[amsat-bb] Re: AA5UK/KH6 operation from Hawaii

2010-04-04 Thread Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK)
Hi Tim! At 0331 UTC on April 3, AA5UK/KH6 and I made a quick CW contact on FO-29 – from his vacation location in BL02ic and my home in EM84ha. According to the Tiny Locator program from ON6MU, our contact covered 7,399 kilometers/4,621 miles. Congratulations! I know you had been working on

[amsat-bb] Innovation in Amateur Radio + CubeSat Nanorack opportunity

2010-04-04 Thread Trevor .
Innovation in Amateur Radio - an new exciting project http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2010/innovation_in_amateur_radio.htm New flight opportunity for CubeSats http://www.southgatearc.org/news/april2010/cubesat_flight_opportunities.htm Columbus Module Update

[amsat-bb] Re: Innovation in Amateur Radio + CubeSat Nanorack opportunity

2010-04-04 Thread Luc Leblanc
S band DATV Better to be prepared than sorry! Did anyone have an idea how to feed a DATV signal coming from the actual S band former TV converter eg: Transystem AIDC 3731A? They where made for analog TV i think and i don't know if they will be usable for DATV? As the output is made for 75

[amsat-bb] Message from Shanghai Expo 2010

2010-04-04 Thread William Leijenaar
Hello AMSATs, I am sending my greetings to all of you from Shanghai, where I participate at the Ham Radio Expo. It was a great experience to get in contact with the Chinese hams and to promote my linear transponder and also explain more about amateur satellites (which is still not very known

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-07 pass

2010-04-04 Thread Adrian Engele
Folks, It was a worth a short on todays' 15:38 UTC AO7 Pass but no Joy! Unfortunately we have had heavy winds in excess of 30 to 40 mph gusting to 50mph. The static levels on 2m receive are very high and I could barely hear a few voices on the satellite. The only station I could barely make

[amsat-bb] 3W6C: sat operating plan now online

2010-04-04 Thread Michael Lipp HB9WDF
Please visit the 3W6C website for the planned activity on satellite: http://www.3w6c.qrv.ch/frequencies/?L=0 73 de hb9wdf, Michael ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-07 pass

2010-04-04 Thread John Neeley
You have a good woman there, Adrianmine would have me by the you know what. spending time with my hobby, hi thanks for all the efforts, as know they were greatly appreciated by all, especially those who did get to make contact with you. Have a safe trip home. John W6ZKH

[amsat-bb] Re: AO-07 pass

2010-04-04 Thread John Neeley
You have a good woman there, Adrian, for letting you 'play radio' while on holidays. Mine only tolerates it somewhat. I do know that those folks who did finally got to make contacts with you really appreciate your efforts and all, taking away time from you and your xyl's time in the tropical,

[amsat-bb] wanted

2010-04-04 Thread w3vvp
Any body have a 2304 transverter for sale. Please reply off bb. Thanks George. ___ Sent via amsat...@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! Subscription

[amsat-bb] Re: Research project

2010-04-04 Thread Clare Fowler
I worked OX3DB on AO-13 on 5th Jan 1990. The card says the operator was Jan Nielson and his QTH was Nuuk (Godthab) on South West Coast. Clare VE3NPC - Original Message - From: Reid Crowe reid.cr...@gmail.com Subject: [amsat-bb] Research project I'm trying to figure out who, if

[amsat-bb] AO-7 Mode C? (Or other reason for varying signal strength?)

2010-04-04 Thread Bill Dzurilla
Hi folks, Since starting my effort to work Europe on AO-7, I've found that the very low elevation sigs vary significantly on different passes.  Some mornings I can easily hear my downlink and start working Europe at 0.7 degrees elevation, while other days I can't hear myself until 5 degrees