a ton of time
figuring it all out, and get me started much faster. I'll be forever in
your debt.
--
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
Grid Bandits #222
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light
a lot of things in the hobby. Liked
them all but nothing has been as much fun as weak signal VHF/UHF.
Gotta love the world above 50!
73,
Les N1LF
Les Rayburn, Director
High Noon Film
130 1st Avenue West
Alabaster, AL 35007-8536
(205) 621-7500
(205) 621-7505 FAX
(205) 253-4867 CELL
http
is
greatly
appreciated!
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light
otherwise be participating in the contest. Again, my thanks for
the advice
and counsel of more experienced operators. Everyone on the birds has
been great and helpful so far, especially K4FEG!
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid
? If so,
what TNC would be recommended?
Did I say Thanks yet? Also appreciate the bandwidth on this
reflector--I know newbie questions can be annoying.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central
on the birds---I need your grid! :-)
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light
On 4/23/2013 4:40 PM
) will be
updated to include the new birds?
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light
the weekend. Sounds like fun!
I sold the R-7000 thinking that I'd simply replace it with a FunCube
Dongle Pro at some point. Never dreamed that I'd have a nearly immediate
use for my
old standby. Ah, well.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light
___
Sent via AMSAT-BB
. But then
again, who does weak signal work and doesn't do that anyway. Great
workhorse amp at a good price. Used mine with a Flex 1500. 5 watts input
pushes about 80 watts output.
$225
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
for a newcomer like myself.
Just wanted to brag on Mr. Owen, and the kind of vendors that the
satellite community seems to enjoy.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life
is a factor too.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light
to the go live date we are. I know that this type
of digital TV is in wide use in Europe, so maybe some of these folks can
lend the yanks
a hand?
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central
to your needs, please contact me directly. Thanks!
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light
on the air with anyone using
Ham Radio Deluxe's Satellite Tracker software. I'm wondering if other
operators have used
the software, and what your impressions were.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF
.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light
___
Sent via
the help.
We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming for smart,
capable operators, already in
progress.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
this be considered airplane scatter
or would we have to invent a whole new name for this?
Congratulations to both hams for this accomplishment!
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF
data was missing in the
CAT window too. I tried restarting the computer, downloading new KEP
data, etc. Nothing seemed to work.
Any ideas?
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States
-910H with a Signalink interface instead of a hardware TNC.
Having a blast on the birds, and this just adds a whole other element of
fun to the process.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
if that would be correct either.
So--is it possible to upload ISS digital QSOs to LoTW for VUCC credit or
not? If so, what is the correct method in terms of the log entry? I
tried a Google search on the topic--but that only added to my confusion.
Thanks--as always!
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73,
Les Rayburn
hardline for the 432 antenna, and an SSB
Electronics pre-amp. 2 Meters will get 1/2 hardline for feedline, and
an SSB Electronics pre-amp. Runs are about 50 feet.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF
other suggestions on how to
improve my ability to communicate through the ISS?
Thanks in advance. Having a ball on the birds.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society
of the
Proceedings from the
30th Annual AMSAT-NA Space Symposium, and the 2013 edition of Getting
Started with Amateur Satellites. Great stuff.
Thanks as always.
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
attempt with using an SDR for direct reception of signals above 30
MHz.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296
so many nice VHF Men (and VHF Women) so willing to share
their expertise with a newcomer.
Everyone on this list, and on the air has been wonderful.
I'll give all this a try tomorrow if I can ever get home from work at a
decent hour.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL
. Changing the perception of the award will be an important job
for the league and VHF associations.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active
to do it.
Thanks to all who took the time to offer their thoughts on this proposal.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters
Does anyone know the current status of TURKSAT-3USAT? I can't find much
news about it since early May, and haven't copied it's CW beacon
recently either. Still learning the ends and outs of PCSAT32, so it's
more than likely I've screwed up entering the Kep data.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
from scanning
endless issues of Radiological Imaging Today :-)
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz
/2013_spring_vhf_working_satellites.pdf
Congratulations to Hector, who is an inspiration to all of us. And if
you're not a CQ-VHF subscriber, you really should be. It's a great
magazine, and very supportive of satellite operators.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M
Great new web site containing lots of historical information about some
of the pioneers of EME. Includes fascinating audio clips too. Learn more
about the VHF Men who blazed the trail on Oscar Zero.
http://www.rcallen.com/eme50.htm
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL
operator.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light
___
Sent
frequency table we will publish, F corresponds to 28.091 MHz.
Thanks for your interest in this activity!/
Cheers,
Preston Dyches
Solar system technology public engagement NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory MS
230-275
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121
of luck to him on the upcoming flight,
or as we say in the film business, Break a Leg!.
Meet the most interesting people on the birds!
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF
. But no joy.
I know this can be set in the rig's menu, but I'd rather have a separate
setting in SATPC32 for those rare passes when SO-50 is silent. Can
someone walk me through how to edit the necessary file(s) and set this
up? Thanks in advance from a night owl!
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121
I too did not receive the latest issue of the AMSAT Journal as of yet.
Thought it might just be me, so didn't want to complain. It is something
to look forward to! Great job to Martha, Jo Anne, and everyone involved.
The authors deserve a lot of thanks as well.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
the East Coast.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light
, which seemed to reduce local noise and be a good
compromise setting for shifting antenna polarization on the satellite.
Anything else I can be besides adding AZ/EL to help reception of SO-50?
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid
. You can select it
for uplink, downlink or both. There are detailed notes at the bottom of the
file on the options. I
would suggest changing only the downlink.
73s,
Alan
WA4SCA
-Original Message-
From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf
Of Les
trip.
Suggestions on either rig or antennas?
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light
be
welcome.
I'll be a passenger in my upcoming trip so no worries about my trying to
operate a full-duplex radio while driving. (Ha, Ha)
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF
these members have shown their willingness
to serve the rest of us. Anyone who volunteers for any role in AMSAT is
worthy of appreciation. All of you have mine.
Now, if only we could 688 people to get on the birds once in awhile! :-)
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
MIT Study of interest to the satellite community:
http://web.mit.edu/press/2013/space-weather-effects-on-satellites.html
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life
for being out
there. Great to hear spirited activity on the birds!
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296
to be a member, even if it is #38965.
The good ole days are now. Get on the birds and make some contacts. I
need your grid! (ha, ha)
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF
. What am I missing?
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light
.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light
___
Sent via
that the club is asking $200 plus shipping. For more information
and an accurate price, please contact their President directly:
John Corbitt, W4XWA
jm...@bellsouth.net
I hope the rotor control box finds a good home in the satellite
community. See you on the birds!
73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
EM63nf
=item4617061d20
A new in the box, Icom AG-2400 2.4 GHz downconverter that mates with the
Icom IC-910H transceiver. Perfect for US and LS mode satellite
operations (someday). These don't come up for sale or auction very often.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC
Is there a reliable way to predict what status the transponder on AO-73
will be on a given pass over the US? Perhaps a web page that I missed?
Any help appreciated.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
filters on Thunderbird.
3.) Tried unsubscribing to the list and re-subscribing.
4.) Finally, changed from Daily Digest to individual messages. No joy.
Any ideas? (Please reply direct)
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
with the latest information.
Thanks for helping the newbie!
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light
I'm looking to purchase an LVB Tracker, assembled, and in good working
condition. If anyone has one that is surplus to their needs, please
contact me off list.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF
and Africa! (East-Asia,
Oceania, Australia coming soon).
EsSense can be downloaded for free from the Google Play store at:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.gooddx.essense
Good DX!
73, Allard PE1NWL
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC
, and amateur satellite operator, it
doesn't get much better than that!
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz
? Any help is much appreciated. Lately it's been tough to
keep SATPC32 up to date! : - ) A very good problem to have.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life
, especially for newcomers.
What, exactly was wrong with OSCAR-1, OSCAR-2, etc?
Thanks in advance, for both assistance and patience.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF
Not associated with the seller, but this is a great deal. Especially
since it contains the computer interface too.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yaesu-G-5400B-AZ-EL-Rotator-/291192259873?ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123
Hope this helps another satellite operator out.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121
John,
Do you mind if I ask what you're looking for in terms of price? I have a
G-5400B already, but am missing the PC interface. I'd be more
comfortable buying a complete set-up that attempting to add PC interface.
73,
Les N1LF
Les Rayburn, Director
High Noon Film
130 1st Avenue West
better, does anyone have one that is surplus to their needs that
they'd like to sell?
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6
well in this application.
What is your experience with using the Myers indoors?
Les Rayburn, Director
High Noon Film
130 1st Avenue West
Alabaster, AL 35007-8536
(205) 621-7500
(205) 621-7505 FAX
(205) 253-4867 CELL
http://www.highnoonfilm.com
this product.
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light
://nuand.com
With available downconverter and full duplex! It is already a game
changer and being used.
Also, the HackRF is shipping now.
Stefan
On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Les Rayburn l...@highnoonfilm.com
mailto:l...@highnoonfilm.com wrote:
http://www.crosscountrywireless.net/sentry.html
==
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light
___
Sent
baby?
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73,
Les Rayburn, N1LF
121 Mayfair Park
Maylene, AL 35114
EM63nf
6M VUCC #1712
AMSAT #38965
Grid Bandits #222
Southeastern VHF Society
Central States VHF Society Life Member
Six Club #2484
Active on 6 Meters thru 1296, 10GHz Light
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