Your message came through on amsat-bb.org!
Sometimes, when I post, the message does go out but, for some reason, I don't
get a copy.
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.net
On Tuesday, August 19, 2014 10:18 AM, Tom Lubbers K8TL k...@earthlink.net
wrote:
Glen,
I see you have been
Unfortunately, a while back, Yahoo changed how multiple messages about the same
subject (even to different reflectors - those are bundled into a single
message) are handled and, when a reply to any of those messages is sent, all of
the attached messages cannot be deleted! At least I have not
Yahoo changed something in how E-Mails are rejected and quite a few people have
been getting such notifications from several reflectors. I got one from
several including the AMSAT reflector. I just replied to the notice and, so
far, everything is fine now.
I use Yahoo for things like
A number of companies, in which upper management have been engineers, suffer
from the fact that most engineers are not completely satisfied when products
are released.
When I went to work for the Collins Radio Company, right out of college at the
new corporate headquarters in Richardson,
I have a receiving converter that converts 2400 MHz to 144 MHz that is
basically brand new. This is a UEK-3000 and is designed to be remotely
installed. I got the converter from someone ,not local, who told me that the
converter was for the 2304 MHz band. Unfortunately, when it arrived, it
I just hope their signals are clean! :) Just joking!
UTD, actually UTDIRICC (University of Texas, at Dallas, in Richardson, in
Collin County) is located about 1-mile, straight west, of my house.
UTD is NOT located in Dallas! It is in Richardson, Texas, former home of the
new corporate
Some of the newer buildings do now overlap into Dallas County. But, for
decades, there was absolutely nothing outside of Collin County.
You really don't need lightning arrestors on the coaxial cables. The primary
thing that they do is to get the shield of the coaxial cable grounded and there
Or, you can use the really cheap black plastic tape for weatherproofing. That
is, the no name, UL approved, tape that is sold by places like Harbor
Freight.
Such tape was provided by Decibel Products, and other commercial two-way
antenna manufacturers, for decades to weatherproof coaxial
Check your SPAM folder.
For some reason, at least half of the AMSAT BB get classified as SPAM on this
end.
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
On Monday, December 2, 2013 9:57 PM, Rich/wa4bue richard.s...@verizon.net
wrote:
Receive about 20 emails a day.
Maybe your anti virus is
I haven't been on A07 for a while. But, back in the goode olde dayes, I used
a horizontal 2-element 10-meter yagi with a 7-element 2-meter beam fixed
30-degrees above the horizon. That worked VERY well!
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 11:28 AM,
The member number was assigned in the order the member first joined AMSAT.
Over the years, members have come and gone. However, the membership number
keeps growing.
I joined AMSAT the 2nd month after it was founded. My AMSAT number is 239.
When life memberships were offered, I was the
Got the newsletter today. As pointed out in an E-Mail a couple of days ago,
the name is definitely not correct! Also, the call sign, member number, etc.,
is also incorrect.
I do wonder about subscription time limits, etc., that can happen with the
wrong information as is now being used! I
AMSAT 239 / LM 463
Website: http://k9sth.com
From: Alan wa4...@gmail.com
To: 'Glen Zook' gz...@yahoo.com; amsat-bb@amsat.org
Cc: SAREX-BB sa...@amsat.org
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 3:02 PM
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] newsletter
Glen,
The problem
Not that uncommon this time of the year! Especially on 160-meters and
80/75-meters, slightly less on 40-meters, the QRN level can be pretty horrid!
Much of the noise is caused by lightning that can be hundreds of miles away.
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
During the first year, or so, with AO-7, I used horizontal polarization with
the 2-meter and 70-cm antennas elevated about 30-degrees. The 10-meter antenna
was a 2-element yagi horizontally mounted. Only the azimuth was varied. Later
I added an az-el rotor for the 2-meter and 70-cm antennas.
No problem in Texas!
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
From: Gus 8p...@anjo.com
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 11:20 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] AMSAT Website page error
I know that there have been issues with the website recently,
I see what you mean. Your first message indicated that you had problems
accessing the webpage. I didn't try to get a prediction!
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
From: Alan wa4...@gmail.com
To: 'Glen Zook' gz...@yahoo.com; 'Gus' 8p...@anjo.com
Theoretically, the loss between vertical and horizontal polarization is
infinite. However, in the real world, 20 dB is the generally accepted
figure. In specific cases, the loss can be at least 30 dB and occasionally
greater.
Where circular polarization is concerned the same theoretical
From what I have seen, a good part of the problem is not having an ample
backlog of articles suitable for publication. There are numerous reasons for
this, but the biggest problem is that not enough members are submitting
articles for publication! I did write an article on this very subject
It depends on where you are located in the area. Here on the north side, only
heavy rain.
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
From: Greg Higgins gs.higg...@sbcglobal.net
To: Ted k7trkra...@charter.net; amsat-bb@amsat.org amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent:
Where are you located? Basically, you have to pass an examination conducted by
your national authorities and obtain an amateur radio operator's license. With
the license comes an assigned call sign. It is that call sign that you use
when operating using the amateur satellites.
Glen, K9STH
Back in the goode olde dayes (i.e. OSCAR VI and OSCAR VII), before elevation
rotors were popular, we used a horizontally polarized yagi fixed at 30 degrees
above the horizon. That worked very well even for overhead passes.
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
--- On Tue, 4/12/11, Bob-
One thing that I didn't mention is that my house is 1/2 block from the highest
point in the city (less than 8 feet in elevation) and it is basically
downhill in all directions. My top antenna, on my main tower, is 67 feet
above ground and is visible from the freeway about a mile away.
Since I
:
From: i8cvs domenico.i8...@tin.it
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: satellite average elevation
To: Glen Zook gz...@yahoo.com, Amsat - BBs amsat-bb@amsat.org, Bob
Bruninga bruni...@usna.edu
Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 10:32 PM
- Original Message -
From: Glen Zook gz...@yahoo.com
To: amsat
I can assure you that in basically 52 years of working DX that geographical
names definitely work better in the vast majority of situations than the ICAO
phonetics. Yes, eventually, the ICAO phonetics will be understood. However,
the station on the other end is generally going to work
The question of proper phonetics comes up several times a month in threads on
QRZ.com. Unfortunately, the ICAO phonetics (alpha, bravo, etc.) present
problems when regional accents in the United States are present and even more
so when the person involved does not have English as their primary
Although some people say kilowatt is two words, it definitely is not. In over
50 years of using kilowatt as a phonetic I have not once had a station think
it is KW. Kilowatt makes it through QRM and QSB a LOT better than kilo.
Some operators do use Kansas or Korea for the letter K.
Glen,
Neither are geographic names recommended by the ITU. However, geographic names
do work considerably better under certain conditions.
Had the FCC required that the ICAO phonetics be used such would be stated in 47
CFR Part 97. However, the identification procedures for phone operation are
I agree that particular phonetics are appropriate for certain situations.
Funny phonetics are best left for FM repeater operations and other certain
contacts where everyone knows each other.
In the world of DXing geographical names have become the defacto standard
because the ICAO phonetics
The problem is that the standard ICAO phonetics are problematic under certain
circumstances. In the military world the operators are specially trained to
use ICAO phonetics including the preferred way to pronounce the words.
Unfortunately, this just doesn't exist in the amateur radio world
Not that I know of, at least outside of any specialized DX publications.
However, here is a list of the words most usually heard:
A = America
B = Boston
C = Canada
D = Denmark
E = Ecuador
F = France
G = Germany (some do use Guatemala)
H = Honolulu (some do use Hawai'i)
I = Italy
J = Japan
K =
for kilowatt. That might explain my confusion using KW
abbreviation as an occupation for 30 years before becoming an Amateur Radio
Operator.
Art,
KC6UQH
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On
Behalf Of Glen Zook
Sent: Sunday, April 10
If you want to get technical, geographic names has been a standard much
longer than the ICAO phonetics. However, it is fine with me if you insist on
using the ICAO phonetics when in a DX pileup. That just means that I am
generally going to work the DX first!
As I keep saying, there is a
As a matter of information, until relatively recently the ARRL suggested their
own set of phonetics that had basically nothing to do with the ICAO or even the
old military phonetics. It was closer to the still in effect APCO phonetic
alphabet. In fact, they suggested at least 3 different
With inflation, probably more like 50 cents!
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
--- On Sun, 4/10/11, Bruce kk...@amsat.org wrote:
King Kong Five Dream On
just had to add my two cents worth as no one wanted to give me a penny for my
thoughts.
Back in the goode olde dayes, if we didn't have an elevation rotor we would
put a horizontally polarized yagi at a fixed 30 degree elevation. That allowed
working the satellites for at least 95 percent of a pass and often for a
complete pass.
I did this for quite a while before I obtained a
The bit about it taking up to 2 months for mail to reach your Representative or
Senator is just not true these days! Two weeks ago I sent a letter to one of
my Senators and got a reply in less than a week from the day I sent it. Not
only was there a reply, there also was a copy of a letter
Sorry, but International law states that when in International Waters the ship
is considered to be a part of the jurisdiction of the country of registry. The
captain can give permission to operate. However, the regulations concerning
amateur radio operation are that of the country of
PVC is NOT a structural material. You can sometimes get away with using it for
something like a vertical antenna without any real stress. However, using it
to support something with any horizontal force is another matter. The colder
the weather the more likely it is to fail.
Making an A
Then what you have is a wooden structure with a PVC overcoat! The PVC is still
not the real structural material.
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
--- On Thu, 2/24/11, Ken Ernandes n2...@mindspring.com wrote:
It works well to fill a PVC pipe with a wood dowel the size of the pipe's
PVC is CHEAP! However, it has no real structural strength and, in cold
weather, often gets brittle and fractures. PVC is made for carrying things
like water and is definitely not made to be able to withstand any forces other
than moderate pressure (i.e. water pressure).
People do make things
Again, you are NOT using the PVC for structural strength. Your strength is
coming from the wood! Big difference from using just PVC.
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
--- On Thu, 2/24/11, Andrew Glasbrenner glasbren...@mindspring.com wrote:
My az-el has an 8 foot steel mast, with two
You know that it still costs only 3 cents to mail a letter (same charge that
was made during the Civil War). The remainder is for storage costs!
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
___
Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are
Look in the housewares section at Walmart, K-Mart, Target, etc. There are all
sorts of plastic containers for use in refrigerators and so forth. In fact, I
have found similar sized plastic containers in those $1 for everything stores.
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
--- On Wed,
Since a grid is 1 degree of latitude by 2 degrees of longitude that is going to
cover a lot of counties in a single grid. Even going to the 5th and 6th place
there can be several counties involved.
For example, my grid is EM12px. However, that grid identification involves
both Dallas County,
Unfortunately, the quality of the vast majority of r.f. connectors sold at
Radio Shack has to improve considerably to even make a rating of dismal! For
example, I have run into PL-259 connectors with over 1 dB of loss PER connector
on 450 MHz.
Mouser ( http://www.mouser.com ) has various
Zook gz...@yahoo.com wrote:
From: Glen Zook gz...@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Life Members
To: k...@live.com, Amsat BB amsat-bb@amsat.org, Rocky Jones
orbit...@hotmail.com
Date: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 11:03 AM
Having been a life member (# 463)
since the very early days when
Had not members contributed to AMSAT back in the early to mid 1970s there would
probably not even be an AMSAT today! So soon people forget their roots!
As for what I have personally contributed to AMSAT lately? Obviously you
haven't read the September/October 2009 issue of the AMSAT Journal!
OSCAR VI used the metal from a pocket tape measure for the 10-meter antenna.
This was folded and was held in this position until the release was activated
from the ground. When released, the antenna deployed, sticking straight out
from two sides of the satellite. The QSL cards for receiving
Putting the preamplifier at the antenna and not at the equipment end overcomes
the noise figure and losses of the feedline. Putting the preamplifier after
the feedline adds the noise figure and losses of the feedline to the signal.
Therefore, having the preamplifier at the antenna end is
Ramsey actually has a pretty good low noise preamp for 70 cm and those are
cheap. Takes about 15 minutes to assemble the kit. I do recommend replacing
the fixed capacitor across the coil with a variable. That way you don't have
to fiddle with bending the coil to tune it. You just set the
I haven't used AO-7 for some time (need to revise my antennas to do so again).
But, back in the goode olde dayes (when the satellite first went into orbit)
we didn't have any problems with Doppler. The accepted method was to leave the
transmit frequency alone and keep one hand on the receiver
That clears that up!
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
--- On Thu, 9/17/09, Andrew Glasbrenner glasbren...@mindspring.com wrote:
The July/August 2002 AMSAT Journal has a copy of the waiver on page 25, dated
April 19, 1974.
At the time of the construction of the satellite, there was no
In the past, I have used a 2-element 10 meter yagi.
Unfortunately, a G5RV is a mediocre antenna at best for bands other than 20
meters for which it was actually designed.
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
--- On Fri, 9/11/09, John Geiger aa...@yahoo.com wrote:
What is the minimal
I thought long and hard before replying to you. Unfortunately, it is the fault
of the organization when the systems do not work. On purpose? Of course not.
But, it still is within the control of the organization and therefore it
definitely is the fault of the organization.
There is a Catch
Calling blaming the website problems a cop out is not a true statement, at
least in my opinion. Yes, there are other ways of exchanging information
with the various persons involved with AMSAT. However, those other ways are
not always apparent nor are those methods readily available to
Being someone who has been a member of AMSAT since the 2nd month of the
formation of the group I can say that I definitely agree with N0FJP:
A couple of times recently I have tried to volunteer and, frankly, the website
does not take the information. Also, there is quite a bit of information
The major problem with mfj products is that quality control is virtually
non-existent. Hardware will be missing from one unit and then extra hardware
(probably that intended for the previous unit down the production line) will be
rattling around the next unit. Some solder connections will be
I always consider mfj products to be a semi-kit. That is most of the work
has been done at the factory BUT you have to do some of the assembly yourself.
This means replace missing hardware, remove the extra hardware that is rattling
around the cabinet (usually that which is missing from the
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