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PCSat is still going strong, but is on ragged edge of power budget during maximum eclipses. reports Bob Bruinga, WB4APR. He continues, We have caught her 3 or 4 times in the last week doing a low power reset and fortunately we have been able to restore her before the batteries went to negative power budget.
Bob recommends that since there are as many as 50 users per day, it is best if everyone turns off any unattended user stations at night when PCSat is in eclipse.
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rsmtet 2003 p Telemuseet i Stockholm lockade 11 deltagare. Sjlva mtet gick fort och en avvikelse frn valberedningens frslag r att Ingemar, SM0AIG, inte stller upp p omval. Ingemar kommer dock att fortstta vara redaktr fr AMSAT-SM INFO, vilket vi tackar fr. Som valberedning valdes Ingemar SM0AIG och Stefan SM0PHK.
Medlemsavgiften beslutades till 150 kr fr 2004. Under vriga frgor freslog Ingemar att AMSAT-SM skulle ordna en fieldday eller liknande.
Efter mtet berttade Olle, SM0DY, om Oscar 40 – allt frn uppskjutningen, olyckan och banan.
Till sist en personlig kommentar: 11 personer kom till mtet varav mer n hlften p ngot stt redan r inblandade i styrelsearbetet. Helt klart r rsmtet inget som lockar den vanlige medlemmen. AMSAT-SM behller sin medlemsniv p ca. 300 personer s visst verkar det finnas ett intresse fr freningen. r ett stt kanske att hlla nsta rsmte virtuellt p Internet, om det gr att lsa tekniskt. Kanske ngot att fundera p?
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Lars SM0TGU
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AMSAT-SM annual meeting was held in Stockholm. The new committee was selected.
AMSAT News Service Bulletin 075.01 From AMSAT HQ
Silver Spring, MD. March 16, 2003
To All Radio Amateurs
BID: $ANS-075.01
AO-40 nominal ALON/ALAT is now 20 / 0. LON/ALAT will be slowly moved to 30/0 in the next week.
Given the worsening squints as we move ALON/ALAT, we have terminated the -Tx sessions until early summer when conditions improve.
Because of the poor squint angles early in the orbit the passband window ow starts at MA =80. It still ends at MA = 230 to allow time for battery harging before perigee eclipse.
The complete schedule is shown in the table below:
The command team also reminds all Users to maintain a clear area 25 kHz above and below the Middle Beacon.
S-band -> K Tx test conducted on Saturday, 15 March 2003, was a success. Report to follow from participants.
CORRECTION:
Several weeks ago, during the testing of the S1 receiver, It was indicated that the S2 receiver was connected to the 5-turn helix. This is not correct. Both S-band receivers are connected to the dish antenna. Only the S2 transmitter is connected to the 5-turn helix.
[ANS thanks Stacey, W4SM and Colin, VK5HI, for the above information]
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Jag har ftt ett frslag frn en medlem om att ha en delsida p AMSAT-SMs webb dr medlemmar kan ha ngra bilder p sin rig, antenn mm. tillsammans med lite fakta om stationen.
Det r en bra id som jag kan ordna, innan jag gr det vill jag dock hra mig fr om det finns ngot intresse fr detta. Det gller allts att ni medlemmar r villiga att lmna bilder fr att denna sida ska bli av.
Skicka ett svar till denna lista eller till amsat-sm@amsat.org Vi kan ven ta upp detta under rsmtet.
73
Lars SM0TGU
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