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Höghöjdsballonger har varit på tal  rätt mycket senaste tiden.  Jag roade mig med att titta på en simulering med dom förhållanden vi har den här helgen.

 

Ballong förutsägelse

Om man får upp en beacon eller crossbandsändare till den höjden så är det ett rätt stort antal amatörer inom täckningsområdet.  Ett sådant här projekt kräver en del arbete med tillståndsbiten hos transportstyrelsen.

Om man gör en profil på hur långt en sändare i ballongen skulle kuna höras så ser man att den ska gå igenom bra upp till Stockholm även när den hänger i fallskärmen på väg ner mot 600 meter över marken

Horisont

 

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Färdigställande av 2-metersloop

Då var det dags för den andra (mindre loopen). Den sätts fast på samma sätt som den stora loopen. Här upptäckte jag att det blev för mycket kabel över, några centimeter. Tydligen har jag dragit loopen för tajt – detta var svårare än jag trodde. Vi får se om det går att korrigera lite när jag ska löda/montera fast med koaxkabeln.

En annan sak jag märkt vid konstruktionen är att jag inte fick hålen borrade i linje så vissa av distanspinnarna är inte vågräta. Här måste man vara mer noggrann än jag varit.

Efter att loopen är monterad har jag fixerat distanspinnarna med hjälp av bygglim (PL 400). Nu återstår att koppla ihop looparna med koaxkabeln men det kommer jag göra efter att 70cm-antennen är klar. Nästa steg blir alltså att påbörja 70cm-antennen.

Så här blev 2-metersantennen:

QFH-antenn_2m_loop_klar

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Koax-balun

Innan den mindre loopen monteras är det dags för koaxbalunen. Koaxkabeln löper inne i röret. Ett hål borras upp och kabel tas ut, snurra den fyra varv, borra nytt hål och dra in kabeln ut genom toppen på röret. Där ska den senare kopplas ihop med de båda looparna.

QFH-antenn_2m_koaxbalun

Och sen kör vi några varv med eltejp för att fixara kabeln.

QFH-antenn_2m_koaxbalun_tejp

 

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AMSAT-SM HF-nätet 6/4 2014

Hej!

Dagens nät kördes via SK7TX. (Förra söndagen aktiverades SK5TX)

Bara lite allmänt om aktuell status avhandlades men jag tyckte det kunde
var av intresse att posta det här brevet som gått ut från Nord Amerika.

En trevlig vecka tillönskas

mvh Håkan SM7WSJ

Attention Amateur Satellite Operators from around the world!

I would like to invite you to signup for a Satellite DX bulletin board for
news about current satellite operators and also have a place to make
schedules and to make friends.

Please follow the link below and send in your request today.

http://lists.star-com.net/listinfo/satdx-bb

I have been promoting a satellite DX bulletin board hosted here in the US
but is intended to include satellite operators from EU and Africa for
updates of operators and their planned times and satellites when they will
be on the air.

While the northeast US is an easy catch for most of Europe, this BB has many
members that are much more difficult to reach and some help is needed to
make contacts.

I live in Gallatin, Tennessee (northeast of Nashville, TN) in EM66sj.

My friend Frank, K4FEG, is the BB administrator and he lives in Memphis, TN
in EM55aj.

There are only 10 – 15 EU ops currently signed up for the BB email list and
I am hoping to get the word out to more satellite operators in the EU to
have them join us.

Frank has another satellite BB for US ops that he has been running for over
a year and it is very well received by all subscribers.

This one is to reach out on a more global scale and does not have to be for
just contacts between EU and the US.

Anyone that subscribes can see where other operators from around the world
are active and this will give them a contact point to make schedules and
general satellite news.

This BB was started with the expressed interest of making contacts easier
from more difficult areas of the US to EU but can and will used by
subscribers from all over the world.

If you are interested in making more satellite contacts and really pushing
the limits of your station, this will be your new favorite bulletin board.

Does your station have what it takes to make the ‘hard’ contacts? You will
not know until you try!

There are members from all over the US and countries such as Canada and Cuba
plus others from Europe.

Please subscribe today and if you are not completely satisfied, you can
unsubscribe at anytime.

Of course the BB is free and subscription should only take a short time
(based on total volume of requests).

All that is needed is an active email address and you can get started on
your journey to new places on your grid map today.

Good luck and Good Satellite DX.

73 de Jeff, NX9B, EM66sj

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ARTSAT INVADER blir nu Cubesat OSCAR-77 CO-77

Då har vi fått ytterligare en satellit med i Oscar-familjen, nämligen ARTSAT INVADER som nu även får kallas Cubesat OSCAR-77 (CO-77):
The following was received from Bill Tynan, W3XO, AMSAT-NA OSCAR Number Administrator.

The ARTSAT Project, INVADER satellite meets all of the qualifications necessary to receive an OSCAR number.  I therefore designate the ARTSAT Project INVADER satellite, Cubesat OSCAR-77 or CO-77. Thus CO-77 joins the earlier Japanese cubesats such as XI-IX(CO-57), XI-V(CO-58), Cute-I(CO-55), SEEDS-II(CO-66).

Congratulations to you and the entire ARTSAT team for the launch and operation of Amateur Radio satellite, CO-77. May its mission be a
successful one.

[ANS thanks Bill, W3XO, for the above information]

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AMSAT-SM HF-nätet 3/3 2014

Hej!

Vi körde ett satellitnät idag klockan 10.00 på frekvens 3740 KHz

Punkter.

*Månbilen
http://www.nature.com/news/china-s-moon-rover-awake-but-immobile-1.14906

*Ändring i bandplan 2M

IARU Recommendations
Dear Colleagues,
I should have sent out this notice much earlier, but please note the
recommendation below which has been agreed at the Region 3 Directors meeting
in Tokyo, August 2013.At the Region 3 Directors meeting held in August 26th
and 27th, 2013, thefollowing two recommendations were adopted regarding
usage of two meter band for the amateur satellite service

1. It is recommended that the band 144-146 MHz (“two-meter” band) be used
exclusively for down link on all future satellites.

2. It is recommended that the 144.000-144.035 MHz section be additionally
allocated for satellite down link .

Background information
1. Usage of the band 144-146 MHz for down link only The band 144-146 MHz
(“two-meter” band) is, according to the Radio
Regulations, allocated to the amateur and the amateur-satellite services
world-wide on a primary basis with exceptions in several footnotes.

But by agreement of all three IARU Regions, currently only a sub-section,
namely 145.80-146 MHz of the allocation, is used on an exclusive basis for
the amateur-satellite service.Although the band 145.80 – 146 MHz is
presently used for both uplink and downlink portions, the Cavtat Conference
of IARU Region 1 in 2008 agrees torecommend its use for downlink-only to
reduce interference signals fromnon-amateur signals (illegal’s like taxis)
being relayed if it is used for uplinks.

The usage of the band 145.8 – 146 MHz reduces path losses by about
9dBcompared with usage of the band 435 – 438 MHz. Most amateur satellites do
not employ attitude control due to their size and financial constraints,
therefore the use of simple omni-directional antenna would be popular.

In this situation 9 dB pass loss advantage is essential. On the other hand,
some societies in Region 3 have mentioned that to avoid interference signals
from non-amateur signals (illegal’s like taxis) the band 145.8 – 146 MHz has
not been used for downlinks in most amateur-satellite services. But
comparing effects of interference caused by illegal signals on uplinks and
downlinks, to avoid uplink interference is important because many amateur
satellites would be affected if there is interference on uplink.Taking into
account these factors mentioned above, it is recommended that the band
145.8 – 146 MHz should be used for downlink only in Region 3.2.

Additional allocation of 144.000-144.035 MHz section for satellite down link
only The IARU Satellite Advisory Group has been discussing the additional
allocation of the 144.000-144.035 MHz section for satellite down link only
taking into account the shortage of spectrum of 2m band for the amateur
satellite service .In 2008 it appeared that very little EME was then taking
place at the very bottom of the 144 MHz band, due to interference from
computer oscillators.This section is already aligned worldwide and therefore
it was considered that this could be suitable part of the band to be
used.More recent research and discussions suggested that this situation
remains he same today.

Further research has concluded that the bottom 35% of the 2metre band is
almost completely unused.It was noted that Region 1 had also discussed this
matter and their opinion was on similar lines.This subject was also
discussed at the Region 2 conference in September this year and
approved.

73 de Ken Yamamoto, JA1CJP
Secretary, IARU Region 3

*FO-29 DX rekord

K4FEG och DK1TB rapporterar att dom kört en kontakt med distansen 7538 km
(Det lönar sig att ha ordning på grejerna)

*Geostationär satellit på 26 grader Öst

Qatars Es hailSat 2 satellite will provide the first amateur
radiogeostationary communications capability linking Brazil and India. The
satellite is expected to launch by the end of 2016 and will be positioned at
26 degrees East.

AMSAT-DL say more details on the technical characteristics will be
published in
the next month.

Presentation by Peter Guelzow DB2OS, President of
AMSAT-DL, at the 2013 AMSAT-UK
Colloquium
http://www.batc.tv/streams/amsat1306

AMSAT Deutschland https://www.facebook.com/amsat.deutschland

Nästa söndag så är undertecknad på jobb men återkommer söndagen efter. Det
blir säkert några andra deltagare aktiva vanlig tid och frekvens.

mvh Håkan SM7WSJ