[amsat-bb] Sounds from Space - now including Australis-Oscar 5

2010-02-13 Thread Matthias Bopp
Hello, thanks to Chris VK3AML the Sounds from Space collection at www.dd1us.de now includes recordings of Australis Oscar 5. I hope you will enjoy it. I am still missing recordings especially of OSCAR II OSCAR III OSCAR IV Amsat Oscar 8 RS-1 to RS-4 Any contributions or hints where I may ask

[amsat-bb] Re: Spacewalks

2010-02-13 Thread Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL
At 05:55 PM 2/12/2010 +, John Heath g7...@btinternet.com wrote: Spacewalks are easy to monitor. Your regular 2m antenna will work. In the UK we get some interference from Air band Communications but can generally get a good part of the conversation. Note - It only works with the Russian

[amsat-bb] Re: Spacewalks

2010-02-13 Thread Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL
At 09:14 AM 2/12/2010 -0800, Elan Portnoy elanport...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, I'm sure you don't mean intercept but monitor. Have a look at this page http://www.orbitessera.com/html/space_shuttle.html Has the frequencies listed--never tried to copy them myself. Elan - WB2IOL That page hasn't

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2010-02-13 Thread andy thomas
I came upon an interesting comment about batteries at the web blog of Cosmonaut Maxim Suarev which is in English at Russia Today: http://rt.com/About_Us/Blogs/orbital-log/2010-02-09.html The blog was from someone working on a Peruvian cubesat called CHASQUI-1. The specific question is:

[amsat-bb] CHASQUI-1

2010-02-13 Thread andy thomas
Fw: I forgot to title this CHASQUI-1, sorry --- On Sat, 13/2/10, andy thomas andythomasm...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: andy thomas andythomasm...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: To: amsat amsat-bb@amsat.org Cc: john heath g7...@btinternet.com, daniel.bra...@star.le.ac.uk Date: Saturday, 13 February,

[amsat-bb] Re: Spacewalks

2010-02-13 Thread Roger Kolakowski
Play nice now... This page is up to date http://www.issfanclub.com/frequencies Roger WA1KAT - Original Message - From: Vince Fiscus, KB7ADL vlfis...@mcn.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 11:33 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Spacewalks At 09:14 AM 2/12/2010

[amsat-bb] Wisp Keying MixW direct via virtual connector

2010-02-13 Thread Nader Omer
I was trying to work with a pair of virtual ports to connect Wisp and Mixw! The com pair failed to connect these software!!! I found the virtual connector device at Virtual Serial port Emulator program (VSPE) can do this task nicely . Wisp send packet to MixW and Mixw send it to soundcard and 

[amsat-bb] SK: Herbert Pete Hoover III, W6ZH

2010-02-13 Thread Tom Clark, K3IO
It is with much sadness that AMSAT notes the passing on Feb.4 of Herbert Pete Hoover III, W6ZH at his home in San Marino, CA. Pete was the grandson of former President Herbert Hoover. Pete's W6ZH call was inherited from his father who served as ARRL President; Pete's original call was W6APW. He

[amsat-bb] Re: [Advisors] SK: Herbert Pete Hoover III, W6ZH

2010-02-13 Thread Bill Tynan
I was shocked and saddened to see Tom's message regarding the passing of Pete Hoover. In addition to those AMSAT connections which Tom mentioned, I want add the fact that Pete, in the name of the Hoover Foundation, made a significant financial contribution to our efforts on Phase 3D. When I