Satellite Shorts From All Over

• Hotel reservations in the reserved block of rooms for the AMSAT Symposium in Pittsburgh are being quickly booked up. This is a reminder to visit the Symposium web page and make your reservation.
• Robert, G8ATE and John, G7HIA will be using the special call sign GB5OSO starting on the 4th October for one month to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the launch of the first earth orbiting satellite SPUTNIK ONE on that date in 1957. All of the available analogue satellites will be used as time permits. A special QSL card will be available after the event.
• Special congratulations to Beth (KD5CAA) and Kenneth Ransom (N5VHO ARISS/ISS Ham Radio Project Engineer) on the birth of their daughter Angela Hope on September 10, 2007! Everyone is reported doing well.
• John, LA2QAA, administrator of the AO-7 resource page reminds satellite operators of these AO-7 pages:
  http://www.planetemily.com/ao7/ao7log.php
  http://www.observations.biz/Observations_from_Norway/howmuchpowerisenough.htm
  http://www.observations.biz/Observations_from_Norway/how_much_power_is_enough_pt2.htm

  While no prizes or certificates are currently being offered for the number of contacts via AO-7 the Resource Page includes an activity log from active stations on the satellite. In recent weeks we have received a report of the milestone of the 2000th QSO via AO-7 by G1WPR. F3ZD reports his AO-7 log since May, 1975 has 4276 QSOs via AO-7. The current leader in the logged number of contacts on the Resource Page is K3SZH.

• The operating schedule for the FO-29 satellite is available on-line at:
  http://www.ne.jp/asahi/m-arai/gkz/satinfo/fo29e.htm
• Clive, G3CWV reports from Hitchin, North Hertfordshire, in the UK that nothing has been heard from OSCAR-11. The satellite is operational in sunlight but the current eclipses ended on August 20. Prior experience with OSCAR-11 suggest that operation should have been restored at this point. Clive would appreciate any reception reports of the satellite. Please post to AMSAT-BB or directly to g3cwv@amsat.org. The frequency of the VHF beacon is 145.825 MHz, mode FM. For more information see: http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/clivew.

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