[amsat-bb] Re: 2m 70cm antenna like WHS32N

2012-10-13 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello All There is also the Wimo antennas out of Germany Here is the link to There Satellite Antenna http://www.wimo.com/framesetp_e.html Howard VE4ISP - Original Message - From: Clayton Coleman kayakfis...@gmail.com To: PE0SAT | Amateur Radio pe0...@vgnet.nl Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org

[amsat-bb] Re: 2m 70cm antenna like WHS32N

2012-10-13 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello again Sorry link not correct Just go to there site, go to ham radio antennas vhf uhf,then stationary,click on Xquad sorry about that Howard VE4ISP - Original Message - From: Howard Kowall hkow...@shaw.ca To: Clayton Coleman kayakfis...@gmail.com; PE0SAT | Amateur Radio pe0

[amsat-bb] Yaesu G5400B

2012-09-30 Thread Howard Kowall
...@shaw.ca Thanks Howard Kowall VE4ISP ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb

[amsat-bb] FT847/FC20

2012-09-29 Thread Howard Kowall
of 10 each Picks are available on request. If anyone is interested send me an email hkow...@shaw.ca Thanks to all who read and respond to this post Howard Kowall VE4ISP ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT

[amsat-bb] Wimo X Quad Antennas

2012-08-30 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello All Has been awhile since I posted on the BBS,I hope everyone is enjoying the summer I have had to reposition my location for my Satellite antennas and now I need some smaller footprint antennas. The Wimo X Quad antennas for both 2m and 70cm are perfect size for me,has anyone used these

[amsat-bb] Fw: SatPc32 kepler Data

2011-10-12 Thread Howard Kowall
: Howard Kowall To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 2:49 PM Subject: SatPc32 kepler Data Hello all I have an older laptop that has no internet connection,I run Satpc32 on my main computer that has internet connection and I am able to update the kepler data.I want to use

[amsat-bb] SatPc32 kepler Data

2011-10-11 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello all I have an older laptop that has no internet connection,I run Satpc32 on my main computer that has internet connection and I am able to update the kepler data.I want to use the kepler data from my main computer,and copy it to my laptop via USB flash drive.I cant seem to find the

[amsat-bb] Re: Thrust bearing maintenance

2011-06-01 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello Steve What I have done in the past Is to degrease it all and before assembly,drill and tap grease nipples in the housing,just make sure you clean all the filings before assembly.Then for regular maintenance you just have to give them a small shot of grease with a regular grease gun. Just

[amsat-bb] CDE AR22R

2011-05-17 Thread Howard Kowall
Hope this is ok to post but I have seen rotor talk on here before I just picked up an old CDE AR22R rotor and controller It is missing the choke for the pulse switch from the rotor to the controller anybody ever have to replace one of these or know the value ?? In the drawing it is labeled CH

[amsat-bb] Wisp DDE Client

2011-04-02 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello All Does anyone know what the last version of Wisp DDE Client is. As far as I can tell it's 4.3.7 Thanks to all who read and respond Howard VE4ISP ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member?

[amsat-bb] (no subject)

2011-03-26 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello All Before I start I am not cheap just frugal Want to make my antenna polarization selectable with relays LHCP or RHCP For both UHF and VHF I really don't want to buy a commercial ones Does anyone know what type or where I can purchase theses types of relays I would like to have them rated

[amsat-bb] Cushcraft 416-TB

2011-03-23 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello All I acquired a Cushcraft 416-Tb antenna,the so called phasing harness was in bad shape,so I am going to make a new one for it. I could copy the original one,but yes I am making it hard on myself and decide to calculate the proper cable type and length,and to do that I need to know how

[amsat-bb] Re: Cushcraft 416-TB

2011-03-23 Thread Howard Kowall
by the physical location of the driven elements, Thanks very much David Howard - Original Message - From: David Greenberg To: Howard Kowall ; AMSAT BB Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 8:50 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Cushcraft 416-TB Hello Howard, From the cable length

[amsat-bb] Gpredict

2011-03-08 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello all trying to install the windows ver of gpredict I keep getting a installation error when I try and run it I have it ok on one 1 xp machine but the other fails with installation error Thanks all Howard VE4ISP ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org.

[amsat-bb] Antenna Analyzer

2011-03-06 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello to everyone I am seriously thinking about buying an antenna analyzer,I build enough antennas to justify buying one.I enjoy building HF,VHF,UHF antennas of all flavors.The standard swr bridge is just not cutting it anymore.So I guess what I am looking for is one that will do 3mhz to

[amsat-bb] Satellite Antennas

2011-02-22 Thread Howard Kowall
Good morning to all Well my wife gave me the ok to get some new base satellite antennas. I could really only find 2 manufactures of theses antennas in North America M2 and GulfAlpha.Is there any others,and also can anyone recommend something I would like to be able to use them for the FM sats and

[amsat-bb] Re: Radios in carry on luggage

2011-02-22 Thread Howard Kowall
I took my FT817nd and some HT's and collection of ant's to France in October Never had any problems Howard VE4ISP - Original Message - From: m...@efs.org To: n...@lavabit.com; amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org; amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 3:42 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re:

[amsat-bb] Sat Tracker Itouch

2011-02-19 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello all My son just gave me his I pod touch (8gig) Is there any free apps for sat tracking for this unit would be handy when I am portable thanks to all who read and respond Howard VE4ISP ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of

[amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32 - FT-817

2011-02-10 Thread Howard Kowall
Very well done But am I mistaken about the Diamond MX72H Is that not that actually a diplexer Thanks Howard - Original Message - From: Andrew Glasbrenner glasbren...@mindspring.com To: David Palmer d...@zdap.com Cc: AMSAT BB amsat-bb@amsat.org; Ed LONG wa4...@hotmail.com Sent: Thursday,

[amsat-bb] Humor or is it

2011-01-11 Thread Howard Kowall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7kirdtdI1c Just a little Vid I cam across concerning ham radio is it humor or not Howard VE4ISP ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the

[amsat-bb] Re: HO68 SatPC

2011-01-01 Thread Howard Kowall
But is it possable to get the text showen when you pull up the cat window in Satpc32 ex: cwbcn,xponder,Rptr I only show the mode Thanks Howard VE4ISP - Original Message - From: wa4...@comcast.net To: AMSAT amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 10:53 AM Subject: [amsat-bb]

[amsat-bb] Re: HO68 SatPC

2011-01-01 Thread Howard Kowall
AHHH your right thanks Mark Howard VE4ISP - Original Message - From: Mark L. Hammond marklhamm...@gmail.com To: Howard Kowall hkow...@shaw.ca; AMSAT amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2011 11:34 AM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: HO68 SatPC It shows at the BOTTOM of the window

[amsat-bb] Re: Dual Yaesu Rigs on SatPC32

2010-12-13 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello to all Thanks to all who replied to my post Will try again to recal as from your emails Will let you know how I made out Thaks again Howard VE4ISP - Original Message - From: Howard Kowall hkow...@shaw.ca To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 7:09 PM Subject: Re

[amsat-bb] Re: Dual Yaesu Rigs on SatPC32

2010-12-12 Thread Howard Kowall
Sorry the rigs I am using are the following FT817ND VHF / Ft897D UHF Howard - Original Message - From: Howard Kowall hkow...@shaw.ca To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:54 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Dual Yaesu Rigs on SatPC32 Hello to all Trying to cal my dual rig

[amsat-bb] Keplers Satpc32

2010-11-27 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello to all Where are the keps stored in Satpc32?? I would like to add some but cant find them. Anyone know how to do this Thanks to all in advance Howard VE4ISP ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-7 mode Switch time

2010-11-12 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello Yes I also herd this Scared me I just set up a new antenna system,thought something on my end packed it in. Thanks for the info Bob Howard VE4ISP - Original Message - From: Bob- W7LRD w7...@comcast.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 5:28 PM Subject:

[amsat-bb] FT817 and SatPc32

2010-01-11 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello to all I am running SatPc32 ver 12.8a and a FT817ND(vhf) and a FT897D(uhf) It all works fine until I go to Sat HO-68,every time I go to that ast it shuts off my FT817nd Has anyone else had this problem Its almost like it is getting the cat command to shut off Below is my doppler settings

[amsat-bb] Re: help

2010-01-05 Thread Howard Kowall
Good Morning Also the schedule of HO-68 can be seen at the following link http://www.camsat.cn/ At this link you can see when and which mode is active (Time is in UTC) So far I have herd nothing also ( lol) But I did not listen for the beacon,which I will do on the next path 16:05 utc,Should be

[amsat-bb] Re: help

2010-01-05 Thread Howard Kowall
May have made an error on the AOS time I had 1st wrote 16:05 utc I believe it should be 16:29 utc For my location Howard VE4ISP - Original Message - From: Howard Kowall hkow...@shaw.ca To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 10:04 AM Subject: [amsat-bb

[amsat-bb] Re: Icom 9100 release date?

2009-11-19 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello I believe it's the IC756 ProIII that has been discontinued not the 746pro and Is the 9100 actually a Satellite transceiver. I havent seen any proof of full duplex operation and doppler control thanks Howard VE4ISP - Original Message - From: John Geiger aa...@yahoo.com To:

[amsat-bb] SatPC32 Auto Doppler

2009-11-17 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello to everyone Is it possible to use SatPC32 12.8a without auto Doppler correction? I use 2 separate transceiver one for uplink the other for downlink,all I want to do is be able to change the downlink freq. and let the uplink follow according to the Doppler sqf file.I want no automatic

[amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32 Auto Doppler

2009-11-17 Thread Howard Kowall
Follow up to my last post So really what I want to do is to make 2 tranceiver,to act like a FT847,FT736,IC910,etc. Thanks again Howard VE4ISP - Original Message - From: Howard Kowall hkow...@shaw.ca To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 3:06 PM

[amsat-bb] Re: Yaesu 5400B Az-EL rotor controller Lamps

2009-11-13 Thread Howard Kowall
The resistor value, R is given by: R = (VS - VL) / I VS = supply voltage VL = LED voltage (usually 2V, but 4V for blue and white LEDs) I = LED current (e.g. 20mA), this must be less than the maximum permitted Here is the standard calculation Howard VE4ISP - Original Message -

[amsat-bb] Re: Yaesu FT857/897 on satellites

2009-08-13 Thread Howard Kowall
Good Morning John I use a FT897D for satellite and also a FT817 for Full Duplex operation I use them together so I can hear myself on the downlink (which is the proper way to do it). It receives the satellite fine(both rigs)but I would not consider the Ft897D a upgrade or vise versa,the best

[amsat-bb] Re: Yaesu FT857/897 on satellites

2009-08-13 Thread Howard Kowall
Sorry the list of rigs should read FT847 not FT897D sorry about that Howard VE4ISP - Original Message - From: Howard Kowall hkow...@shaw.ca To: John Geiger aa...@yahoo.com; amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 7:21 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Yaesu FT857/897 on satellites

[amsat-bb] Re: G-5400B Rotor / Elevation not working

2009-07-28 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello Bob Never had that problem But a quick look at the circuit,and if the az is working.Sounds like a bad wire ,or contact if there is a plug on it Check to make sure the wire on terminal#6 is ok Good Luck Howard - Original Message - From: Bobby Lacey am...@duaneallman.net To:

[amsat-bb] ISS

2009-07-25 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello to all Is the ISS operational I haven herd anything on In a long time Been listening to 145.800 not even a peep thanks to all who respond Howard VE4ISP ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA

[amsat-bb] Re: Polarity switching question

2009-07-13 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello to all You might want to check out this site for the info you may need http://sv1bsx.50webs.com/antenna-pol/polarization.html some good info there thanks all Howard VE4ISP - Original Message - From: i8cvs domenico.i8...@tin.it To: w6...@comcast.net; amsat-bb amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent:

[amsat-bb] Predict For Mac

2009-07-10 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello to all Well I finally got my Mac running with new OS installed( OS X 10.3.9) I am not a real big Mac user,and I want to install Predict on it for Sat tracking.I did post a message awhile ago on this board but had to reinstall the new OS,so I apologize for not responding. I have download

[amsat-bb] Re: confused satpc32

2009-06-12 Thread Howard Kowall
Bob Double Click on a satellite in the Available column to put it in the Selected column. Double Click on one in the Selected column to remove it. Howard VE4ISP - Original Message - From: Alan P. Biddle apbid...@united.net To: w7...@comcast.net; amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, June

[amsat-bb] Re: Way-OT: Re: Full Duplex HT's (Ben Jackson)

2009-06-11 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello to all I am the one who originally posted this subject on this BBS I just posted it to give a little head scratching,and by the look of it I have done more then that. I apologize to anyone who is upset with this,I meant no harm. I really enjoy using this BBS and I have learned allot from it

[amsat-bb] Full Duplex HT's

2009-06-09 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello to all Just a follow up to the posting of full duplex handhelds Came across this ht,that a local ham ordered He was not sure if it was full duplex or not I will see if I can download a manual to see Just for a point of interest. I once had a VHF of a similar ht didn't work to good in the ham

[amsat-bb] Re: Full Duplex HT's

2009-06-09 Thread Howard Kowall
Sorry here is the Link http://www.wouxun.com/Two-Way-Radio/KG-UVD1.htm Howard From: Howard Kowall To: AMSAT-BB@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 9:58 PM Subject: Full Duplex HT's Hello to all Just a follow up to the posting of full duplex handhelds Came across this ht

[amsat-bb] (no subject)

2009-06-02 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello Is there anyone out there using WXTrack for radio and rotor control thanx Howard VE4ISP ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program!

[amsat-bb] Re: true duplex radios

2009-06-01 Thread Howard Kowall
Howard VE4ISP - Original Message - From: Andrew Glasbrenner glasbren...@mindspring.com To: Howard Kowall hkow...@shaw.ca; clintbra...@earthlink.net; amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: true duplex radios That's correct Clint And also being

[amsat-bb] Re: FT-847 vs IC-910

2009-05-31 Thread Howard Kowall
Good Morning to all Just wondering if the Kenwood TS-2000 was considered I would like to hear any thought on the TS-2000 (yes I know about the birdies) lol Howard VE4ISP - Original Message - From: Eric Fort eric.f...@gmail.com To: Amsat BB amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009

[amsat-bb] Re: true duplex radios

2009-05-31 Thread Howard Kowall
What about Kenwood TH-75A Howard VE4ISP - Original Message - From: John W Lee k...@juno.com To: d...@rwglaw.com Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 8:38 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: true duplex radios OK, Here's another oldie but a goodie: Heathkit HW-24 or HW-24A.

[amsat-bb] SatPC32 with 2 Transceivers

2009-05-17 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello to all Well it has been resolved,got my FT897D and FT817ND working with Satpc32 and I am now able to run 1 as downlink the other as uplink and the freq. calibration working. I would like to thank all who replied to my problem and a very special thanks to Erich DK1TB who was able to supply

[amsat-bb] Rig Ttracking

2009-05-15 Thread Howard Kowall
I just might see if I can make a pic module to go from one transceiver to the other and would be able to be programmed to be able to send cat info back and fourth to each transceiver so it would be able to track the Doppler offset,and just with a selector switch pick your programed sat and one

[amsat-bb] Re: Alternate to the Hygain Sat combination?

2009-05-12 Thread Howard Kowall
Hello Also check out Gulf Alpha Antennas Will be ordering mine any day now www.gulfalphaantennas.com Howard VE4ISP - Original Message - From: Norman W Osborne ve3...@gmail.com To: amsat-bb amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 2:55 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Alternate to the Hygain