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Today's Topics:
1. Re: AO-73 - Evening transponder time increasing in Northern
Hemisphere (W M Willoughby)
2. Re: AO-73 - Evening transponder time increasing in Northern
Hemisphere (David G0MRF)
3. Re: AO-73 - Evening transponder time increasing in Northern
Hemisphere (Jerry Buxton)
4. Re: AO-73 - Evening transponder time increasing in Northern
Hemisphere (W M Willoughby)
5. Re: AO-73 - Evening transponder time increasing in
NorthernHemisphere (Paul Stoetzer)
6. Extraordinary Night in Mission Viejo, CA (Clint Bradford)
7. Re: AO-73 - Evening transponder time increasing in
NorthernHemisphere (Mvivona)
8. Re: Extraordinary Night in Mission Viejo, CA (David G0MRF)
9. Waterproof diplexers (John Geiger)
10. Re: Waterproof diplexers (Daniel Cussen)
11. Re: Waterproof diplexers (Mvivona)
12. Sat Software on Windows 10 (Fraser Bonnett)
13. Re: [VHFcontesting] Waterproof diplexers (ww8rr)
14. When Might ISS Radios Be Off (E.Mike McCardel)
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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 10:57:44 -0500
From: "W M Willoughby" <redski@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-73 - Evening transponder time increasing in
Northern Hemisphere
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Good info on AO-73 - maybe that will help get some more activity on the
transponder.
Relative to Nayif-1, I need to be thinking about an up-converter and an
antenna for L band. Anyone have any recommendations?
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Message: 2
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 15:42:01 -0400
From: David G0MRF <g0mrf@xxx.xxx>
To: redski@xxxxxxxxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-73 - Evening transponder time increasing in
Northern Hemisphere
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Hi WM
Nayif-1 will be have a U/V linear transponder as AO-73 but with revised
oscillators.
The FM system on ESEO will be an L band uplink on 1263.500 and an FM
downlink on 145.930.
The last tests showed 350mW on the 2m low power setting and 750mW on high
power.
Access will need a 67Hz CTCSS tone
http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/04/ESEO_model
Not sure about upconverters, but this group in Europe have a transverter
which I believe is somewhere about 167 Euros.
Although just FM may be much easier.
Perhaps of interest in a year or two for the AMSAT-NA Phase 4 project is
their upconverter to 5 - 6 GHz.
http://www.sg-lab.com/TR1300/tr1300.html
Thanks
David G0MRF
-----Original Message-----
From: W M Willoughby <redski@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 16:57
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-73 - Evening transponder time increasing in
Northern Hemisphere
Good info on AO-73 - maybe that will help get some more activity on
the
transponder.
Relative to Nayif-1, I need to be thinking about an
up-converter and an
antenna for L band. Anyone have any
recommendations?
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 14:55:08 -0500
From: Jerry Buxton <n0jy@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-73 - Evening transponder time increasing in
Northern Hemisphere
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We (AMSAT-NA) have a team working on an upconverter for Fox-1C/D L band,
70 cm in with L satellite band output at TBD (>=15W) power right now.
With Fox-1C due to launch around the end of the year we expect to have
those plans and maybe parts available for that launch.
More information will come out as we get some prototypes tested. Just
remind me again in a month or two if I haven't said anything!
Jerry Buxton, N?JY
On 8/18/2015 14:42, David G0MRF via AMSAT-BB wrote:
> Hi WM
>
> Nayif-1 will be have a U/V linear transponder as AO-73 but with revised
oscillators.
>
> The FM system on ESEO will be an L band uplink on 1263.500 and an FM
downlink on 145.930.
> The last tests showed 350mW on the 2m low power setting and 750mW on high
power.
> Access will need a 67Hz CTCSS tone
>
> http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/04/ESEO_model
>
>
> Not sure about upconverters, but this group in Europe have a transverter
which I believe is somewhere about 167 Euros.
>
> Although just FM may be much easier.
>
> Perhaps of interest in a year or two for the AMSAT-NA Phase 4 project is
their upconverter to 5 - 6 GHz.
>
> http://www.sg-lab.com/TR1300/tr1300.html
>
> Thanks
>
> David G0MRF
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: W M Willoughby <redski@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
> To: amsat-bb <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
> Sent: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 16:57
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-73 - Evening transponder time increasing in
Northern Hemisphere
>
>
> Good info on AO-73 - maybe that will help get some more activity on
> the
> transponder.
>
>
>
> Relative to Nayif-1, I need to be thinking about an
> up-converter and an
> antenna for L band. Anyone have any
> recommendations?
>
> _______________________________________________
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Message: 4
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 18:24:26 -0500
From: "W M Willoughby" <redski@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-73 - Evening transponder time increasing in
Northern Hemisphere
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Thanks for the L band upconverter info, Jerry. When the time is right, I
would probably like to ask one of the developers to write an article for the
AMSAT Journal (I am helping Joanne as an Assistant Editor). So, please keep
that in mind and let me know who might prepare such an article to inform our
membership.
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Message: 5
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 22:26:39 -0400
From: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@xxxx.xxx>
To: Mvivona <Mvivona@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: Clayton W5PFG <w5pfg@xxxxx.xxx>, "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-73 - Evening transponder time increasing in
NorthernHemisphere
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Michael,
Nice to hear you work PV8DX right after my AOS on the 0215Z pass for
your first AO-73 QSO. I tried to find you afterward, but never heard
you again.
I worked AB4AN on that pass, heard a CW station that I didn't stick
around long enough to identify, and also heard N5KDB, though the sat
went over my building before I could work him.
Nice to hear some activity on the evening pass!
73,
Paul, N8HM
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Mvivona <Mvivona@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Clayton,
> Recently you may have heard me attempting to find myself on the bandpass. I
> am tuning manually, but can never get a clean downlink of my voice. Also, I
> only show up on my spectrum as a small spike and others show up nice and
> strong.
> I have tried several times to work it with not much luck. I am using an
> IC910H, dual Arrow antennas on rotor, no preamp yet, but my coax is quite
> short with about 3db loss on the 70cm and almost nothing on the 2m. On a
> high pass I can hear myself, but I can never get my audio to sound right. It
> always sounds like I'm not on frequency as my voice is always real high
> pitched through the tuning range. I'm hitting the bird with about 200W ERP.
> I thought I might be getting into my frontend with harmonics due to my
> antennas being only about 3 ft apart so I also tried using an eggbeater for
> the uplink and setting it 20ft away. Granted that dropped my ERP to about
> 100W, but still the same outcome, but with 100W I could barely hear my
> downlink. I can hear others nice and strong and they are clean sounding. I
> also tried a different radio just for the heck of it, but the same outcome.
> I use dual fed coax and switch polarity as the bird rotates.
> My settings are:
> Uplink - 435.130 - 435.150 LSB
> Downlink - 145.950 - 145.970 USB
>
> Michael Vivona
> KC4ZVA
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Aug 18, 2015, at 8:14 AM, Clayton W5PFG <w5pfg@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> One thing I might add: often I encounter stations spending a lot of time
> trying to find themselves on the transponder. I suspect they are trying to
> calibrate their SatPC32/MacDoppler/gpredict. Sadly, they spend so much time
> doing so that they miss out on the precious transponder time.
> Ditting/hola/test-test-test without sending a callsign doesn't even make for
> a good SWL report.
>
> I would suggest stations NOT try using computer control and enjoy the
> transponder with manual control.
>
> Chances are if you are not hearing your own downlink on AO-73, you probably
> either have a poor antenna/feedline OR (more likely) you are not listening
> in the correct corresponding downlink frequency for your uplink frequency
> into the transponder. AO-73 is VERY easy to hear!
>
> 73
> Clayton
> W5PFG
>
> On 8/17/2015 21:13, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
>
> Good evening,
>
>
> As we're nearly two months pass the Summer Solstice here in the
>
> Northern Hemisphere, transponder time is increasing on evening passes
>
> over North America. Here in Washington, DC, on the 0155Z pass, I had 6
>
> minutes and 10 seconds of pass time from AOS until the satellite
>
> entered sunlight and the transponder switched off. I heard and worked
>
> PV8DX at my AOS, but no other stations were heard.
>
>
> AO-73 is currently the only amateur satellite consistently available
>
> during regular evening hours, even if not for an entire pass, so let's
>
> hear some more activity! It's really quite an easy satellite to work
>
> with the strong downlink.
>
>
> 73,
>
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
> _______________________________________________
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> to all interested persons worldwide without requiring membership. Opinions
> expressed
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> AMSAT-NA.
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 19:31:55 -0700
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Extraordinary Night in Mission Viejo, CA
Message-ID: <CD0B9F76-155D-4879-829F-3BD588D1EEB7@xxx.xxx>
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It was a standing room-only crowd of more than 50 last night for my
satellite presentation for the SOARA club in Mission Viejo, CA.
But what made it truly unique was that 24 attendees passed their
Technician tests right before the satellite show ... as well as a couple
additional upgrade licenses!
SOARA has a wonderful history in the region - and has also been a
Special Service Club of the ARRL since 1975. I took a "poll" of how
long the attending members have been hams, and there was literally
hundreds and hundreds of years of experience present - all excited
to welcome the new hams and assist in any aspect of the hobby that
crops up.
NUMEROUS plugs for the ARRL, AMSAT-NA, AMSAT-UK, and ARISS
interspersed throughout the show. And - as always - the Q&A afterward
was exciting.
THANK YOU to SOARA for the invitation ... AND for weather that was
about 20 degrees cooler than staying home tonight! (grin)
Clint Bradford K6LCS
http://www.work-sat.com
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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 23:03:25 -0400
From: Mvivona <Mvivona@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@xxxx.xxx>
Cc: Clayton W5PFG <w5pfg@xxxxx.xxx>, "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx
<amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AO-73 - Evening transponder time increasing in
NorthernHemisphere
Message-ID: <3B259FE8-50D3-4FF2-BA2B-392E38AB327F@xxxxx.xxx>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
OK, this is a good one.
I finally found why every time I tried AO-73 I kept hearing myself coming
back on the downlink real squeaky and hard to understand. No matter how I
tuned. It sounded like I was splattering all over the place. Here comes the
funny part.
I am using a pair of earbud headphones to hear my downlink. However, I took
them off for a second to reach for something. I forgot to put them back on
and once again keyed up called CQ. HOLY CRAP.. I got was getting into my
souround-sound system real loud and squeaky. It actually startled me. All
this time I thought I was hearing myself sounding real squeaky on the
downlink in my earphones and it was actually my darned stereo system in the
house.
I finally made my first linear contact. Woohoo.
Michael Vivona
Sent from my iPad
On Aug 18, 2015, at 10:26 PM, Paul Stoetzer <n8hm@xxxx.xxx> wrote:
Michael,
Nice to hear you work PV8DX right after my AOS on the 0215Z pass for
your first AO-73 QSO. I tried to find you afterward, but never heard
you again.
I worked AB4AN on that pass, heard a CW station that I didn't stick
around long enough to identify, and also heard N5KDB, though the sat
went over my building before I could work him.
Nice to hear some activity on the evening pass!
73,
Paul, N8HM
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 9:20 AM, Mvivona <Mvivona@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Clayton,
> Recently you may have heard me attempting to find myself on the bandpass. I
> am tuning manually, but can never get a clean downlink of my voice. Also, I
> only show up on my spectrum as a small spike and others show up nice and
> strong.
> I have tried several times to work it with not much luck. I am using an
> IC910H, dual Arrow antennas on rotor, no preamp yet, but my coax is quite
> short with about 3db loss on the 70cm and almost nothing on the 2m. On a
> high pass I can hear myself, but I can never get my audio to sound right. It
> always sounds like I'm not on frequency as my voice is always real high
> pitched through the tuning range. I'm hitting the bird with about 200W ERP.
> I thought I might be getting into my frontend with harmonics due to my
> antennas being only about 3 ft apart so I also tried using an eggbeater for
> the uplink and setting it 20ft away. Granted that dropped my ERP to about
> 100W, but still the same outcome, but with 100W I could barely hear my
> downlink. I can hear others nice and strong and they are clean sounding. I
> also tried a different radio just for the heck of it, but the same outcome.
> I use dual fed coax and switch polarity as the bird rotates.
> My settings are:
> Uplink - 435.130 - 435.150 LSB
> Downlink - 145.950 - 145.970 USB
>
> Michael Vivona
> KC4ZVA
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Aug 18, 2015, at 8:14 AM, Clayton W5PFG <w5pfg@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> One thing I might add: often I encounter stations spending a lot of time
> trying to find themselves on the transponder. I suspect they are trying to
> calibrate their SatPC32/MacDoppler/gpredict. Sadly, they spend so much time
> doing so that they miss out on the precious transponder time.
> Ditting/hola/test-test-test without sending a callsign doesn't even make for
> a good SWL report.
>
> I would suggest stations NOT try using computer control and enjoy the
> transponder with manual control.
>
> Chances are if you are not hearing your own downlink on AO-73, you probably
> either have a poor antenna/feedline OR (more likely) you are not listening
> in the correct corresponding downlink frequency for your uplink frequency
> into the transponder. AO-73 is VERY easy to hear!
>
> 73
> Clayton
> W5PFG
>
> On 8/17/2015 21:13, Paul Stoetzer wrote:
>
> Good evening,
>
>
> As we're nearly two months pass the Summer Solstice here in the
>
> Northern Hemisphere, transponder time is increasing on evening passes
>
> over North America. Here in Washington, DC, on the 0155Z pass, I had 6
>
> minutes and 10 seconds of pass time from AOS until the satellite
>
> entered sunlight and the transponder switched off. I heard and worked
>
> PV8DX at my AOS, but no other stations were heard.
>
>
> AO-73 is currently the only amateur satellite consistently available
>
> during regular evening hours, even if not for an entire pass, so let's
>
> hear some more activity! It's really quite an easy satellite to work
>
> with the strong downlink.
>
>
> 73,
>
>
> Paul, N8HM
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 03:44:56 -0400
From: David G0MRF <g0mrf@xxx.xxx>
To: clintbradford@xxx.xxxx amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Extraordinary Night in Mission Viejo, CA
Message-ID: <14f44eb02e4-18c8-14749@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xxx>
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Well done Clint
If everybody did just 10% of your 'outreach' activities, the hobby would be
transformed.
Good luck
David - G0MRF
-----Original Message-----
From: Clint Bradford <clintbradford@xxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 3:32
Subject: [amsat-bb] Extraordinary Night in Mission Viejo, CA
It was a standing room-only crowd of more than 50 last night for my
satellite
presentation for the SOARA club in Mission Viejo, CA.
But what made it truly
unique was that 24 attendees passed their
Technician tests right before the
satellite show ... as well as a couple
additional upgrade licenses!
SOARA
has a wonderful history in the region - and has also been a
Special Service
Club of the ARRL since 1975. I took a "poll" of how
long the attending members
have been hams, and there was literally
hundreds and hundreds of years of
experience present - all excited
to welcome the new hams and assist in any
aspect of the hobby that
crops up.
NUMEROUS plugs for the ARRL, AMSAT-NA,
AMSAT-UK, and ARISS
interspersed throughout the show. And - as always - the
Q&A afterward
was exciting.
THANK YOU to SOARA for the invitation ... AND
for weather that was
about 20 degrees cooler than staying home tonight!
(grin)
Clint Bradford
K6LCS
http://www.work-sat.com
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2015 21:20:30 -0500
From: John Geiger <af5cc2@xxxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, vhf contesting
<vhfcontesting@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, Chris Boone via VHF
<vhf@xxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Waterproof diplexers
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Does anyone know of any waterproof diplexers that could be used to feed
separate 2m and 70cm antennas with a single coax run?
73 John AF5CC
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 11:36:18 +0100
From: Daniel Cussen <dan@xxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Waterproof diplexers
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On 19/08/2015, John Geiger <af5cc2@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> Does anyone know of any waterproof diplexers that could be used to feed
> separate 2m and 70cm antennas with a single coax run?
There was a thread recently called "duplexer used as a filter". In it
someone mentioned ". As there doesn't appear to be a weatherproof
duplexer available "
You can see the thread here:
http://www.amsat.org/pipermail/amsat-bb/2015-July/054292.html
with a discussion about waterproofing.
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 07:37:34 -0400
From: Mvivona <Mvivona@xxxxx.xxx>
To: John Geiger <af5cc2@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, vhf contesting
<vhfcontesting@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, Chris Boone via VHF
<vhf@xxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Waterproof diplexers
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Yes,
Check out the mast mount duplexes here:
http://www.wimo.com/diplexer_e.html
Michael Vivona
Sent from my iPad
On Aug 18, 2015, at 10:20 PM, John Geiger <af5cc2@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
Does anyone know of any waterproof diplexers that could be used to feed
separate 2m and 70cm antennas with a single coax run?
73 John AF5CC
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 10:53:11 -0400
From: "Fraser Bonnett" <FraserBonnett@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Sat Software on Windows 10
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Took the plunge and upgraded my Ham Shack PC (Win 8.1 x64) to Windows 10.
Other than switching a few Com Ports around, everything seems good to go:
1. SatPC32 v12.8c and all sub programs like WinAOS and ISS SatPC32
2. Rotor Controller EA4TX ARS-USB
3. AGW Packet Engine
4. UISS 5.4.0d
5. UIView32 v2.03
6. APRSIS32
7. Orbitron
8. Icom IC-9100
9. HRD
10. DM780
11. SDRConsole (V2) with a Funcube Plus Dongle
Pretty much everything that ran under Win 8.1 is running under Win10 with no
apparent issues so far.
73, Fraser
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Message: 13
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 08:33:13 -0400
From: ww8rr <ww8rr@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: John Geiger <af5cc2@xxxxx.xxx>, AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, vhf
contesting <vhfcontesting@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, Chris Boone via VHF
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Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] [VHFcontesting] Waterproof diplexers
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Both the Diamond and Comet line of diplexers look weather resistant enough.I
have used the Diamond type before and really pleased with insertion losses.
RonWW8RR
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From: John Geiger <af5cc2@xxxxx.xxx>
Date: 08/18/2015 10:20 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: AMSAT BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>, vhf contesting
<vhfcontesting@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>, Chris Boone via VHF <vhf@xxxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [VHFcontesting] Waterproof diplexers
Does anyone know of any waterproof diplexers that could be used to feed
separate 2m and 70cm antennas with a single coax run?
73 John AF5CC
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Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 11:23:01 -0400
From: "E.Mike McCardel" <mccardelm@xxxxx.xxx>
To: Amsat - BBs <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] When Might ISS Radios Be Off
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Friends,
I often see threads on this board an others, as well as social media,
pondering why there is no signal from the ISS amateur radios.
In lieu of yesterday's Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)?s
H-IIB rocket launch which will rendezvous with the ISS later this week
I offer the following flight rules which were provided by Kenneth
Ransom N5VHO and were reported in the ANS-313 November 9, 2014.
I believe this information explains most of the times when the amateur
radios on the ISS are off. Pay attention to ISS announcements for EVAs
and dockings and Robotic Arm usage and you will know, most of the
time,when the radios will be off.
Sites for information include:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/index.html
http://www.ariss.org
http://http://www.issfanclub.com/
Did You Know...
Current flight rules require all the ham radios to be off during an
EVA. Technically, the VHF radios needs to be off for Russian EVAs
and the UHF radio needs to be off for US EVAs.
For dockings and undockings, again the ISS operates under a flight
rule that has the VHF/UHF radios off for Progress, Soyuz and ATV
vehicle activity. Note that Cygnus, Dragon, HTV and formerly the
Shuttle did not require the radios to be off.
For Ham TV, already mentioned is that it will be off for any EVA. It
needs to be off for ATV (the last one November) docking
and undocking. It also has to be off when the Robotics arm is in
close proximity.
73,
EMike
E. Michael McCardel, KC8YLD
V.P. for Educational Relations, AMSAT-NA
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