[amsat-bb] Re: Path to HEO

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

Great Job!73 to all. George, W1GMA.QTH about 20 south west of the Roger 
Williams Park Zoo.


-Original Message- 
From: Lizeth Norman

Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2013 2:35 PM
To: Nick Pugh
Cc: Amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Path to HEO

Sign me up. Sounds like the next big thing.
73 de Norm n3ykf

On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Nick Pugh  wrote:

I have just returned from a satellite conference and I think new 
technology

will now give us a path to HEO. Challenging  of course but for the clever
doable. Please take a look at a ~ 2 minute video that tells how



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpGnxlZC8Hs







Thanks



nick  ARS K5QXJ EM30xa 30.1N 92.1W

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[amsat-bb] Re: Windows 8

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

Thanks for sharing this information with me.

-Original Message- 
From: Alan

Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 8:28 AM
To: 'John Price'
Cc: 'amsat-bb@amsat.org'
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Windows 8

John,

I have, lightly, tested SATPC32 on my Surface Pro with WIN8 64 bit.  It
installs and runs without difficulty.  I have a different rotator
controller, so can't comment directly.  I tried a variety of USB-Serial
dongles, and all the ones which use the FTDI chip loaded a new driver and
worked perfectly.

As you may know, the Prolific chipset is the choice of pirates, and many
knockoffs have counterfeit chips.  The latest Prolific drivers detect these,
and refuse to run.  At least that is the explanation I have seen.  I have a
USB GPS like that, but was able to find an older Vista/WIN7 driver which
runs perfectly on WIN8 64 bit.

73s,

Alan
WA4SCA




On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 4:28 PM, John Price  wrote:


I am about to attempt to migrate my satellite station to Windows 8
operating system on my new HP Pavilion. Has anyone experience with this.
Will Satpc32 run under windows 8 64 bit? How about the USB driver for the
LVB tracker? I doubt the old one I used for XP will work. Nothing else I
used that required a driver worked even with the Windows 7 drivers I used
on the laptop. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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[amsat-bb] Re: G-5500 question

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

Does the software have an antenna parking setting?

-Original Message- 
From: Bob- W7LRD

Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2013 5:05 PM
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Subject: [amsat-bb] G-5500 question

The 5500 goes up to 450 degrees in az. I use satpc-32, every once in awhile 
for no "forseeable " reason the rotor will park at 450 degrees. This is not 
what it is set for. It is a bit concerning as the coax is not the right 
length for that much rotation and it puts a strain on things. Any ideas??

73 Bob W7LRD
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[amsat-bb] Fw: Almost-X Flare Illuminates Earth on July 2nd

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From: George and Cheryl Abbott

Sent: Monday, July 02, 2012 4:44 PM
To: FHBliven bliven
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My Prediction:Big earthquake in Asia within the next 24 hours .

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Subject: Almost-X Flare Illuminates Earth on July 2nd

Space Weather News for July 2, 2012
http://spaceweather.com

STRONG SOLAR FLARE: A big, active sunspot (AR1515) is growing on the
Earthside of the sun. This morning it erupted, producing an M5.6-class solar
flare that ionized Earth's upper atmosphere with a brief but intense pulse
of X-rays and extreme ultraviolet radiation.  More eruptions are in the
offing as the sunspot turns to face Earth.  Check http://spaceweather.com
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[amsat-bb] Fw: Almost-X Flare Illuminates Earth on July 2nd

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My Prediction:Big earthquake in Asia within the next 24 hours .

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Space Weather News for July 2, 2012
http://spaceweather.com

STRONG SOLAR FLARE: A big, active sunspot (AR1515) is growing on the 
Earthside of the sun. This morning it erupted, producing an M5.6-class solar 
flare that ionized Earth's upper atmosphere with a brief but intense pulse 
of X-rays and extreme ultraviolet radiation.  More eruptions are in the 
offing as the sunspot turns to face Earth.  Check http://spaceweather.com 
for more information and updates.


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[amsat-bb] Re: Falcon 30 minutes

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No Go

-Original Message- 
From: Kevin Deane 
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2012 4:24 AM 
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org 
Subject: [amsat-bb] Falcon 30 minutes 




Anyone up???


Kevin
KF7MYK

  
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[amsat-bb] Re: Orbitron Warning

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

Hi All:A similar event happened here while I was using PacSat32.

-Original Message- 
From: K4FEG

Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 4:09 PM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org ; sebast...@stoff.pl
Subject: [amsat-bb] Orbitron Warning

WARNING ORBITRON USERS!
It may be something that I did, I am not sure, But I run Windows 7
operating system and I downloaded my TLE files from the stoff.pl web
site and there is no data in the file, it wiped out my existing data and
the other TLE file sources (celestrak)  do not sync properly with Windows 7.

Orbitron is now not functioning on my Windows 7 based computer.
If one of you nice folks have a solution for me email me direct no need
to clutter the bulletin board.

Myself and another local ham have verified that it is the combination of
Windows 7 and the stoff.pl TLE file.

I am going to also email stoff to tell him about this problem.

Be careful out there!

K4FEG
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[amsat-bb] Re: GPS Time observation

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

I'm not sure about GPS,but I have noticed that the clock on our cable box is 
off by up to 4 seconds at times.Customer service was not aware or concerned 
when I let them know.


-Original Message- 
From: Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL

Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:28 AM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] GPS Time observation


I have an old GPS unit, a Magellan explorist 210.  It's fairly accurate
determining position. After it has acquired about eight to ten satellites
the position error averages between 20 to 35 feet.   Now the question, the
other day I was looking at one of the information pages the unit can
display and on it, it gives the time in UTC. Just for fun I thought I would
see how close the time was to WWV.  I was surprised to see the unit was
between one to four seconds off over various tests compared to WWV.  IS
this typical of all GPS units or do some display the time of day more
accurately?

KB7ADL

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[amsat-bb] Re: Phase 3 Express Launch Opportunities?

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

Is the P3-E satellite actually ready and available to be matched up to a 
rocket for launch into a high elliptical space orbit?


-Original Message- 
From: Peter Guelzow

Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 5:33 PM
To: Andrew Glasbrenner
Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Phase 3 Express Launch Opportunities?

On 28.01.2012 01:34, Andrew Glasbrenner wrote:
Back to P3E. I like David's idea. I'd like even more to hear something 
similar from Peter or Hartmut. I've donated to P3E in the past, and voted 
as a BOD member to help fund their lab out of the -NA reserves several 
years ago. I love the project, but until I hear a little more positive 
about what's currently going on over there, my money will continue to go 
to Kiwisat, FunCube, and first and foremost, Fox. I am the proud sponsor 
of a solar cell on Fox, and hope to be able to do more this year.


Have you heard we find out if we (AMSAT-NA and Fox) get one of the NASA 
launches on Monday?



Hi Drew et all,

indeed all money donated to the P3-E project goes into the P3-E project
and we are grateful for all those direct contributions and support in
particular from many individual AMSAT-NA members and indeed many other
hams from around the world. Due to ITAR, unfortunatly AMSAT-NA had to
stop all it's official support (including money, which hurts) for P3-E
several years ago, as you wrote.. For example, we had to re-build and
continue the IHU hardware and software development on our own resources.
The same for the original SDX development, etc.  The S/C is still
sitting in our clean room in Marburg and waiting to be finalized. Having
no firm launch date yet, activities slowed down in some areas, while
other activities and groups are highly active and well alive.  The
biggest problem is indeed having no firm launch date yet..  this is
frustration for everyone involved. We all put so much volunteer work and
time into it...

When I read "Forget P3-E, build an MEO" (that's how I read it first) I
was indeed very concerned..  should we really forget all the hard work,
time and money which already went into the project and scrap it???   And
what than?No - I'm not giving up...

OK, reading the second time I understood that Dave meant we should put
P3-E on  VEGA and use it's propulsion to go to MEO...

Unfortunately things are not so easy..  P3-E was designed to go from GTO
into HEO.  For example, all the magnetic attitude control won't work in
MEO anymore, etc..Thus we were looking for GTO, but would it fit on
VEGA?  Indeed, we could try an elliptical orbit with a much lower
apogee,  but than we have to carefully study the effects of orbit
resonances which caused AO-13 to burn-up too soon.   However, I do
sympathize with the idea and we thought about it in the past, but
discarded the idea for reasons I have almost forgotten now.So,
perhaps we should look again at it..  do some orbit and fuel
calculation, study orbit perturbations and orbit stability again and see
what the impact will be on the S/C design.Any volunteers for that?

As Nitin wrote,  we contacted AMSAT-India to help with contacts to
ISRO,  we are in contact with SpaceX and I recently had a personal
letter exchange with the CEO of Arianespace.  If a launch possibility
arises, we will be on it.   It is not always a matter of money, but also
a matter of compatibility to slip in.  Ariane-5 for example is a real
workhorse now with standard launch configurations.  Any change on that
costs them a lot of money. If there is an "unusual" configuration were
they have to ask industry for a configuration change, than it might also
be easier for us to slip in..
That simply means we have to wait for the right moment or finding new
qualification flight..  Ariane 5ME is such opportunity we are actively
working on, but this will not be before 2018.

In the last several month our work and priority was mostly focused
regarding our funding situation and to improve it.  Although most people
still did not understand it, but the P5-A project is one these
opportunity we need. It is well alive and currently heavily discussed
within the highest ranks inside of our government organizations.   Apart
from this, we are currently working on another project to fly an hosted
payload on a GEO satellite... A decision is not made yet, but if we get
the opportunity it will provide some neat communication capabilities.
Our previous heritage and  P5 will help here too..


I'm currently having some serious family matters to take care off, so
please be patient if I do not reply quickly..

73s Peter DB2OS

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[amsat-bb] Re: BBC - Hackers plan space satellites

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

It is quite apparent that the news media and the internet are being 
controlled and managed by the world government.CNN has become a big 
joke!What ever happened to Storyfull Real Time?Were they spreading around 
too much truth?
-Original Message- 
From: Jeff Moore

Sent: Friday, December 30, 2011 4:17 PM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: BBC - Hackers plan space satellites

Other than a few amateur radio satellites that have piggy-backed into space
on commercial or government launches, what amateur satellites have been put
into "orbit"?

Should the hackers manage to actually get one or more satellites into space,
I suspect that they will make great targets for anti-satellite weapons.
Oops, sorry that we just destroyed Comstar-9, we were aiming for Hacker-3
:-)

There aren't any amateur efforts that I am aware of that are capable of an
orbital launch as far as rocket technology goes.  I'm involved in a
multi-year effort to get a sugar propellant based rocket into space.  Orbit
is not currently possible for amateur rocketry efforts so unless they can
weasel their way onto a commercial launch it ain't happening.

See:   http://www.sugarshot.org/
73,
Jeff Moore  --  KE7ACY
Tripoli Rocketry Assoc.  http://www.tripoli.org/

- Original Message - From: "Trevor ." 

BBC News story at

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16367042

Chaos Communication Congress Dec. 27-30
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2011/Fahrplan/events/4699.en.html

73 Trevor M5AKA


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[amsat-bb] Re: Fw: Stop flaming please

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

I agree,he should keep politicks out of it.

-Original Message- 
From: B.P.

Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2011 4:48 PM
To: Bruce ; amsat-bb
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Fw: Stop flaming please

I can only hope that the moderator of this group will immediately terminate 
Kevin
KF7MYK from this group.  That sort of language is totally uncalled for in 
this group.
You Kevin are a disgrace to the rest of us Americans and Ham operators 
around the world.


Bruce




From: Bruce 
To: amsat-bb 
Sent: Saturday, December 3, 2011 3:45 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Fw:  Stop flaming please

ones intelligence, temperment and social graces are only outshined by their 
chioice of words.


73...bruce

Sent from my iPhone


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From: Kevin Deane 
To: andythomasm...@yahoo.co.uk
Sent: Saturday, 3 December 2011, 19:15
Subject: RE: [amsat-bb] Stop flaming please


shut the fuck up dumbass, there will be nobody there on FM


Kevin
KF7MYK





Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 16:35:10 +
From: andythomasm...@yahoo.co.uk
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Stop flaming please

I don't see why someone can't make a suggestion about a qrp experiment 
without being flamed about being incompetent, inadequate,  financially 
poor or in some other way a lesser member of the -bb. You guys ought to 
learn a little more tolerance.


Fact #1 is, ao-51 is dead and we don't have anything else of that quality 
for all of those operators who like doing field operations with an arrow. 
SO-50 is at best unpredictable and AO27 is not always on, depends on its 
ssp. Fact #2 is that anyone who is an alligator could have taken over 
vo-52 and didn't, thankfully. Fact #3 is that nobody would without seeking 
permission.


So please cut back from the snide clever-clever remarks about having too 
small a piece of kit, hi. I don't feel bad about raising the idea.


73 de andy g0sfj
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[amsat-bb] Re: HEO history question

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

Correction:It was probably AO10.

-Original Message- 
From: George and Cheryl Abbott

Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 5:23 PM
To: i8cvs ; AMSAT BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HEO history question

My guess would be AO13.If you have the exact date and time you may be able
to determine which satellite it was by using an old computer and the
original Quiktrack program.73,George W1GMA

-Original Message- 
From: i8cvs

Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 4:47 PM
To: John Geiger ; AMSAT-BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HEO history question

- Original Message -
From: "John Geiger" 
To: "AMSAT-BB" 
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 8:58 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] HEO history question


Back in late 1997 or early 1998 I was using a Kenwood TR9130 on 2m SSB.
One morning I was tuning from the FM to the SSB portion of the band, and
heard a station just below 146mhz.  I tuned them in, and it was a station
from Wales!  Obviously going thru a satellite as the 2 meter conditions
weren't that good that morning.  I am now wondering what satellite it
probably was.  Hearing it was enough to motivate me to eventually get into
satellite operations-that took a few years though.

Anyways, what satellite was I probably hearing?  I am guessing AO10 or
AO13 but were they operational at that time?

73s John AA5JG


Hi John, AA5JG

OSCAR-10 was launched in 1983 and it started to get problems with the
main computer in 1986

OSCAR-13 was launched in 1988 and reientered because of drag in 1996

Between 1997 or early 1998  OSCAR-10 was operating time to time with
low level signals in Mode-B, 2 meters downlink while OSCAR-13 was died.

If you are sure about the time of your reception back in late 1997 or early
1998 I guess that probably you was hearing or OSCAR-10 or mostly RS-12
a powerful LEO satellite in Mode-KT with uplink in 15 meters and downlink
in two bands at the same time i.e.10 meters in the Mode-K and 2 meters in
Mode-T exactly from 145.907 to 145.953 MHz

BTW at that time 23 april 1996 OSCAR-10 was still well operational in
Mode-B because I have the QSL card from i8KRO for a QSO made through
two satellites OSCAR-10 and RS-12

The uplink on RS-12 for i8KRO was in 21 MHz and the uplink for me
on OSCAR-10 was in 435 MHz while the downlink for both of us was
in 145 MHz

Nice to remember !

73" de

i8CVS Domenico

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[amsat-bb] Re: HEO history question

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

My guess would be AO13.If you have the exact date and time you may be able 
to determine which satellite it was by using an old computer and the 
original Quiktrack program.73,George W1GMA


-Original Message- 
From: i8cvs

Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 4:47 PM
To: John Geiger ; AMSAT-BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: HEO history question

- Original Message -
From: "John Geiger" 
To: "AMSAT-BB" 
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 8:58 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] HEO history question


Back in late 1997 or early 1998 I was using a Kenwood TR9130 on 2m SSB.
One morning I was tuning from the FM to the SSB portion of the band, and
heard a station just below 146mhz.  I tuned them in, and it was a station
from Wales!  Obviously going thru a satellite as the 2 meter conditions
weren't that good that morning.  I am now wondering what satellite it
probably was.  Hearing it was enough to motivate me to eventually get into
satellite operations-that took a few years though.

Anyways, what satellite was I probably hearing?  I am guessing AO10 or
AO13 but were they operational at that time?

73s John AA5JG


Hi John, AA5JG

OSCAR-10 was launched in 1983 and it started to get problems with the
main computer in 1986

OSCAR-13 was launched in 1988 and reientered because of drag in 1996

Between 1997 or early 1998  OSCAR-10 was operating time to time with
low level signals in Mode-B, 2 meters downlink while OSCAR-13 was died.

If you are sure about the time of your reception back in late 1997 or early
1998 I guess that probably you was hearing or OSCAR-10 or mostly RS-12
a powerful LEO satellite in Mode-KT with uplink in 15 meters and downlink
in two bands at the same time i.e.10 meters in the Mode-K and 2 meters in
Mode-T exactly from 145.907 to 145.953 MHz

BTW at that time 23 april 1996 OSCAR-10 was still well operational in
Mode-B because I have the QSL card from i8KRO for a QSO made through
two satellites OSCAR-10 and RS-12

The uplink on RS-12 for i8KRO was in 21 MHz and the uplink for me
on OSCAR-10 was in 435 MHz while the downlink for both of us was
in 145 MHz

Nice to remember !

73" de

i8CVS Domenico

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[amsat-bb] Re: Oscarlocator

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I may still have one at the bottom of an 18 gallon storage container.

-Original Message- 
From: Joe

Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2011 5:40 PM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Oscarlocator

wow thats a fancy one,  it's in color!

mine was just a black and white line drawing!

Joe WB9SBD

The Original Rolling Ball Clock
Idle Tyme
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http://www.idle-tyme.com

On 10/13/2011 3:17 AM, Rich Dailey wrote:

Someone on the list was inquiring about an Oscarlocator a while back.
Just FYI, one is up on ebay. I'm not the seller, just came across it in 
one

of my searches.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370549993740

Rich, N8UX.

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[amsat-bb] Fw: Strong Geomagnetic Storm on Sept. 26

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

FYI George,W1GMA- 73's

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Subject: Strong Geomagnetic Storm on Sept. 26

Space Weather News for Sept. 26, 2011
http://spaceweather.com

GEOMAGNETIC STORM:  A strong geomagnetic storm is in progress following the 
impact of a coronal mass ejection (CME) today, Sept. 26th, at approximately 
12:15 UT.  Analysts at the Goddard Space Weather Lab report a "strong 
compression of Earth's magnetosphere" and the possibility that satellites in 
geosynchronous orbit have been exposed to solar wind plasma and magnetic 
fields. Mid- to high-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras after 
nightfall. Observing tip: The hours around local midnight are usually best 
for spotting Northern and Southern Lights. Check http://spaceweather.com for 
images and updates.


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[amsat-bb] Help

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

  Can anyone provide me with the AMSAT or NASA designation for the UARS 
satellite that is falling?73 George,W1GMA
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[amsat-bb] Re: Rotator repair pictures

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

Dear Ivo:Thanks for sharing these pictures.

-Original Message- 
From: PA3GUO 
Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 6:09 AM 
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org 
Subject: [amsat-bb] Rotator repair pictures 

Since the topic of stuck rotators appears each month in this group;



Ivo, PA1IVO, fixed his G-5500 rotator and has uploaded very clear pictures
of the repair process to his website.

When you need to start fixing & disassembling your own rotor this helps a
lot !

http://ivok.home.xs4all.nl/pa1ivo/G-5500.html



Henk, PA3GUO

 http://www.pa3guo.com

















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[amsat-bb] Re: Information Request

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

Will it run on Windows 7?

-Original Message- 
From: Nigel A. Gunn, W8IFF/G8IFF 
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 11:21 AM 
To: Amsat BB 
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Information Request 

You should switch to Orbitron.
It's free and you don't have to pay for it.
http://www.stoff.pl/



On 08/04/2011 02:59 PM, Dee wrote:
>
> You should switch to SATPC32 available at the AMSAT website for
> purchase since this is the program AMSAT supports..

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[amsat-bb] Fw: Big Sunspot Notice

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

Lee:FYI:It is  my understanding that a big solar flare preceded the massive 
9.1 level earthquake in Japan on 3/11/11.We live in interesting times. 73 
George,W1GMA(The Voice of Hopkinton).

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Subject: Big Sunspot Notice

Space Weather News for July 27, 2011
http://spaceweather.com

BIG SUNSPOTS: After more than a week of quiet, solar activity is picking up 
with the emergence of two large sunspot groups on the sun's northeastern 
limb.  The active regions are crackling with C- and M-class solar flares. 
So far none of the eruptions has been squarely Earth directed, but that 
could change in the days ahead as solar rotation turns the sunspots to face 
our planet. Visit http://spaceweather.com for images and more information.

SUNSPOT TELESCOPE:  Explore Scientific's White Light Solar Observing System 
is perfect for monitoring large sunspots (and small ones too) and it is now 
available in the Space Weather Store:
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[amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32 ==> iPoint

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

Very impressive!

73 George,W1GMA

-Original Message- 
From: Thomas Doyle
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 5:57 PM
To: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 ==> iPoint

Hi,

I recently completed a project that someone on the board might find
interesting. One goal was to make it compact so it could be taken and used
outside the shack. It weighs 4 lb 5 oz and connects to your computer through
a USB or serial port. Another goal was no knobs, switches or any other
controls - there is only a reset button on the circuit board that I have
never used. It would be a great thing to take along when making
presentations on ham satellites. It would also be fun on field day since it
runs off 12V and is portable.  It works with SatPC32 by emulating the Yaesu
GS-232 controller. It should work with other tracking programs but I have
not tried them (SatPC32 works great for me and AMSAT needs the money).

You might want to check out the youtube video that gives a little demo. It
is full HD and looks very cool in full screen HD. I guarantee there is
absolutely no footage of me waving my Arrow II antenna around.

FAQ
--
Q: Why no surface mount parts.
A: I am too old and clumsy

Please read the Entire Description on the youtube page before watching the
show.
Remember to click on the "show more" button under the first line of the
description.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnc4-XcEXEQ

73 W9KE
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[amsat-bb] question about the Space Station

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

Hi All:I observed the Space Station pass over this location(Hopkinton,RI) a 
couple of nights ago.The sky was relatively clear at the time.However,I 
observed a slight wobble( >.05 degrees ) as it passed from NNW to SSE.I have 
observed multiple Space Shuttle passes and I have never observed any wobbles in 
its orbit.Is the Space Station having any troubles with its gyroscopes?Could 
atmospheric conditions or the way it reflects sunlight explain my 
observation?Comments welcome!
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[amsat-bb] Re: CA Ham Plates - Warning!

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

If you make too big of an issue out of this motor vehicle divisions around 
the country may begin to treat radio operator pates as vanity plates and 
charge accordingly.I would care about being charged an additional fee by the 
DVR!

-Original Message- 
From: Larry Gerhardstein
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 12:02 PM
To: George and Cheryl Abbott
Cc: H. Vordenbaum ; Clint Bradford ; AMSAT BB
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: CA Ham Plates - Warning!

George and Cheryl,

So who is complaining?  You?  Harvey and I signed using our call signs.
I've never complained about hams getting more privileges, voice, WARC
bands, digital modes, LF, etc.  Leaves more energy to be concerned about
hams possibly loosing privileges.

73, Larry W7IN (57 years a ham op.)

On 6/29/2011 7:04 AM, George and Cheryl Abbott wrote:
> Why do you think that this is such a big deal?Sounds similar to the old 
> timers complaining about the granting of voice privileges for novices back 
> in the 80's.Get a life!
>
> -Original Message- From: H. Vordenbaum
>
> Harvey, K5HV
> Kerrville, TX
>
>>
>> Larry W7IN, Plains MT
> 

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[amsat-bb] Re: CA Ham Plates - Warning!

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

Why do you think that this is such a big deal?Sounds similar to the old 
timers complaining about the granting of voice privileges for novices back 
in the 80's.Get a life!

-Original Message- 
From: H. Vordenbaum
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 8:37 AM
To: gerhardst...@montana.com ; Clint Bradford
Cc: AMSAT BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CA Ham Plates - Warning!

In Texas we have "Radio Plates".  I heard that you can have the same call
sign on multiple vehicles, so I imagine you could have the same sort of
problem if at first glance the vehicle didn't match.
Harvey, K5HV
Kerrville, TX

- Original Message - 
From: "Larry Gerhardstein" 
To: "Clint Bradford" 
Cc: "AMSAT BB" 
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 1:24 AM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: CA Ham Plates - Warning!


> In  Washington state, this can not happen.  See their DOL personalized
> plate section.  Anything like K6LCS "K6 LCS" are reserved for ham
> operator plates and will not be issued for personalized.  Other states,
> including Montana, should adopt WA DOL's method of filtering ham call
> signs.  In Montana, we have seen personalized plates containing
> combinations of letters looking exactly like ham calls--to non-hams.
>
> Larry W7IN, Plains MT
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[amsat-bb] Re: GPREDICT

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

Windows 7

From: Charles Suprin 
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 11:35 AM
To: George and Cheryl Abbott 
Cc: Diane Bruce ; Amsat-BB ; Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF 
Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] Re: GPREDICT

Just to make sure I understand,what OS are we talking about?

We have discussed several.

Charles

On Mar 8, 2011 11:15 AM, "George and Cheryl Abbott"  wrote:
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[amsat-bb] Re: GPREDICT

[George and Cheryl Abbott]

FYI:My security software gave me two strong warnings about downloading this 
program.

-Original Message- 
From: Diane Bruce
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 8:18 AM
To: Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF
Cc: Amsat-BB
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: GPREDICT

On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 02:45:33AM +, Nigel Gunn G8IFF/W8IFF wrote:
> Alexandru has just made Gpredict 1.3 available free for all you Windows 
> operators at
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/gpredict/files/Gpredict/1.3/
>
> Of course, it's also available for Mac and Linux users.

And PCBSD (http://www.pcbsd.org) and FreeBSD users. ;-)

- 73 Diane VA3DB
-- 
- d...@freebsd.org d...@db.net http://www.db.net/~db
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