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Today's Topics:
1. Re: AMSAT-BB Digest, Vol 11, Issue 101 (james.4.savage@xx.xxxx
2. Re: Transceiver with UHF/VHF and S-Band or upto 3GHz support
(Daniel Cussen)
3. Re: Transceiver with UHF/VHF and S-Band or upto 3GHz support
(Arthur Feller)
4. Colorado Amateur Satellite net Begins in 1 hour (Skyler F)
5. LMR-400 direct to antenna or no? (Scott)
6. Re: LMR-400 direct to antenna or no? (w4upd)
7. Re: LMR-400 direct to antenna or no? (Norm n3ykf)
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Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 15:15:48 +0000
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Today's Topics:
1. Do I need to figure in declination adjustment for my array?
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2. Re: Do I need to figure in declination adjustment for my
array? (Dave Webb KB1PVH)
3. Xw-2a (jeffory broughton)
4. Aggiesat keps (Rick Tejera)
5. Re: Aggiesat keps (Scott)
6. Re: Aggiesat keps (Alan)
7. Re: Aggiesat keps (Rick Tejera)
8. WD9EWK @ Radio Society of Tucson hamfest, & other operating
on 26-27 March (long) (Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK))
9. Transceiver with UHF/VHF and S-Band or upto 3GHz support
(shakeel -ur-rehman)
10. Re: Transceiver with UHF/VHF and S-Band or upto 3GHz support
(Alan)
11. Ham Talk Live Webcast Tonight - ARISS with Rosalie White,
K1STO (JoAnne Maenpaa)
12. Re: Aggiesat keps (Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 06:40:38 -0400
From: "hdskullfire2 ." <hdskullfire2@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Do I need to figure in declination adjustment for
my array?
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If using a compass for initial mechanical line up, do I have to compensate &
make the required declination adjustment? Right now mine would be 13 degrees
for my location in eastern Pennsylvania?
Steve NS3L
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 06:58:56 -0400
From: Dave Webb KB1PVH <kb1pvh@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "hdskullfire2 ." <hdskullfire2@xxxxx.xxx>
Cc: AMSAT -BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Do I need to figure in declination adjustment
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Steve,
You want true North.
Dave-KB1PVH
Sent from my Samsung S4
On Mar 30, 2016 6:41 AM, "hdskullfire2 ." <hdskullfire2@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> If using a compass for initial mechanical line up, do I have to
> compensate & make the required declination adjustment? Right now mine
> would be 13 degrees for my location in eastern Pennsylvania?
>
> Steve NS3L
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 13:52:50 -0400
From: jeffory broughton <jefforybroughton@xxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: [amsat-bb] Xw-2a
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Another problem is ,a lot folks work during the day and are not around .
These birds see lots of activity during the weekends.Try listening then.
Jeff WB8RJY
jeff broughton
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 16:17:05 -0700
From: "Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro@xxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps
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All,
In noticed when updating my leps yesterday that Aggisat4 is no longer listed
in the Nasabare set. Any ideas where it went?
Rick Tejera (K7TEJ)
Saguaro Astronomy Club
www.saguaroastro.org
Thunderbird Radio Club
www.w7tbc.org
623-572-0713
623-203-4121 (cell)
SaguaroAstro@xxx.xxx
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:25:32 -0400
From: "Scott" <scott23192@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps
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Rick, I can't answer your question directly regarding the TLE's, but not
long after launch I decoded telemetry on one pass and forwarded it to the
team, of course.
Despite monitoring for the next couple of weeks at every opportunity, I was
never able to receive a signal from it again. I've not done a thorough web
search, but I'm not aware that it has communicated since.
So, at this point I don't know if it's still considered "active".
-Scott, K4KDR
Montpelier, VA USA
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From: Rick Tejera
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Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 19:17
Subject: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps
All,
In noticed when updating my leps yesterday that Aggisat4 is no longer listed
in the Nasabare set. Any ideas where it went?
Rick Tejera (K7TEJ)
Saguaro Astronomy Club
www.saguaroastro.org
Thunderbird Radio Club
www.w7tbc.org
623-572-0713
623-203-4121 (cell)
SaguaroAstro@xxx.xxx
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:17:50 -0500
From: Alan <wa4sca@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "'Rick Tejera'" <saguaroastro@xxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps
Message-ID: <000001d18ae2$c30f3210$492d9630$@xxxxx.xxx>
Rick,
>From the list AMSAT Keps distribution notes:
The following satellites have been removed from the AMSAT KEP Distribution:
AAUSat-5 (NORAD CAT ID 40948) Decayed 3-15-2016.
AGGIESAT-4 (NORAD CAT ID 41313) Has not shown any signs of life and is
considered dead.
BEVO-2 (NORAD CAT ID 41314) was prematurely deployed from AGGIESAT-4 and
never activated. BEVO-2 was never listed in the AMSAT KEP Distribtuion.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
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<Subject: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps
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<All,
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Message: 7
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 19:08:20 -0700
From: "Rick Tejera" <saguaroastro@xxx.xxx>
To: <APBIDDLE@xxxxxxx.xxx>, <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps
Message-ID: <005f01d18af2$32fa53c0$98eefb40$@xxx>
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Well that answers that.
Thanks.
Rick Tejera (K7TEJ)
Saguaro Astronomy Club
www.saguaroastro.org
Thunderbird Radio Club
www.w7tbc.org
623-572-0713
623-203-4121 (cell)
SaguaroAstro@xxx.xxx
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From: Alan [mailto:wa4sca@xxxxx.xxxx
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 5:18 PM
To: 'Rick Tejera'; amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps
Rick,
>From the list AMSAT Keps distribution notes:
The following satellites have been removed from the AMSAT KEP Distribution:
AAUSat-5 (NORAD CAT ID 40948) Decayed 3-15-2016.
AGGIESAT-4 (NORAD CAT ID 41313) Has not shown any signs of life and is
considered dead.
BEVO-2 (NORAD CAT ID 41314) was prematurely deployed from AGGIESAT-4 and
never activated. BEVO-2 was never listed in the AMSAT KEP Distribtuion.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
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<Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 6:17 PM
<To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
<Subject: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps
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<All,
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<In noticed when updating my leps yesterday that Aggisat4 is no longer
listed <in the Nasabare set. Any ideas where it went?
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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 03:52:19 +0000
From: "Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)" <amsat-bb@xxxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] WD9EWK @ Radio Society of Tucson hamfest, & other
operating on 26-27 March (long)
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Hi!
Last Saturday (26 March), I had an AMSAT table at the Radio Society of
Tucson's annual hamfest. This year's hamfest was at a new location, at a
Target store on the east end of that city. Even with the new location, there
was a nice turnout. And, unlike most hamfests in Arizona, the organizers
were most truthful with the hours for the hamfest - 6am (1300 UTC), which
was just before sunrise, until 11am (1800 UTC) when most are leaving for
lunch or to pick up with the rest of their weekends. I took advantage of
this, and will go into my post-hamfest activities in a bit.
I arrived in Tucson the night before the hamfest, and saw a tweet asking if
anyone would be on an AO-85 pass just before 0500 UTC. I had arrived in
Tucson about 90 minutes before that pass, saw a Wal-Mart store near my
motel, and decided to give it a try. A nice pass, where I worked Fernando
NP4JV about 60 miles south of me and Paul N8HM in Washington DC. I also
copied telemetry, which I uploaded after the pass back in the motel room.
A good pass, and a good way to start this rapid-fire trip to Tucson and
beyond.
The hamfest had a crowd showing up just after 5am (1200 UTC), including me.
I had my AMSAT table ready, and my station set for the first of two AO-85
passes at 1330 UTC. I worked stations from coast to (almost) coast, using my
IC-2730A FM mobile radio as the transmitter and my SDRplay SDR receiver and
8-inch Windows tablet as the receiver. As with other recent events, using an
SDR receiver brings out lots of questions. For Saturday morning, this meant
I missed working the 3 XW-2 satellites that were passing by after this pass.
After talking about SDR, and mentioning I would use the SDRplay on the
second AO-85 pass a few minutes after 1500 UTC, I had a larger crowd around
for that pass. Not as many stations on as with the earlier pass, but still
enough to demonstrate satellite operating and how well the SDR receiver
worked with the AO-85 downlink.
With the earlier ending time for the hamfest, I saw an AO-73 pass after
1630 UTC that would be another pass I wanted to work as a demonstration.
Even though the Tucson morning was comfortable outside, not requiring a
jacket, I left my Windows tablet outside in the sunlight. By the time of the
AO-73 pass, it shut down due to overheating. Instead of using the SDRplay on
another pass, I quickly brought out my second Yaesu FT-817ND to go with the
FT-817ND I already had out as my transmitter on the AO-73 pass. I was able
to work a few stations, and then answer the differences in operating on a
linear transponder in SSB compared to an FM satellite.
I worked 3 stations, almost coast to coast across the continental USA, on
this AO-73 pass.
With the early end to the hamfest, I was able to start driving a little
earlier toward my goal for the afternoon - a point about 15 miles/25km west
of the New Mexico town of Deming, on the DM52/DM62 grid boundary.
On the way out there, I made two stops to work FO-29 passes. The first
FO-29 pass, just after 1900 UTC, was a quick stop in the hopes of working
Paul N8HM on the National Mall in Washington DC. I stopped at an exit off
I-10 about 25 miles/40km southeast of Tucson, still in the same grid DM42 as
the hamfest, and was able to work Paul and Clayton W5PFG on that pass.
I did not stick around to work the entire pass, as I was trying to make the
200-mile/320km drive from Tucson to that spot outside of Deming in time to
work some SO-50 passes starting in the mid-afternoon.
Just after crossing the Arizona/New Mexico state line, a few minutes before
2100 UTC, was another FO-29 pass. I stopped at a place I have operated from
in the past, the small "town" of Road Forks, about 5 miles/8km east of the
state line. Road Forks is pretty much what the name implies - a fork in the
road for the old US-80, which ran through this part of the country before
the interstate highways were built. I parked at an old truck stop, and
worked a few stations from here. Road Forks is in grid DM52, just over 60
miles/100km west of the DM52/DM62 grid boundary, so I still had to do more
driving to reach the grid boundary.
I made it to the DM52/DM62 grid boundary in a little less than an hour's
drive from Road Forks, and spent a few minutes getting situated to take the
obligatory photos to document my location on the grid boundary. Along with
photos I tweeted, my TH-D72A HT was able to transmit my location to the APRS
network in this part of the country showing where I parked. In doing this, I
did not have a chance to work an AO-7 pass that started just after
2200 UTC, but was definitely able to work an SO-50 pass starting around
2222 UTC. In fact, I was able to wake up SO-50 very early in the pass, as I
was in a location where the nearest hills and mountains were very far in the
distance. In the next 10 minutes, I worked 13 stations from coast to coast
in the continental USA, and Dani TG9AMD in Guatemala City. A mostly good
pass, with my activity along with Dave KG5CCI and Clayton W5PFG also working
portable (KG5CCI in EM24/Oklahoma, W5PFG in EM02/Texas).
With a heavy wind blowing across the desert, and not wanting to be out in
the southwestern New Mexico desert after dark, I decided to only work one
other pass, a western SO-50 pass just after 0000 UTC. But before that pass,
I saw a tractor-trailer come off the I-10 freeway with its trailer heavily
damaged. The center of the trailer looked like something heavy dropped on
top of it, collapsing the trailer's roof. I also saw an interesting car
chase speed by on the I-10, with 3 New Mexico state troopers chasing a Fiat
westbound - and I'd see those troopers, and a couple of others, with that
car later on when I started driving back to Arizona.
The later SO-50 pass started around 0004 UTC, 6.04pm local time in New
Mexico. Although I only worked stations as far east as Arkansas and
Tennessee, I was able to work a total of 12 stations on this pass. Mostly
stations along the west coast and west of the Rockies. It was nice to hand
out contacts with these stations, since almost nobody gets on the birds from
these two grids any more unless someone travels to or through them.
After this SO-50 pass, I started my drive back home - a drive of over 250
miles/400km. After passing by the spot where that car chase ended a few
miles west of the DM52/DM62 grid boundary (the Fiat looked like it spun out
into the median, where the state troopers surrounded it), I kept going west
on I-10 about 150 miles/250km until I reached the small Arizona town of
Benson. This town, about 40 miles/65km southeast of Tucson, was a good place
for me to get a late dinner, fuel for my car, and there were two more passes
I wanted to work to wrap up my operating on this trip. Benson is on the
north edge of grid DM41, and I saw I could work both AO-73 and AO-85 in the
span of about 25 minutes around 0330 UTC from this spot.
The AO-73 pass was quieter than I expected, but I worked 3 stations - Nick
KE8AKW in Ohio, Hector W5CBF in Louisiana, and Brent VE5SWL in Saskatchewan
who had tweeted he would be on this pass. AO-85 came by a few minutes after
the AO-73 pass, and I added two more stations to the log (Jerry N0JY in
Texas, Frank K6FW in California). With this, and that late dinner I needed,
I went back on the I-10 to finish my drive. Benson was almost exactly the
halfway point between the DM52/DM62 grid boundary and home, and the last
150 miles/250km went by in about 2 hours. Speed limits on the rural parts of
I-10 in Arizona and New Mexico are 75mph or 120 km/h, in case anyone was
concerned that I tried to set new land speed records for my driving on I-10.
:-)
Thanks to everyone who called and worked WD9EWK during the passes I worked
from the hamfest! I do this on a regular basis, and many of you already give
more than just a call sign and grid locator - your city/town and state, a
brief rundown on your station, etc. which the crowd is listening to and
appreciates hearing. All of my QSOs from this trip to southern Arizona and
over to New Mexico are in Logbook of the World from 4 different grid
locators (DM41, DM42, DM52, DM62), and I am happy to send QSL cards to
anyone interested in a confirmation of a QSO from this trip. Please e-mail
me directly with the QSO details. If you're in my log, I will be happy to
send you a card. No need to first send me a card or SASE to get my card from
this trip.
73!
Patrick WD9EWK/VA7EWK
http://www.wd9ewk.net/
Twitter: @xxxxxx
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Message: 9
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 10:47:51 +0000 (UTC)
From: shakeel -ur-rehman <shakeelj2k@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Transceiver with UHF/VHF and S-Band or upto 3GHz
support
Message-ID:
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We are in process of development of Student Satellite Ground station for
amateur satellite. we need to select rotor and antenna s for amateur
satellite ground station. We Currently Have ICOM 9100 but this transceiver
doenot support High speed data download e.g 64Kbps or more.
Can Any one please advice another module /transciver which can add s-band
support to ICOM 9100.
or what other transceivers available in market which can provide us up 3 GHz
frequency band reception.
Thanks and Regards
Shakeel
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Message: 10
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 06:47:06 -0500
From: Alan <wa4sca@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "AMSAT-BB" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Transceiver with UHF/VHF and S-Band or upto
3GHz support
Message-ID: <000e01d18b43$0d14c630$273e5290$@xxxxx.xxx>
Shakeel,
Just curios, which university are you with?
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
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-ur-rehman via <AMSAT-BB
<Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 5:48 AM
<To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
<Subject: [amsat-bb] Transceiver with UHF/VHF and S-Band or upto 3GHz
support < < We are in process of development of Student Satellite Ground
station for amateur satellite. we need to <select rotor and <antenna s for
amateur satellite ground station. We Currently Have ICOM 9100 but this
transceiver <doenot support High speed data download e.g 64Kbps or more.
<
<Can Any one please advice another module /transciver which can add s-band
support to ICOM 9100.
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<or what other transceivers available in market which can provide us up 3
GHz frequency band <reception.
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<Thanks and Regards
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<Shakeel
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Message: 11
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 09:41:39 -0500
From: "JoAnne Maenpaa" <k9jkm@xxxxxxx.xxx>
To: "'AMSAT BB'" <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Ham Talk Live Webcast Tonight - ARISS with Rosalie
White, K1STO
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Reposting from QRZ.com:
Ham Talk Live! Episode #7 - ARISS with Rosalie White, K1STO - Thursday at
9pm ET
Coming up this week on Ham Talk Live!, Rosalie White, K1STO will be here to
talk about the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS)
program sponsored by ARRL, AMSAT, and NASA! We will have a look back at the
start of the program, the 1000th QSO that was just completed, and the future
of the program. We will feature some messages from the ISS, and tell you
about a way you can help! Join us Thursday night at 9 pm Eastern time on
hamtalklive.com, and call in with your questions!
If you can't listen live, you can hear the replay on our web site. Or, you
can find us on Spreaker, iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, YouTube, SoundCloud,
or TuneIn.
--
73 de JoAnne K9JKM
k9jkm@xxxxx.xxx
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Message: 12
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 10:09:07 -0500
From: "Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE" <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps
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I'm been out of the loop on AMSAT for a long time (need to re-join).
AGGISAT wouldn't happen to be Texas A&M sponsored and BEVO-2 UT?
Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE
EL09uf
Eagle Creek Observatory
http://www.eaglecreekobservatory.org
I am Voltohm of Borg! Resistance is E/I, you will be attenuated!
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From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of Alan
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2016 7:18 PM
To: 'Rick Tejera'; amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps
Rick,
>From the list AMSAT Keps distribution notes:
The following satellites have been removed from the AMSAT KEP Distribution:
AAUSat-5 (NORAD CAT ID 40948) Decayed 3-15-2016.
AGGIESAT-4 (NORAD CAT ID 41313) Has not shown any signs of life and is
considered dead.
BEVO-2 (NORAD CAT ID 41314) was prematurely deployed from AGGIESAT-4 and
never activated. BEVO-2 was never listed in the AMSAT KEP Distribtuion.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
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<Subject: [amsat-bb] Aggiesat keps
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<All,
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<In noticed when updating my leps yesterday that Aggisat4 is no longer
listed <in the Nasabare set. Any ideas where it went?
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<Rick Tejera (K7TEJ)
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<Saguaro Astronomy Club
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<www.saguaroastro.org
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<Thunderbird Radio Club
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<www.w7tbc.org
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<623-572-0713
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<623-203-4121 (cell)
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<SaguaroAstro@xxx.xxx
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Message: 2
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 22:13:55 +0100
From: Daniel Cussen <dan@xxxx.xxx>
To: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Transceiver with UHF/VHF and S-Band or upto
3GHz support
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When you say S-band what frequency do you mean? Commercial S-band
2.1Ghz approximately or 2.4Ghz Amateur Band?
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> <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of shakeel
> -ur-rehman via
> <AMSAT-BB
> <Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 5:48 AM
> <To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
> <Subject: [amsat-bb] Transceiver with UHF/VHF and S-Band or upto 3GHz
> support
> <
> < We are in process of development of Student Satellite Ground station for
> amateur satellite. we need
> to
> <select rotor and
> <antenna s for amateur satellite ground station. We Currently Have ICOM 9100
> but this transceiver
> <doenot support High speed data download e.g 64Kbps or more.
> <
> <Can Any one please advice another module /transciver which can add s-band
> support to ICOM 9100.
> <
> <or what other transceivers available in market which can provide us up 3
> GHz frequency band
> <reception.
> <
> <
> <Thanks and Regards
> <
> <Shakeel
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Message: 3
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 18:21:05 -0400
From: Arthur Feller <afeller@xxxx.xxx>
To: dan@xxxx.xxx
Cc: AMSAT-BB <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Transceiver with UHF/VHF and S-Band or upto
3GHz support
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Letter band designations have never been accepted or defined worldwide. As
you note, giving frequencies by the numbers is always understood clearly.
Let's stIck to the numbers!
73, art.....
W4ART. Arlington VA
http://afeller.us
> On Mar 31, 2016, at 5:13 PM, Daniel Cussen <dan@xxxx.xxx> wrote:
>
> When you say S-band what frequency do you mean? Commercial S-band
> 2.1Ghz approximately or 2.4Ghz Amateur Band?
>
>
>> <-----Original Message-----
>> <From: AMSAT-BB [mailto:amsat-bb-bounces@xxxxx.xxxx On Behalf Of shakeel
>> -ur-rehman via
>> <AMSAT-BB
>> <Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 5:48 AM
>> <To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
>> <Subject: [amsat-bb] Transceiver with UHF/VHF and S-Band or upto 3GHz
>> support
>> <
>> < We are in process of development of Student Satellite Ground station for
>> amateur satellite. we need
>> to
>> <select rotor and
>> <antenna s for amateur satellite ground station. We Currently Have ICOM
9100
>> but this transceiver
>> <doenot support High speed data download e.g 64Kbps or more.
>> <
>> <Can Any one please advice another module /transciver which can add s-band
>> support to ICOM 9100.
>> <
>> <or what other transceivers available in market which can provide us up 3
>> GHz frequency band
>> <reception.
>> <
>> <
>> <Thanks and Regards
>> <
>> <Shakeel
>> <_______________________________________________
>> <Sent via AMSAT-BB@xxxxx.xxx. AMSAT-NA makes this open forum available
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Message: 4
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 20:03:44 -0400
From: Skyler F <electricity440@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] Colorado Amateur Satellite net Begins in 1 hour
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This is a reminder that the Colorado Amateur Satellite net will begin in 1
hour from now (7PM mountain time Thursday).
6PM Pacific
7PM Mountain
8PM Central
9PM Eastern
Please visit us on
*AMSATNET.INFO <http://amsatnet.info/>*
*IRLP*
9870, the Denver Reflector
*ALLSTAR LINK*
40764, direct hookup to the repeater here. 41715, KC9ZHV hub at a data
center if I am out of bandwidth. More info on AllStar - amsatnet.info/#node
*ECHOLINK*
*AMSAT* unless there is an ARISS contact, then go direct to KD0WHB-L
*LOCAL RF*
449.625 (-) 141.3 ( W?KU Lookout Mountain)
447.225 (-) 141.3 (The STEM school repeater we set up)
447.850 (-) 141.3 (AC?KQ's repeater where he lives on TOP of saddleback
mountain)
147.450 SIMPLEX (Aurora, CO)
446.275 (-) 100.0 Galena St. Local repeater at my house, giving a whopping
5 blocks of great coverage
*REMOTE RF*
Your Repeater here!, Email me if you want to link in or me to link your
echolink or allstar repeater in automatically (no automatic IRLP linking
supported)
Skyler Fennell
amsatnet.info
KD?WHB
electricity440@xxxxx.xxx
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 21:35:57 -0400
From: "Scott" <scott23192@xxxxx.xxx>
To: <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: [amsat-bb] LMR-400 direct to antenna or no?
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I hope to put up my first rotating antenna soon and just received a nice
length of LMR-400 to use. (regular, not "super-flex")
Having never seen LMR-400 before, I did not know how flexible it would be.
I would call it "medium"... not stiff as a pipe but not floppy, either.
My question is whether anyone using LMR-400 can recommend whether I should
attach it directly to my antenna (with slack loops, of course)?
Or, should I get a few meters of something more flexible to attach to an
antenna that needs to be free to rotate 360 degrees?
If a jumper is recommended, I would appreciate suggestions on what cable
would work best for the task. The frequency for this project is 70cm.
Thanks!
-Scott, K4KDR
Montpelier, VA USA
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Message: 6
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 21:43:11 -0400
From: w4upd <updwrb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] LMR-400 direct to antenna or no?
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I would do like I did to my 9913. This is rather stiff cable. I went a
couple of turns loosely around the mast and around the boom for
elevation. I would do this with the antennas at 0 elevation and 360/0
degree azimuth. In this way it acts like a simple spring which opens or
tightens slightly as the rotation of the mast and/or boom occur. I had
my 9913 this way for over 15 years without a problem. I suspect the
LMR400 should work the same. In this way you are not inducing any losses
with additional cables and connectors.
Just my two cents.
Reid, W4UPD
Amsat: 17002
On 3/31/2016 9:35 PM, Scott wrote:
> I hope to put up my first rotating antenna soon and just received a nice
length of LMR-400 to use. (regular, not "super-flex")
>
> Having never seen LMR-400 before, I did not know how flexible it would be.
I would call it "medium"... not stiff as a pipe but not floppy, either.
>
> My question is whether anyone using LMR-400 can recommend whether I should
attach it directly to my antenna (with slack loops, of course)?
>
> Or, should I get a few meters of something more flexible to attach to an
antenna that needs to be free to rotate 360 degrees?
>
> If a jumper is recommended, I would appreciate suggestions on what cable
would work best for the task. The frequency for this project is 70cm.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Scott, K4KDR
> Montpelier, VA USA
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Message: 7
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2016 22:18:25 -0400
From: Norm n3ykf <normanlizeth@xxxxx.xxx>
To: "<,amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxxxxxxx <amsat-bb@xxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] LMR-400 direct to antenna or no?
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I use LMR-400 DB on the VHF side. With a 130' run it's lossy.
Previously, it was on both UHF and VHF.
Replaced the UHF side with LDF4-50A that was dumpster retrevial just
after an unnamed blue and white railroad ran their last train out.
Much better.
With a 130' run was lossy at UHF. Preamp is necessary. On the VHF
side, a preamp is usually un-necessary.
Rotator loops are 9913F7. Be sure to get the correct N connectors as
this has a larger center conductor. Several stranded strands can be
trimmed if they are unavailable.
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 9:43 PM, w4upd <updwrb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> I would do like I did to my 9913. This is rather stiff cable. I went a
> couple of turns loosely around the mast and around the boom for elevation. I
> would do this with the antennas at 0 elevation and 360/0 degree azimuth. In
> this way it acts like a simple spring which opens or tightens slightly as
> the rotation of the mast and/or boom occur. I had my 9913 this way for over
> 15 years without a problem. I suspect the LMR400 should work the same. In
> this way you are not inducing any losses with additional cables and
> connectors.
>
> Just my two cents.
>
> Reid, W4UPD
> Amsat: 17002
>
>
>
> On 3/31/2016 9:35 PM, Scott wrote:
>>
>> I hope to put up my first rotating antenna soon and just received a nice
>> length of LMR-400 to use. (regular, not "super-flex")
>>
>> Having never seen LMR-400 before, I did not know how flexible it would be.
>> I would call it "medium"... not stiff as a pipe but not floppy, either.
>>
>> My question is whether anyone using LMR-400 can recommend whether I should
>> attach it directly to my antenna (with slack loops, of course)?
>>
>> Or, should I get a few meters of something more flexible to attach to an
>> antenna that needs to be free to rotate 360 degrees?
>>
>> If a jumper is recommended, I would appreciate suggestions on what cable
>> would work best for the task. The frequency for this project is 70cm.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -Scott, K4KDR
>> Montpelier, VA USA
>> _______________________________________________
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