Hi Mariano; I stand corrected! I concur that some Americans here in the states were caught accessing the satellites. What is their motivation? What dialect are they speaking?
On 7/12/2011 11:14 AM, AMSAT-CT Engineering wrote: > > Esteemed colleague Joe Leikhim, > > The people as you referred as operators (...) A few years back I found > some "pirate" (Portuguese) (...), are not Portuguese, speaking in > Portuguese, but are Americans from Brazil, and are illegally, very > active in the satellite. > > Greetings > > > > Mariano, CT1XI > > www.amrad.pt > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Leikhim" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 3:18 PM > Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: 70cm Helicoil Good/Bad expensive? > > >> I have an Andrew bifilar helical antenna for the240-320 MHzMILSAT >> band, same antenna pictured in back of their old catalogs. I paid a >> lot of money (mostly in shipping) to acquire it. But far less than >> what this seller wants. It won't do you any good in the ham bands, >> but you might find interesting listening in the MILSAT/Fleetsatcom >> bands. A few years back I found some "pirate" (Portuguese) operators >> quite active on the satellites. I think they have all been caught by >> an interesting mix of technology and trigonometry and have been >> silenced. >> >> On 07/12/2011 04:23 AM, Clint Bradford wrote: >> >>> > I am looking for an adapter to make this satellite helical work >>> on my > handheld radio ... >>> > >>> > http://tinyurl.com/SAT-HELICAL >>> > >>> > >>> > Clint Bradford, K6LCS >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >> -- >> Joe Leikhim >> >> Leikhim and Associates >> Communications Consultants >> Oviedo, Florida >> >> www.Leikhim.com >> >> [email protected] >> >> 407-982-0446 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sent via [email protected]. 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 > > > -- Joe Leikhim Leikhim and Associates Communications Consultants Oviedo, Florida www.Leikhim.com [email protected] 407-982-0446 _______________________________________________ Sent via [email protected]. 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
