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
wrote:
Glen,
I see you have been sucessful in posting to t
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 reflecto
I just got a similar E-Mail from the automatic responder for the AMSAT BB.
Yahoo.com, as well as, I have been told, several other E-Mail clients made
certain changes several weeks ago that results in certain, but not all,
messages from a reflector bouncing. Frankly, I have been getting E-Mails
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, Texa
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 wa
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
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 he
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 c
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
wrote:
Receive about 20 emails a day.
Maybe your anti virus is doing something to them.
G
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, R.T
Sorry, but NFPA NEC (National Electrical Code) definitely requires that ALL
grounding electrodes MUST be connected together! There are VERY good reasons
for doing this.
If the antenna were to take a direct lightning strike, the charge could
definitely be carried down the shield of the coaxial
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 463rd
AMSAT 239 / LM 463
Website: http://k9sth.com
From: Alan
To: 'Glen Zook' ; amsat-bb@amsat.org
Cc: SAREX-BB
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2013 3:02 PM
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] newsletter
Glen,
The problem was not in the information provided by AM
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 su
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.
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
To: 'Glen Zook' ; 'Gus' <8p...@anjo.com>; am
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
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 inf
>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 subjec
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
To: Ted ; "amsat-bb@amsat.org"
Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 3:55 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Dallas -FW wea
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
W
; From: i8cvs
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: satellite average elevation
> To: "Glen Zook" , "Amsat - BBs" , "Bob
> Bruninga"
> Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 10:32 PM
> - Original Message -
> From: "Glen Zook"
> To: ;
> &quo
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
Again, back in "those dayes" we did not have the luxury of computer simulation
and from trial and error the majority of people found that about 30 degrees
above the horizontal worked the best. That is why the "olde tymers" recommend
30 degrees. It worked very well and we made many contacts usi
As I said, in the "goode olde dayes" we used 30 degree up tilt and it worked
well for all passes including overhead passes. Lessening the up tilt may
increase the gain for the lower angle passes but will also decrease the gain on
the higher angle passes. So, it is a "trade off" no matter what
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- W7
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 stations
Kilowatt as a phonetic for the letter "K" has been used since at least the
1930s, long before the ICAO phonetic. Again, there are those who insist on
using only ICAO phonetics and there are those who use what it is needed to get
the job done in the shortest amount of time.
If the hand held was
With inflation, probably more like 50 cents!
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
--- On Sun, 4/10/11, Bruce 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.
___
Sent via AM
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 pho
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 pla
r 2011 11:28:52 -0700
> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: The Need for Phonetics
>
> Glen,
> Engineers use KW for kilowatt. That might explain my confusion using KW
> abbreviation as an occupation for 30 years before becoming an Amateur Radio
> Operator.
> Art,
> KC6UQH
> -Origina
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 = Ki
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
That is absolutely true in that any, at least any non-profane, word can be used
as a phonetic. However, readily recognizable words definitely work better.
That is why there are standard phonetic alphabets including the ICAO and APCO.
In the world of working DX geographical names have become a
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
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
"spe
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".
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 primar
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 fro
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 registry.
I previously suggested using a wooden "A" frame, wooden "T" mast, etc. Wood is
a MUCH better structural material than PVC and has been used for thousands of
years in construction. Yes, using wood may cost a little more than PVC.
However, when painted, etc., wood will last for decades whereas
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 wrote:
My az-el has an 8 foot steel mast, with two 5 foot PVC and closet dowel
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
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 wrote:
It works well to fill a PVC pipe with a wood dowel the size of the pipe's inner
diameter. Then
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" fr
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 th
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, 2/24/
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 ada
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!
Zook wrote:
> From: Glen Zook
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Life Members
> To: k...@live.com, "Amsat BB" , "Rocky Jones"
>
> Date: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 11:03 AM
> Having been a life member (# 463)
> since the very early days when life membership w
definitely come
up with different figures.
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
--- On Sun, 1/17/10, Anthony Monteiro wrote:
> From: Anthony Monteiro
> Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: Life Members
> To: "Glen Zook" , "Amsat BB"
> Cc: aa...@comcast.net
> Date:
Having been a life member (# 463) since the very early days when life
membership was first offered I would like to "point out" that, "back then",
life membership wasn't "that cheap". In "today's dollars", not "absolute
dollars", is a pretty staggering sum!
Based on the consumer price index, th
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
Technically all 47 CFR Part 15 devices must accept any interference and not
cause any interference. However, in a practical sense, there are so many 433
MHz Part 15 devices around that it would be VERY difficult, if not practically
impossible, to eliminate all of them.
For example: There are
I don't think so!
As secondary users, at least in the United States, we even have to "put up"
with all the 47 CFR Part 15 devices on 433 MHz.
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
--- On Sat, 12/19/09, Luc Leblanc wrote:
On UHF the band is shared up to a point the "other side" is consideri
Bob is making arrangements to make PDF copies of my collection of early AMSAT
newsletters which are complete from Volume I number 2 all the way through
Volume XI number 2.
Going through them I discovered a couple of "errors". For example, there are 2
newsletters marked as Volume VII number 3!
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 de
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 receive
That clears that up!
Glen, K9STH
Website: http://k9sth.com
--- On Thu, 9/17/09, Andrew Glasbrenner 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 separate amateur
satellit
I went back in my copies of the AMSAT Newsletter (I have virtually all of them
starting with Volume I, Number 2, dated October 1969 - I joined AMSAT the 2nd
month of the organization's existence) and the only mention of a waiver was
that due to the control requirements that a waiver was requeste
The primary problem is that the OSCAR VII inputs are now in the weak signal
portions of the "band plans". With the proliferation of FM activity the weak
signal portions have been compressed. It is unrealistic to even think of
"blaming" the weak signal operators for interfering with OSCAR VII o
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 wrote:
What is the minimal antenna you can use o
The usefulness of this thread is coming to the end. However, whether or not
some people believe it, the thread has definitely served a useful purpose. For
example, the problem with the broken link for volunteering has been reportedly
fixed. Also, a number of other problems within the organiza
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
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
I hit the 1000 mark a couple of decades ago as well. Sold my very first
article to Wayne Green at 73 Magazine my junior year in high school. Got $30
for an article that was 2/3rds of a page in the old small size magazine which
included a sketch! That was a "fortune" to a 17 year old in 1961.
Obviously there are those with the skills to "fix" the website. However, most
of the AMSAT members, including me, do not have those skills. I do have skills
in other areas, but I have enough to do just trying to keep my own website
current and it is one of those "websites for dummies" types th
The problem is that the volunteer function on the website hasn't been working
for some time.
I tried several times to volunteer in areas that I have expertise and the
system would not take the information. Finally, I gave up.
Glen, K9STH
AMSAT 239/LM 463
Website: http://k9sth.com
--- On Tu
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 th
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
As of a couple of weeks ago the volunteer page on the website was not working.
Glen, K9STH
AMSAT 239, LM-463
Website: http://k9sth.com
--- On Thu, 5/21/09, David - KG4ZLB wrote:
Nate's comments about volunteering (as well as Barry's comments about the same
at the AMSAT Forum at Dayton this
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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