[amsat-bb] Honeymoon trip and tentative grid operation

2014-08-14 Thread Hector, CO6CBF
Hello to all My wife and I will travel to the Eastern of Cuba for our Honeymoon. We will travel thorough FL01, FL02, FL10, FL11 and we will spend two days very close to FL12. We plan to go to FL12 for a few passes on Saturday and will try to reach the FL00/FL10 boundary on Sunday. I will try

Re: [amsat-bb] Honeymoon trip and tentative grid operation

2014-08-14 Thread kb2m
Oh Oh, Hector is getting married. We won't see him on the birds much anymore. You know the dreaded 'Honey Do' list. I will be at my shore home on Saturday where my sat station is located, and will try and work you. That is if I'm good and my Wife let's me :-) Seriously Hector, congratulations

[amsat-bb] IC-910H Receiver Repair

2014-08-14 Thread Les Rayburn
Can someone recommend a repair service that has experience with the unique needs of VHF/UHF weak signal operation? My IC-910H is ailing and I don't want to be without it for long. I noticed that signals on 2M satellites sounded a bit weaker than normal, but I attributed that to random

Re: [amsat-bb] IC-910H Receiver Repair

2014-08-14 Thread EC4TR Luis
Hi Les I had same problem with my IC-910, the culprit was a pin diode, namely D710 1SV625, usually cause damage by static problems. It's not too difficult to change. If you dominate some Spanish, you can see the evolution of my rig in this thread: http://www.ure.es/foro/5-vhf-uhf/86547-icom

Re: [amsat-bb] IC-910H Receiver Repair

2014-08-14 Thread Dino Papas
Les - two recommendations: Icom Service Center Michigan (www.sarts1.com) - had my 910H repaired there recently and Matt did a great job. or a tried and true long time Icom fixer at MTS (http://mts-icom.wix.com/hamradiorepair) - been a long time since I had my IC-211 repaired there but have

Re: [amsat-bb] Honeymoon trip and tentative grid operation

2014-08-14 Thread Hector, CO6CBF
Guys, Thanks very much for the THIRTY SEVEN congratulations messages in just 4 hours. Thanks very much for the good wishes. I really appreciate it! I am so grateful I found a woman who accepts amateur radio and satellite addiction. We almost spent six years of courtship; she already well

Re: [amsat-bb] Honeymoon trip and tentative grid operation

2014-08-14 Thread kk5do
hm i think hector has dyslexia... thirty seven replies is really 73 the magic ham number. lolbr/br/73...brucebr/br/Sent from my iPhone ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to

Re: [amsat-bb] Honeymoon trip and tentative grid operation

2014-08-14 Thread Rich/wa4bue
Hector Congratulations you are a lucky guy! Rich W4BUE - Original Message - From: Hector, CO6CBF co6...@frcuba.co.cu To: k...@comcast.net Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 2:46 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Honeymoon trip and tentative grid operation Guys,

Re: [amsat-bb] Honeymoon trip and tentative grid operation

2014-08-14 Thread JoAnne Maenpaa
Congratulations you are a lucky guy! There is the age old question ... Are you happy? Or, are you married? Congratulations to Hector and bride for being happily married! -- 73 de JoAnne K9JKM k9...@amsat.org ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org.

Re: [amsat-bb] Honeymoon trip and tentative grid operation

2014-08-14 Thread Rick Tejera
Just remember these 4 words Hector: Happy Wife, Happy Life! Congratulation and may you have a long and happy life together. Rick Tejera Saguaro Astronomy Club www.saguaroastro.org Thunderbird Amateur radio Club (K7TEJ) www.w7tbc.org -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org

Re: [amsat-bb] Honeymoon trip and tentative grid operation

2014-08-14 Thread Pavel Milanes Costa
El 14/08/14 19:30, Rick Tejera escribió: Just remember these 4 words Hector: Happy Wife, Happy Life! I second that affirmation... That's the secret of my happy 4 years marriage with wife radio... Hector, take notes... ___ Sent via

[amsat-bb] Special Event Station W7M Saturday, August 16 2014

2014-08-14 Thread wa7...@frontier.com
The Snohomish County HAMS Club and the Cascade Radio Club of Everett will be activating the Mukilteo Washington Lighthouse for the International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend on Saturday, August 16th.  The special event call sign will be W7M.  I will be putting W7M out on FO-29, AO-7 and SO-50 in

Re: [amsat-bb] Honeymoon trip and tentative grid operation

2014-08-14 Thread Stefan Wagener
and by all means DON'T do Ham Radio on your honey moon! This is a time for you and your wife, not for playing with radios and antennas. Be abstinent for that time and it will pay of fort the rest of your married life! Stefan On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 7:48 PM, Pavel Milanes Costa