Hi,
I am sorry you feel that way as well. Lets consider the facts.
First, the Obama doll was launched on a helium balloon. We could do that in
a few days, if all you want is a repeater that covers a few states for a few
ours. The engineering for a CubeSat which will provide reliable
Hi,
We like to include for posterity those visitors who attended the annual
AMSAT-NA Board Meeting. Below is the current list of visitors who attended.
If you attended, or know someone who did, please let me know so that you can
be recognized.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
AMSAT Corporate Secretary
Bill
Hi,
We like to include for posterity those who attended the annual AMSAT-NA
Board Meeting. Below is a partial list of visitors who attended. If you
attended, or know someone who did, please let me know so that you can be
recognized.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
AMSAT Corporate Secretary
Bill Tynan,
JoAnne,
Works fine for me with Firefox and IE.
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of JoAnne Maenpaa
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 10:40 AM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: PRISM HAM Radio
According to a recent statement it did not explode.
http://spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=38825
Well, it didn't exactly explode. :)
Anyway, a good show.
Alan
WA4SCA
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Flex has posted a nice guide to using SATPC32 with the Flex 5000 VU5K.
http://support.flex-radio.com/Downloads.aspx?id=404
Along with the SATPC32-specific details, there is information of use to
satellite operators in general.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
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So with 700 ballots received, we got a return rate of 22%.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Martha
Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2012 10:13 AM
To: AMSAT BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Information on Ballots
and how many eligible voting members?
Stefan, VE4NSA
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Alan P. Biddle apbid...@united.net wrote:
As a result of the 2012 board of directors election, Tom Clark,
K3IO, Lou
McFadin, W5DID, and Gould Smith, WA4SXM, will serve on the board for
two
As a result of the 2012 board of directors election, Tom Clark, K3IO, Lou
McFadin, W5DID, and Gould Smith, WA4SXM, will serve on the board for two
years. The first alternate is Mark Hammond, N8MH and the second alternate is
Patrick Stoddard, WD9EWK. The final results of the voting with 700 ballots
Keith,
Current time zone offset: UTC/GMT +1 hour
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Keith O'Brien
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 7:38 AM
To: AMSAT-BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Colloquium Times
I
Hi,
In the past, BATC has streamed the symposium. Will they be doing so this
year?
Alan
WA4SCA
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We haven haven't got the money,
so we we've got to think.
Lord Rutherford
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Jerry,
Don't worry. I read somewhere that five out two hams are dyslexic.
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of N0JY
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2012 11:00 AM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re:
Joe,
Sure. They are in the AMATEUR.TXT file from CelesTrak, or direct from Space
Track:
PHASE 3B (AO-10)
1 14129U 83058B 12175.07756213 -.0148 0-0 1-3 0 9907
2 14129 27.2164 331.8891 6028293 170.2637 211.0686 2.05868475190346
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original
Reid,
Still up there, and will be for years.
Early on, after the propulsion incident, there WAS a reluctance to command
certain functions for fear of making things worse. I recall some
discussions at an AMSAT Symposium, perhaps imperfectly, on the subject. For
instance, the solar panels were
You would definitely want a PL tone. :)
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Kevin Muenzler
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2012 5:05 PM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO-40 Replacement
Mike,
Some FT-847s have been reported to be a bit flakey with SO-50. Others have
reported no problems. I have a different rig now, but my experience was
that it normally worked fine, but that every now and then I would get a pass
like yours. The PL deviation and frequency checked fine, so I
Bob,
Well done on the article!
I will, slightly, sympathize with QST. In teaching license classes, and
working with new hams, I find that for some there is truly a lack of
appreciation of what high voltage can do. I am serious when I say that
for some if it isn't a wall plug, it isn't
The FCD is sold.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: Alan P. Biddle [mailto:apbid...@united.net]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 3:50 PM
To: AMSAT-BB
Subject: FUNCube dongle for sale
Hi,
Cleaning the shack, and I have a spare FCD Pro V1.0 SN 188 for sale. This
is first
All AMSAT-NA members,
One last reminder that your ballots need to be received at AMSAT-NA
headquarters by September 15th, 2012. Remember, this is one of your best
opportunities to make your views on the path of our organization known.
More details, courtesy of the AMSAT News Service, can be
Ted,
I am interested in why you consider SATPC32 almost unusable? It does
require a small amount of typing instead of clicking, but it just works, and
works perfectly. That is my criteria for usability. HRD is beautiful, and I
use it exclusively for HF, but gave up on it as a satellite program
Hi,
Cleaning the shack, and I have a spare FCD Pro V1.0 SN 188 for sale. This
is first generation and does not provide +5V on the antenna as do the V1.1
units.
It is in perfect electrical and mechanical condition, and used only the
shack. $80 including shipping to North America.
Please
Joe,
I have email in to Radio Mart about that. Their HT line gets generally
good reviews based on value/$ but with the caveat that they are not on a par
with Kenwood, Yaesu, and Icom WRT features and often performance. Still,
looks interesting.
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From:
The ISS is having its orbit raised:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/9dv7553
The article describes it being done in two steps, so it will take some time
for the Keps to settle down.
Alan
WA4SCA
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Drew.
Besides the other programs listed already, I still use WISP for a few quick
look things, and that works fine on WIN7.
For satellite logging, if you don't use HRD, then the DXLabs DXKeeper. At
one time, it was the only program which actually did LoTW sat QSOs
correctly, and I never found
Got to beat stamping out license plates.
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Joe Fitzgerald
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 9:41 PM
To: AMSAT-bb
Subject: [amsat-bb] Quite a way to rehabilitate yourself ...
Will
An amazing picture of Curiosity and it's parachute during the descent phase:
http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112670227/mars-reconnaissance-orbiter-cu
riosity-080612/
Alan
WA4SCA
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By now, all members in good standing of AMSAT-NA should have received their
ballots, including the position biographies by the candidates. Additional
information for those interested can be found in the minutes of the 2011
Board Meeting which appear in the current issue of the AMSAT Journal. We
; SAREX-BB; ANS Submission
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Board of Directors Election Reminder
I guess it takes longer for Canada?
Stefan, VE4NSA
On Sun, Aug 5, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Alan P. Biddle apbid...@united.net wrote:
By now, all members in good standing of AMSAT-NA should have
Tom,
A test message to my AMSAT address came through in about 20-30 seconds.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Tom Gentry
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2012 10:08 AM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject:
Gordon,
Take a look at the Acceptable Use Policy:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/images/fck_images/AMSAT%20AUP.pdf
The section on identification required is very short:
All posts should include the author's first name and call sign, or full
name if not currently licensed.
So no, non-hams are
http://cq-vhf.com/vhf_highlights/2012_vhf/2012_spring_vhf/2012_spring_vhf_an
tennas.pdf
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Joe Lowenthal
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 10:07 PM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject:
Current members of AMSAT-NA,
The AMSAT-NA Board of Directors election ballots and candidate biographies
are in the mail, along with the registration for the 2012 AMSAT symposium in
Orlando. This year there are 6 candidates for 3 regular directors with 2
year terms, and 2 alternates for 1 year
Nick,
It uses the same ones as the regular SATPC32.
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Nick Pugh
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2012 6:23 AM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] help satpc32iss
On satpc32iss
Jim,
SATPC32 is known to work with WIN7 64 bit. A good discussion here:
http://www.dk1tb.de/Vista_eng.htm
Make certain you have the latest version. If there is still a problem, need
some details about _how_ it doesn't work.
I use WIN7 32 bit, but I know at least one person who uses the 64
Jim,
Perhaps a firewall permission issue? Also, are you running it from an
administrator account?
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Jim Sanford
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 5:10 PM
To: 'Amsat - BBs'
You can download it here:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/brf6th5
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Raydel Abreu Espinet (CM2ESP)
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 3:10 PM
To: AMSAT BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re:
A final reminder that nominations for the AMSAT-NA Board of Directors
elections are due by June 15th. This year there are three regular seats on
the Board to be filled, plus up to two alternates to be selected. Regular
members will serve for two years, and alternates for one year.
If you want
Currently reporting splash down at 1542 UTC. Recovery ship saw the chutes.
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of B J
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:22 AM
To: amsat-bb
Subject: [amsat-bb] Dragon On Its Way Back
All,
NASA TV is covering the arrival at the ISS. Currently captured with the
arm. Lots of really happy people.
Alan
WA4SCA
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Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the
Eric,
Congratulations! It is indeed amazing. A suggestion is to use a cheap
digital recorder for recording your contacts. You can replay the QSOs
later, verify calls, and log them. I use a Y cord to the earpiece and
recorder, but some recorders will pass the audio through.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
I could not help but notice the difference between these folks and the
studied routine of NASA and USAF controllers. You can tell they are trying
hard to be blasé, but once it is in orbit and the solar panels are out, they
just can't keep from cheering. And well they should!!!
73s,
Alan
Steve,
The answer to your questions is YES. For starting out, as Drew suggested,
see as many passes worked in the demo area as you can. Likewise, at the
AMSAT booth you can pick up some good intro books, and talk about software,
hardware, etc with experienced operators. If everybody seems too
Tom,
As usual, Paul has covered the important points. I would suggest, if you
are really interested, getting an account on Space Track and looking at the
archived values for TLE of decayed satellites. Looking at the decay rate
will clearly give you an indication to within a day or so. Normally
Tom,
According to Space Track, TACSAT 3 reentered April 30th. The final Keps
will normally have huge values for drag, etc which may break the standard
predictive calculations.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
TIP Reports for Object 35001, TACSAT 3, (Decayed 2012-04-30), US
Report Date/Time2012-05-01
Excellent choice. Thanks to Mike for taking on this responsibility!
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Peter Guelzow
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 9:09 AM
To: AMSAT - Forum; AMSAT
Subject: [amsat-bb]
Mike,
When I bought my FT-847 in 1998, I got the optional mechanical SSB filters.
I left in the stock filters for a few days, and then switched to the
optional ones. It made a significant difference, both in reception, and
when using the speech processor. The stock filters are still in the box
All,
Our US members have finished their taxes, so I will take this opportunity to
remind ALL AMSAT-NA members that we are approaching the time when
nominations to the Board of Directors must be submitted. This year, 3 seats
will be open. Also, up to two alternates can be elected. The deadline
Ted,
Are you using SATPC32ISS? The rig is not capable of operating full duplex
on the same band, so if you want to work the ISS on those frequencies, you
need to use the special version. The SATPC32ISS does tune both the uplink
and downlink, but not as full duplex. More like a standard
Greg,
Working fine, both direct and using SATPC32, this morning.
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Greg Dolkas
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 12:47 AM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org BB
Subject: [amsat-bb]
Dee was one of those people who did so many things, large and small, for
AMSAT that it is hard to count them all. Whenever it involved outreach,
news, and publicity, Dee was sure to be there, often behind the scenes. 73s
to one of the great members and person.
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original
All,
This is the link to the funeral home obit. You can also sign the guest
book, and leave a short comment.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/89jrpdl
Alan
WA4SCA
John-AG9D
On Apr 9, 2012 4:07 PM, Martha mar...@amsat.org wrote:
Dee Interdonato, NB2F died on April 8th. He was a long time Area
James,
Great to hear you are coming! Dayton is always a blast, and we can always
use more booth bunnies. It is a great opportunity to put faces to calls,
and see what is going on.
There is a note in ANS about how to sign up:
Hi,
I have a query from someone in a university research environment, almost
exclusively LINUX, about open source tracking/tuning software. Not my OS,
so I am not able to give first hand recommendations. I did send some links
for PREDICT and GPREDICT. Are there any others someone can recommend
All AMSAT-NA members,
We are approaching that time of year to submit nominations to serve on the
Board of Directors. This year there will be seats for 3 full members, and
up to 2 alternates, to be filled. This is your opportunity to influence the
leadership, and future, of our organization.
John,
Thanks for mentioning this. I had missed his update. This makes SATPC32
unique in providing this support.
There is an article in the July/August 2010 issue of the AMSAT Journal
called Bringing the One True Rule of Doppler Tuning into the 21st Century.
It explains in some detail the
Trevor,
Plays fine here in the colonies with Internet Explorer. Thanks for the very
interesting URL!
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Trevor .
Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2012 1:48 PM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
At least it did not perform a Destructive Disassembly. ;)
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Bob- W7LRD
Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 3:01 PM
To: rhyol...@nettally.com
Cc: amsat-bb@AMSAT.Org
Subject:
Dave,
There are a lot of TNCs around which will do 9600. I have a DSP-2232 which
I used until recently. These days many are moving to using sound cards and
software, such as MixW and the AGW Packet Engine. Whatever approach you
take, remember that you need to use the rig connections for 9600
Hi,
I am looking for a hard copy, gently used, of the Proceedings. If you have
one gathering dust which you would be willing to part with, drop me a note
off list.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
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Nick,
According to Flex, the data through VAC has the standard voice pre/post
emphasis filtering and limiting, which should make 9600 baud problematic.
They do have a request in for a way to bypass all that. The equivalent of
the direct connections in conventional rigs. This does have
I guess it will be a problem only for the oldsters, but there is already a
Dove the First. Dove-Oscar-17. ;)
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Trevor .
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 5:57 AM
To:
Vince's LED fix is the right one! However, several years ago, I was fixing
mine, and noticed the bulbs have series resistors which are not shown in the
schematic. I had spare bulbs from Yaesu, and replaced the resistors at the
same time with the next higher standard value. (33 ohms to 39 ohms,
Joseph,
Great project. When I went there with Firefox, no graphics, and with IE,
only placeholders. Tried in safe mode with both programs, but no help.
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Joseph Armbruster
Burns,
I had the same experience with my ARR. Fortunately no harm done. I ended
up lifting the choke connection internally. Apparently ARR has never heard
of steering diodes.
My other issue was that the waterproof case filled up with water. You can
imagine my face, and vocabulary, when I
Peter,
A 70 cm preamp is always useful! There are a lot of them out there, but my
experience is that ARR and SSB Electronics make the best. Definitely not
the cheapest, though.
http://advancedreceiver.com/page2.html
http://www.ssbusa.com/gaasfet.html
Be certain to get one which is RF
Nick,
Good question. So far, no announcement from NASA on the awards. It is
being monitored closely, and an announcement will be made very quickly once
we have the results.
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf
Scott,
No problem, unless you want to run it in full screen or graphics mode. WIN7
does not fully support DOS programs in full screen mode. However, there are
a couple of ways around that. You can run it in a virtual XP machine. I
have WIN7 Pro, and it is a free download.
However, there
Got this from the IGate manager. Thanks to all who provided the pieces and
clues needed so track this down.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
==
Subject: Re: I-Gate
I see what happened. RK3KPK is a BBGATE user who frequently
telnets or netroms
into BBGATE. He's a curious follow
...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of
Thomas Frey
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 3:37 PM
To: apbid...@mailaps.org
Cc: AMSAT-BB; SAREX-BB; Alan P. Biddle
Subject: [sarex] Re: RK3KKPK?
Alan P. Biddle schrieb:
I got the following note from a ham in the Palm Springs, CA area:
This morning, while getting ready
] RK3KKPK?
ISS packet was powered down to prepare for the docking of the arriving
Progress vehicle.
Kenneth - N5VHO
-Original Message-
From: sarex-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:sarex-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of
Alan P. Biddle
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2012 12:52 PM
To: AMSAT-BB; SAREX-BB
Many consider SATPC32 the best.
http://www.dk1tb.de/indexeng.htm
Bullet proof and will work with those OS versions, as well as WIN7. You can
download a fully functioning version, with only a very minor nag, for
testing. If you decide to register it, 100% of the money goes to AMSAT.
The
John,
They did at one time. You can find the manuals here:
http://www.hamtronics.com/instruction_manuals.htm
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of John Geiger
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:27 AM
To:
Trevor,
The key part is that it was a manned mission. The complexity of the safety
paperwork, let alone the mission, jumps because of that. Pyrotechnics of
any sort are always an issue, but much less when the mission only involves
hardware.
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From:
Hi,
I am looking for information, particularly an email address, for JA8TCH.
He(?) was one of the last to receive telemetry from ARISSat-1.
Unfortunately there is no listing in English sources such as QRZ.COM, though
I got several hits from Japanese language sites, including an Echolink node.
Bob,
Many of those same radios are being sold through legitimate/commercial
dealers for FRS/GMRS rigs. For instance, the same Puxing I use for a
WIDE1-1 digi was bought in large numbers in the Palm Springs area for backup
coms between all the gated communities in case of an earthquake.
Alan
/14/2012 11:03 AM, Alan P. Biddle wrote:
Bob,
Many of those same radios are being sold through legitimate/commercial
dealers for FRS/GMRS rigs. For instance, the same Puxing I use for a
WIDE1-1 digi was bought in large numbers in the Palm Springs area for
backup
coms between all the gated
If it hasn't been mentioned, the Kenwood TM-V7A, the starting point of all
the D7XX family, also works well on full duplex. I have had a few Mobil
QSOs using a poor, for satellite ops, antenna. The only problem is that the
original display tends to fade and develop lines, which eventually render
All,
Our busy satellite reentered sometime early on 4 January, 2012. The last
telemetry was received at 06:02:14 UTC with the temperatures showing very
high:
http://www.arissattlm.org/live
It was not expected that Space Command would do a TIP, but they did, so we
have relatively good
Chris,
Like you, I really enjoyed the old digital birds. However, the interest in
that has fallen off. AO-51 did have a very nice system, and a few other
satellites have had more traditional Packet BBS capabilities. The interest
just does not seem to be there, when the old satellites died,
Pat,
I used these:
ARISSAT1,145918.180,0,USB,,,0,0,BPSK/CW-2
ARISSAT1,145950.0,0,FM,,,0,0,VOICE/SSTV
ARISSAT1,145930.0,435750.0,USB,LSB,REV,0,0,XPDR
ARISSAT1,145938.2,0,USB,,,0,0,CW-1
Fingers crossed we will need them again.
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From:
According to the morning numbers from Space Track, ARISSat-1 is down to 191
km, and losing about 1.5 km per orbit, or about 1 km per hour. The drag
effects are increasing rapidly, so TODAY would be an excellent time to make
any last minute QSOs through the transponder. Thanks to those who are
Craig,
A great idea to make this available.
The actual AOS times will normally be progressively earlier, so allow a
couple of extra minutes. At the rate it is descending, rapidly approaching
1 km per orbit, not per day, even the very latest Keps will be off fairly
quickly. The drag effects
Now that ARISSat-1 is in its last days, the Chicken Little Contest web site
has been updated to include the individual submissions in each category
nearest its likely reentry time.
www.amsat.org/amsat-new/ARISSat/ARISSatContest
You can see how you are doing compared to the competition! It
Ferrll,
There are at least a few more days from an orbital standpoint, and so far
the electronics are holding up. BOTE calculation gives a descent rate
approaching 5 km/day, and rapidly increasing.
Just remember that as a practical matter it will be impossible to have Keps
with the accuracy
So was Humphrey Bogart. Uh, guess that is a bit OT.
Merry Christmas to all!
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Tony Langdon
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2011 9:33 PM
To: B J; amsat-bb
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re:
Jim,
Thanks for the update. A good opportunity for a shameless plug for those
who have been sending the ARISSat-1 team telemetry to keep it coming. You
may well be the one to capture and send the last data!
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org
All,
I local ham I know has an Icom W-32A available. One of the better HTs to
use with satellites. I have seen the equipment, and it is in very good
condition. He has some pictures, which I can't attach here. Please direct
any questions directly to Kirk.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
FOR SALE:
Dan,
Great news. Unfortunately it actually specifies _commercial_
communications satellites and related components. We MIGHT be covered under
the and related components clause, but adding and educational and
non-profit would be better. No doubt there is a phrase which would be more
exact. It
Zach,
Good question. Part of the answer depends on your definitions of working
properly, and quickly.
HO-68 and SO-67 have gone away quickly, that is within about a year of
launch. By comparison, AO-51 was launched in 2004, with many years of
service. AO-7 was dead for a couple of decades
Jim,
As someone else replied, there is the IC-9100. Pretty much everything but
the kitchen sink is available for it. In the same range is the Flex VU-5K.
It is still a work in progress, and there are some rough edged on the
TS-2000 emulation which you use for CAT control. Still, it is
All,
A reminder that if you have been putting off working through the ARISSat-1
repeater, receiving SSTV pictures, or submitting telemetry, the next few
weeks will be your last opportunity to be a part of this satellite's
history. Since deployment in August, ARISSat-1 has descended about 60 km,
We try to include guests to the Board meeting in the minutes. Below is my
current list, though not everyone signs in, or gets noticed. Anybody who
was there, or knows somebody who was there, and was inadvertently missed?
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
Alex Harvilchuck, N3NP
Bill Reed, NX5R
Bill Tynan,
Bob,
It is just you. ;) Seriously, I do the same thing, and 3 out of 4 are good
pictures, perhaps 1 in 5 outstanding. I do use Ham Radio Deluxe, which has
a few nice tricks such as automatic slant correction. A suggestion is to
calibrate the sound card clock. Many are significantly off. Not
John,
Good to know. Did you notice many dropouts? I know the spin rate was
dropping, but haven't seen any hard figures in several weeks.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of John Papay
Sent: Saturday,
Dee,
You can run the update on a registered version, and it will be registered.
A good idea to put the registration info in a safe place, just in case,
though Martha can generate it for you.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org
Wayne,
WA4SCA writes:
Did not need to reenter the registration code. Still a good idea to keep it
safe. ;)
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Wayne Estes
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2011 2:24 PM
To:
Tom,
Didn't see it either.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Tom Schuessler
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 11:17 PM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] FO-29 not listed on AMSAT.org sat status
A final reminder that the deadline for entering the ARISSat-1 Chicken Little
Contest is fast approaching. The submissions end at 23:59 UTC on 15 October
2011. You can find the details at:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/ARISSat/ARISSatContest
We are still short of submissions from students,
The unit has been taken. Thanks to those who inquired.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Alan P. Biddle
Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 3:33 PM
To: AMSAT-BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Am-Comm Clear Speech
I am doing some shack cleaning.
This unit was originally sold by Am-Comm. Since then, the basic electronics
have been repackaged, sometimes combined with a speaker, and sold by various
companies. My experience is that most of the time it is amazing, though
rarely it does very little. The exact
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