[amsat-bb] Re: Help with predict

2011-02-05 Thread Greg D.
What do you need? I use it regularly. Greg KO6TH From: vk4...@tech-software.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 12:02:09 +1000 Subject: [amsat-bb] Help with predict Can someone give me hand with predict under LINUX + Install predict - done + Define QTH - done +

[amsat-bb] Re: you may as well use Skype...

2011-02-05 Thread Greg D.
From: jshor...@inebraska.com To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 21:36:54 -0600 Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: you may as well use Skype... On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:03:59 +, Gordon JC Pearce wrote: It doesn't in my case. I have *no interest at all* in operating satellites that

[amsat-bb] Re: you may as well use Skype...

2011-02-05 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
On Fri, 2011-02-04 at 21:36 -0600, Jim Shorney wrote: On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 08:03:59 +, Gordon JC Pearce wrote: It doesn't in my case. I have *no interest at all* in operating satellites that require a complex fixed station with computer tracking and tuning. None. Doesn't interest me

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2011-02-05 Thread John Hackett
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[amsat-bb] Re: Help with predict

2011-02-05 Thread Iain Young, G7III
There will be a directory in your home directory called .predict In there, you'll find predict.qth, predict.db, and predict.tle 73s On 05/02/11 02:02, Andrew Rich wrote: Can someone give me hand with predict under LINUX + Install predict - done + Define QTH - done + Reduce satellite

[amsat-bb] Re: (no subject) DON'T CLICK LINK!! -- SPAM

2011-02-05 Thread Jeff Moore
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[amsat-bb] Re: Help with predict

2011-02-05 Thread Andrew Rich
Which file do I trim to reduce to a few sats ? Sent from my iPhone Andrew Rich On 05/02/2011, at 18:30, Greg D. ko6th_g...@hotmail.com wrote: What do you need? I use it regularly. Greg KO6TH From: vk4...@tech-software.net To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 12:02:09

[amsat-bb] Re: Help with predict

2011-02-05 Thread Iain Young, G7III
predict.tle See my other email for details. You should have a directory in your home directory, called .predict You'll find it there. 73s Iain On 05/02/11 11:21, Andrew Rich wrote: Which file do I trim to reduce to a few sats ? Sent from my iPhone Andrew Rich On 05/02/2011, at 18:30,

[amsat-bb] Re: you may as well use Skype...

2011-02-05 Thread Tony Langdon
At 07:27 PM 2/5/2011, Greg D. wrote: My second satellite QSO (ever) was from California to New York on RS-10 with 10 watts to a copper pipe J-pole on the uplink, and a wire strung out to a tree in the back yard hooked to a Radio Shack DX-440 Short Wave receiver for the downlink. How can you

[amsat-bb] Re: (no subject)

2011-02-05 Thread Eric Knaps, ON4HF
Spam??? Amateur Radio Station ON4HF Eric Knaps Satellite manager UBA Tel. +32472985876 (mobile) http://www.on4hf.be Op 5/02/2011 10:14, John Hackett schreef: http://angkorshop.orkun2u.com/mywork.html ___

[amsat-bb] Linear xnspdr birds fm

2011-02-05 Thread Ellis Foley
Return Mail to wa1...@yahoo.com Nice to see I wasn't the only Fool around in those days! my first satellite station and contacts were made with an old Regency HR2A fm rig. I took one of the xstals, put an eraser to it to get it in the cw passband. of AO7,and cut and keyed the B+ line to the

[amsat-bb] APRS Digi Question

2011-02-05 Thread Zachary Beougher
Hi All, I know this is generally a satellite specific list, but since a lot of you are APRS users, I am going to see if anyone can answer this question. I will try to keep it simple. Please email me if I don’t make sense. I recently put up a digi on my property (KD8KSN-1). I am using a

[amsat-bb] DL7VTX Update

2011-02-05 Thread Zachary Beougher
Hi All, I have been emailing back and forth with Jens, DL7VTX, over the past day or so, and he wanted me to fill you all in on a few of his trip details. ** Message 1: Hi Zack , Tnx qso qsl , I will send qsl direct if printed in abt 1..2 month . Was vy enjoyed working via sats

[amsat-bb] Re: APRS Digi Question

2011-02-05 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
On Sat, 2011-02-05 at 10:30 -0500, Zachary Beougher wrote: and “info bubble,” I am nowhere in the chain of digis that digipeated him. I have tried this with several different stations, and not once have a seen myself come up in anyone’s raw packets as a station that digipeated them. You

[amsat-bb] Re: you may as well use Skype...

2011-02-05 Thread Jim Shorney
On Sat, 05 Feb 2011 08:41:18 +, Gordon JC Pearce wrote: You're so far south you can get away with that, though ;-) I have never thought of Nebraska as south, y'all. :) 73 -Jim -- Ham Radio NU0C Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.S.A. TR7/RV7/R7A/L7, TR6/RV6, T4XC/R4C/L4B, NCL2000, SB104A,

[amsat-bb] Re: AO40 contacts

2011-02-05 Thread i8cvs
- Original Message - From: n1...@burlingtontelecom.net To: amsat-bb amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 1:16 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: AO40 contacts Those were fun days Clare! My most challenging contacts were made using K band (24 GHz down). First contact was on

[amsat-bb] Logging program/LOTW

2011-02-05 Thread Marvin Tamez
Hello group I need advice and direction concerning logging programs and LOTW. Using WINLOG32 I uploaded 184 QSO's in to LOTW which resulted in 2 matches. Knowing that some of you have been doing the same and I have had QSO's with you; is the fact that Winlog32 does not provide for a SAT name

[amsat-bb] Re: Help with predict

2011-02-05 Thread Greg D.
Hi Andrew, As Ian noted, the three configuration files are in .predict in your home directory. The 24 entries in predict.tle are the ones displayed, in that order. You can truncate that file and display less. Is that what you're after? The Multiple screen just shows the set of 24

[amsat-bb] Re: Logging program/LOTW

2011-02-05 Thread Ted
There MUST be a Sat Name line in the adif in order for LoTW to match. The log in HRD will do all that. I'm sure there are other programs also. I do not know about WINLOG GL, Ted K7TRK -Original Message- From: amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org [mailto:amsat-bb-boun...@amsat.org] On Behalf Of

[amsat-bb] Re: AO40 contacts

2011-02-05 Thread Matthias Bopp
Hi Domenico, I do not think that this has been the only 24 GHz experiment on AO-40. You can find audio recordings of the 24 GHz signals of DK1KQ and DB6NT on my website www.dd1us.de in the sounds from space collection. I will be happy to add your signals too if you want to provide me a copy of

[amsat-bb] Re: Help with predict

2011-02-05 Thread Alan P. Biddle
Hi Andrew, Take a look here: http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/tools/softwareArchive.php Down in the Utility Programs sections, there are some old but still useful programs which simplify taming Kep distributions. NASAWASH removes extraneous lines and does some other cleanup. SORTNENG will take

[amsat-bb] Re: Logging program/LOTW

2011-02-05 Thread B.P.
Marvin: There is a way that you can edit the ADIF QSO record, instructions on how to do this is at the following link: http://www.arrl.org/files/file/LoTW%2520Instructions/N5JB.pdf The other way of course is as you asked, another logging program. One I know that recieves high marks is

[amsat-bb] AO40 contacts

2011-02-05 Thread Juan Antonio Fernandez
Those days were unforgettable! I can remember far stations from Europe, such as the antarctic station 8J1RF, VK6XH, VK5DG, XE1MEX, VU2RM, etc., or speaking with Joe K5OE from which I have learnt a lot building the TPMs antennas. But which I can forgotten is getting up very early to work the

[amsat-bb] watering hole

2011-02-05 Thread Bob- W7LRD
Hello has it ever been suggested that we have a unofficial watering hole of sorts, say on 20M?  Where we can prearrange, make skeds, thrash out, critique, our on going satellite efforts.  I know we have the AMSAT net on 14.282 every Sun afternoon.  This would be a more real time on going

[amsat-bb] Re: APRS Digi Question

2011-02-05 Thread Zachary Beougher
Hi, Thanks for the responses from a few of you regarding my APRS question. I did a little more studying this afternoon, and I found out that if I am the first digi in the chain to repeat someone's packet, my call appears in their bubble and raw packets - BUT - if I am number 1 or 2 along the

[amsat-bb] Re: AO40 contacts

2011-02-05 Thread i8cvs
Hi Matthias, DD1US The experiment to transmit to AO40 using a 2400 MHz uplink and a 24 GHz downlink i.e the mode S1/K was made only ONE TIME and never was repeated and it was skeduled by command station W4SM to check if the onboard 2400 MHz S1 receiver was working or not. There are many other 24

[amsat-bb] Re: APRS Digi Question

2011-02-05 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
On Sat, 2011-02-05 at 17:44 -0500, Zachary Beougher wrote: Hi, Thanks for the responses from a few of you regarding my APRS question. I did a little more studying this afternoon, and I found out that if I am the first digi in the chain to repeat someone's packet, my call appears in

[amsat-bb] Re: Arissat-1 lifetime

2011-02-05 Thread Armando Mercado
Hello, I guess 258 days. That is how long the Tool Bag lost duing an EVA stayed up. Roughly the same size as Arissat-1. 73, Armando N8IGJ ___ Sent via AMSAT-BB@amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join

[amsat-bb] Memories of OSCAR 10

2011-02-05 Thread Bill Dzurilla
I've been enjoying the posts regarding our last HEO satellite, AO-40. I was inactive while AO-40 was going strong, but the posts brought back memories of our first HEO, OSCAR 10, my first experience with satellites until a couple of years ago. You can't find much about the glory days of AO-10

[amsat-bb] Re: AO40 contacts

2011-02-05 Thread Malcolm Preston
Many, many, I particularly loved the qs I had from the Virgin Islands to Japan at the end of AO40's life. I had a morning window twice a week and ran less than 10 w. up into my 44 el. yagi and downlinked on 2.4ghz. Real pile ups. Many qsls - all answered. Mal, NP2L On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at

[amsat-bb] Re: Arissat-1 lifetime

2011-02-05 Thread Gould Smith
Hello Armando and BB, AMSAT will sponsor a Chicken Little contest after ARISSat-1 is operational. We are currently all too busy getting ready for the operational part of the mission starting in 11 days to setup this contest, but it will come. Best Regards, Gould, WA4SXM - Original

[amsat-bb] Re: AO40 contacts

2011-02-05 Thread Warren Elly
It was extraordinary. I haven't worked a satelite since. HEO...that's all I can say... 73, Warren W1GUD On Feb 5, 2011, at 3:47 PM, Juan Antonio Fernandez wrote: Those days were unforgettable! I can remember far stations from Europe, such as the antarctic station 8J1RF, VK6XH, VK5DG,

[amsat-bb] Re: you may as well use Skype...

2011-02-05 Thread Luc Leblanc
On 5 Feb 2011 at 9:46, Phil wrote: Date sent: Sat, 05 Feb 2011 09:46:19 +1000 From: Phil phil...@telstra.com Subject:[amsat-bb] Re: you may as well use Skype... To: amsat-bb@amsat.org On Fri, 4 Feb 2011 08:04:47 pm Luc Leblanc

[amsat-bb] Re: Memories of OSCAR 10

2011-02-05 Thread Edward R. Cole
At 03:08 PM 2/5/2011, Bill Dzurilla wrote: I've been enjoying the posts regarding our last HEO satellite, AO-40. I was inactive while AO-40 was going strong, but the posts brought back memories of our first HEO, OSCAR 10, my first experience with satellites until a couple of years ago. You

[amsat-bb] Re: APRS Digi Question

2011-02-05 Thread Bob Bruninga
if I am the first digi in the chain to repeat someone's packet, my call appears in their bubble and raw packets - BUT - if I am number 1 or 2 along the path, my call does not make it to the internet. The internet takes only the FIRST copy of a packet. No matter how many times your

[amsat-bb] FW: [ans] ANS-037 AMSAT Weekly Bulletins

2011-02-05 Thread Dee
AMSAT NEWS SERVICE ANS-037 ANS is a free, weekly, news and information service of AMSAT North America, The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation. ANS reports on the activities of a worldwide group of Amateur Radio operators who share an active interest in designing, building, launching and

[amsat-bb] Re: Memories of OSCAR 10

2011-02-05 Thread Joe v Murray
My My . all of these great memories of long ago makes me suggest I have to hark back to my first Q on a satellite. That event that leaves you so high it takes a couple of day to join the rest of the human race. That Q was after designing and constructing a 2 meter SSB transverter, preamp and

[amsat-bb] FS - 432/435 CW/SSB rig

2011-02-05 Thread George Henry
As promised earlier, up for grabs is a KLM Echo 70, the first 432 MHz CW/SSB transceiver ever made. Unit covers 432.010 - 432.470 and 435.010 - 435.470. (Either range can be easily changed by swapping out 1 crystal.) 10 watts out. The original hand mike was shot, and has been replaced with a