[amsat-bb] N5AFV VUCC Satellite Upgrade

2013-06-11 Thread Allen F. Mattis
Thank you to Rick WA4NVM for telling me who to contact at ARRL to straighten out my VUCC satellite upgrade application. The ARRL staff took action quickly and I now have credit for working 761 grid squares. 73 Allen N5AFV ___ Sent via

[amsat-bb] Possible Mystery Spacecraft?

2013-06-11 Thread Joe
Howdy All, I have no ideas as to where to possibly look for an answer to this. But of course we have all seen satellites, crosing the night sky. and seen them in binoculars. and even ever more rarely while using a telescope viewing something in the sky happen to have one of these things go

[amsat-bb] 2310 and 3400 MHz Amateur Bands - UK Consultation

2013-06-11 Thread M5AKA
The UK communications regulator Ofcom has initiated a public consultation on the amateur radio 2310 and 3400 MHz bands. See http://amsat-uk.org/2013/06/11/2310-and-3400-mhz-consultation/ 73 Trevor M5AKA AMSAT-UK website http://amsat-uk.org/ Facebook

[amsat-bb] Re: Possible Mystery Spacecraft?

2013-06-11 Thread Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE
Could have been a GPS satellite. They run about 1200 miles up and are about mag 10 or so. They'd move about that fast across the sky. Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE Eagle Creek Observatory http://www.eaglecreekobservatory.org I believe that all this hype of global warming is going to turn out to be

[amsat-bb] Re: Possible Mystery Spacecraft?

2013-06-11 Thread Joe
wouldn't that be 0.5 deg a minute? That would be far too fast. Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 6/11/2013 4:35 PM, Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE wrote: Could have been a GPS satellite. They run about 1200 miles up and are about mag 10 or so.

[amsat-bb] Re: Pass prediction - New Option - ALL

2013-06-11 Thread Elisa Albrecht
Many thamks to the AMSAT web team for restoring this very page which is very useful, in particular for educational purposes and for planning. Aldo IZ1ANT-- Aldo Marchetto CNR Istituto per lo Studio degli Ecosistemi Largo Tonolli 50 - 28922 Verbania Pallanza VB Italy tel. +39 0323 518 331

[amsat-bb] Re: Possible Mystery Spacecraft?

2013-06-11 Thread n4csitwo
I think they're closer to 12,000 miles up. Dave, AA4KN - Original Message - From: Kevin Muenzler, WB5RUE ke...@eaglecreekobservatory.org To: 'Amsat-bb' amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 5:35 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Possible Mystery Spacecraft? Could have been a GPS

[amsat-bb] Re: Possible Mystery Spacecraft?

2013-06-11 Thread Joe
I googled for the orbital period and got just under 12 hours for them, and that would be too fast. Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 6/11/2013 5:23 PM, n4csi...@bellsouth.net wrote: I think they're closer to 12,000 miles up. Dave, AA4KN

[amsat-bb] Re: Possible Mystery Spacecraft?

2013-06-11 Thread ka9qjg
Saw this on the CNN I Wonder if there is a Connection Also the New Superman Movie just came out LOL Was it a bird? A Plane? Or a UFO?? Chinese passenger jet hits mysterious object at 26,000ft and lands with severely dented nose cone http://tinyurl.com/kmg65cf 73 De Don KA9QJG

[amsat-bb] Re: Possible Mystery Spacecraft?

2013-06-11 Thread Limaunion
On 06/11/2013 07:48 PM, Joe wrote: I googled for the orbital period and got just under 12 hours for them, and that would be too fast. Sig The Original Rolling Ball Clock Idle Tyme Idle-Tyme.com http://www.idle-tyme.com On 6/11/2013 5:23 PM, n4csi...@bellsouth.net wrote: I think they're closer

[amsat-bb] AMSAT Journal Latest Issue?

2013-06-11 Thread Les Rayburn
Since joining AMSAT about three months ago, I've only received my initial copy of the AMSAT Journal (March/April 2013). Can anyone tell me if a later issue has shipped yet, or when I could expect to receive the next one? Hungry for everything I can read on the topic. Did receive my ordered copy