afternoon and evening. Please see the link below for a schedule
> of passes I'll attempt. On the transponder birds I'd prefer to work CW,
> but will also do some SSB. I'll be about 40 miles SSW of Colorado City,
> AZ
>
> Hope to catch you on the air :)
>
> Regards,
>
> Curt / K7ZOO
>
>
>
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1szF2-wSpscpw20DWbbyYBAWGjSjZyPKY/view?usp=sha
ring
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
--
*Casey Tucker KI7UNJ*
https://twitter.com/KI7UNJ
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 19:43:38 +0000 (UTC)
From: <aj9n@???.???>
To: amsat-bb@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-09-30
19:30 UTC
Message-ID: <947857235.420914.1601495018031@????.?????.???>
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Upcoming ARISS Contact Schedule as of 2020-09-30 19:30 UTC
?
Quick list of scheduled contacts and events:
?
Sorry gang about the late information but ARISS just got confirmation today
that this contact is go. No word yet if it was successful.
?
About Gagarin From Space Radio Amateur Session With Students Of The
International Aerospace School At Amgu Blagoveshchensk,
Amur State University, Blagoveshchensk, Russia direct via RK?J
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Anatoli Ivanishin
Contact is go for 2020-09-28 08:48 UTC deg
?
Vladivostok, Russia, direct via TBD
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be RS?ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Anatoli Ivanishin
Watch for possible contact Fri 2020-10-09 08:15 UTC
?
RO-SAT One, Piatra-Neam?, Romania, direct via YR?ISS
The ISS callsign is presently scheduled to be OR4ISS
The scheduled astronaut is Chris Cassidy
Contact is go for: Fri 2020-10-09 11:07:49 UTC 49 deg
?
?
?
SSTV from MAI (Moscow Aviation Institute)
Wed 2020-09-30 13:05 UTC to 18:45 UTC
Thu 2020-10-01 12:30 UTC to 17:40 UTC
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?
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?
?
There is a new radio on board the ISS.? The Kenwood D710GA is now in use.?
The crossband repeater is now available when the radio is not being used for
ARISS school contacts.?
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The frequencies are 145.99 MHz up (67 tone) and 437.800 MHz down.? Watch the
Doppler on the downlink.?
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A multi-point telebridge contact means that each student will be on the
telebridge from their own home.
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?
ARISS is very aware of the impact that COVID-19 is having on schools and the
public in general.? As such, we may have last minute cancellations or
postponements of school contacts.? As always, I will try to provide everyone
with near-real-time updates.?
?
The following schools have now been postponed or cancelled due to COVID-19:?
?
Postponed:
No new schools
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Cancelled:
No new schools
?
?
The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ???
?
Watch for future COVID-19 related announcements here also.
?
?
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
?
The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at
https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ???
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
?
?
Note, all times are approximate. ?It is recommended that you do your own
orbital prediction?or start listening about 10 minutes before the listed
time.
All dates and times listed follow International Standard ISO 8601 date and
time format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
?
The complete schedule page has been updated as of?2020-09-30 19:30 UTC. (***)
Here you will find a listing of all scheduled?school contacts, and
questions, other ISS related websites, IRLP and Echolink websites, and
instructions for any contact that may be streamed live.
?
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.txt
?
?
The successful school list has been updated as of 2020-09-18 17:30 UTC.
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/Successful_ARISS_schools.rtf
?
?
?
The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ???
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
?
The main page for Applying to Host a Scheduled Contact may be found at
https://www.ariss.org/apply-to-host-an-ariss-contact.html ???
?
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
?
The ARISS webpage is at https://www.ariss.org/ ???
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
?
?
Message to US Educators
?
ARISS Contact Applications (United States)
?
The Proposal Window of February 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 has now closed.
?
For future proposal information and more details such as expectations,
proposal guidelines and proposal form, and dates and times of Information
Webinars, go to www.ariss.org.
?
Please direct any questions to?ariss.us.education@?????.???.
?
About ARISS:
?
Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) is a cooperative
venture of international amateur radio societies and the space agencies that
support the International Space Station (ISS).? In the United States,
sponsors are the Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT), the American
Radio Relay League (ARRL), the ISS National Lab and National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA). The primary goal of ARISS is to promote
exploration of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEAM)
topics by organizing scheduled contacts via amateur radio between crew
members aboard the ISS and students in classrooms or public forms. Before
and during these radio contacts, students, educators, parents, and
communities learn about space, space technologies, and amateur radio. For
more information, see www.ariss.org.
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ARISS Contact Applications (Europe, Africa and the Middle East)
?
Schools and Youth organizations in Europe, Africa and the Middle East
interested in setting up an ARISS radio contact with an astronaut on board
the International Space Station are invited to submit an application from
September to October and from February to April.
Please refer to details and the application form at
www.ariss-eu.org/school-contacts.? Applications should be addressed by email
to:? school.selection.manager@????????.???
?
ARISS Contact Applications (Canada, Central and South America, Asia and
Australia and Russia)
?
Organizations outside the United States can apply for an ARISS contact by
filling out an application.? Please direct questions to the appropriate
regional representative listed below. If your country is not specifically
listed, send your questions to the nearest ARISS Region listed. If you are
unsure which address to use, please send your question to the ARISS-Canada
representative; they will forward your question to the appropriate
coordinator.
?
For the application, go to:? https://www.ariss.org/ariss-application.html.
ARISS-Canada and the Americas, except USA: Steve McFarlane, VE3TBD email to:
ve3tbd@?????.???
ARISS-Japan, Asia, Pacific and Australia: Satoshi Yasuda, 7M3TJZ email to:
ariss@???????.???? Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL) https://www.jarl.org/
ARISS-Russia: Soyuz Radioljubitelei Rossii (SRR) https://srr.ru/
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ARISS is always glad to receive listener reports for the above contacts.?
ARISS thanks everyone in advance for their assistance.? Feel free to send
your reports to aj9n@?????.??? or aj9n@???.???.
?
Listen for the ISS on the downlink of 145.8? MHz.
?
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*
?
All ARISS contacts are made via the Kenwood radio unless otherwise noted.
?
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*
Several of you have sent me emails asking about the RAC ARISS website and
not being able to get in. ?That has now been changed to https://www.ariss.org/
?
Note that there are links to other ARISS websites from this site.
?
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Looking for something new to do?? How about receiving DATV from the ISS??
Please note that the HamTV system has been brought back to earth for
troubleshooting.? Please monitor ARISS-EU or ARISS-ON for the very latest
news on the troubleshooting efforts.?
?
If interested, then please go to the ARISS-EU website for complete details.?
Look for the buttons indicating Ham Video.????????????
?
http://www.ariss-eu.org/
?
If you need some assistance, ARISS mentor Kerry N6IZW, might be able to
provide some insight.? Contact Kerry at kbanke@?????????.???
?
?
The HamTV webpage:? https://www.amsat-on.be/hamtv-summary/
?
?
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ARISS congratulations the following mentors who have now mentored over 100
schools:
?
Francesco IK?WGF with 140
Satoshi 7M3TJZ with 138
Sergey RV3DR with 135
Gaston ON4WF with 123
?
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The webpages listed below were all reviewed for accuracy. Out of date
webpages were removed, and new ones have been added.? If there are additional
ARISS websites I need to know about, please let me know.
?
?
?
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school events is 1399.
Each school counts as 1 event.??????????????????????????????????
Total number of ARISS ISS to earth school contacts is 1332.
Each contact may have multiple schools sharing the same time slot.
Total number of ARISS supported terrestrial contacts is 48.
?
A complete year by year breakdown of the contacts may be found in the
file.
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/arissnews.rtf
?
Please feel free to contact me if more detailed statistics are needed.
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The following US states and entities have never had an ARISS contact:
South Dakota, Wyoming, American?Samoa, Guam, Northern Marianas Islands, and
the Virgin Islands.
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QSL information may be found at:
https://www.ariss.org/qsl-cards.html
?
ISS callsigns: DP?ISS, IR?ISS, NA1SS, OR4ISS, RS?ISS
?
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Frequency chart for packet, voice, and crossband repeater modes showing
Doppler correction as of 2005-07-29 04:00 UTC
https://www.amsat.org/amsat/ariss/news/ISS_frequencies_and_Doppler_correction.
rtf
Check out the Zoho reports of the ARISS contacts
?
https://reports.zoho.com/ZDBDataSheetView.cc?DBID=412218000000020415
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?
Exp. 62 now on orbit
Chris Cassidy KF5KDR
Anatoli Ivanishin
Ivan Vagner
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73,
Charlie?Sufana AJ9N
One of the ARISS operation team mentors
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 14:15:30 -0700
From: Bryan KL7CN <bryan@?????.???>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
Cc: "Mark Johns, K0JM" <k0jm.mark@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Sad Tale of a New Rover
Message-ID: <EAE232D3-EC9D-48B9-A204-465FA2E9F375@?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
I have encountered the same comments -- and sometimes they do sound like
complaints but not terribly often -- when operating full manual for Doppler
correction while holding and rotating an antenna for manual tracking. It's a
real hot mess out there for me sometimes.
Many more times, and usually from the most avid rovers and experienced
operators, I have encountered patience and special "voice cadence"
recognition of my callsign when I am a bit more than a little off frequency.
It takes resilience for everyone. That combined with aligning all the
technical elements of a successful satellite QSO are what make it so fun to
me!
Hooray Amateur Satellites!
-- bag
Bryan KL7CN/W6
Location: CM98, usually
E-Mail: bryan@?????.???
Telephone/SMS: 408-836-7279
> On Sep 30, 2020, at 5:55 AM, Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi@?????.???> wrote:
>
> A big +1 on both posts.
>
> More arm chair operators should attempt to make QSO's in the field. They
might get an idea of what manual everything entails.
>
> Many times on linear birds I have been complained to about not being 100%
on frequency. It is always a station sitting in a chair maxing out their
level of exertion at pushing a button.
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2020, 15:06 Bryan KL7CN via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
> Thank you for sharing that, Mark!
>
> Anyone who has roved can relate.
>
> Keep (re)learning and keep roving!
>
> > On Sep 29, 2020, at 10:07 AM, Mark Johns, K0JM via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> >
> > So, moral of the story, sometimes getting out of one's comfort zone and
> > trying something different is a good thing. But doing so requires some
> > humility. Some things are harder than they look, whether it's building
> > and launching a satellite, or just working one from a gravel road in
> > Nebraska. My hat is off to the successful rovers across the nation.
> > And I shall work on (re)learning the necessary basic skills before
> > setting out again.
>
> -- bag
>
> Bryan KL7CN/W6
> Location: CM98, usually
> E-Mail: bryan@?????.???
> Telephone/SMS: 408-836-7279
>
> _______________________________________________
> Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
expressed
> are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
AMSAT-NA.
> Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!
> Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
------------------------------
Message: 8
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 21:42:47 -0400
From: Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi@?????.???>
To: Bryan KL7CN <bryan@?????.???>
Cc: "Mark Johns, K0JM" <k0jm.mark@?????.???>, AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Sad Tale of a New Rover
Message-ID:
<CAAJiE8Pq4=27iF60BejuoBKHowBh2tt2h4jCGkmya0DKor+myQ@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Operating standing on a hill in blowing snow never seems to bother me,
having an audience brings out the hot mess! ;D
On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 5:16 PM Bryan KL7CN <bryan@?????.???> wrote:
> I have encountered the same comments -- and sometimes they do sound like
> complaints but not terribly often -- when operating full manual for Doppler
> correction while holding and rotating an antenna for manual tracking. It's
> a real hot mess out there for me sometimes.
>
> Many more times, and usually from the most avid rovers and experienced
> operators, I have encountered patience and special "voice cadence"
> recognition of my callsign when I am a bit more than a little off frequency.
>
> It takes resilience for everyone. That combined with aligning all the
> technical elements of a successful satellite QSO are what make it so fun to
> me!
>
> Hooray Amateur Satellites!
>
> -- bag
>
> Bryan KL7CN/W6
> Location: CM98, usually
> E-Mail: bryan@?????.???
> Telephone/SMS: 408-836-7279
>
> > On Sep 30, 2020, at 5:55 AM, Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi@?????.???> wrote:
> >
> > A big +1 on both posts.
> >
> > More arm chair operators should attempt to make QSO's in the field. They
> might get an idea of what manual everything entails.
> >
> > Many times on linear birds I have been complained to about not being
> 100% on frequency. It is always a station sitting in a chair maxing out
> their level of exertion at pushing a button.
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 29, 2020, 15:06 Bryan KL7CN via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
> wrote:
> > Thank you for sharing that, Mark!
> >
> > Anyone who has roved can relate.
> >
> > Keep (re)learning and keep roving!
> >
> > > On Sep 29, 2020, at 10:07 AM, Mark Johns, K0JM via AMSAT-BB <
> amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> > >
> > > So, moral of the story, sometimes getting out of one's comfort zone and
> > > trying something different is a good thing. But doing so requires some
> > > humility. Some things are harder than they look, whether it's building
> > > and launching a satellite, or just working one from a gravel road in
> > > Nebraska. My hat is off to the successful rovers across the nation.
> > > And I shall work on (re)learning the necessary basic skills before
> > > setting out again.
> >
> > -- bag
> >
> > Bryan KL7CN/W6
> > Location: CM98, usually
> > E-Mail: bryan@?????.???
> > Telephone/SMS: 408-836-7279
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Sent via AMSAT-BB@?????.???. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
> > to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership.
> Opinions expressed
> > are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the official views of
> AMSAT-NA.
> > Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite
> program!
> > Subscription settings: https://www.amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb
>
>
>
>
--
73,
Don KB2YSI
https://www.hamqth.com/kb2ysi
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 21:30:06 -0700
From: Curt Laumann <curt.laumann@?????.???>
To: AMSAT-BB@?????.???
Subject: [amsat-bb] DM46 active Sunday Oct 4th 2pm-8:15pm Ariz
(2100-0300Z)
Message-ID:
<CAD7_4hyR2G3Oretoqy3iEgE7XKuhryBAc+8bikST5ABkLVgwGw@????.?????.???>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
Hi All,
I'll be working satellites close to Page Arizona this coming Sunday.
Satellites that I'll attempt to use include:ISS, CAS-4A, CAS-4B, SO-50,
AO-7, AO-73, AO-27, XW-2D, XW-2F, XW-2C.
Hope to catch you on the air!
Curt / K7ZOO
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 01:57:33 +0000 (UTC)
From: "Bob Liddy (K8BL)" <k8bl@?????????.???>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>, Bryan KL7CN <bryan@?????.???>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Sad Tale of a New Rover
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Bryan,
Yes, I can relate. I've roved to over 125 Grids over the years and it has
always been
?a blast! There will always be comments and most of them are good. If there
are any
?not-good ones, my response is usually something like DILLIGAS. I keep on
keepin' on.
>From my Roving experiences, I jotted down a few notes on the "ease" of SAT
Roving.
Here's all you need to do to be a SAT Rover, especially if you want to do it
?from a Grid Line. It's a piece of cake!! And, it's loads of fun!!!
- Check out some juicy Grids that Gridders might need
- Go to a Website such as the SOTA Map to look for a likely spot or two
- Drive to the spot to make sure it's good and find the Line on your GPS
- Use a compass to find real N/S so you can orient for AOS/LOS
- Connect all your power, antenna, mic and recorder cables
- Power up to check that you're not in a bad noisey spot
- Set your radio(s) for the SAT you're going to operate
- Watch your smartphone for actual AOS and aim your antenna to that heading
- Listen for the Beacon or chatter
- Make sure your recorder is on
- When you're hearing the SAT good, announce yourself when it's clear
- Assuming you're Full/Dplx & you hear yourself, call someone or announce
yourself
- Continue orienting your Ant for AZ/EL, adjust for Doppler and make lots of
QSOs!
- Repeat the above step continuously/constantly throughout the Pass
- When LOS occurs, turn off your recorder
- If you plan to operate another SAT from that Line, orient yourself for
that AOS
? ?and begin again as above at the "Set your radio" step
- If not, stow your gear and move on
- At a convenient time, transcribe the QSO info from the recorder and upload
to LoTW
- Upon returning home, wait for the bills for gas, food, tolls and lodging
to arrive
? ?and pay them and think about the fabulous time you had and where to go
next!!?
(BTW... I use a tripod for my Arrow Ant which frees up a hand for tuning and
Doppler
? ?adjustments. Yes, I heard that "real men" don't use tripods, but I'll
live with that - HIHI.)
That sums up what you already know from your comments. Now, we can all
understand
that life on SATs can still be loads of fun when you're? totally manual out
in the field. Soon,
when the "virus" is more under control, I hope to be back out having fun
again.
73,? ? ?Bob? K8BL
On Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 05:18:58 PM EDT, Bryan KL7CN via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
I have encountered the same comments -- and sometimes they do sound like
complaints but not terribly often -- when operating full manual for Doppler
correction while holding and rotating an antenna for manual tracking. It's a
real hot mess out there for me sometimes.
Many more times, and usually from the most avid rovers and experienced
operators, I have encountered patience and special "voice cadence"
recognition of my callsign when I am a bit more than a little off frequency.
It takes resilience for everyone. That combined with aligning all the
technical elements of a successful satellite QSO are what make it so fun to
me!
Hooray Amateur Satellites!
-- bag
Bryan KL7CN/W6
Location: CM98, usually
E-Mail: bryan@?????.???
Telephone/SMS: 408-836-7279
> On Sep 30, 2020, at 5:55 AM, Don KB2YSI <kb2ysi@?????.???> wrote:
>
> A big +1 on both posts.
>
> More arm chair operators should attempt to make QSO's in the field. They
might get an idea of what manual everything entails.
>
> Many times on linear birds I have been complained to about not being 100%
on frequency. It is always a station sitting in a chair maxing out their
level of exertion at pushing a button.
>
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2020, 15:06 Bryan KL7CN via AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@?????.???>
wrote:
> Thank you for sharing that, Mark!
>
> Anyone who has roved can relate.
>
> Keep (re)learning and keep roving!
>
> > On Sep 29, 2020, at 10:07 AM, Mark Johns, K0JM via AMSAT-BB
<amsat-bb@?????.???> wrote:
> >
> > So, moral of the story, sometimes getting out of one's comfort zone and
> > trying something different is a good thing. But doing so requires some
> > humility. Some things are harder than they look, whether it's building
> > and launching a satellite, or just working one from a gravel road in
> > Nebraska. My hat is off to the successful rovers across the nation.
> > And I shall work on (re)learning the necessary basic skills before
> > setting out again.
>
> -- bag
>
> Bryan KL7CN/W6
> Location: CM98, usually
> E-Mail: bryan@?????.???
> Telephone/SMS: 408-836-7279
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