At 03:34 PM 5/18/2011, Patrick STODDARD (WD9EWK/VA7EWK) wrote:
Or look for the all-mode HF/VHF/UHF radios at swapmeets and
online, and get a pair for your satellite station. There are radios
out there that won't break the bank. Yes, more than a dual-band
FM HT or mobile radio, but not a whole
Helen Sharman GB1MIR became the United Kingdom's first astronaut when she
blasted off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan at 1250 GMT on May 18, 1991 on her way
to the MIR space station from where she operated GB1MIR. A video of her space
flight can be seen at
Last email should of course have said 20th not 30th anniversary !
Helen Sharman GB1MIR became the United Kingdom's first astronaut
when she blasted off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan at 1250 GMT on
May 18, 1991 on her way to the MIR space station from where she
operated GB1MIR. A video of
That was incredible ... Endeavor just safely arrived at the ISS.
Clint
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Hello Trevor,
Congratulations to Helen Sharman GB1MIR and to all those who made 'Ham
Radio' operational from MIR space station. This is certainly a great
achievement. On this 20th Anniversary (I suppose), we express our
sincere thanks with gratitude to everyone from the Russian, American
Hello:
I read the status page and the news page and it has me a bit confused.
At some point the AO-51 was working for me (as of last week). But
the last three passes I have heard nothing.
Is the DL still 435.150Mhz?
I just want to confirm either a) I am looking at the wrong status
page or b)
Hello Alexander,
Please check the AO-51 page and you'll see why you sometimes find it
will be active, and other times it will be off.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php
73,
Mark N8MH
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Alexander Sack pisym...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello:
I read the
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Mark L. Hammond marklhamm...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello Alexander,
Please check the AO-51 page and you'll see why you sometimes find it
will be active, and other times it will be off.
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/echo/CTNews.php
I do (did), but that page is
Well, for pass by pass reports, we have always recommended this:
http://oscar.dcarr.org/
The information at that site is only as good as we the users make it.
You can help by reporting whether you heard it or not.
These days, AO-51 is likely to be OFF far more than it will be ON.
73,
Mark
I do (did), but that page is not very helpful regarding an individual pass?
The uplink is 145.880, and the downlink is 435.150. We are working on
trying to automate this.
So I am on 435.150 but the last couple of passes have been silent over
FN20. Can others confirm?
This is the important
Time to have a FUND raiser for a new bird
WA4HFN
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On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner
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I do (did), but that page is not very helpful regarding an individual pass?
The uplink is 145.880, and the downlink is 435.150. We are working on
trying to automate this.
So I am on 435.150 but the last
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:46 AM, wa4...@comcast.net wrote:
Time to have a FUND raiser for a new bird
Somebody just asked me, how much is it to develop/launch a new bird?
Anybody care to share some concrete numbers?
-aps
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Somebody just asked me, how much is it to develop/launch a new bird?
The typical small satellite projects I have seen in DoD typically cost about
$5 to $10 million or more. Then for DoD, the launch is free (its gets paid
for out of a different pot)..
Bob, Wb4APR
On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:21 AM, kq...@verizon.net wrote:
Commercial launches for the big comsats are anywhere from $90 million to
$120 million depending on the spacecraft and launch vehicle.
Wow! Alright, outside DoD and commercial, what does an AMSAT project
typically cost? I had always
Hi All,
Can anyone tell me how/where I can get the code for the AO51, AO27, ISS,
SO50, etc., Google tracking gadgets powered by N2YO? See AO27’s gadget
here:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=7retURL=/satellites/status.php
(halfway down) I see these things on a
where to get N2YO widget???
Donate a little money to N2YO via Paypal, and then ask him for a copy.
Clint Bradford. K6LCS
clintbradf...@mac.com
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There's an IC-W32a on QRZ ... I have no idea who the seller is ...
Clint Bradford
clintbradf...@mac.com
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On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:46 AM, wa4...@comcast.net wrote:
Time to have a FUND raiser for a new bird
Somebody just asked me, how much is it to develop/launch a new bird?
Anybody care to share some concrete numbers?
-aps
AO-51 cost in the neighborhood of 400,000 dollars to build and
We have been raising money for AMSAT-FOX for months ... have you visited the
AMSAT-MA home page recently?
Clint Bradford, K6LCS
clintbradf...@mac.com
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Nice video of truck on the interstate - so where is the
hamvention? I think all I did was sign up for mega spamming - thanks
At 06:54 AM 5/18/2011, wa4...@comcast.net wrote:
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Remember, anything the Gov't or DoD does costs 10 times what private
industry would cost.
73s John AA5JG
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From: Alexander Sack pisym...@gmail.com
To: kq...@verizon.net
Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 3:22 PM
Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: new sat
On
On Wednesday, 2011-05-18 17:02 +0200, Alexander Sack wrote:
Somebody just asked me, how much is it to develop/launch a new bird?
Labour and components for Sunsat (SO-35) cost around 11 million
South African rand (or 2 million USD at the time). The launch was
sponsored by NASA in exchange for
I am speaking tonight at the Palos Verdes Amateur Radio Club ... they just sent
me their May newsletter.
http://www.palosverdes.com/PVARC/2011QRO/QROMay2011.pdf
Geeze ... sat info on FIVE pages of the newsletter! Guess I should dress up and
wear a tie this evening ... (grin)
Clint Bradford,
$200,000 for something simple should do it. - If you're careful.
David G0MRF
In a message dated 18/05/2011 16:23:45 GMT Daylight Time,
pisym...@gmail.com writes:
Somebody just asked me, how much is it to develop/launch a new bird?
Anybody care to share some concrete numbers?
snip
Can anyone tell me how/where I can get the code for the
AO51, AO27, ISS,
SO50, etc., Google tracking gadgets powered by N2YO?
See AO27’s gadget
here:
http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/satellites/satInfo.php?satID=7retURL=/satellites/status.php
(halfway down) I see these things on
My guess would be that he is passing the DDE satellite position output from
some
tracking program to Google Maps via KML (Keyhole Markup Language)...
See http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/ for more info on KML.
George, KA3HSW
- Original Message
From: Zachary Beougher
A while back I think Cliff suggested these handy Apple Tracking Apps. I use
these on my iPod Touch.
http://www.gosoftworks.com/GoSatWatch/GoSatWatch.html
http://www.pocketsat.com/products/ps3iphone.php
Star finder apps here:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/starmap-pro/id309367681?mt=8
:)
73,
The AMSAT office will be closed from Thursday, May 19th - Monday, May 23rd.
See you in Dayton!
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You go to the Amsat page you referenced, do a View Page Source from your
browser. Copy the link for the gadget and change the satid line to the
correct Norad ID for the satellite you want the gadget to track. Embed the
new edited link in your web page and you're good to go!
You should
I read through their terms of use and I can't find anything that says I
can't do that. If I was going to alter it in some fashion I would guess
that I probably shouldn't be doing this, but if I am just using it for its
intended purpose I don't see an issue with it.
Thanks for the responses!
Hans,
Thank you so very much to the So-67 team! This will come in handy for the
demonstration area at the big Hamvention :)
73,
Mark N8MH
At 02:47 PM 5/17/2011 +0200, Hans wrote:
Hi
An additional schedule has been implemented to cover S067 operation during
the Dayton Hamvention. Details
Hi Everyone,
I was contacted by a local ham recently who'd like to find a good home
for a sat antenna currently located at their emergency comms site.
The antenna appears to be a M-Squared 149T-CP14 circular polarized
antenna. It has the following measured specs: Boom 118” (9’ 10”),
Driven
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